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In 2021, 231 farmers in cities within Jerome County received a total of $6.3 million in 415 farm subsidies, an 84% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $39.1 million in 833 farm subsidies.
Though farm subsidies support agriculture in the U.S., pumping $7 trillion into the economy, they are not without controversy.
The American Action Forum discovered that the most highly subsidized crops - corn, soy, wheat, and rice - are often consumed in highly processed ways, which leads to unhealthy eating habits and obesity, while the fruits and vegetables needed for a healthy diet are rarely subsidized.
"We are consuming more calories, fats, sodium, and sugars, and not enough beneficial nutrients and vitamins," Tara O'Neill Hayes wrote. "It is critical that both policymakers and the American public understand the influence that federal agricultural subsidies have on our food supply and diet and, in turn, our nutrition and health."
Farm subsidies have also been criticized for assisting the highest-earning agricultural businesses, not local farmers on their family farms who are barely getting by.
Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."
The U.S. has provided farm subsidies since the Great Depression to assist farmers who weather price fluctuations and disasters, to help maintain consistent farming across the country.
Farmers and Their Subsidies in Cities Associated with Jerome County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petterson Dairy, LLC | $1,003,683 | $448,180 | -55.3% |
| Standlee Agent Resources | $256,487 | $301,902 | 17.7% |
| Double a Dairy, LLC | $1,123,235 | $280,976 | -75% |
| Miller Agent, LLC | $1,031,832 | $207,184 | -79.9% |
| Escobedo Dairy, LLC | $249,838 | $167,986 | -32.8% |
| Nelsen Farms, LLC | $695,225 | $143,965 | -79.3% |
| J2EMT | $99,980 | $136,588 | 36.6% |
| Ted Baar Dairy, Inc. | $515,308 | $133,149 | -74.2% |
| Vanderham Brothers Dairy | $1,006,893 | $132,720 | -86.8% |
| Sierra Del Rio Ranch, LLC | $67,560 | $131,936 | 95.3% |
| Treyes Calf Ranch, Inc. | $0 | $130,240 | -- |
| Vander Poel Family Revocable Trust of 1/24/2012 | $1,031,563 | $127,173 | -87.7% |
| Joe & Sandra Agueda Dairy, LLC | $695,977 | $126,398 | -81.8% |
| U R Farms %john Nutsch, LLP | $373,459 | $124,949 | -66.5% |
| Traughber Dairy, LLC | $283,431 | $122,824 | -56.7% |
| Jon Fredrick Mirkin | $143,173 | $122,084 | -14.7% |
| Diamond J Dairy, LLC | $155,585 | $122,010 | -21.6% |
| Dugan Family Farms, LLC | $1,024,800 | $120,518 | -88.2% |
| Reitsma Holsteins | $312,265 | $120,508 | -61.4% |
| Roth Family, LLC | $1,500,000 | $120,508 | -92% |
| Veenhouwer Family Dairy, LLC | $1,203,486 | $120,508 | -90% |
| Last Ranch, LLC | $272,116 | $112,786 | -58.6% |
| Grant & Hagan %rocky Hagan, Inc. | $1,241,466 | $100,824 | -91.9% |
| Don Mcfarland | $415,676 | $87,989 | -78.8% |
| Maverik Land & Ctle | $396,198 | $84,127 | -78.8% |
| Gerald Martens | $130,156 | $82,088 | -36.9% |
| Valley View of Magic Valley | $186,011 | $76,312 | -59% |
| Kevin D. Harper | $155,879 | $67,314 | -56.8% |
| 4b's, Inc. | $117,753 | $62,657 | -46.8% |
| 4 Ace Farms, LLC | $824,790 | $61,932 | -92.5% |
| Don German Dairy, LLC | $342,732 | $61,845 | -82% |
| BLN Huettig Farm | $765,117 | $61,154 | -92% |
| Shewmaker Bros, Inc. | $257,563 | $57,948 | -77.5% |
| RL Brown Farms, LLC | $132,835 | $56,566 | -57.4% |
| Claar Farms, Inc. | $587,453 | $51,641 | -91.2% |
| Roth Farms | $134,575 | $50,208 | -62.7% |
| Mix Miller Farms, LLP | $132,064 | $47,875 | -63.7% |
| Marshall Farms, LLC | $97,637 | $45,868 | -53% |
| Larsen Farms, Inc. | $92,528 | $45,060 | -51.3% |
| Gott Farms, LLC | $168,443 | $44,265 | -73.7% |
| J & K Farms, Inc. | $137,465 | $44,222 | -67.8% |
| Cody Bingham Farms, Inc. | $85,127 | $41,854 | -50.8% |
| Kulm Agent, Inc. | $123,738 | $39,078 | -68.4% |
| Roost Potato Company, Inc. | $206,398 | $38,021 | -81.6% |
| Arthur R Henry Farms, Inc. | $59,418 | $34,513 | -41.9% |
| Shawver Farms, Inc. | $84,579 | $33,857 | -60% |
| Star Falls Farm, LLC | $73,443 | $31,934 | -56.5% |
| J & D Farms, Inc. | $57,199 | $31,551 | -44.8% |
| Sobotka Farms, LLC | $50,301 | $31,117 | -38.1% |
| C7 Farms, LLC | $1,465,937 | $30,884 | -97.9% |
| Justin T. Posey | $105,671 | $30,428 | -71.2% |
| KG Land & Livestock, Inc. | $89,605 | $30,243 | -66.2% |
| Winecup L Cattle, LLC | $138,963 | $28,873 | -79.2% |
| Greenwood Agent, LLC | $53,965 | $27,904 | -48.3% |
| Jarred K. Moore | $36,882 | $27,272 | -26.1% |
| Pittock and Sons Dairy, LLC | $1,317,088 | $26,460 | -98% |
| Star Falls Agent, Inc. | $39,082 | $25,931 | -33.6% |
| Greg Thibault | $86,917 | $25,518 | -70.6% |
| Oneida Farms, Inc. | $49,721 | $22,344 | -55.1% |
| Meeks Farming, LLC | $50,151 | $22,245 | -55.6% |
| BHB Farms, Inc. | $22,077 | $22,077 | 0% |
| Rodney McKay | $60,690 | $21,702 | -64.2% |
| Ted Tateoka | $51,692 | $20,694 | -60% |
| Big Sky Dairy | $1,188,289 | $20,490 | -98.3% |
| Five Dot Feeders, LLC | $121,336 | $20,145 | -83.4% |
| Rogerson Farms, LLC | $51,671 | $19,219 | -62.8% |
| Robert J. Shepard | $45,999 | $18,080 | -60.7% |
| Standing 16 Ranch Dairy, LLC | $33,257 | $17,918 | -46.1% |
| Henry Farms | $13,290 | $17,720 | 33.3% |
| Anderson Brothers Farm, LLC | $32,643 | $17,602 | -46.1% |
| CSC Farms | $478,097 | $17,276 | -96.4% |
| Ce Jackson Farm, Inc. | $31,053 | $16,392 | -47.2% |
| Scott Breeding | $35,484 | $16,301 | -54.1% |
| Lonnie Lickley | $47,712 | $16,118 | -66.2% |
| Boer Dairy, LLC | $852,691 | $15,824 | -98.1% |
| Cody Jake Nelson | $46,745 | $15,750 | -66.3% |
| Stevenson Agent, LLC | $28,729 | $15,703 | -45.3% |
| Jerome Buying Station, Inc. | $107,024 | $15,384 | -85.6% |
| Josh Stevenson Agent, LLC | $28,252 | $14,734 | -47.8% |
| Greg Callen Farming, Inc. | $52,668 | $14,501 | -72.5% |
| Seamons Farms, LLC | $20,497 | $14,345 | -30% |
| Mark Munsee | $38,451 | $14,261 | -62.9% |
| Don Montgomery | $27,303 | $13,980 | -48.8% |
| B & L Farms, LLC | $29,797 | $13,929 | -53.3% |
| Solitaire 6, LLC | $41,426 | $13,154 | -68.2% |
| Dustin Thomas Evans | $3,511 | $12,639 | 260% |
| Jesse C. Human | $62,328 | $11,922 | -80.9% |
| Forever Farms, LLC | $24,815 | $11,845 | -52.3% |
| Notch Butte Farms, LLC | $46,678 | $11,176 | -76.1% |
| Friesen Agent, Inc. | $36,257 | $11,094 | -69.4% |
| Kevin McKay | $28,918 | $11,084 | -61.7% |
| J T Farming, LLC | $17,278 | $10,259 | -40.6% |
| Desertview Farms, LLC | $21,957 | $10,014 | -54.4% |
| Montana Jeffery Barlow | $24,717 | $9,936 | -59.8% |
| Ryan Lickley | $57,676 | $9,645 | -83.3% |
| Grant III Farms, Inc. | $23,008 | $9,310 | -59.5% |
| Iron Horse Farms, Inc. | $22,498 | $8,787 | -60.9% |
| Mike Humbach | $11,766 | $8,428 | -28.4% |
| David Veenhouwer | $17,083 | $8,344 | -51.2% |
| Greg Reitsma | $15,319 | $7,799 | -49.1% |
| Red Dog Farms, LLC | $14,509 | $7,630 | -47.4% |
| Keith Giesbrecht | $13,421 | $7,572 | -43.6% |
| Windstar Farm, Inc. | $15,722 | $7,504 | -52.3% |
| Davis Farms, LLC | $17,569 | $7,354 | -58.1% |
| David Ehlers | $25,091 | $7,329 | -70.8% |
| Marilyn Mowrer | $18,331 | $7,323 | -60.1% |
| North of Eden Angus, LLC | $23,777 | $7,261 | -69.5% |
| Pres Company, LLC | $269,166 | $7,250 | -97.3% |
| Tim Waters | $42,143 | $7,213 | -82.9% |
| Kyle D. Anderson | $71,416 | $7,200 | -89.9% |
| Gerald Chojnacky | $13,939 | $7,167 | -48.6% |
| 6V Land and Cattle, Inc. | $19,926 | $7,140 | -64.2% |
| Bo Brandon Stevenson | $19,463 | $7,009 | -64% |
| Edward Chojnacky | $15,012 | $6,845 | -54.4% |
| Brandon McKay | $14,203 | $6,799 | -52.1% |
| Tom Peters Farms, LLC | $10,455 | $6,717 | -35.8% |
| Lou Ann Hansen | $0 | $6,509 | -- |
| Randy Larsen | $11,768 | $6,354 | -46% |
| Thomas A. Brune | $15,082 | $6,089 | -59.6% |
| Mark Nightingale | $7,594 | $5,670 | -25.3% |
| Michael Chojnacky | $11,571 | $5,656 | -51.1% |
| Matthew Chojnacky | $12,283 | $5,599 | -54.4% |
| Bart Patterson | $14,892 | $5,529 | -62.9% |
| Annette Hornbacher | $9,578 | $5,334 | -44.3% |
| Martin Farms, LLC | $15,449 | $5,305 | -65.7% |
| WBC Farms, LLC | $6,622 | $4,943 | -25.4% |
| Bryan McKay | $26,009 | $4,940 | -81% |
| Steve D. Hagler | $15,301 | $4,878 | -68.1% |
| Milan Giesbrecht | $8,671 | $4,851 | -44.1% |
| Starview Farm, Inc. | $13,158 | $4,608 | -65% |
| Daniel Forsyth Jr. | $16,046 | $4,582 | -71.4% |
| Bill Rex Tattersall | $48,121 | $4,536 | -90.6% |
| L W Lickley | $14,713 | $4,489 | -69.5% |
| Chester J. Southwick | $26,601 | $4,466 | -83.2% |
| Bruce Pincock | $6,696 | $4,200 | -37.3% |
| Richard Chojnacky | $8,411 | $4,191 | -50.2% |
| Doug Chojnacky | $8,361 | $4,064 | -51.4% |
| Jim Louder | $17,534 | $4,014 | -77.1% |
| Mark L. Allen | $6,027 | $3,996 | -33.7% |
| Thane Karl Peters | $9,502 | $3,943 | -58.5% |
| Denzel L. Larsen | $5,677 | $3,876 | -31.7% |
| Albert Hornbacher | $7,825 | $3,866 | -50.6% |
| Dorothy H. Mitchell | $6,961 | $3,759 | -46% |
| Keith a Huettig | $9,336 | $3,744 | -59.9% |
| Daniel J. Hadam | $11,219 | $3,664 | -67.3% |
| Beem Farms, Inc. | $36,462 | $3,558 | -90.2% |
| Fife Enterprises, LLC | $26,999 | $3,531 | -86.9% |
| Kathryn Rupert | $11,053 | $3,254 | -70.6% |
| Bill Jacky | $6,497 | $3,112 | -52.1% |
| John D Neiwert | $12,639 | $3,016 | -76.1% |
| Scott Paulin | $4,443 | $2,968 | -33.2% |
| Gayland C Edwards | $26,232 | $2,889 | -89% |
| Matthew McKay | $6,071 | $2,859 | -52.9% |
| Bryan S. McClellan | $9,701 | $2,835 | -70.8% |
| Sonya Black | $9,283 | $2,820 | -69.6% |
| John W. Swan | $3,630 | $2,805 | -22.7% |
| Fred Nutsch | $6,409 | $2,712 | -57.7% |
| Millenkamp Cattle, Inc. | $24,170 | $2,694 | -88.9% |
| Jeff Rupert | $11,000 | $2,652 | -75.9% |
| Kyle Okelberry | $2,823 | $2,520 | -10.7% |
| Doug Kohntopp | $18,496 | $2,452 | -86.7% |
| Midpoint Land and Cattle Company, LLC | $3,956 | $2,439 | -38.3% |
| K & W Dairy | $1,030,116 | $2,268 | -99.8% |
| David Walker Luper | $17,619 | $2,251 | -87.2% |
| Nathan John Tracy | $8,636 | $2,177 | -74.8% |
| Travis Jay Miller | $0 | $2,151 | -- |
| James Hollifield | $7,652 | $2,092 | -72.7% |
| Beverly Diehl | $2,818 | $2,058 | -27% |
| Kelly Human | $10,648 | $2,044 | -80.8% |
| Scott Giltner | $2,539 | $2,029 | -20.1% |
| Windhawk Farms, LLC | $4,230 | $1,994 | -52.9% |
| John A. Bruns | $3,500 | $1,993 | -43.1% |
| Robert Heuer | $4,026 | $1,990 | -50.6% |
| Carl D. Jones | $4,599 | $1,894 | -58.8% |
| Henry Buschhorn | $4,316 | $1,855 | -57% |
| Ronald Buschhorn | $4,316 | $1,853 | -57.1% |
| Todd Buschhorn | $4,316 | $1,853 | -57.1% |
| Warren Jacky | $5,043 | $1,618 | -67.9% |
| Marjorie M. Hagler | $2,236 | $1,601 | -28.4% |
| Ken Fuller | $2,863 | $1,592 | -44.4% |
| Melanie Tolle | $6,578 | $1,396 | -78.8% |
| Wade Harms | $3,194 | $1,393 | -56.4% |
| Clint Thompson | $2,620 | $1,374 | -47.6% |
| Lee Friesen | $2,104 | $1,334 | -36.6% |
| Doris Fleming | $1,334 | $1,334 | 0% |
| Mike Lancaster | $10,454 | $1,259 | -88% |
| Kenneth Thompson | $2,619 | $1,224 | -53.3% |
| Andrea J. Cox | $1,152 | $1,176 | 2.1% |
| Arthur G. Henry | $2,058 | $1,142 | -44.5% |
| Casey L. Duggan | $1,502 | $1,133 | -24.6% |
| Jean E. Hollifield | $3,317 | $1,069 | -67.8% |
| Dahl W. Reed | $7,503 | $1,067 | -85.8% |
| Stephan Bradley Thompson | $2,365 | $1,050 | -55.6% |
| Vivian Ridgway | $1,649 | $1,012 | -38.6% |
| Sunrise Organic Dairy, LLC | $643,534 | $1,000 | -99.8% |
| Timothy C. Vargas | $1,860 | $982 | -47.2% |
| Juanita M. Posey | $3,242 | $979 | -69.8% |
| J & L Dairy, LLC | $293,681 | $906 | -99.7% |
| Dave Gordon | $1,677 | $877 | -47.7% |
| Daniel Paul Davis | $2,893 | $861 | -70.2% |
| Gooding Heifer Ranch, LLC | $12,426 | $853 | -93.1% |
| Cody Baxter | $986 | $775 | -21.4% |
| Berwyn Mussmann | $1,527 | $774 | -49.3% |
| C & F Farms, Inc. | $1,471 | $729 | -50.4% |
| Tom McKay Jr. | $544 | $725 | 33.3% |
| Joe Vieira | $1,615 | $704 | -56.4% |
| Craig Louder | $1,818 | $682 | -62.5% |
| Van Dyk Dairy | $1,042,645 | $664 | -99.9% |
| DP Livestock, LLC | $1,584 | $613 | -61.3% |
| Jeff Ohlensehlen | $1,738 | $604 | -65.2% |
| Mary Louise Messenger | $681 | $582 | -14.5% |
| Melissa Shae Prescott-Human | $2,904 | $582 | -80% |
| Alan Willmore | $2,260 | $580 | -74.3% |
| Richard E. Otto | $0 | $577 | -- |
| Matias Valencia-Garcia | $14,260 | $570 | -96% |
| Amy Mitchell | $1,914 | $532 | -72.2% |
| M Jim Gnesa | $759 | $488 | -35.7% |
| Ira L. Muir | $1,584 | $459 | -71% |
| Joan Fairbanks | $426 | $442 | 3.8% |
| Dennis Claiborn | $1,172 | $387 | -67% |
| David Hessler | $1,006 | $325 | -67.7% |
| Smith Broken Heart Ranch, LLC | $2,352 | $324 | -86.2% |
| Abby R. Fitzpatrick | $1,386 | $312 | -77.5% |
| Steve Hurd | $863 | $258 | -70.1% |
| Jim Pierce | $990 | $214 | -78.4% |
| Larry S. Gulick | $2,199 | $206 | -90.6% |
| James C. Arbaugh | $557 | $150 | -73.1% |
| Jacob Blom | $573 | $120 | -79.1% |
| Kent David Thibault | $2,676 | $74 | -97.2% |
| Brent Lundberg | $657 | $72 | -89% |
| Donald Vander Poel | $306,069 | $16 | -100% |
| Carl Montgomery | $2,136 | $0 | -100% |
| Delbert Kohtz | $5,940 | $0 | -100% |
| Jan M. Grant | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Neil Cross | $820 | $0 | -100% |
| Bret J. Nelson | $6,560 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Huettig | $7,444 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian L. Kincaid | $873 | $0 | -100% |
| Darl Harms | $241 | $0 | -100% |
| Diana Breeding | $186 | $0 | -100% |
| Kendall R. Koehn | $206 | $0 | -100% |
| American Beef Ranch, LLC | $2,970 | $0 | -100% |
| Ascencion Escobedo | $3,302 | $0 | -100% |
| Barrett McClure | $4,312 | $0 | -100% |
| Budd Lavar Madsen | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Callen Land & Cattle, LLC | $9,174 | $0 | -100% |
| Canyonside Dairy | $424,574 | $0 | -100% |
| Cassie Christensen | $1,475 | $0 | -100% |
| CFR Ranches, LLC | $181,500 | $0 | -100% |
| D. L. Scarrow | $395 | $0 | -100% |
| David Egbert | $5,817 | $0 | -100% |
| David Oneida | $533 | $0 | -100% |
| del Holyoak | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Scarrow Jr. | $189 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald F. Thibault | $3,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald German | $6,405 | $0 | -100% |
| Double R Farms, LLC | $52,073 | $0 | -100% |
| East Valley Cattle, LLC | $253,717 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Bartels | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon Ford | $2,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack Messersmith | $854 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel R. Seamons | $334 | $0 | -100% |
| John Cauhorn | $2,297 | $0 | -100% |
| Jose Borba | $351 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry A. Walter | $5,762 | $0 | -100% |
| Long View Dairy | $750,256 | $0 | -100% |
| Millenkamp Milkers, LLC | $1,035,354 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Andrews | $1,630 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Grant Jr. | $694 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert S. Shillington | $43,765 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn A. Madsen | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Skyline Dairy, LLC | $638,227 | $0 | -100% |
| Stouder Holsteins, LLP | $1,028,735 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Ganguet | $24,132 | $0 | -100% |
| The Thomas Ray and Joyce a Ford Trust | $50,969 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas R. Peters | $4,498 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Harberd | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Christensen | $8,837 | $0 | -100% |
| Van Beek Dairy | $1,661,378 | $0 | -100% |
| Verlene Claiborn | $389 | $0 | -100% |
| White Clover Dairy, LLC | $713,223 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $39,108,959 | $6,274,953 | -84% |
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