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In 2021, 229 farmers in cities within Gooding County received a total of $6.7 million in 403 farm subsidies, an 80.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $34 million in 773 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 Gooding County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hirai Farms, LLC | $94,803 | $509,460 | 437.4% |
| Diamond a Livestock, Inc. | $598,888 | $294,162 | -50.9% |
| Faulkner Land & Livestock Company, Inc. | $594,595 | $278,054 | -53.2% |
| Veenstra Home Dairy, LLC | $746,743 | $235,273 | -68.5% |
| J3 Dairy, LLC | $999,324 | $215,216 | -78.5% |
| Salmon Falls Land and Livestock Company, Inc. | $777,573 | $208,537 | -73.2% |
| Young & Young Livestock, LLC | $0 | $204,716 | -- |
| Toledo Dairy I, LLC | $519,939 | $176,471 | -66.1% |
| R & R Holsteins, LLC | $827,134 | $155,143 | -81.2% |
| R & R Holsteins, LLC | $827,134 | $155,143 | -81.2% |
| South View Dairy, LLC | $860,200 | $132,865 | -84.6% |
| Deelstra Dairy | $446,694 | $128,173 | -71.3% |
| Dejong Dairy, LLC | $465,677 | $127,172 | -72.7% |
| Crossbred Dairy | $1,117,794 | $125,393 | -88.8% |
| Crosswinds Farm, LLC | $565,974 | $125,005 | -77.9% |
| Silverline Farms, LLC | $1,008,367 | $123,663 | -87.7% |
| PR Land & Livestock, LLC | $248,381 | $122,574 | -50.7% |
| Prince Dairy, Inc. | $352,737 | $122,472 | -65.3% |
| Jesus Hurtado Dairy, LLC | $6,087 | $122,127 | 1,906.4% |
| Double V, LLC | $661,808 | $120,755 | -81.8% |
| West Point Farms | $1,210,557 | $120,688 | -90% |
| Riverbend Dairy | $968,368 | $120,519 | -87.6% |
| Diamond B. Dairy | $500,000 | $120,508 | -75.9% |
| Jack Verbree JR Dairies, LLC | $1,066,491 | $120,508 | -88.7% |
| Scarrow Dairy Farms, LLC | $1,534,805 | $120,508 | -92.1% |
| Snake River Holstein, LLC | $1,072,032 | $120,508 | -88.8% |
| Kaneaster Apiary, Inc. | $0 | $113,343 | -- |
| Dinis Dairy | $444,751 | $112,360 | -74.7% |
| Mr. Benjamin Ray Johnson | $82,700 | $90,683 | 9.7% |
| White Apiaries, Inc. | $0 | $90,296 | -- |
| Cory Weiss | $357,756 | $82,029 | -77.1% |
| Sabala Farms, Inc. | $302,605 | $66,259 | -78.1% |
| Windy Acres, Inc. | $145,945 | $63,512 | -56.5% |
| Tunupa Cattle | $207,244 | $57,474 | -72.3% |
| Patterson Land and Livestock Company, Inc. | $49,303 | $56,215 | 14% |
| Pearson Dairy, LLC | $353,945 | $55,959 | -84.2% |
| Oppio Land & Livestock, LLC | $62,957 | $51,737 | -17.8% |
| Patty Hooper | $111,495 | $51,001 | -54.3% |
| Stanley J Hoskovec | $144,339 | $44,340 | -69.3% |
| Toone Land & Livestock, Inc. | $64,908 | $43,912 | -32.3% |
| David Hults Farms, LLC | $380,275 | $42,971 | -88.7% |
| Woodtick Farms, LLC | $155,589 | $40,418 | -74% |
| Joe Hults | $374,722 | $38,058 | -89.8% |
| Charles Keith Turner | $29,150 | $36,087 | 23.8% |
| Janss Farms, Inc. | $182,994 | $33,037 | -81.9% |
| B & S Jersey, LLC | $73,148 | $30,792 | -57.9% |
| Pierson Farms, Inc. | $59,630 | $30,767 | -48.4% |
| Mad Dog Ranch, Inc. | $65,505 | $28,949 | -55.8% |
| Randy Bean | $70,574 | $28,475 | -59.7% |
| Astorquia Ranch LP | $9,944 | $27,627 | 177.8% |
| Dixie Valley Cattle, LLC | $46,053 | $26,612 | -42.2% |
| Sawtooth Sheep, Inc. | $32,533 | $25,181 | -22.6% |
| Ronnie D. Smith | $63,336 | $23,519 | -62.9% |
| Evers Brothers Farms, LLC | $71,332 | $21,933 | -69.3% |
| Toby Flick | $29,468 | $21,659 | -26.5% |
| Ira Scott Farms, LLC | $31,384 | $21,593 | -31.2% |
| Tim L. Moore | $58,628 | $21,049 | -64.1% |
| Salmon Falls Sheep Partnership | $49,182 | $20,320 | -58.7% |
| Clint G. Andrews | $46,379 | $20,144 | -56.6% |
| Hugh Scott Campbell | $32,654 | $20,064 | -38.6% |
| J M Gard Family, LLC | $14,741 | $18,984 | 28.8% |
| Velma Riddle | $30,822 | $18,127 | -41.2% |
| Blind Canyon Aquaranch, Inc. | $254,466 | $18,026 | -92.9% |
| Turner Dairy, Inc. | $420,688 | $17,774 | -95.8% |
| Tom Warner IV | $47,863 | $17,139 | -64.2% |
| Greg Lierman | $27,680 | $16,362 | -40.9% |
| Tad R. Elison | $57,250 | $16,156 | -71.8% |
| Anthony Bull | $39,488 | $15,551 | -60.6% |
| Earl Brown | $20,170 | $15,507 | -23.1% |
| Leroy Trader | $17,125 | $15,328 | -10.5% |
| Spring Cove Ranch, Inc. | $109,067 | $15,327 | -85.9% |
| Bliss Point Cattle, Inc. | $39,506 | $15,066 | -61.9% |
| Webb Ranch, LLC | $56,708 | $14,332 | -74.7% |
| Jack Verbree | $209,386 | $13,911 | -93.4% |
| Cheney Farms, Inc. | $18,922 | $13,829 | -26.9% |
| Janice J Lloyd Trust - Janice Lloyd | $0 | $13,439 | -- |
| Flying Triangle, Inc. | $72,463 | $12,889 | -82.2% |
| Kevin Slade | $42,131 | $12,733 | -69.8% |
| Elison Cattle, Inc. | $82,328 | $12,120 | -85.3% |
| JBB / AL Herefords, LLC | $34,452 | $11,880 | -65.5% |
| DRY Creek Partners | $27,544 | $11,096 | -59.7% |
| Conner Farms, LLC | $42,792 | $11,028 | -74.2% |
| Magic Valley Organic Dairy, LLC | $302,708 | $10,834 | -96.4% |
| G5 Livestock, LLC | $19,910 | $10,710 | -46.2% |
| WJB Toone Farms, LLC | $6,922 | $10,662 | 54% |
| Nick Lee Dolieslager SR | $7,227 | $10,052 | 39.1% |
| Rod Childers | $0 | $10,052 | -- |
| Chandler Farms, LLC | $14,074 | $10,020 | -28.8% |
| Elmer Johnson Jr. | $37,642 | $10,000 | -73.4% |
| Mcguire's Apiary, Inc. | $0 | $9,614 | -- |
| Sliman Sheep Company | $20,978 | $9,600 | -54.2% |
| C. L. Peterson Farms, LLC | $16,700 | $9,560 | -42.8% |
| William Palacio | $28,076 | $9,494 | -66.2% |
| Tennant Family Honey, Inc. | $0 | $9,354 | -- |
| Kenneth Schmidt | $7,504 | $8,881 | 18.4% |
| Bettencourt Dairies, LLC | $180,418 | $8,630 | -95.2% |
| Basque Flats, LLC | $17,397 | $8,566 | -50.8% |
| Beadz Brothers Farms | $31,663 | $8,479 | -73.2% |
| Cody David Coates | $17,624 | $7,987 | -54.7% |
| Michael Sliman | $33,678 | $7,877 | -76.6% |
| Scott R. Esterbrook | $15,743 | $7,250 | -53.9% |
| Jared Parke | $50,019 | $7,184 | -85.6% |
| Michael Bret Vos | $16,765 | $6,684 | -60.1% |
| Triple H Dairy, LLC | $829,885 | $6,678 | -99.2% |
| Boyd L. Harms | $9,774 | $6,414 | -34.4% |
| Warner Land & Livestock LP | $18,506 | $6,406 | -65.4% |
| Bill Emery | $0 | $6,363 | -- |
| Louis J Leguineche | $33,646 | $6,081 | -81.9% |
| Thomas J. Whittle | $11,055 | $5,954 | -46.1% |
| Arriaga Dairy | $19,569 | $5,730 | -70.7% |
| Brogan Lynn Bennett | $15,501 | $5,486 | -64.6% |
| Steve Paulin | $7,362 | $5,468 | -25.7% |
| Jan Peterson | $18,493 | $5,324 | -71.2% |
| Stacee Lee Parke | $16,764 | $5,312 | -68.3% |
| Laura Kay Hooper | $19,740 | $5,266 | -73.3% |
| Funkhouser Livestock, LLC | $31,838 | $5,177 | -83.7% |
| Betsy Lee Whitworth | $28,677 | $5,110 | -82.2% |
| Jim Sabala | $12,235 | $5,042 | -58.8% |
| Joe Leguineche | $18,487 | $4,924 | -73.4% |
| Harry Dewolfe | $16,925 | $4,811 | -71.6% |
| High Prairie Ranch | $6,162 | $4,739 | -23.1% |
| Palacio Farms, Inc. | $12,103 | $4,706 | -61.1% |
| Sharon Nielson | $20,933 | $4,604 | -78% |
| Larry F. Gillette | $20,537 | $4,427 | -78.4% |
| Vos Cattle Company, LLC | $22,559 | $4,365 | -80.7% |
| Jannea Mae Carter | $223,209 | $4,291 | -98.1% |
| Nathan Riddle | $10,053 | $4,139 | -58.8% |
| William J. Slade | $17,402 | $3,754 | -78.4% |
| Harold Dimond | $8,267 | $3,741 | -54.7% |
| Edwin R. Brown | $13,453 | $3,701 | -72.5% |
| Shooting Star Ranch, LLC | $16,237 | $3,695 | -77.2% |
| Gnesa 7 Triangle Ranch, LP | $9,834 | $3,675 | -62.6% |
| Hilltop Dairy, LLC | $5,333 | $3,674 | -31.1% |
| Gerald C. Andrews | $7,225 | $3,446 | -52.3% |
| Kenneth Anderson | $2,566 | $3,421 | 33.3% |
| Pedro Villagomez | $90,596 | $3,388 | -96.3% |
| David L. Butler | $15,950 | $3,346 | -79% |
| Dewey Durfee | $9,134 | $3,324 | -63.6% |
| Sherry Floyd | $17,293 | $3,160 | -81.7% |
| Dale J. Shaw | $4,820 | $3,061 | -36.5% |
| Evan Glade Wood | $3,246 | $3,001 | -7.5% |
| James Lierman | $8,781 | $2,911 | -66.8% |
| Steven F. Ritter | $2,845 | $2,845 | 0% |
| Simper's Black Angus, LLC | $16,595 | $2,712 | -83.7% |
| MacKenzie Fern Stevens | $15,222 | $2,594 | -83% |
| Austin Patrick Funkhouser | $8,602 | $2,572 | -70.1% |
| William Ernest Naylor | $11,117 | $2,550 | -77.1% |
| Denise Mavencamp | $57,586 | $2,536 | -95.6% |
| David Stirling Jentzsch | $131,410 | $2,480 | -98.1% |
| Clint Andrus | $7,585 | $2,342 | -69.1% |
| M & D Land & Livestock, LLC | $7,099 | $2,329 | -67.2% |
| Katie June Dennis | $14,797 | $2,276 | -84.6% |
| Shawn Darwin Scoresby | $18,369 | $2,249 | -87.8% |
| Craig Muchow | $15,258 | $2,144 | -85.9% |
| Juan C. Diaz | $4,278 | $2,096 | -51% |
| Roger Johnson | $6,563 | $2,094 | -68.1% |
| Len Riddle | $14,424 | $2,045 | -85.8% |
| Peter Leguineche | $12,980 | $1,927 | -85.2% |
| Stanley N. Standal Jr. | $10,493 | $1,783 | -83% |
| Joe D. Pavkov | $4,719 | $1,760 | -62.7% |
| Randolph R. Erkins | $6,206 | $1,616 | -74% |
| Cliff Jensen | $8,332 | $1,575 | -81.1% |
| J. D. Baldwin | $6,061 | $1,574 | -74% |
| David G. Knowlton | $15,740 | $1,482 | -90.6% |
| Kade Laughlin | $6,138 | $1,478 | -75.9% |
| Justin Arriaga | $7,018 | $1,417 | -79.8% |
| Steve Craig Sears | $6,721 | $1,389 | -79.3% |
| Joe Storey | $3,438 | $1,369 | -60.2% |
| Caroleann Basterrechea | $773 | $1,331 | 72.2% |
| John R. Moline | $751 | $1,293 | 72.2% |
| Stevia Webb | $16,704 | $1,290 | -92.3% |
| Dale V. Butler | $4,119 | $1,263 | -69.3% |
| Sam Bray | $4,158 | $1,225 | -70.5% |
| William Loe | $7,027 | $1,200 | -82.9% |
| Kirk Webb | $1,068 | $1,192 | 11.6% |
| Betty C. Miller | $2,002 | $1,185 | -40.8% |
| Jacob William Arkoosh | $12,166 | $1,155 | -90.5% |
| Cody Sears | $5,588 | $1,150 | -79.4% |
| Lonnie Guy Funkhouser | $1,814 | $1,109 | -38.9% |
| Harold James Ruby Jr. | $4,356 | $1,107 | -74.6% |
| Monty B. Montgomery | $1,622 | $1,100 | -32.2% |
| Jack Loper | $3,086 | $1,099 | -64.4% |
| Jamie Nicole Gee | $6,509 | $1,094 | -83.2% |
| Jeffery P. Sears | $2,838 | $1,094 | -61.5% |
| Ben Stevens | $6,049 | $1,087 | -82% |
| Arie Dean Van Straalen | $2,455 | $1,086 | -55.8% |
| Frank Veenstra | $78,087 | $1,067 | -98.6% |
| Jose R. Miranda | $6,761 | $1,043 | -84.6% |
| Harold Ruby | $5,661 | $1,043 | -81.6% |
| Dale Thomas | $0 | $1,007 | -- |
| Jed McGuire | $3,058 | $930 | -69.6% |
| Gary G. Depew | $4,297 | $925 | -78.5% |
| Dustin Paul Madson | $4,471 | $898 | -79.9% |
| Michael G. Secrest | $125,814 | $862 | -99.3% |
| Ranley Alan Koyle | $2,105 | $810 | -61.5% |
| Judd a Leguineche | $3,600 | $757 | -79% |
| Flaviano Nieto | $497 | $738 | 48.5% |
| Brian W. Silva | $3,630 | $728 | -79.9% |
| Pedro L. Canchola | $1,314 | $725 | -44.8% |
| Pablo Torres | $1,572 | $708 | -55% |
| Frank Erwin | $894 | $706 | -21% |
| Ron Gill | $2,420 | $690 | -71.5% |
| Shady Grove Dairy Farm, LLC | $517,762 | $671 | -99.9% |
| Joseph Michael Abernathy | $8,774 | $625 | -92.9% |
| Brian Eugene Hoskovec | $3,307 | $609 | -81.6% |
| Beau Pereira | $2,871 | $609 | -78.8% |
| Jack Kuhn | $2,529 | $600 | -76.3% |
| Ray McCord | $2,453 | $558 | -77.3% |
| Lloyd Burrell | $2,695 | $551 | -79.6% |
| Stephen Thompson | $166 | $512 | 208.4% |
| Jens V. Steffensen Jr. | $1,057 | $500 | -52.7% |
| Nancy M. Toone | $1,266 | $467 | -63.1% |
| Terry Ruby | $3,282 | $449 | -86.3% |
| Karen L. Yarbrough | $1,040 | $447 | -57% |
| Jim D. Scarrow | $47,204 | $444 | -99.1% |
| Eric Weinmeister | $8,266 | $427 | -94.8% |
| McKayla Palacio | $2,211 | $388 | -82.5% |
| Ray R. Easterday | $1,573 | $371 | -76.4% |
| Ronald Reed | $854 | $258 | -69.8% |
| Pete Etchart | $2,023 | $223 | -89% |
| Triple Y Dairy, LLC | $638,503 | $200 | -100% |
| Jack Amen | $181 | $177 | -2.2% |
| Harold Boggs Jr. | $231 | $172 | -25.5% |
| Betty L. Butler | $176 | $136 | -22.7% |
| Mary Kay Youren | $396 | $113 | -71.5% |
| Alta M Stover-Giese | $137 | $106 | -22.6% |
| Justin Baldwin | $882 | $67 | -92.4% |
| Judith Ann Erdman | $98 | $57 | -41.8% |
| Chris Chandler | $1,783 | $21 | -98.8% |
| Bobadilla Dairy, LLC | $256,976 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlie Brewster | $624 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Thomason | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Humphries | $407 | $0 | -100% |
| GNM Farms, LLC | $36,676 | $0 | -100% |
| Graham Hooper | $396,740 | $0 | -100% |
| Hot Creek Ranch, LLC | $5,060 | $0 | -100% |
| Patti Sexton | $1,431 | $0 | -100% |
| White Water Fisheries, Inc. | $85,715 | $0 | -100% |
| Alvin Borges | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Beau David Keading | $12,069 | $0 | -100% |
| Carlotta Allred | $25,779 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Gnesa | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Faulkner Farms, Inc. | $3,123 | $0 | -100% |
| G3 Farms | $446 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Coleman | $281,519 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Osborne | $7,935 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Fredrick Faulkner | $5,488 | $0 | -100% |
| Jess W. McCoy | $6,244 | $0 | -100% |
| John Etchart | $1,350 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Patrick Arkoosh | $7,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Pavkov | $204 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Kimmes | $4,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Marvin E. Allred | $25,779 | $0 | -100% |
| Pat Sabala | $2,415 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert A. McHargue | $201 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruby Land & Livestock, Inc. | $14,804 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan James Dewolfe | $100 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Childs | $1,458 | $0 | -100% |
| 5J Livestock, LLC | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Big Bend Trout, Inc. | $171,030 | $0 | -100% |
| Brett Arriaga | $2,808 | $0 | -100% |
| D and T Trout, LLC | $18,442 | $0 | -100% |
| Diamond F Land and Livestock, Inc. | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Fish Breeders of Idaho, Inc. | $50,235 | $0 | -100% |
| John W. Jones Jr. | $100,026 | $0 | -100% |
| KVW, LLC | $401 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Bender | $1,309 | $0 | -100% |
| Plateau Farms, LLC | $195,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Cari L. Prince | $341,724 | $0 | -100% |
| Ciocca Dairy | $500,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig Crumrine | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Dewit Dairy | $551,700 | $0 | -100% |
| Dustin Vanderham | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Hurtado Holsteins, LLC | $4,647 | $0 | -100% |
| Hurtado Land & Livestock, LLC | $17,874 | $0 | -100% |
| James J. Prince | $341,724 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice J Lloyd Trust - Janice LLO | $515 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Lund Dairy | $7,648 | $0 | -100% |
| John H. Rietkerk | $9,336 | $0 | -100% |
| Manuel D. Dinis | $518 | $0 | -100% |
| Mauger Cattle, LLC | $750,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Miles Zane Chisham | $280 | $0 | -100% |
| PAUL | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Rockn-J Goats, LLC | $28,324 | $0 | -100% |
| T 3 Dairy, LLC | $335,119 | $0 | -100% |
| Toledo & Son Dairy, LLC | $255,055 | $0 | -100% |
| Toledo Dairy 2, LLC | $314,249 | $0 | -100% |
| Van Straalen Dairy | $118,387 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendell Buying Station, Inc. | $250,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $33,969,374 | $6,737,886 | -80.2% |
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