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In 2021, 178 farmers in cities within Sherburne County received a total of $1.8 million in 258 farm subsidies, a 55.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.1 million in 554 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 Sherburne County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| B & B Hoffman Sod Farms, Inc. | $0 | $167,432 | -- |
| Nathe Ventures, Inc. | $0 | $146,755 | -- |
| Imholte Farms, LLC | $487,029 | $107,788 | -77.9% |
| Nelson Nursery, Inc. | $0 | $105,627 | -- |
| ELK River Greenhouse, LLC | $113,589 | $103,474 | -8.9% |
| Greenscape Companies, Inc. | $0 | $99,659 | -- |
| Eilers Bros. Limited Partnership | $222,821 | $70,803 | -68.2% |
| Riverside Farms, LLC | $237,261 | $55,766 | -76.5% |
| Toth Farms, Inc. | $60,714 | $50,689 | -16.5% |
| LDJ Farms, LLC | $43,702 | $43,654 | -0.1% |
| TP Gilyard Farms, Inc. | $175,072 | $41,224 | -76.5% |
| JGO Farms, LLC | $35,648 | $35,648 | 0% |
| ASK Farms, LLC | $69,343 | $34,712 | -49.9% |
| A & L Peterson Farms, Inc. | $171,747 | $32,642 | -81% |
| Person Family Farm PTR, Ltd. | $44,063 | $32,289 | -26.7% |
| Stover's Sod & Landscape, LLC | $0 | $30,929 | -- |
| Timothy Wilson | $55,179 | $28,657 | -48.1% |
| Peterson's River Valley Grains, Inc. | $106,643 | $26,276 | -75.4% |
| Berger Farms | $113,836 | $25,579 | -77.5% |
| John Dean Golly Sr. | $36,911 | $25,569 | -30.7% |
| Clear Valley Farms, LLC | $189,551 | $20,027 | -89.4% |
| Edling Farms, Inc. | $195,278 | $19,479 | -90% |
| Kiel Edward Golly | $36,468 | $17,977 | -50.7% |
| Martin T. Moritz | $63,350 | $17,089 | -73% |
| Steven Goenner | $30,911 | $15,857 | -48.7% |
| Aaron Olson | $0 | $15,126 | -- |
| Craig Miller | $29,281 | $14,408 | -50.8% |
| Lloyd Robert Ring | $13,882 | $13,882 | 0% |
| Circle G Farms, LLC | $112,405 | $13,560 | -87.9% |
| John G. Kolles | $50,886 | $13,157 | -74.1% |
| Hok Farms, Inc. | $49,739 | $12,914 | -74% |
| Kolles Farms, LLC | $31,053 | $11,952 | -61.5% |
| Ka Farming, LLP | $0 | $11,418 | -- |
| Bonnie Marie Moeller | $19,505 | $9,174 | -53% |
| Caron L. Moritz | $22,422 | $8,758 | -60.9% |
| Eleanor Kraska | $8,937 | $8,676 | -2.9% |
| Gene Nemmers | $8,613 | $8,613 | 0% |
| Luke Jermain Busch | $9,281 | $8,597 | -7.4% |
| Tori J. Badger | $8,521 | $8,521 | 0% |
| Craig S. Rahn | $19,551 | $8,447 | -56.8% |
| Travis Lee Novotny | $32,785 | $7,848 | -76.1% |
| Todd & Wayne Thompson | $26,971 | $7,625 | -71.7% |
| Merlin R. Valerius | $23,405 | $7,583 | -67.6% |
| Wingard Farms | $191,966 | $7,539 | -96.1% |
| Jacob Johaneson | $7,432 | $7,432 | 0% |
| Eileen M. Ballou | $7,344 | $7,344 | 0% |
| Steven Clarence Kiffmeyer | $27,652 | $7,265 | -73.7% |
| Jackie Hesse | $8,600 | $7,098 | -17.5% |
| Goenner Poultry, LLC | $28,077 | $7,053 | -74.9% |
| Paul J. Loven Jr. | $6,783 | $6,779 | -0.1% |
| Travis Johnson | $1,478 | $6,617 | 347.7% |
| Thomas Clement Croteau | $9,800 | $6,367 | -35% |
| Philip Lesnar | $6,343 | $6,343 | 0% |
| Bradley J. Dillon | $13,999 | $6,104 | -56.4% |
| Paul Skogquist | $9,347 | $5,867 | -37.2% |
| K & K Farms, LLC | $9,910 | $5,834 | -41.1% |
| Daniel A. Pearson | $4,594 | $5,762 | 25.4% |
| Connie Eklund | $9,251 | $5,362 | -42% |
| Joni L Astrup's Separate Trust | $1,939 | $5,341 | 175.5% |
| Heath R Iacarella | $5,323 | $4,841 | -9.1% |
| Rudolph Halbauer | $4,838 | $4,838 | 0% |
| Leslie A. Goenner | $4,720 | $4,720 | 0% |
| Jerome Takle | $4,477 | $4,477 | 0% |
| Jesse J. Jones | $14,453 | $4,384 | -69.7% |
| Mark A. Fuhrman | $4,325 | $4,325 | 0% |
| Richard V. Nichols | $4,300 | $4,300 | 0% |
| Cynthia Welinski | $3,937 | $4,015 | 2% |
| Gerald W. Kramer | $3,719 | $3,718 | -0% |
| John G. Anderson | $3,718 | $3,718 | 0% |
| Springdale Acres Farm | $15,631 | $3,679 | -76.5% |
| Michael J. Kiffmeyer | $7,585 | $3,569 | -52.9% |
| William Ganzer | $4,638 | $3,479 | -25% |
| Thomas J. Pallansch | $3,392 | $3,392 | 0% |
| Miles K. Olson | $3,385 | $3,385 | 0% |
| Paul H. Haugen | $3,111 | $3,111 | 0% |
| Paul W. Hillukka | $20,501 | $3,101 | -84.9% |
| Jerome P. Banken | $13,467 | $3,090 | -77.1% |
| Anthony J. Lyon | $9,726 | $2,961 | -69.6% |
| Chris Netland | $0 | $2,958 | -- |
| Carl Buchholz | $19,495 | $2,956 | -84.8% |
| Philip Danielson | $2,805 | $2,805 | 0% |
| Mark Mossman | $9,612 | $2,779 | -71.1% |
| James Jones | $6,038 | $2,725 | -54.9% |
| Larry F. Thoreson | $4,675 | $2,648 | -43.4% |
| Lavonne Pratt | $3,286 | $2,647 | -19.4% |
| Stephen J. Petersen | $4,655 | $2,591 | -44.3% |
| Scott J Ulsby | $5,792 | $2,465 | -57.4% |
| Frank Pelley | $9,861 | $2,378 | -75.9% |
| Pamela Hempstead | $2,347 | $2,347 | 0% |
| Richard P. Hoffer | $8,595 | $2,329 | -72.9% |
| Marianne Magruder | $4,001 | $2,309 | -42.3% |
| Brenda Schuldt | $5,132 | $2,279 | -55.6% |
| Sarah E. Nelson | $4,568 | $2,266 | -50.4% |
| Nathan Carlson | $4,923 | $2,202 | -55.3% |
| Jeffrey A. Pappenfus | $3,679 | $2,113 | -42.6% |
| Radeke Farms, LLC | $2,996 | $2,021 | -32.5% |
| Thomas J. Thedens | $2,019 | $2,019 | 0% |
| Johannsen Family Trust | $1,995 | $1,995 | 0% |
| Duane Fettig | $1,966 | $1,966 | 0% |
| Faye Johnson | $1,965 | $1,965 | 0% |
| Daniel N. Zachman | $1,946 | $1,946 | 0% |
| Sheryl L. Hookom | $1,937 | $1,937 | 0% |
| Kiffmeyer Dairy Farms | $1,930 | $1,930 | 0% |
| Dennis Kvaas | $300 | $1,857 | 519% |
| Joni Laverne Astrup | $1,851 | $1,855 | 0.2% |
| Laurel a Bendix Rev Trust | $0 | $1,844 | -- |
| Ronald M. Ahlman | $1,834 | $1,834 | 0% |
| Curtis L Huelsnitz Trust | $1,828 | $1,828 | 0% |
| Theodore M. Moritz | $7,689 | $1,758 | -77.1% |
| Donald P. Pappenfus | $4,291 | $1,751 | -59.2% |
| Lakeside Century Farms, LLC | $6,692 | $1,711 | -74.4% |
| Scott L. Dammann | $2,083 | $1,655 | -20.5% |
| Arlene H Campion Trust | $2,152 | $1,620 | -24.7% |
| Gail Flaten | $1,605 | $1,605 | 0% |
| Dennis Larsen | $2,940 | $1,538 | -47.7% |
| Nih Homes, LLC | $1,507 | $1,507 | 0% |
| Bruce Pearson | $1,494 | $1,494 | 0% |
| Sandra Faulhaber | $1,706 | $1,476 | -13.5% |
| Judith L Burquest Revocable Living Trust | $1,451 | $1,451 | 0% |
| Bruce G. Kuechle | $1,407 | $1,407 | 0% |
| Larsen Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,402 | -- |
| Julie Schmidt | $1,365 | $1,365 | 0% |
| Ralph E. Hiller | $2,816 | $1,356 | -51.8% |
| Richard J. Johnson | $1,303 | $1,302 | -0.1% |
| Robert Miller | $2,542 | $1,290 | -49.3% |
| Douglas F Hipsag | $1,237 | $1,237 | 0% |
| John Toth | $1,220 | $1,220 | 0% |
| Leaders Farm | $1,188 | $1,188 | 0% |
| Halley J Skogquist | $4,054 | $1,174 | -71% |
| Daniel Paul Hillukka | $350 | $1,076 | 207.4% |
| Honeycomb Acres | $0 | $1,061 | -- |
| Kedrick J. Johnson | $2,197 | $1,055 | -52% |
| Roger Blauert | $978 | $1,044 | 6.7% |
| Rebecca Mary Thompson | $8,210 | $978 | -88.1% |
| Tyler Ulwelling | $2,072 | $914 | -55.9% |
| George J. Frey | $2,163 | $905 | -58.2% |
| Kaye A. Allen | $666 | $897 | 34.7% |
| Sherburne County | $0 | $889 | -- |
| Brad Botts | $817 | $817 | 0% |
| Malcolm P. Beck | $3,175 | $807 | -74.6% |
| Lyle G. Ott | $1,204 | $780 | -35.2% |
| Eileen Bohn | $1,024 | $779 | -23.9% |
| Kurt F. Goenner | $2,353 | $739 | -68.6% |
| Robert H. Cavan Jr. | $3,674 | $715 | -80.5% |
| Quaid & Quaid | $990 | $623 | -37.1% |
| Gary A. Mueller | $1,855 | $565 | -69.5% |
| John D. Lieser | $546 | $546 | 0% |
| Tony Phillip Steinke | $3,769 | $531 | -85.9% |
| Randy R. Zeroth | $1,140 | $524 | -54% |
| Duane H. Hoff | $841 | $500 | -40.5% |
| Erik J. Soule | $471 | $471 | 0% |
| Wayne F Hass Trust | $1,057 | $460 | -56.5% |
| Vincent Belanger | $1,580 | $452 | -71.4% |
| Kenneth Tatkenhorst | $816 | $448 | -45.1% |
| Andrew Roth | $430 | $430 | 0% |
| Steven Elbert | $422 | $422 | 0% |
| Roger L. Gorham | $537 | $394 | -26.6% |
| Nowthen Cattle Company, LLC | $3,779 | $386 | -89.8% |
| Paul Hipsag | $372 | $372 | 0% |
| Robert a Bjorstrom | $1,283 | $358 | -72.1% |
| Gary R. Doering | $356 | $356 | 0% |
| Mark L. Kolles | $10,743 | $354 | -96.7% |
| Steve Taylor | $348 | $348 | 0% |
| Timothy J. Plude | $346 | $346 | 0% |
| Richard & Michael Goenner | $1,119 | $336 | -70% |
| Jennifer A. Herbold | $156 | $320 | 105.1% |
| Rodney W. Eggink | $852 | $315 | -63% |
| Jeraldine A. Schulz | $0 | $308 | -- |
| Gray Potato Farm Partnership | $72,311 | $302 | -99.6% |
| Paul J. Goenner | $221 | $221 | 0% |
| Justin Jarvis | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Mary J. Kirchenbauer | $264 | $206 | -22% |
| Chad Pinz | $0 | $203 | -- |
| Roger Orluck | $126 | $129 | 2.4% |
| Mary L. Gillette | $0 | $115 | -- |
| Robbie Klimmek | $68 | $68 | 0% |
| Douglas W. Manthei | $0 | $26 | -- |
| Mark Chmielewski | $39 | $9 | -76.9% |
| Anthony R. Kasper | $120 | $0 | -100% |
| Beverly J. Dirks | $124 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher L. Mortensen | $457 | $0 | -100% |
| Clear Valley Farms | $28,589 | $0 | -100% |
| Constance Berckes | $4,378 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis D. Pederson | $2,636 | $0 | -100% |
| E-Clan | $172,064 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald E. Backes | $831 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold C. Gohman | $286 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Kay Bobo-Donelson | $21,533 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin R. Imholte | $256 | $0 | -100% |
| William Frank | $150 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Westberg | $510 | $0 | -100% |
| Chai Chang | $2,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Weber | $4,447 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence A. Wolf | $3,163 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis R. Leistico | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Dean Hanson | $11,048 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Schubert | $271 | $0 | -100% |
| Home Sweet Honey, LLC | $2,576 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Hasslen | $503 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry V. Morrell | $632 | $0 | -100% |
| Leonard Wisniewski Estate | $6,529 | $0 | -100% |
| Manthei Hog Farm, LLC | $92,264 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael L. Kolles | $1,878 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael P. Zappa | $342 | $0 | -100% |
| Ramona E. Braun | $116 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy S. Berning | $479 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert G. Johnson | $132 | $0 | -100% |
| Roland James Burquest | $244 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan L. Leistico | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Lee Stewart Jr. | $4,546 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Hanson | $460 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Schlueter | $1,324 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald G. Niebergall | $104 | $0 | -100% |
| Goldenman Christmas Trees | $18,747 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice B. Wallin | $68 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome L. Behrens | $1,161 | $0 | -100% |
| Reggie G. Becker | $2,421 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald L. Hanson | $9,296 | $0 | -100% |
| Sanford Family, LP | $2,124 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,143,700 | $1,846,491 | -55.4% |
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