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In 2021, 208 farmers in cities within Dewey County received a total of $7.1 million in 644 farm subsidies, a 41.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $12.3 million in 656 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 Dewey County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindskov Ranch Gen PTR | $2,484,933 | $899,750 | -63.8% |
| David Biegler | $356,963 | $213,545 | -40.2% |
| Duane Jacob Kraft | $124,904 | $185,299 | 48.4% |
| J & L Maher, Inc. | $259,995 | $182,655 | -29.7% |
| Lyle Dean Anderson | $114,583 | $166,502 | 45.3% |
| A & C Biegler, Inc. | $269,933 | $159,597 | -40.9% |
| J & J Biegler, Inc. | $270,512 | $159,236 | -41.1% |
| Ronnie R. Long | $20,798 | $157,475 | 657.2% |
| Webb Ranch, LLC | $430,891 | $143,971 | -66.6% |
| Bruce John Maher | $238,770 | $132,702 | -44.4% |
| Gill Red Angus, Inc. | $214,220 | $128,543 | -40% |
| Dudley Reichert | $29,381 | $123,103 | 319% |
| Kevin L & Terry M Johnson PTR | $157,810 | $118,734 | -24.8% |
| Arthur J Lindskov JR | $135,906 | $115,765 | -14.8% |
| Robbie W. Kuhn | $242,667 | $101,087 | -58.3% |
| Patrick Maher | $191,073 | $96,791 | -49.3% |
| Jim Miller | $123,032 | $90,756 | -26.2% |
| Reid B. Grate | $113,618 | $90,252 | -20.6% |
| Kyle Biegler | $89,143 | $88,652 | -0.6% |
| Lawrence J. Goldade | $80,189 | $85,911 | 7.1% |
| Broken Heart Ranch | $91,529 | $85,412 | -6.7% |
| John Maher | $138,928 | $83,272 | -40.1% |
| Meginness Incorporated | $179,574 | $82,505 | -54.1% |
| Circle S Ranch, Inc. | $102,377 | $77,513 | -24.3% |
| Brent Thiel | $106,866 | $74,060 | -30.7% |
| Michael Maher | $93,106 | $73,834 | -20.7% |
| Keith Dahlgren | $100,960 | $71,231 | -29.4% |
| Tim Oleary | $82,014 | $69,097 | -15.7% |
| Randy Alley | $148,858 | $67,453 | -54.7% |
| Isaac Kraft | $55,393 | $66,793 | 20.6% |
| Joseph M. Locken | $112,565 | $65,638 | -41.7% |
| Edward Beer | $87,810 | $61,190 | -30.3% |
| Blaine Dahlgren | $63,512 | $61,072 | -3.8% |
| Ronald C Brownotter | $73,257 | $60,422 | -17.5% |
| Booth Ranch, Inc. | $112,527 | $59,976 | -46.7% |
| Archie Jerome Hulm | $86,445 | $59,780 | -30.8% |
| Ronnie L. Goldade | $77,831 | $59,084 | -24.1% |
| Coffy Enright | $85,467 | $57,980 | -32.2% |
| Bernita H. Schumacher | $68,904 | $57,170 | -17% |
| Wade T. Ward | $20,042 | $57,062 | 184.7% |
| Steve Aberle | $51,885 | $56,355 | 8.6% |
| Lynn Stradinger | $73,619 | $53,365 | -27.5% |
| Jerome Miller | $64,220 | $50,594 | -21.2% |
| Sloan Baili Anderson | $33,741 | $50,157 | 48.7% |
| David Alley | $72,072 | $47,922 | -33.5% |
| Hunter, LLC | $36,674 | $45,978 | 25.4% |
| William Buck Ward | $52,978 | $45,850 | -13.5% |
| William Burress | $30,250 | $44,745 | 47.9% |
| Edward Ducheneaux | $58,787 | $44,327 | -24.6% |
| Miles A. Long | $42,875 | $43,985 | 2.6% |
| Eugene F. Reinbold | $57,910 | $41,962 | -27.5% |
| Glenn L. Marshall Jr. | $44,862 | $41,091 | -8.4% |
| Thomas Alley | $47,012 | $40,320 | -14.2% |
| Harold Hulm | $48,573 | $40,310 | -17% |
| Doug Beer | $50,225 | $40,195 | -20% |
| David Kraft | $47,655 | $38,331 | -19.6% |
| Melody L. Marshall | $14,392 | $37,926 | 163.5% |
| Charles P. Kerstiens | $79,184 | $35,714 | -54.9% |
| Douglas J. Lawrence | $49,071 | $34,985 | -28.7% |
| Jacqueline Lenore Bigger-Elder | $42,283 | $34,418 | -18.6% |
| Robert Reinbold | $42,589 | $33,764 | -20.7% |
| Chance Anderson | $33,045 | $33,334 | 0.9% |
| Todd Ward | $17,270 | $32,959 | 90.8% |
| Roger Long | $40,399 | $32,508 | -19.5% |
| Larry Jung | $48,714 | $31,443 | -35.5% |
| Jace Booth | $31,001 | $30,481 | -1.7% |
| Deb Allen Ducheneaux | $23,248 | $30,468 | 31.1% |
| Rita F. Murray | $31,537 | $30,145 | -4.4% |
| Larry Jacobs | $32,834 | $29,928 | -8.9% |
| James Mulloy | $31,631 | $29,795 | -5.8% |
| Kenny Quinn | $25,761 | $29,779 | 15.6% |
| Andrew C. Traversie | $29,590 | $28,627 | -3.3% |
| Brady Burress | $33,275 | $27,648 | -16.9% |
| Maher Cattle, LLC | $1,043,557 | $27,038 | -97.4% |
| Arthur E. Reichert | $31,477 | $26,240 | -16.6% |
| Arthur Aaron Reichert | $71,705 | $25,174 | -64.9% |
| Joseph Schrempp | $29,626 | $24,312 | -17.9% |
| Western Dakota Bank | $22,980 | $23,501 | 2.3% |
| Tuffy Gene Thompson | $29,843 | $23,324 | -21.8% |
| Booth, Inc. | $25,484 | $22,730 | -10.8% |
| Brice E. Roghair | $35,310 | $22,604 | -36% |
| Keith W. Dorsey | $59,310 | $22,468 | -62.1% |
| Colin Milliken | $26,404 | $22,048 | -16.5% |
| Daniel Goldade | $27,494 | $21,254 | -22.7% |
| Gerald Booth | $660 | $21,028 | 3,086.1% |
| Alvin Veit | $70,256 | $19,992 | -71.5% |
| Scott Enright | $11,501 | $19,650 | 70.9% |
| Tyrone H. Kraft | $45,682 | $19,595 | -57.1% |
| Martin Webb | $0 | $19,034 | -- |
| Jolene F. Maher | $16,889 | $17,663 | 4.6% |
| Wade Maher | $16,889 | $17,663 | 4.6% |
| Garrett Brian Nash | $16,379 | $17,294 | 5.6% |
| Roy Rollin Veit | $17,210 | $16,873 | -2% |
| Robert L. Lawrence | $17,391 | $16,858 | -3.1% |
| Rhonda Rae Takes the Knife | $25,279 | $16,747 | -33.8% |
| Melvin P. Traversie | $18,197 | $16,612 | -8.7% |
| Stan Schlosser | $64,436 | $16,591 | -74.3% |
| Kristopher D. Lamb | $0 | $16,248 | -- |
| Derry H. Meyer | $71,849 | $15,782 | -78% |
| Perry Keller | $11,739 | $15,511 | 32.1% |
| Bart Bierman | $51,214 | $15,220 | -70.3% |
| Larry Mayer | $17,336 | $14,420 | -16.8% |
| Wayne Keller | $18,103 | $14,298 | -21% |
| Dale F Lacompte | $15,025 | $14,215 | -5.4% |
| Troy Long | $14,784 | $13,685 | -7.4% |
| Craig Thorstenson | $42,562 | $13,415 | -68.5% |
| Jack Ward | $15,740 | $13,089 | -16.8% |
| Harold Frazier | $0 | $12,788 | -- |
| Aaron Allen Lindskov | $12,699 | $12,573 | -1% |
| Jessica R. Ducheneaux | $11,583 | $12,477 | 7.7% |
| Tipton Mccoy Marshall | $5,794 | $12,157 | 109.8% |
| James Timothy Oleary | $12,141 | $11,504 | -5.2% |
| Brent Biegler | $12,939 | $11,417 | -11.8% |
| Bo Biegler | $17,607 | $11,373 | -35.4% |
| Mike Grage | $9,724 | $10,915 | 12.2% |
| Derek Long | $24,520 | $10,784 | -56% |
| Ardie Maier | $38,698 | $10,463 | -73% |
| Miss Ann Marie Stocklin | $0 | $10,275 | -- |
| Ronald Alley | $12,053 | $10,021 | -16.9% |
| Mikki Rae Veit | $12,842 | $9,985 | -22.2% |
| Joe Hager | $10,260 | $9,490 | -7.5% |
| Bradyn Michael Beer | $8,745 | $9,347 | 6.9% |
| Tanner Kraft | $13,913 | $9,185 | -34% |
| Joni Rae Veit | $13,268 | $9,143 | -31.1% |
| Bar Box Bar Ranch, Inc. | $10,120 | $8,931 | -11.7% |
| Ralph Pesicka | $18,551 | $8,447 | -54.5% |
| Mark Alley | $0 | $8,015 | -- |
| Justin Lindskov | $6,644 | $7,256 | 9.2% |
| Ronald Bierman | $14,813 | $7,245 | -51.1% |
| Timothy Bollinger | $9,988 | $7,183 | -28.1% |
| Richard Coleman | $5,665 | $7,138 | 26% |
| Joshua Biegler | $61,245 | $6,953 | -88.6% |
| Mitch Enright | $28,521 | $6,942 | -75.7% |
| Wayne Holzer | $14,223 | $6,533 | -54.1% |
| Charles Maher | $13,508 | $6,441 | -52.3% |
| Tyson Paxton | $11,308 | $6,417 | -43.3% |
| Savanna Ty Robison | $0 | $6,314 | -- |
| Debra Thill | $6,168 | $6,168 | 0% |
| Dudley & Veronica | $6,088 | $6,154 | 1.1% |
| William Lindskov | $16,847 | $6,050 | -64.1% |
| Joe Douglas | $18,442 | $5,864 | -68.2% |
| Perry L. Schuh | $26,457 | $5,764 | -78.2% |
| Mary E. Dorsey | $14,841 | $5,613 | -62.2% |
| Jessica Parker | $59,460 | $5,610 | -90.6% |
| Brandon G. Heck | $12,995 | $5,499 | -57.7% |
| Dennis Lindskov | $4,805 | $5,485 | 14.2% |
| Deon K. Dorsey | $27,397 | $5,386 | -80.3% |
| Jace Long | $9,070 | $5,161 | -43.1% |
| Cody C. Jewett | $27,612 | $4,620 | -83.3% |
| Ivan D. Lind | $5,035 | $4,590 | -8.8% |
| Ramona Simon | $1,175 | $4,493 | 282.4% |
| Janal Biegler | $1,993 | $4,376 | 119.6% |
| Jules G. Lamb | $27,229 | $4,210 | -84.5% |
| Duffy Dupris | $15,508 | $4,180 | -73% |
| Blaine Oleary | $20,218 | $4,102 | -79.7% |
| Dustin Lee Goldade | $0 | $3,613 | -- |
| Gary L. Simon | $20,936 | $3,612 | -82.7% |
| Leroy Reinert | $2,911 | $3,543 | 21.7% |
| Tucker Stocklin | $6,754 | $3,513 | -48% |
| Colt W. Peterson | $13,849 | $3,359 | -75.7% |
| Carol Lipp | $4,884 | $3,329 | -31.8% |
| Matthew J. Hornick | $5,680 | $3,285 | -42.2% |
| Paul O. Stradinger | $2,310 | $3,081 | 33.4% |
| Adele Enright | $2,031 | $2,523 | 24.2% |
| Ty P. Traversie | $11,572 | $2,492 | -78.5% |
| John D. Boldt | $11,957 | $2,466 | -79.4% |
| Martin J. Anderson | $10,923 | $2,426 | -77.8% |
| Robert Martin | $3,688 | $2,104 | -43% |
| Rodney A. Enright | $36,214 | $2,097 | -94.2% |
| Anthony W. Reinbold | $2,290 | $2,003 | -12.5% |
| Jeremy Bollinger | $1,386 | $1,962 | 41.6% |
| Casey Aberle | $8,701 | $1,798 | -79.3% |
| Heinrich Muller | $0 | $1,760 | -- |
| Richard Scherer | $1,531 | $1,744 | 13.9% |
| Zane Grate | $12,045 | $1,689 | -86% |
| Marty Lewis Thompson | $0 | $1,437 | -- |
| Brian Alley | $9,336 | $1,352 | -85.5% |
| Riley William Lindskov | $4,906 | $1,044 | -78.7% |
| Debbie Dee Drageset | $8,437 | $1,038 | -87.7% |
| Mavis Dahlgren | $4,283 | $908 | -78.8% |
| Levi Goldade | $5,255 | $865 | -83.5% |
| Jeremy J Van Driel | $3,630 | $728 | -79.9% |
| Jackson Harrison | $3,487 | $722 | -79.3% |
| Joseph Goldade | $3,146 | $661 | -79% |
| Shaun Maher | $3,025 | $606 | -80% |
| Shanna Lacey Gebhardt | $3,179 | $592 | -81.4% |
| Brian Nash | $2,464 | $588 | -76.1% |
| Dale Young | $1,795 | $545 | -69.6% |
| Thomas P. Ducheneaux | $2,882 | $544 | -81.1% |
| Barbara Gross | $432 | $432 | 0% |
| Bridget Russell | $2,112 | $422 | -80% |
| Arbie Springer G | $314 | $417 | 32.8% |
| James P. Stam | $901 | $407 | -54.8% |
| James H. Boldt | $1,019 | $342 | -66.4% |
| Mary M. Aberle | $1,331 | $267 | -79.9% |
| Robert J. Alley | $1,265 | $253 | -80% |
| Jim J. Bartlett | $213 | $213 | 0% |
| Clayton Conrad Brownotter | $1,035 | $204 | -80.3% |
| Richard T. Enright | $583 | $188 | -67.8% |
| Adrian J. Winterberg | $1,307 | $185 | -85.8% |
| Robert Schuh | $180 | $180 | 0% |
| Jeffrey Goldade | $935 | $177 | -81.1% |
| Jody Daniel Enright | $297 | $176 | -40.7% |
| Cooper Daniel Lindskov | $484 | $124 | -74.4% |
| Joseph Scherer | $179 | $117 | -34.6% |
| Dawnita Knight | $418 | $110 | -73.7% |
| John Laubach | $222 | $108 | -51.4% |
| Kent Larson | $58 | $30 | -48.3% |
| Ann M. Maher | $13,105 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradyn Beer | $7,038 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert D. Jackson | $2,963 | $0 | -100% |
| Robyn K. Miller | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $1,968 | $0 | -100% |
| James T. O'Leary | $10,727 | $0 | -100% |
| Kristopher D. Lamb | $17,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Lyla Jacobs | $606 | $0 | -100% |
| Lyle Richter | $4,602 | $0 | -100% |
| Oleary Brothers, Inc. | $30,022 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $12,269,160 | $7,141,873 | -41.8% |
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