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In 2021, 258 farmers in cities within Greeley County received a total of $7.4 million in 627 farm subsidies, a 50.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $15 million in 1,018 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 Greeley County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Cavenee Farms Jv | $550,991 | $249,654 | -54.7% |
| Celtic, LLC | $1,112,885 | $239,943 | -78.4% |
| J J Schneider Farms, LLLP | $245,666 | $223,344 | -9.1% |
| Triple S Farms | $360,980 | $201,448 | -44.2% |
| Sunray Farms, Inc. | $335,549 | $179,966 | -46.4% |
| 3M Farms, LLC | $303,999 | $172,882 | -43.1% |
| Deerfield Feeders, Inc. | $246,047 | $168,058 | -31.7% |
| Oleo Ranch | $296,499 | $158,769 | -46.5% |
| Blaine Bryant Shivers | $136,944 | $138,861 | 1.4% |
| Morningside Farms, Inc. | $251,854 | $136,970 | -45.6% |
| Verdell Young & Son | $333,152 | $114,154 | -65.7% |
| Baber, Inc. | $177,583 | $110,580 | -37.7% |
| J V Kuttler & Sons, Inc. | $174,519 | $107,029 | -38.7% |
| AL Lynn Farms, GP | $186,547 | $104,127 | -44.2% |
| W Henry Robertson Estate | $0 | $103,333 | -- |
| Dixon Farms, LLC | $171,782 | $98,899 | -42.4% |
| Peter Farms | $223,849 | $96,566 | -56.9% |
| Bradley K Schneider, Inc. | $176,213 | $92,766 | -47.4% |
| R E & L Farms, Inc. | $137,511 | $90,801 | -34% |
| Duane N Schneider, Inc. | $181,106 | $90,341 | -50.1% |
| Rainmaker Agent Services, Inc. | $170,796 | $88,876 | -48% |
| Loren Robert Dittmer | $191,450 | $88,234 | -53.9% |
| Joe Reynolds | $191,760 | $87,052 | -54.6% |
| Bradford L. Koehn | $75,140 | $85,271 | 13.5% |
| Night SKY, Inc. | $155,100 | $81,263 | -47.6% |
| Chris - Trust R Dixon | $174,812 | $80,844 | -53.8% |
| Kellee - Trust K Dixon | $174,786 | $80,832 | -53.8% |
| Alice R. Schnabel | $90,160 | $77,431 | -14.1% |
| Prairie Land Partnership | $120,051 | $75,400 | -37.2% |
| Lehman & Sons Farms, Inc. | $137,239 | $75,073 | -45.3% |
| Ken P. Shafer | $129,263 | $72,404 | -44% |
| Bradly M. Moritz | $67,097 | $64,682 | -3.6% |
| Lobmeyer Cattle | $131,883 | $64,647 | -51% |
| John Grubb Rev Trustee | $125,122 | $63,171 | -49.5% |
| Stanley W. Shafer | $146,812 | $63,169 | -57% |
| Mike L. Moritz | $68,047 | $62,874 | -7.6% |
| Rhonda Moritz | $68,044 | $62,872 | -7.6% |
| Debora A. Shafer | $145,424 | $62,243 | -57.2% |
| Goshen Farms | $124,948 | $61,888 | -50.5% |
| Robert S Firner | $53,374 | $60,533 | 13.4% |
| Eugene F. Moritz Jr. | $142,375 | $57,364 | -59.7% |
| Steve Long | $125,573 | $56,450 | -55% |
| Debra L. Long | $124,522 | $56,445 | -54.7% |
| Watson Farms, Inc. | $54,912 | $56,220 | 2.4% |
| Donna K. Moritz | $140,895 | $56,200 | -60.1% |
| Red Farms, Inc. | $115,757 | $55,655 | -51.9% |
| Marty J. Moritz | $105,227 | $54,131 | -48.6% |
| Wildcat Land and Cattle, Inc. | $91,417 | $51,317 | -43.9% |
| Pleiadez, Inc. | $74,933 | $51,109 | -31.8% |
| Shannon Stewart | $116,802 | $48,680 | -58.3% |
| Travis Weaver | $51,584 | $48,115 | -6.7% |
| Big Dipper Ranch, LLC | $108,640 | $47,400 | -56.4% |
| Jayme Berggren | $68,793 | $46,930 | -31.8% |
| Thomas W. Bergner | $113,331 | $46,117 | -59.3% |
| Six S, LLC | $104,214 | $46,029 | -55.8% |
| Steve A. Schmidt | $72,900 | $44,746 | -38.6% |
| Jannifer Reynolds | $76,304 | $43,526 | -43% |
| Stephen Mangan | $124,311 | $43,500 | -65% |
| Theresa Mangan | $124,210 | $43,463 | -65% |
| Schneider Brothers Combo, Inc. | $74,396 | $41,908 | -43.7% |
| Larry Pridey | $115,860 | $41,803 | -63.9% |
| J Kleymann Grain & Cattle, LLC | $78,857 | $41,573 | -47.3% |
| Judi Lee Bergner | $81,805 | $41,165 | -49.7% |
| Dragonflyz, LLC | $105,579 | $41,164 | -61% |
| Outback Farms, Inc. | $90,614 | $40,375 | -55.4% |
| Benjamin J Fisher, Inc. | $96,904 | $38,343 | -60.4% |
| Norma J Mai Rev Trustee | $58,527 | $37,948 | -35.2% |
| Sheila M Scheffe-Weaver | $51,584 | $36,316 | -29.6% |
| Eric S. Lobmeyer | $34,863 | $35,972 | 3.2% |
| Leroy H Mai Trust | $55,571 | $35,660 | -35.8% |
| Lance Steele | $88,477 | $33,045 | -62.7% |
| Dale E. Wetzel | $57,557 | $32,638 | -43.3% |
| Rusty Iron Farm, Inc. | $70,247 | $28,412 | -59.6% |
| W M Farms, Inc. | $40,330 | $28,266 | -29.9% |
| K & K Farming, Inc. | $67,527 | $27,998 | -58.5% |
| Bear Farms, Inc. | $38,693 | $27,790 | -28.2% |
| W. H. Klein Jr. | $32,791 | $27,252 | -16.9% |
| Mary R Lane Living Trust | $34,567 | $26,252 | -24.1% |
| Mark Robertson | $50,923 | $26,151 | -48.6% |
| Tony R. Hanson | $115,583 | $25,320 | -78.1% |
| Sandra Hanson | $84,355 | $25,287 | -70% |
| Kyle E. Schneider | $44,937 | $24,314 | -45.9% |
| Howard John Gibson | $24,521 | $23,399 | -4.6% |
| Wheatbelt Farms, Inc. | $25,425 | $23,280 | -8.4% |
| Spencer Brunswig | $46,944 | $23,186 | -50.6% |
| Strategic Farms, Inc. | $45,833 | $23,167 | -49.5% |
| Dale A. Nolan | $36,747 | $22,451 | -38.9% |
| Mangan, Inc. | $85,223 | $22,406 | -73.7% |
| Andrew C. Rauch | $39,139 | $22,395 | -42.8% |
| Robertson's, Inc. | $47,393 | $22,215 | -53.1% |
| Duane N. Schneider | $41,536 | $22,187 | -46.6% |
| Larry A. Wetzel | $35,773 | $21,945 | -38.7% |
| Plains Feeders, Inc. | $63,122 | $21,186 | -66.4% |
| Jordan E. McDaniel | $43,975 | $21,172 | -51.9% |
| Morgan K. McDaniel | $43,849 | $21,154 | -51.8% |
| Mark Robertson, Inc. | $39,344 | $21,023 | -46.6% |
| JHL Farms, Inc. | $42,550 | $20,741 | -51.3% |
| Byerly Farms, Inc. | $35,988 | $20,182 | -43.9% |
| Shea Stewart | $43,793 | $20,002 | -54.3% |
| Grubb Farms, LLC | $40,991 | $19,974 | -51.3% |
| Harold & Shirley Grubb Rev Trustee 2006 | $16,614 | $19,949 | 20.1% |
| Melvin Cheney Trustee 1 | $22,660 | $18,798 | -17% |
| Darwin - and Barbara Hoffman Living Trustee N Hoffman | $39,087 | $18,386 | -53% |
| Bradley K. Schneider | $34,069 | $18,158 | -46.7% |
| Dee Anna P. Schneider | $34,042 | $18,147 | -46.7% |
| Ronald L. Koehn | $37,239 | $17,236 | -53.7% |
| Allen Phillips - Allen Phillips and Denise Phillips Rev Trustee D | $28,450 | $17,058 | -40% |
| Rockin KS Farms, Inc. | $26,348 | $16,131 | -38.8% |
| Mildred Isabelle Gibson Revocable Living Trust | $17,223 | $15,812 | -8.2% |
| Jeffrey P. Nolan | $39,694 | $15,704 | -60.4% |
| James V. Myers | $31,274 | $15,507 | -50.4% |
| Golden Grain Family Farms, Inc. | $24,315 | $14,945 | -38.5% |
| Gilbert Bishop, Inc. | $27,986 | $14,614 | -47.8% |
| Jerry Mangold | $27,536 | $14,599 | -47% |
| Steve B. Schneider | $104,796 | $14,542 | -86.1% |
| Larry Doty | $21,097 | $14,396 | -31.8% |
| Natalie K. Hiebert | $116,158 | $14,332 | -87.7% |
| Curtis M. Woods | $42,963 | $13,669 | -68.2% |
| Dirk A. Schneider | $33,598 | $12,901 | -61.6% |
| Brass Buckle Farms, LLC | $22,897 | $12,315 | -46.2% |
| Grubb Brothers Farms, Inc. | $22,411 | $12,210 | -45.5% |
| Darlene Kleymann Trust | $26,431 | $11,569 | -56.2% |
| 21 Farms, Inc. | $34,741 | $11,524 | -66.8% |
| William W Byerly Rev Trustee | $15,494 | $11,479 | -25.9% |
| Ethel D Kuder-Ethel D Kuder Trust DTD Sept. 28, 2021 | $19,355 | $11,432 | -40.9% |
| Clark R Harris Trustee No 1 | $22,840 | $10,890 | -52.3% |
| Janice R. Klein | $10,662 | $10,662 | 0% |
| Trevor S. Carney | $12,039 | $10,625 | -11.7% |
| Derrick A. Kysar | $15,478 | $10,621 | -31.4% |
| Myers Agent, Inc. | $21,892 | $10,492 | -52.1% |
| VNH Farms, Inc. | $18,865 | $10,308 | -45.4% |
| Seth A. Wineinger | $21,238 | $10,253 | -51.7% |
| Virginia M. Gibson | $9,718 | $10,178 | 4.7% |
| Tribune Grain, LLC | $18,274 | $9,648 | -47.2% |
| Ox Town, LLC | $175,185 | $9,475 | -94.6% |
| Jackson E. Ozment | $11,556 | $9,165 | -20.7% |
| L. D. Houston | $26,447 | $8,989 | -66% |
| Seth Cavenee | $19,589 | $8,811 | -55% |
| Robert E. Coupland | $8,878 | $8,777 | -1.1% |
| Young Red Angus, LLC. | $67,626 | $8,636 | -87.2% |
| Julia Myers | $18,568 | $8,573 | -53.8% |
| M Nadine Cheney Trust | $13,791 | $8,399 | -39.1% |
| Arla M Peter Trust | $21,868 | $8,339 | -61.9% |
| Wineinger Irrevocable Trust | $15,861 | $8,149 | -48.6% |
| Andrew P Myers Trustee No 1 | $12,504 | $8,089 | -35.3% |
| Johan Knelsen | $27,272 | $7,951 | -70.8% |
| Nicholas R. Hahn | $18,568 | $7,887 | -57.5% |
| Laurence R. Daniels Jr. | $10,146 | $7,880 | -22.3% |
| John P Floyd Estate | $0 | $7,416 | -- |
| Scot H. Robertson | $13,015 | $7,349 | -43.5% |
| Theoma a Ingram Trust | $24,966 | $7,307 | -70.7% |
| Marvin Elder Farms, Inc. | $17,286 | $7,237 | -58.1% |
| Aaron Myers | $12,571 | $7,143 | -43.2% |
| David Tarman | $10,949 | $6,992 | -36.1% |
| Mitchell M Watson Trustee No 1 | $10,052 | $6,980 | -30.6% |
| Donna Helmbold | $1,714 | $6,897 | 302.4% |
| Jarrod Schmidt | $7,430 | $6,752 | -9.1% |
| Alan L. Peter | $13,401 | $6,590 | -50.8% |
| Sherry Peter | $13,398 | $6,588 | -50.8% |
| John and Ruth Lawson Trust | $12,124 | $6,488 | -46.5% |
| Cathy L. Govert | $9,625 | $6,456 | -32.9% |
| K Bar B, Inc. | $20,714 | $6,337 | -69.4% |
| Sunshine Farms Lp | $7,830 | $6,157 | -21.4% |
| Christy Hopkins | $6,747 | $6,142 | -9% |
| Jackie M Hutchins Rev Trustee | $9,253 | $6,086 | -34.2% |
| Hutchins Family MRTL Trustee | $9,248 | $6,083 | -34.2% |
| Kysar Farm, LLC | $12,146 | $6,078 | -50% |
| Stewart a Whitham II, Inc. | $7,495 | $5,929 | -20.9% |
| William C. Coupland | $12,000 | $5,664 | -52.8% |
| Philip Scott Clevenger | $3,329 | $5,657 | 69.9% |
| Benjamin Fisher | $5,479 | $5,479 | 0% |
| Melven Kuder JR | $8,414 | $5,183 | -38.4% |
| Jeanette Cox | $9,631 | $5,160 | -46.4% |
| William Cody Long | $11,499 | $5,137 | -55.3% |
| Michael J. Govert | $6,472 | $4,844 | -25.2% |
| James L Kleymann | $7,289 | $4,625 | -36.5% |
| Michael Ann E Kleymann | $7,094 | $4,625 | -34.8% |
| Billy J. Lawrence | $2,754 | $4,577 | 66.2% |
| Kow, Inc. | $6,724 | $4,556 | -32.2% |
| Chester I Johnson Trust No 1 B | $4,444 | $4,444 | 0% |
| Pringle Ranch, Inc. | $10,693 | $4,379 | -59% |
| Kyle W. Shafer | $4,645 | $4,375 | -5.8% |
| Virginia I. Brown | $4,375 | $4,375 | 0% |
| L F Stevenson Trust | $959 | $4,342 | 352.8% |
| Julia K Fisher Revocable Trust | $9,936 | $4,295 | -56.8% |
| Ervin L Schneider Trustee Number 1 | $5,344 | $4,274 | -20% |
| Stewart Feedyard, Inc. | $45,638 | $4,254 | -90.7% |
| Firner Family Agricultural Investments, LLC | $22,380 | $4,180 | -81.3% |
| Joyce Kriegh | $11,001 | $3,887 | -64.7% |
| Susan Kail C. Tr | $5,602 | $3,842 | -31.4% |
| Jim Reynolds | $0 | $3,788 | -- |
| Daniel Peter - Daniel L Peter Trust | $9,873 | $3,619 | -63.3% |
| Sally Peter - Sally L Peter Trust | $9,868 | $3,618 | -63.3% |
| Trinasue Kleymann Living Trust | $6,750 | $3,510 | -48% |
| Marylin Kleymann - Marylin J Kleymann Trust | $5,940 | $3,499 | -41.1% |
| Mai Family Trustee | $7,300 | $3,408 | -53.3% |
| Monty G. Moritz | $7,536 | $3,220 | -57.3% |
| Todd W. Schmidt | $8,279 | $3,181 | -61.6% |
| MP Trust | $7,937 | $3,065 | -61.4% |
| Kathleen M Byerly Rev Trustee | $8,700 | $3,032 | -65.1% |
| KS State University | $15,340 | $2,923 | -80.9% |
| Laken D. Steele | $11,448 | $2,852 | -75.1% |
| Leslie Allen Kail Trust | $2,785 | $2,785 | 0% |
| Tyrell Reynolds | $24,847 | $2,750 | -88.9% |
| Irene M. Billinger | $4,197 | $2,716 | -35.3% |
| Betty a Elder Rev Trustee | $5,755 | $2,696 | -53.2% |
| Gilbert Bishop Rev Liv Trustee | $4,368 | $2,691 | -38.4% |
| Brett A. Sharkey | $0 | $2,674 | -- |
| Virginia L. Johnson | $2,608 | $2,608 | 0% |
| Charles W Harris Trustee No 1 - Trust B | $18,376 | $2,581 | -86% |
| Lak Trust | $3,667 | $2,578 | -29.7% |
| L Steele Trust BTO | $9,668 | $2,542 | -73.7% |
| Randy Harris | $4,004 | $2,483 | -38% |
| Barbara C Harris Trust No 1 | $4,001 | $2,482 | -38% |
| Garrett D. Wright | $10,439 | $2,271 | -78.2% |
| Kevin Govert | $2,401 | $2,216 | -7.7% |
| Susan Stocker Liv L. Tr | $5,364 | $2,082 | -61.2% |
| Verna Harris Tr | $14,571 | $2,048 | -85.9% |
| Danny Donovan | $2,015 | $1,944 | -3.5% |
| MBM Investments, LLC | $4,070 | $1,818 | -55.3% |
| Richard D. Wasko | $8,722 | $1,806 | -79.3% |
| Eric D. Hoffman | $2,399 | $1,777 | -25.9% |
| Scott M. Schneider | $3,529 | $1,682 | -52.3% |
| Charlton P. Schneider | $1,848 | $1,601 | -13.4% |
| Laran Steele | $6,456 | $1,533 | -76.3% |
| Brennan van Allen | $3,195 | $1,515 | -52.6% |
| Doreen Mangold | $1,522 | $1,452 | -4.6% |
| Shane M. Schneider | $11,838 | $1,414 | -88.1% |
| Chase Schneider | $1,357 | $1,344 | -1% |
| Waive L Winter | $1,824 | $1,273 | -30.2% |
| Darlene C Smith Family Trustee | $2,860 | $1,258 | -56% |
| Carrol Young | $2,083 | $1,164 | -44.1% |
| Ralph W. Young | $2,083 | $1,164 | -44.1% |
| Cecilia Lehman | $3,935 | $1,126 | -71.4% |
| Ronald Lehman | $3,935 | $1,126 | -71.4% |
| Talon R. Schneider | $5,083 | $1,046 | -79.4% |
| Christopher Lee Peter | $1,703 | $1,014 | -40.5% |
| Gina Marie Peter | $1,703 | $1,014 | -40.5% |
| Jacqueline D Myers Trustee No 1 | $966 | $966 | 0% |
| Tyson D. Schneider | $4,245 | $825 | -80.6% |
| Dennis Schneider | $948 | $804 | -15.2% |
| Yvonne F. Schneider | $947 | $804 | -15.1% |
| Scott A. Brown | $3,167 | $596 | -81.2% |
| Rafter 96, LLC | $4,559 | $592 | -87% |
| Lavern Stevenson | $3,998 | $567 | -85.8% |
| Sunflower Prairie Farms, LLC | $550 | $516 | -6.2% |
| Schmidt Family IRR Trust | $1,065 | $497 | -53.3% |
| Ardmar, LLC | $1,656 | $495 | -70.1% |
| Brooklin Moritz | $2,944 | $433 | -85.3% |
| CJ Cubed, LLC | $1,295 | $316 | -75.6% |
| Skylar R. Howell | $0 | $136 | -- |
| Ed Grand | $216 | $123 | -43.1% |
| Mark Grand | $216 | $123 | -43.1% |
| Steve C. Dunham | $588 | $105 | -82.1% |
| Richard G. Kysar | $215 | $104 | -51.6% |
| Janna L. Liggett | $95 | $54 | -43.2% |
| Leigh Liggett - M. Reaves | $95 | $54 | -43.2% |
| Lylle Liggett | $95 | $54 | -43.2% |
| Chaz B. Schneider | $3,558 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra K. Riley | $1,139 | $0 | -100% |
| Don B. Smith | $2,659 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie Ingram | $11,676 | $0 | -100% |
| Galen Wilcox | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Govert Family Marital Trust | $4,299 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald H. Price Jr. | $7,501 | $0 | -100% |
| Hazel I Reynolds Rev Trustee | $11,166 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen J Govert Rvoc Trustee | $2,139 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Wilcox | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeri Smith | $2,659 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Young | $11 | $0 | -100% |
| John F. Bergner | $1,159 | $0 | -100% |
| John Floyd | $16,828 | $0 | -100% |
| Jon Michael Kleymann | $9,873 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Wright | $1,191 | $0 | -100% |
| Neil D. Young | $10,289 | $0 | -100% |
| Nycole Nelson | $3,751 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald K. Riley | $1,139 | $0 | -100% |
| T Bar J Land Investments, LLC | $149,431 | $0 | -100% |
| Verdell Young Trustee 1 | $11 | $0 | -100% |
| W. H. Robertson | $107,118 | $0 | -100% |
| Young Farms, Inc. | $805 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $14,991,095 | $7,387,188 | -50.7% |
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