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The state of taxpayer-funded farm subsidies in cities associated with Benton County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Benton County received $3 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 343 farmers in cities within Benton County received a total of $1.8 million in 536 farm subsidies, a 62.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.9 million in 1,082 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 Benton County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Mark T. Chamberlin$160,599$199,58124.3%
Keith Broiler Farm, LLC$0$99,324--
Paul John Mazelin$0$93,170--
Bryan Curtis Von Holten$187,194$60,958-67.4%
Michaela Ann Ives$0$59,855--
L & E Dairy, LLC$87,019$46,726-46.3%
Meyer Farms$145,880$41,050-71.9%
Wendy Myers$111,681$38,826-65.2%
Rodney Metscher$5,390$38,447613.3%
Mehrens Grain Farms, LLC$65,465$31,367-52.1%
Thomas Hesse$15,664$29,88890.8%
BBI LC$142,366$28,960-79.7%
Scotty E. Henderson$57,981$28,791-50.3%
Larry Ebeling$55,838$27,694-50.4%
Robert Koll$82,578$25,417-69.2%
Todd J. Zimmer$73,428$24,653-66.4%
Darryl mac Harms$84,681$23,460-72.3%
James Arno Mehrens$77,356$22,982-70.3%
Dennis Brant$22,909$22,9090%
Brent Otten$154,140$22,798-85.2%
Harold Bahrenburg$67,885$21,461-68.4%
Andrew R. Hesse$9,284$21,154127.9%
Willard Lee Gerken$47,706$20,272-57.5%
Brian Eifert$62,098$19,764-68.2%
T & H Cattle Company, LLC$89,881$18,797-79.1%
Gary Lee Eifert$63,838$18,137-71.6%
Spinar Enterprise$71,537$17,649-75.3%
Jason Duane Spinar$76,084$16,247-78.6%
Zimmer Farms, LLC$37,874$13,940-63.2%
James Goosen$52,562$12,843-75.6%
Wesley Wayne Eifert$40,475$12,211-69.8%
Steven C. Wischmeier$36,092$11,078-69.3%
DW Farms, Inc.$32,328$10,812-66.6%
John W Stuhner Trust$22,171$10,440-52.9%
Leroy J Morarity$17,396$10,162-41.6%
Rick D. Keuper$33,451$10,064-69.9%
Matthew Kirk Hesse$28,000$9,889-64.7%
Heimsoth Brothers Farm, LLC$33,962$9,789-71.2%
Ronald G. Richardson$60,135$9,682-83.9%
Darryl Wesley Heimsoth$44,201$9,538-78.4%
Carroll E. Chancellor$9,285$9,4221.5%
Sheree L. Eckhoff$40,764$8,857-78.3%
Russell Meyer$41,409$7,765-81.2%
Randy R. Gahring$30,421$7,539-75.2%
David E. Winkler$37,726$7,450-80.3%
Rex A. Loganbill$22,800$7,387-67.6%
Vicky Keuper$26,218$7,296-72.2%
Kana Wake$22,930$7,163-68.8%
Shane Spry$38,499$7,123-81.5%
Richard Koll$28,561$7,119-75.1%
Henderson & Vandiver Cattle Company, LLC$61,592$7,072-88.5%
Billy Ray Ward & Sylvia Sue Ward Trust$6,996$6,991-0.1%
Edward R. Goetz$26,466$6,825-74.2%
Crystal Chamberlin$6,852$6,485-5.4%
Harry V. Goosen$17,380$6,392-63.2%
Danny Mazelin$10,255$5,691-44.5%
Justin Richard Balke$24,640$5,665-77%
Merlin Kreisel Trust$28,624$5,655-80.2%
Kathryn Anstaett$4,947$5,58212.8%
Keigh Johnson$27,698$5,456-80.3%
Lyndon D. Ropp$40,823$5,382-86.8%
Patricia Johnson$5,346$5,3460%
Kenneth Dean Chance$16,345$5,109-68.7%
Sandra a Tatge-Haas$8,222$4,998-39.2%
Kenneth Eckhoff$15,329$4,943-67.8%
Timothy-Timothy I Hovendick Rev Liv TRST Hovendick$18,219$4,928-73%
David L Heisterberg$9,658$4,895-49.3%
Adam Young$24,618$4,695-80.9%
Jackson Schlesselman Partnership$22,396$4,610-79.4%
Larry D. Smith$3,795$4,59321%
Joseph H. Reser$21,467$4,521-78.9%
Jack Thomas$22,102$4,500-79.6%
Bryan Lane Bahrenburg$20,899$4,434-78.8%
Kenneth A. Rehmer$16,852$4,398-73.9%
Dolores Keuper$13,245$4,359-67.1%
Ray Schenewark$15,044$4,240-71.8%
Dean McMillin$29,569$4,212-85.8%
Brian J. Nelson$13,342$4,168-68.8%
Larry Kent Wischmeier$16,549$4,129-75%
Donald Eckhoff$17,504$4,028-77%
Garoll Schultz$12,930$3,925-69.6%
Trent Acheson$22,127$3,707-83.2%
Carl G. Mueller$16,200$3,687-77.2%
Daniel C. Cronin$12,412$3,640-70.7%
Kevin Teague$15,609$3,616-76.8%
Billy Brewster$13,877$3,606-74%
Pauline Rambow$9,169$3,458-62.3%
Jeff Kullman$10,753$3,450-67.9%
Steve L. Pickens$13,954$3,446-75.3%
Debbie Spinar$14,283$3,383-76.3%
George T. Cook$17,982$3,314-81.6%
Jim Shannon Goosen$12,869$3,270-74.6%
Jack D. Johnson$13,286$3,260-75.5%
David Sieving$8,520$3,114-63.5%
Marvin Dieckman$12,594$3,096-75.4%
Frederick Clarence Hesse$8,287$3,004-63.8%
Lucas J. Miller$406$2,980634%
Karl Kroenke$6,401$2,957-53.8%
Adam Arnett$11,707$2,914-75.1%
M L Smith Revocable Trust$7,316$2,876-60.7%
Larry Drenon$11,347$2,825-75.1%
Ashlyn D. Richardson$14,451$2,804-80.6%
Luke B. Beaman$1,029$2,779170.1%
Craig Westermier$10,483$2,776-73.5%
Ronald James Dent Jr.$13,216$2,764-79.1%
Wesley Mace$9,276$2,756-70.3%
Emmi E. Smith$5,973$2,683-55.1%
Andrew T. Hovendick$9,955$2,655-73.3%
William Chamberlin$9,105$2,643-71%
James P. Williams Jr.$12,083$2,618-78.3%
Barry Cramer$9,493$2,612-72.5%
Loretta L. Stephenson$2,593$2,5930%
Amie L. Breshears$14,027$2,587-81.6%
Ronald Emery$0$2,585--
Britt Kroenke$11,671$2,552-78.1%
Cory Dean Rice$11,982$2,447-79.6%
Dillard Kreisler$11,055$2,380-78.5%
Dwane K. Kreisler$11,110$2,380-78.6%
Mark Gordon Beamer$5,984$2,359-60.6%
Kevin R. Thompson$9,651$2,346-75.7%
Robert G. Zimmerman$3,010$2,326-22.7%
Cindy Schuknecht$16,304$2,282-86%
Brian E. Kueffer$5,370$2,243-58.2%
Don Rothrock$7,781$2,234-71.3%
Timothy D. Heimsoth$6,752$2,230-67%
John Kroos$5,579$2,201-60.5%
J a Johnson Farms, Inc.$11,059$2,191-80.2%
Rick Koll$9,850$2,188-77.8%
Glen W. Lewis$9,350$2,186-76.6%
Randall L. Turk$7,370$2,183-70.4%
Stephen Kroenke$4,516$2,181-51.7%
Sheldon Johnson Jr.$11,395$2,176-80.9%
Richard L. Evans$4,894$2,171-55.6%
Russell L. Vaughn$10,043$2,152-78.6%
Lemuel William Gemes$8,679$2,124-75.5%
Clay Kreisel$9,815$2,122-78.4%
Alan Kerksiek$11,665$2,106-81.9%
Peggy Smith$3,040$2,106-30.7%
Haldor Barnes$7,224$2,091-71.1%
Irma Hadley$2,620$2,087-20.3%
Kent Johnson$4,620$2,078-55%
Steve Daleske$9,042$2,070-77.1%
Walter Wm Kroos Jr.$4,967$2,055-58.6%
Brandon B. Brewster$10,834$2,053-81.1%
Eric T. Kullman$4,877$2,052-57.9%
Mark Simon$9,284$2,028-78.2%
Karman Bros$3,366$2,027-39.8%
Wayne W. Hazel$13,518$2,008-85.1%
Ervin Bugh$9,129$1,979-78.3%
Harms Valley Farm, LLC$14,342$1,934-86.5%
Jeff Salley$0$1,925--
Matt T. Rutherford$7,924$1,914-75.8%
Jermy C Phillips$10,993$1,860-83.1%
Charles L. Garrison$3,751$1,857-50.5%
James L. Wienberg$9,500$1,856-80.5%
John C. Dick$7,645$1,825-76.1%
Wayne Campbell Rvoc Trustee$3,086$1,806-41.5%
Jackie Sue Downing$7,700$1,794-76.7%
Schear Farms, Inc.$6,852$1,791-73.9%
Brockman Brothers$8,151$1,750-78.5%
William O. Hesse$9,388$1,744-81.4%
Rhonda Bancroft$4,823$1,742-63.9%
Ronald P. Rupp$3,218$1,730-46.2%
Mike Kerby$11,809$1,697-85.6%
Eric S. Wilson$3,856$1,687-56.3%
Kathryn M. Simkins$7,535$1,634-78.3%
Justin Alfred Kindle$9,577$1,613-83.2%
Darin Harms$5,464$1,612-70.5%
Dwight Collins$12,194$1,600-86.9%
Foster Family Trust$2,979$1,595-46.5%
John C. Myers$8,484$1,581-81.4%
Alvin W. Meyer$4,268$1,576-63.1%
Danny Brewster$7,326$1,566-78.6%
Larry Darnell$0$1,540--
Allen J. Rehmer$7,678$1,534-80%
Ryan S. Culpepper$5,655$1,520-73.1%
Dustin Eckhoff$10,157$1,517-85.1%
Alan Wayne Keuper$7,078$1,508-78.7%
Kay Schenewark$6,240$1,497-76%
Rod G. Ingram$7,579$1,472-80.6%
Jana Myree Battson$1,481$1,449-2.2%
Jason Schenewark$9,183$1,429-84.4%
Rodney T. Johnson$6,501$1,412-78.3%
Jim Hansen II$5,153$1,381-73.2%
Jason A. Bright$6,699$1,379-79.4%
Gary Sell$4,719$1,371-70.9%
Bob Campbell$6,460$1,370-78.8%
David Brodersen$4,939$1,355-72.6%
Devin Lake$6,996$1,348-80.7%
Robert Wischmeier$8,160$1,344-83.5%
Rickey Rank$8,401$1,294-84.6%
Robert D. Weaver$2,485$1,270-48.9%
Roy W Burnfin$5,335$1,266-76.3%
Randy Steffens$4,730$1,237-73.8%
Paul William Meyer$8,745$1,236-85.9%
Jerry Steffens$5,751$1,235-78.5%
Terry A. Johnson$6,955$1,224-82.4%
James E. Long$4,807$1,216-74.7%
Shirley Whisnant$5,269$1,205-77.1%
Eddie Walden$4,477$1,193-73.4%
Glen F. Chance$3,905$1,168-70.1%
Kevin Kyle$5,972$1,160-80.6%
Larry Eckhoff$5,108$1,159-77.3%
Wilbur L. Segar$6,971$1,155-83.4%
Russell Loren Vaughn II$4,961$1,140-77%
Riley J. Henning$5,797$1,138-80.4%
Margaret E. Riley$4,499$1,134-74.8%
Darrel Lee Keuper$4,895$1,126-77%
Joann Rothrock$2,490$1,100-55.8%
Mark E. Howell$4,664$1,073-77%
Trevis Headings$5,534$1,071-80.6%
Leland C. Burnett$4,881$1,070-78.1%
Douglas Denker$2,640$1,050-60.2%
Ernest Zimmerschied$3,443$1,047-69.6%
Victor E. Browning$0$1,045--
Mark Alan Eifert$1,727$1,029-40.4%
Carol J. Lange$4,433$1,028-76.8%
Gale Logan$3,711$1,001-73%
Bobby D. Smith$3,828$998-73.9%
Phillip Yoder$5,302$994-81.3%
Beverly Sieving$3,387$979-71.1%
Nathan Hoit Manning$4,642$973-79%
Schlesselman Family Trust$4,114$936-77.2%
Michael S. Nelson$2,090$933-55.4%
Bryan K. Schlesselman$3,333$932-72%
Danny Ray Johnson$8,933$928-89.6%
Travis Mace$4,015$908-77.4%
Jack A. Downing$4,037$903-77.6%
Aaron Harms$4,395$897-79.6%
Theresa E. Childers$2,046$896-56.2%
Ronnie Jackman$4,455$890-80%
Richard Paul Vaughn$4,015$886-77.9%
Douglas J. Linn$0$880--
Mary Schenewark$6,238$870-86.1%
Jeffrey Daleske$5,009$835-83.3%
Mr. Brian Joseph Carl$3,513$830-76.4%
Tina M Comer-Mccain$3,270$830-74.6%
Joseph L. Beck$2,761$824-70.2%
Trisha Leann Koll$3,212$821-74.4%
Ricky L. Harris$9,006$817-90.9%
Greeta Hensley$5,006$813-83.8%
Dean L. Yoder$1,815$812-55.3%
Comer VI$2,885$810-71.9%
Heath Roark$4,509$796-82.3%
Kroenke Farms, LLC$6,509$779-88%
Gary F. Craig$1,640$777-52.6%
Keith Johnson$3,058$772-74.8%
Danny K. Richard$3,408$767-77.5%
John Bergman$3,168$763-75.9%
Melvin G. Jamison$2,629$763-71%
Earl L. Gardner$2,816$754-73.2%
Brian Dale Keuper$3,080$752-75.6%
Terry L. Craig$2,541$743-70.8%
Marc G. Schultz$2,952$741-74.9%
Jacqueline Kimberling Vincent$2,689$736-72.6%
Tyler R. Shrock$2,552$728-71.5%
Ronald E. Henning$4,009$710-82.3%
James C. Barb$2,043$699-65.8%
Delbert J. Fitzpatrick$4,937$683-86.2%
Larry Burton$2,904$676-76.7%
Stephanie A. Day$3,553$675-81%
David L. Brockman$2,508$664-73.5%
Judy Kay Harms$3,586$657-81.7%
John Eierman$3,080$647-79%
Michael A. Dieckman$3,791$646-83%
Margie Means$3,531$641-81.8%
Mike Day$3,333$640-80.8%
Gary Downs$2,629$615-76.6%
John D. Boley$2,618$615-76.5%
Marvin Gibson$20,241$615-97%
Austin W. Staus$3,407$588-82.7%
Lowell Viebrock$2,840$585-79.4%
Jasper A. Glenn$2,552$585-77.1%
Kevin Roark$3,004$584-80.6%
Gerald Eaton$2,904$582-80%
Marcus Edwin Harms$2,258$566-74.9%
David W. Smallwood$2,167$562-74.1%
Ann D. Markel$1,014$561-44.7%
Cole Kreisel$2,783$558-79.9%
Scott Rambo$3,076$556-81.9%
Sarah J. Keith$2,934$539-81.6%
Jodi A. Orton$0$527--
Anita Holland$4,008$521-87%
Derrick W. Larsen$2,541$513-79.8%
Arthur Harold Hagen$3,415$512-85%
Edward Nelson$2,519$502-80.1%
Jonathan T. Smith$863$499-42.2%
Sue Rank$366$48933.6%
Steven Stokes$1,276$462-63.8%
Robert L. Dawson Jr.$3,315$460-86.1%
Harold D. Schultz$2,448$457-81.3%
Dixie L. Bruns$394$44813.7%
Elizabeth McDaniel$2,443$432-82.3%
Moser - Faust Farms, LLC$1,197$427-64.3%
Roland Kerksiek$2,187$411-81.2%
Chet White$3,583$408-88.6%
Kevin Schlesselman$1,826$408-77.7%
Donna Glenn$1,936$404-79.1%
Donald E. Viebrock$1,287$377-70.7%
Carol J. Brewster$2,370$374-84.2%
Rodger Smith$1,826$332-81.8%
Richard Meade$392$315-19.6%
Michael W Schockmann$1,714$311-81.9%
Tony Dean Tilman$1,643$309-81.2%
Jerry Kreisler$828$308-62.8%
Brent L. Beck$1,595$308-80.7%
Bradly Wright$0$307--
Madeline Z. Wright$465$286-38.5%
Darrell L. Kinkead$1,364$284-79.2%
James Jackman$9,375$280-97%
Daniel Edmund Workman Sr.$1,071$273-74.5%
Kylie Yates$1,354$263-80.6%
Riley Carl Brockman$1,243$260-79.1%
Danny McMillin$1,243$260-79.1%
MRS Brenda Lee Frazier$410$258-37.1%
Beverly J. Humphrey$2,997$256-91.5%
Randy L. Fisher$594$249-58.1%
Michael Buckler$1,452$246-83.1%
Austin Gregory Merlin Berendzen$1,001$211-78.9%
Larry L. Wright$2,640$210-92%
Shannon Ward$1,957$208-89.4%
Leland E. Barnes$616$207-66.4%
Don McNutt$462$190-58.9%
Mark S. Staton$492$180-63.4%
Joseph Leroy Baalman$338$178-47.3%
Leroy Whitaker$616$178-71.1%
James Eugene Trujillo Jr.$803$176-78.1%
Roy Allen Locke$814$171-79%
Paul D. Allen$2,154$169-92.2%
Stephanie E. Ledbetter$759$163-78.5%
Ralph Rehmer$542$161-70.3%
Gary Noland$2,384$149-93.8%
Roxana D. Eckhoff$427$136-68.1%
Ernest Cye Wilson$371$135-63.6%
John R. Cook$1,334$132-90.1%
Eileen Logan Rev Trust$163$132-19%
Chasity Nicole Webster$1,558$128-91.8%
Linda Hesse$396$110-72.2%
Timothy Shawn Berendzen$939$107-88.6%
Samantha Vansel$142$82-42.3%
Ronald Logan$926$67-92.8%
Robert E. Norton$8,981$63-99.3%
John D. Parman$1,075$42-96.1%
Clinton S. Callahan$550$0-100%
Daniel W. Rotermund$1,168$0-100%
Debbie Eckhoff$2,448$0-100%
Dennis L. Barnes$161$0-100%
Duane Viets$3,748$0-100%
Evelyn Brandes$26$0-100%
Janelle Bruns$181$0-100%
Jason Bruns$181$0-100%
Jeana Baalman$181$0-100%
Karen L. Carl$1,375$0-100%
Mellen Farms, LLC$1,623$0-100%
Michael Duane Meyer$1,265$0-100%
Steve Knox$2,349$0-100%
Wayne Schumacher$164$0-100%
Benedict Truman Yoder$47,699$0-100%
Bennie Brown$660$0-100%
Claude F. Zey$139$0-100%
Dwight Schultz$660$0-100%
Ernest Burnett$715$0-100%
Fred C. Hertwig$2,537$0-100%
Herbert Thomas Cooke$440$0-100%
Jerry Rank$1,197$0-100%
Loran White$2,200$0-100%
Melvin E. Tatum$2,145$0-100%
Michael Burnett$825$0-100%
Titus A. Miller$6,380$0-100%
Baron Pennington$220$0-100%
Betty Hunolt Long$518$0-100%
Bonnie Guier$314$0-100%
Brad Fleshman$14,766$0-100%
Chester Hammond$8,597$0-100%
Crist D. Fanning$19$0-100%
David Blanton$4,221$0-100%
Debra A. Kruel$244$0-100%
Donald Lee Glenn$1,669$0-100%
Doug Stevens$660$0-100%
Harold W Masters$198$0-100%
Levi Leland Barnes$275$0-100%
Louise Buckman Family Trust$8,399$0-100%
Mark A. Pate$990$0-100%
Michael B Klassing$10,754$0-100%
Michael W Maberry Estate$4,708$0-100%
Thomas Eads$2,785$0-100%
Wanda Cramer$377$0-100%
William Clinton Mertgen$49$0-100%
Zachary C. Allcorn$2,479$0-100%
Total subsidies$4,859,013$1,826,106-62.4%

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