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In 2021, 263 farmers in cities within Renville County received a total of $14.6 million in 763 farm subsidies, a 22.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $18.9 million in 1,160 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 Renville County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota West Credit Union | $199,989 | $261,880 | 30.9% |
| David Russell Steeves | $275,775 | $259,899 | -5.8% |
| James Henry Routledge | $211,395 | $239,035 | 13.1% |
| Kenneth Ordell Haarsager | $148,103 | $234,832 | 58.6% |
| GLG Farms, LLC | $65,013 | $233,069 | 258.5% |
| Ronald Eugene Volk | $198,700 | $213,384 | 7.4% |
| Katy Marie Schaefer | $416,149 | $203,036 | -51.2% |
| Robert William Schaefer | $416,149 | $203,036 | -51.2% |
| Backes Brothers Farm | $246,559 | $191,060 | -22.5% |
| Jon Alexander | $208,850 | $185,830 | -11% |
| Drangsholt Farms, Inc. | $320,741 | $183,826 | -42.7% |
| Cole Duane Feland | $187,514 | $182,679 | -2.6% |
| William Gary Gilbraith | $106,961 | $179,819 | 68.1% |
| Hunter Reice Ackerson | $254,064 | $177,871 | -30% |
| Dean Scott Schoenberg | $200,193 | $165,323 | -17.4% |
| Bradley Kyle Moberg | $205,684 | $162,388 | -21% |
| Daniel Arthur Lakefield | $258,645 | $160,745 | -37.9% |
| Matthew Harold Leavitt | $0 | $159,556 | -- |
| Mary Ann Routledge | $140,939 | $159,345 | 13.1% |
| Nancy Jo Olson | $181,255 | $150,125 | -17.2% |
| Steven Todd Olson | $181,255 | $150,125 | -17.2% |
| Roger Alvin Sauer | $195,275 | $149,927 | -23.2% |
| Keven Brent Sundahl | $228,596 | $149,611 | -34.6% |
| Ty Ralph Feland | $103,213 | $144,247 | 39.8% |
| Mitchell Ron Preskey | $135,458 | $138,176 | 2% |
| Tom S. Alexander | $139,708 | $134,202 | -3.9% |
| Jeffrey Lynn Oberholtzer | $236,864 | $132,727 | -44% |
| Stephen Dallas Perron | $123,541 | $132,722 | 7.4% |
| Chrisanne Maureen Drangsholt | $264,276 | $131,867 | -50.1% |
| Brett Frank Hefter | $102,878 | $131,599 | 27.9% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $130,880 | -- |
| Steven Duane Peck | $148,410 | $128,826 | -13.2% |
| Shawn Donald Raap | $130,052 | $126,725 | -2.6% |
| Farm Credit Services of ND PCA | $208,690 | $123,610 | -40.8% |
| Robert Loren Iverson | $153,341 | $122,901 | -19.9% |
| Dale Conrad Haarsager | $89,741 | $122,581 | 36.6% |
| Eric Jerome Moberg | $192,346 | $119,258 | -38% |
| Matthew Wilfred Gates | $130,926 | $118,164 | -9.7% |
| Lana Rae Anderson | $153,178 | $118,088 | -22.9% |
| Kirk Richard Johnson | $162,210 | $117,580 | -27.5% |
| Rodger Zurcher | $163,073 | $115,618 | -29.1% |
| Peter Alan Gates | $122,986 | $115,118 | -6.4% |
| B&J Farms, LLC | $164,737 | $114,549 | -30.5% |
| RN Farm, Inc. | $156,111 | $114,226 | -26.8% |
| Madonna Jean Eide | $174,124 | $112,146 | -35.6% |
| Roger Leroy Eide | $174,124 | $112,146 | -35.6% |
| Del Gates Farms, Inc. | $173,001 | $111,262 | -35.7% |
| Trent Johnson | $166,399 | $108,494 | -34.8% |
| Geraldine Ruth Keith | $82,116 | $107,697 | 31.2% |
| Steven John Keith | $82,116 | $107,697 | 31.2% |
| James Michael Gates | $143,019 | $104,075 | -27.2% |
| Susan Kay Gates | $143,019 | $104,075 | -27.2% |
| Rodney Wayne Anderson | $166,169 | $103,852 | -37.5% |
| Daka Farms, Inc. | $52,579 | $100,696 | 91.5% |
| Chase Holsten | $152,480 | $100,241 | -34.3% |
| Paul Glessing | $175,538 | $100,008 | -43% |
| Sheldon Paul Schoenberg | $79,039 | $98,685 | 24.9% |
| Guy Patrick Grigsby | $154,591 | $97,598 | -36.9% |
| Craig Carl Hanson | $150,740 | $95,848 | -36.4% |
| Terry Savelkoul | $137,260 | $94,809 | -30.9% |
| Thurstan Paul Johnson | $113,427 | $94,277 | -16.9% |
| Brent Eldevik | $170,165 | $92,403 | -45.7% |
| David Stark | $111,032 | $88,825 | -20% |
| Palmer Allen Brekhus | $129,488 | $87,642 | -32.3% |
| Sheldon Melvin Ackerson | $203,813 | $86,345 | -57.6% |
| Curtis Reade Gilbraith | $86,449 | $86,324 | -0.1% |
| Timothy Paul Carl Knutson | $85,615 | $86,239 | 0.7% |
| Cheryl Adair Ackerson | $162,536 | $86,192 | -47% |
| Jason Marc Overby | $118,714 | $85,567 | -27.9% |
| Meggan Gates | $105,554 | $84,076 | -20.3% |
| Andrew James Gates | $105,554 | $84,045 | -20.4% |
| Robert James Alexander | $141,081 | $83,864 | -40.6% |
| Guy Walter Beckedahl | $52,162 | $82,940 | 59% |
| Jeffrey Ross Aalund | $130,517 | $82,887 | -36.5% |
| Kathy Aalund | $130,517 | $82,887 | -36.5% |
| James Lee Peters | $139,734 | $80,850 | -42.1% |
| Cory Leo Preskey | $103,326 | $80,834 | -21.8% |
| Scott Zurcher | $128,339 | $80,413 | -37.3% |
| Colby Wayne Anderson | $106,061 | $78,983 | -25.5% |
| Scott Southam | $90,862 | $78,654 | -13.4% |
| Randy Benjamin Smith | $71,960 | $77,719 | 8% |
| Jerry Roy Becker | $84,901 | $76,521 | -9.9% |
| David Alan Kinzley | $48,389 | $76,234 | 57.5% |
| David Larry Leavitt | $68,660 | $75,084 | 9.4% |
| Jeff Leo Smith | $150,848 | $73,571 | -51.2% |
| Wendy Sue Solemsaas | $36,046 | $72,319 | 100.6% |
| James Eldon Otto | $104,516 | $72,206 | -30.9% |
| Farm Credit Services of North Dakota, PCA | $0 | $71,510 | -- |
| Clair Simonson | $99,607 | $71,291 | -28.4% |
| John Peterson | $92,879 | $69,962 | -24.7% |
| Brian Eugene Knutson | $70,253 | $69,455 | -1.1% |
| Farm Credit Services of North Dakota PCA | $0 | $69,050 | -- |
| Jared Peterson | $98,308 | $67,464 | -31.4% |
| Gregory Owen Hanson | $73,074 | $66,666 | -8.8% |
| Lucas Morgan Peterson | $98,961 | $66,215 | -33.1% |
| Ashley Marie Gulke Leavitt | $707 | $64,676 | 9,047.9% |
| Spencer Ty Olson | $77,188 | $64,297 | -16.7% |
| Travis Jerome Becker | $110,938 | $64,025 | -42.3% |
| Joe Laumb | $105,115 | $63,044 | -40% |
| Austin Varty | $47,085 | $62,178 | 32.1% |
| Scott Heit | $97,377 | $61,423 | -36.9% |
| Douglas Lakefield | $80,204 | $60,255 | -24.9% |
| James Walter Thompson | $78,056 | $59,817 | -23.4% |
| Parker David Gates | $92,808 | $59,590 | -35.8% |
| Todd Alan Schoenberg | $147,342 | $59,070 | -59.9% |
| John Kent Hoiland | $73,362 | $58,383 | -20.4% |
| Lloyd E Gates Farms, Inc. | $88,974 | $58,086 | -34.7% |
| James Dufner | $71,700 | $56,274 | -21.5% |
| Kolby Robert Iverson | $69,266 | $54,194 | -21.8% |
| Rhonda Holsten | $69,444 | $53,316 | -23.2% |
| Brock David Steeves | $22,825 | $52,734 | 131% |
| Richard Grant Cameron | $55,048 | $52,458 | -4.7% |
| Jay Mitchel Rice | $97,498 | $52,319 | -46.3% |
| Michael James Rice | $91,652 | $52,276 | -43% |
| Scott Ardel Rice | $93,936 | $52,254 | -44.4% |
| Guy Alfred Solemsaas | $88,411 | $49,993 | -43.5% |
| Dennis Erber | $46,819 | $49,823 | 6.4% |
| Muriel Ann Leavitt | $45,774 | $49,092 | 7.2% |
| Steven Thompson | $79,729 | $48,625 | -39% |
| Clarke Jason Stevens | $117,452 | $46,769 | -60.2% |
| Robert Huizenga Jr. | $80,277 | $45,134 | -43.8% |
| Vance Michael Undlin | $102,865 | $43,217 | -58% |
| James Southam | $55,635 | $41,578 | -25.3% |
| Farm Credit Services of ND PCA | $92,853 | $41,229 | -55.6% |
| Manna Farms, Inc. | $52,796 | $41,179 | -22% |
| Keith Hanson | $35,942 | $41,012 | 14.1% |
| High Heels and Cowboy Boots, Inc. | $0 | $39,860 | -- |
| Donald Broden | $53,086 | $38,842 | -26.8% |
| Wade Locken | $63,063 | $38,437 | -39% |
| Mitchell March Stevens | $77,113 | $37,464 | -51.4% |
| David and Muriel Leavitt Partners | $27,819 | $37,455 | 34.6% |
| Tyler Anton Stevens | $78,725 | $37,163 | -52.8% |
| Dustin John Newgard | $42,543 | $35,851 | -15.7% |
| Bruce P. Johnson | $61,755 | $35,358 | -42.7% |
| Ben Ethen | $37,531 | $34,887 | -7% |
| Lacey Ethen | $37,531 | $34,887 | -7% |
| Nicholas Bowers | $56,048 | $34,875 | -37.8% |
| B & D Farms, Inc. | $52,813 | $33,760 | -36.1% |
| Farm Credit Services of ND | $117,622 | $33,462 | -71.6% |
| Leroy Allen Bowers | $42,201 | $32,119 | -23.9% |
| Rodney Dale Erber | $38,128 | $30,478 | -20.1% |
| Lora Lynn Stevens | $59,399 | $30,145 | -49.2% |
| Mitchell Scott Volk | $36,125 | $28,558 | -20.9% |
| Ben Jerome Ethen | $0 | $27,352 | -- |
| Lacey Jaye Ethen | $0 | $27,352 | -- |
| Michael Roy Aasen | $14,202 | $25,800 | 81.7% |
| Kelly McLain | $19,964 | $24,986 | 25.2% |
| Scott Leslie Reishus | $31,040 | $24,169 | -22.1% |
| Mark Smith | $49,843 | $23,971 | -51.9% |
| Norine Johnson | $41,169 | $23,574 | -42.7% |
| Scott Duerre | $16,211 | $23,443 | 44.6% |
| Jeffrey Lynn Volk | $10,966 | $20,544 | 87.3% |
| Byron Aho | $52,252 | $20,056 | -61.6% |
| Shannon Hanson | $23,980 | $19,982 | -16.7% |
| Lynn Harlan Asheim | $20,053 | $17,709 | -11.7% |
| Michael H. Magnuson | $25,984 | $17,244 | -33.6% |
| James Dean Holsten | $0 | $16,952 | -- |
| Burton Aho | $41,970 | $16,905 | -59.7% |
| Brad Scott Schoenberg | $61,333 | $16,730 | -72.7% |
| Pierre Anthony Krause | $16,797 | $15,981 | -4.9% |
| Berglof Farm, Inc. | $7,488 | $15,817 | 111.2% |
| Caden William Mau | $24,976 | $15,770 | -36.9% |
| Roger Yale | $20,997 | $15,320 | -27% |
| Lynn Stevens | $30,325 | $14,947 | -50.7% |
| Madeline Sue Solemsaas | $28,447 | $14,543 | -48.9% |
| Kevin Aho | $25,949 | $14,009 | -46% |
| Austin Smith | $20,796 | $13,988 | -32.7% |
| Mitchell Sundahl | $14,542 | $13,670 | -6% |
| Paul Marshall Alexander | $18,054 | $13,527 | -25.1% |
| Bennie Aho | $33,452 | $13,431 | -59.8% |
| Curtis Ones | $16,682 | $13,113 | -21.4% |
| J & B Farms | $158,535 | $13,101 | -91.7% |
| Rueben Oliver Schoenberg | $30,999 | $12,968 | -58.2% |
| Brian Wilbur Johnson | $0 | $12,929 | -- |
| Brian Peterson | $46,400 | $11,741 | -74.7% |
| Bonnie Rae Armstrong Estate | $8,704 | $11,232 | 29% |
| Kari Mahle Living Trust-Kari Mahle | $0 | $11,015 | -- |
| Ardel Jay Rice | $10,116 | $10,116 | 0% |
| Donald Myaer | $20,538 | $10,112 | -50.8% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Good Sam Society | $559 | $10,004 | 1,689.6% |
| Brian Paul Christianson | $16,784 | $9,955 | -40.7% |
| Harold Bowers | $16,356 | $9,876 | -39.6% |
| Linda Lee Erickson | $2,048 | $9,743 | 375.7% |
| Robert Laumb | $15,286 | $9,605 | -37.2% |
| Gregory Leroy Nelson | $8,553 | $9,469 | 10.7% |
| Layton J. Peters | $10,293 | $9,022 | -12.3% |
| Phillip J. Morris | $23,793 | $8,521 | -64.2% |
| John Morris | $23,464 | $8,504 | -63.8% |
| Dean A. Johnson | $15,345 | $7,967 | -48.1% |
| David George Okeeffe | $16,344 | $7,738 | -52.7% |
| Richard Allen Bloms | $15,517 | $7,698 | -50.4% |
| Arlin Engebretson | $0 | $7,549 | -- |
| Mylo Gene Peterson | $49,823 | $7,299 | -85.4% |
| Dennis Hensen | $8,063 | $7,210 | -10.6% |
| Ernest William Mau | $16,812 | $6,822 | -59.4% |
| Wayne Brackenbury | $12,738 | $6,658 | -47.7% |
| Tyler Jay Erber | $7,052 | $6,615 | -6.2% |
| Todd Erick Johnson | $12,063 | $6,533 | -45.8% |
| Linda Lee Ann Overby | $9,182 | $6,438 | -29.9% |
| Leon Marc Overby | $9,181 | $6,431 | -30% |
| J. W. Gates | $78,235 | $6,396 | -91.8% |
| Chase Gates | $9,534 | $6,143 | -35.6% |
| Robert G. Sanders | $12,468 | $5,501 | -55.9% |
| Joann Kotzer | $7,557 | $5,377 | -28.8% |
| David E Peisar | $5,951 | $5,320 | -10.6% |
| Terry Kotzer | $6,539 | $5,152 | -21.2% |
| Buynak Farms | $12,477 | $5,096 | -59.2% |
| Barbara Glessing | $9,276 | $5,009 | -46% |
| Flying G Cattle Company, LLC | $29,285 | $4,664 | -84.1% |
| Carlyle McIlroy | $4,425 | $4,425 | 0% |
| Statler Olson | $3,563 | $4,313 | 21% |
| Farm Credit Services of ND | $0 | $4,300 | -- |
| Matthew Knutson | $1,742 | $4,157 | 138.6% |
| Robert H. Hanson | $5,884 | $4,063 | -30.9% |
| Rodney Keith Steen | $5,111 | $3,790 | -25.8% |
| Vernon Schoenberg | $14,890 | $3,777 | -74.6% |
| Fred Konrad Mayer | $4,805 | $3,665 | -23.7% |
| Mason Knutson | $6,939 | $3,495 | -49.6% |
| Jacob Bratvold | $13,464 | $3,307 | -75.4% |
| Clarice I Yale Trustee Decedents Trustee U/A 3/23/2003 | $0 | $2,891 | -- |
| Clarice I Yale Trustee Survivors Trustee U/A 3/23/2003 | $0 | $2,891 | -- |
| Philip Deslauriers | $3,333 | $2,823 | -15.3% |
| Olson Brothers JNT Vent | $4,696 | $2,795 | -40.5% |
| Myrna M. Mayer | $2,684 | $2,684 | 0% |
| Brian Burbidge | $4,601 | $2,425 | -47.3% |
| Roger Gilseth | $2,073 | $2,073 | 0% |
| Karen Bowers | $2,073 | $2,073 | 0% |
| Brent Keith | $1,620 | $1,620 | 0% |
| Marlene Goeson | $1,602 | $1,602 | 0% |
| Ruth Detlaff | $2,123 | $1,466 | -30.9% |
| Kirk Michael Smith | $7,067 | $1,386 | -80.4% |
| Gary Albright | $1,098 | $1,376 | 25.3% |
| Sharon Marie Mau | $1,530 | $1,270 | -17% |
| Myla Grengs | $2,996 | $1,128 | -62.3% |
| Beverly Louise Witteman | $1,065 | $1,065 | 0% |
| Arlyn Keith | $1,053 | $1,053 | 0% |
| Susan Kathleen Schoenberg | $1,974 | $1,003 | -49.2% |
| Gene Pfefferkorn | $3,991 | $963 | -75.9% |
| Judith Egeberg | $1,499 | $861 | -42.6% |
| Donita Marquart | $4,608 | $798 | -82.7% |
| Roy E Erickson Estate | $3,231 | $609 | -81.2% |
| Shelley Hammer | $0 | $582 | -- |
| Paul C. Brye | $0 | $582 | -- |
| Rose Marie Brown | $557 | $557 | 0% |
| Alisha K. Braaten | $2,849 | $549 | -80.7% |
| Laura Jean Williams | $716 | $522 | -27.1% |
| Anne K. Mahle | $483 | $483 | 0% |
| Denell Rexford Osterberg | $4,440 | $454 | -89.8% |
| Barry C. Egeberg | $784 | $443 | -43.5% |
| Gary Beckedahl | $418 | $418 | 0% |
| Bernadine Schiele | $0 | $400 | -- |
| Clifford Ray Sanders | $762 | $384 | -49.6% |
| David Stark and Shelly Randash | $0 | $382 | -- |
| Chelsea a Westerness | $3,265 | $312 | -90.4% |
| Michael Resch | $2,235 | $304 | -86.4% |
| Cynthia McLain | $1,715 | $261 | -84.8% |
| Charles Eriksmoen | $1,022 | $205 | -79.9% |
| Susan Sundahl | $434 | $203 | -53.2% |
| Richard Kinzley | $123 | $123 | 0% |
| Donald E. Helwig | $0 | $109 | -- |
| Mary Carlson | $657 | $108 | -83.6% |
| Scarlet Dean | $0 | $75 | -- |
| Jeffrey Thompson | $10 | $10 | 0% |
| Donald C. Carlson | $1,055 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Credit Services of North Dak | $325,974 | $0 | -100% |
| Guy Grigsby | $20,575 | $0 | -100% |
| Quentin Elliott Carlson | $57,312 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Hammer | $3,678 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarice I Yale Trustee Decedents | $2,891 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarice I Yale Trustee Survivors | $2,891 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Samuel Aalund | $2,176 | $0 | -100% |
| Thurstan Johnson | $16,629 | $0 | -100% |
| Wanda Brandt | $380 | $0 | -100% |
| Blaine Kenneth Southam | $7,046 | $0 | -100% |
| Kari Mahle Living Trust-Kari Mahl | $11,249 | $0 | -100% |
| Louise Alvina Stark | $2,682 | $0 | -100% |
| Monarch Hills, LLP | $6,984 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $18,900,859 | $14,586,856 | -22.8% |
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