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In 2021, 245 farmers in cities within Divide County received a total of $14.7 million in 739 farm subsidies, a 1.8% increase from 2020, when the total was $14.4 million in 1,040 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 Divide County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Charles Wissbrod | $294,920 | $314,970 | 6.8% |
| Fagerbakke Farms, Inc. | $264,218 | $286,958 | 8.6% |
| Harlan Austin Johnson | $173,190 | $282,542 | 63.1% |
| Mark Stefan Heide | $299,231 | $270,560 | -9.6% |
| Farm Credit Services of ND PCA | $542,876 | $268,940 | -50.5% |
| Brad Larsen | $153,113 | $261,217 | 70.6% |
| Brad Sparks | $262,723 | $246,878 | -6% |
| Brittany Noel Sparks | $262,723 | $246,878 | -6% |
| Svangstu Farm, Inc. | $303,072 | $234,300 | -22.7% |
| Robert Hay Farms, Inc. | $186,837 | $225,158 | 20.5% |
| Lane Kevin Unhjem | $120,223 | $221,609 | 84.3% |
| Steven Charles Dhuyvetter | $234,747 | $214,749 | -8.5% |
| Harold Bublitz | $124,191 | $211,928 | 70.6% |
| Douglas Wayne Oien | $106,770 | $211,575 | 98.2% |
| Byron Norman Carter | $207,967 | $207,257 | -0.3% |
| Robert C. Bublitz | $157,941 | $201,518 | 27.6% |
| Brent D. Overland | $137,864 | $194,883 | 41.4% |
| Chance A. Lindsey | $109,083 | $192,735 | 76.7% |
| Alexander Allen Brodal | $190,873 | $173,899 | -8.9% |
| Rockin J Grain and Cattle, LLC | $198,463 | $173,330 | -12.7% |
| Dan Hendrickson | $167,859 | $162,002 | -3.5% |
| Shanon Daniel Gjovig | $71,930 | $161,908 | 125.1% |
| County Line Farms, LLC | $191,075 | $158,812 | -16.9% |
| Brent Anthony Svangstu | $117,851 | $152,299 | 29.2% |
| Tangedal Ranch, Inc. | $81,899 | $149,983 | 83.1% |
| Ryan Wissbrod | $163,388 | $147,137 | -9.9% |
| Randy Kent Bilstad | $59,721 | $138,444 | 131.8% |
| Ashley N Rindel | $98,396 | $136,619 | 38.8% |
| Kent Gregory Unhjem | $160,298 | $130,315 | -18.7% |
| Wayne Richard Christianson | $167,926 | $129,001 | -23.2% |
| Holms Grain Farm, Inc. | $141,652 | $125,355 | -11.5% |
| Troy Christopher Vassen | $127,782 | $124,202 | -2.8% |
| Michael Robert Rindel | $141,801 | $121,322 | -14.4% |
| Drew D. Benson | $92,162 | $120,857 | 31.1% |
| Burdell Justin Wehrman | $158,974 | $120,603 | -24.1% |
| Mark Knudson | $153,076 | $120,124 | -21.5% |
| Jay Leon Adams | $78,036 | $118,761 | 52.2% |
| Drew Haugland | $66,942 | $117,150 | 75% |
| Jordan L. Kimball | $98,104 | $117,060 | 19.3% |
| Daniel L. Hanson | $66,986 | $114,279 | 70.6% |
| Robert Ronald Kostek | $150,582 | $114,016 | -24.3% |
| Bradford Lee Vassen | $102,575 | $113,598 | 10.7% |
| Richard Raymond Benson Jr. | $93,839 | $112,468 | 19.9% |
| Justin Michael Rindel | $104,180 | $112,411 | 7.9% |
| Stromstad Farm, Inc. | $108,008 | $111,216 | 3% |
| Joshua Lee Bummer | $122,961 | $108,414 | -11.8% |
| Kyle Overland | $139,675 | $107,555 | -23% |
| Landy Bryan Bummer | $153,143 | $106,805 | -30.3% |
| Aaron B. Jacobson | $131,970 | $104,835 | -20.6% |
| Peter Daryl Grundstad | $83,176 | $104,755 | 25.9% |
| Scott Hansen | $82,299 | $104,707 | 27.2% |
| Douglas M Graupe | $133,100 | $103,712 | -22.1% |
| Aidan Eriksmoen | $60,214 | $103,422 | 71.8% |
| Guy N. Haugland | $40,135 | $103,217 | 157.2% |
| Richard Larsen | $58,699 | $102,701 | 75% |
| Farm Credit Services of ND | $93,168 | $96,837 | 3.9% |
| Randy Carl Olson | $63,905 | $96,367 | 50.8% |
| Charles Fredrik Heide | $84,704 | $95,330 | 12.5% |
| Jamison William Krecklau | $198,003 | $94,409 | -52.3% |
| Mark Burtman | $76,240 | $94,079 | 23.4% |
| Aaron Torgeson | $71,189 | $93,231 | 31% |
| Keith A. Torgeson | $86,673 | $90,987 | 5% |
| Gene Allen Lystad | $79,015 | $89,976 | 13.9% |
| Robert Lyle Windfaldet | $75,456 | $89,787 | 19% |
| Charles M. Dhuyvetter | $76,889 | $89,769 | 16.8% |
| Bradley R. Fuhrman | $52,674 | $86,935 | 65% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $86,318 | -- |
| Grand Coulee Farm, Inc. | $82,634 | $85,675 | 3.7% |
| Grant P. Haugland | $34,226 | $84,974 | 148.3% |
| Randal Torgeson | $65,106 | $84,817 | 30.3% |
| Soren Butch Sorenson | $98,930 | $84,475 | -14.6% |
| Lincoln Finnesgard | $57,031 | $83,466 | 46.4% |
| Gene Pulvermacher | $78,195 | $83,435 | 6.7% |
| Wayne Edwin Pulvermacher | $78,195 | $83,433 | 6.7% |
| William W. Ness | $28,413 | $77,860 | 174% |
| Philip Johnson | $44,464 | $77,671 | 74.7% |
| David Myers | $107,588 | $76,939 | -28.5% |
| Ronald D. Jacobson | $110,962 | $76,483 | -31.1% |
| Robert Delton Schwanz | $153,661 | $76,291 | -50.4% |
| Larry Dean Welo | $49,680 | $76,281 | 53.5% |
| Jean Nygaard | $0 | $75,905 | -- |
| Shawn Michael Sundberg | $53,082 | $75,322 | 41.9% |
| Larry Kostek | $95,454 | $74,574 | -21.9% |
| Shelley Lynn Carter | $6,391 | $72,865 | 1,040.1% |
| Quinn Brady | $68,764 | $72,731 | 5.8% |
| Scott Sova | $64,028 | $72,249 | 12.8% |
| Jason K. Bakewell | $91,026 | $72,100 | -20.8% |
| Brett J. Wolter | $103,096 | $71,543 | -30.6% |
| Lee Vassen | $73,844 | $69,889 | -5.4% |
| James Dean Elsbernd | $66,672 | $69,870 | 4.8% |
| Ryan C. Sorenson | $73,017 | $69,171 | -5.3% |
| Eric Nordstog | $53,861 | $68,924 | 28% |
| Farm Credit Services of ND PCA | $133,251 | $68,253 | -48.8% |
| Steven Feil | $81,262 | $65,929 | -18.9% |
| Charles D. Hansen | $55,046 | $64,654 | 17.5% |
| Farm Credit Services of ND PCA | $118,186 | $64,106 | -45.8% |
| Scott Wigness | $36,941 | $64,106 | 73.5% |
| Kathy Radenic | $59,096 | $63,740 | 7.9% |
| Shane Dohmstriech | $55,793 | $62,815 | 12.6% |
| Jonathan Myers | $80,856 | $62,752 | -22.4% |
| Arthur Schilke | $57,749 | $62,629 | 8.5% |
| Derek James Fagerbakke | $69,698 | $61,498 | -11.8% |
| Thomas Steven Dhuyvetter | $91,990 | $60,788 | -33.9% |
| Timothy Heuer | $51,558 | $60,221 | 16.8% |
| Neil Espeseth | $43,025 | $59,875 | 39.2% |
| Gregory Stephen Jacobs | $100,653 | $55,808 | -44.6% |
| Mitch Svangstu | $52,242 | $54,714 | 4.7% |
| Dwight Fagerbakke | $42,558 | $53,943 | 26.8% |
| Rodney M. Johnson | $48,040 | $53,192 | 10.7% |
| Bob Thompson - Thompson Revocable Trust | $0 | $52,482 | -- |
| Kent David Throntveit | $76,549 | $48,192 | -37% |
| Ryan C Nordstog | $25,909 | $46,364 | 78.9% |
| Conrad Larson | $31,294 | $44,318 | 41.6% |
| Norman Leslie Johnson | $66,896 | $43,642 | -34.8% |
| Lynn Svangstu | $36,435 | $43,636 | 19.8% |
| Neil Edmond Johnson | $66,896 | $43,597 | -34.8% |
| Derik James Pulvermacher | $39,217 | $42,248 | 7.7% |
| David Henry Verlinde | $45,960 | $41,198 | -10.4% |
| Gary Dean Sparks | $31,749 | $39,390 | 24.1% |
| Lee Alan Stenson | $49,460 | $39,099 | -20.9% |
| Gerald Michael Brady | $60,978 | $37,821 | -38% |
| Trevor Binde | $34,905 | $37,552 | 7.6% |
| Loucks Farms, Inc. | $92,202 | $36,070 | -60.9% |
| Andreas Holm | $27,697 | $35,924 | 29.7% |
| Allan George Wehrman | $44,385 | $34,319 | -22.7% |
| Larry K. Gilbertson | $39,402 | $33,848 | -14.1% |
| Jordan Wayne Kostek | $74,401 | $33,681 | -54.7% |
| Cody Christianson | $27,571 | $33,679 | 22.2% |
| Joe Radenic | $18,574 | $33,102 | 78.2% |
| Leslie - Revocable Trust Aaberg | $32,480 | $32,961 | 1.5% |
| Gerald Haugland | $67,479 | $30,727 | -54.5% |
| Rollin Wolter | $46,315 | $27,841 | -39.9% |
| The Bank of Tioga | $57,658 | $27,758 | -51.9% |
| Archie E. Peterson | $31,467 | $27,732 | -11.9% |
| Warren Jerome Aaberg | $47,160 | $26,128 | -44.6% |
| Ty Sparks | $31,137 | $25,581 | -17.8% |
| Michael Robert Hattel | $12,823 | $24,969 | 94.7% |
| Robert Hattel | $34,402 | $24,255 | -29.5% |
| Ely James Hattel | $7,512 | $23,605 | 214.2% |
| Kevin Thomte | $32,212 | $23,431 | -27.3% |
| Ty Throntveit | $27,839 | $22,082 | -20.7% |
| Mark Overland | $26,611 | $21,547 | -19% |
| Robert Svangstu | $28,406 | $21,459 | -24.5% |
| Blaine L. Miller | $26,751 | $21,284 | -20.4% |
| Taylor Pulvermacher | $15,751 | $21,001 | 33.3% |
| Joseph Mosser | $39,534 | $20,277 | -48.7% |
| Scott A. Johnson | $12,107 | $19,740 | 63% |
| Neil Lindsey | $27,454 | $19,229 | -30% |
| Clare P. Dahl | $19,200 | $19,200 | 0% |
| Jerry Dale Stromstad | $16,436 | $17,243 | 4.9% |
| Kyle Johnson | $17,160 | $17,064 | -0.6% |
| Dale Howard | $21,859 | $16,881 | -22.8% |
| Stony Creek Ranch, LLC | $0 | $16,668 | -- |
| William J. Espeseth | $15,874 | $15,055 | -5.2% |
| Goldal Farm, Inc. | $14,818 | $14,269 | -3.7% |
| Goodwin Haugland | $8,033 | $14,261 | 77.5% |
| Leslie T. Knudson | $13,711 | $13,711 | 0% |
| Ethan Feil | $10,354 | $12,459 | 20.3% |
| Clark Nygaard | $17,213 | $11,229 | -34.8% |
| Alan Keith Thomte | $12,531 | $10,795 | -13.9% |
| Duane Wenstad | $10,782 | $10,782 | 0% |
| Brandon E. Peterson | $12,671 | $10,691 | -15.6% |
| Paul Hagen | $10,539 | $10,412 | -1.2% |
| David Goldal | $9,786 | $10,153 | 3.8% |
| Lee V Rindel | $8,849 | $8,916 | 0.8% |
| Preston Krecklau | $18,982 | $8,468 | -55.4% |
| Donna Lagein | $11,003 | $8,076 | -26.6% |
| Gene O. Olson | $8,747 | $8,046 | -8% |
| Cody Allen Overland | $55,226 | $7,597 | -86.2% |
| Robert Enerson | $5,997 | $7,470 | 24.6% |
| Kim Beauclair | $0 | $6,704 | -- |
| Norman Hagen | $12,542 | $6,626 | -47.2% |
| Trevor Thomte | $8,226 | $6,598 | -19.8% |
| Delany Haugland | $9,011 | $6,407 | -28.9% |
| Bruce Verlinde | $7,534 | $6,233 | -17.3% |
| Dustin Lindsey | $20,008 | $5,979 | -70.1% |
| Cathy Hanson | $4,906 | $5,733 | 16.9% |
| Dale Raaum | $8,939 | $5,337 | -40.3% |
| Donna Fagerland | $5,237 | $5,237 | 0% |
| Jean Nygaard Irrevocable Trust Dated September 29 | $0 | $5,146 | -- |
| Barry Loucks | $11,903 | $5,081 | -57.3% |
| Selmer Anthony Larson | $6,654 | $5,036 | -24.3% |
| Julian J. Nygaard | $7,857 | $4,951 | -37% |
| Karen P. Larson | $3,847 | $4,941 | 28.4% |
| Nolan Fagerbakke | $4,834 | $4,886 | 1.1% |
| Selle Farms, Inc. | $5,874 | $4,779 | -18.6% |
| Arthur Lagein Grandchildren Trust | $6,141 | $4,623 | -24.7% |
| Helen Lindsey | $4,910 | $4,551 | -7.3% |
| Wayne Lervik | $6,156 | $4,535 | -26.3% |
| Greg Bratlien | $5,309 | $4,341 | -18.2% |
| Beverly Casteel | $4,168 | $4,168 | 0% |
| Kent Wigness | $4,765 | $4,045 | -15.1% |
| Amber Haugland | $8,192 | $3,863 | -52.8% |
| Wayne Arthur Haugland | $9,003 | $3,802 | -57.8% |
| Linda S. Kimball | $3,856 | $3,730 | -3.3% |
| Winona Garbel | $3,388 | $3,388 | 0% |
| Lloyd Allen Nygaard | $16,552 | $3,262 | -80.3% |
| Alan Gene Kroshus | $4,075 | $3,218 | -21% |
| Arlene Running | $5,129 | $3,211 | -37.4% |
| Dana Elsbernd | $8,595 | $2,863 | -66.7% |
| Harold Hagen | $4,472 | $2,683 | -40% |
| Helen Theresa Glasoe | $0 | $2,628 | -- |
| Sue Olson | $2,420 | $2,420 | 0% |
| Lois Lund | $931 | $2,391 | 156.8% |
| John Tysse JR | $2,267 | $2,267 | 0% |
| Timothy Gjovig | $71 | $2,248 | 3,066.2% |
| Harriet Elsbernd | $2,719 | $2,128 | -21.7% |
| Gene Alan Nygaard | $342 | $1,902 | 456.1% |
| Lisa Jo Wissbrod | $1,822 | $1,822 | 0% |
| Jonathan L Drawbond | $2,445 | $1,585 | -35.2% |
| Jody S. Gunlock | $2,210 | $1,568 | -29% |
| William Joseph Espeseth | $0 | $1,417 | -- |
| Cyndie Fagerbakke | $1,637 | $1,372 | -16.2% |
| James Allen Kimball | $1,123 | $1,123 | 0% |
| Kenneth Borreson | $1,114 | $1,114 | 0% |
| Gudny Larson | $1,044 | $1,044 | 0% |
| Norma Lou Nygaard Trust Agreement | $381 | $1,014 | 166.1% |
| Jerome Walter | $1,583 | $991 | -37.4% |
| Gary Lokken | $1,263 | $965 | -23.6% |
| Molander Farm, LLP | $543 | $922 | 69.8% |
| Helen E. Dahlke | $883 | $883 | 0% |
| Paulette Jean Hall | $782 | $782 | 0% |
| Steven Johnson | $3,592 | $751 | -79.1% |
| John D. Nygaard | $1,189 | $597 | -49.8% |
| Gary A. Gilbertson | $0 | $596 | -- |
| Mariah Jacobs | $2,794 | $590 | -78.9% |
| Bonnie Sortland | $709 | $519 | -26.8% |
| Lonnie B. Miller | $516 | $516 | 0% |
| Beverly D. Dokken | $473 | $473 | 0% |
| Bruce Fagerbakke | $1,883 | $450 | -76.1% |
| Keith A. Overbo | $906 | $444 | -51% |
| Randy Rowse | $6,661 | $410 | -93.8% |
| Sandra E. Olson | $127 | $400 | 215% |
| Benjamin Hattel | $2,813 | $378 | -86.6% |
| Windy Jacobson | $7,060 | $345 | -95.1% |
| Kerry Kessler | $0 | $320 | -- |
| Tucker Svangstu | $1,397 | $320 | -77.1% |
| Gerald R. Whiteford | $139 | $275 | 97.8% |
| Anna Beauclair Estate | $0 | $270 | -- |
| The Bank of Tioga | $528 | $259 | -50.9% |
| Kristie L Svangstu | $413 | $207 | -49.9% |
| Ilene Howard | $151 | $151 | 0% |
| Heather A. Hay | $101 | $101 | 0% |
| Murrey Eddie Bummer | $92 | $45 | -51.1% |
| Jorden Willis Krecklau | $37 | $37 | 0% |
| Lyle Grant Windfaldet | $5,718 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony J. Mages | $4,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Arthur Glasoe | $86 | $0 | -100% |
| Bob Thompson - Thompson Revocable | $73,369 | $0 | -100% |
| Esther L. Erickson | $4,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Credit Services of North Dak | $46,620 | $0 | -100% |
| Joanne Frances Thompson | $2,571 | $0 | -100% |
| Nygaard Farms, LLP | $33,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Phil Johnson | $2,372 | $0 | -100% |
| Ross Chico Eriksmoen | $20 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Kent Bummer | $21 | $0 | -100% |
| Tabitha Unhjem | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Alice Stromstad Estate | $126 | $0 | -100% |
| D & L Raaum, Inc. | $1,289 | $0 | -100% |
| Ely Hattel | $6,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Raaum Estates Partnership | $2,924 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth Wigness | $1,054 | $0 | -100% |
| Cooper Svangstu | $46 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Schultz | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $14,445,266 | $14,700,152 | 1.8% |
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