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In 2021, 272 farmers in cities within Burke County received a total of $14.5 million in 853 farm subsidies, a 7.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $15.8 million in 948 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 Burke County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| T and M Farm Company | $417,004 | $397,122 | -4.8% |
| Patrick Michael Ely | $323,618 | $366,816 | 13.3% |
| Mitchell Kerry Strom | $207,055 | $358,234 | 73% |
| Michael Steven Ely | $328,283 | $327,361 | -0.3% |
| Prairiedale Farms, Corp. | $290,897 | $296,557 | 1.9% |
| Jeff Bohl | $313,702 | $279,919 | -10.8% |
| Hawbaker Farms, Inc. | $214,269 | $274,254 | 28% |
| Robert Allan Casteel | $201,706 | $270,466 | 34.1% |
| Grady D. Bakken | $165,132 | $248,419 | 50.4% |
| Kristian Sorum | $336,609 | $245,138 | -27.2% |
| Craig Johnston Farms, Inc. | $259,446 | $242,933 | -6.4% |
| James Mathias Funk | $281,690 | $242,204 | -14% |
| Dale Maury Ganskop | $277,892 | $236,629 | -14.8% |
| Kerry Strom | $209,415 | $223,963 | 6.9% |
| Loren Peterson | $249,614 | $223,632 | -10.4% |
| Douglas A. Winzenburg Jr. | $204,280 | $215,193 | 5.3% |
| Busch Farms, Inc. | $250,152 | $209,346 | -16.3% |
| Dennis Bauer | $219,941 | $208,347 | -5.3% |
| Kent Horntvedt | $247,327 | $206,143 | -16.7% |
| Josh Watterud | $158,915 | $204,532 | 28.7% |
| Ryan L Aufforth | $161,314 | $202,693 | 25.7% |
| Bryan Foster Ankenbauer | $262,986 | $200,922 | -23.6% |
| Jay Hass | $206,752 | $196,966 | -4.7% |
| Jon Michael Sagness | $210,499 | $194,970 | -7.4% |
| Justin Lee Iverson | $113,360 | $194,777 | 71.8% |
| Christopher David Rystedt | $115,168 | $180,266 | 56.5% |
| Jady Dwain Parkinson | $201,180 | $176,318 | -12.4% |
| Brian Wittman | $149,759 | $175,154 | 17% |
| Brodal Farms, Ltd. | $231,630 | $171,400 | -26% |
| West Plains Grain & Cattle, Inc. | $269,191 | $169,878 | -36.9% |
| Tyler Grubb | $108,009 | $160,484 | 48.6% |
| Kayo Grubb | $108,908 | $160,467 | 47.3% |
| Kyle Darren Melby | $191,463 | $160,154 | -16.4% |
| Leelyn Gale Hermanson | $165,967 | $156,128 | -5.9% |
| Adam Jerome Jensen | $140,211 | $147,832 | 5.4% |
| Robert Thomas Casteel | $101,619 | $143,485 | 41.2% |
| Dacotah Bank | $320,769 | $141,576 | -55.9% |
| Brian Jon Rosencrans | $116,395 | $137,825 | 18.4% |
| Eloise Jean Rystedt | $78,644 | $136,874 | 74% |
| Hass Farms, Inc. | $133,304 | $128,024 | -4% |
| Daniel Lee Winzenburg | $182,531 | $127,571 | -30.1% |
| Ryan Westerness | $76,296 | $116,995 | 53.3% |
| TLCB Farm | $161,974 | $116,356 | -28.2% |
| Rolf Ernest Aufforth | $104,535 | $116,175 | 11.1% |
| Rollie Westly Dalin | $79,033 | $113,672 | 43.8% |
| Marlin Peterson | $125,617 | $109,575 | -12.8% |
| Phillip James Hamilton | $0 | $108,868 | -- |
| Ronald Leslie Sagness | $112,961 | $107,519 | -4.8% |
| Dennis Benge | $128,559 | $105,806 | -17.7% |
| Christiansen Farm, Inc. | $128,699 | $105,241 | -18.2% |
| Daniel Wade Peterson | $88,310 | $104,728 | 18.6% |
| Richard Earl Weinmann | $100,380 | $104,306 | 3.9% |
| Barry Dean Nelson | $86,611 | $98,412 | 13.6% |
| John R Aufforth | $111,907 | $97,422 | -12.9% |
| Gregory Allen Holmen | $137,206 | $96,512 | -29.7% |
| James Bohl | $141,788 | $95,551 | -32.6% |
| Jim Van Berkom, LLC | $104,014 | $95,429 | -8.3% |
| Jacobson Farms, Inc. | $184,087 | $94,317 | -48.8% |
| Joseph Mertes | $89,601 | $89,316 | -0.3% |
| Jeremy Bullinger | $114,791 | $89,215 | -22.3% |
| Kyle James Nygaard | $116,172 | $89,020 | -23.4% |
| Timothy John Lucy | $101,473 | $88,657 | -12.6% |
| Tim Hegstad | $72,254 | $88,369 | 22.3% |
| Mark Barenthsen | $108,509 | $86,296 | -20.5% |
| Marcus Christenson | $84,776 | $84,925 | 0.2% |
| Shayne Mollet | $89,925 | $84,696 | -5.8% |
| Hal Ross | $126,101 | $84,266 | -33.2% |
| Shawn Bly | $88,085 | $75,783 | -14% |
| Leslie Jensen | $59,048 | $75,140 | 27.3% |
| Bradley Chrest | $86,326 | $75,102 | -13% |
| John Lowell Albertson | $46,522 | $74,053 | 59.2% |
| Wayne Olson | $88,652 | $72,827 | -17.9% |
| Brandyn D Ganskop | $91,591 | $67,426 | -26.4% |
| Dustin Isak Roise - Roise Ranch, LLC | $0 | $66,202 | -- |
| Justin F. Nelson | $63,877 | $66,099 | 3.5% |
| Farm Credit Services of ND, PCA | $78,276 | $63,219 | -19.2% |
| Judd Walker Thorlaksen | $68,363 | $61,744 | -9.7% |
| Lakin Paige Undhjem | $78,545 | $61,601 | -21.6% |
| Tracy Scott Edwards | $98,723 | $60,715 | -38.5% |
| Faron Lee Ehlke | $92,284 | $60,557 | -34.4% |
| Joshiwa Weinmann | $50,594 | $54,825 | 8.4% |
| David Weslie Peterson | $36,917 | $54,279 | 47% |
| Lynn Eugene Watterud | $0 | $54,056 | -- |
| Roger Helseth | $58,809 | $51,609 | -12.2% |
| Kenneth Arthur Nygaard | $59,813 | $49,366 | -17.5% |
| Eddy Peterson | $45,813 | $48,850 | 6.6% |
| Greg Mertes | $55,148 | $47,138 | -14.5% |
| Robert Aron Jensen | $64,369 | $46,894 | -27.1% |
| Larry Arnold Erie | $67,836 | $40,839 | -39.8% |
| Oswald Tande | $46,696 | $38,957 | -16.6% |
| Ryan M. Greenfield | $43,881 | $38,719 | -11.8% |
| Nicholas Rystedt | $13,545 | $37,548 | 177.2% |
| Stephen Patrik Miller | $29,294 | $36,981 | 26.2% |
| Owen Enget | $25,625 | $36,738 | 43.4% |
| Tim Nelson | $40,457 | $36,265 | -10.4% |
| Nels Steven Norstedt | $49,794 | $36,264 | -27.2% |
| Tyler Ross | $51,748 | $34,849 | -32.7% |
| Richard Lawrence Owings | $51,267 | $32,172 | -37.2% |
| Charlie Nelson | $33,975 | $31,464 | -7.4% |
| Adam B. Mesker | $110,524 | $30,434 | -72.5% |
| Tara Marie Uran | $20,734 | $30,196 | 45.6% |
| Kyler Melby | $53,269 | $29,985 | -43.7% |
| Farm Credit Services of North Dakota, PCA | $0 | $29,657 | -- |
| Ermalee Hermanson Disclaimer Trust | $0 | $29,434 | -- |
| Douglas Beard | $47,797 | $29,382 | -38.5% |
| Lee Robert Anderson | $36,844 | $29,176 | -20.8% |
| Marlowe Olson | $28,605 | $27,622 | -3.4% |
| Roberta Smith | $17,167 | $26,003 | 51.5% |
| Terry Lee Wolkenhauer | $37,900 | $25,724 | -32.1% |
| Jon Thingvold | $36,848 | $25,614 | -30.5% |
| Brooklyn Albertson | $12,672 | $25,060 | 97.8% |
| Kirkland Melby | $20,873 | $24,679 | 18.2% |
| Jason Roise | $8,166 | $24,433 | 199.2% |
| Rodley Jepsen | $27,502 | $23,969 | -12.8% |
| G & K Mcevers Farms, Inc. | $27,304 | $23,330 | -14.6% |
| Robert L. Sundin | $22,317 | $23,248 | 4.2% |
| Liberty State Bank | $24,628 | $22,682 | -7.9% |
| Mark Tomas Watterud | $20,105 | $22,409 | 11.5% |
| Troy Allen Brusven | $19,643 | $20,373 | 3.7% |
| Bonnie Jean Jorgenson | $20,155 | $20,155 | 0% |
| Hugh O'Neil | $52,635 | $18,952 | -64% |
| Marty Holmen | $22,431 | $18,867 | -15.9% |
| Cody Beard | $20,556 | $18,602 | -9.5% |
| Nathan Lyle Jepsen | $32,062 | $18,588 | -42% |
| Farm Credit Services of North Dakota, PCA | $0 | $18,510 | -- |
| Michael Greenfield | $26,743 | $17,612 | -34.1% |
| Richard Bolen | $25,766 | $17,529 | -32% |
| Jason Wettstein | $13,623 | $17,408 | 27.8% |
| Douglas Feiring | $59,524 | $16,674 | -72% |
| Jordan Lee Jensen | $21,121 | $16,639 | -21.2% |
| Alvin Holmen | $17,782 | $16,515 | -7.1% |
| Brett Feiring | $21,408 | $16,343 | -23.7% |
| Inez B. Smith | $0 | $16,303 | -- |
| Morris Delano Erickson | $21,159 | $16,030 | -24.2% |
| Richard Thane Bonsness | $16,047 | $15,962 | -0.5% |
| Keith Anderson | $69,628 | $15,590 | -77.6% |
| Edward Klein | $25,494 | $14,179 | -44.4% |
| Darris Olson | $13,155 | $13,662 | 3.9% |
| Blaine Michael Van Berkom | $16,636 | $12,982 | -22% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $12,844 | -- |
| Larry Kenneth Axelson | $34,021 | $12,584 | -63% |
| Willard F Olsen Family Trust | $12,457 | $12,457 | 0% |
| Shannon Duane Holter | $14,556 | $12,271 | -15.7% |
| Mark Crosby | $9,916 | $12,207 | 23.1% |
| Mark Rykken | $13,435 | $12,042 | -10.4% |
| MBK Peterson Farm | $13,488 | $11,903 | -11.8% |
| Chase Jacobson | $29,761 | $11,563 | -61.1% |
| Clifford Edwards | $23,420 | $11,527 | -50.8% |
| Mark Allen Larson | $11,673 | $11,416 | -2.2% |
| C. W. Altringer | $8,505 | $11,358 | 33.5% |
| Tim Chrest | $11,314 | $11,244 | -0.6% |
| Gary Gene McGinnity | $30,682 | $11,195 | -63.5% |
| Robert Allan Person | $7,304 | $10,909 | 49.4% |
| Alan T. Jacobson | $12,532 | $10,843 | -13.5% |
| Tilmer H Jacobson | $12,532 | $10,843 | -13.5% |
| Jason M. Fiesel | $20,630 | $10,808 | -47.6% |
| Emmet O'Neil | $52,088 | $10,713 | -79.4% |
| Dylan Benge | $4,363 | $10,595 | 142.8% |
| Dylan Essen | $12,323 | $10,582 | -14.1% |
| Earl Weinmann | $8,522 | $10,150 | 19.1% |
| Patrick Kenneth Hove | $10,797 | $10,046 | -7% |
| Lauren Roloff | $1,951 | $9,892 | 407% |
| Triple C Farm, Inc. | $9,640 | $9,640 | 0% |
| Linda M Van Berkom | $12,832 | $9,556 | -25.5% |
| Daniel Glen Nelson | $22,204 | $9,500 | -57.2% |
| Gregory Francis Busch | $12,599 | $9,475 | -24.8% |
| Gordon a Sjue | $9,677 | $9,253 | -4.4% |
| Ronald Gene Erickson | $17,223 | $8,874 | -48.5% |
| Charles J. Jacobson | $9,979 | $8,660 | -13.2% |
| Cassandra Marden | $4,134 | $8,446 | 104.3% |
| Dan Nelson | $9,009 | $8,270 | -8.2% |
| Ryan Peterson | $14,619 | $8,247 | -43.6% |
| Larry Tinjum | $13,536 | $8,198 | -39.4% |
| Mark J. Enget | $8,153 | $8,153 | 0% |
| Richard Lynn Casteel | $10,315 | $7,938 | -23% |
| Aaron Elliott Erickson | $13,997 | $7,891 | -43.6% |
| Brandon Erickson | $13,997 | $7,881 | -43.7% |
| Ronald Fred Corey | $6,575 | $7,777 | 18.3% |
| Frank Hanson Jr. | $4,156 | $7,756 | 86.6% |
| Daniel T. Folske | $14,319 | $7,564 | -47.2% |
| Ronald Peters | $7,527 | $7,527 | 0% |
| Courtney Seime | $8,209 | $7,494 | -8.7% |
| Peter Willyard | $8,621 | $7,457 | -13.5% |
| Kenneth Kulstad | $5,720 | $7,339 | 28.3% |
| KCM, LLP | $6,886 | $7,324 | 6.4% |
| Rick Thorlaksen | $18,721 | $7,266 | -61.2% |
| Derrick Erie | $0 | $6,621 | -- |
| Wade S. Hermanson | $6,589 | $6,589 | 0% |
| Thomas Kevin Hove | $9,231 | $6,208 | -32.7% |
| Darrell a Dihle | $6,091 | $6,091 | 0% |
| Merlyn Sem | $10,225 | $6,064 | -40.7% |
| Larry Thronson | $0 | $5,368 | -- |
| Robert Undhjem | $5,541 | $5,267 | -4.9% |
| Barbara Strom | $5,239 | $5,113 | -2.4% |
| Albert Beard | $5,756 | $5,061 | -12.1% |
| Dorene Ronholdt | $4,896 | $4,896 | 0% |
| Oakley Benton Ulsrud | $3,663 | $4,883 | 33.3% |
| Anita E. Jacobson | $5,536 | $4,847 | -12.4% |
| Thomas Alexander Rystedt | $4,753 | $4,348 | -8.5% |
| Terry Weippert | $14,245 | $4,259 | -70.1% |
| Lavern L. Petersen | $20,877 | $4,244 | -79.7% |
| Mark Skalicky | $1,675 | $4,219 | 151.9% |
| Jody Lavern Schroeder | $15,686 | $4,122 | -73.7% |
| Monte Mutschelknaus | $4,389 | $3,849 | -12.3% |
| Elizabeth Ann Casteel | $3,855 | $3,729 | -3.3% |
| Edward Weippert | $0 | $3,716 | -- |
| Bernice Jorgenson | $0 | $3,628 | -- |
| Dale Wangsness | $8,255 | $3,578 | -56.7% |
| Linda Hinds | $0 | $3,512 | -- |
| Gary Dean Melby | $12,846 | $3,403 | -73.5% |
| Jimmy Leroy Iverson | $3,307 | $3,307 | 0% |
| Orris Enget Family Trust | $0 | $3,292 | -- |
| Larry Martin Ledene | $20,879 | $3,280 | -84.3% |
| Farm Credit Services of ND PCA | $6,382 | $3,122 | -51.1% |
| Kelly Thomas | $4,099 | $3,109 | -24.2% |
| Charles Ringwall | $5,014 | $2,992 | -40.3% |
| James D. Smith | $3,157 | $2,929 | -7.2% |
| Janette Peterson | $1,298 | $2,831 | 118.1% |
| Bradley Rosenquist | $3,630 | $2,754 | -24.1% |
| Joe Evensvold | $0 | $2,733 | -- |
| Helene Beard | $2,878 | $2,532 | -12% |
| James Powell | $2,456 | $2,456 | 0% |
| RVL Real Estate, LLLP | $2,409 | $2,409 | 0% |
| Larry and Jerry Bonsness Trust | $404 | $2,398 | 493.6% |
| Marilyn Olson | $2,849 | $2,373 | -16.7% |
| Diane Woodard - the Woodard Family Trust Dated Feb | $0 | $2,187 | -- |
| Elouise Enget | $7,083 | $2,181 | -69.2% |
| Keith Berg | $4,719 | $2,148 | -54.5% |
| Donald Winzenburg | $2,864 | $2,090 | -27% |
| Alice Smith | $3,952 | $1,982 | -49.8% |
| Nicholas Dosch | $10,578 | $1,973 | -81.3% |
| Donna Kulstad | $1,967 | $1,967 | 0% |
| Sandra K. Berg | $0 | $1,905 | -- |
| Randy Streifel | $1,525 | $1,758 | 15.3% |
| Weinmann Family Irrevocable Trust | $1,672 | $1,672 | 0% |
| Bryan Moberg | $3,088 | $1,557 | -49.6% |
| Marie Jacobson | $511 | $1,540 | 201.4% |
| Ardelle Mcintyre | $1,419 | $1,201 | -15.4% |
| Maralys Kulstad | $2,155 | $1,082 | -49.8% |
| Oas Family Farm, LLP | $0 | $1,039 | -- |
| Jane Rismon | $2,468 | $986 | -60% |
| Michael Dean Glaspey | $1,435 | $906 | -36.9% |
| Lavern L Petersen - Lavern L Petersen Living Trust | $0 | $859 | -- |
| Christine D. Aasheim | $1,576 | $835 | -47% |
| Jesse Puckett | $3,905 | $814 | -79.2% |
| Ryan Enget | $4,066 | $796 | -80.4% |
| Douglas Leland Watterud | $770 | $770 | 0% |
| Robert W Footh | $1,347 | $768 | -43% |
| Betty L Van Berkom | $3,498 | $745 | -78.7% |
| Darwin Van Berkom | $205 | $685 | 234.1% |
| Taylor Brooke Jacobson | $2,101 | $649 | -69.1% |
| Dale Enget | $971 | $624 | -35.7% |
| Gary H. Ramsdell | $1,149 | $584 | -49.2% |
| Janet Cron | $603 | $571 | -5.3% |
| Rita Lucy | $5,563 | $569 | -89.8% |
| Denise Hassel | $604 | $554 | -8.3% |
| Keith Hassel | $604 | $554 | -8.3% |
| Jacob Loeks | $1,190 | $546 | -54.1% |
| Melvin Christenson | $5,665 | $534 | -90.6% |
| Rick Carlson | $1,010 | $506 | -49.9% |
| Lex J. Tande | $5,852 | $439 | -92.5% |
| Brooks Holmen | $0 | $317 | -- |
| Spencer Gibson Holmen | $0 | $317 | -- |
| Arva K Walters | $5,103 | $304 | -94% |
| Ted Hawbaker | $1,057 | $276 | -73.9% |
| Christopher Bly | $6,255 | $258 | -95.9% |
| Marlow Gene Nelson | $1,089 | $237 | -78.2% |
| Jeffery L. Johnson | $0 | $59 | -- |
| Arlene Peterson | $52 | $52 | 0% |
| Kenneth Peterson | $52 | $52 | 0% |
| Shane Oas | $162 | $22 | -86.4% |
| Amber Nygard | $81 | $11 | -86.4% |
| Eg Acres, LLC | $5,226 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey L. Johnson | $59 | $0 | -100% |
| Willmar Peterson | $1,513 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Brenno | $5,852 | $0 | -100% |
| James Steven Brodal | $38,377 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn Watterud | $27,013 | $0 | -100% |
| Troy Nelson | $527 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Credit Services of North Dak | $64,728 | $0 | -100% |
| Ermalee Hermanson Disclaimer Trus | $30,115 | $0 | -100% |
| Mitchell Allan McEvers | $41,072 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Credit Services of North Dak | $36,160 | $0 | -100% |
| Mitchell Strom | $61,897 | $0 | -100% |
| Berniece Jorgenson | $3,628 | $0 | -100% |
| Bonnie Thronson | $3,334 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon Biwer | $6,831 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean Huseby | $34,518 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane Woodard - the Woodard Famil | $2,187 | $0 | -100% |
| Dustin Isak Roise | $61,053 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean Louise Watterud | $3,673 | $0 | -100% |
| Muriel Smith | $1,720 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Hamilton | $64,126 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $15,757,484 | $14,517,500 | -7.9% |
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