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In 2021, 159 farmers in cities within Park County received a total of $1.6 million in 269 farm subsidies, a 65.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.6 million in 412 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 Park County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthun Ranch, Inc. | $183,979 | $148,700 | -19.2% |
| Arthun Livestock, Inc. | $171,278 | $144,179 | -15.8% |
| Schnitzler Corporation | $0 | $134,025 | -- |
| Bruce L Arthun | $87,756 | $70,586 | -19.6% |
| John Bays | $72,922 | $49,706 | -31.8% |
| Lane Ranch General Partnership | $154,343 | $40,965 | -73.5% |
| Hayhook Ranch, LLC | $119,346 | $40,281 | -66.2% |
| Mitchells Mile High Ranch | $25,872 | $33,935 | 31.2% |
| Betty Lou Fitzpatrick | $33,941 | $33,426 | -1.5% |
| Lyle M Swandal | $95,365 | $32,086 | -66.4% |
| O'Hair Ranch Company | $226,509 | $31,145 | -86.2% |
| Legacy Land & Cattle, LLC | $75,108 | $30,395 | -59.5% |
| Paradise Valley Farms, LLC | $58,345 | $29,524 | -49.4% |
| S G Miller Ranch Company | $0 | $24,626 | -- |
| Westling Ranch, Inc. | $0 | $24,308 | -- |
| Johnstone Ranch, LLC | $71,630 | $23,915 | -66.6% |
| Gary Hoyem | $27,818 | $23,382 | -15.9% |
| RF Corporation | $74,932 | $22,042 | -70.6% |
| Stutterheim Ranch, Inc. | $52,723 | $20,915 | -60.3% |
| Mraz Hay & Cattle, LLC | $66,194 | $20,830 | -68.5% |
| David A. Haug | $20,949 | $20,353 | -2.8% |
| Todd C. Smith | $41,318 | $20,207 | -51.1% |
| Bert Otis | $31,191 | $18,414 | -41% |
| Ned Eric Zimmerman | $46,822 | $16,946 | -63.8% |
| Eagle Ridge Ranch L. P. Mt | $86,554 | $16,357 | -81.1% |
| Robert B. Boyd | $0 | $15,179 | -- |
| Michael Clark | $8,496 | $14,892 | 75.3% |
| Matthew B. Levers | $44,686 | $14,851 | -66.8% |
| Joe Sarrazin | $0 | $14,487 | -- |
| Stuart W. Dunkel | $68,821 | $14,331 | -79.2% |
| Rollin' River, LLC | $15,429 | $14,291 | -7.4% |
| Nelsons Spring Creek, LLC | $70,543 | $13,501 | -80.9% |
| Heritage Ranch, LLC | $30,822 | $13,333 | -56.7% |
| Steve Libsack | $58,289 | $12,942 | -77.8% |
| Norquist Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $12,576 | -- |
| Richard Swandal | $50,045 | $12,233 | -75.6% |
| Lyle A. Woosley | $48,562 | $11,684 | -75.9% |
| SNL Cattle Company | $105,337 | $11,202 | -89.4% |
| Richard Waddell | $107,674 | $11,126 | -89.7% |
| Ronald V Arthun | $53,283 | $10,799 | -79.7% |
| Jim Franck | $27,684 | $10,792 | -61% |
| Petrich Family, LLLP | $0 | $10,780 | -- |
| Arthur Burns Associates | $13,321 | $9,576 | -28.1% |
| Amanda Hamm | $38,879 | $9,256 | -76.2% |
| Muddy Creek Family Ranch, LLC | $38,449 | $8,868 | -76.9% |
| Stone Grown, LLC | $32,898 | $8,646 | -73.7% |
| Philip C. Gilbert | $25,017 | $8,535 | -65.9% |
| Jacqueline Shiplet | $33,195 | $7,826 | -76.4% |
| James Edward Dunkel | $25,957 | $7,543 | -70.9% |
| Kavanaugh Creek, LLC | $26,484 | $7,493 | -71.7% |
| Richard Kinkie Ranch, LLC | $36,905 | $7,441 | -79.8% |
| Ibex Ranch Company | $14,351 | $7,343 | -48.8% |
| Michael Boeh | $31,488 | $7,161 | -77.3% |
| Bill W. Landis | $30,734 | $6,716 | -78.1% |
| Edward J. Collins | $0 | $6,610 | -- |
| Henry J. Hamm | $45,564 | $6,523 | -85.7% |
| William A. Sarrazin | $25,224 | $6,195 | -75.4% |
| Dan L. Eddy | $12,169 | $5,952 | -51.1% |
| Battle Ridge Ranch, LLC | $34,480 | $5,929 | -82.8% |
| Arrowhead Ranch Company | $28,690 | $5,788 | -79.8% |
| Josephus C G Colmore | $8,042 | $5,679 | -29.4% |
| Larry Charles Lovely | $8,440 | $5,223 | -38.1% |
| Tara B. Eddy | $0 | $5,190 | -- |
| JLE Ranches, LLC | $23,007 | $4,919 | -78.6% |
| Sam Skillman | $13,609 | $4,761 | -65% |
| Rock-N-Ranch, LLC | $40,016 | $4,708 | -88.2% |
| Falls Creek Cattle, LLC | $16,416 | $4,614 | -71.9% |
| K a Enterprises, Inc. | $95,048 | $4,587 | -95.2% |
| Loren Peter Lannan | $0 | $4,585 | -- |
| L & B Livestock, LLC | $23,708 | $4,541 | -80.8% |
| Raymond R. Sundling | $162,055 | $4,502 | -97.2% |
| Henry Guth, Inc. | $18,678 | $4,242 | -77.3% |
| William T. Malcolm | $14,655 | $4,189 | -71.4% |
| James R. Melin | $18,659 | $4,150 | -77.8% |
| Ronald W. Laden | $1,412 | $4,026 | 185.1% |
| Longshot Ranch, LLC | $4,507 | $3,950 | -12.4% |
| Roy Lende | $3,663 | $3,663 | 0% |
| Thomas E. Bailey | $9,445 | $3,515 | -62.8% |
| Rock Creek Industries, LLC | $0 | $3,506 | -- |
| Dave Kirkpatrick | $3,619 | $3,475 | -4% |
| Melvyn Anzick SR | $3,619 | $3,475 | -4% |
| Timothy R. Sundling | $476,750 | $3,464 | -99.3% |
| Oregon Valley Ranch, Inc. | $16,610 | $3,463 | -79.2% |
| Linda Clark Trust | $14,619 | $3,187 | -78.2% |
| Haley Ann Dunkel | $3,403 | $3,155 | -7.3% |
| Diamond Cattle Company | $23,837 | $3,076 | -87.1% |
| Tyler Sarrazin | $14,883 | $2,983 | -80% |
| 3-6 Ranch, L.L.C. | $10,349 | $2,864 | -72.3% |
| Warfield Ranch, Inc. | $14,344 | $2,763 | -80.7% |
| Phil Maurer | $4,223 | $2,753 | -34.8% |
| L 5 Cattle, Inc. | $0 | $2,657 | -- |
| J Lazy K, LLC | $10,802 | $2,644 | -75.5% |
| Lee A. Pinkerton | $2,891 | $2,505 | -13.4% |
| Taylor Farm, LLLP | $1,667 | $2,473 | 48.4% |
| Rick Plaggemeyer | $13,327 | $2,453 | -81.6% |
| Karen Plaggemeyer | $13,137 | $2,436 | -81.5% |
| Loraine Eyman | $2,768 | $2,407 | -13% |
| Locke Creek Ranch, Inc. | $10,362 | $2,389 | -76.9% |
| Holliday Ranch | $8,646 | $2,380 | -72.5% |
| Jeffrey Cahill | $11,487 | $2,260 | -80.3% |
| Larry Durgan | $0 | $2,255 | -- |
| Calvin R Bohleen Cattle Company, Inc. | $3,935 | $2,242 | -43% |
| Russell Bailey | $11,156 | $2,121 | -81% |
| David Laubach | $12,446 | $2,104 | -83.1% |
| Berry Homestead, LLC | $3,977 | $2,030 | -49% |
| Richard A. Gibson | $8,890 | $1,761 | -80.2% |
| Robert P. Anderson | $1,295 | $1,726 | 33.3% |
| Daryl Stutterheim | $11,163 | $1,702 | -84.8% |
| Garth Isbell | $7,398 | $1,513 | -79.5% |
| David Bowman | $7,458 | $1,478 | -80.2% |
| James Johnson | $7,735 | $1,417 | -81.7% |
| Michael George Steinmetz | $1,867 | $1,415 | -24.2% |
| Seth Swandal | $6,105 | $1,344 | -78% |
| Jamie Lannen | $2,524 | $1,306 | -48.3% |
| Woosley Land and Livestock, LLC | $3,300 | $1,212 | -63.3% |
| Tyler Stutterheim | $4,433 | $1,210 | -72.7% |
| Duane Nollmeyer | $5,170 | $1,142 | -77.9% |
| Highland Livestock Company | $666 | $1,136 | 70.6% |
| Ronald C. Leichtfuss | $5,093 | $1,136 | -77.7% |
| Lucy Gilmour | $2,165 | $1,110 | -48.7% |
| Marie N Voyich | $4,059 | $1,087 | -73.2% |
| Vuko Voyich | $9,173 | $1,087 | -88.2% |
| Brent Smith | $8,323 | $1,082 | -87% |
| James R. Durgan | $12,518 | $988 | -92.1% |
| M Hanging Lazy 3, LLC | $2,017 | $922 | -54.3% |
| Robinson Ranch, Inc. | $3,125 | $888 | -71.6% |
| Skattum Revocable Living Trust | $22,048 | $880 | -96% |
| Marilyn Raisland | $0 | $846 | -- |
| Harlan C. Westling | $2,915 | $776 | -73.4% |
| Alan Redfield | $3,476 | $727 | -79.1% |
| Dennis A. Glick | $672 | $672 | 0% |
| James L. Strong | $1,245 | $672 | -46% |
| James Blake Burnett | $149 | $649 | 335.6% |
| Janet Mae Myers | $1,085 | $605 | -44.2% |
| John J. Long | $935 | $525 | -43.9% |
| Debra Andersen | $1,936 | $505 | -73.9% |
| Donald Edward Scott | $4,850 | $501 | -89.7% |
| James Boyd | $893 | $495 | -44.6% |
| Joan Daniel | $0 | $467 | -- |
| Michael J Kardoes | $2,840 | $412 | -85.5% |
| Riley Shimmin | $489 | $376 | -23.1% |
| Scott Boeh | $1,863 | $369 | -80.2% |
| Bobi Jo Boeh | $1,683 | $354 | -79% |
| John M. Melvin | $647 | $350 | -45.9% |
| Lynn Dee Melvin | $647 | $350 | -45.9% |
| Darrel Gee | $797 | $338 | -57.6% |
| Kathleen a Labaty | $671 | $328 | -51.1% |
| Heather Malcolm | $1,254 | $323 | -74.2% |
| Dennis G. Springer | $603 | $310 | -48.6% |
| Don Forkus | $477 | $261 | -45.3% |
| Depuy Enterprises, LLC | $631 | $248 | -60.7% |
| Phyllis Blain | $670 | $246 | -63.3% |
| Dillon Michael Steinmetz | $99 | $236 | 138.4% |
| Shannon Ann Steinmetz | $98 | $235 | 139.8% |
| Melvin Goffena | $411 | $235 | -42.8% |
| Vicente Bilbao | $1,023 | $194 | -81% |
| Arthur Crawford | $285 | $139 | -51.2% |
| Rodney Briggs | $169 | $96 | -43.2% |
| Nicole Mather | $198 | $83 | -58.1% |
| Bob Boyd | $54,221 | $0 | -100% |
| Joan Daniel | $782 | $0 | -100% |
| Kim Knutson | $4,665 | $0 | -100% |
| Livingston Angus, Inc. | $9,911 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven J. Anderson | $1,369 | $0 | -100% |
| Franklin J. Rigler | $8,195 | $0 | -100% |
| Brooks Ann Watson | $1,620 | $0 | -100% |
| Butch Keyes | $5,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Brassfield Jr. | $5,873 | $0 | -100% |
| Dillon M Steinmetz Trust | $213 | $0 | -100% |
| Heidi Rose Torgerson | $5,933 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim J. Sarrazin | $40,691 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathleen a Labaty | $93 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin E. Anderson | $1,248 | $0 | -100% |
| Montana Mexican John Ranch, LLC | $28,478 | $0 | -100% |
| Pinkerton Limited Partnership | $11 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Ver Straten | $374 | $0 | -100% |
| Shannon a Steinmetz Trust | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas J Breigenzer | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Willson | $8,624 | $0 | -100% |
| Wolf Ridge Icelandics, LLC | $7,073 | $0 | -100% |
| Cindy Dallas | $5,233 | $0 | -100% |
| Cole Arthun | $4,452 | $0 | -100% |
| D'Ewart Ranch, Inc. | $16,896 | $0 | -100% |
| Hoyem Ranch Limited Partnership | $184 | $0 | -100% |
| John R. Foster | $336 | $0 | -100% |
| S G Miller Ranch Company | $39,380 | $0 | -100% |
| Westling Ranch, Inc. | $55,758 | $0 | -100% |
| Weston Zupan | $3,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,643,954 | $1,618,677 | -65.1% |
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