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Amount of taxpayer-funded subsidies plummet in cities associated with Falls County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Falls County received $12 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 373 farmers in cities within Falls County received a total of $3.7 million in 697 farm subsidies, a 76.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $15.8 million in 1,391 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 Falls County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
P & Jy Livestock Farms, LLC$819,460$310,675-62.1%
Skala Farms, LLC$334,525$156,636-53.2%
Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation$0$137,029--
Charles W. Ellison$183,229$120,326-34.3%
Mike Davis$300,198$102,822-65.7%
Keith Mitchell$69,653$86,41024.1%
John Jahns$361,457$85,132-76.4%
Meyer Partnership$262,687$79,231-69.8%
M5 Spring Creek Ranch, LLC$253,141$70,834-72%
Fuchs Brothers Farms$361,295$69,437-80.8%
Drews Cattle Company, Inc.$457,328$67,603-85.2%
Capital Farm Credit, PCA$68,213$66,631-2.3%
Joe Lee Marek$142,808$62,748-56.1%
Ryan Willberg$240,984$59,402-75.4%
Joshua E. Drews$260,381$51,528-80.2%
James Elmer Sell$96,990$50,036-48.4%
Brandon Moeller$113,502$47,499-58.2%
Manard Moeller Jr.$188,407$47,009-75%
Charles Moeller$220,343$46,030-79.1%
James a Glaser Trust$66,598$46,003-30.9%
Erick K. Coker$244,131$44,940-81.6%
Lewis Moeller$173,298$44,732-74.2%
Michael T. Garrett$156,762$41,752-73.4%
Incommons Bank$82,101$41,727-49.2%
Edward L. Hays Jr.$359,266$41,545-88.4%
Ellison Ranches$51,970$40,025-23%
Larry James Hoelscher$197,507$39,527-80%
Lucas Farms, Inc.$107,712$37,906-64.8%
Jeffrey Wayne Hering$186,877$35,326-81.1%
Eric Moeller$68,594$35,045-48.9%
Claude E. Burns$80,725$34,771-56.9%
Matthew Jahns$127,445$30,329-76.2%
Basil Margiotta$104,987$28,885-72.5%
David Skupin$44,479$28,019-37%
Steve Ray Childre$161,131$26,869-83.3%
Cannon C. Jacques$117,954$25,984-78%
Winter Grazing Corporation$466,429$25,879-94.5%
Margaret Jane Kasner$31,040$25,267-18.6%
Jason Charles Willberg$166,879$24,073-85.6%
Jacob L. Taylor$140,799$23,618-83.2%
Scott Conners$103,043$23,282-77.4%
Mark Alan Moeller$112,022$22,427-80%
Ryan E. Whitt$349,749$22,390-93.6%
Meyer Land Company, LLC$79,004$22,039-72.1%
Brenda Coker$217,862$22,020-89.9%
Bryan D. Coker$209,233$21,834-89.6%
Kevin Coker$209,200$21,826-89.6%
Skrabanek Farms$91,148$20,756-77.2%
MRS R W Ellison Ranch-Partnership$52,382$20,601-60.7%
Virginia Reed$45,081$20,561-54.4%
Barkemeyer Farms, LLC$65,352$19,459-70.2%
Jared K. Ranly$394,667$18,664-95.3%
Clinton S. Jacques$87,458$18,142-79.3%
Ryan C. Moeller$32,857$17,720-46.1%
Derek M. Glaser$44,356$17,545-60.4%
Greg Amber$0$16,443--
Collins & Collins$26,637$15,810-40.6%
Double M Cattle Company, LLC$137,585$15,628-88.6%
Tal Richard Elliott$68,322$15,484-77.3%
Randle D. Mitchell$0$15,180--
Mercer & Ussery, Inc.$38,728$14,249-63.2%
Stanley Birkes$33,610$14,179-57.8%
Michael D. Meyer$26,449$14,020-47%
Christopher J. Hrabal$43,044$13,907-67.7%
Stock Grain, Inc.$0$13,865--
Alvin J. Schlottman$23,531$13,591-42.2%
David R. Herzog$93,306$13,283-85.8%
Stephen Schneider$494,114$13,006-97.4%
Chris Wuebker$103,588$12,944-87.5%
Cindy L. Blaylock$48,723$12,856-73.6%
Hutka Farms$7,218$12,45272.5%
Raymond M. Moeller$52,395$12,112-76.9%
Wesley Runyan$66,566$11,917-82.1%
Alfred Lehmann Jr.$45,642$11,884-74%
Bradley Ballard$17,475$11,705-33%
Eugene William Radle$70,687$11,521-83.7%
Billy G. Shoemaker$42,869$11,239-73.8%
Doyle Parks$11,227$11,2270%
Barry Radle$50,451$10,836-78.5%
Phelps Farms$23,959$10,792-55%
Max Atkins$68,572$10,741-84.3%
Dorothy M. Skala$16,442$10,551-35.8%
Keith Lee$53,776$10,290-80.9%
Tony Lynn Hoelscher$39,568$10,211-74.2%
Eugene Beach$74,781$10,156-86.4%
Ronald J. Willberg$25,704$9,770-62%
Bailey County Feeders, LLC$343$9,7462,741.4%
Ray Rabroker JR$34,135$9,667-71.7%
Larry Hoelscher Jr.$50,158$9,625-80.8%
Janice S. Ranly$35,303$9,521-73%
Patrick MacHa$35,079$9,041-74.2%
Charles E. Willberg$63,928$9,032-85.9%
Phillip MacHa$34,998$9,017-74.2%
Darlene H. Fikes$49,729$8,732-82.4%
Keith Odenbach$22,830$8,706-61.9%
Jeffery W. Lorenz$36,124$8,488-76.5%
Ethan E. Hoelscher$36,618$7,986-78.2%
Quarter Circle J Ranch, Inc.$52,897$7,769-85.3%
Cynthia G & David G Garrett Partnership$0$7,668--
Christopher Hering$32,812$7,634-76.7%
Luke Sell$15,062$7,506-50.2%
Michael J. Willberg$13,146$7,461-43.2%
Michael D. Sammon$19,234$7,329-61.9%
Dawson Hering$13,081$7,309-44.1%
Dwight A. Kelley$54,671$7,295-86.7%
J a Rowell Livestock Farms, Inc.$72,706$7,140-90.2%
Calvin Polk$15,885$7,048-55.6%
Cynthia Ann Kahlig$4,524$6,92153%
Kenneth Kahlig$80,105$6,782-91.5%
Darrell W. Wolf$32,432$6,676-79.4%
David Skala$28,508$6,524-77.1%
Donald Collins$17,736$6,496-63.4%
James Richard Elliott$16,447$6,324-61.5%
David Greger$23,820$6,286-73.6%
Clarence E. Wolf Jr.$50,759$6,212-87.8%
Milford B. Hargrove III$27,348$6,174-77.4%
Nancy K. Lorenz$25,087$5,946-76.3%
Craig Green$6,123$5,868-4.2%
William L. Jones$20,064$5,814-71%
Elmer J. Hoelscher$21,723$5,685-73.8%
Brock H. Bordner$83,450$5,539-93.4%
Timothy Clay Short$0$5,467--
Milton A. Albright$90,082$5,319-94.1%
Ray B Rabroker III$21,063$5,281-74.9%
Gary J. Herzog$32,029$4,815-85%
Connie W. Tindle$20,576$4,789-76.7%
Molly M. Pearce$13,394$4,680-65.1%
Rudolph Marion Hessin$0$4,620--
Ricky D. Hoff$8,151$4,513-44.6%
Carl David Kasner$20,783$4,503-78.3%
Frank Skala Jr.$17,177$4,125-76%
Craig Zost$22,715$4,096-82%
Drew P. Meadows$9,791$3,988-59.3%
Michael Heise$4,723$3,906-17.3%
C. W. Mitchell$0$3,905--
Hagen K. Hoelscher$10,353$3,865-62.7%
D & S Farm$5,253$3,803-27.6%
Steve Willberg$29,148$3,774-87.1%
Justin L. Lehrmann$27,224$3,766-86.2%
Clinton Schneider$19,688$3,762-80.9%
Russell Coker$5,181$3,698-28.6%
Nicholas M. Kasner$6,544$3,552-45.7%
Curtis Kahlig$44,340$3,445-92.2%
Pat Michalewicz$22,902$3,392-85.2%
Dennis A. Wilde$15,995$3,373-78.9%
William W. Walker$5,561$3,351-39.7%
Troy Ashford$0$3,350--
Ann Louise Wilde$4,427$3,296-25.5%
Fred Veselka$4,024$3,257-19.1%
Charlie Kluck$34,459$3,198-90.7%
Brady Whitaker$16,065$3,197-80.1%
Eric Wilde$12,142$3,157-74%
Joseph W. Marek$23,463$3,032-87.1%
Jonathan Charles Willberg$4,516$2,975-34.1%
Sammy Wilde$10,924$2,910-73.4%
Albert W Kotrla Estate Trust$11,882$2,900-75.6%
Joshua L. Stock$20,095$2,873-85.7%
Will Vogelsang$1,975$2,87245.4%
Patricia Hoelscher$1,570$2,86282.3%
Lee C. Rolston$15,597$2,858-81.7%
Timothy C. O'Neil$16,201$2,843-82.5%
Lloyd G. Tate$17,932$2,826-84.2%
Rudloff - Butler Ranch, LLC$14,927$2,722-81.8%
Simpson Cattle Company$21,666$2,601-88%
Forest a Beach$8,693$2,484-71.4%
Larry J. Frei$6,260$2,480-60.4%
Charles Schneider$3,879$2,427-37.4%
Cameron D. Griffin$12,140$2,363-80.5%
Horest L Weaver$11,511$2,334-79.7%
Gerald D. Killgore$2,475$2,324-6.1%
Joyce M Childre Estate$3,226$2,268-29.7%
Larry Gene Pamplin$12,402$2,232-82%
USDA-Farm Service Agency$1,006$2,191117.8%
Adam Bruggman$6,773$2,188-67.7%
Barbara D. Hoelscher$9,357$2,176-76.7%
Misael Escobar Caballero$8,008$2,154-73.1%
Collins & Collins Cattle, LLC$0$2,017--
Russell MacKie$9,548$2,015-78.9%
Lisa C. Steinke$0$2,002--
Kathy O. Miller$3,379$2,000-40.8%
Wayne Lanicek$11,600$1,996-82.8%
Donald Ray Antis$0$1,995--
John Michael Proctor$0$1,990--
Nancy Doskocil$11,026$1,974-82.1%
Neal A. Fikes$5,473$1,948-64.4%
Michael E. Carpenter$4,691$1,916-59.2%
Faye A. Engel$10,579$1,915-81.9%
Leon D. Yezak Jr.$2,102$1,901-9.6%
Daniel B. Mikulin$8,714$1,894-78.3%
Linda Williams$6,039$1,888-68.7%
Nick Greger$22,993$1,875-91.8%
Vince R Margoitta JR$7,805$1,809-76.8%
Kevin J. Fikes$4,472$1,800-59.7%
Michael J. Golden$22,695$1,793-92.1%
Billy Weems Wright$14,087$1,783-87.3%
Calvin R. Coker$13,379$1,752-86.9%
Dan Posey$6,623$1,745-73.7%
Randie Lorenz$241$1,665590.9%
Jesse Martinez$6,532$1,643-74.8%
J. R. Williams$9,539$1,621-83%
Robert L. Davis$29,916$1,598-94.7%
Jared W. Skala$7,961$1,597-79.9%
Craig Kahlig$5,167$1,512-70.7%
James C Czajkoski$0$1,485--
Lonnie E. Jackson$11,696$1,482-87.3%
Mary Frances Glass$2,236$1,481-33.8%
Raymond O. Skala$2,211$1,455-34.2%
J & L Falsone Farms$0$1,454--
David Bell$6,280$1,445-77%
David E. Coker$547,863$1,442-99.7%
Mark L. Hoelscher$9,339$1,441-84.6%
Road Dog Ranch, LLC$30,435$1,435-95.3%
Frances Hering$590$1,433142.9%
Marilyn K Ejem$6,497$1,425-78.1%
Walton C. Hering Jr.$3,857$1,417-63.3%
Wayne Polster$7,364$1,333-81.9%
Joyce Wimberley$5,547$1,307-76.4%
Edward L. Mock$0$1,255--
Bradley J. Rudloff$6,535$1,199-81.7%
Treva Smith$5,071$1,183-76.7%
Ann J. Phelps$6,103$1,182-80.6%
Billy J. Fleming$6,068$1,142-81.2%
Darrell Schneider$5,021$1,125-77.6%
Jocelyn R. Hansen$0$1,100--
Bobbie J. Neumann$4,101$1,070-73.9%
Leroy James Hoelscher$3,717$1,056-71.6%
Evaristo Garcia$4,761$1,002-79%
Rendon Wayne Fulton$0$990--
Kenneth W. Heese$4,276$979-77.1%
Wilson C. Little$5,603$966-82.8%
David Patzke$6,622$964-85.4%
Barbara F. Johnson$3,569$936-73.8%
Ben Kirk$1,980$929-53.1%
Donald Zipperlen$4,126$928-77.5%
Glenn Dutton$5,241$918-82.5%
James Gausemeier$1,682$916-45.5%
Charles Stuckey$3,597$912-74.6%
Bobby R. Radle$1,300$897-31%
Madison Wideman$111,638$891-99.2%
Bernard Ordner$6,018$888-85.2%
Daniel C. Jaimes$4,015$869-78.4%
Jason L. Stock$0$857--
Rabroker Bros Farms, LLC$0$854--
William Barry Sharp$4,214$854-79.7%
Louis Vrana Jr.$4,409$851-80.7%
Lester E. Whitt$1,172$849-27.6%
Sue Dunham$399$848112.5%
Kelli Jahns Raabe$2,735$848-69%
Roger L. Drews$10,560$840-92%
Ned L. Reaux$5,745$829-85.6%
Rubin Pringle$4,457$825-81.5%
Glenn E. Stock$4,139$823-80.1%
Justin W. Allen Jr.$4,190$812-80.6%
Corey Michael Fikes$3,542$802-77.4%
Marie E. MacHa$684$78715.1%
Harvey Z. Runnels$1,991$782-60.7%
Demarcus D. Simpson$9,621$781-91.9%
Charles E. Buster$3,542$759-78.6%
Emma Schrader$3,542$724-79.6%
Steven Charles Wilde$6,098$722-88.2%
Lisa M Weeams$3,457$722-79.1%
Janet Loden$4,224$712-83.1%
Jim Body$5,711$708-87.6%
Cooper Terrill$680$6972.5%
Charles E. McClure Jr.$1,597$662-58.5%
Jason D. Mallory$2,838$656-76.9%
Charles R. Yezak$2,580$653-74.7%
Roy B. Darden$1,722$650-62.3%
Brian David Fulton$2,397$646-73%
Theodore Arndt Jr.$3,843$644-83.2%
Deborah Pfrommer$2,838$641-77.4%
Wayne Redding$4,550$641-85.9%
M. M. Odenbach$3,229$635-80.3%
Rhonda L. Coker$1,295$633-51.1%
David S. Hansen$4,964$631-87.3%
Donald W. Schmidt$1,303$631-51.6%
Letha K. Skala$1,815$604-66.7%
Curtiss Ray Pope$2,301$584-74.6%
Williams Feed Store, Ltd.$1,587$567-64.3%
Providence Lombardo$0$564--
Howard Poe$1,617$554-65.7%
Terry W. Arndt$2,552$554-78.3%
Roy Coker$2,952$553-81.3%
Thomas Edward Washington$1,760$549-68.8%
Quintin Hoelscher$4,136$547-86.8%
David M. Fitz$2,818$544-80.7%
James Gary English$2,612$540-79.3%
Bonnie Watters$2,155$532-75.3%
Linda Vickers$1,485$530-64.3%
Francisco Orta$4,101$527-87.1%
Nancy Rogers$1,359$523-61.5%
Justin Briggs$2,398$518-78.4%
Kevin M. Sell$1,760$510-71%
David T. Roberts$466$5058.4%
Elaine A. Jones$1,305$501-61.6%
Michael Smart$2,550$495-80.6%
Johnny Moeller Jr.$938$492-47.5%
Kyle Wayne Spivey$2,693$488-81.9%
Matthew Hoelscher$2,167$488-77.5%
Jullian Keggins$4,398$481-89.1%
Daniel J. Mason$2,469$476-80.7%
Wyatt Zipperlen$1,556$476-69.4%
Charles L. Simpson III$17,960$470-97.4%
Frances Margiotta$1,435$465-67.6%
Nathan A. Wilde$0$461--
R. V. Jackson$2,101$454-78.4%
Catherine J. Fulton$2,029$452-77.7%
Randolph Burton$5,705$448-92.1%
Wayne D. Pagel$1,650$428-74.1%
Joshua Wade Allen$3,034$415-86.3%
Farm Service Agency$0$411--
Richard Maxwell$1,100$411-62.6%
Johnnie W Lanicek$1,867$406-78.3%
John D. Minor$4,213$393-90.7%
Clay R. Vann$1,584$391-75.3%
Ryan F. Rolston$4,197$391-90.7%
Theodore M. Wilganowski$1,653$388-76.5%
Edward H. Meyer$1,166$380-67.4%
Sylvia Heise$1,529$356-76.7%
Glynn Lindsey$2,871$350-87.8%
Albert D. Spinks$1,408$346-75.4%
Lisa Fanz$1,408$343-75.6%
Billy Jason Cooper$2,126$334-84.3%
Mark Anton Spivey$2,321$332-85.7%
Jane M. Sammon$891$320-64.1%
Roy Grohoske$3,948$318-91.9%
Blake Odenbach$770$316-59%
David Kahlig$0$308--
Randazzo 1950, LLC$304$3040%
Ernest J. Dieterich$2,234$302-86.5%
James Adams Jr.$1,608$302-81.2%
Wanda Grote$1,579$294-81.4%
James M. Phelps$1,555$283-81.8%
Deann Beckendorf$1,439$280-80.5%
Albert H Rabroker$270$2772.6%
Brenda K. Sladek$214$27629%
Larry Lynn Grote$1,513$270-82.2%
Joshua Michael Kasner$0$270--
Pam Ward$542$262-51.7%
Robert M. Greger$54,200$255-99.5%
Charles Peterson$1,210$242-80%
Samuel D. Smith$1,773$232-86.9%
Melvin B. Lange$495$228-53.9%
Cassius E. Griffin$1,629$224-86.2%
Scott Lookabaugh$0$218--
Rhonda Greger$469$214-54.4%
Raymond Bailey$2,440$211-91.4%
Aubrey-Ann Gilmore$2,159$210-90.3%
Carroll Huber$2,634$209-92.1%
Donald E. Kasner$1,096$201-81.7%
Jesse Portillo$759$200-73.6%
Leon G. Hoelscher$374$169-54.8%
Morgan Renae Tindle$517$155-70%
Donald Wayne Mayes$991$152-84.7%
Arthur N. Greger$198$142-28.3%
Jeanette L. Schrader$443$123-72.2%
Tracy C Tomascik$0$109--
Harold Greger$170$108-36.5%
Yvonne G. Green$324$108-66.7%
Clarie J Hoelscher$1,932$106-94.5%
Nina M. Williams$1,458$104-92.9%
Carl E. Jones$0$92--
Joyce M. Timm$967$86-91.1%
James E. Body III$3,393$82-97.6%
Thomas J. Lewis$277$75-72.9%
Linda L. Jones$0$72--
Madeline Roessler$3,878$69-98.2%
Billy R. Engelke$273$56-79.5%
Tom Minnick$301$52-82.7%
Carolyn Gottschalk$6$41583.3%
Robert Bringman Sr.$26$15-42.3%
Mary Jane Hubik$378$14-96.3%
Joseph Ryan Lovicott$275$8-97.1%
Carroll A. Ward$1,315$0-100%
Jack Layne$3,960$0-100%
Lawson Plemons$1,029$0-100%
Roger Collins$8,449$0-100%
Roger Collins Cattle Company$3,595$0-100%
Shirley H. Jones$5,133$0-100%
Tjd-Mb Investments, Ltd.$100$0-100%
Alois Jansing$438$0-100%
Charlton Joseph Pratt$1,155$0-100%
Cody Fitzgerald$8,030$0-100%
Collin James Rabroker$1,578$0-100%
Deborah Humphreys$2,758$0-100%
Howard Sladek$555$0-100%
Joseph Vito Burdulinski$495$0-100%
Kally Lynn Meyer$3,552$0-100%
Laverne A. Hoelscher$1,460$0-100%
Melvin Ranly$121$0-100%
Nathaniel P. Hrabal$1,535$0-100%
Rosemary Carter$821$0-100%
Ruben Velazquez$366$0-100%
Usda, Farm Service Agency$514$0-100%
Wesley A. Wilde$2,393$0-100%
Albert D. Spinks$327$0-100%
Amanda V. Lee$327$0-100%
Cynthia G & David G Garrett Partn$36,182$0-100%
David Stein$18,700$0-100%
Dean Lessman$2,632$0-100%
Education Dolzel$12$0-100%
Falls County FSA$41,110$0-100%
Falls County FSA - Agent Credit$528$0-100%
Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE$462,367$0-100%
Gary Lee Woltman$243$0-100%
Hank G Willemsma$304$0-100%
John T. Stem$13,208$0-100%
Michael H. Steinke$5,138$0-100%
Robert C. Rolston$7,935$0-100%
Roy E. Erwin$610$0-100%
Tash R. Kluck$917$0-100%
USDA - Farm Service Agency$1,411$0-100%
USDA -Farm Service Agency$81$0-100%
Zachary L Claybaker$1,354$0-100%
Clyde R. Coker$15,908$0-100%
DCJL Tomascik$908$0-100%
Leo Vrazel$1,984$0-100%
Manuel T. Bravo$550$0-100%
Michael Maas$27,115$0-100%
Richard Oris$3,360$0-100%
Teran Davis Willberg$12,705$0-100%
Wright Ellison III$2,585$0-100%
Total subsidies$15,771,661$3,737,936-76.3%

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