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In 2021, 141 farmers in cities within Benewah County received a total of $3.3 million in 254 farm subsidies, a 17.5% increase from 2020, when the total was $2.8 million in 305 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | $698,680 | $1,231,601 | 76.3% |
| Skyline Land & Livestock, LLC | $238,144 | $219,147 | -8% |
| Chad Haeg | $187,163 | $148,649 | -20.6% |
| Coeur D Alene Tribe, the | $278,358 | $136,423 | -51% |
| Haas Farms, LLC | $210,112 | $132,435 | -37% |
| Tyler Farms, Inc. | $205,751 | $119,221 | -42.1% |
| Coeur D'Alene Tribe | $65,621 | $114,998 | 75.2% |
| Lazy Diamond H Farms, Inc. | $102,987 | $98,173 | -4.7% |
| Daman Bros Gen'l PRTSHP | $193,080 | $95,157 | -50.7% |
| Out on a Limb Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Duke Ross Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Parkin Forestry | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Bryan Smith Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Goicoechea Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Kirk Short Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Schiermeister Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Thatcher Land Improvement, LLC | $0 | $49,509 | -- |
| Wilson Skyline Logging, LLC | $0 | $49,148 | -- |
| Dale Phillips Logging, Inc. | $0 | $43,769 | -- |
| Paul Dittman | $0 | $42,042 | -- |
| CPS Trucking, LLC | $0 | $30,032 | -- |
| Mike McCarver | $58,534 | $27,941 | -52.3% |
| Carole Waller | $0 | $24,748 | -- |
| Rogada Farms, Inc. | $39,511 | $22,621 | -42.7% |
| Ridpath 1, LLC | $15,145 | $20,997 | 38.6% |
| Ridpath 2, LLC | $15,436 | $20,955 | 35.8% |
| Scott a Manes Trucking | $0 | $18,176 | -- |
| Philip R. Lampert | $24,658 | $16,197 | -34.3% |
| Olson Living Trust | $17,170 | $16,108 | -6.2% |
| Sacred Heart Mission, Inc. | $19,742 | $11,919 | -39.6% |
| Gary French | $12,532 | $10,632 | -15.2% |
| Richard Andersen | $5,942 | $9,153 | 54% |
| Vernon E. Larson Jr. | $15,777 | $8,537 | -45.9% |
| Steven R. Mundt | $13,670 | $8,236 | -39.8% |
| Fred Muhs | $8,258 | $7,721 | -6.5% |
| Sharon Scott | $11,843 | $7,475 | -36.9% |
| Mary Kambitsch - Kambitsch Family Trust | $10,474 | $6,556 | -37.4% |
| Darlene G. Reid | $6,079 | $6,079 | 0% |
| Chris A. Mundt | $10,212 | $5,944 | -41.8% |
| Marie Shuler | $4,268 | $5,690 | 33.3% |
| Orren L. Shuler | $4,268 | $5,690 | 33.3% |
| Clarence Haeg Test Trustee FBO Chad Haeg | $5,596 | $5,596 | 0% |
| Clarence Haeg Test Trustee FBO Marcie Haeg | $5,595 | $5,595 | 0% |
| Phillip Conrath | $5,642 | $5,561 | -1.4% |
| Dale R. Johnson | $6,824 | $5,506 | -19.3% |
| James B. McDole | $4,840 | $4,825 | -0.3% |
| S&D Land Limited PRTSHP | $11,990 | $4,765 | -60.3% |
| Richard Mark Wight | $4,155 | $4,687 | 12.8% |
| Larry N. Hansen | $4,564 | $4,564 | 0% |
| Banderob Revoc Living Trust | $4,194 | $4,194 | 0% |
| M Plus M, LLC | $5,550 | $3,899 | -29.7% |
| Bernice E. Schuerman | $4,531 | $3,443 | -24% |
| Carter Farms, LLC | $5,983 | $3,364 | -43.8% |
| S&D, LLC | $0 | $3,332 | -- |
| Mary Ingersoll | $9,394 | $3,196 | -66% |
| David Banderob | $4,670 | $2,599 | -44.3% |
| Erling Place | $5,793 | $2,560 | -55.8% |
| Douglas K. Cremer | $5,075 | $2,524 | -50.3% |
| Bunny Hop, LLC | $2,117 | $2,413 | 14% |
| Dorothy Duross | $2,179 | $2,179 | 0% |
| Cathryn L. Bauer | $1,506 | $2,160 | 43.4% |
| Robert Huggins | $2,115 | $2,115 | 0% |
| Elizabeth A. Mokry | $4,642 | $2,057 | -55.7% |
| CSSR Land Company, LLC | $3,269 | $2,021 | -38.2% |
| John F. Darden | $3,832 | $1,956 | -49% |
| Eleanor R Law | $3,481 | $1,934 | -44.4% |
| Gary Johnson | $2,917 | $1,853 | -36.5% |
| Jean Dohrman | $3,011 | $1,732 | -42.5% |
| John Katovich JR | $4,773 | $1,680 | -64.8% |
| Douglas Bruce | $7,246 | $1,636 | -77.4% |
| Jim Combs | $3,392 | $1,522 | -55.1% |
| Ronald K. Waller | $26,615 | $1,475 | -94.5% |
| Nikki Payne | $0 | $1,466 | -- |
| Clyde Long | $2,329 | $1,449 | -37.8% |
| Shane M. McCarver | $2,838 | $1,401 | -50.6% |
| Skyline Valley Ranch, LLC | $2,343 | $1,356 | -42.1% |
| Joseph Russell Lowry | $2,108 | $1,336 | -36.6% |
| Farrell Family, LLC | $5,555 | $1,233 | -77.8% |
| Keisha Lyn O'Connell | $0 | $1,228 | -- |
| Eugene Arthur Moore | $3,025 | $1,219 | -59.7% |
| Daniel Willms | $1,416 | $1,189 | -16% |
| Trevor Mokry | $1,736 | $1,173 | -32.4% |
| Carole J. Jensen | $2,157 | $1,140 | -47.1% |
| William Ross | $550 | $1,122 | 104% |
| Greg Thaut | $1,370 | $1,118 | -18.4% |
| Farrell Ranch Doug G Farrell MBR, LLC | $5,390 | $1,105 | -79.5% |
| Cathy M. Bruce | $1,929 | $1,034 | -46.4% |
| Kimberly Duncan | $649 | $1,006 | 55% |
| Topsy Turvy Ranch, LLC | $1,562 | $983 | -37.1% |
| Lloyd M Agte | $979 | $979 | 0% |
| Dale Floch | $693 | $972 | 40.3% |
| Fred Bowser | $4,840 | $970 | -80% |
| Peter & Mary Nemeth Family Trustee | $2,526 | $759 | -70% |
| Jared Carter | $468 | $705 | 50.6% |
| Monty Lueck | $3,036 | $686 | -77.4% |
| Lon Reynolds | $1,222 | $642 | -47.5% |
| Randall L. Adrian | $1,248 | $625 | -49.9% |
| Larry Lariviere | $606 | $606 | 0% |
| James B. Mogensen | $5,306 | $560 | -89.4% |
| Darrell Eugene Stewart | $1,012 | $544 | -46.2% |
| Minaloosa Enterprises | $28,141 | $528 | -98.1% |
| Rusty L. Young | $988 | $522 | -47.2% |
| Charles Farr | $1,903 | $519 | -72.7% |
| Paul H. Brown | $999 | $510 | -48.9% |
| Teresa A. Morlan | $601 | $456 | -24.1% |
| Marcie King | $1,302 | $446 | -65.7% |
| Sarah Lynne Lampert | $885 | $433 | -51.1% |
| Kathleen R. Stewart | $1,078 | $387 | -64.1% |
| William Barden | $617 | $376 | -39.1% |
| Sherry Hanson | $732 | $369 | -49.6% |
| Clifton B. Smith | $689 | $358 | -48% |
| Joan Kerttu | $624 | $313 | -49.8% |
| Bryan Elliott | $634 | $311 | -50.9% |
| Keith Quinn | $636 | $311 | -51.1% |
| Susan J. Millikin | $946 | $311 | -67.1% |
| Michelle Irvine | $1,199 | $300 | -75% |
| Keisha O'Connell | $0 | $293 | -- |
| Mark Todd | $412 | $270 | -34.5% |
| Susie Troyer | $551 | $269 | -51.2% |
| Eric Place | $643 | $264 | -58.9% |
| DRG Farms, LLC | $0 | $258 | -- |
| Lawrence Toetly | $1,661 | $258 | -84.5% |
| Jodi Peone | $440 | $249 | -43.4% |
| Charles M. Dole | $411 | $227 | -44.8% |
| Sharri Lee McNulty | $0 | $218 | -- |
| Barry Greenwalt | $360 | $191 | -46.9% |
| Lawrence C Cooke Forever Green Tree Farm, LLC | $14,432 | $190 | -98.7% |
| Ragans Rentals, LLC | $324 | $162 | -50% |
| Rebecca N. Martinez | $263 | $152 | -42.2% |
| John A. Martinez | $261 | $151 | -42.1% |
| Mathew Martinez | $326 | $151 | -53.7% |
| Gregory Dickerson | $0 | $118 | -- |
| Michel Lamarche | $205 | $100 | -51.2% |
| Jeff Willard | $190 | $94 | -50.5% |
| Dallas Hutchins | $396 | $90 | -77.3% |
| Norma Willms Trust | $176 | $87 | -50.6% |
| James Morefield | $80 | $39 | -51.2% |
| Gary Willard | $73 | $38 | -47.9% |
| Barbara Agte | $65 | $32 | -50.8% |
| Nancy Ellen Renfrew | $46 | $23 | -50% |
| Susan Elaine Howard | $33 | $16 | -51.5% |
| Cecil T. Jose | $189 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Asher | $721 | $0 | -100% |
| Hillary Lawson | $1,998 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael T. Freeburg | $54 | $0 | -100% |
| Nick Lawson | $1,998 | $0 | -100% |
| Parkside Ranch, LLC | $2,368 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Cool | $91 | $0 | -100% |
| Chilberg Farm Partnership | $2,965 | $0 | -100% |
| David Blake | $14,077 | $0 | -100% |
| Haas Farms, GP | $2,070 | $0 | -100% |
| Micheal O'Connell | $952 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnson Family Trust | $508 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Martin | $1,974 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,789,086 | $3,277,743 | 17.5% |
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