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In 2021, 212 farmers in cities within Racine County received a total of $2.7 million in 475 farm subsidies, a 54% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.8 million in 802 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 Racine County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Lake Turf, Inc. | $0 | $158,573 | -- |
| Mighty Grand Dairy, LLC | $534,545 | $147,675 | -72.4% |
| Kuiper Family Farms | $332,268 | $144,986 | -56.4% |
| Paul Frost Farms, LLC | $719,814 | $140,211 | -80.5% |
| Spoerlein Farm's, LLC | $336,318 | $139,507 | -58.5% |
| Saltzmann Family Farm, LLC | $128,987 | $129,314 | 0.3% |
| Wilks Brothers | $372,017 | $126,596 | -66% |
| Halter Farms Incorporated | $15,291 | $122,643 | 702.1% |
| Ehrhart Farms, Inc. | $184,034 | $98,545 | -46.5% |
| Kevin Whitley Farms | $182,380 | $89,057 | -51.2% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $77,876 | -- |
| Greenmonte Farms, Inc. | $84,292 | $54,766 | -35% |
| Twin Silo, LLC | $58,049 | $54,167 | -6.7% |
| Orchard Vu Holsteins, LLC | $57,589 | $50,300 | -12.7% |
| Uhlenhake's Land Locked Acres, LLC | $68,376 | $47,694 | -30.2% |
| Robert E Funk Farms, Inc. | $127,814 | $43,775 | -65.8% |
| Howell Farms, LLC | $46,044 | $41,772 | -9.3% |
| Malchine Farms, Inc. | $92,754 | $39,168 | -57.8% |
| Mark Jasperson Enterprises, LLC | $13,568 | $35,001 | 158% |
| Lynne Wagner-Besaw | $31,717 | $31,717 | 0% |
| Beck Grain Farms, LLC | $67,040 | $29,044 | -56.7% |
| Robert Grove | $51,509 | $28,672 | -44.3% |
| Roger Beitzel Jr. | $59,450 | $28,667 | -51.8% |
| Lauber Farm, LLC | $0 | $28,070 | -- |
| Gunderson Grain Farms | $83,724 | $25,297 | -69.8% |
| Gerou Farms, LLC | $67,134 | $24,374 | -63.7% |
| Robert Vyvyan, Inc. | $61,415 | $24,310 | -60.4% |
| Skewes Farms, Inc. | $70,504 | $21,881 | -69% |
| Patrick Willkomm | $52,625 | $20,381 | -61.3% |
| Lauber Farm | $68,233 | $20,097 | -70.5% |
| Kurt C Wisnefski | $28,295 | $19,435 | -31.3% |
| Steven W Wisnefski | $29,270 | $19,435 | -33.6% |
| Balfanz Rev Trust Dated March 13, 2009 | $0 | $19,400 | -- |
| Gehrand Brothers Farms | $58,874 | $17,984 | -69.5% |
| William Fliess | $73,296 | $17,720 | -75.8% |
| Jill Jacobs | $22,213 | $17,435 | -21.5% |
| Kastenson Farms, LLC | $33,823 | $16,450 | -51.4% |
| David W. Moyer | $33,753 | $15,883 | -52.9% |
| Lynn Schmidt | $34,380 | $15,791 | -54.1% |
| Weis-Way Dairy, LLC | $35,138 | $14,634 | -58.4% |
| Rachel E. Rank | $21,017 | $14,565 | -30.7% |
| William Neuhaus | $14,360 | $14,360 | 0% |
| James W. Schmidt | $24,126 | $12,800 | -46.9% |
| Wayne C Wisnefski | $38,828 | $11,964 | -69.2% |
| Birkenstock Trust | $6,447 | $11,932 | 85.1% |
| Thomas Greil | $24,156 | $11,327 | -53.1% |
| Joseph Duffek | $12,249 | $11,293 | -7.8% |
| Jeffrey Badtke | $24,080 | $11,233 | -53.4% |
| Julian R. Popp | $14,968 | $9,969 | -33.4% |
| Creuziger Enterprises, Inc. | $37,048 | $9,117 | -75.4% |
| Nick Willkomm | $9,074 | $9,073 | -0% |
| Holloway Heritage Farms, LLC | $13,795 | $8,786 | -36.3% |
| Kelly Kravig | $9,962 | $8,094 | -18.8% |
| Stephen E. Henningfeld | $30,515 | $7,911 | -74.1% |
| Andrew E Gehrand | $52,196 | $7,755 | -85.1% |
| Ranke Family Farms, LLC | $15,768 | $7,428 | -52.9% |
| Thomas W. Coughlin | $18,930 | $7,261 | -61.6% |
| Zenner Farm, Inc. | $24,189 | $7,071 | -70.8% |
| James Fox | $5,622 | $7,057 | 25.5% |
| John Malchine | $169,860 | $7,036 | -95.9% |
| Sharon S Schmeckel | $17,451 | $6,845 | -60.8% |
| Phillip J. Schattner | $11,304 | $6,748 | -40.3% |
| Lorin J. Myers Jr. | $19,087 | $6,324 | -66.9% |
| Tom N. Treffinger Jr. | $6,391 | $5,943 | -7% |
| William Zache | $7,141 | $5,941 | -16.8% |
| Hanson Homestead Farms, Inc. | $5,736 | $5,925 | 3.3% |
| C Ronald Kuhl Irrevocable Trust | $10,608 | $5,756 | -45.7% |
| Hoagland Farms | $5,730 | $5,730 | 0% |
| Thomas R. Vlasin | $4,673 | $5,554 | 18.9% |
| James R. Koch | $0 | $5,512 | -- |
| Kenneth L. Petersen | $11,967 | $5,443 | -54.5% |
| Clearwater Acres, LLP | $5,452 | $5,251 | -3.7% |
| A W Kellermeier Family Partnership | $0 | $5,221 | -- |
| Roger Demoulpied | $10,841 | $5,186 | -52.2% |
| Stephen M. Nelson | $10,292 | $5,184 | -49.6% |
| Timothy P. Gray | $4,996 | $4,996 | 0% |
| Scott E. Saltzmann | $9,501 | $4,957 | -47.8% |
| Jerod William Schmitt | $39,524 | $4,948 | -87.5% |
| Beck Trust | $4,736 | $4,717 | -0.4% |
| Hestin Richards - Hestin Leroy Richards Trust | $4,203 | $4,618 | 9.9% |
| David Smerchek | $10,296 | $4,508 | -56.2% |
| Daniel D. Strasser | $4,178 | $4,178 | 0% |
| Kevin J. Holterman | $7,962 | $4,027 | -49.4% |
| Dale R. Nelson | $6,725 | $3,955 | -41.2% |
| Tim J. Hoppe | $11,077 | $3,813 | -65.6% |
| Paul B. Jaeger | $9,260 | $3,804 | -58.9% |
| Holthaus Farm, Inc. | $3,800 | $3,800 | 0% |
| Daniel Maurice | $12,497 | $3,725 | -70.2% |
| Mark R. Dahl | $11,053 | $3,628 | -67.2% |
| Marilyn Blood | $8,110 | $3,545 | -56.3% |
| Brian K. Landvatter | $3,478 | $3,478 | 0% |
| Alan Fonk | $12,067 | $3,372 | -72.1% |
| Carma Chiodo | $3,286 | $3,286 | 0% |
| Benjamin T. Coughlin | $5,861 | $3,284 | -44% |
| James Lehrmann | $3,276 | $3,276 | 0% |
| Stan Bugnacki | $3,230 | $3,266 | 1.1% |
| Michael Roszina | $7,854 | $3,066 | -61% |
| Steven Strueder | $7,939 | $2,986 | -62.4% |
| Wayne M. Nelson | $2,774 | $2,962 | 6.8% |
| Mary E Acklam | $2,926 | $2,887 | -1.3% |
| Eugene A. Drissel | $7,322 | $2,882 | -60.6% |
| Robert Drissel | $7,322 | $2,882 | -60.6% |
| Daryl Poisl SR | $7,892 | $2,813 | -64.4% |
| James Badtke | $7,123 | $2,466 | -65.4% |
| Earl H. Ranke | $5,093 | $2,416 | -52.6% |
| Spencer Frost | $12,185 | $2,409 | -80.2% |
| Stewart Frost | $12,185 | $2,409 | -80.2% |
| Sean M Strueder | $6,459 | $2,392 | -63% |
| Jon L Antonneau | $2,387 | $2,387 | 0% |
| Michael Borzynski Farms, LLC | $10,305 | $2,337 | -77.3% |
| Carl Johnson | $5,229 | $2,333 | -55.4% |
| Ryan R. Schaefer | $1,522 | $2,296 | 50.9% |
| Thomas P Lembcke, LLC | $6,163 | $2,137 | -65.3% |
| Gregory Langenfeld | $2,028 | $2,028 | 0% |
| William T. Thelen | $3,823 | $1,977 | -48.3% |
| Anthony Popp | $5,962 | $1,931 | -67.6% |
| Oakdale Estates, Inc. | $7,117 | $1,918 | -73.1% |
| Daryl Lee Poisl JR | $4,779 | $1,913 | -60% |
| Richard W. Wilks | $2,311 | $1,897 | -17.9% |
| Brenda Pirnstill | $4,295 | $1,851 | -56.9% |
| Howard J. Dahl | $6,258 | $1,750 | -72% |
| Eric J. Morrow | $6,210 | $1,749 | -71.8% |
| Glenn I and Marjorie L ASH Rev Trustee 6131996 | $915 | $1,722 | 88.2% |
| Matthew R. Lui | $1,754 | $1,708 | -2.6% |
| One Eighty Collective, LLC | $0 | $1,685 | -- |
| Cramer Farm, LLC | $4,638 | $1,679 | -63.8% |
| Clearwater Acres II, LLP | $1,636 | $1,636 | 0% |
| Jerome Hasenbein | $3,542 | $1,633 | -53.9% |
| Lorin the Lorin F Myers Rev Trust F Myers | $0 | $1,609 | -- |
| Keith Drissel | $5,477 | $1,529 | -72.1% |
| Broadway Estates, Inc. | $1,490 | $1,490 | 0% |
| Brian Guentzel | $2,255 | $1,418 | -37.1% |
| Marian E. Schuldt | $1,341 | $1,341 | 0% |
| Sira, Corp. | $1,307 | $1,307 | 0% |
| Douglas Sheeder | $1,877 | $1,304 | -30.5% |
| Timothy L. Schmidt | $2,535 | $1,296 | -48.9% |
| Janet M. Buckner | $6,982 | $1,276 | -81.7% |
| Six M Farms, LLC | $3,678 | $1,276 | -65.3% |
| Jason Vollmer | $889 | $1,255 | 41.2% |
| Jamie Axelsen | $889 | $1,255 | 41.2% |
| Prochaska Farms | $1,654 | $1,254 | -24.2% |
| William Buchholtz | $1,389 | $1,180 | -15% |
| Dustin Doberstein | $10,587 | $1,104 | -89.6% |
| Marc T. Lyman | $2,766 | $1,067 | -61.4% |
| Lawrence Wisnefski | $2,365 | $1,012 | -57.2% |
| Mealy Farms, LLC | $3,604 | $1,004 | -72.1% |
| Justin Ehrhart | $2,413 | $989 | -59% |
| Kevin Ehrhart | $2,316 | $989 | -57.3% |
| Lynne Hahn | $1,187 | $960 | -19.1% |
| Theodore Jacobs | $2,738 | $955 | -65.1% |
| Ronald E Sundre Rev Trust | $950 | $950 | 0% |
| Leroy Jorgenson &/Or Judith Jorgenson Rev Liv TST | $0 | $950 | -- |
| Frances Mainus | $1,826 | $948 | -48.1% |
| Eugene H & Hildegard a Karczewski Rev Trust | $0 | $936 | -- |
| Robert L. Schulte | $17,181 | $860 | -95% |
| Linda Hardiman | $2,284 | $855 | -62.6% |
| Brian J Bayley Rev Trust | $2,559 | $846 | -66.9% |
| Eugene Infusino | $842 | $842 | 0% |
| Robert Lui | $1,863 | $836 | -55.1% |
| Heidi M. Meier | $0 | $795 | -- |
| Andrew S. Winski | $917 | $766 | -16.5% |
| The Kenneth and Janice Kafer Family Trust | $0 | $748 | -- |
| Cindy Newman | $0 | $740 | -- |
| Kent Lewis Milam | $1,841 | $700 | -62% |
| Warren C & Maris E Holloway Family Trust | $0 | $631 | -- |
| Linda Louise Pflederer | $1,734 | $601 | -65.3% |
| Clark Kosinski | $6,647 | $595 | -91% |
| Erika K. Pfeffer | $2,244 | $588 | -73.8% |
| Patricia A. Olsen | $366 | $582 | 59% |
| Frank Perugini | $564 | $564 | 0% |
| Jeffrey J. Marsh | $584 | $544 | -6.8% |
| Cheryl Lasselle | $297 | $502 | 69% |
| Mabel du Priest | $1,704 | $500 | -70.7% |
| Robert Markiewicz | $1,412 | $487 | -65.5% |
| Patrick Goldammer | $484 | $484 | 0% |
| Carrie Jacobson | $0 | $465 | -- |
| Gehrand United, LLC | $456 | $456 | 0% |
| Gail Lois Hack | $5,595 | $419 | -92.5% |
| Lorene J. Bloomer | $957 | $398 | -58.4% |
| Richard S. Konieczny | $374 | $374 | 0% |
| Neil Young | $361 | $361 | 0% |
| Daniel Hintz | $344 | $344 | 0% |
| Taffilyn M Milam | $2,779 | $344 | -87.6% |
| Dwight Dreger | $343 | $343 | 0% |
| Wayne Fasciano | $338 | $338 | 0% |
| Nancy K. Birkenstock | $112 | $336 | 200% |
| Greg Schaal | $1,678 | $332 | -80.2% |
| Vyvyan Farms, LLC | $333 | $308 | -7.5% |
| Dale R. Johnson | $307 | $307 | 0% |
| Cheryl Holterman | $953 | $300 | -68.5% |
| Triple H Grange, LLC | $642 | $296 | -53.9% |
| Brian W and Jennifer J Diener Revocable Trust | $0 | $264 | -- |
| Austin Christian-Everett Graf | $0 | $253 | -- |
| Dennis Lee | $1,970 | $252 | -87.2% |
| Ralph Wagner | $250 | $250 | 0% |
| Peggy Wade | $399 | $222 | -44.4% |
| Bernard Krueger | $869 | $173 | -80.1% |
| Marvin S. Steger | $170 | $170 | 0% |
| John P Lourigan | $165 | $165 | 0% |
| Robert L & Kathleen D Christiansen Trust | $0 | $163 | -- |
| Peter J. Scheckel | $172 | $122 | -29.1% |
| Katherine K. Emery | $474 | $120 | -74.7% |
| Patricia Popp | $0 | $102 | -- |
| Michael Straszewski | $81 | $81 | 0% |
| James Wendt | $71 | $71 | 0% |
| Sundown Stables, LLC | $590 | $69 | -88.3% |
| William S. Kitzrow | $1,648 | $63 | -96.2% |
| John W. Silkey | $0 | $60 | -- |
| Michael A. D. Alessandro | $49 | $49 | 0% |
| Michael Debrabander | $452 | $47 | -89.6% |
| Dexter Farms | $34 | $34 | 0% |
| William C. Dexter | $25 | $1 | -96% |
| James H Gassenhuber | $280 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith F. Ponath | $349 | $0 | -100% |
| William L. Schattner Jr. | $849 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Kuiper | $157 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Mueller | $1,167 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Piper Farms, LLC | $57 | $0 | -100% |
| Theador J Gall | $621 | $0 | -100% |
| Henrietta E Crain Estate | $951 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald C. Kuhl | $10,022 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric J. Zieser | $301 | $0 | -100% |
| Leroy Jorgenson &/Or Judith Jorge | $950 | $0 | -100% |
| Apple Farm Management, Inc. | $72,277 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian W and Jennifer J Diener Rev | $751 | $0 | -100% |
| Eugene Karczewski | $4,105 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $56,181 | $0 | -100% |
| J & M Genetics, LLC | $27,631 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome N. Fliess | $3,729 | $0 | -100% |
| John Sudol | $141 | $0 | -100% |
| Lorin the Lorin F Myers Rev Trus | $2,928 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Keeku | $34 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L & Kathleen D Christianse | $163 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert R & Constance R Johnsen Fa | $318 | $0 | -100% |
| Warren C & Maris E Holloway Famil | $631 | $0 | -100% |
| A W Kellermeier Family Partnershi | $10,312 | $0 | -100% |
| Balfanz Rev Trust Dated March 13 | $62,506 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Hauke | $304 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald R North Irrevocable Trust | $796 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy Jacobson | $465 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph M. Kojis | $3,208 | $0 | -100% |
| Kennicott Kuts, LLC | $77,516 | $0 | -100% |
| P&P Baumann Farms, LLC | $712 | $0 | -100% |
| Quintin R. Miller | $860 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Muur | $8,927 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve J. Greil | $696 | $0 | -100% |
| The Kenneth and Janice Kafer Fami | $748 | $0 | -100% |
| Wallace R. Helget Jr. | $9,631 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,847,763 | $2,688,388 | -54% |
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