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In 2021, 270 farmers in cities within Oconto County received a total of $5.9 million in 552 farm subsidies, a 55.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $13.4 million in 1,234 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 Oconto County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $333,748 | -- |
| Jagiello Farms & Trucking, LLC | $287,962 | $256,228 | -11% |
| Wagner Farms, Inc. | $705,298 | $215,900 | -69.4% |
| Finger Family Farm, LLC | $581,050 | $208,727 | -64.1% |
| Sunrise Dairy, LLC | $1,211,561 | $198,539 | -83.6% |
| Peterson's Dairy, LLC | $894,886 | $193,237 | -78.4% |
| Jagiello Dairy Farms, LLC | $345,445 | $192,972 | -44.1% |
| Sievert Dairy Farms | $372,058 | $174,884 | -53% |
| Alsteen Farms, LLC | $442,957 | $164,323 | -62.9% |
| Hardwood Farms, LLP | $369,226 | $158,582 | -57.1% |
| Nicolet Farms, Inc. | $12,316 | $158,269 | 1,185.1% |
| Valley Line Dairy, LLC | $658,721 | $151,001 | -77.1% |
| Hodkiewicz Harvesting & Trucking, LLC | $0 | $147,992 | -- |
| Golden Corners Dairy, LLC | $288,057 | $146,869 | -49% |
| Hallada Farms, Inc. | $202,313 | $137,528 | -32% |
| Sobeck Dairy, LLC | $213,844 | $135,855 | -36.5% |
| O'Harrow's Family Farm, LLC | $1,101,627 | $120,043 | -89.1% |
| Charles Walter Kehl | $163,227 | $116,651 | -28.5% |
| Triple C Dairy, LLC | $0 | $114,883 | -- |
| Riegert Farms, LLC | $216,181 | $111,963 | -48.2% |
| Blazek Dairy, LLC | $0 | $101,318 | -- |
| Pethke Farm, LLC | $219,290 | $98,316 | -55.2% |
| Gohr Farms, Inc. | $124,435 | $95,330 | -23.4% |
| Daniel J. Olson | $106,612 | $87,532 | -17.9% |
| Fabry Farms, LLC | $112,514 | $82,912 | -26.3% |
| Suring Farms, LLC | $88,591 | $70,140 | -20.8% |
| Alan P. Shallow | $46,435 | $57,407 | 23.6% |
| James Bernard Mahoney | $81,020 | $57,131 | -29.5% |
| Stoll Brothers Farms | $100,899 | $56,166 | -44.3% |
| Dawn Hope Riegert | $89,910 | $55,303 | -38.5% |
| Justin Cleereman Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Pagel Dairy Farms, Inc. | $93,032 | $49,521 | -46.8% |
| Naumann Farms, LLC | $60,419 | $48,119 | -20.4% |
| Timothy Lee Peetz | $73,199 | $44,730 | -38.9% |
| Scott Charles Cook | $110,320 | $43,542 | -60.5% |
| Peters Grain Farms, LLC | $102,487 | $43,135 | -57.9% |
| HI-Lo Acre Farms, LLC | $85,382 | $41,546 | -51.3% |
| Stanley J. Cook | $59,077 | $41,176 | -30.3% |
| Steven Kusch | $55,698 | $39,899 | -28.4% |
| Bryan Matthew Johnson | $23,483 | $36,892 | 57.1% |
| Michele K Jenquine | $46,969 | $36,459 | -22.4% |
| Peter Steffel | $56,540 | $34,398 | -39.2% |
| Greggory Alfred Schliep | $36,758 | $34,258 | -6.8% |
| Derek Steven Solomon | $26,918 | $34,159 | 26.9% |
| Richard R. Riewe | $81,897 | $33,775 | -58.8% |
| Fred Allen Timm | $30,450 | $33,664 | 10.6% |
| Joshua Yingling Logging | $0 | $32,340 | -- |
| Alan James Riegert | $26,522 | $31,043 | 17% |
| David V. Olson | $53,259 | $30,844 | -42.1% |
| Kenneth Charles Leuer | $38,263 | $30,023 | -21.5% |
| North Branch Logging Enterprises | $0 | $29,605 | -- |
| Eric J. Gille | $46,885 | $28,488 | -39.2% |
| Le Mere Farms, LLC | $73,390 | $26,767 | -63.5% |
| William Peter Shallow | $33,323 | $26,297 | -21.1% |
| Roger Delzer | $43,528 | $26,280 | -39.6% |
| Joshua Fredrick Staudenmaier | $66,760 | $25,965 | -61.1% |
| Harmony Meadow Farms, LLC | $0 | $24,683 | -- |
| Little Rock Creek, LLC | $23,690 | $23,690 | 0% |
| Jeffrey B. Shallow | $30,174 | $22,705 | -24.8% |
| Burrack Farms, LLC | $97,673 | $21,123 | -78.4% |
| Arnold Gaertig | $41,692 | $19,876 | -52.3% |
| Michael Lee Gardebrecht | $0 | $19,718 | -- |
| Dillon Robert Matelski | $51,036 | $19,699 | -61.4% |
| Boomsma Farms, LLC | $54,574 | $19,044 | -65.1% |
| Dennis Roger Matelski | $39,303 | $18,871 | -52% |
| Vincent Solomon | $90,400 | $18,628 | -79.4% |
| Timothy Strnad | $19,412 | $16,891 | -13% |
| Thomas Gilles | $43,250 | $16,581 | -61.7% |
| Cheryl Ann Gardebrecht | $0 | $15,937 | -- |
| Blaser Century Farm, LLC | $62,899 | $14,422 | -77.1% |
| Dennis Blazek | $180,878 | $13,406 | -92.6% |
| John Michael Zak | $29,769 | $12,639 | -57.5% |
| Craig Joseph Lacount | $34,267 | $11,305 | -67% |
| Buhrandt Farms, Inc. | $37,792 | $11,254 | -70.2% |
| Gary A. Shallow | $2,821 | $11,224 | 297.9% |
| Lenard Gordon Reyment | $8,978 | $11,084 | 23.5% |
| Brian Watts, Inc. | $25,955 | $10,211 | -60.7% |
| Dennis P. Herald | $19,794 | $10,109 | -48.9% |
| Michael T. Kowalczyk | $9,884 | $10,033 | 1.5% |
| Thomas Baye | $21,899 | $9,376 | -57.2% |
| Jeffrey J. Brabant | $23,055 | $9,118 | -60.5% |
| Jason David Kardoskee | $16,667 | $9,117 | -45.3% |
| Chad Charles Staidl | $21,703 | $8,632 | -60.2% |
| C & C Holtz Farms, LLC | $20,861 | $8,531 | -59.1% |
| Thomas Desjarlais Sr. | $23,646 | $8,493 | -64.1% |
| Joel Matczak | $17,368 | $8,337 | -52% |
| Matthew A. Hischke | $14,974 | $8,278 | -44.7% |
| Lee Roy Kruse | $557,975 | $7,677 | -98.6% |
| Dwayne Patrick Beaumier | $15,174 | $7,352 | -51.5% |
| Jared Ervin Kostreva | $14,940 | $7,133 | -52.3% |
| Lavern Marquardt | $20,784 | $7,089 | -65.9% |
| Jason Timothy Hodkiewicz | $7,224 | $6,953 | -3.8% |
| Jared Hearley | $11,985 | $6,846 | -42.9% |
| William R. Heise | $14,043 | $6,683 | -52.4% |
| Scott E Rouer | $26,431 | $6,501 | -75.4% |
| North Branch Enterprises | $0 | $6,364 | -- |
| Boomsma Farms -Prior to 2021, LLC | $0 | $6,218 | -- |
| Wayne L Scheffen | $11,462 | $5,886 | -48.6% |
| David Dal M. Santo | $15,759 | $5,846 | -62.9% |
| George Bergh | $12,598 | $5,840 | -53.6% |
| Liegeois Farms, LLC | $10,526 | $5,691 | -45.9% |
| Joel Nischke | $18,953 | $5,365 | -71.7% |
| Ronald Leja | $14,655 | $5,335 | -63.6% |
| Randall Huncosky | $13,466 | $4,930 | -63.4% |
| Hayes Family Farm, LLC | $4,688 | $4,688 | 0% |
| Slang Farms, LLC | $4,644 | $4,644 | 0% |
| John Jicha | $11,118 | $4,400 | -60.4% |
| Steve William Huncosky | $17,211 | $4,348 | -74.7% |
| Leon Dewindt | $8,457 | $4,196 | -50.4% |
| Joshua H. Christensen | $26,577 | $4,086 | -84.6% |
| Joseph McDowell | $7,458 | $3,986 | -46.6% |
| Shane Allen Timm | $4,112 | $3,847 | -6.4% |
| Scott Jeske | $8,079 | $3,780 | -53.2% |
| Jesse Scott Kozlowski | $6,404 | $3,745 | -41.5% |
| Sagen Farms | $10,417 | $3,693 | -64.5% |
| David A. Kowalczyk | $13,926 | $3,681 | -73.6% |
| Keith R. Christensen | $10,418 | $3,663 | -64.8% |
| Shea N. Shallow | $5,291 | $3,573 | -32.5% |
| Four Way Farms | $6,000 | $3,527 | -41.2% |
| Paul Madson Custom Farming, LLC | $3,515 | $3,502 | -0.4% |
| Nathan John Cook | $7,430 | $3,431 | -53.8% |
| Leonard L. Monette | $12,293 | $3,413 | -72.2% |
| Peter Goltz | $10,250 | $3,232 | -68.5% |
| Michael J. Bittner | $6,123 | $3,206 | -47.6% |
| Dale Gordon Behnke | $12,587 | $3,113 | -75.3% |
| McDowell Farms | $5,964 | $3,078 | -48.4% |
| Rodger Thome | $10,129 | $3,034 | -70% |
| Gary a Jenquine | $7,854 | $2,937 | -62.6% |
| Gary Paul Tuschy | $14,725 | $2,804 | -81% |
| Jeffrey E. Funk | $3,029 | $2,712 | -10.5% |
| Ray Morrissey | $8,245 | $2,701 | -67.2% |
| Phillip Konitzer | $7,329 | $2,680 | -63.4% |
| Matt Morrissey | $7,654 | $2,642 | -65.5% |
| Ronald J. Rowell | $22,247 | $2,599 | -88.3% |
| James Morrissey | $0 | $2,494 | -- |
| Norman Rybka | $5,753 | $2,467 | -57.1% |
| Todd M. Janiak | $5,131 | $2,429 | -52.7% |
| John Sylvester | $6,465 | $2,419 | -62.6% |
| David Lee Schneider | $7,466 | $2,338 | -68.7% |
| Wyatt Austin Kirby | $0 | $2,255 | -- |
| Richard Wellens | $9,185 | $2,246 | -75.5% |
| Timothy M. Dehut | $2,410 | $2,177 | -9.7% |
| Rodney J. Sellen | $6,199 | $2,130 | -65.6% |
| Volk Farms, LLC | $3,576 | $2,079 | -41.9% |
| Michael A. Donlevy | $5,430 | $2,001 | -63.1% |
| Randy Kramer | $5,741 | $1,928 | -66.4% |
| Michael A. Benak | $3,190 | $1,921 | -39.8% |
| Michelle L. Seefeldt | $5,423 | $1,868 | -65.6% |
| Sweet Grass Farm, LLC | $12,679 | $1,824 | -85.6% |
| James Kaminecki | $1,221 | $1,746 | 43% |
| Elmer C. Whiting | $5,164 | $1,717 | -66.8% |
| Donna Golik | $3,806 | $1,716 | -54.9% |
| Darwin C. Behnke | $0 | $1,682 | -- |
| Dustin Koebach | $3,966 | $1,623 | -59.1% |
| Paul Bednarik | $4,910 | $1,557 | -68.3% |
| Jonathan R. Weigelt | $2,647 | $1,524 | -42.4% |
| Darryel Eugene Hearley | $942 | $1,512 | 60.5% |
| Irving Surprise | $3,745 | $1,450 | -61.3% |
| James George Schlosser | $5,140 | $1,397 | -72.8% |
| Barbara Zahn | $5,768 | $1,311 | -77.3% |
| Francis T. Cook | $4,056 | $1,310 | -67.7% |
| Derek Peetz | $2,119 | $1,275 | -39.8% |
| Lisa Ann Peetz | $1,633 | $1,275 | -21.9% |
| Brian Sikorski | $2,152 | $1,233 | -42.7% |
| Constance Gardebrecht | $11,983 | $1,214 | -89.9% |
| Hilbert William Madison | $2,088 | $1,188 | -43.1% |
| Reginald Comins Jr. | $2,059 | $1,179 | -42.7% |
| Ryan Jon Viestenz | $3,497 | $1,169 | -66.6% |
| Steven Edward Skarban | $5,903 | $1,106 | -81.3% |
| Snow Country Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Anthony Lefebre | $2,366 | $1,086 | -54.1% |
| James Strzelecki | $3,508 | $1,039 | -70.4% |
| Edward J. Albert | $4,359 | $985 | -77.4% |
| Lyle R. Nichols | $620 | $974 | 57.1% |
| Frederick J. Dombrowski | $1,749 | $964 | -44.9% |
| Daniel Allen Sleeter | $1,668 | $957 | -42.6% |
| Helen Piso | $4,102 | $949 | -76.9% |
| Edward Huberty | $1,710 | $947 | -44.6% |
| Bradley Beaumier | $4,319 | $907 | -79% |
| Andrew J. Thome | $2,193 | $886 | -59.6% |
| Ronnie Kruse | $4,361 | $867 | -80.1% |
| Oscar Kardoskee | $1,958 | $854 | -56.4% |
| Billy J. Comins Sr. | $965 | $840 | -13% |
| Donna Albert | $4,987 | $788 | -84.2% |
| Sherrie Zenk-Reed | $2,651 | $762 | -71.3% |
| Terry Farrar | $2,898 | $755 | -73.9% |
| June Kruse | $2,543 | $751 | -70.5% |
| Daniel Christensen | $0 | $748 | -- |
| Thomas Heimke | $2,665 | $737 | -72.3% |
| Gerald W Bukowiec | $568 | $715 | 25.9% |
| Brandon Lee Pendl | $0 | $715 | -- |
| Shaun Wagner | $2,645 | $711 | -73.1% |
| Beth Joleen Rieth | $3,437 | $706 | -79.5% |
| Charles D. Drees | $1,576 | $697 | -55.8% |
| Alan L. Caelwaerts | $2,064 | $688 | -66.7% |
| Bernard Vincent | $3,950 | $682 | -82.7% |
| Kenneth Seidl | $6,241 | $678 | -89.1% |
| Terry Frease | $2,135 | $677 | -68.3% |
| Jeffrey R. Maroszek | $1,243 | $625 | -49.7% |
| Jason M. Shallow | $1,778 | $601 | -66.2% |
| Eric Carl Paulson | $2,033 | $598 | -70.6% |
| Paul Buhrandt | $6,010 | $573 | -90.5% |
| Richard Kassien III | $2,136 | $566 | -73.5% |
| Jayme Dehut | $736 | $533 | -27.6% |
| Wayne Wicke | $0 | $533 | -- |
| David J. Stodola | $1,758 | $524 | -70.2% |
| Michael S. Rowell | $2,379 | $504 | -78.8% |
| Milton School | $428 | $454 | 6.1% |
| Lowell H Suring | $452 | $452 | 0% |
| Gordon Aprill | $1,232 | $446 | -63.8% |
| Frederick Robert Wusterbarth | $332 | $442 | 33.1% |
| Jay A. Olson | $1,287 | $441 | -65.7% |
| Courtney Ann Stelzer | $1,859 | $440 | -76.3% |
| Edwin Daft | $1,331 | $433 | -67.5% |
| Scott J. Zablocki | $728 | $416 | -42.9% |
| Daniel Gene Gardebrecht | $9,860 | $391 | -96% |
| Cheryl Gardebrecht | $0 | $378 | -- |
| Robert Kadlec | $992 | $371 | -62.6% |
| Greg M. Mortier | $0 | $366 | -- |
| Michael L. Kaczmarek | $1,452 | $357 | -75.4% |
| Darlene E. Loberger | $356 | $356 | 0% |
| Donald R Gardebrecht | $1,586 | $346 | -78.2% |
| Gregory D. Durand | $341 | $341 | 0% |
| Don A. Patenaude | $643 | $338 | -47.4% |
| Gregory J. Draheim | $1,760 | $315 | -82.1% |
| Melissa Kostreva | $1,578 | $309 | -80.4% |
| Rodney J. Trepanier | $264 | $279 | 5.7% |
| Scott Wallenfang | $278 | $278 | 0% |
| Keith Shallow | $0 | $256 | -- |
| Richard Kloes | $1,008 | $250 | -75.2% |
| Ben Bukowiec | $2,487 | $250 | -89.9% |
| Joan Houska | $1,140 | $236 | -79.3% |
| Kimberly A. Beaumier | $965 | $234 | -75.8% |
| Kevin John Zuleger | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Raymond Rybka | $328 | $218 | -33.5% |
| John R. Peterson | $1,181 | $206 | -82.6% |
| David Radke | $539 | $200 | -62.9% |
| Kenneth J. Dolata | $0 | $184 | -- |
| Patrick H. Volk | $376 | $181 | -51.9% |
| Roman J. Wos | $172 | $172 | 0% |
| Gary van Ark | $901 | $170 | -81.1% |
| Donald G. Konitzer | $759 | $163 | -78.5% |
| Frank Suring | $161 | $161 | 0% |
| Christopher L. Deering | $863 | $155 | -82% |
| Bridget Behnke | $1,356 | $149 | -89% |
| Ronald Meier | $0 | $132 | -- |
| Caroline M. Imig | $1,700 | $128 | -92.5% |
| Nathaniel W. Jeske | $0 | $114 | -- |
| Joseph R. Monette | $119 | $85 | -28.6% |
| Jonah C. Meyer | $332 | $80 | -75.9% |
| Ralph W. Comins Jr. | $213 | $72 | -66.2% |
| Glenn David Lingard | $522 | $69 | -86.8% |
| Brenda Lee Seidl | $607 | $58 | -90.4% |
| Kevin Gene Seidl | $590 | $58 | -90.2% |
| Kamke Properties, LLC | $3,142 | $46 | -98.5% |
| Kelly Dellise | $353 | $32 | -90.9% |
| Keven C. Thomson | $21 | $28 | 33.3% |
| Daniel McMahon | $0 | $23 | -- |
| Brad Arneson and Lynne Arneson JT Revocable Trust | $0 | $19 | -- |
| Mabel Sutrick | $137 | $18 | -86.9% |
| Leroy M. Jeske | $149 | $16 | -89.3% |
| Bonnie Monfort | $83 | $12 | -85.5% |
| Wanda Younger | $499 | $10 | -98% |
| Jeffrey L. Zahm | $4,441 | $10 | -99.8% |
| Kenneth W. Dequaine | $102 | $6 | -94.1% |
| Kamke Land Holdings, LLC | $320 | $6 | -98.1% |
| William Koehne Jr. | $0 | $3 | -- |
| Mark R Ducaine | $466 | $3 | -99.4% |
| Rochell Otto | $91 | $3 | -96.7% |
| Robert Engel | $33 | $1 | -97% |
| Bernard Vincent | $205 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda L. Seidl | $38 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol J. Konitzer | $60 | $0 | -100% |
| Elroy W. Peters | $343 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin G. Seidl | $36 | $0 | -100% |
| Tina Herbeck | $84 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian D. Alsteen | $393 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Edward Pawlak | $250 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Van Laarhoven | $1,316 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric C. Blazek | $137 | $0 | -100% |
| Ernest C. Alsteen | $334 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $287,677 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary J Deneys | $193 | $0 | -100% |
| Hodkiewicz Harvesting & Trucking | $190,018 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome Sobeck | $611 | $0 | -100% |
| John H. Telford | $339 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth Zeismer | $274 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas A. Bitters | $76 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas W. Zoglman | $23 | $0 | -100% |
| William Zahn | $362 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Pitroski | $1,742 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward M. Russell Jr. | $369 | $0 | -100% |
| Gabriel Hintz | $64 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry B. Hanson | $449 | $0 | -100% |
| John Hubacher | $4 | $0 | -100% |
| Kerry Larmay | $1,086 | $0 | -100% |
| Leland J. Hockers | $19 | $0 | -100% |
| Lori Willame | $98 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia J. Heimerman | $22 | $0 | -100% |
| Randal Larmay | $114 | $0 | -100% |
| Shane Whiting | $205 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy C. Wirtz | $279 | $0 | -100% |
| Viola Bourassa | $1,159 | $0 | -100% |
| Audrey M Ferfecki | $345 | $0 | -100% |
| Brad Arneson and Lynne Arneson JT | $471 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad E Renel | $94 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis L. Birr | $2,120 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Seeling | $418 | $0 | -100% |
| James T. Albert | $472 | $0 | -100% |
| John William Fabry | $7,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Kristin John Garbrecht | $4,188 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Vandenbush | $134 | $0 | -100% |
| Penny Marie Kempke-Cole | $2,351 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn Wagner | $1,005 | $0 | -100% |
| William Fabry | $14,249 | $0 | -100% |
| Bartholemew J Pierret | $57 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Allan Fencl | $5,517 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J Lenarduzzi | $7,942 | $0 | -100% |
| MK Hillside Acres, LLC | $1,949 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Peterson | $201 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Kasper | $186 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Zak | $1,689 | $0 | -100% |
| Theresa Leja | $394 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Hischke | $5,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph J School | $257 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin Timm | $77 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Lee Gardebrecht | $43,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade Kempka | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary Zahn | $775 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $13,360,128 | $5,893,582 | -55.9% |
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