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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Platte County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Platte County received $2 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 365 farmers in cities within Platte County received a total of $3.6 million in 636 farm subsidies, a 35.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.6 million in 1,221 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 Platte County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Michael M Keefhaver$349,030$331,720-5%
Payton Farms, Inc.$553,740$178,471-67.8%
Bobby Baker$59,473$169,371184.8%
Hal R. Swaney$94,495$154,49263.5%
Rogers Strickland$138,285$128,595-7%
Keith Kisker$77,871$120,96455.3%
Larry R. Richardson$61,925$100,65562.5%
Marty M. Richardson$72,685$95,55231.5%
Perry L. Richardson$61,664$87,50041.9%
Paul Renz$105,728$81,944-22.5%
Menno Attema$114,184$81,399-28.7%
River Farms Company$116,023$77,249-33.4%
Ryan Michael Richardson$147,250$58,772-60.1%
John Harmer$109,867$54,971-50%
Gary Lee Haer$101,703$54,970-46%
Das Cooper Farms Company$50,000$50,0000%
Deloris Addison Trust$48,310$48,3120%
J. D. White$70,983$44,240-37.7%
James R. Ball$35,995$38,1225.9%
Vernon Adkins$21,703$35,14661.9%
Gordon Ray Sherwood$158,579$33,028-79.2%
L & P Tilly Children Irrev TRT$117,289$32,922-71.9%
CCMP, LLC$32,482$32,227-0.8%
Kelly W. Rawlings$60,624$32,126-47%
Bernard B. Chesnut$38,598$32,078-16.9%
Brad Hill$50,984$31,330-38.5%
Timothy V. McCoy$5,128$30,761499.9%
Munsterman Bros$76,654$30,560-60.1%
Green Ridge Farms, Inc.$83,849$29,404-64.9%
Fulk Farms$53,703$24,880-53.7%
Aaron T. Boyd$103,589$24,414-76.4%
Dominic Dixon$24,265$24,2650%
Galen Barnett$37,685$23,379-38%
Leon Shores$20,356$23,36714.8%
Ronnie P. Guinn Jr.$35,225$23,286-33.9%
Gregory L. Mayer$24,294$22,871-5.9%
Errol Dean Boydston$15,275$22,85849.6%
Jeff S. Cox$56,647$22,703-59.9%
Michael Jamiel Sultany$18,086$20,32312.4%
Infinity Farms, Inc.$46,229$19,925-56.9%
Gordon Baker Jr.$33,115$19,558-40.9%
JRTR Farms LC$25,265$19,379-23.3%
Wilson Farm, Inc.$62,222$19,140-69.2%
Mark Wittmeyer$37,116$17,881-51.8%
Roberts Family Trust$56,888$17,845-68.6%
Carter Family Trust Dated October 31, 2016$17,820$16,723-6.2%
Borth Family Trust$51,432$16,057-68.8%
Scott L. Campbell$10,525$16,01452.2%
Joseph Espey Attema$32,989$15,392-53.3%
Oberdiek Farms, LLC$44,903$15,281-66%
Hannah Farms, Inc.$15,079$14,967-0.7%
Rosamond Chapin$1,303$14,8811,042.1%
Lynn E. Wright$0$13,964--
James William Lewis$61,712$13,698-77.8%
Historic Weston Orchard & Vineyard, LLC$8,185$13,33462.9%
Alisha Roberts Lewis$32,450$13,001-59.9%
Kollin W Knox Revocable Trust$0$12,938--
Daniel J. Runde$19,247$12,345-35.9%
Helen S. Gifford$13,443$12,314-8.4%
Gaye Lei Brown$12,067$12,0670%
Brad Cottrill$16,551$11,850-28.4%
Gary Anderson$0$11,585--
Vicky L. Shade$10,922$10,9220%
The Wolters Family Trust DTD 1/30/97$5,145$10,865111.2%
Mid American Farms, LLC$2,406$10,689344.3%
Jim Eschenbach$7,856$10,66935.8%
Jeffrey Wise$3,820$10,215167.4%
John R Plank & Joyce M Plank IRR Trustee$0$9,876--
Charles M. Talley$13,292$9,650-27.4%
Laurie Calvert$35,203$9,643-72.6%
Jeffrey L. Comer$8,854$8,8540%
Clark Benner$15,350$8,609-43.9%
Hilltop Farms, LLC$8,796$8,227-6.5%
Lauren E. Smith$8,298$7,843-5.5%
Robert Todd Maxwell$0$7,771--
Spencer Farms$16,941$7,766-54.2%
Charles Rawlings$25,462$7,730-69.6%
Louis B. Smither$21,954$7,506-65.8%
Benjamin M Keefhaver$52,221$7,384-85.9%
Robert Fulk$18,305$7,281-60.2%
Curtis W. Lewis$15,970$7,246-54.6%
Douglas E. Maskill$7,302$7,239-0.9%
Michael Miller$30,024$7,195-76%
Gene Palmer$20,621$7,167-65.2%
Renner Rural Properties, LLC$7,532$7,150-5.1%
Earl Benner Jr.$15,888$7,083-55.4%
A & a Farms$30,448$7,071-76.8%
Robert L. Shier$4,280$6,97362.9%
John Chapin$3,709$6,95087.4%
Brian Kringle$11,140$6,752-39.4%
Joyce MacKo$6,665$6,6650%
Robert L. Coulson$6,566$6,5660%
Michael John Kram$6,535$6,5350%
Cooper County Farms, Inc.$24,541$6,391-74%
Hunt, LLC$6,256$6,190-1.1%
Chad D. Braymer$6,492$6,181-4.8%
Carol M Yager Trust$6,271$6,179-1.5%
Burch Farms, Inc.$10,942$6,155-43.7%
Dennis Fulk$15,263$6,073-60.2%
Shannon L. Montgomery$5,867$5,866-0%
Dave E. Pearce$5,712$5,7120%
Ray Ridge, LLC$4,838$5,70718%
Carrier Farms, LLC$5,656$5,6560%
Jerry S. Cox$35,649$5,650-84.2%
Amy Noelker$9,243$5,572-39.7%
RX3, LLC$0$5,566--
Paul Shouse$14,043$5,478-61%
Orville Blakley Jr.$28,501$5,331-81.3%
Arlin C. Dulin$13,823$5,324-61.5%
Smith Farms Ventures LP$16,196$5,306-67.2%
Steven E. Denny$5,203$5,2030%
Jack Coots$13,569$5,167-61.9%
Linda Goodwin$0$5,140--
Alan R. Goodwin$5,114$5,1140%
Nicholas Allen Miller$2,771$5,10684.3%
Joyce Kallenberger$1,107$5,026354%
John Meese$5,546$4,978-10.2%
Peggy Renz$0$4,954--
Green Dirt Farm, LLC$0$4,860--
L & N Dreher Family Trust$8,449$4,839-42.7%
Baltazara G Lotuaco$9,614$4,807-50%
JJGG Farm, LLC$7,745$4,766-38.5%
Alexander Powell Attema$14,917$4,743-68.2%
Roberts Bros, LLC$3,736$4,73026.6%
Fulk's Tree Farm, LLC$0$4,409--
Robuck & Adams, Inc.$7,545$4,389-41.8%
Greg Clevenger$15,931$4,365-72.6%
Willow Creek Land & Cattle Company, LLC$23,152$4,316-81.4%
James Norwood$19,902$4,316-78.3%
Bonnie Stewart$4,308$4,278-0.7%
Ralph C. Stubbs Jr.$16,713$4,183-75%
Bill Johnson/Johnson Land/Cattle$9,708$4,167-57.1%
Walter Austill Landis JR Trust B$19,751$4,145-79%
Baber Brothers, LLC$12,281$3,918-68.1%
Robert Condron$5,508$3,722-32.4%
David L. Foster$15,852$3,685-76.8%
Diana Whalen$3,676$3,6760%
Travis King$7,203$3,651-49.3%
Theodore L. Remmers$5,063$3,615-28.6%
Rusty Hill$4,531$3,595-20.7%
Jason-Jason and Colleen Wachter Rev TST Wachter$0$3,488--
Duke Edward Snider$3,441$3,4410%
Chris Stallo$0$3,422--
Margaret Ann Bishop Revocable Trust$0$3,400--
Steven E. Knighton$7,336$3,360-54.2%
Henry Joseph Poss$7,471$3,290-56%
Gary D. Witt$3,937$3,231-17.9%
Philip Cooper$3,145$3,1450%
Wesley Donald Wilson$9,998$3,066-69.3%
Ball Farms Ranch, LLC$6,134$3,027-50.7%
Susan E. Bly$7,523$3,014-59.9%
Gareld D Butler$8,145$2,954-63.7%
Linda Jackson$0$2,931--
Cooper Family Farms, LLC$1,871$2,87953.9%
Larry E Von Tersch$0$2,864--
Paul Buschmann$2,979$2,835-4.8%
M & M Trust$6,053$2,835-53.2%
Mike Batten$2,786$2,7860%
Eleanor Gard Myers$0$2,765--
Wendell Selzer$5,224$2,653-49.2%
Harpst Farms$5,932$2,642-55.5%
Nick Dixon$2,623$2,6230%
Alice Althaus$2,553$2,5530%
Michael Usher$3,203$2,542-20.6%
Jane A. Duvall$785$2,519220.9%
Doug W. Auxier$17,798$2,506-85.9%
Marcine Sample$2,487$2,425-2.5%
Dale Longenecker$4,937$2,422-50.9%
L D Chapin Estate, LLC$212$2,4111,037.3%
Curtis Baker$4,554$2,359-48.2%
Steve Mummert$2,559$2,358-7.9%
Jerel Wayne Doty$2,349$2,322-1.1%
Fred G. Fulton$0$2,238--
Edward Hornbeck$8,457$2,237-73.5%
Stephen Foster$7,537$2,230-70.4%
Brian L & Michelle a Stone Rev Trust$4,434$2,211-50.1%
Wilma Jean Kinne Irrevocable Trust$1,239$2,18476.3%
Doug Gutshall$3,624$2,172-40.1%
Danny Coons$3,883$2,155-44.5%
Eleanor Joyce Davidson$0$2,129--
Brian Parsons$2,126$2,1260%
Janet Renz$3,654$2,125-41.8%
Michael P. Dittemore$2,113$2,1130%
Thomas J. Baber$5,709$2,075-63.7%
James Schultz$0$2,044--
Charles M. Miller$6,693$2,022-69.8%
S D Farms, LLC$6,319$1,940-69.3%
Donald Levan$4,993$1,939-61.2%
Daniel David Sedlacek$0$1,936--
Corey Weinfurt$1,935$1,9350%
Leslie Edwards$5,334$1,923-63.9%
Perdue Homestead Farm$0$1,914--
Casey Joe Callow$4,881$1,898-61.1%
Mark a Knoeber Trust$4,291$1,885-56.1%
Pleasantview Cattle Company, LLC$5,585$1,852-66.8%
Ball Farms Cattle Company, LLC$8,644$1,814-79%
Jacqueline Hull$4,553$1,797-60.5%
Brycen L Rice$4,342$1,763-59.4%
Cockriel Properties, LLC$4,217$1,720-59.2%
Janet Harris$1,492$1,71715.1%
Cathryn A. Moyes$1,104$1,69953.9%
Kelley Family Rev. Trustee$0$1,674--
Flat Creek Farms of Pettis Company, Inc.$4,578$1,636-64.3%
Bank Parks Farms, LLC$4,015$1,627-59.5%
Bobo Farms, LLC$2,151$1,595-25.8%
Co Ken Kisker Jr.$0$1,595--
Clay Street Properties$8,331$1,531-81.6%
Joyce N Mccoy Trust$3,672$1,471-59.9%
Arlo Wayne Vanmeter$3,526$1,470-58.3%
Michael a Joannes$3,528$1,402-60.3%
Daniel W. Stamper$3,182$1,360-57.3%
Shouse Family Revocable Trust$5,627$1,349-76%
Wm A. Brown$3,594$1,348-62.5%
Robert L Thompson and Dorothy Charlene Thompson Rev Living T$7,176$1,315-81.7%
Sandra K. Kisker$3,865$1,260-67.4%
Lucas Dudley$8,484$1,253-85.2%
Donald C. Brown Jr.$9,533$1,239-87%
M & B Enterprises, LLC$1,224$1,2240%
Roger W. Stephenson$3,313$1,209-63.5%
Marilyn Lindahl$1,711$1,170-31.6%
Judith Turner Davis$649$1,16579.5%
Ben Mefford Jr.$7,773$1,164-85%
Linda S. Boydston$2,594$1,150-55.7%
Stanberry 4, LLC$2,564$1,135-55.7%
Patrick F. Filburn$4,743$1,111-76.6%
Stephen P. Folck$3,028$1,100-63.7%
Charlotte V Slapper Trust$4,685$1,100-76.5%
John E. Anderson$3,215$1,094-66%
Peebles Farms, LLC$1,073$1,0730%
Keleher Family Revocable Trust$1,785$1,071-40%
Gabriel T. Morgan$1,036$1,0360%
Rosemary-Wolf Reg Property Wolf, LLC$2,222$1,028-53.7%
Michael W. Wright$4,340$1,022-76.5%
Bill Maddox$1,005$1,0050%
Professional D R Butts$2,267$998-56%
Hackberry Lane, LLC$4,711$973-79.3%
Byron R Fisher Rev Trust$4,025$934-76.8%
Paul Dobbie$583$91256.4%
Wolf Regional Properties, LLC$1,602$908-43.3%
Niels Fogt$5,975$906-84.8%
John Chesnut$3,902$873-77.6%
Joe Borgmier$3,349$870-74%
Dakotah Buck Dudley$2,325$867-62.7%
John G. Crighton$3,130$859-72.6%
Cheryl Boydston$3,509$857-75.6%
Philip K. Bindel$3,630$853-76.5%
Martha Cannon$2,645$838-68.3%
Michael Doane$2,048$817-60.1%
Paulette Dawson$797$7970%
The William Russell Heiman Trust$2,228$787-64.7%
Fulk 3 D Farms, LLC$1,903$767-59.7%
Dennis Jurgensmeyer$1,560$762-51.2%
Dennis Stanton$2,997$736-75.4%
Charles R. Hornbeck$2,926$721-75.4%
Vincent H. Roberts$0$699--
Jeremiah Roper$2,772$698-74.8%
Keith Stutterheim$0$698--
Francie Stoner$1,849$688-62.8%
Jo Norris$5,809$677-88.3%
Michael Roberts$674$6740%
mac Hunt$2,420$664-72.6%
Nancy Ruud$660$6600%
Maurice May$5,315$660-87.6%
Ann Meredith Cameron$958$654-31.7%
Edwin C Perkins Trustee Dated February 13 1996$0$652--
John Plank John R Plank & Joyce M Plank Rev Trust$12,375$628-94.9%
Gordon Weigel$2,058$604-70.7%
J Dudley & Sons Farms, LLC$4,983$600-88%
Lori Powell$540$59610.4%
Jacqulyn L. Cox$0$581--
Jackie Wilcoxson$1,033$579-43.9%
Mary Fowles$1,864$579-68.9%
Ken Lyons-Lyons Family, LLC$577$5770%
Chas Perry$2,136$562-73.7%
Beverly McConnell$1,585$545-65.6%
Quality Hill Farm, Inc.$15,456$539-96.5%
Sara L. Hargis$535$5350%
George Jamison$1,034$535-48.3%
Kathryn A. Dusenbery$1,067$533-50%
Bobbi Hiatt$1,092$524-52%
Cheryl Brownell$941$518-45%
Ronald E. Roe$1,881$516-72.6%
Jeffrey Amos$254$512101.6%
Greg Jamison$820$508-38%
Mark Merritt$1,926$504-73.8%
Ona Lee Shores Trust$502$5020%
Linda S. McCaslin$1,280$474-63%
Brian T. Fulk$1,230$472-61.6%
Danny Sakata$1,064$458-57%
Harry D. Boggs$811$454-44%
Winston Peeler$2,728$436-84%
Jessica Anne Marie Carver$0$424--
Mark Reichert$743$424-42.9%
Marlene E Zygmontowicz$1,850$411-77.8%
Curtis D. Myers$2,684$400-85.1%
Kathleen Smerchek$659$374-43.2%
Kristine Courtney$660$374-43.3%
Bryan Cosby$1,650$370-77.6%
David H Stous$276$36833.3%
Jared P. Welch$366$355-3%
Lennie Callaway$1,997$335-83.2%
Dennis A. Meier$663$320-51.7%
N. F. Miller$1,061$320-69.8%
Gary C. Smith$802$319-60.2%
Joyce E. Hisel$1,206$308-74.5%
Todd Firkins$1,485$307-79.3%
Faithful Farms, LLC$1,090$306-71.9%
James M. Everett$0$299--
William P. Everett$0$299--
Gregory S. Jones$140$295110.7%
Ronald Novotny$821$290-64.7%
Larry J Weians$555$252-54.6%
Randy L. Fox$806$247-69.4%
Quinten M. Denney$472$246-47.9%
Jerry D. Hiatt$5,194$242-95.3%
Wm A. Davis$437$235-46.2%
Marc Wilson$660$232-64.8%
David Knox$415$232-44.1%
Bobby E. Shanks$516$219-57.6%
Reynda K Rose$363$214-41%
Mary Lee Burke$426$213-50%
Marla J. Gonzales$466$211-54.7%
Warren - Hundred Acre Wood II Percell, LLC$705$204-71.1%
Maughmer Family Farms, LLC$389$201-48.3%
Elliott Bradshaw Foster$189$1890%
Mary L Sickman Declaration of Trust$306$188-38.6%
Darold Silcott$0$188--
Heath Hisel$1,481$181-87.8%
James E. Boyce$358$178-50.3%
Christopher Claassen$906$171-81.1%
Stewart Bloomfield$0$165--
Bryan Black$162$1620%
Roy Black$162$1620%
Shawnee L. Korff$161$1610%
Ronnie B. Pine$437$159-63.6%
Theodore K. Johnson$115$15333%
Joyce J. Biggs$652$152-76.7%
Cary L. Renner$143$1430%
Pansy Lanell Laney$321$141-56.1%
Alvin E. Abbett$1,295$138-89.3%
Ken Shannon$731$130-82.2%
Janet Corbett$265$124-53.2%
Dewey L. Lowery$347$119-65.7%
Kay Rothganger$87$11633.3%
Douglas M. Harkness$214$115-46.3%
Richard Biermann$279$114-59.1%
Burns Heritage, LLC$1,025$99-90.3%
J. D. Green$0$89--
David M. Horseman$148$78-47.3%
Cody Minyard$264$76-71.2%
North American Auction Company$682$71-89.6%
Lissa L. Tiffany$0$59--
Jeff Bash$110$58-47.3%
Larry J. Bruner$123$52-57.7%
Leo Huston$253$49-80.6%
Main Joint Living Trust Dated 3/17/98$0$49--
Michael Layton$201$49-75.6%
Raymond H. McGarry$37$4932.4%
Carmen S. Esler$424$36-91.5%
George a Gibb Trust$441$29-93.4%
Judy K. Grame$428$29-93.2%
Corey Payton$66$11-83.3%
Gary Lee Gooch & Stella Elaine Gooch Living Trust$894$11-98.8%
Lonnie Carter$9,777$9-99.9%
Keith Hicklin$652$2-99.7%
Mike Day$376$0-100%
Robert Stoever$181$0-100%
Steve Manville$1,320$0-100%
David S. Wagle$1,990$0-100%
James R. Stubbs$3,476$0-100%
Lori Blankenship$618$0-100%
Robert Manthe$1,415$0-100%
Kenneth C JR & Verna F Vancleave Revocable Trust$830$0-100%
Anita Lackey$547$0-100%
Doug Henry$139$0-100%
Ellen K Willits-Smith$312$0-100%
Eva Sue Thomas$1,959$0-100%
Everett D Amis Estate$10,350$0-100%
Harry F Reed Trust$2,283$0-100%
Jamey Freels$595$0-100%
JB Montana Ranch, LLC$13,156$0-100%
Jeri Reed$154$0-100%
Kathryn Dusenbery$1,056$0-100%
Kurt Arnold$2,305$0-100%
Mike Lair$970$0-100%
Bert L Van Batavia$5,376$0-100%
Braxton Hill$465$0-100%
Dan Sedlacek$3,972$0-100%
Dianne Neva Nespory$252$0-100%
Emolyn Jeanee White$9,510$0-100%
Glen David Georger$4,993$0-100%
Glenn E. Fulk$1,714$0-100%
Hanman Family Investments LP$3,852$0-100%
Jacob Benjamin Renz Hodson$770$0-100%
Jason Hill$7,420$0-100%
Joseph Matthews$3,978$0-100%
Judy A. Burns$21$0-100%
Kelley Family Rev Trust Dated 10-19-2000$1,674$0-100%
Kenneth F. Kisker Jr.$435$0-100%
Kenneth R. Miller$1,137$0-100%
Lucas J Lavicky$14,069$0-100%
Michael Banark$1,101$0-100%
Mike C. Henderson$169$0-100%
Norma Coons Trust Coons$619$0-100%
Norman Stubbendeck$788$0-100%
Paul W. Bodde$735$0-100%
Renner Properties, LLC$238$0-100%
Richard L. Duckworth$1,683$0-100%
Robert A. Maxwell$7,403$0-100%
Ronald Baker$273$0-100%
Shmily Enterprise, LLC$813$0-100%
Tommy M Renz Trust$5,634$0-100%
William Duncan$1,120$0-100%
Andrew Wilson$44$0-100%
Steven W Mcfee, M.D.$441$0-100%
James Richard Harte Living Trust$4$0-100%
Jolene A. Williams$3,514$0-100%
Elvalee Winburn Trustee$146$0-100%
James E. Powell$357$0-100%
Jason Comer$281$0-100%
Lawrence Simpelo$330$0-100%
Paul Davenport$2,361$0-100%
Robert Oneill$1,575$0-100%
Sloop, Corp.$1,837$0-100%
Total subsidies$5,559,046$3,586,931-35.5%

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