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In 2021, 114 farmers in cities within Beltrami County received a total of $2.4 million in 238 farm subsidies, a 2.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.5 million in 332 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% |
| Gross Brothers | $184,029 | $117,160 | -36.3% |
| Padgett Logging | $0 | $49,726 | -- |
| Michael Wayne Schoenborn Jr. | $0 | $45,338 | -- |
| Frenzel Logging, Inc. | $0 | $42,555 | -- |
| Trent Hanks | $46,834 | $41,904 | -10.5% |
| Rodger Falk | $44,296 | $36,392 | -17.8% |
| Gustafson Brothers Farming | $89,771 | $35,899 | -60% |
| Little Timber Farms, LLC | $54,644 | $33,605 | -38.5% |
| Michael A. Nistler | $38,328 | $31,252 | -18.5% |
| Joseph E. Nipp | $33,123 | $28,437 | -14.1% |
| Nord Farms | $32,349 | $26,165 | -19.1% |
| Marvin R. Notsch | $46,434 | $24,731 | -46.7% |
| Mitchell Mistic | $58,237 | $22,711 | -61% |
| Randy L. Forster | $29,543 | $22,427 | -24.1% |
| Francis Neft | $33,506 | $21,603 | -35.5% |
| Corey E. Rudnicki | $56,421 | $20,683 | -63.3% |
| Jacob Neft | $30,732 | $20,083 | -34.7% |
| Maple Leaf Farm of Tenstrike, LLP | $13,528 | $19,584 | 44.8% |
| Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians | $26,406 | $18,604 | -29.5% |
| Jonathan Freyholtz | $26,238 | $17,742 | -32.4% |
| Karen a Lempart | $45,733 | $17,171 | -62.5% |
| Danny Cornell | $16,038 | $16,495 | 2.8% |
| Travis James Duresky | $14,342 | $16,463 | 14.8% |
| Daniel Affield | $46,166 | $16,063 | -65.2% |
| Doug Nipp | $14,072 | $14,220 | 1.1% |
| Brent M Poxleitner | $13,175 | $13,225 | 0.4% |
| Andrew E Poxleitner | $37,956 | $12,913 | -66% |
| David E. Hughes | $15,679 | $12,817 | -18.3% |
| Gary Leonhardt | $41,871 | $12,791 | -69.5% |
| Stephen Mostad | $4,648 | $12,059 | 159.4% |
| Warren Hughes | $18,695 | $11,902 | -36.3% |
| Aaron a Poxleitner | $27,833 | $10,515 | -62.2% |
| N & N Ranch Partners | $15,389 | $10,383 | -32.5% |
| Curtis C. Frenzel | $17,113 | $10,345 | -39.5% |
| Ryan Shingler | $13,605 | $10,291 | -24.4% |
| Andrew B. Michalek | $14,759 | $9,855 | -33.2% |
| Daymen Farms | $9,294 | $9,586 | 3.1% |
| Gwyn Marie Plackner | $22,985 | $9,516 | -58.6% |
| Gregory L. Pater | $12,870 | $9,502 | -26.2% |
| Thomas D. Pink | $21,714 | $9,305 | -57.1% |
| K D Wild Rice, Inc. | $7,948 | $9,240 | 16.3% |
| Alldone, Inc. | $12,699 | $9,210 | -27.5% |
| Velmer Halama | $0 | $9,147 | -- |
| Donald Krueth | $15,802 | $9,121 | -42.3% |
| Jeffrey S. Stomberg | $13,788 | $8,429 | -38.9% |
| Christopher M. Nistler | $8,527 | $8,379 | -1.7% |
| David Leonhardt | $8,283 | $8,367 | 1% |
| Melvin Todd Theisen | $15,871 | $7,675 | -51.6% |
| Vince Gross | $7,781 | $7,535 | -3.2% |
| Donald Ferdig | $8,492 | $7,458 | -12.2% |
| Lost River Rice Farms, LLC | $6,433 | $7,297 | 13.4% |
| Charles Tydlacka | $7,371 | $7,014 | -4.8% |
| Julie a Tydlacka | $7,371 | $7,014 | -4.8% |
| Robert Kiewatt JR | $0 | $6,921 | -- |
| Emmet Weidenborner | $13,083 | $6,775 | -48.2% |
| Terry Pater | $23,439 | $6,769 | -71.1% |
| Mary Jo Lange | $6,694 | $6,694 | 0% |
| Parle Edward Kile | $15,859 | $6,633 | -58.2% |
| Dorothy R Matta Estate | $0 | $6,544 | -- |
| Brian Pater | $0 | $6,405 | -- |
| Lori Notsch | $0 | $6,141 | -- |
| Andrew F. Neft | $26,706 | $6,137 | -77% |
| Allen Notsch | $11,020 | $6,098 | -44.7% |
| Peter Stomberg | $11,526 | $5,944 | -48.4% |
| Darrell Gross | $6,579 | $5,022 | -23.7% |
| Norman Wahnschaffe | $3,300 | $4,837 | 46.6% |
| Chad D. Nord | $19,743 | $4,779 | -75.8% |
| George Bowman | $2,312 | $4,448 | 92.4% |
| Beck Maggert | $5,676 | $4,388 | -22.7% |
| Robert Stroeing | $5,488 | $4,322 | -21.2% |
| Curtis P. Lundin | $17,238 | $4,159 | -75.9% |
| Glen Hanks | $12,613 | $4,135 | -67.2% |
| Harold E. Ferdig | $0 | $3,960 | -- |
| Alfred Nipp | $9,497 | $3,885 | -59.1% |
| Sharon King | $3,155 | $3,155 | 0% |
| Michael D. Bowe | $10,981 | $2,980 | -72.9% |
| Terry D. Frenzel | $22,690 | $2,597 | -88.6% |
| Matthew D. Swedberg | $11,044 | $2,586 | -76.6% |
| Jeff Krueth | $2,802 | $2,543 | -9.2% |
| Franklyn Hand | $3,420 | $2,490 | -27.2% |
| Jerome Geerdes | $5,412 | $2,429 | -55.1% |
| Roxanne R. Wallner | $5,547 | $2,377 | -57.1% |
| Harlan Beaulieu | $11,249 | $2,120 | -81.2% |
| Edward Jensen | $21,229 | $2,114 | -90% |
| Clyde Jensen | $0 | $1,919 | -- |
| Mark N. Benson | $7,590 | $1,679 | -77.9% |
| Janel Wickham | $0 | $1,529 | -- |
| Brandon Herron | $2,026 | $1,458 | -28% |
| Rosaleen Ruth Schuh | $5,864 | $1,453 | -75.2% |
| Matthew J. Lievsay | $12,344 | $1,440 | -88.3% |
| Wendy Beth Shriver | $6,560 | $1,416 | -78.4% |
| Austin Kotula | $1,151 | $1,076 | -6.5% |
| James Frenzel | $7,020 | $1,020 | -85.5% |
| Michael Hughes | $8,852 | $993 | -88.8% |
| Daniel L. Swedberg | $2,937 | $982 | -66.6% |
| Nate Poxleitner | $5,680 | $976 | -82.8% |
| Choctaw Ridge Farms, LLC | $4,488 | $934 | -79.2% |
| Kenneth Gustafson | $4,081 | $869 | -78.7% |
| Miriam H Osborn-Dougherty | $842 | $842 | 0% |
| Glenn A. Grundmeier Jr. | $5,971 | $775 | -87% |
| Krista Joy Trebesch | $712 | $712 | 0% |
| Mason W. Frenzel | $2,849 | $617 | -78.3% |
| Ronald G. Adams Jr. | $1,311 | $419 | -68% |
| Ian D. Frenzel | $1,969 | $416 | -78.9% |
| Earl Wallace Hillman | $0 | $374 | -- |
| Verlan Leroy Miller | $0 | $339 | -- |
| Kimberly Daken | $1,255 | $232 | -81.5% |
| John H. Keers | $592 | $202 | -65.9% |
| Robert Kupcho | $580 | $173 | -70.2% |
| Vernon Parker | $188 | $127 | -32.4% |
| Jean M. Wickham | $233 | $98 | -57.9% |
| Alan Hentges | $0 | $66 | -- |
| Adrian Beaulieu | $1,902 | $34 | -98.2% |
| Arnold Frenzel | $887 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandy L. Coulter | $1,969 | $0 | -100% |
| Devon Jones | $1,832 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Killian | $776 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Michalicek | $1,208 | $0 | -100% |
| Morris Bert Frenzel | $3,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Wakefield | $15,953 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,488,461 | $2,423,062 | -2.6% |
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