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In 2021, 291 farmers in cities within Griggs County received a total of $9.8 million in 901 farm subsidies, a 29.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $13.8 million in 1,288 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 Griggs County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haugen Farms Jv | $491,446 | $458,041 | -6.8% |
| Bank Forward | $878,505 | $335,855 | -61.8% |
| David Bryan Heinz | $234,926 | $243,314 | 3.6% |
| Iverson Farms Partnership | $299,470 | $221,686 | -26% |
| Endre Hans Aarestad | $152,213 | $191,374 | 25.7% |
| Jayson Bruce Gronneberg | $180,380 | $184,552 | 2.3% |
| Scott Lee Liljenquist | $241,615 | $173,466 | -28.2% |
| Jonathan David Erickson | $213,150 | $166,801 | -21.7% |
| Martin Ueland | $79,996 | $151,274 | 89.1% |
| Timothy T. Soma | $262,031 | $143,507 | -45.2% |
| Wahl Farms Part | $115,065 | $140,231 | 21.9% |
| Timothy Weber | $181,890 | $136,004 | -25.2% |
| Scott Saxberg | $190,284 | $132,760 | -30.2% |
| Loren Carl Leininger | $105,770 | $130,253 | 23.1% |
| S&C Precision Farms | $236,431 | $125,787 | -46.8% |
| Cia Rae Gronneberg | $120,256 | $123,039 | 2.3% |
| Lisa Verwest-Martens | $109,420 | $122,924 | 12.3% |
| Gary Heyerdahl | $185,989 | $122,146 | -34.3% |
| Orville Ramsey | $95,049 | $110,614 | 16.4% |
| Casper Roy Aarestad | $115,641 | $109,459 | -5.3% |
| Dennis Lee Walen | $165,268 | $107,717 | -34.8% |
| Frances J. Walen | $165,268 | $107,717 | -34.8% |
| Brian Mark Hoffman | $230,931 | $106,847 | -53.7% |
| Kevin Ward Muncy | $52,689 | $98,196 | 86.4% |
| Goplen Farm, Inc. | $130,679 | $91,666 | -29.9% |
| Nathan L. Hazard | $64,467 | $91,535 | 42% |
| Leroy Richard Eggermont | $98,413 | $89,173 | -9.4% |
| Randal Curtis Hoverson | $70,330 | $88,598 | 26% |
| Central Plains Agent Services, LLC | $34,830 | $87,961 | 152.5% |
| Daniel Joseph Heinz | $194,437 | $87,864 | -54.8% |
| Lu Andrea Haugen | $123,320 | $87,318 | -29.2% |
| Jayme Tenneson | $36,482 | $85,229 | 133.6% |
| Larry Lynn Ressler | $109,369 | $82,880 | -24.2% |
| Brian Dale Haugen | $61,631 | $82,722 | 34.2% |
| The Citizens State Bank of Finley | $199,800 | $81,929 | -59% |
| Todd Joseph Edland | $83,021 | $78,170 | -5.8% |
| Bruce Overby | $108,660 | $76,178 | -29.9% |
| Garrett M. Heyerdahl | $105,548 | $76,028 | -28% |
| Tim Anderson | $114,404 | $74,812 | -34.6% |
| Mark Anderson | $114,407 | $74,789 | -34.6% |
| Dustin James Amann | $93,380 | $74,448 | -20.3% |
| Urness Farms Partnership | $133,669 | $74,318 | -44.4% |
| Mark Samuel Hoffman | $129,934 | $73,580 | -43.4% |
| Jeffrey Ronningen | $150,103 | $73,389 | -51.1% |
| Sherri Fiebiger | $128,853 | $72,241 | -43.9% |
| Brian Fiebiger | $128,853 | $72,239 | -43.9% |
| Larry Ott | $69,125 | $70,692 | 2.3% |
| Lucas R. Wahl | $69,049 | $68,869 | -0.3% |
| Deanne Kay Hoffman | $127,223 | $67,335 | -47.1% |
| Ronald Ray Eggermont | $82,164 | $66,298 | -19.3% |
| Robert Ressler | $78,001 | $64,786 | -16.9% |
| Brock Urness | $97,689 | $63,232 | -35.3% |
| Travis Adrian | $107,037 | $62,535 | -41.6% |
| Lynn Kendal Carlson | $90,701 | $62,476 | -31.1% |
| Scott Allen Tranby | $93,960 | $61,890 | -34.1% |
| Randy Ressler | $108,013 | $58,611 | -45.7% |
| Derrick Richard Hedstrom | $47,724 | $58,147 | 21.8% |
| Mitchell Lynn Dahl | $0 | $57,024 | -- |
| Lynn Johnson | $104,875 | $56,646 | -46% |
| Dennis Lee Haugen | $75,860 | $55,785 | -26.5% |
| Douglas Robert Johnson | $86,644 | $54,712 | -36.9% |
| Arne Berge | $110,250 | $53,432 | -51.5% |
| Marla Jean Larson | $75,365 | $52,923 | -29.8% |
| Daniel Joel Larson | $75,401 | $52,919 | -29.8% |
| John A. Thompson | $70,992 | $49,025 | -30.9% |
| Ressler Land and Cattle | $0 | $48,454 | -- |
| Grant B. Hedstrom | $55,845 | $48,100 | -13.9% |
| David Wilson Brandt | $93,415 | $47,585 | -49.1% |
| Brandon Jeffery Heinz | $93,750 | $47,508 | -49.3% |
| Murray Stokka | $81,281 | $47,403 | -41.7% |
| Jill Pamela Larson | $69,357 | $46,914 | -32.4% |
| Patrick John Larson | $69,356 | $46,913 | -32.4% |
| James Tenneson | $28,583 | $46,300 | 62% |
| Haugen Cattle Company | $59,297 | $45,020 | -24.1% |
| Carter Wayne Anderson | $72,329 | $41,757 | -42.3% |
| Preston Lewis Savre | $60,811 | $39,377 | -35.2% |
| Gary Wayne Ramsey | $39,184 | $38,954 | -0.6% |
| Austin McCardle | $45,465 | $38,924 | -14.4% |
| Roger A. Larson | $75,007 | $38,853 | -48.2% |
| Matthew Ralph Haugen | $42,384 | $38,520 | -9.1% |
| AgCountry Farm Credit Services, PCA | $0 | $37,900 | -- |
| Warren Southward | $49,173 | $37,898 | -22.9% |
| Roger Ronningen | $87,091 | $37,351 | -57.1% |
| Keven Jon Lunde | $55,471 | $37,194 | -32.9% |
| Ryan James Ressler | $80,217 | $36,817 | -54.1% |
| Curtis Hoverson | $61,233 | $36,686 | -40.1% |
| Campbell Brothers | $33,951 | $36,560 | 7.7% |
| Sherri Johnson | $57,762 | $36,474 | -36.9% |
| Jason Heinz | $50,127 | $35,827 | -28.5% |
| Justin Erickson | $22,754 | $35,562 | 56.3% |
| Aaron Richard Ramsey | $38,847 | $34,359 | -11.6% |
| Michael L. Delfs | $51,594 | $33,831 | -34.4% |
| Loren A. Leininger | $61,734 | $33,815 | -45.2% |
| Norman Tafelmeyer | $78,350 | $33,675 | -57% |
| Preston Hoffman | $68,183 | $32,898 | -51.8% |
| Zachary Robert Brooks | $39,556 | $32,595 | -17.6% |
| Elaine A. Smith | $32,488 | $32,223 | -0.8% |
| Donald Duane Savre | $50,134 | $31,396 | -37.4% |
| Agcountry Farm Credit Services | $100,889 | $31,273 | -69% |
| Ronnie G. Edland | $42,393 | $30,884 | -27.1% |
| Bruce Lee Hazard | $49,239 | $29,730 | -39.6% |
| Collin Laplant | $89,385 | $29,261 | -67.3% |
| Timothy Darwin Erickson | $31,912 | $28,636 | -10.3% |
| Bryan Hedstrom | $20,247 | $28,244 | 39.5% |
| Corey Heinz | $43,871 | $27,916 | -36.4% |
| Ralph Haugen | $39,083 | $27,356 | -30% |
| Adam Duane Larson | $25,008 | $26,656 | 6.6% |
| Lynn Allen Haugen | $25,830 | $25,799 | -0.1% |
| David Kurt Zimprich | $63,237 | $25,362 | -59.9% |
| Skylar R. Aslakson | $31,228 | $25,256 | -19.1% |
| Marc Jacobson | $23,205 | $24,923 | 7.4% |
| Timothy John Ronningen | $6,057 | $24,631 | 306.7% |
| George Berger | $26,338 | $24,521 | -6.9% |
| Margaret Stokka | $23,355 | $22,936 | -1.8% |
| Tanner Overby | $43,974 | $22,204 | -49.5% |
| Leslie & Sylvia Peterson Family Farm, LLLP | $0 | $21,542 | -- |
| Henry J. Zimprich | $29,855 | $21,346 | -28.5% |
| Ivan M. Oien | $35,134 | $21,338 | -39.3% |
| David E. Saxberg | $20,455 | $20,941 | 2.4% |
| Shawn F. Adrian | $35,287 | $20,582 | -41.7% |
| Dawn Ellen Haugen | $20,434 | $20,434 | 0% |
| Randy Vigesaa | $33,974 | $20,327 | -40.2% |
| Farrah Saxberg | $27,265 | $20,075 | -26.4% |
| Connie Rae Swenson | $11,961 | $19,761 | 65.2% |
| Mark L. Zimprich | $29,012 | $19,555 | -32.6% |
| Robert Michael Delfs | $38,257 | $19,532 | -48.9% |
| Kenneth Rickford | $38,612 | $19,090 | -50.6% |
| Keith Rickford | $37,604 | $19,036 | -49.4% |
| Donald J. Larson | $20,089 | $18,788 | -6.5% |
| Lyonel Erickson | $18,216 | $18,216 | 0% |
| Overby Agent, LLP | $18,112 | $18,112 | 0% |
| Mark Willows | $36,068 | $17,830 | -50.6% |
| Shawn Steffen | $33,577 | $17,628 | -47.5% |
| Troy Olson | $49,035 | $17,079 | -65.2% |
| Dean Somerville | $0 | $16,683 | -- |
| Dustin Eberhardt | $22,519 | $16,185 | -28.1% |
| Marjorie Ione Erickson | $15,181 | $16,097 | 6% |
| Douglas Rickford | $31,441 | $15,917 | -49.4% |
| Flying W Ranch JV | $33,621 | $15,052 | -55.2% |
| Thomas Anderson | $28,514 | $14,716 | -48.4% |
| Jacob W. Heinz | $19,275 | $14,452 | -25% |
| Reynold Rickford | $29,199 | $14,245 | -51.2% |
| Triple H Simmental | $36,251 | $14,161 | -60.9% |
| Steven Alm | $9,118 | $13,348 | 46.4% |
| Christopherson Family Trust | $16,589 | $13,269 | -20% |
| Stephen Hans Froiland | $13,839 | $13,093 | -5.4% |
| Mark Julian Haugen | $40,862 | $12,850 | -68.6% |
| Gerald Stokka | $7,193 | $12,768 | 77.5% |
| James B. Pella | $18,774 | $12,641 | -32.7% |
| Chad Joseph Donohue | $20,443 | $12,111 | -40.8% |
| David Lunde | $18,424 | $12,014 | -34.8% |
| C & D Hetland Family Farm, LLLP | $10,694 | $11,290 | 5.6% |
| Kory Gilbertson | $12,965 | $10,534 | -18.8% |
| Daniel P. Hager | $11,768 | $10,522 | -10.6% |
| Robert Brooks | $21,476 | $10,422 | -51.5% |
| Nicole L. Heinz | $20,946 | $10,149 | -51.5% |
| Jerry L. Johnson | $10,069 | $10,069 | 0% |
| Jane E. Anderson | $9,798 | $9,798 | 0% |
| Ardell E. Olson | $9,367 | $9,696 | 3.5% |
| Travis Soma | $13,315 | $9,287 | -30.3% |
| William Rickford | $16,740 | $9,124 | -45.5% |
| Vickie G. Goplen | $8,960 | $8,960 | 0% |
| Rylan Briss | $15,805 | $8,451 | -46.5% |
| Andrew Haugen | $20,049 | $8,423 | -58% |
| Dillon J. Rickford | $17,359 | $8,202 | -52.8% |
| Levi Willows | $24,817 | $8,184 | -67% |
| The Citizens State Bank of Finley | $13,996 | $8,036 | -42.6% |
| Winifred O. Goplen | $8,018 | $8,018 | 0% |
| Rod B. Iverson | $7,480 | $7,480 | 0% |
| Wayne L. Anderson | $13,255 | $7,436 | -43.9% |
| Frances Dahl | $7,416 | $7,416 | 0% |
| Daniel Bruce Paintner | $21,129 | $7,036 | -66.7% |
| Carter Jay Aarestad | $8,113 | $6,962 | -14.2% |
| Paul D. Motter | $8,565 | $6,791 | -20.7% |
| Troy Wayne Haugen | $6,755 | $6,755 | 0% |
| Clifford Eggermont | $11,182 | $6,623 | -40.8% |
| Cody Overby | $7,211 | $6,553 | -9.1% |
| Phyllis a Ratcliffe-Berg | $0 | $6,538 | -- |
| Marcus Olson | $8,554 | $6,506 | -23.9% |
| Melvin Stokka Farms | $6,029 | $6,496 | 7.7% |
| Alden Lynn Walen | $11,131 | $6,405 | -42.5% |
| Nathan Robert Tafelmeyer | $21,225 | $6,339 | -70.1% |
| Joshua Johnson | $9,104 | $6,279 | -31% |
| Eugene Raymond Gronneberg | $8,722 | $6,253 | -28.3% |
| Christian Jacobson | $14,450 | $6,213 | -57% |
| The Citizens State Bank of Finley | $14,996 | $6,082 | -59.4% |
| Jason Savre | $7,726 | $6,014 | -22.2% |
| Pamela Gruman | $5,959 | $5,959 | 0% |
| Darrell Jerome Haugen | $31,888 | $5,822 | -81.7% |
| Justin Edland | $6,124 | $5,808 | -5.2% |
| Tyler Stockeland | $20,605 | $5,728 | -72.2% |
| Neal Johnson | $10,893 | $5,671 | -47.9% |
| Bank Forward | $31,433 | $5,626 | -82.1% |
| Leroy Richard Eggermont JR | $3,209 | $5,387 | 67.9% |
| Michael Dennis Haugen | $13,278 | $5,354 | -59.7% |
| Martha Laplant | $5,338 | $5,338 | 0% |
| Shawn Erling Skaufel | $9,777 | $5,333 | -45.5% |
| Nathan D. Lunde | $17,736 | $5,039 | -71.6% |
| Eugenia Frigaard | $8,279 | $5,026 | -39.3% |
| Mark Ressler | $10,620 | $4,897 | -53.9% |
| Barry Ronningen | $4,761 | $4,761 | 0% |
| Franklin David Eslinger | $2,188 | $4,760 | 117.6% |
| Christian Reed Leininger | $8,965 | $4,695 | -47.6% |
| Mark S. Hoss | $4,619 | $4,619 | 0% |
| Fredrick Adrian | $8,675 | $4,605 | -46.9% |
| Daren Eli | $10,117 | $4,530 | -55.2% |
| Dean Hagen | $20,953 | $4,486 | -78.6% |
| Jeffery Frank Heinz | $36,116 | $4,326 | -88% |
| Dean R. Hagen | $11,008 | $4,078 | -63% |
| Orville Glendean Tranby | $3,831 | $3,831 | 0% |
| Bebe McCardle | $3,818 | $3,818 | 0% |
| Mark Urness | $3,796 | $3,690 | -2.8% |
| Craig Briss | $8,750 | $3,659 | -58.2% |
| Bruce Sedler | $4,973 | $3,600 | -27.6% |
| Benjamin H. Taylor | $2,417 | $3,567 | 47.6% |
| John Swenson | $3,321 | $3,553 | 7% |
| Betty Liljenquist | $3,531 | $3,531 | 0% |
| Irene M Zimprich Estate | $7,072 | $3,462 | -51% |
| Alan Raymond Jacobson | $5,445 | $3,449 | -36.7% |
| Bryan L. Ressler | $0 | $3,380 | -- |
| Jerome D. Francis | $0 | $3,237 | -- |
| Lester Winning Jr. | $4,211 | $3,157 | -25% |
| Aaron Lee McCardle | $3,126 | $3,126 | 0% |
| Carol Fredrickson | $3,105 | $3,105 | 0% |
| Andrew N. Johnson | $4,265 | $3,099 | -27.3% |
| Richard Russell Wahl | $10,012 | $3,030 | -69.7% |
| Trey Overby | $6,152 | $2,993 | -51.3% |
| Terry Bendickson | $8,777 | $2,964 | -66.2% |
| Lucille Paulsrud | $1,917 | $2,915 | 52.1% |
| Irene Hanson | $2,780 | $2,896 | 4.2% |
| Donald L Stockeland | $3,043 | $2,890 | -5% |
| Martin Roen Ueland | $6,306 | $2,834 | -55.1% |
| Dylan James Goplen | $0 | $2,671 | -- |
| Curtis McCardle | $2,627 | $2,627 | 0% |
| Red Willow Luth Bible Camp Association | $2,557 | $2,557 | 0% |
| Terril Kay Iverson | $2,473 | $2,473 | 0% |
| Nolan Johnson | $13,481 | $2,437 | -81.9% |
| Trevor Lausch | $3,470 | $2,434 | -29.9% |
| Connie Swenson | $0 | $2,424 | -- |
| Brett Salvesen | $2,497 | $2,408 | -3.6% |
| Taylor Ellefson | $2,702 | $2,331 | -13.7% |
| Dale Hasenwinkel | $3,058 | $2,307 | -24.6% |
| Kerber Farm, LLLP | $2,128 | $2,128 | 0% |
| Robin Renee Williams | $2,120 | $2,120 | 0% |
| Donald L. Dahl | $1,974 | $1,974 | 0% |
| Alan Boote | $8,775 | $1,937 | -77.9% |
| James Stockeland | $15,026 | $1,932 | -87.1% |
| Duwayne Lincoln Overby | $3,113 | $1,894 | -39.2% |
| Larry Iverson | $4,134 | $1,777 | -57% |
| Allen Wayne Gruman | $1,601 | $1,601 | 0% |
| David Vincent | $1,258 | $1,544 | 22.7% |
| Tasha Overby | $2,638 | $1,478 | -44% |
| Alden L. Walen | $0 | $1,461 | -- |
| Trevor Haugen | $2,953 | $1,439 | -51.3% |
| Gary Marcus Delfs | $3,346 | $1,436 | -57.1% |
| Paula Iverson | $1,433 | $1,433 | 0% |
| Clinton Solberg | $2,007 | $1,298 | -35.3% |
| Beau Ira Beattie | $0 | $1,294 | -- |
| Dale Steffen | $1,655 | $1,273 | -23.1% |
| Ruth Nevland | $1,120 | $1,120 | 0% |
| Shirley Norgard | $1,069 | $1,069 | 0% |
| Robert J. Geiger | $1,111 | $1,060 | -4.6% |
| Charles Hetland Jr. | $1,061 | $1,057 | -0.4% |
| Dean Nevland | $164 | $947 | 477.4% |
| Alyssa Rickford | $0 | $935 | -- |
| Roger Hanson | $4,312 | $932 | -78.4% |
| Beverly Clemens | $0 | $854 | -- |
| Glenda Hoeckle | $0 | $768 | -- |
| Steven Fors | $2,298 | $728 | -68.3% |
| Darrell Michaelis | $713 | $713 | 0% |
| Leroy Adrian | $984 | $675 | -31.4% |
| Nicki I. Willows | $660 | $664 | 0.6% |
| Eugene Loge | $893 | $661 | -26% |
| Keith Linder | $622 | $622 | 0% |
| Daniel Jack Haines | $0 | $596 | -- |
| Robert M. Haines | $0 | $596 | -- |
| Robert Brown | $1,572 | $448 | -71.5% |
| Vernon Knudson | $1,914 | $436 | -77.2% |
| Gordon Overby | $5,639 | $433 | -92.3% |
| Klint Augustus Knudson | $0 | $419 | -- |
| Shannon Hoyt | $1,672 | $414 | -75.2% |
| Gene A. Amann | $388 | $410 | 5.7% |
| Tod Laplant | $808 | $387 | -52.1% |
| Ronald Rahlf | $1,430 | $356 | -75.1% |
| Ron Halvorson | $1,540 | $318 | -79.4% |
| John Wakefield | $637 | $318 | -50.1% |
| James George Zimprich | $1,337 | $249 | -81.4% |
| Gary Ethen | $24,233 | $218 | -99.1% |
| Robert Barclay | $2,850 | $147 | -94.8% |
| Muriel Vigesaa | $101 | $101 | 0% |
| Derrick Arnold Adrian | $0 | $92 | -- |
| Garfield Clemens | $1,816 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Adrian | $5,147 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Orville Tweed | $291 | $0 | -100% |
| Lowell R. Helland | $1,409 | $0 | -100% |
| Rahlf Brothers | $15,076 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Richard Anderson | $30,919 | $0 | -100% |
| AgCountry Farm Credit Services, P | $30,996 | $0 | -100% |
| Beverly Clemens | $4,098 | $0 | -100% |
| Brooks Fam Trustee Dated April 29 2009 | $4,922 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean Somerville | $16,802 | $0 | -100% |
| Garfield Clemens | $52,492 | $0 | -100% |
| Janis Hagen | $13,439 | $0 | -100% |
| John D. Tweed | $19,156 | $0 | -100% |
| Klint A. Knudson | $2,101 | $0 | -100% |
| Mitchell Lynn Dahl | $80,793 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald G. Dahl | $9,031 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald S Grandalen | $1,571 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Dahl | $19,248 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie M. Ramsey | $21,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Jordan William Doele | $3,111 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie & Sylvia Peterson Family F | $35,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Schaefer | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Kermit Larson | $1,813 | $0 | -100% |
| Alyssa Rickford | $1,056 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $13,814,996 | $9,762,420 | -29.3% |
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