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How much in taxpayer-funded subsidies did 38 farmers in Amidon receive in 2021?
Published 02/27/24
Of the 141 subsidies provided, the largest was for Susann Powell, which received $77,508 for the claim of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities.
The smallest subsidy provided to an Amidon farmer was $32 to Clint Curtis Grosz.
There were nine more subsidies in 2021 than the year before, when there were 132.
The total value of the subsidies fell by $198,424 from the previous year.
Overall, 38 farmers received financial aid in the city.
Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."
USDA data analyzed by the Cato Institute found that "farmers (on net) have derived almost 40% of their income directly from the U.S. government” in recent years.
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.
Subsidies Received by Amidon Farmers in 2021
| Farmer | $ Received | Reason for Subsidy |
|---|---|---|
| Susann Powell | $77,508 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Jeff Powell | $77,507 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Neil Gerbig | $45,028 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Susann Powell | $44,199 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Jeff Powell | $44,198 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Neil Gerbig | $42,571 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Sam Juntunen | $40,041 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Sam Juntunen | $37,866 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Sam Juntunen | $37,807 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Jeff Powell | $36,159 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Susann Powell | $36,159 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Joe Miller | $31,875 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Matt Lambourn | $29,601 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Joe Miller | $29,459 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Tellan Steffan | $27,257 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Jeff Powell | $26,795 | Quality Loss Adjustment Program |
| Susann Powell | $26,795 | Quality Loss Adjustment Program |
| Donald J. Nordby | $26,253 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Wayne Gerbig | $25,453 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Leon M. Hewson | $24,490 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Clint Curtis Grosz | $24,416 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Sam Juntunen | $21,350 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Tom Juntunen | $20,655 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Tom Juntunen | $20,575 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Donald J. Nordby | $20,094 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Leonard Fischer | $19,814 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Matt Lambourn | $19,812 | Quality Loss Adjustment Program |
| Gary Miller | $16,799 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Carl H. Meschke | $16,495 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Farrell Lorge | $16,036 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Neil Gerbig | $16,000 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Kevin Jay Bock | $15,480 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Wayne Gerbig | $15,446 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Joe Miller | $12,645 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Scott Preston Ouradnik | $12,489 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| L Double Bar Ranch | $12,122 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Carl H. Meschke | $11,791 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Donald J. Nordby | $11,710 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Larry Lambourn | $10,813 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Donald J. Nordby | $10,786 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Sam Juntunen | $10,624 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Leon M. Hewson | $10,489 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Donald J. Nordby | $9,959 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Gary Miller | $9,864 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Farrell Lorge | $9,566 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Sam Juntunen | $9,542 | Quality Loss Adjustment Program |
| Daniel Miller | $9,376 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Frank Buzalsky | $9,298 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Matt Lambourn | $9,222 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Daniel Miller | $9,186 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Wayne Gerbig | $8,556 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Tellan Steffan | $8,382 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Sam Juntunen | $8,272 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Donald J. Nordby | $8,170 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Scott Preston Ouradnik | $8,135 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Lauren Klewin | $8,025 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Frank Buzalsky | $7,939 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Farrell Lorge | $7,897 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Tom Juntunen | $7,660 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Tellan Steffan | $7,574 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Clint Curtis Grosz | $7,423 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Shannon L. Hewson | $7,216 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Richard Frederick | $6,683 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Larry Lambourn | $6,557 | Quality Loss Adjustment Program |
| Leonard Fischer | $6,533 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Leon M. Hewson | $6,149 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Leon M. Hewson | $5,876 | Quality Loss Adjustment Program |
| L Double Bar Ranch | $5,796 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Joe Miller | $5,704 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Tom Juntunen | $5,651 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Chase Fairbanks | $5,646 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Chase Fairbanks | $5,435 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Carl H. Meschke | $5,153 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| David H. Juntunen | $5,129 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Gordon Gene Gerbig | $5,100 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Sharon a Kickertz Gerbig | $5,082 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| David H. Juntunen | $5,072 | Quality Loss Adjustment Program |
| Shannon L. Hewson | $4,697 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Kevin Jay Bock | $4,668 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Farrell Lorge | $4,389 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Joe Miller | $3,962 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| L Double Bar Ranch | $3,890 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| David H. Juntunen | $3,755 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Tom Juntunen | $3,640 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Daniel Miller | $3,559 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Gary Miller | $3,347 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Leon M. Hewson | $3,291 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Daniel Miller | $3,262 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Larry Lambourn | $3,199 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Shannon L. Hewson | $3,181 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Jack Kathrein | $3,063 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Dorm Henders | $2,947 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Gary Miller | $2,895 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Clint Curtis Grosz | $2,786 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Sam Juntunen | $2,576 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - Individual |
| Chase Fairbanks | $2,552 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Max Logan Robison | $2,536 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Scott Preston Ouradnik | $2,468 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Shannon L. Hewson | $2,302 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Lauren Klewin | $2,178 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Haley Jo Robison | $2,025 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Max Logan Robison | $2,025 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Chase Fairbanks | $1,917 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Leonard Fischer | $1,914 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Sue Juntunen | $1,693 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Richard Frederick | $1,676 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Neil Gerbig | $1,610 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Shannon L. Hewson | $1,603 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Tom Juntunen | $1,581 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Tom Juntunen | $1,556 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - Individual |
| Sam Juntunen | $1,297 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Larry Lambourn | $1,190 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| Miles Gene Gerbig | $1,125 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Scott Preston Ouradnik | $1,118 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Sam Juntunen | $1,098 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| David H. Juntunen | $1,096 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Jeff Powell | $986 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Susann Powell | $986 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Haley Jo Robison | $852 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Ernest C. Holzemer | $850 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Max Logan Robison | $828 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Kenneth Lorge Estate | $716 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Lauren Klewin | $667 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Gordon Gene Gerbig | $605 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Sharon a Kickertz Gerbig | $605 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Matt Lambourn | $582 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Haley Jo Robison | $572 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Larry Lambourn | $558 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Kenneth Lorge Estate | $410 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| David H. Juntunen | $380 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Wayne Gerbig | $362 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Kevin D. Uttech | $217 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| David H. Juntunen | $193 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Max Logan Robison | $191 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Shannon L. Hewson | $138 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Jeff Powell | $120 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Kenneth Lorge Estate | $120 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| Susann Powell | $120 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Haley Jo Robison | $86 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Max Logan Robison | $72 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Clint Curtis Grosz | $32 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Total subsidies | $1,481,205 | - |
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