Local Government
83 Spencer farmers received agricultural subsidies in 2021
Published 02/27/24
Of the 190 subsidies provided, the largest was for Calvin D. Heitzman, which received $50,375 for the claim of Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - Individual.
The smallest subsidy provided to a Spencer farmer was $1 to Mark F. Huls.
There were 147 less subsidies in 2021 than the year before, when there were 337.
The total value of the subsidies fell by $1.1 million from the previous year.
Overall, 83 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 Spencer Farmers in 2021
| Farmer | $ Received | Reason for Subsidy |
|---|---|---|
| Calvin D. Heitzman | $50,375 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - Individual |
| Timothy N. Brown | $43,790 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - Individual |
| Michael James Roster | $42,360 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Kevin Krier | $36,175 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Nichole Krier | $36,175 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Daniel Joseph Brown | $35,691 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Caroline Kunkel | $30,285 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Richard Kunkel | $30,285 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Michael James Roster | $28,664 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Calvin D. Heitzman | $25,033 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Timothy N. Brown | $24,964 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Dennis Evan Kobernusz | $24,887 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Jon Y. Wubben | $22,466 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Donald Matthaei | $21,164 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Roger E. Bunger | $19,031 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Daniel Joseph Brown | $18,321 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| James E. Merkwan | $18,014 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Randall W. Bunger | $17,459 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Michael James Roster | $16,238 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Kathryn a & Mark C Hofer Partners | $16,142 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Michael James Roster | $14,519 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Daniel E. Lehrman | $14,034 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Teresa Ann Roster | $12,918 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Calvin D. Heitzman | $12,821 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| John Ruden | $12,788 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| John Loudenburg | $12,272 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Richard Krueger | $12,018 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Michael Merle Schock | $10,943 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| John Ruden | $10,436 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Soo Dell Farms, LLC | $10,254 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Randall W. Bunger | $9,608 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Wayne Whistler | $9,329 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Roger E. Bunger | $9,015 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| John Ruden | $8,777 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Kimberly Miller | $8,637 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Roger E. Bunger | $8,425 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Michael Merle Schock | $8,159 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Michael Merle Schock | $8,036 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Calvin D. Heitzman | $7,425 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Mary & Merice Nelles Trust | $7,280 | Trade Mitigation Program/Market Facilitation Program 2019 - Non-Specialty Crops Program |
| Kenneth John Klinkhammer | $7,110 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Daniel Joseph Brown | $6,995 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Raymond Scheuren | $6,760 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| David L. Olson | $6,628 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Daniel Joseph Brown | $6,560 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Raymond Scheuren | $6,389 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - Individual |
| Mark C Hofer Revocable Living Trust | $6,351 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Trenton J. Miller | $6,246 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Tanner Miller | $6,102 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - Individual |
| Jon Y. Wubben | $5,878 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Michael Merle Schock | $5,623 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Daniel E. Lehrman | $5,520 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Trenton J. Miller | $5,406 | Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) Program |
| Darrell Kirby | $5,138 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Timothy N. Brown | $5,136 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Richard Krueger | $5,009 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Austin K. Bunger | $4,964 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Mary & Merice Nelles Trust | $4,882 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Mary & Merice Nelles Trust | $4,791 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Norman Papendick | $4,748 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Kevin Klinkhammer | $4,740 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Roger E. Bunger | $4,624 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Timothy N. Brown | $4,508 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Dawn Thomas | $4,507 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Diane Neri | $4,507 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Donald E. Rieck | $4,443 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Randall W. Bunger | $4,440 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Kimberly - Derrin & Kimberly Miller Trustee Miller | $4,381 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Tanner Miller | $4,206 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Daniel Joseph Brown | $4,093 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Melvin Eilts | $4,061 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Ryan Dement | $4,060 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Paul Paradeis | $3,725 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - Individual |
| Satoshi Nagano | $3,629 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Michael James Roster | $3,566 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Brett R. Engelson | $3,545 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Daniel E. Lehrman | $3,535 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Richard Erickson | $3,312 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| John Loudenburg | $3,283 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| Pheasant Creek Farms | $3,254 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Bradley W. Schock | $3,170 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Richard Krueger | $3,165 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Soo Dell Farms, LLC | $3,145 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Trenton J. Miller | $3,085 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Kenneth John Klinkhammer | $3,057 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Bradley W. Schock | $2,999 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Richard Erickson | $2,800 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Timothy N. Brown | $2,776 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Patricia Kaufmann | $2,758 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Trenton J. Miller | $2,660 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Paul Paradeis | $2,641 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Austin K. Bunger | $2,554 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Kenneth R Parsons-Kenneth R Parsons & Martha Gutie | $2,505 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Virginia K. Turnquist | $2,371 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| John Loudenburg | $2,356 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| John Loudenburg | $2,353 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Nelson Hauff Perley Farms, LLC | $2,336 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Nelson Hauff Perley Farms, LLC | $2,302 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Mark F. Huls | $2,296 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| LJG Investment Limited Partnership | $2,270 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Richard Krueger | $2,261 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| LJG Investment Limited Partnership | $2,234 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Randall W. Bunger | $2,194 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Kimberly Miller | $2,186 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Tanner Miller | $2,186 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Jeremy D. Lehrman | $2,120 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Kenneth R Parsons-Kenneth R Parsons & Martha Gutie | $2,055 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Colin Michael Brown | $2,010 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Doug Jacobson | $1,915 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Ryan Dement | $1,900 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Jeremy D. Lehrman | $1,834 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Nancy Webb | $1,818 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Rickard Haupt | $1,800 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Paul Paradeis | $1,742 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Randall W. Bunger | $1,703 | Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) Program |
| Bill Lehrman | $1,674 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Donald Matthaei | $1,622 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Green Acres, Inc. | $1,473 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Jerome F. Klein | $1,381 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Mark F. Huls | $1,359 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Marshall Wright Company | $1,351 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Bradley W. Schock | $1,298 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Nancy Webb | $1,239 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| Ruth Morrill | $1,204 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Linda L. Swan | $1,182 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Doug Jacobson | $1,177 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Wade M. Klinkhammer | $1,155 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Patricia Kaufmann | $1,134 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Scott R. Tuschen | $1,124 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Scott R. Tuschen | $1,111 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Gail Roberts | $1,082 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Robert L Cunningham Family Trust | $1,064 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Bryan Bork | $1,037 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Carolyn S. Laplante | $984 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Linda M. Kauker | $984 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| James Taylor | $941 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Dawn Thomas | $924 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Diane Neri | $924 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Kevin Dement | $882 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Kevin Klinkhammer | $876 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Roger E. Bunger | $870 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Tanner Miller | $837 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Satoshi Nagano | $800 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Mary & Merice Nelles Trust | $789 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - Individual |
| Patricia Kaufmann | $781 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Trenton J. Miller | $757 | Noninsured Assistance Program |
| Bryan Bork | $741 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| P & S Family Revocable Living Trust | $736 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Carolyn S. Laplante | $720 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Linda M. Kauker | $720 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Ben Whistler | $705 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Steven Whistler | $705 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Dorothy Brown Trust | $690 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Mark F. Huls | $637 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Michael Merle Schock | $632 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| David L. Olson | $619 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Scott R. Tuschen | $556 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Randall W. Bunger | $551 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Randall L. Lehrman | $543 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Kathryn Hofer Revocable Living Trust | $529 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Soo Dell Farms, LLC | $494 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Colin Michael Brown | $485 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Austin K. Bunger | $479 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Bill Lehrman | $461 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Bill Lehrman | $388 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Daniel E. Lehrman | $374 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Austin K. Bunger | $367 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Scott R. Tuschen | $356 | Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) Program |
| Kenneth John Klinkhammer | $318 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Randall L. Lehrman | $266 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Ben Whistler | $235 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| Steven Whistler | $235 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| Norman Papendick | $230 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Nancy Webb | $220 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Roland Loudenburg | $211 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Gail Roberts | $194 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Randall L. Lehrman | $171 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Dennis Bennett | $157 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Melvin Eilts | $152 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Bradley W. Schock | $127 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Scott R. Tuschen | $97 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| Dennis Lloyld Shelton | $86 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Gail Roberts | $80 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program |
| Ryan Dement | $50 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Marshall Wright Company | $34 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Colin Michael Brown | $27 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Kevin Dement | $24 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Daniel E. Lehrman | $9 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Dennis Rowley | $9 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Mark F. Huls | $1 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Total subsidies | $1,094,862 | - |
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