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60 Partridge farmers received agricultural subsidies in 2021

Published 02/27/24

Farms in Partridge received $868,445 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 129 subsidies provided, the largest was for Love Ranch, Inc., which received $63,151 for the claim of Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program.

The smallest subsidy provided to a Partridge farmer was $96 to C Naomi Stiggins Trust.

There were 66 less subsidies in 2021 than the year before, when there were 195.

The total value of the subsidies fell by $528,247 from the previous year.

Overall, 60 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 Partridge Farmers in 2021
Farmer$ ReceivedReason for Subsidy
Love Ranch, Inc.$63,151Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program
Jared C. Oatney$50,271Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Yolanda M. Oatney$50,269Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Timothy R. Ayres$45,541Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Calvin Nisly$42,500Dairy Margin Coverage Program
Sugar Creek Ranch, LLC$36,010Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Love Ranch, Inc.$33,719Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Love Farms, Inc.$25,688Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Walt Burling Farms, Inc.$23,704Price Loss Coverage Program
Laverne Miller$23,345Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
Laverne Miller$22,752Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Sugar Creek Ranch, LLC$17,892Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program
Sivils 50/50 Farm, Inc.$17,780Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program
Dennis Eugene Love$14,665Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program
Laverne Miller$14,198Price Loss Coverage Program
Oatney Farms, Inc.$13,956Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Jared C. Oatney$13,499Price Loss Coverage Program
Yolanda M. Oatney$13,498Price Loss Coverage Program
Sugar Creek Ranch, LLC$13,027Price Loss Coverage Program
Love Farms, Inc.$12,423Price Loss Coverage Program
Love Ranch, Inc.$12,336Price Loss Coverage Program
Tallgrass Ranch, LLC$11,495Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
Dale A. Love$10,547Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Collins Family Trust$10,244Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
David L. Yutzy$10,058Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
Sig Collins$9,839Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
Dennis Eugene Love$9,573Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Hershberger Farm, Inc.$9,130Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
James Love$8,382Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Marvin R. Miller$8,374Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Reno County Hay, LLC$8,328Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Sugar Creek Ranch, LLC$7,859Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Judith Jones A. Benson$7,820Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
Reno County Hay, LLC$7,248Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
Justin Bland$7,191Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
Hershberger Farm, Inc.$6,091Price Loss Coverage Program
Tallgrass Ranch, LLC$5,966Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Love Ranch, Inc.$5,670Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
James Love$5,660Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program
A & B Cattle, LLC$5,423Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
James Love$5,334Price Loss Coverage Program
Calvin Nisly$5,239Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
A & B Cattle, LLC$5,102Price Loss Coverage Program
Steven L Koestel Rev Trust$5,077Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Sugar Creek Ranch, LLC$4,970Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
Dale A. Love$4,711Price Loss Coverage Program
Andrew J. Yoder$4,710Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
Oatney Farms, Inc.$4,670Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Steven L Koestel Rev Trust$4,422Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program
Oren L. Yoder$4,280Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
David L. Friesen$4,273Price Loss Coverage Program
A & B Cattle, LLC$4,072Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Richardson Farm Trust$3,949Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
James P. Funke$3,749Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Betty A. Murphy$3,725Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
James M. French$3,708Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Miller Seven, LLC$3,447Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Miller Seven, LLC$3,369Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
Douglas Arthur Harner$3,346Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Oatney Farms, Inc.$2,824Price Loss Coverage Program
Hershberger Farm, Inc.$2,816Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Joseph R. Nisly$2,620Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
Love Farms, Inc.$2,448Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program
Anthony Perkins$2,338Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Loyal Miller$2,258Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
Brett Love$2,184Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Michael Miller$2,076Price Loss Coverage Program
Loyal Miller$1,991Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Amos Devon Yoder$1,961Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Sivils 50/50 Farm, Inc.$1,931Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Amos Devon Yoder$1,928Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Oren L. Yoder$1,819Price Loss Coverage Program
James M. French$1,793Price Loss Coverage Program
Max Lynn Stiggins Trust$1,587Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
James P. Funke$1,395Price Loss Coverage Program
A & B Cattle, LLC$1,384Livestock Indemnity Program - Payments
Miller Seven, LLC$1,380Price Loss Coverage Program
David L Friesen Estate$1,366Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
Myron Miller$1,366Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Jared C. Oatney$1,352Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
David Love$1,330Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage
C Naomi Stiggins Trust$1,236Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
W Norman Terrill Family Trust$1,198Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Myron Miller$1,196Price Loss Coverage Program
Walt Burling Farms, Inc.$1,138Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Bobbie R. Conkling$1,056Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Darin E. Oller$1,055Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Judith Jones A. Benson$1,051Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Douglas Arthur Harner$1,032Price Loss Coverage Program
Sivils 50/50 Farm, Inc.$1,028Price Loss Coverage Program
Troy D. Thode$1,017Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Brett Love$894Price Loss Coverage Program
MRS Sherri Lynn Harts$830Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Calvin Nisly$828Price Loss Coverage Program
Paul B. Hershberger$820Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
Wm Wayne Henderson$803Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Steven L Koestel Rev Trust$736Price Loss Coverage Program
Marvin R. Miller$727Price Loss Coverage Program
MRS Sherri Lynn Harts$692Price Loss Coverage Program
Zack Collins$690Price Loss Coverage Program
Matthew Robert Krehbiel$620Price Loss Coverage Program
Amos Devon Yoder$611Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage
W Norman & Ruth G Terrill Living Trust$599Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Troy D. Thode$595Price Loss Coverage Program
Dale A. Love$500Commodity Credit Corporation Organic Cost Share - Crops Program
Dale A. Love$500Commodity Credit Corporation Organic Cost Share - Livestock Program
James Love$500Commodity Credit Corporation Organic Cost Share - Crops Program
Sig Collins$497Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Zack Collins$497Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities
Sig Collins$487Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
Zack Collins$487Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
Chad M. Collins$461Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental
Judith Jones A. Benson$448Price Loss Coverage Program
W Norman Terrill Family Trust$429Price Loss Coverage Program
Darin E. Oller$391Price Loss Coverage Program
Jack L & Virginia M Rexroad Rev Trust$390Price Loss Coverage Program
Justin Bland$376Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Marvin R. Miller$313Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Bradley M. Stiggins$308Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Sig Collins$276Price Loss Coverage Program
David L. Friesen$259Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Tallgrass Ranch, LLC$232Price Loss Coverage Program
W Norman & Ruth G Terrill Living Trust$215Price Loss Coverage Program
Vicki Galloway$191Price Loss Coverage Program
Troy D. Thode$177Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Amos Devon Yoder$161Price Loss Coverage Program
Troy D. Thode$157Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program
Wilmer A. Miller$112Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry
Richardson Farm Trust$111Price Loss Coverage Program
C Naomi Stiggins Trust$96Price Loss Coverage Program
Total subsidies$868,445-

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