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How much in taxpayer-funded subsidies did 98 farmers in Belvidere receive in 2021?
Published 02/27/24
Of the 181 subsidies provided, the largest was for Michael D. Busch, which received $112,841 for the claim of Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program.
The smallest subsidy provided to Belvidere farmers was $1 to Ronald C. Behling and Terence D. Williams.
There were 203 less subsidies in 2021 than the year before, when there were 384.
The total value of the subsidies fell by $1.7 million from the previous year.
Overall, 98 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 Belvidere Farmers in 2021
| Farmer | $ Received | Reason for Subsidy |
|---|---|---|
| Michael D. Busch | $112,841 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Michael D. Busch | $82,685 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Busch Farms, Ltd. | $73,726 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program |
| Todd Aves | $48,248 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program |
| Todd Kahl | $39,375 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program |
| Craig L. Fowler | $36,427 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Fredrick H. Ekstrom | $35,637 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Larry D. Fowler | $33,801 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Fredrick H. Ekstrom | $33,695 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Kimberly A. Dahlberg | $30,234 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Adam J. Dahlberg | $29,615 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Ryan K. Dahlberg | $29,615 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Daniel Tyler Travis | $26,785 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program |
| Wind Hill, Corp. | $26,741 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| Grant L. Anderson | $24,617 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Todd Aves | $23,579 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Todd Aves | $22,695 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| 9559 Legacy, LLC | $20,752 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| William D. Pigott II | $18,832 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Kimberly A. Dahlberg | $17,405 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Stanley Ronald Fowler | $15,704 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| John W. Brockmann | $15,215 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Cameron Worley | $15,130 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Robert Petersen | $14,718 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Mark E. Huntington | $14,361 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Roger H. Miller | $14,193 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Gallano Farms, Ltd. | $14,029 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Robert E. Walberg | $13,926 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Medical Solution Ministries, Inc. | $13,564 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Papka Family Farm, LLC | $13,128 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Dale Thomas Fitzgerald | $12,137 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Greg Hulstedt | $11,413 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Wind Hill, Corp. | $11,172 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Wait Bros | $10,725 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| John W. Brockmann | $9,602 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Gerald Hulstedt | $9,133 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Donald Fowler Decl of Trust | $9,074 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Todd Aves | $9,060 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Thomas M. Walberg | $8,715 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Donald Fowler Decl of Trust | $8,656 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Jason A. Fowler | $8,456 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| John M. Ratcliffe | $8,307 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Mark A. Rhode | $7,684 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Michael W. Rhode | $7,684 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Carl Ritz | $7,463 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Michelle Hulstedt | $7,060 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| William R Ahlberg Trust | $7,036 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Steve Gallano | $6,902 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Phyllis Gallano | $6,882 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Allen Sisson | $6,753 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Todd Aves | $6,611 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Mark Irwin | $6,476 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Raymond G Wennmacher | $6,002 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Ronald A. Wait | $5,498 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Gary Marrs | $5,440 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Jan Jurgens | $5,184 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Karlson Farms | $4,716 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Daniel Tyler Travis | $4,552 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Larry D. Fowler | $4,499 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Grant Waldee Trust | $3,986 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Michael W. Rhode | $3,905 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Mark A. Rhode | $3,825 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Darren Rowe | $3,821 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Craig L. Fowler | $3,624 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Gary Marrs | $3,219 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Christopher A. Willis | $3,182 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Steven Pooley | $2,746 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Patrick N. Freeman | $2,659 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Health Professions Grant Fund, Inc. | $2,613 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Kraig Pierceson | $2,396 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Orrie Halverson JR | $2,384 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Ann L Wennmacher | $2,214 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Ronald C. Behling | $2,190 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Craig L. Fowler | $2,184 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Gail E. Greenblatt | $2,175 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Jason A. Fowler | $2,105 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Todd Walberg | $2,004 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Emalee Jean Colver | $1,993 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Grant Waldee Trust | $1,876 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Gary Marrs | $1,720 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Todd Kahl | $1,699 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| John W. Brockmann | $1,652 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Brian Sisson | $1,562 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Barbara Johnson | $1,557 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Beth Bruha | $1,433 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Nancy Houk | $1,418 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Janet S. Mundy | $1,374 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Yapp Corporation | $1,366 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Alan Polnow | $1,363 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Daniel Tyler Travis | $1,334 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Phyllis Gallano | $1,329 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Burr Oak Land Trust 177 | $1,306 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Orrie Halverson JR | $1,220 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Larry D. Fowler | $1,217 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Briggs Fam Trustee Agreement | $1,200 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Ron Rodakowski | $1,187 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Ronald A. Wait | $1,176 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Robert Petersen | $1,165 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Clausing Family Farm Trust No 01-1 | $1,120 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Cheryl Sturges | $1,091 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Kimberly A. Dahlberg | $1,086 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Yapp Corporation | $1,084 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| Floretta Ida Trust | $1,064 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Michael Fidder | $1,029 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| 9559 Legacy, LLC | $1,003 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Terry A. Willis | $870 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Raymond G Wennmacher | $816 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Beaux Fowler | $794 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Scott Fowler | $794 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Scott Eric Nystrom | $761 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| James Hess | $758 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Michael D. Busch | $743 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Barbara E. Majernik | $738 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Donald K. Busch | $713 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Terence D. Williams | $704 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Evelyn Holmstrom - Evelyn E Holmstrom No 15 | $635 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Floretta Ida Trust | $603 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Linda Hulstedt Revocable Trust | $578 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Robert Bruce Gray | $573 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Judith M Swanson Trust | $572 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Daniel Tyler Travis | $550 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Janet Sue Wheeler | $542 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Melvin L. Johnson | $533 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Michael D. Busch | $504 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Todd Kahl | $504 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Roy E Ollmann JR Irrevocable Trust | $456 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| John K. Funderburg Jr. | $455 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Michael Fidder | $434 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Ryan K. Dahlberg | $407 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Mark Irwin | $406 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Floretta Ida Trust | $396 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Fredrick H. Ekstrom | $377 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Clausing Family Farm Trust No 01-1 | $373 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Michelle Hulstedt | $349 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Barlow Family Trust | $346 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Barlow Family Trust | $325 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act |
| Mark A. Rhode | $310 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Michael W. Rhode | $310 | Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County |
| Wait Bros | $301 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Michael W. Rhode | $294 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| John W. Brockmann | $292 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Douglas K. Connor | $291 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| John M. Ratcliffe | $289 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Floretta Ida Trust | $252 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Marcia A. Cook | $250 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Lydia C. Kelly | $244 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Robert E. Walberg | $237 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Beaux Fowler | $233 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Luraine G Cannell Declaration of Trustee DTD 01031963 | $228 | Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage |
| Michelle Hulstedt | $228 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Judith M Swanson Trust | $223 | Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage |
| Yapp Corporation | $221 | Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage |
| Timothy W Fidder | $209 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Judith M Swanson Trust | $199 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Mark A. Rhode | $199 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Scott Fowler | $194 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry |
| Beaux Fowler | $187 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| Scott Fowler | $187 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program |
| 9559 Legacy, LLC | $152 | Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage |
| Brian Sisson | $149 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Helen M. Maxwell | $148 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Robert Petersen | $128 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Clausing Family Farm Trust No 01-1 | $119 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Roger H. Miller | $116 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental |
| Todd Kahl | $109 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Grant Waldee Trust | $106 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Todd Aves | $73 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Allen Sisson | $68 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Ann L Wennmacher | $50 | Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage |
| Raymond G Wennmacher | $50 | Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage |
| Greg Hulstedt | $49 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| John Cordray | $40 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities |
| Timothy W Fidder | $32 | Market Facilitation Program - Crops Program |
| Barlow Family Trust | $28 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Wind Hill, Corp. | $26 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Mark A. Rhode | $25 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Michael W. Rhode | $25 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Larry D. Fowler | $24 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Mark E. Huntington | $6 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Ronald C. Behling | $1 | Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage |
| Terence D. Williams | $1 | Price Loss Coverage Program |
| Total subsidies | $1,247,533 | - |
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