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In 2021, 259 farmers in cities within Marinette County received a total of $6.3 million in 640 farm subsidies, a 57% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $14.7 million in 1,107 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 Marinette County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| B & D Dairy Farm, LLC | $1,171,016 | $435,292 | -62.8% |
| Allen John Noll | $537,669 | $296,813 | -44.8% |
| Gloria Jean Kuchta | $361,064 | $217,284 | -39.8% |
| Caine Farms, Inc. | $138,723 | $216,328 | 55.9% |
| Van DE Walle Farms, LLC | $1,400,688 | $208,471 | -85.1% |
| Thomas Eugene Kuchta | $440,928 | $206,470 | -53.2% |
| Fendryk Brothers | $892,381 | $194,618 | -78.2% |
| Darga Farms, LLC | $345,750 | $167,230 | -51.6% |
| Krzewina Farms, LLC | $470,439 | $140,956 | -70% |
| Rohde Farms, LLC | $188,380 | $140,801 | -25.3% |
| Dura Family Dairy, LLC | $309,486 | $140,482 | -54.6% |
| Golden Ridge Dairy, LLC | $563,409 | $140,229 | -75.1% |
| Kaufman Farms, LLC | $249,248 | $137,499 | -44.8% |
| Brye Farms, LLC | $461,642 | $134,444 | -70.9% |
| Roaming Acres Dairy, LLC | $234,748 | $129,258 | -44.9% |
| Steven C. Nor | $210,766 | $127,909 | -39.3% |
| Michael Allen Russ | $135,177 | $127,014 | -6% |
| Hoffman Happy Holsteins, LLC | $683,102 | $125,270 | -81.7% |
| Schwittay Farms, LLC | $269,678 | $113,753 | -57.8% |
| Drees Dairy Farms, LLC | $285,303 | $110,020 | -61.4% |
| Shallow Spring Creek Dairy, LLC | $44,478 | $98,983 | 122.5% |
| Staidl Farms, LLC | $77,532 | $98,508 | 27.1% |
| Keith Hartwig | $175,543 | $95,697 | -45.5% |
| Stoney Acres Dairy, LLC | $0 | $91,706 | -- |
| Wojciehowski Brothers Farms | $122,131 | $84,637 | -30.7% |
| D & L Rusch Dairy, Inc. | $336,714 | $81,836 | -75.7% |
| Ryan John Wendt | $286,392 | $81,820 | -71.4% |
| John Schwittay | $124,034 | $78,911 | -36.4% |
| Cowtown Acres, LLC | $95,021 | $70,748 | -25.5% |
| Kostreva Farms, LLC | $97,807 | $69,137 | -29.3% |
| Daniel van de Walle | $132,632 | $61,441 | -53.7% |
| Tricia R. Zeitler | $67,500 | $61,124 | -9.4% |
| Jandt Farms, LLC | $0 | $60,220 | -- |
| Jerid James Wos | $60,924 | $59,846 | -1.8% |
| Brian J. Hartwig | $70,346 | $56,976 | -19% |
| Marshal Giese Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| R Buechler Forest Products, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Mark R Carviou | $74,906 | $51,347 | -31.5% |
| James R & Connie M Seefeldt Trust | $77,589 | $50,209 | -35.3% |
| Nowak Farms Partnership | $68,555 | $48,772 | -28.9% |
| Gordon A. Klimek | $114,556 | $47,347 | -58.7% |
| James D Mctrusty | $0 | $40,426 | -- |
| Barton Meyer | $58,361 | $39,231 | -32.8% |
| Glenn R. Hanson | $58,488 | $38,887 | -33.5% |
| Jerrold Francis Philipps | $373,403 | $38,760 | -89.6% |
| Cody Van Ginkel Logging | $0 | $36,010 | -- |
| Harry Dean Dudkiewicz | $78,301 | $34,925 | -55.4% |
| Mark S. Anderson | $81,982 | $34,826 | -57.5% |
| Gary Michael Harley | $50,856 | $34,041 | -33.1% |
| Klimek Farms, LLC | $0 | $33,320 | -- |
| Andrew Joseph Votis | $37,843 | $33,084 | -12.6% |
| Brandon Marks | $61,465 | $32,775 | -46.7% |
| Aaron Floyd Behnke | $0 | $31,594 | -- |
| Jacob John Lemke | $43,322 | $31,326 | -27.7% |
| Sara G Carviou | $68,539 | $31,289 | -54.3% |
| Craig Strutz | $100,830 | $30,511 | -69.7% |
| David Allen Nowak | $43,049 | $29,397 | -31.7% |
| David J. Nennig | $28,272 | $28,272 | 0% |
| Edward Louis Nowak | $39,790 | $27,780 | -30.2% |
| Mark A. Orlando | $0 | $25,986 | -- |
| Forney Logging, Inc. | $0 | $24,919 | -- |
| Timothy Joseph Bittner | $31,256 | $23,928 | -23.4% |
| David M Dufeck | $33,237 | $23,555 | -29.1% |
| Joseph John Dudkiewicz | $34,596 | $21,732 | -37.2% |
| Bryan Michael Baranek | $114,942 | $20,024 | -82.6% |
| Michael Shallow | $42,929 | $19,332 | -55% |
| Swansons Evergreen Nursery, LLC | $0 | $19,086 | -- |
| Heifer Solutions, LLC | $78,386 | $19,039 | -75.7% |
| Travis Roush | $0 | $18,922 | -- |
| Aaron Behnke | $23,729 | $17,731 | -25.3% |
| Jerry D. Zeitler | $45,004 | $17,424 | -61.3% |
| Jim D. Jandt | $199,327 | $16,087 | -91.9% |
| Myles Zeitler | $44,004 | $15,781 | -64.1% |
| Fire Star Farms | $52,148 | $13,849 | -73.4% |
| Duane Carl Hartman | $21,237 | $13,715 | -35.4% |
| Steven Brault | $46,520 | $13,492 | -71% |
| Mark Evan Komisarek | $18,348 | $10,888 | -40.7% |
| Lewandowski Hilltop Farm, Inc. | $72,542 | $10,087 | -86.1% |
| Michael Lynn Guseck | $24,355 | $9,385 | -61.5% |
| Steven N. Ledvina | $22,897 | $9,318 | -59.3% |
| Wagner's Sugar Hill, LLC | $0 | $9,194 | -- |
| Murray R. Neppl | $15,548 | $9,004 | -42.1% |
| Douglas Gene Kostreva | $7,276 | $8,819 | 21.2% |
| Kenneth James Seefeldt | $16,081 | $8,784 | -45.4% |
| Jason P. Newingham | $15,230 | $8,720 | -42.7% |
| Kevin D. Vanginkel | $0 | $8,664 | -- |
| Jeffery Kwiatkowski | $4,953 | $8,301 | 67.6% |
| Michael H. Murphy | $23,234 | $8,027 | -65.5% |
| Leonard Schaut III | $10,050 | $8,022 | -20.2% |
| Jayme H Carviou | $19,134 | $7,759 | -59.4% |
| Brian Tonn | $13,389 | $7,706 | -42.4% |
| Bryce Lin Harding | $9,772 | $7,624 | -22% |
| Lee Veriha | $13,602 | $7,613 | -44% |
| Bryan Francis Staudenmaier | $30,938 | $7,437 | -76% |
| David a Antonissen | $17,064 | $7,427 | -56.5% |
| Mark Kostreva | $15,109 | $6,865 | -54.6% |
| Christopher John Nowak | $0 | $6,837 | -- |
| Allen Bruce Bjorkman | $20,512 | $6,807 | -66.8% |
| Hallada Bros. Farm, LLC | $22,598 | $6,575 | -70.9% |
| Jerry Al Styczynski | $23,912 | $6,423 | -73.1% |
| Nancy G. Rosner | $0 | $6,331 | -- |
| Robert C. Rosner | $11,524 | $5,481 | -52.4% |
| Loren D. Sanderson | $9,551 | $5,394 | -43.5% |
| Gary G Janousky | $9,527 | $5,047 | -47% |
| Stanley Sieja Jr. | $8,399 | $4,965 | -40.9% |
| Thomas E Neveln | $1,847 | $4,948 | 167.9% |
| Anton - a & V Staudenmaier Staudenmaier, LLC | $0 | $4,947 | -- |
| Bryan Adam Nowak | $16,816 | $4,913 | -70.8% |
| Nathan G. Hanson | $9,498 | $4,883 | -48.6% |
| Debra Darga Ruiz | $31,818 | $4,845 | -84.8% |
| Pleasant View Orchard, LLC | $0 | $4,820 | -- |
| Phillips Centennial Farms | $11,773 | $4,276 | -63.7% |
| James Allen Denowski | $10,465 | $4,110 | -60.7% |
| Remowski Farms | $6,752 | $4,035 | -40.2% |
| Randall R. Komisarek Jr. | $957 | $3,875 | 304.9% |
| Corey Kuchta | $22,292 | $3,834 | -82.8% |
| David C. Smith | $0 | $3,821 | -- |
| Mark M. Lange | $8,245 | $3,767 | -54.3% |
| Daniel M. Welty | $13,759 | $3,753 | -72.7% |
| Marlene Wagner | $250 | $3,744 | 1,397.6% |
| John Duescher | $9,394 | $3,738 | -60.2% |
| FHD, LLC | $5,463 | $3,735 | -31.6% |
| Jack Gerald Koronkiewicz | $19,907 | $3,695 | -81.4% |
| Peter Fiedorowicz | $6,902 | $3,562 | -48.4% |
| Daniel E. Groy | $0 | $3,137 | -- |
| David Chodacki | $0 | $3,125 | -- |
| Robert Drees | $4,468 | $3,055 | -31.6% |
| George E. Kafer | $0 | $2,971 | -- |
| Karen J. Enix | $10,965 | $2,907 | -73.5% |
| William H. Ritson | $10,915 | $2,821 | -74.2% |
| Lubert & Emma Orlando Family Trust | $0 | $2,799 | -- |
| Dennis L. Gross | $9,956 | $2,778 | -72.1% |
| Timothy J. Kriedeman | $3,782 | $2,488 | -34.2% |
| Harold Kaufman | $0 | $2,486 | -- |
| Linda K. P. Stevens | $3,037 | $2,467 | -18.8% |
| Kimberly Schaut | $12,131 | $2,425 | -80% |
| Wayne Salmen Fam L. Tr | $0 | $2,344 | -- |
| Turner Theo Gross | $13,853 | $2,296 | -83.4% |
| Bergeson Farms, LLC | $0 | $2,279 | -- |
| Randall B. Leitzke | $10,664 | $2,272 | -78.7% |
| Francis P. Staudenmaier | $3,357 | $2,251 | -32.9% |
| Thomas J. Landvatter | $14,047 | $2,184 | -84.5% |
| Patricia A. Orlando | $3,426 | $2,178 | -36.4% |
| Reginald Phillips | $4,047 | $2,145 | -47% |
| Mary Jean Kozlovsky | $3,488 | $2,136 | -38.8% |
| Ryan Richard Pelner | $8,703 | $2,131 | -75.5% |
| Paul R. Dyer | $8,098 | $2,070 | -74.4% |
| Todd Kenneth Polzin Jr. | $43,938 | $2,046 | -95.3% |
| Hallada Legacy Acres, LLC | $3,409 | $1,867 | -45.2% |
| Mitchell Alex Kuchta | $3,118 | $1,843 | -40.9% |
| Gary Jay Jashinsky | $34,896 | $1,820 | -94.8% |
| Kyle James Staudenmaier | $3,344 | $1,801 | -46.1% |
| Shane Duane Giese | $12,543 | $1,796 | -85.7% |
| Christopher Ermis | $3,491 | $1,669 | -52.2% |
| Carolyn H Crew Trust U/W | $4,781 | $1,622 | -66.1% |
| Jesse D Dufeck | $1,213 | $1,617 | 33.3% |
| Kristopher John Charapata | $1,196 | $1,555 | 30% |
| Schonfeld Farms | $3,747 | $1,522 | -59.4% |
| Michael A. Steer | $4,465 | $1,462 | -67.3% |
| George Bruette | $5,223 | $1,446 | -72.3% |
| Douglas B. Weber | $4,321 | $1,402 | -67.6% |
| Walter Chodacki Trust | $8,818 | $1,388 | -84.3% |
| Kraig W. Tuma | $1,171 | $1,387 | 18.4% |
| Scott Thomson | $2,440 | $1,371 | -43.8% |
| Anna Rae Pelner | $2,983 | $1,365 | -54.2% |
| Mike Montie | $0 | $1,340 | -- |
| Todd Kenneth Polzin Sr. | $3,570 | $1,329 | -62.8% |
| August Shevy | $1,590 | $1,290 | -18.9% |
| Uphill Creek Farm, LLC | $8,248 | $1,268 | -84.6% |
| Calvin Chaikowski | $1,738 | $1,176 | -32.3% |
| George Russel Vertz | $4,571 | $1,175 | -74.3% |
| Sharkey's Orchard, LLC | $0 | $1,144 | -- |
| William E. Albright | $847 | $1,126 | 32.9% |
| Paul S. Nowak | $0 | $1,119 | -- |
| Timothy Kamm | $1,579 | $1,108 | -29.8% |
| Todd J Broullire | $3,409 | $1,104 | -67.6% |
| Thomas Lawson | $1,310 | $1,075 | -17.9% |
| Susan M. Oja | $58 | $1,054 | 1,717.2% |
| Larry G. White | $2,389 | $1,042 | -56.4% |
| Lawrence D. Stank | $1,360 | $1,014 | -25.4% |
| Rachel Lynn Nowak | $1,314 | $985 | -25% |
| Luke Fendrick | $2,899 | $920 | -68.3% |
| Brian Lepianka | $0 | $883 | -- |
| Danette Ossmann | $0 | $883 | -- |
| John Kussow | $2,630 | $860 | -67.3% |
| Richard A. Strzyzewski | $4,297 | $809 | -81.2% |
| Shawn Starzer | $1,859 | $780 | -58% |
| Rodney L. Michalski | $3,403 | $745 | -78.1% |
| Jonathan David Rakowski | $3,187 | $720 | -77.4% |
| Aj Darga | $5,574 | $707 | -87.3% |
| Chett Birr | $615 | $673 | 9.4% |
| Todd Gruber | $1,159 | $666 | -42.5% |
| Todd Elias | $1,317 | $635 | -51.8% |
| Chad Earl Denowski | $2,350 | $633 | -73.1% |
| Dennis Gerndt | $628 | $628 | 0% |
| Gary Paul Meyer | $1,627 | $604 | -62.9% |
| Anthony A. Schiefelbein Sr. | $2,130 | $599 | -71.9% |
| Jeremy Dennis Gross | $4,437 | $586 | -86.8% |
| William P. Zorn | $1,418 | $582 | -59% |
| Gordon H. Patz | $482 | $543 | 12.7% |
| Richard Osweiler | $2,204 | $510 | -76.9% |
| David Vandenlangenberg | $820 | $499 | -39.1% |
| Daniel W. Dettman | $4,709 | $492 | -89.6% |
| David John Kamps | $742 | $491 | -33.8% |
| Thomas L. Kelly | $198 | $489 | 147% |
| Michael R. Chmela | $470 | $466 | -0.9% |
| Aaron David Pape | $2,747 | $460 | -83.3% |
| Robert R Denowski | $552 | $416 | -24.6% |
| Daniel Gene Kostreva | $689 | $410 | -40.5% |
| John Arthor Simpson | $636 | $408 | -35.8% |
| Ashley Jane Votis | $549 | $404 | -26.4% |
| James Kondro | $925 | $401 | -56.6% |
| Dale Watson | $710 | $389 | -45.2% |
| Jeffrey Michael Zahn | $23,592 | $376 | -98.4% |
| David Wayne Lepianka | $2,384 | $362 | -84.8% |
| Dale Salesky | $1,198 | $322 | -73.1% |
| Bernie J Cudnohosky | $491 | $304 | -38.1% |
| Kaylyn R. Styczynski | $1,967 | $301 | -84.7% |
| Jeffrey C. Wyman | $1,711 | $298 | -82.6% |
| Edward D. Kasal | $0 | $274 | -- |
| Dawn M Janousky | $555 | $265 | -52.3% |
| Bushmaker Beef Farm, LLC | $781 | $256 | -67.2% |
| Andrew E. Hoffman | $1,123 | $242 | -78.5% |
| Evancheck Homestead, LLC | $0 | $236 | -- |
| Kevin J Grabian | $991 | $214 | -78.4% |
| Richard & Robert Gretzon Partnership | $0 | $209 | -- |
| Gerald Risner | $423 | $164 | -61.2% |
| David J. Schroeder | $872 | $164 | -81.2% |
| Kim Ward Renaud | $901 | $163 | -81.9% |
| John P. Tracy Jr. | $840 | $157 | -81.3% |
| Leonard John Podoski | $0 | $139 | -- |
| Mark Stroming | $151 | $128 | -15.2% |
| Gerald G Vandelaarschot | $141 | $121 | -14.2% |
| Bruce Robert Berth | $0 | $110 | -- |
| Delbert Stueven | $1,549 | $106 | -93.2% |
| Twin Creek Farm, LLC | $0 | $92 | -- |
| Gary John Gruszynski | $206 | $87 | -57.8% |
| Joshua Douglas Puser | $660 | $86 | -87% |
| Marvin Tachick | $62 | $83 | 33.9% |
| John E Crew Estate | $0 | $76 | -- |
| Tabletop Acres, LLC | $297 | $75 | -74.7% |
| Jeffrey A. Johnson | $461 | $70 | -84.8% |
| Stanley Sopkowicz | $111 | $32 | -71.2% |
| Evancheck Acres, LLC | $320 | $22 | -93.1% |
| Alfred P. Czerniewski | $210 | $21 | -90% |
| John W. Mueller | $402 | $21 | -94.8% |
| Kathleen A. Spreeman | $0 | $14 | -- |
| Gerard N. Sarnowski | $209 | $14 | -93.3% |
| Robert Wardecke | $408 | $13 | -96.8% |
| Dolores Marzu | $161 | $13 | -91.9% |
| James J Kanikula | $89 | $8 | -91% |
| Feller Farm, LLC | $273 | $8 | -97.1% |
| David R. Schubring | $177 | $5 | -97.2% |
| Sherry Chodacki | $0 | $5 | -- |
| Timothy J. Stauss | $90 | $4 | -95.6% |
| Henry A. Green Sr. | $238 | $3 | -98.7% |
| Sherry Chodack | $0 | $3 | -- |
| Gary L. Baenen | $23 | $2 | -91.3% |
| Eugene Hassman | $311 | $2 | -99.4% |
| Lubert & Emma Orlando Family Trus | $2,099 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Paul Meyer | $40 | $0 | -100% |
| Dustin L. Hanson | $146 | $0 | -100% |
| Everett Grabian | $1,128 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Woulf | $57 | $0 | -100% |
| Harvey Lawrence Houska | $19 | $0 | -100% |
| Jagiello Dairy Farms, LLC | $321,706 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary K. Noll | $867 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas O. Kozlovsky | $166 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Waschbisch | $327 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Jacob Vertz | $421 | $0 | -100% |
| Ashley Marie Dudkiewicz | $433 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry N Denowski | $2 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn L. Fiedorowicz | $4,410 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Orlando | $552 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph J. Orlando | $14,806 | $0 | -100% |
| Torzala Dairy Farms | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry White | $576 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Edward Stocker | $86 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher John Nowak | $8,275 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel L. Staudenmaier | $1,341 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Thoune | $208 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael W. Lacombe | $1,327 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Anderson | $320 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger C. Osterberg | $4,573 | $0 | -100% |
| Anton - a & V Staudenmaier St., LLC | $12,921 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence Emil Coble | $836 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale A. Schroeder | $280 | $0 | -100% |
| James Borchert | $204 | $0 | -100% |
| Lorie Hemphill | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher John Nowak | $962 | $0 | -100% |
| David Biehl | $108 | $0 | -100% |
| David C. Schwartz | $126 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Caylor | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Lavern F. Weed | $49 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron Lewis Rosner | $7,575 | $0 | -100% |
| Chase Ryan Birr | $1,292 | $0 | -100% |
| Elgin Terry Guseck | $288 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary K Falash | $23 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Shevy | $1,159 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth a Shevy | $639 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Allen Rosner | $1,981 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn E. Hoida | $109 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Kempke | $48 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond K Mattrisch | $519 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard & Robert Gretzon Partners | $1,056 | $0 | -100% |
| Rita Jean Wagner | $134 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy R. Oleck | $82 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendt Farm Operations, LLC | $10,733 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua D Puser | $1,301 | $0 | -100% |
| R M Farms, LLC | $763 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $14,709,696 | $6,329,051 | -57% |
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