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In 2021, 166 farmers in cities within Washakie County received a total of $4.2 million in 341 farm subsidies, a 60.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $10.6 million in 423 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 Washakie County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Ranch Company | $318,184 | $253,989 | -20.2% |
| Gooseberry Creek Ranch, LLC | $119,653 | $181,503 | 51.7% |
| Orchard Ranch, LLC | $258,137 | $178,867 | -30.7% |
| Griemsman Livestock, LLC | $427,686 | $174,843 | -59.1% |
| Lungren Land & Cattle Company, LLC | $0 | $159,081 | -- |
| Dale Lyman Ranch, Inc. | $90,082 | $129,599 | 43.9% |
| Hampton Sheep Company, Inc. | $70,092 | $119,256 | 70.1% |
| Kent Lewton | $79,695 | $114,604 | 43.8% |
| Galloway Ranch, LLC | $157,179 | $111,844 | -28.8% |
| Ten Sleep Cattle Company | $897,573 | $108,196 | -87.9% |
| Farm Service Agency | $44,985 | $105,056 | 133.5% |
| Mark Lyman | $387,215 | $102,831 | -73.4% |
| T D Farms, Inc. | $65,656 | $85,746 | 30.6% |
| 3 F, LLC | $31,890 | $83,237 | 161% |
| Greet Ranch, Inc. | $96,077 | $80,546 | -16.2% |
| Alexander J. Wheatcroft | $70,916 | $77,852 | 9.8% |
| Crowfoot Ranch, Inc. | $74,987 | $75,895 | 1.2% |
| Open Lock Ranch, Inc. | $49,753 | $69,082 | 38.8% |
| Anderson Ranch Company | $152,531 | $62,482 | -59% |
| South Flat Land & Livestock, LLC | $69,510 | $58,642 | -15.6% |
| Rice Ranch, Inc. | $69,333 | $58,272 | -16% |
| Madden Farms, LLC | $114,984 | $57,409 | -50.1% |
| Leonard Mark Dooley Dooley Livestock, LLC | $0 | $50,528 | -- |
| Double H. Ranch | $70,691 | $48,676 | -31.1% |
| Broken Back Ranch Company, Inc. | $64,262 | $47,868 | -25.5% |
| Mr. Samuel Bryan Ray | $20,566 | $46,035 | 123.8% |
| Dana Lewton | $50,424 | $44,710 | -11.3% |
| Jordan Farms, Inc. | $55,640 | $40,298 | -27.6% |
| Starbuck Ranch, LLC | $59,463 | $39,491 | -33.6% |
| Nick Geis Farms, LLC | $95,063 | $39,333 | -58.6% |
| Boxelder Ranch, LLC | $146,921 | $38,799 | -73.6% |
| Lloyd Nielson | $59,300 | $37,993 | -35.9% |
| Farm Service Agency | $3,872 | $37,781 | 875.7% |
| Bill and Bonnie Hefenieder Living Trust | $0 | $36,709 | -- |
| Carter Livestock, Inc. | $26,125 | $36,087 | 38.1% |
| Eugene Miller & Sons, Inc. | $53,564 | $34,907 | -34.8% |
| Split Rock Land & Cattle, LLC | $57,178 | $32,776 | -42.7% |
| Haun Farms, Inc. | $130,760 | $32,756 | -74.9% |
| Palesk Farms, Inc. | $42,068 | $31,211 | -25.8% |
| West River Road Enterprises, LLC | $36,174 | $29,884 | -17.4% |
| Bonita Ranch, LLC | $21,857 | $29,774 | 36.2% |
| Bryant Honey, Inc. | $61,916 | $29,665 | -52.1% |
| Clinton Breeden Living Trust, Dated January 18, 20 | $0 | $29,445 | -- |
| Luke Lungren | $95,099 | $28,929 | -69.6% |
| Lyle Geis | $19,905 | $28,836 | 44.9% |
| Harold Miller & Sons | $560,693 | $27,764 | -95% |
| Dale Clark | $74,704 | $26,806 | -64.1% |
| Thomas E. Jackson | $10,519 | $24,808 | 135.8% |
| Butterfield Cattle, LLC | $9,524 | $23,973 | 151.7% |
| RL Busch Farm & Feedlots, LLC | $43,135 | $23,844 | -44.7% |
| Sage Creek III, LLC | $28,403 | $23,118 | -18.6% |
| Alex Johnstone | $8,030 | $22,666 | 182.3% |
| Sage Creek Land & Cattle Company | $53,642 | $21,537 | -59.9% |
| TW Farms, Inc. | $27,531 | $20,699 | -24.8% |
| Bruce D Ostermann Trust | $19,163 | $20,589 | 7.4% |
| Cooper Land & Livestock, LLC | $22,688 | $20,546 | -9.4% |
| Mckamey Farms II, LLC | $32,673 | $20,246 | -38% |
| Mike Ondo | $25,994 | $19,367 | -25.5% |
| Justin Lewton | $21,692 | $17,827 | -17.8% |
| Fairview Farms, LLC | $19,821 | $17,757 | -10.4% |
| Redland Angus | $58,416 | $17,357 | -70.3% |
| Marcus Allen Geis | $19,209 | $16,255 | -15.4% |
| Mark Redland | $15,952 | $15,855 | -0.6% |
| Neysha Lyman | $5,236 | $15,828 | 202.3% |
| Danny Vigil | $85,923 | $15,060 | -82.5% |
| Robert Brubaker | $3,283 | $14,733 | 348.8% |
| McCort Walt Harris | $20,754 | $14,447 | -30.4% |
| Kendrick Redland | $90,391 | $14,030 | -84.5% |
| Pamela Holland | $62,223 | $14,002 | -77.5% |
| Brubaker Sheep Company, LLC | $17,834 | $13,412 | -24.8% |
| Sharon Redland | $29,750 | $12,934 | -56.5% |
| Geo. Sinn & Sons, Inc. | $40,905 | $12,910 | -68.4% |
| Altner Farm Partnership | $8,489 | $12,324 | 45.2% |
| Otter Creek Grazing Association, Inc. | $12,957 | $12,032 | -7.1% |
| Mascaro Farms, LLC | $7,309 | $12,021 | 64.5% |
| Robert James Shelton | $5,872 | $11,527 | 96.3% |
| Dellos Farms, Inc. | $14,486 | $11,220 | -22.5% |
| Sage Creek Land & Cattle II, LLC | $21,027 | $11,134 | -47% |
| Melle Stella | $19,231 | $11,091 | -42.3% |
| Nine Iron Feedlot | $27,882 | $10,701 | -61.6% |
| Clark Enterprises, Inc. | $18,954 | $10,650 | -43.8% |
| Propp Farms | $14,103 | $10,237 | -27.4% |
| Lee R. Denny | $0 | $9,956 | -- |
| South Flat Land & Livestock III, LLC | $0 | $9,261 | -- |
| Leland Mascaro | $12,562 | $8,743 | -30.4% |
| Dustin M. Dooley | $7,546 | $8,362 | 10.8% |
| Dwight Lyman | $18,286 | $7,112 | -61.1% |
| Brewster Ranch Lp | $51,029 | $7,013 | -86.3% |
| B4 CLLC | $8,277 | $6,761 | -18.3% |
| Palesk Farms II, LLC | $9,546 | $6,517 | -31.7% |
| John Gerstner | $7,517 | $6,272 | -16.6% |
| Dustin James Whitehead | $5,742 | $6,145 | 7% |
| Clark Brothers | $7,408 | $5,955 | -19.6% |
| Sinn Farms | $6,472 | $5,895 | -8.9% |
| Jons Family Farms, LLC | $8,080 | $5,725 | -29.1% |
| Gordon L. Johnson | $0 | $5,606 | -- |
| Pacmen Farms, LLC. | $7,909 | $5,589 | -29.3% |
| Linda K Crawford Revocable Trust | $7,856 | $5,456 | -30.5% |
| Kodi Schwarz | $4,323 | $4,950 | 14.5% |
| Dave Mckamey, LLC | $6,744 | $4,764 | -29.4% |
| Dean L Barent | $6,083 | $4,503 | -26% |
| James Emerson | $20,196 | $4,254 | -78.9% |
| Jason D. Wiechmann | $31,428 | $4,180 | -86.7% |
| T & T, Inc. | $6,642 | $4,157 | -37.4% |
| Conrado Robles Deniz | $14,310 | $4,144 | -71% |
| Myron Casdorph | $8,074 | $4,096 | -49.3% |
| Lloyd Craft Farms | $3,528 | $4,073 | 15.4% |
| Mckamey Properties, LLC | $6,541 | $4,063 | -37.9% |
| BDR, LLLP | $6,866 | $3,992 | -41.9% |
| Aaron Anderson | $20,601 | $3,964 | -80.8% |
| Douglas A. Wiechmann | $24,281 | $3,898 | -83.9% |
| Pat Caines | $10,822 | $3,785 | -65% |
| Donna J. Mills | $7,741 | $3,600 | -53.5% |
| Glen R. Kumm | $0 | $3,369 | -- |
| 10th Street Limited Partnership | $2,417 | $3,223 | 33.3% |
| Kyle Ray Tharp | $1,307 | $3,202 | 145% |
| Charles Geiser | $4,436 | $2,868 | -35.3% |
| Butterfield Farm & Livestock, LLC | $2,376 | $2,848 | 19.9% |
| Terese O'Donnell | $5,075 | $2,810 | -44.6% |
| Brandon Greet | $2,904 | $2,807 | -3.3% |
| Eric B. Bower | $12,013 | $2,762 | -77% |
| James Taylor Butterfield | $20,948 | $2,760 | -86.8% |
| Larry L. King | $16,651 | $2,759 | -83.4% |
| Ms. Adrianne Danielle Mascaro | $8,880 | $2,742 | -69.1% |
| 2 Lazy H, LLC | $5,500 | $2,726 | -50.4% |
| John Hefenieder | $9,744 | $2,576 | -73.6% |
| Daniel Greet | $2,640 | $2,536 | -3.9% |
| Lial Sinn | $2,339 | $1,890 | -19.2% |
| South Flat Land & Livestock II, LLC | $0 | $1,885 | -- |
| Lanny Fritz | $9,731 | $1,873 | -80.8% |
| Spadt Farm, Inc. | $2,795 | $1,494 | -46.5% |
| Rocker Horse Ranch, LLC | $1,306 | $1,373 | 5.1% |
| Thomas A. Ball | $1,107 | $1,107 | 0% |
| Joe Miller | $5,224 | $1,087 | -79.2% |
| Patricia Ehlers | $0 | $1,048 | -- |
| Forrest Lewis | $4,070 | $956 | -76.5% |
| David Asay | $1,127 | $940 | -16.6% |
| James Brandon Mascaro | $41,017 | $902 | -97.8% |
| Michael Warner | $4,685 | $880 | -81.2% |
| Dustin Lara | $0 | $838 | -- |
| Fritz Farms | $909 | $829 | -8.8% |
| Ethan Alan Galloway | $584 | $779 | 33.4% |
| Cody Q. Heinbaugh | $757 | $757 | 0% |
| James J. Bower | $0 | $743 | -- |
| Mark Brewster | $3,410 | $740 | -78.3% |
| Rick Six | $926 | $700 | -24.4% |
| Gust Mastre | $6,827 | $689 | -89.9% |
| Mark Allen Ellis | $3,047 | $620 | -79.7% |
| Rick Apland | $3,397 | $577 | -83% |
| Templin Farms, Inc. | $678 | $521 | -23.2% |
| Martin Ferrell Rosas | $3,430 | $510 | -85.1% |
| Ashley O'Donnell | $2,453 | $502 | -79.5% |
| Ruth Geis | $4,174 | $445 | -89.3% |
| Len Cannella | $1,848 | $381 | -79.4% |
| Chris Schmeltzer | $4,342 | $350 | -91.9% |
| Vernon Rayburn | $451 | $346 | -23.3% |
| Jerry Kysar | $490 | $304 | -38% |
| Chawna K Wiechmann | $291 | $291 | 0% |
| Dan & Gail Dover Revocable Trust | $434 | $274 | -36.9% |
| Andrea Woody | $627 | $244 | -61.1% |
| Keith A. Bower | $6,930 | $209 | -97% |
| James D. Miller | $924 | $208 | -77.5% |
| Michel Enterprises, LLC | $246 | $189 | -23.2% |
| James and Ruth Perry Living Trust | $211 | $162 | -23.2% |
| Gerald D. Keyes | $360 | $145 | -59.7% |
| Dan Farley | $213 | $118 | -44.6% |
| Casey Johnstone | $7,755 | $0 | -100% |
| Clayton Charles Galloway | $3,379 | $0 | -100% |
| Clinton Breeden Living Trust, Dat | $56,085 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Lee Mascaro | $2,815 | $0 | -100% |
| S & T Cattle, LLC | $58,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Taylen William Arnett | $16,450 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam G. Martinez | $26,758 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill and Bonnie Hefenieder Living | $84,601 | $0 | -100% |
| David Paul Tschida | $732 | $0 | -100% |
| David Wiley | $601 | $0 | -100% |
| Gil McEndree | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Leonard Mark Dooley Dooley Lives | $42,615 | $0 | -100% |
| Lungren Land & Cattle Company, LL | $149,358 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynette Dooley Swing | $6,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Fantaskey | $865 | $0 | -100% |
| Princetta Reutter | $1,074 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah Sinn | $580 | $0 | -100% |
| South Flat Land & Livestock II LL | $8,534 | $0 | -100% |
| South Flat Land & Livestock III L | $10,955 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Shryack | $2,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Wes Baumstarck | $972 | $0 | -100% |
| Wyoming Sugar Company | $3,140,325 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $10,550,664 | $4,163,315 | -60.5% |
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