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In 2021, 179 farmers in cities within Uintah County received a total of $2.7 million in 366 farm subsidies, an 18.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.4 million in 497 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 Uintah County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chivers Ranch, Inc. | $172,812 | $264,411 | 53% |
| Hacking Land & Livestock, LLC | $204,846 | $183,771 | -10.3% |
| Chew Livestock, Inc. | $289,394 | $180,653 | -37.6% |
| Stuntz Valley Ranch, LLC | $72,161 | $99,983 | 38.6% |
| Cook Livestock, LLC | $53,318 | $99,367 | 86.4% |
| Paul McCoy | $83,476 | $90,001 | 7.8% |
| Holmes Bar NE Ranch, LLC | $61,164 | $87,952 | 43.8% |
| Morgan Batty | $79,206 | $79,881 | 0.9% |
| Smokey Rasmussen | $51,391 | $71,794 | 39.7% |
| Gary Scott McCarrell | $43,886 | $70,751 | 61.2% |
| Douglas B. Murphy | $50,822 | $69,766 | 37.3% |
| C&C Land and Livestock, LLC | $127,701 | $60,693 | -52.5% |
| Jessy McKee | $16,942 | $58,619 | 246% |
| Rim Ranch, LLC | $63,996 | $56,847 | -11.2% |
| Brad G. Horrocks | $53,383 | $55,941 | 4.8% |
| Four Star Ranch, Inc. | $75,179 | $45,447 | -39.5% |
| Pablo Geronimo | $29,012 | $42,882 | 47.8% |
| Caleb Taylor | $36,050 | $41,505 | 15.1% |
| Quentin R. Johnson | $30,469 | $40,584 | 33.2% |
| Spring Creek Cattle Ranch, LLC. | $47,634 | $40,072 | -15.9% |
| Lara J. A. Ivie | $29,422 | $38,508 | 30.9% |
| Scott D. Wall | $57,557 | $35,572 | -38.2% |
| Shayla Lee McNeill | $0 | $31,058 | -- |
| Snow Brothers | $31,401 | $30,734 | -2.1% |
| Gene Brown Ranches LC | $91,205 | $28,670 | -68.6% |
| Outlaw Investments, Inc. | $6,981 | $27,643 | 296% |
| Jackson Rafter J Ranch, LLC | $31,890 | $26,446 | -17.1% |
| Mike Leishman | $18,405 | $25,223 | 37% |
| Steve Hanberg | $60,828 | $23,938 | -60.6% |
| Dallas Vance Merrell | $37,413 | $23,554 | -37% |
| Cody W. Jenkins | $31,369 | $23,282 | -25.8% |
| Douglas Keith Wootton | $18,281 | $22,041 | 20.6% |
| Harlan Wilkins | $27,027 | $21,566 | -20.2% |
| Brett L. Woods | $51,183 | $21,223 | -58.5% |
| Jared Mckeachnie | $16,315 | $21,189 | 29.9% |
| Geneva Massey | $12,146 | $20,052 | 65.1% |
| Kevin J. Sadlier | $18,497 | $19,192 | 3.8% |
| Curtis Dean Smuin | $12,266 | $18,661 | 52.1% |
| Franklin B Arrowchis | $11,435 | $17,318 | 51.4% |
| Kennie R. Edrington | $16,479 | $15,752 | -4.4% |
| David Larry Gurr | $62,851 | $15,380 | -75.5% |
| Clayton B Mckeachnie | $0 | $15,367 | -- |
| Randy L. Vincent | $41,168 | $15,076 | -63.4% |
| Bart Niles Haslem | $7,847 | $14,958 | 90.6% |
| Greg Walker | $1,726 | $14,580 | 744.7% |
| Burke Buckalew | $15,699 | $12,743 | -18.8% |
| TP Farms, LLC | $11,899 | $12,663 | 6.4% |
| Wilkins Livestock, Hay and Fence, L.L.C | $0 | $12,191 | -- |
| Harley Dwane Jackson | $7,569 | $12,184 | 61% |
| Little Valley Ranches, Inc. | $0 | $12,093 | -- |
| Burt H Delambert | $17,224 | $11,154 | -35.2% |
| Frost Livestock, Inc. | $47,136 | $10,907 | -76.9% |
| Circle Dot Ranch, LLC | $16,581 | $10,542 | -36.4% |
| Steven Ridley | $0 | $10,378 | -- |
| Linford Nolan Batty | $8,036 | $10,203 | 27% |
| Glen Harrison | $14,020 | $9,441 | -32.7% |
| Vernon B Richens Family Revocable Trust | $0 | $9,183 | -- |
| Josh D. Curtis | $5,595 | $8,722 | 55.9% |
| Paul A. Smart | $10,021 | $8,522 | -15% |
| Joshua Garth Horrocks | $9,923 | $8,283 | -16.5% |
| Ritchie Anderson | $14,241 | $8,251 | -42.1% |
| Gabriel J. Houghton | $9,483 | $8,142 | -14.1% |
| Steven Collins | $14,063 | $7,882 | -44% |
| Shawn Louis Labrum | $11,620 | $7,566 | -34.9% |
| Jim Boren | $0 | $7,535 | -- |
| Kache Shawn Labrum | $0 | $7,493 | -- |
| Kidd Farms, LLC | $7,642 | $7,426 | -2.8% |
| Glen R. Harrison | $0 | $7,233 | -- |
| Scott Slaugh | $5,244 | $6,991 | 33.3% |
| James D. Siddoway | $1,967 | $6,560 | 233.5% |
| Eric Hartle | $13,941 | $5,949 | -57.3% |
| Gordon Wade McPherson | $14,319 | $5,897 | -58.8% |
| Devan N. Long | $6,715 | $5,740 | -14.5% |
| Reann W Sessions | $5,114 | $5,729 | 12% |
| Dall G. Cook | $4,975 | $5,669 | 13.9% |
| Kenneth Joe Batty | $15,266 | $5,466 | -64.2% |
| Jesse Nile Keel | $0 | $5,188 | -- |
| Richens Farm, Inc. | $0 | $5,098 | -- |
| Barbara Hall | $4,399 | $4,942 | 12.3% |
| Linda Winn | $16,179 | $4,902 | -69.7% |
| Alex Barney | $25,068 | $4,719 | -81.2% |
| Joe F. Frost | $19,569 | $4,685 | -76.1% |
| Lynn A. Huber | $1,430 | $4,639 | 224.4% |
| Pickup Land and Livestock | $16,617 | $4,269 | -74.3% |
| Kelly Wilkins | $3,432 | $4,232 | 23.3% |
| Derk Price | $14,699 | $4,223 | -71.3% |
| Rian Peltier | $3,161 | $4,011 | 26.9% |
| Suzzanne Huffman | $3,932 | $3,922 | -0.3% |
| Kenneth J. Farnsworth | $10,548 | $3,810 | -63.9% |
| Kenneth D. Long | $9,215 | $3,749 | -59.3% |
| Jeffery S Ellis Trust | $7,553 | $3,717 | -50.8% |
| David C. Richens | $9,799 | $3,713 | -62.1% |
| Lucky Wall | $7,555 | $3,448 | -54.4% |
| Tamara C. Peltier | $2,842 | $3,431 | 20.7% |
| Derrick Dean Atwood | $7,178 | $3,330 | -53.6% |
| Dean Atwood | $12,647 | $3,210 | -74.6% |
| Jacob Massey | $14,718 | $3,066 | -79.2% |
| Reed Abegglen | $14,091 | $2,957 | -79% |
| Kenneth Domgaard | $2,103 | $2,617 | 24.4% |
| Neal H Domgaard | $2,592 | $2,617 | 1% |
| Loraine Richens | $11,561 | $2,433 | -79% |
| Lyle Taylor | $5,135 | $2,362 | -54% |
| Phillip R. Hatch | $5,822 | $2,293 | -60.6% |
| mac Murdock | $5,800 | $2,217 | -61.8% |
| Terry Hogan | $6,782 | $2,082 | -69.3% |
| Lee Steven Hanberg | $2,170 | $2,040 | -6% |
| James E. Snow | $6,025 | $2,037 | -66.2% |
| Benny Lofthouse | $5,150 | $2,010 | -61% |
| Glade Hamaker | $1,476 | $1,969 | 33.4% |
| Gala Morris | $5,001 | $1,969 | -60.6% |
| Boyd Workman | $6,557 | $1,938 | -70.4% |
| Duane Dahl | $14,542 | $1,908 | -86.9% |
| Lovel Young | $14,058 | $1,903 | -86.5% |
| Steve Oldroyd | $9,780 | $1,771 | -81.9% |
| Russell L. Steele | $8,877 | $1,711 | -80.7% |
| Michael J. Gates | $8,206 | $1,672 | -79.6% |
| Joe Shane Frost | $2,478 | $1,581 | -36.2% |
| Daryl Gibbons | $5,487 | $1,567 | -71.4% |
| Boot Hill Farms | $11,294 | $1,505 | -86.7% |
| John Gordon Mathis | $3,507 | $1,479 | -57.8% |
| Justin Angus | $6,886 | $1,475 | -78.6% |
| Shane H. Labrum | $5,835 | $1,471 | -74.8% |
| Josh S. Frost | $7,449 | $1,421 | -80.9% |
| Joey Bowden | $6,611 | $1,360 | -79.4% |
| Leon Eugene Batanian | $0 | $1,300 | -- |
| Gale Brothers, LLC | $0 | $1,283 | -- |
| Dwayne J. Murray | $1,267 | $1,175 | -7.3% |
| Scott Dimick | $5,082 | $1,136 | -77.6% |
| Shon Massey | $1,075 | $1,132 | 5.3% |
| Kent G. Cook | $833 | $1,111 | 33.4% |
| Rodney D. Olsen Sr. | $5,159 | $1,073 | -79.2% |
| James L. Brown | $5,093 | $1,063 | -79.1% |
| Willis Lefevre | $4,605 | $1,006 | -78.2% |
| Devin McKee | $0 | $998 | -- |
| Denny Holmes | $0 | $982 | -- |
| Keith Duncan | $5,170 | $980 | -81% |
| Clayton Seth Taylor | $1,639 | $960 | -41.4% |
| Walking 7, LLC | $46,760 | $944 | -98% |
| Generation 6, LLC. | $44,831 | $867 | -98.1% |
| Nolan Jackson | $4,169 | $845 | -79.7% |
| Clay Sheffer | $2,783 | $790 | -71.6% |
| Stanley B. Peterson | $567 | $756 | 33.3% |
| Kache Labrum | $3,322 | $743 | -77.6% |
| Jate Rae Frost | $3,718 | $734 | -80.3% |
| Ned M. Reynolds | $2,475 | $733 | -70.4% |
| Tony George | $4,204 | $692 | -83.5% |
| Mandy Rodriguez | $3,212 | $665 | -79.3% |
| Bernard M. Snow | $2,065 | $598 | -71% |
| Devin J. Murray | $2,585 | $582 | -77.5% |
| Jacelyn Frost | $2,695 | $548 | -79.7% |
| Justin Justice | $2,664 | $521 | -80.4% |
| Lorin Merkley | $2,222 | $498 | -77.6% |
| Holmes Livestock, LLC | $4,073 | $491 | -87.9% |
| Ronald A. Ward | $349 | $465 | 33.2% |
| Claudia Logan | $452 | $452 | 0% |
| Sandra Huebner Howard | $1,221 | $416 | -65.9% |
| John Busch | $1,881 | $394 | -79.1% |
| Kyle H. Smuin | $1,810 | $387 | -78.6% |
| Allen D. Hunting | $1,848 | $381 | -79.4% |
| Nile L. Mathisen | $2,325 | $380 | -83.7% |
| Taylor Fruit Orchards | $790 | $376 | -52.4% |
| Kirk Majors | $1,260 | $361 | -71.3% |
| Felicia Wilde | $2,286 | $354 | -84.5% |
| Verlin Vincent | $453 | $350 | -22.7% |
| Robert T Oostveen | $1,606 | $345 | -78.5% |
| Luke V. Majors | $581 | $340 | -41.5% |
| Robbin Murdock | $1,568 | $294 | -81.3% |
| Earl J. Reary | $1,786 | $277 | -84.5% |
| Mitch S. Batty | $1,089 | $259 | -76.2% |
| Kelly D. Powell | $1,500 | $240 | -84% |
| Craig Meier | $495 | $208 | -58% |
| Kevin Slaugh | $869 | $173 | -80.1% |
| Emily L. Spencer | $334 | $165 | -50.6% |
| Craig P. Kosoff | $183 | $140 | -23.5% |
| Dirk Whiting | $6,022 | $107 | -98.2% |
| Von Whiting | $3,497 | $107 | -96.9% |
| Jerome M. Sprosty | $643 | $93 | -85.5% |
| Josh Reynolds | $2,805 | $74 | -97.4% |
| George York | $223 | $24 | -89.2% |
| Vernon B Richens Family Revocable | $23,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Hillary Fawn Dalton | $235 | $0 | -100% |
| Mason A. Taggart | $4,202 | $0 | -100% |
| Monica Farnsworth | $202 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronda Harris Olsen Revocable Trust | $1,505 | $0 | -100% |
| David J. McMullin | $3,383 | $0 | -100% |
| Leon Batanian | $975 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Brent Batty | $101 | $0 | -100% |
| Branson E. Buckalew | $5,916 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl D. Carlson | $1,631 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher J. Brough | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody Dean Evans | $12,429 | $0 | -100% |
| Dallen M. Foley | $2,669 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis W. Mott | $2,086 | $0 | -100% |
| Dixie R. Sadlier | $193 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory R. Foley | $1,449 | $0 | -100% |
| Ivan L. Sadlier | $4,545 | $0 | -100% |
| James D. Siddoway | $2,976 | $0 | -100% |
| Jhon Horrocks | $3,322 | $0 | -100% |
| Joann Murray | $980 | $0 | -100% |
| Laura L. Jackson | $3,190 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Allen Betts | $9,352 | $0 | -100% |
| Rod Wilkins | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger L. Smith | $5,324 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan Porter Long | $4,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Shayla McNeill | $27,244 | $0 | -100% |
| The Old Home Place | $7,589 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas L. Anderson | $3,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler B. Whitlock | $2,959 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilkins Livestock, Hay and Fence | $33,729 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,372,006 | $2,747,678 | -18.5% |
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