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In 2021, 129 farmers in cities within Garfield County received a total of $5.3 million in 361 farm subsidies, a 15.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.3 million in 386 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler M. Murnion | $217,918 | $243,931 | 11.9% |
| Bonnie B. Cooley | $82,676 | $193,172 | 133.6% |
| Zane Murnion | $241,640 | $186,234 | -22.9% |
| Burgess Ranch | $62,619 | $174,462 | 178.6% |
| Ryan D. Ponessa | $133,163 | $150,114 | 12.7% |
| Mcdonald Family Joint Venture | $130,453 | $145,437 | 11.5% |
| Tony Phipps | $149,956 | $141,238 | -5.8% |
| Randy Brusett | $149,707 | $129,395 | -13.6% |
| Kenneth Howard Mckerlick | $0 | $128,978 | -- |
| Lee F. Murnion | $147,743 | $125,754 | -14.9% |
| Roger Saylor | $93,724 | $112,415 | 19.9% |
| Abe Murnion | $101,021 | $108,497 | 7.4% |
| Steven MacDonald | $202,370 | $103,726 | -48.7% |
| Sandrock Land Company | $27,718 | $101,133 | 264.9% |
| Kenneth W. Ryan | $133,522 | $94,177 | -29.5% |
| Leo Murnion | $88,269 | $90,845 | 2.9% |
| Patrick E. Gibbs | $149,297 | $88,677 | -40.6% |
| Triangle L Trust | $93,222 | $88,465 | -5.1% |
| Ryan D. Murnion | $105,104 | $85,853 | -18.3% |
| Rod Lawrence | $107,632 | $83,154 | -22.7% |
| Philip J. Gibbs | $90,600 | $81,067 | -10.5% |
| Perry Murnion | $1,294 | $74,249 | 5,637.9% |
| Robert G. Gibbs | $107,357 | $74,234 | -30.9% |
| Silhouette Angus Ranch, Inc. | $108,098 | $73,738 | -31.8% |
| Jerome L. Hensleigh | $9,938 | $72,271 | 627.2% |
| Lavonne MacDonald | $19,922 | $70,097 | 251.9% |
| Bo Pierson | $0 | $68,669 | -- |
| Norman L. Olson | $69,904 | $68,202 | -2.4% |
| Stroh Farms, Inc. | $66,793 | $62,727 | -6.1% |
| Monte L. Billing | $69,547 | $62,494 | -10.1% |
| John Eden Cooley | $34,290 | $57,170 | 66.7% |
| Denim Fogle | $82,533 | $52,796 | -36% |
| Richard D. Lawrence | $68,138 | $52,732 | -22.6% |
| Uthaug Livestock Company | $56,028 | $49,904 | -10.9% |
| Sand Creek Cattle Company | $77,903 | $48,804 | -37.4% |
| Sparky Gene Ross | $90,393 | $48,260 | -46.6% |
| Moonlight Creek Livestock, LLC | $58,411 | $47,293 | -19% |
| Clint Weeding | $73,317 | $47,154 | -35.7% |
| Harbaugh Ranch Company | $50,827 | $46,123 | -9.3% |
| Lazy Yl Cattle, LLC | $0 | $45,303 | -- |
| Mardrie a Baker | $56,056 | $43,455 | -22.5% |
| Trevor Alec Saylor | $45,414 | $42,977 | -5.4% |
| Jarden Ranch Company | $44,304 | $42,733 | -3.5% |
| Brett M. Dailey | $47,369 | $42,250 | -10.8% |
| Donna L. Dailey | $47,230 | $42,227 | -10.6% |
| Shelley Ryan | $72,514 | $40,755 | -43.8% |
| Thomas L. Ryan | $72,576 | $40,755 | -43.8% |
| Clifford Highland | $47,526 | $40,266 | -15.3% |
| Fitch, Inc. | $54,348 | $38,834 | -28.5% |
| Watt, Inc. | $37,878 | $38,300 | 1.1% |
| Frady Ranch | $39,098 | $38,264 | -2.1% |
| James Baker | $52,872 | $37,482 | -29.1% |
| Connie M. Loomis | $60,164 | $35,504 | -41% |
| Judd Twitchell | $49,313 | $34,431 | -30.2% |
| Kendall Craig Green | $0 | $34,378 | -- |
| Evan J. Murnion | $43,062 | $34,083 | -20.9% |
| Lee C. Billing | $39,367 | $32,969 | -16.3% |
| Nathan Saylor | $36,223 | $32,879 | -9.2% |
| Rachel Ponessa | $0 | $32,141 | -- |
| Brian Schwend | $36,150 | $30,930 | -14.4% |
| Hoverson Ranch Partnership | $44,462 | $30,915 | -30.5% |
| Reid Ryan | $8,686 | $30,267 | 248.5% |
| Douglas C. Weeding | $23,701 | $28,943 | 22.1% |
| Connor Philip Murnion | $0 | $28,031 | -- |
| Layne Murnion | $43,826 | $27,960 | -36.2% |
| Kane S. MacDonald | $50,706 | $27,368 | -46% |
| Thomas Ranch Family Partnership | $0 | $25,883 | -- |
| C a Weeding & Sons, Inc. | $18,391 | $25,767 | 40.1% |
| John Trumbo | $46,995 | $23,140 | -50.8% |
| Amy McKeever | $0 | $23,108 | -- |
| Troy Twitchell | $27,503 | $22,325 | -18.8% |
| Maury Murnion | $101,508 | $20,997 | -79.3% |
| Michael Murnion | $29,162 | $20,298 | -30.4% |
| S & J Livestock, LLC | $19,514 | $19,935 | 2.2% |
| Robert C. Engdahl | $23,874 | $19,559 | -18.1% |
| Jack Murnion | $31,326 | $19,296 | -38.4% |
| Charlotte Murnion | $33,287 | $19,279 | -42.1% |
| Spear J, Inc. | $20,371 | $19,114 | -6.2% |
| Walter Phipps | $17,655 | $17,653 | -0% |
| Matthew Murnion | $26,687 | $16,843 | -36.9% |
| Michael McKeever | $28,550 | $16,254 | -43.1% |
| Scott Brian Ross | $85,274 | $15,971 | -81.3% |
| Lane Billing | $9,021 | $14,674 | 62.7% |
| Michael Wilson | $19,605 | $13,716 | -30% |
| Brandon Smotherman | $0 | $13,156 | -- |
| Four Aces, Inc. | $75,198 | $12,672 | -83.1% |
| Chantz Weeding | $24,300 | $10,584 | -56.4% |
| Jason D. Bollinger | $0 | $10,489 | -- |
| Newell R. Hoverson | $57,059 | $10,390 | -81.8% |
| Frank Edwards | $20,453 | $10,285 | -49.7% |
| Gayle Twitchell | $13,724 | $10,112 | -26.3% |
| Robert Bliss | $21,450 | $10,055 | -53.1% |
| Julie Paschke | $14,842 | $9,950 | -33% |
| Eric C. Murnion | $7,898 | $9,431 | 19.4% |
| Pandi Rinaldi | $0 | $7,759 | -- |
| Jack Linford | $28,105 | $6,628 | -76.4% |
| Leslie L. Thomas | $29,051 | $6,411 | -77.9% |
| Bob Kerr | $21,417 | $6,339 | -70.4% |
| Cavin Murnion | $33,670 | $5,936 | -82.4% |
| Timothy R. Lervick | $7,080 | $5,712 | -19.3% |
| B&M Cattle, LLC | $0 | $5,665 | -- |
| Whitney Manuel | $9,532 | $4,547 | -52.3% |
| Ronald Saylor | $9,110 | $4,498 | -50.6% |
| Roxie A. Saylor | $9,110 | $4,498 | -50.6% |
| Lynn Stanton | $19,250 | $4,473 | -76.8% |
| Clyde & Joye Saylor JV | $18,069 | $3,904 | -78.4% |
| Edwards Family Ranch, LLC | $21,293 | $3,768 | -82.3% |
| Elizabeth M. Murnion | $1,294 | $3,328 | 157.2% |
| Trever G. Ross | $20,727 | $3,169 | -84.7% |
| Charles J. Wilson | $14,762 | $2,958 | -80% |
| Ross Issac Ryan | $0 | $2,630 | -- |
| Michael Pellarino Rinaldi | $0 | $1,839 | -- |
| Jeremy Watt | $0 | $1,763 | -- |
| Kent South | $6,886 | $1,399 | -79.7% |
| Triple J Rvoc Trust | $31,879 | $1,341 | -95.8% |
| Sara D. Ross | $6,757 | $1,160 | -82.8% |
| Twitchell Ranch, Corp. | $1,090 | $1,159 | 6.3% |
| Zachary Shawver | $5,346 | $970 | -81.9% |
| Maryann Lee Murray | $4,037 | $821 | -79.7% |
| Kevin Murnion | $5,499 | $734 | -86.7% |
| Alice Rose Hunter | $1,369 | $670 | -51.1% |
| Zach Murnion | $1,485 | $571 | -61.5% |
| Ty Gibson | $2,962 | $557 | -81.2% |
| Sonja Turner | $2,915 | $530 | -81.8% |
| Eric T. Miller | $0 | $500 | -- |
| Cole Murnion | $2,572 | $460 | -82.1% |
| Courtney Phipps | $1,364 | $284 | -79.2% |
| Presley Cooley | $4,567 | $239 | -94.8% |
| Darryl Turner | $330 | $172 | -47.9% |
| Amy M. McKeever | $31,184 | $0 | -100% |
| Cal Phipps | $13,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Clair Burgess | $420 | $0 | -100% |
| Claire Burgess | $810 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $9,491 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $8,448 | $0 | -100% |
| Garfield County Bank | $107,941 | $0 | -100% |
| Gibbs Red Angus, LLC | $12,150 | $0 | -100% |
| Jessen 3, LLC | $15,926 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnathan Troy Saylor | $6,193 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth H Mckerlick | $105,468 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Pat Murnion | $3,411 | $0 | -100% |
| Leah R Cole Credit Shelter Trust | $2,680 | $0 | -100% |
| Lige M. Murray | $70,472 | $0 | -100% |
| Marian R Merlak | $4,566 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Ann Murray | $70,472 | $0 | -100% |
| Mindy L. Phipps | $48,104 | $0 | -100% |
| Pandi Highland | $18,998 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard C. O'Connor | $1,088 | $0 | -100% |
| Ross Ryan | $26,480 | $0 | -100% |
| Sterling Brown | $1,491 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,260,335 | $5,266,369 | -15.9% |
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