UP Gazette

Farms in Luce County received $303,515 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 119 subsidies provided, the largest was for Paul Burton Forestry, which received $50,875 for the claim of "Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program".

The smallest subsidy provided to a Luce County farmer was $4 to Em Farms, LLC.

There were 113 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies fell by $259,972.

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.

Farmer	$ Received	Reason for Subsidy	Total Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($)
Paul Burton Forestry	$50,875	Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program	$52,875
Clarence Mcnamara Logging	$42,739	Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program	$44,739
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$30,389	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$28,261	Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$21,685	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$23,545
Busemann Cattle Company, Inc.	$15,365	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$15,365
Winn Heritage Farms, LLC	$15,327	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$20,041
Belle River Farms, LLC	$10,092	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$11,592
Hackstock Farms, LLC	$9,200	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$9,276
James B. Domagalski	$8,813	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$10,851
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$7,065	Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program	$72,607
Ronald Grewe	$6,214	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$6,252
James T. Ward	$6,156	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$6,156
Robert V. Olczak	$5,492	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$5,492
Leon Vantroostenberghe	$4,936	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$4,936
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$4,142	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$12,117
Winn Heritage Farms, LLC	$2,624	Price Loss Coverage Program	$20,041
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$2,202	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$12,117
Greenia Brothers Farms, LLC	$2,086	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$2,416
Clarence Mcnamara Logging	$2,000	Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program	$44,739
Paul Burton Forestry	$2,000	Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program	$52,875
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$1,981	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$1,446	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$12,117
Winn Heritage Farms, LLC	$1,393	Price Loss Coverage Program	$20,041
James B. Domagalski	$1,378	Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program	$10,851
Raymond Layer	$1,364	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$1,667
Loren Brown	$1,279	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$1,279
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$1,122	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$12,117
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$936	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$12,117
Patrick C. Plonka	$778	Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage	$1,346
Northern Natives Erosion Control, LLC	$722	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act	$722
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$698	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$12,117
Winn Heritage Farms, LLC	$637	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$20,041
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$574	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Patrick C. Plonka	$568	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$1,346
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$538	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Belle River Farms, LLC	$535	Price Loss Coverage Program	$11,592
Em Farms, LLC	$481	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Belle River Farms, LLC	$478	Price Loss Coverage Program	$11,592
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$432	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$12,117
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$414	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$12,117
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$396	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$385	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
James B. Domagalski	$345	Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program	$10,851
Greenia Brothers Farms, LLC	$330	Price Loss Coverage Program	$2,416
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$316	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$12,117
James B. Domagalski	$315	Price Loss Coverage Program	$10,851
Raymond Layer	$303	Price Loss Coverage Program	$1,667
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$295	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$262	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$251	Price Loss Coverage Program	$12,117
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$235	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Belle River Farms, LLC	$217	Price Loss Coverage Program	$11,592
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$213	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$204	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$197	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$188	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Scott Brown	$187	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities	$187
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$185	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$175	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$172	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$143	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$122	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$12,117
Belle River Farms, LLC	$121	Price Loss Coverage Program	$11,592
Belle River Farms, LLC	$119	Price Loss Coverage Program	$11,592
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$119	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$111	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Em Farms, LLC	$105	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$99	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$99	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$96	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Em Farms, LLC	$89	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$88	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$84	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$79	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$77	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$75	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$74	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$73	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$64	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$62	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$60	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$60	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Winn Heritage Farms, LLC	$60	Price Loss Coverage Program	$20,041
Em Farms, LLC	$59	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Em Farms, LLC	$56	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Northern Timberland Ventures, Inc.	$54	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$54
Hackstock Farms, LLC	$49	Price Loss Coverage Program	$9,276
Em Farms, LLC	$48	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Em Farms, LLC	$45	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Ronald Grewe	$38	Price Loss Coverage Program	$6,252
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$37	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Mctiver Farms, LLC	$36	Price Loss Coverage Program	$12,117
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$35	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$34	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Belle River Farms, LLC	$30	Price Loss Coverage Program	$11,592
Hackstock Farms, LLC	$27	Price Loss Coverage Program	$9,276
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$24	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$23	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Em Farms, LLC	$22	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$22	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$21	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$21	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$20	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Em Farms, LLC	$18	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Em Farms, LLC	$16	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Em Farms, LLC	$15	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$14	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$12	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Em Farms, LLC	$11	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$10	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$8	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$8	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$8	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$7	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$6	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$5	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545
Wessel Bros & Son, LLC	$5	Price Loss Coverage Program	$72,607
Em Farms, LLC	$4	Price Loss Coverage Program	$23,545