Gov. Evers Announces More Than 20,000 Farmers Receive $50 Million Through 2021 Farm Support Program
Direct support to farmers through three rounds of Farm Support Program exceeded $1 million in more than half of Wisconsin's 72 counties
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today, with the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the Department of Revenue (DOR), announced more than 20,000 Wisconsin farmers received a total of $50 million through the 2021 Farm Support Program. This is the third round of the Farm Support Program which provides direct aid payments to Wisconsin farmers who experienced economic losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. In total, the governor has directed $100 million to support Wisconsin farmers through this program.
“From trade wars and supply chain issues to environmental challenges, Wisconsin farmers and their families have faced challenges for years as they’ve worked to make sure Wisconsinites and families across the country could put food on their tables,” said Gov. Evers. “Our farmers have always had our backs, and we’ve got to have theirs. I’m proud to direct these funds to more than 20,000 Wisconsin farmers to help bolster their businesses, support our rural communities, and ensure the long-term recovery and success of our farmers, their families, and agricultural industries across our state.”
“Governor Evers announced the newest round of the Farm Support Program in August, and our staff and industry stakeholders used that time to highlight the news to producers across the state,” said DATCP Secretary Randy Romanski. “One in nine Wisconsin jobs are in an agriculture-related field, so the interest that we saw in this program has far-reaching impacts. Farmers recirculate these dollars in their local communities.”
DOR administered the program, including sending letters to pre-qualified farmers with between $10,000 and $5 million in gross income.
“This round of the Farm Support Program saw 20,415 farmers apply from diverse farming operations including dairy, livestock, and crops,” said DOR Secretary Peter Barca. “This application process went smoothly, and I am pleased we were able to assist Governor Evers as he makes these crucial investments in our hard-working farmers and agriculture economy.”
For more on the Farm Support Program, see the DATCP Farm Support Program page.
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1) Farmers don’t pay taxes. (Real estate developers pretend to be farmers and grow crops on the land they purchase for development in order to avoid paying taxes).
2) Farmers receive billions upon billioins of taxpayer dollars in Federal subsidies for everything they do.
3) Farmers have always demonized taxpaying urban poor people who receive food and rent assistance.
4) Farmers paint 30 foot tall “Trump for President” and “Maga” signs on their barns.
5) Farmers always yell that they’re “for the free market system”, “against runaway Federal spending”, “for picking yourself up by your bootstraps”, and “for small government”… yet American farmers are now considered the biggest “welfare money mocchers” on the planet.
6) Tony Evers is giving taxpayer dollars to non-taxpaying farmers who’s gross annual income is $5 million.
7) $100 invested in U.S. farmland 20 years ago is worth more than $1,000 today. Farmers sell their land to developers for millions upon millions of dollars when they retire or decide to “cash out”.
8) Wall Street has been buying farm land because it’s an extremely lucrative investment.
9) If we have to compensate farmers when there’s a “trade war” or a “COVID pandemic”, why do we have to compensate them when there isn’t one?
10) Farmers lean Republican by about three to one. Trump swept the farmland states by wide margins. He won Iowa by 10 percentage points, Kansas by 21 and Nebraska by 25.
Tony Evers will have to buy my vote, too, and I’ll accept nothing less than a $50,000 subsidy check…