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In 2021, 113 farmers in cities within Harrison County received a total of $568,581 in 173 farm subsidies, a 59.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.4 million in 380 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Rocky Valley Farms, Inc. | $108,342 | $101,884 | -6% |
| Arba Vue Farms, Inc. | $218,730 | $79,325 | -63.7% |
| Shaland Holsteins, LLC | $83,835 | $61,216 | -27% |
| Myron Dawson | $70,476 | $53,724 | -23.8% |
| Joseph N Amaismeier | $0 | $27,419 | -- |
| R. J. Coffelt, Inc. | $145,360 | $25,679 | -82.3% |
| R. Logan Farms, LLC, P.L. | $46,613 | $20,708 | -55.6% |
| Jeff Bardall | $9,093 | $15,299 | 68.3% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $8,765 | -- |
| Rick Hein | $25,295 | $8,016 | -68.3% |
| Jerry Valdinger | $25,469 | $7,342 | -71.2% |
| Dorothy Malicki | $6,769 | $6,769 | 0% |
| Michael a Vinka | $17,800 | $5,721 | -67.9% |
| Joshua M. A. Willis | $37,202 | $5,658 | -84.8% |
| Harry Fisher | $19,682 | $5,508 | -72% |
| Alan Thompson | $34,263 | $5,486 | -84% |
| Rolling Ridge Angus Farm, Ltd. | $17,456 | $4,939 | -71.7% |
| Douglas W. Henderson | $21,314 | $4,932 | -76.9% |
| John C. Dauch | $8,853 | $4,789 | -45.9% |
| Clyde Compher | $21,952 | $4,556 | -79.2% |
| Matt Cobb | $22,459 | $4,373 | -80.5% |
| Tate E Bardall | $9,041 | $4,365 | -51.7% |
| Damian Chrisman | $18,214 | $4,079 | -77.6% |
| Ernest S. Pridemore | $8,525 | $3,966 | -53.5% |
| Theodore M. Lairson | $7,703 | $3,878 | -49.7% |
| Rodney L. Bockbrader | $3,778 | $3,778 | 0% |
| Don F Linerode JR | $6,209 | $3,622 | -41.7% |
| Sara Pauline Jones | $15,967 | $3,199 | -80% |
| Clifford E. Brown | $9,794 | $2,880 | -70.6% |
| Dutch Ridge Farms, LLC | $9,510 | $2,848 | -70.1% |
| Lawrence C. Ferguson | $14,924 | $2,840 | -81% |
| Carole J. Burdette | $8,238 | $2,839 | -65.5% |
| Phil Nitz | $14,615 | $2,665 | -81.8% |
| Michael G. Smith | $0 | $2,530 | -- |
| James a Ujcich JR | $13,873 | $2,375 | -82.9% |
| Mary Marlene Bardall | $0 | $2,304 | -- |
| Robert Michael Fierbaugh | $3,844 | $2,278 | -40.7% |
| Lynette Dauch | $9,220 | $2,215 | -76% |
| Todd Burdette | $5,102 | $2,182 | -57.2% |
| Anthony Knight | $10,444 | $1,995 | -80.9% |
| Craig Croskey | $8,976 | $1,985 | -77.9% |
| John Birney | $11,605 | $1,889 | -83.7% |
| Justin Allen Dewees | $0 | $1,815 | -- |
| Dean L. White | $8,317 | $1,729 | -79.2% |
| Albert W. Wright Jr. | $9,082 | $1,721 | -81.1% |
| Jacob E. Moore | $6,784 | $1,581 | -76.7% |
| James K. Anderson | $5,967 | $1,470 | -75.4% |
| John D. Erwin | $7,247 | $1,466 | -79.8% |
| John L. Harrah | $5,687 | $1,415 | -75.1% |
| Jon Jones | $6,339 | $1,279 | -79.8% |
| John D. Fisher | $3,810 | $1,244 | -67.3% |
| Ronald J. Hyde | $5,181 | $1,226 | -76.3% |
| Chet Rinkes | $5,803 | $1,184 | -79.6% |
| Haney Family Farm, LLC | $3,440 | $1,180 | -65.7% |
| Bryant M Valdinger | $6,492 | $1,088 | -83.2% |
| C H Birney Farms, Inc. | $5,554 | $1,066 | -80.8% |
| Bryson H. Bailey | $4,532 | $1,060 | -76.6% |
| Edison T. Gartrell | $4,433 | $977 | -78% |
| Robert R. Stewart | $5,161 | $973 | -81.1% |
| Jody Keller | $5,504 | $955 | -82.6% |
| David G. Edie | $0 | $894 | -- |
| Ronald Edie | $2,627 | $812 | -69.1% |
| Allen Scott | $3,916 | $793 | -79.7% |
| Harvey D. Gardner | $3,102 | $778 | -74.9% |
| Douglas A. Smith | $4,327 | $777 | -82% |
| George Thomas Cobb III | $2,923 | $769 | -73.7% |
| Joshua L. Rinkes | $3,014 | $765 | -74.6% |
| Raymond R. Nichols | $2,384 | $738 | -69% |
| Lewis Tipton | $4,540 | $734 | -83.8% |
| Thomas Hodkinson | $3,256 | $702 | -78.4% |
| Troy S. Burdette | $2,140 | $677 | -68.4% |
| Russell K. Cope | $3,533 | $662 | -81.3% |
| Karl P. Hoop | $4,091 | $661 | -83.8% |
| William K. Bush | $0 | $637 | -- |
| Clint Barr | $2,442 | $634 | -74% |
| Zackery C. Jones | $4,823 | $624 | -87.1% |
| Scott C. Porter | $2,937 | $620 | -78.9% |
| Merry Meadows Farm, LLC | $2,311 | $596 | -74.2% |
| Michael L. Kendziorski | $2,681 | $593 | -77.9% |
| Wayne L. Anderson | $13,385 | $576 | -95.7% |
| Bill Barcroft Jr. | $2,156 | $565 | -73.8% |
| Jonathan B. Morrison | $3,517 | $556 | -84.2% |
| John D. Duffy | $2,112 | $476 | -77.5% |
| Gary Rinkes | $1,862 | $411 | -77.9% |
| Benjamin T. Hodkinson | $1,815 | $394 | -78.3% |
| David W. Stine | $7,300 | $385 | -94.7% |
| Arthur Kage | $1,969 | $378 | -80.8% |
| Bert Tharp | $2,097 | $370 | -82.4% |
| Wilbur H. Birney | $3,074 | $364 | -88.2% |
| Faith Ranch and Farms Fund | $1,573 | $352 | -77.6% |
| Michelle Meyer | $363 | $339 | -6.6% |
| William H. Host | $1,965 | $317 | -83.9% |
| Kelly Hartzell | $1,226 | $317 | -74.1% |
| Daniel R. Abrams | $2,248 | $278 | -87.6% |
| Marshall D. Clark | $1,001 | $278 | -72.2% |
| Bart A. Busby | $1,155 | $263 | -77.2% |
| Gene Busby | $1,045 | $263 | -74.8% |
| Rhonda Rutter | $1,199 | $239 | -80.1% |
| Ronald P. Morrison | $1,013 | $225 | -77.8% |
| Ronald K. Host | $583 | $206 | -64.7% |
| Bryan K. McMillen | $462 | $198 | -57.1% |
| Stuart Heavilin | $953 | $188 | -80.3% |
| Joey Brown Jr. | $869 | $168 | -80.7% |
| Dawn Denise Edwards | $1,158 | $166 | -85.7% |
| Tyler R. McMillen | $363 | $165 | -54.5% |
| Joyce A. Barr | $1,059 | $164 | -84.5% |
| Neal W. Turner | $2,989 | $99 | -96.7% |
| Timothy Dunfee | $577 | $78 | -86.5% |
| Craig Brokaw | $373 | $33 | -91.2% |
| Philip James Colescott | $258 | $22 | -91.5% |
| Larry L. Davis | $494 | $14 | -97.2% |
| Stephanie Schott | $3,312 | $11 | -99.7% |
| Sonja Leggett | $79 | $8 | -89.9% |
| Mary George | $790 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Fierbaugh | $1,183 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Hendershot | $1,097 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Porter | $475 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony Beckley | $111 | $0 | -100% |
| Byron Wilson | $135 | $0 | -100% |
| Cottage Hill Farm, Inc. | $683 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas E. White | $455 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Lawlis | $6,323 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne K. Slater | $93 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilma A. Matusik | $192 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl J. Birney | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| David Ellis | $1,945 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Gray | $601 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Bardall | $266 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Knight | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $3,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Harrah | $1,083 | $0 | -100% |
| Nick Ramsey | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard White | $211 | $0 | -100% |
| Lori Kale | $922 | $0 | -100% |
| Shane Mikel Reynard | $2,192 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilmer E. Nihart | $270 | $0 | -100% |
| Carole Burdette | $564 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia S. Maleski | $5,437 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Burdette | $961 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Krawulski | $1,586 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard T Bardall | $9,551 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Haney | $490 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert R. Owens | $2,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell E. Galbraith | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,396,651 | $568,581 | -59.3% |
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