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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Muskingum County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Muskingum County received $3.2 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 272 farmers in cities within Muskingum County received a total of $1.5 million in 471 farm subsidies, a 68.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.7 million in 933 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 Muskingum County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Kelly Sarbaugh$0$78,876--
Apple Acres, LLC$0$68,497--
Jeff Lake$114,735$56,118-51.1%
Jared W. Knicely$112$55,35749,325.9%
Michel Livestock, LLC$161,694$55,263-65.8%
G & G Grain & Livestock, LLC$143,760$53,327-62.9%
Bell Farms Agent, LLC$1,108,009$50,535-95.4%
Hogue Farms, LLC$65,629$40,704-38%
Alan P. Brinker$26,273$37,50142.7%
Cox Brothers Farms$143,725$37,476-73.9%
Robert B. Vernon$130,644$32,472-75.1%
Steve Little Farms, LLC$74,457$31,338-57.9%
J. W. Hodge$64,122$27,278-57.5%
Harold J. Madden$81,444$26,125-67.9%
The Roost, LLC$0$25,596--
Donna M Lewis, LLC$25,269$25,2690%
Vernon Farms Adamsville Ohio, LLC$25,665$24,990-2.6%
Ronald F. Hogue$22,472$24,5959.4%
Warner's Dairy Farm, LLC$69,633$24,034-65.5%
Larry E. Merry$28,182$22,075-21.7%
Mark Wyer$21,400$21,4870.4%
Stephen F. Burkhart$5,301$21,293301.7%
David C. Moore$74,112$19,812-73.3%
Gary & Traci Lynn PTR Lynn Hay Farms$0$18,910--
Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation$0$17,831--
Timothy P. Shupert$48,242$16,882-65%
Jay R. McConnell$15,143$16,3818.2%
Vee K. Farms$51,631$14,966-71%
Siegrist Farms, Ltd.$50,683$14,590-71.2%
Oaklawn Farm, LLC$33,662$14,526-56.8%
Robert Newcomer$7,692$14,32386.2%
Timothy H. Rasor$24,441$13,854-43.3%
Tyler Basham$42,081$13,711-67.4%
Wesley Scott Shaw$0$13,142--
James B. Staker$63,429$12,978-79.5%
Schweitzer Farms$52,658$12,157-76.9%
Matthew C. Shupert$29,047$11,054-61.9%
James W. Porter$36,110$10,606-70.6%
Gary A. Miller$16,012$9,238-42.3%
Lee L. Lapp$25,283$8,929-64.7%
David C. Bower$28,881$8,533-70.5%
William M & Richard Lane$21,246$8,421-60.4%
Mcconnell Family Farms, LLC$23,226$7,670-67%
Valerie S Parks$41,685$7,504-82%
Spiker Bros Farm, LLC$28,419$7,378-74%
John R. Shupert$25,772$6,868-73.4%
Vansickle Farms$21,172$6,844-67.7%
Big Blue Skies Farm, LLC$38,017$6,709-82.4%
Hudson Family Farms of Dresden, LLC$0$6,652--
Charles J. Myers III$22,890$6,375-72.1%
Jeremy Kreager$17,141$6,328-63.1%
Wade Hatfield$27,651$6,316-77.2%
Dennis E. Morrow$18,733$6,297-66.4%
Lincoln R. Deitrick$18,966$6,135-67.7%
Duane Watson$21,348$5,999-71.9%
Steve Lacy$14,625$5,919-59.5%
Joseph Burwell$20,710$5,756-72.2%
Duane a Parks$21,977$5,549-74.8%
Little Land Company, LLC$17,910$5,315-70.3%
Bruce E. Knipe$24,936$5,221-79.1%
Robert D. Vandenbark$17,966$5,146-71.4%
Timothy J. Luallen$15,171$5,076-66.5%
Jay B. Trego$16,931$5,071-70%
Allen W. Derry$15,326$5,047-67.1%
Phyllis Mast$13,223$4,557-65.5%
Brian Hill$16,719$4,458-73.3%
John Quinn$15,411$4,313-72%
Cox Seed Sales, Ltd.$12,842$4,312-66.4%
Jenny E. Funk$11,852$4,158-64.9%
E. D. Hill$14,338$4,154-71%
Michael Noss$5,843$4,054-30.6%
Austin L. Mahan$23,271$3,939-83.1%
Ronald Duane Parks$27,958$3,916-86%
Philip D. Painter Jr.$13,076$3,893-70.2%
Jeff Hill$10,797$3,842-64.4%
Garry J. Wolford$17,396$3,813-78.1%
Jeff Dugan$15,365$3,789-75.3%
Ellis R. Hill$13,619$3,781-72.2%
Ronald F. Moran$8,599$3,598-58.2%
William B. Hayes$1,084$3,522224.9%
Rebecca J. Vansickle$9,718$3,403-65%
The Lee Irrevocable Heritage Trust$0$3,330--
Darin Stanson$1,970$3,27566.2%
John W. Ellenberger$3,136$3,1360%
Joyce A. Weiser$14,601$3,008-79.4%
Carolyn R. Baker$7,277$3,000-58.8%
Wal Mec Farms, LLC$10,051$2,984-70.3%
Kasey Porter$16,967$2,981-82.4%
David S. Carr$693$2,921321.5%
William John Church$4,529$2,801-38.2%
Crawford Answered Prayers Farm, LLC$0$2,552--
Betty J. Yeary$11,893$2,385-79.9%
Jack P. Arena$15,935$2,381-85.1%
Jerry L. Brown$11,008$2,339-78.8%
Brian S. Christman$10,267$2,311-77.5%
Jerry F. Barstow$2,766$2,304-16.7%
Scott M Lepi$4,496$2,285-49.2%
The Hursey Family Trust$0$2,270--
J & K Hatfield, LLC$20,786$2,249-89.2%
Tony B. McClain$7,752$2,222-71.3%
Adam J. Heil$43$2,2005,016.3%
Richard W. Knicely$17,963$2,173-87.9%
Randall Eppley$0$2,152--
Michael P. Sowers$6,436$2,150-66.6%
Denny Ross$5,357$2,105-60.7%
Richard W. Derry$5,258$2,078-60.5%
Michael T. Graham$2,728$1,953-28.4%
Bradley S. Kaufmann$0$1,918--
David R. White$8,204$1,883-77%
Randy R. Briggs$4,851$1,880-61.2%
Craig J Lake$18,077$1,827-89.9%
James A. McDonald$26,661$1,813-93.2%
Karl W. Leachman$6,590$1,783-72.9%
John R. Holmes$8,677$1,775-79.5%
Gerber Family Farm, LLC$0$1,767--
Carol S Bissonnette-Watson$11,066$1,756-84.1%
Wayne D. Kilpatrick$18,073$1,737-90.4%
William J. Hodge$0$1,731--
John W. Morton$9,386$1,728-81.6%
Joseph a Celuch$9,820$1,673-83%
Samuel F. Lenhart$5,238$1,657-68.4%
W George Farms, LLC$21,318$1,652-92.3%
MCC Sterling Farms$4,799$1,616-66.3%
Robert E. Chaney$2,486$1,604-35.5%
Frank W. Dietz$4,566$1,572-65.6%
Brian R. Babcock$4,966$1,565-68.5%
Robert L. Deitrick$6,912$1,547-77.6%
Jason Goff$9,607$1,542-83.9%
John P. Henthorne$0$1,520--
Elmer and Virginia Holbein Trust$9,629$1,500-84.4%
Craig D. Foraker$6,468$1,454-77.5%
Jeffrey C. Jordan$5,053$1,421-71.9%
Richard L. Vernon$3,377$1,414-58.1%
Robert Babcock$858$1,33855.9%
Sally Vandenbark$7,324$1,300-82.3%
Mark D. Weiser$3,962$1,237-68.8%
Zachary Guthrie$6,164$1,224-80.1%
Ian Matthew Brinker$0$1,199--
William P. Neptune$4,441$1,191-73.2%
Larry Orndorff$815$1,16743.2%
Fisk Family Enterprises, Ltd.$1,160$1,1620.2%
James L. Gibson$1,989$1,155-41.9%
Peter A. Dosch$111$1,155940.5%
Larry K. Frick$2,765$1,126-59.3%
Gray Family Farm, LLC$4,573$1,112-75.7%
Jay R. Slack$5,142$1,090-78.8%
Ronald Shirer$5,035$1,070-78.7%
Ronald L. Madden$8,396$1,038-87.6%
John W. Sellers$5,301$1,024-80.7%
Donald K. Martin$2,416$1,017-57.9%
Jason Babcock$4,092$1,016-75.2%
Roy Eugene Ramsey$5,085$1,004-80.3%
Charles E. Spiker$14,005$990-92.9%
Paul B. Howell$3,685$972-73.6%
Jill A. Hittle$4,454$963-78.4%
Martha E. Prouty$4,389$931-78.8%
Mark A. Wyer$0$929--
James Priest$6,478$922-85.8%
Ruth A. Fraley$1,439$908-36.9%
Tyler German$3,811$890-76.6%
Richard E. Smith$2,039$880-56.8%
Tanner J. Kilpatrick$4,325$880-79.7%
Joseph Lemert Mattingly Trust$2,054$868-57.7%
Stephen A. Bell$3,436$760-77.9%
Travis Gregorich$5,879$754-87.2%
Philip J. Longstreth$1,942$753-61.2%
Freda M Kilpatrick Trust$1,617$745-53.9%
Michael H. Wagner$5,302$713-86.6%
Donald Mozena$695$6950%
Earl R. Murphy$2,005$688-65.7%
Ron L. Kreis$3,600$681-81.1%
Gary L. Hursey$4,125$680-83.5%
Larry McDaniel$4,733$674-85.8%
Fred E. Little$3,179$664-79.1%
Cox Bros & Sons, Inc.$2,046$651-68.2%
James M. Wesley$2,880$644-77.6%
Joseph R. Bridwell III$1,279$641-49.9%
Roger Hogue$2,424$638-73.7%
Bo Watts$2,915$627-78.5%
Jason M. Pletcher$1,903$614-67.7%
David A. Danison$2,272$606-73.3%
Bryan Seng$1,733$604-65.1%
Royce Browning$1,870$604-67.7%
Danny R. Painter$1,123$598-46.7%
James M. Siegrist$1,672$570-65.9%
Kolb Bros, Inc.$2,037$548-73.1%
Joseph R Van Reeth$1,155$546-52.7%
John P. Marshall$2,607$544-79.1%
Arthur Irving Bell$539$5390%
Judith Quinn$0$539--
Thomas W. Graham$2,013$535-73.4%
Lisa D. Barrows$532$5320%
Mark D. Briggs$1,320$526-60.2%
Mary Morrow$0$525--
Janice Romine$0$517--
Chad McCutcheon$4,549$506-88.9%
Samuel R. Mitchell$2,321$502-78.4%
Lois Elaine Crockett$2,104$496-76.4%
Clarence E. Mitchell Jr.$2,568$489-81%
David R. Culbertson$1,591$488-69.3%
Bruce D. McConnell$1,063$474-55.4%
John Daniel$2,266$472-79.2%
Roger A. Kreis$3,376$470-86.1%
Kim Erin Kerns$1,573$468-70.2%
Kenneth C. Gray$2,204$467-78.8%
Charles D. Babcock$792$458-42.2%
Jack D. Kilpatrick$2,344$454-80.6%
Kyle Porter$1,862$454-75.6%
Jay F. Watts$2,116$446-78.9%
Charles E. Berry$0$440--
Farm Service Agency$105$437316.2%
Gary M. Heil$3,025$436-85.6%
Michael W. Cox$2,366$435-81.6%
Elmer R. Godby$1,936$435-77.5%
Donald Kontur$1,661$433-73.9%
Kristofer A. Scheurman$1,183$431-63.6%
Eric Dickson$1,314$401-69.5%
Larry B. Lapp$7,186$392-94.5%
Jamie Applegarth$1,859$391-79%
Kevin W. Funk$3,790$380-90%
Brian W. Palmer$2,261$372-83.5%
William A. Duncan$1,727$339-80.4%
Logan C. Deitrick$1,419$331-76.7%
Patrick A. Burkhart$0$329--
Arlene J. Quinn$245$32733.5%
Eric James Stafford$3,535$318-91%
Donald D. Madden$1,694$315-81.4%
Bert H Tooms$1,274$304-76.1%
Michael D. Jordan$1,496$298-80.1%
Huston Farms$18,368$293-98.4%
Marlene Hare$1,676$287-82.9%
Benny L. Binkley$1,253$284-77.3%
Ronald L. Vanasdale$28$283910.7%
Andrew C. Crawford$842$274-67.5%
Lee E. Finney$420$267-36.4%
Tracey L. Herron$2,343$260-88.9%
Vernon King$660$253-61.7%
Rita E. Crock$1,876$248-86.8%
Derek Lacy$185$24633%
Phillip H. Mills$891$222-75.1%
Charles Deitrick$671$220-67.2%
Darrell Romine$1,317$209-84.1%
Linda Higby$178$1780%
Connie L. Rine$775$174-77.5%
Paul's Farm Market Greenhouses, Ltd.$0$158--
Jon M. McMahon$0$140--
Kevin Matthew Quinn$660$140-78.8%
Troy Everett$501$132-73.7%
Timothy D. Eppley$0$129--
Michael E. Gosnell$645$125-80.6%
Harold M. Lefever$517$124-76%
Tyna J. Dailey$378$114-69.8%
Michael Neptune$484$107-77.9%
Anderson Brothers Farms, LLC$36,942$100-99.7%
Rodney D. McDaniel$1,351$100-92.6%
Andrew William Powley$978$90-90.8%
Dean A. Baughman$254$87-65.7%
Charles C. Gerber$504$83-83.5%
Ralph D. Thornton$2,352$77-96.7%
Rhea M. Holbein$242$69-71.5%
Rita M. Holbein$154$52-66.2%
Doug German$2,377$51-97.9%
Schneider's Stump Farms, LLC$1,796$50-97.2%
Camila Graham$682$41-94%
Richard P. Vanwye$0$41--
Linette Shepler$532$31-94.2%
Ada M. Wagner$299$29-90.3%
Chas W. Graham$37,708$29-99.9%
Kevin W. Spiker$85$27-68.2%
John C. Roberts$176$24-86.4%
David Forsythe$0$21--
Susan R. Whitaker$422$19-95.5%
Alice F. Wilkins$238$0-100%
Craig E. Adams Sr.$440$0-100%
David Alan Burkey$1,320$0-100%
Edward J. Heil$224$0-100%
Don Martin$680$0-100%
Eric Scheurman$587$0-100%
Floyd E. Green$377$0-100%
George William Hutcheson$77$0-100%
Hudson Family Farms of Dresden LL$8,868$0-100%
Jeanne A. Oakes$875$0-100%
Jerilee Moore$487$0-100%
Nancy L. Wells$1,075$0-100%
Scott Brocklehurst$46$0-100%
The Lee Irrevocable Heritage Trus$3,133$0-100%
Wade H. Sauerbrey$48$0-100%
Charles Graham$4,033$0-100%
Crawford Answered Prayers Farm LL$14,649$0-100%
David Beverley$594$0-100%
David Bremer$495$0-100%
Freda Kilpatrick$605$0-100%
Gregory E. Babcock$1,937$0-100%
Jeff Smith$1,010$0-100%
Ripple Rock Fish Farms, LLC$13,510$0-100%
Rose Green$112$0-100%
Sharon Hedges$128$0-100%
Teresa Cloud$1,751$0-100%
Timothy Anderson$6,874$0-100%
Walter L. Dorsey$1,780$0-100%
Wayne Graham$18,935$0-100%
Buckshot Farms, LLC$1,188$0-100%
David Craig Malanowski$1,224$0-100%
Donald F. White$2,530$0-100%
Donald W. Jordan$1,962$0-100%
Donna L. Ball$1,341$0-100%
Glenn B. Christman$1,430$0-100%
Mark Baughman$1,073$0-100%
Mcdaniel's Greenhouse, LLC$18,303$0-100%
Meredith Osburn$2,310$0-100%
Craig W. George$486$0-100%
Jerry R. Allison$723$0-100%
Kevin Ritchey$985$0-100%
Mark Carpenter$2,702$0-100%
Mr Prouty Farms, Ltd.$2,200$0-100%
Kimberly Ann Roman$3,375$0-100%
A. J. Quinn$119$0-100%
Albert J. Crock$632$0-100%
Cameron Legacy, LLC$669$0-100%
Carter Farms, LLC$49$0-100%
Charles E. Ross$33$0-100%
Charles Mattingly$284$0-100%
Charles W. Hatfield$47$0-100%
Christinia a Kirkbride$4,303$0-100%
Clay Winland$1,045$0-100%
Daniel Kevin McConnell$240$0-100%
David Laird Osburn$775$0-100%
Dennis Michel$44$0-100%
Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE$66,324$0-100%
FSA c/O Tina Mellinger$606$0-100%
Gail H & Robert L Deitrick L & L$3,354$0-100%
Gary & Traci Lynn PTR Lynn Hay Fa$43,824$0-100%
Glen A. Hursey$5,032$0-100%
Harold E. Curtis$36$0-100%
James Tucker$85$0-100%
Jerry Barstow$3,852$0-100%
John L. Haswell III$67$0-100%
Kelvin Kreager$825$0-100%
Kenneth E. Batteiger$88$0-100%
Larry Ball$113$0-100%
Mary Belle Greiner$93$0-100%
Ned S Thomas and Lola O Thomas Trustee$603$0-100%
Paul's Farm Market Greenhouses Lieutenant$31,433$0-100%
Timber Run Gardens, LLC$37,971$0-100%
Tyler W. Kopchak$385$0-100%
Usda Farm Service Agency$500$0-100%
Total subsidies$4,727,917$1,494,396-68.4%

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