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In 2021, 109 farmers in cities within Holmes County received a total of $2.2 million in 207 farm subsidies, a 52.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.6 million in 479 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 |
---|---|---|---|
Loder Farms | $442,368 | $162,728 | -63.2% |
Open Road Farm, Ltd. | $268,519 | $138,993 | -48.2% |
Doughty Valley Holsteins, LLC | $284,705 | $128,491 | -54.9% |
Alan Kozak | $290,708 | $125,353 | -56.9% |
HI-Hills Farm | $460,075 | $123,556 | -73.1% |
Dalroy Farms, Inc. | $184,096 | $122,570 | -33.4% |
Hipp Farms, Ltd. | $440,789 | $114,806 | -74% |
Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $114,801 | -- |
Larry C. Piar | $5,226 | $113,008 | 2,062.4% |
David Lee Miller | $166,663 | $93,516 | -43.9% |
William C. Bontrager | $78,471 | $77,006 | -1.9% |
Goodwill Farms | $219,322 | $72,813 | -66.8% |
Mohler View Farm, Ltd. | $89,975 | $66,950 | -25.6% |
Terence L. Arnold | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
A & R Pulpwood, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
Wesley Troyer | $72,364 | $49,319 | -31.8% |
Kauffman Farms, LLC | $109,640 | $38,387 | -65% |
Matthew A. Stitzlein | $130,722 | $38,149 | -70.8% |
ADT Trucking, LLC | $0 | $34,909 | -- |
Jason Miller | $32,533 | $29,409 | -9.6% |
Big Run Farms, Inc. | $72,320 | $28,321 | -60.8% |
Big Little Farms, LLC | $62,810 | $26,074 | -58.5% |
Dean F Wolboldt | $69,813 | $23,801 | -65.9% |
Mitch McDowell | $17,268 | $20,560 | 19.1% |
Glenn W. Coblentz | $51,897 | $17,514 | -66.3% |
Kurt Allan McDowell | $26,448 | $17,170 | -35.1% |
Martha L. Kauffman | $30,976 | $16,583 | -46.5% |
Wayne J. Schlabach | $18,033 | $16,430 | -8.9% |
Straits Brothers Farm, Inc. | $23,255 | $16,005 | -31.2% |
Alan B. Bigler | $19,044 | $15,031 | -21.1% |
David L. Troyer | $17,098 | $13,407 | -21.6% |
Timothy J. Rohr | $33,488 | $13,376 | -60.1% |
Joel J. Coblentz | $25,606 | $12,663 | -50.5% |
Triple R Beef Masters | $24,432 | $12,501 | -48.8% |
Kenneth E. Taylor | $31,552 | $11,622 | -63.2% |
Andy R. Keim | $11,979 | $10,631 | -11.3% |
Achamire Farms, LLC | $8,488 | $8,488 | 0% |
Brent Allen Giauque | $0 | $7,990 | -- |
Daniel L. Troyer | $14,258 | $7,730 | -45.8% |
Dustin Hendrix | $19,796 | $6,664 | -66.3% |
Abraham L. Mast | $15,334 | $6,321 | -58.8% |
Fair Farms, Inc. | $23,247 | $5,897 | -74.6% |
Harold A. Miller | $11,168 | $5,480 | -50.9% |
River Bluff Timber, LLC | $0 | $5,220 | -- |
Isaiah Troyer | $13,927 | $5,210 | -62.6% |
Wayne Shaffer | $7,523 | $5,178 | -31.2% |
Hillside Farms & Properties, LLC | $6,488 | $4,720 | -27.3% |
Brett Barton | $14,051 | $4,596 | -67.3% |
Edward E. Balder | $8,634 | $4,487 | -48% |
Piar Mineral Ridge Dairy, LLC | $171,331 | $4,189 | -97.6% |
Tiverton Timber, Ltd. | $4,120 | $4,120 | 0% |
Lee Andrew Young | $10,834 | $3,814 | -64.8% |
Lester O. Schlabach | $7,708 | $3,501 | -54.6% |
Rick G. Hawkins | $7,620 | $3,443 | -54.8% |
Robert E. Waltman | $7,311 | $3,276 | -55.2% |
Frank M. Dimarco | $1,424 | $3,237 | 127.3% |
Michael Kauffman | $4,385 | $3,169 | -27.7% |
Steve Kauffman | $8,087 | $3,142 | -61.1% |
Devon Miller | $9,119 | $3,109 | -65.9% |
David A. Coil | $3,011 | $3,011 | 0% |
Michael Jefferson Park | $2,528 | $2,528 | 0% |
Gerald D. Schonauer | $9,174 | $2,477 | -73% |
William J. Baker | $2,403 | $2,403 | 0% |
Onita J Lowe | $5,267 | $2,326 | -55.8% |
Verlin Troyer | $616 | $2,316 | 276% |
Mary Jo Cutlip | $6,549 | $2,254 | -65.6% |
Ferman D. Wengerd | $6,132 | $2,150 | -64.9% |
Myron B. Miller | $14,229 | $1,710 | -88% |
Duane E. Schopfer | $4,225 | $1,546 | -63.4% |
James Rice Bell | $2,156 | $1,522 | -29.4% |
Atlee J. J. Yoder | $27,957 | $1,347 | -95.2% |
Douglas W. Sommers | $5,230 | $1,286 | -75.4% |
William L. Schonauer | $1,205 | $1,205 | 0% |
Robert M. Hershberger | $3,371 | $1,110 | -67.1% |
Joel a Menuez | $935 | $1,072 | 14.7% |
Joel Miller | $3,195 | $1,024 | -67.9% |
Matthew P. Stutzman | $11,592 | $1,000 | -91.4% |
Debra Shank Thern | $899 | $977 | 8.7% |
Jeremy C. Miller | $15,306 | $903 | -94.1% |
Rodney Lowe | $2,707 | $839 | -69% |
John R. Martin | $2,649 | $835 | -68.5% |
Robert L. Ling | $1,457 | $830 | -43% |
Lloyd E. Miller | $16,598 | $700 | -95.8% |
Jerry D. Schonauer | $1,382 | $615 | -55.5% |
Neiswander Farm, LLC | $1,015 | $604 | -40.5% |
Steven E. Gray | $2,750 | $584 | -78.8% |
David E. Shreiner | $583 | $583 | 0% |
Susan Garwick Slagle | $1,225 | $455 | -62.9% |
Jason W. Miller | $0 | $406 | -- |
David J. Yoder | $8,790 | $380 | -95.7% |
Firman L. Yoder | $464 | $371 | -20% |
Robert M. Smith | $595 | $347 | -41.7% |
Karen Hunter | $322 | $322 | 0% |
Robert K. Hunter | $322 | $322 | 0% |
Lee Debnar | $1,307 | $289 | -77.9% |
Chazarae Sheldon | $684 | $284 | -58.5% |
James Devon Miller | $243 | $243 | 0% |
Leon Miller | $2,206 | $218 | -90.1% |
Steven G. Sommers | $1,081 | $183 | -83.1% |
Benjamin M. Ogi | $1,654 | $148 | -91.1% |
Amanda L Mallasch | $0 | $125 | -- |
Ralph E. Strausbaugh | $409 | $86 | -79% |
Eli N. Yoder | $5,302 | $84 | -98.4% |
William R. Davenport | $330 | $63 | -80.9% |
Guy R. Stallman | $512 | $60 | -88.3% |
Uhland Farms, Inc. | $333 | $39 | -88.3% |
Jeffrey E. Phillips | $597 | $36 | -94% |
Phyllis Debnar | $254 | $7 | -97.2% |
Jeffrey V. Shrock | $307 | $4 | -98.7% |
River Bluff Timber, LLC | $5,220 | $0 | -100% |
Randal L. Miller | $4,451 | $0 | -100% |
Derrick Fox | $354 | $0 | -100% |
Leonard W. Gerber | $167 | $0 | -100% |
Ronald W. Bevington | $715 | $0 | -100% |
Stanton W. Coakley | $88 | $0 | -100% |
Andy J. Erb | $36,234 | $0 | -100% |
Atlee L. Erb | $10,154 | $0 | -100% |
Bands Company, Inc. | $20,831 | $0 | -100% |
Ben J Raber | $302 | $0 | -100% |
Clark View Acres, Ltd. | $825 | $0 | -100% |
Daniel E. Peebles | $918 | $0 | -100% |
David A. Raber | $7,544 | $0 | -100% |
David H. Yoder | $14,424 | $0 | -100% |
Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $13,273 | $0 | -100% |
Felty L. Raber | $9,632 | $0 | -100% |
Jerry E. Raber | $8,312 | $0 | -100% |
John R. Hershberger | $23,465 | $0 | -100% |
Junior A. Yoder | $10,407 | $0 | -100% |
Lester A. Yoder | $82 | $0 | -100% |
M J M Properties, Ltd. | $684 | $0 | -100% |
Michael M. Yoder | $31,922 | $0 | -100% |
Nathaniel Anthony Klink | $837 | $0 | -100% |
Norma Getchey | $41 | $0 | -100% |
Roger A. Patterson | $24,963 | $0 | -100% |
Roger Ames | $95 | $0 | -100% |
Shank Family Living Trust | $3,066 | $0 | -100% |
Spring Valley Farm | $1,812 | $0 | -100% |
Valleyside Acres, LLC | $610 | $0 | -100% |
Wayne A. Keim | $349 | $0 | -100% |
Wendy S Gerhan | $196 | $0 | -100% |
Steven M. Straits | $522 | $0 | -100% |
Total subsidies | $4,601,601 | $2,179,413 | -52.6% |