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In 2021, 249 farmers in cities within Coshocton County received a total of $2.3 million in 427 farm subsidies, a 60.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.8 million in 1,025 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 Coshocton County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wen-Mar Farms, Inc. | $1,565,615 | $540,035 | -65.5% |
| Daugherty Farms, LLC | $241,732 | $123,220 | -49% |
| Rodney Goedel | $390,302 | $121,716 | -68.8% |
| Michael Lower | $98,324 | $77,681 | -21% |
| Garber Farms | $134,613 | $70,407 | -47.7% |
| Gary Deibel | $18,581 | $65,361 | 251.8% |
| Mary M. Tumblin | $54,262 | $63,997 | 17.9% |
| Warren Lapp and Son | $178,631 | $57,179 | -68% |
| Derr Farms, Inc. | $178,707 | $55,879 | -68.7% |
| John F. Wyler | $96,671 | $49,811 | -48.5% |
| Brad Cunningham | $39,446 | $40,632 | 3% |
| Dan Youngen | $26,902 | $40,415 | 50.2% |
| Blair Porteus and Sons | $128,789 | $34,838 | -72.9% |
| Ezra J. Helmick | $54,151 | $32,214 | -40.5% |
| Waters Family, LLC | $124,983 | $31,711 | -74.6% |
| Johnson Stock Farms, LLC | $53,445 | $29,177 | -45.4% |
| Steven D. Wills | $35,011 | $26,810 | -23.4% |
| Larry A. Frye | $84,125 | $25,977 | -69.1% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $25,226 | -- |
| Eric Deibel | $41,325 | $24,264 | -41.3% |
| Matthew Hinds | $14,183 | $21,824 | 53.9% |
| Porteus Brothers | $92,842 | $21,081 | -77.3% |
| David R. Miller | $82,667 | $21,002 | -74.6% |
| David H. Shurtz | $59,621 | $18,520 | -68.9% |
| Wm Neil Croft | $65,034 | $17,668 | -72.8% |
| Dale R. Hedrick | $39,726 | $17,487 | -56% |
| Keith Stahl | $11,554 | $15,849 | 37.2% |
| Michael Watson | $58,496 | $15,631 | -73.3% |
| WWKD, LLC | $44,978 | $15,554 | -65.4% |
| Bouquet Valley Farms | $47,280 | $15,507 | -67.2% |
| Devon D. Myers | $22,333 | $15,458 | -30.8% |
| Jack R. Lowe | $16,682 | $15,057 | -9.7% |
| Charles Hothem | $47,523 | $15,029 | -68.4% |
| Pew Farms, LLC | $43,206 | $14,421 | -66.6% |
| Steven R. Finton | $43,514 | $13,906 | -68% |
| Grow Ohio Agriculture, Inc. | $10,236 | $13,649 | 33.3% |
| Shurtz Family Farm | $44,420 | $13,315 | -70% |
| Carl Wright | $39,310 | $12,141 | -69.1% |
| Colt Kaser | $32,517 | $11,457 | -64.8% |
| Kurt Fredrick Wyler | $24,543 | $11,362 | -53.7% |
| Gerald R. Finlay | $37,998 | $11,062 | -70.9% |
| Thaddeus J. Myers | $14,343 | $10,873 | -24.2% |
| William K. Croft | $42,145 | $10,854 | -74.2% |
| Stein Farms of Fresno, LLC | $18,181 | $10,613 | -41.6% |
| Ed Allen Jones | $48,491 | $9,918 | -79.5% |
| James Clifton Hammond | $19,933 | $9,192 | -53.9% |
| John Scott Thomas | $19,518 | $9,027 | -53.8% |
| Jack Shurtz | $26,904 | $8,915 | -66.9% |
| Susan M. Eberwine | $3,450 | $8,795 | 154.9% |
| Eunice Finton | $32,139 | $8,162 | -74.6% |
| Garber Brothers Farms, LLC | $17,415 | $8,007 | -54% |
| Charles W. Fornara | $7,887 | $7,887 | 0% |
| Porteus Bros | $23,083 | $7,420 | -67.9% |
| John Wilkins | $18,828 | $7,378 | -60.8% |
| James A. Miller | $17,216 | $7,083 | -58.9% |
| David N & Rita R Ross, LLC | $17,264 | $6,936 | -59.8% |
| Walhonding Valley Farmers | $5,994 | $6,826 | 13.9% |
| Robert N. Laughlin | $5,877 | $6,603 | 12.4% |
| Joyce I. Alloway | $6,519 | $6,403 | -1.8% |
| McVey Bros | $32,622 | $6,326 | -80.6% |
| Kurtis Neil Croft | $19,634 | $6,299 | -67.9% |
| Monte McCoy | $23,305 | $6,097 | -73.8% |
| M T Acres, LLC | $16,729 | $5,943 | -64.5% |
| Randy Mizer | $17,933 | $5,515 | -69.2% |
| Glendale Farms, LLC | $17,373 | $5,187 | -70.1% |
| Randall L. Conrad | $9,486 | $5,146 | -45.8% |
| Jan L. Luce | $5,009 | $4,829 | -3.6% |
| Tim Olinger | $15,680 | $4,786 | -69.5% |
| Brian Darr | $13,903 | $4,781 | -65.6% |
| Timothy A. Cox | $15,240 | $4,607 | -69.8% |
| Steven W. Lonsinger | $5,093 | $4,567 | -10.3% |
| James A. Blair | $19,436 | $4,565 | -76.5% |
| Greg Vickers | $15,915 | $4,492 | -71.8% |
| A and B Porteus | $24,118 | $4,382 | -81.8% |
| Charles Helmick | $20,612 | $4,251 | -79.4% |
| Todd Mast | $11,406 | $4,129 | -63.8% |
| Larry R. Sturtz | $6,998 | $4,033 | -42.4% |
| Heidi Soules | $4,000 | $4,000 | 0% |
| Mary Ann Barrick | $4,653 | $3,957 | -15% |
| Brian H. Powell | $9,888 | $3,878 | -60.8% |
| Daniel L. Hothem | $8,920 | $3,741 | -58.1% |
| Justin Wilkins | $8,794 | $3,513 | -60.1% |
| James R. Schumaker | $11,481 | $3,494 | -69.6% |
| Cox Family Company, LLC | $12,367 | $3,399 | -72.5% |
| Shawn L. Fry | $11,768 | $3,246 | -72.4% |
| Bruce D. Shrimplin | $15,866 | $3,061 | -80.7% |
| Denny Smailes | $7,536 | $3,030 | -59.8% |
| Winston Foster III | $10,526 | $3,028 | -71.2% |
| Robert C. Stout | $13,324 | $3,018 | -77.3% |
| Albert Haines | $12,390 | $2,983 | -75.9% |
| Garry H. Buchanan | $6,200 | $2,962 | -52.2% |
| Joshua E. Gamertsfelder | $8,039 | $2,852 | -64.5% |
| Marc C. Lacy | $14,276 | $2,850 | -80% |
| Abe H. Yoder | $2,088 | $2,799 | 34.1% |
| Daniel D. Adams | $4,545 | $2,605 | -42.7% |
| Andrew J. Hunter | $9,105 | $2,516 | -72.4% |
| Mark Marhofer | $2,504 | $2,504 | 0% |
| Randy Moore | $11,055 | $2,494 | -77.4% |
| Gail Williamson | $12,218 | $2,466 | -79.8% |
| Larry R. King | $9,073 | $2,457 | -72.9% |
| Wills Farm, LLC | $4,343 | $2,435 | -43.9% |
| Jerry Sturtz | $7,658 | $2,427 | -68.3% |
| William Williamson | $6,660 | $2,423 | -63.6% |
| Bruce Stevens | $11,109 | $2,390 | -78.5% |
| Endsley Farms, LLC | $5,497 | $2,346 | -57.3% |
| Trevor Thomas | $16,758 | $2,319 | -86.2% |
| Eastern Ohio Agent Farms, LLC | $2,673 | $2,265 | -15.3% |
| Zachary Scott Hagans | $4,467 | $2,246 | -49.7% |
| Gordon R. Gamertsfelder | $5,510 | $2,129 | -61.4% |
| George D. Myers | $3,838 | $2,115 | -44.9% |
| Richard Wright | $4,423 | $2,099 | -52.5% |
| Gary M. Scheetz | $913 | $2,081 | 127.9% |
| Lynn Mikesell | $6,823 | $2,074 | -69.6% |
| Uher Keystone Preservation Trust | $2,034 | $2,034 | 0% |
| Douglas Ritzert | $2,029 | $2,029 | 0% |
| Judith Finlay | $2,405 | $2,019 | -16% |
| Andrea Finton | $1,527 | $1,980 | 29.7% |
| Terry R. Balo | $9,152 | $1,946 | -78.7% |
| Vernon Mizer | $11,869 | $1,897 | -84% |
| Larry Endsley | $1,794 | $1,890 | 5.4% |
| Anthony Atwood | $0 | $1,868 | -- |
| Muskingum Valley Rod & Gun Club, Ltd. | $0 | $1,864 | -- |
| Ruth Hardesty | $1,160 | $1,839 | 58.5% |
| Walter Shrimplin | $7,461 | $1,816 | -75.7% |
| Cabr, LLC | $4,849 | $1,758 | -63.7% |
| Kevin Michael Foster | $5,583 | $1,749 | -68.7% |
| John E. Porteus | $4,937 | $1,722 | -65.1% |
| Simon Dudgeon | $0 | $1,692 | -- |
| Zimmer Farms, LLC | $3,544 | $1,625 | -54.1% |
| TRI Mac, Inc. | $0 | $1,624 | -- |
| Jeff Gibbs | $4,500 | $1,619 | -64% |
| Falcon View II, LLC | $5,695 | $1,553 | -72.7% |
| Larry Mizer | $9,113 | $1,552 | -83% |
| Matthew Roahrig | $2,134 | $1,525 | -28.5% |
| William T. Randles | $0 | $1,477 | -- |
| Elsie J. Loos | $1,463 | $1,463 | 0% |
| Ryan D. Lepage | $5,074 | $1,430 | -71.8% |
| Timothy R. Helmick | $3,261 | $1,408 | -56.8% |
| Jill Collins | $3,091 | $1,408 | -54.4% |
| Justin Crawford | $8,299 | $1,389 | -83.3% |
| Robert Atwood | $2,908 | $1,370 | -52.9% |
| James B. Shroyer | $1,365 | $1,365 | 0% |
| Norris Family Farm, LLC | $3,247 | $1,332 | -59% |
| The Estate of Forrest Donald Rinehart | $0 | $1,312 | -- |
| Steven Storm | $4,114 | $1,311 | -68.1% |
| Terry E. Stein | $1,295 | $1,295 | 0% |
| Martha Jones | $6,186 | $1,283 | -79.3% |
| Rodney A. Sheets | $3,055 | $1,258 | -58.8% |
| Dale Hale | $1,223 | $1,223 | 0% |
| Barbara Fabian | $0 | $1,214 | -- |
| Brian Myers | $1,942 | $1,199 | -38.3% |
| Alan Dusenberry | $3,157 | $1,157 | -63.4% |
| Dan S. Shrimplin | $5,208 | $1,100 | -78.9% |
| Travis Lynn Mullett | $3,454 | $1,087 | -68.5% |
| Dale Ramsey | $1,084 | $1,084 | 0% |
| Ann L. Lorenz | $275 | $1,072 | 289.8% |
| Kirk D. Scheurman | $6,269 | $1,052 | -83.2% |
| Ken Hunter | $2,220 | $1,048 | -52.8% |
| Mike Haumschild | $4,435 | $1,048 | -76.4% |
| Triple D Farms LP | $2,734 | $1,045 | -61.8% |
| Donald E. Ramsey | $1,037 | $1,037 | 0% |
| Jean Stein | $135 | $1,008 | 646.7% |
| Marshall Lee Rosene | $2,035 | $1,001 | -50.8% |
| Kaye M. Potts | $758 | $997 | 31.5% |
| Karen Locke | $6,257 | $950 | -84.8% |
| Gene Mullett | $0 | $935 | -- |
| Rick L. Haines | $4,208 | $907 | -78.4% |
| Mitch Bradford | $1,311 | $883 | -32.6% |
| Susan D. Match | $1,299 | $865 | -33.4% |
| William M. Trail | $860 | $860 | 0% |
| Kevin Foster | $2,836 | $847 | -70.1% |
| Roger Seitz | $4,213 | $835 | -80.2% |
| Pearl Hill Farms, LLC | $2,078 | $811 | -61% |
| Todd Endsley | $4,823 | $800 | -83.4% |
| Chase A. Dyer | $1,948 | $793 | -59.3% |
| Donald Balo Jr. | $1,248 | $780 | -37.5% |
| Joshua D. Henderson | $6,322 | $738 | -88.3% |
| John S. Bussard | $2,049 | $738 | -64% |
| Susan Dilly | $716 | $716 | 0% |
| John Joshua Thomas | $3,230 | $712 | -78% |
| Malcolm E. Miller | $3,308 | $710 | -78.5% |
| Martin D. Gosser | $2,311 | $687 | -70.3% |
| Full Armor, LLC | $1,023 | $680 | -33.5% |
| Dorothy M. Kaser | $674 | $674 | 0% |
| Donald Lee Warren | $5,281 | $662 | -87.5% |
| Michael Greten | $3,166 | $644 | -79.7% |
| Craig Powell | $2,257 | $638 | -71.7% |
| Adam Eppley | $634 | $634 | 0% |
| Brent D. Bucher | $2,354 | $605 | -74.3% |
| Lisa M. Gress | $596 | $596 | 0% |
| Rowdi Mullett | $0 | $560 | -- |
| Cole B. Wright | $2,189 | $549 | -74.9% |
| Lyndon Kanuckel | $539 | $539 | 0% |
| Frederick L. Chapman | $1,526 | $533 | -65.1% |
| Kayla Finton | $2,525 | $530 | -79% |
| Thomas L. Warden | $2,221 | $518 | -76.7% |
| Mccurdy Family Farms, LLC | $2,369 | $509 | -78.5% |
| Charles Stricker | $4,491 | $478 | -89.4% |
| Robert S. Mizer | $4,455 | $478 | -89.3% |
| Doug Fry | $619 | $459 | -25.8% |
| Douglas L. Randles | $960 | $458 | -52.3% |
| Daryl L. Duncan | $1,951 | $433 | -77.8% |
| Jerry Heddleson | $1,485 | $431 | -71% |
| Scott Haines | $1,716 | $417 | -75.7% |
| Jamie E. Hahn | $1,859 | $386 | -79.2% |
| William D. Murphy | $2,936 | $384 | -86.9% |
| Gregory J. Lauvray | $1,924 | $382 | -80.1% |
| Gary L. Mizer Jr. | $2,696 | $381 | -85.9% |
| Forrest E. Eick | $1,749 | $370 | -78.8% |
| William F. Schaefer | $1,680 | $365 | -78.3% |
| Jerry A. Thomas | $2,425 | $328 | -86.5% |
| Farrah M. Cunningham | $422 | $313 | -25.8% |
| Pattee Molasases, LLC | $298 | $298 | 0% |
| Dean E. Limbacher | $599 | $291 | -51.4% |
| Deborah J. Woodall | $457 | $269 | -41.1% |
| Jeffrey Goedel | $49,047 | $266 | -99.5% |
| Carleen J. Obryon | $1,835 | $257 | -86% |
| Jerry K. Funk | $952 | $255 | -73.2% |
| Grant K. Daugherty | $638 | $254 | -60.2% |
| Rita R. Hammon | $242 | $242 | 0% |
| Lori J. Wachtel | $177 | $237 | 33.9% |
| Rodney Adams | $721 | $236 | -67.3% |
| Cynthia A. Randles | $0 | $233 | -- |
| Robert M. Buxton | $2,910 | $230 | -92.1% |
| Peggy Mitchell | $627 | $211 | -66.3% |
| Joyce L. Johnson | $49 | $198 | 304.1% |
| Bruce Lowery | $2,296 | $196 | -91.5% |
| Dale Caley | $499 | $175 | -64.9% |
| James D. Lawrentz | $6,460 | $170 | -97.4% |
| Brandon Gosser | $184 | $124 | -32.6% |
| Rex William Brenly | $286 | $121 | -57.7% |
| Philip K. D. Brown | $3,133 | $100 | -96.8% |
| Emily Eppley | $1,243 | $87 | -93% |
| Jerry Dillon | $804 | $84 | -89.6% |
| Helen E. Leindecker | $80 | $80 | 0% |
| Dwaine Scheetz | $360 | $72 | -80% |
| David J. Wigginton | $1,295 | $66 | -94.9% |
| Robert B. Haines | $47 | $47 | 0% |
| Nathan R. Phillips | $0 | $39 | -- |
| David L. Marrison | $180 | $22 | -87.8% |
| Terry L. Cox | $308 | $21 | -93.2% |
| Joyce Pope | $0 | $18 | -- |
| Curtis Garber | $1,344 | $17 | -98.7% |
| Floyd Yoder | $0 | $11 | -- |
| Judith Addy | $189 | $9 | -95.2% |
| Kenneth Patterson | $757 | $8 | -98.9% |
| Richard W. Barthel | $111 | $4 | -96.4% |
| Greg Rice | $33 | $2 | -93.9% |
| David A. Cheney | $113 | $1 | -99.1% |
| Sylvia Wright | $851 | $0 | -100% |
| Clark's Orchard | $4,254 | $0 | -100% |
| Cliff Carnes | $209 | $0 | -100% |
| Donis Pope | $350 | $0 | -100% |
| Elaine Ashcraft | $1,030 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate of Donald Rinehart | $71 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate of Forrest Donald Rinehart | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $19,127 | $0 | -100% |
| George Clark | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| George Eberwine | $9,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler J. Cline | $1,701 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob N. Beachy | $22,885 | $0 | -100% |
| James Crawford | $88 | $0 | -100% |
| James Daugherty | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| James Porteus | $81 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean M. McConnell | $820 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeanne C. Frye | $139 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse Whinnery | $1,080 | $0 | -100% |
| John R. Barrick | $116 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy L. Karr | $968 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry A. Wentz | $794 | $0 | -100% |
| M Sandra Ungurean | $58 | $0 | -100% |
| Muskingum Valley Rod & Gun Club L | $1,889 | $0 | -100% |
| Reeva a Dickerson | $58 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert B. Nemeth | $103 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Wentz | $794 | $0 | -100% |
| Sylvia Glazer | $58 | $0 | -100% |
| The Estate of Forrest Donald Rine | $10,271 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Jason Massie | $215 | $0 | -100% |
| Town Hill Acres, LLC | $3,190 | $0 | -100% |
| Wachtel Family Farms, LLC | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley A. Miller | $90 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron Malenke | $2,972 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon Wilkins | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl D. Stein | $174 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles R. Lower | $3,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Clark J. Daugherty | $329 | $0 | -100% |
| David Leasure | $191 | $0 | -100% |
| David R. Steele | $284 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Bice | $239 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald W. Brown | $991 | $0 | -100% |
| Doodle Bean Farms, LLC | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Bahmer | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric Goedel | $324 | $0 | -100% |
| Hand Hewn Farm, LLC | $30 | $0 | -100% |
| James Parkhill | $160 | $0 | -100% |
| Joan Staufer | $686 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary E. Thomas | $1,415 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew J. Goedel | $7,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Paulin G Leavengood Trust | $266 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel E. Mullet | $2,655 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Troendly | $39 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Hahn | $25 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna M. Lahna | $321 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Meade | $486 | $0 | -100% |
| C Gary-the Haines Keystone Inhert | $450 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl J. McCurdy | $483 | $0 | -100% |
| CC Cattle Company, LLC | $1,937 | $0 | -100% |
| Deanne E. Haines | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Don R. Mason | $314 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Duncan | $1,509 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean E. Williamson | $183 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory A. Dobson | $829 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob Conrad | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Izaac Helmick | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry G. Infield | $730 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry L. Haines | $750 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn Mullett | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn F Dusenberry Family Trust | $82 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn F Dusenberry Spousal Trus | $82 | $0 | -100% |
| Natalie Rose Kolb | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Natasha Diane Johnson | $222 | $0 | -100% |
| Pat Snyder | $209 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott R. Hagans | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon Ray Dillon Jr. | $345 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger W. Hill | $209 | $0 | -100% |
| Terron Hothem | $1,887 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilma M. Patterson | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,818,941 | $2,313,085 | -60.2% |
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