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In 2021, 235 farmers in cities within Washington County received a total of $1 million in 397 farm subsidies, a 75.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.2 million in 804 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 Washington County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaad Dairy Farm, Inc. | $421,221 | $145,545 | -65.4% |
| Hartline Valley Farms, Inc. | $211,200 | $133,026 | -37% |
| Zimmerview Dairy Farm, LLC | $243,294 | $59,299 | -75.6% |
| Theresa Schramm | $95,062 | $35,995 | -62.1% |
| Larry D. Lang | $128,620 | $32,955 | -74.4% |
| Larry Fulton Farms, LLC | $97,418 | $31,144 | -68% |
| Robert E Bauerbach | $168,768 | $29,880 | -82.3% |
| Gale A. Lang | $7,502 | $29,136 | 288.4% |
| Ronald Knoch | $33,281 | $24,831 | -25.4% |
| Clear Vu Farms, LLC | $85,287 | $20,187 | -76.3% |
| Meade D. Huck | $68,776 | $17,293 | -74.9% |
| Neill Farms, LLC | $60,140 | $16,725 | -72.2% |
| David L. Florence | $18,269 | $15,692 | -14.1% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $15,044 | -- |
| Rauclif Farms | $59,813 | $14,990 | -74.9% |
| Richard M. Gessel | $26,881 | $14,459 | -46.2% |
| Marvin C. Hanger | $39,768 | $13,982 | -64.8% |
| Lazy J Farms, LLC | $42,985 | $13,790 | -67.9% |
| Larry J. Schwendeman | $23,089 | $9,188 | -60.2% |
| Keven Stollar | $30,213 | $9,116 | -69.8% |
| Charles Hicks | $26,870 | $8,964 | -66.6% |
| Brian T. Welch | $30,392 | $8,650 | -71.5% |
| Timothy A. Gates | $29,423 | $8,058 | -72.6% |
| Rick Schramm | $25,240 | $7,707 | -69.5% |
| Tornes Farms, LLC | $22,926 | $7,600 | -66.8% |
| Francis C Bauerbach | $23,411 | $7,568 | -67.7% |
| Three D Cattle Farms, LLC | $30,133 | $7,490 | -75.1% |
| James L. Woodruff | $34,604 | $7,353 | -78.8% |
| Dennis A. Huck | $10,953 | $6,726 | -38.6% |
| Triple F Dairy, LLC | $29,450 | $6,690 | -77.3% |
| Robbie Alloway | $15,435 | $6,228 | -59.7% |
| Dennis Tornes | $51,327 | $5,873 | -88.6% |
| Brian Zwick | $34,978 | $5,821 | -83.4% |
| Alva L. Heiss | $24,616 | $5,792 | -76.5% |
| Doug A. McCutcheon | $18,085 | $5,763 | -68.1% |
| Gary Strauss | $12,957 | $5,734 | -55.7% |
| Skinner Farms, LLC | $9,075 | $5,545 | -38.9% |
| Rollin Ruble Jr. | $18,602 | $5,297 | -71.5% |
| Valley View Farm, LLC | $91,421 | $5,152 | -94.4% |
| Martha S. Gotschall | $14,876 | $4,961 | -66.7% |
| Donald M. Hoffman Jr. | $35,983 | $4,894 | -86.4% |
| Thomas L. Schenkel | $2,149 | $4,810 | 123.8% |
| Derick Offenberger | $21,012 | $4,708 | -77.6% |
| Harold R. Haynes | $17,653 | $4,430 | -74.9% |
| Wildroot Flower Company, LLC | $764 | $4,160 | 444.5% |
| Jack L. Eichmiller | $6,444 | $3,809 | -40.9% |
| Doug M. Knippen | $7,353 | $3,565 | -51.5% |
| Hugh A. Arnold | $3,638 | $3,559 | -2.2% |
| Clair A. Huck | $10,032 | $3,534 | -64.8% |
| Daniel J. Huck | $8,733 | $3,491 | -60% |
| William J. Huck | $4,423 | $3,420 | -22.7% |
| Brandon Skinner | $15,194 | $3,411 | -77.6% |
| Robert A. Huck | $7,570 | $3,202 | -57.7% |
| William A. Lang | $16,764 | $3,168 | -81.1% |
| Duane E. Stiers | $6,440 | $3,083 | -52.1% |
| Harold Kesterson | $9,751 | $2,864 | -70.6% |
| Stegner Farms, LLC | $7,044 | $2,786 | -60.4% |
| Brad Eichmiller | $4,578 | $2,738 | -40.2% |
| William E. Armstrong | $9,659 | $2,686 | -72.2% |
| Eddie Place | $4,987 | $2,682 | -46.2% |
| Philip D. Schramm | $14,173 | $2,624 | -81.5% |
| Rick Lang | $10,196 | $2,395 | -76.5% |
| Kevin Wagner | $8,880 | $2,371 | -73.3% |
| Christine Haines | $6,664 | $2,311 | -65.3% |
| Tommy J. Burke | $6,939 | $2,211 | -68.1% |
| Larry W. Harris | $10,963 | $2,205 | -79.9% |
| Ronald E. Wagner | $5,912 | $2,049 | -65.3% |
| Leonard O. Hamilton | $8,858 | $1,910 | -78.4% |
| Gerald F. Dyar | $11,672 | $1,886 | -83.8% |
| David A. Schaad | $25,873 | $1,878 | -92.7% |
| Lisa M. Thompson | $1,850 | $1,850 | 0% |
| Michael A. Lang | $1,850 | $1,850 | 0% |
| Edwin Tornes Jr. | $7,726 | $1,848 | -76.1% |
| Donald Egnot Jr. | $10,871 | $1,834 | -83.1% |
| Edward W. Harra | $2,531 | $1,794 | -29.1% |
| Norman Arnold | $6,848 | $1,791 | -73.8% |
| Timothy L. Hoffman | $100,185 | $1,782 | -98.2% |
| Drew A. Wagner | $6,883 | $1,768 | -74.3% |
| Mills Family Farm, LLC | $8,842 | $1,736 | -80.4% |
| Tom Brooker | $2,684 | $1,706 | -36.4% |
| Sam Brooker | $4,896 | $1,670 | -65.9% |
| Eric Wagner | $37,759 | $1,561 | -95.9% |
| Douglas Hedrick | $1,555 | $1,555 | 0% |
| Witten's Produce Patch, Inc. | $646,796 | $1,535 | -99.8% |
| Jim Chapman | $9,508 | $1,524 | -84% |
| Rex McConnell | $9,313 | $1,520 | -83.7% |
| Carmel Hendershot | $4,675 | $1,502 | -67.9% |
| Jonah Neill | $2,620 | $1,491 | -43.1% |
| Clyde A. Schwendeman | $1,477 | $1,488 | 0.7% |
| Paul Ullmann | $2,705 | $1,487 | -45% |
| Michael D. Tullius | $4,651 | $1,484 | -68.1% |
| Fredric Nichols | $9,371 | $1,456 | -84.5% |
| Evah J Ball | $6,367 | $1,449 | -77.2% |
| Doug Parks | $3,359 | $1,436 | -57.2% |
| Corey Offenberger | $3,588 | $1,393 | -61.2% |
| Roger J. Huck | $3,476 | $1,373 | -60.5% |
| James Burkheimer | $4,511 | $1,342 | -70.3% |
| Edward F. Lang | $3,541 | $1,342 | -62.1% |
| Gregory Schaad | $9,555 | $1,326 | -86.1% |
| Lloyd A. Miller | $8,143 | $1,322 | -83.8% |
| Larry Boyce | $1,303 | $1,303 | 0% |
| Howard T. Simmons Jr. | $1,254 | $1,254 | 0% |
| Sweetapple Farm Market, LLC | $1,224 | $1,224 | 0% |
| Deer Holdings Company, LLC | $8,222 | $1,214 | -85.2% |
| Donald F. Sleeth | $5,445 | $1,202 | -77.9% |
| Timothy R. Cunningham | $2,244 | $1,197 | -46.7% |
| Bonnie J. Schmidt | $1,189 | $1,189 | 0% |
| Charles R. Schmidt | $1,189 | $1,189 | 0% |
| David D. Spindler | $5,137 | $1,162 | -77.4% |
| Charles D. Huck | $5,394 | $1,136 | -78.9% |
| Charlotte Nichols | $4,950 | $1,128 | -77.2% |
| Orin D. Palmer | $2,667 | $1,064 | -60.1% |
| William M. Shaffer | $3,892 | $1,053 | -72.9% |
| Curt Welch II | $3,933 | $994 | -74.7% |
| Neil H. Wagner | $3,833 | $968 | -74.7% |
| David C. Huck | $4,459 | $959 | -78.5% |
| Randy L. Duskey | $2,370 | $926 | -60.9% |
| David G. Beyer | $919 | $921 | 0.2% |
| John Lewis Lang | $7,311 | $909 | -87.6% |
| Joseph R. McNabb | $4,067 | $908 | -77.7% |
| Mcdougle Farms Family Limited Partnership | $0 | $908 | -- |
| Neil H. Huck | $3,166 | $888 | -72% |
| Donna M. Chipps | $4,100 | $866 | -78.9% |
| David L. Dickey | $1,660 | $861 | -48.1% |
| Neil R. Lane | $6,303 | $829 | -86.8% |
| Gary Marshall | $3,759 | $811 | -78.4% |
| Robert F. Lang | $3,873 | $807 | -79.2% |
| Regis E. Huck | $5,880 | $798 | -86.4% |
| Michael Fulton | $2,004 | $788 | -60.7% |
| John M. Halliday | $786 | $786 | 0% |
| Michael Radcliff | $0 | $770 | -- |
| Cindy Worthington | $13,457 | $763 | -94.3% |
| John A. Smith | $2,730 | $761 | -72.1% |
| Camp Hervida, Inc. | $760 | $760 | 0% |
| Charles Seaman | $3,707 | $747 | -79.8% |
| Todd A. Schott | $3,280 | $745 | -77.3% |
| Anthony Vanfossen | $7,291 | $739 | -89.9% |
| Tom L. Fliehman | $1,249 | $732 | -41.4% |
| Jamie Joe Utt | $542 | $723 | 33.4% |
| Bruce Weckbacher | $2,134 | $710 | -66.7% |
| Brian Silvus | $3,893 | $702 | -82% |
| Anastasios Pantelidis | $676 | $676 | 0% |
| Randall W. Morris | $3,003 | $662 | -78% |
| Alan Arnold | $1,663 | $656 | -60.6% |
| Holden Holland | $1,925 | $608 | -68.4% |
| Rodney L. Beebe | $6,358 | $608 | -90.4% |
| Charles J. Campbell | $7,244 | $606 | -91.6% |
| Paul Huck | $2,121 | $594 | -72% |
| Herbert Schul | $2,860 | $582 | -79.7% |
| Larry P. Archer | $7,138 | $571 | -92% |
| Robert Deist | $3,978 | $563 | -85.8% |
| Timothy Lang | $416 | $555 | 33.4% |
| Dennis Bates | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Arnold J. Huck | $11,570 | $542 | -95.3% |
| Delores Ruth Griffin | $2,332 | $534 | -77.1% |
| Francis G. Schilling | $2,019 | $526 | -73.9% |
| Virgil Huck | $6,616 | $520 | -92.1% |
| Randy Becker | $1,056 | $511 | -51.6% |
| Eric Eichmiller | $3,811 | $509 | -86.6% |
| Jerry Mitchem | $877 | $503 | -42.6% |
| William H. Davis | $2,189 | $502 | -77.1% |
| Jeremy Mayle | $10,918 | $502 | -95.4% |
| The Walter and Martha Hiener Farm, Ltd. | $0 | $500 | -- |
| Michael David Hill | $3,400 | $497 | -85.4% |
| Joseph Campbell | $33,778 | $494 | -98.5% |
| Tom Simms | $2,259 | $494 | -78.1% |
| HDH Rentals, LLC | $875 | $478 | -45.4% |
| Rob Huck | $2,503 | $477 | -80.9% |
| John Paul Reed | $1,723 | $476 | -72.4% |
| Jerry M. Welch | $3,535 | $475 | -86.6% |
| Roger Spurlock | $967 | $469 | -51.5% |
| Scott Moore | $1,650 | $464 | -71.9% |
| Doris Keyser | $439 | $439 | 0% |
| David Meek | $3,751 | $437 | -88.3% |
| Steve C. Doan | $1,859 | $436 | -76.5% |
| Mark Edgell | $2,439 | $426 | -82.5% |
| Daniel Murphy | $1,026 | $422 | -58.9% |
| David L. Arnold | $779 | $408 | -47.6% |
| John Duckworth | $1,837 | $404 | -78% |
| Zimmer Valley Holstein, LLC | $0 | $398 | -- |
| Christopher Lang | $3,192 | $390 | -87.8% |
| Todd Schaad | $848 | $376 | -55.7% |
| William Johnson | $2,431 | $375 | -84.6% |
| Garry Waggoner | $1,672 | $367 | -78.1% |
| Derick Owen Reynolds | $1,590 | $363 | -77.2% |
| Gary Hendershot | $795 | $360 | -54.7% |
| David W. Huck | $1,440 | $358 | -75.1% |
| Raymond Rauch III | $2,046 | $357 | -82.6% |
| Paul Davis | $594 | $356 | -40.1% |
| Larry Schaad | $1,381 | $335 | -75.7% |
| William Kidd | $1,320 | $328 | -75.2% |
| Dale Gorrell | $2,262 | $318 | -85.9% |
| Brett Arnold | $2,419 | $316 | -86.9% |
| Zachary Doyle Duckworth | $462 | $308 | -33.3% |
| Steven C. Klinger | $1,042 | $308 | -70.4% |
| Errol Kramer | $726 | $306 | -57.9% |
| Todd Arnold | $1,211 | $303 | -75% |
| Roger Miller | $678 | $303 | -55.3% |
| Patricia H. Huck | $226 | $302 | 33.6% |
| Dylan Sayre | $1,507 | $299 | -80.2% |
| Billy H. Harra | $808 | $286 | -64.6% |
| Cindy L. Ayers | $0 | $284 | -- |
| Jared Heslop | $627 | $246 | -60.8% |
| Edwin E. Arnold | $245 | $245 | 0% |
| David Watts | $979 | $239 | -75.6% |
| William Bowersock | $0 | $226 | -- |
| Stacy Family Farm, LLC | $16,677 | $222 | -98.7% |
| Elaine F. Arnold | $1,044 | $212 | -79.7% |
| Melissa Dawn Antill | $1,901 | $209 | -89% |
| Keith Wagner | $4,870 | $189 | -96.1% |
| Jem Acrea Farms, LLC | $4,791 | $183 | -96.2% |
| Thomas F. Alloway | $2,716 | $181 | -93.3% |
| Randy Bonar | $396 | $166 | -58.1% |
| Kenneth J. Schilling | $671 | $156 | -76.8% |
| Tim Schaad | $726 | $154 | -78.8% |
| Jack C. Jurin | $498 | $132 | -73.5% |
| Cecil a Bauerbach | $166 | $127 | -23.5% |
| Jeffrey Wesel | $911 | $121 | -86.7% |
| Kurt Bohlen | $4,376 | $118 | -97.3% |
| Dean Sinclair | $640 | $116 | -81.9% |
| Romona T. Barrett | $203 | $89 | -56.2% |
| Terry L. Sampson | $726 | $63 | -91.3% |
| James E. Hall | $264 | $56 | -78.8% |
| David P. Tornes | $51 | $51 | 0% |
| Holden Farms | $1,905 | $48 | -97.5% |
| Douglas J. Miller | $0 | $42 | -- |
| Jason Morris | $792 | $39 | -95.1% |
| Peggy Roberts | $0 | $33 | -- |
| Harley R. Sanders Jr. | $325 | $30 | -90.8% |
| Grant E. Martin | $554 | $28 | -94.9% |
| Neil Lynch | $57 | $28 | -50.9% |
| Max R. Huck | $258 | $24 | -90.7% |
| Dennis G. Haas | $23 | $23 | 0% |
| Wayne L. Harra | $36 | $17 | -52.8% |
| Ralph P. Schaad | $31 | $6 | -80.6% |
| Brandon Lane | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry M. Stegner | $300 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Dixon | $15 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael L. Rauch | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Stegner Farms | $1,201 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas P. Witten | $3,629 | $0 | -100% |
| Dana K. Stone | $26,211 | $0 | -100% |
| Jered Lee Mitchem | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| David Harris | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold J. Offenberger | $1,516 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan H. Worthington | $4,392 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Mincks | $2,030 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Travis Welch | $5,162 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Francis Zwick | $1,847 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas H. Fagan | $8,013 | $0 | -100% |
| Coffman Farms, Inc. | $30,686 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Pottmeyer | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Wagner | $334 | $0 | -100% |
| John C. Demaio | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| John L Thorniley JR | $582 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewis R. Lang | $366 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark L. Martin | $7,759 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Lane | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Ted W. Lane | $1,040 | $0 | -100% |
| The Walter and Martha Hiener Farm | $2,577 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Burch | $27,798 | $0 | -100% |
| Chadwick A. Lane | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Hanger Farm Fresh Meats, LLC | $2,085 | $0 | -100% |
| James J. Barrett | $6,461 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenley J. Schwendeman | $1,905 | $0 | -100% |
| Andy W. Ball | $123 | $0 | -100% |
| Cathy S. Ruble | $875 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory L. Allen | $914 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Campbell | $2,684 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew M. Hansell | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Mcdougle Farms Family Limited Par | $3,364 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom Neill | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia R. Heiss | $1,544 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,167,681 | $1,024,889 | -75.4% |
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