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In 2021, 108 farmers in cities within Monroe County received a total of $287,054 in 130 farm subsidies, a 71.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $995,871 in 309 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vali Hi Farms | $36,975 | $46,745 | 26.4% |
| Terry Gehrig | $42,820 | $31,110 | -27.3% |
| David A. Stalder | $40,273 | $30,881 | -23.3% |
| William D. Gehrig | $41,331 | $26,879 | -35% |
| Dallas J. Blackstone | $125,452 | $18,531 | -85.2% |
| Debbie S. Koehler | $20,584 | $17,229 | -16.3% |
| Ronnie Milosavljevic | $57,999 | $9,808 | -83.1% |
| Sammy Ady | $0 | $4,512 | -- |
| Roy L. Maury | $13,833 | $3,842 | -72.2% |
| Thomas T. Piatt | $11,594 | $3,713 | -68% |
| David Blackstone | $20,453 | $3,188 | -84.4% |
| Kirk M. Lafferre | $12,178 | $3,115 | -74.4% |
| Thomas Ramage | $12,896 | $2,817 | -78.2% |
| Heft Livestock, LLC | $10,079 | $2,719 | -73% |
| Bryan R. Kilburn | $15,100 | $2,608 | -82.7% |
| Thomas Winland | $12,186 | $2,578 | -78.8% |
| Dennis Ward | $8,534 | $2,406 | -71.8% |
| Marvin Ward | $15,982 | $2,347 | -85.3% |
| Benjamin W. Cline | $9,654 | $2,096 | -78.3% |
| Jason Ackerman | $10,248 | $2,017 | -80.3% |
| Douglas C. Stephen | $7,937 | $2,017 | -74.6% |
| Mark W. Swallow | $7,966 | $2,010 | -74.8% |
| Meyer Brothers Farms, LLC | $7,227 | $1,853 | -74.4% |
| Randy Dee Smith | $7,467 | $1,776 | -76.2% |
| Steven M. Stimpert | $6,504 | $1,768 | -72.8% |
| Robert Reed Sr. | $14,080 | $1,648 | -88.3% |
| Beverly J Datkuliak | $7,969 | $1,572 | -80.3% |
| Joseph A. Dick | $8,950 | $1,571 | -82.4% |
| Craig Perkins Sr. | $7,296 | $1,525 | -79.1% |
| Paul Kanzigg | $7,171 | $1,510 | -78.9% |
| Dale L. Betts | $10,823 | $1,500 | -86.1% |
| Brenda S. Ackerman | $6,146 | $1,417 | -76.9% |
| Theresa K. Clutter | $5,865 | $1,317 | -77.5% |
| Carolyn Dick | $5,181 | $1,290 | -75.1% |
| Howard Spengler Jr. | $8,885 | $1,268 | -85.7% |
| Charles J. Schaefer | $1,442 | $1,228 | -14.8% |
| Donald G. Hogue | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| Dennis Uppole | $3,601 | $1,166 | -67.6% |
| Raven Rocks, Inc. | $1,110 | $1,110 | 0% |
| Larry K West | $5,049 | $1,104 | -78.1% |
| Frank Christman Jr. | $4,745 | $1,062 | -77.6% |
| Derek A. Bright | $4,136 | $1,000 | -75.8% |
| Samuel D. Shriver | $4,623 | $996 | -78.5% |
| Steven J. Bright | $1,569 | $980 | -37.5% |
| Mark A. Landefeld | $4,081 | $972 | -76.2% |
| Donald L. Kilburn | $24,947 | $954 | -96.2% |
| Cyril A. Burkhart | $4,334 | $948 | -78.1% |
| Oneta J Wilcox | $3,729 | $887 | -76.2% |
| Jackie L. Price | $10,516 | $884 | -91.6% |
| Keith Blair | $22,265 | $882 | -96% |
| Eric Kernen | $3,872 | $879 | -77.3% |
| Steven W. Blair | $22,232 | $875 | -96.1% |
| Bettie Jo Mellott | $4,606 | $864 | -81.2% |
| Stephen Rubel | $2,029 | $843 | -58.5% |
| Joseph Kuhn | $3,091 | $836 | -73% |
| Philip D. Scott | $3,948 | $820 | -79.2% |
| Larry Ullman | $6,772 | $801 | -88.2% |
| Marie Inherst | $2,370 | $746 | -68.5% |
| Keith A. Beardmore | $2,598 | $730 | -71.9% |
| John Stephens | $2,662 | $710 | -73.3% |
| John a Inherst | $3,080 | $704 | -77.1% |
| Shari R. Jones | $2,475 | $697 | -71.8% |
| Michael L. Christman | $2,673 | $695 | -74% |
| Albert J. Scheiderer Jr. | $3,278 | $664 | -79.7% |
| Jeffrey P. Bettinger | $3,903 | $654 | -83.2% |
| Thomas J. Miller | $2,976 | $644 | -78.4% |
| Eugene Scott | $2,123 | $640 | -69.9% |
| Gregory A. Betts | $2,970 | $629 | -78.8% |
| Rick Hagan | $3,542 | $600 | -83.1% |
| Damon K. Detling | $2,937 | $599 | -79.6% |
| Curtis P. Gill | $3,361 | $580 | -82.7% |
| Mark A. Wells | $5,793 | $574 | -90.1% |
| Frederick A. Dietz | $2,046 | $567 | -72.3% |
| Lewis Gehrig | $1,704 | $552 | -67.6% |
| Benjamin J. Ackerman | $1,014 | $544 | -46.4% |
| Jonathan M. Wilson | $3,216 | $544 | -83.1% |
| Benjamin T. Matz | $2,394 | $521 | -78.2% |
| Kimberly K. Kernen | $1,782 | $500 | -71.9% |
| William E. Davis | $2,233 | $484 | -78.3% |
| Stephen A. Johnson | $5,984 | $476 | -92% |
| Michael A. Yonak Jr. | $924 | $474 | -48.7% |
| Dyann D. Kinney | $1,653 | $473 | -71.4% |
| Jerry Hamilton | $1,984 | $471 | -76.3% |
| Gregory J. Christy | $2,200 | $456 | -79.3% |
| Charlotte E. Mobley | $2,508 | $444 | -82.3% |
| Loren L. Hartshorn | $1,254 | $442 | -64.8% |
| Glenn L. Stephen | $2,200 | $428 | -80.5% |
| Travis C. Billiter | $1,908 | $428 | -77.6% |
| Edward Junior Ackerman | $1,501 | $417 | -72.2% |
| Duane Carpenter | $2,106 | $353 | -83.2% |
| John B. Ackerman | $1,485 | $345 | -76.8% |
| John S. Christman | $2,919 | $344 | -88.2% |
| Nanette S Rysavy-Mcburney | $900 | $340 | -62.2% |
| Roger L. Crooks | $4,409 | $312 | -92.9% |
| Micah J. Fuchs | $1,620 | $301 | -81.4% |
| Jerry L. Pittman | $1,089 | $266 | -75.6% |
| David Gardner | $1,045 | $259 | -75.2% |
| Daron G. Christman | $396 | $256 | -35.4% |
| Adam Masters | $396 | $218 | -44.9% |
| Keith Lafferre | $759 | $217 | -71.4% |
| Megan Hartshorn | $872 | $211 | -75.8% |
| Jeffery P. Marley | $1,003 | $208 | -79.3% |
| Nancy J. Williams | $498 | $186 | -62.7% |
| David W. Nippert | $755 | $181 | -76% |
| Ryan Kemp | $828 | $181 | -78.1% |
| Brian Henthorn | $550 | $142 | -74.2% |
| Chad A. Hughes | $330 | $121 | -63.3% |
| Robert Winkler | $0 | $42 | -- |
| Debbie Koehler | $171 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael W. Louden | $3,190 | $0 | -100% |
| Raven Rocks Initiatives Partnersh | $1,744 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy Turner | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Dietrich | $40,313 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Heslep | $27,361 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald G. Winkler | $4,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Isaly | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald W. Rothenbuhler | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Trina Heslep | $537 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank L. Winland | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlotte J. Dannemiller | $366 | $0 | -100% |
| Dustin V. Wheeler | $3,245 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim L. Dick | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Ben Ackerman | $92 | $0 | -100% |
| Eleanor Leeper | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Christman | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Logan Norman | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean E. Rufener | $6,784 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Indermuhle | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael E. Brown | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger D. Cline | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Longwell | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Smith-Hills Farms, LLC | $2,970 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew W. Schumacher | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian C. Griffin | $864 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Schumacher | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean Christman | $627 | $0 | -100% |
| John N. Williams | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Hudson | $148 | $0 | -100% |
| Marvin Butler | $2,019 | $0 | -100% |
| Quinn Kahrig | $984 | $0 | -100% |
| William T. Thomas | $380 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $995,871 | $287,054 | -71.2% |
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