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In 2021, 93 farmers in cities within Washington County received a total of $168,520 in 99 farm subsidies, a 78.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $791,505 in 248 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowe Crop Farm, Inc. | $31,806 | $11,760 | -63% |
| Kelley Curtis Silvey | $44,705 | $10,926 | -75.6% |
| Larry Clarence Gilmore | $78,001 | $10,835 | -86.1% |
| Buford Farm Trust | $17,383 | $10,027 | -42.3% |
| Donald Rick Gaston | $40,584 | $8,520 | -79% |
| Jeffrey Neier | $34,716 | $6,920 | -80.1% |
| Shirley Turnbough | $13,772 | $6,358 | -53.8% |
| David Dickey | $19,327 | $4,480 | -76.8% |
| Sanford Joseph Spier | $34,458 | $4,196 | -87.8% |
| Wayne Crump | $20,657 | $3,113 | -84.9% |
| Jack W. Allen | $15,127 | $2,956 | -80.5% |
| Bruce Woods | $12,618 | $2,918 | -76.9% |
| Ernest Kirk McElrath | $8,195 | $2,912 | -64.5% |
| Robert Dement | $5,940 | $2,791 | -53% |
| Dave Portell | $13,313 | $2,760 | -79.3% |
| Batey Family Revocable Inter Vivos Trust | $3,926 | $2,681 | -31.7% |
| Joel Ricketts IV | $11,858 | $2,513 | -78.8% |
| Larry Jarvis | $9,378 | $2,453 | -73.8% |
| Christopher West | $13,663 | $2,372 | -82.6% |
| Michael Francis Cordia | $10,660 | $2,310 | -78.3% |
| Joseph Coleman | $7,546 | $2,298 | -69.5% |
| Jason D. Sims | $9,955 | $2,277 | -77.1% |
| David Jarvis | $9,372 | $2,268 | -75.8% |
| Rodney Arnold | $829 | $2,236 | 169.7% |
| Danny W. Smith | $10,476 | $2,139 | -79.6% |
| Ronald L. Pashia | $8,660 | $2,126 | -75.5% |
| Justin Michael Sadler | $14,584 | $2,092 | -85.7% |
| Steven Sadler | $10,505 | $1,986 | -81.1% |
| Christopher Micah Woods | $7,303 | $1,828 | -75% |
| Bob Short | $7,282 | $1,794 | -75.4% |
| James Phares | $9,691 | $1,726 | -82.2% |
| Grady Byers | $5,819 | $1,568 | -73.1% |
| Gerald P. Carlyon | $6,127 | $1,543 | -74.8% |
| Michael Lee Miles | $7,359 | $1,527 | -79.2% |
| The James R Edgar and Brenda J Edgar Joint Rev Living Trust | $7,855 | $1,490 | -81% |
| Vicky Jarvis | $5,786 | $1,401 | -75.8% |
| Robert Brent McClain | $0 | $1,375 | -- |
| Marsha L. Wilkinson | $6,666 | $1,344 | -79.8% |
| Kenneth L. Robertson | $7,904 | $1,341 | -83% |
| Loren E. Merkel | $2,200 | $1,329 | -39.6% |
| Tracy Maxwell | $5,566 | $1,241 | -77.7% |
| Michael D. Johnson | $8,408 | $1,165 | -86.1% |
| Jackson Tiefenauer | $4,081 | $1,038 | -74.6% |
| Timothy Phares | $4,381 | $1,028 | -76.5% |
| Shawn Barker | $6,039 | $1,022 | -83.1% |
| Ronald Eugene Dalton | $6,968 | $972 | -86.1% |
| Danny David Horton | $4,785 | $962 | -79.9% |
| Derek James Thompson | $5,454 | $921 | -83.1% |
| Todd Moyers | $6,663 | $917 | -86.2% |
| Todd Harbison | $4,625 | $870 | -81.2% |
| Donald Mosier | $4,059 | $855 | -78.9% |
| Gregory Horton | $2,222 | $848 | -61.8% |
| Roy D. Jones | $4,403 | $823 | -81.3% |
| Robert Chazelle | $3,252 | $817 | -74.9% |
| Donald E. Huff | $5,429 | $778 | -85.7% |
| Cecil Dean Johnson | $4,015 | $768 | -80.9% |
| Harold Carlyon | $3,465 | $744 | -78.5% |
| Kristy Dye | $3,212 | $743 | -76.9% |
| Jerry L. Coleman | $3,378 | $710 | -79% |
| Carl Wilson | $3,914 | $708 | -81.9% |
| Lessel V Mosier Revocable Trust | $7,911 | $689 | -91.3% |
| Rodney W. Buckley | $3,902 | $626 | -84% |
| Brian Reed | $1,670 | $621 | -62.8% |
| Timothy B. Jarvis | $2,917 | $603 | -79.3% |
| Tim Short | $2,662 | $581 | -78.2% |
| Gerald H. Lashley | $8,076 | $560 | -93.1% |
| Dennis Province | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Lynn Portell | $1,848 | $381 | -79.4% |
| Kathleen S. Richards | $2,467 | $374 | -84.8% |
| Dennis Dee | $1,364 | $366 | -73.2% |
| Brian Govero | $1,859 | $360 | -80.6% |
| Robert Crane | $3,220 | $349 | -89.2% |
| Andrew Wayne Skiles | $2,002 | $346 | -82.7% |
| Lena Faye Marie Nickelson | $1,337 | $326 | -75.6% |
| James D. Sims | $1,936 | $312 | -83.9% |
| Philip Huff | $1,925 | $308 | -84% |
| Liza Roth | $1,705 | $308 | -81.9% |
| Don Norviel | $579 | $296 | -48.9% |
| Chazelle Brothers | $12,091 | $294 | -97.6% |
| Karl Lynn Loughary | $1,988 | $287 | -85.6% |
| Jeffrey Lawson | $1,606 | $267 | -83.4% |
| Mike Chazelle | $11,469 | $252 | -97.8% |
| Lindell Glore | $1,144 | $247 | -78.4% |
| Garth Farris | $1,117 | $222 | -80.1% |
| Jared Crane | $1,657 | $218 | -86.8% |
| Brian Newhouse | $462 | $214 | -53.7% |
| Charles Newhouse | $1,287 | $214 | -83.4% |
| Stetson Carter McCoy | $1,261 | $207 | -83.6% |
| Robert E. Daugherty | $913 | $190 | -79.2% |
| Chris Wells | $2,605 | $170 | -93.5% |
| Gordon L. Smith | $2,838 | $138 | -95.1% |
| David L. Bettis | $297 | $114 | -61.6% |
| Natalie Renee Newell | $1,225 | $111 | -90.9% |
| Donald R. Akers | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce James Walbert Jr. | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin E. Province | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Gibson | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| David Miller | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Elmo White | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob Coleman | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin L Essmyer | $2,970 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Pamela Keller | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Melissa Kegley | $1,257 | $0 | -100% |
| David Warden | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas Lynn Short | $4,444 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Pashia Jr. | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Terpstra | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall Leon Sutton | $1,949 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $791,505 | $168,520 | -78.7% |
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