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In 2021, 208 farmers in cities within Pulaski County received a total of $557,153 in 242 farm subsidies, a 73.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.1 million in 537 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 Pulaski County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| JW Logging and Farms, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Roam Farms, LLC | $170,051 | $46,444 | -72.7% |
| Timberline Logging | $0 | $30,514 | -- |
| Louis R. Boucher | $74,640 | $19,336 | -74.1% |
| Glen D. Williams | $16,300 | $19,182 | 17.7% |
| Four J Land and Cattle Company | $61,752 | $12,836 | -79.2% |
| Joseph Lee Carney | $68,131 | $10,779 | -84.2% |
| Jon Ray | $63,523 | $10,584 | -83.3% |
| David A. Laughlin | $46,398 | $10,236 | -77.9% |
| Heath Akery | $43,188 | $9,091 | -79% |
| Richard Gan | $32,725 | $7,783 | -76.2% |
| Leo Kleffner Sr. | $26,524 | $7,413 | -72.1% |
| Keith Alexander | $0 | $6,280 | -- |
| Paul Matthew Bremer | $92,995 | $6,223 | -93.3% |
| Paul Duane Logan | $26,475 | $6,107 | -76.9% |
| Charles Bassett | $23,012 | $5,939 | -74.2% |
| William C. Alexander | $31,883 | $5,887 | -81.5% |
| Al D. Parsons | $4,686 | $5,827 | 24.3% |
| Susan K. Miller | $33,167 | $5,804 | -82.5% |
| Charles Ray Burke | $5,746 | $5,746 | 0% |
| Rick Blackburn | $22,418 | $5,731 | -74.4% |
| Mccray Cattle Company, LLC | $33,168 | $5,698 | -82.8% |
| Paul D. Bremer | $11,560 | $5,392 | -53.4% |
| Laura J. Newell | $16,000 | $5,179 | -67.6% |
| Grover Johnson Revocable Trust | $33,445 | $5,178 | -84.5% |
| Jim Hamilton | $26,714 | $4,935 | -81.5% |
| Terry Shultz | $14,784 | $4,808 | -67.5% |
| James R. Humphrey | $10,912 | $4,564 | -58.2% |
| Morris E. Roam | $20,042 | $4,505 | -77.5% |
| Leo Don Whittle | $12,870 | $4,463 | -65.3% |
| Brenda K. Jones | $15,972 | $4,188 | -73.8% |
| Darren Eads | $0 | $4,015 | -- |
| Luther A. Riddle II | $4,218 | $3,974 | -5.8% |
| Randy Roam | $21,986 | $3,788 | -82.8% |
| William Randy Rollins | $14,542 | $3,711 | -74.5% |
| Brandy Jo Keeth | $12,571 | $3,577 | -71.5% |
| Ronald J. Bauer | $3,184 | $3,390 | 6.5% |
| Travis Dean Lawson | $15,639 | $3,364 | -78.5% |
| Randy Doyle | $14,550 | $3,248 | -77.7% |
| Karen Reese | $14,273 | $3,247 | -77.3% |
| Donald Gann | $15,952 | $3,163 | -80.2% |
| Mark Kloeppel | $10,996 | $3,138 | -71.5% |
| Neuman-Salveter Farm | $21,089 | $3,136 | -85.1% |
| Robert Wayne Baker II | $23,384 | $3,098 | -86.8% |
| James A. Brandt | $2,277 | $3,028 | 33% |
| Robert P. Deardeuff | $11,679 | $2,967 | -74.6% |
| JTA Dye Farm, LLC | $11,623 | $2,781 | -76.1% |
| George Beasley | $11,124 | $2,674 | -76% |
| Betty J. Vaill | $4,119 | $2,542 | -38.3% |
| Jeff L. Nelson | $10,710 | $2,534 | -76.3% |
| Jamison M. Johnson | $10,826 | $2,378 | -78% |
| Susan Hamilton | $11,455 | $2,364 | -79.4% |
| Bradley D. Delong | $10,915 | $2,335 | -78.6% |
| Kristan York | $10,813 | $2,288 | -78.8% |
| Shera Storie | $10,813 | $2,276 | -79% |
| Lynn Sharp | $11,923 | $2,230 | -81.3% |
| Bobby Ray | $11,627 | $2,227 | -80.8% |
| Ronald Woody | $0 | $2,200 | -- |
| Terry Matthew Buechter | $9,911 | $2,182 | -78% |
| Brandon Overshon | $12,163 | $2,149 | -82.3% |
| Kenneth Doyle | $12,389 | $2,088 | -83.1% |
| Robert L. Kilian | $6,644 | $2,068 | -68.9% |
| Lynch Living Trust DTD 9/30/99 | $0 | $1,993 | -- |
| Eli Deckard | $9,737 | $1,951 | -80% |
| Lisa R. Yoder | $1,415 | $1,929 | 36.3% |
| Logan J. Ray | $10,417 | $1,902 | -81.7% |
| Geraldean Thornsberry | $8,243 | $1,885 | -77.1% |
| Ricky Zweerink | $11,099 | $1,860 | -83.2% |
| Eric Schwandt | $5,951 | $1,847 | -69% |
| Donald L. Hale | $7,567 | $1,822 | -75.9% |
| Bill Claiborn | $10,648 | $1,788 | -83.2% |
| Helen Rea | $7,469 | $1,716 | -77% |
| Donald E. Rowden | $7,898 | $1,686 | -78.7% |
| Norman Gan | $7,496 | $1,682 | -77.6% |
| A & a Cattle, LLC | $8,362 | $1,663 | -80.1% |
| John P. Deardeuff | $5,214 | $1,659 | -68.2% |
| William E. Colyer | $6,512 | $1,659 | -74.5% |
| David Stockamp | $18,127 | $1,640 | -91% |
| James D. Candee | $8,070 | $1,629 | -79.8% |
| Michael Lumpkin | $11,186 | $1,587 | -85.8% |
| Arlis Humphrey | $9,620 | $1,583 | -83.5% |
| D. L. Carver | $5,863 | $1,558 | -73.4% |
| Greg D. Moore | $5,577 | $1,514 | -72.9% |
| Aaron John Schaffer | $9,832 | $1,508 | -84.7% |
| Roy L. Doyle | $7,579 | $1,496 | -80.3% |
| Joyce Lawson | $7,344 | $1,418 | -80.7% |
| Nicholas L Wittje JR | $26,181 | $1,396 | -94.7% |
| Bradley E. McMeekan Sr. | $8,908 | $1,390 | -84.4% |
| Eddie E. Cardin | $7,677 | $1,372 | -82.1% |
| Wyatt Gordon Deckard | $5,891 | $1,366 | -76.8% |
| Willard Null | $10,802 | $1,347 | -87.5% |
| Keith Lawson | $9,029 | $1,332 | -85.2% |
| Gary Marso | $8,714 | $1,328 | -84.8% |
| Darrell Nickels | $4,609 | $1,252 | -72.8% |
| Matthew Scott McCray | $5,390 | $1,249 | -76.8% |
| Matthew Robert Cardin | $7,552 | $1,248 | -83.5% |
| Charles Lewis | $659 | $1,244 | 88.8% |
| Bradley Duayn Slone | $9,559 | $1,242 | -87% |
| Elroy McMillian | $4,763 | $1,234 | -74.1% |
| Debra P. Harris | $5,071 | $1,198 | -76.4% |
| Daniel Joseph Campbell | $6,418 | $1,158 | -82% |
| Lonnie Howell | $5,518 | $1,148 | -79.2% |
| Robert W. Baker | $6,842 | $1,110 | -83.8% |
| Dwight O. Teel | $4,642 | $1,100 | -76.3% |
| Eugene Reed | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| George N. Schulte | $9,634 | $1,098 | -88.6% |
| Shirley A. McKinnon | $3,542 | $1,097 | -69% |
| Timothy J. Pendleton | $5,808 | $1,097 | -81.1% |
| David L. Hadley | $10,025 | $1,057 | -89.5% |
| Marilyn Kloeppel | $3,557 | $1,057 | -70.3% |
| Eugene Nelson | $6,187 | $1,051 | -83% |
| Gregory Nelson | $6,177 | $1,051 | -83% |
| Roy E. Peterson | $5,269 | $1,022 | -80.6% |
| Steven L. Combs | $6,691 | $1,012 | -84.9% |
| Steven Deardeuff | $3,806 | $1,010 | -73.5% |
| Richard Schoenborn Jr. | $2,944 | $1,005 | -65.9% |
| Brenda McIntosh | $3,091 | $1,003 | -67.6% |
| K Moore Farms, LLC | $0 | $990 | -- |
| Nathaniel R. Looper | $4,408 | $981 | -77.7% |
| Keith A. Sinclair | $5,510 | $956 | -82.6% |
| Sam Pendleton | $2,541 | $939 | -63% |
| Paul Robert Grayson | $3,762 | $932 | -75.2% |
| Dwight Marso | $5,071 | $914 | -82% |
| James L. Thomas | $1,815 | $903 | -50.2% |
| Dan Doyle | $4,545 | $888 | -80.5% |
| Charles Parker | $4,728 | $887 | -81.2% |
| Jeffrey S. Danielson Jr. | $6,472 | $880 | -86.4% |
| Vinita Foote | $3,377 | $856 | -74.7% |
| Henry S. Hauck | $3,900 | $848 | -78.3% |
| Russ A. Sauls | $3,795 | $846 | -77.7% |
| Daniel Milligan | $2,781 | $838 | -69.9% |
| Michael Gunther | $665 | $835 | 25.6% |
| Justin Neuman | $5,470 | $821 | -85% |
| William D. Alexander | $3,916 | $820 | -79.1% |
| Jerry Conner | $2,054 | $818 | -60.2% |
| Michael French | $3,353 | $808 | -75.9% |
| Larry Stone | $4,575 | $802 | -82.5% |
| Keith C. Kelley | $3,223 | $790 | -75.5% |
| Christie D. Hughes | $3,421 | $780 | -77.2% |
| Gerald A. Veasman | $1,848 | $778 | -57.9% |
| Daniel J. Wansing | $4,502 | $766 | -83% |
| Douglas Joe Ponder | $7,398 | $765 | -89.7% |
| Randall D. Wiles | $3,491 | $764 | -78.1% |
| Paul Laughlin | $4,873 | $747 | -84.7% |
| Dian Mitschele | $1,683 | $746 | -55.7% |
| Herman Darrel Vaughan | $4,061 | $741 | -81.8% |
| Donald L. Stokes | $2,585 | $740 | -71.4% |
| Robert George Candee | $4,211 | $738 | -82.5% |
| William Edward Rowden | $3,168 | $736 | -76.8% |
| Charley Tingle | $1,089 | $730 | -33% |
| Dennis Thornsberry | $2,882 | $729 | -74.7% |
| Gary Wyss | $2,211 | $717 | -67.6% |
| Ronald Ray Bowling | $1,452 | $715 | -50.8% |
| Debra J Kampeter | $2,387 | $700 | -70.7% |
| Timothy L. Simmons | $4,995 | $696 | -86.1% |
| Charles L. Johnson | $3,399 | $683 | -79.9% |
| Ralph Louis Boucher II | $887 | $660 | -25.6% |
| Jamie Peterson | $3,507 | $641 | -81.7% |
| Fermen C Espinoza JR | $2,574 | $623 | -75.8% |
| Vicky Jean Cantwell | $620 | $620 | 0% |
| Jean A. Hiatt | $1,098 | $615 | -44% |
| Danny Roam | $3,168 | $601 | -81% |
| Nolte Family Trust | $1,965 | $590 | -70% |
| Willie C. Piggee | $1,344 | $586 | -56.4% |
| Jacob Marvin Lee Vail | $4,206 | $579 | -86.2% |
| Brian Dean Smith | $3,769 | $553 | -85.3% |
| Matthew Wall | $2,431 | $544 | -77.6% |
| Mary M Bohrer Revocable Living Trust | $1,167 | $541 | -53.6% |
| Kevin Pritchard | $3,953 | $522 | -86.8% |
| Matthew Bryan Deckard | $3,357 | $510 | -84.8% |
| Nicholas Goodrich | $1,947 | $505 | -74.1% |
| Jim Whites | $957 | $503 | -47.4% |
| Matthew Clark | $3,716 | $479 | -87.1% |
| Kent Stoumbaugh | $2,563 | $478 | -81.3% |
| Brian Foster | $2,398 | $467 | -80.5% |
| Steve Lawson | $1,771 | $460 | -74% |
| Sidney Ballard Jr. | $1,793 | $459 | -74.4% |
| Keith Richter | $2,889 | $440 | -84.8% |
| Rodney C. Wade | $1,980 | $438 | -77.9% |
| Brierwood Heritage Farm, LLC | $2,273 | $433 | -81% |
| Michael B. Slone | $1,397 | $414 | -70.4% |
| Ricky Ringer | $2,222 | $412 | -81.5% |
| Matthew P. Campise | $3,780 | $411 | -89.1% |
| Barbara A. White | $1,430 | $411 | -71.3% |
| Gregory A. Hoss | $400 | $400 | 0% |
| Deloris J. Willis | $1,364 | $397 | -70.9% |
| Gary L. Bowman | $1,434 | $378 | -73.6% |
| Marsha A. Bishop | $1,071 | $375 | -65% |
| Richard Crawford | $2,013 | $371 | -81.6% |
| Dustin Moss | $1,881 | $370 | -80.3% |
| Rose Pierce | $1,738 | $340 | -80.4% |
| Larry William Stokes | $1,606 | $332 | -79.3% |
| Frank Singleton | $1,716 | $322 | -81.2% |
| Jimmy Joe Cochran | $2,288 | $301 | -86.8% |
| Matthew T. Resch | $1,170 | $299 | -74.4% |
| Shannon Connell | $979 | $257 | -73.7% |
| Wacey Joe Deardeuff | $1,738 | $232 | -86.7% |
| Stephen Hauck | $2,222 | $228 | -89.7% |
| Dalton R. Deardeuff | $968 | $194 | -80% |
| Raymond Creason | $704 | $188 | -73.3% |
| Dale Allen Party | $862 | $173 | -79.9% |
| Cody Lawson | $693 | $149 | -78.5% |
| Michael G. Blomberg | $1,160 | $142 | -87.8% |
| Kyle M. Tallant | $716 | $134 | -81.3% |
| Nancy E. Holler | $269 | $133 | -50.6% |
| Wilford L. Humphrey | $594 | $124 | -79.1% |
| Andy Joe McCubbin | $781 | $84 | -89.2% |
| Judene R Blackburn | $165 | $76 | -53.9% |
| Charity Hall | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| James Gary Thornsberry | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason William Stewart | $3,174 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Leuthen | $1,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Sloan | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Walker | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony James Clark | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Phillips | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Calvin Edward Alexander | $8,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald R. Canole | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Duane Doyle | $136 | $0 | -100% |
| James Doyel | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason R. Schaffner | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jessica Kate Halle | $2,889 | $0 | -100% |
| John A. Emmons | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| John Robert Schaffner | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua William Wisdom | $1,646 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Dean Carlson | $2,661 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall K. Crail | $7,533 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Yoakum | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn Michael Whittle | $930 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Donald Keeth Jr. | $9,845 | $0 | -100% |
| Devin Keith Adkins | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Leamon Colson | $6,701 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony Guy Augenstein | $230 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Nadermann | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas J. Bohrer | $613 | $0 | -100% |
| Troy Devon Evans | $1,053 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,068,975 | $557,153 | -73.1% |
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