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In 2021, 271 farmers in cities within Morgan County received a total of $2.1 million in 426 farm subsidies, a 55.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.9 million in 813 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 Morgan County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triple R-C, Inc. | $0 | $96,000 | -- |
| Scrambled Acres, LLC | $0 | $83,172 | -- |
| Melvin Gerber | $285,571 | $79,607 | -72.1% |
| Randall Allen Corpening | $0 | $70,892 | -- |
| Mead Farms, LLC | $317,313 | $67,285 | -78.8% |
| Stauffer Farm, LLC | $0 | $66,270 | -- |
| Ingersoll Farms, LLC | $0 | $65,691 | -- |
| Rowland Farms, LLC | $0 | $52,889 | -- |
| Mark D. Reynolds | $0 | $52,834 | -- |
| Kory D. James | $27,256 | $49,238 | 80.7% |
| Potter's Ford Farms, LLC | $0 | $47,244 | -- |
| Jeffrey Dwayne Lutman | $0 | $47,132 | -- |
| David Baumgartner | $47,499 | $40,363 | -15% |
| Melvin R Griblin | $0 | $38,007 | -- |
| Debora L. Reynolds | $0 | $37,848 | -- |
| Jared Randall Williams | $112,993 | $37,104 | -67.2% |
| Stuart D. Hagedorn | $81,189 | $35,647 | -56.1% |
| Paul D. Fergerson | $0 | $31,494 | -- |
| Robbie Nolting | $116,626 | $30,500 | -73.8% |
| David Alan Rambo | $0 | $27,176 | -- |
| Robert Wayne Barry | $205,066 | $25,745 | -87.4% |
| Jet Cattle Ranch, Inc. | $93,308 | $24,743 | -73.5% |
| Mancil L. Marriott Jr. | $92,614 | $24,707 | -73.3% |
| Clark C. Bauer | $38,142 | $23,713 | -37.8% |
| Kent Loganbill | $62,852 | $23,713 | -62.3% |
| El-Par Farms, Inc. | $57,295 | $22,925 | -60% |
| Ronald Houston | $106,834 | $22,888 | -78.6% |
| Fredrech Joseph Smiley | $92,959 | $22,698 | -75.6% |
| Brauer Farms, LLC | $74,527 | $22,656 | -69.6% |
| Ronald G. Cornine | $22,313 | $22,313 | 0% |
| John Edward Martin | $11,796 | $21,677 | 83.8% |
| Daniel Scott Brown | $0 | $20,712 | -- |
| Michael L. Loganbill | $57,523 | $18,484 | -67.9% |
| J Bar 2 Ranch, LLC | $62,220 | $18,179 | -70.8% |
| Michael M. Leinbach | $41,704 | $17,891 | -57.1% |
| Linden Litwiller | $7,477 | $17,728 | 137.1% |
| Bronzwood, Inc. | $8,987 | $17,184 | 91.2% |
| Dwight R. Palmer | $37,236 | $16,681 | -55.2% |
| Nicholas Palmer | $45,125 | $16,164 | -64.2% |
| Wesley E and Altha M Toomay Rev Liv Trust | $16,053 | $16,054 | 0% |
| Shawn E. Viebrock | $15,459 | $15,834 | 2.4% |
| Marie Maupin | $16,504 | $15,586 | -5.6% |
| Philip R. Wenger | $45,150 | $15,010 | -66.8% |
| Britt Kirkham | $33,329 | $14,994 | -55% |
| Allen Boese | $0 | $13,814 | -- |
| Brian Lehman | $40,543 | $13,750 | -66.1% |
| James Goosen | $52,562 | $12,843 | -75.6% |
| Dennis A. Schad | $50,552 | $12,386 | -75.5% |
| Mahlon Ray Shirk Jr. | $0 | $11,485 | -- |
| Walter Groth | $12,732 | $11,398 | -10.5% |
| Patrick Roy Snorgrass | $52,801 | $11,101 | -79% |
| Fred B. Schulte | $48,342 | $10,960 | -77.3% |
| Adrian J. Hooper | $44,084 | $10,684 | -75.8% |
| Johnnie Dwayne Schad | $47,931 | $10,534 | -78% |
| Garrett Thouvenel | $43,867 | $10,436 | -76.2% |
| Lawrence Ray Martin | $24,599 | $10,204 | -58.5% |
| Melvin Leinbach | $31,085 | $10,032 | -67.7% |
| Joshua Edward Marriott | $72,594 | $9,845 | -86.4% |
| James M. Marriott | $26,989 | $9,360 | -65.3% |
| Wedel Farms, LLC | $0 | $9,101 | -- |
| Daryl E. Petree | $21,065 | $9,038 | -57.1% |
| Brian J. Schwartz | $43,377 | $8,776 | -79.8% |
| Rodney Schad | $45,823 | $8,497 | -81.5% |
| Michael H. Hees | $18,925 | $8,009 | -57.7% |
| Jason Anthony Moon | $36,488 | $7,957 | -78.2% |
| Dennis Lee Mefford | $3,841 | $7,565 | 97% |
| Harold G. Houston | $64,272 | $7,485 | -88.4% |
| Michael J Resetich | $7,384 | $7,384 | 0% |
| Mark A. Brunjes | $21,206 | $7,036 | -66.8% |
| Rodney Chapman | $30,047 | $6,555 | -78.2% |
| Britt L. Shadwick | $22,735 | $6,417 | -71.8% |
| Jerry W. Gerlt | $19,475 | $6,416 | -67.1% |
| A W Mead Land Company, LLC | $8,588 | $6,363 | -25.9% |
| Sammie Adrain Moon | $32,880 | $6,144 | -81.3% |
| TH2 Cattle Company, Inc. | $151,581 | $6,139 | -96% |
| John L. Brubaker | $31,029 | $6,069 | -80.4% |
| Dejong Farms, LLC | $13,338 | $5,980 | -55.2% |
| Nolan Koehn | $19,284 | $5,838 | -69.7% |
| Christopher A. Siegel | $25,136 | $5,830 | -76.8% |
| Leonard Benny | $30,988 | $5,759 | -81.4% |
| Larry Rumans | $33,336 | $5,674 | -83% |
| Matthew J. Merriott | $27,005 | $5,607 | -79.2% |
| Laurel Schmidt | $26,961 | $5,524 | -79.5% |
| Wayne Arnold Kroeschen JR | $31,404 | $4,962 | -84.2% |
| Austin Nicholas Schulte | $26,514 | $4,852 | -81.7% |
| Martin Z. Stauffer | $59,800 | $4,723 | -92.1% |
| Cameron Lee Koehn | $17,357 | $4,565 | -73.7% |
| David Marriott | $30,998 | $3,842 | -87.6% |
| Robi Calvin Viebrock | $5,599 | $3,731 | -33.4% |
| Carl W. Wilson | $12,524 | $3,722 | -70.3% |
| Wayne L. Fischer | $10,142 | $3,640 | -64.1% |
| Ronald J. Hilderbrand | $15,148 | $3,485 | -77% |
| Ardella M. Nolting | $15,661 | $3,422 | -78.1% |
| Gregory Schad | $10,614 | $3,364 | -68.3% |
| Mildred L. Stahl | $10,973 | $3,344 | -69.5% |
| Ricky Allen Stahl | $10,973 | $3,344 | -69.5% |
| Allen L. Stahl | $10,861 | $3,337 | -69.3% |
| Gerald R. Weaver | $8,994 | $3,324 | -63% |
| Sean M. Bauer | $21,281 | $3,302 | -84.5% |
| Oehrke Farms | $19,544 | $3,291 | -83.2% |
| Rowland Land and Cattle, LLC | $14,185 | $3,288 | -76.8% |
| James D. Cox | $24,664 | $3,240 | -86.9% |
| Charles V. Long | $1,914 | $3,145 | 64.3% |
| Timothy Dean Steinmeyer | $9,523 | $3,110 | -67.3% |
| Carlene Nolting | $12,878 | $2,991 | -76.8% |
| Earl Warren Wilson | $12,121 | $2,782 | -77% |
| Joshua R. Witte | $14,003 | $2,730 | -80.5% |
| Lawrence H Rogers Living Rev Trust | $12,307 | $2,704 | -78% |
| Lost Quarter Farms, Inc. | $8,015 | $2,665 | -66.7% |
| David Warnke | $7,708 | $2,617 | -66% |
| Joseph W. Menning | $11,099 | $2,608 | -76.5% |
| Linda L. Keeling | $7,610 | $2,571 | -66.2% |
| Larry M. Noel | $2,603 | $2,493 | -4.2% |
| Virgie Holsten | $4,738 | $2,488 | -47.5% |
| Post Family Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $2,460 | -- |
| Charles Benny | $8,082 | $2,429 | -69.9% |
| Cody Kliethermes | $6,138 | $2,425 | -60.5% |
| Etta Jean Rath Living Trust Dated 5/29/96 | $2,712 | $2,412 | -11.1% |
| David B. Samson | $9,097 | $2,393 | -73.7% |
| Jason E. Curty | $7,711 | $2,361 | -69.4% |
| Mark I Toll Trust | $5,444 | $2,338 | -57.1% |
| Kenneth O. McCutcheon Jr. | $8,208 | $2,329 | -71.6% |
| Stanley Blankenship | $9,827 | $2,324 | -76.4% |
| David Holsten | $10,079 | $2,303 | -77.2% |
| Mervin Schultz | $11,293 | $2,262 | -80% |
| Gene V. Klein Jr. | $13,125 | $2,255 | -82.8% |
| Phillip Marriott | $7,073 | $2,087 | -70.5% |
| Stephen C. McQueen | $1,958 | $2,058 | 5.1% |
| Reuben Z. Stauffer | $9,823 | $2,010 | -79.5% |
| Tim D. Peck | $11,990 | $1,993 | -83.4% |
| Adalberto Lopez Jr. | $0 | $1,980 | -- |
| Eddie D. Viebrock | $7,370 | $1,971 | -73.3% |
| Joan M Bauer Trust | $9,427 | $1,970 | -79.1% |
| Ingrid S. Haas | $9,238 | $1,969 | -78.7% |
| Alan Hinck | $5,962 | $1,794 | -69.9% |
| Brian D. Nolting | $8,194 | $1,793 | -78.1% |
| Gerald W Hiatt Trust | $3,650 | $1,788 | -51% |
| Kenneth Draffen | $8,028 | $1,773 | -77.9% |
| Robert M. Witte | $8,142 | $1,763 | -78.3% |
| A Wayne Kanenbley | $7,459 | $1,763 | -76.4% |
| Cleven Keeling | $3,101 | $1,755 | -43.4% |
| Dakota Wayne Kroeschen | $8,250 | $1,738 | -78.9% |
| Myron H. Fischer | $8,706 | $1,731 | -80.1% |
| Steve Compton | $7,701 | $1,686 | -78.1% |
| Joe Branstetter | $7,703 | $1,644 | -78.7% |
| Raymond Wehmeyer | $6,749 | $1,620 | -76% |
| Mike Branstetter | $5,545 | $1,614 | -70.9% |
| Jennifer L Wibberg | $8,395 | $1,599 | -81% |
| Darrell L. Witte | $12,554 | $1,565 | -87.5% |
| Ozark Vista Ranch, LLC | $12,663 | $1,550 | -87.8% |
| Sue Akin | $6,644 | $1,544 | -76.8% |
| Lesa A. Moesch | $8,952 | $1,535 | -82.9% |
| Randy Joseph McCoin | $3,863 | $1,517 | -60.7% |
| Kevin McDonald | $2,353 | $1,496 | -36.4% |
| Gordon Ray Nickels Jr. | $8,494 | $1,494 | -82.4% |
| Travis Spears | $5,449 | $1,486 | -72.7% |
| Jimmy Miesner | $9,190 | $1,478 | -83.9% |
| Tom N. Todd | $13,087 | $1,476 | -88.7% |
| Trent R. Edgar | $6,533 | $1,471 | -77.5% |
| Jeffery Wilson | $6,402 | $1,464 | -77.1% |
| Ken P. Gerber | $5,096 | $1,460 | -71.4% |
| Jason Huffman | $7,247 | $1,443 | -80.1% |
| Nathan E. Miller | $15,305 | $1,424 | -90.7% |
| Kirt M. Wilson | $8,648 | $1,412 | -83.7% |
| Kendra M. Kurtz | $6,340 | $1,382 | -78.2% |
| Michael R. Burkhart | $5,786 | $1,379 | -76.2% |
| Carol Sue Buck | $1,753 | $1,379 | -21.3% |
| Leo D. Morrison | $5,225 | $1,366 | -73.9% |
| Danny Kumberg | $5,797 | $1,365 | -76.5% |
| Wyatt Sterling Folsom | $7,372 | $1,342 | -81.8% |
| Ethan A. Haslag | $5,621 | $1,329 | -76.4% |
| Kelvin Miller | $4,837 | $1,329 | -72.5% |
| Ronald Edward Kiesling | $7,563 | $1,327 | -82.5% |
| John E. Draffen | $6,960 | $1,323 | -81% |
| Virginia Whittle | $0 | $1,275 | -- |
| Anthony Garber | $5,992 | $1,259 | -79% |
| Mervin M. Kurtz | $7,265 | $1,242 | -82.9% |
| Donna J. Marriott | $1,229 | $1,229 | 0% |
| Debbie Hutchison | $2,741 | $1,218 | -55.6% |
| Jeffrey E. Tankersley | $3,301 | $1,212 | -63.3% |
| Chad Carl Schlesselman | $8,465 | $1,210 | -85.7% |
| Bill Veulemans | $8,157 | $1,209 | -85.2% |
| Comer Farms, LLC | $4,079 | $1,208 | -70.4% |
| Scott Beckmann | $4,092 | $1,201 | -70.7% |
| Russell McNeal | $9,120 | $1,188 | -87% |
| James Perkins | $1,154 | $1,154 | 0% |
| Megan L. Randall | $6,739 | $1,141 | -83.1% |
| Ron Baumgartner | $2,537 | $1,114 | -56.1% |
| David L. Johansen | $5,825 | $1,097 | -81.2% |
| Martensen Cattle, LLC | $5,444 | $1,097 | -79.8% |
| Mark Loganbill | $6,105 | $1,091 | -82.1% |
| Rodney Vogt | $4,086 | $1,089 | -73.3% |
| Marshall Morgan | $6,023 | $1,081 | -82.1% |
| James L. Stahl | $4,132 | $1,081 | -73.8% |
| Glen C. Fahrni | $5,854 | $1,067 | -81.8% |
| Charles L. Stahl | $4,154 | $1,064 | -74.4% |
| Eldrid G Beckmann | $4,928 | $1,057 | -78.6% |
| Gary Dunnaway | $5,280 | $1,056 | -80% |
| Ken Bauer | $5,148 | $1,053 | -79.5% |
| Helen Drummond | $3,011 | $1,050 | -65.1% |
| Paul M. Eckhoff | $3,696 | $1,046 | -71.7% |
| Charles D. Homan | $7,023 | $1,021 | -85.5% |
| Michael R. Patton | $5,841 | $988 | -83.1% |
| Larry Calvin Witte | $4,925 | $942 | -80.9% |
| Paul R. Watring | $5,978 | $937 | -84.3% |
| Jim Goetze | $2,657 | $935 | -64.8% |
| Keith G. Brooks | $4,024 | $933 | -76.8% |
| Harry Beckmann | $4,132 | $906 | -78.1% |
| Bailey A. Marriott | $5,171 | $900 | -82.6% |
| Don G. Marriott | $4,213 | $897 | -78.7% |
| Steve Kruse | $4,092 | $897 | -78.1% |
| Gary Wayne Witt | $4,070 | $876 | -78.5% |
| Haw Creek Company, Inc. | $18,173 | $864 | -95.2% |
| Tim Marriott | $4,070 | $824 | -79.8% |
| Robbie Brown | $5,056 | $813 | -83.9% |
| Lealan R Martin | $18,318 | $813 | -95.6% |
| Lee Edward Anderson | $3,014 | $806 | -73.3% |
| Chad E. Fulks | $3,984 | $798 | -80% |
| Joel Robertson | $2,971 | $797 | -73.2% |
| David Ray Taylor | $3,718 | $796 | -78.6% |
| Fred R. Stamps | $3,013 | $777 | -74.2% |
| Stanton Unruh | $2,111 | $754 | -64.3% |
| Larry Stokes | $3,691 | $748 | -79.7% |
| Troy Daniel Nairn | $552 | $735 | 33.2% |
| Jack D. James | $3,234 | $734 | -77.3% |
| Trevor Todd Koehn | $3,399 | $724 | -78.7% |
| Stuart V. Holsten | $3,784 | $716 | -81.1% |
| Robert Edwin Wenger | $3,053 | $712 | -76.7% |
| Junella Hiatt Trust | $1,716 | $699 | -59.3% |
| Travis Draffen | $3,487 | $675 | -80.6% |
| Brian Libbee | $0 | $660 | -- |
| Donald E. Marriott | $3,745 | $658 | -82.4% |
| Merlyn Jay Martin | $2,233 | $648 | -71% |
| Marylin Rowles | $2,585 | $622 | -75.9% |
| Gary W. Bentch | $2,973 | $610 | -79.5% |
| Brandon Shane Bright | $3,047 | $608 | -80% |
| Linda Miller Kimberling | $520 | $596 | 14.6% |
| Marvin Meyer | $2,178 | $595 | -72.7% |
| Steven J. Dust | $601 | $590 | -1.8% |
| Jacob M. Buckler | $1,947 | $586 | -69.9% |
| Elroy Franklin | $3,578 | $584 | -83.7% |
| Doyle S. Boehs | $12,094 | $569 | -95.3% |
| No Shoes Nation, LLC | $2,397 | $568 | -76.3% |
| Buddy Elsea | $3,528 | $560 | -84.1% |
| Sandra K. Comer | $2,574 | $540 | -79% |
| Breena a Barnett | $2,359 | $527 | -77.7% |
| Gary D. Koerner | $2,738 | $503 | -81.6% |
| Clayton Bauer | $2,014 | $466 | -76.9% |
| Angela S. Thompson | $2,108 | $461 | -78.1% |
| Jim Thomas | $3,780 | $429 | -88.7% |
| Natalie Shackelford | $1,969 | $405 | -79.4% |
| Leonard Conrad | $368 | $368 | 0% |
| Daniel Blake Rambo | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Linda Porter | $2,218 | $326 | -85.3% |
| Joshua Huff | $1,331 | $300 | -77.5% |
| Nita Cates | $707 | $294 | -58.4% |
| Mieke Schotte | $946 | $293 | -69% |
| Janice Martin Rambo | $1,666 | $246 | -85.2% |
| Jay A. Hildreth | $1,408 | $241 | -82.9% |
| Fredrick M. Fischer | $4,056 | $224 | -94.5% |
| Dean Stucker | $1,001 | $211 | -78.9% |
| Anthony Litwiller | $1,641 | $197 | -88% |
| Calvin Marriott | $484 | $163 | -66.3% |
| Lance L. Shadwick | $398 | $151 | -62.1% |
| Jim Daniels | $1,642 | $142 | -91.4% |
| Raymond Shannon | $136 | $136 | 0% |
| Luke Litwiller | $605 | $132 | -78.2% |
| Darren Beckmann | $1,645 | $97 | -94.1% |
| Roy L. Ehlers | $204 | $61 | -70.1% |
| Janice M. Ziegler | $102 | $53 | -48% |
| Geraldine Y. Dixon | $83 | $18 | -78.3% |
| Christopher Michael Hulsey | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Garland Kidwell | $124 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy J. Wenger | $4,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Kidwell | $89 | $0 | -100% |
| Seth Fulks | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty J. Middleton | $2,660 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra L. Cornine | $1,523 | $0 | -100% |
| Mickey C. Kilbourne | $8,848 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen L. Willsie | $294 | $0 | -100% |
| Milton W. Lehman | $2,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Langton | $3,785 | $0 | -100% |
| Dene Stull | $5,149 | $0 | -100% |
| Missouri Goldfish Hatchery, Inc. | $33,557 | $0 | -100% |
| Arthur Petty | $292 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara A. Tieman | $72 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard R. Johnson | $423 | $0 | -100% |
| Tracy Payne | $1,501 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig Baumgartner | $204 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Koehn | $1,418 | $0 | -100% |
| Daryl L. Unruh | $13,975 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Newkirk | $126 | $0 | -100% |
| John Wallace Anderson | $8,527 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathaniel Kilmer | $2,807 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,855,918 | $2,148,649 | -55.8% |
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