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In 2021, 230 farmers in cities within Warren County received a total of $2.8 million in 386 farm subsidies, a 74% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $10.8 million in 894 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 Warren County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroad Farms | $1,739,177 | $433,693 | -75.1% |
| Crossroad Farms-Ir | $583,305 | $128,375 | -78% |
| Hubner Farms, LLC | $270,964 | $76,203 | -71.9% |
| A Plus Farms | $358,124 | $72,969 | -79.6% |
| Dean Bahrns | $172,201 | $69,963 | -59.4% |
| Cloverleaf Farms | $159,705 | $51,866 | -67.5% |
| Martin Seeds, Inc. | $199,482 | $47,567 | -76.2% |
| Jacob Khole Stephen | $126,690 | $45,642 | -64% |
| James Steven McIntosh | $55,544 | $43,595 | -21.5% |
| Longbranch Farms, LLC | $233,653 | $41,199 | -82.4% |
| Clem Farms, Inc. | $179,114 | $39,233 | -78.1% |
| Sondra Speck-Klinker | $71,686 | $35,747 | -50.1% |
| Lon S. Akers | $114,796 | $35,539 | -69% |
| Robert Everett Weston | $150,288 | $35,060 | -76.7% |
| Dennis Carl Myers | $142,490 | $34,198 | -76% |
| Aaron Richard Clark | $64,770 | $32,779 | -49.4% |
| Donohue Farms, LLC | $47,243 | $32,293 | -31.6% |
| Caleb M. Taylor | $58,452 | $32,083 | -45.1% |
| Matthew Clark Hetrick | $99,278 | $31,793 | -68% |
| Mitchell Lee Miles | $140,792 | $31,524 | -77.6% |
| Rodney Lee Andrews | $141,696 | $31,521 | -77.8% |
| Trenton Seaman | $144,669 | $31,403 | -78.3% |
| William Joseph Weston | $129,361 | $31,051 | -76% |
| Todd R. Snyder | $81,803 | $31,025 | -62.1% |
| Steven J. Clark | $103,499 | $30,918 | -70.1% |
| Lisa M. Lear | $219,010 | $30,580 | -86% |
| Michael Gene Evans | $219,047 | $30,580 | -86% |
| Scott B. Hunter | $114,918 | $30,296 | -73.6% |
| Cheryl Margaret Clark | $102,640 | $30,059 | -70.7% |
| Corey Scott Myers | $112,988 | $29,808 | -73.6% |
| Jack Frisby | $29,706 | $29,706 | 0% |
| Eric E Brutus-Brutus Revocable Trust | $113,866 | $27,334 | -76% |
| Steven Orval Rayburn | $88,830 | $27,226 | -69.4% |
| Sharma-Mehaffey Farms, LLC | $106,494 | $26,706 | -74.9% |
| Bill Eberle | $201,512 | $25,749 | -87.2% |
| David L. Richardson | $121,862 | $25,566 | -79% |
| Michael W. Miller | $76,927 | $23,714 | -69.2% |
| Stephen E Pithoud | $108,773 | $23,371 | -78.5% |
| Gerald W. Silver | $89,386 | $22,812 | -74.5% |
| Jimmy Lee Willett | $78,480 | $21,530 | -72.6% |
| Steven Ray Lanie | $84,121 | $21,177 | -74.8% |
| Samuel M. Verhoeven | $75,312 | $21,136 | -71.9% |
| David G. Klinker | $20,000 | $20,000 | 0% |
| Markus Khayne Stephen | $39,829 | $19,538 | -50.9% |
| Jacqueline S. Weston | $19,556 | $19,373 | -0.9% |
| Donald E. Hurt | $70,646 | $18,390 | -74% |
| Alan W Senesac Trustee 2 | $78,738 | $18,273 | -76.8% |
| Weston Family Farms, LLC | $40,796 | $18,136 | -55.5% |
| Thomas James Leak | $95,185 | $17,766 | -81.3% |
| Eric S. Donohue | $31,469 | $17,430 | -44.6% |
| Elizabeth Jane Sprague | $17,624 | $17,179 | -2.5% |
| Richard Laurel Potter | $73,654 | $16,015 | -78.3% |
| Robert R. Clark | $15,745 | $15,745 | 0% |
| David Stanford Potter | $69,847 | $15,271 | -78.1% |
| Richard Louis Potter | $66,792 | $14,361 | -78.5% |
| Donald Neil Ellis | $51,757 | $14,288 | -72.4% |
| Thomas Andrew Hetrick | $45,361 | $13,058 | -71.2% |
| John A. Larson | $17,326 | $12,745 | -26.4% |
| Nicholas J. Leuck | $27,466 | $12,533 | -54.4% |
| Gregory R. Haniford | $29,846 | $12,443 | -58.3% |
| Burton E. Etchison | $12,349 | $11,088 | -10.2% |
| David W. Taylor | $21,618 | $10,927 | -49.5% |
| Joseph D. Jones | $47,173 | $10,527 | -77.7% |
| Clayton J. Muller | $40,582 | $10,449 | -74.3% |
| Brock Myers | $30,273 | $10,295 | -66% |
| James R. Leak | $35,523 | $10,066 | -71.7% |
| Cole Matthew Schaub | $19,928 | $10,049 | -49.6% |
| Wanda Lynn Ellis | $36,371 | $10,045 | -72.4% |
| Jason Silver | $37,275 | $9,909 | -73.4% |
| John Lee Dillman | $10,444 | $9,837 | -5.8% |
| Winfield R. Thomas | $9,176 | $9,176 | 0% |
| Susan E Mccallister Revocable Living Trust | $9,172 | $9,172 | 0% |
| Kyle Clute | $23,183 | $9,097 | -60.8% |
| Robert Dale Brutus | $33,727 | $8,910 | -73.6% |
| Michael A. Shirley | $43,322 | $8,618 | -80.1% |
| Archie W. Ehler | $8,673 | $8,579 | -1.1% |
| Senesac Farms, Inc. | $26,622 | $8,531 | -68% |
| Donald L. Ehler | $8,444 | $8,350 | -1.1% |
| Rebecca J. Ehler | $8,444 | $8,350 | -1.1% |
| Reeder-Gallippi Farming | $35,851 | $8,321 | -76.8% |
| Ralph Shrader | $8,290 | $8,290 | 0% |
| John L Stembel | $17,219 | $8,124 | -52.8% |
| Jeremiah J. Sprague | $8,052 | $8,016 | -0.4% |
| Daniel McFatridge | $8,415 | $7,990 | -5.1% |
| Stanley D. Smith | $8,370 | $7,847 | -6.2% |
| Gary A. York | $23,685 | $7,716 | -67.4% |
| Brian Webb | $30,661 | $7,401 | -75.9% |
| Thomas Leo Bannon | $10,892 | $7,303 | -33% |
| Stanley Allen Kiefer | $7,053 | $7,053 | 0% |
| Thomas M. Monroe | $19,654 | $6,772 | -65.5% |
| Michael Peterson | $7,045 | $6,733 | -4.4% |
| William Eugene Inman | $19,317 | $6,425 | -66.7% |
| Kyle Richardson | $23,658 | $6,101 | -74.2% |
| Elizabeth Ann Shoaf | $12,727 | $5,854 | -54% |
| John Lewis McDowell | $6,376 | $5,696 | -10.7% |
| Vincent J. Silver | $28,659 | $5,660 | -80.3% |
| Motor Mouth Treatment Company | $5,564 | $5,564 | 0% |
| James Byron Swaney | $10,716 | $5,556 | -48.2% |
| Theodore A. Schutter | $5,380 | $5,380 | 0% |
| Scott D. Brier | $11,438 | $5,288 | -53.8% |
| Brutusdale Farms, Inc. | $16,474 | $5,282 | -67.9% |
| Raymond C Fleming Trust | $5,280 | $5,280 | 0% |
| Clayton Lee Andrews | $19,709 | $5,230 | -73.5% |
| Gro-Technician Farms, LLC | $17,650 | $5,141 | -70.9% |
| Warren Piece, LLC | $5,671 | $5,120 | -9.7% |
| Cory E. Reynolds | $5,142 | $5,104 | -0.7% |
| James Lindy Max | $11,201 | $5,039 | -55% |
| John R. Allison | $9,351 | $5,011 | -46.4% |
| Roger Budreau | $5,293 | $5,010 | -5.3% |
| James Zenor | $19,082 | $4,994 | -73.8% |
| Margaret Elizabeth Morgan | $14,268 | $4,810 | -66.3% |
| James Richard Salts | $2,627 | $4,750 | 80.8% |
| Kathleen Hofmeister | $5,102 | $4,577 | -10.3% |
| Chad A. Sprague | $4,455 | $4,455 | 0% |
| Marcia R Gallippi | $14,088 | $4,296 | -69.5% |
| Jay Jones | $19,521 | $4,259 | -78.2% |
| James Lloyd & Nancy M York Joint Rvoc Trustee 052003 | $13,007 | $4,216 | -67.6% |
| Brutus Family, LLP | $14,324 | $4,058 | -71.7% |
| Andrew Dean Cole | $13,233 | $4,056 | -69.3% |
| Stephen Patrick Lewis Cole | $13,233 | $4,056 | -69.3% |
| Hilda J. Stephen | $19,365 | $3,873 | -80% |
| Scott Allen Fulmer | $15,335 | $3,682 | -76% |
| Ellen C. Hess | $107 | $3,562 | 3,229% |
| Max Raines Trust | $3,552 | $3,552 | 0% |
| Bruce Eugene Anderson | $4,205 | $3,452 | -17.9% |
| William J. Max | $11,077 | $3,442 | -68.9% |
| Melvin Arnet Shoaf | $11,595 | $3,306 | -71.5% |
| Brenda G. Smith | $3,293 | $3,293 | 0% |
| Kenneth J. Smith | $3,125 | $3,148 | 0.7% |
| Herman N. Fink | $16,498 | $2,960 | -82.1% |
| Larry Kent Fulmer | $11,046 | $2,860 | -74.1% |
| Robert Louis Whistler Sr. | $9,023 | $2,803 | -68.9% |
| Garret D. Miller | $25,316 | $2,794 | -89% |
| Rick J. Eberle | $10,331 | $2,788 | -73% |
| Martin G. Gick | $12,834 | $2,772 | -78.4% |
| Rita M. Gick | $12,834 | $2,772 | -78.4% |
| Galen P. Walters | $12,734 | $2,674 | -79% |
| Carolyn L. Orr | $5,477 | $2,479 | -54.7% |
| Jennifer a Larson-Haussin | $6,802 | $2,221 | -67.3% |
| Jeffrey G. Hauser | $4,292 | $2,199 | -48.8% |
| Judith L. Jones | $9,674 | $2,195 | -77.3% |
| Diana Nine Living Trust | $2,173 | $2,173 | 0% |
| Jack Carter Dalton | $9,117 | $2,150 | -76.4% |
| Thomas L. Miller | $12,587 | $1,925 | -84.7% |
| Charles J. Richmond | $1,889 | $1,889 | 0% |
| Roger W. Seehafer | $1,918 | $1,856 | -3.2% |
| Warren C Wright Trust | $2,890 | $1,788 | -38.1% |
| The Wright Farms, LLC | $2,888 | $1,787 | -38.1% |
| Gary D. Greenwood | $7,903 | $1,739 | -78% |
| Ronald G. Stump | $5,782 | $1,723 | -70.2% |
| Jack Taylor | $1,588 | $1,588 | 0% |
| Derrick C. Bush | $6,105 | $1,574 | -74.2% |
| Steven C. Eberly | $2,458 | $1,547 | -37.1% |
| Roberta Bahrns | $6,183 | $1,545 | -75% |
| Paul S Lang Trust | $1,542 | $1,542 | 0% |
| Joyce Silver | $5,051 | $1,533 | -69.6% |
| Nancy Irish Hectus | $3,990 | $1,531 | -61.6% |
| Edward Wayne Allison | $2,609 | $1,491 | -42.9% |
| Tim Fuesting | $0 | $1,475 | -- |
| Jae Ann Brier | $1,438 | $1,438 | 0% |
| Curtis J. Campbell | $9,106 | $1,423 | -84.4% |
| Billy D. Taylor | $1,404 | $1,404 | 0% |
| Lee Anne Akers | $4,794 | $1,387 | -71.1% |
| Edward York | $4,879 | $1,325 | -72.8% |
| Roger H. Brushaber II | $1,298 | $1,298 | 0% |
| Robert W. Atkinson | $1,290 | $1,290 | 0% |
| Matt E. Akers | $4,797 | $1,255 | -73.8% |
| Joseph Silver | $5,966 | $1,181 | -80.2% |
| Silver Homestead | $4,728 | $1,181 | -75% |
| Stanley D. Blacketer | $4,591 | $1,126 | -75.5% |
| Daniel J. Hobbs | $2,120 | $1,094 | -48.4% |
| Kevin Owens | $4,345 | $1,070 | -75.4% |
| Esther Senesac Trust | $5,762 | $1,064 | -81.5% |
| M3 Agent, Inc. | $0 | $1,062 | -- |
| Harold Stutler | $1,666 | $1,049 | -37% |
| Jeanna K. Jones | $7,380 | $965 | -86.9% |
| Sharon Cocanower | $0 | $945 | -- |
| Daryl W. Whitlow | $918 | $918 | 0% |
| Lillian Etchison | $3,043 | $889 | -70.8% |
| Mark R. White | $803 | $803 | 0% |
| Robin Lynn Poindexter | $0 | $796 | -- |
| George Patrick Stump | $776 | $776 | 0% |
| Austin G Argerbright | $240 | $763 | 217.9% |
| Carolyn Weston | $1,480 | $747 | -49.5% |
| Ruth Stump | $2,182 | $682 | -68.7% |
| Donald Weston | $816 | $633 | -22.4% |
| Zachary R. Wilson | $547 | $547 | 0% |
| Michael Wargo | $1,870 | $536 | -71.3% |
| Virginia Lee Taylor | $540 | $529 | -2% |
| John Hetrick | $1,851 | $529 | -71.4% |
| Maribeth Holland | $1,841 | $529 | -71.3% |
| Matthew S. Sprague | $456 | $456 | 0% |
| Zackery Mitton | $456 | $456 | 0% |
| George C Chakonas | $1,090 | $434 | -60.2% |
| Roger Eberly | $1,270 | $425 | -66.5% |
| Helen A. Salts | $1,152 | $409 | -64.5% |
| Daniel R. Verhoeven | $370 | $370 | 0% |
| John C. Kay | $1,455 | $369 | -74.6% |
| Gary Davis | $1,397 | $331 | -76.3% |
| Wreatha Edwards | $831 | $319 | -61.6% |
| Terri Wargo | $1,309 | $282 | -78.5% |
| Lynne Ann Lanham | $755 | $258 | -65.8% |
| Daniel E. Pence | $0 | $257 | -- |
| Danny R. Mushrush | $715 | $251 | -64.9% |
| Joseph R. Bradbury | $1,464 | $242 | -83.5% |
| Dennis M. Donohue | $306 | $234 | -23.5% |
| Mark D. Stephen | $72 | $220 | 205.6% |
| Kris Ranee Stephen | $72 | $220 | 205.6% |
| Shannon Rene Stephen | $72 | $220 | 205.6% |
| Travis W. Stephen | $72 | $220 | 205.6% |
| Gladys Barron Trust | $885 | $209 | -76.4% |
| Adam Hanthorne | $398 | $185 | -53.5% |
| Richard Clark II | $27,873 | $182 | -99.3% |
| Lana Decker | $168 | $168 | 0% |
| Winifred M. Clark | $150 | $150 | 0% |
| Sandra L Jones-Heinold | $149 | $149 | 0% |
| Danial H. Huber | $128 | $128 | 0% |
| Daniel R. Thurman | $313 | $128 | -59.1% |
| Gary Wolfe | $264 | $123 | -53.4% |
| Samantha J. Brown | $97 | $115 | 18.6% |
| Michael Barnhart | $452 | $112 | -75.2% |
| Alice-Wm Silver & Alice Silver Joint RLT M Silver | $252 | $93 | -63.1% |
| Mary E. Gee | $85 | $85 | 0% |
| Hanging Rock Christian Assembly, Inc. | $251 | $78 | -68.9% |
| George E. Taylor | $196 | $76 | -61.2% |
| Mary Lou Hayden | $355 | $76 | -78.6% |
| Elizabeth A. Donohue | $57 | $57 | 0% |
| James L. Stutler | $434 | $53 | -87.8% |
| Dennis W. Stephen | $16 | $49 | 206.3% |
| Sheila A. Stephen | $16 | $49 | 206.3% |
| Anthony N. Standifer | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Lynn Eberly | $1,748 | $0 | -100% |
| Levi K. Smith | $377 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Alan Clark | $20,008 | $0 | -100% |
| Elnora Frances Norton | $232 | $0 | -100% |
| Hoosierland Pork, Inc. | $78,968 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet Kay Parrish | $239 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Wane Youngblood | $3,072 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse L. Parrish Sr. | $239 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Waling | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| MP3 Farms, LLC | $307,471 | $0 | -100% |
| MP3 Finishing, LLC | $625,963 | $0 | -100% |
| Ora Little Estate | $3,498 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E Fox & Marjorie J Fox Family Farm, LLC | $249 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert van Pelt | $436 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Styer | $3,317 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $10,785,027 | $2,800,097 | -74% |
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