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In 2021, 173 farmers in cities within Pendleton County received a total of $289,643 in 237 farm subsidies, a 71.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1 million in 539 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 Pendleton County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Wright | $60,069 | $33,164 | -44.8% |
| Brent Gosney | $57,203 | $31,325 | -45.2% |
| Prewitt Family Farms, LLC | $66,368 | $23,418 | -64.7% |
| Tom Moore | $51,545 | $11,763 | -77.2% |
| Tom Clifford | $28,420 | $11,575 | -59.3% |
| Tony Greene | $39,616 | $11,419 | -71.2% |
| William D. Miley | $10,090 | $10,584 | 4.9% |
| Jacob T. Hart | $10,714 | $7,507 | -29.9% |
| Grant Caldwell | $24,813 | $7,311 | -70.5% |
| The Alan B. Gardner and Yvonne M Gardner Revocable Living Trustee | $5,714 | $7,186 | 25.8% |
| Larry A. Powell | $25,990 | $5,416 | -79.2% |
| Randall Hardin | $41,090 | $4,662 | -88.7% |
| Joseph Evans | $8,336 | $3,856 | -53.7% |
| Tony Wolfe | $12,419 | $3,694 | -70.3% |
| Harold D. Simmons | $8,773 | $3,633 | -58.6% |
| Gary W. Bruin | $12,632 | $3,259 | -74.2% |
| Nathan W. Mains | $9,594 | $3,144 | -67.2% |
| Todd A. Klaber | $14,967 | $3,026 | -79.8% |
| Steve Lafollette | $20,670 | $3,024 | -85.4% |
| David Hardin | $10,432 | $2,853 | -72.7% |
| John Hendy | $5,012 | $2,784 | -44.5% |
| Steve McClanahan | $4,855 | $2,734 | -43.7% |
| Robert L. Gravett II | $11,088 | $2,488 | -77.6% |
| Pat Lafollette | $10,070 | $2,398 | -76.2% |
| Martin J. Crotty | $9,172 | $2,319 | -74.7% |
| Randy A. Wyatt | $9,247 | $2,193 | -76.3% |
| Andy Caldwell | $9,054 | $1,943 | -78.5% |
| Keith W. Ramsey | $2,198 | $1,600 | -27.2% |
| Terry Logan | $10,881 | $1,569 | -85.6% |
| J. E. Roseberry Jr. | $8,415 | $1,564 | -81.4% |
| James A. Ohara | $5,814 | $1,537 | -73.6% |
| Darrin Ruber | $8,251 | $1,522 | -81.6% |
| Terence J. Logan | $10,921 | $1,500 | -86.3% |
| Scott Logan | $3,531 | $1,465 | -58.5% |
| Terry M. Browning | $16,558 | $1,418 | -91.4% |
| David M. Hess | $6,280 | $1,351 | -78.5% |
| Phillip M. Hart | $4,433 | $1,308 | -70.5% |
| John Fitzpatrick | $4,745 | $1,238 | -73.9% |
| Billy Hall | $6,705 | $1,202 | -82.1% |
| John T. Merrill | $4,147 | $1,191 | -71.3% |
| Dawn Wood | $1,326 | $1,152 | -13.1% |
| Elza Toliver Jr. | $9,888 | $1,147 | -88.4% |
| Bill C. Flaugher | $3,632 | $1,090 | -70% |
| Sparks Farm, LLC | $2,838 | $1,074 | -62.2% |
| Jonathon Sullivan | $6,694 | $1,069 | -84% |
| Lance N. Fisher | $5,339 | $1,060 | -80.1% |
| Charles A. Klaber | $5,215 | $1,028 | -80.3% |
| GMK Farms, LLC | $4,763 | $952 | -80% |
| Michael Detisch | $3,113 | $942 | -69.7% |
| Donnie Nichols | $4,360 | $933 | -78.6% |
| Janie Skidmore | $5,731 | $911 | -84.1% |
| Brent Moore | $3,080 | $910 | -70.5% |
| William L. Hess | $11,865 | $907 | -92.4% |
| Peggy Brown | $1,089 | $900 | -17.4% |
| Clarence J. Barlow | $3,344 | $894 | -73.3% |
| Larry C. Wright | $5,312 | $878 | -83.5% |
| Robert P. McClanahan | $3,438 | $856 | -75.1% |
| Gene Evans | $1,967 | $849 | -56.8% |
| Bradley Milner | $5,032 | $830 | -83.5% |
| Charlie Ammerman | $10,120 | $805 | -92% |
| Mary Hardin | $1,048 | $800 | -23.7% |
| Jarrad Simpson | $4,169 | $794 | -81% |
| Beverly Milner | $3,934 | $788 | -80% |
| James Jones | $3,454 | $779 | -77.4% |
| Donnie Bowles | $3,465 | $758 | -78.1% |
| Brandon D. Moorhead | $3,322 | $743 | -77.6% |
| Craig Moore | $2,824 | $742 | -73.7% |
| Melvin Ramsey | $3,255 | $726 | -77.7% |
| Ethan E. Moore | $11,256 | $716 | -93.6% |
| Kevin Colvin | $1,650 | $699 | -57.6% |
| Albert Bruce Jones | $2,277 | $636 | -72.1% |
| Ricky Figgins | $3,223 | $634 | -80.3% |
| Jason Douglas Thomas | $3,466 | $632 | -81.8% |
| Shane Wright | $3,268 | $613 | -81.2% |
| Roger Miles | $1,760 | $608 | -65.5% |
| Raymond Ramsey | $3,743 | $582 | -84.5% |
| Scottie Ramsey | $2,034 | $575 | -71.7% |
| Benjamin L. Seever | $2,388 | $564 | -76.4% |
| Colton C. Pugh | $2,420 | $564 | -76.7% |
| Penny Lynn Jackson | $1,716 | $563 | -67.2% |
| Keith Herron | $2,555 | $558 | -78.2% |
| Elza Thomas Toliver | $8,488 | $543 | -93.6% |
| Robert E. McClanahan | $2,459 | $541 | -78% |
| Steve Taylor | $2,486 | $540 | -78.3% |
| Steve Jenkins | $2,013 | $535 | -73.4% |
| J. A. Godman | $954 | $534 | -44% |
| Roy T. Mains | $3,851 | $530 | -86.2% |
| Jerry Colvin | $1,962 | $529 | -73% |
| Ruth Hall | $2,440 | $520 | -78.7% |
| Charles C. Hall | $2,022 | $518 | -74.4% |
| John W. Stephenson | $2,416 | $517 | -78.6% |
| Paul Browning | $8,277 | $516 | -93.8% |
| Ricky L. King | $2,101 | $515 | -75.5% |
| Tammy Wolfe | $3,362 | $515 | -84.7% |
| Shirley McClanahan | $2,303 | $502 | -78.2% |
| Adam Christopher Ramsey | $4,033 | $492 | -87.8% |
| Gregory L. Valentine | $2,945 | $478 | -83.8% |
| Edwin A. Monroe III | $1,697 | $476 | -72% |
| Steve Thomas | $1,815 | $472 | -74% |
| Dorothy F. McClanahan | $1,436 | $464 | -67.7% |
| Lee A. Baker | $1,683 | $449 | -73.3% |
| Robert A. Smith | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Marvin Dawson | $1,727 | $433 | -74.9% |
| Pamela W. Sharon | $880 | $428 | -51.4% |
| Lawrence Krift | $2,161 | $423 | -80.4% |
| Edward T. Milner | $2,311 | $422 | -81.7% |
| James Michael Godman | $1,213 | $400 | -67% |
| Michael W. Pugh | $3,283 | $399 | -87.8% |
| Christopher S. Moore | $2,299 | $387 | -83.2% |
| Rick Nelson | $1,705 | $384 | -77.5% |
| Parisanne Navarro | $1,562 | $380 | -75.7% |
| Jeff O. Gemmer | $3,920 | $364 | -90.7% |
| Helen Emerson | $1,338 | $359 | -73.2% |
| Derrick A. England | $2,373 | $358 | -84.9% |
| Larry Miller | $1,232 | $357 | -71% |
| Freddie Brown | $1,672 | $357 | -78.6% |
| Randall B. Kimmel | $1,727 | $357 | -79.3% |
| Marlene Broering | $2,152 | $349 | -83.8% |
| Greg Ramsey | $3,464 | $346 | -90% |
| Connie Mann | $1,485 | $345 | -76.8% |
| David L. Wilson | $8,088 | $344 | -95.7% |
| Charles A. Flaugher | $13,793 | $343 | -97.5% |
| Steve Faulkner | $1,716 | $343 | -80% |
| Clay M. Eshman | $2,027 | $338 | -83.3% |
| Curtis David Foutch | $1,562 | $328 | -79% |
| Leo Moneyhon | $1,485 | $327 | -78% |
| Clifford E. Ruber | $519 | $326 | -37.2% |
| Toni Lauer | $1,193 | $320 | -73.2% |
| Lisa Gaye Cobb | $1,947 | $320 | -83.6% |
| Dennis Teegarden | $1,558 | $319 | -79.5% |
| David Kattenhorn | $561 | $314 | -44% |
| Gary Brewer | $1,496 | $308 | -79.4% |
| Michael Ethan Pugh | $826 | $304 | -63.2% |
| Garrell W. Pugh | $1,485 | $298 | -79.9% |
| Joshua Caleb Figgins | $1,419 | $294 | -79.3% |
| Donna Pollard | $1,177 | $287 | -75.6% |
| Robert Best Jr. | $1,078 | $286 | -73.5% |
| Hiram L. Harville | $1,737 | $273 | -84.3% |
| Jeffrey C. Cox | $3,040 | $267 | -91.2% |
| Jesse Vater | $1,089 | $266 | -75.6% |
| Keith Plummer | $1,232 | $266 | -78.4% |
| Wm Johnston | $1,155 | $253 | -78.1% |
| Jodi Buckley | $949 | $253 | -73.3% |
| Jack B. Pollard | $836 | $242 | -71.1% |
| Todd Godman | $913 | $241 | -73.6% |
| Robert W. Kerlin | $561 | $232 | -58.6% |
| Stacey E. Wells | $564 | $232 | -58.9% |
| Kenneth Kirsch | $1,302 | $214 | -83.6% |
| Mike Manor | $1,042 | $214 | -79.5% |
| Mark Remley | $1,178 | $208 | -82.3% |
| Ray Chiles | $913 | $204 | -77.7% |
| April M. Lecrone | $638 | $186 | -70.8% |
| Sara Florence | $968 | $186 | -80.8% |
| William T. Jones | $1,247 | $180 | -85.6% |
| Damon Slayback | $796 | $173 | -78.3% |
| Ronnie Hitch Jr. | $594 | $171 | -71.2% |
| Nathan Peoples | $847 | $170 | -79.9% |
| Richard Jacob Peoples | $939 | $170 | -81.9% |
| Rudy Webster | $759 | $163 | -78.5% |
| Donna Boden | $1,247 | $155 | -87.6% |
| Wendy Smith | $787 | $149 | -81.1% |
| Ronald E Vickerstaff | $832 | $149 | -82.1% |
| Darell G. Pugh | $297 | $143 | -51.9% |
| Ardonna Brown | $1,371 | $138 | -89.9% |
| Brian Walthers | $638 | $138 | -78.4% |
| Jonathan Pugh | $605 | $130 | -78.5% |
| Gary Simpson | $710 | $121 | -83% |
| Ronald Brownfield | $521 | $118 | -77.4% |
| Larry Herbst | $0 | $117 | -- |
| Charley Herron | $461 | $108 | -76.6% |
| Scott Wright | $308 | $100 | -67.5% |
| Dudley Carr | $272 | $20 | -92.6% |
| Barbara Browning | $41 | $16 | -61% |
| Barbara Askren | $2,550 | $0 | -100% |
| Brooke Weinel | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Candice Utz | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Chester Utz Jr. | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Ralph Moreland | $1,018 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis James Schwartz | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Cahill | $65 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Pettit | $1,239 | $0 | -100% |
| John Edwin Ritter | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph King | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Lola Bennett | $32 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul G. Ritter | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Theresa J. Peoples | $199 | $0 | -100% |
| Allene Jo Wells | $138 | $0 | -100% |
| Bonnie K. Ramsey | $11 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlotte Whaley | $8 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie J. Bowling | $12 | $0 | -100% |
| David Buckley | $352 | $0 | -100% |
| David S. Campbell | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Delbert R. York | $823 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis R. Gosney | $155 | $0 | -100% |
| Derrick Ramsey | $276 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin J. Ryan | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Holly Jean Trimble | $173 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane Ohara | $138 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy Hendy | $202 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenny Lafollette | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Cummins | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Hendy | $2,538 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha J. Gosney | $2,740 | $0 | -100% |
| Nena M. Lafollette | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Miles | $101 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Colvin | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard McClanahan | $52 | $0 | -100% |
| Rita J. Moore | $69 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley Merrill | $9 | $0 | -100% |
| Velma Steele | $370 | $0 | -100% |
| Vicky J. King | $2 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley B. Sullivan | $113 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,027,805 | $289,643 | -71.8% |
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