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In 2021, 107 farmers in cities within Campbell County received a total of $182,622 in 132 farm subsidies, a 71% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $630,733 in 322 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seiter Farms, Inc. | $80,986 | $21,137 | -73.9% |
| Jim and Kate Smith Family, LLC | $41,062 | $18,952 | -53.8% |
| Deuser Family Farms, LLC | $24,877 | $18,542 | -25.5% |
| Mark Anthony Comley | $80,405 | $11,266 | -86% |
| Tim's Grain Company, LLC | $8,603 | $8,591 | -0.1% |
| Rick Schweitzer | $22,418 | $6,944 | -69% |
| KDT Farms, LLC | $0 | $5,737 | -- |
| Randy Haas | $14,411 | $4,794 | -66.7% |
| James P. Penrod | $12,416 | $4,525 | -63.6% |
| Patricia S. Walls | $10,574 | $4,345 | -58.9% |
| Gary Lee Turner II | $19,393 | $3,552 | -81.7% |
| Richard L. Ege | $3,546 | $3,546 | 0% |
| Kathleen a Rulon Revocable Trust | $9,193 | $3,509 | -61.8% |
| Michael Schroeder | $2,987 | $3,279 | 9.8% |
| Barry Racke | $7,947 | $2,988 | -62.4% |
| Daniel L. Wagner | $11,946 | $2,570 | -78.5% |
| Gary Turner | $11,200 | $2,452 | -78.1% |
| L R Rulon Family Trust | $4,695 | $2,289 | -51.2% |
| Dale Elifrits | $1,946 | $1,946 | 0% |
| Warren Schmidt | $9,076 | $1,923 | -78.8% |
| Roger R. Brossart | $5,691 | $1,696 | -70.2% |
| James J. Schack | $7,460 | $1,634 | -78.1% |
| Joseph C. Martin | $8,087 | $1,583 | -80.4% |
| Ralph Krutzkamp JR | $5,138 | $1,545 | -69.9% |
| Daniel L. Trapp | $5,742 | $1,466 | -74.5% |
| Jarod M. Pugh | $1,391 | $1,391 | 0% |
| Danny Lauer | $7,512 | $1,319 | -82.4% |
| B and N Cattle Company, LLC | $13,245 | $1,300 | -90.2% |
| Peggy Wolf | $5,258 | $1,215 | -76.9% |
| Reis Farm, Inc. | $8,316 | $1,150 | -86.2% |
| Alan Ahrman | $4,457 | $1,116 | -75% |
| Allan Pfefferman | $5,733 | $1,106 | -80.7% |
| Glenn Thomas Gray | $4,283 | $1,037 | -75.8% |
| Judith Ramage | $4,796 | $981 | -79.5% |
| William J. Whitney | $0 | $978 | -- |
| Gerald F. Orth | $3,709 | $957 | -74.2% |
| Timothy L. Lauer | $2,945 | $906 | -69.2% |
| John Kuhl | $4,543 | $893 | -80.3% |
| Robert M. Smith | $1,326 | $889 | -33% |
| Timothy E. Bertram | $4,294 | $832 | -80.6% |
| Larry Dunham | $0 | $816 | -- |
| Curtis Allen Bezold | $3,780 | $800 | -78.8% |
| Daryl Burns | $3,334 | $786 | -76.4% |
| Robert Huck Jr. | $4,100 | $766 | -81.3% |
| James-Tranquility Farm Stukenborg, LLC | $3,401 | $758 | -77.7% |
| Wayne E. Neltner | $2,585 | $748 | -71.1% |
| James Davis | $5,252 | $723 | -86.2% |
| Shirley K. Lloyd | $3,682 | $723 | -80.4% |
| Roger Johnston | $3,113 | $679 | -78.2% |
| Harold Dawn | $3,290 | $647 | -80.3% |
| John W. Handel | $2,553 | $641 | -74.9% |
| Anthony Faulhaber | $2,150 | $639 | -70.3% |
| The Licking Valley Cattle Company, LLC | $2,555 | $618 | -75.8% |
| Allen D. Campbell | $3,560 | $587 | -83.5% |
| Roger J. Schalk | $2,889 | $585 | -79.8% |
| Rita Ortlieb | $2,942 | $553 | -81.2% |
| Glenn Lauer | $3,247 | $539 | -83.4% |
| Jason S. Dobbs | $2,519 | $537 | -78.7% |
| Robert R. Wright | $2,839 | $502 | -82.3% |
| John Morgen Nordheim | $2,975 | $488 | -83.6% |
| Larry S. Schadler | $4,093 | $484 | -88.2% |
| Richard A. Simon | $1,368 | $479 | -65% |
| Dennis L. Kramer | $2,639 | $443 | -83.2% |
| Jeremiah Wilson Edwards | $1,760 | $438 | -75.1% |
| Ronald Franzen | $1,896 | $436 | -77% |
| Gene C. Dobbs | $4,224 | $429 | -89.8% |
| Island Creek Farm, LLC | $2,134 | $422 | -80.2% |
| Lavonne McCord | $1,492 | $421 | -71.8% |
| Keith R. Nelson | $2,189 | $416 | -81% |
| Chance Gregory Eisenman | $1,627 | $403 | -75.2% |
| Wayne A. Kalkwarf | $1,454 | $396 | -72.8% |
| Brian Prim | $2,379 | $384 | -83.9% |
| James Pfefferman | $1,606 | $370 | -77% |
| Tyler Huck | $1,951 | $370 | -81% |
| William J. Miller | $1,781 | $349 | -80.4% |
| Shirley Bray | $990 | $349 | -64.7% |
| Kenneth Schalk | $1,731 | $336 | -80.6% |
| Edward M. Ackerman | $3,148 | $335 | -89.4% |
| Amky, LLC | $1,193 | $324 | -72.8% |
| Chris Reis | $2,464 | $321 | -87% |
| John Dischar | $1,540 | $318 | -79.4% |
| Mary E. Casson | $957 | $306 | -68% |
| Scott Pfefferman | $726 | $306 | -57.9% |
| Chad Allen Bezold | $1,767 | $301 | -83% |
| Jonathan Gene Neltner | $1,782 | $285 | -84% |
| Kevin J. Rust | $2,709 | $257 | -90.5% |
| Alvin Schack | $781 | $240 | -69.3% |
| Gerald L. Braun | $1,034 | $237 | -77.1% |
| Randall Bonar | $1,056 | $222 | -79% |
| Leroy Kramer | $396 | $214 | -46% |
| Dale L. Saner Sr. | $1,041 | $190 | -81.7% |
| Amanda J. Beiting | $1,274 | $189 | -85.2% |
| Keith Douglas Bezold | $1,752 | $188 | -89.3% |
| Corey Schalk | $1,071 | $176 | -83.6% |
| Joseph Pfefferman | $3,041 | $172 | -94.3% |
| Gary Nelson | $836 | $166 | -80.1% |
| Judy Baker | $693 | $159 | -77.1% |
| William V. Schack | $642 | $148 | -76.9% |
| Erica L Joering | $849 | $138 | -83.7% |
| Franklin Dee Sims | $400 | $136 | -66% |
| Addison Bryan Burns | $122 | $90 | -26.2% |
| Tommie Ann Bourland | $239 | $80 | -66.5% |
| Daniel C. Schalk | $600 | $76 | -87.3% |
| Trena A. Ackerman | $0 | $74 | -- |
| Lanita Bradley Boyd | $79 | $19 | -75.9% |
| Angela Rae Gibson | $51 | $12 | -76.5% |
| Louis Krutzkamp | $0 | $2 | -- |
| Brett Wright | $504 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl J. Kelly | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Daryl W. Crail | $1,116 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Stacey | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| George B. Field | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennings B. Barnett | $316 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas A. Rief | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Hounshell | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Vallandingham | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Wolf | $272 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom Isaacs | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew M. Schultz | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Ashley Himes | $106 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Phillip Lloyd | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack H. Dean Jr. | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Schultz | $2,988 | $0 | -100% |
| Lester Fries | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald W. McCormick | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Rosalie Beiting | $171 | $0 | -100% |
| Suellyn K Lloyd | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Ortlieb-Turner | $510 | $0 | -100% |
| Lanita Bradley Boyd | $59 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Joseph Drury Jr. | $77 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom Rust | $40 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig Elam | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael D. Hass | $4,158 | $0 | -100% |
| Denny Kidder | $71 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $630,733 | $182,622 | -71% |
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