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In 2021, 195 farmers in cities within Bracken County received a total of $335,864 in 277 farm subsidies, a 76.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.4 million in 574 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 Bracken County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryview Farms, LLC | $302,534 | $46,934 | -84.5% |
| Dale J. Appelman | $91,747 | $45,853 | -50% |
| Goecke Brothers | $70,387 | $19,633 | -72.1% |
| William Joseph Brothers | $21,299 | $15,538 | -27% |
| Tony Ramsey | $39,042 | $12,912 | -66.9% |
| Derek Davidson | $21,724 | $9,038 | -58.4% |
| Phillip W. Carl | $15,754 | $7,145 | -54.6% |
| Ray Highfield | $1,637 | $6,710 | 309.9% |
| Terry L. Clos | $9,173 | $5,537 | -39.6% |
| David W. Cummins | $11,345 | $5,373 | -52.6% |
| Phillip W. Cummins | $22,525 | $4,733 | -79% |
| Gregory A. Gerhard | $17,422 | $4,673 | -73.2% |
| Stephen Dean | $11,058 | $3,491 | -68.4% |
| Jeremy L. Bishop | $9,999 | $3,486 | -65.1% |
| James W. Sollars | $14,853 | $3,430 | -76.9% |
| Charles E. Toleman Jr. | $13,840 | $2,967 | -78.6% |
| David A. Cummins | $8,427 | $2,945 | -65.1% |
| Donald P. Cummins | $8,482 | $2,945 | -65.3% |
| Andrew Scott King | $9,595 | $2,766 | -71.2% |
| David R. Parker | $11,905 | $2,708 | -77.3% |
| Barton L. Hamilton | $7,219 | $2,630 | -63.6% |
| Terry S. Burton Jr. | $18,613 | $2,501 | -86.6% |
| Matthew J. Raymer | $18,623 | $2,425 | -87% |
| Harry H. Cline III | $16,603 | $2,422 | -85.4% |
| Gary W. Galloway | $9,799 | $2,382 | -75.7% |
| John Wallace | $30,678 | $2,188 | -92.9% |
| Christina J. Nesbitt | $7,398 | $2,166 | -70.7% |
| William B. Richards III | $6,578 | $2,142 | -67.4% |
| Maan Rabadi | $23,759 | $2,113 | -91.1% |
| Tony Jefferson | $10,928 | $2,010 | -81.6% |
| David Hughes | $8,255 | $1,878 | -77.3% |
| Eric Sutton | $10,145 | $1,872 | -81.5% |
| Billy Parsons | $16,487 | $1,810 | -89% |
| Jetland Farms, LLC | $16,030 | $1,804 | -88.7% |
| Donna Lonaker | $4,348 | $1,710 | -60.7% |
| Ted Colvin | $14,350 | $1,680 | -88.3% |
| Victor McElfresh | $4,507 | $1,650 | -63.4% |
| Roy Glenn Bell | $8,127 | $1,604 | -80.3% |
| Bill C. Asbury | $8,803 | $1,588 | -82% |
| Vic King | $6,644 | $1,564 | -76.5% |
| Margarette Carl | $2,303 | $1,529 | -33.6% |
| Buser Brothers Farm | $9,998 | $1,514 | -84.9% |
| Tim Brook Farm, LLC | $9,674 | $1,474 | -84.8% |
| Robert Huesing | $3,899 | $1,454 | -62.7% |
| Anthony L. Rumford | $4,598 | $1,452 | -68.4% |
| Darrell B. Howard | $312 | $1,447 | 363.8% |
| John H. Corlis | $8,995 | $1,339 | -85.1% |
| Larry W. Buser | $9,435 | $1,272 | -86.5% |
| Newton T. Pickrell | $5,042 | $1,258 | -75% |
| Dustin K. Sharp | $6,503 | $1,248 | -80.8% |
| James B. Markley | $5,475 | $1,170 | -78.6% |
| Dalton W. Mains | $4,921 | $1,158 | -76.5% |
| David J. Hamilton | $2,951 | $1,132 | -61.6% |
| Lynn Thomas | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Betty J. Newman | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Howard E. Sharp | $2,771 | $1,091 | -60.6% |
| Alecia Caroline Raymer | $5,049 | $1,073 | -78.7% |
| Scotty L. Lippert Jr. | $3,828 | $1,057 | -72.4% |
| Wm T. Toleman | $14,893 | $1,050 | -92.9% |
| Charles Hitch | $4,278 | $1,033 | -75.9% |
| Charles Keith Wilson | $3,245 | $1,019 | -68.6% |
| Kevin C. Cox | $4,133 | $998 | -75.9% |
| Adam J. Brothers | $1,326 | $990 | -25.3% |
| Chad Colvin | $6,631 | $962 | -85.5% |
| David Tyler L. Ritchie | $5,306 | $958 | -81.9% |
| Mark Tucker | $4,411 | $951 | -78.4% |
| Ted J. Rebholz | $2,172 | $945 | -56.5% |
| Dennis Beckett | $5,226 | $931 | -82.2% |
| Jimmy Mains | $4,323 | $917 | -78.8% |
| Michael A. Brothers | $3,036 | $910 | -70% |
| Danny Brough | $3,211 | $876 | -72.7% |
| Jared Grigson | $2,079 | $876 | -57.9% |
| Stephen E. Hay | $6,020 | $872 | -85.5% |
| Russell A. Rice | $6,723 | $868 | -87.1% |
| Amber Lippert | $3,102 | $852 | -72.5% |
| Calvin Gilkison | $6,172 | $847 | -86.3% |
| Eddie Hopkins | $3,608 | $829 | -77% |
| Cody McConnell | $3,069 | $819 | -73.3% |
| Rick Bockerstette | $5,303 | $789 | -85.1% |
| Sue Brough | $3,181 | $785 | -75.3% |
| King Farm, LLC | $1,594 | $757 | -52.5% |
| Ricky Bishop | $4,608 | $742 | -83.9% |
| Harold Foster | $0 | $735 | -- |
| Jonathan H. Ray | $3,873 | $732 | -81.1% |
| Jamie Bell | $2,712 | $720 | -73.5% |
| Chad A. Lippert | $5,075 | $698 | -86.2% |
| James R. Morgan | $2,607 | $693 | -73.4% |
| Charles E. McElfresh Jr. | $2,233 | $687 | -69.2% |
| William Allen Sharp | $3,885 | $684 | -82.4% |
| Jerry Douglas | $3,102 | $684 | -77.9% |
| Kevin Kalb | $1,993 | $660 | -66.9% |
| Ross Klayton Moford | $6,031 | $656 | -89.1% |
| Charlie Schweitzer Jr. | $2,508 | $652 | -74% |
| Kathy L. Howard | $1,518 | $630 | -58.5% |
| Wm Randall Figgins | $2,100 | $622 | -70.4% |
| Terry A. Sebastian | $2,924 | $581 | -80.1% |
| Terry L. Sebastian | $2,924 | $581 | -80.1% |
| Phillip Sutton | $3,901 | $577 | -85.2% |
| Mark Mains | $1,595 | $572 | -64.1% |
| David Linville | $2,828 | $571 | -79.8% |
| Carl B Moneyhon | $3,848 | $570 | -85.2% |
| Danny Cooper | $1,252 | $568 | -54.6% |
| Woodie Flora | $2,007 | $551 | -72.5% |
| Richard A. Welte | $2,820 | $550 | -80.5% |
| Dustin Bivens | $1,474 | $546 | -63% |
| Darren P. Wright | $3,212 | $544 | -83.1% |
| Sandra E Dischar | $2,079 | $526 | -74.7% |
| Jason S. Hamilton | $2,343 | $523 | -77.7% |
| Johnnie R. Carmack | $4,343 | $518 | -88.1% |
| William O. Figgins | $1,131 | $512 | -54.7% |
| Ann Honan | $2,772 | $500 | -82% |
| Julie Riggs | $2,772 | $500 | -82% |
| Clifford A. Poe | $1,672 | $499 | -70.2% |
| Tice A. Cox | $3,353 | $494 | -85.3% |
| Retha H. Wyatt | $2,149 | $485 | -77.4% |
| Joby Brewer | $2,618 | $467 | -82.2% |
| William E. Ruf | $1,716 | $466 | -72.8% |
| Daryl Edwards | $1,023 | $461 | -54.9% |
| Charles A. Brothers | $2,423 | $460 | -81% |
| Maurice Lee Stumpf | $2,068 | $459 | -77.8% |
| Daniel R. Houston | $2,331 | $457 | -80.4% |
| Matthew Seiter | $17,723 | $455 | -97.4% |
| Charlotte L. Fryman | $3,245 | $453 | -86% |
| Simon L. Jewell | $1,397 | $441 | -68.4% |
| Daniel H. Fisher | $2,129 | $440 | -79.3% |
| Shearle a Flora | $3,558 | $440 | -87.6% |
| Joyce Cooper | $1,316 | $439 | -66.6% |
| Jerome Mains | $1,969 | $436 | -77.9% |
| Chris K. Doyle | $1,441 | $433 | -70% |
| Doug Smith | $2,255 | $425 | -81.2% |
| Allen Linville | $1,495 | $423 | -71.7% |
| Charles Brock | $1,758 | $414 | -76.5% |
| Judith M. Richards | $2,757 | $406 | -85.3% |
| Monte Hamilton | $3,179 | $405 | -87.3% |
| Daryl L. Emery | $3,129 | $404 | -87.1% |
| Stanley Hanson | $1,496 | $404 | -73% |
| Kelly Alan Poe | $0 | $385 | -- |
| Roy E. Hester | $1,529 | $370 | -75.8% |
| Paul Harris | $2,378 | $352 | -85.2% |
| Gregory H. Mains | $1,144 | $350 | -69.4% |
| Phyllis G. Holleran | $2,541 | $348 | -86.3% |
| Grant Eshman | $2,042 | $346 | -83.1% |
| Homer K. Burton | $1,783 | $329 | -81.5% |
| James D. Moore | $4,499 | $329 | -92.7% |
| Dennis Moneyhon | $1,485 | $327 | -78% |
| Jerry Mcquinlin | $2,384 | $325 | -86.4% |
| Anthony Ventura | $1,188 | $324 | -72.7% |
| Tim Danehe | $2,660 | $318 | -88% |
| Gary L. Clayton | $1,089 | $310 | -71.5% |
| Kenneth R Moford | $4,218 | $310 | -92.7% |
| Ryan Kendall Moford | $594 | $310 | -47.8% |
| Edward W Scheek | $1,269 | $304 | -76% |
| Lance Mckay Bowling | $4,029 | $296 | -92.7% |
| Mary Sue Tucker | $1,158 | $287 | -75.2% |
| Ricky E. Hamilton | $1,188 | $285 | -76% |
| Mark A. Rath | $1,199 | $284 | -76.3% |
| Fred Sweeney Jr. | $3,964 | $276 | -93% |
| Josh T. Jones | $528 | $276 | -47.7% |
| Kathy Free | $1,313 | $276 | -79% |
| Raymond Thomas Jefferson Jr. | $1,838 | $273 | -85.1% |
| Tracey R. Florer | $1,781 | $270 | -84.8% |
| James Owen Bell | $1,155 | $263 | -77.2% |
| Judy Baird | $1,111 | $262 | -76.4% |
| John Bush | $2,835 | $260 | -90.8% |
| Michael McClanahan | $968 | $256 | -73.6% |
| William M. Evans | $1,210 | $253 | -79.1% |
| Stephan C. Russell | $1,315 | $252 | -80.8% |
| Brandon Moore | $1,177 | $242 | -79.4% |
| Joseph E. Sharp | $1,012 | $242 | -76.1% |
| Tyler Hitch | $1,287 | $242 | -81.2% |
| Tanner C Moford | $3,454 | $234 | -93.2% |
| David Myers | $1,558 | $232 | -85.1% |
| Dwayne Cass Hamilton | $693 | $225 | -67.5% |
| Dennis C Moford | $4,618 | $217 | -95.3% |
| Logan J Moford | $1,912 | $217 | -88.7% |
| Shelby P. McCord | $491 | $207 | -57.8% |
| Linda McClanahan | $803 | $198 | -75.3% |
| Donald L. McClanahan | $671 | $197 | -70.6% |
| Harold Anthony Johnson | $3,274 | $196 | -94% |
| James McCulley | $594 | $194 | -67.3% |
| Darren Cooper | $847 | $180 | -78.7% |
| Robin R. Fultz | $572 | $168 | -70.6% |
| Lloyd S. Bond | $396 | $156 | -60.6% |
| Charlotte M. Kalb | $182 | $149 | -18.1% |
| Monte Woods | $3,866 | $146 | -96.2% |
| Billy Wagel | $407 | $122 | -70% |
| Everett Hopkins | $396 | $100 | -74.7% |
| Edward B. Kern Jr. | $460 | $100 | -78.3% |
| Anna F. Cannon | $367 | $86 | -76.6% |
| Carl Allen Jr. | $440 | $76 | -82.7% |
| Rumford Brothers | $280 | $68 | -75.7% |
| Kelly Roberts Teegarden | $264 | $21 | -92% |
| Drue B Hyrcza | $2,783 | $20 | -99.3% |
| Wesley Jones | $92 | $10 | -89.1% |
| Kevin Hitch | $34 | $4 | -88.2% |
| Barry K. Thomas | $2,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn H. Wehling | $2,667 | $0 | -100% |
| Junior Blevins | $1,425 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Kalb | $761 | $0 | -100% |
| William E. Miller | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Hargett | $1,734 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher P. Rudd | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Hamilton | $3,066 | $0 | -100% |
| David S. Tuel | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Debbie Hargett | $1,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald E. Jacobs | $1,564 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie A. Hamilton | $830 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Colvin | $2,960 | $0 | -100% |
| Melbourne Brough | $71 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Scott Jr. | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Crawford | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen McKenney | $5,427 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Hamilton | $4,301 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy A. Schalk | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Lonaker | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,426,918 | $335,864 | -76.5% |
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