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In 2021, 142 farmers in cities within Boone County received a total of $346,088 in 210 farm subsidies, a 75.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.4 million in 473 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 Boone County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schwenke Brothers | $99,985 | $25,080 | -74.9% |
| David Flaig | $42,907 | $24,134 | -43.8% |
| Ryan A. Underwood | $51,686 | $23,125 | -55.3% |
| Raymon W. Smith II | $16,586 | $16,586 | 0% |
| Mark Pope | $42,894 | $13,687 | -68.1% |
| Emily Keal | $275,103 | $11,039 | -96% |
| Gripshover 2 Family Limited Partn | $54,038 | $10,534 | -80.5% |
| Greg Davis | $14,715 | $10,022 | -31.9% |
| Gary W. Anderson | $43,309 | $8,134 | -81.2% |
| David Kunkel | $54,694 | $7,857 | -85.6% |
| Daniel Cupps | $16,780 | $7,845 | -53.2% |
| Mcglasson Farms, LLC | $16,922 | $7,811 | -53.8% |
| William G. Rehkamp | $29,597 | $7,632 | -74.2% |
| Kim Grandt | $6,932 | $7,540 | 8.8% |
| Eddie Coyle | $26,887 | $7,100 | -73.6% |
| Poor Boys Farm, LLC | $20,289 | $6,671 | -67.1% |
| James C. Ellis III | $12,974 | $6,469 | -50.1% |
| Patricia L. Britton | $14,086 | $5,783 | -58.9% |
| C. R. Hollis | $24,663 | $4,933 | -80% |
| Heath G. Kinmon | $6,236 | $4,848 | -22.3% |
| Fred M. Cuzick | $14,542 | $4,808 | -66.9% |
| Jo Ann Knock | $4,698 | $4,698 | 0% |
| Marianne-Marianne White Moon Rev Trustee | $2,633 | $4,624 | 75.6% |
| Scott Farms | $36,000 | $4,247 | -88.2% |
| Jeremy Schmidt | $8,455 | $3,425 | -59.5% |
| Charles McCulloch | $17,722 | $3,264 | -81.6% |
| Jeremiah Daniel Cupps | $9,144 | $3,232 | -64.7% |
| Thomas J. Alford | $11,858 | $3,143 | -73.5% |
| Gary Kloeker | $7,514 | $3,134 | -58.3% |
| James E. Thompson | $8,005 | $3,091 | -61.4% |
| Donald Lancaster | $10,057 | $2,875 | -71.4% |
| William G. Moore | $4,785 | $2,470 | -48.4% |
| Hubert J. Rials | $2,407 | $2,407 | 0% |
| Micah Feldhaus | $3,664 | $2,395 | -34.6% |
| Derek Moore | $43,615 | $2,314 | -94.7% |
| Karen T. Mason | $4,728 | $2,280 | -51.8% |
| Almost Heaven Double L Farm, LLC | $0 | $2,254 | -- |
| Beth Greenhill | $0 | $2,121 | -- |
| Flaig Welding Company, Inc. | $2,864 | $2,112 | -26.3% |
| Dale E. Scott | $7,907 | $1,963 | -75.2% |
| Shindeldecker Homestead, LLC | $3,596 | $1,928 | -46.4% |
| Christopher P. Simpson | $8,235 | $1,897 | -77% |
| Rocky Bottom Farms, LLC | $5,857 | $1,887 | -67.8% |
| Buck Run Cattle Farm, LLC | $6,604 | $1,738 | -73.7% |
| Jerry Brown | $6,963 | $1,723 | -75.3% |
| Hubert G. Kinmon | $5,420 | $1,669 | -69.2% |
| John Michael Weber | $3,436 | $1,648 | -52% |
| Kim Kinman | $6,011 | $1,639 | -72.7% |
| Dale F. Ryan | $7,661 | $1,632 | -78.7% |
| John Terlau | $6,149 | $1,593 | -74.1% |
| Vicky Collier | $4,496 | $1,532 | -65.9% |
| Eugene Fryman | $4,866 | $1,450 | -70.2% |
| Jeffrey T. Doll | $6,395 | $1,286 | -79.9% |
| Harold Dale Johnson | $5,665 | $1,217 | -78.5% |
| Franklin D. Stephens | $3,465 | $1,154 | -66.7% |
| Charles E. Brown | $507 | $1,151 | 127% |
| Jason Lawson | $4,499 | $1,137 | -74.7% |
| Shirley Hays | $3,676 | $1,116 | -69.6% |
| James P. Houston | $6,547 | $1,083 | -83.5% |
| Albert Brueggeman | $3,147 | $986 | -68.7% |
| Stephen R. Jones | $5,628 | $983 | -82.5% |
| Meece Properties, LLC | $2,853 | $979 | -65.7% |
| Twin Lakes Farm, LLC | $3,718 | $971 | -73.9% |
| Paul A. Brueggeman | $3,114 | $969 | -68.9% |
| Dennis C. Helmer | $6,825 | $944 | -86.2% |
| Richard Knock | $7,698 | $936 | -87.8% |
| Ronald H Gerken GST Exempt Childs Trustee FBO John C Ge | $0 | $935 | -- |
| Austin Waller | $3,028 | $931 | -69.3% |
| Leisa A. Anglin | $4,893 | $903 | -81.5% |
| Sarah Meece | $1,206 | $899 | -25.5% |
| Roy L. Stephenson | $22,230 | $896 | -96% |
| James B. Walton | $6,164 | $826 | -86.6% |
| David Foltz | $3,332 | $825 | -75.2% |
| Keith Rittinger | $3,533 | $797 | -77.4% |
| Charlotte Lawson | $1,680 | $792 | -52.9% |
| Tyler A. Torline | $1,686 | $781 | -53.7% |
| E. C. Pennington Jr. | $3,411 | $772 | -77.4% |
| Eric J. Walden | $1,716 | $764 | -55.5% |
| Earl W. Litton | $1,521 | $732 | -51.9% |
| MLP Holdings, LLC | $730 | $730 | 0% |
| Kevin Williamson | $2,810 | $718 | -74.4% |
| David Kappelman | $845 | $701 | -17% |
| Lori Summers | $2,266 | $674 | -70.3% |
| Patricia A. Schlecht | $1,804 | $669 | -62.9% |
| Lawrence Anthony Kunkel | $3,464 | $664 | -80.8% |
| Michael Hill | $3,058 | $634 | -79.3% |
| Roselyn Abramson Carriveau | $853 | $617 | -27.7% |
| John R. Bunger | $3,576 | $598 | -83.3% |
| Merle Noel | $2,117 | $592 | -72% |
| Sharon E. Harder | $1,216 | $580 | -52.3% |
| Susan - Dobrzykowski Living Trust Dobrzykowski | $740 | $536 | -27.6% |
| Linda Allen | $845 | $536 | -36.6% |
| Ronald K. Hanssen | $536 | $536 | 0% |
| Edward R. Johnson | $3,839 | $535 | -86.1% |
| Jeffery L. Bentley | $2,754 | $534 | -80.6% |
| Dale Holladay | $2,248 | $530 | -76.4% |
| Rufus S. Brown Jr. | $1,169 | $489 | -58.2% |
| Malcolm Collier | $1,088 | $463 | -57.4% |
| Frank A. Bronk | $1,022 | $463 | -54.7% |
| John E. Huff | $2,673 | $455 | -83% |
| Leo Foltz | $4,355 | $448 | -89.7% |
| Robert Dearing | $985 | $448 | -54.5% |
| William a Rudicill | $2,920 | $442 | -84.9% |
| Charlie H. Trapp | $2,068 | $432 | -79.1% |
| Harold Robert Snelling | $1,507 | $418 | -72.3% |
| Raymond Baker Jr. | $3,207 | $414 | -87.1% |
| Ronald C. Burcham | $1,243 | $371 | -70.2% |
| Peggy L. Tinch | $1,309 | $362 | -72.3% |
| Mary E. Simpson | $1,894 | $351 | -81.5% |
| Diana Vest | $1,177 | $336 | -71.5% |
| Royal Station Farm a Limited Part | $3,624 | $322 | -91.1% |
| Brent Schaumburg | $0 | $321 | -- |
| Steve Bailey | $3,152 | $318 | -89.9% |
| Chad Micheal Kearns | $600 | $301 | -49.8% |
| Rusty Ellis | $1,623 | $284 | -82.5% |
| Marna Puglisi | $617 | $281 | -54.5% |
| Greg Dringenburg | $957 | $272 | -71.6% |
| Kim A. Bunger | $1,089 | $270 | -75.2% |
| West Fork Associates | $1,165 | $269 | -76.9% |
| Lona D. Moore | $1,916 | $267 | -86.1% |
| Carroll W Laufmann | $238 | $238 | 0% |
| Donald Kemper | $627 | $236 | -62.4% |
| Charles S. Jones | $394 | $233 | -40.9% |
| Brian Courtney | $219 | $219 | 0% |
| Gary Willoughby | $1,217 | $218 | -82.1% |
| Doug Harsin | $1,264 | $211 | -83.3% |
| Harry Hopperton | $1,500 | $210 | -86% |
| Paul Westermeyer | $1,144 | $202 | -82.3% |
| Jajg Limited Partnership | $211 | $177 | -16.1% |
| Roben Dixon | $758 | $175 | -76.9% |
| MJM Farms, LLC | $297 | $124 | -58.2% |
| Dudley M. Daniel | $206 | $120 | -41.7% |
| Thomas Armstrong | $1,542 | $114 | -92.6% |
| Lee Trapp | $616 | $104 | -83.1% |
| Iva M. Kirton | $336 | $100 | -70.2% |
| Mark Stallings | $854 | $97 | -88.6% |
| Jerry J. Dempsey | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| Freddie Gripshover | $165 | $82 | -50.3% |
| Jason G. Shearer | $0 | $74 | -- |
| Bernard J. Vaske Jr. | $363 | $73 | -79.9% |
| Timothy W. Cropper | $255 | $22 | -91.4% |
| George R. Stephens | $254 | $4 | -98.4% |
| Benjamin J. Clemons | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Poole | $104 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred J & Carol a Naffziger Rev Liv Trustee DTD 3-23 | $591 | $0 | -100% |
| John Ammon | $159 | $0 | -100% |
| John M. Scott | $232 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Cheryl Foltz | $79 | $0 | -100% |
| Pat Jones | $284 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick L. Arlinghaus | $77 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Maurer | $15,841 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry R. Campbell | $906 | $0 | -100% |
| Brent Fetzer, Steven Fetzer and | $742 | $0 | -100% |
| Daryl Williamson | $39 | $0 | -100% |
| Jones-Mcculloch | $168 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda L. Litton | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Hayden | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Williamson | $38 | $0 | -100% |
| Wheeler Properties, Inc. | $1,347 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlotte Vermillion | $36 | $0 | -100% |
| Evan Lawrence Anderson | $242 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary L. Ashcraft | $568 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Thurmon | $527 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry J. Ratliff | $875 | $0 | -100% |
| Luke McGlasson | $5,236 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard C. Crisler Jr. | $5,998 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley W. Sprague | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Anne M. Woods | $7,185 | $0 | -100% |
| Rod Stephenson | $1,675 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan L Herzberger Estate | $3,697 | $0 | -100% |
| David L. Kroth | $82 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald Beatrice | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Meiman | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| John D. Baker | $166 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly A. Green | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Knock Family Foundation | $1,516 | $0 | -100% |
| Luke Kloeker | $270 | $0 | -100% |
| Norma J. Ryle | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald H Gerken GST Exempt Childs | $1,963 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherry E. Napier | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley T. Lowry | $4,240 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory R. Vest | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Taylor | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacqueline Annette Alford | $123 | $0 | -100% |
| New Day Ranch, Inc. | $211 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca W. Emerson | $59 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Porter | $91 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Ryan | $391 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,412,755 | $346,088 | -75.5% |
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