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Farm subsidies plummet in 2021 across cities in Schuyler County

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Farms throughout cities in Schuyler County received $4.5 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 315 farmers in cities within Schuyler County received a total of $2.1 million in 551 farm subsidies, a 68.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.6 million in 1,144 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 Schuyler County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Poe Farms, LLC$173,338$326,88988.6%
Ruth Farms, LLC$467,278$108,095-76.9%
Ruth Cattle, LLC$295,561$84,962-71.3%
B & R Cattle, LLC$218,069$50,105-77%
Jackson Brothers Ranch, LLC$253,042$40,446-84%
Michael J. Droste$71,904$39,941-44.5%
S & J Living Trust$33,043$32,980-0.2%
Timothy Lee Slayton$124,624$32,159-74.2%
David Winters$99,412$31,896-67.9%
Walter Austin Ford$150,499$31,298-79.2%
Ronald Allen Jackson$173,161$30,487-82.4%
Robert Bowen$29,718$29,645-0.2%
Jack Childress$27,816$27,791-0.1%
Richard G. Kinney$26,488$26,4880%
Brower Family Rev Inter Vivos Trust$24,573$24,501-0.3%
Larry Slaughter$56,541$23,982-57.6%
Jack Gray$23,346$21,737-6.9%
Drew Bruner$192,257$21,635-88.7%
Terry Dufur$30,385$21,262-30%
Mark Bushnell$14,822$20,34637.3%
Jerry Lynn Scurlock$63,226$18,345-71%
Applegate Farms$36,974$17,999-51.3%
Curtis Sidwell$29,372$17,781-39.5%
Edward Lanham$71,547$17,082-76.1%
Josephine Aldridge$16,935$16,815-0.7%
James D. Starbuck$32,326$16,655-48.5%
Keith Jay Martin$86,140$16,406-81%
Michael W. Oberman$59,733$15,946-73.3%
Lester H. Clark$15,716$15,7160%
Carl Musser Good$70,143$15,558-77.8%
Floyd Wilcox$15,227$14,883-2.3%
Charles L. Wheeler$25,795$14,223-44.9%
Bryce L. Tallman$44,741$13,753-69.3%
Dustin Adam Ruth$15,669$13,561-13.5%
Jesse Gray$114,636$13,314-88.4%
Michael L. Gray$67,506$13,076-80.6%
Max D Kelsey Revocable Trust$0$12,892--
Linda Day$12,577$12,5770%
Johns Family Interim Trust$12,190$12,5062.6%
Leroy Jacob Oberholtzer$43,973$12,353-71.9%
Cynthia S. Stump$60,854$12,314-79.8%
Ronald C Judd Revocable Trust$18,260$11,998-34.3%
Gary Stump$86,612$11,596-86.6%
Jack Oliver$16,457$11,393-30.8%
Carl Aldridge$42,707$10,980-74.3%
Breanna Lynn Ruth$11,540$10,888-5.6%
Rodney Kent Newland$45,842$10,826-76.4%
Brent West$49,892$10,792-78.4%
Weaver Cattle, LLC$76,626$10,696-86%
Denver Collin Oberholtzer$60,303$10,645-82.3%
Talon L. Poe$19,333$10,481-45.8%
Dennis E. Paris$10,426$10,4260%
Billy Beeler$37,457$10,376-72.3%
Edward Berry$56,864$10,277-81.9%
Virginia Griswold$10,220$10,2200%
Farnsworth Heritage Trust$40,431$9,822-75.7%
Ellis Speer$11,114$9,712-12.6%
Mccartney Land & Cattle Company$55,678$9,437-83.1%
Frank H. Jones$9,706$9,345-3.7%
J Steven Weohr$24,518$8,859-63.9%
Sidney Sidwell$34,327$8,842-74.2%
Terence S. Poe$43,529$8,812-79.8%
Perry C. Miller$5,830$8,60947.7%
Charles Everett Tallman$25,667$8,255-67.8%
Darrell Gooden$27,675$8,250-70.2%
Odonatahills, LLC$8,548$7,981-6.6%
Andrew Kramer$0$7,428--
Travis Lyle Roberts$40,725$7,297-82.1%
Betty L. Baughman$8,234$7,130-13.4%
Edward Norman$6,713$6,7130%
Richard E. Minter$27,846$6,229-77.6%
Lazy B Cattle, LLC$49,592$6,146-87.6%
Robert J. Davis$19,409$6,119-68.5%
Luke West$58,291$6,059-89.6%
Jared L. Williams$12,218$5,998-50.9%
Roger Wilson$4,730$5,80322.7%
Skylar Ray Wheeler$42,023$5,780-86.2%
Titus Delynn Martin$17,630$5,760-67.3%
Daniel Beeler$8,156$5,710-30%
Caleb D. Randolph$25,270$5,667-77.6%
Albert Ashmead$28,318$5,629-80.1%
David Sidwell$5,615$5,6150%
Derek Paul Martin$13,206$5,608-57.5%
Donald L. Campbell$33,759$5,568-83.5%
Carolyn Stanley$5,531$5,498-0.6%
Jeanette F. Shively$13,950$5,268-62.2%
Kris Campbell$52,216$5,206-90%
J. L. Newland$43,854$5,096-88.4%
James M. Groseclose$23,567$5,083-78.4%
Jeff Bennett$23,645$5,016-78.8%
W. O. Poe$44,793$4,871-89.1%
Doug Poe$25,081$4,834-80.7%
Todd Greenstreet$37,607$4,780-87.3%
Clayton A. Kaden$24,866$4,727-81%
Cabrin W Weaver$40,713$4,725-88.4%
Jimmy M. Brewer$23,905$4,708-80.3%
David L. Daniels$22,283$4,667-79.1%
Mark Macomber$23,574$4,603-80.5%
Timothy D. Bowling$6,166$4,584-25.7%
Connie Neubauer van Wye$18,692$4,582-75.5%
Carol A. Salsberry$21,835$4,535-79.2%
Wynette D. Alexander$14,992$4,535-69.8%
Steve Holper$21,618$4,457-79.4%
Ronnie Hart$20,481$4,418-78.4%
Josh Weaver$44,817$4,330-90.3%
John W. Frederick$17,219$4,252-75.3%
R & R Cattle Company$12,208$4,191-65.7%
Spencer Starrett$0$4,180--
Justin Sensenig$27,739$4,137-85.1%
Terry Groseclose$5,382$4,077-24.2%
Curtis Tallman$16,404$4,025-75.5%
Garry E. Poe$25,068$3,917-84.4%
Larry Weaver$16,470$3,806-76.9%
Eric E. Dabney$19,703$3,794-80.7%
Marc Dabney$17,595$3,768-78.6%
Fred Moore$21,990$3,757-82.9%
Gail Melvin$14,490$3,741-74.2%
Mike McGoldrick$18,131$3,735-79.4%
Kyle Sidwell$18,315$3,732-79.6%
Tom Baxter$15,915$3,710-76.7%
Benjamin Kelsey$0$3,685--
Larry Hill$5,116$3,640-28.9%
Larry R. Aeschliman$58,938$3,449-94.1%
Stacey A. Byrn$0$3,410--
David G Small Living Trust$16,123$3,405-78.9%
Harlan Kraus$13,855$3,326-76%
Richard Western$9,630$3,319-65.5%
Rusty E. Anders$8,331$3,309-60.3%
John W. Beeler$13,668$3,299-75.9%
Terry Kelso$17,593$3,262-81.5%
Barbara Roberts$15,864$3,233-79.6%
Elmer B. McElhinney$4,120$3,210-22.1%
Wm Nova Johnson$9,451$3,175-66.4%
Paul Prough$3,169$3,1690%
Deborah D. McGoldrick$14,067$3,162-77.5%
Ryan M. Groseclose$14,657$3,133-78.6%
Thomas E. Konke$3,635$3,106-14.6%
Steven Miller$14,506$3,033-79.1%
Carolyn Creek$6,290$3,024-51.9%
Stanley Martin$19,956$3,012-84.9%
Leo Faris$10,923$2,964-72.9%
Vernon Carroll$3,367$2,946-12.5%
Kendall Gray$11,869$2,905-75.5%
Jean E. Robbins$3,157$2,905-8%
Alvin J. Holton$8,437$2,877-65.9%
Floyd Ralph Small$14,429$2,874-80.1%
Edgar L. Berry$11,634$2,843-75.6%
Mark Starbuck$13,767$2,833-79.4%
Russell Bushnell$18,296$2,771-84.9%
Calvin E. Brown$11,609$2,628-77.4%
Basil E. Anders$7,353$2,613-64.5%
John D. Mauck$9,087$2,563-71.8%
Bill Camden$9,112$2,558-71.9%
Jim McNabb$2,817$2,535-10%
Lynne Saunders$2,733$2,489-8.9%
Richard W. Shaw Jr.$22,598$2,452-89.1%
Harold E. Elder$8,318$2,440-70.7%
Jerry Kramer$30,396$2,397-92.1%
Jake Groseclose$17,895$2,317-87.1%
Herbert Dorsey Huntsman$12,380$2,295-81.5%
Nick Aeschliman$10,554$2,284-78.4%
Wayne McGoldrick$11,796$2,284-80.6%
Hollie Anderson$7,821$2,261-71.1%
Terry Wheeler$11,580$2,234-80.7%
Andy Akers$9,389$2,223-76.3%
Mary A. Melvin$10,180$2,211-78.3%
Betty Snowbarger$8,779$2,184-75.1%
Robert Forest Seamster$7,069$2,150-69.6%
Travis D. Burkholder$2,081$2,0810%
Ryan Brown$9,441$2,044-78.3%
Karen Lewis$2,676$2,032-24.1%
Sandi Aldridge$2,676$2,032-24.1%
Roger E. Turner$10,989$2,018-81.6%
James E. Gooden$2,069$1,907-7.8%
Louise A. Bushnell$10,072$1,804-82.1%
Robert C. Stice$1,695$1,6950%
Patrick Robinson$7,534$1,686-77.6%
Karron Kelsey$0$1,650--
Stephen Willcox$1,640$1,6400%
Beverly Jeanne Talbert$5,885$1,615-72.6%
Charles M. Cook$3,174$1,604-49.5%
Juanita Gooden$8,362$1,593-80.9%
Terry Anderson$9,063$1,560-82.8%
Gilbert Schmitter$7,561$1,519-79.9%
Steve Blessing$7,341$1,518-79.3%
Herbert E. Austin$1,548$1,504-2.8%
Delores J. McElroy$6,502$1,486-77.1%
Richard W. Shaw$6,654$1,476-77.8%
Jason L. Watson$7,756$1,465-81.1%
Mary Greenstreet$7,161$1,465-79.5%
Star Ridge Farm, LLP$10,152$1,464-85.6%
Patrick Gray$16,566$1,458-91.2%
Kevin Wheeler$1,447$1,445-0.1%
Eric James Groseclose$10,192$1,441-85.9%
James Baxter$4,489$1,434-68.1%
Wayne C & Margaret L Seegmiller Family Trust$6,032$1,389-77%
Warren Aeschliman$5,203$1,351-74%
John Hoffman$10,241$1,299-87.3%
Rex G. Winn$5,752$1,288-77.6%
Debra Ann Gooden$1,285$1,2850%
Virginia Sue Bulechek$5,830$1,280-78%
Adam Chapen Byrn$7,345$1,267-82.8%
Philip Snowbarger$3,998$1,224-69.4%
Jim Keim$4,848$1,185-75.6%
Mike Rigdon$5,154$1,181-77.1%
Wyatt Dean Homer$5,269$1,174-77.7%
R. D. Homer Jr.$5,372$1,159-78.4%
John T. Ryals$6,136$1,146-81.3%
Schubert Family Trust$2,693$1,128-58.1%
Cynthia Snider$1,089$1,1202.8%
Paul Bragg$5,001$1,119-77.6%
Joshua Donald Spencer$12,357$1,106-91%
Johns Seed & Supply, Inc.$2,728$1,055-61.3%
Howard Anderson$5,837$1,052-82%
Donald Hilliard$4,187$1,048-75%
Ronald L. Martin$1,884$1,047-44.4%
Steve Silvers$3,805$1,016-73.3%
Mikel Roberts$8,124$994-87.8%
Randy J. Sayre$982$9820%
Charles Scoon$4,362$974-77.7%
Catherine Denise Stone$6,989$970-86.1%
Loren Weilbrenner$2,640$960-63.6%
Grace Edna Starbuck$7,370$958-87%
Don F. Martin$3,336$955-71.4%
Marion Macomber$2,310$951-58.8%
Gerald L. Anderson$4,764$939-80.3%
Jeanne Camden$3,707$938-74.7%
Jerry Duncan$3,956$932-76.4%
Gerald Oliver$2,860$922-67.8%
Sonja Rigdon$4,123$916-77.8%
Spencer Greenstreet$7,623$914-88%
Karin Wheeler$0$905--
Charles Ferdig$3,788$900-76.2%
Tommy D. Farley$3,988$877-78%
Lloyd Dufur$1,641$863-47.4%
Lane Gray$5,936$862-85.5%
Lynn Seegmiller$3,056$846-72.3%
Herman D. Holton$3,101$830-73.2%
Richard Duane Anderson$4,264$830-80.5%
Mike D. McCartney$2,013$816-59.5%
Ed Strathman Jr.$1,791$803-55.2%
Tommy Roberts$2,963$801-73%
Douglas G. Small$1,498$800-46.6%
Ricky Kelso$3,942$788-80%
William Byrn$5,004$788-84.3%
Chuck Nunn$4,334$764-82.4%
Charles Comstock$1,023$758-25.9%
Marion W. Steeples$1,399$739-47.2%
Richard Lee Buford$3,767$728-80.7%
Kelly Roberts$3,323$655-80.3%
Letitia P. Roberts$3,388$640-81.1%
Faron Mullinix$2,439$636-73.9%
Laurie Eads$3,795$625-83.5%
Olin Anderson$728$620-14.8%
Shirlene B. Hartsock$2,787$616-77.9%
Ivan Baskett$2,475$612-75.3%
Ronald Whitlow$2,365$600-74.6%
Justin Cooper$673$587-12.8%
Wayne M. Anderson$2,970$571-80.8%
Caleb J. March$3,118$564-81.9%
Shelton R. Zeiset$46,691$544-98.8%
Aaron Groseclose$2,519$540-78.6%
Ronald McElhinney$1,186$524-55.8%
Daniel E. Murphy$3,564$492-86.2%
Randal Lee Miller$3,231$484-85%
Ronnie Slaughter$2,303$470-79.6%
Douglas Norman$690$455-34.1%
Carol J. Neagle$684$438-36%
Adrian Starbuck$1,608$438-72.8%
Vance Frederick$1,228$432-64.8%
Austin Ridgeway$1,042$429-58.8%
Dakota Roberts$1,342$427-68.2%
Randy Whitlow$2,706$425-84.3%
Alice M. Slavin$1,410$413-70.7%
Wanita Fern Small$1,357$413-69.6%
Peggy Kerby$1,848$404-78.1%
Craig Homer$2,067$400-80.6%
Lorene Eggers$418$385-7.9%
Gerald Steen$1,698$370-78.2%
Donald Sidwell$3,625$364-90%
Henry Schubert$2,541$353-86.1%
George Clark$609$318-47.8%
Jack Lee Thompson$1,143$317-72.3%
David McGoldrick$561$314-44%
Von Dole$1,180$313-73.5%
Joshua Wesley$858$305-64.5%
Caleb McGoldrick$1,397$301-78.5%
Caleb McGoldrick$1,397$301-78.5%
Crystal Heimer$1,012$299-70.5%
Colton Poe$3,377$291-91.4%
Kevin Johnson$1,717$288-83.2%
Donald Crabtree$468$286-38.9%
Court Aeschliman$1,819$284-84.4%
Jennifer Pantry$1,511$280-81.5%
Gary Roberts$207$27633.3%
Leo B. Fox$270$2700%
Anthony Wilson$561$269-52%
Whitney Aeschliman$693$266-61.6%
Jennifer Lynn Laws$1,645$259-84.3%
Kirk D. Newland$1,089$228-79.1%
Stephen Starbuck$1,571$222-85.9%
Elmer T. Geery$759$173-77.2%
Mark T. Konke$330$168-49.1%
Leslie Wilson$431$164-61.9%
Robert G. Aldridge$912$156-82.9%
Marilyn Blessing$385$142-63.1%
Steve Tallman$388$130-66.5%
Russel L. Melvin$8,312$126-98.5%
Gerald Wayne Paris Revocable Trust$286$71-75.2%
Edwin Jackson$247$68-72.5%
Marvin Miller$194$53-72.7%
Douglas L. Byrn$162$44-72.8%
Chris Armbruster$134$24-82.1%
Freddie Lay$118$3-97.5%
Brad Drummond$8$1-87.5%
Abbey Ellab Lawler$934$0-100%
Bill Gunnell$348$0-100%
Brenda J. Poe$240$0-100%
Charles Sabin$7,217$0-100%
Daniel Lyons$42$0-100%
David Miller$2,007$0-100%
Gail Farley$157$0-100%
Leon Miller$6,682$0-100%
Ralph Z. Burkholder$2,615$0-100%
Robert a Gliedt$6,844$0-100%
Roy Blessing Jr.$332$0-100%
Ryan S. Burkholder$3,024$0-100%
Sonia Cook$222$0-100%
Tommy Lee Anderson$1,029$0-100%
Willie D. Hochstetler$2,097$0-100%
Boneta Kerby$286$0-100%
Bradley Lewis$625$0-100%
David M. Campbell$1,123$0-100%
Jeffery A. Hill$1,912$0-100%
Jo Anne Minear$88$0-100%
Kala Fugate$2,133$0-100%
Lane Minear$88$0-100%
Leighton Western$1,708$0-100%
Dorothy Starrett$4,180$0-100%
Eddie C. Norman$5,908$0-100%
Grant Stump$7,982$0-100%
Hipolito Sanchez Jr.$2,058$0-100%
James Clyde Nagel$103$0-100%
Jeff McGoldrick$98$0-100%
John D. Vandike$3,054$0-100%
Joyce Reynolds$9,913$0-100%
Kenny Schmitzer$268$0-100%
Lyle D. York$12$0-100%
Max D. Kelsey$26,299$0-100%
Douglas P. Bowling$4,818$0-100%
Tanner Weaver$165$0-100%
Wayne M. Zimmerman$2,446$0-100%
Debra Verkuilen$25$0-100%
Donnie McElroy$4$0-100%
James Vandike$2,829$0-100%
Kevin-Western Family Trust Western$2,167$0-100%
Miriam a Kaighin Trust$550$0-100%
Nelson Tallman$1,975$0-100%
Phyllis C. Daniels$2,101$0-100%
Ryan Bushnell$2,237$0-100%
Wm Sidwell$391$0-100%
Total subsidies$6,631,915$2,117,413-68.1%

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