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In 2021, 167 farmers in cities within Madison County received a total of $368,317 in 197 farm subsidies, an 81.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2 million in 462 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 Madison County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delmont Stockmann, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Eli David Whitener | $47,609 | $22,360 | -53% |
| Shawn Allan Hinkle | $0 | $21,364 | -- |
| Lerche Farms, Inc. | $94,983 | $13,811 | -85.5% |
| M Stephen Dees Revocable Trust | $37,810 | $9,634 | -74.5% |
| Elizabeth Cureton | $112,111 | $9,502 | -91.5% |
| Allgier Farms, Inc. | $106,264 | $9,278 | -91.3% |
| R-4 Ranch % David Royer | $35,374 | $9,168 | -74.1% |
| Dale H. Kinneman | $33,608 | $8,874 | -73.6% |
| George Toppins Jr. | $52,436 | $8,106 | -84.5% |
| Ivan Kranjec | $21,670 | $8,084 | -62.7% |
| Troy Cureton | $89,588 | $7,987 | -91.1% |
| Zachary Kinneman | $13,406 | $7,930 | -40.8% |
| John R. Brewen | $34,666 | $6,722 | -80.6% |
| DDW, LLC | $20,836 | $5,349 | -74.3% |
| Eli Skaggs | $24,177 | $4,738 | -80.4% |
| John Rawlings | $3,774 | $4,017 | 6.4% |
| Alfred Stanley Lamb | $32,966 | $3,947 | -88% |
| Wesley Earl Royer | $22,808 | $3,717 | -83.7% |
| Ridge Farms, LLP | $8,336 | $3,647 | -56.3% |
| Dennis L. Bess | $13,110 | $3,635 | -72.3% |
| Tom Kuhlmann | $13,565 | $3,635 | -73.2% |
| Robert L. Gifford | $6,223 | $3,502 | -43.7% |
| John Sebastian | $13,178 | $3,494 | -73.5% |
| Ronnie Long | $25,561 | $3,408 | -86.7% |
| Bryan S. Allgier | $66,317 | $2,828 | -95.7% |
| Dennis R. Mouser | $13,924 | $2,653 | -80.9% |
| Rodney Matthews | $13,710 | $2,358 | -82.8% |
| Means Family Farm Trust | $13,617 | $2,337 | -82.8% |
| Kenneth Lee | $12,177 | $2,301 | -81.1% |
| Dennis Royer | $3,643 | $2,128 | -41.6% |
| Richard Lamb | $5,775 | $2,107 | -63.5% |
| Richard Lamb Lamb Farms | $11,275 | $2,107 | -81.3% |
| Frederick L Steffan and Mary E Steffan Voluntary Trust 1994 | $5,156 | $2,067 | -59.9% |
| Steve Crowe | $0 | $1,980 | -- |
| Larry Mungle | $6,215 | $1,966 | -68.4% |
| Ronald Mouser | $7,700 | $1,942 | -74.8% |
| Kinneman Farms, LLC | $2,645 | $1,916 | -27.6% |
| C3 Farms, LLC | $11,175 | $1,893 | -83.1% |
| Steven Royer | $12,529 | $1,876 | -85% |
| Charles C. Follis | $5,893 | $1,851 | -68.6% |
| Amy Lynn Phillips | $4,829 | $1,841 | -61.9% |
| Warren Berry | $0 | $1,815 | -- |
| Ben Thurman | $7,524 | $1,806 | -76% |
| Andrew Franklin Johnson | $9,108 | $1,800 | -80.2% |
| Kenny Boushie | $6,680 | $1,765 | -73.6% |
| Nancy Strothmann | $4,725 | $1,731 | -63.4% |
| Richard Strothmann | $4,725 | $1,731 | -63.4% |
| Joseph A. Demmer | $6,116 | $1,661 | -72.8% |
| Ivan L. Link | $7,689 | $1,659 | -78.4% |
| Dennis Underwood | $6,703 | $1,652 | -75.4% |
| B and G Farms, Inc. | $17,470 | $1,613 | -90.8% |
| Rock Bennett | $9,307 | $1,569 | -83.1% |
| Mary J. Kuhlmann | $7,777 | $1,526 | -80.4% |
| Aaron W. Wharton | $6,666 | $1,494 | -77.6% |
| Roger Ellis | $5,682 | $1,493 | -73.7% |
| Donnie Moyers | $0 | $1,485 | -- |
| Matt Allgier | $5,181 | $1,391 | -73.2% |
| Todd Bess | $7,220 | $1,386 | -80.8% |
| Randy Z. Hillis | $6,745 | $1,349 | -80% |
| James Rhodes | $3,762 | $1,299 | -65.5% |
| Gregory J. Sebastian | $6,336 | $1,288 | -79.7% |
| Teddy Kay | $5,126 | $1,280 | -75% |
| Joe V. Smith | $3,761 | $1,268 | -66.3% |
| Harold Dave Tinnin | $5,269 | $1,215 | -76.9% |
| Timothy Pippin | $4,411 | $1,212 | -72.5% |
| Jim Francis | $5,357 | $1,208 | -77.5% |
| Culley Ray Despain | $1,822 | $1,178 | -35.3% |
| Timothy A. Crites | $2,588 | $1,175 | -54.6% |
| Morris Poe Sr. | $4,646 | $1,164 | -74.9% |
| Tom Mooney | $5,236 | $1,152 | -78% |
| David Bess | $6,182 | $1,121 | -81.9% |
| Wayne Sherrill | $4,125 | $1,099 | -73.4% |
| Gregg Abbott | $6,048 | $1,072 | -82.3% |
| Roy H. Smith | $3,575 | $1,067 | -70.2% |
| Andrew K. Clark | $4,862 | $1,060 | -78.2% |
| Steven D. Francis | $4,268 | $1,053 | -75.3% |
| Daniel Francis | $4,499 | $1,040 | -76.9% |
| Ronnie W. Mills | $2,310 | $1,036 | -55.2% |
| Jon Huenink | $959 | $959 | 0% |
| William L. Rice | $7,209 | $942 | -86.9% |
| J. C. Shetley Jr. | $4,630 | $936 | -79.8% |
| Ronald Ward | $5,011 | $932 | -81.4% |
| Gary L. Sitze | $5,450 | $930 | -82.9% |
| Gregory Boushie | $5,780 | $924 | -84% |
| Florence L Fergie Revocable Trust | $1,870 | $885 | -52.7% |
| Perry Royer | $4,736 | $880 | -81.4% |
| Andrew Michael | $3,927 | $873 | -77.8% |
| Dean Bess | $3,432 | $823 | -76% |
| Billy Phillips | $10,635 | $819 | -92.3% |
| Linda Marie Starkey | $4,784 | $816 | -82.9% |
| Randall Huffman | $5,789 | $811 | -86% |
| Harold Frymire | $1,584 | $806 | -49.1% |
| Jeff Amelunke | $5,417 | $791 | -85.4% |
| David Slinkard Jr. | $3,652 | $784 | -78.5% |
| Dustin Estes | $3,953 | $784 | -80.2% |
| Linda Eck | $8,024 | $783 | -90.2% |
| Shirley Royer | $5,351 | $783 | -85.4% |
| Alan Royer | $3,755 | $765 | -79.6% |
| Dawn Sander | $4,020 | $740 | -81.6% |
| Curtis E. Brown | $1,914 | $703 | -63.3% |
| Walter Todd Smallen | $2,200 | $668 | -69.6% |
| Douglas E. Lanners | $5,099 | $661 | -87% |
| Timothy Griffon | $2,627 | $659 | -74.9% |
| Andy B. Yount | $2,145 | $645 | -69.9% |
| Brandon Racer | $2,965 | $628 | -78.8% |
| Lucas Brewen | $1,403 | $625 | -55.5% |
| Travis Dale Kinneman | $4,216 | $622 | -85.2% |
| Chad Heady | $2,508 | $621 | -75.2% |
| Ronald Reagan | $2,886 | $612 | -78.8% |
| Michael Spain | $5,336 | $603 | -88.7% |
| Carolyn Bennett | $3,738 | $560 | -85% |
| Brian Lee Montgomery | $3,351 | $558 | -83.3% |
| Dustin Wayne Walker | $3,538 | $550 | -84.5% |
| Benjamin Wharton | $4,499 | $540 | -88% |
| Treeland, Inc. | $171 | $540 | 215.8% |
| Raymond Michael | $1,881 | $528 | -71.9% |
| Ron Smith | $2,853 | $508 | -82.2% |
| Mark A. Shetley | $1,837 | $500 | -72.8% |
| Robin L. Vance | $0 | $500 | -- |
| Paul Lochirco | $966 | $493 | -49% |
| Jo Anne Dunn | $3,063 | $484 | -84.2% |
| Keith Myers | $2,887 | $482 | -83.3% |
| Charles E. Umfleet II | $2,731 | $478 | -82.5% |
| Thomas Pruett Jr. | $7,584 | $460 | -93.9% |
| Gary Royer | $1,924 | $447 | -76.8% |
| Daniel W. Kay | $1,562 | $431 | -72.4% |
| Ray Statler | $3,846 | $429 | -88.8% |
| Rodney Lunsford | $1,894 | $425 | -77.6% |
| Ruth Skaggs | $2,403 | $407 | -83.1% |
| Kenny Lunsford | $2,886 | $404 | -86% |
| Dalton D. Denman | $1,696 | $377 | -77.8% |
| Patricia Reynolds | $2,794 | $373 | -86.6% |
| Greg Miller | $2,323 | $346 | -85.1% |
| David McCulley | $2,601 | $346 | -86.7% |
| Janet Despain | $641 | $345 | -46.2% |
| Darold T. Mills | $1,980 | $333 | -83.2% |
| Zeb Sanders | $1,595 | $329 | -79.4% |
| Gary Shetley | $2,407 | $328 | -86.4% |
| Mark Lochirco | $493 | $322 | -34.7% |
| Carol Thompson | $631 | $309 | -51% |
| Randy Sawyer | $1,857 | $298 | -84% |
| John Bone | $1,927 | $295 | -84.7% |
| Steven Lee Steele | $1,232 | $281 | -77.2% |
| Joe Hoffman | $420 | $280 | -33.3% |
| Russell Allgier | $1,726 | $266 | -84.6% |
| William R. Newhouse | $1,414 | $256 | -81.9% |
| Darrel W. Welker Jr. | $1,320 | $242 | -81.7% |
| Lindell Wayne Spain | $2,233 | $238 | -89.3% |
| Roger Stevens | $927 | $228 | -75.4% |
| Scott M. Myers | $872 | $185 | -78.8% |
| Terry G. Aslinger | $0 | $185 | -- |
| Justin Sullivan | $1,384 | $180 | -87% |
| Lisa Dianthe Whitener | $425 | $175 | -58.8% |
| Donald Laut III | $902 | $170 | -81.2% |
| Chad Edward Clifton | $814 | $163 | -80% |
| Linda Borgmann | $498 | $156 | -68.7% |
| Ben J. Ferguson III | $5,134 | $142 | -97.2% |
| Garrett Rhodes | $688 | $138 | -79.9% |
| Robert P. Wilson | $138 | $138 | 0% |
| Hunter Kay | $495 | $121 | -75.6% |
| Michael Alan Shetley | $484 | $97 | -80% |
| Onita Frances Branum | $94 | $79 | -16% |
| Calvin Roberts | $1,080 | $64 | -94.1% |
| Randy Green | $90 | $59 | -34.4% |
| Ryan E. Lee | $352 | $48 | -86.4% |
| Marsha Howser | $40 | $40 | 0% |
| Anita Meeks | $708 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin Slinkard | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Brad Hellrich | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Jones | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Clayton Crass | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody William Bittle | $329 | $0 | -100% |
| Corey Sorg | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary E. King | $7,370 | $0 | -100% |
| Herbert Jones | $217 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Byler | $4,814 | $0 | -100% |
| John Fadler | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Josh Long | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Owens | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimberlee Pate | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Boatright | $3,067 | $0 | -100% |
| Lauts Hog Farm, Inc. | $469,570 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Bradley Capone | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Perry D. Kegley | $2,695 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Thompson | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| RLP Properties, LLC | $2,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald E Varvera | $10,386 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald G. Robbs | $2,640 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Cureton | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Shane Duckworth | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Toppins | $1,537 | $0 | -100% |
| Vellabelle Sheets | $241 | $0 | -100% |
| Bonnie S. Mills | $2,145 | $0 | -100% |
| C. T. Barnes Jr. | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Cade Smith | $1,694 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Snider | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Wayne Mouser | $334 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry Vincent | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| James Dunn | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph L. Jones | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Warden | $3,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,022,835 | $368,317 | -81.8% |
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