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In 2021, 237 farmers in cities within Scioto County received a total of $1.2 million in 345 farm subsidies, a 45.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.2 million in 615 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 Scioto County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Grove Farms Equipment, LLC | $181,459 | $80,215 | -55.8% |
| Crum Brothers Farm, Inc. | $100,899 | $71,152 | -29.5% |
| Thomas E. Brown | $11,942 | $62,959 | 427.2% |
| S & S Lumber Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| T. Hall Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Sissel Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ohio Select Hardwoods, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Circle C Farm & Timber, LLC | $0 | $40,418 | -- |
| Fuhrmann Orchards, LLC | $90,599 | $38,167 | -57.9% |
| Stephen Appleton | $35,544 | $32,275 | -9.2% |
| Mary S. Belcher | $32,070 | $32,070 | 0% |
| Vicki Yvonne Gable | $32,070 | $32,070 | 0% |
| Kent Bauman | $48,326 | $27,122 | -43.9% |
| Bluemont Corporation | $24,552 | $24,552 | 0% |
| Howard Brothers Farm, LLC | $72,521 | $21,731 | -70% |
| Daniel W. Kleinke | $0 | $21,578 | -- |
| Charles A. Seidel | $15,228 | $19,366 | 27.2% |
| Cathy J. Brown | $19,128 | $19,105 | -0.1% |
| Danny Flowers | $17,028 | $17,028 | 0% |
| Dorothy - Dorothy Kloft Revocable Trust Ann Kloft | $15,772 | $15,772 | 0% |
| Rapp Farm, Inc. | $44,320 | $13,090 | -70.5% |
| George Davis Farms, LLC | $47,323 | $12,938 | -72.7% |
| Marc A. Charles | $33,046 | $12,328 | -62.7% |
| Anthony W. Dyer | $2,440 | $11,545 | 373.2% |
| Dale Kuhn | $39,522 | $11,336 | -71.3% |
| Raymond Wheeler Jr. | $41,800 | $10,344 | -75.3% |
| Michael Dale Cordle | $40,944 | $10,099 | -75.3% |
| Donald B. Preston | $27,747 | $9,781 | -64.7% |
| Adam McCoy | $18,698 | $9,003 | -51.9% |
| Rachel A. McCoy | $18,698 | $9,003 | -51.9% |
| Matthew W Lewis Farm, LLC | $26,826 | $8,304 | -69% |
| Jad Farm Enterprises, LLC | $25,574 | $7,690 | -69.9% |
| August Redoutey III | $22,008 | $7,309 | -66.8% |
| Nancy E. Bauer | $10,482 | $7,275 | -30.6% |
| Derek B. Gampp | $20,532 | $7,015 | -65.8% |
| David W. Deacon | $7,089 | $6,985 | -1.5% |
| Tony A. Whitt | $22,392 | $6,526 | -70.9% |
| Wayne a Lewis Farm, LLC | $69,045 | $6,392 | -90.7% |
| Calvin Terrell Allen | $0 | $6,217 | -- |
| Roger K. Shope | $46,518 | $6,215 | -86.6% |
| Michael D. Cartee | $18,580 | $5,942 | -68% |
| Douglas Shultz | $21,696 | $5,840 | -73.1% |
| Phillip Short | $5,780 | $5,780 | 0% |
| John McClay | $18,109 | $5,722 | -68.4% |
| Barry Gampp | $15,429 | $5,017 | -67.5% |
| Turner Farms Produce Partnership | $16,705 | $5,010 | -70% |
| Arnold Robinson | $4,656 | $4,855 | 4.3% |
| Virginia a Mccall Revocable Trust | $56,850 | $4,779 | -91.6% |
| Christopher J. Phipps | $30,170 | $4,672 | -84.5% |
| Joseph K. Essman | $9,170 | $4,477 | -51.2% |
| P and J Farm Holdings, LLC | $4,376 | $4,376 | 0% |
| Adam Moore | $104,587 | $4,280 | -95.9% |
| Harold S. Ruggles | $17,084 | $4,236 | -75.2% |
| David Timmerman | $4,086 | $4,086 | 0% |
| Coriell Brothers | $18,421 | $3,960 | -78.5% |
| Larry K. Montgomery | $13,370 | $3,883 | -71% |
| Friends of Scioto Brush Creek, Inc. | $4,989 | $3,771 | -24.4% |
| Carl D. Seidel | $14,438 | $3,629 | -74.9% |
| Daniel W. Rase | $0 | $3,626 | -- |
| Donald Coriell | $8,893 | $3,600 | -59.5% |
| Harris Farms, LLC | $3,081 | $3,593 | 16.6% |
| Michael Shane Knore | $7,895 | $3,354 | -57.5% |
| James P. Horvath | $3,329 | $3,329 | 0% |
| Chris Burchett | $6,553 | $3,198 | -51.2% |
| Alan Brisker | $9,755 | $3,198 | -67.2% |
| Randall E. Wheeler | $6,816 | $3,194 | -53.1% |
| Scott McGlone | $8,958 | $3,152 | -64.8% |
| AR Bradley Farms, LLC | $6,781 | $3,098 | -54.3% |
| Henry R. Dailey | $3,009 | $3,009 | 0% |
| Glen J. Gerlach | $569 | $2,998 | 426.9% |
| Lyle Ricer | $5,590 | $2,806 | -49.8% |
| Dennis Hardyman | $14,360 | $2,657 | -81.5% |
| Paul Edward Ruggles | $0 | $2,595 | -- |
| Thomas K. Kinker II | $10,484 | $2,558 | -75.6% |
| Alva L. Queen | $4,056 | $2,495 | -38.5% |
| Leatha Queen | $3,226 | $2,494 | -22.7% |
| Mark Eugene Risner | $6,704 | $2,492 | -62.8% |
| Education Wright Farms, LLC | $5,612 | $2,356 | -58% |
| Howard W. McClay | $7,151 | $2,320 | -67.6% |
| Aaron Montgomery | $7,249 | $2,315 | -68.1% |
| Shane Mougey | $15,513 | $2,310 | -85.1% |
| Kenneth Rase | $10,681 | $2,239 | -79% |
| Bethel P. McElroy | $4,102 | $2,206 | -46.2% |
| Emilie Figlestahler | $3,534 | $2,198 | -37.8% |
| Sharon White | $0 | $2,174 | -- |
| Barry R. Hayward | $4,063 | $1,971 | -51.5% |
| Darrin Distel | $3,109 | $1,905 | -38.7% |
| Adam Richard Gleim | $0 | $1,821 | -- |
| Trenton Otworth | $7,003 | $1,760 | -74.9% |
| Terry L. Shope | $7,337 | $1,732 | -76.4% |
| Jeffrey Hayward | $4,295 | $1,714 | -60.1% |
| Luke I. Dixon | $3,883 | $1,682 | -56.7% |
| Guy Sommer | $6,794 | $1,678 | -75.3% |
| Marvin F. Wiehle | $4,940 | $1,617 | -67.3% |
| Kenneth R. White | $0 | $1,525 | -- |
| Willie Marcum | $1,524 | $1,524 | 0% |
| Roberts Windy River Farms, LLC | $11,193 | $1,512 | -86.5% |
| Bob Bayes | $9,690 | $1,449 | -85% |
| Beverly McGlone | $0 | $1,320 | -- |
| Roger A. Cox | $8,138 | $1,294 | -84.1% |
| Benny J. Bentley | $14,974 | $1,272 | -91.5% |
| Terry Tolle | $0 | $1,264 | -- |
| Rodney Schisler | $4,147 | $1,252 | -69.8% |
| Larry McChesney | $8,909 | $1,208 | -86.4% |
| Jacob B. Ruggles | $0 | $1,190 | -- |
| Thomas E. Bradley | $3,479 | $1,151 | -66.9% |
| Barbara Ricer | $0 | $1,121 | -- |
| Joshua D. Howard | $3,596 | $1,113 | -69% |
| James Phipps | $462 | $1,095 | 137% |
| Taren M. Dixon | $1,089 | $1,089 | 0% |
| Russell Fitzpatrick Jr. | $4,617 | $1,073 | -76.8% |
| Raymond B. Burchett | $3,641 | $1,070 | -70.6% |
| Michael E. Roberts | $6,045 | $1,023 | -83.1% |
| Donald Clevenger | $6,190 | $1,020 | -83.5% |
| Virgil Eugene Gahm | $3,918 | $1,014 | -74.1% |
| Rena Cox | $0 | $1,010 | -- |
| Mccall Farms, LLC | $1,683 | $1,004 | -40.3% |
| Michael Koverman | $2,159 | $989 | -54.2% |
| Robert J. Essman | $3,268 | $989 | -69.7% |
| Shelley Tackett | $2,563 | $969 | -62.2% |
| Robert Mullins | $4,026 | $951 | -76.4% |
| Jason Tate Bennington | $3,553 | $909 | -74.4% |
| David L. Wilson | $2,558 | $897 | -64.9% |
| Rita M. Schuler | $9,364 | $864 | -90.8% |
| Randy T. Wright | $8,535 | $861 | -89.9% |
| James D. Pertuset | $1,627 | $845 | -48.1% |
| Daniel H. Thomas Jr. | $1,122 | $839 | -25.2% |
| Donald D. Gleim Jr. | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Marcheta Gallenstein Ferguson | $2,988 | $811 | -72.9% |
| Marcella Kuhn | $1,738 | $799 | -54% |
| David E. Adams | $3,952 | $795 | -79.9% |
| Charles Nichols | $168 | $786 | 367.9% |
| Paul A. Dingus | $1,947 | $778 | -60% |
| Angela Allen | $3,613 | $720 | -80.1% |
| Jeremy Janney | $2,152 | $707 | -67.1% |
| Peter B. Ruggles | $1,947 | $688 | -64.7% |
| Trent S. Smith | $2,750 | $668 | -75.7% |
| Bruce South | $2,148 | $666 | -69% |
| Christina L. Gerlach | $0 | $660 | -- |
| David Ralstin | $2,149 | $658 | -69.4% |
| Marlene McCann | $656 | $656 | 0% |
| Scott Dyer | $1,870 | $618 | -67% |
| James Jay Shelton | $2,460 | $608 | -75.3% |
| Jerry Hull | $4,674 | $591 | -87.4% |
| Kyle Essman | $1,498 | $588 | -60.7% |
| Carl D. Salisbury Jr. | $3,220 | $579 | -82% |
| Ralph Munn | $3,010 | $575 | -80.9% |
| Mark Ramey | $2,359 | $567 | -76% |
| Russell Stevens | $4,292 | $564 | -86.9% |
| Michael Jacob Dadosky | $1,653 | $532 | -67.8% |
| Mitchel McCoy | $3,478 | $507 | -85.4% |
| James W. Miller | $422 | $497 | 17.8% |
| David M. Nichols | $1,749 | $496 | -71.6% |
| Nicholas G. Eskridge | $4,148 | $496 | -88% |
| William T. Copley | $1,320 | $485 | -63.3% |
| Randall D. Burns | $4,817 | $484 | -90% |
| Ronald L. Ashley | $4,712 | $481 | -89.8% |
| Harold Mullens | $2,598 | $480 | -81.5% |
| Charles Emnett | $976 | $477 | -51.1% |
| Keith O. Wiehle | $3,015 | $477 | -84.2% |
| Tamala H. Sexton | $1,346 | $471 | -65% |
| DRD Turner Farm, LLC | $1,132 | $465 | -58.9% |
| James A. Shuff | $2,006 | $452 | -77.5% |
| Spring Valley Angus, LLC | $3,004 | $450 | -85% |
| Tonya Spires | $1,643 | $443 | -73% |
| James Michael Lawless | $703 | $429 | -39% |
| David L. Otworth | $1,769 | $428 | -75.8% |
| Alvin King | $2,007 | $427 | -78.7% |
| Thomas W. Piatt Jr. | $2,610 | $424 | -83.8% |
| Jerry Wayne Ross | $1,298 | $422 | -67.5% |
| Brandon Hull | $5,331 | $411 | -92.3% |
| Roshell A. Caudill | $693 | $407 | -41.3% |
| Richard M. Deemer | $506 | $394 | -22.1% |
| Robert T. McLaughlin | $1,342 | $375 | -72.1% |
| Michael Darnell | $1,760 | $374 | -78.8% |
| Paul N. Mitchell | $1,870 | $374 | -80% |
| Amy C. Rase | $0 | $367 | -- |
| Mary A. Brown | $1,350 | $359 | -73.4% |
| Rodney C. Wright | $1,484 | $359 | -75.8% |
| Jeffrey L. Pendleton | $1,979 | $343 | -82.7% |
| Clayton Miller | $1,215 | $332 | -72.7% |
| Randall Spriggs | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Rickey L. Bodmer | $1,386 | $322 | -76.8% |
| Sarah Hurst | $1,940 | $315 | -83.8% |
| Judy A. Deemer | $0 | $314 | -- |
| Roger Spradlin | $1,571 | $309 | -80.3% |
| Michael M. Staker | $1,023 | $309 | -69.8% |
| Jeffrey G. Baughman | $298 | $298 | 0% |
| Billy G. Witt | $1,408 | $276 | -80.4% |
| Rita A. Frye | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Sam Shirey | $1,188 | $270 | -77.3% |
| Leslie E. Houston | $4,397 | $260 | -94.1% |
| Joseph C. Koenig | $1,133 | $255 | -77.5% |
| Danny Montavon | $2,052 | $253 | -87.7% |
| Jason D. Shaffer | $825 | $253 | -69.3% |
| Tommy R. Walker | $1,081 | $248 | -77.1% |
| Christopher F. Copp | $1,415 | $246 | -82.6% |
| Terry Foster | $1,819 | $236 | -87% |
| Charles Thomas Moore | $363 | $231 | -36.4% |
| Wendy J. Essman | $1,228 | $228 | -81.4% |
| Nelson Duncan | $847 | $226 | -73.3% |
| Patrick Faulkner | $638 | $223 | -65% |
| Travis K. Garrett | $891 | $222 | -75.1% |
| Stephen Owen Crank II | $1,078 | $221 | -79.5% |
| Marian F. Beckett | $187 | $220 | 17.6% |
| David Lawless | $731 | $219 | -70% |
| Fannie Garrett | $214 | $214 | 0% |
| Shannon W. Tolle | $1,023 | $206 | -79.9% |
| James E. Pertuset | $396 | $156 | -60.6% |
| Chad A. Fannin | $807 | $155 | -80.8% |
| Carl W. Keller | $2,507 | $154 | -93.9% |
| Ryan Lawless | $1,300 | $146 | -88.8% |
| Kimberly Sue Holbrook Lawless | $253 | $140 | -44.7% |
| Lori A. Payne | $0 | $138 | -- |
| Michael E. Payne | $0 | $138 | -- |
| Ervin Dale Fitzpatrick | $667 | $124 | -81.4% |
| Jason Harwood | $893 | $114 | -87.2% |
| Nathan Roberts | $572 | $114 | -80.1% |
| Michael S. Butcher | $9,323 | $114 | -98.8% |
| Matthew Adkins | $0 | $110 | -- |
| Roger Knauff | $0 | $110 | -- |
| Marsha Pertuset | $0 | $105 | -- |
| Ryan T. Stockham | $102 | $102 | 0% |
| Angela Sexton | $337 | $91 | -73% |
| Roy Easter Jr. | $201 | $91 | -54.7% |
| Meighan Stevens | $440 | $86 | -80.5% |
| Paul J Dadosky | $414 | $76 | -81.6% |
| Shane Dennis Hatfield | $0 | $57 | -- |
| Harold G. Williams | $257 | $55 | -78.6% |
| Kimberly S. Free | $99 | $52 | -47.5% |
| Karri Goodman | $132 | $48 | -63.6% |
| Joe Michael Mundhenk III | $269 | $34 | -87.4% |
| Bridgette Compton | $424 | $30 | -92.9% |
| Edward J. Jordan | $154 | $26 | -83.1% |
| Laura Lee Smith | $127 | $24 | -81.1% |
| J. D. McKenzie | $99 | $21 | -78.8% |
| William Kammler | $86 | $14 | -83.7% |
| Tracy Wilburn | $272 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Davis | $619 | $0 | -100% |
| Cory Sloas | $915 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard E Emnett | $3,590 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Emmons | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Mona Roberson | $100 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul D. Hannah | $128 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy R. Bowles | $1,134 | $0 | -100% |
| David High | $3,539 | $0 | -100% |
| James Applegate Jr. | $2,063 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Koenig | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret O. Wallace | $519 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn Joan High | $358 | $0 | -100% |
| Delbert Skaggs | $288 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank C. Queen | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| John Troy Huff | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Cordle | $3,939 | $0 | -100% |
| Ladybug Greenhouse, LLC | $17,370 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Sherman | $2,321 | $0 | -100% |
| Anita Nichols | $92 | $0 | -100% |
| Dexter Caudill | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael R. Wright | $858 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Brown | $4,019 | $0 | -100% |
| Miranda Marie Schoettle | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Tolle | $1,264 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Estepp | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd McGraw | $3,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Geneva J. Denning | $6,023 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Coleman | $14,948 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Percell | $299 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Johnson | $2,412 | $0 | -100% |
| Shane D. Slack | $399 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,213,955 | $1,197,369 | -45.9% |
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