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In 2021, 218 farmers in cities within Guernsey County received a total of $440,720 in 267 farm subsidies, a 79.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.1 million in 699 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 Guernsey County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Tooms Farms, LLC | $81,479 | $43,097 | -47.1% |
| Creek Valley Farm | $29,634 | $34,496 | 16.4% |
| Wayne D. Shriver | $120,652 | $24,648 | -79.6% |
| Edward D. Kennedy | $44,418 | $17,793 | -59.9% |
| Wilds Ecological Systems, Ltd. | $0 | $13,586 | -- |
| Weingart Valley View Farm, LLC | $18,380 | $12,958 | -29.5% |
| Ankrum Farms, LLC | $7,028 | $12,784 | 81.9% |
| Joseph Potts | $103,239 | $12,450 | -87.9% |
| Henry E. Mathers | $25,375 | $12,310 | -51.5% |
| Thomas Richard Ripley | $14,849 | $11,619 | -21.8% |
| Michael R. Weaver | $20,791 | $8,949 | -57% |
| Gary J. Watson | $36,093 | $7,854 | -78.2% |
| Jeffrey S. Hill | $49,239 | $7,667 | -84.4% |
| Nau Farms of Noble County, LLC | $62,656 | $6,954 | -88.9% |
| Landman Farms | $29,300 | $6,693 | -77.2% |
| Chumney Farms | $16,932 | $5,626 | -66.8% |
| Joshua D. Kennedy | $5,830 | $5,439 | -6.7% |
| Henry S. Wells | $15,032 | $5,224 | -65.2% |
| Brad E. Haury | $38,941 | $4,900 | -87.4% |
| Leatherwood Valley Farms, Inc. | $29,133 | $4,028 | -86.2% |
| Gregory H. Douglass | $20,296 | $3,804 | -81.3% |
| Garrison Emery | $16,647 | $3,531 | -78.8% |
| Derek Christman | $16,255 | $3,464 | -78.7% |
| Edward G. Bay | $12,760 | $3,462 | -72.9% |
| Morgan T. Caldwell | $11,954 | $3,273 | -72.6% |
| Robert D West | $14,657 | $3,145 | -78.5% |
| Benjamin R. Hendershot | $4,060 | $3,118 | -23.2% |
| Loran F. Stutz | $4,799 | $3,057 | -36.3% |
| John C. Potts | $30,011 | $3,013 | -90% |
| Timothy Gray | $12,639 | $2,999 | -76.3% |
| John D. Martin | $11,392 | $2,670 | -76.6% |
| Richard E. Robinson | $2,550 | $2,556 | 0.2% |
| Casey Jean Rich | $0 | $2,444 | -- |
| David F. Hayes | $3,788 | $2,421 | -36.1% |
| David E. Linn | $8,894 | $2,380 | -73.2% |
| Robert S. Yockey | $15,685 | $2,342 | -85.1% |
| Michael R. Mazgaj | $6,512 | $2,196 | -66.3% |
| Kyle R. Hamilton | $2,175 | $2,175 | 0% |
| Larry G. Tomcho | $9,683 | $2,087 | -78.4% |
| Duane J. Hill | $6,159 | $1,943 | -68.5% |
| Fred Schafer | $29,732 | $1,877 | -93.7% |
| Dustin E. Kennedy | $5,604 | $1,861 | -66.8% |
| Robert J. Snedegar | $11,269 | $1,856 | -83.5% |
| HND ELK Hunting Preserve, LLC | $6,952 | $1,817 | -73.9% |
| John R. Hayes | $7,329 | $1,792 | -75.5% |
| Edward M. Combs | $9,044 | $1,760 | -80.5% |
| William D. Nau | $16,767 | $1,720 | -89.7% |
| Susan L. Harper | $5,938 | $1,711 | -71.2% |
| Janet L. Roberts | $6,853 | $1,702 | -75.2% |
| Weber Rose Farms, LLC | $7,474 | $1,682 | -77.5% |
| Stephen R. Hinson | $4,475 | $1,603 | -64.2% |
| Donald L. Hayes | $7,398 | $1,590 | -78.5% |
| Christopher P. Starr | $5,939 | $1,549 | -73.9% |
| Ross M. Nelson | $5,709 | $1,547 | -72.9% |
| John H. Scurlock | $8,159 | $1,465 | -82% |
| Kenneth R. Wiley | $36,144 | $1,441 | -96% |
| Melvin W. Vanfossen | $19,524 | $1,424 | -92.7% |
| Paul E. Murphy | $6,003 | $1,416 | -76.4% |
| Eric Butler | $2,442 | $1,390 | -43.1% |
| Howard E. Wheeler | $4,750 | $1,314 | -72.3% |
| Charles J. Dunlap | $7,382 | $1,302 | -82.4% |
| James L. Howald | $4,674 | $1,267 | -72.9% |
| Eldon D. Martin | $34,820 | $1,242 | -96.4% |
| Apperson Family Farm, LLC | $6,018 | $1,212 | -79.9% |
| Eric M. van Fleet | $5,503 | $1,187 | -78.4% |
| Mark Oliver | $7,622 | $1,186 | -84.4% |
| Dean A. Thomas | $8,678 | $1,186 | -86.3% |
| Joseph A. Robertson | $29,051 | $1,176 | -96% |
| William R. Combs | $5,808 | $1,148 | -80.2% |
| Nicholas D. Brill | $6,101 | $1,108 | -81.8% |
| Lisa Marie Goodhart | $5,247 | $1,106 | -78.9% |
| Douglas K. Larrick | $5,255 | $1,091 | -79.2% |
| Derrick J. Leach | $4,684 | $1,090 | -76.7% |
| Kevin R. Warne | $5,411 | $1,089 | -79.9% |
| Jeremiah C. Miley | $5,128 | $1,049 | -79.5% |
| Robert W. Sherby | $4,980 | $1,048 | -79% |
| David D. Parsons | $3,130 | $1,046 | -66.6% |
| John C. Enos II | $4,978 | $1,042 | -79.1% |
| Cody J. Weingart | $3,916 | $1,017 | -74% |
| Justin R. Weingart | $3,916 | $1,017 | -74% |
| Gary M. Conrad | $29,177 | $1,014 | -96.5% |
| Marca Warner | $4,177 | $1,003 | -76% |
| Norbert Tim Shegog | $6,300 | $997 | -84.2% |
| Andrea L. Reid | $4,923 | $996 | -79.8% |
| Michael R. McCauley | $4,015 | $989 | -75.4% |
| James R. Murphy | $3,014 | $962 | -68.1% |
| Evan Hastings | $4,774 | $962 | -79.8% |
| William Saft | $3,729 | $958 | -74.3% |
| Wayne E Lestock | $8,008 | $948 | -88.2% |
| Gerald L. Larrick | $8,910 | $946 | -89.4% |
| Casey Raber | $4,603 | $937 | -79.6% |
| Tiffany Smith | $69,153 | $935 | -98.6% |
| John E. Ross | $7,440 | $898 | -87.9% |
| Kenneth W. Ford | $4,190 | $889 | -78.8% |
| James R. Gibson | $6,174 | $881 | -85.7% |
| Steven Feldner | $1,584 | $860 | -45.7% |
| Carl G. Abrams Sr. | $4,723 | $849 | -82% |
| Trent a Cincinat | $3,035 | $846 | -72.1% |
| Rick E. Cox | $4,244 | $829 | -80.5% |
| James R. Wells | $3,859 | $823 | -78.7% |
| Darrell L. Long | $3,255 | $814 | -75% |
| Betty Lou Roe | $3,729 | $811 | -78.3% |
| Terry Allen Lepage | $4,069 | $809 | -80.1% |
| Nancy J. Cooper | $4,538 | $807 | -82.2% |
| Thomas M. Cunningham | $4,913 | $804 | -83.6% |
| Wesley W. Vanfossen | $7,123 | $802 | -88.7% |
| Edward J. Wells | $3,121 | $800 | -74.4% |
| Haze H. Hall | $2,563 | $786 | -69.3% |
| SSS Farms, LLC | $2,341 | $785 | -66.5% |
| Gary E. Glasgow | $3,377 | $778 | -77% |
| David Mazgaj | $3,365 | $771 | -77.1% |
| Christopher M. Carpenter | $3,333 | $765 | -77% |
| Matthew A. Stiers | $5,262 | $748 | -85.8% |
| Mark T. Brock | $3,092 | $738 | -76.1% |
| Glenn Mudge | $2,926 | $731 | -75% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $727 | -- |
| Bethaney R Enos | $3,191 | $725 | -77.3% |
| Roger S. Yockey | $6,741 | $724 | -89.3% |
| John Paul Wehr | $13,097 | $720 | -94.5% |
| Kenneth S. Lucas | $1,969 | $701 | -64.4% |
| Earl L Weinzimmer | $4,743 | $700 | -85.2% |
| Ireta Fern McCulloch | $3,080 | $688 | -77.7% |
| Samuel C. Wells | $3,454 | $685 | -80.2% |
| William J. Gress | $6,081 | $674 | -88.9% |
| Richard J Minyo | $4,162 | $658 | -84.2% |
| Doris E. Fuller | $2,717 | $657 | -75.8% |
| Stephany L. Juzwiak | $2,585 | $639 | -75.3% |
| Darlene S. Miser | $2,585 | $637 | -75.4% |
| Albert Ivan Rose | $1,551 | $636 | -59% |
| Peggy J. Davis | $2,750 | $623 | -77.3% |
| John R. Schafer | $663 | $607 | -8.4% |
| Larry D. Nisly | $27,723 | $595 | -97.9% |
| Joshua Thomas Stiers | $3,646 | $588 | -83.9% |
| Timothy L. Lemmings | $4,768 | $587 | -87.7% |
| Derrick Bennett | $1,298 | $583 | -55.1% |
| David J. Wikander Jr. | $1,320 | $580 | -56.1% |
| Jed A. Zimmer | $2,552 | $574 | -77.5% |
| Jerry W. McElroy | $3,167 | $562 | -82.3% |
| Jesse M. Smith | $122,567 | $555 | -99.5% |
| Hal L. Ringer | $2,535 | $535 | -78.9% |
| Barry Alan Bauserman | $935 | $535 | -42.8% |
| Dale E. Colvin | $2,703 | $530 | -80.4% |
| Franklin C. Brown | $2,496 | $528 | -78.8% |
| William H. Hutcheson Jr. | $2,530 | $516 | -79.6% |
| Donald E West | $1,903 | $505 | -73.5% |
| Adam R. Dudley | $2,156 | $493 | -77.1% |
| Greg A. Fuller | $2,605 | $492 | -81.1% |
| Duane E. Dodd | $1,375 | $485 | -64.7% |
| Celeste Mnich | $2,864 | $483 | -83.1% |
| David A. Garcia | $3,131 | $474 | -84.9% |
| David E. Echols | $2,753 | $456 | -83.4% |
| Randall Larrick | $3,064 | $453 | -85.2% |
| Ian R. Murphy | $1,191 | $446 | -62.6% |
| Arrissa R Hull | $5,414 | $444 | -91.8% |
| Glenn R. Roe | $2,332 | $443 | -81% |
| Ronald Burga | $2,134 | $434 | -79.7% |
| Rick Waggoner | $3,099 | $430 | -86.1% |
| Robert Triplett | $1,474 | $422 | -71.4% |
| Thomas W. Douglas | $1,914 | $416 | -78.3% |
| Kyle R. Weingart | $1,870 | $409 | -78.1% |
| Christopher A. Fouse | $2,085 | $408 | -80.4% |
| David Roman Thompson | $1,969 | $405 | -79.4% |
| Timothy M West | $1,606 | $400 | -75.1% |
| William H. Bond | $1,729 | $397 | -77% |
| David A. Roberts | $1,744 | $384 | -78% |
| David W. Smith | $1,697 | $380 | -77.6% |
| Lewis L. Catlett | $7,234 | $379 | -94.8% |
| Buster E. Clewell | $2,043 | $377 | -81.5% |
| James Nixon | $1,952 | $376 | -80.7% |
| David E. Roe | $1,694 | $376 | -77.8% |
| Willard Ted Burson | $1,320 | $376 | -71.5% |
| Dana L. Bamfield | $2,988 | $372 | -87.6% |
| Benjamin A. van Fleet | $1,474 | $356 | -75.8% |
| John M. Cooper | $2,446 | $350 | -85.7% |
| Charles F. Yerian | $2,604 | $343 | -86.8% |
| Irene Roe | $2,603 | $336 | -87.1% |
| Kimberly R Tooms-Wheeler | $1,353 | $324 | -76.1% |
| William E. Pyle | $693 | $324 | -53.2% |
| Joseph D. Dudley | $1,243 | $316 | -74.6% |
| Duche Farms, LLC | $4,254 | $304 | -92.9% |
| Dale E. Lodge | $1,155 | $292 | -74.7% |
| Danaher Family Trust | $1,067 | $292 | -72.6% |
| Robert M. Manning | $1,407 | $290 | -79.4% |
| Wyatt Lee Feldner | $660 | $288 | -56.4% |
| Adam N. McElroy | $1,089 | $282 | -74.1% |
| Carl H. Mathers | $10,251 | $270 | -97.4% |
| Kenneth J. Temple | $1,268 | $269 | -78.8% |
| Thomas W. Carter | $528 | $266 | -49.6% |
| Jack Marlatt Jr. | $1,512 | $260 | -82.8% |
| John F. Larrick | $1,738 | $260 | -85% |
| Carl R. Dollison | $26,127 | $255 | -99% |
| Linda L. Dollison | $31,096 | $255 | -99.2% |
| Linda K. van Fleet | $1,774 | $254 | -85.7% |
| Alta Abicht Revocable Trust | $716 | $253 | -64.7% |
| Devin Alfman | $1,114 | $249 | -77.6% |
| Richard A. Davis | $561 | $238 | -57.6% |
| John C. Enos | $1,744 | $234 | -86.6% |
| Jay D. McElroy | $1,078 | $221 | -79.5% |
| Jay B. Douglas | $1,019 | $218 | -78.6% |
| Eugene W. Tuttle | $847 | $207 | -75.6% |
| John M. Cartwright | $6,246 | $204 | -96.7% |
| Kyle D. Larrick | $913 | $194 | -78.8% |
| Donna J. Lucas | $654 | $190 | -70.9% |
| Michael J Magis | $902 | $188 | -79.2% |
| Dale E. Collins | $1,320 | $187 | -85.8% |
| Louis Thornton | $1,191 | $186 | -84.4% |
| Jon St M. Clair | $465 | $184 | -60.4% |
| R Family Farm, LLC | $176 | $176 | 0% |
| Leroy A. Rankin | $385 | $163 | -57.7% |
| Daniel K. Larrick | $777 | $138 | -82.2% |
| Judith E. Diederich | $380 | $115 | -69.7% |
| Jeffry L. Jones | $1,300 | $107 | -91.8% |
| David a Beros | $198 | $104 | -47.5% |
| Joel C. Zimmer | $418 | $100 | -76.1% |
| Dallas J. Waggoner | $418 | $62 | -85.2% |
| James A. Marinucci | $132 | $38 | -71.2% |
| Sandra L. Lam | $259 | $37 | -85.7% |
| Richard A. Wagner | $48 | $5 | -89.6% |
| Aino Lutterus | $4,547 | $0 | -100% |
| Annette Parnell | $1,228 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryan W. Eubanks | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Carla Jo Lucas | $93 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel T. Johnston | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| David M. Dolan | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean Robinson | $56 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra C. Neff | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $727 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry Mathers | $2,521 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffry L. Jones | $2,618 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Hinson | $4,594 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathleen G. Albertson | $237 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha a Neilley | $133 | $0 | -100% |
| Millard R. Pennington | $203 | $0 | -100% |
| Neal H. Tostenson | $361 | $0 | -100% |
| Schneider's Stump Farms, LLC | $1,347 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott W. Ferguson | $217 | $0 | -100% |
| Valley Farm, Inc. | $27,673 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry Bauserman | $1,605 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl C. King | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad A. Garrett | $1,059 | $0 | -100% |
| Dalton Huhn | $5,655 | $0 | -100% |
| James Michael Waite | $2,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Jodie Lynn Cordell | $541 | $0 | -100% |
| John I. Starrett | $1,488 | $0 | -100% |
| Kim M. Ray | $7,298 | $0 | -100% |
| Liza Butler | $459 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark E. Roberts | $816 | $0 | -100% |
| John E. Rose | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Miller | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Bichard | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert H. Ankrum | $1,275 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Mark Waggoner | $162 | $0 | -100% |
| David St K. Clair | $253 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Ayers | $413 | $0 | -100% |
| John J Ward Trust | $127 | $0 | -100% |
| John R. Martin | $1,238 | $0 | -100% |
| Millard Groh Jr. | $6,490 | $0 | -100% |
| Sara Saft | $510 | $0 | -100% |
| Andy W. Mast | $3,681 | $0 | -100% |
| Carson West | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Cathy A. Egnot | $22,551 | $0 | -100% |
| Cathy A. Stotts | $116 | $0 | -100% |
| Heath W. Shriver | $1,620 | $0 | -100% |
| Michelle L. Regan | $72 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra S. Kackley | $851 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew W Fadorsen | $4,345 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles C. Anderson | $1,780 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn R. Tidrick | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean A. Gilcher | $300 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael P. Neuhart | $4,345 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall C. Lyons | $1,419 | $0 | -100% |
| Rena V. Graham | $87 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert A. Oakley | $5,335 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve G. Bates | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry M. Gatrell | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Lou Smith | $705 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda A. Pontius | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah J. Roe | $464 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Roe | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenny Johnson | $2,530 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucas A. Roe | $1,380 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Harper | $604 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Schafer | $1,376 | $0 | -100% |
| Marlin E. Combs | $1,836 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,146,942 | $440,720 | -79.5% |
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