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In 2021, 166 farmers in cities within Indiana County received a total of $1.9 million in 369 farm subsidies, a 49.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.7 million in 651 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 Indiana County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Dairy | $449,172 | $132,584 | -70.5% |
| Wallace Farms | $196,780 | $131,622 | -33.1% |
| Stoney W. Wagner | $117,988 | $87,994 | -25.4% |
| Harry Donald Coleman | $132,044 | $81,921 | -38% |
| Roger L. Frye | $117,774 | $76,319 | -35.2% |
| Gregory S. Henderson | $55,240 | $67,187 | 21.6% |
| Blossom Hollow Farm, LLC | $115,076 | $60,699 | -47.3% |
| Accurate Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ebert Family Farms | $51,434 | $49,999 | -2.8% |
| Batistig Family Farms, LLC | $71,666 | $48,185 | -32.8% |
| Slickhill Holsteins, LLC | $53,676 | $45,094 | -16% |
| Black Valley Farms | $37,413 | $42,743 | 14.2% |
| Creekland Farms, Inc. | $121,172 | $39,689 | -67.2% |
| Clymer Quality Hardwoods, Inc. | $0 | $37,016 | -- |
| Stanley Auen | $109,583 | $36,010 | -67.1% |
| Karl Pollock | $53,761 | $35,205 | -34.5% |
| Larry C. Ackerson | $36,939 | $34,217 | -7.4% |
| Larry H. Marshall | $53,939 | $33,632 | -37.6% |
| Greentree Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $29,990 | -- |
| Anthony G Pizarchik | $67,621 | $27,946 | -58.7% |
| Reeger Farms, Inc. | $77,300 | $26,974 | -65.1% |
| Yuris Farms, LLC | $29,670 | $25,115 | -15.4% |
| Matthew Glenn Borbonus | $17,312 | $25,057 | 44.7% |
| Faught's Greenhouse | $0 | $24,652 | -- |
| John R Lukcik | $31,293 | $23,783 | -24% |
| Shawn K. Miller | $58,269 | $23,655 | -59.4% |
| Paul T. Sherry | $32,231 | $23,469 | -27.2% |
| Gary E. Nicewonger Jr. | $53,987 | $23,047 | -57.3% |
| Stiles Farms, LLC | $108,322 | $22,527 | -79.2% |
| Greenlawn Farms | $67,540 | $18,197 | -73.1% |
| Michael Gaston Sr. | $39,961 | $18,130 | -54.6% |
| Ben Elkin | $41,076 | $15,097 | -63.2% |
| Ronald M Park | $42,881 | $14,730 | -65.6% |
| Blacklick Holdings, Inc. | $13,006 | $14,328 | 10.2% |
| Nehrig Farms | $134,673 | $13,885 | -89.7% |
| Lar-Ran Farm | $35,750 | $13,502 | -62.2% |
| Joseph L. Smith | $19,855 | $12,909 | -35% |
| Brian M. Neal | $31,327 | $12,532 | -60% |
| Dishong's Dairy Farm | $6,229 | $12,200 | 95.9% |
| Cory L. Schrecengost | $18,612 | $12,154 | -34.7% |
| David Bork Jr. | $28,337 | $11,867 | -58.1% |
| Nathan D. McNutt | $21,141 | $10,900 | -48.4% |
| Carl S. Blose | $11,890 | $10,853 | -8.7% |
| Jarrett O. Sherry | $0 | $10,421 | -- |
| RDR Farms, LLC | $51,863 | $10,338 | -80.1% |
| Levi Brock Gibson | $21,403 | $10,170 | -52.5% |
| Daniel S. Simpson | $17,250 | $9,664 | -44% |
| Brian E. Kimmel | $26,083 | $9,592 | -63.2% |
| Craig A. Andrie | $36,909 | $9,434 | -74.4% |
| Harry E Ribblet III | $4,926 | $8,726 | 77.1% |
| Robert D & Donald J Lydick | $6,848 | $8,696 | 27% |
| Cook-Larson F, LLC | $24,929 | $8,490 | -65.9% |
| George's Oak Spring Farm | $19,687 | $7,930 | -59.7% |
| Richard T. Henry | $7,809 | $7,809 | 0% |
| Serian Group, LLC | $7,791 | $7,791 | 0% |
| Todd A. Ackerson | $43,085 | $7,280 | -83.1% |
| Robert T. Cashdollar | $15,701 | $7,098 | -54.8% |
| Richard C. Hartman | $0 | $6,806 | -- |
| Douglas R. Taylor | $17,963 | $6,676 | -62.8% |
| Guy L. Wolfgang | $8,153 | $6,612 | -18.9% |
| Fred Glasser | $8,597 | $6,173 | -28.2% |
| Charles R. Glasser | $8,002 | $6,047 | -24.4% |
| Curtis B. McQuaide Jr. | $6,405 | $5,893 | -8% |
| Maple Ridge Farms | $10,754 | $5,770 | -46.3% |
| Sherry Kitner | $0 | $5,645 | -- |
| Mark E. Dixon Jr. | $8,368 | $5,535 | -33.9% |
| Joseph C. Bosch | $15,032 | $5,357 | -64.4% |
| Carl E. Ingram | $5,213 | $5,213 | 0% |
| Vernon Blystone | $5,160 | $5,160 | 0% |
| Saltsburg Sportsmens Club, Inc. | $4,966 | $4,966 | 0% |
| Matthew William Lockhart | $4,554 | $4,554 | 0% |
| William Bracken | $16,975 | $4,528 | -73.3% |
| ORR Family Farms, LLC | $28,214 | $4,262 | -84.9% |
| Damian A. Testa | $4,064 | $4,064 | 0% |
| Bruce E Eaglehouse | $15,261 | $3,562 | -76.7% |
| Helen M. Clevenger | $6,105 | $3,456 | -43.4% |
| Dean A. Martin | $10,303 | $3,156 | -69.4% |
| Thomas M. Fairman | $3,154 | $3,154 | 0% |
| Jacob Paul Stonebraker | $4,341 | $3,149 | -27.5% |
| Mark A. Burba | $6,251 | $3,107 | -50.3% |
| Midway Farm, LLC | $22,413 | $2,932 | -86.9% |
| Tim A. Blystone | $8,399 | $2,847 | -66.1% |
| Brandon S. Overdorff | $14,987 | $2,695 | -82% |
| Michael a Sowalla | $0 | $2,678 | -- |
| Nicholas Kenneth Rummell | $10,182 | $2,620 | -74.3% |
| Michael R. Orr | $21,786 | $2,491 | -88.6% |
| Brent R. Ritchie | $2,465 | $2,465 | 0% |
| David G. Pounds | $4,391 | $2,453 | -44.1% |
| Scott J. Overdorff | $3,718 | $2,424 | -34.8% |
| Paul mc Connell | $4,101 | $2,279 | -44.4% |
| William H. Lockhart II | $2,268 | $2,268 | 0% |
| Patricia A Welsh, Administrix | $0 | $2,216 | -- |
| Janice M. Fulmer | $4,712 | $2,161 | -54.1% |
| Brian A. Floyd | $2,907 | $1,889 | -35% |
| Susan E. Hartman | $6,703 | $1,886 | -71.9% |
| Russell R. Barnhart | $6,513 | $1,881 | -71.1% |
| Mark A. Stephenson | $3,316 | $1,870 | -43.6% |
| Robert E. Berkey | $5,893 | $1,774 | -69.9% |
| Brian K. Short | $2,136 | $1,758 | -17.7% |
| Mark Stephenson | $3,124 | $1,758 | -43.7% |
| Dennis E Bence | $1,707 | $1,707 | 0% |
| Kenneth C. Black | $2,843 | $1,699 | -40.2% |
| David B. Overdorff | $3,300 | $1,626 | -50.7% |
| William Johnston | $1,615 | $1,615 | 0% |
| Mona M. Simpson | $1,591 | $1,591 | 0% |
| John F. Hastings | $4,323 | $1,540 | -64.4% |
| Charles F Adamchik | $2,208 | $1,525 | -30.9% |
| Dale E. Edwards | $1,445 | $1,445 | 0% |
| Cook-Larson N, LLC | $2,729 | $1,420 | -48% |
| Michael J Gatskie | $5,490 | $1,407 | -74.4% |
| Mark E. Dixon III | $0 | $1,361 | -- |
| Brian Cameron | $0 | $1,329 | -- |
| Jeffrey Cameron | $0 | $1,329 | -- |
| Alden Beck | $5,810 | $1,304 | -77.6% |
| William J. Leamer Jr. | $3,767 | $1,295 | -65.6% |
| Shirley Strong | $4,764 | $1,273 | -73.3% |
| Cook-Larson P, LLC | $3,257 | $1,271 | -61% |
| Michael Gaston Jr. | $3,155 | $1,202 | -61.9% |
| Elinor B. Lockhart | $1,893 | $1,186 | -37.3% |
| Robert C. Hoffman | $27,644 | $1,173 | -95.8% |
| Education L Krevel | $3,841 | $1,114 | -71% |
| Short Brothers Farms, LLC | $5,022 | $1,088 | -78.3% |
| Norman A. Frye | $2,453 | $1,058 | -56.9% |
| Alysha B. Trexler | $2,098 | $1,058 | -49.6% |
| Doyle Freeman | $3,607 | $1,055 | -70.8% |
| Robert A. Livingston | $7,354 | $1,016 | -86.2% |
| Mr. Russell P. Olson Jr. | $994 | $994 | 0% |
| John R. Allman | $762 | $989 | 29.8% |
| Edwin P. Trexler | $971 | $971 | 0% |
| Garrett Stansberry Gardner | $0 | $956 | -- |
| Barry Harbrige | $1,579 | $953 | -39.6% |
| Donald B. Bothell | $5,373 | $938 | -82.5% |
| Rodney D. Cameron | $885 | $885 | 0% |
| Robert J. Dilts Jr. | $2,231 | $802 | -64.1% |
| Clinton R. McChesney | $5,682 | $769 | -86.5% |
| Brandon Todd Griffith | $1,608 | $733 | -54.4% |
| George W. Clawson | $3,254 | $726 | -77.7% |
| James E. Stewart | $2,201 | $724 | -67.1% |
| Randy L. Taylor | $2,964 | $720 | -75.7% |
| John Francis Coleman | $4,722 | $719 | -84.8% |
| Gary R. Olson | $693 | $693 | 0% |
| Sam Dalessio Jr. | $5,441 | $693 | -87.3% |
| Ronald J Learn | $643 | $643 | 0% |
| Franklin E. Glass | $3,431 | $639 | -81.4% |
| Mark Olechovski | $2,288 | $622 | -72.8% |
| Thomas/Susan Mcnutt | $554 | $554 | 0% |
| Parker James Stupic | $2,492 | $540 | -78.3% |
| Laura Cline | $14,149 | $530 | -96.3% |
| Malcolm Hermann | $521 | $521 | 0% |
| Kristine S. Reilly | $513 | $513 | 0% |
| Susan Cyr | $0 | $477 | -- |
| Gobrecht's Farms | $2,223 | $398 | -82.1% |
| Rhett A. Butler | $380 | $380 | 0% |
| Rickie Duncan | $2,710 | $380 | -86% |
| Steven Ray Marshall | $1,217 | $349 | -71.3% |
| David A. Repik | $901 | $347 | -61.5% |
| Albert Lytle | $1,663 | $345 | -79.3% |
| David Johnston | $11,143 | $292 | -97.4% |
| Dwight E/Shirley a Farmery | $904 | $246 | -72.8% |
| Kenneth L. Jones | $216 | $216 | 0% |
| Jonathan F. Stoltzfus | $179 | $179 | 0% |
| Joyce Hoffman | $52 | $70 | 34.6% |
| Lee A. Bevilacqua | $327 | $27 | -91.7% |
| Gene S. Gardner | $668 | $8 | -98.8% |
| Robert G. Smith | $5 | $5 | 0% |
| Christopher Neil Stewart | $26,738 | $4 | -100% |
| David Yuris | $2,102 | $0 | -100% |
| Kasey Dean Reed | $1,711 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas R. Smith | $557 | $0 | -100% |
| Catalpa Lane Farm, LLC | $1,211 | $0 | -100% |
| Garrett S. Gardner | $4,554 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Gardner | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Faught | $12,183 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Fulmer | $38 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph D. Fulmer | $133 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy J. Bishop | $910 | $0 | -100% |
| Amanda J. Reed | $5,679 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond C. Glasser | $1,582 | $0 | -100% |
| Lone Oak Dairy, LLC | $823 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Kirby | $1,312 | $0 | -100% |
| Arnold C. Cameron | $2,657 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawrence E. Spahr | $216 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack Lee Tickle Jr. | $49,261 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Porch-Lantz | $1,562 | $0 | -100% |
| Vitali's Greenhouses | $30,083 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela J. Bryan | $5,515 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Lightner | $162 | $0 | -100% |
| Colleen Travis | $9,583 | $0 | -100% |
| Conrad Farms, LLC | $184 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert J. Lockhart | $567 | $0 | -100% |
| Kirby Rummel | $112 | $0 | -100% |
| Marshall's Heritage Farm, Inc. | $766 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler P. Good | $5,306 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,728,640 | $1,898,356 | -49.1% |
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