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In 2021, 88 farmers in cities within Trumbull County received a total of $852,788 in 177 farm subsidies, a 52.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.8 million in 384 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kibler Dairy Farms, Inc. | $331,823 | $132,844 | -60% |
| Denmandale Farms, LLC | $251,001 | $132,418 | -47.2% |
| Mark G. Daugherty | $146,549 | $48,352 | -67% |
| Lutz Farms, LLC | $135,800 | $46,580 | -65.7% |
| Dahmen Logging, LLC | $0 | $46,381 | -- |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $44,989 | -- |
| David L. Klingensmith | $70,475 | $44,673 | -36.6% |
| Richard L. Montgomery | $60,239 | $30,625 | -49.2% |
| Kacerski Farms, LLC | $57,883 | $28,231 | -51.2% |
| Allen Way Farm, LLC | $69 | $27,262 | 39,410.1% |
| Roger D. Witt | $22,168 | $22,168 | 0% |
| Robert Krisher Jr. | $47,056 | $16,813 | -64.3% |
| Stirek Family Trust | $16,664 | $16,664 | 0% |
| Dahmen Farms, Inc. | $38,022 | $13,383 | -64.8% |
| Joseph G. Turon Jr. | $23,161 | $11,693 | -49.5% |
| Cortland Farms, Inc. | $29,987 | $10,857 | -63.8% |
| Patrick W. Higgins | $19,863 | $8,273 | -58.3% |
| Governor Farms, LLC | $20,095 | $7,969 | -60.3% |
| CC Dahman & Son, LLC | $17,465 | $7,447 | -57.4% |
| Charles B. Murphy | $17,280 | $7,023 | -59.4% |
| Thomas A. Denman | $12,065 | $6,569 | -45.6% |
| Rathburn Farms, LLC | $19,138 | $6,225 | -67.5% |
| Carl Starcher | $19,905 | $6,201 | -68.8% |
| Mark Markota | $28,656 | $6,193 | -78.4% |
| John a Kachurik | $12,394 | $6,075 | -51% |
| Martin A. Meluch | $8,899 | $5,699 | -36% |
| Gary L. Rowley | $10,682 | $5,275 | -50.6% |
| Kenneth A. Letcher | $10,797 | $5,036 | -53.4% |
| Michael E. Davis | $2,681 | $4,964 | 85.2% |
| Mark J Drawl | $9,180 | $4,865 | -47% |
| Elizabeth J. Toth | $11,887 | $4,846 | -59.2% |
| Allan R. Bower | $9,101 | $4,259 | -53.2% |
| Glen Art Farms | $11,990 | $4,226 | -64.8% |
| James B. Kilpatrick | $6,947 | $4,004 | -42.4% |
| Ruth S Sharec | $9,033 | $3,851 | -57.4% |
| Jason Palumbo | $5,551 | $3,834 | -30.9% |
| Donald L. Brobst Jr. | $5,223 | $3,469 | -33.6% |
| Gordon D. Reed | $6,814 | $3,293 | -51.7% |
| Christina D. Campbell | $5,203 | $3,217 | -38.2% |
| Neal Mokodean | $2,336 | $3,130 | 34% |
| Richard A. Carlson | $6,223 | $3,120 | -49.9% |
| Earle J. Knight | $6,608 | $3,010 | -54.4% |
| Robert S. Bond | $3,604 | $2,519 | -30.1% |
| Tambud Farms, LLC | $2,291 | $2,479 | 8.2% |
| Cecil Tyrone Brinager | $1,746 | $2,328 | 33.3% |
| Brian R. Klapak | $5,255 | $2,324 | -55.8% |
| Jonathan C. Woodford | $5,991 | $2,309 | -61.5% |
| Black Diversified Agent Farm, LLC | $3,829 | $2,190 | -42.8% |
| James a Calko | $4,359 | $2,083 | -52.2% |
| Hiland Farms, LLC | $6,044 | $2,010 | -66.7% |
| Ernest Callahan | $3,406 | $1,970 | -42.2% |
| Edward E. Clark | $5,493 | $1,876 | -65.8% |
| Howard Rust | $3,122 | $1,874 | -40% |
| David R. Rennolds | $2,516 | $1,829 | -27.3% |
| Elton R. Brook | $3,566 | $1,734 | -51.4% |
| Earl R. Gowdy | $2,916 | $1,717 | -41.1% |
| Mary Letwen | $3,064 | $1,658 | -45.9% |
| Michael E. Cordle | $3,430 | $1,293 | -62.3% |
| Craig Joseph Clemson | $1,408 | $1,068 | -24.1% |
| Larry M. Postlethwait Sr. | $5,377 | $1,049 | -80.5% |
| Christopher Ratini | $2,658 | $1,026 | -61.4% |
| Charles C. Lawrence Jr. | $1,558 | $968 | -37.9% |
| Paul W. Trupe | $2,471 | $947 | -61.7% |
| Dan Olson | $2,197 | $922 | -58% |
| Paul E. Luoma | $1,937 | $920 | -52.5% |
| Dale Ross | $1,572 | $815 | -48.2% |
| Gary L. Cooper | $4,385 | $753 | -82.8% |
| Rae L. Winfield | $2,762 | $733 | -73.5% |
| Mark Zerovich | $2,309 | $709 | -69.3% |
| Mark L. Bockelman | $1,367 | $548 | -59.9% |
| Steven D Kacerski | $15,851 | $541 | -96.6% |
| Alton Silvernail | $1,145 | $512 | -55.3% |
| Gilbert Becks | $840 | $503 | -40.1% |
| John R. Rudge | $938 | $485 | -48.3% |
| Jack G. Governor | $696 | $397 | -43% |
| Violet Kochemba Trust Kandy K Barnett Trustee | $0 | $297 | -- |
| Elizabeth Monreal | $830 | $219 | -73.6% |
| Robert B. Wellington | $442 | $160 | -63.8% |
| Amelia L Bakeris Rush | $0 | $160 | -- |
| Jan Terlecky | $933 | $156 | -83.3% |
| George L Bakeris | $0 | $152 | -- |
| Robert V. Romanski | $2,437 | $127 | -94.8% |
| Robert Jensen | $0 | $113 | -- |
| Ronald F. Sisco | $502 | $92 | -81.7% |
| Pennview Farm, LLC | $88 | $88 | 0% |
| Russell D. Banks | $919 | $80 | -91.3% |
| Dorothy M. Patrick | $138 | $40 | -71% |
| Chantelle L. Carroll | $748 | $9 | -98.8% |
| Bruce M. Rathburn | $29 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel S. Piontkowski | $322 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $70,051 | $0 | -100% |
| John J Kachurik JR | $2,767 | $0 | -100% |
| Leanne Bell | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley A. Bell | $3,381 | $0 | -100% |
| Violet Kochemba Trust Kandy K Bar | $1,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Virgil Mokodean | $4,357 | $0 | -100% |
| 7 P Trees, LLC | $995 | $0 | -100% |
| Barletta Landscaping, Inc. | $397 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Murcko | $2,556 | $0 | -100% |
| William N. Patrick | $40 | $0 | -100% |
| Rick Baringer | $374 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven D. Maas | $3,450 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Johnson | $707 | $0 | -100% |
| Gilmore's Greenhouse, Inc. | $55,638 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcia Overholt | $1,173 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Church | $1,782 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrea Elliott | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,794,610 | $852,788 | -52.5% |
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