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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Washington County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Washington County received $5.1 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 318 farmers in cities within Washington County received a total of $4 million in 587 farm subsidies, a 55.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.1 million in 1,250 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 Washington County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Gettelfinger Family Farms, Inc.$130,293$206,25858.3%
Lee Farms$503,859$179,763-64.3%
The Coots Farm, LLC$0$178,730--
Cornerstone Family Farms$370,540$155,539-58%
Jason W. Huckleberry$0$122,250--
Fordyce Farms, LLC$190,384$100,682-47.1%
Ralph Meadors & Sons, Inc.$258,355$93,934-63.6%
Darren Trueblood$246,383$90,644-63.2%
Darin R. Sweeney$248,565$90,632-63.5%
Matthew L. Purlee$90,591$87,212-3.7%
Maple Hill Farms, Inc.$174,256$85,329-51%
Brian Newby$147,472$60,055-59.3%
Barry Bishop$161,418$59,637-63.1%
Jamie D. Green$169,600$57,262-66.2%
Rickie Zink$133,400$56,726-57.5%
Jim Sullivan$176,712$55,621-68.5%
Cottongim Farms, LLC$189,414$53,023-72%
Hacker Sawmill & Trucking, Inc.$0$52,875--
Mike Baker Trucking, LLC$0$52,875--
Todd Shields$163,994$51,332-68.7%
Randy Hauger$178,068$49,251-72.3%
Brent A. Rosenbaum$121,364$48,743-59.8%
Eddie L. Zeigenbein$7,978$44,552458.4%
Stone Creek Farms, LLC$0$44,464--
Patrick D. Stoll$0$42,840--
Dewayne Williams$84,386$41,424-50.9%
Michael D. Ponsford$39,355$40,6293.2%
W S Roberts & Sons, Inc.$130,731$40,602-68.9%
Leslie Batt$65,494$40,389-38.3%
Gary D. Chastain$89,221$39,731-55.5%
Hardin Brothers$68,440$35,094-48.7%
Timothy B Sleepe$0$34,447--
Teresa G. Green$0$33,965--
Jane Nicholson & Son Farm, LLC$53,287$33,568-37%
Stephen E. Purlee$70,631$32,976-53.3%
Green's Country Aire, Inc.$81,491$31,783-61%
Greg Bishop$86,952$31,411-63.9%
Olive D. Sweeney$32,460$30,747-5.3%
Todd Sullivan$123,087$30,625-75.1%
Mark Gray$2,739$29,793987.7%
Nelson Maudlin$103,480$29,229-71.8%
Bobby Sweeney$18,426$27,90351.4%
Chase S. Thompson$0$25,976--
William J. Elrod$55,021$25,084-54.4%
Ro-Vere Holsteins, Inc.$71,152$24,788-65.2%
Stacy Sullivan$85,528$24,469-71.4%
Rosenbaum Farms, LLC$59,811$24,255-59.4%
Lorrie Sullivan$63,110$24,164-61.7%
Greg Rowland$98,120$22,162-77.4%
Todd Moore$55,339$21,851-60.5%
Strickland Bros$76,117$21,163-72.2%
Chris W. Baker$270,694$20,768-92.3%
Kevin L. Green$39,862$20,163-49.4%
Elias C. Young$37,918$19,738-47.9%
N & M Farms, LLC$636$19,7373,003.3%
Donald Alfred Popp$54,186$19,330-64.3%
Luella M. Purkhiser$33,833$19,217-43.2%
Keller Farms$67,849$18,777-72.3%
Dale I. Moore$55,327$18,694-66.2%
Brian Rosenbaum$48,784$17,742-63.6%
Roger L. Lloyd$42,664$17,549-58.9%
Cj Fleenor$43,580$17,414-60%
Scott McKinley$47,473$17,405-63.3%
Denny E. McKinley$44,824$16,324-63.6%
William R. Rosenbaum$31,418$16,287-48.2%
Walker & Walker, Inc.$37,717$16,069-57.4%
Michael Neff$38,266$15,999-58.2%
Larry E. Radcliff$32,706$15,553-52.4%
Chris Boucher$15,410$15,4100%
Justin L. Borden$36,438$14,897-59.1%
Roger W. Bowling$29,184$14,493-50.3%
Robert E. Rippey$33,689$13,791-59.1%
Chad Burcham$37,669$13,782-63.4%
Gary Robbins Farms, Inc.$44,970$13,245-70.5%
John M. Bush$16,579$13,027-21.4%
John Hawes$46,951$12,875-72.6%
Bodenbender Farms, LLC$12,615$12,6150%
Jared Todd Green$0$12,312--
Kaden a Karmire$22,120$11,730-47%
Todd E. Armstrong$49,416$11,468-76.8%
Lee Badger$34,139$10,828-68.3%
Matthew Chastain$31,400$10,804-65.6%
Tommy L. Green$7,637$10,60838.9%
Kevin Baker$28,245$10,542-62.7%
Sandra Cottongim$12,237$10,349-15.4%
County Line, Inc.$9,789$9,7890%
Koehn Farms, LLP$28,931$9,588-66.9%
Koehn Farms, LLP$28,931$9,588-66.9%
Purkhiser Farms, LLC$26,597$9,552-64.1%
Chester W. Green$30,981$9,456-69.5%
Dennis W. Griffitts$28,136$9,290-67%
Marvin W. Parrott$19,626$9,264-52.8%
Ronald L. Maudlin$44,152$8,934-79.8%
Tony Trueblood$41,478$8,730-79%
Donald W. Powers$21,243$8,702-59%
Aaron D. Green$37,987$8,674-77.2%
D3 Farms, LLC$25,848$8,581-66.8%
Jerry E & Judy a Myers Revocable Trust$9,992$8,294-17%
Morris Loyd$24,370$8,246-66.2%
Snider Cattle Farm, Inc.$41,266$8,162-80.2%
Morris Williams$18,064$7,805-56.8%
Brian Lee$20,852$7,652-63.3%
Andrew Dee Sullivan$9,036$7,612-15.8%
Steven L. Batt$27,730$7,503-72.9%
Todd M. Albertson$0$7,399--
Philip Young$22,536$7,229-67.9%
Jerome P. Jacobi$19,638$7,212-63.3%
Stephen Trueblood$29,420$6,924-76.5%
Benjamin B. Marrs$6,876$6,8760%
Carl Ray Nicholson$20,231$6,807-66.4%
Bronie Brown$8,138$6,696-17.7%
Charles Glen McPheeters$11,672$6,608-43.4%
Troy L. Nice$5,161$6,53426.6%
Denny Griffitts Jr.$11,501$6,529-43.2%
Sara Jo Wiseman$8,508$6,496-23.6%
Maurice Day$23,123$6,487-71.9%
Gloria Gordon$12,305$6,481-47.3%
Lonnie Brown$12,302$6,477-47.4%
Kevin C. Smith$6,362$6,3620%
Ronald Morris$19,637$6,309-67.9%
Brishaber Family Farms, LLC$0$6,150--
Justin Micheal Naville$6,115$6,1150%
Lisa Nice$0$5,934--
Melissa E. Keiser$8,466$5,779-31.7%
Matthew E. Denton$18,938$5,732-69.7%
Jeffrey Cress$22,347$5,354-76%
Trueblood Family Limited Partnership$14,410$5,137-64.4%
Brady T. Bishop$12,559$5,082-59.5%
Brady T. Bishop$12,559$5,082-59.5%
Trevor Brown$0$4,785--
Scott Windell$4,778$4,7780%
Eugene Denton$10,233$4,583-55.2%
Mark E. Boling$18,954$4,389-76.8%
Jana Davis$10,537$4,368-58.5%
Nevin D. Stumler$28,416$4,341-84.7%
Jack Knock$35,731$4,252-88.1%
Mcdonald Cattle Farm, LLC$26,644$4,218-84.2%
Bar-O Ranch$4,156$4,1560%
Martin L. Schwartz$4,141$4,1410%
Keith Day$21,989$4,134-81.2%
Ernie Tuttle$18,900$4,093-78.3%
Sharon B. Weller$3,527$4,02214%
Frank D Habermel III$10,404$4,006-61.5%
Joshua H. Shields$3,442$3,99716.1%
Thomas A. Godfrey$17,491$3,987-77.2%
Gene Thompson$0$3,879--
Gary D. Johnson$11,572$3,647-68.5%
Ryan E. Batt$37,632$3,509-90.7%
Troy Faulkenburg$15,353$3,474-77.4%
Mike Hardwick$8,512$3,468-59.3%
Day Farms, Inc.$17,582$3,418-80.6%
Judy Johnson$3,408$3,4080%
Steven Heightchew$4,172$3,398-18.6%
Kevin Lee Kramer$3,349$3,3490%
Shirley Cooke$5,021$3,308-34.1%
Edgar Earl Williams$16,743$3,276-80.4%
D C Cattle, LLC$16,670$3,255-80.5%
Tom Rosenbaum$7,121$3,217-54.8%
Nathaniel Gettelfinger$7,610$3,209-57.8%
Gerald L. Ragains$654$3,139380%
Rodgers K & Gail D Smith Trust$0$3,002--
David Mount$15,388$2,980-80.6%
Jesse K. Loewen$10,754$2,961-72.5%
Paul E. Cooke$13,500$2,905-78.5%
Kenneth R. Armstrong$10,184$2,884-71.7%
Jamie Frans$0$2,769--
Michael H. Dohoney$13,980$2,694-80.7%
Charles R. Keltner$9,060$2,585-71.5%
Kenneth L. Mitchell$10,805$2,575-76.2%
Linda Hopkins$1,935$2,57132.9%
James L. Brown$24,832$2,534-89.8%
Israel Young$6,362$2,492-60.8%
Kimberly Trueblood$29,350$2,405-91.8%
Lana G. Sullivan$3,980$2,394-39.8%
Jason Stephenson$10,110$2,359-76.7%
Ervin W. Day$10,666$2,344-78%
Daniel L. Sorrels$5,871$2,342-60.1%
Blais Farms, LLC$13,462$2,341-82.6%
Jerry W. Robbins$0$2,267--
Martha E. Hinkle$8,322$2,241-73.1%
Terry Temple$10,362$2,228-78.5%
Helen Martin Spaulding$8,229$2,198-73.3%
Donald Hicks$2,160$2,1600%
Stephen N. Maudlin$6,096$2,132-65%
Chad Garett Quinlin$0$2,090--
Mike Boling$15,709$2,088-86.7%
David C & Melissa E Keiser Revocable Living Trust$11,407$2,075-81.8%
Tim S. Miller$1,815$1,9658.3%
Paul Elliott$8,934$1,927-78.4%
Indiana South District of the Wesleyan Church$3,430$1,813-47.1%
Kyle Douglas Jones Roberts$1,354$1,80533.3%
Larry Stout$6,833$1,802-73.6%
Quarry Hill Farms, Inc.$7,966$1,790-77.5%
Donna Nolan$8,127$1,714-78.9%
James A. Baker$6,633$1,707-74.3%
Steve D. Ragains$0$1,705--
Kevin E. Rose$8,827$1,695-80.8%
David Routh$3,695$1,666-54.9%
Bush White River Farms, LLC$7,487$1,649-78%
Anita S. Stumler$1,724$1,633-5.3%
Clyde Cornett$8,024$1,633-79.6%
James A. Mount$1,272$1,59625.5%
Justin Elgin$5,592$1,554-72.2%
Chad A. Thixton$10,093$1,514-85%
Rickey R. Costin$4,156$1,504-63.8%
William J. Hursey$10,904$1,488-86.4%
John M. Trinkle$4,189$1,484-64.6%
Carl B. Pendleton$7,481$1,471-80.3%
William S. Waggoner$0$1,445--
Anita K. Smith$1,440$1,4400%
Derek Sullivan$67,186$1,355-98%
Benjamin E. Smith$2,274$1,333-41.4%
Travis K. Hammack$28,617$1,271-95.6%
Irvin E. Sutton$6,167$1,224-80.2%
Robert Wilcox$6,253$1,208-80.7%
Larry E. Motsinger$6,570$1,193-81.8%
Harold Martin$2,198$1,183-46.2%
Fair View Trust$1,257$1,121-10.8%
Brian Motsinger$2,652$1,120-57.8%
David E. Lee$1,104$1,1040%
Jane Marquand$3,291$1,098-66.6%
Matt Davidson$1,361$1,060-22.1%
Bruce A. Graham$4,301$1,050-75.6%
Nicky Cress$2,399$1,033-56.9%
Leon F Toliver Estate$0$1,008--
Elgin Cattle Company, LLC$2,046$1,003-51%
William B. Day$4,294$959-77.7%
Teresa A. Smith$2,662$910-65.8%
Charles D. Brown$177$904410.7%
Orville Gilbert$3,575$875-75.5%
Dean A. Stumler$478,432$840-99.8%
George W. Meahl$4,329$799-81.5%
George H. Richert$731$7310%
Don Hoar Farms, Inc.$698$6980%
Eric N. Albertson$4,694$677-85.6%
Justin T. Bush$2,785$673-75.8%
David J. Davis Jr.$5,526$630-88.6%
Jason Wade$2,523$616-75.6%
Shannon Sullivan$3,929$588-85%
Lester Sowder$554$5540%
Andrew S. King$2,611$553-78.8%
Gary L. Waldman$1,176$539-54.2%
Nathan W. Norris$2,563$533-79.2%
Jeremy Giesbrecht$9,986$516-94.8%
Kenneth Dean Weller$515$5150%
Dean Ratts$3,287$512-84.4%
Sharon Dennis$2,123$510-76%
Lonnie G. Schmidt$3,178$507-84%
Sarah A. Free$0$504--
Roger Conrad$1,551$466-70%
John J. Young$1,672$464-72.2%
William A. Smith$424$4240%
Barry Anderson$1,012$413-59.2%
Michelli Anderson$310$41333.2%
Garrison Washington County Farms, LLC$3,212$398-87.6%
Hunter Hobson$1,551$398-74.3%
Jennifer L. Nicholson$1,771$394-77.8%
Joanna Mount$1,675$363-78.3%
Doris Hammond$957$357-62.7%
Jason W. Hardin$1,727$357-79.3%
Jerald D. Owsley$6,989$352-95%
Bradley Richert$1,407$343-75.6%
Charles M. Basil$1,650$341-79.3%
Mark Cooke$521$322-38.2%
Joseph McDill$1,221$294-75.9%
James Shetler$290$2900%
Steven E. Kelley$1,157$280-75.8%
Christopher L. Jerrell$1,243$260-79.1%
Margaret A. Martin$987$256-74.1%
John Jennings$304$254-16.4%
Ashley Dawn Williams$1,210$253-79.1%
Martha Ingram Revocable Trust$297$252-15.2%
Randall R Pepmeier$1,199$249-79.2%
Christopher W. Rippey$1,034$245-76.3%
James Soliday$1,289$242-81.2%
Randall Denardi$240$2400%
Timmie R. Lloyd$1,199$239-80.1%
Wilson Cornett$830$237-71.4%
Jerry C. O'Connor$2,362$233-90.1%
Donald E. Sullivan$1,751$224-87.2%
Lee Nicholson$2,363$211-91.1%
Bruce Snider$207$2070%
Lester Gholson$150$20033.3%
Marcia Crouch$994$200-79.9%
James A. Sanders$968$184-81%
Rosanne Quatroke$182$1820%
Ashley Paige Wright$1,270$177-86.1%
Steven D. Soliday$1,946$172-91.2%
Greg Sullivan$164$1640%
Phillip L. Sampson$462$162-64.9%
Rita M. Elliott$429$150-65%
Clayton Purlee$1,236$146-88.2%
Michael Holt$101$13432.7%
Loren E. Stroud$6,740$125-98.1%
Traci Cornwell$186$117-37.1%
Joshua Brown$160$100-37.5%
Craig W. Powers$528$98-81.4%
Jay-Les, LLC$98$980%
Phillip Colglazier$83$9818.1%
James L. Elgin$481$97-79.8%
Chad E. Jerrell$451$90-80%
Dale Simler$506$86-83%
Roscoe Applegate$194$77-60.3%
Richard A. Emerick Jr.$198$73-63.1%
Carolyn Lewellyn$285$72-74.7%
Anthony Sorg$1,420$69-95.1%
Eric Singleton$50$6632%
Robert Smith$164$65-60.4%
William W. Hitch$341$64-81.2%
Conrad B. Russell$0$51--
Karen Kaelin$149$49-67.1%
Eleanor Morgan$98$39-60.2%
Dawnette L Lafayette$184$35-81%
Wron Wade$708$33-95.3%
Robert L. Cress$0$20--
Eric L. Huff$32$19-40.6%
James Day$167$17-89.8%
Kevin Kalb$109$3-97.2%
James Johnson$218$0-100%
John M. Applegate$1,189$0-100%
Jordan Ray Cadle$1,541$0-100%
Kenneth L. Schmidt$605$0-100%
Marcus Shetler$92$0-100%
Perry E. Poe$3,722$0-100%
Robert V. Piver$5,625$0-100%
Stanley Johnson$598$0-100%
Terry Elgin$1,057$0-100%
Travis Elliott$8,388$0-100%
Irvin Book$3,346$0-100%
Leslie Gene Wages$91$0-100%
Eastward Gardens, LLC$7,031$0-100%
James E. Agan$7,694$0-100%
Morning Harvest Produce, LLC$19,088$0-100%
Rick Brown$605$0-100%
William R. Miller$10,197$0-100%
Aaron S. Walker$4,777$0-100%
Barbara Baynes$1,033$0-100%
Benny R. Carter$1,809$0-100%
Charles Lofton$974$0-100%
Chase T. Beedie$340$0-100%
Clarence B. Leatherbury$1,934$0-100%
Curtis & Willa Bowling Revocable Living Trust$989$0-100%
Daniel R. Young$324$0-100%
Darrell Deweese$590$0-100%
Ingram Trucking Company, Inc.$6,663$0-100%
James D. Howell$1,052$0-100%
James F. Epp$1,081$0-100%
Jeanetta Lou Hurst$3,973$0-100%
Joseph K. Garloch$6,149$0-100%
Joshua Maudlin$6,105$0-100%
Morgan Tyler Ferguson$203$0-100%
Rita Turpen$1,176$0-100%
Robert T. Taylor$911$0-100%
Robin Hollen$9,196$0-100%
Roland L. Sturgeon$449$0-100%
Ronald Holstine$605$0-100%
Scott Rose$12,974$0-100%
Simon C. Schmidt$1,836$0-100%
Snider Cattle Farms, LLC$3,685$0-100%
Stephen Kemker, M.D.$796$0-100%
V Davis Residential Trust$847$0-100%
Total subsidies$9,104,943$4,032,342-55.7%

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