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In 2021, 250 farmers in cities within Clark County received a total of $1.4 million in 493 farm subsidies, a 56% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.2 million in 978 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 Clark County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book's Dairy & Produce, Inc. | $153,448 | $98,650 | -35.7% |
| Graf Farms, LLC | $152,323 | $97,273 | -36.1% |
| Graf Farms, LLC | $152,323 | $97,273 | -36.1% |
| Ivan Miles | $159,806 | $79,156 | -50.5% |
| Sanders Farm Service, LLC | $160,156 | $66,521 | -58.5% |
| Donald W. Graebe | $80,707 | $60,043 | -25.6% |
| CT Hunt Farms, LLC | $115,922 | $55,876 | -51.8% |
| Richard E. Dreyer | $100,779 | $54,496 | -45.9% |
| Mark Morgan | $89,452 | $42,411 | -52.6% |
| Dallas Lowery | $101,220 | $37,181 | -63.3% |
| Alan L. McCoy | $69,121 | $36,064 | -47.8% |
| John Adam Jr. | $68,637 | $33,679 | -50.9% |
| Wm Wolfe Jr. | $75,681 | $31,149 | -58.8% |
| Mark Burgin | $65,547 | $28,548 | -56.4% |
| Thomas A. King | $46,709 | $26,661 | -42.9% |
| Sam Hagest | $71,106 | $25,927 | -63.5% |
| Christopher Jackson Farms, LLC | $43,438 | $20,209 | -53.5% |
| Rebecca A. Seals | $54,944 | $19,958 | -63.7% |
| High Steaks Farm, LLC | $55,981 | $18,345 | -67.2% |
| David P. Couch | $34,431 | $16,940 | -50.8% |
| Don E. Smolek | $14,553 | $16,337 | 12.3% |
| Ryan Kevin Hostetler | $25,707 | $16,225 | -36.9% |
| Carolyn Eickholtz | $44,279 | $16,115 | -63.6% |
| Ronnie Popp | $30,572 | $14,866 | -51.4% |
| Richard Graf | $28,515 | $13,849 | -51.4% |
| Galligan Family Farm, LLC | $21,998 | $13,790 | -37.3% |
| Cathleen M. Graf | $26,269 | $13,769 | -47.6% |
| Mark Morgan Enterprises, LLC | $21,064 | $12,693 | -39.7% |
| Thomas J. Hobbs | $30,178 | $12,299 | -59.2% |
| Ronald Weisenbach | $26,774 | $11,814 | -55.9% |
| Megan Graf | $15,271 | $8,572 | -43.9% |
| Richard T. Graf | $15,271 | $8,572 | -43.9% |
| Richard T. Graf | $15,271 | $8,572 | -43.9% |
| Kenneth Graf | $19,573 | $8,459 | -56.8% |
| Jeramiah Deppe | $40,957 | $8,441 | -79.4% |
| Emil Smolek T. Est | $23,054 | $8,058 | -65% |
| Charles F. Dean | $23,920 | $7,916 | -66.9% |
| Kenneth P. Yeager | $14,528 | $7,523 | -48.2% |
| Clay Everett Morgan | $18,021 | $7,456 | -58.6% |
| Clay Morgan Enterprises, LLC | $5,787 | $7,360 | 27.2% |
| Joann Resch Cruse Living Trust | $7,676 | $7,027 | -8.5% |
| Rodney A. Couch | $15,982 | $6,962 | -56.4% |
| Carl Popp & Sons, LLC | $23,969 | $6,105 | -74.5% |
| Richard Lee Boyer Irrevocable Trust | $9,899 | $5,833 | -41.1% |
| Brown Brothers and Son, Inc. | $13,082 | $5,719 | -56.3% |
| Morgan Grain Farms, LLC | $12,672 | $5,171 | -59.2% |
| Gary D. Wiggam | $14,588 | $4,820 | -67% |
| Smith Valley, LLC | $8,583 | $4,586 | -46.6% |
| Derrick Vogt | $7,211 | $4,467 | -38.1% |
| Steven H. Heil | $12,243 | $4,438 | -63.8% |
| Gilbert A. Prall | $12,008 | $4,377 | -63.5% |
| Joseph M. Baete | $4,292 | $4,292 | 0% |
| Martin L. Schwartz | $4,141 | $4,141 | 0% |
| Hobson C. Kahl | $17,666 | $3,982 | -77.5% |
| Robert Harris | $7,420 | $3,982 | -46.3% |
| Stephen L Banet, DVM | $16,995 | $3,940 | -76.8% |
| Betty B Morgan Trust-Betty B Morgan | $0 | $3,640 | -- |
| James R Park | $7,238 | $3,517 | -51.4% |
| Michael Johnson | $15,136 | $3,491 | -76.9% |
| Merle A. Harl | $3,482 | $3,482 | 0% |
| JRDLJ, LLC | $390 | $3,189 | 717.7% |
| Kendall Woodward | $10,628 | $3,177 | -70.1% |
| Richard M. Myers Jr. | $14,633 | $3,152 | -78.5% |
| Terry Sothmann | $11,502 | $3,122 | -72.9% |
| Mark Taflinger | $5,729 | $3,014 | -47.4% |
| John L. Haymaker | $10,825 | $2,827 | -73.9% |
| Paul R. Berry | $0 | $2,825 | -- |
| Patricia A. Coffman | $4,256 | $2,778 | -34.7% |
| Clement D. Schowalter | $7,397 | $2,713 | -63.3% |
| Deborah Isler | $11,006 | $2,647 | -75.9% |
| Joseph P. Book | $3,100 | $2,620 | -15.5% |
| Lawrence A. Schafer Jr. | $11,742 | $2,560 | -78.2% |
| Gerald E. Brooks | $9,739 | $2,553 | -73.8% |
| Eurita M Stonier Rev Trust | $9,942 | $2,500 | -74.9% |
| Patricia Gunn | $3,685 | $2,374 | -35.6% |
| Heather Gunn Scholl | $3,501 | $2,372 | -32.2% |
| Christman Farms, LLC | $9,296 | $2,320 | -75% |
| Dennis Hollkamp | $4,741 | $2,299 | -51.5% |
| Ray Weisenbach | $12,729 | $2,288 | -82% |
| Andrew Huttsell | $7,978 | $2,251 | -71.8% |
| Glenn Riggs | $2,167 | $2,245 | 3.6% |
| Dale J. Popp | $3,515 | $2,230 | -36.6% |
| Johanna Lambert | $2,152 | $2,152 | 0% |
| L & G Farms, Inc. | $8,514 | $2,122 | -75.1% |
| Wayne Hubbard | $12,659 | $2,068 | -83.7% |
| Bull Creek Farms-Webb | $5,300 | $2,024 | -61.8% |
| Dwight C. Collings | $7,778 | $2,019 | -74% |
| Porche Sandbach | $2,528 | $2,019 | -20.1% |
| Consolidated Grain & Barge Company-Aurora in &WH | $0 | $2,000 | -- |
| Bruce Rieger | $4,260 | $1,991 | -53.3% |
| Pamela S. Dean | $8,204 | $1,964 | -76.1% |
| Zimmerman Properties 11, LLC | $1,953 | $1,953 | 0% |
| David Morgan | $8,962 | $1,898 | -78.8% |
| Connie Charlesworth | $1,891 | $1,891 | 0% |
| Brenda Dickey | $8,142 | $1,865 | -77.1% |
| Billy J. Shaw | $8,091 | $1,853 | -77.1% |
| Timothy Graf | $8,678 | $1,852 | -78.7% |
| Zimmerman Properties 1, LLC | $1,778 | $1,778 | 0% |
| Christopher Jackson | $0 | $1,731 | -- |
| James C. Huffmon | $9,274 | $1,705 | -81.6% |
| Deborah Gleason | $4,097 | $1,665 | -59.4% |
| Karen A. Lane | $4,243 | $1,583 | -62.7% |
| John Thomas Allen | $5,577 | $1,575 | -71.8% |
| William Z. Dietrich | $3,356 | $1,574 | -53.1% |
| Karen Abbott | $1,530 | $1,530 | 0% |
| Estate of Richard Lewman | $0 | $1,524 | -- |
| Roberta Bastian | $1,786 | $1,499 | -16.1% |
| William Kendall Greene | $4,023 | $1,478 | -63.3% |
| Shadow Lake Farm, LLC | $5,698 | $1,456 | -74.4% |
| Lavoice Lewis Estate | $4,499 | $1,366 | -69.6% |
| Jude Walter | $3,118 | $1,308 | -58.1% |
| Steven Hoffman | $1,351 | $1,234 | -8.7% |
| John R. Ryan | $7,178 | $1,225 | -82.9% |
| Olga Matzat | $2,433 | $1,201 | -50.6% |
| Michael Scott Banman | $0 | $1,197 | -- |
| Steven J. Despain | $1,867 | $1,136 | -39.2% |
| Marvin & Keith Couch | $3,248 | $1,105 | -66% |
| Wilma Carole Jackson | $3,160 | $1,069 | -66.2% |
| Virginia Morman | $1,031 | $1,015 | -1.6% |
| Pleasant Run Farm, LLC | $2,215 | $977 | -55.9% |
| Patricia Vogt | $1,993 | $891 | -55.3% |
| Lana R. Schaeffer | $863 | $863 | 0% |
| Robert Robinson | $1,713 | $844 | -50.7% |
| Roger W. Prather | $5,817 | $828 | -85.8% |
| Richard Lentz | $3,361 | $812 | -75.8% |
| Jim Bohannan | $3,627 | $794 | -78.1% |
| Keith Alan Wiggam | $2,438 | $773 | -68.3% |
| Larry K. Hayden | $1,002 | $733 | -26.8% |
| Jeffrey Hurst | $3,805 | $731 | -80.8% |
| John M. Martin | $1,761 | $707 | -59.9% |
| Mark Horlander | $2,150 | $693 | -67.8% |
| Harold T. Martin | $2,212 | $690 | -68.8% |
| Larry D. Hobson | $683 | $683 | 0% |
| Robert E. Lewellen Jr. | $625 | $625 | 0% |
| Carolyn R. Clark | $610 | $610 | 0% |
| Mark C. Rogers | $0 | $601 | -- |
| Matthew Bush | $8,867 | $573 | -93.5% |
| Scott A. Fast | $873 | $572 | -34.5% |
| James D. Parry | $2,999 | $567 | -81.1% |
| John E. Ashburn | $4,057 | $565 | -86.1% |
| Lawrence C. Black | $1,046 | $557 | -46.7% |
| Claudette M. Dewitt | $1,226 | $529 | -56.9% |
| Robert L. Gregory | $1,530 | $529 | -65.4% |
| Doris A. Book | $1,760 | $518 | -70.6% |
| Steve Eve | $1,133 | $511 | -54.9% |
| Timothy Sells | $1,389 | $510 | -63.3% |
| Craig A. Dome | $485 | $507 | 4.5% |
| Terry Sketo | $1,345 | $504 | -62.5% |
| William L. Moore | $500 | $500 | 0% |
| James Mappins | $136 | $496 | 264.7% |
| Eugenia Badger | $1,936 | $482 | -75.1% |
| Boyer Family Farms, LLC | $1,059 | $459 | -56.7% |
| David Brown | $1,560 | $441 | -71.7% |
| Paul D Prather Estate | $950 | $431 | -54.6% |
| John Johnson | $1,127 | $429 | -61.9% |
| Jane C. Irby | $1,183 | $419 | -64.6% |
| Robert P. Matthews | $412 | $418 | 1.5% |
| Keith Chappelle | $1,309 | $397 | -69.7% |
| Carl Dreyer | $2,015 | $397 | -80.3% |
| Gwen Moser | $568 | $395 | -30.5% |
| Susan Willham | $370 | $370 | 0% |
| Robert Mappins | $90 | $343 | 281.1% |
| Richard Lewman | $374 | $331 | -11.5% |
| St. Augustine Church | $563 | $323 | -42.6% |
| Gary D. Pope | $761 | $322 | -57.7% |
| Debra Jackson Nowlin | $1,051 | $319 | -69.6% |
| Brown-Morgan Family Trust U/A/D 12/19/12 | $311 | $311 | 0% |
| Charles T. Hunt | $309 | $309 | 0% |
| James L. Hostettler | $885 | $305 | -65.5% |
| Keith A. Kramer | $1,250 | $293 | -76.6% |
| Sara B. Becher | $973 | $291 | -70.1% |
| Gordon R. McRae | $1,517 | $286 | -81.1% |
| Hobie Scott Crase | $529 | $273 | -48.4% |
| Yancey Michael Crase | $529 | $273 | -48.4% |
| Hayboy, LLC | $3,924 | $259 | -93.4% |
| David D. Crum | $1,320 | $259 | -80.4% |
| Valerie Tingley | $62 | $255 | 311.3% |
| Joe H. Carr II | $708 | $252 | -64.4% |
| Jody G. Cumberworth | $839 | $252 | -70% |
| Mary A. Horn | $413 | $250 | -39.5% |
| Darrell Summers | $638 | $249 | -61% |
| Murley Farms, LLC | $950 | $247 | -74% |
| Vickie Rison | $686 | $243 | -64.6% |
| William S. Bizer | $698 | $240 | -65.6% |
| Janette Sue Jackson | $992 | $236 | -76.2% |
| David R. Allen | $552 | $232 | -58% |
| Mark Foster | $6,729 | $226 | -96.6% |
| Lee B. Stewart | $221 | $222 | 0.5% |
| Jane Shepherd | $652 | $220 | -66.3% |
| Susan Smart | $0 | $218 | -- |
| Long Acre Farm | $216 | $216 | 0% |
| Estate of Norman B Smith | $455 | $208 | -54.3% |
| Carol Haas | $575 | $207 | -64% |
| Brockman J. Kiesler | $481 | $203 | -57.8% |
| James A. Goodwin | $566 | $194 | -65.7% |
| Dennis Pennington | $1,317 | $194 | -85.3% |
| Onward Investment Group, LLC | $609 | $186 | -69.5% |
| Ralph Gettelfinger | $1,394 | $184 | -86.8% |
| Mary E. Mattingly | $761 | $184 | -75.8% |
| Janelle Vogt | $584 | $178 | -69.5% |
| Vera J. Dean | $1,129 | $177 | -84.3% |
| Charles Walden Jr. | $500 | $173 | -65.4% |
| Clyde W. Luther | $276 | $166 | -39.9% |
| Patricia Vanmeter | $165 | $165 | 0% |
| Phyllis Woodward | $611 | $160 | -73.8% |
| Mary Ann Williams | $416 | $157 | -62.3% |
| William Goodwin | $277 | $155 | -44% |
| Lawrence E. Geswein | $485 | $150 | -69.1% |
| Mary Blessinger | $443 | $137 | -69.1% |
| Jeffrey F. Vanmeter | $130 | $130 | 0% |
| Richard A. Baker | $489 | $129 | -73.6% |
| Jarrod Poore | $2,890 | $114 | -96.1% |
| Jacques Mugnier | $320 | $100 | -68.8% |
| Robert E. Reed | $244 | $93 | -61.9% |
| Ronnie Ingram | $287 | $88 | -69.3% |
| Christopher W. Anderson | $65 | $87 | 33.8% |
| Greg D. Yeager | $294 | $87 | -70.4% |
| Thurman Swafford | $202 | $87 | -56.9% |
| Russell Scholl | $228 | $86 | -62.3% |
| Steve Miller | $340 | $81 | -76.2% |
| Emily Rose Williams | $0 | $76 | -- |
| Max Zimmerman | $75 | $75 | 0% |
| William McIntyre | $204 | $74 | -63.7% |
| Morman Southard, LLC | $85 | $72 | -15.3% |
| Gladys Cooper | $36 | $71 | 97.2% |
| Lynda Feather | $205 | $66 | -67.8% |
| Mary Elizabeth Miller | $228 | $66 | -71.1% |
| Alvetta Bryant | $211 | $64 | -69.7% |
| Raymon Dreyer | $327 | $60 | -81.7% |
| Jeffrey W. Brooks | $2,313 | $58 | -97.5% |
| Russell Hostetler | $29 | $58 | 100% |
| Samuel T. McGill | $265 | $56 | -78.9% |
| Karen Garth | $323 | $53 | -83.6% |
| Fred Eaton III | $33 | $45 | 36.4% |
| Judy Scholl | $73 | $45 | -38.4% |
| Carl B. Hardy | $869 | $45 | -94.8% |
| Lakeside Farm, LLC | $0 | $44 | -- |
| Max L. Mercer | $112 | $42 | -62.5% |
| Davide Lewis | $518 | $40 | -92.3% |
| Greg Powell | $254 | $35 | -86.2% |
| Jody Ann Stanley | $775 | $35 | -95.5% |
| Paul Morgan | $31,524 | $33 | -99.9% |
| William G. King | $49 | $27 | -44.9% |
| Carole S. Wilson | $325 | $23 | -92.9% |
| Robert L. Scholl | $16 | $22 | 37.5% |
| Jarold L Ollis | $32 | $20 | -37.5% |
| Michael E. Hobbs | $0 | $19 | -- |
| Raymond F. Davis | $380 | $14 | -96.3% |
| Barbara Campbell | $19 | $5 | -73.7% |
| Daniel P. Fischer | $0 | $1 | -- |
| Howard Dwayne Allen | $23 | $0 | -100% |
| Huber Orchard, Inc. | $146,240 | $0 | -100% |
| James P. Jackson | $5,591 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey R. Sells | $1,393 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie Young | $3,575 | $0 | -100% |
| William Cobb Jr. | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce M. Hendrickson | $2,070 | $0 | -100% |
| David Guethlein | $174 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle Morgan | $11,215 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewis Farms | $2,444 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Crace | $89 | $0 | -100% |
| Orelyn J Hallows | $338 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond Eickholtz | $51 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert R. Abbott | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn A. Zollman | $1,961 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Eickholtz | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne A. Zollman | $11,136 | $0 | -100% |
| Lois Wolfe Series B, LLC | $5,730 | $0 | -100% |
| David Matthew Lanoue | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas Dunlevy | $875 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy Lynn Greene | $315 | $0 | -100% |
| David Charles Rohrer | $458 | $0 | -100% |
| James H. Couch | $343 | $0 | -100% |
| Jared Combs | $3,108 | $0 | -100% |
| John R. Boley | $1,237 | $0 | -100% |
| Leeamerica Corporation | $2,339 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Carpenter | $37 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan B Wheatley-Huff | $14 | $0 | -100% |
| The Worley Family Trust | $773 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen M. Arnett | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Abbott | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynne Sandbach | $729 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph Tow | $100 | $0 | -100% |
| Minnie Lewis | $603 | $0 | -100% |
| Paula Schindler | $333 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter L. Barton | $723 | $0 | -100% |
| Ivy Technician Community College of Indiana | $960 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack C. Morgan | $3,640 | $0 | -100% |
| Kristin A. Goss | $419 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynne Boone | $8,428 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley Banman Liv A. Tr | $636 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,227,950 | $1,420,289 | -56% |
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