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In 2021, 137 farmers in cities within Harrison County received a total of $371,052 in 144 farm subsidies, a 48.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $715,929 in 317 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanon Pitsenbarger | $0 | $94,741 | -- |
| ASM Logging, LLC | $0 | $41,678 | -- |
| Randy Price | $0 | $39,487 | -- |
| Kenneth L. Poling | $37,957 | $39,475 | 4% |
| James E. Hyde Jr. | $121,310 | $17,772 | -85.3% |
| Craig Duane Evans | $0 | $17,301 | -- |
| Pamela Odell | $1,155 | $8,511 | 636.9% |
| Joseph R. Garrett II | $18,249 | $4,875 | -73.3% |
| Jason J. Poth | $16,624 | $3,814 | -77.1% |
| Travis K. Anderson | $3,678 | $3,678 | 0% |
| Timothy M. Schoenfelder | $0 | $3,669 | -- |
| Michael K. Matteson | $3,658 | $3,658 | 0% |
| Cole S. Williams | $13,233 | $3,200 | -75.8% |
| Samuel Stark | $10,118 | $3,015 | -70.2% |
| William Suan | $12,218 | $2,819 | -76.9% |
| Phillip I. Osborne | $7,282 | $2,479 | -66% |
| Bennie N. Bennett Jr. | $11,715 | $2,427 | -79.3% |
| Robert G. Suan | $8,481 | $2,377 | -72% |
| Claude J. Ryan III | $6,490 | $2,244 | -65.4% |
| Charles D. Hill | $5,412 | $2,235 | -58.7% |
| Fred Ross | $9,858 | $2,160 | -78.1% |
| Danal L Mcmillion | $7,678 | $2,008 | -73.8% |
| Kim Smith Wriston | $6,886 | $1,958 | -71.6% |
| Jason D. McMillion | $12,777 | $1,946 | -84.8% |
| Isaac H. Maxwell III | $9,492 | $1,925 | -79.7% |
| Kermit P. Stutler | $6,270 | $1,917 | -69.4% |
| Linda J. Morgan | $21,954 | $1,894 | -91.4% |
| Worthy Claud Hall | $11,124 | $1,868 | -83.2% |
| Robert C. Cumpston | $8,510 | $1,865 | -78.1% |
| George W. Dawson | $8,599 | $1,834 | -78.7% |
| Jared A. McCray | $6,468 | $1,646 | -74.6% |
| John L. Stenger | $47,359 | $1,608 | -96.6% |
| David K. Kelley | $11,221 | $1,549 | -86.2% |
| Chris A. McMillion | $7,513 | $1,548 | -79.4% |
| Robert Joseph Stenger | $12,918 | $1,518 | -88.2% |
| Lee Williams | $4,983 | $1,334 | -73.2% |
| Brian K. Lowther | $7,016 | $1,294 | -81.6% |
| Gregory J. Moore | $3,529 | $1,192 | -66.2% |
| Brian M. Davis | $2,475 | $1,192 | -51.8% |
| Frank James Kellerman | $5,577 | $1,191 | -78.6% |
| Michael E. Tomes | $5,060 | $1,160 | -77.1% |
| Brian Robey | $4,535 | $1,076 | -76.3% |
| Richard E Law | $4,774 | $1,010 | -78.8% |
| M. L. Ryan | $3,751 | $990 | -73.6% |
| Randall R. Plaugher | $3,465 | $911 | -73.7% |
| David H. Gaines | $2,893 | $899 | -68.9% |
| Stephen Dolly | $4,335 | $867 | -80% |
| Patty Johnson | $3,949 | $866 | -78.1% |
| Lowell T. Stout II | $6,583 | $844 | -87.2% |
| Brett Benedum | $7,909 | $840 | -89.4% |
| Mark Rogers | $4,048 | $835 | -79.4% |
| Renee Johnson | $5,280 | $832 | -84.2% |
| Christopher B. Talbott | $3,509 | $820 | -76.6% |
| Christopher Brown | $3,267 | $766 | -76.6% |
| Rickey L. Rice | $3,518 | $675 | -80.8% |
| Benjamin T. Stout | $2,838 | $669 | -76.4% |
| Ronald Hoskinson | $5,253 | $654 | -87.5% |
| Dustin Underwood | $4,070 | $644 | -84.2% |
| Jason Carl Cunningham | $2,228 | $631 | -71.7% |
| Robert E. Freshour | $2,728 | $622 | -77.2% |
| Joseph B. Thomas | $2,673 | $620 | -76.8% |
| Brian S Ladanye | $1,089 | $617 | -43.3% |
| Robert G. Cumpston | $5,522 | $604 | -89.1% |
| Terence L. Washburn | $2,967 | $593 | -80% |
| Susan Michele Rogers | $1,398 | $577 | -58.7% |
| Kenneth J. Davis | $2,475 | $559 | -77.4% |
| Robert McClain | $1,781 | $549 | -69.2% |
| Thomas E. Hooton | $1,036 | $540 | -47.9% |
| Woody Maley | $1,892 | $474 | -74.9% |
| Jeff R. Albright | $2,462 | $464 | -81.2% |
| William Bowyer | $2,057 | $453 | -78% |
| Oliver L. Huffman | $1,980 | $450 | -77.3% |
| William N. Ashcraft | $1,859 | $444 | -76.1% |
| Edison Law JR | $2,697 | $408 | -84.9% |
| William L. Randolph | $1,650 | $405 | -75.5% |
| Nelson Blake | $1,925 | $401 | -79.2% |
| Perry L. Post | $1,848 | $400 | -78.4% |
| David A. Cunningham | $3,589 | $388 | -89.2% |
| Richard Cantarelli | $4,617 | $373 | -91.9% |
| Steven K. Rogers | $1,782 | $357 | -80% |
| Michael Shane Rushing | $4,966 | $353 | -92.9% |
| Danny A. Dennison | $1,496 | $349 | -76.7% |
| Michael L. Ford | $935 | $346 | -63% |
| Richard J. Hudkins | $192 | $345 | 79.7% |
| Ray Cole | $1,518 | $342 | -77.5% |
| Amanda Wells | $695 | $336 | -51.7% |
| Jeremy W. Swiger | $759 | $329 | -56.7% |
| Michael Flanigan | $0 | $323 | -- |
| David Noss | $1,716 | $322 | -81.2% |
| Kevin A. Leyh | $1,364 | $315 | -76.9% |
| Raetta Wentz | $1,397 | $312 | -77.7% |
| John W. Smith Jr. | $1,254 | $304 | -75.8% |
| Paul L. Herrod | $880 | $288 | -67.3% |
| Mark M. Benedum | $1,177 | $281 | -76.1% |
| Virgil L. McNemar | $792 | $274 | -65.4% |
| Roger L. Wilmoth | $1,386 | $267 | -80.7% |
| Charles Dewain Herrod | $1,859 | $264 | -85.8% |
| Jeff Yates | $1,304 | $256 | -80.4% |
| Shirley Cunningham | $1,430 | $253 | -82.3% |
| Sharen K. Robinson | $343 | $240 | -30% |
| Denzil Morris | $1,056 | $232 | -78% |
| Traci L. Stroupe | $1,484 | $232 | -84.4% |
| Jacqueline Louise Fornash | $1,001 | $230 | -77% |
| Christopher Halpenny | $1,254 | $228 | -81.8% |
| Dene E. Ryan | $82 | $226 | 175.6% |
| Milan Patrick Jr. | $1,001 | $222 | -77.8% |
| Dallas Moore | $1,231 | $221 | -82% |
| Jeffrey R. Stutler | $1,078 | $212 | -80.3% |
| Kenneth E. Lloyd | $363 | $212 | -41.6% |
| Joseph M. Richards | $1,114 | $211 | -81.1% |
| Patrick W. Oldaker | $1,639 | $208 | -87.3% |
| James E. Loudin | $802 | $207 | -74.2% |
| Cathy Louise Burnside | $1,026 | $200 | -80.5% |
| Jeffrey G. Burnside | $638 | $190 | -70.2% |
| Eric Burnside | $3,764 | $188 | -95% |
| Gregory Ritter | $462 | $180 | -61% |
| Larry B. Weaver | $781 | $174 | -77.7% |
| Melissa Kim Bond | $1,564 | $174 | -88.9% |
| John Daniel Ward | $682 | $172 | -74.8% |
| Fred O Law | $887 | $159 | -82.1% |
| Charles R. Langford | $660 | $158 | -76.1% |
| Kaitlyn Underwood | $605 | $152 | -74.9% |
| Kristi McDonough | $2,375 | $152 | -93.6% |
| John T. Corbin | $729 | $149 | -79.6% |
| James F. Snider | $880 | $148 | -83.2% |
| Gerald R. McGinnis | $1,672 | $133 | -92% |
| Eleanor Brown | $825 | $121 | -85.3% |
| James R. Samples | $759 | $112 | -85.2% |
| Jordan P. Gillespie | $644 | $97 | -84.9% |
| James W. Brown | $337 | $97 | -71.2% |
| Rosemary B. Woods | $0 | $93 | -- |
| Woody D. Hamrick | $363 | $91 | -74.9% |
| Sidney McKinney | $506 | $90 | -82.2% |
| Jason N. Dodd | $176 | $34 | -80.7% |
| Shay G. Noss | $264 | $21 | -92% |
| Eugene Lloyd | $298 | $21 | -93% |
| Randall K. Kocsis | $510 | $17 | -96.7% |
| Richard E Fragmin | $981 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis Nuzum | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Hudson G. Snyder | $1,172 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Christopher Schumacher | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark V. Schumacher | $2,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Whitney Helms | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall Nutter | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald L. Huffman | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen M. Howe II | $113 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan M. Rogers | $3,342 | $0 | -100% |
| Amy J. Dawson | $374 | $0 | -100% |
| Darron Seth Nestor | $3,727 | $0 | -100% |
| David K. Gaines | $1,444 | $0 | -100% |
| George Leonard | $761 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph H. Workman | $823 | $0 | -100% |
| Nelson Fogg | $5,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Perry M. Hudkins | $33 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard L. Nuzum | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheena Deem | $1,220 | $0 | -100% |
| Courtney Lambert | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence W. Mutschelknaus | $2,037 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald A. Henrey | $1,241 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawnie Davis | $3,633 | $0 | -100% |
| John Bradley Vincent | $234 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Roy | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven A. Blackburn | $146 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $715,929 | $371,052 | -48.2% |
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