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In 2021, 244 farmers in cities within Monroe County received a total of $799,375 in 363 farm subsidies, a 58.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.9 million in 752 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 Monroe County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law Lone Star Farms, LLC | $104,290 | $102,145 | -2.1% |
| H-Bar-H Incorporated | $166,312 | $52,755 | -68.3% |
| Jason Clark | $79,878 | $30,662 | -61.6% |
| Everett Kerr | $31,919 | $29,871 | -6.4% |
| Jeff Deck | $58,818 | $28,734 | -51.1% |
| J & S Naylor Family Farms, Inc. | $48,124 | $26,036 | -45.9% |
| Debra Kitchen | $22,444 | $22,444 | 0% |
| Scott Naylor | $19,645 | $20,549 | 4.6% |
| Mobley Farms, Inc. | $62,467 | $17,388 | -72.2% |
| Amanda Cline | $25,168 | $17,280 | -31.3% |
| Ryan Brothers Livestock, LLC | $229,624 | $17,118 | -92.5% |
| Mumford Farms, Inc. | $64,193 | $14,054 | -78.1% |
| Deanna Waterford | $14,976 | $13,844 | -7.6% |
| Jeffrey T. Lucas | $43,110 | $13,748 | -68.1% |
| Donald W. Baker | $60,937 | $13,440 | -77.9% |
| Linda F Lenzen Trust | $22,069 | $12,957 | -41.3% |
| LSK Enterprises | $28,582 | $12,355 | -56.8% |
| Ronald A. Hyde | $12,287 | $11,018 | -10.3% |
| Texin, LLC | $6,158 | $10,437 | 69.5% |
| Leona Moody | $2,757 | $8,397 | 204.6% |
| Alan C Vlasman | $12,051 | $7,840 | -34.9% |
| Mary Lee Luskin | $7,458 | $7,457 | -0% |
| Tracy Fields Revocable Trust | $7,074 | $7,074 | 0% |
| Donald A. Wood | $7,035 | $7,035 | 0% |
| Larry Stanger | $24,423 | $6,948 | -71.6% |
| Amanda S Josefy | $8,517 | $6,484 | -23.9% |
| Matthew Josefy | $8,517 | $6,484 | -23.9% |
| Barbara J. Bartlett | $6,857 | $6,455 | -5.9% |
| Louise Jones | $3,712 | $6,215 | 67.4% |
| Ty Michael Stogsdill | $18,725 | $6,153 | -67.1% |
| Keith McConnell | $18,410 | $6,009 | -67.4% |
| Chamberlin Farms, LLC | $5,518 | $5,518 | 0% |
| Andrew P. King | $15,495 | $5,020 | -67.6% |
| Barbara H. Warren | $16,688 | $4,965 | -70.2% |
| Litten Family, LLC | $6,372 | $4,866 | -23.6% |
| Conard Family Trust | $21,620 | $4,677 | -78.4% |
| Steven Qualley | $13,386 | $4,677 | -65.1% |
| Brian Shields | $29,097 | $4,638 | -84.1% |
| Merilynn B Williams-Mitchell | $4,403 | $4,403 | 0% |
| Kandy Kay Schwandt | $4,243 | $4,243 | 0% |
| Aden, Inc. | $4,239 | $4,239 | 0% |
| Saramor, LLC | $0 | $4,216 | -- |
| Gilbert Snooks | $4,213 | $4,213 | 0% |
| Aaron Cline | $0 | $4,180 | -- |
| Yoder Investments, LLP | $5,763 | $4,142 | -28.1% |
| Levi A. Deckard | $14,091 | $4,085 | -71% |
| T M Borgman Farms, LLC | $6,533 | $3,970 | -39.2% |
| John Gallman | $3,760 | $3,760 | 0% |
| Jerry Abram | $3,663 | $3,663 | 0% |
| Travis W. Dick | $12,759 | $3,542 | -72.2% |
| ART Lenzen Family Revocable Trust, Dated March 31, 2014 | $0 | $3,515 | -- |
| Robert Wayne Gray Rvoc Trustee | $8,036 | $3,385 | -57.9% |
| Janice L Gray Rvoc Trustee | $7,511 | $3,384 | -54.9% |
| Joel Clark | $16,757 | $3,314 | -80.2% |
| James J. Schaffer Jr. | $3,123 | $3,123 | 0% |
| KDR Farms, LLC | $2,481 | $3,023 | 21.8% |
| Jonathan Robert Green | $2,479 | $2,835 | 14.4% |
| Benjamin Chambers | $0 | $2,750 | -- |
| Mary E Hoagland Revocable Living Trust | $4,687 | $2,722 | -41.9% |
| Jacob S. Bartlett | $493 | $2,716 | 450.9% |
| Richard J. Campbell | $2,132 | $2,693 | 26.3% |
| Michael K. Jacobs | $2,824 | $2,610 | -7.6% |
| Eugene Kelley Revocable Trust | $0 | $2,319 | -- |
| David Dilcher | $6,996 | $2,280 | -67.4% |
| Flora L. Bradshaw | $2,212 | $2,212 | 0% |
| Levi Wesemann | $1,419 | $2,151 | 51.6% |
| Linda Braunlin | $0 | $2,092 | -- |
| Hillandale, Inc. | $5,770 | $2,053 | -64.4% |
| Rachel E. Beyer | $0 | $2,013 | -- |
| Jay Naylor | $6,727 | $1,990 | -70.4% |
| Mark Moody | $242 | $1,930 | 697.5% |
| Creek Family Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,917 | -- |
| Larry Neidigh | $14,644 | $1,871 | -87.2% |
| Zachary Thomas Stevens | $1,880 | $1,858 | -1.2% |
| Gary Conder | $7,206 | $1,834 | -74.5% |
| James R. Davis | $11,434 | $1,828 | -84% |
| Andrew Ragusa | $1,815 | $1,815 | 0% |
| Valerie C. Merriam | $2,747 | $1,804 | -34.3% |
| Alan R. Carmichael | $4,584 | $1,781 | -61.1% |
| Jane R. Dillon | $1,769 | $1,769 | 0% |
| Deckard Farm Enterprises, LLC | $1,760 | $1,760 | 0% |
| Jerry Bolinger | $4,502 | $1,709 | -62% |
| Linda A. Shanks | $1,708 | $1,708 | 0% |
| Isaac T. Redden | $3,261 | $1,671 | -48.8% |
| Patrick Munson | $1,625 | $1,625 | 0% |
| Jerry D. Bailey | $4,188 | $1,562 | -62.7% |
| Linda M. Brown | $4,309 | $1,505 | -65.1% |
| Harriet Pfister | $1,067 | $1,493 | 39.9% |
| M J C Farms, Inc. | $3,660 | $1,488 | -59.3% |
| Terry White | $1,584 | $1,462 | -7.7% |
| Geraldine Baier Indiana Farm, LLC | $1,472 | $1,444 | -1.9% |
| Conder Family Partnership, Ltd. | $11,143 | $1,353 | -87.9% |
| Lenzen Brothers Revocable Trust, Dated January 31, 2014 | $0 | $1,351 | -- |
| Charles R. Truax Sr. | $3,472 | $1,344 | -61.3% |
| Morley Farm, LLP | $1,338 | $1,338 | 0% |
| Mary V. Weeks | $3,446 | $1,325 | -61.5% |
| William Weeks | $3,446 | $1,325 | -61.5% |
| Peter A. Lenzen | $718 | $1,289 | 79.5% |
| Daniel Deck | $2,741 | $1,235 | -54.9% |
| Ted Markley | $1,212 | $1,212 | 0% |
| Stephen Barnes | $3,201 | $1,167 | -63.5% |
| John Risley | $929 | $1,164 | 25.3% |
| Velma Carmichael | $7,128 | $1,148 | -83.9% |
| Ellen Stern | $1,123 | $1,123 | 0% |
| Nat U. Hill IV | $2,514 | $1,121 | -55.4% |
| The Adams Farm Group | $1,108 | $1,108 | 0% |
| Mary Pennington | $0 | $1,099 | -- |
| Eran a Pyle, LLC | $1,096 | $1,096 | 0% |
| Mary Dianne Shewmaker | $2,433 | $1,088 | -55.3% |
| Michael L. Bolinger | $2,818 | $1,055 | -62.6% |
| Kip E. Myers | $4,828 | $1,055 | -78.1% |
| Karen Speicher | $1,007 | $1,007 | 0% |
| New Ground Farm, LLC | $5,507 | $1,000 | -81.8% |
| Marilyn Holschuh | $3,741 | $998 | -73.3% |
| Perry Fowler | $6,816 | $974 | -85.7% |
| Michael J. Lucas | $908 | $908 | 0% |
| James R. Johnson | $3,694 | $883 | -76.1% |
| George B Glenn Revocable Trust | $1,488 | $873 | -41.3% |
| Joseph D Van Deventer | $4,963 | $846 | -83% |
| Michael W. Childers | $2,775 | $828 | -70.2% |
| Dan Leroy Cheeseman | $817 | $817 | 0% |
| Jerry D. Renshaw | $2,620 | $804 | -69.3% |
| Eric B. Rasmusen | $3,485 | $775 | -77.8% |
| Sharon L. Campbell | $1,340 | $756 | -43.6% |
| Todd Litten | $7,448 | $752 | -89.9% |
| Thomas E. Stevens | $4,497 | $749 | -83.3% |
| Gary L & Ruth E Fishel Revocable Trust | $12,763 | $741 | -94.2% |
| Benny J. Grubb | $1,386 | $739 | -46.7% |
| Wm Henry Grubb | $1,968 | $731 | -62.9% |
| TF Hereford Farms, LLC | $918 | $720 | -21.6% |
| Max E. Pinkerton | $1,912 | $714 | -62.7% |
| Kenneth M Tewel JR | $1,943 | $711 | -63.4% |
| Steven Dyer | $1,874 | $697 | -62.8% |
| Steve Quimby | $2,926 | $692 | -76.3% |
| Kay Whaley | $1,865 | $675 | -63.8% |
| Matthew J Gadlage | $674 | $674 | 0% |
| Kenneth W. Ritchie | $1,890 | $672 | -64.4% |
| Heather A. Brandau | $0 | $671 | -- |
| Nora J. Anderson | $1,718 | $671 | -60.9% |
| Wyatt Law | $806 | $654 | -18.9% |
| Donald Cross | $2,909 | $651 | -77.6% |
| May Family Hills, LLC | $572 | $636 | 11.2% |
| Geraldine G. Ferguson | $0 | $631 | -- |
| David E Lawler - David E Lawler Revocable Trust | $629 | $629 | 0% |
| Ronald B. Crowe | $2,997 | $613 | -79.5% |
| Larry G. Conder | $2,640 | $608 | -77% |
| Ronald C. McClaren | $1,703 | $598 | -64.9% |
| Cutshall Group, LLC | $577 | $577 | 0% |
| Joseph Farrell | $1,997 | $567 | -71.6% |
| Ronald L. Crohn | $1,452 | $550 | -62.1% |
| David Jenner | $1,035 | $549 | -47% |
| Phyllis C. Schwitzer | $963 | $542 | -43.7% |
| Thomas McClary | $927 | $525 | -43.4% |
| M Jane Martin Irrevocable Trust | $1,250 | $522 | -58.2% |
| Lillian Blanton | $1,147 | $515 | -55.1% |
| Charles Farmer | $1,605 | $503 | -68.7% |
| William Wright | $772 | $502 | -35% |
| Stephen L. Ferguson | $501 | $501 | 0% |
| William A. Newton | $1,475 | $496 | -66.4% |
| Roger Funkhouser | $8,310 | $490 | -94.1% |
| Darren Lee Young | $1,188 | $457 | -61.5% |
| Leslie R. Carmichael | $2,134 | $446 | -79.1% |
| Lynnette M. Simon | $688 | $444 | -35.5% |
| Allie Amos Farms | $440 | $440 | 0% |
| Eloise a Thieme IRRV Trust | $0 | $438 | -- |
| Steve Harman | $902 | $435 | -51.8% |
| Christine Laroche | $1,066 | $431 | -59.6% |
| Dallas Gene Conder | $2,156 | $424 | -80.3% |
| Frank Terkhorn | $900 | $418 | -53.6% |
| Gary B. Clark | $997 | $410 | -58.9% |
| Bradley R. Leftwich | $489 | $395 | -19.2% |
| Janice M. Eymann | $646 | $393 | -39.2% |
| Joe N. Marshall | $806 | $390 | -51.6% |
| Brandon Zumbrun | $389 | $389 | 0% |
| Bill Wilson | $610 | $378 | -38% |
| Kathy J. Norris | $373 | $373 | 0% |
| Kenneth P. Bretsch | $717 | $373 | -48% |
| Charles W. McClary | $1,316 | $360 | -72.6% |
| Diane McEvilly | $0 | $344 | -- |
| David Risley | $2,274 | $340 | -85% |
| Mary Davis | $337 | $337 | 0% |
| Logan A. Vencel | $4,600 | $331 | -92.8% |
| Philip Barker | $335 | $330 | -1.5% |
| Harold W. Kieffner | $373 | $325 | -12.9% |
| James R. E. Rice | $1,034 | $325 | -68.6% |
| The Three Grandsons, LLC | $320 | $320 | 0% |
| Edmiston Irrev Trustee Louie E and Hel | $318 | $318 | 0% |
| Patricia L. McCallister | $427 | $301 | -29.5% |
| Viola Beeker | $0 | $293 | -- |
| Outlier Farmstead, LLC | $0 | $292 | -- |
| Ricky L. Frye | $726 | $287 | -60.5% |
| Samuel M. Fleener | $561 | $287 | -48.8% |
| Patricia Currie | $816 | $284 | -65.2% |
| Sycamore Land Trust Incorporated | $210 | $280 | 33.3% |
| Charles McKeen | $804 | $270 | -66.4% |
| Jeff Norris | $1,053 | $267 | -74.6% |
| Hill Brothers Projects | $666 | $266 | -60.1% |
| Tyler J. Baugh | $0 | $266 | -- |
| Janice E. Booze | $206 | $255 | 23.8% |
| Moyne L Brown | $846 | $251 | -70.3% |
| Nancy Erdle | $855 | $247 | -71.1% |
| Sharon J. Crane | $477 | $246 | -48.4% |
| Christian Isaac Dart | $712 | $239 | -66.4% |
| Jeffrey L. Jackson | $992 | $236 | -76.2% |
| George L. Butcher | $528 | $225 | -57.4% |
| Leo George & Irma Zambenini Joint Revocable Trust | $647 | $224 | -65.4% |
| Jennifer Wineland Herdrich | $537 | $217 | -59.6% |
| Hoosier Farmer, LLC | $2,970 | $210 | -92.9% |
| Carol Williams | $209 | $209 | 0% |
| Stevenson H. Price | $615 | $204 | -66.8% |
| Benton Stidd | $204 | $204 | 0% |
| Catherine Greene | $200 | $200 | 0% |
| Eric Trueblood | $387 | $197 | -49.1% |
| Richard Gieselman | $552 | $197 | -64.3% |
| Leslie Fyffe | $321 | $195 | -39.3% |
| Herbert Wylie Hoover Estate | $184 | $184 | 0% |
| Randall Hammond | $184 | $184 | 0% |
| Jay Deck | $358 | $181 | -49.4% |
| Linda L. Frank | $473 | $179 | -62.2% |
| Wade D. Peacock | $174 | $174 | 0% |
| Edwynna Nolan | $473 | $170 | -64.1% |
| Foggy Bottom, LLC | $382 | $154 | -59.7% |
| John A. Neal | $444 | $148 | -66.7% |
| Patricia Uffman | $660 | $133 | -79.8% |
| Candice M Brazzill | $154 | $111 | -27.9% |
| Kevin P. Young | $297 | $104 | -65% |
| Fred L. Grabner | $531 | $100 | -81.2% |
| Tom Belcher | $828 | $100 | -87.9% |
| Micah Buchanan | $372 | $98 | -73.7% |
| George Ferree | $160 | $89 | -44.4% |
| David Lane Barnett | $150 | $84 | -44% |
| Josh Young | $4,715 | $84 | -98.2% |
| Stephen L. Johnston | $84 | $84 | 0% |
| John Naylor | $932 | $80 | -91.4% |
| Nicholas G. Smith | $74 | $74 | 0% |
| Paula J. Thatcher | $68 | $68 | 0% |
| Steve Keith | $149 | $58 | -61.1% |
| Ed Stuck | $0 | $44 | -- |
| Kortney Stroud | $176 | $43 | -75.6% |
| Suzanne Hitchcock | $267 | $31 | -88.4% |
| Carole S. McIntosh | $68 | $29 | -57.4% |
| Elsie Ellsworth | $445 | $10 | -97.8% |
| Paul D. Young | $140 | $8 | -94.3% |
| Paula D Lopossa | $443 | $6 | -98.6% |
| ART Lenzen Family Revocable Trust | $1,799 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl J. Peterson | $58 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Willoughby | $12,832 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W Johnson - CWSB Family | $4,372 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Salem Willard | $1,196 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie Tieman | $1,578 | $0 | -100% |
| Dallas Drummond | $223 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny M. Lee | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| David Deckard Jr. | $6,761 | $0 | -100% |
| David R. Fyffe | $32 | $0 | -100% |
| Deon Osman | $216 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald G Conrad and Delores B Conrad Trust | $444 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald M. Coller | $29,048 | $0 | -100% |
| G R Wood, Inc. | $776 | $0 | -100% |
| Gloria E. Jacobs | $2,654 | $0 | -100% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $1,852 | $0 | -100% |
| Irma Curry | $186 | $0 | -100% |
| James Stanger | $5,793 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Janice G Breiner Peterson Rev Trustee Peterson | $10,271 | $0 | -100% |
| Jo Burgess | $1,434 | $0 | -100% |
| Joan Lawrence | $119 | $0 | -100% |
| John L. Werner | $1,635 | $0 | -100% |
| John R Figg Farm, LLC | $647 | $0 | -100% |
| John Toby Turner | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| John W Van Deventer | $241 | $0 | -100% |
| Juanita Murray | $785 | $0 | -100% |
| Kristen Hess | $1,935 | $0 | -100% |
| Lambert Herman | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Lenzen Brothers Revocable Trust | $1,027 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa A. Richards | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Loretta Edwards | $548 | $0 | -100% |
| Mabesa Farms, LLC | $1,268 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn S. Schroeder | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Andrew Tirey | $3,939 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Stanger | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark W. Smith | $4,374 | $0 | -100% |
| Marshall M. Poor Jr. | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Jo Barker | $403 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Langley | $270 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela K. Lanham | $209 | $0 | -100% |
| Penny Lynn Gaither | $175 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip Hill | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Red Frazier Bison, LLP | $24,349 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell J. Freeman | $390 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth Bailey | $186 | $0 | -100% |
| Sexton Wilbert, Corp. | $328 | $0 | -100% |
| Sondra J Francisco Living Trust-Sondra J Francisco | $574 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen M. Campbell | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Wilkinson | $156 | $0 | -100% |
| Stonebridge Farms, LLC | $4,259 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Fay Devries | $158 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas E. Brown | $196 | $0 | -100% |
| Wanda Gail Lavengood | $144 | $0 | -100% |
| Willard a Pauley Trust | $488 | $0 | -100% |
| William Wisley | $1,742 | $0 | -100% |
| Woodscrest Farm, LLC | $1,708 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Beaman | $162 | $0 | -100% |
| Brad Killinger | $93 | $0 | -100% |
| Brett M. Volpp | $631 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Andrew Litten Family Trust | $3,498 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane Cason Litten Irrevocable Trust | $3,498 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas T. Wilson | $486 | $0 | -100% |
| Eva E. Woods | $1,215 | $0 | -100% |
| Fitton Farms | $2,492 | $0 | -100% |
| JLW Credit Shelter Trust | $1,366 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas S. Goble | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom Gallagher | $135 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,929,263 | $799,375 | -58.6% |
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