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In 2021, 234 farmers in cities within Woodson County received a total of $2.7 million in 571 farm subsidies, a 63.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.5 million in 918 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 Woodson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory D. Lair | $345,447 | $176,312 | -49% |
| Grisier Farms | $370,569 | $158,624 | -57.2% |
| Wille Farms, Inc. | $357,209 | $121,842 | -65.9% |
| Adam Bradley Splechter | $64,747 | $91,209 | 40.9% |
| Troy Birk | $217,664 | $82,107 | -62.3% |
| Brian L. Specht | $170,267 | $72,041 | -57.7% |
| Michael Old | $199,227 | $71,459 | -64.1% |
| Sandstone Farms, LLC | $167,022 | $67,020 | -59.9% |
| Henry Eggers | $244,424 | $66,722 | -72.7% |
| Michael E. Holloway | $149,131 | $64,841 | -56.5% |
| Jeff Sowder | $173,831 | $61,078 | -64.9% |
| Pierpoint Farms | $125,572 | $54,735 | -56.4% |
| Kebra Panko | $103,498 | $54,513 | -47.3% |
| LCDC Enterprises, Ltd. | $56,984 | $48,255 | -15.3% |
| Jerome Weber | $122,135 | $43,764 | -64.2% |
| Glen Massoth | $84,186 | $43,448 | -48.4% |
| Gerald E. Weber | $112,685 | $40,534 | -64% |
| Darin Tidd | $76,622 | $39,776 | -48.1% |
| Craig W. Mentzer | $102,412 | $39,700 | -61.2% |
| Leon E. Stauffer | $41,862 | $35,757 | -14.6% |
| Benjamin D. Stockebrand | $92,589 | $34,189 | -63.1% |
| Chris E. Culver | $71,439 | $32,939 | -53.9% |
| Kenneth & Regina Laymon, LLC | $95,390 | $32,881 | -65.5% |
| Daryl Scheibmeir | $184,373 | $32,613 | -82.3% |
| Ibbetson Brothers, LLC | $91,983 | $32,406 | -64.8% |
| Leonard E. Robbins II | $111,924 | $30,900 | -72.4% |
| Caden Cummings | $54,782 | $30,881 | -43.6% |
| Eric Gleue | $79,496 | $29,653 | -62.7% |
| ML Farms & Cattle, LLC | $92,331 | $29,041 | -68.5% |
| Donna R Stauffer Living Trustee | $30,434 | $29,013 | -4.7% |
| J. E. Kimbell | $110,265 | $28,849 | -73.8% |
| Dale L. Lanham | $0 | $28,204 | -- |
| Smith Farm & Ranch | $51,330 | $25,373 | -50.6% |
| Quentin Stoll | $62,377 | $24,561 | -60.6% |
| John B. Specht | $40,197 | $23,793 | -40.8% |
| Steven N. Barney | $64,656 | $23,736 | -63.3% |
| Keith Karmann | $54,973 | $20,134 | -63.4% |
| Jared Albert | $46,735 | $20,075 | -57% |
| Olen R Stauffer Marital Trust | $18,844 | $19,554 | 3.8% |
| Richard and Pamela R Tipton Living Trust | $57,284 | $16,374 | -71.4% |
| Kendall McGhee | $87,880 | $15,776 | -82% |
| Scheibmeir River Properties Farms | $26,970 | $15,732 | -41.7% |
| Charly Cummings | $171,255 | $14,594 | -91.5% |
| Justin S. Clark | $24,209 | $14,487 | -40.2% |
| Nicholas N. Barney | $44,382 | $14,278 | -67.8% |
| Kim M. Boone | $58,134 | $14,083 | -75.8% |
| Riley Daniel Robbins | $58,543 | $13,800 | -76.4% |
| Clifford Cummings | $55,206 | $13,442 | -75.7% |
| Kenneth Laymon and Regina Laymon Trust | $18,616 | $13,438 | -27.8% |
| Mr. William H. Ireland | $97,399 | $13,387 | -86.3% |
| Steve E. Ryan | $42,686 | $13,067 | -69.4% |
| Marty Reno | $0 | $12,598 | -- |
| Wendell P. Leis | $27,938 | $12,438 | -55.5% |
| G. W. Weston | $34,823 | $12,328 | -64.6% |
| Gary D. Steele | $54,642 | $12,198 | -77.7% |
| Randall K Louderbaugh | $71,480 | $11,735 | -83.6% |
| Edward R. Fitzpatrick | $21,971 | $11,591 | -47.2% |
| Andrew Lauren Pringle | $31,318 | $10,364 | -66.9% |
| Baker Ranch, LLC | $53,124 | $9,970 | -81.2% |
| Jeffrey W. Pierpoint | $12,431 | $9,680 | -22.1% |
| Jason A. Massoth | $18,359 | $9,639 | -47.5% |
| Brandon O'Neal | $0 | $9,512 | -- |
| Karl Louderbaugh | $20,261 | $9,425 | -53.5% |
| Clint A. Tracy | $57,258 | $9,401 | -83.6% |
| Jay and Connie Weseloh Living Trust | $46,245 | $9,281 | -79.9% |
| Mardelle S Pringle | $13,558 | $8,907 | -34.3% |
| Jackie David Harris | $23,133 | $8,720 | -62.3% |
| Kevin Karmann | $25,913 | $8,386 | -67.6% |
| Charles H. Eagle | $19,612 | $8,345 | -57.4% |
| Amos C. Smith | $21,329 | $8,055 | -62.2% |
| Dane M. Johnson | $20,435 | $8,036 | -60.7% |
| Mark R. Grisier | $29,609 | $7,746 | -73.8% |
| Frankie Tidd | $17,744 | $7,671 | -56.8% |
| Kathy Krueger | $34,115 | $7,637 | -77.6% |
| Brian D. Meats | $41,305 | $7,479 | -81.9% |
| Nathan Weber | $24,521 | $7,427 | -69.7% |
| Thomas E & Mary Ann Smith Living Trust Date March 1, 2011 | $13,268 | $7,420 | -44.1% |
| Joseph E. Culver | $29,207 | $7,354 | -74.8% |
| Vision Quest, LLC | $34,049 | $7,233 | -78.8% |
| Richard Cummings | $36,570 | $7,129 | -80.5% |
| Eli W. Shaffer | $41,936 | $7,104 | -83.1% |
| Brian C. Smith | $17,623 | $7,099 | -59.7% |
| Austin D. Moore | $12,112 | $7,067 | -41.7% |
| Christopher M. Stockebrand | $18,703 | $7,028 | -62.4% |
| Louderbaugh Cattle Company, LLC | $118,542 | $6,709 | -94.3% |
| Donald Jacobs | $20,436 | $6,701 | -67.2% |
| Beau Beyer | $18,734 | $6,618 | -64.7% |
| Cline Karmann | $14,762 | $6,547 | -55.6% |
| Leslie H. Sherman Jr. | $7,226 | $5,972 | -17.4% |
| Andrew D. King | $3,239 | $5,897 | 82.1% |
| Braden McGhee | $33,446 | $5,496 | -83.6% |
| Seth Michael Greenwood | $26,444 | $5,378 | -79.7% |
| Paul H & Helen L Stoll LVG Trust | $13,868 | $5,083 | -63.3% |
| Calvin L. Shepard | $19,668 | $4,993 | -74.6% |
| Beth G. Patterson | $8,546 | $4,948 | -42.1% |
| Jason Hunt | $15,026 | $4,844 | -67.8% |
| Luke Collins | $29,474 | $4,590 | -84.4% |
| Brance Tyler Boone | $25,208 | $4,537 | -82% |
| David Patterson | $7,504 | $4,450 | -40.7% |
| Clinton Grisier | $14,060 | $4,401 | -68.7% |
| David W. Jones | $18,058 | $4,263 | -76.4% |
| Dee Bedenbender | $23,960 | $4,144 | -82.7% |
| Brent Dyer | $8,062 | $4,107 | -49.1% |
| Steven L Brodmerkle | $9,457 | $4,089 | -56.8% |
| Robert Clark | $22,032 | $4,056 | -81.6% |
| Jerry L. Mentzer | $11,214 | $3,971 | -64.6% |
| Jeremy Steinforth | $6,276 | $3,739 | -40.4% |
| Mr. Philip Michael Collins | $10,096 | $3,714 | -63.2% |
| Neal L. Troyer | $13,550 | $3,677 | -72.9% |
| Tony Diller | $19,992 | $3,674 | -81.6% |
| Edwin M. Sherman | $8,944 | $3,391 | -62.1% |
| Everett Franklin | $0 | $3,266 | -- |
| Michael A. Wharry | $2,629 | $3,148 | 19.7% |
| John W. Crumrine | $7,013 | $3,147 | -55.1% |
| Horsch Farms, LLC | $5,086 | $3,136 | -38.3% |
| Steven W. Goebel | $9,989 | $3,058 | -69.4% |
| Henry Heffner V | $6,746 | $3,038 | -55% |
| Billie E. Hartwig Jr. | $3,395 | $3,020 | -11% |
| Mark J. Raaf | $12,174 | $2,939 | -75.9% |
| Trenton Weber | $0 | $2,926 | -- |
| Rory C. Smith | $5,343 | $2,886 | -46% |
| James A. Farmer | $11,783 | $2,864 | -75.7% |
| Lila J. Lauber | $11,286 | $2,830 | -74.9% |
| Brodmerkle Farms, LLC | $5,879 | $2,780 | -52.7% |
| Erik Shane Karmann | $12,191 | $2,774 | -77.2% |
| Joseph Y Sanaie | $7,524 | $2,701 | -64.1% |
| Oran Taylor | $10,655 | $2,653 | -75.1% |
| Scott Wendland | $10,975 | $2,522 | -77% |
| Donald S. Meats | $3,998 | $2,501 | -37.4% |
| Glen Collins | $10,532 | $2,440 | -76.8% |
| Zachary Louderbaugh | $5,154 | $2,366 | -54.1% |
| Curtis Robbins | $16,765 | $2,249 | -86.6% |
| Glay Yoho | $16,698 | $2,215 | -86.7% |
| Nathan Leroy Brown | $7,658 | $2,197 | -71.3% |
| Charles L. Morrison | $8,286 | $2,147 | -74.1% |
| Schornick Farms, LLC | $1,815 | $2,095 | 15.4% |
| Larry P. Hibbard | $12,335 | $2,092 | -83% |
| Diane K. Hess | $0 | $2,026 | -- |
| Seth R. Hoag | $4,026 | $2,018 | -49.9% |
| Randy A. Downey | $7,282 | $1,933 | -73.5% |
| Brayden Frederick | $4,154 | $1,898 | -54.3% |
| Floyd H. Patterson | $7,331 | $1,884 | -74.3% |
| Joel Ireland | $37,290 | $1,745 | -95.3% |
| Judy Knowles | $1,738 | $1,738 | 0% |
| Jason Collins | $8,704 | $1,718 | -80.3% |
| Kevin Day | $20,160 | $1,718 | -91.5% |
| Ronald E. Solomon | $9,916 | $1,662 | -83.2% |
| Duane Taylor | $6,747 | $1,630 | -75.8% |
| Michael J. Fitzgerald | $5,780 | $1,618 | -72% |
| Patrick D. Collins | $7,608 | $1,481 | -80.5% |
| Gary Tyner | $2,675 | $1,475 | -44.9% |
| Larry Lynn Coltrane | $9,864 | $1,458 | -85.2% |
| Daniel D Mulsow | $10,363 | $1,445 | -86.1% |
| George F. Collins | $4,209 | $1,443 | -65.7% |
| Robert D. Collins | $10,583 | $1,419 | -86.6% |
| Cheryl McCormick | $6,094 | $1,400 | -77% |
| Scott Owens | $1,390 | $1,390 | 0% |
| J. D. Lauber | $5,522 | $1,378 | -75% |
| The Donnel D Adams JR and Karen J Adams Revocable Trust | $11,189 | $1,377 | -87.7% |
| Mcnett Farms, LLC | $2,313 | $1,372 | -40.7% |
| Vic Adams | $2,835 | $1,366 | -51.8% |
| Ronald D Zlab | $1,361 | $1,358 | -0.2% |
| Barrett Weston | $2,927 | $1,357 | -53.6% |
| Bruce Smith | $4,360 | $1,297 | -70.3% |
| Mary Lee and Donald Edwards Trust | $3,046 | $1,251 | -58.9% |
| Waco E Watts | $1,056 | $1,192 | 12.9% |
| Rusty Drake | $5,435 | $1,172 | -78.4% |
| Gary D. Tidd Jr. | $4,224 | $1,113 | -73.7% |
| William Lee Old | $1,642 | $1,037 | -36.8% |
| Jerry Lynn Shaffer | $12,465 | $1,035 | -91.7% |
| Patricia A. Nickell | $2,279 | $1,015 | -55.5% |
| Gordon McNitt | $4,167 | $978 | -76.5% |
| Wam Enterprises, Inc. | $5,643 | $977 | -82.7% |
| Teresa Edwards | $0 | $929 | -- |
| Barton Robbins | $2,565 | $883 | -65.6% |
| D. R. Koester | $697 | $873 | 25.3% |
| James R. Watts | $4,001 | $872 | -78.2% |
| Dale A. Smith | $3,988 | $856 | -78.5% |
| Richard E. Jones | $6,575 | $847 | -87.1% |
| Brandon Jones | $3,168 | $827 | -73.9% |
| George Purcell | $3,346 | $796 | -76.2% |
| Cindra Raaf | $5,086 | $793 | -84.4% |
| Gary Tidd | $3,478 | $771 | -77.8% |
| Daryl Westerman - Daryl Westerman Or Judith Westerman L. I. T' | $711 | $678 | -4.6% |
| Anna Laura Mcnitt Trust | $557 | $660 | 18.5% |
| Roger E. Pollman | $1,058 | $616 | -41.8% |
| Ronnie Driskill | $6,487 | $592 | -90.9% |
| Jon D. Petty | $13,404 | $590 | -95.6% |
| L. S. Purcell | $2,682 | $571 | -78.7% |
| James W. Lewis | $2,623 | $567 | -78.4% |
| Janice E. Sorenson | $887 | $556 | -37.3% |
| Ronald R Louderbaugh | $329 | $555 | 68.7% |
| Fred Brilke | $543 | $543 | 0% |
| Dane Onnen | $758 | $535 | -29.4% |
| Sadye Coltrane | $2,924 | $510 | -82.6% |
| Betty Nelson | $4,619 | $508 | -89% |
| Michael Lynch | $0 | $505 | -- |
| R. C. Bruner | $871 | $505 | -42% |
| Brandon Newman | $1,771 | $493 | -72.2% |
| Janet Weber | $1,320 | $477 | -63.9% |
| Robert Schornick | $764 | $471 | -38.4% |
| Mindi K. Holloway | $5,994 | $470 | -92.2% |
| Richard C. Davis | $802 | $443 | -44.8% |
| Sarah Marie Lowe - Worrell | $4,175 | $440 | -89.5% |
| Frank B. Hempen Jr. | $635 | $419 | -34% |
| Double X Cattle Company, LLC | $5,164 | $416 | -91.9% |
| Richard E. Walton | $896 | $388 | -56.7% |
| Monica Junghans | $567 | $386 | -31.9% |
| Janet E. Johnson | $1,288 | $363 | -71.8% |
| Virginia J Louderbaugh | $478 | $354 | -25.9% |
| Robert L. Smith Jr. | $1,221 | $345 | -71.7% |
| Mark Massoth | $1,232 | $344 | -72.1% |
| Kirk A. Jones | $3,174 | $335 | -89.4% |
| John Pringle | $1,269 | $294 | -76.8% |
| James M. Porter | $239 | $285 | 19.2% |
| Linda Knight | $2,023 | $270 | -86.7% |
| Lyle Watts | $255 | $250 | -2% |
| Valerie McGee | $1,682 | $228 | -86.4% |
| Jeffrey True | $467 | $199 | -57.4% |
| Michael W. Hall | $0 | $190 | -- |
| Michael James Morrison | $1,825 | $190 | -89.6% |
| William J. Gregg | $341 | $177 | -48.1% |
| Ray Nordmeyer | $817 | $144 | -82.4% |
| Charles E. Kress II | $259 | $133 | -48.6% |
| Janis L. Kress | $188 | $133 | -29.3% |
| Wyvonne Spencer | $211 | $130 | -38.4% |
| William T. Smith | $2,175 | $116 | -94.7% |
| John T. Davis | $1,254 | $104 | -91.7% |
| Leon Weber | $830 | $98 | -88.2% |
| Aidan Lee Yoho | $1,056 | $84 | -92% |
| Sharri L. Fuller | $350 | $69 | -80.3% |
| Joel A. Porter | $31 | $21 | -32.3% |
| Virginia M. Westerman | $31 | $9 | -71% |
| Randy L. Driskill | $2 | $1 | -50% |
| Charles D. Edwards | $1,859 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Richards | $346 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Garland | $87 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff McNett | $21 | $0 | -100% |
| David L. Hull | $1,287 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas H. Black | $46,149 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry Nordmeyer | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W. Sheedy | $232 | $0 | -100% |
| Elwood W Oakes Trust | $8,512 | $0 | -100% |
| Ethel F Hartwig Family Trust | $360 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Brewer | $2,372 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Stockebrand | $184 | $0 | -100% |
| James S. Vernon | $912 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Diver | $209 | $0 | -100% |
| Kent E. Stockebrand | $184 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Benteman | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Marvin K. Eagle | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Kimbell | $6,490 | $0 | -100% |
| Swanson Revocable Living Trust Obsolete | $1,729 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom Splechter | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilda May Schornick Living Trust | $1,775 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $7,472,385 | $2,709,553 | -63.7% |
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