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In 2021, 148 farmers in cities within Chautauqua County received a total of $1.3 million in 216 farm subsidies, a 65.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.6 million in 418 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan Floral, Inc. | $504,900 | $247,550 | -51% |
| Carl Trey O. Clapp III | $248,760 | $93,903 | -62.3% |
| Judith a Jackson Revocable Trust | $86,941 | $85,634 | -1.5% |
| Ronald L Rogers Revocable Trust | $212,759 | $55,557 | -73.9% |
| Massey Ranch, LLC | $86,710 | $51,875 | -40.2% |
| Randy Eddy | $64,321 | $44,278 | -31.2% |
| Todd Massey | $167,035 | $35,897 | -78.5% |
| Edwin E. Bowman | $59,786 | $33,645 | -43.7% |
| Karen Lewis | $72,381 | $33,311 | -54% |
| The Rinck River Bottom Farms, Inc. | $39,824 | $32,312 | -18.9% |
| Shaun - Leatherneck Cattle Company Christopher Scott, LLC | $123,640 | $32,185 | -74% |
| Mcmillan Ranch, LLC | $98,991 | $30,440 | -69.2% |
| Mcmillan & Company | $3,084 | $23,893 | 674.7% |
| Douglas J. Holt | $90,020 | $21,721 | -75.9% |
| Michael Glen Young | $98,077 | $19,883 | -79.7% |
| Reece David Bohannon | $29,341 | $19,029 | -35.1% |
| Michael A. Young | $93,812 | $18,942 | -79.8% |
| R & a Rogers Cattle | $81,446 | $18,423 | -77.4% |
| Richard T. Cooper | $48,230 | $14,845 | -69.2% |
| Vivian Sue Shaw | $99,231 | $13,270 | -86.6% |
| Frank Adcock | $47,025 | $12,483 | -73.5% |
| Michael Coldwater | $1,700 | $11,327 | 566.3% |
| Ronald E. Lenington | $44,224 | $10,236 | -76.9% |
| Denton James Holt | $37,859 | $9,727 | -74.3% |
| Steve Mack Rinck | $11,083 | $9,497 | -14.3% |
| Henry C. Chinn Jr. | $0 | $8,392 | -- |
| John J. Haden | $41,505 | $7,828 | -81.1% |
| Glenn W. Riggs | $35,724 | $7,630 | -78.6% |
| Gary A. Kelley | $7,645 | $7,262 | -5% |
| Winajean W & John C Mckenzie Rev Trust | $6,332 | $6,844 | 8.1% |
| Sydney Aleysh Moore | $40,340 | $6,770 | -83.2% |
| Randy L. Roberts | $7,321 | $6,339 | -13.4% |
| Joe H. Massey | $25,322 | $6,252 | -75.3% |
| Bobby D. Allan | $19,745 | $6,003 | -69.6% |
| Parker Massey | $46,609 | $5,856 | -87.4% |
| Donald L Land | $27,389 | $5,751 | -79% |
| Dan E. Hadley | $25,095 | $5,480 | -78.2% |
| Lance Gregory Alcorn | $19,567 | $5,366 | -72.6% |
| Jackie L. Rutledge | $18,180 | $5,300 | -70.8% |
| Mark McCall | $20,669 | $5,270 | -74.5% |
| Wyatt R. Haden | $28,101 | $5,058 | -82% |
| Lelia E. Buck | $19,935 | $5,002 | -74.9% |
| William G. Sproul | $22,830 | $4,684 | -79.5% |
| John Hill | $20,868 | $4,497 | -78.5% |
| Sean Patrick Prater | $15,944 | $4,464 | -72% |
| Cordelia D & Carl O Clapp Revocable Living Trust | $43,092 | $4,456 | -89.7% |
| Paul J Fulsom, Inc. | $4,419 | $4,419 | 0% |
| Teddie L Helphingstine JR | $16,097 | $4,071 | -74.7% |
| Calvin - Calvin G and Brenda L Carter G Carter | $9,078 | $3,981 | -56.1% |
| Curtis J. Thompson | $18,513 | $3,893 | -79% |
| Kathleen D. Rock | $13,267 | $3,878 | -70.8% |
| Hilda Kelley | $16,801 | $3,713 | -77.9% |
| Justin Bates | $19,718 | $3,676 | -81.4% |
| Kenneth Bates | $19,314 | $3,670 | -81% |
| Daniel Helphingstine | $13,083 | $3,638 | -72.2% |
| David Alan & Karen M Lewis Trust | $8,914 | $3,562 | -60% |
| Evelyn A. Montgomery | $1,795 | $3,320 | 85% |
| George Lorenz | $10,956 | $3,313 | -69.8% |
| Glenn Heath Jarboe | $28,675 | $3,214 | -88.8% |
| Jerry Barnett | $11,794 | $2,876 | -75.6% |
| Patrick M. Kelley | $12,161 | $2,765 | -77.3% |
| Nelson E. Vernon | $8,928 | $2,765 | -69% |
| Brock Wayne McCoy | $0 | $2,635 | -- |
| David T. Jones | $6,897 | $2,624 | -62% |
| C. van Shaff | $9,476 | $2,515 | -73.5% |
| Colton H. Massey | $15,426 | $2,297 | -85.1% |
| James J. Rinck | $2,362 | $2,275 | -3.7% |
| Charles W. Day III | $8,612 | $2,268 | -73.7% |
| Martin R. Robertson | $8,415 | $2,181 | -74.1% |
| Charles L. Smith | $14,532 | $2,164 | -85.1% |
| Clark E. Sanders | $16,552 | $2,096 | -87.3% |
| Stanley Bracken | $6,290 | $1,966 | -68.7% |
| James Nusz | $12,130 | $1,954 | -83.9% |
| William Dwayne Lampson | $11,756 | $1,921 | -83.7% |
| Joan Beckenholdt | $6,954 | $1,908 | -72.6% |
| Mitchell Foster | $12,749 | $1,884 | -85.2% |
| Vance Lane Farner | $8,778 | $1,843 | -79% |
| Mike Pinard | $10,400 | $1,831 | -82.4% |
| John R. McKenzie | $12,217 | $1,797 | -85.3% |
| Jason A. Dickson | $5,581 | $1,797 | -67.8% |
| Dale W. Goode | $19,395 | $1,792 | -90.8% |
| Allen D. Moore | $10,560 | $1,778 | -83.2% |
| Raymond M. Sproul | $10,617 | $1,733 | -83.7% |
| Goff Otis Searl Jr. | $9,564 | $1,616 | -83.1% |
| Mary E. Call | $5,497 | $1,597 | -70.9% |
| Carol J. Williams | $2,540 | $1,570 | -38.2% |
| Jasper William Young | $6,963 | $1,565 | -77.5% |
| Floyd J. Riley | $3,938 | $1,553 | -60.6% |
| Steve R. Steinbach | $7,238 | $1,534 | -78.8% |
| James Willard Brown | $7,205 | $1,523 | -78.9% |
| Brett Herman | $5,119 | $1,515 | -70.4% |
| James D. Coldren | $9,427 | $1,483 | -84.3% |
| Marc Champlin | $8,203 | $1,420 | -82.7% |
| Mark Stewart | $3,718 | $1,361 | -63.4% |
| Danny Williams | $4,609 | $1,346 | -70.8% |
| Charles K. Ellis | $8,010 | $1,314 | -83.6% |
| Wayne E. Hall | $7,095 | $1,299 | -81.7% |
| Andrew Alan Skiles | $5,423 | $1,285 | -76.3% |
| Kolby D. Gorby | $6,662 | $1,284 | -80.7% |
| John Ford | $1,250 | $1,250 | 0% |
| Elizabeth A. Long | $8,620 | $1,246 | -85.5% |
| Robert L Rinck Rev Trust | $1,755 | $1,212 | -30.9% |
| Brad Wesson | $4,927 | $1,135 | -77% |
| Bob Fildes | $2,901 | $1,065 | -63.3% |
| Adam M. Pontious | $5,335 | $914 | -82.9% |
| Jerome F. Mangen | $3,850 | $892 | -76.8% |
| Kendra Leonard | $4,309 | $820 | -81% |
| Jess Rayl | $3,091 | $818 | -73.5% |
| Ron Eilerts | $2,002 | $788 | -60.6% |
| Geraldine Williams-Beymer | $3,971 | $756 | -81% |
| Charles Lampson | $1,188 | $736 | -38% |
| Leslie D. Talley | $3,267 | $735 | -77.5% |
| J. B. Loyd | $9,171 | $720 | -92.1% |
| Donnie W. Underwood | $3,278 | $660 | -79.9% |
| Kevin Rucker | $2,035 | $607 | -70.2% |
| Barbara J. Ross | $837 | $601 | -28.2% |
| Amy Janelle Miller | $2,187 | $581 | -73.4% |
| Monte Lewis | $2,772 | $564 | -79.7% |
| Joseph Dale McClead | $3,183 | $533 | -83.3% |
| Johnnie McNown | $2,453 | $533 | -78.3% |
| Marvin C. Long | $2,398 | $532 | -77.8% |
| Shane Vernon | $2,218 | $519 | -76.6% |
| Logan Underwood | $2,585 | $516 | -80% |
| Pat McKinley | $2,467 | $495 | -79.9% |
| Gustin Myers | $2,046 | $491 | -76% |
| John H. Miller | $1,496 | $489 | -67.3% |
| Cortney Lewis | $2,574 | $474 | -81.6% |
| 2014 Dolores J Farris IRRV Trust | $791 | $434 | -45.1% |
| Danielle L Devore-Haden | $926 | $426 | -54% |
| John Tyler Hill | $1,710 | $414 | -75.8% |
| James R. Tatman | $1,892 | $383 | -79.8% |
| Ray White | $8,010 | $320 | -96% |
| Levi Boyd Lear | $594 | $310 | -47.8% |
| Valdena O Stevenson - J R & V O Stevenson Family Trust | $4,955 | $229 | -95.4% |
| Lyle K. French | $1,362 | $225 | -83.5% |
| Charles A. Orr | $2,728 | $217 | -92% |
| Dustin W. Crum | $1,099 | $212 | -80.7% |
| Ron Clanton | $704 | $204 | -71% |
| Donald F. Selter | $230 | $175 | -23.9% |
| David Loyd Deal Jr. | $671 | $156 | -76.8% |
| Hazel L. White | $269 | $151 | -43.9% |
| John Blount Jr. | $990 | $138 | -86.1% |
| Bert Hawkins | $3,441 | $135 | -96.1% |
| Jerry D. Denney | $4,787 | $121 | -97.5% |
| Ricky L. Reeves | $363 | $110 | -69.7% |
| John Wells | $1,014 | $59 | -94.2% |
| Clinton Williams | $132 | $44 | -66.7% |
| Richard D. Urie | $0 | $29 | -- |
| Billie Jo Bryant | $2,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence E. Cooper | $11,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Dave F. Kelly | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd W. Montgomery | $2,261 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd Damon Snyder | $2,145 | $0 | -100% |
| R. L. Applegate | $127 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert French | $5,280 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald L Rogers Irrevocable Trust | $7,556 | $0 | -100% |
| John D. Clapp | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle Finney | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill D Farris Trust | $1,206 | $0 | -100% |
| Coldwater Farms, Inc. | $4,721 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack Ebersole | $773 | $0 | -100% |
| Nora Bane | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Orville L. Carter | $977 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,633,941 | $1,252,819 | -65.5% |
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