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In 2021, 178 farmers in cities within Union County received a total of $1.6 million in 400 farm subsidies, a 73.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.1 million in 892 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 Union County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| L & G Minges Farm, LLC | $218,563 | $81,313 | -62.8% |
| Logue Swine Farm | $212,496 | $74,345 | -65% |
| Travis Randal Hughes | $141,268 | $55,054 | -61% |
| Kevin Jackson | $159,820 | $43,671 | -72.7% |
| Richard O. Hannebaum II | $159,264 | $42,486 | -73.3% |
| Jeffery K. Hannebaum | $135,891 | $42,188 | -69% |
| Ron Coffman | $194,158 | $40,260 | -79.3% |
| Klein Family Farm, LLC | $150,469 | $37,549 | -75% |
| Mark Justin Dare | $87,651 | $32,746 | -62.6% |
| Chambers Family Farms, LLC | $131,992 | $32,412 | -75.4% |
| Knollman Farms, LLC | $143,503 | $31,747 | -77.9% |
| Wade F. Coffman | $63,394 | $31,211 | -50.8% |
| Knoll Acres, Inc. | $127,559 | $29,202 | -77.1% |
| Kenneth Karl Jaeger | $62,138 | $28,117 | -54.8% |
| Stephen Schuck | $106,041 | $25,761 | -75.7% |
| Joe Snyder | $83,423 | $25,597 | -69.3% |
| Michael L. Carmack | $64,132 | $25,351 | -60.5% |
| Todd A. Bourne | $85,241 | $25,090 | -70.6% |
| Lee E. Sweeney | $46,856 | $23,648 | -49.5% |
| Douglas P. Swafford | $68,517 | $22,406 | -67.3% |
| Jay Brattain | $81,911 | $22,073 | -73.1% |
| Jason Hoke | $104,883 | $21,510 | -79.5% |
| D & T Hartman Farms, LLC | $91,649 | $21,316 | -76.7% |
| Mario P. la Mantia | $91,502 | $21,021 | -77% |
| Linda S. McMurray | $98,614 | $19,700 | -80% |
| Douglas A. Stout | $46,035 | $19,174 | -58.3% |
| Brad Wiwi Farms, Inc. | $55,313 | $18,103 | -67.3% |
| Jeffery E. Myers | $104,490 | $18,034 | -82.7% |
| Ryan C. Hornung | $45,916 | $17,800 | -61.2% |
| Tyler C. Hornung | $46,116 | $17,800 | -61.4% |
| Thomas A. Logue | $62,253 | $17,260 | -72.3% |
| Terry Abernathy | $77,127 | $16,748 | -78.3% |
| Trident Farms, LLC | $26,779 | $16,094 | -39.9% |
| Brenda Abernathy | $73,728 | $16,024 | -78.3% |
| George D. Carmack | $43,632 | $15,978 | -63.4% |
| Zachary Allan Bourne | $42,781 | $15,971 | -62.7% |
| Kevin Pinkerton | $67,128 | $15,879 | -76.3% |
| Steve Hoke | $70,048 | $15,040 | -78.5% |
| Philip A. Creek | $65,645 | $14,342 | -78.2% |
| Gary McCormick | $31,240 | $14,104 | -54.9% |
| Evan Charles Bourne | $40,694 | $13,988 | -65.6% |
| Paul Wiwi | $25,082 | $13,969 | -44.3% |
| Liberty Swine, Inc. | $56,409 | $13,227 | -76.6% |
| Keith B. Myers | $56,681 | $13,014 | -77% |
| Steve Bolser | $56,864 | $12,938 | -77.2% |
| John K. Coffman | $38,334 | $12,869 | -66.4% |
| EBB Farm, Inc. | $35,867 | $12,383 | -65.5% |
| Marvin Bruns | $50,299 | $12,252 | -75.6% |
| Darrell A. Bruns | $50,299 | $12,252 | -75.6% |
| James Dudley | $33,553 | $11,398 | -66% |
| The Four TS, Inc. | $33,046 | $10,842 | -67.2% |
| Ronald Myers | $43,349 | $10,089 | -76.7% |
| J & J Stout Farms, LLC | $25,895 | $9,659 | -62.7% |
| Wiwi Farms, Inc. | $52,419 | $9,614 | -81.7% |
| David E. McDill | $41,764 | $9,574 | -77.1% |
| Edna W. Campbell | $33,133 | $9,539 | -71.2% |
| Christopher A. Wesseler | $25,436 | $9,505 | -62.6% |
| Andy E. McCormick | $28,576 | $8,944 | -68.7% |
| Duane Felton | $25,935 | $8,763 | -66.2% |
| Earl K. Ballinger | $18,732 | $8,709 | -53.5% |
| Darrell Felton | $32,305 | $8,678 | -73.1% |
| Alan Overbeck | $34,196 | $8,567 | -74.9% |
| Travis Andrew Stevens | $23,776 | $8,485 | -64.3% |
| Harold Thomas Study Jr. | $18,683 | $8,308 | -55.5% |
| Randall Carson | $14,529 | $7,871 | -45.8% |
| Brian Brookbank | $28,181 | $7,625 | -72.9% |
| Study Family Farms | $18,689 | $7,579 | -59.4% |
| Terry Joe Dare | $33,174 | $7,310 | -78% |
| Oran Wolfe | $28,840 | $7,306 | -74.7% |
| Stephen E Wiwi | $20,998 | $6,504 | -69% |
| James Alan Alcorn | $11,296 | $6,436 | -43% |
| Joseph Maze | $12,893 | $6,402 | -50.3% |
| Donald Moster | $17,172 | $6,260 | -63.5% |
| Reiboldt Farms, LLC | $420,508 | $6,219 | -98.5% |
| Brett M. Hartman | $31,373 | $6,165 | -80.3% |
| Brian L. Farthing | $33,241 | $6,129 | -81.6% |
| Troy Reiboldt | $22,277 | $6,117 | -72.5% |
| Glenn E. Bruns | $25,580 | $5,881 | -77% |
| Rick Hannebaum | $11,665 | $5,713 | -51% |
| Jeff Hannebaum | $0 | $5,711 | -- |
| Scott Cooper | $17,494 | $5,388 | -69.2% |
| Cary Reiboldt | $19,148 | $5,269 | -72.5% |
| Justin Myers | $20,073 | $4,985 | -75.2% |
| Tyler Myers | $20,073 | $4,985 | -75.2% |
| Burke W. Thomas | $9,201 | $4,770 | -48.2% |
| Dale Gilliland | $14,267 | $4,740 | -66.8% |
| Robin West | $9,638 | $4,740 | -50.8% |
| Randy Amrhein | $12,099 | $4,678 | -61.3% |
| Larry C. Booth | $21,059 | $4,641 | -78% |
| Stephen M Posco | $11,739 | $4,171 | -64.5% |
| R & L Trucking and Excavating, LLC | $4,740 | $3,969 | -16.3% |
| Luke P. Chambers | $7,693 | $3,727 | -51.6% |
| William R. Hoskins | $14,836 | $3,692 | -75.1% |
| Mathew David Hartman | $11,374 | $3,688 | -67.6% |
| Roger Butterfield | $16,644 | $3,664 | -78% |
| Greenwood Acres, Inc. | $12,305 | $3,322 | -73% |
| Drew Ewing | $14,941 | $3,263 | -78.2% |
| Lewis Brier | $5,589 | $3,141 | -43.8% |
| Russell V. Bolser | $10,161 | $3,063 | -69.9% |
| Kevin Winters | $10,364 | $3,044 | -70.6% |
| Daniel H. Bolser | $1,498 | $3,021 | 101.7% |
| Rodney W. Bolser | $12,877 | $3,020 | -76.5% |
| Traci Jo Robinson | $7,511 | $2,956 | -60.6% |
| Colton J. Shamblin | $9,162 | $2,909 | -68.2% |
| Jerry Logue | $9,803 | $2,860 | -70.8% |
| M & B Farms, LLC | $12,741 | $2,816 | -77.9% |
| Ellis a Miller Trust | $11,227 | $2,793 | -75.1% |
| Lamont J. Miller | $11,227 | $2,793 | -75.1% |
| Glen L. Klein | $10,717 | $2,775 | -74.1% |
| Allen Seals | $4,635 | $2,471 | -46.7% |
| Greenmeadow Farms, Inc. | $32,529 | $2,414 | -92.6% |
| William W. Alcorn | $2,324 | $2,324 | 0% |
| John a Lake | $7,567 | $2,136 | -71.8% |
| Evelyn E. Creek | $6,771 | $1,959 | -71.1% |
| Kathy A. Farthing | $12,839 | $1,801 | -86% |
| Ralph Evans Revocable Trust | $6,200 | $1,743 | -71.9% |
| Fred Shamblin | $6,119 | $1,690 | -72.4% |
| Brian Keith Winters | $5,246 | $1,686 | -67.9% |
| Michael Winters | $4,686 | $1,650 | -64.8% |
| Matthew Cantrell | $2,409 | $1,626 | -32.5% |
| Jessie A. Logue | $5,845 | $1,591 | -72.8% |
| Rusty J. Logue | $5,846 | $1,591 | -72.8% |
| Matthew Barnhizer | $3,083 | $1,534 | -50.2% |
| Raymond P. Fliehman | $0 | $1,494 | -- |
| John Alcorn | $1,220 | $1,220 | 0% |
| Kelly Thatcher | $1,189 | $1,189 | 0% |
| Duane A. Brookbank | $1,739 | $1,184 | -31.9% |
| Bradley Wiwi | $1,121 | $1,121 | 0% |
| Wanda Brack | $1,074 | $1,074 | 0% |
| Don J. Reiboldt | $3,267 | $1,018 | -68.8% |
| Dennis Paul Harvey | $3,938 | $940 | -76.1% |
| David E. Hill | $14,422 | $908 | -93.7% |
| Karen L. Bolser | $3,057 | $869 | -71.6% |
| Hannebaum Acres, LLC | $997 | $859 | -13.8% |
| Knoll Acres Trucking, LLC | $622 | $780 | 25.4% |
| Susan Dare | $3,648 | $768 | -78.9% |
| Irma Nuckols Estate | $0 | $756 | -- |
| HNC Investments, LLC | $2,552 | $740 | -71% |
| Carl Fix | $2,708 | $718 | -73.5% |
| Wilgus S. Gibbs | $2,948 | $710 | -75.9% |
| Douglas Sean Hall | $772 | $709 | -8.2% |
| Mary Brier-Mary M Brier Trust | $3,207 | $708 | -77.9% |
| Travis O. Wolfe | $1,690 | $706 | -58.2% |
| Mary Dowler | $1,263 | $700 | -44.6% |
| Randy Denton | $1,923 | $679 | -64.7% |
| Donald F. Klein | $1,457 | $661 | -54.6% |
| James W Hettersimer | $2,024 | $586 | -71% |
| A & M Miller Farm | $584 | $584 | 0% |
| Gary K. Davis | $576 | $576 | 0% |
| David O. Fields | $1,934 | $557 | -71.2% |
| Kevin Marcum | $19,692 | $538 | -97.3% |
| Alex Swafford | $1,709 | $520 | -69.6% |
| Andrew Wiwi | $1,874 | $502 | -73.2% |
| Ken Krom | $1,628 | $490 | -69.9% |
| Amanda Sue Harvey | $1,240 | $483 | -61% |
| Jeffrey S. Hill | $1,135 | $475 | -58.1% |
| Nancy Witter | $1,672 | $453 | -72.9% |
| Nathan Robert Cantrell | $1,649 | $395 | -76% |
| Janel Cantrell | $589 | $370 | -37.2% |
| Richard Nelson Curry | $15,369 | $369 | -97.6% |
| Todd Fields | $364 | $364 | 0% |
| Steve Logue | $1,197 | $363 | -69.7% |
| Tyler H. Pinkerton | $991 | $330 | -66.7% |
| Richard Hannebaum Testimentary Trust | $313 | $313 | 0% |
| Brad Logue | $216 | $216 | 0% |
| Florence L Myers Trust | $8,872 | $136 | -98.5% |
| Claudia Senour | $120 | $120 | 0% |
| Stephen Senour | $120 | $120 | 0% |
| Robert C. Paxton | $175 | $99 | -43.4% |
| ART Bleill | $800 | $97 | -87.9% |
| William Hertel | $556 | $69 | -87.6% |
| Suzanne Minges | $58 | $58 | 0% |
| Mark M. Bell | $249 | $54 | -78.3% |
| Jeanette Pippin | $42 | $42 | 0% |
| Dennis Brack | $129 | $21 | -83.7% |
| Larry G. Sturgeon | $480 | $19 | -96% |
| James Alan Alcorn II | $0 | $11 | -- |
| Craig M. Robinson | $773 | $6 | -99.2% |
| David Guy | $2,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin Swafford | $211 | $0 | -100% |
| Irma Nuckols | $1,339 | $0 | -100% |
| James Fairchild | $5,721 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Hannebaum | $11,663 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerald Glaub | $177 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy G. Watterson | $21,413 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth McCashland | $2,527 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert S. Stewart | $76 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Patterson | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheldon Risch | $310 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Cooper | $552 | $0 | -100% |
| Ted Bostick | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry C. Hornung | $59,723 | $0 | -100% |
| C & H Blake Farms, Inc. | $175 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,065,906 | $1,631,865 | -73.1% |
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