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In 2021, 285 farmers in cities within Worth County received a total of $3 million in 561 farm subsidies, a 50.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.1 million in 1,014 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 Worth County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Family Farms, Inc. | $183,135 | $96,231 | -47.5% |
| J Mark Harding, Inc. | $216,644 | $82,458 | -61.9% |
| William J. Engel Jr. | $122,123 | $82,338 | -32.6% |
| Gary L. Rinehart | $171,092 | $72,332 | -57.7% |
| Gerald W. Green | $81,732 | $56,299 | -31.1% |
| Kevin Harding | $137,699 | $51,944 | -62.3% |
| William J. Engel III | $68,460 | $51,828 | -24.3% |
| Jack Sellers Spainhower | $96,374 | $51,395 | -46.7% |
| Lois Loreen Null Revocable Living Trust | $47,929 | $47,385 | -1.1% |
| C. E. Spainhower | $47,718 | $46,884 | -1.7% |
| Karol Anne Chicken | $49,683 | $44,305 | -10.8% |
| Larry W. Murphy | $42,836 | $42,836 | 0% |
| Vicky L. Murphy | $42,836 | $42,836 | 0% |
| David Hunt | $101,182 | $41,703 | -58.8% |
| Steven M. Adwell | $36,966 | $41,497 | 12.3% |
| David A. Gilland | $51,500 | $39,755 | -22.8% |
| Charles C. Cadle | $144,865 | $38,542 | -73.4% |
| Robert M. Young | $39,028 | $35,786 | -8.3% |
| Margaret Mary Moyer Young | $39,029 | $35,785 | -8.3% |
| Bart Hawk Farms, Inc. | $121,558 | $35,515 | -70.8% |
| Billie Wimer | $37,565 | $35,394 | -5.8% |
| Keith Edward Cassavaugh | $108,043 | $34,033 | -68.5% |
| Rex Thurman | $103,438 | $33,247 | -67.9% |
| Marvin L. Mercer | $33,597 | $33,101 | -1.5% |
| Dolores L Findley Living Trust | $0 | $29,933 | -- |
| Mary Loretta Rinehart | $28,424 | $28,951 | 1.9% |
| Groom Family Farm, LLC | $27,831 | $27,831 | 0% |
| Rex Hill Estate | $0 | $27,440 | -- |
| Elihu K Rowen | $28,595 | $26,320 | -8% |
| F T Hawk, Inc. | $108,712 | $25,809 | -76.3% |
| Larry V. Hibbs | $25,920 | $25,712 | -0.8% |
| Miller Bros Ranch, Inc. | $99,275 | $25,585 | -74.2% |
| George E Carroll and Mary H Carroll Rev Trust | $9,652 | $25,491 | 164.1% |
| Donnetta Beavers James | $27,151 | $25,155 | -7.4% |
| Adrian Fletchall | $24,357 | $24,357 | 0% |
| Glenn Hughes Jr. | $76,664 | $22,601 | -70.5% |
| Kevin Hiatt | $28,208 | $22,514 | -20.2% |
| Beverly Cadle Rvoc Trustee | $0 | $21,744 | -- |
| Jerime Kent Bix | $54,983 | $21,297 | -61.3% |
| Larry James Miller | $200,694 | $21,237 | -89.4% |
| Brad P. Hardy | $50,055 | $20,633 | -58.8% |
| David Ernest Evans | $59,411 | $19,905 | -66.5% |
| Terry Dean Green | $52,470 | $19,844 | -62.2% |
| Patrick a and Roberta Sue Hardy Trust | $52,776 | $19,605 | -62.9% |
| Allendale Farms, Inc. | $36,282 | $19,163 | -47.2% |
| Circle 8 Farm, LLC | $18,515 | $18,515 | 0% |
| Ronnie L. Kemery | $18,505 | $18,505 | 0% |
| A B Hawk, Inc. | $74,326 | $18,093 | -75.7% |
| Michael James Miller | $180,216 | $17,628 | -90.2% |
| Timothy D. Jones | $17,204 | $17,204 | 0% |
| Tyler Heath Cameron | $19,363 | $16,901 | -12.7% |
| Sam E & Jennifer a Coburn Rev Trustee | $33,686 | $16,838 | -50% |
| Dan Freeman | $57,441 | $16,576 | -71.1% |
| Jack R. Baker | $0 | $16,398 | -- |
| James M. Kerwin | $18,718 | $16,287 | -13% |
| Mark Harding | $15,699 | $15,699 | 0% |
| Robert and Lana Wake Revocable Trust | $17,332 | $15,686 | -9.5% |
| John F. Cottrell | $15,135 | $15,135 | 0% |
| Norman-Norman E Runyon and Evelyn Darlene Runyon Revocable L | $15,092 | $15,092 | 0% |
| William H Grabb Trust | $15,374 | $14,956 | -2.7% |
| Dale Owens and Doris I Owens Liv Trust | $14,726 | $14,726 | 0% |
| Brett Allen Hardy | $41,108 | $14,487 | -64.8% |
| Pleasant Valley Farms, LLC | $42,569 | $14,438 | -66.1% |
| Galen L. Kemery | $42,661 | $14,027 | -67.1% |
| Thummel Iowa Cattle Company | $67,033 | $13,987 | -79.1% |
| Gary Brian Allen | $12,644 | $13,936 | 10.2% |
| Thummel Enterprises, Inc. | $78,669 | $13,810 | -82.4% |
| Shirley Troutwine Trustee Jill Larison Ttee | $0 | $13,714 | -- |
| Dan Parman | $20,040 | $13,455 | -32.9% |
| Rock Creek Farms, LLC | $23,840 | $13,280 | -44.3% |
| Terry Sheddrick | $27,890 | $13,172 | -52.8% |
| James Brian Goodwin | $17,146 | $13,024 | -24% |
| Joyce A. Carr | $0 | $12,814 | -- |
| Jack and Marjorie Parker Rev Liv Trust | $12,319 | $12,319 | 0% |
| Richard Walker | $12,174 | $12,174 | 0% |
| Logan Phillip Ridge | $18,975 | $12,148 | -36% |
| Leland Zweifel | $27,636 | $12,072 | -56.3% |
| Donna Lynch | $12,033 | $12,033 | 0% |
| Larry L. Kimble | $19,025 | $11,968 | -37.1% |
| Amy Jo Gladstone | $12,356 | $11,950 | -3.3% |
| Richard Williams | $4,815 | $11,479 | 138.4% |
| Steven Paxson | $24,673 | $11,419 | -53.7% |
| Billie Sorensen | $14,999 | $11,309 | -24.6% |
| Carl M. Meek | $11,207 | $11,207 | 0% |
| Jacob Hardy | $26,847 | $11,183 | -58.3% |
| Taylor Ridge | $40,174 | $11,052 | -72.5% |
| Middle Fork Farm, LLC | $11,104 | $11,048 | -0.5% |
| Richard Hunt | $33,733 | $10,830 | -67.9% |
| Karen Grace | $0 | $10,828 | -- |
| Carolyn Jones | $10,337 | $10,785 | 4.3% |
| Dorothy Ivalee Johnson | $10,699 | $10,682 | -0.2% |
| Justin Rush | $10,983 | $10,646 | -3.1% |
| Carolyn Joan Hardy | $8,515 | $10,518 | 23.5% |
| Mark Alan Cadle | $46,673 | $10,399 | -77.7% |
| Dale D. Findley | $6,675 | $10,237 | 53.4% |
| David N. Frampton | $15,079 | $10,186 | -32.4% |
| Suzanne Spainhower | $10,144 | $10,144 | 0% |
| Nonneman Bros, Inc. | $24,961 | $10,141 | -59.4% |
| Douglas Brown | $40,054 | $10,053 | -74.9% |
| Carl Hass Jr. | $10,231 | $9,950 | -2.7% |
| Randy Baker | $17,734 | $9,887 | -44.2% |
| Corena A. King | $12,334 | $9,749 | -21% |
| Robert Hunt | $14,421 | $9,736 | -32.5% |
| Lisa L. Ross | $9,329 | $9,257 | -0.8% |
| Barbara J. Stephenson | $8,303 | $9,229 | 11.2% |
| Helen Harris | $8,989 | $8,989 | 0% |
| Robin Foley | $8,893 | $8,893 | 0% |
| Kevin Meek | $26,282 | $8,837 | -66.4% |
| Welch Family Farms, Inc. | $19,604 | $8,808 | -55.1% |
| John C. Andrews | $8,177 | $8,434 | 3.1% |
| Linda Pickering Living Trust | $8,331 | $8,331 | 0% |
| Jerry Mullock | $11,043 | $8,259 | -25.2% |
| Ted-Ted and Barbara Findley Rev Trust Othello Findley | $11,213 | $8,203 | -26.8% |
| Andrew Cottrell | $8,115 | $8,115 | 0% |
| Nella D. Melone | $8,021 | $8,021 | 0% |
| Chad Welu | $8,100 | $7,666 | -5.4% |
| Russell Daryl Burns | $7,506 | $7,506 | 0% |
| Delbert Worthington | $7,499 | $7,499 | 0% |
| Danelle J. Engel | $0 | $7,402 | -- |
| PBR Farms, LLC | $7,267 | $7,313 | 0.6% |
| Troy Hawk | $34,379 | $7,307 | -78.7% |
| Michel Thomas | $3,682 | $7,119 | 93.3% |
| Barrett A. Baker | $18,248 | $7,035 | -61.4% |
| Clinton K. Rowen | $41,882 | $6,992 | -83.3% |
| Peter S. Parman | $29,061 | $6,987 | -76% |
| Scott Michael Davidson | $31,460 | $6,854 | -78.2% |
| Jared Arthur Harding | $8,367 | $6,809 | -18.6% |
| James Everett Miller | $21,763 | $6,751 | -69% |
| Brandon Hawk | $24,508 | $6,666 | -72.8% |
| William Hauber | $46,079 | $6,559 | -85.8% |
| Gene King | $6,555 | $6,555 | 0% |
| Craig McNeese | $7,387 | $6,423 | -13% |
| Keven Parman | $17,715 | $6,274 | -64.6% |
| Norman Kanak | $13,838 | $6,229 | -55% |
| Randall Hill | $6,438 | $6,104 | -5.2% |
| Maxine Allen Spend Thrift Trust | $6,091 | $6,091 | 0% |
| F T Hawk Livestock, Inc. | $31,668 | $6,047 | -80.9% |
| Franklin E. Pigg | $7,755 | $6,020 | -22.4% |
| Ron Richards | $6,566 | $5,929 | -9.7% |
| Sharon L. Fletchall | $11,724 | $5,911 | -49.6% |
| Roger C. Fletchall | $22,188 | $5,889 | -73.5% |
| Ramona Orilla Goff | $5,362 | $5,700 | 6.3% |
| Brett Aaron Gilland | $13,374 | $5,578 | -58.3% |
| Donald W. Hart | $6,400 | $5,563 | -13.1% |
| Genevieve Walker | $13,192 | $5,455 | -58.6% |
| James I. Neff | $5,402 | $5,402 | 0% |
| Angie Lamb | $5,168 | $5,392 | 4.3% |
| Craig Hunt | $9,583 | $5,283 | -44.9% |
| Gladstone Family Farm, Inc. | $9,811 | $5,031 | -48.7% |
| Paul Dean Hunt | $12,079 | $4,891 | -59.5% |
| Jared Findley | $4,860 | $4,860 | 0% |
| Janice E. Borey | $30,010 | $4,628 | -84.6% |
| Theran Null | $4,609 | $4,609 | 0% |
| Chandra Hopkins | $7,640 | $4,455 | -41.7% |
| J-M Farms, Inc. | $6,223 | $4,406 | -29.2% |
| Max L Pankau and Irene Pankau Rev Trust | $4,107 | $4,240 | 3.2% |
| Eldon Lee Thomas | $4,233 | $4,233 | 0% |
| Ramona Fry | $4,022 | $4,022 | 0% |
| Brian Sherer | $11,262 | $3,997 | -64.5% |
| David Lynn Hardy | $8,990 | $3,839 | -57.3% |
| Julie Ann Cassavaugh | $3,825 | $3,825 | 0% |
| Timothy A. Portwood | $0 | $3,735 | -- |
| David Seat | $12,324 | $3,728 | -69.8% |
| E. E. Hart | $9,797 | $3,672 | -62.5% |
| Doug Pickering | $0 | $3,630 | -- |
| Dwight Mueller | $13,227 | $3,550 | -73.2% |
| Shirlee A. Doster | $3,465 | $3,465 | 0% |
| Rodney L. Bowers | $3,713 | $3,443 | -7.3% |
| Charlotte Knight | $3,499 | $3,380 | -3.4% |
| Dale Knight | $3,499 | $3,380 | -3.4% |
| Roy D. Claypool | $3,548 | $3,380 | -4.7% |
| Steve Combs | $3,376 | $3,376 | 0% |
| Stephen Ray Goff, DVM | $13,647 | $3,360 | -75.4% |
| Justin Anthony Seipel | $14,303 | $3,309 | -76.9% |
| Deborah Thummel | $3,214 | $3,214 | 0% |
| Rodney Pierce | $3,200 | $3,200 | 0% |
| Doyle Parman | $12,117 | $3,155 | -74% |
| Marvin L. King | $10,102 | $3,130 | -69% |
| Susan Tucker | $19,971 | $3,129 | -84.3% |
| Gordon Sorensen | $157 | $3,116 | 1,884.7% |
| Robert Winters | $4,126 | $3,084 | -25.3% |
| Susan Groom | $3,080 | $3,080 | 0% |
| Richard Foster | $5,629 | $3,040 | -46% |
| Ronnie Roach | $2,999 | $2,999 | 0% |
| Donald Pickering | $3,450 | $2,941 | -14.8% |
| Allen Pigg | $11,203 | $2,919 | -73.9% |
| Cox - Hass - Swindler PTR | $2,886 | $2,886 | 0% |
| Mac Raeburn Knoy | $7,151 | $2,806 | -60.8% |
| Joshua Summa | $8,823 | $2,765 | -68.7% |
| David Wade Green | $10,104 | $2,720 | -73.1% |
| Wanda Hayden | $10,934 | $2,669 | -75.6% |
| Daniel Gladstone | $6,230 | $2,657 | -57.4% |
| Paul S. Hayden | $10,956 | $2,654 | -75.8% |
| Dannie M. Findley | $15,305 | $2,648 | -82.7% |
| Dirk Groom | $6,320 | $2,549 | -59.7% |
| Jerry D. Cook | $7,059 | $2,505 | -64.5% |
| Cully R. Nichols | $8,099 | $2,257 | -72.1% |
| Judy Hayes | $638 | $2,170 | 240.1% |
| Tyson N. Troutwine | $21,096 | $2,123 | -89.9% |
| Jerry Roach | $2,122 | $2,122 | 0% |
| Mark Downey | $2,120 | $2,120 | 0% |
| Richard Wolf | $5,113 | $2,117 | -58.6% |
| Samuel Martell | $14,925 | $2,104 | -85.9% |
| Jesse Fletchall | $2,064 | $2,064 | 0% |
| Betty Y Dunfee Living Trust | $3,874 | $1,964 | -49.3% |
| Margaret M. Nelson | $3,375 | $1,957 | -42% |
| Becky E. Supinger | $9,071 | $1,944 | -78.6% |
| David Shuck | $20,787 | $1,893 | -90.9% |
| Ronnie Dannar | $9,809 | $1,889 | -80.7% |
| Robert Wonderly | $1,839 | $1,835 | -0.2% |
| Ricky Lee McNeese | $7,601 | $1,816 | -76.1% |
| Lawrence Kinsella | $1,785 | $1,785 | 0% |
| Brad Hill | $4,930 | $1,752 | -64.5% |
| Duane James | $7,938 | $1,623 | -79.6% |
| Robin Anne Davidson | $0 | $1,604 | -- |
| Barbara D. Findley | $0 | $1,603 | -- |
| J. D. Gladstone | $8,817 | $1,547 | -82.5% |
| Sharon Supinger | $5,980 | $1,539 | -74.3% |
| Charmayne Hughes | $1,470 | $1,470 | 0% |
| Michael Dean Cook | $19,540 | $1,466 | -92.5% |
| Iris Brown Trust C/O T Sheddrick | $6,866 | $1,451 | -78.9% |
| Bryan Hunt | $3,595 | $1,415 | -60.6% |
| Jeffrey C. Mabary | $1,402 | $1,402 | 0% |
| The Vernon M Paxson and Donna L Paxson Revocable Living Trus | $5,196 | $1,346 | -74.1% |
| Chris Adams | $6,171 | $1,344 | -78.2% |
| Beverly June Cadle | $30,485 | $1,280 | -95.8% |
| Christopher Michael Dannar | $4,341 | $1,264 | -70.9% |
| Michael Wideman | $5,779 | $1,246 | -78.4% |
| Jonell Cook | $1,216 | $1,216 | 0% |
| Ann Nonneman | $8,107 | $1,191 | -85.3% |
| Kory Nonneman | $6,259 | $1,174 | -81.2% |
| Lyla Dawson | $5,390 | $1,114 | -79.3% |
| Stanley D. Warner | $5,292 | $1,056 | -80% |
| Brad Hauber | $6,964 | $1,034 | -85.2% |
| Bradie Demott | $4,356 | $943 | -78.4% |
| Steve Groven | $887 | $887 | 0% |
| Joshua Fletchall | $4,172 | $842 | -79.8% |
| Craven Cattle Company, Inc. | $5,917 | $831 | -86% |
| Norvil Miller | $2,882 | $809 | -71.9% |
| Michael Eugene Rowe | $6,029 | $790 | -86.9% |
| Joan A. Ford | $1,218 | $782 | -35.8% |
| Jason Dannar | $3,707 | $739 | -80.1% |
| Gary A. Hawk | $6,082 | $706 | -88.4% |
| Barry McClellan | $1,381 | $684 | -50.5% |
| Ray Owens Farm, LLC | $680 | $680 | 0% |
| Bill Staton | $6,827 | $664 | -90.3% |
| Billy G Jones Trust | $613 | $613 | 0% |
| Shadeow L Ellis | $3,840 | $593 | -84.6% |
| Travis Troutwine | $10,793 | $563 | -94.8% |
| J. W. Harding | $2,352 | $558 | -76.3% |
| Zebulon Harker | $3,707 | $533 | -85.6% |
| Wilbur Osborne | $532 | $532 | 0% |
| David Edwin Jacobs | $2,905 | $526 | -81.9% |
| Gary E. James | $1,312 | $526 | -59.9% |
| Tammy J. Jones | $3,979 | $523 | -86.9% |
| Jack Hawk | $521 | $521 | 0% |
| Terry L. Larison | $3,596 | $475 | -86.8% |
| Esther McClellan | $783 | $435 | -44.4% |
| Michael B. Adwell | $3,068 | $405 | -86.8% |
| Rusty Holcomb | $2,029 | $351 | -82.7% |
| David W. Moyer | $1,089 | $335 | -69.2% |
| Charles Supinger | $1,370 | $318 | -76.8% |
| Greg Miller | $2,144 | $318 | -85.2% |
| Tyler V. Paxson | $1,473 | $304 | -79.4% |
| Buddy James | $303 | $303 | 0% |
| Cecilia James | $303 | $303 | 0% |
| Gavin Reed Hawk | $2,134 | $277 | -87% |
| Terry Findley | $3,510 | $273 | -92.2% |
| Benjamin E. Siegrist | $266 | $266 | 0% |
| Nick Abplanalp | $1,925 | $260 | -86.5% |
| Carl Hines | $255 | $255 | 0% |
| Jeff Andrews | $445 | $217 | -51.2% |
| Lynn Parsons | $1,886 | $203 | -89.2% |
| Jerry Burns | $803 | $194 | -75.8% |
| James Brown | $1,487 | $194 | -87% |
| Colton Lane Hibbs | $1,577 | $190 | -88% |
| William Brown | $671 | $178 | -73.5% |
| Brandon Allee | $1,012 | $176 | -82.6% |
| Peter Belokonny | $216 | $137 | -36.6% |
| Norman Snead | $517 | $133 | -74.3% |
| Adam Brown | $671 | $121 | -82% |
| Roy James | $186 | $91 | -51.1% |
| Dick Combs | $417 | $51 | -87.8% |
| Kevin Wimer | $2,125 | $35 | -98.4% |
| Charlene Green | $64 | $18 | -71.9% |
| A. B. Carr | $12,814 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Lopez | $836 | $0 | -100% |
| Ashley Cadle | $420 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Pickering | $7,913 | $0 | -100% |
| Clara Harding | $12,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Dolores Findley | $29,933 | $0 | -100% |
| F. C. Grace Jr. | $18,775 | $0 | -100% |
| James Edward Ridge | $234 | $0 | -100% |
| Jay Barker Shipley | $2,069 | $0 | -100% |
| Jubal Summers | $2,189 | $0 | -100% |
| Judson Summers | $3,806 | $0 | -100% |
| Julie Bever | $1,665 | $0 | -100% |
| Lorace Waldeier | $2,396 | $0 | -100% |
| Lyndall D Hill | $5,678 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcia Garrett | $1,544 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Anderson | $1,350 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy James | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| Rex Hill | $30,645 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Rush | $18,756 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Supinger | $185 | $0 | -100% |
| Vivian Coleman | $142 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Haun | $764 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Hawk Revocable Living Trust | $1,099 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald Eugene O'Grady | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry E. Demott | $1,817 | $0 | -100% |
| Jill Larison | $3,283 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Troutwine | $5,173 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Swaney | $63 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell Troutwine | $5,258 | $0 | -100% |
| Combs Brothers Farms | $146 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,068,773 | $2,997,025 | -50.6% |
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