Farms throughout cities in Lawrence County received $2.2 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.
In 2021, 144 farmers in cities within Lawrence County received a total of $2 million in 303 farm subsidies, a 51.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.2 million in 570 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley T. Wilson | $482,609 | $242,293 | -49.8% |
| Snyder Dairy Farm | $268,018 | $156,574 | -41.6% |
| Lakeland Dairy Farms | $637,678 | $143,402 | -77.5% |
| Martinholm Farms, LLC | $145,969 | $103,226 | -29.3% |
| Trotacre Farm, LLC | $109,704 | $102,043 | -7% |
| Kenny Jersey Farm, LLC | $108,341 | $82,627 | -23.7% |
| B & B Farms, Inc. | $233,261 | $71,756 | -69.2% |
| Edward G. Byers | $82,020 | $70,853 | -13.6% |
| Kemland Farm | $101,398 | $57,457 | -43.3% |
| Mitcheltree Brothers Logging & Lumber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | — |
| Romeo Forestry, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | — |
| Telesz Farms | $69,566 | $51,706 | -25.7% |
| Lance James Nimmo | $109,890 | $48,586 | -55.8% |
| Clan Campbell Farm, Inc. | $68,586 | $48,135 | -29.8% |
| Daniel L. Davis Jr. | $0 | $45,674 | — |
| Walt Whippo Farm, Inc. | $295,711 | $43,984 | -85.1% |
| Philip J Bozlinski | $81,606 | $43,867 | -46.2% |
| Left – Mac Holsteins | $45,039 | $35,336 | -21.5% |
| Wampum Green Lane, LLC | $0 | $31,379 | — |
| David E. Dixon | $24,418 | $27,883 | 14.2% |
| Esther Mae Dixon | $24,418 | $27,883 | 14.2% |
| West Branch Holsteins, LLC | $0 | $27,596 | — |
| Elder Farms | $67,789 | $23,339 | -65.6% |
| Czubek Farms, LLC | $41,771 | $19,618 | -53% |
| Henry Farms | $24,115 | $19,488 | -19.2% |
| Adam Dean | $38,264 | $18,434 | -51.8% |
| Mcbride Beef Farms | $33,425 | $18,301 | -45.2% |
| Stanley M. Walczak | $42,161 | $15,466 | -63.3% |
| MC Conahy Farms | $28,620 | $14,258 | -50.2% |
| Booher Farms | $23,416 | $13,616 | -41.9% |
| Eric Jason Gardner | $16,844 | $12,556 | -25.5% |
| Ronald E. Martin | $33,763 | $12,354 | -63.4% |
| J B Family Farms, LLC | $9,307 | $11,982 | 28.7% |
| Richard Weingartner | $8,964 | $10,886 | 21.4% |
| Burns Angus Farm, LLC | $41,278 | $9,270 | -77.5% |
| Leonard E. Stewart | $21,781 | $8,349 | -61.7% |
| Romar Jersey Farm, Inc. | $34,689 | $8,291 | -76.1% |
| MC Dowell Farms, LLC | $28,445 | $8,024 | -71.8% |
| Leckwart Farm Market, LLC | $28,351 | $7,661 | -73% |
| Stacy Cosgrove | $0 | $7,606 | — |
| Den-Be Farms, Inc. | $121,230 | $7,240 | -94% |
| John Shulack JR | $8,536 | $6,932 | -18.8% |
| Henry J. Sniezek Jr. | $18,618 | $6,576 | -64.7% |
| Robert D. Clark | $5,615 | $5,615 | 0% |
| Henry P. Sniezek | $725 | $5,499 | 658.5% |
| Turner Poultry Farm, Inc. | $12,106 | $5,371 | -55.6% |
| Brenda Yakubik | $0 | $4,820 | — |
| Kent J. McDowell | $16,957 | $4,813 | -71.6% |
| James Donatelli | $4,712 | $4,712 | 0% |
| Richard Kretzer | $19,443 | $4,684 | -75.9% |
| Harold P. Rapp | $4,797 | $4,548 | -5.2% |
| Thomas C. Heasley | $4,410 | $4,495 | 1.9% |
| Martin H. Gwin | $16,640 | $4,412 | -73.5% |
| Howard Leslie | $3,611 | $4,306 | 19.2% |
| John Whiting | $22,346 | $4,238 | -81% |
| Douglas S. Beatty | $10,215 | $4,141 | -59.5% |
| John Kolehmainen | $23,098 | $4,057 | -82.4% |
| Edward Nicol | $15,476 | $4,025 | -74% |
| Jeremiah Maher | $3,899 | $3,899 | 0% |
| Michael Carreon | $8,347 | $3,886 | -53.4% |
| Kevin McRoberts | $7,041 | $3,855 | -45.2% |
| Travis Andrew Book | $13,072 | $3,767 | -71.2% |
| Edward Clark | $7,723 | $3,730 | -51.7% |
| John Gebhart | $17,536 | $3,665 | -79.1% |
| William L. Moore | $10,349 | $3,626 | -65% |
| Wayne Herbert Cox | $10,717 | $3,623 | -66.2% |
| Robert Nimmo | $14,230 | $3,546 | -75.1% |
| Timothy Bodziach | $0 | $3,406 | — |
| Grace J. mc Gary | $6,003 | $3,208 | -46.6% |
| Wayne Huston | $13,135 | $2,954 | -77.5% |
| John D. Thompson | $15,611 | $2,942 | -81.2% |
| Thomas J. Trotter | $3,987 | $2,872 | -28% |
| Michael Lucidore | $2,729 | $2,729 | 0% |
| Kenny Farms | $2,670 | $2,670 | 0% |
| Gary Paglia | $2,605 | $2,605 | 0% |
| Norma Paglia | $2,605 | $2,605 | 0% |
| Michael C. Lehman | $4,948 | $2,570 | -48.1% |
| Marvin Kendall | $5,009 | $2,364 | -52.8% |
| Steven Pensy | $3,894 | $2,319 | -40.4% |
| Frank T. Bielak | $11,336 | $2,311 | -79.6% |
| Dorothy Pollman | $7,221 | $2,256 | -68.8% |
| Gary Harman | $5,016 | $2,044 | -59.3% |
| John E. mc Connell | $6,036 | $2,003 | -66.8% |
| James L. Stewart | $4,312 | $1,958 | -54.6% |
| Miranda Cowan | $3,424 | $1,679 | -51% |
| Joshua Alan Deems | $5,486 | $1,676 | -69.4% |
| James Richard Jones | $4,324 | $1,641 | -62% |
| Charlotte B. Chapman | $7,384 | $1,544 | -79.1% |
| Robert Wilson | $1,673 | $1,542 | -7.8% |
| Ronald E. Gargasz | $3,876 | $1,419 | -63.4% |
| Gary L. Lehman | $2,497 | $1,385 | -44.5% |
| Karl Walter | $4,192 | $1,328 | -68.3% |
| Jeff Deems | $2,556 | $1,287 | -49.6% |
| Eric Peoples | $4,680 | $1,286 | -72.5% |
| Robert J. Cosgrove | $12,383 | $1,245 | -89.9% |
| Larry Loth | $3,187 | $1,233 | -61.3% |
| Bruce A. mc Connell | $4,239 | $1,230 | -71% |
| Scott Stewart | $2,945 | $1,198 | -59.3% |
| William T. Hohmann | $0 | $1,173 | — |
| James Pizor | $3,117 | $1,120 | -64.1% |
| Kevin L. Raney | $3,118 | $1,106 | -64.5% |
| David R. Wilson | $4,887 | $1,098 | -77.5% |
| Donald J. Hoye | $2,443 | $1,068 | -56.3% |
| Ronald W. Hodge | $1,046 | $1,046 | 0% |
| Chet Brown | $6,021 | $1,016 | -83.1% |
| John W. Fox | $2,787 | $1,014 | -63.6% |
| Heather Armstrong | $0 | $966 | — |
| Jill Armstrong | $0 | $966 | — |
| Craig Wallace | $5,161 | $939 | -81.8% |
| Dennis Hall | $0 | $925 | — |
| Gary Fulkman | $7,603 | $911 | -88% |
| Jeffrey L. Reckard | $881 | $881 | 0% |
| Robert B. mc Crumb III | $4,488 | $849 | -81.1% |
| Mark a Gorgacz | $3,365 | $839 | -75.1% |
| Bryan R. Dean | $5,202 | $797 | -84.7% |
| Lloyd Harlan | $2,603 | $757 | -70.9% |
| Richard D. mc Connell | $3,284 | $746 | -77.3% |
| Harry Curatola | $1,921 | $730 | -62% |
| Donald ‘duke’ Whiting | $880 | $696 | -20.9% |
| Ernest Phillips | $917 | $683 | -25.5% |
| Ronald L. Deems | $2,968 | $643 | -78.3% |
| John F Papach JR | $7,298 | $609 | -91.7% |
| Gregory J. Wallas | $1,491 | $597 | -60% |
| Melvin D. Myers | $1,992 | $597 | -70% |
| David A. Garrett | $565 | $565 | 0% |
| Marc Peoples | $2,134 | $545 | -74.5% |
| Dwayne C. Gibson | $0 | $540 | — |
| Laurel Rendos | $2,652 | $516 | -80.5% |
| Michael Henry | $1,657 | $507 | -69.4% |
| Tim Wynn | $440 | $426 | -3.2% |
| John S. Whiting | $1,168 | $359 | -69.3% |
| Paul Beatty | $1,441 | $353 | -75.5% |
| Terry Buckwalter | $1,161 | $324 | -72.1% |
| Henry D. Karki | $869 | $300 | -65.5% |
| George A. Wilson | $20,973 | $258 | -98.8% |
| James F MC Cormick | $429 | $255 | -40.6% |
| Calvin E. Hudson | $1,096 | $244 | -77.7% |
| The Estate of Edward W. Nicol | $0 | $149 | — |
| Dale R. Thompson | $483 | $85 | -82.4% |
| Hugh K. Laughner | $221 | $63 | -71.5% |
| Devin Sharek | $1,738 | $21 | -98.8% |
| Zana G. Anderson | $2,286 | $19 | -99.2% |
| Kathy J. Nowotny | $0 | $11 | — |
| Mark A. Figurelli | $0 | $8 | — |
| Dawson’s Orchards, Inc. | $29,296 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory T. Kephart | $3,823 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Trotter | $84 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Drotleff | $800 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard C. Craig | $1,960 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen Tanner Drotleff | $826 | $0 | -100% |
| Mitcheltree Brothers Logging & Lu | $7,093 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter J. Wallas | $1,505 | $0 | -100% |
| Apple Castle, LLC | $38,332 | $0 | -100% |
| David J. Burns | $639 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Yasnowsky | $158 | $0 | -100% |
| Enos S. Byler | $231 | $0 | -100% |
| Ferris Farm Produce | $1,961 | $0 | -100% |
| Nyron Leroy Ligo | $311 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel S. Byler | $437 | $0 | -100% |
| William mc Farland | $917 | $0 | -100% |
| Fallen Aspen Farms, LLC | $2,767 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew J. Reeher | $1,848 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall J Gerstnecker | $458 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,178,859 | $2,023,419 | -51.6% |
