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In 2021, 177 farmers in cities within Steuben County received a total of $2.8 million in 299 farm subsidies, a 58.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.9 million in 666 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 Steuben County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore Dairy, LLC | $1,453,656 | $177,849 | -87.8% |
| Smith's Stock Farms, Inc. | $573,465 | $156,988 | -72.6% |
| Burns Family Farm, L.L.C. | $0 | $142,345 | -- |
| L H Briggs, Inc. | $439,248 | $140,179 | -68.1% |
| Karr Dairy Farms, LLC | $628,075 | $138,035 | -78% |
| Palmer Farms, LLC | $369,985 | $134,872 | -63.5% |
| Hendee Homestead, Inc. | $199,620 | $131,695 | -34% |
| Revolution Dairy, LLC | $188,709 | $114,072 | -39.6% |
| Howard Flats Farm | $99,690 | $113,609 | 14% |
| Button Brothers Dairy | $82,940 | $92,566 | 11.6% |
| Konstantin D Frank & Sons | $0 | $75,182 | -- |
| Ogorzalek Farms, Inc. | $11,134 | $73,282 | 558.2% |
| Blake S. Lawrence | $13,490 | $65,274 | 383.9% |
| Century Farm 1822 | $59,418 | $60,130 | 1.2% |
| Slayton's Family Farm, Inc. | $298,110 | $51,702 | -82.7% |
| Jeffrey H. Atherton | $71,852 | $48,297 | -32.8% |
| Kinburn Dairy, LLC | $26,970 | $48,040 | 78.1% |
| Milky Way Farms | $42,759 | $46,980 | 9.9% |
| Cornell Dairy Farms, LLC | $51,992 | $44,457 | -14.5% |
| David C. Owen | $34,203 | $42,847 | 25.3% |
| Yule Tree Farms | $0 | $41,382 | -- |
| Joseph McCaig | $42,841 | $37,680 | -12% |
| Harter Brothers Swiss Farms | $65,164 | $35,811 | -45% |
| Fi de Farms | $25,966 | $34,909 | 34.4% |
| Fordman Hurlbut | $15,269 | $32,828 | 115% |
| Michael Beach | $145,332 | $32,270 | -77.8% |
| Lynette R. Wallace | $5,896 | $31,642 | 436.7% |
| Douglas H. Kimble | $34,009 | $31,549 | -7.2% |
| LR Stutzman & Son, Inc. | $0 | $31,475 | -- |
| Robert Carl Jr. | $32,149 | $31,402 | -2.3% |
| Kevin Miller | $14,448 | $27,883 | 93% |
| Shirley Harris | $42,927 | $27,819 | -35.2% |
| Daniel Alleger | $13,750 | $26,890 | 95.6% |
| Franklin J. MacHuga | $19,910 | $23,395 | 17.5% |
| Kelvin K. Slayton | $27,834 | $22,709 | -18.4% |
| Kim C. Slayton | $18,379 | $22,331 | 21.5% |
| Brian A. Bicksler | $18,950 | $22,094 | 16.6% |
| Kerry Bicksler | $18,951 | $22,094 | 16.6% |
| The Robert Palmer Family Farm, LLC | $32,551 | $21,067 | -35.3% |
| MacHuga Dairy | $19,557 | $19,246 | -1.6% |
| Mark Stone | $19,179 | $19,230 | 0.3% |
| Gary Mahany | $70,412 | $16,427 | -76.7% |
| Rick Palmer | $45,078 | $13,811 | -69.4% |
| William Sherer | $18,688 | $13,344 | -28.6% |
| Warren Thompson & Son | $39,540 | $13,218 | -66.6% |
| Marvin Schenck | $9,176 | $11,729 | 27.8% |
| Dawn R. Petteys | $9,126 | $10,086 | 10.5% |
| Richard L. Petteys | $9,217 | $10,086 | 9.4% |
| Craig Stephens | $9,943 | $9,385 | -5.6% |
| James Stephens | $9,851 | $9,385 | -4.7% |
| Peter F. Rauber | $17,099 | $9,241 | -46% |
| Robbins Farm, Inc. | $16,651 | $9,137 | -45.1% |
| Fitzpatrick Farm Market & Deli, Inc. | $0 | $9,115 | -- |
| Daniel G. Carl | $8,284 | $8,994 | 8.6% |
| Sharlene M. Carl | $8,878 | $8,994 | 1.3% |
| Carroll V. Wade II | $3,162 | $8,258 | 161.2% |
| William White | $10,400 | $7,544 | -27.5% |
| Gary G. White | $10,459 | $7,499 | -28.3% |
| Gregory D. Fuerst | $6,971 | $6,971 | 0% |
| Craig Vitale | $7,725 | $6,258 | -19% |
| Lynn Vitale | $7,633 | $6,258 | -18% |
| Zachary Wellington | $12,009 | $5,420 | -54.9% |
| Chateau Frank, Inc. | $0 | $5,325 | -- |
| Don L. Kelly | $8,135 | $4,381 | -46.1% |
| Hoeffner Farms | $22,752 | $4,237 | -81.4% |
| Gerard Smith | $8,683 | $3,945 | -54.6% |
| Joyce M. Plaisted | $6,459 | $3,854 | -40.3% |
| Mark Christopher Plaisted | $6,561 | $3,854 | -41.3% |
| Doyle Vineyard Management, LLC | $207,096 | $3,794 | -98.2% |
| Edward G. White | $18,846 | $3,335 | -82.3% |
| ABC Ranch, LLC | $20,491 | $3,260 | -84.1% |
| Paul T. Stermer | $9,394 | $3,246 | -65.4% |
| Sharon Moss | $3,530 | $3,230 | -8.5% |
| Louis L. Birdwell | $7,499 | $3,094 | -58.7% |
| Mitchell Smith | $9,580 | $2,833 | -70.4% |
| Donald Guild | $7,439 | $2,761 | -62.9% |
| Richard Hulse | $13,622 | $2,524 | -81.5% |
| Francis Cornell | $2,327 | $2,327 | 0% |
| Frederick Wizeman | $13,891 | $2,166 | -84.4% |
| Steven Jenks | $7,511 | $2,157 | -71.3% |
| Vaughn Emo | $3,370 | $2,094 | -37.9% |
| Curtis Wilson | $4,397 | $2,059 | -53.2% |
| John F. Burns | $18,782 | $2,054 | -89.1% |
| James Bocek | $2,007 | $2,007 | 0% |
| Stone Rise Farm | $3,378 | $1,996 | -40.9% |
| Randy Hill | $2,148 | $1,828 | -14.9% |
| Dennis Brown | $1,984 | $1,825 | -8% |
| Ray Acomb | $4,671 | $1,812 | -61.2% |
| William W. Goodwin | $3,616 | $1,808 | -50% |
| Richard J. Allen | $4,785 | $1,766 | -63.1% |
| Sheron Hurlbut | $14,588 | $1,660 | -88.6% |
| Jerry Cornell | $8,082 | $1,651 | -79.6% |
| Earl R. MacNaughton | $4,177 | $1,641 | -60.7% |
| John T. Moran Jr. | $6,724 | $1,624 | -75.8% |
| Roger Williamson | $9,048 | $1,543 | -82.9% |
| Philip D. Morehouse | $1,529 | $1,529 | 0% |
| Mike Houghtaling | $4,724 | $1,523 | -67.8% |
| Fredrick Warner | $1,507 | $1,507 | 0% |
| Joseph MacHuga | $3,604 | $1,443 | -60% |
| Ronald L. Fox Jr. | $0 | $1,413 | -- |
| Schenck Hillview Farm | $5,000 | $1,409 | -71.8% |
| Roy Elliott | $4,389 | $1,378 | -68.6% |
| James A. Cornish | $5,478 | $1,310 | -76.1% |
| Keith R. Brewer | $7,062 | $1,304 | -81.5% |
| David Kramer | $3,801 | $1,298 | -65.9% |
| Jerry E. Coleman | $5,578 | $1,287 | -76.9% |
| Franklin L Lysyczyn | $1,277 | $1,277 | 0% |
| John Nisbet | $9,094 | $1,260 | -86.1% |
| Allan Warriner | $2,995 | $1,259 | -58% |
| William Hadley | $0 | $1,155 | -- |
| Duane R. Flint | $6,564 | $1,154 | -82.4% |
| Susan E. Flint | $4,052 | $1,137 | -71.9% |
| David E. Kemp | $0 | $1,045 | -- |
| Carlton M. Schenck | $18,627 | $978 | -94.7% |
| Thomas Cheresnowsky | $4,224 | $969 | -77.1% |
| Walter Czworka | $3,286 | $948 | -71.2% |
| Kenneth Lewis | $1,616 | $875 | -45.9% |
| Brian Robinson | $2,145 | $869 | -59.5% |
| Lisa Robinson | $2,145 | $869 | -59.5% |
| Curtis Loghry | $849 | $861 | 1.4% |
| George McIntyre | $0 | $825 | -- |
| William L Waters | $3,762 | $817 | -78.3% |
| Owen Kaufman | $752 | $816 | 8.5% |
| Lynelle Williamson | $3,377 | $814 | -75.9% |
| Loren Smith | $6,842 | $808 | -88.2% |
| Kathleen R. Hall | $2,359 | $789 | -66.6% |
| Helen R Paucke | $0 | $774 | -- |
| Mervin J. Brewer | $0 | $770 | -- |
| David J Masti | $7,807 | $766 | -90.2% |
| Mitchell Farm | $841 | $742 | -11.8% |
| Kerry O'Brien | $20,406 | $735 | -96.4% |
| Scott M. Smith | $18,088 | $719 | -96% |
| Wilma E Waters | $7,292 | $709 | -90.3% |
| Christina Jones | $2,871 | $700 | -75.6% |
| Daniel Jones | $2,871 | $700 | -75.6% |
| Trevor Flint | $2,310 | $668 | -71.1% |
| Gerald Loghry | $1,880 | $647 | -65.6% |
| Lawrence J. Keegan | $2,244 | $634 | -71.7% |
| Ruth Anne Troxel | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Joseph Treichler | $4,308 | $604 | -86% |
| Jody Allen | $2,023 | $572 | -71.7% |
| Harold Diederich | $2,005 | $535 | -73.3% |
| Lenna Rauber | $26,493 | $531 | -98% |
| Gertrude Brewer | $0 | $495 | -- |
| Roger Waters | $2,013 | $492 | -75.6% |
| Todd Terwilliger | $1,870 | $490 | -73.8% |
| Scott Flint | $2,699 | $477 | -82.3% |
| Darryl Vaughn | $2,662 | $464 | -82.6% |
| Rodney D. Sherman | $2,858 | $453 | -84.1% |
| Stephen Lewis | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Thomas L. Fox | $1,830 | $428 | -76.6% |
| William I. Margeson | $1,958 | $412 | -79% |
| Daniel Hubbard | $1,311 | $394 | -69.9% |
| Karron K Hubbard | $1,311 | $394 | -69.9% |
| John J. Leonard Jr. | $0 | $385 | -- |
| Stanley B. Good | $343 | $343 | 0% |
| Richard Kody Kenney | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Griffin Ellis | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Wesley J. Coots | $1,635 | $330 | -79.8% |
| Marvin mac Naughton | $396 | $273 | -31.1% |
| Lorraine Dennis | $1,451 | $248 | -82.9% |
| Derrick Dennis | $1,451 | $238 | -83.6% |
| Heavenly Sunset Farm | $0 | $238 | -- |
| William McMahon Jr. | $0 | $234 | -- |
| John A. MacHuga | $622 | $223 | -64.1% |
| Shirley Cornish | $4,748 | $212 | -95.5% |
| Joel T. Margeson | $0 | $205 | -- |
| William Brown Jr. | $2,239 | $189 | -91.6% |
| Natasha Stone | $0 | $185 | -- |
| Thomas Hawkins | $0 | $182 | -- |
| Button Acres | $267 | $172 | -35.6% |
| Russell S. Jacobs | $153 | $153 | 0% |
| Alton C. Derick | $586 | $118 | -79.9% |
| Jennifer Jakubik | $5,690 | $52 | -99.1% |
| Ferd Sekoll | $409 | $36 | -91.2% |
| Glenn White | $76 | $33 | -56.6% |
| Anthony C. Zyla | $184 | $9 | -95.1% |
| Roy H. Neu | $626 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Markel | $2,189 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry R. Miller | $17,580 | $0 | -100% |
| John Strait | $688 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Towner | $298 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas R. Kowalcyk | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne A. Mitchell | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendell Moss | $2,227 | $0 | -100% |
| Alleger Family Farm | $34,497 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley Miles | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| David Alleger | $2,663 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimbar Lea Fenner | $1,028 | $0 | -100% |
| Gilded Grapes, LLC | $3,069 | $0 | -100% |
| Kerry Simmons | $3,038 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Allen | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Scotchmer | $15,738 | $0 | -100% |
| Burns Family Farm, LLC | $392,554 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Stewart | $1,990 | $0 | -100% |
| Erik Briggs | $15 | $0 | -100% |
| Francis A. Clancy | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffery E. Carnes | $11,398 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond L. Nisbet | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas E. Dewall | $214 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Matacale | $29 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin van Skiver | $207 | $0 | -100% |
| Valerie J. Kent | $18,448 | $0 | -100% |
| Alfred Cisco | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Alton Herrick | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Swan | $2,986 | $0 | -100% |
| Norman K. Allen | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| William Cisco | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis Birdwell L. Est. Jr. | $6,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Peek | $8,460 | $0 | -100% |
| Buffalo Ranch Farm, LLC | $5,820 | $0 | -100% |
| John E. Turner | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| John Joseph MacHuga | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle O. Lowery | $526 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah M. Skinner | $200 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan M Donderewicz | $3,371 | $0 | -100% |
| William T. MacHuga | $198 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Good | $244 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael S. Cornell | $2,233 | $0 | -100% |
| Roderick L. Prutsman | $3,512 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony Marco | $7,193 | $0 | -100% |
| George Schweigart | $11,898 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,885,949 | $2,838,952 | -58.8% |
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