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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Union County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Union County received $2.1 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 316 farmers in cities within Union County received a total of $3.3 million in 447 farm subsidies, a 39.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.4 million in 864 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
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Rendleman Orchards, Inc.$250,140$169,774-32.1%
Dale L. Moreland$338,138$169,436-49.9%
Mark Eddleman$199,192$165,902-16.7%
Flamm Orchards, Inc.$410,810$162,208-60.5%
Dana Eddleman$149,703$157,5735.3%
Bill Bass$283,990$138,339-51.3%
Lick Creek Farms, LLC$118,415$106,631-10%
Mclane Farms, LLC$164,259$60,063-63.4%
Rich Farms$183,297$54,353-70.3%
John P Maginel-John Paul Maginel and Paige Helm Maginel Join$69,309$52,369-24.4%
Robert Osman$65,987$51,468-22%
Smithey Farms, LLC$16,457$50,909209.3%
Mark Tyler Eddleman$54,007$50,015-7.4%
Jason Menees$49,480$49,4800%
Leo Childers$49,389$49,3890%
Darrell Darrell L Dillow Trust Dillow$43,893$43,856-0.1%
Ernest Rhodes$45,018$41,940-6.8%
Ira Dugan Tripp$26,481$37,80642.8%
Phillip Dillow$38,791$37,761-2.7%
Robert Terry Clark$54,306$36,898-32.1%
Joe Lazy Q Farm Trust Quertermous$63,434$34,404-45.8%
Kenton V. Earnhart$104,696$32,992-68.5%
Kenneth Dillow$31,087$31,0870%
Kenneth Newman$3,322$29,788796.7%
Jerry Toler$36,240$29,111-19.7%
Jerry Edward Lingle$35,327$28,628-19%
Carl - the Frick Family Trust Joe Frick$31,733$27,600-13%
Collin Cain$51,622$25,852-49.9%
Edwin Eddleman$22,198$25,08413%
Mark A. Willmann$55,428$22,130-60.1%
Kerry Glasco$53,833$21,999-59.1%
Toby Bass$45,154$21,575-52.2%
Donald W. Cerney$20,564$20,5640%
Ronald L. Morgan$20,015$20,0150%
John Hoehner$28,266$19,610-30.6%
Robert E. Plott$26,876$19,575-27.2%
Philip W. Miller$60,568$18,068-70.2%
Bruce R. Mosby$19,995$17,821-10.9%
Osman Produce Company$92,709$17,630-81%
Josh Lofton Farms and Supply, LLC$36,520$17,594-51.8%
Phillip L. Goodman$17,843$17,575-1.5%
Darrell G. Miller$17,214$17,2140%
Brad Dodd$28,099$17,134-39%
Jon Housman$16,474$16,4740%
Ricky W. Hicks$15,767$15,7670%
Pope Union Company, Inc.$4,015$15,394283.4%
John and Judith Watkins Irrevocable Trust$18,304$14,972-18.2%
Willard Cunningham$16,982$14,659-13.7%
Mike Lofton$30,269$13,918-54%
Hill Brothers, LLC$12,754$13,6266.8%
Gaynes Pecord$15,859$13,541-14.6%
Wayne Brown$13,111$13,1110%
Steven D. Dillow$22,886$12,787-44.1%
Gould Family Limited Partnership$13,334$12,369-7.2%
Jeffery W. Palmer$12,354$12,3540%
David J. Rothschild$12,230$12,2300%
Terry Henderson$12,512$12,178-2.7%
Ronald Ury$43,941$12,000-72.7%
Larry Kristoff$9,727$11,96423%
Glenn Logan Beanland$32,140$11,931-62.9%
Terry L. Foster$11,211$11,2110%
GGG Farms$55,492$11,184-79.8%
Gregory K. Aldridge$11,058$10,958-0.9%
Byron A. Dodd$10,597$10,5970%
Harold Brumleve$10,492$10,4920%
James Lee Dillow$20,927$10,250-51%
Collin Hugh Crane$9,692$10,0143.3%
Ray D. Miller$9,884$9,8840%
Michael Sinisi$9,664$9,6640%
Carl C. Lingle$9,629$9,6290%
Rhine Family Trust$2,729$9,487247.6%
Gerald L. Brown$14,981$9,369-37.5%
Patricia Diane Cox$9,328$9,3280%
Matthew C. Lambdin$10,859$9,202-15.3%
Donald Duty$8,944$8,9440%
Robert C. Light$36,296$8,850-75.6%
Jason N. Lingle$8,764$8,7640%
Bonnie Goddard$9,953$8,753-12.1%
Jack G. Yates$38,884$8,676-77.7%
Louis Andrew Denny$28,813$8,598-70.2%
Carl Dasenbrock$8,501$8,5010%
Gregory L. Earnhart$8,492$8,4920%
The Miller Family Revocable Living Trust Agreement$9,121$8,435-7.5%
Ray Schneider$18,102$8,176-54.8%
William H. Davis$18,048$8,156-54.8%
Billie C Jacobini$8,070$8,0700%
Charles R Lambdin Revocable Trust$21,762$8,011-63.2%
Bradley Bradley Corzine Living Trust Corzine$7,954$7,9540%
Steve Marr$7,927$7,9270%
Kenneth Brumleve$8,054$7,885-2.1%
Ernest Russell$7,864$7,8640%
Bill Porter$7,795$7,7950%
Rick Tweedy$7,732$7,7320%
Jerry D. Palmer$8,750$7,595-13.2%
Kaleb Kenton Treece$0$7,497--
Ronald Garner$7,427$7,4270%
Barry Poole$9,275$7,245-21.9%
Craig Family Trust$7,161$7,1610%
Betty A. Bland$7,080$7,0800%
Joe Rumfelt$7,633$7,048-7.7%
Jeff D. Harris$7,170$6,916-3.5%
Mike Stroehlein$6,890$6,8900%
Charles R. Evans III$6,794$6,7940%
Ray E. Houseman$0$6,709--
Lyle Bruce Poole$6,659$6,6590%
Glenn R. Heisner$7,527$6,554-12.9%
Carla J. Chatham$6,496$6,4960%
Landon L. Lingle$24,999$6,291-74.8%
Jimmy Goddard$6,230$6,2300%
Rw McAlister$9,971$6,201-37.8%
Crossline Farms, LLC$0$6,192--
Ronald R. Dillow$7,228$6,152-14.9%
Matthew F. Follis$19,356$6,058-68.7%
Dustin K. Newman$10,599$6,028-43.1%
Robert E. Lingle$5,549$5,5490%
Gary Wright$5,523$5,5230%
Michael Moreland$10,698$5,459-49%
Double Farms Mark C. Corzine$32,398$5,322-83.6%
Herold Family Trust$5,292$5,2920%
Richard Cunningham$6,821$5,284-22.5%
Kenneth Bartley$5,256$5,2560%
Fred J Terbrak$5,168$5,1680%
Davie Farm, LLC$5,263$5,091-3.3%
Charlene Fairless$5,021$5,0210%
Mark D. Keller$4,934$4,9340%
Goose International, Inc.$4,728$4,9083.8%
Margaret M. Heil$4,791$4,7910%
Larry T. Cotham$4,700$4,7000%
Mary C. Cotham$4,700$4,7000%
Joseph Morrison$4,615$4,477-3%
Patricia Keil$4,465$4,4650%
Russell Hileman$437$4,399906.6%
Harley Rhodes$6,860$4,348-36.6%
Rick Williams$6,302$4,316-31.5%
Roger Eugene Stroehlein$4,251$4,2510%
Kristie L. McAlister$4,488$4,200-6.4%
Mike Youngblood$4,174$4,1740%
Autumn Winn Funkhouser$3,984$3,9840%
Brenda K. Tripp$4,732$3,984-15.8%
Shaun Aden$1,948$3,959103.2%
Larue D. Parr$3,953$3,9530%
Lisa A. Hicks$3,946$3,9460%
Jimmy W. Schaefer$3,944$3,9440%
Tim McReynolds$3,405$3,93415.5%
Michael K. Yates$4,947$3,897-21.2%
Donald E. Grammer$3,889$3,8890%
Halford Dillow$15,668$3,789-75.8%
Scott A. Rice$4,348$3,740-14%
Cole E. Carter$3,737$3,7370%
Ryan Scott Carter$3,737$3,7370%
Ellis Kesler$0$3,736--
Melvin G. Brown$7,307$3,720-49.1%
Clutts & Flamm Farms$0$3,638--
Allen E. Plott$11,127$3,612-67.5%
Clayton Eddleman$0$3,592--
Bradley Moreland$12,105$3,569-70.5%
Loran G. Hoffman$3,562$3,5620%
Rodney J. Sadler$2,023$3,48672.3%
Rodney W. Miller$23,460$3,450-85.3%
Kendall L. Rhine$4,483$3,445-23.2%
Barbara Norton$4,114$3,438-16.4%
Dexter Family Irrevocable Trust$3,915$3,378-13.7%
Ben W. Hinkle$2,181$3,34453.3%
Billy H. Harris$10,861$3,198-70.6%
Terry Bartruff$3,142$3,1420%
Bryan Bartruff$3,142$3,1420%
Bryan A. Merriman$1,858$3,07365.4%
Jan Nielsen$0$3,044--
Steven Draper$22,274$2,920-86.9%
Joe McMahan$0$2,868--
Stanley Treat$11,013$2,828-74.3%
Brown Joint Trust$2,809$2,8090%
Christopher Neil Grant$2,808$2,8080%
Hillcroft Farms$11,869$2,803-76.4%
Troy Schlenker$14,314$2,768-80.7%
Larry Shaffer$13,190$2,760-79.1%
Cain Farm, Inc.$10,986$2,741-75.1%
Ernest D. Martin$2,410$2,66610.6%
Deloris Pribble$2,629$2,6290%
Guiola L Moreland$8,355$2,621-68.6%
Brandon Smithey$1,943$2,59133.4%
Billy J. Abernathy$2,551$2,5510%
John A. Basler$11,525$2,550-77.9%
Larry D. Hale$17,082$2,548-85.1%
Colten Wayne Collier$8,024$2,508-68.7%
Paul Rich$8,621$2,441-71.7%
Clarence Herbert Blattel$1,867$2,41429.3%
Darrell Ralls$2,383$2,3830%
Peggy Jerrell$3,318$2,383-28.2%
Jack Ralls$3,627$2,383-34.3%
John B. Cauble$2,825$2,365-16.3%
Neil Laster$2,360$2,3600%
Chris M. Adams$2,335$2,3350%
Jayn Bigler$2,314$2,3140%
John A. Sullivan$2,305$2,3050%
James L. Shepard$2,305$2,3050%
Marvin L West$2,269$2,2690%
Two Jacks, LLC$23,123$2,224-90.4%
Jared Ryan Collier$6,930$2,214-68.1%
William Michael Gray$5,386$2,211-58.9%
Roy Allen Hogue$17,051$2,107-87.6%
Carolyn Nagel Irrevocable Trust$0$2,010--
Gary E. McKibben$2,055$1,981-3.6%
Caleb Daniel Theis$10,767$1,979-81.6%
Rebecca A. Adams$1,976$1,9760%
Walter L. Jackson$517$1,962279.5%
Randy Mead$16,891$1,954-88.4%
Gregory L. Roberts$5,569$1,941-65.1%
Andrew Lebon$5,216$1,892-63.7%
Roger D. Hileman$1,869$1,8690%
Duane Hoffner$7,489$1,815-75.8%
Charles Larry Keller$1,808$1,8080%
Josephine Cerny$3,310$1,655-50%
Darren Brown$1,775$1,642-7.5%
David Miller Sr.$1,614$1,6140%
Clayton Family Trust Dated Sept 1 2012$0$1,602--
Michael J. Grant$1,566$1,5660%
Donald Andrew Eddleman$3,210$1,560-51.4%
Lars Larsen$1,548$1,5480%
Ted Beanland$1,898$1,540-18.9%
Joyce A. Brown$1,506$1,5060%
Mary Tweedy$1,927$1,495-22.4%
J. D. Livesay$3,294$1,467-55.5%
John E. Tripp$7,176$1,382-80.7%
Von Tripp$7,111$1,382-80.6%
Willard D. Hickam$5,046$1,356-73.1%
Steve Boyd$5,478$1,306-76.2%
Sandra J. Mowery$3,294$1,301-60.5%
Kerry Shawn Jerrell$1,295$1,2950%
Thomas N. Cerny$0$1,246--
Richard Ralls$1,236$1,2360%
Ronald L. Light$1,236$1,2360%
Sandra Boaz$1,183$1,1830%
Clinton Eugene Moreland$1,176$1,1760%
Donna Budelsky$5,000$1,176-76.5%
Jack Roach$8,308$1,156-86.1%
Barry Holcomb$1,135$1,1350%
Timothy Glasco$1,515$1,128-25.5%
Anthony Cerny$1,088$1,0880%
Jeff O. Scherer$1,077$1,0770%
Guy P. Kuhn$1,038$1,0380%
Terry L. Wiseman Jr.$2,057$1,018-50.5%
Benjaman R Wills$1,980$1,010-49%
John Timothy Keller$11,851$1,006-91.5%
Paul L. McIntire$709$97837.9%
Terry J. Henderson$4,460$897-79.9%
Charles A. Marks$5,717$870-84.8%
Paul M. Trainor$337$866157%
Sam Rider$861$8610%
Larry Cook$835$8350%
Phillip C. Brown$0$816--
Charles E. Braden Jr.$7,247$796-89%
Larry Spurlock$3,839$779-79.7%
Dann R. Kraatz$762$7620%
William E. Littrell$1,769$757-57.2%
William W. Etherton$2,216$741-66.6%
Charles F. Yates$5,473$723-86.8%
Judith F. Rhine$3,322$705-78.8%
Doug Young$668$6680%
Jared Allen Toler$2,839$646-77.2%
Jerry Dillow$1,076$638-40.7%
Gary Collier$2,699$609-77.4%
James R. Barr$606$6060%
Theresa S. Kabat$2,222$603-72.9%
Mervyn Tripp$317$59788.3%
Jennifer D. Shoemate$0$579--
Robert Jerrell$1,386$560-59.6%
Garrett W. Mattox$1,848$530-71.3%
Lucy Jill Rendleman$6,375$500-92.2%
Robert Matthew Needling$2,489$499-80%
Robert S. Finders$1,271$481-62.2%
Kenneth E. Lindsay$2,189$467-78.7%
Casy George$1,573$457-70.9%
Robert E. Weilmuenster$2,607$446-82.9%
Charles H. Schultz$3,184$436-86.3%
Fred R. Stearns$1,507$431-71.4%
Douglas Hileman$1,832$407-77.8%
Curt Sebens$407$4070%
Greg W. Randles$149$364144.3%
Marvin L. Powles$1,268$357-71.8%
Jon Erik Dewitt$0$345--
Hannah Hileman$0$338--
Ryan Shane Hileman$0$338--
James A. Tweedy$1,422$323-77.3%
Glenn Mowery$778$320-58.9%
Kurtis Hileman$1,969$319-83.8%
Heather Hartline$0$291--
Jack Roach Sr.$1,546$287-81.4%
Robert Stanley Smithey III$1,704$271-84.1%
Jay Rossberg$270$2700%
Elizabeth Carson$611$267-56.3%
Lois Rasmussen$611$267-56.3%
Keith Duwayne Glasco SR Trust$0$261--
Gerald E Cain Trust$1,768$250-85.9%
Jack W. Richardson$1,078$249-76.9%
Ronald L. Gorst$728$247-66.1%
Michael D. McDonald$435$227-47.8%
Evelyn P Cain Trust$3,501$214-93.9%
Cathy Reed$897$190-78.8%
Barry Hileman$369$186-49.6%
Jack R. Musgrave$361$176-51.2%
Janette Vicher$394$172-56.3%
Elois Mowery$371$150-59.6%
Gregory D. George$1,069$149-86.1%
Rachel E. Brumleve$52$137163.5%
Ryan K. Brumleve$52$137163.5%
Enloe Clemons$4,073$105-97.4%
Dennis R. Abercrombie$409$104-74.6%
George P. Myers$78$780%
Huffman Farm Land Trustee 1$5,611$73-98.7%
Bobby Toler Jr.$369$69-81.3%
Larry L. Tripp Jr.$413$44-89.3%
Randall Miller$119$35-70.6%
Mary Powles$13$1730.8%
Howard D. Sitter$87$6-93.1%
James M. Helm$4,486$2-100%
Dale M Vorbrich JR Profit Sharing Place, M.D.$378$0-100%
Scott G. Keith$592$0-100%
Gary L. Grammer$798$0-100%
Matthew Todd Ellis$330$0-100%
Mollie Keith$1,320$0-100%
Barbara Throgmorton$283$0-100%
Bradley Scott Hoehner$135$0-100%
Chamness Angus Farms, LLC$9,337$0-100%
David Ross$371$0-100%
Delano Mowery$220$0-100%
Gary Collier Sr.$260$0-100%
Gary Phillips$284$0-100%
Janet Winn$748$0-100%
Jerrie T. Clayton$1,602$0-100%
John Hughey$362$0-100%
Kurt M. Sweitzer$9,386$0-100%
Millicent Hankla$1,738$0-100%
Norma Jean Conant$1,344$0-100%
Robert M. Wright$3,423$0-100%
Terry Moreland$338$0-100%
Timothy Merriman$63$0-100%
Anna Evergreen, LLC$1,247$0-100%
B & B Farm$2,669$0-100%
Barbara Irene Glasco Trust$194$0-100%
Bob G. Schluter$6,758$0-100%
Daniel J. Brumleve$23,369$0-100%
George D. Hinkle$1,071$0-100%
Harry Don Wirth$179$0-100%
Henry J. Mulder Jr.$796$0-100%
Homer Wesley Wilkins$2,257$0-100%
James Selinger$662$0-100%
Karl Marcus Sweitzer III$6,248$0-100%
Larry R. Yates$101$0-100%
Mary E. Evans$725$0-100%
Michael Buila$5,147$0-100%
Rebecca Hale$400$0-100%
Robert Finster$83$0-100%
Sandra Mulder$1,835$0-100%
Trevor Kell$121$0-100%
Bobby R. Layman$964$0-100%
Casper Farms$10,424$0-100%
Derick Dewayne Cummins$2,131$0-100%
Dorris Penrod$14,381$0-100%
Earnest G. Rider$457$0-100%
Gaylon Cruse$1,562$0-100%
George D Sickling$1,490$0-100%
Jerry D. Powles Sr.$63$0-100%
Joyous E Jones$430$0-100%
Judith V. McLaughlin$2,921$0-100%
Leonard R. Beanland$4,421$0-100%
Melissa R. Bound$73$0-100%
Randall Astin$11,335$0-100%
Timothy W. Reeves$253$0-100%
Wayne Lee Butler$2,534$0-100%
Deloris Landreth$505$0-100%
Dianna Myers$71$0-100%
Dorris L. Barnhart$278$0-100%
Douglas A. Grove$1,032$0-100%
Hickam Family Trust$296$0-100%
Jimmie Courtright$816$0-100%
John D. Rendleman$488$0-100%
Justin M. Hill$477$0-100%
LJM Trust$1,316$0-100%
Mabel Carter$1,529$0-100%
Michael McLane$2,449$0-100%
Michael Penninger$26,480$0-100%
Russell Hill$225$0-100%
Scott V. Burgher$153$0-100%
Shelby Brown$412$0-100%
William R. Cash Sr.$1,234$0-100%
Total subsidies$5,421,243$3,288,143-39.3%

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