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In 2021, 312 farmers in cities within Massac County received a total of $2.2 million in 561 farm subsidies, a 50.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.5 million in 1,046 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 Massac County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman Finley Farms Lp | $219,338 | $141,942 | -35.3% |
| Andrew A. Lafont | $97,159 | $123,781 | 27.4% |
| Markus Farms | $372,340 | $101,230 | -72.8% |
| John A. Lafont | $151,623 | $97,213 | -35.9% |
| Brandon L. Phillips | $158,975 | $84,587 | -46.8% |
| Burnett Farms, Inc. | $239,406 | $75,733 | -68.4% |
| Gary N. Angelly | $127,796 | $67,456 | -47.2% |
| Harris Farms | $146,371 | $62,800 | -57.1% |
| John Matthew Lafont | $92,461 | $61,976 | -33% |
| Donald E. Bunting | $218,917 | $61,402 | -72% |
| Loverkamp Farms, LLC | $198,504 | $56,152 | -71.7% |
| Sun Industries, Inc. | $12,257 | $51,099 | 316.9% |
| Er Stamme, LLC | $73,667 | $50,481 | -31.5% |
| Bryant Farms, Inc. | $15,305 | $43,879 | 186.7% |
| Matthew Cord Douglas | $135,644 | $39,892 | -70.6% |
| Daniel H. Burnett | $92,876 | $37,960 | -59.1% |
| Larry West | $22,874 | $36,977 | 61.7% |
| Steven Lafont | $25,534 | $30,426 | 19.2% |
| Lewis Farms, Corp. | $52,865 | $29,753 | -43.7% |
| Eugene Stamme | $27,084 | $26,821 | -1% |
| Randy Horstman | $36,404 | $26,269 | -27.8% |
| Jeffrey K. Weber | $69,647 | $26,084 | -62.5% |
| Jerry Ray Korte | $94,421 | $24,270 | -74.3% |
| Rollie Bunting | $28,495 | $23,258 | -18.4% |
| Dog Creek Farms, LLC | $19,943 | $23,052 | 15.6% |
| Bremer Brothers Limited Partnership | $75,585 | $22,876 | -69.7% |
| Ira L. Giltner | $13,442 | $20,941 | 55.8% |
| Jack E. Thompson | $20,908 | $20,908 | 0% |
| Jared P. Gentry | $72,345 | $20,590 | -71.5% |
| Jesse Kickasola | $20,411 | $19,338 | -5.3% |
| Henry Foss JR Trust | $63,858 | $18,461 | -71.1% |
| Deborah Kruger | $0 | $17,842 | -- |
| Charles Korte | $51,940 | $17,840 | -65.7% |
| Gregory Horman | $62,322 | $15,563 | -75% |
| Christopher Burnett | $35,237 | $14,655 | -58.4% |
| Greg Russell | $44,210 | $14,047 | -68.2% |
| Judy Mittendorf Fitch | $14,398 | $14,016 | -2.7% |
| Vernon R. Riepe | $23,113 | $13,452 | -41.8% |
| Buldtman Farms, Inc. | $48,423 | $13,371 | -72.4% |
| Robert Shapiro | $9,226 | $12,089 | 31% |
| Samuel R Kickasola | $15,786 | $11,769 | -25.4% |
| Bryant CC, Inc. | $9,251 | $11,580 | 25.2% |
| William H. McGhee | $38,392 | $11,423 | -70.2% |
| Christopher K. Markus | $12,638 | $11,276 | -10.8% |
| Allen W. Giltner | $11,087 | $10,703 | -3.5% |
| Dwayne Wieneke | $11,841 | $9,713 | -18% |
| Bradley Wayne Harris | $39,387 | $9,517 | -75.8% |
| Robert Wm Fitch | $21,167 | $9,373 | -55.7% |
| Marjorie Loynes | $9,804 | $8,839 | -9.8% |
| Chris Cromeenes | $9,150 | $8,582 | -6.2% |
| Judith P. Griffey | $10,055 | $7,881 | -21.6% |
| Donald N. Koch | $25,929 | $7,446 | -71.3% |
| Dale Obermark | $16,783 | $6,975 | -58.4% |
| Gavin Riepe | $20,046 | $6,975 | -65.2% |
| Jerry Yates | $20,668 | $6,959 | -66.3% |
| Kenneth Bormann Testamentary Family B Trust | $20,522 | $6,881 | -66.5% |
| Clara C. Owens | $1,064 | $6,716 | 531.2% |
| Terry Foster | $0 | $6,490 | -- |
| Kevin Foss | $18,525 | $6,440 | -65.2% |
| Brian Scott Koch | $4,758 | $6,344 | 33.3% |
| Allen Dale Walter | $6,429 | $6,278 | -2.3% |
| David W. Lewis | $6,628 | $6,224 | -6.1% |
| Bradley K. Piland | $5,596 | $6,199 | 10.8% |
| Jeffrey K. Bremer | $13,051 | $6,164 | -52.8% |
| Bonnie J Middagh Revocable Trust | $11,110 | $5,822 | -47.6% |
| Richard Kruger | $18,007 | $5,805 | -67.8% |
| Bill Gower | $5,764 | $5,764 | 0% |
| Jeffrey R. Korte | $16,968 | $5,753 | -66.1% |
| Mark A. Fitch | $22,900 | $5,736 | -75% |
| Hunt Finley | $17,734 | $5,666 | -68.1% |
| Enrique T. Yap | $1,711 | $5,613 | 228.1% |
| Alma Harris | $7,719 | $5,572 | -27.8% |
| Robert L. Mittendorf | $5,399 | $5,399 | 0% |
| Alvin Rottmann | $5,395 | $5,395 | 0% |
| Raymond A. Westerman | $6,940 | $5,317 | -23.4% |
| Brian E. Bremer | $19,292 | $5,185 | -73.1% |
| Truman W. Owens | $5,763 | $4,917 | -14.7% |
| David Busclas | $12,473 | $4,830 | -61.3% |
| Cathy Randolph | $4,746 | $4,746 | 0% |
| Sharon Pegram | $7,166 | $4,715 | -34.2% |
| Jerry Sue Reynolds | $4,729 | $4,701 | -0.6% |
| Thomas B Busclas | $1,012 | $4,523 | 346.9% |
| Daniel Huffman | $4,469 | $4,469 | 0% |
| Stephen D. Middleton | $11,825 | $4,410 | -62.7% |
| Luanne C. Shelton | $0 | $4,376 | -- |
| L & M Loverkamp Living Trust | $13,156 | $4,159 | -68.4% |
| Helen E. Sutton | $4,050 | $4,050 | 0% |
| Martin Busclas Estate | $8,860 | $4,041 | -54.4% |
| Johnny Henley | $5,245 | $4,015 | -23.5% |
| Kim Bakehouse | $8,521 | $3,988 | -53.2% |
| Glen R. Meyer | $4,253 | $3,913 | -8% |
| Gary D. Krueger | $3,856 | $3,856 | 0% |
| Casey Forthman | $3,597 | $3,597 | 0% |
| John Artman | $3,587 | $3,587 | 0% |
| Lana McHaney | $3,560 | $3,560 | 0% |
| Shirley A. Jennings | $3,604 | $3,485 | -3.3% |
| Bradley Meinders | $11,963 | $3,484 | -70.9% |
| James D. Riley | $11,140 | $3,392 | -69.6% |
| Mr. Kevin W. Bryant | $2,219 | $3,334 | 50.2% |
| Bruce Dwayne Burrus | $1,792 | $3,303 | 84.3% |
| Michael D. Clark | $6,712 | $3,303 | -50.8% |
| David Neal Koch | $0 | $3,243 | -- |
| William Bickham | $2,921 | $3,222 | 10.3% |
| McGhee Brothers | $4,588 | $3,029 | -34% |
| Gary Bryant | $29,894 | $3,012 | -89.9% |
| Todd R. Reames | $2,996 | $2,996 | 0% |
| Tim Holman | $2,991 | $2,991 | 0% |
| Josh A. Bowman | $10,645 | $2,981 | -72% |
| Glass House Properties, LLC | $4,738 | $2,966 | -37.4% |
| W. E. Dunning | $3,055 | $2,920 | -4.4% |
| Jason L. Korte | $9,296 | $2,918 | -68.6% |
| Doris J. Vogt | $2,711 | $2,711 | 0% |
| Samuel C. Ball | $3,054 | $2,685 | -12.1% |
| Dwight L. Foss | $10,479 | $2,676 | -74.5% |
| Brandon D. Cummins | $4,969 | $2,664 | -46.4% |
| John McBride | $2,655 | $2,655 | 0% |
| Dalton Korte | $4,113 | $2,614 | -36.4% |
| Derick Stamme | $6,864 | $2,550 | -62.8% |
| Lana Ohmes | $2,446 | $2,446 | 0% |
| Reuben W Maess Revocable Trust | $5,774 | $2,426 | -58% |
| Vida M Maess Rvoc Trustee Date February 11 2014 | $5,765 | $2,424 | -58% |
| Gary L. Lynn | $11,385 | $2,402 | -78.9% |
| Mary Jacobs | $2,362 | $2,362 | 0% |
| Edgar Stephen Houston | $4,200 | $2,283 | -45.6% |
| Diane Mescher | $4,591 | $2,252 | -50.9% |
| Lindell Eickholz | $2,225 | $2,210 | -0.7% |
| Gregory A. Lynn | $8,107 | $2,158 | -73.4% |
| James E. Harris | $10,264 | $2,091 | -79.6% |
| Lyndell Ramsey | $6,027 | $2,038 | -66.2% |
| Brent Manley | $7,391 | $2,036 | -72.5% |
| Myron S. McGinnis | $2,023 | $2,023 | 0% |
| Wilma L. Mays | $7,805 | $1,971 | -74.7% |
| Dean D. Hinners | $7,756 | $1,954 | -74.8% |
| Benita K. Black | $1,951 | $1,951 | 0% |
| Lyle Harris | $3,141 | $1,867 | -40.6% |
| Maxine Laird Collie Special Needs Trust | $1,860 | $1,860 | 0% |
| Michael Faughn | $2,266 | $1,855 | -18.1% |
| Ron E. Dowell | $1,823 | $1,823 | 0% |
| Orlis Harris | $2,326 | $1,796 | -22.8% |
| Linda Smallman | $1,781 | $1,781 | 0% |
| Eric D. Obermark | $1,732 | $1,732 | 0% |
| Larry Baity | $1,709 | $1,709 | 0% |
| Preston Giltner | $1,653 | $1,653 | 0% |
| Louis C. Kolb | $1,640 | $1,640 | 0% |
| Wayman E. Williams | $5,100 | $1,640 | -67.8% |
| Jake A. Douglas | $0 | $1,617 | -- |
| James T. Douglas | $0 | $1,617 | -- |
| Tod Douglas | $0 | $1,617 | -- |
| Ronald Douglas | $0 | $1,617 | -- |
| Brian K. Morse | $0 | $1,595 | -- |
| Scott Garrett | $3,487 | $1,590 | -54.4% |
| Rosemary Hohman | $1,115 | $1,583 | 42% |
| Charles McCarty | $1,581 | $1,581 | 0% |
| Larry G. Metcalf | $3,040 | $1,546 | -49.1% |
| Patsy Foss | $3,307 | $1,538 | -53.5% |
| Bruce Cummins | $1,534 | $1,534 | 0% |
| Loren J. Willmes | $2,977 | $1,525 | -48.8% |
| Janis Dawson I. Smith | $1,827 | $1,503 | -17.7% |
| Robert W and Marilyn J Wilke Revocable Trust 2 | $2,997 | $1,502 | -49.9% |
| Anthony Forthman | $5,118 | $1,500 | -70.7% |
| Elizabeth Phillips | $4,518 | $1,483 | -67.2% |
| Thomas Reed | $503 | $1,470 | 192.2% |
| Geraldine Holland | $0 | $1,417 | -- |
| Buddenbaum Farms | $2,808 | $1,410 | -49.8% |
| Rebecca Reames | $1,882 | $1,381 | -26.6% |
| Don Maurer | $2,562 | $1,365 | -46.7% |
| Lynn Wehrmeier | $3,187 | $1,355 | -57.5% |
| Charles P Dummeier | $3,973 | $1,324 | -66.7% |
| Vernon L Norwood Estate | $1,294 | $1,294 | 0% |
| Milton Brent Lillie | $5,973 | $1,281 | -78.6% |
| Lisa P. Smith | $3,426 | $1,247 | -63.6% |
| Mark Wm Kennedy | $9,362 | $1,221 | -87% |
| Logan Allan Loverkamp | $4,346 | $1,197 | -72.5% |
| John H Amlingmeyer | $1,191 | $1,191 | 0% |
| Marvin Schwetman | $3,116 | $1,188 | -61.9% |
| Sheryl A. Taylor | $1,186 | $1,186 | 0% |
| Herbert D. Burrus | $4,583 | $1,181 | -74.2% |
| Arthur J. Owens | $10,280 | $1,171 | -88.6% |
| Lois Lee Rushing | $2,853 | $1,093 | -61.7% |
| John W. Korte | $2,326 | $1,085 | -53.4% |
| David Jeffers | $0 | $1,070 | -- |
| Michael R. Williamson | $2,424 | $1,068 | -55.9% |
| Jon E. Cockrel | $3,012 | $1,038 | -65.5% |
| Don A. Sheehan | $4,706 | $1,029 | -78.1% |
| Larry W. Duncan | $97 | $1,021 | 952.6% |
| Albert C Schabbing Dairy Farms, Inc. | $1,860 | $1,016 | -45.4% |
| Peggy A. Draffen | $1,523 | $1,014 | -33.4% |
| Leland Bakehouse | $2,181 | $1,003 | -54% |
| Elke McNelly | $2,918 | $992 | -66% |
| Marion R. Duley | $2,860 | $986 | -65.5% |
| James D Hitterman | $3,530 | $968 | -72.6% |
| Estate of Dorothy a Greene | $0 | $957 | -- |
| Greg Riley | $903 | $903 | 0% |
| Reuben Bremer | $5,464 | $893 | -83.7% |
| Melferd Junior Krueger | $4,655 | $878 | -81.1% |
| Keith L. Hoyer | $0 | $872 | -- |
| Tim S. Beck | $3,290 | $870 | -73.6% |
| Raymond Wedeking | $4,064 | $869 | -78.6% |
| Richard Wedeking | $3,421 | $840 | -75.4% |
| Andrew Mescher | $756 | $839 | 11% |
| Elizabeth Logeman | $2,636 | $834 | -68.4% |
| Donald G. Krueger | $3,887 | $832 | -78.6% |
| Opal Riepe | $2,198 | $828 | -62.3% |
| Michael H. Overton | $5,808 | $827 | -85.8% |
| Eric Deasel | $4,088 | $818 | -80% |
| Robin Hughes | $881 | $809 | -8.2% |
| Linda Lange | $2,255 | $791 | -64.9% |
| James S. Monroe | $3,080 | $785 | -74.5% |
| Nathaniel M. Stephens | $4,094 | $767 | -81.3% |
| Jimmy Rodgers | $3,773 | $765 | -79.7% |
| Miller Real Estate, LLC | $1,792 | $741 | -58.6% |
| William J. Harris | $2,297 | $739 | -67.8% |
| Thomas L. McCarver Jr. | $3,267 | $737 | -77.4% |
| Donald W. Smith | $1,383 | $699 | -49.5% |
| Melvin K. Brugger | $1,839 | $693 | -62.3% |
| Lulabelle Kickasola | $0 | $682 | -- |
| Dale Loverkamp | $1,653 | $672 | -59.3% |
| Flint Higgins | $1,620 | $670 | -58.6% |
| James D. Holland | $500 | $670 | 34% |
| Dian Obermark | $1,407 | $658 | -53.2% |
| Joshua L. Bucher | $3,003 | $634 | -78.9% |
| Suzanne Adams | $1,730 | $625 | -63.9% |
| Melba Cockrel | $1,660 | $612 | -63.1% |
| Cynthia Bremer | $1,879 | $591 | -68.5% |
| HGA, LLC | $580 | $580 | 0% |
| Richard T. Sumner | $1,388 | $564 | -59.4% |
| Donald L. Bennett | $1,436 | $530 | -63.1% |
| Sue Bormann Living Trust | $1,721 | $527 | -69.4% |
| Mollie Foss | $1,438 | $521 | -63.8% |
| Blane A. Moller | $1,356 | $519 | -61.7% |
| James R Cromeenes | $516 | $516 | 0% |
| Charles Giltner | $1,557 | $513 | -67.1% |
| Virginia Martin | $1,143 | $500 | -56.3% |
| Danny Schneider | $1,545 | $489 | -68.3% |
| Neely Farm Partnership | $1,347 | $469 | -65.2% |
| Donald R. Laird | $987 | $459 | -53.5% |
| Donald R. Parr | $809 | $452 | -44.1% |
| Kevin M. Miller | $1,137 | $445 | -60.9% |
| Danny McWaters | $2,035 | $440 | -78.4% |
| Kerry Thomas Jones | $85 | $424 | 398.8% |
| Lynn Wedeking | $1,329 | $418 | -68.5% |
| Martha K. Miller | $787 | $417 | -47% |
| Beverly Hicks | $2,022 | $405 | -80% |
| Katelin S. Stratmeyer | $400 | $400 | 0% |
| John L. Sommer | $811 | $399 | -50.8% |
| Linda C. Rennels | $1,298 | $398 | -69.3% |
| Reba Reed | $819 | $397 | -51.5% |
| Suzanne Y. Moorman | $1,107 | $397 | -64.1% |
| Bertha E. Haverkamp | $1,085 | $388 | -64.2% |
| Don Wittig | $1,091 | $379 | -65.3% |
| Joshua S. Angelly | $798 | $378 | -52.6% |
| John Kent Bremer | $3,647 | $377 | -89.7% |
| Shirley A. Sommer | $833 | $373 | -55.2% |
| Donald G. Sullivan Jr. | $1,320 | $372 | -71.8% |
| Lee Markus | $274 | $365 | 33.2% |
| Jeffrey L. Windhorst | $1,818 | $363 | -80% |
| Keith W. Browning | $612 | $363 | -40.7% |
| Joyce Slankard | $946 | $358 | -62.2% |
| Margie Logan-Thoms | $1,173 | $351 | -70.1% |
| Alan R. Schaffer | $1,021 | $344 | -66.3% |
| Dale Mittendorf | $1,076 | $340 | -68.4% |
| James W. Henry | $254 | $339 | 33.5% |
| Cynthia A. Suttles | $2,345 | $335 | -85.7% |
| Christopher Henry | $531 | $327 | -38.4% |
| Helen Mae Windhorst Estate | $572 | $320 | -44.1% |
| Steven R. Eller | $1,474 | $315 | -78.6% |
| Sandra Smith | $311 | $311 | 0% |
| Stanley W. Windhorst | $1,419 | $304 | -78.6% |
| Maxine R. Russell | $295 | $295 | 0% |
| Jason Krueger | $421 | $278 | -34% |
| James Horntrop | $1,659 | $261 | -84.3% |
| Michael Reynolds | $968 | $260 | -73.1% |
| Jesse Howard Goines | $2,982 | $259 | -91.3% |
| Herbert E. Adams | $0 | $239 | -- |
| Robert Potterbaum | $572 | $233 | -59.3% |
| Christopher D. Barfield | $0 | $221 | -- |
| Joseph N. Quint | $351 | $221 | -37% |
| Angela D. Casey | $897 | $219 | -75.6% |
| Ernest F. Foss | $3,259 | $213 | -93.5% |
| Lisa G. Adams | $608 | $211 | -65.3% |
| John L Windings | $2,320 | $207 | -91.1% |
| Stephen Parks | $616 | $199 | -67.7% |
| Adam Lock | $192 | $194 | 1% |
| Clark Williams | $193 | $193 | 0% |
| Keith Davis | $470 | $187 | -60.2% |
| Michael Hillebrand | $660 | $178 | -73% |
| Bonnie R. Lillie | $412 | $150 | -63.6% |
| Norma L. Wiseman | $975 | $147 | -84.9% |
| Joe Jackson | $51 | $142 | 178.4% |
| Tracy Suttles | $513 | $129 | -74.9% |
| Sue Ellen Bremer | $243 | $128 | -47.3% |
| Lois Mae Marlman Living Trust | $463 | $120 | -74.1% |
| Hoyer Outdoor Equipment, Inc. | $213 | $112 | -47.4% |
| Shirley A. Rottmann | $280 | $106 | -62.1% |
| Bonnie Giltner | $176 | $105 | -40.3% |
| Wanda Reep | $1,191 | $103 | -91.4% |
| Dale Bremer | $20,292 | $95 | -99.5% |
| Lester Krueger | $268 | $89 | -66.8% |
| Dennis L. Kinser | $358 | $80 | -77.7% |
| Kathryn A. Jackson | $178 | $67 | -62.4% |
| Elly Nelson | $256 | $65 | -74.6% |
| Benjamin Suttles | $256 | $65 | -74.6% |
| Michael R. Hausman | $64 | $55 | -14.1% |
| Harold E. Gurley | $171 | $52 | -69.6% |
| Martha Wurth O'Neil | $88 | $52 | -40.9% |
| Ruby L. Giltner | $0 | $44 | -- |
| Juanita T. Wilder | $0 | $40 | -- |
| Gary J. Quint | $424 | $36 | -91.5% |
| Dwight H. Kaylor | $152 | $26 | -82.9% |
| James M. Favre | $158 | $11 | -93% |
| Pullen Bros Partners | $1,279 | $8 | -99.4% |
| Helen Pansing | $109 | $7 | -93.6% |
| Beth Troutt | $69 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie Douglas | $503 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel S. Whitley | $2,205 | $0 | -100% |
| David Giltner | $282 | $0 | -100% |
| Dylan Douglas | $1,005 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald L. Paschal | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory E Stamme | $228 | $0 | -100% |
| James Giltner | $210 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn L. Burrus | $1,084 | $0 | -100% |
| Kendrick L. Kruger | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Boren | $80 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy M. Douglas | $6,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharla Lynn | $69 | $0 | -100% |
| Shelton Ranch, Inc. | $580 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Mescher | $661 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Ann Grace | $777 | $0 | -100% |
| Charla K. Beck | $1,943 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles E. Williams | $187 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth R. Lewis | $762 | $0 | -100% |
| Gussie J. Quint | $502 | $0 | -100% |
| Ike E. Turner | $2,783 | $0 | -100% |
| James G. Lester | $773 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet S. Maggio | $4,838 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn Ann Eickholz | $477 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Russell Lund | $4,902 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa K. Marler | $79 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard C. Cissell | $444 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley G. Kruger | $17,838 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen a Brenningmeyer | $115 | $0 | -100% |
| Theresa Sherron | $2,920 | $0 | -100% |
| Truman H. Bremer | $1,325 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,493,538 | $2,238,119 | -50.2% |
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