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In 2021, 202 farmers in cities within Columbiana County received a total of $2.3 million in 413 farm subsidies, a 56.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.2 million in 850 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 Columbiana County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill Jersey Farm, LLC | $324,758 | $168,394 | -48.1% |
| Bernet Farms, LLC | $326,135 | $142,864 | -56.2% |
| Hanover Farms, LLC | $268,366 | $130,249 | -51.5% |
| Steven W. Crist | $189,874 | $126,328 | -33.5% |
| Sanor Twin Springs, LLC | $178,483 | $107,175 | -40% |
| Smith Vale Farms, LLC | $147,651 | $96,555 | -34.6% |
| Wayne H. Smith | $100,275 | $93,492 | -6.8% |
| Ufashion Jerseys, LLC | $101,598 | $86,675 | -14.7% |
| Campbell Bros, Inc. | $218,716 | $83,986 | -61.6% |
| Viz Poultry, Inc. | $0 | $77,877 | -- |
| Neville Dairy Farm, Inc. | $118,246 | $75,373 | -36.3% |
| Wild Duck Hollow Farm, LLC | $37,618 | $63,126 | 67.8% |
| Grubbs Grain Drying, LLC | $119,990 | $61,682 | -48.6% |
| Thompson Farms, Inc. | $83,152 | $43,052 | -48.2% |
| Robert N. Black | $105,426 | $42,490 | -59.7% |
| Baker Farms | $66,958 | $39,019 | -41.7% |
| Myron Wehr Farms, LLC | $143,750 | $38,240 | -73.4% |
| Unity Farms | $119,561 | $33,612 | -71.9% |
| Lee Zehentbauer | $441 | $28,999 | 6,475.7% |
| Blasiman Farms, LLC | $34,434 | $28,389 | -17.6% |
| P & H Cattle Company, LLC | $75,405 | $23,283 | -69.1% |
| Randy & Rick Campbell | $55,088 | $22,923 | -58.4% |
| Yarian Family Farms, LLC | $56,148 | $22,825 | -59.3% |
| Mark H. Beight | $51,839 | $22,640 | -56.3% |
| Kevin Baker | $122,624 | $22,221 | -81.9% |
| Todd A. Hoppel | $174,552 | $22,018 | -87.4% |
| Peace Valley Orchards, Inc. | $184,440 | $20,763 | -88.7% |
| D & J Mckarns, LLC | $24,381 | $17,954 | -26.4% |
| Brian Eric Baker | $0 | $17,026 | -- |
| Hunters PA Land and Farm, LLC | $16,886 | $16,886 | 0% |
| Kenneth W. Robb | $35,124 | $16,440 | -53.2% |
| William A. Woolf | $61,673 | $15,388 | -75% |
| The Stevens Family Farm, LLC | $30,922 | $15,219 | -50.8% |
| Spring Valley Finishers | $46,695 | $15,206 | -67.4% |
| Matthew Merrick | $38,823 | $14,526 | -62.6% |
| Sam Sowards | $24,395 | $13,821 | -43.3% |
| Richard H. Frischkorn | $166 | $13,411 | 7,978.9% |
| Irwin Family Farm, LLC | $56,925 | $13,142 | -76.9% |
| Dean R. Farmer | $37,780 | $12,878 | -65.9% |
| Robert Scott Sanor | $42,680 | $12,362 | -71% |
| Dannie Baker | $21,121 | $11,329 | -46.4% |
| Stewart Brothers Farm | $31,994 | $11,291 | -64.7% |
| East Fork Farms, LLC | $28,601 | $11,180 | -60.9% |
| Hruby Farms, LLC | $90,999 | $10,754 | -88.2% |
| Benner Farms, LLC | $41,511 | $10,197 | -75.4% |
| Ray E Ebert Irrevocable Trust 06/01/2020 | $0 | $9,510 | -- |
| John Rose Jr. | $21,888 | $8,976 | -59% |
| Paul M. Welsh | $13,546 | $8,509 | -37.2% |
| Grassy Vu Farms, LLC | $23,736 | $8,252 | -65.2% |
| Jacob Lloyd Lee | $0 | $8,192 | -- |
| Benjamin Rosenberger | $9,211 | $7,788 | -15.4% |
| Carl Rhodes | $16,767 | $7,266 | -56.7% |
| MTH Farms, LLC | $16,705 | $7,234 | -56.7% |
| Samuel R. Camp | $17,342 | $7,172 | -58.6% |
| Thomas A. Hawthorne | $10,921 | $7,047 | -35.5% |
| Nathaniel Pirogowicz | $11,927 | $6,372 | -46.6% |
| Reeder Farms | $16,611 | $6,124 | -63.1% |
| Dennis Miller | $18,954 | $6,122 | -67.7% |
| Deetta Dean | $8,072 | $6,119 | -24.2% |
| David J. Bernet | $13,020 | $6,001 | -53.9% |
| Keith Sanor | $13,109 | $5,790 | -55.8% |
| Randall Renkenberger | $19,418 | $5,756 | -70.4% |
| Daniel L. Hawk | $10,277 | $4,993 | -51.4% |
| B & N Baker Farms, LLC | $30,052 | $4,984 | -83.4% |
| Aegerter Farms, LLC | $14,783 | $4,984 | -66.3% |
| Genevieve Wittenauer | $4,610 | $4,610 | 0% |
| Austin J. Chamberlain | $11,925 | $4,317 | -63.8% |
| Vernon Rhodes | $11,787 | $4,287 | -63.6% |
| Jonathan H. Miller | $28,072 | $4,235 | -84.9% |
| Meadowbrook Nursery, LLC | $0 | $4,104 | -- |
| Keith Baker | $5,413 | $4,051 | -25.2% |
| Yoder Dairy Farms, LLC | $74,419 | $3,925 | -94.7% |
| John Mrugala | $37,614 | $3,772 | -90% |
| Franklin View Farms, LLC | $8,241 | $3,696 | -55.2% |
| Leonard Ridzon JR | $16,140 | $3,474 | -78.5% |
| Marion Kitzmiller | $9,310 | $3,270 | -64.9% |
| Bernard Smith | $6,144 | $3,262 | -46.9% |
| Sarah E. Myers | $8,107 | $3,060 | -62.3% |
| Connie R Sheville | $7,267 | $2,981 | -59% |
| Robert J. Smith | $7,171 | $2,896 | -59.6% |
| Dale L. Simon | $5,669 | $2,835 | -50% |
| Jerry L. Carroll | $5,329 | $2,781 | -47.8% |
| Peter Conkle | $13,165 | $2,557 | -80.6% |
| James A. Grubbs | $3,584 | $2,515 | -29.8% |
| Robert M. Cooper | $7,381 | $2,357 | -68.1% |
| Tom D. Lindesmith | $6,278 | $2,302 | -63.3% |
| Maple Valley Farm | $38,702 | $2,287 | -94.1% |
| W Bench Farms, LLC | $8,271 | $2,287 | -72.3% |
| Daniel L. Tubbs | $10,598 | $2,175 | -79.5% |
| Homer Beadnell | $6,751 | $2,084 | -69.1% |
| Charles D. Gall | $7,145 | $2,015 | -71.8% |
| Parker Road Farms, LLC | $6,227 | $2,009 | -67.7% |
| Thomas Scheel | $4,017 | $1,972 | -50.9% |
| G B Farms Family Limited Partnership | $0 | $1,938 | -- |
| Bradley Smith | $4,498 | $1,922 | -57.3% |
| Beth Joy Bacon | $3,789 | $1,899 | -49.9% |
| Robert Crosser | $4,123 | $1,835 | -55.5% |
| Wilsons Sandy Creek Farm, LLC | $104,886 | $1,832 | -98.3% |
| Carl Lee Lipp | $4,668 | $1,795 | -61.5% |
| Charles W. Geiss Jr. | $4,668 | $1,795 | -61.5% |
| Scott Hawk | $3,334 | $1,760 | -47.2% |
| Farmboy Cattle, LLC | $8,553 | $1,742 | -79.6% |
| William L. Augur | $5,462 | $1,676 | -69.3% |
| Douglas E. Mollenkopf | $7,302 | $1,649 | -77.4% |
| Steve Smith | $4,378 | $1,630 | -62.8% |
| Judith Baker | $4,588 | $1,623 | -64.6% |
| Timothy P. Leslie | $3,947 | $1,623 | -58.9% |
| Scott A. Carle | $2,383 | $1,502 | -37% |
| Constance Biggs | $1,495 | $1,495 | 0% |
| Frank Zehentbauer | $4,015 | $1,463 | -63.6% |
| Hivelys Highland Farms, Ltd. | $6,709 | $1,450 | -78.4% |
| Timothy C. Basich | $4,980 | $1,442 | -71% |
| Trustee Farms, LLC | $2,547 | $1,442 | -43.4% |
| Daniel J. Simon | $12,250 | $1,436 | -88.3% |
| Timothy C. Reeder | $2,341 | $1,431 | -38.9% |
| Kurt A. Baker | $2,628 | $1,398 | -46.8% |
| Gary Reeder | $5,727 | $1,384 | -75.8% |
| Matthew T. Merrick | $0 | $1,372 | -- |
| Dale H Henceroth | $7,326 | $1,288 | -82.4% |
| Pleasant View Pastures, LLC | $5,643 | $1,268 | -77.5% |
| Henry L. Bergfeld | $2,603 | $1,237 | -52.5% |
| James D. Bowersock | $3,205 | $1,204 | -62.4% |
| Duane Nickell | $4,939 | $1,186 | -76% |
| Gloria J. Williams | $5,920 | $1,172 | -80.2% |
| Lynnelle Thompson-Zimmerman | $6,295 | $1,139 | -81.9% |
| Gordon R. Stewart | $2,713 | $1,109 | -59.1% |
| Richard Doug Jarvis | $1,868 | $1,051 | -43.7% |
| Wayne Brown | $2,577 | $1,006 | -61% |
| Todd S. Bennett | $22,089 | $943 | -95.7% |
| Ralph T. Richey | $3,795 | $935 | -75.4% |
| David C. Hephner | $19,956 | $935 | -95.3% |
| Fred Hurst | $696 | $929 | 33.5% |
| Matthew S. Hall | $1,696 | $913 | -46.2% |
| Larry Eldon Rosenberger II | $7,060 | $910 | -87.1% |
| Ronald R. Cook | $2,293 | $898 | -60.8% |
| David K. Smith | $1,334 | $894 | -33% |
| Thomas A. Ewing | $2,090 | $804 | -61.5% |
| Stamp View Farms | $1,530 | $773 | -49.5% |
| Robert P. Chamberlain Sr. | $1,394 | $771 | -44.7% |
| Jennifer Witmer | $1,678 | $707 | -57.9% |
| Charles A. Gottardi | $1,572 | $705 | -55.2% |
| Shultz Farms of Columbiana County, LLC | $0 | $699 | -- |
| Richard Cope | $2,426 | $689 | -71.6% |
| Robert N. Petersen | $2,216 | $665 | -70% |
| Roger G. Mincks | $611 | $611 | 0% |
| Cheryl Hall | $1,119 | $609 | -45.6% |
| Lawrence Robert Earl | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Daniel C. Hill | $3,851 | $599 | -84.4% |
| Andrew Whitehead | $1,195 | $570 | -52.3% |
| Jonathan Garn | $1,515 | $539 | -64.4% |
| Dallas B. Strong | $1,121 | $515 | -54.1% |
| Kimberly Bleakney | $4,762 | $507 | -89.4% |
| Jay Karl Kitzmiller | $0 | $499 | -- |
| Nathaniel Guy | $0 | $497 | -- |
| Nondis a Kiger | $894 | $470 | -47.4% |
| Richard A. Boyd | $2,905 | $462 | -84.1% |
| Ralph F. Wilson | $3,587 | $456 | -87.3% |
| Bradley D. Strong | $1,826 | $450 | -75.4% |
| Austin J. Chamberlain | $0 | $449 | -- |
| Ronald C. Boyd | $3,337 | $432 | -87.1% |
| Keith A. Hawk | $592 | $430 | -27.4% |
| Greg Eisenhart | $2,454 | $426 | -82.6% |
| Thomas G. Best | $1,320 | $407 | -69.2% |
| Jeffrey Geiss | $1,037 | $399 | -61.5% |
| David H. Chronister | $2,214 | $382 | -82.7% |
| Stanley D. Felton | $1,021 | $352 | -65.5% |
| Thomas Pelley | $335 | $335 | 0% |
| Jan L. Douglass | $0 | $323 | -- |
| Dale E. Wilhelm | $317 | $317 | 0% |
| Robert Blaine | $2,040 | $311 | -84.8% |
| Thomas Graham | $290 | $290 | 0% |
| James Lowell Wagner | $0 | $249 | -- |
| Gregory Smith | $1,320 | $242 | -81.7% |
| Robert J. Auer | $1,066 | $237 | -77.8% |
| Bryan Thomas | $0 | $223 | -- |
| William G. Souders | $565 | $215 | -61.9% |
| James T. Lough | $100 | $207 | 107% |
| Chantz Allison | $889 | $198 | -77.7% |
| Robert J. Miller | $143 | $190 | 32.9% |
| Sam Hawk | $1,016 | $178 | -82.5% |
| Jeffrey J. Herrick | $551 | $177 | -67.9% |
| Rodney Sowards | $1,261 | $170 | -86.5% |
| Eric J. McElroy | $1,624 | $156 | -90.4% |
| Cynthia L. Koonce | $15,394 | $140 | -99.1% |
| David G. McCoy | $595 | $120 | -79.8% |
| Marjorie A. Gamble | $85 | $85 | 0% |
| John Garwood | $78 | $78 | 0% |
| Brady L. Baker | $73 | $73 | 0% |
| Alison Williams | $72 | $72 | 0% |
| Willis Grim | $72 | $72 | 0% |
| Walter Newton | $761 | $68 | -91.1% |
| Paul A. Crawford | $60 | $60 | 0% |
| Caleb Yoder | $57 | $57 | 0% |
| James Samuel Tritten | $55 | $55 | 0% |
| Robert William Grim | $52 | $52 | 0% |
| John F Batzli | $46 | $46 | 0% |
| James Irwin | $45 | $45 | 0% |
| Seth A. Smith | $0 | $41 | -- |
| Earl Corey | $37 | $37 | 0% |
| Brown Valley Farm, LLC | $23 | $23 | 0% |
| King A. Reed | $261 | $21 | -92% |
| Mary Fraser | $127 | $4 | -96.9% |
| John H. Diddle | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| William E. Ferguson | $507 | $0 | -100% |
| Cory S. Hofmeister | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| E P Management, LLC | $12,150 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Hucko and Clara S Hucko Fa | $92 | $0 | -100% |
| George Guy | $477 | $0 | -100% |
| Jon Rettig Jr. | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Shultz Farms of Columbiana County | $3,386 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen J. Blasiman | $3,084 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah L. Jones | $1,017 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean M. McQuilkin | $378 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph P. McLaughlin Jr. | $6,846 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Conkle | $1,259 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd W. Mountz | $210 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark A. Birkhimer | $3,086 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve M. Caroline | $127 | $0 | -100% |
| Troy Lindesmith | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian E. Baker | $20,423 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Wagner | $884 | $0 | -100% |
| Jay Kitzmiller | $2,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Kridler Gardens, LLC | $7,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas C. Samblanet | $651 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Thompson | $558 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas F. Ryan | $63 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawrence R. Earl | $2,398 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Alida Miller | $32 | $0 | -100% |
| Tamara J. Sabol | $213 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas L. Faulk | $363 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark W. Cope | $19 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Wonner Jr. | $798 | $0 | -100% |
| David M. Worth | $164 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray E Ebert Irrevocable Trust 06 | $9,510 | $0 | -100% |
| G B Farms Family Limited Partners | $20,905 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald F. Smith | $24,522 | $0 | -100% |
| Geraldine Yaney | $41 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob L. Lee | $14,112 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Grey Eltringham | $1,795 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,213,016 | $2,277,764 | -56.3% |
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