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In 2021, 112 farmers in cities within Montgomery County received a total of $3.3 million in 214 farm subsidies, a 55.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.6 million in 581 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 Montgomery County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce E. Matis | $308,973 | $274,902 | -11% |
| Glenvue Farms, LLC | $436,264 | $274,418 | -37.1% |
| Glen Meadows Farm | $222,951 | $265,482 | 19.1% |
| Dykeman & Sons, Inc. | $1,077,600 | $254,346 | -76.4% |
| Sprague Farm, LLC | $622,921 | $144,137 | -76.9% |
| Envision Dairy, LLC | $460,357 | $142,613 | -69% |
| Nare Farms, LLC | $168,728 | $129,050 | -23.5% |
| Veit Farms, LLC | $578,397 | $127,224 | -78% |
| Robert J. Dygert | $174,377 | $117,188 | -32.8% |
| Kerry L. Stowell | $123,001 | $87,191 | -29.1% |
| Sunshine Valley Farms, LLC | $97,000 | $73,747 | -24% |
| Handyhills Farm | $93,091 | $65,880 | -29.2% |
| MMT Cattle Incorporated | $628,860 | $64,216 | -89.8% |
| Jeremy R. Michalak | $88,406 | $58,552 | -33.8% |
| Jessica R. Michalak | $88,498 | $58,552 | -33.8% |
| Christopher Hoefele | $67,019 | $57,876 | -13.6% |
| ERNST Dairy Farm, LLC | $12,991 | $49,216 | 278.8% |
| Feagles Farms | $57,162 | $43,283 | -24.3% |
| Freysbush Dairy Farm, LLC | $68,118 | $43,093 | -36.7% |
| John R. Schuyler | $68,077 | $42,874 | -37% |
| Logan Beck Farm, LLC | $91,573 | $40,147 | -56.2% |
| Owen and Melissa Potter Partners | $0 | $39,537 | -- |
| Clyde B. Snyder | $53,383 | $39,054 | -26.8% |
| Smith Dairy Farm | $45,856 | $37,346 | -18.6% |
| David E. Schoff | $36,115 | $36,795 | 1.9% |
| John G. Kellett Jr. | $53,862 | $33,219 | -38.3% |
| Russell Tarbox | $38,041 | $32,699 | -14% |
| R & R Farms, LLC | $116,801 | $32,125 | -72.5% |
| Paul Shuster | $39,065 | $31,798 | -18.6% |
| Charles E. Farnham Jr. | $19,112 | $29,744 | 55.6% |
| Christine K. Nellis | $37,200 | $29,596 | -20.4% |
| John G. Nellis | $37,403 | $29,596 | -20.9% |
| Glen Damin | $38,401 | $27,181 | -29.2% |
| Michael Settle | $39,248 | $27,086 | -31% |
| Hu-Hill Farm, LLC | $35,972 | $23,404 | -34.9% |
| Crum Creek Acres, LLC | $0 | $23,338 | -- |
| Hickory Hill Farms, LLC | $84,452 | $23,332 | -72.4% |
| Daniel S. Esh | $31,897 | $23,060 | -27.7% |
| Nicholas Herting | $25,441 | $21,899 | -13.9% |
| Brian Subik | $28,936 | $21,561 | -25.5% |
| Robert Bruce Roblee | $96,644 | $21,341 | -77.9% |
| Joseph A. Keith | $0 | $21,047 | -- |
| Ronald Simmons | $19,304 | $18,896 | -2.1% |
| Joseph F. Korona | $25,995 | $18,590 | -28.5% |
| Judith A. Korona | $18,007 | $17,787 | -1.2% |
| Francis Battisti | $22,034 | $17,642 | -19.9% |
| Roger Reid | $20,084 | $16,599 | -17.4% |
| Goodspeed Bros | $11,140 | $16,570 | 48.7% |
| Infinite Grain, LLC | $20,476 | $16,366 | -20.1% |
| James Foote | $20,735 | $16,044 | -22.6% |
| Andrew R. Waterman | $0 | $11,884 | -- |
| Brian K. McDonald | $19,721 | $11,811 | -40.1% |
| John Hart | $26,359 | $10,812 | -59% |
| Lance R. Johnson | $29,896 | $9,738 | -67.4% |
| Robert W Rusnica | $10,570 | $9,626 | -8.9% |
| Caitlin Leigh Rusnica | $10,445 | $9,619 | -7.9% |
| Bradley W. Baker | $0 | $9,445 | -- |
| Timothy Matis | $11,747 | $9,157 | -22% |
| George F Woodward Farms, LLC | $13,444 | $8,880 | -33.9% |
| Robert J. Sekel | $4,996 | $7,081 | 41.7% |
| Wayne R. Oppenheimer | $12,125 | $6,835 | -43.6% |
| Nicholas a Hrobuchak | $0 | $6,232 | -- |
| Ronald S Hrobuchak | $7,797 | $6,232 | -20.1% |
| David Przestrzelski | $20,926 | $5,568 | -73.4% |
| Daryl Schuyler | $7,129 | $5,327 | -25.3% |
| Jason M. Schoff | $7,145 | $4,886 | -31.6% |
| Tammie Waterman | $9,804 | $4,107 | -58.1% |
| Mr. Arthur Tracy Shuster | $0 | $4,096 | -- |
| Richard L. Kennedy | $9,318 | $4,064 | -56.4% |
| Adam B. Hayes | $41,534 | $2,784 | -93.3% |
| Donnalyn Shuster | $20,111 | $2,709 | -86.5% |
| Joseph Paul Lipiec | $11,029 | $2,662 | -75.9% |
| Scott Orr | $0 | $2,508 | -- |
| Edward & Ronald Young | $5,157 | $1,715 | -66.7% |
| Robert Souza | $25,867 | $1,710 | -93.4% |
| Christopher Kopet | $5,259 | $1,702 | -67.6% |
| James R. Welch | $4,084 | $1,674 | -59% |
| William Armitstead | $4,250 | $1,348 | -68.3% |
| Kenneth Deblock Jr. | $22,207 | $1,204 | -94.6% |
| Harold Bellinger Jr. | $8,600 | $1,175 | -86.3% |
| Richard F. Kennedy | $3,043 | $1,110 | -63.5% |
| James P. Haman | $11,621 | $1,045 | -91% |
| Mark Christman | $4,554 | $988 | -78.3% |
| Marc M Tommell | $907 | $907 | 0% |
| Nicole L Tommell | $907 | $907 | 0% |
| Ronald Wenskoski | $3,331 | $841 | -74.8% |
| Charles Dillenbeck Jr. | $8,830 | $759 | -91.4% |
| Steve Damin | $4,666 | $750 | -83.9% |
| Sherry L. Sammons | $35,598 | $718 | -98% |
| Ernest Nagele | $20,717 | $555 | -97.3% |
| Mark Timothy Hand | $3,597 | $425 | -88.2% |
| Mark L. Saltsman | $2,298 | $409 | -82.2% |
| Dale Pearo | $581 | $389 | -33% |
| Raymond Tylutki Jr. | $0 | $370 | -- |
| Mark Wilmot | $1,704 | $356 | -79.1% |
| Greg J Logan I - S & H Farms, LLC | $846 | $310 | -63.4% |
| Kristian T. Walker | $2,336 | $234 | -90% |
| Margie A. Pechtel | $1,631 | $216 | -86.8% |
| John P. Case | $582 | $210 | -63.9% |
| Neal O Erkson | $797 | $206 | -74.2% |
| Gretchen Subik | $2,464 | $199 | -91.9% |
| Eliza Putman | $231 | $154 | -33.3% |
| Dorraine M Joyce | $3,489 | $154 | -95.6% |
| Kanatsiohareke, Inc. | $198 | $134 | -32.3% |
| Thomas E. Hayes | $1,103 | $41 | -96.3% |
| Donald James Neri Jr. | $0 | $34 | -- |
| Phillip Downes | $1,852 | $32 | -98.3% |
| Charles R. Vosburgh | $732 | $24 | -96.7% |
| Raymond C. Gould Jr. | $283 | $23 | -91.9% |
| Diane M. Walter | $0 | $21 | -- |
| Ralph Friers | $845 | $17 | -98% |
| Dennis M. Gray | $422 | $1 | -99.8% |
| Eloise Pearo | $192 | $0 | -100% |
| Jayflora Designs, LLC | $5,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Mr. Kendall Raymond Foote | $5,605 | $0 | -100% |
| Nare Farms | $10,568 | $0 | -100% |
| Potter Family Farm | $33,346 | $0 | -100% |
| Sand Flats Orchard, LLC | $15,166 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Lubaczewski | $65 | $0 | -100% |
| Leon Lubaczewski | $65 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Opalka | $8,463 | $0 | -100% |
| Abundance Acres Farm | $209 | $0 | -100% |
| Alvin Z. Stoltzfus | $726 | $0 | -100% |
| Amos S. King | $26,196 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew Waterman | $9,712 | $0 | -100% |
| Brad Baker | $19,476 | $0 | -100% |
| Canary Dairy, LLC | $791 | $0 | -100% |
| Cedar Knoll Farm | $9,122 | $0 | -100% |
| Christ King | $27,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel B. Stoltzfoos Jr. | $29,711 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel S. King | $23,750 | $0 | -100% |
| David Waterman | $331 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Klemme II | $966 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry E. Zook | $5,957 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard E. Mosher | $383 | $0 | -100% |
| John P. King | $26,064 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph A. Keith | $24,512 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy St Leger | $4,107 | $0 | -100% |
| Logan Farms | $10,812 | $0 | -100% |
| Mabbett Farm | $199 | $0 | -100% |
| Mr. Timothy A. Borchert | $486 | $0 | -100% |
| Nellis Farms | $1,096 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas Hrobuchak | $7,603 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela Trumbull | $116 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Christman | $378 | $0 | -100% |
| Potter Farms, LLC | $269 | $0 | -100% |
| Reuben Trumble | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| S & H Farms, LLC | $747 | $0 | -100% |
| Shane Bowley | $8,987 | $0 | -100% |
| Stubborn Girl Farm | $478 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendy Ayers | $591 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Yurkewecz | $5,005 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $78,851 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commoditycred | $975 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank J Hernigle | $329 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer B. Keehan | $41 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Hunt | $407 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy L. Hayes | $224 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas Ripley | $3,693 | $0 | -100% |
| Peter Ripley | $778 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert S Yurkewecz | $88 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Bellinger | $17,541 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas F Vainauskas | $10,185 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Covert | $7,214 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard A. Nellis | $696 | $0 | -100% |
| Benmar Farms, Inc. | $542 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald J. Mead | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Free Bird Farm, LLC | $30,037 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul D. Spencer | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Arlene Hoyt | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Arthur Shuster | $25,767 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Leverett | $3,186 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph S. Jablonski | $111 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Gray | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Moore | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Gray's Garden & Greenhouse, Inc. | $15,794 | $0 | -100% |
| William J. Moran | $9,144 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $7,558,851 | $3,336,369 | -55.9% |
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