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In 2021, 243 farmers in cities within Hancock County received a total of $938,192 in 413 farm subsidies, a 59.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.3 million in 825 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 Hancock County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winchell Farms, Inc. | $164,657 | $101,289 | -38.5% |
| Shelby S & Jesse P Emmick | $305,262 | $75,307 | -75.3% |
| Hagman Farm, Inc. | $149,898 | $42,744 | -71.5% |
| Donald E. Young | $4,025 | $42,318 | 951.4% |
| Gary G. Boswell | $42,235 | $40,755 | -3.5% |
| River Bottom Tobacco, LLC | $61,469 | $33,076 | -46.2% |
| L. P. Ray Jr. | $91,774 | $31,011 | -66.2% |
| Shelby S. Emmick | $51,224 | $28,970 | -43.4% |
| Dean Richardson | $26,745 | $26,892 | 0.5% |
| Gerald G. Boswell | $97,360 | $25,814 | -73.5% |
| Joel D. Boswell | $97,425 | $25,814 | -73.5% |
| Marcus L. Allen | $59,687 | $24,059 | -59.7% |
| Joyce M. Muffett | $37,418 | $21,024 | -43.8% |
| Wesley M. Poole | $37,863 | $20,006 | -47.2% |
| RDS, Inc. | $85,381 | $18,877 | -77.9% |
| Evon Boswell | $18,480 | $18,283 | -1.1% |
| Wayne Estes | $22,073 | $14,480 | -34.4% |
| Sally Richardson | $13,976 | $13,976 | 0% |
| Jesse P. Emmick | $42,787 | $13,877 | -67.6% |
| Cheryl Wroe | $12,868 | $12,868 | 0% |
| William E. Russelburg | $49,294 | $12,159 | -75.3% |
| Ronald Wells | $11,715 | $10,693 | -8.7% |
| Lively Farms, LLC | $29,122 | $10,384 | -64.3% |
| Ross J. Adkins | $17,120 | $9,556 | -44.2% |
| Anthony Johnson | $29,861 | $8,964 | -70% |
| Stephen Ogle | $54,463 | $8,822 | -83.8% |
| Larry E. Castlen | $30,186 | $8,620 | -71.4% |
| Tommy Keown | $7,749 | $7,667 | -1.1% |
| Kevin G. Marsch | $7,276 | $7,276 | 0% |
| David Snyder | $6,951 | $6,951 | 0% |
| William S. Emmick | $17,601 | $6,475 | -63.2% |
| Roscoe Chappell | $6,304 | $5,376 | -14.7% |
| Ford Fullenwider Trust | $2,119 | $5,335 | 151.8% |
| Beverly Emmick | $13,311 | $5,290 | -60.3% |
| William A. McBrayer | $15,472 | $5,166 | -66.6% |
| Kyle A. Hodskins | $10,145 | $4,943 | -51.3% |
| Charles Steven Jackson | $9,330 | $4,562 | -51.1% |
| Stephen M. Allard | $7,469 | $4,392 | -41.2% |
| Ruby L. Lambert | $5,038 | $4,342 | -13.8% |
| David P. Shearn | $4,842 | $4,302 | -11.2% |
| Mary I. Emmick | $15,673 | $4,263 | -72.8% |
| Ronald W. Simpson | $9,382 | $4,138 | -55.9% |
| Nicholas W. Simpson | $9,583 | $3,778 | -60.6% |
| Betty Allard | $3,283 | $3,483 | 6.1% |
| Coty L. Johnson | $236 | $3,395 | 1,338.6% |
| Denis F. Wheatley | $25,409 | $3,328 | -86.9% |
| Edmon L. Wheatley | $11,301 | $3,272 | -71% |
| Kyle W. Ross | $4,206 | $3,202 | -23.9% |
| Logan P. Wheatley | $10,814 | $2,994 | -72.3% |
| John Michael Driskell | $1,680 | $2,927 | 74.2% |
| Eric L. Castlen | $10,733 | $2,658 | -75.2% |
| William F. Allard | $5,025 | $2,602 | -48.2% |
| John Walker | $18,123 | $2,574 | -85.8% |
| Austin M. Anderson | $5,796 | $2,510 | -56.7% |
| Ryan Singleton | $5,069 | $2,505 | -50.6% |
| Jeff Connor | $21,466 | $2,502 | -88.3% |
| Stephen J. Powers | $5,553 | $2,140 | -61.5% |
| Lemuel Richard Waitman | $8,107 | $2,118 | -73.9% |
| Franklin Hayden | $1,428 | $2,065 | 44.6% |
| Patrick Wayne Cecil | $6,149 | $1,981 | -67.8% |
| Jewell K. Myers | $14,452 | $1,977 | -86.3% |
| Kinsel D. Swihart | $7,850 | $1,946 | -75.2% |
| Richard Brown | $1,849 | $1,938 | 4.8% |
| James O. Snyder | $3,663 | $1,915 | -47.7% |
| James R. Kirk | $1,230 | $1,892 | 53.8% |
| Wayne Bland | $8,152 | $1,885 | -76.9% |
| Estate of Lois B. Johnson | $0 | $1,866 | -- |
| Mark Dejarnette | $9,877 | $1,836 | -81.4% |
| Shelby Dean Estes | $3,428 | $1,813 | -47.1% |
| Myrvin Brown | $1,392 | $1,807 | 29.8% |
| Misty M. Haycraft | $791 | $1,737 | 119.6% |
| Swampdale Partners, LLC | $6,439 | $1,719 | -73.3% |
| Dan Emmick | $3,896 | $1,701 | -56.3% |
| Colleen Jenkins | $2,383 | $1,684 | -29.3% |
| Neil Estes | $8,412 | $1,663 | -80.2% |
| Wm Allen Basinger | $194 | $1,658 | 754.6% |
| Marsha House | $3,144 | $1,574 | -49.9% |
| Bivens Family Limited Partnership | $3,528 | $1,533 | -56.5% |
| Warren Smith | $5,447 | $1,480 | -72.8% |
| Donna W. Bozarth | $6,655 | $1,457 | -78.1% |
| Ladonna L. Arnold | $9,575 | $1,456 | -84.8% |
| Donald L. Castlen | $3,190 | $1,421 | -55.5% |
| Gordon Gaynor | $2,255 | $1,259 | -44.2% |
| Michael R. Ogle | $7,747 | $1,250 | -83.9% |
| Pup Creek Farms, LLC | $1,437 | $1,223 | -14.9% |
| Wilford Voyles Jr. | $926 | $1,209 | 30.6% |
| Thomas Mason | $5,992 | $1,193 | -80.1% |
| Ralph D. Bozarth | $4,646 | $1,190 | -74.4% |
| Joyce Banks | $900 | $1,150 | 27.8% |
| Freddie Stephens | $0 | $1,130 | -- |
| Keith Pritchard | $4,059 | $1,087 | -73.2% |
| Wanda Brown | $500 | $1,076 | 115.2% |
| James M. Roberson | $1,071 | $1,071 | 0% |
| William E. Nichols | $6,132 | $1,054 | -82.8% |
| Stephen R. Veach | $3,823 | $1,050 | -72.5% |
| Smeathers Family Farm, LLP | $1,848 | $1,025 | -44.5% |
| Marvin L. Blan | $2,067 | $1,018 | -50.7% |
| Ronald J. Payne | $3,722 | $1,000 | -73.1% |
| Gatewood Farm, LLC | $3,455 | $991 | -71.3% |
| Michael D. Garvin | $986 | $986 | 0% |
| Michael L. Johnson | $1,779 | $962 | -45.9% |
| Chappell Farms Gen PTR | $1,820 | $924 | -49.2% |
| Roger Clark | $3,223 | $913 | -71.7% |
| Harold W. Newton | $2,452 | $882 | -64% |
| Joseph Scott Beavin | $1,491 | $880 | -41% |
| Larry Gaynor | $4,615 | $880 | -80.9% |
| Clyde Poole | $4,212 | $880 | -79.1% |
| Gary Hayden | $4,558 | $852 | -81.3% |
| Stephen R. Powers | $5,777 | $844 | -85.4% |
| Alan Wayne Petri | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Kevin N. Lamar | $3,094 | $808 | -73.9% |
| Dennis Lee Newberry III | $0 | $762 | -- |
| Robert B. Young | $889 | $749 | -15.7% |
| Edwin Allgood Jr. | $3,036 | $743 | -75.5% |
| William C. Morris | $2,211 | $733 | -66.8% |
| John R. Powers | $1,802 | $732 | -59.4% |
| Carl H. Adkins | $1,625 | $689 | -57.6% |
| Shirley Jolly | $2,181 | $682 | -68.7% |
| Jeffery K. Adkins | $2,299 | $654 | -71.6% |
| Andrew Maxwell Anderson | $3,825 | $648 | -83.1% |
| Martha Martil Basham | $622 | $646 | 3.9% |
| Jacob McManaway | $4,515 | $634 | -86% |
| Sharon McManaway | $2,729 | $634 | -76.8% |
| Bruce W. Sheldon | $1,659 | $625 | -62.3% |
| David K. L. Tan | $607 | $611 | 0.7% |
| Ralph H Bozarth Trust | $1,306 | $610 | -53.3% |
| Roger A. McCaslin | $833 | $592 | -28.9% |
| Jimmy Wettstain | $3,396 | $588 | -82.7% |
| Judy Nugent | $1,269 | $586 | -53.8% |
| Gerald Beck | $2,497 | $581 | -76.7% |
| Aaron Boswell | $3,475 | $560 | -83.9% |
| James H. Toler | $1,397 | $555 | -60.3% |
| Darrin Cartwright | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Johnnie Banks | $983 | $548 | -44.3% |
| Debra A. Gaynor | $2,860 | $537 | -81.2% |
| James Darrell Payne | $3,092 | $500 | -83.8% |
| Martha Stewart | $1,203 | $463 | -61.5% |
| Dorothy Lamar | $765 | $456 | -40.4% |
| Gary A. Long | $11,181 | $435 | -96.1% |
| Kenneth Lanham - Kenneth Lanham Roth R. R. Ira | $711 | $432 | -39.2% |
| Faye Horsley | $1,579 | $431 | -72.7% |
| Randy Terry | $518 | $414 | -20.1% |
| Virgil R. Estes Jr. | $56 | $406 | 625% |
| Luke Jackson | $781 | $386 | -50.6% |
| Irvin Stephens | $195 | $385 | 97.4% |
| Walton R. Allen | $2,846 | $382 | -86.6% |
| Bertram Ewan III | $637 | $372 | -41.6% |
| Monty Quinn | $1,075 | $367 | -65.9% |
| Dennis Veach | $1,706 | $362 | -78.8% |
| Terry P. Roberts | $1,042 | $361 | -65.4% |
| Kenneth R. Burk | $2,138 | $360 | -83.2% |
| John Fullenwider | $834 | $360 | -56.8% |
| Courtney Martin | $2,468 | $356 | -85.6% |
| Jonathan T. Roberts | $1,877 | $345 | -81.6% |
| Billy Ray Williams | $510 | $343 | -32.7% |
| Gerald W. Stephens | $660 | $339 | -48.6% |
| Mary Sue Wheatley | $577 | $330 | -42.8% |
| Chad D. Estes | $1,540 | $329 | -78.6% |
| Michael Kruger | $2,173 | $328 | -84.9% |
| Sammie Lou Myers | $491 | $313 | -36.3% |
| Reba C. Basinger | $907 | $312 | -65.6% |
| Hubert Sheldon Jr. | $948 | $306 | -67.7% |
| Ryan C. Coffman | $626 | $301 | -51.9% |
| Darlene Petri | $666 | $300 | -55% |
| Aaron Bratcher | $2,079 | $287 | -86.2% |
| Jacob Dean Estes | $1,135 | $287 | -74.7% |
| James R. Adkins | $1,001 | $283 | -71.7% |
| Elizabeth Parker | $937 | $276 | -70.5% |
| Katherine 0 Druen | $89 | $275 | 209% |
| Alta M. Nichols | $538 | $274 | -49.1% |
| Melanie E. Adkins | $891 | $273 | -69.4% |
| Richard Colbert | $504 | $270 | -46.4% |
| Stanley Sheldon | $2,220 | $269 | -87.9% |
| Brent Mathew | $173 | $268 | 54.9% |
| Bruce Brown | $711 | $261 | -63.3% |
| Kevin Mark Bozarth | $0 | $261 | -- |
| Roger Boling | $770 | $259 | -66.4% |
| Scott Marsch | $1,011 | $259 | -74.4% |
| Ronnie Burk Jr. | $495 | $259 | -47.7% |
| James H. Emmick | $25 | $257 | 928% |
| Kaye E. Aubrey | $499 | $254 | -49.1% |
| Ray Bryant | $71 | $252 | 254.9% |
| Paul Madden | $0 | $249 | -- |
| Mary Boling | $763 | $242 | -68.3% |
| Robert A. Flake | $1,137 | $242 | -78.7% |
| John Marvel | $820 | $242 | -70.5% |
| Curtis Lee Howard | $1,001 | $240 | -76% |
| Cheryl L. Powers | $131 | $237 | 80.9% |
| Dianna Swihart | $110 | $228 | 107.3% |
| Sandra E. Conder | $110 | $228 | 107.3% |
| Ronald W. Swihart | $110 | $228 | 107.3% |
| Brent Powers | $132 | $225 | 70.5% |
| Kasey Emmick | $1,163 | $224 | -80.7% |
| John D. Johnson | $375 | $213 | -43.2% |
| Jason R. Obenchain | $6,364 | $212 | -96.7% |
| Jerry Russell Powers | $318 | $211 | -33.6% |
| Randall E. Stephens | $990 | $208 | -79% |
| Chris P. Johnson | $114 | $205 | 79.8% |
| Julie Lake | $165 | $204 | 23.6% |
| Jesse Aaron Kaysinger | $588 | $202 | -65.6% |
| Terry G. Morris | $453 | $193 | -57.4% |
| David Brown | $501 | $177 | -64.7% |
| Pat Lanham | $305 | $175 | -42.6% |
| Robert W. Swope Jr. | $660 | $172 | -73.9% |
| Jason R. Turner | $809 | $168 | -79.2% |
| David R. Payne | $393 | $159 | -59.5% |
| Johnny W. Roberts | $341 | $158 | -53.7% |
| Joseph Wayne Zoglmann | $1,282 | $156 | -87.8% |
| Jacob Jackson | $297 | $155 | -47.8% |
| Henry Brandle | $570 | $154 | -73% |
| Maika Veach | $0 | $152 | -- |
| Kim Fullenwider | $51 | $151 | 196.1% |
| Aretha A. Gorman | $111 | $150 | 35.1% |
| Kyle Clark Hayden | $1,666 | $140 | -91.6% |
| Edward Wethington | $591 | $138 | -76.6% |
| Pat Lindsey | $668 | $137 | -79.5% |
| Rosemary Debiak | $261 | $134 | -48.7% |
| Jill Payne | $309 | $132 | -57.3% |
| William Blinzinger | $328 | $129 | -60.7% |
| Dennis R. Long | $249 | $123 | -50.6% |
| Justin T. Obenchain | $760 | $120 | -84.2% |
| Billy Jackson | $847 | $118 | -86.1% |
| Patsy Blake | $692 | $112 | -83.8% |
| Emily Veach Maffia | $0 | $110 | -- |
| Edith Johnson | $236 | $90 | -61.9% |
| Brian R. Johnson | $147 | $84 | -42.9% |
| Dorretha Sadler | $143 | $80 | -44.1% |
| Orville M. Dowell | $316 | $76 | -75.9% |
| Joe W. Hodges Jr. | $446 | $74 | -83.4% |
| James E. Huff | $143 | $70 | -51% |
| Cathy M. Boswell | $1,705 | $69 | -96% |
| Clint B. Hylton | $0 | $68 | -- |
| Barbara Jackson | $42 | $66 | 57.1% |
| James Edward Wethington | $114 | $58 | -49.1% |
| Monnie Dawson | $887 | $55 | -93.8% |
| Craig Allan Waldie | $79 | $45 | -43% |
| Thomas Scott Waldie | $79 | $45 | -43% |
| Charles Logsdon | $214 | $44 | -79.4% |
| David Morris | $78 | $39 | -50% |
| James Logsdon | $183 | $37 | -79.8% |
| Aaron Veach | $149 | $34 | -77.2% |
| James Brown | $3,354 | $34 | -99% |
| Charles Dale Lambert | $18 | $4 | -77.8% |
| Advanced Wellness Chiropractic, PLLC | $48 | $0 | -100% |
| Amie K. Lambert | $221 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Beatty | $154 | $0 | -100% |
| Brad Connor | $125 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryant Scott | $284 | $0 | -100% |
| Carroll W. Haycraft | $6,012 | $0 | -100% |
| Corey G. McDaniel | $101 | $0 | -100% |
| Dana C. Payne | $1,077 | $0 | -100% |
| David O. Tindle | $124 | $0 | -100% |
| Diann Phelps | $590 | $0 | -100% |
| Ernest Dawson | $150 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary W. Gaynor | $297 | $0 | -100% |
| Georgia McFarling | $76 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald Nugent | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie Lynne Stephens | $59 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason W. Morris | $22 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe McManaway | $1,896 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Meador | $51 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Jackson | $306 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Russelburg | $91 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Robbins | $45 | $0 | -100% |
| Lois B. Johnson | $1,062 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Nathan Powers | $128 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha G. Morris | $127 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Husk | $124 | $0 | -100% |
| Murline Thomas | $25 | $0 | -100% |
| Nell Rearden-Nelson | $292 | $0 | -100% |
| Norita L Sanders | $562 | $0 | -100% |
| Noveda L Scherer | $86 | $0 | -100% |
| Orvil G Muffett JR | $642 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul G. Maxwell Jr. | $433 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Joseph Haycraft | $52 | $0 | -100% |
| R Perkins Farms, LLC | $2,197 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray Quinn | $405 | $0 | -100% |
| Rod Vandivier | $245 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Glenn Stewart | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Samantha Powers | $243 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Payne | $149 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley Meserve | $154 | $0 | -100% |
| A & C Bluegrass Rentals, LLC | $288 | $0 | -100% |
| Bertha Bozarth | $221 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie Clark | $164 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Potts | $704 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell W. Moffitt | $43 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Glover | $188 | $0 | -100% |
| George Bozarth | $197 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip H. Fullenwider | $198 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry D. Roberts III | $51 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet E. Jones | $137 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe M. Adkins | $395 | $0 | -100% |
| John P. Walker Jr. | $58 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth A. Young | $253 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary A. Estes | $772 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael E. Crabtree | $101 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy J. Meriwether | $157 | $0 | -100% |
| Penny J. Atwell | $87 | $0 | -100% |
| Sean Cummings | $1,438 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheila Adkins | $83 | $0 | -100% |
| Shelia H. Wilson | $43 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley M. Young | $3,108 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,293,438 | $938,192 | -59.1% |
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