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In 2021, 270 farmers in cities within Stark County received a total of $4.1 million in 514 farm subsidies, a 46.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.7 million in 1,008 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 Stark County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| K. W. Zellers & Son, Inc. | $0 | $691,000 | -- |
| Royer Farms, Inc. | $834,959 | $196,132 | -76.5% |
| Clardale Farms, Inc. | $674,013 | $148,718 | -77.9% |
| Paradise Valley Farms, Inc. | $344,301 | $142,264 | -58.7% |
| Brenckle Farms, Inc. | $0 | $134,850 | -- |
| Kolm Farms, Inc. | $197,647 | $128,492 | -35% |
| Jerry T. Rohr | $154,930 | $126,434 | -18.4% |
| Earl Wolfe Farms, Inc. | $209,059 | $119,341 | -42.9% |
| Battershell Dairy Farm, LLC | $145,627 | $108,103 | -25.8% |
| Pero Dairy Farms, LLC | $146,609 | $92,786 | -36.7% |
| Broadview Farms, Ltd. | $109,339 | $79,657 | -27.1% |
| Norwescor Holsteins, Inc. | $95,443 | $79,348 | -16.9% |
| Coblentz Dairy Farm, LLC | $101,994 | $77,304 | -24.2% |
| Schmuck Family Enterprises, LLC | $164,925 | $76,330 | -53.7% |
| Southern Star Farms, LLC | $66,287 | $73,690 | 11.2% |
| Levi D. Brenner | $177,001 | $67,917 | -61.6% |
| Michael O Schmuki | $76,908 | $65,251 | -15.2% |
| Bauman Family Farms, LLC | $120,197 | $61,740 | -48.6% |
| Slicker Farms | $100,600 | $51,227 | -49.1% |
| Schmucker Bros Farms, Ltd. | $193,752 | $49,960 | -74.2% |
| Nordo Farms, LLC | $50,548 | $49,396 | -2.3% |
| Raymond D. Miller | $44,561 | $44,609 | 0.1% |
| Windy Way Farms, Ltd. | $117,329 | $43,359 | -63% |
| Donald P. Snyder | $50,112 | $43,282 | -13.6% |
| Russell L. Mathie | $59,437 | $35,006 | -41.1% |
| Thomas Farms of Stark County, Inc. | $71,504 | $33,566 | -53.1% |
| ERB Farms, LLC | $87,028 | $32,684 | -62.4% |
| Tom Rohr Farms | $88,692 | $31,906 | -64% |
| Phat Chix Poultry, LLC | $0 | $30,899 | -- |
| Dale S Kolonchuk | $40,319 | $30,820 | -23.6% |
| Lois Frase | $34,446 | $29,637 | -14% |
| Scomar Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $29,232 | -- |
| Mark Frank | $108,591 | $28,955 | -73.3% |
| Workinger Farms, Inc. | $119,037 | $28,622 | -76% |
| Katherine S. Welling | $61,372 | $28,018 | -54.3% |
| Strouble Farms, Ltd. | $51,864 | $27,263 | -47.4% |
| Springwater Farm, LLC | $65,454 | $25,851 | -60.5% |
| Parker Farms | $62,278 | $25,453 | -59.1% |
| Jonathan D. Krabill | $32,817 | $24,085 | -26.6% |
| Gary R. McKinney | $3,471 | $23,906 | 588.7% |
| Donald A. Shearer | $36,133 | $22,464 | -37.8% |
| Wentling Brothers Farms, LLC | $56,574 | $22,380 | -60.4% |
| Francis S. Pang | $42,915 | $22,028 | -48.7% |
| Philip H. Myers | $26,031 | $21,400 | -17.8% |
| Raber Dairy Farms, Inc. | $84,870 | $20,538 | -75.8% |
| Pauli Farm, LLC | $51,260 | $19,917 | -61.1% |
| Dennis Tonn | $28,858 | $18,364 | -36.4% |
| Daniel S. Trbovich | $109,050 | $16,336 | -85% |
| Mark Kiplinger | $25,626 | $16,058 | -37.3% |
| T2 Farms, Inc. | $0 | $16,058 | -- |
| Ronald L. Hill | $37,329 | $16,001 | -57.1% |
| Laura M Tabacchi Special Revocable Trust | $21,160 | $15,958 | -24.6% |
| T-Star Farm, Inc. | $18,068 | $15,428 | -14.6% |
| Druzilla Abel - Lazy L Cattle Company | $308,243 | $15,079 | -95.1% |
| Mark Shammo | $36,546 | $14,515 | -60.3% |
| Jonathan Jack Norman | $28,150 | $12,914 | -54.1% |
| Gregory D. Dawson | $76,028 | $12,738 | -83.2% |
| Pugh Family Farms, LLC | $42,410 | $12,279 | -71% |
| TRI B Farms, LLC | $41,419 | $11,934 | -71.2% |
| Brenner Farms | $31,671 | $11,809 | -62.7% |
| Thomas Michael Rohr | $33,906 | $11,276 | -66.7% |
| Frank A. Workinger | $20,692 | $11,199 | -45.9% |
| Nofsinger Farms, LLC | $32,893 | $10,879 | -66.9% |
| Hohman Brothers, LLC | $31,062 | $10,803 | -65.2% |
| Brian S. Simon | $33,443 | $10,573 | -68.4% |
| Nicholas Rohr | $37,613 | $10,406 | -72.3% |
| Benjamin R. Klick | $20,558 | $9,366 | -54.4% |
| Jeff G. Vernier | $25,240 | $9,267 | -63.3% |
| Allen J Burger | $31,200 | $9,176 | -70.6% |
| Bruce a Baltzly | $26,203 | $9,172 | -65% |
| Bloom Hill Farm, LLC | $0 | $9,130 | -- |
| Adam Henderson | $40,998 | $9,032 | -78% |
| John E. Clark | $35,735 | $8,625 | -75.9% |
| William Michael Lewis | $14,831 | $8,035 | -45.8% |
| Ronald Oser | $24,921 | $7,965 | -68% |
| Mark Christman | $15,176 | $7,859 | -48.2% |
| K & D Farms, Ltd. | $11,246 | $7,777 | -30.8% |
| Robert D. Wentling | $18,250 | $7,603 | -58.3% |
| Swartz Farms, LLC | $22,804 | $7,577 | -66.8% |
| Sandy Creek Ventures, LLC | $12,724 | $7,519 | -40.9% |
| William E. Rohr | $15,877 | $7,348 | -53.7% |
| Dianna Faubel | $7,104 | $7,104 | 0% |
| Briggs Family Farm, LLC | $10,840 | $6,877 | -36.6% |
| Earl L. Rohn | $20,105 | $6,867 | -65.8% |
| Kingsway Farm & Storage, Inc. | $26,756 | $6,599 | -75.3% |
| James L. Walker Jr. | $7,020 | $6,583 | -6.2% |
| Patricia A. Steiner | $8,382 | $6,239 | -25.6% |
| Mark E. Bishop | $14,948 | $6,166 | -58.8% |
| Daniel E. Schmucker | $17,184 | $6,153 | -64.2% |
| Jeffrey A. Snyder | $10,050 | $5,883 | -41.5% |
| Michael Moore | $7,015 | $5,827 | -16.9% |
| G & F Family Farms, LLC | $14,207 | $5,800 | -59.2% |
| James L. Wenger | $15,554 | $5,766 | -62.9% |
| Michael C. Feichter Jr. | $10,812 | $5,700 | -47.3% |
| Marion S. Keim | $14,082 | $5,625 | -60.1% |
| Michael W. Ruegg | $11,126 | $5,606 | -49.6% |
| William D. Weaver | $30,532 | $5,597 | -81.7% |
| Prospect Hill Farm, LLC | $7,493 | $5,583 | -25.5% |
| East Greenville Dairy Farm, Inc. | $10,820 | $5,498 | -49.2% |
| Oscar Trbovich Jr. | $10,871 | $5,143 | -52.7% |
| Ellington Farms, LLC | $18,252 | $5,135 | -71.9% |
| James E. Brown | $25,242 | $5,130 | -79.7% |
| Jeffrey James Rohr | $16,298 | $4,868 | -70.1% |
| James E. Halter | $8,301 | $4,742 | -42.9% |
| Kenwood L. Blim | $7,999 | $4,709 | -41.1% |
| Never Done Dairy, LLC | $9,253 | $4,679 | -49.4% |
| Jeffrey Bowling | $7,629 | $4,623 | -39.4% |
| Jerry V. Miller | $9,924 | $4,514 | -54.5% |
| Bradley Joel Snyder | $7,316 | $4,509 | -38.4% |
| Christian M. Brenner | $4,817 | $4,387 | -8.9% |
| John L. Mears | $13,367 | $4,352 | -67.4% |
| Karen Provost | $10,412 | $4,352 | -58.2% |
| Brenner Living Trust | $10,493 | $3,986 | -62% |
| Philip C. Oyer | $7,056 | $3,942 | -44.1% |
| Robert J. Weisgarber | $11,611 | $3,902 | -66.4% |
| Richard T. Foster | $3,878 | $3,878 | 0% |
| William Green | $6,512 | $3,874 | -40.5% |
| Mcnew Farms, Inc. | $5,864 | $3,748 | -36.1% |
| Terri Thornhill Cook | $11,730 | $3,745 | -68.1% |
| DT Farms, LLC | $7,154 | $3,729 | -47.9% |
| Ray Wendell Vanvoorhis | $0 | $3,712 | -- |
| Anthony M Milini | $5,468 | $3,569 | -34.7% |
| Suzanne Hollon | $2,353 | $3,556 | 51.1% |
| William A. Ruegg | $6,515 | $3,474 | -46.7% |
| Lawrence Zimmerman | $9,211 | $3,446 | -62.6% |
| Dale a Burger | $7,864 | $3,326 | -57.7% |
| Timothy Workinger | $5,753 | $3,305 | -42.6% |
| Nickajack Farms, Ltd. | $15,308 | $3,261 | -78.7% |
| B & R Shearer Farms, LLC | $8,466 | $3,219 | -62% |
| Kenneth E. Dawson | $3,144 | $3,144 | 0% |
| J Bixler Farms, LLC | $10,370 | $3,022 | -70.9% |
| Steven R. Miller | $7,980 | $2,981 | -62.6% |
| Joseph D. Parsons III | $3,000 | $2,973 | -0.9% |
| The Wilderness Center, Inc. | $2,951 | $2,951 | 0% |
| Dennis E. Wheeler | $13,221 | $2,905 | -78% |
| David G. Soehnlen | $16,414 | $2,879 | -82.5% |
| Guy Bowling | $2,811 | $2,738 | -2.6% |
| Brahler Farms, LLC | $4,935 | $2,692 | -45.5% |
| Donald a Pontones | $8,020 | $2,567 | -68% |
| Rusty Harig | $3,990 | $2,551 | -36.1% |
| Mark J Pahanish | $4,923 | $2,446 | -50.3% |
| Donald A. Shearer Jr. | $4,916 | $2,433 | -50.5% |
| Lowell A. Bixler | $4,574 | $2,377 | -48% |
| Eleanor Robbins | $1,132 | $2,264 | 100% |
| Travis J Thompson, DVM | $30,376 | $2,249 | -92.6% |
| Ethan J. Bunker | $4,340 | $2,244 | -48.3% |
| Garmier Farms, Ltd. | $6,713 | $2,244 | -66.6% |
| John W. Walker | $5,117 | $2,156 | -57.9% |
| Michael A. Smith | $6,734 | $2,137 | -68.3% |
| Raymond J. Schneider | $3,697 | $2,126 | -42.5% |
| Michael E. Klick | $4,222 | $2,063 | -51.1% |
| Susan M Giangardella | $3,624 | $2,007 | -44.6% |
| Mark Offineer | $3,060 | $1,942 | -36.5% |
| Thomas Eugene Dysle | $2,084 | $1,921 | -7.8% |
| Jerrod Lance | $3,871 | $1,907 | -50.7% |
| Auxano Kalos, LLC | $0 | $1,902 | -- |
| Thomas Kauth | $5,777 | $1,859 | -67.8% |
| Clifford Linder | $5,916 | $1,803 | -69.5% |
| Andy Brenner | $11,170 | $1,789 | -84% |
| Marilyn Baughman | $1,264 | $1,787 | 41.4% |
| Brandon L. Eicher | $2,721 | $1,780 | -34.6% |
| Da Cattle, LLC | $5,811 | $1,744 | -70% |
| Daniel C. Nofsinger | $2,864 | $1,732 | -39.5% |
| Edna M. Border | $2,041 | $1,711 | -16.2% |
| James R. Conrad | $4,854 | $1,706 | -64.9% |
| Scott A. Rohr | $4,902 | $1,659 | -66.2% |
| Elizabeth Dairy Farm Todd H. Forrer Sole Memb, LLC | $0 | $1,635 | -- |
| Cecil L George and Louise George Rev Trust | $0 | $1,631 | -- |
| Bruce Lautzenheiser | $3,414 | $1,589 | -53.5% |
| Marlene K. Coblentz | $8,242 | $1,586 | -80.8% |
| Valley Creek Farms, LLC | $3,038 | $1,546 | -49.1% |
| Vicki L Bellamy-Lloyd | $2,648 | $1,528 | -42.3% |
| William V. Schandel | $2,357 | $1,487 | -36.9% |
| Leslie a & Christopher J Snyder PTR | $0 | $1,444 | -- |
| Donald Noll | $2,408 | $1,430 | -40.6% |
| William P. Bair | $2,093 | $1,408 | -32.7% |
| Fred Oyster | $827 | $1,393 | 68.4% |
| Kyle D. Yoder | $1,546 | $1,366 | -11.6% |
| Emory R. Vaughn | $6,039 | $1,352 | -77.6% |
| Mitchell Indorf | $4,894 | $1,349 | -72.4% |
| Steven G. Himes | $2,378 | $1,341 | -43.6% |
| Donald Knam | $3,915 | $1,341 | -65.7% |
| Jack L. Kilgore | $4,994 | $1,276 | -74.4% |
| Dean R. Pugh | $2,101 | $1,173 | -44.2% |
| Wesely Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $1,136 | -- |
| Ramsey Harvest & Transport, LLC | $2,158 | $1,125 | -47.9% |
| William D. Wentling | $5,137 | $1,099 | -78.6% |
| Donald Smithberger | $1,924 | $1,091 | -43.3% |
| David P. Jacobs | $1,977 | $1,072 | -45.8% |
| Sunflower Belle | $2,098 | $1,037 | -50.6% |
| Carl E. Smith | $2,132 | $1,029 | -51.7% |
| Jack Schott | $1,619 | $974 | -39.8% |
| William D. Weaver Jr. | $1,945 | $967 | -50.3% |
| Aaron B Tournoux | $2,166 | $956 | -55.9% |
| Jeffrey S. Johnson | $4,123 | $878 | -78.7% |
| James M. Brahler | $1,219 | $871 | -28.5% |
| Dale E. Lautzenheiser | $5,335 | $864 | -83.8% |
| John F. Brainerd | $2,275 | $854 | -62.5% |
| Charles B. Midcap | $1,232 | $832 | -32.5% |
| Tom Corell | $1,717 | $787 | -54.2% |
| Gerald C. Ramold Sr. | $0 | $786 | -- |
| John Schott | $1,305 | $779 | -40.3% |
| Brian K. Barkman | $3,092 | $757 | -75.5% |
| Mark D. Cook | $1,038 | $730 | -29.7% |
| Ann D. Moyer | $1,193 | $712 | -40.3% |
| Kenneth R. Wulff | $3,019 | $697 | -76.9% |
| Jarrod T. Dawson | $898 | $655 | -27.1% |
| Kevin E Malavite | $804 | $640 | -20.4% |
| Craig S. Price | $1,456 | $637 | -56.3% |
| Kenneth Schmuki | $2,794 | $633 | -77.3% |
| Siegfried C. Lundberg | $0 | $625 | -- |
| Cheryl a Pomesky | $600 | $600 | 0% |
| Austin M. Simon | $814 | $584 | -28.3% |
| Garrett M. Simon | $814 | $584 | -28.3% |
| Mark Oser | $3,997 | $582 | -85.4% |
| Vincent Weber | $988 | $581 | -41.2% |
| John R. Domer | $1,032 | $555 | -46.2% |
| Dean J. Smith | $919 | $537 | -41.6% |
| Jeremiah S. Johnson | $2,551 | $526 | -79.4% |
| Randy Domer | $2,399 | $518 | -78.4% |
| Laurence L. Thompson | $876 | $514 | -41.3% |
| David E. Bunker | $3,012 | $496 | -83.5% |
| Joseph a Mosyjowski | $495 | $495 | 0% |
| Kimberly J Mosyjowski | $495 | $495 | 0% |
| Jason Zimmerman | $2,002 | $484 | -75.8% |
| Moloney Family Irrevocable Trust | $738 | $470 | -36.3% |
| James McConaghy | $913 | $438 | -52% |
| Richard L. Horner | $1,515 | $423 | -72.1% |
| Nicholas S. Miller | $843 | $414 | -50.9% |
| Harold E Zager Rvoc Declaration Trustee | $1,516 | $405 | -73.3% |
| John Barrickman | $825 | $318 | -61.5% |
| Audrey Dimmerling | $427 | $316 | -26% |
| Jordan V. Fahrni | $637 | $310 | -51.3% |
| Lester E. Powell | $309 | $309 | 0% |
| Mark A. Scheetz | $216 | $288 | 33.3% |
| Ryan D. Koehn | $395 | $287 | -27.3% |
| Joyce Brahler | $280 | $280 | 0% |
| Rhonda L. Oser | $1,177 | $266 | -77.4% |
| Richard J. Sanner | $257 | $257 | 0% |
| Howard Fierstos JR | $349 | $239 | -31.5% |
| Woodbine Farm, LLC | $238 | $238 | 0% |
| CSA Brenner Living Trust | $999 | $227 | -77.3% |
| Deanna Chobanian | $436 | $218 | -50% |
| Larry Carlson | $271 | $153 | -43.5% |
| Eugene O. Frank | $382 | $137 | -64.1% |
| Debra L. Burks | $343 | $136 | -60.3% |
| Roy E. Snider | $546 | $132 | -75.8% |
| Robyn J. Thompson | $126 | $126 | 0% |
| Lisa a Lingenhoel | $121 | $121 | 0% |
| Jonathan A. Camp | $2,901 | $111 | -96.2% |
| Donald E. Rohr | $455 | $104 | -77.1% |
| Frederick McCloskey | $1,331 | $100 | -92.5% |
| Robert J. Baker | $1,084 | $89 | -91.8% |
| Ronald Wilson | $490 | $81 | -83.5% |
| Melba Sue Sharp Trust | $52 | $79 | 51.9% |
| Weir Family Farm, LLC | $54 | $54 | 0% |
| Martin E. Hazel | $151 | $53 | -64.9% |
| Mary E. Cairns | $258 | $48 | -81.4% |
| Beckers Falls Farms, Inc. | $240 | $41 | -82.9% |
| Robert Young | $0 | $41 | -- |
| Douglas Irish | $89 | $41 | -53.9% |
| Andrew J. Miller | $117 | $26 | -77.8% |
| Wm John Baumgartner | $81 | $23 | -71.6% |
| Richard J. Domer | $1,611 | $21 | -98.7% |
| Molly A. Greco | $0 | $13 | -- |
| Kris G. Vincent | $495 | $11 | -97.8% |
| David Earl Medley | $0 | $8 | -- |
| Charles a Tormasi | $39 | $7 | -82.1% |
| Karl E. Wagner | $48 | $5 | -89.6% |
| Jack Rohr | $2,068 | $2 | -99.9% |
| Adam C. Clark | $135 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine Habrun | $4,312 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie H. Weaver | $598 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Habrun | $13,715 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan E. Yingling | $281 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie a & Christopher J Snyder P | $3,246 | $0 | -100% |
| Antonio Raffaele Scassa | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil L George and Louise George | $3,429 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald C. Ramold Sr. | $2,369 | $0 | -100% |
| Glen Shipway | $16,038 | $0 | -100% |
| Melba Sue Sharp | $52 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott T. Shaffer | $302 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy Poppe | $57 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert D. Clapper | $202 | $0 | -100% |
| William Natale Jr. | $2 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Allen Strouble | $194 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Getz | $69 | $0 | -100% |
| Herbert G Klebaum III | $181 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Strouble | $454 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert O. Harter | $223 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald E. Stinson | $420 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald M. Kuhn | $3,825 | $0 | -100% |
| Fahrni Farm, LLC | $885 | $0 | -100% |
| John M. Speicher | $7,319 | $0 | -100% |
| Albert J. Ruegg | $6,376 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol C. Simmons | $97 | $0 | -100% |
| David Thompson | $8,427 | $0 | -100% |
| Denise Eileen Deal | $707 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis D. Smith | $1,051 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Shetler | $197 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan M Baltzly | $513 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas J. Syler | $696 | $0 | -100% |
| John Barrickmann | $363 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Sinclair | $235 | $0 | -100% |
| Nehlia Mcintyre | $178 | $0 | -100% |
| Andy M. Byall | $1,896 | $0 | -100% |
| Bosley Farms, Inc. | $1,153 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Dairy Farm, LLC | $17,859 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Dairy Farm Todd H., LLC | $12,951 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Robart | $956 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Forrer | $1,689 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray van Voorhis | $6,597 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $7,674,791 | $4,121,672 | -46.3% |
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