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In 2021, 269 farmers in cities within Kent County received a total of $4.5 million in 454 farm subsidies, a 41.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.6 million in 774 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 Kent County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karam Farm, LLC | $0 | $177,537 | -- |
| Bauer Poultry Farms, Inc. | $0 | $142,201 | -- |
| SCK Farm | $0 | $124,471 | -- |
| Chaudhry Farm, Corp. | $0 | $119,103 | -- |
| Schiff Partnership | $205,551 | $118,876 | -42.2% |
| Karianwala Farm, LLC | $0 | $114,118 | -- |
| Dempsey Farms, LLC | $310,419 | $113,806 | -63.3% |
| Jenamy Farms, LLC | $205,069 | $109,723 | -46.5% |
| Ayaan Farm, LLC | $0 | $94,403 | -- |
| Alan F. Garey | $207,414 | $86,658 | -58.2% |
| William J. Wells | $187,639 | $85,183 | -54.6% |
| Amanda Marie Hawkins | $0 | $83,434 | -- |
| Ghural Farm, LLC | $0 | $81,734 | -- |
| Shadybrook Farms, LLC | $260,919 | $79,911 | -69.4% |
| Georgie Cartanza | $0 | $79,828 | -- |
| Theodore Bobola Jr. | $122,659 | $70,804 | -42.3% |
| SOKYO | $0 | $70,116 | -- |
| Warrington Farms, LLC | $0 | $69,126 | -- |
| RTCP Farm Partnership | $67,628 | $67,628 | 0% |
| Matthew Jones | $113,444 | $65,005 | -42.7% |
| Willis Miller | $0 | $62,685 | -- |
| Bishop Farms, Inc. | $122,338 | $60,595 | -50.5% |
| Hanson Farms, LLC | $118,011 | $60,376 | -48.8% |
| Melissa L. Blessing | $145,296 | $57,970 | -60.1% |
| Killen Bros | $142,316 | $55,032 | -61.3% |
| James M. Bodine | $8,549 | $54,091 | 532.7% |
| Broad Acres, Inc. | $391,591 | $52,661 | -86.6% |
| The Nature Conservancy | $48,297 | $50,000 | 3.5% |
| Richard A. McCloskey Sr. | $112,310 | $49,541 | -55.9% |
| Thompson Farm, LLC | $128,998 | $48,606 | -62.3% |
| Dale E. Blessing | $105,608 | $44,055 | -58.3% |
| Jeffrey Ralph Alexander | $122,999 | $41,171 | -66.5% |
| Marshall Anthony Jr. | $12,022 | $40,715 | 238.7% |
| Gregory W. Knutsen | $56,823 | $40,615 | -28.5% |
| Jason P. Evans | $101,492 | $39,066 | -61.5% |
| David W. Marvel Sr. | $129,153 | $36,805 | -71.5% |
| Daniel Killen Dickerson | $0 | $35,722 | -- |
| Ball Park Farms, LLC | $0 | $35,042 | -- |
| Janet M. Carroll | $0 | $34,054 | -- |
| Twin Creek Farms, LLC | $135,800 | $33,248 | -75.5% |
| Syester Farms, Inc. | $31,764 | $33,004 | 3.9% |
| Early Bird Farms, LLC | $0 | $32,228 | -- |
| Randy McCloskey | $49,682 | $32,117 | -35.4% |
| Barrett Farms, Inc. | $67,391 | $31,891 | -52.7% |
| Jody Wilson | $0 | $31,249 | -- |
| R Stanley Collier & Sons, Inc. | $68,939 | $30,603 | -55.6% |
| Arthur L. Foster Jr. | $62,850 | $29,602 | -52.9% |
| Green Meadow Farms, LLC | $64,097 | $28,232 | -56% |
| Wyatt Farms, LLC | $78,522 | $27,621 | -64.8% |
| Bobola Poultry, LLC | $0 | $25,227 | -- |
| Jeremy G. Sapp | $0 | $24,432 | -- |
| Tenacity Farm, LLC | $0 | $24,254 | -- |
| Greg C. Cain | $37,390 | $23,968 | -35.9% |
| Kenneth J. Moore Jr. | $0 | $23,353 | -- |
| WC Farms, LLC | $42,711 | $23,240 | -45.6% |
| Pries Farms, LLC | $129,611 | $23,220 | -82.1% |
| Michael C. Cain | $65,733 | $21,574 | -67.2% |
| Wayne C. Hendricks | $55,595 | $21,349 | -61.6% |
| Gooden Bros, LLC | $62,987 | $20,589 | -67.3% |
| Joshua Scott Stevens | $0 | $20,397 | -- |
| Bonk Farms, LLC | $403,753 | $20,060 | -95% |
| Russell Dunn | $43,473 | $20,014 | -54% |
| Theodore Gooden Bobola | $0 | $19,910 | -- |
| Lazy Day Farms, LLC | $119,782 | $19,458 | -83.8% |
| Robert Wright | $53,020 | $19,343 | -63.5% |
| Freeman J. Beachy | $35,370 | $19,273 | -45.5% |
| Cedar Knoll Farms, Inc. | $0 | $19,089 | -- |
| Oscar Melvin Jr. | $22,793 | $18,967 | -16.8% |
| James T. Pyne | $36,798 | $18,577 | -49.5% |
| Robert A. Killen | $46,924 | $18,465 | -60.6% |
| Sugar Stick Farms, LLC | $33,775 | $18,106 | -46.4% |
| Woikoski Farms, Inc. | $72,557 | $18,075 | -75.1% |
| James B. Atkinson | $0 | $17,720 | -- |
| Joseph Corazza | $0 | $17,304 | -- |
| Larimore, Inc. | $49,875 | $17,248 | -65.4% |
| Hill Farms, Inc. | $78,972 | $16,980 | -78.5% |
| Ronald M. Wright Sr. | $38,312 | $16,793 | -56.2% |
| Lost Creek Land & Cattle Company | $49,591 | $15,909 | -67.9% |
| Powell Farms, Inc. | $0 | $15,741 | -- |
| William R. Parker | $17,242 | $15,345 | -11% |
| John A. McCloskey | $27,910 | $15,265 | -45.3% |
| Chris M. Longfellow | $20,267 | $14,914 | -26.4% |
| Paul S. Gustafson Jr. | $0 | $14,519 | -- |
| Randy W. Larimore | $46,672 | $14,414 | -69.1% |
| Delbert C. Cain | $40,275 | $14,145 | -64.9% |
| Ray Tomczak | $14,136 | $14,136 | 0% |
| Louis B. Starkey | $37,242 | $13,852 | -62.8% |
| Michael Bullock | $28,548 | $13,811 | -51.6% |
| Nechay Farms, Inc. | $9,144 | $13,640 | 49.2% |
| Flyway Farms, LLC | $53,474 | $13,434 | -74.9% |
| Wayne Carroll | $0 | $13,328 | -- |
| Vogl Brothers Partners | $59,858 | $13,141 | -78% |
| Andrew Melvin | $3,681 | $12,988 | 252.8% |
| Bibi Buksh Farm, LLC | $0 | $12,051 | -- |
| James E. Thompson | $27,283 | $11,978 | -56.1% |
| Sandra T. Parker | $11,529 | $11,529 | 0% |
| Maynard Welfley | $13,050 | $11,318 | -13.3% |
| T. J. Schiff | $42,656 | $11,250 | -73.6% |
| Deborah Janette Moffett | $0 | $11,158 | -- |
| Jimmy Warren | $24,972 | $10,853 | -56.5% |
| Brian Warrington | $25,229 | $10,793 | -57.2% |
| Eric R. Pardee | $0 | $10,709 | -- |
| Szelestei Farms, LLC | $20,747 | $10,599 | -48.9% |
| Robert J. Funderburk | $0 | $10,533 | -- |
| Russell Burrows | $22,655 | $10,421 | -54% |
| Enslen Farms, LLC | $1,630 | $9,913 | 508.2% |
| John T. Brown | $0 | $9,903 | -- |
| Ralph E. Larimore | $8,062 | $9,895 | 22.7% |
| Alexandra B Virdin | $17,204 | $9,430 | -45.2% |
| Delamore Farms, LLC | $18,882 | $9,060 | -52% |
| John W. Comegys | $26,235 | $8,543 | -67.4% |
| Debra Jewell | $0 | $7,767 | -- |
| James A. Minner | $21,615 | $7,321 | -66.1% |
| Yardley Farms, Inc. | $9,177 | $6,450 | -29.7% |
| Joseph E Lefner | $868 | $6,217 | 616.2% |
| Draper Dickerson Enterprises | $23,266 | $6,101 | -73.8% |
| Clark Seeds, Inc. | $13,999 | $6,012 | -57.1% |
| White Marsh Farm, LLC | $0 | $5,922 | -- |
| Millard & Joanne Dixon JR, LLC | $21,672 | $5,911 | -72.7% |
| Whitby Farms, LLC | $4,843 | $5,773 | 19.2% |
| Duane P. Hendricks | $0 | $5,708 | -- |
| Melvin Lee Brown Jr. | $11,552 | $5,361 | -53.6% |
| Heidi Seeley | $5,358 | $5,358 | 0% |
| Robert Kenneth Taylor | $5,672 | $4,804 | -15.3% |
| David Henry Bishop | $18,614 | $4,680 | -74.9% |
| Roger Alexander | $4,657 | $4,657 | 0% |
| Paul R. Callaway | $4,574 | $4,539 | -0.8% |
| Thomas M. Pleasanton | $10,906 | $4,442 | -59.3% |
| Elbert Harrington Jr. | $3,879 | $4,291 | 10.6% |
| Dolores Gerardi | $4,053 | $4,053 | 0% |
| Emil P. Gerardi Jr. | $4,053 | $4,053 | 0% |
| Marshtown Enterprise, LLC | $9,321 | $4,025 | -56.8% |
| Viola Farms, Inc. | $3,968 | $3,968 | 0% |
| Abernathy Dunaway Farm, LLC | $3,956 | $3,956 | 0% |
| Joseph Bauer | $0 | $3,944 | -- |
| Dara Gelof Trust | $0 | $3,884 | -- |
| William S. Metz | $10,761 | $3,834 | -64.4% |
| Dianne Bauer | $0 | $3,784 | -- |
| Ronald Jarrell | $7,027 | $3,688 | -47.5% |
| William D. Simpson | $7,398 | $3,640 | -50.8% |
| Charles W. Short | $14,875 | $3,525 | -76.3% |
| Dale S. Scotton | $9,316 | $3,504 | -62.4% |
| Jared L. Kauffman | $6,867 | $3,493 | -49.1% |
| Thomas Pardee | $6,974 | $3,487 | -50% |
| Twisted Steel Cattle Company, LLC | $23,067 | $3,267 | -85.8% |
| Sonja M. Carey | $6,780 | $3,183 | -53.1% |
| Mark D. Cain | $11,577 | $3,151 | -72.8% |
| Levin Taylor | $5,981 | $3,126 | -47.7% |
| Fern C. Harrington | $2,841 | $3,121 | 9.9% |
| James H. Cannon Jr. | $8,856 | $3,092 | -65.1% |
| Henry E Bergfelder | $9,966 | $3,091 | -69% |
| Ralph Butler | $6,217 | $3,044 | -51% |
| Stephen W. Bennett | $4,700 | $3,028 | -35.6% |
| Coverdale Brothers, Inc. | $7,047 | $2,944 | -58.2% |
| Doris W. Rowlinson | $2,932 | $2,932 | 0% |
| Double Bridges Farm, LLC | $6,454 | $2,931 | -54.6% |
| Clifford Outten | $2,926 | $2,926 | 0% |
| B & L Patrick Farms | $0 | $2,870 | -- |
| Phillip N Sylvester Farms, LLC | $6,766 | $2,854 | -57.8% |
| Lowell F. Farrow | $8,499 | $2,676 | -68.5% |
| Robert A. Wilson | $6,244 | $2,654 | -57.5% |
| Revocable Trust of Robert C Parnell | $4,301 | $2,649 | -38.4% |
| Robert F. Garey | $4,664 | $2,641 | -43.4% |
| Frank Gregory Hrupsa | $46,419 | $2,547 | -94.5% |
| John B. Tigner Jr. | $7,589 | $2,495 | -67.1% |
| William A. Carey | $1,761 | $2,469 | 40.2% |
| Emco Farms, Inc. | $6,664 | $2,452 | -63.2% |
| Kellie M. Yeager | $8,754 | $2,416 | -72.4% |
| Matthew T. Porter | $6,691 | $2,389 | -64.3% |
| Papen Farms, Inc. | $757,013 | $2,307 | -99.7% |
| Sandra K. Ryan | $7,667 | $2,307 | -69.9% |
| Charles Overmiller | $7,452 | $2,277 | -69.4% |
| Joseph Draper | $2,276 | $2,276 | 0% |
| Layton Family Irrevocable Trust | $1,567 | $2,179 | 39.1% |
| Bertha M. Longfellow | $0 | $2,164 | -- |
| Concepcion B. Manning | $2,030 | $2,030 | 0% |
| B B Smith & Daughters Farm, LLC | $5,230 | $2,028 | -61.2% |
| Bruce Patrick | $4,806 | $1,936 | -59.7% |
| Josephine Moore | $7,157 | $1,922 | -73.1% |
| Richard H. Lester Jr. | $3,776 | $1,906 | -49.5% |
| Richard P. Cook Jr. | $3,405 | $1,885 | -44.6% |
| Jason Larimore | $6,002 | $1,847 | -69.2% |
| Randy Combs | $2,545 | $1,827 | -28.2% |
| Richard R. Dye | $1,818 | $1,818 | 0% |
| Richard Allen Jackson | $1,436 | $1,799 | 25.3% |
| CB Conner Family, LLC | $3,396 | $1,792 | -47.2% |
| Paul F Schreppler | $3,821 | $1,770 | -53.7% |
| Barbara A. Vodvarka | $0 | $1,758 | -- |
| Jane E. Warren | $4,523 | $1,712 | -62.1% |
| Robert J Hughes T/A Grapetree Farm | $3,904 | $1,708 | -56.3% |
| Kenneth W. Bell | $1,682 | $1,682 | 0% |
| Ellers Farms, LLC | $3,221 | $1,679 | -47.9% |
| Clinton Owen Fry | $11,468 | $1,554 | -86.4% |
| Benjamin R Syester | $2,211 | $1,537 | -30.5% |
| Craig a Stonesifer, DVM | $3,369 | $1,514 | -55.1% |
| Bruce K. Ney | $1,509 | $1,509 | 0% |
| William G. Jester | $3,486 | $1,477 | -57.6% |
| James R. Harrison Jr. | $2,946 | $1,473 | -50% |
| Ruth Anne McGinnis | $3,812 | $1,375 | -63.9% |
| James Tyler Enslen | $2,182 | $1,304 | -40.2% |
| Duane Severson | $4,827 | $1,295 | -73.2% |
| Michael J. Collison | $3,200 | $1,294 | -59.6% |
| Michael K. Brown | $1,267 | $1,267 | 0% |
| James G. Little | $1,064 | $1,199 | 12.7% |
| Nagrianwala Farm, LLC | $0 | $1,166 | -- |
| Mary B. Gooden | $4,413 | $1,156 | -73.8% |
| Barbara Philips | $803 | $1,138 | 41.7% |
| William C. Philips III | $803 | $1,138 | 41.7% |
| I Nyle Callaway | $1,681 | $1,118 | -33.5% |
| William C. Zimmerman | $1,087 | $1,087 | 0% |
| Mary L Minner Ta R T Minner and Son | $3,747 | $1,052 | -71.9% |
| Willard Lee Hurd | $1,036 | $1,036 | 0% |
| Rosa Maria Bishop | $978 | $978 | 0% |
| Daniel D. Dill | $961 | $961 | 0% |
| Cypress Branch, LLC | $958 | $958 | 0% |
| Frank Edgar | $1,850 | $951 | -48.6% |
| William G Jester and Marsha K Jester Irrevocable Trust | $0 | $937 | -- |
| Susan Truehart-Garey | $2,775 | $934 | -66.3% |
| Dylan L. Lister | $1,377 | $929 | -32.5% |
| Delaware Bay Bees, LLC | $0 | $925 | -- |
| Alton Collins | $1,518 | $916 | -39.7% |
| Philip R. Collison | $1,923 | $916 | -52.4% |
| John E. Voshell | $2,424 | $872 | -64% |
| Richard W. Kauffman | $6,263 | $843 | -86.5% |
| Douglas H. E. Thompson | $1,513 | $830 | -45.1% |
| Amy Mullen | $818 | $818 | 0% |
| Christopher Melvin Wyatt Jr. | $1,228 | $812 | -33.9% |
| James Richardson Jr. | $1,588 | $796 | -49.9% |
| Lloyd - Lloyd L Austin Revocable Trust L Austin | $1,611 | $779 | -51.6% |
| Christopher M. Wyatt | $772 | $772 | 0% |
| Terry L. Mitchell | $1,454 | $769 | -47.1% |
| Eugene V Somma Revocable Trust | $1,700 | $767 | -54.9% |
| Mark a Dufendach and Nera S Dufendach Irrevocable Trust | $2,867 | $756 | -73.6% |
| Vonda K. Collier | $1,519 | $725 | -52.3% |
| Greg A. Wright | $635 | $696 | 9.6% |
| Skylar William Larimore | $635 | $696 | 9.6% |
| Earl Webb Jr. | $1,134 | $650 | -42.7% |
| Chris Zimmerman | $750 | $647 | -13.7% |
| Kathleen Vodvarka | $606 | $606 | 0% |
| Joddi Pritchard | $651 | $598 | -8.1% |
| Deer Meadows Farms, LLC | $590 | $590 | 0% |
| Revocable Trust of Paula J Zimmerman | $544 | $544 | 0% |
| Kevin J. Robbins | $322 | $505 | 56.8% |
| Garey Agent Solutions, LLC | $1,719 | $432 | -74.9% |
| Robert J Vanvessen | $844 | $422 | -50% |
| Michele L. Dill | $618 | $414 | -33% |
| William Szelestei | $871 | $396 | -54.5% |
| David W. Marvel Jr. | $1,032 | $392 | -62% |
| Bhatti Farm, LLC | $0 | $305 | -- |
| Jason M. Warnick | $418 | $299 | -28.5% |
| Jo Ann Hill | $897 | $257 | -71.3% |
| Maryland LLBC, LLC | $490 | $248 | -49.4% |
| Joan Seaver | $388 | $243 | -37.4% |
| Lawrence J. Vicidomini | $474 | $234 | -50.6% |
| Beaver Creek Farm, Ltd. | $199 | $199 | 0% |
| Kyle S. Webb | $17,075 | $161 | -99.1% |
| Rodney R. Warrington | $0 | $161 | -- |
| William A. Chandler Jr. | $102 | $129 | 26.5% |
| Betty L. Chambers | $777 | $121 | -84.4% |
| Heather Marie Strickland | $211 | $110 | -47.9% |
| Joseph T Strachar | $267 | $102 | -61.8% |
| Rudy Kirby | $1,285 | $74 | -94.2% |
| Lawrence Lee | $67 | $67 | 0% |
| Joel Klinkenborg | $118 | $57 | -51.7% |
| Susan Henderson | $0 | $55 | -- |
| Amanda Fabi | $2,168 | $51 | -97.6% |
| Howard Gaines III | $310 | $37 | -88.1% |
| Garry N. Harris | $0 | $26 | -- |
| Richard E. Wilson | $0 | $21 | -- |
| Cardinal Woods Farms, Inc. | $2,057 | $0 | -100% |
| Donahoe Farm, LLC | $4,256 | $0 | -100% |
| E-Z Farms, Inc. | $3,620 | $0 | -100% |
| Eastern Woodland Holdings, LLC | $2,784 | $0 | -100% |
| John T. Moor Jr. | $2,773 | $0 | -100% |
| Marguerite A. Meehan | $204 | $0 | -100% |
| Marian Erwin | $572 | $0 | -100% |
| Peter K. Schaeffer Sr. | $553 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard T. Niblett | $690 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Betts | $8,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Cattleco Farms, LLC | $1,626 | $0 | -100% |
| David William Winkler | $306 | $0 | -100% |
| Dittmar Family Farms, LLC | $3,977 | $0 | -100% |
| Indian Point Farm, LLC | $631 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Kemp | $1,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard A. Larimore | $466 | $0 | -100% |
| Wm Cody Blackburn | $3,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Melissa Ann Fry | $127 | $0 | -100% |
| Skeeter Neck Land Company, LLC | $1,578 | $0 | -100% |
| All in Farm, LLC | $24,323 | $0 | -100% |
| Rob Michael Hawkins | $576 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Wright | $432 | $0 | -100% |
| Anton Vodvarka Jr. | $1,758 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryan Peterman | $1,203 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodney D. Hutchins | $3,002 | $0 | -100% |
| Bentley Blessing | $3,506 | $0 | -100% |
| Marie Passwaters | $2,294 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Voorhees | $5,356 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty W. Pleasanton | $1,337 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Edward Walters III | $8,842 | $0 | -100% |
| Victor Fibelkorn | $166 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $7,594,024 | $4,476,652 | -41.1% |
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