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Amount of taxpayer-funded subsidies plummet in cities associated with Wabash County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Wabash County received $4.6 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 336 farmers in cities within Wabash County received a total of $3.7 million in 622 farm subsidies, a 55.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $8.3 million in 1,409 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 Wabash County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Stevens Family Farms$0$571,910--
Bates Brothers, LLC$344,218$163,777-52.4%
Highland Farms, Inc.$220,470$111,371-49.5%
Robert Haase Farms, Inc.$327,007$110,156-66.3%
Jacqueline Haase Revocable Trust$261,599$106,614-59.2%
David L Haase Revocable Trust$285,393$102,856-64%
Hocking Farms$328,845$101,332-69.2%
SLR Farms$328,186$94,820-71.1%
Joshua E. Vanmatre$222,183$94,425-57.5%
Larry G. Hocking$151,586$88,083-41.9%
Stanley Kelsey$177,464$77,514-56.3%
Baumgart Farms$258,251$74,695-71.1%
Gene Bates$107,032$72,128-32.6%
John Haase$236,494$71,502-69.8%
Triple S Land Company$357,758$68,095-81%
Litherland Excavating, Inc.$88,416$66,143-25.2%
Marlene a Hocking Revocable Trust$143,950$62,906-56.3%
Trapp Farms, Inc.$232,886$61,538-73.6%
Luke E. Baumgart$58,434$56,573-3.2%
Buchanan Farms$175,209$56,486-67.8%
Chad a Broster$118,269$55,900-52.7%
Kevin Raber Farms$197,270$52,858-73.2%
Chris Baumgart$18,373$49,122167.4%
Matthew Hocking$90,001$47,098-47.7%
Alka, Inc.$158,899$46,116-71%
Chris & John F Dunkel Partners$222,665$40,876-81.6%
Todd L. Hocking$74,636$37,798-49.4%
Larry D. Seals$126,342$36,673-71%
Hill View Farms, Inc.$116,176$35,804-69.2%
Larry G Hocking & Sons, LLC$59,436$31,348-47.3%
Roy Edward Timberlake II$58,747$30,743-47.7%
Kent E Broster$56,251$30,463-45.8%
Berberosa Farms$101,595$30,164-70.3%
Joseph Tennes$78,724$29,277-62.8%
Ryan A. Peter$53,341$27,643-48.2%
DWR Farms$81,506$26,873-67%
Steven Leathers$52,978$26,501-50%
Leland Keith Marriott$75,041$25,931-65.4%
Alka Family Farms, LLC$79,307$24,716-68.8%
Willis Stanley Kelsey$74,665$23,652-68.3%
Kurt Duane Broster$45,145$21,260-52.9%
Helen L. Elkins$21,858$20,919-4.3%
Robert Trapp Farms, Inc.$83,494$20,770-75.1%
Dianne Kennard Farms, LLC$62,687$20,604-67.1%
Stevens Farms$227,460$19,888-91.3%
Jared F. Steckler$38,293$18,567-51.5%
Keith Kolb$75,397$17,710-76.5%
Kline & Kline$21,973$16,140-26.5%
Marvin Fewkes$46,859$15,353-67.2%
Timothy R. Hocking$40,174$14,247-64.5%
Mason Kennard Farms, LLC$41,120$13,530-67.1%
Peters Farms$52,200$13,286-74.5%
Irene T Haase Living Trust$23,476$12,046-48.7%
Mark R Tennes$4,364$11,660167.2%
Bosecker Limited Liability Partnership 1$13,722$11,261-17.9%
Edward Riggs$35,421$10,866-69.3%
Glenn A. Berberich$39,695$10,008-74.8%
Viola L Kieffer Land Trust$19,707$9,684-50.9%
Alice Faye Marriott$23,389$9,224-60.6%
Danny G. Hinderliter$24,122$9,060-62.4%
Jared A. Smith$27,711$8,865-68%
Eric J. Berberich$27,460$8,821-67.9%
Larry K Whitaker & Lester Z Moore Etal PTR Triple L Farm$26,356$8,582-67.4%
Edna Mae Skidmore$10,291$8,276-19.6%
Gerald Eugene Tennis$11,820$8,250-30.2%
Tracey David Bosecker$29,708$8,167-72.5%
Whitetail Acres, Inc.$8,469$8,121-4.1%
Brent D. Strine$28,805$8,040-72.1%
Wm Schafer H. Farms$0$7,281--
Dwaine J. Seals$28,441$7,030-75.3%
Robert Bryan Alka$20,410$6,833-66.5%
Ryan S. Lovellette$15,562$6,678-57.1%
Linda K Mcfarland-Gill Living Trust$11,812$6,604-44.1%
Stephen J. Lovellette$29,946$6,525-78.2%
Jet Farms$24,570$6,431-73.8%
Lovellette H. R. Est$0$6,381--
James I. Tennis$43,672$6,277-85.6%
Berberich Brothers$20,420$5,630-72.4%
George H Haase Family Trust$24,174$5,581-76.9%
Phyllis Kay Bates$20,013$5,578-72.1%
Stephen Lovellette Trust$12,017$5,368-55.3%
Mary Lou Walden$12,167$5,323-56.3%
Dean Klaus$5,305$5,3050%
Adam Buchanan$4,198$4,93717.6%
Fred Steckler$4,872$4,8720%
Michael Steckler$4,872$4,8720%
Bonnie J. Johnson$0$4,656--
Paul G Ewald IRRV Trustee$7,344$4,643-36.8%
Theresa L Storckman$4,624$4,6240%
Martin Tennes Family Trust$3,946$4,54115.1%
Doug Enloe$4,448$4,4480%
Eugene M Mcvaigh Estate$655$4,403572.2%
MH MH Land Trust$6,775$4,402-35%
Jeremy Hocking$13,348$4,395-67.1%
Wankel Bros, LLC$43,028$4,303-90%
Gary Wise$5,960$4,270-28.4%
William L Geurin Grantor Revocable Trust$3,845$4,1688.4%
Gerald Burkett$1,655$4,108148.2%
Dove & Love 1950 Trust$4,079$4,0790%
Eldon R Broster$4,013$4,0130%
Harold a Schonaman$16,637$3,977-76.1%
Michelle a Crooks-Seals - Michelle Crooks-Seals Rev Trust$5,700$3,962-30.5%
Chad B. Bates$4,839$3,919-19%
Sheila Ann Odom$0$3,918--
Jamie L. McCorkle$5,974$3,722-37.7%
Dorothy M. Chapman Testamentary Trust$10,287$3,696-64.1%
Robert Tennes$5,268$3,442-34.7%
Elizabeth M Hoffman Revocable Trust$0$3,344--
David Stoltz$8,608$3,259-62.1%
Hirok Farms LP$19,007$3,063-83.9%
Larry Hoeszle$6,420$3,060-52.3%
James Pfeister$7,089$2,939-58.5%
Nola N. Hinderliter$10,306$2,761-73.2%
Kevin L. Pixley$7,490$2,738-63.4%
Litherland Joint Venture$7,578$2,559-66.2%
Darlene Smith$2,872$2,471-14%
Bernard R. Drone$1,184$2,433105.5%
Alian Rentals, LLC$6,238$2,432-61%
Janice Alka$5,984$2,422-59.5%
Adam MacKe$10,678$2,388-77.6%
Mary Ellen Corwin Trust$6,430$2,353-63.4%
Eugene R. Berberich$8,275$2,342-71.7%
Robert G. Baker$3,772$2,312-38.7%
George R Cusick Irrevocable Trust$8,445$2,277-73%
Linda a Bates Living Trust-Linda a Bates$7,782$2,254-71%
Michael N. Lovellette$7,923$2,236-71.8%
Mary C Berberich Living Trust$5,704$2,222-61%
James Stevens$2,265$2,215-2.2%
John Stevens$2,265$2,215-2.2%
John T & Geneva R Ankenbrand Trust$7,091$2,199-69%
Donald W. Kennard$4,725$2,157-54.3%
Carolyn J. Tennis$2,140$2,1400%
Dee Drilling Company$2,041$2,0410%
Jacquelyn Sue Schmidt$6,800$2,011-70.4%
Evah O Veihman$1,546$2,00629.8%
Neal a Wankel Irrevocable Trust Agreement$19,267$2,000-89.6%
Jordan L. Baumgart$4,166$1,969-52.7%
Brent J. Ford$4,710$1,904-59.6%
Lyell Alka$5,609$1,870-66.7%
Mervin R Burroughs Family Trust$3,049$1,865-38.8%
Richard A. Walker$2,092$1,858-11.2%
Judy A. Neikirk$3,634$1,843-49.3%
Mike Baumgart$1,835$1,8350%
Betty Ann Wallace Living Trust$8,159$1,815-77.8%
Arthur Short$1,763$1,7630%
Walden Farm Land Trust Dated 7/13/07$5,751$1,692-70.6%
John-John Nolan Grantor Revocable Trust M Nolan$1,687$1,6870%
Donald M. Schuler$6,123$1,667-72.8%
Mary Susan Wood$5,577$1,666-70.1%
Sugar Tree Ranch, LLC$7,273$1,646-77.4%
Griess Farms, LLC$4,243$1,595-62.4%
Jeff G Guisewite$2,025$1,549-23.5%
Wabash County Quail Club, Inc.$1,529$1,5290%
Peggy Hering$3,800$1,495-60.7%
Gary H. Adams$4,272$1,446-66.2%
Jackie L Fewkes Dec of Trust$3,815$1,431-62.5%
Terry Beckerman$2,756$1,375-50.1%
Richard L. Casburn$1,326$1,3260%
Paul Fritschle$4,395$1,326-69.8%
William P. Shular$1,206$1,2060%
Rhonda Jo Skees$1,199$1,1990%
Thomas R. Wood$1,786$1,197-33%
Cleo Wetzel Ulm Tr$3,962$1,183-70.1%
Jonathan Peters$2,421$1,166-51.8%
Marcotte Family Farm$3,910$1,139-70.9%
Harold Payne$8,647$1,133-86.9%
Michael a and Karen K Hershey Trust$4,380$1,076-75.4%
David Ralph Kelsey$1,051$1,0510%
Kevin Xanders$4,425$1,051-76.2%
H Dee White Trust$1,107$1,038-6.2%
Marjorie Lou Johnson$5,031$1,036-79.4%
Bellmont United Methodist Church$3,520$1,031-70.7%
A Suzanne Brugger Trust$1,024$1,0240%
Vernon L. Henze$2,963$997-66.4%
Schrader Irrevocable Trust$2,295$982-57.2%
Clayton L. Stevens$3,936$976-75.2%
Stephanie Vanwormer$3,861$975-74.7%
Bonnie Griggs Schroeder Smith Living Trustee$869$97512.2%
Larry J Jones and Leona M Jones Trust$2,983$956-68%
Betty R. Ankenbrandt$909$9090%
Connie S. Hocking$1,296$909-29.9%
Ervin Gill Medler Declaration of Trust Dated October 23 2009$0$908--
Chapman Sisters Irrevocable Trust$903$9030%
Donald R. Marx$2,708$885-67.3%
Timothy Schuler$3,290$885-73.1%
Constance Harness$3,110$884-71.6%
Ronald W. Tennis$3,110$884-71.6%
Jaimie L. Banks$3,854$880-77.2%
Ronald L. Hoffman$2,818$880-68.8%
Diane Whetstone$878$8780%
Vaughn H. Courter$2,480$870-64.9%
William H. Wheatcroft$2,443$844-65.5%
Ralph F. Raber$3,024$834-72.4%
Robert A. Winter$981$818-16.6%
Michael A. Dunkel$2,129$796-62.6%
Gerald E. Wirth$2,285$726-68.2%
Rebecca L. Cowling$0$720--
Roger Kieffer$4,767$714-85%
Steven Beasley$708$7080%
Underriner Family Trust$2,085$706-66.1%
Joe R. Alka$1,987$700-64.8%
Beverly Payne$1,442$695-51.8%
Eddie L. Bare$2,382$688-71.1%
Smith Bradley Farms$3,434$688-80%
Robert J. Smith$686$6860%
Ron H. Biehl$1,889$686-63.7%
Mary J Sweppy$3,761$672-82.1%
Jerry E. McWilliams$533$65322.5%
Cody Dunkel$2,706$640-76.3%
David A. Smith$0$637--
David L. Trimble$2,236$636-71.6%
Bethel Cemetery$2,069$630-69.6%
Sue E. Murphy$2,347$624-73.4%
Melba Anderson$1,793$609-66%
Scarlett A. Litherland$2,268$600-73.5%
Nicholaus James Johnson$0$590--
Gary R Hocking Trust$966$579-40.1%
Herschel R. Johnson$1,963$577-70.6%
Dolores J. Timberlake$540$5664.8%
Patsy J. Randolph$1,781$563-68.4%
James L Stevens, Inc.$546$5460%
John Stevens, Inc.$546$5460%
Eric Stoltz$544$5440%
Michael A. Baker$1,546$536-65.3%
Daniel E. Tennis$504$5050.2%
Katherine B. Keneipp$3,010$495-83.6%
Betty Winternheimer$1,447$484-66.6%
Helen Kolb$1,446$484-66.5%
John Schrodt$1,289$475-63.1%
Timothy Winter$698$465-33.4%
Mark C Brines Revocable Trust$1,674$459-72.6%
William D. McFarland$1,378$457-66.8%
Edward L Grewe and Elizabeth R Grewe Joint Grantor Revocable$1,085$450-58.5%
Mary Jane Fischer$1,069$427-60.1%
Betty R. Stoltz$1,088$402-63.1%
David King$1,254$398-68.3%
Audrey Hinderliter$1,254$398-68.3%
Lewis Keith Wooldridge$1,375$397-71.1%
Jennifer A. Huff$940$379-59.7%
Joe Ayer Farms$611$378-38.1%
Ron Peach$973$375-61.5%
Jeffrey D. Jackson$1,294$374-71.1%
Charles A. Stoltz$1,105$371-66.4%
Sallie Fryman$1,105$371-66.4%
Dale Webster$954$359-62.4%
Bruce E. Seifert$782$355-54.6%
Clifton Harris$698$353-49.4%
Mary Jo Timberlake$1,254$353-71.9%
Jack Locke$1,194$334-72%
Robert F Storckman$328$3280%
Rose Mary Hocking$1,131$325-71.3%
Leonard W Ballard and Irma L Ballard Trust$918$314-65.8%
Harold Sanders$849$299-64.8%
Carmen R. Smith$910$286-68.6%
John Mark Gognat$647$280-56.7%
Linda A. Kolb$913$279-69.4%
Robert A. Wilson$914$279-69.5%
Christella Thonert Estate Trust$206$27533.5%
June Quick$1,012$275-72.8%
Norma J. Lewis$937$272-71%
Deborah C. Smith$706$265-62.5%
Kenneth Brown$632$242-61.7%
Johann E. Shearer$777$240-69.1%
Leta Sue Williams$607$236-61.1%
Donna Kay Blair$234$2340%
David W. Pettyjohn$745$225-69.8%
Warren Gene Guisewite Irrevocable Trust$722$224-69%
Nelson Gail Beesley$473$222-53.1%
Debra Kay Ile$222$2220%
Warren Liddle$438$221-49.5%
John Fred Drone$517$219-57.6%
Robert Cusick$627$213-66%
Crow Farm Account$272$213-21.7%
David F. Williams$505$212-58%
Rick Anderson$506$211-58.3%
Janet C. Payne$533$209-60.8%
Diane K. Bradley$0$208--
Frank and Pamela Smith Family Trust U/T/D February 10, 2016$0$208--
John Bolden$458$208-54.6%
Greg Locke$627$200-68.1%
Howard Maidlow Jr.$1,332$200-85%
Andrea Locke$626$199-68.2%
Dale E. Kurtz$2,355$199-91.5%
Theresa Hocking$555$198-64.3%
Janet K. Anderson$0$198--
Philip Hocking$422$180-57.3%
Deirdre A. Stout$535$167-68.8%
James Michael Wolfe$535$167-68.8%
Faye W. Thompson$323$165-48.9%
Frank G. Treece$542$162-70.1%
Ronald E. Treece$541$162-70.1%
Gary Kolb$312$160-48.7%
Darrell E. Pickering$561$159-71.7%
Leon N. Pixley$480$140-70.8%
Esther Mae Calverley$258$135-47.7%
Sturman Hughey Jr.$23$134482.6%
Rebecca Dicus$335$131-60.9%
Patty Jane Tice$387$125-67.7%
Gregory M. Smith$321$124-61.4%
Timothy S. Smith$321$124-61.4%
Clara Reiber$331$123-62.8%
Nelson Reiber$331$123-62.8%
Ray D Street$355$122-65.6%
William R. Mabry$404$120-70.3%
Janet L. Will$384$118-69.3%
Diane E. Witters$302$111-63.2%
Iris Hinderliter$302$111-63.2%
George Beckerman$2,160$109-95%
Sharon J. Gehret$272$106-61%
Terry Phegley$381$105-72.4%
Donald W. Price$159$102-35.8%
Frank M. Nash$159$102-35.8%
Jo Ann Beesley$259$97-62.5%
Bradley Walling$62$9045.2%
Ronald L. Martin$208$82-60.6%
Glenn L Heindselman & Wanda L Heindselman Revoc Trust$80$800%
Minnie L. Shain$162$79-51.2%
Scott J. Fisher$258$71-72.5%
Jay R. Pettyjohn$103$65-36.9%
Gayle M. Conrady$174$64-63.2%
Fred L. Xanders$192$59-69.3%
Donna Maria Kline$125$50-60%
Edna Sickbert$108$48-55.6%
Harold William Bates$70$44-37.1%
Lisa Brewer$127$41-67.7%
Ryan Paul Andrews$12,536$38-99.7%
Brad Rigg$24$3233.3%
David W. Deisher$0$31--
Melissa K. Wilson$99$31-68.7%
Ann D. Wood$0$25--
Robert John Steckler Irrevocable Trust$4,159$22-99.5%
William A. Schafer$15$2140%
Wanda Guisewite Gibbons Rev Trust$477$19-96%
Homer L. Majors$759$16-97.9%
Arthur A. Meunier$240$10-95.8%
Bradley J. Winter$0$2--
Allen E. Goodson Jr.$68$0-100%
Jack W. Johnson$4,656$0-100%
Janet S. Taylor$799$0-100%
Jeffrey B. Cutchin$825$0-100%
Michele S Loeffler Rev Trust$644$0-100%
Philip E Parks Living Trust$348$0-100%
Stephen Case$443$0-100%
Amy Hinderliter$443$0-100%
Betty V. Foshee$863$0-100%
Bradley K. Hocking$893$0-100%
C & L Farms, LLP$1,212$0-100%
Charles Maas$677$0-100%
Charles W. Riggs$3,682$0-100%
Clayton Ross Storckman$3,556$0-100%
Daniel S. Epler$477$0-100%
Delbert Seals$299$0-100%
Dorothy Jane Mowatt IRRV Trustee$322$0-100%
Elizabeth Hoffman$3,434$0-100%
Ethel Large Trust$3,000$0-100%
Evelyn J. Mounts$3,250$0-100%
Georgia Vaught$77$0-100%
Helen Irene Jansen$244$0-100%
Howard D. Marriott$7,950$0-100%
John Hohn$326$0-100%
Katherine Ackerman$1,331$0-100%
Mary L. Mersinger$513$0-100%
Raymond Haase$2,189$0-100%
Rod Andrews$1,786$0-100%
Sharon A. Majors$743$0-100%
Terry L. Stout$447$0-100%
Justin Swanson$722$0-100%
Lois Hinderliter$1,538$0-100%
Total subsidies$8,299,633$3,667,344-55.8%

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