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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Butler County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Butler County received $4.7 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 327 farmers in cities within Butler County received a total of $2 million in 671 farm subsidies, a 69.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.7 million in 1,353 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 Butler County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Matthew C. Gillespie$137,218$52,671-61.6%
Matthew Thomas Trout$113,747$50,186-55.9%
Gifford Farms, LLC$120,583$49,558-58.9%
Croucher Farms, LLC$88,087$45,075-48.8%
Glen Minges$113,038$42,738-62.2%
Steven Shaw$109,828$41,509-62.2%
Walter C. Minges$119,201$40,810-65.8%
Eric M. Doan$79,203$38,484-51.4%
John B. Craig$0$38,255--
Adam Smith Family Farms, LLC$80,190$37,983-52.6%
Larry Beiser$82,590$37,621-54.4%
Chris Proeschel Farms, LLC$72,029$37,334-48.2%
Sarah Summe$28,871$34,43519.3%
Beiser Brothers, LLC$132,302$33,621-74.6%
Douglas Turner$131,775$32,321-75.5%
Eric M. Sherman$80,917$31,502-61.1%
Beiser Farms, Inc.$119,869$31,407-73.8%
Dallas Butterfield$79,037$31,245-60.5%
David Minges$75,837$28,826-62%
Carl A. Summe$71,706$28,649-60%
Herbert Summe$86,603$28,052-67.6%
Knollman Farms, Inc.$103,363$27,833-73.1%
Bruce A. Bonham$97,463$27,380-71.9%
William F. Koch IV$75,457$25,445-66.3%
Nathan Gillespie$35,343$24,871-29.6%
Jacob P. Taylor$54,542$24,249-55.5%
Niederman Farms Irrevocable Trust$50,314$22,975-54.3%
Andrew D. Beiser$119,449$22,924-80.8%
James Garner$53,476$22,412-58.1%
Stephan M. Janos$48,602$21,491-55.8%
Kiefer Brothers, LLC$32,357$20,209-37.5%
Winter Farms$66,490$19,617-70.5%
Michael W. Gorman$51,817$19,084-63.2%
William T. Roe$40,642$18,860-53.6%
Harris Farms Partnership$82,756$18,454-77.7%
Brad Sooy$28,151$18,009-36%
John S. Miller$39,389$17,777-54.9%
Edward I. Beeler$47,174$17,503-62.9%
Knechts Partnership$87,525$16,518-81.1%
John David Bonham$74,041$16,405-77.8%
John R. Bonham$71,263$16,405-77%
H B Owen & Son, Inc.$38,985$16,258-58.3%
Timothy A. Eich$35,173$16,137-54.1%
David Vollmer$35,036$16,006-54.3%
Fear Not Farms, LLC$35,818$15,381-57.1%
Daniel Lewis Mahlerwein$18,843$14,794-21.5%
Christopher A. Jones$0$14,157--
Timothy M. Scott$28,880$13,894-51.9%
Timothy Ernest Miller$34,847$13,482-61.3%
Gary J. Hesselbrock$27,567$13,415-51.3%
Daniel J. Burwinkel$45,951$13,194-71.3%
Jerry Burwinkel$46,006$12,303-73.3%
Daniel J. Crout$48,922$12,190-75.1%
James T. Schulte$46,109$12,148-73.7%
Philip C. Bulach$27,834$12,143-56.4%
Charles A. Friday$56,435$11,971-78.8%
Elaine Bulach$21,930$11,573-47.2%
Garrett S Dill - Garrett S Dill JR Trust$0$10,497--
Neil Hileman$47,056$10,107-78.5%
David Lierer JR$17,447$9,850-43.5%
William R. Eisele$23,632$9,811-58.5%
Arthur C. Dudley$14,392$9,495-34%
Jeffrey Truster$21,919$9,206-58%
Ed Sunberg$35,851$9,070-74.7%
Brad L. Davis$8,762$8,7620%
Andrew Petri$18,670$8,683-53.5%
Michael D. Johnson$8,132$8,4233.6%
Big S Farms, LLC$9,871$8,328-15.6%
Adam D. Miller$23,536$8,311-64.7%
Steele Land Trust$6,091$8,30236.3%
Heck Acres, LLC$25,776$8,221-68.1%
William G. Carter$6,696$8,21022.6%
Daniel Sunberg$30,153$8,065-73.3%
Steve Bolser$15,604$8,052-48.4%
Alexander Proeschel$18,201$7,821-57%
Herbert J. Summe II$8,918$7,765-12.9%
Jason D. Herrmann$27,394$7,369-73.1%
Dennis D. Shaw$30,853$7,356-76.2%
John R. Jones$12,570$7,275-42.1%
Louis-Louis & Constance Jacquemin Trust-Jacquemin$0$7,274--
Timothy Beiser$31,662$7,125-77.5%
Candace K. Cook$6,821$6,8210%
Vonderhaar Farms$20,284$6,746-66.7%
Duane Clark$12,056$6,735-44.1%
Edward C. Ulreich$8,588$6,290-26.8%
Alan Bruns$9,830$6,224-36.7%
Theodore R. Jung$25,519$6,131-76%
David Hiltbrand$22,947$5,996-73.9%
Robert R. Houston$5,959$5,9590%
David Eric Bommer$14,526$5,813-60%
Clifford Nick Schwab$11,551$5,740-50.3%
Ryan Edward Gries$18,275$5,555-69.6%
Andrew B. Bonham$27,868$5,428-80.5%
Whistlin' Wind Farms, Inc.$48,675$5,401-88.9%
Dwight L. Jones$14,143$5,109-63.9%
Ryemill Farms, LLC$6,798$5,054-25.7%
JDR Farm, LLC$12,821$5,051-60.6%
Vada L Sciannamblo$0$4,963--
Harold Richardson$16,982$4,932-71%
Charles R. Beckett$10,061$4,927-51%
Alan Mehl$12,253$4,886-60.1%
Ejem Schlichter Farm, LLC$20,557$4,855-76.4%
William E. Johnson$18,878$4,700-75.1%
Tim L. Buckley$12,141$4,599-62.1%
Thomas C Bulach and Mary C Bulach Irrev Trust$0$4,200--
Ronald Nagala$8,305$4,159-49.9%
Mark Butterfield$19,297$4,136-78.6%
Jay Butterfield$21,391$4,102-80.8%
Edward Truster$12,211$3,940-67.7%
Mark Korb$32,572$3,929-87.9%
Sigel Cattle Company, Inc.$30,250$3,868-87.2%
Roger Creasy$3,815$3,8150%
James Korb$7,794$3,800-51.2%
Garry L Glasshagel$3,791$3,790-0%
Bruce Cottingim$9,784$3,782-61.3%
Richardson Family Farm, LLC$10,707$3,693-65.5%
Josh Wesley Robinson$10,513$3,677-65%
Kevin L. Koch$8,412$3,577-57.5%
J & H Keller Farms, LLC$14,716$3,564-75.8%
Andy Shea$7,344$3,520-52.1%
Kenneth C. Clawson$7,454$3,520-52.8%
Jeff Becker$15,333$3,503-77.2%
Peyton R. Weekley$5,216$3,425-34.3%
Andrew R. Korb$23,117$3,286-85.8%
Alexander Herrmann$3,977$3,079-22.6%
Glenn Owens$5,561$2,974-46.5%
Marvin Beekman$6,683$2,935-56.1%
Gary A. Coleman$8,665$2,932-66.2%
David J. Shepherd$3,695$2,929-20.7%
Alayna Gaile Bolser$5,286$2,874-45.6%
Marc Tincher$14,401$2,834-80.3%
Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation$0$2,807--
Michael Eschenbrenner$14,191$2,793-80.3%
Matt Brandenburg$8,722$2,752-68.4%
Thomas K. Marshall$7,959$2,681-66.3%
Martin Stephen$9,655$2,627-72.8%
Joshua Russell$8,636$2,617-69.7%
Alan A. Herrmann$17,144$2,609-84.8%
Victor Geise$7,552$2,584-65.8%
Bruce K. Miller$2,579$2,5790%
Bruce Erhardt$9,728$2,566-73.6%
Norbert Davis$61,839$2,541-95.9%
William Schulte$5,018$2,520-49.8%
Vada L Scianamblo$0$2,492--
Henry C Korb Jr. Trust Agreement$5,305$2,468-53.5%
Dale S. Richter$4,788$2,460-48.6%
Thomas Conrad$10,228$2,449-76.1%
Deborah J. Lacey$6,465$2,406-62.8%
Ralph Schueler$5,255$2,398-54.4%
Wm Foster Jr.$6,655$2,384-64.2%
Steven K. Carmack$6,892$2,350-65.9%
Brandon M. Kerr$8,352$2,347-71.9%
Dennis Hileman$10,451$2,326-77.7%
Doug Hileman$10,451$2,326-77.7%
Robert W. Rauen$2,308$2,3080%
Marconi Farms$5,448$2,270-58.3%
Steven M. Truster$5,584$2,260-59.5%
Michael W. Berry$5,563$2,255-59.5%
Stephen B. Kazin$12,329$2,190-82.2%
Jeanne H Walther Trustee$5,319$2,146-59.7%
David M. Stinson$9,979$2,099-79%
Kyle Douglas Turner$5,523$2,082-62.3%
Stephen Fields Jr.$3,038$2,070-31.9%
Vernon Hoelle$5,414$2,041-62.3%
Eric Winnon Mckay$8,739$1,959-77.6%
Zachary Minges$1,469$1,95833.3%
Daniel Bulach$5,269$1,905-63.8%
Darrell Staarmann$4,909$1,892-61.5%
Homerville High Pointe, LLC$4,773$1,872-60.8%
Thomas C Schroeder Family Trust$6,797$1,843-72.9%
Agnes-Agnes D Ziepfel Rev Trust Ziepfel$0$1,839--
Don Scarbrough$2,886$1,797-37.7%
Roy Arnold Smith$6,532$1,698-74%
Louis H. Potter$1,830$1,677-8.4%
Ginger L Vizedom$5,348$1,646-69.2%
David Dennison$1,473$1,63711.1%
Gary David Long$6,600$1,599-75.8%
Kenneth Allen$2,224$1,476-33.6%
Joseph A. Ramsey$2,911$1,458-49.9%
Justin Wesley Harris$1,578$1,413-10.5%
Pete Winson$455$1,409209.7%
Joe E. Allen$2,872$1,384-51.8%
Douglas J. Bolton$2,585$1,374-46.8%
Michael W. Bolton$2,585$1,374-46.8%
Marilyn Meyers$3,050$1,367-55.2%
Steve Alfers$1,722$1,360-21%
Bryan F. Owens$3,089$1,357-56.1%
Joe E. Richard$268$1,313389.9%
Jerome F Duvelius$5,193$1,304-74.9%
Brent Grow$3,032$1,295-57.3%
James Williams$6,094$1,288-78.9%
Adam C. Simpson$4,784$1,263-73.6%
Edward L. Demaree Jr.$412$1,257205.1%
Darrell H. Wilson$6,690$1,251-81.3%
Isaac A. Crout$3,605$1,244-65.5%
Carl Sizemore Family Farm, LLC$677$1,23382.1%
Richard Gann$4,518$1,216-73.1%
Reserve Run Family Farm, LLC$5,271$1,212-77%
Bartels Farm, LLC$9,500$1,207-87.3%
4-R Cattle Farm, LLC$8,595$1,190-86.2%
Jerry Minges$4,076$1,186-70.9%
David House -Miamitown Cattle Company$0$1,166--
Wilbur Beiser$3,023$1,160-61.6%
Paul Gillespie$2,772$1,149-58.5%
Gary Ramsey$2,000$1,148-42.6%
Nancy Sturgeon$3,409$1,109-67.5%
Clint Nigg$2,656$1,064-59.9%
Laura Jean Linden$1,790$1,059-40.8%
Joseph E. Stamper III$6,617$1,058-84%
Kenneth Croucher$967$9670%
Gary Vonrissen$0$951--
Jon E. Schlichter$3,152$938-70.2%
Shirley A. Miller$6,226$935-85%
Stegner Farms, Inc.$3,231$932-71.2%
Jay Charles Fry$2,656$924-65.2%
EVR Investments, LLC$919$9190%
William Foster Sr.$3,901$898-77%
Michael Yerkes$3,227$887-72.5%
Larry Bratcher$1,983$884-55.4%
Adam Robert Weber$0$880--
Gregory L. Fetters$657$87633.3%
William a Phillips Trust$874$8740%
Brenda G. Elliott$2,226$821-63.1%
Wyatt Bolser$2,570$802-68.8%
Patrick L. Sink$767$7984%
Edward J. Tussey$4,814$788-83.6%
Ryan P. Tussey$4,814$788-83.6%
Green's Patriot Farm, LLC$2,425$772-68.2%
Kerrick D. Wilson$3,351$753-77.5%
Douglas R Piskac$39,884$748-98.1%
Elmer Hoffman$740$7400%
C. E. Kendall Living Trust$1,403$737-47.5%
Richard S. Coombs$0$731--
Daryl L. Nelson$4,447$706-84.1%
Carol a Gloyeske Lieutenant - Carol Gloyeske$1,452$702-51.7%
Roy R Gloyeske Lieutenant - Roy Gloyeske$1,452$702-51.7%
Stephanie A. Johnson$2,129$683-67.9%
David B. Schwab$1,525$680-55.4%
David R. Brate$2,031$646-68.2%
Mark A. Schiff$2,710$642-76.3%
Kj Lehman$733$642-12.4%
Dale A. Heinzelman$1,260$623-50.6%
Bryan Butterfield$2,427$620-74.5%
Sandra D Burger$3,226$591-81.7%
Joseph Bennett$1,234$588-52.4%
Norman Knollman$1,598$584-63.5%
William H. Schlichter$5,657$578-89.8%
Payne Brothers Farm, LLC$574$5740%
Miles Joe Cook$3,738$566-84.9%
Tim Trader$0$550--
Pamela - Pamela K Norris Trust Norris$0$549--
Chad R. Tryon$0$538--
Ronald L. Bulach$5,095$528-89.6%
Michael Dittman$1,439$524-63.6%
Christopher T. Carmack$1,714$502-70.7%
Kathy D. Carmack$1,714$502-70.7%
John Baumgartner$518$489-5.6%
Robert A. Vogel$6,438$482-92.5%
Rae Garnar$1,123$480-57.3%
Hurley Brothers, LLC$2,778$460-83.4%
Buckley Farm Trust$4,272$452-89.4%
Homerville Holstein Farms, Ltd.$486$450-7.4%
James T. Maloney$686$418-39.1%
James D. Morrow$2,215$406-81.7%
Patricia Lynne Stang$2,035$403-80.2%
Melvin J. Brosey$2,517$402-84%
Nancy Mock$1,244$400-67.8%
Charles C. Gutherie$4,027$391-90.3%
Raymond Edward Beneker IV$1,905$385-79.8%
Timothy Richard Florek$0$384--
Mildred A. King$503$381-24.3%
Emmett A. Vaughan$379$360-5%
Daniel Brosey$1,634$358-78.1%
Albert Jeffery$0$349--
Susan Hengehold$1,566$334-78.7%
Ross D. Cochrell$0$326--
Donald L. Stitzel$1,154$310-73.1%
Clyde -Clyde Muehlenhard Living Trust H Muehlenha$0$305--
Engrid Emerson Vaughan$990$302-69.5%
James E. Bricker$298$2980%
Joan Zellner - Joan Zellner Living Trust$0$288--
Clyde Bolser$6,816$276-96%
Michael Senft$270$2700%
James Mitrione$266$2660%
Carol A. Colegate$1,848$260-85.9%
Brenda Fahner$228$2280%
Rebecca L. Bretz$1,518$226-85.1%
Glen Kevin Glidewell$263$218-17.1%
Christopher Fahner$216$2160%
Doug M. Kiefer$920$207-77.5%
James Dees$195$1950%
Casey Elijah Taylor$2,519$186-92.6%
Douglas Ramsay Smith$511$186-63.6%
Kelly Hesselbrock$352$174-50.6%
Carol A. Ruhl$325$172-47.1%
Wayne Staton$213$170-20.2%
Diana M. Phillips$160$1600%
Scott Shepherd$157$1570%
Walter Holbrock$0$150--
Carol Parker$822$132-83.9%
Donald E Robbins Revocable Trust$8,825$132-98.5%
Gordon B. White$125$1250%
John S. Becker$2,055$116-94.4%
B. J. Barker$107$1070%
Schwab Family Farm Market, LLC$5,290$107-98%
Darrell Beckett$866$105-87.9%
Jack French$103$1030%
Scott Knollman$335$102-69.6%
Laura Beth Hargitt Cohen Revocable Trust$574$101-82.4%
Michael J. Shea$2,266$100-95.6%
Dwight R. Newberry Jr.$121$87-28.1%
Christine Howard$2,830$62-97.8%
James Gifford$55$550%
Peggy Wolterman$0$54--
Beverly Jean Roe$104$50-51.9%
Michael Sadler$1,513$45-97%
Andy Stang$19,934$34-99.8%
Darrell G. Weil$31$310%
David S. Dennison$0$28--
Kevin Leamer$5,090$27-99.5%
Amy Van Gorp$0$23--
Warren Van Gorp$0$23--
Steve R. Green$128$16-87.5%
Jay Loos$369$8-97.8%
Terry L. Vollmer$152$7-95.4%
Thomas Foley$4,827$3-99.9%
James L. Hensley$292$2-99.3%
Allan Miller-Allan Miller & Margie Miller Trust$2,132$0-100%
Brian Gregory Garver$12,258$0-100%
Casey L. Stang$2,131$0-100%
Circle C Acres, LLC$748$0-100%
Daniel L. Robertson$1,281$0-100%
Daniel Truster$2,225$0-100%
Daulbert Dee Harlan$1,614$0-100%
David House -Miamitown Cattle Com$10,969$0-100%
Douglas W. Lehmann$605$0-100%
Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE$2,711$0-100%
Fitterer Farms, LLC$2,517$0-100%
Gary Dittman$471$0-100%
Howard Family Trust$1,700$0-100%
James Dalzell$571$0-100%
James W. Powell$5,643$0-100%
Jeffrey Allen Darner$2,611$0-100%
Joan Zellner - Joan Zellner Livin$949$0-100%
John E. Leindecker Jr.$130$0-100%
Louis-Louis & Constance Jacquemin$36,710$0-100%
Melvin Steigleder$269$0-100%
Michael Brian Jackson$6,464$0-100%
Michael H. Moorehead$1,870$0-100%
Richard Coombs$731$0-100%
Scott Clark$214$0-100%
Steven G. Ruoff$3,349$0-100%
Vernon Haubner$1,482$0-100%
William Scott Hill$5,120$0-100%
Zua Stivers Trust$7,976$0-100%
Bethany Mae Cantwell$1,786$0-100%
Clyde -Clyde Muehlenhard Living T$1,718$0-100%
Dale R Burger$503$0-100%
Dalton Schlichter$2,047$0-100%
Daniel P. Bartow$432$0-100%
Dr. Michael S. Fain$1,073$0-100%
Elizabeth Endres$7,438$0-100%
Frederick O. Schlichter$2,283$0-100%
Garrett Dill - Garrett S. S. J. Dill$22,454$0-100%
Gerald Norris$549$0-100%
Thomas H. Study$550$0-100%
Harold Gurr$169$0-100%
Larry J. Richardson Jr.$2,343$0-100%
Mark Henegar$122$0-100%
Nicholas Hickman$1,379$0-100%
Robert G. Sherman$432$0-100%
Robert L. Merkel$437$0-100%
Roberts Family Trust$501$0-100%
Roy Long$71$0-100%
Tom Dudley$902$0-100%
William Edward Arnold$1,916$0-100%
Angelo Sciannamblo$7,455$0-100%
Camden Feeder Pigs, Inc.$657,034$0-100%
Jason R. Beckner$4,341$0-100%
Jeffery D. Schwab$322,524$0-100%
Jennifer A. Bayne$6,478$0-100%
Larry R. Johnson Jr.$5,089$0-100%
Rick Poirier$2,395$0-100%
Robert Ison$1,295$0-100%
Thomas C Bulach and Mary C Bulach$17,625$0-100%
Joseph E. Brown$204$0-100%
Total subsidies$6,720,935$2,049,632-69.5%

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