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In 2021, 224 farmers in cities within Crawford County received a total of $702,783 in 266 farm subsidies, a 70.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.4 million in 614 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 Crawford County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Frank L. Missey | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| John Evans Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Mid-Missouri Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Alva R. Wishon | $175,007 | $39,315 | -77.5% |
| MBA Beef, LLC | $130,730 | $28,866 | -77.9% |
| Keith Robertson | $275,888 | $22,871 | -91.7% |
| Roy Farris | $0 | $17,897 | -- |
| Scott Joseph Abolt | $116,041 | $15,992 | -86.2% |
| Harold Cape | $63,221 | $14,930 | -76.4% |
| Charles Schroyer | $154,482 | $14,779 | -90.4% |
| Undine Logging, LLC | $0 | $14,756 | -- |
| Righter Logging, LLC | $0 | $14,058 | -- |
| Colin Cottrell | $26,982 | $9,914 | -63.3% |
| Kim Zeiss | $14,939 | $8,849 | -40.8% |
| Bell Land and Cattle, LLC | $45,195 | $7,984 | -82.3% |
| Plac, LLC | $24,952 | $6,747 | -73% |
| Paul E. Perkins | $28,099 | $6,580 | -76.6% |
| David Dunn | $19,135 | $4,967 | -74% |
| Nathan E. Mertz | $22,234 | $4,703 | -78.8% |
| Douglas D. Murphy | $15,658 | $4,572 | -70.8% |
| Colin K. Sappington | $21,447 | $3,850 | -82% |
| Brian Michael Tomazi | $17,485 | $3,688 | -78.9% |
| Stanley G. Isgrig | $13,728 | $3,449 | -74.9% |
| Larry Branson | $15,642 | $3,400 | -78.3% |
| David E. Garrison | $12,647 | $3,383 | -73.3% |
| Andrew Grayson Stubblefield | $12,978 | $3,377 | -74% |
| 5M Welding & Excavation, LLC | $6,820 | $3,364 | -50.7% |
| Great Circle | $9,603 | $3,288 | -65.8% |
| Ronald Fann | $14,484 | $3,240 | -77.6% |
| Ralph Rutz | $12,606 | $3,201 | -74.6% |
| James R Lechten | $10,376 | $3,153 | -69.6% |
| Lance Wiese | $14,735 | $3,131 | -78.8% |
| Andrew L. Stubblefield | $13,007 | $3,072 | -76.4% |
| Charles Rowden | $13,068 | $3,071 | -76.5% |
| Wayde Grandstaff | $14,025 | $3,029 | -78.4% |
| Roy C Pietraschke | $4,909 | $2,927 | -40.4% |
| Lee M. Stubblefield | $12,560 | $2,897 | -76.9% |
| Courtois Catlle Company, Inc. | $20,049 | $2,886 | -85.6% |
| Joseph Midyett | $21,930 | $2,856 | -87% |
| Christopher B. Licklider | $16,137 | $2,843 | -82.4% |
| Bass Farms | $14,615 | $2,722 | -81.4% |
| Rodney Sammet | $2,717 | $2,717 | 0% |
| Robert D. Jost | $3,661 | $2,668 | -27.1% |
| John F Lechten | $9,251 | $2,659 | -71.3% |
| Jenna Young | $36,380 | $2,636 | -92.8% |
| Leland Eikermann Jr. | $10,125 | $2,568 | -74.6% |
| Greg Kimberlin | $14,811 | $2,518 | -83% |
| Dorathea M Koepke | $5,346 | $2,486 | -53.5% |
| Bruce Robertson | $11,096 | $2,464 | -77.8% |
| Roger L. Gregory | $7,798 | $2,437 | -68.7% |
| Roy F. Schoenbeck | $8,063 | $2,412 | -70.1% |
| Carol Springer | $7,462 | $2,401 | -67.8% |
| Margaret A. Duncan | $9,680 | $2,355 | -75.7% |
| L & M Cattle, LLC | $10,447 | $2,343 | -77.6% |
| Rustin Snodgrass | $9,794 | $2,330 | -76.2% |
| Michael J. Koepke | $11,332 | $2,315 | -79.6% |
| Richard Conaway | $7,755 | $2,282 | -70.6% |
| Timberland Farms, LLC | $10,219 | $2,216 | -78.3% |
| Thomas J. Ahrens | $8,291 | $2,203 | -73.4% |
| Justin Elmer Strong | $17,155 | $2,195 | -87.2% |
| Dennis McPeters | $9,746 | $2,178 | -77.7% |
| Larry Pinnell | $8,745 | $2,158 | -75.3% |
| Paul L. Sappington Jr. | $11,244 | $2,100 | -81.3% |
| Douglas S. Housewright | $12,901 | $2,007 | -84.4% |
| John R. Reeves | $9,542 | $1,922 | -79.9% |
| Karen J Williams-Karen Williams Rev Trust | $781 | $1,876 | 140.2% |
| Connie Cape | $11,339 | $1,856 | -83.6% |
| Nancy J. Moss | $16,923 | $1,850 | -89.1% |
| Michael Lee Boyer | $5,120 | $1,847 | -63.9% |
| Gerald L Steinle Trust No 1 | $1,162 | $1,845 | 58.8% |
| Mark E. Middleton | $6,818 | $1,826 | -73.2% |
| Wm C. Lange | $8,679 | $1,780 | -79.5% |
| Lance Jason Cottrell | $10,001 | $1,774 | -82.3% |
| William H. Rapp Jr. | $8,389 | $1,772 | -78.9% |
| Travis Henry Robertson | $13,582 | $1,743 | -87.2% |
| Schatz Property, LLC | $7,761 | $1,692 | -78.2% |
| Keith Martin | $7,301 | $1,623 | -77.8% |
| Dale J. Edwards | $5,755 | $1,622 | -71.8% |
| Dean Bishop | $12,947 | $1,620 | -87.5% |
| Gary Campbell | $6,353 | $1,617 | -74.5% |
| Marilyn S. Wallis | $1,590 | $1,590 | 0% |
| Brock A. Bouse | $7,559 | $1,565 | -79.3% |
| Joseph Dwayne Cartwright | $16,621 | $1,548 | -90.7% |
| Jeffrey Glen Koepke | $7,873 | $1,527 | -80.6% |
| David Rayfield Gann | $6,830 | $1,516 | -77.8% |
| Timothy P. Ryle | $5,764 | $1,490 | -74.1% |
| Garret Wayne Carey | $1,386 | $1,471 | 6.1% |
| Lance Harmon | $10,175 | $1,451 | -85.7% |
| Gregory E Dettler | $2,566 | $1,390 | -45.8% |
| Floyd Kitchen | $6,344 | $1,371 | -78.4% |
| Brenda E Steurnagel | $5,698 | $1,368 | -76% |
| Kevin C. Swope | $7,594 | $1,365 | -82% |
| Daron L. Dace | $10,943 | $1,354 | -87.6% |
| William E. Lunsford | $4,895 | $1,325 | -72.9% |
| Gary Mullen | $9,686 | $1,324 | -86.3% |
| Tracy D. Dace Jr. | $13,671 | $1,323 | -90.3% |
| Norman J. Souders | $6,193 | $1,322 | -78.7% |
| Larry W. Farris | $4,400 | $1,286 | -70.8% |
| Andy Wayne Reed | $5,500 | $1,276 | -76.8% |
| Gary W Hardecke | $7,118 | $1,231 | -82.7% |
| Barry West | $6,358 | $1,205 | -81% |
| Robert Cunningham | $7,078 | $1,198 | -83.1% |
| Thomas J. Bottom | $9,073 | $1,178 | -87% |
| Dale E. Fann | $5,192 | $1,152 | -77.8% |
| David Copling | $6,803 | $1,148 | -83.1% |
| Ozark Berry Farm, LLC | $0 | $1,144 | -- |
| G S & G Farms | $4,818 | $1,127 | -76.6% |
| Charles Licklider | $1,107 | $1,107 | 0% |
| David Harrison | $5,817 | $1,106 | -81% |
| C Dale Murphy and Emma C Murphy Revocable Living Trust Agree | $1,093 | $1,093 | 0% |
| Frank P Shasserre | $4,338 | $1,093 | -74.8% |
| Betty Bouse | $7,948 | $1,086 | -86.3% |
| Timothy S. Cavanaugh | $4,653 | $1,080 | -76.8% |
| Troy Jones | $7,248 | $1,076 | -85.2% |
| Richard Ramstein | $7,119 | $1,058 | -85.1% |
| Joseph Thomas Peart | $7,216 | $1,058 | -85.3% |
| John Glaser | $7,165 | $1,045 | -85.4% |
| Mark Pinnell | $4,488 | $1,026 | -77.1% |
| Little Bourbeuse Cattle | $3,667 | $1,011 | -72.4% |
| Kenneth L. York | $1,951 | $1,001 | -48.7% |
| David Schmidt | $5,424 | $964 | -82.2% |
| Leroy C. Martin | $4,235 | $958 | -77.4% |
| Vernon A. Trendle | $3,919 | $947 | -75.8% |
| Brad Brewer | $4,785 | $935 | -80.5% |
| Robert D. Richter | $5,500 | $917 | -83.3% |
| John D. Smith | $4,202 | $908 | -78.4% |
| Teddy R. Blankenship | $5,009 | $904 | -82% |
| Kenny D. Wood | $5,149 | $893 | -82.7% |
| Kevin Ware | $4,081 | $877 | -78.5% |
| Wm D. Mullen | $4,745 | $869 | -81.7% |
| Dustin James Daehn | $4,374 | $860 | -80.3% |
| Roy Humphrey | $4,208 | $858 | -79.6% |
| Barbara Kaufhold | $2,844 | $847 | -70.2% |
| Jeffery Lappe | $3,454 | $837 | -75.8% |
| Amy Leigh Cartwright | $70 | $826 | 1,080% |
| Randy Bobbitt | $3,740 | $792 | -78.8% |
| Randy Ware | $2,838 | $790 | -72.2% |
| Greg Meintz | $6,498 | $788 | -87.9% |
| Scott Perkins | $3,008 | $773 | -74.3% |
| Michael J. Skornia | $4,121 | $771 | -81.3% |
| Gary Peterson | $3,718 | $755 | -79.7% |
| Gerald M. Earhart | $4,101 | $745 | -81.8% |
| Gale Schmidt | $5,200 | $740 | -85.8% |
| Andrew L. Bowers | $2,607 | $735 | -71.8% |
| Jeffrey C. McGowan | $4,370 | $727 | -83.4% |
| Matthew Ketcherside | $3,659 | $724 | -80.2% |
| Jack L. Edgar | $4,471 | $720 | -83.9% |
| Walter P. Nickelson | $2,948 | $677 | -77% |
| Richard S. Blankenship | $2,728 | $673 | -75.3% |
| Edward E. Asher | $3,814 | $672 | -82.4% |
| Steven Hammonds | $0 | $660 | -- |
| Lee M. Seibert | $1,639 | $644 | -60.7% |
| Michael A. Mitchell | $2,629 | $644 | -75.5% |
| Dale Blevins | $2,754 | $636 | -76.9% |
| JBJ Farms, LLC | $4,242 | $633 | -85.1% |
| Ricky D. Martin | $2,794 | $625 | -77.6% |
| Leo W. Branson | $4,769 | $619 | -87% |
| Robert W. Smith | $4,389 | $614 | -86% |
| Howard Davis | $2,838 | $609 | -78.5% |
| Robert E. Copling | $2,651 | $608 | -77.1% |
| Joe W. Leathers | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Earl Brand | $0 | $605 | -- |
| The Robert W Dollard Revocable Living Trust | $599 | $599 | 0% |
| Jam Acres, LLC | $1,529 | $582 | -61.9% |
| Ronald A. Poncet | $2,585 | $582 | -77.5% |
| Jason Halbert | $2,948 | $579 | -80.4% |
| Larry Vandeven | $2,167 | $570 | -73.7% |
| Donald J. Pinnell | $2,233 | $564 | -74.7% |
| Kurt C. Merseal | $4,538 | $560 | -87.7% |
| Gerald L. Paul | $3,586 | $554 | -84.6% |
| John M. Brummet | $3,157 | $554 | -82.5% |
| Eugene Kempf | $2,178 | $554 | -74.6% |
| Larry Gene Howdeshell Jr. | $2,409 | $553 | -77% |
| Walter Kitchen | $2,343 | $552 | -76.4% |
| Don Stewart | $5,584 | $546 | -90.2% |
| Anthony L. Martin | $3,201 | $537 | -83.2% |
| Mary E Halbert Leezy | $2,552 | $532 | -79.2% |
| Dena Coleman | $3,135 | $502 | -84% |
| Russell Halbert | $3,598 | $492 | -86.3% |
| Steven E. Campbell | $1,815 | $483 | -73.4% |
| Ross Dillon Richter | $4,107 | $480 | -88.3% |
| Philip H. Echols | $2,326 | $460 | -80.2% |
| Vivian Wallen | $1,826 | $460 | -74.8% |
| Lisa Joy King | $1,958 | $457 | -76.7% |
| Allen Tatkenhorst | $893 | $426 | -52.3% |
| Scott C. Biggs | $2,134 | $416 | -80.5% |
| Jerry Hubble | $863 | $378 | -56.2% |
| John P. Fester | $2,339 | $377 | -83.9% |
| William O. Gillam | $1,551 | $370 | -76.1% |
| Phillip Mullen | $1,892 | $365 | -80.7% |
| Michael G. Kempf | $1,815 | $364 | -79.9% |
| William D. Edgar | $1,403 | $356 | -74.6% |
| Michael C. Kemnitzer | $1,598 | $353 | -77.9% |
| Robert Lee Helton III | $1,485 | $345 | -76.8% |
| Warren Hendrix | $1,606 | $343 | -78.6% |
| James W. Davis | $1,441 | $334 | -76.8% |
| Jacob Jost | $1,320 | $331 | -74.9% |
| Michael E Zuzack | $2,042 | $329 | -83.9% |
| Keith Byrd | $1,441 | $324 | -77.5% |
| Mary Lou Wigger | $1,485 | $308 | -79.3% |
| Robert White | $616 | $302 | -51% |
| Marc P. Heuer | $1,507 | $301 | -80% |
| Chad E. Trendle | $1,606 | $287 | -82.1% |
| Curtis W. Richter | $1,111 | $283 | -74.5% |
| Stacey M. McCloskey | $1,624 | $274 | -83.1% |
| Rick Echols | $1,856 | $270 | -85.5% |
| Anthony Billingsley | $1,331 | $267 | -79.9% |
| John A. Bunch | $1,643 | $256 | -84.4% |
| Eric L. Small | $792 | $236 | -70.2% |
| Bryan Gibson | $1,191 | $220 | -81.5% |
| Mark E. Bittle | $561 | $176 | -68.6% |
| Ronnie Moore II | $0 | $165 | -- |
| Matthew Gibbs | $952 | $165 | -82.7% |
| Robert K. Sikes | $715 | $160 | -77.6% |
| Robert E. Baker | $429 | $151 | -64.8% |
| Michael L. Campbell | $5,334 | $148 | -97.2% |
| David Kloeppel | $682 | $145 | -78.7% |
| Timothy J. Ware | $572 | $141 | -75.3% |
| Gregory Krueger | $79 | $73 | -7.6% |
| Nikki L. Vanbenthuysen | $154 | $60 | -61% |
| Kenneth Baker | $593 | $51 | -91.4% |
| Melanie Mouser | $476 | $47 | -90.1% |
| James Hamilton Jr. | $194 | $45 | -76.8% |
| Dawson D. Carey | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Duane Shelton | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. Combs | $4,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Mast | $13,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Beckett | $4,675 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert A. Ware | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Volkmann | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Fann | $1,109 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Wallach | $2,695 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernon Zelch | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Ward J. Crump | $3,960 | $0 | -100% |
| Waymon W. Boast | $3,355 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby J. Hamilton | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald M. Libhart | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward M. Jennings | $307 | $0 | -100% |
| James W. Jost | $4,773 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Raber | $572 | $0 | -100% |
| John D. Gorum | $18 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly Fancher | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucy A. Licklider | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Spurgeon | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Glenn Hughes | $1,516 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky E. Souders | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Nichols | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn R. Tuschhoff | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| William King | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Holly R. Evans | $954 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Ray | $5,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey A. Bruning | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Voss | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Lois Wissmann | $557 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenwood R Turnbough and Bonnie S Turnbough Irrevocable Trus | $3,850 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey M. Becker | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Jessica Higgins | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark O. Garrison | $129 | $0 | -100% |
| Olivia Counts | $1,377 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley Wallen | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry A. England | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| William L. Weber | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,363,411 | $702,783 | -70.3% |
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