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In 2021, 166 farmers in cities within Medina County received a total of $1.4 million in 302 farm subsidies, a 53.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.9 million in 578 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 Medina County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rupp-Dale Farm, LLC | $477,309 | $166,118 | -65.2% |
| Medina Turf Farm, Inc. | $0 | $97,048 | -- |
| Redview Farm, LLC | $121,233 | $82,928 | -31.6% |
| Steven K. Fulton | $138,136 | $76,330 | -44.7% |
| Richard Indoe | $89,121 | $61,491 | -31% |
| Gary Gunkelman | $114,490 | $47,208 | -58.8% |
| David Farnsworth | $56,025 | $45,622 | -18.6% |
| Justin L. Wolff | $54,863 | $42,173 | -23.1% |
| Cross Farms, Inc. | $101,004 | $39,170 | -61.2% |
| Hall Growers, Inc. | $162,795 | $35,178 | -78.4% |
| Brian Gunkelman | $59,679 | $32,694 | -45.2% |
| Lois Berry | $48,462 | $32,063 | -33.8% |
| Ternes-Walter, LLC | $85,697 | $29,686 | -65.4% |
| J & Z Miller Farms, LLC | $94,676 | $28,717 | -69.7% |
| RML, LLC | $27,068 | $27,068 | 0% |
| Russell L. Hendricks | $46,035 | $26,847 | -41.7% |
| Willowvale Farms, Inc. | $70,293 | $23,681 | -66.3% |
| Arters Farms, LLC | $68,227 | $23,648 | -65.3% |
| Ternes Farms, Inc. | $60,324 | $20,753 | -65.6% |
| Amy Huttinger | $43,712 | $18,446 | -57.8% |
| Amy S. Bryk | $17,697 | $17,697 | 0% |
| Robert H. Breyley | $3,908 | $15,072 | 285.7% |
| Black River Farms of Spencer, LLC | $32,589 | $12,721 | -61% |
| Katherine M. Andreasen | $11,694 | $11,694 | 0% |
| Edward Kraus | $24,411 | $10,611 | -56.5% |
| Dona Wolff | $9,857 | $10,521 | 6.7% |
| Virginia L & Joseph L Sauder Trust | $13,819 | $10,142 | -26.6% |
| Don Crabtree | $22,422 | $9,871 | -56% |
| Shawn Pawlowski | $20,808 | $9,531 | -54.2% |
| TNT Dairy Farms, LLC | $31,963 | $8,632 | -73% |
| Albrecht Trucking Company | $14,067 | $8,377 | -40.4% |
| William D. Hange | $15,106 | $7,932 | -47.5% |
| Tom Keller | $8,745 | $7,689 | -12.1% |
| DC Landscape Excavation, LLC | $15,427 | $7,119 | -53.9% |
| Bryan Schritz | $16,798 | $6,886 | -59% |
| Travis Sparks | $274 | $6,860 | 2,403.6% |
| Shallow Valley Farm | $11,431 | $6,348 | -44.5% |
| J Young Farm, LLC | $16,991 | $6,210 | -63.5% |
| Todd Mosher | $11,090 | $5,543 | -50% |
| Jacob Newcomer | $12,795 | $5,436 | -57.5% |
| Shawn Newcomer | $11,322 | $5,436 | -52% |
| Stuart Newcomer | $11,799 | $5,177 | -56.1% |
| Thomas Packard | $11,771 | $4,871 | -58.6% |
| Daniel Salsgiver | $4,338 | $4,831 | 11.4% |
| Todd Mantz | $7,815 | $4,632 | -40.7% |
| Carl D. Ternes | $20,613 | $4,531 | -78% |
| Overlook Hill Farm, LLC | $9,559 | $4,343 | -54.6% |
| Jared Harris | $12,580 | $4,320 | -65.7% |
| Dale Curtis | $8,342 | $4,226 | -49.3% |
| Smith Bros, Inc. | $0 | $4,154 | -- |
| John Brainerd II | $7,704 | $4,119 | -46.5% |
| Robert W Ovendorf Trust | $3,616 | $4,009 | 10.9% |
| Musick Family Trust | $3,893 | $3,870 | -0.6% |
| Brian L. Farnsworth | $6,729 | $3,788 | -43.7% |
| Ehrman Farms, LLC | $8,094 | $3,710 | -54.2% |
| Richard A. Heilman | $9,370 | $3,635 | -61.2% |
| Jan E. Bair | $10,360 | $3,485 | -66.4% |
| Marchant Family Farms, LLC | $0 | $3,426 | -- |
| Lori Marie Schefft | $4,714 | $3,333 | -29.3% |
| D Todd Kollert | $5,856 | $3,315 | -43.4% |
| Berry Farm III, LLC | $4,023 | $3,233 | -19.6% |
| Carolyn Mantz | $6,757 | $3,221 | -52.3% |
| James Hayne | $8,103 | $3,161 | -61% |
| James P Perebzak -James Perebzak Rev Trustee | $0 | $3,139 | -- |
| L & M Anderson Homstd FRM, Inc. | $7,432 | $2,954 | -60.3% |
| Byron Eric Fike | $6,980 | $2,842 | -59.3% |
| Andrew H. Wyszkowski | $2,833 | $2,833 | 0% |
| Boyert Farms, LLC | $13,334 | $2,799 | -79% |
| Charles Fischer | $10,067 | $2,784 | -72.3% |
| Arnold Family Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $2,784 | -- |
| Douglas E. Kreider | $5,778 | $2,781 | -51.9% |
| David D. Crocker | $6,429 | $2,777 | -56.8% |
| Michael Gorey | $7,564 | $2,703 | -64.3% |
| Donald R. Smith | $2,796 | $2,650 | -5.2% |
| Timothy M. Murray | $4,791 | $2,636 | -45% |
| Elva I. Michal | $6,307 | $2,615 | -58.5% |
| Irish Run Enterprises, Ltd. | $2,962 | $2,462 | -16.9% |
| Timothy M. Witkowski | $3,152 | $2,253 | -28.5% |
| Donald Ziegler | $5,096 | $2,235 | -56.1% |
| Jeffrey A. Czarny | $1,908 | $2,194 | 15% |
| Shawn McCourt | $4,553 | $2,159 | -52.6% |
| David Kosman | $4,097 | $2,111 | -48.5% |
| Kenneth L. Wetmore | $4,037 | $2,054 | -49.1% |
| Joshua D. Poling | $648 | $1,862 | 187.3% |
| O'Neill Family Irrevocable Trust | $4,917 | $1,812 | -63.1% |
| Cody Heilman | $3,525 | $1,772 | -49.7% |
| William E. Snyder | $5,467 | $1,710 | -68.7% |
| Jeffrey Vangor | $3,176 | $1,700 | -46.5% |
| Nathan Garrison | $0 | $1,637 | -- |
| Raymond Ruprecht | $4,213 | $1,619 | -61.6% |
| William Foster II | $3,922 | $1,588 | -59.5% |
| Fran-Mar Farms, Inc. | $4,775 | $1,573 | -67.1% |
| Gerry A. Smith Jr. | $2,763 | $1,547 | -44% |
| Stephen J. Kormos | $7,846 | $1,525 | -80.6% |
| Justin J. Hazen | $5,956 | $1,524 | -74.4% |
| Jean Cooper | $0 | $1,509 | -- |
| Suzanne Heiszek | $2,201 | $1,480 | -32.8% |
| Dean E. Rogers | $2,356 | $1,449 | -38.5% |
| Bonnie S. Farren | $1,333 | $1,333 | 0% |
| Medina Creative Accessibility | $0 | $1,325 | -- |
| Sally Kral | $1,292 | $1,292 | 0% |
| Richard Gott | $1,920 | $1,291 | -32.8% |
| Joseph M. Rollin | $3,746 | $1,215 | -67.6% |
| Steve L. Snyder | $0 | $1,182 | -- |
| Andrew A. Liston | $2,129 | $1,180 | -44.6% |
| Nancy G Deucker | $2,368 | $1,179 | -50.2% |
| Wendel L. Payn | $1,816 | $1,156 | -36.3% |
| Deborah L Findish | $1,152 | $1,152 | 0% |
| Robert Rohrer | $413 | $1,149 | 178.2% |
| Andrew S. Fulton | $97 | $1,044 | 976.3% |
| Branden E. Overstreet | $1,949 | $1,027 | -47.3% |
| Michael Sega | $1,200 | $973 | -18.9% |
| Dale Good | $1,388 | $967 | -30.3% |
| Earl Squire | $2,481 | $956 | -61.5% |
| Brian Kluk | $1,663 | $894 | -46.2% |
| Marilyn Ehrman | $869 | $869 | 0% |
| Ted M. Payn | $1,441 | $866 | -39.9% |
| Mark F. Kucera | $1,630 | $862 | -47.1% |
| Curt L Waite Revocable Trust | $838 | $838 | 0% |
| Daniel J. Bock | $1,986 | $830 | -58.2% |
| Berry Farms, Ltd. | $1,883 | $823 | -56.3% |
| Arthur Singer | $1,394 | $806 | -42.2% |
| James R. Baker | $0 | $797 | -- |
| Mark Fredrick | $0 | $751 | -- |
| Frank Luppino | $539 | $733 | 36% |
| Barbara Smith | $613 | $613 | 0% |
| Jay C. Russell | $604 | $604 | 0% |
| Ann A. Henman | $2,016 | $583 | -71.1% |
| James J Strmac | $0 | $580 | -- |
| Ann a Murphy Childrens Trust | $2,059 | $531 | -74.2% |
| Michael Saus | $501 | $501 | 0% |
| Buckeye Fresh, LLC | $1,663 | $500 | -69.9% |
| Eileen J Gleske | $1,528 | $491 | -67.9% |
| Dallas Olson Farms & Services, LLC | $966 | $466 | -51.8% |
| Matthew Garrison | $1,143 | $464 | -59.4% |
| Frank Zimmerman | $2,193 | $461 | -79% |
| George E. Phillips | $0 | $460 | -- |
| Michael Garrison | $1,740 | $451 | -74.1% |
| Todd K. Rupp | $1,570 | $451 | -71.3% |
| Sally Ensor Fraley | $1,039 | $442 | -57.5% |
| Diane Grubbs | $617 | $435 | -29.5% |
| Maria Helsel | $890 | $402 | -54.8% |
| William Thomas Florek | $0 | $384 | -- |
| Alan Siedel | $1,244 | $373 | -70% |
| Benjamin Haury | $0 | $343 | -- |
| Marilyn A. Curtis | $297 | $297 | 0% |
| Nathan T. Gray | $550 | $293 | -46.7% |
| Roy Bise | $1,022 | $246 | -75.9% |
| Vera Lynn Barco | $610 | $233 | -61.8% |
| Rachel L. Seman | $541 | $220 | -59.3% |
| Dallas Olson | $844 | $220 | -73.9% |
| Mr. Kurtis Steven Shaver | $0 | $165 | -- |
| Barbara A. Cottle | $2,176 | $153 | -93% |
| Mark a Holland Living Trust | $490 | $129 | -73.7% |
| Shawn D. Myers | $0 | $124 | -- |
| Allan Packard | $855 | $122 | -85.7% |
| Biddle Family Trust 05-1 | $1,547 | $120 | -92.2% |
| DMBK, Ltd. | $111 | $111 | 0% |
| Stephen S West | $105 | $105 | 0% |
| Charles Heath | $2,433 | $75 | -96.9% |
| John McDaniel | $0 | $63 | -- |
| Tammie Gregg | $104 | $63 | -39.4% |
| Rice Bros. Trucking, LLC | $305 | $32 | -89.5% |
| Keith Pasek | $1,238 | $20 | -98.4% |
| Ralph Bislich | $293 | $15 | -94.9% |
| Richard Wise | $0 | $1 | -- |
| Darl Fuller | $436 | $0 | -100% |
| Mapleside Valley, LLC | $19,315 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Gavlak | $58 | $0 | -100% |
| Berry's Blooms, Ltd. | $30,368 | $0 | -100% |
| David J. Rea | $196 | $0 | -100% |
| Dianna Carver | $610 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald J. Steidl | $536 | $0 | -100% |
| Gorey Family Farms, LLC | $155 | $0 | -100% |
| Jenkins Tree Farms, LLC | $88,075 | $0 | -100% |
| Julie M. Kall | $7,898 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Collins Salerno | $222 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael L. Plas | $175 | $0 | -100% |
| MRS Amie Marie Eisenhardt | $2,295 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy S. Marchant | $530 | $0 | -100% |
| Richardson Farms, Inc. | $40,039 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Kall | $8 | $0 | -100% |
| Rollo & M Marchant Trust 4 | $328 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Alber | $2,109 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Hummel | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| William A. Smith | $57 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob Boyert | $81 | $0 | -100% |
| James D. Harvey | $261 | $0 | -100% |
| John D. Harvey | $72 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Homonai | $3,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry L. Lewis II | $671 | $0 | -100% |
| Litman Farms, LLC | $3,168 | $0 | -100% |
| Northern OH Beagle Club | $1,610 | $0 | -100% |
| Rory H. O'Neil | $789 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin C. Reisinger Jr. | $18,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle E Bremke | $5,923 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard L. Wolf | $2,977 | $0 | -100% |
| Theodore Wolff | $17,594 | $0 | -100% |
| Arnold Family Revocable Living Trustee | $2,784 | $0 | -100% |
| Fixler Corner Gardens, LLC | $30,515 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruthann F. Lees | $380 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,912,854 | $1,350,491 | -53.6% |
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