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In 2021, 191 farmers in cities within Bradford County received a total of $1.9 million in 281 farm subsidies, a 59.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.8 million in 528 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 Bradford County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $186,615 | -- |
| Y-Run Farms, LLC | $501,584 | $161,479 | -67.8% |
| Ulster Dairy, LLC | $316,801 | $113,499 | -64.2% |
| Braund Valley Farms | $102,355 | $73,408 | -28.3% |
| Clear Spring Dairy | $115,593 | $71,425 | -38.2% |
| Wess Hottenstein | $103,390 | $65,970 | -36.2% |
| Jeffrey A. Ammerman | $60,348 | $55,216 | -8.5% |
| Putnam & Sons Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Bruce King Jr. | $60,769 | $49,729 | -18.2% |
| Glenn Shores | $58,332 | $45,756 | -21.6% |
| Carr Farm | $53,227 | $42,594 | -20% |
| Steven J. Groff | $80,709 | $42,130 | -47.8% |
| Kim Kinsman | $54,401 | $41,925 | -22.9% |
| Richard E. Upham | $86,644 | $40,428 | -53.3% |
| Martha Young | $53,617 | $40,404 | -24.6% |
| Ralph McNeal | $39,931 | $39,931 | 0% |
| Robert L. Storch | $37,640 | $36,885 | -2% |
| Robert J. Elsbree | $62,199 | $36,786 | -40.9% |
| McNeal Farms | $76,356 | $32,179 | -57.9% |
| Beirne Green Hills Farms, Inc. | $8,710 | $31,726 | 264.2% |
| Roy R. Thomas | $62,129 | $30,985 | -50.1% |
| Reagan Farms | $0 | $27,006 | -- |
| James Warburton | $19,663 | $26,748 | 36% |
| Karen M. Gilliland | $25,949 | $25,949 | 0% |
| Kenneth Ober | $35,080 | $24,478 | -30.2% |
| James L. Shedden Jr. | $47,578 | $24,210 | -49.1% |
| Davis Land Farms, Inc. | $24,119 | $24,119 | 0% |
| Patrick J. Cullen | $32,695 | $23,777 | -27.3% |
| Barbara Falsey | $31,782 | $23,584 | -25.8% |
| Thomas Michael Elliott | $20,983 | $20,991 | 0% |
| Randell Norman Shores | $0 | $20,371 | -- |
| C & T Logging LP | $0 | $20,083 | -- |
| Gerald Landis Landis | $0 | $19,274 | -- |
| Matthew K. Walters | $18,095 | $18,640 | 3% |
| Brown Roger E & Catherine W | $104,217 | $16,739 | -83.9% |
| Lady Andrus Farm | $20,826 | $14,935 | -28.3% |
| Lynn A. Miller | $14,364 | $11,591 | -19.3% |
| Harnish Farms | $27,190 | $11,023 | -59.5% |
| Edward J. Bronson | $7,744 | $10,804 | 39.5% |
| Diane Elliott | $0 | $10,508 | -- |
| Bradford Farm | $10,206 | $10,206 | 0% |
| Matt Will Farms, LLC | $31,518 | $8,577 | -72.8% |
| Richard Wilson | $8,438 | $8,386 | -0.6% |
| Dennis W & David E Hottenstein | $1,886 | $8,246 | 337.2% |
| Nan Havens Properties, LLC | $8,178 | $8,178 | 0% |
| Nelson A. Welles III | $30,877 | $6,126 | -80.2% |
| Nelson Welles | $14,135 | $6,123 | -56.7% |
| James L. Shedden | $311 | $5,335 | 1,615.4% |
| Theresa A. Smith | $17,712 | $5,226 | -70.5% |
| Randell Shores | $78,334 | $4,959 | -93.7% |
| Randy Calkins | $56,284 | $4,906 | -91.3% |
| Mark Ford | $0 | $4,807 | -- |
| David J. Bride | $4,661 | $4,639 | -0.5% |
| LWB Family Limited Partnershp | $4,584 | $4,584 | 0% |
| Peters Family Trust | $4,471 | $4,425 | -1% |
| Merritt Vargason | $4,346 | $4,346 | 0% |
| David Bristol | $6,559 | $4,338 | -33.9% |
| Eric R. Kneller | $14,375 | $4,333 | -69.9% |
| Cummings Lumber Company, Inc. | $4,277 | $4,277 | 0% |
| John Wilcox | $17,164 | $4,006 | -76.7% |
| Wesley G. Mosier | $13,155 | $3,786 | -71.2% |
| Joan L. Dinse | $0 | $3,512 | -- |
| Earl Transue | $3,405 | $3,405 | 0% |
| Charles S. Ackley Sr. | $4,536 | $3,353 | -26.1% |
| Triple M Farms | $56,480 | $3,180 | -94.4% |
| Christopher Insinger | $6,806 | $3,131 | -54% |
| Jon H. Twigg | $16,994 | $3,027 | -82.2% |
| Havens Family Farm, LLC | $9,135 | $2,978 | -67.4% |
| Tracy J. Silkman Jr. | $2,848 | $2,848 | 0% |
| Donald D. White | $3,965 | $2,831 | -28.6% |
| Gary Monro | $2,798 | $2,798 | 0% |
| William W. Kennedy III | $2,580 | $2,580 | 0% |
| Billy Cole | $2,455 | $2,455 | 0% |
| William Hollenback | $4,083 | $2,349 | -42.5% |
| Jacob B. Moyer | $0 | $2,307 | -- |
| Ronald P. Reagan | $2,195 | $2,195 | 0% |
| Andrew Tiffany | $7,682 | $2,188 | -71.5% |
| Richard Cease | $2,009 | $2,009 | 0% |
| Thaddeus Malawski JR | $1,996 | $1,996 | 0% |
| Donald D. Feusner | $6,497 | $1,954 | -69.9% |
| William C. Engelke III | $8,131 | $1,829 | -77.5% |
| John Feusner | $38,794 | $1,810 | -95.3% |
| Stephen P. Cooke | $2,420 | $1,807 | -25.3% |
| Nathan Judson | $26,427 | $1,751 | -93.4% |
| Brett J Szemple | $1,154 | $1,697 | 47.1% |
| Christopher Chilson | $0 | $1,686 | -- |
| Walborn Family, LLC | $1,679 | $1,679 | 0% |
| Francis I. Robinson | $2,120 | $1,642 | -22.5% |
| Robert T. McClelland | $2,661 | $1,641 | -38.3% |
| Duane Lewis | $2,723 | $1,637 | -39.9% |
| Linda Besley | $0 | $1,613 | -- |
| F & M Shaffer Farm | $1,590 | $1,590 | 0% |
| Michael Dinich | $4,026 | $1,532 | -61.9% |
| Bradley Farms Management, LLC | $20,940 | $1,523 | -92.7% |
| Janet Lewis | $1,469 | $1,469 | 0% |
| Mill-Creek Farm | $28,079 | $1,431 | -94.9% |
| John M. Sullivan | $1,423 | $1,423 | 0% |
| Brian Benninger | $1,395 | $1,395 | 0% |
| Frank Hoffman | $1,377 | $1,377 | 0% |
| David E. Aumick | $1,377 | $1,377 | 0% |
| Michael Bride | $1,784 | $1,376 | -22.9% |
| Jeffrey Wiseman | $3,122 | $1,317 | -57.8% |
| Brandon G. Seeley | $3,489 | $1,309 | -62.5% |
| Shirley Ann Bride | $1,718 | $1,306 | -24% |
| Wright-Way Farm, LLC | $21,360 | $1,301 | -93.9% |
| Robert Litzelman | $2,502 | $1,257 | -49.8% |
| Lewis J. Schultz | $1,214 | $1,214 | 0% |
| George Seeley | $3,226 | $1,149 | -64.4% |
| James A. Bride | $3,913 | $1,131 | -71.1% |
| Shon Hackett Sr. | $6,948 | $1,120 | -83.9% |
| Matthew Landis | $1,120 | $1,120 | 0% |
| William Broschart | $3,849 | $1,114 | -71.1% |
| Madigan Farms | $7,288 | $1,092 | -85% |
| Brian Coleman | $2,602 | $1,089 | -58.1% |
| James Dewey | $1,084 | $1,084 | 0% |
| Walter Dewey | $1,084 | $1,084 | 0% |
| Erven Crawford | $1,431 | $1,083 | -24.3% |
| Frederick McNeal | $6,688 | $1,078 | -83.9% |
| Linda Clark | $1,063 | $1,063 | 0% |
| Donna M. Pfluke | $970 | $970 | 0% |
| Dennis J. Essig | $290 | $955 | 229.3% |
| Stephen R. Lyon | $927 | $927 | 0% |
| John Brown | $918 | $918 | 0% |
| Eric K. Callear | $908 | $908 | 0% |
| Guy T. Harnish | $908 | $908 | 0% |
| Gary L. Adcock | $896 | $896 | 0% |
| Leonard Addabbo | $876 | $876 | 0% |
| David A. Sickler | $1,724 | $862 | -50% |
| Janet Hatch | $820 | $820 | 0% |
| Michael K. Hildebrandt | $813 | $813 | 0% |
| Earl D. Swain | $795 | $795 | 0% |
| Mary Jean Ayres | $1,797 | $765 | -57.4% |
| Dean Madigan | $5,055 | $742 | -85.3% |
| Arlen Landis | $822 | $738 | -10.2% |
| Glen Landis | $822 | $738 | -10.2% |
| Arthur D. Wolf III | $3,699 | $732 | -80.2% |
| Scott Hall | $697 | $697 | 0% |
| Harold G. Lohmiller | $0 | $695 | -- |
| Robert Edward Jenkins | $3,144 | $688 | -78.1% |
| Matthew Gesford | $671 | $671 | 0% |
| Charles M. Halderman Jr. | $2,794 | $668 | -76.1% |
| Tiffany Robbins | $646 | $646 | 0% |
| Austin L. Wallace | $634 | $634 | 0% |
| Linda J. Messner | $777 | $631 | -18.8% |
| Ronnie Harris | $587 | $620 | 5.6% |
| Barrett Century Farm | $1,179 | $610 | -48.3% |
| Terry Hoyt | $10,074 | $600 | -94% |
| Allien Rightmire | $5,789 | $556 | -90.4% |
| Allen R. Rightmire | $5,789 | $556 | -90.4% |
| Matthew D. Romberger | $4,289 | $539 | -87.4% |
| Frederick Tiffany | $3,624 | $489 | -86.5% |
| Ralph F. Kerrick | $471 | $471 | 0% |
| Jason R. Wilcox | $1,476 | $470 | -68.2% |
| Joe L. Andrus | $18,118 | $460 | -97.5% |
| Carol Hatch | $2,740 | $458 | -83.3% |
| Linda Kisner | $407 | $407 | 0% |
| Craig O. Chaffee | $399 | $399 | 0% |
| Ronald L. Kittle | $0 | $374 | -- |
| Larry R. Forrest | $3,760 | $359 | -90.5% |
| Anna Marie Cole | $347 | $347 | 0% |
| Victor Vough | $281 | $345 | 22.8% |
| Leo H. Kipp Jr. | $344 | $344 | 0% |
| Lewis Terrel | $10,360 | $281 | -97.3% |
| Teresa A. Fry | $273 | $273 | 0% |
| Albert Dale Maryott | $658 | $230 | -65% |
| Julia Brelsford | $0 | $225 | -- |
| Henry Abma | $1,055 | $212 | -79.9% |
| Marilyn Doepker | $206 | $206 | 0% |
| Judy Haire | $204 | $204 | 0% |
| Matthew R. Thomas | $1,530 | $189 | -87.6% |
| Monte Kellogg | $1,432 | $179 | -87.5% |
| Brenda M. Lyon | $171 | $171 | 0% |
| Matthew R. Lyon | $171 | $171 | 0% |
| Thomas A. Calkins IV | $171 | $171 | 0% |
| John Saxe | $160 | $160 | 0% |
| Monte Nicholas | $1,037 | $153 | -85.2% |
| Nancy D. Nicholas | $975 | $145 | -85.1% |
| John Dehler | $130 | $130 | 0% |
| Howard Duane Bailey | $950 | $130 | -86.3% |
| Nick Ball | $2,820 | $128 | -95.5% |
| Mary Anne Bell | $122 | $122 | 0% |
| Lynmar Chaffee | $104 | $104 | 0% |
| George Campbell | $102 | $102 | 0% |
| van Patton | $99 | $99 | 0% |
| Garry Inman | $88 | $88 | 0% |
| Brian M. Wilcox | $199 | $86 | -56.8% |
| Nicole Harris | $12,046 | $80 | -99.3% |
| Richard A. Brown | $825 | $63 | -92.4% |
| Mark J. Kmetz | $32 | $52 | 62.5% |
| William Bahl | $47 | $47 | 0% |
| Brian D. Moyer | $13,702 | $7 | -99.9% |
| Dale G. Palmer | $2,367 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody Spaulding | $1,093 | $0 | -100% |
| Megan Tiffany | $4,675 | $0 | -100% |
| Reagan Farm | $38,606 | $0 | -100% |
| TLC Dairy Farm Enterprise | $664 | $0 | -100% |
| David Moon | $4,138 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen S. McGee | $1,195 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Gromley | $1,284 | $0 | -100% |
| Marlea Hoyt | $10,074 | $0 | -100% |
| Newton Farm Operating Company, LLC | $1,462,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Alfred Thurston | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Drake Farm | $156 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacalyn Vandewark | $235 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy Reinhart | $2,094 | $0 | -100% |
| John M. Green | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy W. Bardo | $294 | $0 | -100% |
| Bouse Farm LP | $1,018 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn Arnold | $8 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $28,753 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherman H. Barnes | $3,939 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry E. Hoffman | $188 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Allyn | $127 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Grapes | $12,798 | $0 | -100% |
| Bronson J Edward & Jean M | $4,426 | $0 | -100% |
| Denise a Andrien-Mays | $278 | $0 | -100% |
| Gavin M. Bristol | $7,187 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry Brelsford | $429 | $0 | -100% |
| Jody Lee Holdren | $296 | $0 | -100% |
| John R IMBT | $11,897 | $0 | -100% |
| Kris Wright | $852 | $0 | -100% |
| Ritz Gary & Shirley | $90 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn P. Callahan | $1,361 | $0 | -100% |
| William Davis Jr. | $393 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,803,396 | $1,924,181 | -59.9% |
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