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In 2021, 174 farmers in cities within Huntingdon County received a total of $3.1 million in 380 farm subsidies, a 62.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $8.1 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 Huntingdon County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $215,255 | -- |
| Evergreen Farms, Inc. | $1,550,469 | $204,968 | -86.8% |
| Willow Behrer Farms, LLC | $826,813 | $166,593 | -79.9% |
| Curtis E. Schilling | $424,596 | $155,000 | -63.5% |
| Luzerne Farm, LLC | $350,909 | $150,941 | -57% |
| Mowrer Farms, LLC | $411,505 | $147,679 | -64.1% |
| Weaver Family Farm, LLC | $164,592 | $135,639 | -17.6% |
| Dean E and Douglas E Varner | $248,640 | $135,422 | -45.5% |
| Conrad Family Farms, LLC | $267,078 | $135,371 | -49.3% |
| William R. Davis | $268,364 | $107,931 | -59.8% |
| Willard Yoder Jr. | $229,101 | $96,546 | -57.9% |
| Thomas B. Coffman | $92,139 | $91,734 | -0.4% |
| Mark E. Musser | $100,141 | $75,124 | -25% |
| Eric M. Harman | $125,009 | $65,907 | -47.3% |
| Jonathan Woskob | $129,872 | $64,012 | -50.7% |
| Brian A. Houck | $89,782 | $58,283 | -35.1% |
| Laurel Run Farms, LLC | $95,692 | $58,030 | -39.4% |
| Travis J. Couch | $81,062 | $57,066 | -29.6% |
| Hawn-Crest Farms, LLC | $74,847 | $52,035 | -30.5% |
| Payton W. Gummo | $59,518 | $47,134 | -20.8% |
| Elwood B. Kyper | $108,784 | $39,966 | -63.3% |
| Randall S. Morgan | $56,899 | $37,254 | -34.5% |
| Wingert Farms, Inc. | $893,050 | $32,286 | -96.4% |
| Evergreen Acres, LLC | $27,189 | $32,087 | 18% |
| Carrie L. Anderson | $38,272 | $28,487 | -25.6% |
| James F. Eutzy Jr. | $31,487 | $28,325 | -10% |
| John A. Morgan | $34,560 | $22,819 | -34% |
| Aden J. Russell | $21,210 | $21,498 | 1.4% |
| Peg-Way Farms Family Limited Partnership | $0 | $20,574 | -- |
| Old Spring Farm, LLC | $27,817 | $17,874 | -35.7% |
| Michael Hawbaker | $210,108 | $17,550 | -91.6% |
| Joseph D. Danish | $16,353 | $17,118 | 4.7% |
| Eleanor R. Isenberg | $19,644 | $16,688 | -15% |
| Roger V. Grove | $16,413 | $16,413 | 0% |
| Leslie M. Cregger | $16,228 | $16,228 | 0% |
| Schurch Real Estate, LLC | $15,824 | $15,824 | 0% |
| Benjamin Dively IV | $14,617 | $14,617 | 0% |
| Eric R. Tussey | $11,850 | $14,016 | 18.3% |
| Samuel G. Miller Jr. | $12,715 | $12,715 | 0% |
| Scott G. Cox | $7,611 | $12,550 | 64.9% |
| Allison Farmz, LLC | $22,312 | $12,157 | -45.5% |
| Michael W. Lang | $11,365 | $11,765 | 3.5% |
| Perry Smith | $11,731 | $11,667 | -0.5% |
| Arnold C. McClure | $13,548 | $10,621 | -21.6% |
| Raymond Thompson Jr. | $9,255 | $9,255 | 0% |
| Carl R. Gates | $11,025 | $8,944 | -18.9% |
| Joe G. Ferry | $11,893 | $8,563 | -28% |
| Marshall F. Whitsel Sr. | $8,197 | $8,197 | 0% |
| Kenneth Wilson | $12,192 | $7,932 | -34.9% |
| Carole T. Lang | $7,714 | $7,714 | 0% |
| Rodney J. Davis | $21,358 | $7,407 | -65.3% |
| Richard K. Anderson | $11,860 | $7,146 | -39.7% |
| Glen W. Cunningham | $7,072 | $6,886 | -2.6% |
| John R. Dawes | $9,483 | $6,850 | -27.8% |
| Vicky W Parks | $8,777 | $6,800 | -22.5% |
| James C. Brown | $9,329 | $6,652 | -28.7% |
| Robert Morgan | $6,014 | $6,578 | 9.4% |
| Kimberly A. Foster | $16,291 | $6,399 | -60.7% |
| Larry L. Claar | $20,073 | $6,358 | -68.3% |
| William J. Hawn | $2,055 | $6,092 | 196.4% |
| Andrew Jones | $1,779 | $6,069 | 241.1% |
| John H. Mills | $5,853 | $5,853 | 0% |
| Richard D. McClain | $5,794 | $5,794 | 0% |
| Harold J. Davis | $416 | $5,614 | 1,249.5% |
| John Cron | $7,646 | $5,612 | -26.6% |
| Gerald J. Brown | $81,997 | $5,545 | -93.2% |
| Denver A. Cramer | $15,799 | $5,474 | -65.4% |
| Stephen Powell | $391 | $5,395 | 1,279.8% |
| Maynard M. Black | $12,432 | $5,366 | -56.8% |
| Stanley G. Hall Jr. | $6,843 | $5,343 | -21.9% |
| Mark D. Hyde | $5,657 | $5,249 | -7.2% |
| Gibboney Farms | $20,118 | $5,242 | -73.9% |
| David O. Cook | $10,763 | $4,953 | -54% |
| Robert Lalli | $5,796 | $4,775 | -17.6% |
| Dale Miller | $4,580 | $4,580 | 0% |
| Springbrook Farm, LLC | $4,115 | $4,499 | 9.3% |
| John G. Ferry | $5,949 | $4,431 | -25.5% |
| Russell W. Culbertson | $4,206 | $3,803 | -9.6% |
| Philip A. Yohn | $4,180 | $3,797 | -9.2% |
| Warrior Ridge Farm | $3,788 | $3,788 | 0% |
| Omer B. King | $0 | $3,490 | -- |
| Larry M. Rider | $6,324 | $3,430 | -45.8% |
| Dian E. Varner | $2,868 | $3,228 | 12.6% |
| Sharon D. Hawn | $2,868 | $3,228 | 12.6% |
| John A. Foster III | $108 | $3,226 | 2,887% |
| Larry Moore | $3,877 | $3,123 | -19.4% |
| Andrew R. Kammerer | $3,788 | $3,062 | -19.2% |
| Tyler R. Starr | $6,239 | $3,046 | -51.2% |
| Bradley J. Rogers | $7,114 | $2,909 | -59.1% |
| Tyson Myers | $3,128 | $2,906 | -7.1% |
| Old Bunker Farm, LLC | $5,934 | $2,841 | -52.1% |
| Mark G. Whitsel | $2,092 | $2,789 | 33.3% |
| Terry A. Hawn | $3,065 | $2,771 | -9.6% |
| Terry L. Eutzy II | $4,810 | $2,643 | -45.1% |
| Stephen Wojdylak | $2,997 | $2,617 | -12.7% |
| Wesley L. McAllister | $13,970 | $2,522 | -81.9% |
| Joseph Tylka | $2,304 | $2,458 | 6.7% |
| Gerald E. Booher | $8,129 | $2,457 | -69.8% |
| Norman R. Peters | $995 | $2,416 | 142.8% |
| Martin D. Edgin | $5,461 | $2,353 | -56.9% |
| Olivers Path, LLC | $0 | $2,343 | -- |
| Susan Hafenstein | $1,264 | $2,244 | 77.5% |
| Edward L. Yoder | $23,857 | $2,229 | -90.7% |
| Robert J. Whittaker | $6,695 | $2,190 | -67.3% |
| Dean C. Varner | $2,269 | $2,188 | -3.6% |
| Gary V. Thompson | $3,202 | $2,161 | -32.5% |
| Harry A. Barr | $2,099 | $2,099 | 0% |
| John J. Pascavage | $3,999 | $2,088 | -47.8% |
| Marina L. Kemper | $1,994 | $2,042 | 2.4% |
| Oscar W. Johnston | $1,978 | $1,978 | 0% |
| Kenneth E. Snyder | $1,924 | $1,909 | -0.8% |
| Bradley A. Yohn | $9,816 | $1,860 | -81.1% |
| Steven Curfman | $3,866 | $1,840 | -52.4% |
| Gerald D. Crouse | $195 | $1,820 | 833.3% |
| Myers Family Dairy, Inc. | $17,946 | $1,818 | -89.9% |
| Shelby J Kylor | $7,338 | $1,784 | -75.7% |
| Wyatt E. Fix | $11,228 | $1,732 | -84.6% |
| Shawn Crouse | $0 | $1,722 | -- |
| Eric H. Ginther | $4,956 | $1,529 | -69.1% |
| Steve Grissinger | $0 | $1,401 | -- |
| Donald W. Lecrone | $3,634 | $1,381 | -62% |
| Thomas J Brodzina | $5,162 | $1,235 | -76.1% |
| Duane R. Dysard Jr. | $3,663 | $1,232 | -66.4% |
| Linda M. Brumbaugh | $4,971 | $1,230 | -75.3% |
| Steven V. Mellott Jr. | $6,196 | $1,227 | -80.2% |
| Gem Acres | $2,666 | $1,214 | -54.5% |
| Steven W. Bard | $4,085 | $1,159 | -71.6% |
| Betsy C. Whitsel | $958 | $1,104 | 15.2% |
| Derek G. Wright | $958 | $1,104 | 15.2% |
| Scott W. Wright | $958 | $1,104 | 15.2% |
| Galen R. Covert | $2,703 | $1,100 | -59.3% |
| Raymond L. Goss | $1,469 | $1,092 | -25.7% |
| Arvil Lee Lovett Jr. | $1,032 | $1,076 | 4.3% |
| Ryan S. Senft | $3,492 | $1,075 | -69.2% |
| Richard L. Hall | $3,271 | $1,025 | -68.7% |
| David Andersen | $0 | $961 | -- |
| Jordan A. Walker | $4,663 | $944 | -79.8% |
| Ronald T. McMahon | $0 | $931 | -- |
| Ronald E. Grove | $1,384 | $925 | -33.2% |
| Richard W. Gutshall | $3,366 | $925 | -72.5% |
| Mary K. Rogowski | $0 | $885 | -- |
| Philip J Lukish | $877 | $877 | 0% |
| E&R Farms LP | $2,713 | $857 | -68.4% |
| Caleb J Tzilkowski | $754 | $754 | 0% |
| Donald M. Whitsel | $126 | $752 | 496.8% |
| Gary L. Greenland | $3,259 | $750 | -77% |
| Trent H. Black | $818 | $604 | -26.2% |
| Todd E. Varner | $2,475 | $598 | -75.8% |
| Brian J. Ormsby | $4,755 | $511 | -89.3% |
| Sherrill Grazier Rice | $427 | $427 | 0% |
| Jacob M. Showalter | $0 | $421 | -- |
| Nickolas Farabaugh | $3,303 | $415 | -87.4% |
| Dennis R. Horn | $1,278 | $380 | -70.3% |
| Daniel B. Whitsel | $2,403 | $369 | -84.6% |
| Hazel E. Shoaf | $2,141 | $368 | -82.8% |
| Wilson Hancock Jr. | $3 | $355 | 11,733.3% |
| Kenneth H. Soder Jr. | $6,967 | $316 | -95.5% |
| Charles D Memmi | $2,100 | $308 | -85.3% |
| Nicholas D. Yocum | $1,494 | $306 | -79.5% |
| Randall T. Sunderland | $10,042 | $275 | -97.3% |
| Randall Anderson | $326 | $254 | -22.1% |
| Michael R. Yoder | $1,179 | $214 | -81.8% |
| David Drayer | $205 | $205 | 0% |
| William F. Ayers II | $183 | $183 | 0% |
| Jeanne Allen | $293 | $177 | -39.6% |
| William E. Ayers | $150 | $150 | 0% |
| Mary F. Myers | $80 | $144 | 80% |
| Alpheus Clark | $5,819 | $128 | -97.8% |
| Lorin Nauman | $95 | $95 | 0% |
| Dennis D. Rager Jr. | $57 | $57 | 0% |
| Roy Anderson | $132 | $23 | -82.6% |
| Gary Cook | $97 | $9 | -90.7% |
| Melissa L. Heeter | $42 | $8 | -81% |
| Jeffery D. Hartman | $150 | $7 | -95.3% |
| Allen S. Coffman II | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah J. Booher | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| James T. Wright | $1,239 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin D. Ormsby | $17,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy E. Smith | $12,001 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry J. Allison | $10,959 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn W. Wright | $661 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel J Cook-Huffman | $337 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $85,251 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon M. Isenberg | $1,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott J. Dunlap | $1,574 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Theodore Whitsel | $6,356 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny E. Hawn | $173 | $0 | -100% |
| Herbert Cole Jr. | $3,274 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. Grove | $163 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric D. Walters | $23 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. Holland | $373 | $0 | -100% |
| Trudie M Seagrist | $27,098 | $0 | -100% |
| Amy E. Lawson | $797 | $0 | -100% |
| Monte N. Edgin | $28,632 | $0 | -100% |
| A. S. Rogowski | $885 | $0 | -100% |
| Green Heron Farm | $2,227 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry C. Ansell Jr. | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin N. Edgin | $3,226 | $0 | -100% |
| Mikara Anderson | $2,124 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald Brown | $2,058 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith E. Nelson | $2,553 | $0 | -100% |
| Peg-Way Farms Family Limited Part | $19,601 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy I. Beck | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $8,143,558 | $3,051,442 | -62.5% |
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