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In 2021, 126 farmers in cities within Berkeley County received a total of $377,163 in 189 farm subsidies, an 86.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.7 million in 431 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 Berkeley County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta V Mong - Rolling Acres Farm | $0 | $46,912 | -- |
| Brian T. Dehaven | $21,134 | $27,958 | 32.3% |
| Gerald Dehaven | $21,079 | $27,958 | 32.6% |
| Taylor Farms, LLC | $174,896 | $23,983 | -86.3% |
| M F Ankers & Sons, Inc. | $29,272 | $23,507 | -19.7% |
| Dan W. Folk | $57,909 | $20,535 | -64.5% |
| Dalin L. Martin | $165,645 | $17,786 | -89.3% |
| Linton Brothers, Inc. | $43,014 | $14,543 | -66.2% |
| Charles T. Burkhart II | $40,248 | $11,305 | -71.9% |
| Guy M. Cole | $49,718 | $10,300 | -79.3% |
| Carla J. Kitchen | $63,532 | $8,662 | -86.4% |
| Ronnie Grove | $3,223 | $6,702 | 107.9% |
| Phillip P. Cogar | $9,404 | $5,887 | -37.4% |
| Barbara H. Byers | $11,684 | $5,696 | -51.2% |
| James W. Butler | $48,489 | $5,597 | -88.5% |
| Butler Family Limited Partnership | $28,185 | $5,387 | -80.9% |
| Charles W. Dugan Sr. | $23,091 | $5,234 | -77.3% |
| Perry Joseph Jenkins Jr. | $16,020 | $5,032 | -68.6% |
| Daniel R. Sampson | $16,756 | $4,341 | -74.1% |
| Melvin Spurgeon | $18,579 | $4,309 | -76.8% |
| Jeremy B. Perkins | $13,876 | $4,130 | -70.2% |
| George W. Folk | $6,370 | $3,488 | -45.2% |
| Angela B. Ewing | $3,645 | $3,398 | -6.8% |
| B & B Land Company, LLC | $10,216 | $3,203 | -68.6% |
| Jason B. Lewis | $14,757 | $3,165 | -78.6% |
| Paul A. Riner | $9,322 | $2,956 | -68.3% |
| Kelly L. Smith | $21,991 | $2,873 | -86.9% |
| Theresa Isabelle Wilke | $2,811 | $2,811 | 0% |
| Elva Marie Hostetter | $8,967 | $2,670 | -70.2% |
| Saralie F Bartgis | $44 | $2,468 | 5,509.1% |
| Wm E. M. Griffith | $7,807 | $2,256 | -71.1% |
| Richard E. Martz | $11,583 | $2,210 | -80.9% |
| Kurtis Wayne Mong | $7,779 | $2,026 | -74% |
| Todd J. Butler | $11,851 | $2,001 | -83.1% |
| Blonde Farm, LLC | $11,341 | $1,966 | -82.7% |
| Douglas B Dirting | $7,912 | $1,790 | -77.4% |
| Robert E Barrat | $2,050 | $1,778 | -13.3% |
| Mahogany Grove Farm, LLC | $7,851 | $1,618 | -79.4% |
| Kelly D. Bartgis | $4,664 | $1,489 | -68.1% |
| Kathleen Mae Ashton | $1,331 | $1,331 | 0% |
| Robert M. Cloud | $7,039 | $1,311 | -81.4% |
| Lloyd Wayne Custer Sr. | $7,848 | $1,292 | -83.5% |
| Douglas Catlett | $2,088 | $1,281 | -38.6% |
| Avon Wood Farm, LLC | $2,074 | $1,154 | -44.4% |
| Timothy Lemaster | $2,310 | $1,126 | -51.3% |
| Michael C. Canby | $7,107 | $1,117 | -84.3% |
| Mike Burkhart | $6,214 | $1,068 | -82.8% |
| Steven C. Miller | $5,159 | $1,055 | -79.6% |
| Larry L. Lemaster | $4,083 | $1,010 | -75.3% |
| Joan Files | $2,499 | $991 | -60.3% |
| Glenville L Shade | $6,520 | $972 | -85.1% |
| Kenneth L. Shade | $8,216 | $972 | -88.2% |
| Calvin C. Canby Jr. | $7,454 | $959 | -87.1% |
| Jeffrey W. Walls | $4,711 | $952 | -79.8% |
| Roger C. Sencindiver | $4,230 | $936 | -77.9% |
| Barbara J Kuennecke | $1,100 | $903 | -17.9% |
| Glenn M. Cushwa | $0 | $899 | -- |
| Ryan J West | $3,211 | $892 | -72.2% |
| David Bohrer | $3,676 | $891 | -75.8% |
| Charles E. Bayer | $2,205 | $855 | -61.2% |
| Paul N. Johnson | $1,445 | $852 | -41% |
| Stewart Wayne Gore | $4,525 | $843 | -81.4% |
| Joey B. Bartgis | $4,414 | $836 | -81.1% |
| Back Creek Bend Farm, Inc. | $4,408 | $818 | -81.4% |
| David Silver | $4,260 | $811 | -81% |
| Charles Robert Daniel Moore | $3,205 | $808 | -74.8% |
| Barbara Ann Catlett | $0 | $807 | -- |
| Billy R. Bennett | $820 | $747 | -8.9% |
| Shirley T. Grove | $5,473 | $649 | -88.1% |
| Timothy B. Folk | $1,605 | $643 | -59.9% |
| Nathan A. Albert | $2,401 | $629 | -73.8% |
| Tyler L. Butts | $2,469 | $617 | -75% |
| Jeffery L. Miller | $3,548 | $615 | -82.7% |
| Craig L. Mills | $2,640 | $612 | -76.8% |
| James Martin Everson | $2,949 | $608 | -79.4% |
| Kenneth Roger Albert | $1,815 | $604 | -66.7% |
| Donald L. Reid | $2,565 | $571 | -77.7% |
| John C. Miller II | $2,200 | $564 | -74.4% |
| Derek Richard | $4,197 | $545 | -87% |
| Mark A. Burkhart | $2,401 | $515 | -78.6% |
| Clifford A. Riner | $1,760 | $510 | -71% |
| John C. Welsh Jr. | $2,079 | $499 | -76% |
| Paul F. Johnson | $3,812 | $489 | -87.2% |
| Gregory L. Johnson | $990 | $476 | -51.9% |
| Travis C. Horne | $2,481 | $471 | -81% |
| Steven W. Silver | $2,651 | $452 | -82.9% |
| Luke D. Knott | $2,099 | $448 | -78.7% |
| David Mccormick - Double D. D. Farms | $0 | $446 | -- |
| Anthony J. Petrucci | $3,131 | $426 | -86.4% |
| Michael Rogers | $1,826 | $419 | -77.1% |
| Jacob A. Carper | $832 | $416 | -50% |
| Charles D. Walker | $1,639 | $411 | -74.9% |
| Resa M Ingram-Orsini | $0 | $385 | -- |
| David Riner | $2,057 | $361 | -82.5% |
| Christopher L. Vandyne Sr. | $2,567 | $356 | -86.1% |
| Pamela M. Butts | $1,606 | $343 | -78.6% |
| Robert F. Butts | $1,551 | $335 | -78.4% |
| Gerald F. Cooperman | $2,803 | $334 | -88.1% |
| John E. Myers | $883 | $333 | -62.3% |
| Christopher J. Umphrey | $1,738 | $332 | -80.9% |
| Bradford J. Langdon | $1,056 | $275 | -74% |
| The Hammond Farm | $262 | $261 | -0.4% |
| Charles K. Bayer | $239 | $240 | 0.4% |
| Hugh Mason | $1,037 | $236 | -77.2% |
| Debra L. Morgan | $1,199 | $236 | -80.3% |
| Karen Ridenour-Price | $218 | $218 | 0% |
| Robert J. Hornbaker | $1,259 | $214 | -83% |
| Constance M Boertjens | $0 | $205 | -- |
| Stanley K Corwin-Roach | $196 | $196 | 0% |
| Sue Davis | $1,343 | $167 | -87.6% |
| Michael B. Secrist | $2,177 | $138 | -93.7% |
| Dennis M. Payne | $638 | $136 | -78.7% |
| Scott Winstead | $407 | $132 | -67.6% |
| Jason D Frickle | $2,277 | $121 | -94.7% |
| Gregory L. Shiley | $13,826 | $98 | -99.3% |
| David John Michaels | $428 | $87 | -79.7% |
| Amber Armbrester | $560 | $74 | -86.8% |
| Jonathan A. Brown | $352 | $56 | -84.1% |
| William C. Ramsey | $45 | $45 | 0% |
| Nancy Zombro Spangler | $0 | $35 | -- |
| Stephanie G. McDonald | $1,370 | $34 | -97.5% |
| James D. Greenfield | $1,158 | $34 | -97.1% |
| Freddie Johnson | $0 | $32 | -- |
| Cynithia a Kontz | $124 | $28 | -77.4% |
| Thomas W. Zombro | $53 | $18 | -66% |
| Archie C. Riner | $322 | $14 | -95.7% |
| Jeffrey Souders | $511 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Scott Moore | $579 | $0 | -100% |
| Applecrest Orchard, LLC | $73,819 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl F. Mursch | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Benjamin Payne | $58 | $0 | -100% |
| Darren L. Ross | $981 | $0 | -100% |
| David Arthur Martz | $2,173 | $0 | -100% |
| David C. Elliott | $4,431 | $0 | -100% |
| Dick Alan Wittenberg | $5,929 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Ann Lefevre | $663 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd W Kursey | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Lee Butts | $1,085 | $0 | -100% |
| George Miller | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn M. Cushwa | $5,786 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory W. Copenhaver | $2,120 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Higginbotham | $894 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth W. Michael Jr. | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin L. Clifford | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Max E. Tyson III | $5,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger C. Silver | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Shayne E. Weister | $659 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy H. Clemens | $339 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra A. Shiley | $6,490 | $0 | -100% |
| Derek L. Kilmer | $171,329 | $0 | -100% |
| Doc's Tea, LLC | $500 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Hostuttler | $1,042 | $0 | -100% |
| Appalachian Orchard Company | $460,590 | $0 | -100% |
| B & G Orchards, Inc. | $108,370 | $0 | -100% |
| Cathie L. Carson | $23 | $0 | -100% |
| David D Mccormick - Double D Farm | $1,562 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $350 | $0 | -100% |
| Fruit Meadow Farms, LLC | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary H. Heichel | $1,621 | $0 | -100% |
| George S ORR & Sons, Inc. | $297,311 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Mazer | $142 | $0 | -100% |
| J David Cushwa Orchards | $1,745 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack K. Sweeney | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| James K. Hutzler Jr. | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy Wade Stickles | $2,151 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy D. McWilliams | $196 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewis Brothers Orchards, Inc. | $277,313 | $0 | -100% |
| Roberta Mong - Rolling Acres V. Fa | $69,918 | $0 | -100% |
| Robin Kackley | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Robin W. Townsend | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah E. Haddock | $1,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen M. McKinney | $1,668 | $0 | -100% |
| Stewart E. Morrow | $1,884 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Bruce Smith Jr. | $1,590 | $0 | -100% |
| Willow Bourn Farms, Inc. | $762 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,740,163 | $377,163 | -86.2% |
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