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In 2021, 134 farmers in cities within Oneida County received a total of $2.8 million in 255 farm subsidies, a 52.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.8 million in 610 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 Oneida County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins Knoll Farm, LLC | $1,247,731 | $303,044 | -75.7% |
| Finndale Farms, LLC | $634,102 | $143,401 | -77.4% |
| Dinitto Farms, LLC | $447,655 | $134,991 | -69.8% |
| Truandvin Dairy, LLC | $564,145 | $127,173 | -77.5% |
| CTZK Farm, LLC | $0 | $120,508 | -- |
| Dustin and Wesley Keith | $126,874 | $84,200 | -33.6% |
| Luis Pereira | $114,498 | $83,130 | -27.4% |
| Currier Farms | $82,447 | $75,129 | -8.9% |
| Peter Green | $68,083 | $71,929 | 5.6% |
| Terrance Jones Farm | $63,920 | $64,850 | 1.5% |
| Hubert & Nancy Pritchard | $100,563 | $64,359 | -36% |
| Karl Eisenhut | $0 | $56,919 | -- |
| Hans R. Moser | $71,938 | $55,247 | -23.2% |
| Candella's Farm & Greenhouses, LLC | $53,811 | $50,560 | -6% |
| Thomas C. Brouillette | $38,247 | $45,220 | 18.2% |
| Alissa Tuthill | $51,474 | $43,575 | -15.3% |
| Collins Farm, LLC | $87,733 | $43,475 | -50.4% |
| R. W. Smith Farms, LLC | $26,676 | $42,208 | 58.2% |
| Ernie Ford | $32,885 | $39,650 | 20.6% |
| Bush Hill Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $39,010 | -- |
| Philip Barnes Farm | $47,922 | $37,926 | -20.9% |
| Crystal Brayman | $14,403 | $36,614 | 154.2% |
| Daniel J. Southwick | $42,944 | $35,690 | -16.9% |
| Sandefer Hill Farm, LLC | $40,669 | $35,454 | -12.8% |
| Williams & Son | $41,296 | $33,440 | -19% |
| Charles Buschor | $45,310 | $32,735 | -27.8% |
| Jeremy R. Teel | $33,560 | $32,076 | -4.4% |
| Bruce & Kevin Hawkins | $38,261 | $31,931 | -16.5% |
| Alfred J. Brouillette | $37,153 | $31,032 | -16.5% |
| Bernard J. Brouillette | $37,153 | $31,032 | -16.5% |
| Richard Baldwin | $38,629 | $31,006 | -19.7% |
| Kevin C. Angell | $33,983 | $30,778 | -9.4% |
| Redline Farms, LLC | $54,148 | $30,071 | -44.5% |
| Mary Stanimer | $22,726 | $26,401 | 16.2% |
| Edward Ford | $51,137 | $26,182 | -48.8% |
| Randy Brouillette | $54,418 | $25,922 | -52.4% |
| Douglas Schallenberg | $37,591 | $22,786 | -39.4% |
| Thomas Williams and Adelbert Williams-Williams Sales Stable | $0 | $22,346 | -- |
| James Elliott | $30,808 | $21,627 | -29.8% |
| Dennis Keith Farms | $32,301 | $21,189 | -34.4% |
| Matthew Lanckton | $19,949 | $20,962 | 5.1% |
| Stephen Fitch | $16,094 | $20,511 | 27.4% |
| Douglas Alberding | $23,575 | $19,334 | -18% |
| Audrey Donahoe | $28,353 | $19,181 | -32.3% |
| Jeffrey J. Donahoe | $0 | $19,181 | -- |
| Darrell Masker | $44,339 | $18,388 | -58.5% |
| Henty Farms, LLC | $50,277 | $17,546 | -65.1% |
| Hanover Hay and Grain, LLC | $19,269 | $17,058 | -11.5% |
| Barry G. Allen | $0 | $17,019 | -- |
| John S. Koziarz | $20,028 | $16,741 | -16.4% |
| James S. Wratten | $51,357 | $14,690 | -71.4% |
| Brian J. Poole | $20,907 | $14,326 | -31.5% |
| Tracey Tryon-Poole | $20,907 | $14,326 | -31.5% |
| Frank D. Nelson | $12,908 | $11,862 | -8.1% |
| Schieferstine Farm | $72,327 | $10,984 | -84.8% |
| The Abbuhl Farm | $11,548 | $10,872 | -5.9% |
| Jeffrey W. Kellogg | $10,006 | $10,104 | 1% |
| Shirley T. Kellogg | $9,859 | $10,104 | 2.5% |
| Duane Tripp | $3,409 | $9,809 | 187.7% |
| Claude Coe Jr. | $9,257 | $9,652 | 4.3% |
| Daryl Durant | $21,316 | $8,320 | -61% |
| Dianne M. Masker | $18,955 | $7,888 | -58.4% |
| James S. Pritchard | $11,775 | $7,687 | -34.7% |
| Ronald Wagner | $0 | $7,591 | -- |
| Joseph O. Burkert | $14,589 | $6,994 | -52.1% |
| Zane Keith | $24,800 | $6,962 | -71.9% |
| Rickmyer Farms | $17,218 | $6,466 | -62.4% |
| Patricia Coe | $9,257 | $6,089 | -34.2% |
| Douglas C. Elliott Jr. | $4,205 | $5,990 | 42.4% |
| Maynard E Anken | $3,020 | $5,957 | 97.3% |
| Christina Anken | $3,019 | $5,911 | 95.8% |
| Marshall J. Peck | $11,279 | $5,837 | -48.2% |
| Brian J Schieferstine | $11,800 | $5,261 | -55.4% |
| Michael G Latzkowski | $0 | $5,245 | -- |
| David & Karen Fedor | $16,851 | $5,040 | -70.1% |
| Charles D Anken | $12,013 | $4,703 | -60.9% |
| Ronald J. Casler | $130 | $4,614 | 3,449.2% |
| Robert G. Bulley | $13,589 | $4,423 | -67.5% |
| Warner Leuenberger Jr. | $26,230 | $4,395 | -83.2% |
| Scott Braley | $5,708 | $4,385 | -23.2% |
| Brianne Willson | $4,176 | $3,952 | -5.4% |
| Rodney J. Willson | $4,176 | $3,952 | -5.4% |
| Christian L. Donahoe | $6,198 | $3,707 | -40.2% |
| James Zombek | $7,722 | $3,392 | -56.1% |
| Vito Sciortino Jr. | $6,490 | $3,320 | -48.8% |
| Gary Tuthill | $8,586 | $2,790 | -67.5% |
| Nathaniel L. Whitman | $0 | $2,683 | -- |
| Paul M. Gallagher | $4,274 | $2,627 | -38.5% |
| Quaker View Farms, LLC | $5,969 | $2,598 | -56.5% |
| NY Country Harvest, LLC | $5,083 | $2,575 | -49.3% |
| Barbara J. Shuck | $10,374 | $2,467 | -76.2% |
| Kemp Baratier | $6,710 | $2,423 | -63.9% |
| Richard A. Storey | $2,406 | $2,406 | 0% |
| Stanley J. Zombek | $6,326 | $2,393 | -62.2% |
| Bunal Farms, Inc. | $7,923 | $2,192 | -72.3% |
| Harold J. Mason | $5,829 | $2,168 | -62.8% |
| Just the Hobbie Farm | $0 | $1,853 | -- |
| 6 Point Acres, Inc. | $4,004 | $1,678 | -58.1% |
| Martin E Mierek | $4,895 | $1,642 | -66.5% |
| Bernard Hilts | $13,148 | $1,570 | -88.1% |
| Gerry Elliott | $0 | $1,430 | -- |
| Clinton & Brenda Van Hatten | $21,750 | $1,410 | -93.5% |
| Lynn Staring | $188 | $1,366 | 626.6% |
| Michael S. Furner | $4,664 | $1,365 | -70.7% |
| Jim R. George | $1,057 | $1,057 | 0% |
| Michael P. Vecchio | $1,412 | $1,051 | -25.6% |
| Hobart Kraeger | $21,650 | $1,035 | -95.2% |
| Timothy Gotch | $2,274 | $986 | -56.6% |
| Gary W. Smith | $1,975 | $949 | -51.9% |
| Maurice Graham Lett | $930 | $930 | 0% |
| Cynthia Gallagher | $1,793 | $852 | -52.5% |
| Paul Snider | $4,558 | $851 | -81.3% |
| Perry M. Stufflebeam | $449 | $796 | 77.3% |
| Allen R. Miller | $2,695 | $783 | -70.9% |
| Willson Farms | $5,722 | $778 | -86.4% |
| Henry Gerwig | $1,908 | $769 | -59.7% |
| Robert Joseph Glenski | $925 | $728 | -21.3% |
| Jonathan Williams | $1,716 | $690 | -59.8% |
| Craeg Manor Farm, Inc. | $505 | $673 | 33.3% |
| Omer J. Loranger | $5,796 | $578 | -90% |
| Gretchen A. Maine | $3,463 | $513 | -85.2% |
| Lynn Huggins | $513 | $393 | -23.4% |
| Theodore Kubinski | $2,596 | $384 | -85.2% |
| Thomas C. Barnes | $688 | $384 | -44.2% |
| Jeremy Hubalek | $1,518 | $374 | -75.4% |
| Patricia K. Oder | $322 | $322 | 0% |
| Brian Nelson | $2,025 | $246 | -87.9% |
| Robert J. Costello | $448 | $200 | -55.4% |
| Deborah J Curriere | $194 | $194 | 0% |
| Sarah Lanckton | $0 | $156 | -- |
| Mark Buczek | $535 | $85 | -84.1% |
| Richard Buczek | $535 | $85 | -84.1% |
| Miranda C. Powers | $0 | $58 | -- |
| James Wrobel | $2,039 | $45 | -97.8% |
| Amanda McGovern | $1,073 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig Smith | $2,297 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle Smith | $2,297 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Althea Rankin | $1,212 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily Nelson | $382 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick Nelson | $437 | $0 | -100% |
| Frost Valley Ymca | $642 | $0 | -100% |
| Clara Helleskov | $15,067 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald R. Brigham | $114 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Donahoe | $28,227 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas and Adelbert Williams | $4,718 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Williams and Adelbert Will | $14,159 | $0 | -100% |
| Williams Sales Stable | $2,939 | $0 | -100% |
| Rita M. Scott | $16 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred W Anken | $382 | $0 | -100% |
| James J. Sandstrom | $664 | $0 | -100% |
| Marie Redmond | $7,496 | $0 | -100% |
| Miranda C. Powers | $6,701 | $0 | -100% |
| Post Street Farm, LLC | $611 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Pylman | $2,163 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley Hughes | $5,535 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam D Dirda | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam J Dirda | $151 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwina Dirda | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $24,836 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency Farm Loan | $283 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $113,262 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agncy Farm loan | $112 | $0 | -100% |
| Brad Thomas Staring | $8,859 | $0 | -100% |
| James Peck | $10,337 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Peck | $1,731 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary Zombek | $2,112 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald J. Majka | $199 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas C. Larry | $524 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Harvey | $2,856 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Mccabe and Richard Bucze | $5,071 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis & Peter Talma | $3,452 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael T Polacelli | $2,708 | $0 | -100% |
| Mr. Jonathan E. McCabe | $615 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathaniel Whitman | $4,931 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Narolis | $181 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron Brennan | $2,822 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Gallagher | $1,426 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas K. Barnes | $78 | $0 | -100% |
| George F. Keith | $2,636 | $0 | -100% |
| James & Karl Eisenhut | $67,659 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Stoltzfus | $896 | $0 | -100% |
| Pinecroft Farms, LLC | $17,518 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard L. Barnes | $40 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger N. Brennan | $9,140 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,810,310 | $2,782,128 | -52.1% |
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