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In 2021, 128 farmers in cities within Beaver County received a total of $3.5 million in 296 farm subsidies, a 23.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.6 million in 362 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Carter Farm and Cattle, LLC | $176,657 | $277,689 | 57.2% |
| Roberts Dairy, Inc. | $508,310 | $237,019 | -53.4% |
| Pearsons Ranch | $179,683 | $234,350 | 30.4% |
| Clark and Shirley Bradshaw Family LMTD PTNR | $0 | $205,939 | -- |
| Rodney Carter | $331,505 | $192,665 | -41.9% |
| Michael Yardley Farms, LLC | $208,735 | $179,878 | -13.8% |
| Calvin/Floyd Yardley | $309,079 | $150,433 | -51.3% |
| Dalton Cattle, Inc. | $66,244 | $116,432 | 75.8% |
| Roberts Livestock, LLC | $309,211 | $109,805 | -64.5% |
| Marshall Brothers Ranch | $111,809 | $104,990 | -6.1% |
| Yardley Cattle Company | $107,667 | $99,853 | -7.3% |
| Julie Barnes | $67,002 | $93,271 | 39.2% |
| Danny Yardley | $54,873 | $78,276 | 42.6% |
| Joe Yardley | $49,961 | $75,341 | 50.8% |
| Bar F Ranch, Inc. | $0 | $68,402 | -- |
| Runnin C Ranch Family Partnership | $35,255 | $65,714 | 86.4% |
| Mountain Edge Ranch, LLC | $45,234 | $60,616 | 34% |
| Lynn Harris | $34,967 | $60,413 | 72.8% |
| Tavish Edwards | $52,467 | $57,908 | 10.4% |
| Bradshaw Farms & Equipment, Inc. | $37,655 | $53,403 | 41.8% |
| Y Ranch Company, LLC | $84,943 | $52,391 | -38.3% |
| L&W Ranch %scott Wiseman, Inc. | $74,606 | $51,805 | -30.6% |
| Harris Ranch, LLC | $52,048 | $48,166 | -7.5% |
| Lee R. Yardley | $61,483 | $44,779 | -27.2% |
| Bradshaw Bros | $49,586 | $42,333 | -14.6% |
| William D. Wright | $58,359 | $40,733 | -30.2% |
| John A. Smith | $48,122 | $33,935 | -29.5% |
| T & D Ranch Enterprises, Inc. | $69,744 | $32,923 | -52.8% |
| Darrell Yardley | $46,007 | $26,740 | -41.9% |
| Green Diamond Ranch | $21,962 | $24,983 | 13.8% |
| High Hope Cattle Company, LLC | $12,053 | $24,363 | 102.1% |
| Slash U Livestock, LLC | $41,087 | $23,241 | -43.4% |
| Ronnie Roberts | $11,892 | $22,062 | 85.5% |
| Robert Eyre | $11,703 | $21,790 | 86.2% |
| Morgan Carter Farms | $113,550 | $21,376 | -81.2% |
| James Farm, Inc. | $15,381 | $20,507 | 33.3% |
| Horseshoe Ranch, LLC | $33,162 | $20,318 | -38.7% |
| Kevin Wood | $9,827 | $19,012 | 93.5% |
| Kelly W. Wood | $9,827 | $18,994 | 93.3% |
| Florence Family Farm, LLC | $8,462 | $18,715 | 121.2% |
| Reed Carter | $3,968 | $18,574 | 368.1% |
| Dearden Livestock | $26,040 | $16,906 | -35.1% |
| WLD Farms %william L Dalton, Inc. | $16,786 | $15,520 | -7.5% |
| Yardley Family Farm, LLC | $15,597 | $14,818 | -5% |
| David Christiansen | $0 | $14,744 | -- |
| Jed Albrecht Farms | $7,052 | $14,532 | 106.1% |
| Clark Smith and Sons | $28,027 | $14,399 | -48.6% |
| ETM Farms, Inc. | $17,907 | $13,254 | -26% |
| Arlan Mayer | $15,417 | $12,917 | -16.2% |
| Jetta Robinson | $11,279 | $12,373 | 9.7% |
| Calvin & Bonnie Albrecht Family Farm, LLC | $0 | $12,083 | -- |
| Pat Joseph | $18,089 | $11,956 | -33.9% |
| U L Ranch, Inc. | $13,062 | $11,871 | -9.1% |
| Lyle Carter | $13,158 | $9,334 | -29.1% |
| Seldon Ernest Nowers | $6,281 | $8,719 | 38.8% |
| B&K Yardley, LLC | $7,964 | $8,378 | 5.2% |
| Lary M. Carter | $6,386 | $7,900 | 23.7% |
| Michael W. Nowers | $6,102 | $7,743 | 26.9% |
| Seth Davie | $11,067 | $7,504 | -32.2% |
| Dan Puffer | $0 | $7,261 | -- |
| Jeremy Gale | $7,301 | $7,153 | -2% |
| Wade Gale | $4,925 | $7,094 | 44% |
| LP Farms and Livestock, LLC | $13,893 | $6,942 | -50% |
| Spence Eyre | $26,409 | $6,773 | -74.4% |
| Jeff Ashworth | $13,860 | $6,259 | -54.8% |
| A & S, Inc. | $6,879 | $5,661 | -17.7% |
| Yardleys Pine Creek Farms, LLC | $4,233 | $5,644 | 33.3% |
| Scott Williams | $5,465 | $5,267 | -3.6% |
| Dan G. Goff | $6,357 | $5,225 | -17.8% |
| Maycock Farms, Inc. | $4,828 | $5,110 | 5.8% |
| Melvin Walker | $14,994 | $4,665 | -68.9% |
| Gillins Dairy, Inc. | $232,552 | $4,515 | -98.1% |
| Glenna Puffer | $16,524 | $4,408 | -73.3% |
| Blake Lane Williams | $3,787 | $4,316 | 14% |
| Mcculley Cattle Company, LLC | $17,534 | $4,124 | -76.5% |
| M&K Ranch, Inc. | $3,529 | $3,909 | 10.8% |
| Tammy Pearson | $4,718 | $3,880 | -17.8% |
| Mark S. Whitney | $4,256 | $3,601 | -15.4% |
| T&C Farm | $3,015 | $3,567 | 18.3% |
| Eyre Livestock Company | $7,538 | $3,228 | -57.2% |
| Mark Truman | $2,662 | $2,849 | 7% |
| Sherman R. Bradshaw | $13,816 | $2,819 | -79.6% |
| Trent Brown | $14,056 | $2,698 | -80.8% |
| Alex Mayer | $10,710 | $2,446 | -77.2% |
| Phillip Jolley | $1,533 | $2,044 | 33.3% |
| Todd Marshall | $2,280 | $2,026 | -11.1% |
| Mark John Wintch | $1,500 | $2,000 | 33.3% |
| Daniel Carter | $22,920 | $1,984 | -91.3% |
| Raymond Jackson | $2,866 | $1,950 | -32% |
| John Baldwin | $4,950 | $1,895 | -61.7% |
| Clayton M. Williams | $1,513 | $1,857 | 22.7% |
| Mitchell Carter | $14,115 | $1,830 | -87% |
| Les Gale | $7,322 | $1,426 | -80.5% |
| Shay D. Goff | $1,083 | $1,289 | 19% |
| Kenneth Hollingshead | $1,099 | $1,251 | 13.8% |
| Nancy W. Smith | $5,803 | $1,194 | -79.4% |
| Duke Hollingshead | $1,030 | $1,175 | 14.1% |
| Calvin Albrecht | $3,273 | $1,143 | -65.1% |
| Rodney Green | $5,357 | $1,097 | -79.5% |
| Timothy E Cauby | $2,082 | $1,087 | -47.8% |
| Ray Harris | $3,069 | $927 | -69.8% |
| Brody Joe Yardley | $4,507 | $897 | -80.1% |
| David G. Blackner | $4,231 | $815 | -80.7% |
| Sterling Bradshaw | $3,861 | $782 | -79.7% |
| F & B Livestock | $3,641 | $772 | -78.8% |
| Colt Gillies | $3,844 | $744 | -80.6% |
| Sajel Alton Gale | $3,462 | $726 | -79% |
| Jeff Joseph | $3,639 | $720 | -80.2% |
| Selena Yardley | $3,861 | $654 | -83.1% |
| Dennis Morwood | $3,080 | $652 | -78.8% |
| Valarie Van Wyk | $2,772 | $651 | -76.5% |
| Gregory F. Marshall | $5,809 | $616 | -89.4% |
| Matt Albrecht | $1,355 | $602 | -55.6% |
| Greg Myers | $3,990 | $598 | -85% |
| Alan Wood | $604 | $569 | -5.8% |
| Emerson Jolley | $1,242 | $506 | -59.3% |
| Russell Gale | $2,475 | $506 | -79.6% |
| Cory Hollingshead | $430 | $488 | 13.5% |
| Max Limb | $300 | $401 | 33.7% |
| Cutler T. Edwards | $1,694 | $340 | -79.9% |
| Kenneth Ure | $3,519 | $325 | -90.8% |
| Joe Penney | $627 | $307 | -51% |
| Bar F Ranch, Corp. | $104,148 | $267 | -99.7% |
| Calvin Goodwin | $1,210 | $263 | -78.3% |
| Emree J Mcmullin | $1,210 | $242 | -80% |
| Mike Smith | $0 | $198 | -- |
| Bruce Brown | $132 | $176 | 33.3% |
| Joyce Goodwin | $1,433 | $166 | -88.4% |
| Clark and Shirley Bradshaw Family | $115,267 | $0 | -100% |
| Irene E. Forrest | $1,772 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Nelson | $2,250 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard A. Gale | $9,227 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim G. Joseph | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis Gabe Thompson | $496 | $0 | -100% |
| William Powell | $530 | $0 | -100% |
| Calvin & Bonnie Albrecht Family F | $5,754 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Hollingshead | $87 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale J. Craw | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim W. Craw | $5,885 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell Albrecht | $314 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,581,344 | $3,524,660 | -23.1% |
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