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In 2021, 146 farmers in cities within Arenac County received a total of $1.7 million in 325 farm subsidies, a 61.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.4 million in 513 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 Arenac County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| West-End Dairy, Inc. | $814,999 | $148,916 | -81.7% |
| Tim Ostroski | $487,595 | $139,119 | -71.5% |
| Joe Goodroe Farm, Inc. | $250,105 | $135,313 | -45.9% |
| Mclean Farms, LLC | $60,780 | $83,346 | 37.1% |
| Dwight and Marvin Selle, Inc. | $83,298 | $74,658 | -10.4% |
| Nathan L Guoan | $74,208 | $74,409 | 0.3% |
| Diane M. Lynch | $37,483 | $69,830 | 86.3% |
| Glenn Martin Berry | $144,175 | $65,877 | -54.3% |
| County Line Dairy, LLC | $94,644 | $61,485 | -35% |
| Huber Farms, LLC | $106,376 | $53,819 | -49.4% |
| B & D Schutte Farms, LLC | $64,814 | $50,409 | -22.2% |
| Duane Browne | $66,713 | $39,071 | -41.4% |
| Troy D. Williamson | $71,048 | $34,204 | -51.9% |
| Bartlett Farms, Inc. | $66,408 | $33,164 | -50.1% |
| Richard Browne | $44,113 | $31,650 | -28.3% |
| William Huber | $71,367 | $27,733 | -61.1% |
| Alan Jantzi | $19,205 | $26,434 | 37.6% |
| Salgat Farms, LLC | $33,403 | $22,773 | -31.8% |
| Byron J Fogarasi | $54,884 | $21,714 | -60.4% |
| Kenneth G. Daniels | $21,169 | $20,264 | -4.3% |
| Richard Lynch | $9,801 | $19,827 | 102.3% |
| Aaron Lee Ostroski | $291,294 | $19,113 | -93.4% |
| Jurek Farms, Inc. | $99,697 | $19,088 | -80.9% |
| Jurek Farms, Inc. | $99,697 | $19,088 | -80.9% |
| Jacob Ostroski | $292,200 | $18,895 | -93.5% |
| Michael Wilk | $18,052 | $18,052 | 0% |
| Miscisin Farms, Inc. | $16,951 | $16,951 | 0% |
| Todd Gibson Mason | $28,781 | $16,888 | -41.3% |
| Archambeau Farms | $34,423 | $14,435 | -58.1% |
| Daniel Sahr | $47,088 | $13,473 | -71.4% |
| Steve S Andrejewski | $66,243 | $12,599 | -81% |
| Brad J. Lynch | $11,297 | $12,514 | 10.8% |
| Kenneth R. Swartz | $18,911 | $11,698 | -38.1% |
| Patricia J. Ventimiglia | $10,274 | $10,274 | 0% |
| Albert Bender | $3,031 | $10,244 | 238% |
| Donald P. Benchley | $36,956 | $10,022 | -72.9% |
| Ronald F. Ancel | $9,620 | $9,620 | 0% |
| James Schlagel | $17,471 | $9,494 | -45.7% |
| M & L Investments, L L C | $4,794 | $8,822 | 84% |
| Steven J. Dziuban | $8,603 | $8,603 | 0% |
| Matthew Stawowy | $13,721 | $8,491 | -38.1% |
| Denrick Properties, LLC | $8,078 | $8,078 | 0% |
| Eric E. Smith | $8,756 | $7,652 | -12.6% |
| Edward F Bilacic Revocable Trust | $7,529 | $7,529 | 0% |
| Christopher A. Boensch | $9,782 | $7,444 | -23.9% |
| Robert Morgan | $7,118 | $7,118 | 0% |
| William Downing | $6,247 | $6,247 | 0% |
| Jared William Zobel | $7,650 | $5,902 | -22.8% |
| Leonard Morgan | $5,751 | $5,645 | -1.8% |
| Devin Huber | $15,004 | $5,489 | -63.4% |
| Richard Joseph Gingerich | $12,078 | $5,264 | -56.4% |
| Sandra A. Ostrander | $10,220 | $4,902 | -52% |
| Victor Daniels and Sons | $7,653 | $4,339 | -43.3% |
| Robert Stange | $4,216 | $4,216 | 0% |
| Nickolas Ostroski | $14,023 | $4,089 | -70.8% |
| Steven F. Markey | $9,404 | $3,970 | -57.8% |
| Chad D. Ostroski | $6,371 | $3,751 | -41.1% |
| Dale Bowen | $3,677 | $3,677 | 0% |
| Shelli J. Berry | $3,745 | $3,580 | -4.4% |
| Terry Janish | $3,553 | $3,553 | 0% |
| Jesse Swartz | $7,136 | $3,548 | -50.3% |
| Janice Kearney | $3,596 | $3,476 | -3.3% |
| Ken Kernstock | $1,119 | $3,144 | 181% |
| Jerry Ott | $2,880 | $2,880 | 0% |
| Thomas H. Walsh | $2,840 | $2,840 | 0% |
| Bruce A. McClurg | $2,524 | $2,524 | 0% |
| Peter F. Babcock | $5,218 | $2,368 | -54.6% |
| Eddie L. Bielec Jr. | $2,296 | $2,296 | 0% |
| Jeffrey Phinney | $670 | $2,170 | 223.9% |
| David H. Boyle | $2,112 | $2,112 | 0% |
| Rose M. Boyle | $2,112 | $2,112 | 0% |
| John Haley | $1,996 | $1,996 | 0% |
| Bilacic Trucking, Inc. | $1,956 | $1,956 | 0% |
| Brent Selle | $3,367 | $1,945 | -42.2% |
| Allan a Bilacic | $4,357 | $1,939 | -55.5% |
| Bonnie Metzger | $988 | $1,844 | 86.6% |
| Mary M. Jeffery | $1,821 | $1,794 | -1.5% |
| Noreen a Pendred | $1,667 | $1,667 | 0% |
| Megan Pula | $2,737 | $1,571 | -42.6% |
| Jeremy Allen McTaggart | $5,813 | $1,547 | -73.4% |
| Todd E. Gibbs | $1,449 | $1,476 | 1.9% |
| Russell E. Wolford | $1,475 | $1,475 | 0% |
| Gary E Bilacic | $1,434 | $1,434 | 0% |
| Diana L Pendred | $1,414 | $1,414 | 0% |
| Carl Dziuban | $1,365 | $1,365 | 0% |
| Charles A. Nowak | $1,396 | $1,351 | -3.2% |
| Jeffrey A. Gillings | $1,352 | $1,211 | -10.4% |
| Joseph W. Cozart | $1,755 | $1,195 | -31.9% |
| Gerald McLean | $1,130 | $1,130 | 0% |
| Broadworth Farms, LLC | $746 | $995 | 33.4% |
| Roy P. Jeffery | $1,948 | $974 | -50% |
| Terry L. Briggs | $1,639 | $949 | -42.1% |
| Caleb Whitney | $190 | $882 | 364.2% |
| Monica Kroczaleski | $840 | $840 | 0% |
| Terrence Lynch Jr. | $805 | $805 | 0% |
| Randy Ostroski | $797 | $797 | 0% |
| Zygiel's Orchard | $1,354 | $796 | -41.2% |
| Lawrence M. Davis | $793 | $793 | 0% |
| Adam Meihls | $741 | $741 | 0% |
| Thomas Chmura | $1,756 | $734 | -58.2% |
| Joseph J. Bootz | $1,388 | $728 | -47.6% |
| Donald Mrozinski | $713 | $713 | 0% |
| Jack Mrozinski | $713 | $713 | 0% |
| Kenneth D. Glaspie | $3,636 | $697 | -80.8% |
| William Patrick Southworth | $0 | $676 | -- |
| Keith Williamson | $1,230 | $655 | -46.7% |
| Kamryn D. Gordon | $466 | $621 | 33.3% |
| Marion J Dittenbir | $1,302 | $577 | -55.7% |
| Cynthia Lapan | $1,795 | $568 | -68.4% |
| Hygieia Homestead | $3,173 | $561 | -82.3% |
| Fred Gingerich | $557 | $557 | 0% |
| Roderick D. Perrin | $2,533 | $484 | -80.9% |
| Todd Osier | $354 | $426 | 20.3% |
| Daniel J. Salgat | $927 | $415 | -55.2% |
| Catherine M. Southworth | $1,211 | $370 | -69.4% |
| Daniel J. Moore | $365 | $365 | 0% |
| Richard Osborne | $454 | $359 | -20.9% |
| Ronald Janish | $325 | $325 | 0% |
| Terri K Marx-Schnetzler | $360 | $317 | -11.9% |
| Janie Williamson | $4,641 | $310 | -93.3% |
| Ricky Hollenbeck | $905 | $306 | -66.2% |
| Clyde Morrison Jr. | $709 | $270 | -61.9% |
| Linda Browne | $518 | $254 | -51% |
| Lorna Shillair | $488 | $229 | -53.1% |
| Brent Daniels | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Paul D. Curtis | $438 | $215 | -50.9% |
| Kevin J. McTaggart | $9,319 | $189 | -98% |
| Lorraine M. Stanley | $233 | $161 | -30.9% |
| Douglas Gay | $353 | $142 | -59.8% |
| Michael Paul Daniels | $454 | $133 | -70.7% |
| Lois A. Stange | $2,543 | $119 | -95.3% |
| Young P. Farms | $492 | $108 | -78% |
| Roy Schutte | $899 | $104 | -88.4% |
| Robert R. Osborne | $316 | $77 | -75.6% |
| Gerald Rice | $260 | $72 | -72.3% |
| Gregory A. Berry | $0 | $65 | -- |
| Douglas Hanchett | $1,055 | $42 | -96% |
| William King | $184 | $42 | -77.2% |
| Fred Faust III | $245 | $40 | -83.7% |
| Sheridan Ruse | $295 | $36 | -87.8% |
| Steven E. Dickhausen | $124 | $28 | -77.4% |
| Kay Johnston-Mcclurg | $53 | $26 | -50.9% |
| John W. Herzberg | $114 | $19 | -83.3% |
| Jesse A. Tottingham | $0 | $12 | -- |
| Bret Hiveley | $270 | $10 | -96.3% |
| Christopher Ray McTaggart | $37 | $3 | -91.9% |
| Barbara Jeffery | $80 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Killingbeck | $218 | $0 | -100% |
| Huber Land Limited Liability Comp | $415 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly J. Freehling | $408 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Broadworth | $1,011 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Daniels | $2,373 | $0 | -100% |
| Dawn Bergeron | $41 | $0 | -100% |
| Denise Ancel | $93 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg L Rashotte | $57,915 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Yenna | $11,295 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Bellor | $6,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Audrey A. Bergeron | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles R. Morton | $10,875 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Schoenborn | $18,338 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn E. Seidel | $8,978 | $0 | -100% |
| James Wm Dubey | $151 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet J. Allen | $484 | $0 | -100% |
| Jay Krystyniak | $7,193 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph A. Gower | $736 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Daniels | $135 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Stander | $2,373 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathie Demura | $8,393 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth a Stawowy | $1,993 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimberly K. Rosebrugh | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Ladd D. White | $85,935 | $0 | -100% |
| Penny Pynnonen | $8,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Orr | $60 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger L Sangsland | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Sally Mrozinski | $9,611 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra K. Bowen | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley A. Berry | $114 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Laclair | $47,250 | $0 | -100% |
| Twin Dairy | $3,915 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara J. Dziuban | $29 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate of Alma M Mccready | $10,896 | $0 | -100% |
| Francis J. Nowak | $3,679 | $0 | -100% |
| Ida L. Sesler | $1,232 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,397,132 | $1,685,269 | -61.7% |
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