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In 2021, 154 farmers in cities within Salem County received a total of $2.7 million in 287 farm subsidies, a 58.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.5 million in 560 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 Salem County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| U Bifulco & Sons Farms, Inc. | $0 | $484,164 | -- |
| Edward B. Olbrich | $21,127 | $161,493 | 664.4% |
| Velasquez Farm, LLC | $0 | $139,943 | -- |
| Waldac Farm, Inc. | $149,690 | $136,597 | -8.7% |
| Spina Farms, LLC | $261,024 | $125,193 | -52% |
| ZRH Farms, LLC | $638,574 | $105,854 | -83.4% |
| A. T. Buzby Farm, LLC | $0 | $100,290 | -- |
| Glenella Dairy, LLC | $155,181 | $99,980 | -35.6% |
| Coombs Sod Farms, LLC | $240,912 | $87,443 | -63.7% |
| R M Sickler Farm, LLC | $167,685 | $85,956 | -48.7% |
| Wilson Brothers Farms | $13,880 | $79,944 | 476% |
| John Lim | $0 | $78,129 | -- |
| Joseph P. Ayars | $159,608 | $56,541 | -64.6% |
| Walker Brothers, Inc. | $206,358 | $54,002 | -73.8% |
| David Wilson | $0 | $53,603 | -- |
| Beecrop, LLC | $51,280 | $44,021 | -14.2% |
| Myers Farms, LLC | $108,442 | $33,015 | -69.6% |
| Battiato Farms, Inc. | $217,086 | $32,863 | -84.9% |
| Michael Catalano T/A M & J Catalano Farms | $0 | $29,922 | -- |
| Sickler Bros, LLC | $83,168 | $24,510 | -70.5% |
| Scott Robinson | $67,907 | $24,012 | -64.6% |
| Kenneth M. Wood | $50,699 | $23,554 | -53.5% |
| R Buttonwood Farm, LLC | $62,946 | $22,957 | -63.5% |
| John W. Cook | $45,200 | $22,261 | -50.8% |
| Graeff Farms, LLC | $44,903 | $18,743 | -58.3% |
| Williams Farms, LLC | $59,887 | $18,156 | -69.7% |
| Dusty Lane Farms, LLC | $328,437 | $17,193 | -94.8% |
| Carl L. Fogg | $34,637 | $15,582 | -55% |
| Allen Farms, Inc. | $15,620 | $15,039 | -3.7% |
| E & D Farms, LLC | $69,206 | $14,974 | -78.4% |
| Bishop Brothers Farms, LLC | $131,921 | $14,062 | -89.3% |
| Donald Scheese | $29,904 | $13,898 | -53.5% |
| Ware Bros Farms, Inc. | $35,117 | $13,779 | -60.8% |
| Ronald Vassallo | $47,575 | $13,595 | -71.4% |
| Hitchner Bros Farms, Inc. | $36,761 | $13,211 | -64.1% |
| Jie Xiang Farming, Inc. | $0 | $12,530 | -- |
| Catalano Farms, Inc. | $219,036 | $12,359 | -94.4% |
| William M. Dolbow Jr. | $21,266 | $12,282 | -42.2% |
| Emel Family Farms, LLC | $33,008 | $12,072 | -63.4% |
| Porch Farms | $86,163 | $12,018 | -86.1% |
| Grant J Hitchner Farms, LLC | $33,276 | $11,290 | -66.1% |
| Calvin T. Hill Jr. | $26,890 | $10,897 | -59.5% |
| Green Ivy Farming, Inc. | $0 | $10,840 | -- |
| Eric Mihalecz | $97,305 | $10,555 | -89.2% |
| Richard D. Fogg | $28,638 | $9,955 | -65.2% |
| B Tice Farms, LLC | $32,136 | $9,750 | -69.7% |
| Samuel F. Digregorio Jr. | $16,195 | $9,351 | -42.3% |
| Lori A. Moore | $26,312 | $9,184 | -65.1% |
| FRC Farms, LLC | $38,742 | $9,168 | -76.3% |
| Robert Sloat | $5,070 | $9,091 | 79.3% |
| Coleman Brothers Farms, LLC | $106,519 | $8,536 | -92% |
| John Richman | $24,563 | $7,869 | -68% |
| Davis Farm, LLC | $19,632 | $7,810 | -60.2% |
| Kevin Young | $24,357 | $7,067 | -71% |
| Richard H. Melchert | $24,772 | $6,830 | -72.4% |
| Muddy Acres Farm, LLC | $16,143 | $6,803 | -57.9% |
| Charles E Paulaitis JR | $1,064 | $6,043 | 468% |
| K & J Organic, LLC | $1,684 | $5,901 | 250.4% |
| Allen G. Williams Jr. | $0 | $5,742 | -- |
| Robert Robinson | $12,096 | $5,609 | -53.6% |
| E & a Farms | $0 | $5,382 | -- |
| Coles Brothers Farm, LLC | $14,889 | $5,223 | -64.9% |
| Richard Keen II | $9,396 | $4,881 | -48.1% |
| Barry Newkirk | $1,702 | $4,851 | 185% |
| Joseph Doak | $7,346 | $4,771 | -35.1% |
| David Strang | $7,207 | $4,595 | -36.2% |
| Jeffrey W. Harvey | $11,204 | $4,586 | -59.1% |
| James Bradway | $8,061 | $4,399 | -45.4% |
| Dubois' Spring Brook Farms, LLC | $595,535 | $4,394 | -99.3% |
| Louis Sanflippo III | $8,606 | $4,225 | -50.9% |
| David L. Schaeffer | $15,613 | $4,162 | -73.3% |
| Timothy W. Bradway | $18,207 | $4,130 | -77.3% |
| Charles Hughes | $465 | $3,893 | 737.2% |
| Preston S. Carpenter | $6,372 | $3,841 | -39.7% |
| Jay Hancock, LLC | $10,231 | $3,787 | -63% |
| Michael Foote | $3,370 | $3,681 | 9.2% |
| Circle M Farms, LLC | $75,683 | $3,318 | -95.6% |
| David Wood | $0 | $3,150 | -- |
| David Seery | $337 | $3,133 | 829.7% |
| Gerald Wilson | $3,116 | $3,116 | 0% |
| Travis J. Mehaffey | $7,384 | $3,059 | -58.6% |
| Ronald B. Hitchner | $2,585 | $2,999 | 16% |
| Donald E. Williams | $7,500 | $2,985 | -60.2% |
| Charles S. Joyce Jr. | $4,704 | $2,930 | -37.7% |
| Ward J. Bishop | $6,301 | $2,916 | -53.7% |
| David A. Heritage | $5,427 | $2,854 | -47.4% |
| John W. Moore | $6,310 | $2,744 | -56.5% |
| Pomponi & Sons, LLC | $620 | $2,736 | 341.3% |
| N. W. Culver Farms, LLC | $34,054 | $2,727 | -92% |
| David A. Griscom | $7,635 | $2,612 | -65.8% |
| Daniel C. Tighe | $4,635 | $2,581 | -44.3% |
| Lee Lark Jr. | $6,355 | $2,510 | -60.5% |
| John Schultz | $935 | $2,465 | 163.6% |
| Barbara Keen | $5,519 | $2,353 | -57.4% |
| James Clauer | $4,044 | $2,315 | -42.8% |
| John B. Bitter III | $8,805 | $2,268 | -74.2% |
| Harry E. Beal Jr. | $908 | $2,189 | 141.1% |
| David E. Wright | $3,771 | $2,140 | -43.3% |
| Priscilla Coles-Demko | $2,128 | $2,128 | 0% |
| Elwood S. Dubois III | $4,275 | $2,110 | -50.6% |
| Dennis G Pratta | $1,838 | $1,838 | 0% |
| Calvin T. Hill | $4,576 | $1,823 | -60.2% |
| Larry Pompper | $51,488 | $1,705 | -96.7% |
| John F Wojculewski SR | $3,514 | $1,588 | -54.8% |
| Smith J. W. G. Farms | $3,817 | $1,554 | -59.3% |
| Jeffrey Coleman | $2,620 | $1,494 | -43% |
| Everett W. Harris Jr. | $4,009 | $1,391 | -65.3% |
| Anthony F. Favorito | $1,371 | $1,371 | 0% |
| Bradways Greenhouses and Farm, LLC | $27,103 | $1,305 | -95.2% |
| Fred R. Catalano | $1,298 | $1,298 | 0% |
| Dennis Bradway | $1,285 | $1,285 | 0% |
| Smokin' Aces Outdoors, LLC | $1,283 | $1,283 | 0% |
| Thomas Defrehn | $0 | $1,245 | -- |
| Donald C. Garrison | $2,727 | $1,234 | -54.7% |
| Tracy Stites | $951 | $1,224 | 28.7% |
| Robina M. Coleman | $1,193 | $1,193 | 0% |
| Andrew Carpenter | $2,993 | $1,165 | -61.1% |
| Turkey Creek Farm, LLC | $1,721 | $1,152 | -33.1% |
| Culver Farms, LLC | $1,132 | $1,132 | 0% |
| Robert P. Dickinson | $1,419 | $1,122 | -20.9% |
| William Hancock III | $1,107 | $1,107 | 0% |
| Gregory Dalene | $196 | $1,017 | 418.9% |
| Arnold E. Price | $994 | $994 | 0% |
| S & C Battiato, LLC | $996 | $934 | -6.2% |
| Kevin W. Bishop | $2,804 | $914 | -67.4% |
| Christopher Omlor | $0 | $821 | -- |
| Robert Castiglione | $591 | $788 | 33.3% |
| John Peter Yarrington | $1,126 | $706 | -37.3% |
| William Humphreys | $1,677 | $704 | -58% |
| Clifford W Mecouch | $7,536 | $698 | -90.7% |
| Suzanne H. Culver | $679 | $679 | 0% |
| Hancock, Tice, & Crane, LLC | $18,880 | $620 | -96.7% |
| Marie A. Devlin | $816 | $586 | -28.2% |
| Michele Bradbury | $1,163 | $568 | -51.2% |
| Sean Elwell | $498 | $561 | 12.7% |
| John Francis Freas | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Jack R. Ward | $809 | $539 | -33.4% |
| Robert Fisher | $516 | $516 | 0% |
| Edith M. Garrison | $500 | $500 | 0% |
| Salem Botanicals | $0 | $450 | -- |
| Joseph Battiato | $0 | $363 | -- |
| Bobbi Jo Coblentz | $0 | $348 | -- |
| Fedele J. Depalma III | $335 | $335 | 0% |
| Kyle Uhland | $524 | $311 | -40.6% |
| Dan Lenco | $0 | $281 | -- |
| Jim Coombs, LLC | $28,381 | $261 | -99.1% |
| Steven R. Williams | $1,022 | $259 | -74.7% |
| Lois English | $216 | $216 | 0% |
| Robert Lauer | $49 | $198 | 304.1% |
| Lucius Ridgway | $953 | $175 | -81.6% |
| Joseph R. Bell | $1,734 | $139 | -92% |
| Conni J Lape | $74 | $74 | 0% |
| William K. Thomas Jr. | $444 | $72 | -83.8% |
| Dominick J. Sassi | $31 | $31 | 0% |
| William Bradbury | $1,426 | $0 | -100% |
| Beni Hanna Nishikigoi, LLC | $31,812 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry A. Cousin | $5,141 | $0 | -100% |
| E Joyce & Son, Inc. | $88,927 | $0 | -100% |
| Alexis G. Coleman Jr. | $10,719 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Massey | $48,733 | $0 | -100% |
| Larchmont Farms, Inc. | $324,645 | $0 | -100% |
| Ourview Farm, LLC | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill Avery's Quality Bay Clams LL | $14,083 | $0 | -100% |
| Owl's Nest, LLC | $111 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean Sparks | $1,602 | $0 | -100% |
| Musumeci Farms, LLC | $1,340 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel R Chupashko | $518 | $0 | -100% |
| Jared Martorana | $359 | $0 | -100% |
| Monroeville Nursery, LLC | $16,034 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Yurgin | $174 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas F. Gant III | $27 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen G. Williams Jr. | $11,874 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Ecret | $113 | $0 | -100% |
| E & a Farms | $8,662 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank J. Fichera | $168,291 | $0 | -100% |
| J & N Farms, LLC | $28,962 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Robbins | $317 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph W. Humphreys | $1,012 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Catalano T/A M & J Catala | $110,432 | $0 | -100% |
| R Peterson Family Farm, LLC | $722 | $0 | -100% |
| R&D Spina, Inc. | $64 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard M. Wood | $808 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy E. Beal | $1,762 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Hahn | $551 | $0 | -100% |
| Aldine Nursery, LLC | $36,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Larosa's Flowers, LLC | $7,874 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,467,853 | $2,683,887 | -58.5% |
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