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In 2021, 49 farmers in cities within Plymouth County received a total of $203,798 in 61 farm subsidies, a 93.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.1 million in 253 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 Plymouth County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Harlfinger | $0 | $23,470 | -- |
| Hornstra Farm Norwell, LLC | $54,109 | $23,342 | -56.9% |
| David P. Breen | $0 | $16,619 | -- |
| Scott Sauchuk | $38,538 | $14,531 | -62.3% |
| James West | $0 | $13,730 | -- |
| Edward M Koplovsky | $24,761 | $13,098 | -47.1% |
| Trustees of Reservations | $97,641 | $10,683 | -89.1% |
| Steven F. Ward | $39,881 | $8,880 | -77.7% |
| Crescent Moon Cranberry, LLC | $16,628 | $7,636 | -54.1% |
| Benthic Bio Corporation | $0 | $5,946 | -- |
| Gnorwood Garden Center, Inc. | $52,869 | $5,880 | -88.9% |
| Bluemoon Oyster Company, LLC | $17,691 | $5,688 | -67.8% |
| North Weston Cranberries, Inc. | $8,175 | $5,553 | -32.1% |
| E J Pontiff Cranberries, Inc. | $28,238 | $4,301 | -84.8% |
| Richard G. Burnet | $0 | $4,292 | -- |
| Weston Cranberry Corporation | $68,593 | $3,837 | -94.4% |
| Eric R. Weston | $3,901 | $3,181 | -18.5% |
| Chester Halunen | $20,456 | $2,909 | -85.8% |
| Ronald W Drollett | $19,015 | $2,807 | -85.2% |
| Anderson Brothers Farm | $2,185 | $2,321 | 6.2% |
| Joseph Pierce | $0 | $1,929 | -- |
| James W. Rawlings | $74 | $1,810 | 2,345.9% |
| Second Harvest Farm, LLC | $6,267 | $1,809 | -71.1% |
| Timothy P. Handorf | $2,525 | $1,702 | -32.6% |
| Beaverbrook Cranberry Company, Inc. | $3,349 | $1,602 | -52.2% |
| Earle B. Ricker | $6,571 | $1,507 | -77.1% |
| Gary F Florindo | $897 | $1,324 | 47.6% |
| Smabrukare, LLC | $0 | $1,300 | -- |
| Travis M. Wenstrom | $2,773 | $1,253 | -54.8% |
| Katherine T. Kallis | $970 | $1,047 | 7.9% |
| Venus Wafers, Inc. | $500 | $1,000 | 100% |
| Susan Kallio-Vincent | $2,607 | $962 | -63.1% |
| SRD Real Estate, LLC | $4,449 | $740 | -83.4% |
| Robert A. Johnson | $0 | $706 | -- |
| Martha 7822 Nominee Trust Engstrom | $698 | $698 | 0% |
| Wayne A. Hannula | $17,555 | $678 | -96.1% |
| Catherine Rogerson | $2,043 | $650 | -68.2% |
| Barry Paquin | $13,801 | $646 | -95.3% |
| Ben Peltola | $8,180 | $645 | -92.1% |
| D o. Carl 'Neil | $3,098 | $604 | -80.5% |
| Domingo Fernandes | $27,800 | $500 | -98.2% |
| James C. Cannell Coffees, Inc. | $0 | $500 | -- |
| Stanley E. Lowell | $19,883 | $450 | -97.7% |
| Edgewood Bogs, LLC | $162,279 | $250 | -99.8% |
| Craig F. Weston | $972 | $240 | -75.3% |
| Grover Long | $396 | $220 | -44.4% |
| White Dog, Ltd. | $47,419 | $152 | -99.7% |
| Cynthia Howard | $3,211 | $95 | -97% |
| John V. Gomes | $1,657 | $75 | -95.5% |
| Betty's Neck Farm, Inc. | $39,207 | $0 | -100% |
| Blue Line Cranberry Limited Liabi | $14,076 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon Westgate | $2,676 | $0 | -100% |
| Brett W. Meredith | $28,730 | $0 | -100% |
| Crystal Lake Greenhouse, Inc. | $74,241 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis T. Young | $10,339 | $0 | -100% |
| Dad Line Construction, Inc. | $3,193 | $0 | -100% |
| Dave M. Cowan | $4,853 | $0 | -100% |
| David Parker | $522 | $0 | -100% |
| Decas Cranberry Company, Inc. | $183,869 | $0 | -100% |
| Decas Cranberry Products, Inc. | $500 | $0 | -100% |
| Derek D. Medico | $8,778 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Blischke | $1,311 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward D. Silva Jr. | $5,838 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin E. Randall | $20,547 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin K. Harju | $769 | $0 | -100% |
| Federal Furnace Cran Company | $134,175 | $0 | -100% |
| Flax Pond Cranberry Company, LLC | $5,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Frederick Carlson | $955 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary S. Randall | $14,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Ferreira Jr. | $611 | $0 | -100% |
| Julian H. Arnold | $1,337 | $0 | -100% |
| Marian Roche | $1,221 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Martin | $6,767 | $0 | -100% |
| Oiva Hannula & Sons, Inc. | $115,290 | $0 | -100% |
| Oiva Harju & Sons | $2,195 | $0 | -100% |
| RC Melville Construction, LLC | $14,107 | $0 | -100% |
| Rivers Edge Realty Company, LLC | $20,623 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert B. Anderson Jr. | $15,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Bentley | $1,133 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger W. Shores | $4,194 | $0 | -100% |
| S K Wainio Bogs, Inc. | $66,437 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott A. Hannula Cranberries, Inc. | $15,690 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Hannula | $4,958 | $0 | -100% |
| Seth L. Oehme | $21,176 | $0 | -100% |
| Tilson Brook Cranberry | $3,933 | $0 | -100% |
| W D Bog, Inc. | $6,686 | $0 | -100% |
| Wainio & Son, Ltd. | $2,910 | $0 | -100% |
| Walker Cranberries, LLC | $5,201 | $0 | -100% |
| Ward Richard Hannula | $18,964 | $0 | -100% |
| Weston Brothers Cranberries, LLC | $63,660 | $0 | -100% |
| Weston's Hill Cranberries, Inc. | $13,919 | $0 | -100% |
| Williams & Alger | $18,960 | $0 | -100% |
| Almquist Greenery, LLC | $2,960 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley P. Doyle | $41,028 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Zec Sr. | $25,355 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Quevillon | $2,149 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryan Ewing | $24,524 | $0 | -100% |
| Christian Horne | $20,448 | $0 | -100% |
| Deluxbury Oyster Company, LLC | $8,256 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory D. Morris | $32,683 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry S. McCarthy III | $45,076 | $0 | -100% |
| Island Creek Fisheries | $34,151 | $0 | -100% |
| Island Creek Shellfish Farm, Inc. | $111,966 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey L. Bolster | $14,666 | $0 | -100% |
| John E. McCluskey | $29,892 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis H. Strong | $496 | $0 | -100% |
| Merry Shellfish Farm, LLC | $40,103 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael T. George | $48,008 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillips Family Oyster Farm, Inc. | $13,099 | $0 | -100% |
| Red Eye Cranberry | $70,656 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert F. Knecht | $4,360 | $0 | -100% |
| Saquish Oyster Company, LLC | $14,610 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott V. Doyle | $30,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen W. Gilbert | $39,264 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Barrett | $2,825 | $0 | -100% |
| William B. McCormick | $37,895 | $0 | -100% |
| C N Smith Farm, Inc. | $109,985 | $0 | -100% |
| CJW Realty Trust | $12,266 | $0 | -100% |
| Satucket Cranberries, LLC | $1,487 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles J. Hayward Jr. | $14,972 | $0 | -100% |
| Derek Harju | $729 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Donegan | $6,564 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Braddock | $577 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Welch | $10,471 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven C. Whelan | $9,538 | $0 | -100% |
| William Rudder | $293 | $0 | -100% |
| Big Oyster Company, LLC | $33,239 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Koskinas | $4,352 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Monaghan | $1,879 | $0 | -100% |
| William M. Canney | $559 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas J. Depersia | $341 | $0 | -100% |
| David F. Dauphinee | $2,458 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas Sibbald | $9,935 | $0 | -100% |
| James Peter Barrett | $8,155 | $0 | -100% |
| John H. Barrett | $15,784 | $0 | -100% |
| Webster Cranberry, LLC | $18,895 | $0 | -100% |
| Indian Cove Aquaculture of Wareham, LLC | $26,665 | $0 | -100% |
| Bogside Acres, LLC | $1,313 | $0 | -100% |
| Carver Middleboro Cranberry Company | $15,912 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey E. Randall | $7,719 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Shepard | $897 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda V. Schauwecker | $2,565 | $0 | -100% |
| Manuel T. Neves Jr. | $643 | $0 | -100% |
| Mayflower Cranberries, LLC | $9,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Aldrovandi | $5,633 | $0 | -100% |
| OFF Brook Realty Trust | $15,656 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul E. Harju | $10,998 | $0 | -100% |
| Peter H. Klemme | $4,927 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Demolles SR | $133 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily Anderson | $2,499 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew B. Rinta | $3,354 | $0 | -100% |
| Bayside Agricultural, Inc. | $108,838 | $0 | -100% |
| Dan Johnson Cranberries, LLC | $10,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Dana C. Johnson | $23,377 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald F. Grassi | $3,558 | $0 | -100% |
| Herbert W. Ashley | $20,108 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Baptiste | $247 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda A. Rinta | $3,509 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Baptiste | $290 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas V. Johnson | $758 | $0 | -100% |
| Old Tuck Cranberry, Corp. | $41,332 | $0 | -100% |
| P & S Cranberry Service | $6,610 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Harju Zimmer | $1,632 | $0 | -100% |
| Piney Wood Cranberry Company | $45,327 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond D. Fava | $2,340 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Roach | $1,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,148,526 | $203,798 | -93.5% |
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