The state of taxpayer-funded farm subsidies in cities associated with Fairfax County in 2021

The state of taxpayer-funded farm subsidies in cities associated with Fairfax County in 2021
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Farms throughout cities in Fairfax County received $2.5 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 287 farmers in cities within Fairfax County received a total of $5.5 million in 476 farm subsidies, a 31% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $8 million in 851 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 Fairfax County, Year Over Year
Farmer Total Received in 2020 Total Received in 2021 % Difference
American Hardwood Export Council $5,221,494 $3,746,694 -28.2%
Chantilly Turf Farms $0 $250,000
Tri Minh Tran $0 $247,625
Max D Fisher Trust $525,891 $163,779 -68.9%
Block Farms $568,735 $106,790 -81.2%
James David George David George Revocable Trust $9,971 $88,818 790.8%
Teresa Farm, LLC $0 $64,847
M & K Templer, LLC $56,926 $56,365 -1%
T & L, Inc. $63,816 $54,282 -14.9%
Eddie Calvin Templer Family Trust $38,832 $42,601 9.7%
Busy Way Farms, Inc. $9,880 $24,307 146%
Scott Voelkel $14,465 $21,076 45.7%
Senterfitt Farms $128,116 $17,834 -86.1%
Second Spring Farm, LLC $0 $16,278
Quilhot Management Company, LLC $7,112 $14,365 102%
Arvil V & Mary a Adams Family, LLC $27,348 $13,696 -49.9%
Bower Farm Trust $13,755 $12,761 -7.2%
Thomas L. Wait $37,780 $12,291 -67.5%
Jeremy Brandon $5,031 $11,582 130.2%
Ronald – RNW Trust Walton $11,391 $11,391 0%
Esther Harrison Blair Irrevocable Trust $13,950 $11,036 -20.9%
Jefferies Thomas Murray – Red Arrow Farms, LLC $0 $9,689
Prentice Farms Partnership $12,646 $9,584 -24.2%
J S C Land Trust $9,491 $9,491 0%
Teresa Marie Gardner $9,100 $9,100 0%
Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative ASS $0 $8,993
William Rees Jr. $14,705 $8,912 -39.4%
Richard C O’Hair Residual Trust $34,095 $8,659 -74.6%
Dolores E Bean Revocable Living Trust $11,880 $8,044 -32.3%
Padili, LLC $0 $7,930
Charles W. Shuman $5,374 $7,399 37.7%
Mystic Hill Farms, LLC $18,259 $7,306 -60%
John M. Taylor $32,895 $7,177 -78.2%
Steven Hurley Claassen Revocable Trust $10,157 $7,161 -29.5%
Edward T. Revere $3,358 $6,870 104.6%
Jo Ann Byrd $5,164 $6,846 32.6%
Rosemary Harold $16,586 $6,822 -58.9%
Ralph Pattengill Farms, Inc. $14,325 $6,376 -55.5%
Cheryl Zentzis Causey $6,190 $6,190 0%
Mary Alice Babka $9,787 $6,066 -38%
Gary Quam Revocable Trust $11,290 $5,998 -46.9%
Helen M. Payne $0 $5,912
Willey Partnership, LLP $13,037 $5,842 -55.2%
Mary Eichhorn $27,693 $5,828 -79%
Laysons Buffalo Trace, Inc. $26,682 $5,815 -78.2%
BCS Bucks, LLC $5,597 $5,597 0%
Rvoc INTRVS Trustee of Gloria S Danielson $0 $5,594
Maxwell Farms, LLC $10,018 $5,548 -44.6%
CRH Enterprises, Inc. $26,596 $5,408 -79.7%
David W. Larson $5,318 $5,318 0%
Douglas C. Rohn $5,504 $5,119 -7%
James E. Haskell $6,810 $5,071 -25.5%
Phillips Farms, LLC $11,025 $4,960 -55%
Beth A. Sabbath $4,924 $4,924 0%
Marilyn Gappa – Marilyn Jean Gappa Tr $2,535 $4,910 93.7%
Oliver V. Shearer Jr. $5,932 $4,849 -18.3%
Paul Palm $3,909 $4,599 17.7%
Frank C. Harris $4,402 $4,541 3.2%
Cortland W Peret $6,024 $4,482 -25.6%
Joseph Erschens $4,971 $4,426 -11%
Sandra K. Novotny $4,425 $4,425 0%
Sharon Mote $7,380 $4,316 -41.5%
June B. Kniss $3,530 $4,167 18%
William H and Carol L Doyle Living Trust $0 $3,899
Gary D. Brown $5,629 $3,833 -31.9%
Jeffrey P. Jorgenson $3,765 $3,765 0%
Robert W & Mary M Wallace Trust $8,616 $3,738 -56.6%
Bryce Aaron Trimmer $4,247 $3,717 -12.5%
Christopher Lehman-Lehman Family Trust $3,637 $3,637 0%
Maureen D Lehman-Lehman Family Trust $3,637 $3,637 0%
Beverly S Harris Trust Dated January 31, 2001 $5,177 $3,520 -32%
Charles F. Sweeny $0 $3,520
Phyllis K. Talbert $3,425 $3,425 0%
Kevin S. Price $0 $3,390
Robert L. Jaworski $5,301 $3,272 -38.3%
Ronald Iverson $6,315 $3,212 -49.1%
Joseph – Joseph Lemuel Blair Rev. Trust Blair $0 $3,205
Marjorie Midili $912 $3,203 251.2%
Mary F. Bennett $5,805 $3,155 -45.7%
Donna Heaton Cook $11,629 $3,110 -73.3%
James Malachy Morris $14,836 $3,098 -79.1%
Joseph Fehr $3,193 $3,056 -4.3%
James E. Freeze $11,156 $3,037 -72.8%
Julia Mae Forburger $13,232 $3,035 -77.1%
Elaine Grigsby-Arnade $2,998 $2,998 0%
John Morgan Spencer $3,761 $2,941 -21.8%
Alan L. Sundahl $1,915 $2,893 51.1%
Northern Orion, Inc. $0 $2,828
Edward A. Sugg $7,135 $2,760 -61.3%
Babka Farms $5,562 $2,652 -52.3%
Con-Pat Industries, Inc. $10,204 $2,636 -74.2%
Joseph L Hitt Revocable Living Trust $0 $2,621
Ruth Ummen Rev Trust $4,619 $2,477 -46.4%
Gloria Kruse Farm Trust $2,425 $2,425 0%
Dagmar Johnson $2,408 $2,408 0%
Janet Watson A. Nelson $3,922 $2,360 -39.8%
Smith Farms $2,335 $2,335 0%
E. J. Culling Revocable Trust $3,884 $2,238 -42.4%
David H Shutt Irrevocable Trust $1,342 $2,181 62.5%
Julia Mae Forburger Trust $9,717 $2,160 -77.8%
Mary Hodge $774 $2,156 178.6%
Raymond Bosecker-Bosecker Family Trust $5,997 $2,129 -64.5%
Murdoch Farm, LLC $7,544 $2,097 -72.2%
Elizabeth Monroe $0 $2,081
Emmett Dashiell Jr. $3,007 $2,077 -30.9%
Walnut Hill Farm Group, LLC $2,069 $2,069 0%
John Wesley Thomas $5,337 $2,001 -62.5%
Denise Rodgers $1,992 $1,992 0%
Dorothy C Loomis Trust $3,360 $1,986 -40.9%
Scot Arasmith $5,767 $1,982 -65.6%
Jim Slattery $6,531 $1,960 -70%
Alfred J Read Trust $4,579 $1,903 -58.4%
Gwendalyn F Cody Estate $0 $1,880
Soon-Sun Bender $5,401 $1,878 -65.2%
Garry W. Stanberry $1,829 $1,829 0%
Trust for the Benefit of Michael T Stepniczka $6,608 $1,827 -72.4%
Patricia Hepner $8,416 $1,820 -78.4%
Roger L West $617 $1,808 193%
Ralph D. Jeffords $4,296 $1,803 -58%
Wayne W. Hovis $1,793 $1,793 0%
Albert Heier $3,250 $1,789 -45%
L & S Smith Family Trust $5,112 $1,780 -65.2%
Roger Holte $4,566 $1,762 -61.4%
John Miller $1,564 $1,719 9.9%
Howard H. Benton $2,707 $1,701 -37.2%
Thomas B Cormode $3,914 $1,690 -56.8%
Homestead Partnership $895 $1,686 88.4%
Twelve Oaks Trust $4,564 $1,662 -63.6%
Lester Ummen Revocable Trust $3,173 $1,650 -48%
Natalie Willyard-Hardie $2,050 $1,633 -20.3%
Donald D Rohrer & Lila Lee Rohrer Rvoc Trustee 10252012 $0 $1,623
Beau Patrie, LLC $7,067 $1,616 -77.1%
David Stringfellow $6,463 $1,585 -75.5%
George H Douse Irrev Trust $5,710 $1,552 -72.8%
Douglas C Lovejoy Rev Trust $5,749 $1,551 -73%
Young-Goodspeed Farms, LLC $5,112 $1,539 -69.9%
Fisher Farms, Inc. $5,965 $1,501 -74.8%
Baldauf Farms, LLC $2,941 $1,495 -49.2%
Anne Martin $6,579 $1,438 -78.1%
Paul M Weaver Family Trust $0 $1,406
Sonkissed Meadows, LLC $3,524 $1,386 -60.7%
Porter Childers $3,538 $1,383 -60.9%
Christine Farhood $917 $1,359 48.2%
E. L. Murphree Jr. $3,949 $1,350 -65.8%
Janet K Karstensen $4,006 $1,349 -66.3%
ABD AL-Bary Hassan El-Yacoubi $1,976 $1,338 -32.3%
ABD AL-Muhssin Hassan El-Yacoubi $1,976 $1,338 -32.3%
Abdallah Karam Allah El-Yacoubi $1,976 $1,338 -32.3%
Mohammed Hassan El-Yacoubi $1,976 $1,338 -32.3%
Salime Hassan El-Yacoubi $1,976 $1,338 -32.3%
Kristine Ann Butterworth $0 $1,338
Franklin Family LP II $6,491 $1,333 -79.5%
Donnie Harrington $3,444 $1,307 -62%
Karen L. Hunter $3,062 $1,302 -57.5%
Virginia V Newberg – Virginia V Newberg Rev Trust $846 $1,298 53.4%
Ralph A. Linden $7,573 $1,283 -83.1%
Robert C Brown, DVM $7,053 $1,210 -82.8%
Johanna K. Saunders $2,592 $1,204 -53.5%
Stephen M. Oertwig $2,210 $1,199 -45.7%
Randall Nelson $1,292 $1,150 -11%
AL-Hussna Hassan El-Yacoubi $1,147 $1,147 0%
AL-Ihssan Fatimah Hassan El-Yacoubi $1,147 $1,147 0%
Hassanahtu Allah Hassan El-Yacoubi $1,147 $1,147 0%
Jane Merritt El-Yacoubi $1,147 $1,147 0%
Daniel G Rieck – the Daniel G Rieck Trust $3,372 $1,146 -66%
Helen Robert and Helen Duncan Revocable Duncan $1,381 $1,145 -17.1%
Eileen Combs $1,895 $1,135 -40.1%
Neika Dockins Tillman $1,929 $1,092 -43.4%
Forburger Family Trust $4,882 $1,066 -78.2%
Donald Rohrer & Lila Rohrer Revocable Trust $10,062 $1,043 -89.6%
Sitkin Island, Inc. $0 $1,030
Barbara Ann Tozzi $2,803 $1,025 -63.4%
Stoltenberg L. P. Farms $1,000 $1,000 0%
Mary L. Shuman $5,569 $980 -82.4%
Nicola G. Ceo $2,509 $980 -60.9%
Robert H. Neff $1,995 $976 -51.1%
Carla R. Thompson $943 $943 0%
Sterling Jon Sahaydak $1,636 $939 -42.6%
Stafford Michael Mishoe $927 $927 0%
Christal Jenkins Blakely $2,196 $924 -57.9%
Melvin J Greennagel $3,096 $902 -70.9%
Rexie Bickel $2,807 $894 -68.2%
Joan Seibert $1,993 $889 -55.4%
Peter T Flynn Trust $2,498 $882 -64.7%
Rebecca a Flynn Living Trustee $2,485 $882 -64.5%
Cloyd L. Baldwin $2,231 $869 -61%
Donald Shannon $971 $846 -12.9%
Kevin Cornell $845 $845 0%
Spiro Paul Fotopoulos $1,357 $806 -40.6%
William Lee Davis $1,245 $804 -35.4%
Jon Sampson $3,087 $784 -74.6%
Sylvia J. Stack $1,747 $783 -55.2%
John Rifenbark $2,367 $772 -67.4%
Dana B. Nelson $669 $764 14.2%
Barbara Sawyer $1,315 $759 -42.3%
Bonar Family Investments, LLC $4,562 $755 -83.5%
John Cantrell $1,372 $751 -45.3%
Mary Josephine Hettinger Trust Dated July 1, 2004 $2,704 $751 -72.2%
Donna M Nelson-Schneider $1,088 $746 -31.4%
Darold Griffin $342 $733 114.3%
Minnie’s Marbles, LLC $2,311 $670 -71%
Yan Cheng $0 $664
Roger M. Blum $1,192 $660 -44.6%
Kelci Ibrahim $801 $660 -17.6%
Steven M. Hodges $906 $640 -29.4%
Dorothy C. Smith $2,650 $629 -76.3%
Robert J. Smith $2,649 $629 -76.3%
Randall E. Melton $2,343 $616 -73.7%
Joanne C. Polowy $3,354 $612 -81.8%
Sallie Twentyman $1,442 $584 -59.5%
Janetta Inlow $1,150 $575 -50%
Christi Chesser Whittredge $1,775 $557 -68.6%
Patricia Crow $1,428 $555 -61.1%
Brannam Family Trust Dated June 7, 2012 $3,336 $543 -83.7%
Nathan T. Richardson Jr. $1,847 $543 -70.6%
Catherine – E Christiansen Trust $0 $542
Lisa Parcells $2,768 $537 -80.6%
Nancy Emily Tidwell $1,016 $488 -52%
Mary Shifflett Chasteen $1,030 $480 -53.4%
Steven E. Wooddell $476 $476 0%
Amy Fowler $472 $472 0%
Marsha Gordon $471 $471 0%
Shirley Adamonis $0 $439
Rowland S. Oliver Jr. $438 $438 0%
Dixie Lee Reed $1,321 $432 -67.3%
Mark Jackson $2,340 $414 -82.3%
Dean Vlahos – Dean John Vlahos Family Trust $704 $412 -41.5%
Karen P Banks Trust $704 $412 -41.5%
Jon Tighe $1,448 $390 -73.1%
Jamie L. Vroom $389 $389 0%
Robin L. McCarley $1,160 $387 -66.6%
Suzanne Hamilton $790 $387 -51%
Calvin Dale Reimer $0 $385
Carolyn G. Olson $378 $378 0%
John Alvis H. Tr $1,318 $377 -71.4%
Sandra Boughton $945 $358 -62.1%
Betty Martinez $1,018 $357 -64.9%
Jason Leicht $288 $352 22.2%
Thomas A. Payne $342 $342 0%
Debra J. Hovanesian $342 $342 0%
Geoffrey S. Plumlee $391 $342 -12.5%
John Mcelree Revoc Trust $931 $341 -63.4%
Virginia Snaider $380 $341 -10.3%
Burnice Keith May $0 $327
Bo-Yeon Templer $639 $312 -51.2%
Aubrey Adams $298 $298 0%
B Curtis Taylor Credit Shelter Trust $1,083 $285 -73.7%
Melody A. Light $270 $270 0%
King Family Trust $267 $267 0%
Robert G. Darwin $1,145 $262 -77.1%
Katherine C. Davis $420 $260 -38.1%
Patsy-Murphree Patsy H $707 $238 -66.3%
Kate E. Wilkins $608 $220 -63.8%
Leslie J. Parish $385 $213 -44.7%
Cole R. Fisher $314 $213 -32.2%
Kenneth Odorizzi $496 $208 -58.1%
Parish Family Trust FBO Leslie Joe Parish $0 $207
Donald L Leichtweis $128 $170 32.8%
John R Ray Self Declaration of Trust $0 $168
Helen J. Pommert Trust $0 $165
Paul A. Henry $166 $162 -2.4%
Gregory Brummett $154 $154 0%
Paul J. Helt $226 $144 -36.3%
Christiansen Enterprise $2,745 $140 -94.9%
Robert M. Corrie $136 $136 0%
Shirley Bethel Soppett $403 $132 -67.2%
Melody A. Johnson $408 $130 -68.1%
Garth G. Clark $349 $117 -66.5%
Judith M. Diederich $108 $108 0%
Robert E. White $0 $94
Kyle B. Entz $534 $92 -82.8%
Edith M Lallande $0 $86
CK Tangub Farms, LLC $1,032 $86 -91.7%
Lillie West $97 $85 -12.4%
Jan Kirkpatrick Berlin $0 $68
Donald E Kraft Donald E Kraft Trust $136 $58 -57.4%
Harold L. Skoog $96 $52 -45.8%
Jean Pates $45 $45 0%
Charles B. Key III $119 $44 -63%
Pamela Sharif $65 $42 -35.4%
Willis Family Trust $91 $37 -59.3%
Leslie R. Dunlap $72 $36 -50%
Elaine Sellman $115 $30 -73.9%
Myrtis O. Gildea $233 $29 -87.6%
Larry a Quinn – Quinn Family Trust $0 $23
Ronald D. Quinn $187 $15 -92%
Jerry Bradley $165 $8 -95.2%
Faye Johnson $816 $0 -100%
John W. Bailey $1,321 $0 -100%
Susan Kay Ray $154 $0 -100%
Richard F. Hubbard $782 $0 -100%
Wayne France $596 $0 -100%
Willis C. Robinson III $76 $0 -100%
Benjamin S. Cheatham $1,200 $0 -100%
Parish Family Trust FBO Leslie Jo $373 $0 -100%
Charles D. Swan $123 $0 -100%
Tamara Phillips Hannan $1,782 $0 -100%
Page Farm T I C $1,764 $0 -100%
William H and Carol L Doyle Livin $3,899 $0 -100%
Larry a Quinn – Quinn Family Trus $239 $0 -100%
The Jacqueline Meyer Bartholomew $146 $0 -100%
Vincette L Goerl $374 $0 -100%
Gwen Desmond $1,284 $0 -100%
Marilyn Gappa Farm, LLC $4,910 $0 -100%
Elkin T. Taylor $65 $0 -100%
Stephen Brunk $248 $0 -100%
Alfreda Jones $273 $0 -100%
Cheryl Alston $214 $0 -100%
Christophe J. Gore $954 $0 -100%
Jefferies Thomas Murray – Red Arr $23,021 $0 -100%
Lala S. Johnson $1,307 $0 -100%
Mavis C Willey Trust $5,296 $0 -100%
Nathan Mark Pollins P. R. – $591 $0 -100%
Robert E. Hoffler Jr. $2,517 $0 -100%
Helen A. Bath $562 $0 -100%
White Star Resources, Corp. $874 $0 -100%
Helen Pommert $165 $0 -100%
Diane J. Brown $284 $0 -100%
Mariagnes a Shumway $399 $0 -100%
Maryland & Virginia Milk Producer $15,542 $0 -100%
Patricia J. Vokoun $837 $0 -100%
Regina J. Elliott $1,902 $0 -100%
Robert E. Stevens $1,695 $0 -100%
William B. Oakley $938 $0 -100%
Aleda H Wright $2,764 $0 -100%
Connie L Franke Irrevocable Trust $1,768 $0 -100%
Daniel R. Cunningham $253 $0 -100%
Fred E. Schnarre $600 $0 -100%
John R. Ray Sr. $762 $0 -100%
Joseph L. Blair $1,547 $0 -100%
Lottie K. Newcomb $14,728 $0 -100%
Sharon C. Morgan $398 $0 -100%
Candace A. Strawn $2,436 $0 -100%
Flora J Darby IRR Trust $6,162 $0 -100%
Fredric K. Schroeder $1,090 $0 -100%
James David George- David George $177,910 $0 -100%
Joseph – Joseph Lemuel Blair Rev. $814 $0 -100%
Kolb Joint Trust $309 $0 -100%
Michael C. Swartz $16,242 $0 -100%
Richard D Newberg Trust $1,589 $0 -100%
Rosita Fitzgerald $977 $0 -100%
Total subsidies $8,010,347 $5,528,659 -31%


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