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In 2021, 166 farmers in cities within Franklin County received a total of $5.5 million in 292 farm subsidies, a 57.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $12.8 million in 571 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 Franklin County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark & Amanda St. Pierre | $1,123,249 | $604,817 | -46.2% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $305,398 | -- |
| Nelson Dairies West, LLC | $1,270,364 | $304,006 | -76.1% |
| Pleasant Acre Farms, LLC | $66,803 | $212,564 | 218.2% |
| Gervais Family Farm, Inc. | $764,621 | $200,060 | -73.8% |
| Stebbinshire Farms, Inc. | $350,784 | $190,487 | -45.7% |
| Gervais Family Farm No 2, LLC | $647,677 | $181,110 | -72% |
| Longway Farms, LLC | $415,301 | $177,783 | -57.2% |
| Manning Dairy, LLC | $417,159 | $171,956 | -58.8% |
| Bess-View Farm | $688,078 | $163,524 | -76.2% |
| Dean Wright | $304,606 | $158,922 | -47.8% |
| Kanes Scenic River Farms, LLC | $941,626 | $141,431 | -85% |
| Albert & Lynette Fresn | $186,991 | $140,580 | -24.8% |
| Jacques & Mariel Parent | $502,378 | $138,094 | -72.5% |
| Brouillette Farms, Inc. | $414,082 | $133,939 | -67.7% |
| B & T Black Creek Farms, Ltd. | $322,642 | $125,864 | -61% |
| L F Hurtubise & Sons, Inc. | $697,438 | $123,486 | -82.3% |
| Aires-Hill Farm, Inc. | $166,870 | $119,404 | -28.4% |
| Ballard Acres, LLC | $155,612 | $117,418 | -24.5% |
| Mr. Dustin J. MacHia | $149,593 | $115,388 | -22.9% |
| Corey's Maple Orchard | $0 | $93,065 | -- |
| Choquette Dairy, LLC | $106,043 | $79,610 | -24.9% |
| Daren & Laura Sizen | $125,310 | $75,426 | -39.8% |
| Ber Lane Farms, LLC | $72,026 | $59,288 | -17.7% |
| George Oscar III & Debra Stebbins | $90,281 | $59,270 | -34.3% |
| Ivy Farms, Inc. | $87,164 | $58,241 | -33.2% |
| Joshua Gervais | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Wayne Gregoire, LLC | $12,117 | $52,875 | 336.4% |
| Dalestead Farm and Maple, LLC | $61,544 | $49,947 | -18.8% |
| Bittersweet Farm of Vermont, LLC | $56,745 | $47,173 | -16.9% |
| Carpsdale Farms, Ltd. | $57,582 | $47,060 | -18.3% |
| Jeff Boissoneault | $115,762 | $46,740 | -59.6% |
| Mcgarry Dairy, LLC | $67,394 | $46,265 | -31.4% |
| Timothy & Tammy Stebbins | $54,306 | $45,661 | -15.9% |
| Asa Wilson Jr. | $0 | $42,589 | -- |
| Brendan Schreindorfer | $72,361 | $41,106 | -43.2% |
| M C Fortin Farm | $44,396 | $39,091 | -11.9% |
| Jordan St P. Pierre | $72,377 | $35,442 | -51% |
| Boissonneault Family Farm, Inc. | $63,947 | $35,185 | -45% |
| Patrick Vaillancourt | $24,400 | $27,833 | 14.1% |
| Bradley T. Bates | $92,818 | $27,445 | -70.4% |
| John C. Reynolds | $0 | $26,945 | -- |
| Jacobs Logging, LLC | $0 | $26,203 | -- |
| Michael Choquette | $0 | $24,880 | -- |
| Francis & Delia Rooney | $26,723 | $24,459 | -8.5% |
| Paul A. Rainville | $4,015 | $23,640 | 488.8% |
| Rockledge Maple Trust | $10,097 | $22,938 | 127.2% |
| Andrew C. Derby | $23,581 | $21,885 | -7.2% |
| Damien & Jessica Boomhower | $25,049 | $20,594 | -17.8% |
| Thomas J & Mary Machia | $142,538 | $19,549 | -86.3% |
| Scott Cedric Boyce | $6,686 | $18,916 | 182.9% |
| Mark & Michelle Stanley | $36,003 | $18,767 | -47.9% |
| Jason St M. Pierre | $18,897 | $18,612 | -1.5% |
| Benjamin Lepesqueur | $16,217 | $17,952 | 10.7% |
| Tyler G. Webb | $2,536 | $16,936 | 567.8% |
| Leach Farms, Inc. | $47,385 | $16,906 | -64.3% |
| Snowshoe Pond Maple Sugarworks, LLC | $0 | $13,939 | -- |
| Michael & Kathleen Palmer | $6,051 | $13,225 | 118.6% |
| Ronnie Joseph Sweet II | $14,012 | $13,021 | -7.1% |
| Cecile Vosburg | $19,644 | $12,641 | -35.6% |
| Mark Paul Vosburg | $19,642 | $12,641 | -35.6% |
| WHO Land Holdings, LLC | $0 | $11,595 | -- |
| A. C. Dairy | $12,557 | $10,712 | -14.7% |
| Poppy and Rosemary's Farm, LLC | $0 | $9,537 | -- |
| Johnson's Mountain View Maples, LLC | $0 | $7,412 | -- |
| Grice Brook Development Corporation | $0 | $7,033 | -- |
| Kermit White | $0 | $6,401 | -- |
| Fortin Farm | $24,412 | $6,244 | -74.4% |
| Seven Saplings Farm, Inc. | $11,111 | $6,098 | -45.1% |
| Marie D. Lopes | $5,233 | $6,013 | 14.9% |
| Carlton Bertrand Jr. | $13,083 | $5,906 | -54.9% |
| Connor Maple Farm, LLC | $0 | $5,892 | -- |
| Edmund Rainville | $1,138 | $5,844 | 413.5% |
| Matthew Weld | $0 | $4,719 | -- |
| Tyler Branch Maples, LLC | $13,600 | $4,659 | -65.7% |
| Two Brothers Maple, LLC | $0 | $4,247 | -- |
| Missisquoi Maples, LLC | $10,351 | $3,878 | -62.5% |
| Simon Depatie | $30,069 | $3,866 | -87.1% |
| Jacqueline Depatie | $30,081 | $3,851 | -87.2% |
| Armand Lajoie | $7,360 | $3,839 | -47.8% |
| Sonny Grove, LLC | $0 | $3,640 | -- |
| David & Dorothy Dunsmore | $3,522 | $3,522 | 0% |
| David & Clare Beebe | $3,128 | $3,128 | 0% |
| Andre Lapierre | $0 | $3,044 | -- |
| Greg Spaulding | $0 | $3,029 | -- |
| John & Margie Barabe | $41,094 | $2,921 | -92.9% |
| David Talcott | $0 | $2,915 | -- |
| Patrick Talcott | $0 | $2,915 | -- |
| David Talcott Jr. | $0 | $2,915 | -- |
| Gertraud Waibel | $5,170 | $2,559 | -50.5% |
| Johannes Peter Waibel | $5,170 | $2,559 | -50.5% |
| Scott J. Magnan | $148 | $2,519 | 1,602% |
| Terry Malone | $2,071 | $2,487 | 20.1% |
| Donald Hammond | $7,414 | $2,324 | -68.7% |
| Arthur Boulerice | $26 | $2,305 | 8,765.4% |
| Christopher J. Wagner | $1,588 | $2,299 | 44.8% |
| Adam Bowker | $0 | $2,274 | -- |
| David Steinhour | $0 | $2,252 | -- |
| Norman Fecteau | $0 | $2,252 | -- |
| Wesley Martin | $0 | $2,246 | -- |
| Olga Lermontov | $0 | $2,206 | -- |
| Karen M. Allen | $0 | $2,041 | -- |
| Dean Stockman | $5,163 | $1,923 | -62.8% |
| Geoffrey C. Sweeney | $30,534 | $1,884 | -93.8% |
| Milton a Robison, DVM | $6,754 | $1,878 | -72.2% |
| HI-Vue Maples, LLC | $0 | $1,855 | -- |
| John Harwood Bridgman | $0 | $1,850 | -- |
| Donald Wayne Cornett | $0 | $1,762 | -- |
| Paul J Pikna | $5,056 | $1,761 | -65.2% |
| Kathleen Richards-Babcock | $1,759 | $1,759 | 0% |
| Pelletier's Lakeview Maples | $0 | $1,696 | -- |
| Carol Dunsmore | $1,659 | $1,659 | 0% |
| Windy Meadow Farm | $4,168 | $1,651 | -60.4% |
| Cayden Theberge | $9,212 | $1,402 | -84.8% |
| Hilaire Beauregard | $2,337 | $1,279 | -45.3% |
| George Elwood | $2,602 | $1,208 | -53.6% |
| Steven Danyow | $0 | $1,122 | -- |
| Larry Trombley | $1,103 | $1,103 | 0% |
| Boneyard Farm, LLC | $0 | $1,097 | -- |
| Dwight Callan | $0 | $1,091 | -- |
| Casey Robert Coons | $2,247 | $1,030 | -54.2% |
| Edward Messier | $1,732 | $1,007 | -41.9% |
| Douglas Paul | $3,160 | $894 | -71.7% |
| Angelo Pappano | $2,089 | $871 | -58.3% |
| Thomas Harrness | $32,468 | $855 | -97.4% |
| Paul DE LA Bruere | $2,086 | $848 | -59.3% |
| Hunger Moon Farm | $0 | $841 | -- |
| Daniel A. Lussier | $0 | $774 | -- |
| Garry Atherton | $0 | $744 | -- |
| Michael Choquette | $2,436 | $738 | -69.7% |
| Daniel & Susan Lussier | $1,092 | $722 | -33.9% |
| Linda Whitney | $0 | $715 | -- |
| Valdale Farms, Inc. | $3,132 | $708 | -77.4% |
| Charles Pattee | $4,253 | $704 | -83.4% |
| Papineau Family Farm, LLC | $0 | $651 | -- |
| Tucker Malone | $1,820 | $650 | -64.3% |
| Jason Snider | $1,164 | $595 | -48.9% |
| Patrick Gagner | $4,017 | $589 | -85.3% |
| Daniel Branon | $0 | $579 | -- |
| Helen Branon | $0 | $579 | -- |
| Benoit Pothier | $8,227 | $569 | -93.1% |
| Rita Pothier | $8,033 | $569 | -92.9% |
| Gary B Trivento II | $2,040 | $559 | -72.6% |
| Sidney Berkson | $8,302 | $549 | -93.4% |
| John Christopher Tiffany | $6,786 | $541 | -92% |
| Joshua Fletcher | $1,203 | $463 | -61.5% |
| Kory Woods | $1,203 | $463 | -61.5% |
| Daniel Rico | $0 | $457 | -- |
| Nicholas W. van Winkle | $6,704 | $445 | -93.4% |
| Christofer Comishock | $1,189 | $413 | -65.3% |
| Mark E. Baker | $1,020 | $405 | -60.3% |
| Aaron Barrette | $892 | $404 | -54.7% |
| David Marcy | $0 | $390 | -- |
| Jacob Benoit | $1,184 | $383 | -67.7% |
| Lena Brown | $138 | $372 | 169.6% |
| Leon Brown | $138 | $372 | 169.6% |
| Fitzgerald & Family Maple, LLC | $0 | $360 | -- |
| Rodney Paradee Sr. | $13,067 | $341 | -97.4% |
| Lorie Hutchins | $21,871 | $271 | -98.8% |
| Peter Hutchins | $22,029 | $271 | -98.8% |
| Leo Paradis | $0 | $265 | -- |
| Borderview Genetics, LLC | $10,181 | $102 | -99% |
| Robert Wayne Barbour | $1,787 | $97 | -94.6% |
| Cassondra Tiffany | $6,922 | $90 | -98.7% |
| Cody Hemenway | $774 | $28 | -96.4% |
| Holyoke Farm | $13,198 | $15 | -99.9% |
| Anthony Nichols | $4,263 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin N. Irish | $2,004 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley St C. Pierre | $88,983 | $0 | -100% |
| Caleb Swainbank | $4,377 | $0 | -100% |
| David Gaudette | $3,834 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Brouillette | $2,454 | $0 | -100% |
| Garth Atherton Jr. | $6,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Garth L. Leavitt | $7,236 | $0 | -100% |
| Gavin Ryan | $9,785 | $0 | -100% |
| Harvey Domina | $8,439 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Westcom | $1,128 | $0 | -100% |
| John M. Bourdeau | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnson's Mountain View Maples LL | $12,605 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce & Andy Kinney | $1,843 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee D. Lawyer | $8,983 | $0 | -100% |
| Marc STE Marie | $8,254 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark A. Lawyer | $8,823 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew J. Clark | $11,219 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael D. Howrigan II | $7,250 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael St Pierre | $592 | $0 | -100% |
| Norman & Kimberley St. Pierre | $27,010 | $0 | -100% |
| Pete West Family Maple, LLC | $32,282 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip & Suzanne Parent | $14,010 | $0 | -100% |
| Pierre Boudreau | $3,438 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall J. Reed | $21,467 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Carr | $8,272 | $0 | -100% |
| Snowshoe Pond Maple Sugarworks LL | $19,143 | $0 | -100% |
| Theresa M. Lawyer | $8,983 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Reed | $16,777 | $0 | -100% |
| Three Percent Maple Farm, LLC | $34,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Tiffany Brothers Partnership | $19,373 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary Bates | $18,920 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew S. Depatie | $469 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick Rainville | $1,676 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul A. Rainville | $126 | $0 | -100% |
| Anne Doe | $6,949 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Snider | $2,791 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Salmon | $9,468 | $0 | -100% |
| Chester Parsons | $1,354 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Record | $7,930 | $0 | -100% |
| Felix Snider | $2,877 | $0 | -100% |
| Francis Whitney | $11,287 | $0 | -100% |
| James Salisbury | $3,005 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie St B. Pierre | $89,018 | $0 | -100% |
| John B. Wetherby | $3,363 | $0 | -100% |
| Jordan C. Kane | $28,013 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathleen Parsons | $1,381 | $0 | -100% |
| Mcallister Home Farm, LLC | $4,740 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Monty | $1,748 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Farrar | $6,026 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky Gene Benjamin | $665 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott A. Boucher | $1,409 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen J. Perley II | $5,397 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Jacobs Jr. | $25,789 | $0 | -100% |
| Suzanna M. Masse | $5,050 | $0 | -100% |
| Virgil Wilson | $15,230 | $0 | -100% |
| Waibel Maple, LLC | $24,703 | $0 | -100% |
| Wallace Steinhour | $3,752 | $0 | -100% |
| Bette Dunsmore | $166 | $0 | -100% |
| Cadieux Brothers | $399 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Lindberg | $8,709 | $0 | -100% |
| David Boudreau | $10,681 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $52,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Holyoke Farm Old | $1,216 | $0 | -100% |
| JB3, LLC | $1,696 | $0 | -100% |
| John-Brigham Revocable Living Trustee | $11,433 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Boissoneault | $22,535 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcel &or Rose Cadieux | $448 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Blouin | $433 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael L. Palmer | $8,599 | $0 | -100% |
| Mystic Mountain Maples, LLC | $13,799 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul D Pikna | $16,512 | $0 | -100% |
| Greenway, LLC | $3,422 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg W. Garceau | $8,736 | $0 | -100% |
| Isaac Parent | $5,942 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Brooks | $386 | $0 | -100% |
| Parent Boys Sugaring, LLC | $5,282 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Schreiner | $5,177 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $9,562 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Gagne | $18,584 | $0 | -100% |
| Alex Howrigan | $3,852 | $0 | -100% |
| Carman Brook Farm, LLC | $14,827 | $0 | -100% |
| David Lussier | $805 | $0 | -100% |
| Ferdinand & Joyce Gamache | $10,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Fernand Gagne | $67,537 | $0 | -100% |
| Forrest Kittell-Mitchell | $9,319 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald D. Laroche | $4,539 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin M. Lawyer | $12,289 | $0 | -100% |
| Lise Howrigan | $3,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Reed | $1,418 | $0 | -100% |
| Michel P. Papineau | $901 | $0 | -100% |
| Normand Lussier | $531 | $0 | -100% |
| R J Fournier & Sons Farm, Inc. | $798 | $0 | -100% |
| Terrance & Juliette Rice | $10,667 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $12,814,179 | $5,501,433 | -57.1% |
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