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In 2021, 29 farmers in cities within Hancock County received a total of $813,361 in 36 farm subsidies, an 81.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.3 million in 256 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 Hancock County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen's Blueberry Freezer, Inc. | $0 | $566,759 | -- |
| TJ Timber Products, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Rozina E. Astbury | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Galen Plummer | $0 | $14,424 | -- |
| 2 Bar Lazy a, LLC | $2,998 | $13,554 | 352.1% |
| Michael Garrity | $0 | $13,542 | -- |
| Keaveny Tyler | $0 | $12,450 | -- |
| Lesley Ranquist | $0 | $11,454 | -- |
| Connie D Blaney - Connie D Blaney Trust 11-4-21 | $11,976 | $10,360 | -13.5% |
| Richard Lemoine | $0 | $7,899 | -- |
| Norman K. Burns | $0 | $7,476 | -- |
| Matthew Joyce | $0 | $6,401 | -- |
| Blue Hill Farm, LLC | $0 | $6,325 | -- |
| Reese William Jones | $0 | $5,543 | -- |
| Daron Clifford | $0 | $5,202 | -- |
| Travis Atwood | $0 | $4,473 | -- |
| Mildred E Miller IRR Trust | $1,965 | $4,328 | 120.3% |
| Cindy Dickens | $0 | $3,560 | -- |
| Dover Creek Farm, LLC | $0 | $3,410 | -- |
| Colin M. Piper | $0 | $2,156 | -- |
| Debson, LLC | $3,822 | $1,705 | -55.4% |
| Meuer Farm, LLC | $0 | $1,485 | -- |
| Troy Bickford | $0 | $1,268 | -- |
| Owen R. Moses | $0 | $818 | -- |
| Jacob Mitchell | $0 | $730 | -- |
| Edward P Kolisch | $0 | $675 | -- |
| James Hanscom | $0 | $603 | -- |
| Cassidy Hanscom | $0 | $592 | -- |
| Woodberry Enterprises | $529 | $419 | -20.8% |
| Aaron Tibbetts | $36,366 | $0 | -100% |
| Afphilbrook, Inc. | $100,134 | $0 | -100% |
| Alicia Gray | $466 | $0 | -100% |
| Bailey K. Goodell | $1,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Bar Harbor Farm, LLC | $9,778 | $0 | -100% |
| Bar Harbor Oyster Company, LLC | $2,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin Hopkins | $25,247 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Young | $19,863 | $0 | -100% |
| BSY Fisheries, Inc. | $38,064 | $0 | -100% |
| Cameron Robert Abbott | $1,402 | $0 | -100% |
| Capt Colie III, Inc. | $89,864 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher R. Candage | $65,939 | $0 | -100% |
| Colby Candage | $30,243 | $0 | -100% |
| Connor Joseph Kane | $1,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Dallas Hodgkins | $9,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel P. Clark | $13,266 | $0 | -100% |
| David H. Spear | $15,961 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Meehan | $8,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Emma Marie Incorporated | $27,036 | $0 | -100% |
| Fine Lines Lobster, Inc. | $86,060 | $0 | -100% |
| FV Emily Catherine, Inc. | $60,216 | $0 | -100% |
| George Burns | $15,550 | $0 | -100% |
| James G. Peterson | $2,143 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Dow | $39,918 | $0 | -100% |
| Jared T. Cunningham | $31,777 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Brett Hodgdon | $11,058 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Dean Burns | $20,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawrence A. Hodgkins | $12,224 | $0 | -100% |
| Leonard E. Young III | $5,522 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark A. Gray | $252 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Devisme III | $11,569 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicks Sum Day | $22,058 | $0 | -100% |
| Olivia M. Gray | $150 | $0 | -100% |
| Perley E Fogg, Inc. | $28,006 | $0 | -100% |
| Phippen's Lobster, Inc. | $85,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard T. Goodell | $35,328 | $0 | -100% |
| Seth R. Kane | $31,498 | $0 | -100% |
| Staples Ledge Fisheries, LLC | $46,118 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven H. Burns | $16,125 | $0 | -100% |
| Teagan C. Candage | $12,768 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Hanson | $2,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne L. Gray | $37,558 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Norwood | $8,861 | $0 | -100% |
| All in Lobster, Inc. | $31,571 | $0 | -100% |
| Arron L. Larrabee | $57,301 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry Snow | $7,314 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryce T. Babson | $8,260 | $0 | -100% |
| Cassie Lu, Inc. | $46,004 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles T. Blake | $1,978 | $0 | -100% |
| Chel-Sea, Inc. | $26,121 | $0 | -100% |
| Cory S. Robertson | $1,022 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel D. Pert | $10,694 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrian S. Grindle | $4,791 | $0 | -100% |
| Derick Levi Gray | $4,810 | $0 | -100% |
| F/V Kwichabichen, Inc. | $12,407 | $0 | -100% |
| F/V Miss Maddie, Inc. | $22,314 | $0 | -100% |
| F/V Outnumbered, Inc. | $21,329 | $0 | -100% |
| FV Direstraits | $18,237 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Joyce | $7,591 | $0 | -100% |
| James Marsh | $7,924 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse Ingraham | $10,817 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua T. Eaton | $34,945 | $0 | -100% |
| Kipp Michele Quinby | $943 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle Tyler | $5,254 | $0 | -100% |
| Leonard W. Emerton | $10,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewis Black | $11,534 | $0 | -100% |
| Linwood Emerton | $6,840 | $0 | -100% |
| Merle A. Pert Jr. | $5,596 | $0 | -100% |
| Oliver Lawson | $5,786 | $0 | -100% |
| Perry W. Grindle | $13,608 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph E. Slaven | $7,951 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell L. Candage Jr. | $17,944 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan J. Dorr | $18,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryans Seafood, Inc. | $11,903 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Rosemeier | $3,592 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn A. Emerton | $8,340 | $0 | -100% |
| Simeon Allen | $561 | $0 | -100% |
| Stacy D. Emerton | $5,136 | $0 | -100% |
| Terence Odell | $12,591 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Pemberton | $9,758 | $0 | -100% |
| Vincent R. Cangelosi | $5,723 | $0 | -100% |
| William M. Emerton | $19,764 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley P. Bracy Jr. | $4,590 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Oleancek | $40,120 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam R Ranco | $16,112 | $0 | -100% |
| Billings Forest Products, Inc. | $10,935 | $0 | -100% |
| Candage Enterprises, Inc. | $11,209 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris W. Burke | $39,050 | $0 | -100% |
| Coastal Blueberry Service, Inc. | $74,560 | $0 | -100% |
| Cote James Card | $27,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Dakota Stanwood | $2,756 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel S. Tracey | $5,328 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny H. Deraps | $12,652 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Tozier | $11,709 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Allen Havener | $12,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Ellis Batson | $38,771 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred Judson Rich | $4,866 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn R. Gilley | $40,608 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. Gilley | $12,876 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Walter Brooks | $19,318 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie Dunton | $11,872 | $0 | -100% |
| Mitchell Farren | $10,915 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas Holt | $17,958 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick Bell | $1,231 | $0 | -100% |
| R T Allen & Sons, Inc. | $422,916 | $0 | -100% |
| Tanner Handy | $3,823 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Joy | $4,305 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy G. Bunker | $11,587 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley James Bunker Jr. | $12,304 | $0 | -100% |
| Barrett Proulx | $1,594 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody Pettengill | $17,259 | $0 | -100% |
| David R. Lawson Jr. | $15,948 | $0 | -100% |
| Debtication, Inc. | $25,120 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald N. Crowley | $14,630 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph G. Racicot | $12,264 | $0 | -100% |
| Laura L. Flannery | $3,307 | $0 | -100% |
| Merrill Blueberry Farms, Inc. | $58,937 | $0 | -100% |
| Miss Rebecka, LLC | $26,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Overtime, Inc. | $21,249 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert H. Hudson Jr. | $3,302 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Battis | $7,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Troy W. Jellison | $1,992 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler R. Piper | $17,888 | $0 | -100% |
| Holly Taylor-Lash | $470 | $0 | -100% |
| J Dunbar Enterprises, Inc. | $3,628 | $0 | -100% |
| Mathew Burgess | $9,687 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Volckhausen | $5,338 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray F. Merrill | $3,142 | $0 | -100% |
| W R Allen, Inc. | $11,350 | $0 | -100% |
| Hunter Cote | $1,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron M. Carter | $7,381 | $0 | -100% |
| Baren Yurchick | $47,507 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin Nutter | $3,451 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Grindal | $6,756 | $0 | -100% |
| Desmond E. Ashman | $8,007 | $0 | -100% |
| Eben Allen | $16,437 | $0 | -100% |
| F/V Cassie Marie, LLC | $12,680 | $0 | -100% |
| F/V Kimberly June, Inc. | $3,817 | $0 | -100% |
| Forrest H. Dow | $11,401 | $0 | -100% |
| Jillian Tripp | $924 | $0 | -100% |
| John D. Allen | $1,972 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua D. Hatch | $23,506 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Hardy | $33,997 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucky Lobster, LLC. | $41,917 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark T. Fowler | $15,098 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew J. Gray | $15,104 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel G. Friend | $5,834 | $0 | -100% |
| Saunders Fishing Company | $27,524 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Allen | $781 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas D Ciomei | $9,901 | $0 | -100% |
| Tripp Fisheries, LLC | $14,786 | $0 | -100% |
| Victor L. Smith | $838 | $0 | -100% |
| William Ballou | $9,460 | $0 | -100% |
| William Travis Dammier | $13,850 | $0 | -100% |
| Wreckless Seafood, LLC | $22,764 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles H. Kilton | $908 | $0 | -100% |
| F V First Impression II, Inc. | $8,224 | $0 | -100% |
| F/V Gina Lynne II, Inc. | $51,884 | $0 | -100% |
| F/V Jamma Jac | $483 | $0 | -100% |
| Myles H. Bierman | $5,027 | $0 | -100% |
| Obsession, Inc. | $68,437 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade Sargent | $8,442 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen Doughty | $18,378 | $0 | -100% |
| Babe Stanley | $4,252 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce A. Beal | $3,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Guyton | $30,289 | $0 | -100% |
| Clifton T. Doughty | $10,892 | $0 | -100% |
| Connor Lee | $1,725 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Daniel Tracey | $15,764 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory L. Jordan | $4,576 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer L. Minard | $1,242 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome T. Briggs | $34,694 | $0 | -100% |
| John Andrew Daley | $2,043 | $0 | -100% |
| Jordan M. Joy | $1,700 | $0 | -100% |
| Levon G. Tracey Jr. | $13,361 | $0 | -100% |
| Levon Tracey Sr. | $7,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Sargent | $43,580 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter A. Coombs II | $26,864 | $0 | -100% |
| Wyatt B. Burke | $2,940 | $0 | -100% |
| Albert L. Buswell | $2,745 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin Arthur Doliber | $22,278 | $0 | -100% |
| Caleb Charles MacDonald | $27,660 | $0 | -100% |
| Carlton Joyce, Inc. | $11,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Cindy Lee Turner | $6,809 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel V. Johnson | $23,935 | $0 | -100% |
| David J. Joyce | $3,558 | $0 | -100% |
| David Kenneth Lemoine | $9,786 | $0 | -100% |
| Dusty D. Staples | $23,002 | $0 | -100% |
| Dwight Colbath | $15,658 | $0 | -100% |
| Elijah Joyce | $2,571 | $0 | -100% |
| Ella Joyce | $809 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric Staples | $49,502 | $0 | -100% |
| Ezra D. Johnson | $18,912 | $0 | -100% |
| Galen A. Turner | $8,060 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary V. Tapley Jr. | $3,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary William Turner | $8,156 | $0 | -100% |
| Gaven S. Staples | $18,030 | $0 | -100% |
| Grant Joyce | $4,622 | $0 | -100% |
| Hannah Joy | $771 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard A. Dentremont Jr. | $11,572 | $0 | -100% |
| Isaac Adam Stinson | $9,184 | $0 | -100% |
| Isaiah M. Sawyer | $2,873 | $0 | -100% |
| Isle's of Maine Seafood, Inc. | $12,504 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Joyce | $23,653 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Matthews | $20,890 | $0 | -100% |
| John J Rozenski | $484 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph W. Staples | $24,756 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Applin | $22,896 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua B. Turner | $2,636 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua V. Joyce | $29,322 | $0 | -100% |
| Josiah Adam Joy | $2,854 | $0 | -100% |
| Katelynn Lemoine | $257 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Lemoine Jr. | $25,618 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Staples | $18,960 | $0 | -100% |
| Leah Marie Ranquist | $9,893 | $0 | -100% |
| Leonard May | $13,376 | $0 | -100% |
| Leonard May II | $10,340 | $0 | -100% |
| Lester Stanley | $42,861 | $0 | -100% |
| Lincoln Adam | $5,323 | $0 | -100% |
| Lincoln B. Johnson | $13,610 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Stanley | $9,894 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn L. Sawyer | $1,003 | $0 | -100% |
| Marshall P. Walker | $16,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary C. Joy | $1,001 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Joy | $13,163 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael David Joyce | $2,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Olivia Joyce | $780 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Adam Joy | $15,259 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Gordon Joy | $7,360 | $0 | -100% |
| Peyton Charlotte, Inc. | $38,730 | $0 | -100% |
| Rachel E. Johnson | $5,582 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard E. Davis Jr. | $19,096 | $0 | -100% |
| Roman a Rozenski | $10,902 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Joy | $37,454 | $0 | -100% |
| Seth Gordon Joy | $7,147 | $0 | -100% |
| Shepard K. Walker | $8,144 | $0 | -100% |
| Sophia Dy | $152 | $0 | -100% |
| Spencer Joyce | $16,467 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Riedel | $11,282 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Riedel II | $4,046 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis May Sr. | $4,486 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernon A. Johnson | $9,496 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,329,811 | $813,361 | -81.2% |
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