Farms in Litchfield County received $309,046 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Of the 123 subsidies provided, the largest was for Logue Farms, Inc., which received $37,992 for the claim of “Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities”.
The smallest subsidy provided to a Litchfield County farmer was $5 to Logue Farms, Inc..
There were 141 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies fell by $753,119.
Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies “help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses.”
USDA data analyzed by the Cato Institute found that “farmers (on net) have derived almost 40% of their income directly from the U.S. government” in recent years.
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.
Subsidies Received by Litchfield County Code Farmers in 2021
| Farmer | $ Received | Reason for Subsidy | Total Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logue Farms, Inc. | $37,992 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $40,199 |
| Woodbury Farm Market, Inc. | $23,269 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program – Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act | $23,269 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $11,584 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $7,082 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $6,619 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| Harry Klug | $6,563 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| Harry Klug | $5,899 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $5,819 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| Charles a Destival | $5,558 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $5,558 |
| Edwina E Moreland Realty Trust | $5,286 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $8,978 |
| Harry Klug | $5,065 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| Harry Klug | $5,034 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $4,865 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| National Audubon Society, Inc. | $4,838 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $6,643 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $4,793 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $4,752 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| Harry Klug | $4,695 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| George W. Klug | $4,485 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $4,485 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $4,308 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Harry Klug | $4,031 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| Harry Klug | $3,969 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| Harry Klug | $3,953 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $3,699 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $3,676 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Harry Klug | $3,644 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $3,428 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Harry Klug | $3,382 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| Kalenauskas Farm, LLC | $3,319 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Livestock and Poultry | $4,113 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $3,159 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $21,440 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $3,155 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $3,006 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $2,943 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $2,898 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $2,887 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Sharon Hamby O’Connor Revocable Trust | $2,872 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $4,795 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $2,836 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $2,661 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $2,533 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $2,470 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $2,459 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $2,435 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $2,420 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $2,277 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $2,257 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $2,210 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| Edwina E Moreland Realty Trust | $2,150 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $8,978 |
| Daniel Carr | $2,119 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program – Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act | $2,119 |
| Logue Farms, Inc. | $2,051 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Livestock and Poultry | $40,199 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $2,022 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $2,013 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $25,059 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $1,955 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $1,943 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $1,938 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $1,908 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $1,900 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $1,897 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $1,886 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $1,812 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| National Audubon Society, Inc. | $1,787 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $6,643 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $1,759 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $1,752 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| Sharon Hamby O’Connor Revocable Trust | $1,721 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $4,795 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $1,626 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $1,560 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $38,117 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $1,556 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $1,532 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $1,526 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $1,510 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $1,497 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $19,354 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $1,487 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| Ox Hollow Farm, LLC | $1,483 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $1,483 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $1,481 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| Weigold Farms, LLP | $1,415 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $1,466 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $1,407 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $1,365 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $1,305 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $1,267 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $1,140 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| Harry Klug | $1,127 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $47,741 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $1,103 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $1,097 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $1,064 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| John Bottass | $860 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $860 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $823 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $810 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $38,117 |
| Kalenauskas Farm, LLC | $795 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $4,113 |
| Edwina E Moreland Realty Trust | $753 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $8,978 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $615 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $542 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $25,059 |
| Rosamond G. Quay | $462 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $888 |
| Philip W. Grindrod | $435 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $21,440 |
| James Wargo | $423 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program – Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act | $423 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $422 | Dairy Margin Coverage Program | $19,354 |
| William M. Weed | $413 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $723 |
| Harry Klug | $378 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Livestock and Poultry | $47,741 |
| Edwina E Moreland Realty Trust | $360 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $8,978 |
| Wild Carrot Farm, LLC | $350 | Commodity Credit Corporation Organic Cost Share – Crops Program | $350 |
| The Nature Conservancy | $335 | Conservation Reserve Program Payment – Annual Rental | $50,000 |
| William M. Weed | $310 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program – Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act | $723 |
| Carlwood Farm, LLC | $278 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Livestock and Poultry | $25,059 |
| Rosamond G. Quay | $263 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $888 |
| Edwina E Moreland Realty Trust | $236 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $8,978 |
| Sharon Hamby O’Connor Revocable Trust | $202 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $4,795 |
| Edwina E Moreland Realty Trust | $186 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $8,978 |
| Woodbury Sugar Shed, Inc. | $184 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $184 |
| David Slipke | $161 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $224 |
| Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center | $144 | Grasslands Reserve Program | $288 |
| Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center | $144 | Grasslands Reserve Program | $288 |
| Rosamond G. Quay | $130 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities | $888 |
| Birch Mill Farm Partnership | $114 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Livestock and Poultry | $19,354 |
| Tilden Southack | $104 | Grasslands Reserve Program | $208 |
| Tilden Southack | $104 | Grasslands Reserve Program | $208 |
| Logue Farms, Inc. | $104 | Agriculture Risk Program – Individual Coverage | $40,199 |
| John H. Kimberly | $79 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Livestock and Poultry | $79 |
| David Slipke | $63 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $224 |
| Meadow Ridge Farm, LLC | $58 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Livestock and Poultry | $38,117 |
| Weigold Farms, LLP | $51 | Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 – Livestock and Poultry | $1,466 |
| Logue Farms, Inc. | $47 | Agriculture Risk Program – Individual Coverage | $40,199 |
| Rosamond G. Quay | $33 | Conservation Reserve Program – Practice Incentives Payment Program | $888 |
| National Audubon Society, Inc. | $11 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $6,643 |
| National Audubon Society, Inc. | $7 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $6,643 |
| Edwina E Moreland Realty Trust | $7 | Quality Loss Adjustment Program | $8,978 |
| Logue Farms, Inc. | $5 | Agriculture Risk Program – Individual Coverage | $40,199 |
