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Article: Cash by the acre: Thousands of Ohioans -- rich, poor and in between -- share millions in federal farm subsidies.
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- The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
- Article date:
- June 17, 2007
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Byline: Monique Curet and Doug Haddix
Jun. 17--* Search the database of Ohioans who received federal subsidies
Ohio farmers who have made millions in business or real estate also have collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm-related aid from federal taxpayers.
Churches and nonprofit groups that own land in the state received payments, as did state, county and city governments.
During the past four years, a diverse group of more than 80,000 Ohioans reaped nearly $1.5 billion in crop and conservation subsidies. Nationally, more than $56 billion was handed out.
The government payments are detailed in a new database from ...