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In 2021, 305 farmers in cities within Mason County received a total of $1 million in 513 farm subsidies, a 69% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.2 million in 1,022 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 Mason County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rouse Farm, Inc. | $95,739 | $76,885 | -19.7% |
| Jason L. Gifford | $163,428 | $69,591 | -57.4% |
| Springdale Stock Farms, LLC | $184,486 | $63,109 | -65.8% |
| David Allen Polley | $104,784 | $42,843 | -59.1% |
| Kody David Sweet | $19,719 | $31,154 | 58% |
| Lowe Farms | $99,007 | $27,520 | -72.2% |
| Jeremy Polley | $50,078 | $21,211 | -57.6% |
| Charles Allison Jr. | $62,102 | $20,639 | -66.8% |
| Barry L. Appleman | $15,969 | $18,241 | 14.2% |
| Jeff Appleman | $15,821 | $18,241 | 15.3% |
| Charles A. Welsh | $26,108 | $15,603 | -40.2% |
| Timothy J. Gray | $117,720 | $15,595 | -86.8% |
| Ashley Thomas King | $27,973 | $14,222 | -49.2% |
| Gifford Farms, LLC | $61,175 | $12,376 | -79.8% |
| Triple M Farms | $52,463 | $12,293 | -76.6% |
| Larry Arrasmith | $211 | $11,978 | 5,576.8% |
| Gerald Woods | $44,858 | $11,730 | -73.9% |
| Harold W. Burton | $27,657 | $11,238 | -59.4% |
| Mills & Sons Farm, LLC | $24,727 | $11,116 | -55% |
| Carrie Staggs | $10,962 | $10,348 | -5.6% |
| Keith Stitt | $23,032 | $10,293 | -55.3% |
| Nathan D. Gerhard | $37,854 | $10,052 | -73.4% |
| Keith Reeder | $36,562 | $10,034 | -72.6% |
| Paul Jackson | $29,303 | $9,252 | -68.4% |
| Howard C Haughaboo | $19,769 | $9,108 | -53.9% |
| Charles Cropper | $28,255 | $8,848 | -68.7% |
| Charles Boyd II | $29,829 | $8,110 | -72.8% |
| Rocking P Livestock, LLC | $37,270 | $7,791 | -79.1% |
| Phillip D. Doyle | $2,268 | $7,587 | 234.5% |
| Wayne Carpenter | $33,002 | $7,366 | -77.7% |
| Walter Allen Rosser | $26,870 | $6,930 | -74.2% |
| Mary K. Cropper | $33,575 | $6,419 | -80.9% |
| William J. Peterson | $26,817 | $6,362 | -76.3% |
| Kenny Breeze | $14,990 | $6,318 | -57.9% |
| Steven M. Breeze | $14,966 | $6,301 | -57.9% |
| David A. Rouse | $16,743 | $5,972 | -64.3% |
| Dave Clarke Farm, LLC | $24,319 | $5,842 | -76% |
| Michael Miller | $7,756 | $5,725 | -26.2% |
| Ricky Miller | $7,775 | $5,707 | -26.6% |
| Clayton S. Rapp | $34,489 | $5,618 | -83.7% |
| Davis Robinson | $2,112 | $5,496 | 160.2% |
| Paul D. Stitt | $18,008 | $5,379 | -70.1% |
| Saunders Farm, LLC | $43,513 | $5,370 | -87.7% |
| John Maynard | $21,230 | $5,359 | -74.8% |
| James Sanders Jr. | $18,171 | $5,326 | -70.7% |
| Burrwal Farm, LLC | $15,169 | $5,204 | -65.7% |
| Dan McCord | $30,897 | $5,180 | -83.2% |
| Michael Newell | $11,916 | $4,849 | -59.3% |
| Phillip Wagoner | $17,400 | $4,764 | -72.6% |
| John A. Matheny | $10,632 | $4,719 | -55.6% |
| Phillip Doyle II | $1,628 | $4,352 | 167.3% |
| Pumpelly Farms, LLC | $17,849 | $4,295 | -75.9% |
| John W. Johnson | $6,866 | $4,062 | -40.8% |
| Aaron Daniel Bunch | $6,076 | $4,020 | -33.8% |
| Linda Applegate | $0 | $4,008 | -- |
| Marilyn J. Berry | $6,545 | $3,948 | -39.7% |
| Kenneth Applegate | $12,916 | $3,944 | -69.5% |
| Chad Applegate | $12,767 | $3,911 | -69.4% |
| Kevin W. Applegate | $12,767 | $3,911 | -69.4% |
| Mellenkamp Farms, LLC | $13,013 | $3,758 | -71.1% |
| Tucker Pumpelly | $9,620 | $3,708 | -61.5% |
| Finch Farm | $21,322 | $3,645 | -82.9% |
| Barney Chambers | $4,212 | $3,583 | -14.9% |
| Justin Carmichael | $13,455 | $3,566 | -73.5% |
| Eric J. Dean | $16,443 | $3,508 | -78.7% |
| Jeff Sweet | $16,467 | $3,475 | -78.9% |
| John M. Walton | $18,906 | $3,388 | -82.1% |
| Plain View Stock Farm | $0 | $3,343 | -- |
| Kenton L. Comer | $23,171 | $3,328 | -85.6% |
| Adam McCord | $13,946 | $3,136 | -77.5% |
| John Fulton | $18,074 | $3,023 | -83.3% |
| Jeff Shields | $14,720 | $3,006 | -79.6% |
| John Rice | $16,671 | $2,962 | -82.2% |
| Wayne Cropper | $35,874 | $2,850 | -92.1% |
| Darlene McIntyre | $13,055 | $2,826 | -78.4% |
| Andrew Matheny | $13,528 | $2,808 | -79.2% |
| Kevin Armbruster | $10,030 | $2,783 | -72.3% |
| W. R. Huddleston III | $10,710 | $2,777 | -74.1% |
| Cie, Inc. | $29,358 | $2,703 | -90.8% |
| Jerry Middleton | $12,109 | $2,701 | -77.7% |
| Jenny L. Bare | $8,694 | $2,695 | -69% |
| Lewis and Lykins Farms | $1,454 | $2,627 | 80.7% |
| Ronnie Hargett | $10,806 | $2,617 | -75.8% |
| John J. Collins | $12,951 | $2,615 | -79.8% |
| John M. Jackson | $5,934 | $2,557 | -56.9% |
| Anne G. Willson | $13,655 | $2,481 | -81.8% |
| Ryan Nathaniel Owens | $7,831 | $2,473 | -68.4% |
| Winona Reeder Estate | $11,664 | $2,395 | -79.5% |
| Kirby Shugars | $7,973 | $2,373 | -70.2% |
| Robert A. Wood | $6,807 | $2,320 | -65.9% |
| Jay Stewart | $9,382 | $2,310 | -75.4% |
| Chris Scott | $10,047 | $2,238 | -77.7% |
| Dick Clary | $8,201 | $2,209 | -73.1% |
| Richard G. Hardy | $10,073 | $2,166 | -78.5% |
| Jamie Johnson | $6,011 | $2,122 | -64.7% |
| Steve Fitch | $10,748 | $2,112 | -80.3% |
| Rodney Haywood Jr. | $2,050 | $1,972 | -3.8% |
| Larry R. Manning | $15,668 | $1,968 | -87.4% |
| Lex Turner | $4,568 | $1,937 | -57.6% |
| Travis Robinson | $3,360 | $1,880 | -44% |
| Matthew J. Comer | $7,879 | $1,810 | -77% |
| Carson K. Gifford | $37,924 | $1,794 | -95.3% |
| Scotty Fulton | $10,552 | $1,777 | -83.2% |
| Rick Frodge | $11,167 | $1,738 | -84.4% |
| Steve Klump | $12,737 | $1,718 | -86.5% |
| Mike Conway | $6,020 | $1,694 | -71.9% |
| Tony Tuel | $7,199 | $1,690 | -76.5% |
| Rodney Haywood | $4,189 | $1,674 | -60% |
| Mark Buerkley | $3,564 | $1,661 | -53.4% |
| Larry K Phillips Estate | $3,741 | $1,660 | -55.6% |
| Michael Berry | $2,462 | $1,653 | -32.9% |
| Rose a Masters | $6,896 | $1,653 | -76% |
| Wayne Morris | $7,865 | $1,576 | -80% |
| Hannah Marie Patterson | $6,592 | $1,562 | -76.3% |
| Caleb G. Mullikin | $15,887 | $1,544 | -90.3% |
| Clinton K. Applegate | $4,382 | $1,540 | -64.9% |
| Spencer Rapp | $1,757 | $1,528 | -13% |
| Clint D. Hall | $7,788 | $1,514 | -80.6% |
| Thomas L. Woosley | $2,112 | $1,508 | -28.6% |
| Randy Morgan | $3,873 | $1,456 | -62.4% |
| Steve Frodge | $5,244 | $1,439 | -72.6% |
| John J Conie | $4,296 | $1,399 | -67.4% |
| Michael Adam | $5,115 | $1,360 | -73.4% |
| Kevin Colemire | $5,226 | $1,346 | -74.2% |
| Zachary Dale Mullikin | $15,605 | $1,324 | -91.5% |
| Elbert Pennington | $9,351 | $1,323 | -85.9% |
| Wilburn K. Applegate | $7,227 | $1,316 | -81.8% |
| Russell W. Toller | $7,670 | $1,307 | -83% |
| Jonathan Lucas | $3,875 | $1,293 | -66.6% |
| Susan Maynard | $5,934 | $1,289 | -78.3% |
| William Scott Clary | $8,442 | $1,281 | -84.8% |
| Michael D. Ravencraft | $6,830 | $1,280 | -81.3% |
| Anthony Wenz Jr. | $3,714 | $1,269 | -65.8% |
| Cropper Farms | $6,032 | $1,262 | -79.1% |
| Rocky Kirk | $4,851 | $1,237 | -74.5% |
| Richard L. Barton | $10,061 | $1,210 | -88% |
| Dylan D. Osborne | $21,927 | $1,210 | -94.5% |
| Janice Allison | $2,211 | $1,200 | -45.7% |
| Katlen Alane Ream | $3,927 | $1,179 | -70% |
| Stephen B. Clary | $4,246 | $1,144 | -73.1% |
| Mike Gifford | $4,847 | $1,139 | -76.5% |
| Johnny Gifford | $5,170 | $1,138 | -78% |
| Joan Moyer | $4,249 | $1,129 | -73.4% |
| Ronald Rankin | $7,338 | $1,109 | -84.9% |
| Eric D. Cooper | $4,323 | $1,094 | -74.7% |
| Eugene Ensor | $6,356 | $1,084 | -82.9% |
| Allen Mullikin | $5,573 | $1,073 | -80.7% |
| Danny Garrison | $4,794 | $1,055 | -78% |
| Donald Gene Bays | $6,209 | $1,055 | -83% |
| Larry Fulton | $9,375 | $1,048 | -88.8% |
| Mark A. Weiss | $11,510 | $1,047 | -90.9% |
| Emory Reynolds Moreland III | $5,479 | $1,045 | -80.9% |
| James T. Clarke | $6,044 | $986 | -83.7% |
| John M. French Jr. | $4,236 | $985 | -76.7% |
| James Russell Mason | $2,211 | $980 | -55.7% |
| Garrett Henderson | $7,346 | $972 | -86.8% |
| Rosanna Coblentz | $967 | $967 | 0% |
| Doug Heim | $5,367 | $966 | -82% |
| Cecil Wilson | $5,208 | $947 | -81.8% |
| Larry Darnell | $4,496 | $934 | -79.2% |
| Denise Bray | $3,014 | $925 | -69.3% |
| William T. Slack Jr. | $3,630 | $910 | -74.9% |
| Christopher C. Hopper | $24,169 | $897 | -96.3% |
| Bobby Shepherd | $3,223 | $880 | -72.7% |
| Stephen A. Dugan | $4,887 | $872 | -82.2% |
| Jackie Applegate | $3,971 | $864 | -78.2% |
| Shelby C. Trimble | $3,673 | $863 | -76.5% |
| Darrin Blevins | $0 | $858 | -- |
| William E. Boulden Jr. | $6,831 | $853 | -87.5% |
| Brian Hunt | $6,024 | $850 | -85.9% |
| Tony Dugan Jr. | $3,636 | $834 | -77.1% |
| Ashley Louise Frodge | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Ruth Volz | $3,080 | $820 | -73.4% |
| Johnny H. Workman | $4,477 | $816 | -81.8% |
| Dennis Wuertz | $4,839 | $814 | -83.2% |
| John Hutchings | $4,334 | $811 | -81.3% |
| John Pfeffer Jr. | $4,403 | $765 | -82.6% |
| Joshua S. Menefee | $2,673 | $765 | -71.4% |
| George E Scheek | $2,076 | $759 | -63.4% |
| Kate Gausmann | $755 | $755 | 0% |
| Paul Gausmann | $755 | $755 | 0% |
| Sandra M. Doyle | $3,871 | $744 | -80.8% |
| Kevin Burton | $2,574 | $742 | -71.2% |
| Christopher C. Cropper | $3,465 | $740 | -78.6% |
| ATM Farms, LLC | $3,322 | $734 | -77.9% |
| Dale Stith | $3,828 | $730 | -80.9% |
| Randall A. Bray | $4,252 | $720 | -83.1% |
| Ronald Bertram | $3,747 | $712 | -81% |
| Bryant Keith Trimble | $2,739 | $683 | -75.1% |
| Carpenter Brothers Farm | $7,668 | $678 | -91.2% |
| Keith Phillips | $3,497 | $670 | -80.8% |
| Billy Doyle | $2,849 | $656 | -77% |
| Nathan Story | $4,405 | $653 | -85.2% |
| Kyler Sapp | $3,256 | $647 | -80.1% |
| Johnny Breeze | $4,590 | $616 | -86.6% |
| Kenny Cracraft | $2,247 | $604 | -73.1% |
| Phillip Stacy | $3,556 | $592 | -83.4% |
| Kenneth White | $3,924 | $589 | -85% |
| Alfred Rouse | $4,715 | $588 | -87.5% |
| Steve R. Chandler | $0 | $586 | -- |
| Don Germann | $3,916 | $577 | -85.3% |
| Joseph Carpenter | $1,083 | $573 | -47.1% |
| Josh Estill | $2,007 | $569 | -71.6% |
| Cheryl French | $2,751 | $566 | -79.4% |
| Bobby Walton | $4,261 | $560 | -86.9% |
| Kathleen Aguilar | $2,159 | $548 | -74.6% |
| Russell Burke | $2,934 | $540 | -81.6% |
| Mark Fulton | $3,248 | $527 | -83.8% |
| Nadine Barker | $4,376 | $526 | -88% |
| John Dale Newsom | $1,627 | $522 | -67.9% |
| Gregory Bess | $1,572 | $522 | -66.8% |
| Jacob A. Bevins | $1,936 | $513 | -73.5% |
| Seth Matthew Sweet | $2,287 | $512 | -77.6% |
| John B. Delong | $2,090 | $508 | -75.7% |
| Troy Carpenter | $1,311 | $505 | -61.5% |
| Eric L. Cowan | $2,299 | $496 | -78.4% |
| Dorothy Wood | $2,452 | $486 | -80.2% |
| Charles P. Frame | $2,992 | $486 | -83.8% |
| William Calland | $2,321 | $484 | -79.1% |
| Martin Halleran | $606 | $469 | -22.6% |
| Kristie Gifford | $2,461 | $457 | -81.4% |
| Joshua Lynn Stamm | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Phillip Truesdell | $2,090 | $440 | -78.9% |
| Earl Lee Jones | $1,776 | $432 | -75.7% |
| Lee H. Dotson | $1,235 | $411 | -66.7% |
| Elmer James Schmudde | $3,037 | $408 | -86.6% |
| Joseph Doyle | $1,108 | $402 | -63.7% |
| Ronald T. Lowe | $3,123 | $391 | -87.5% |
| Alison Hazelrigg | $2,683 | $372 | -86.1% |
| Brenda O'Cull | $2,574 | $367 | -85.7% |
| Brian Matthew Cracraft | $1,408 | $362 | -74.3% |
| Roger K. Menefee | $2,338 | $362 | -84.5% |
| Billy V. Cropper | $1,300 | $353 | -72.8% |
| Harold Hord | $2,632 | $349 | -86.7% |
| Jeanine Gifford | $1,610 | $346 | -78.5% |
| Barbara Colemire | $1,453 | $345 | -76.3% |
| Kevin Lee Truesdell | $3,567 | $345 | -90.3% |
| Boone Farms of Minerva Partnership | $1,716 | $343 | -80% |
| Charles Blake Boyd | $2,506 | $329 | -86.9% |
| Christopher G. Weber | $968 | $326 | -66.3% |
| Arthur D. Henderson | $2,314 | $322 | -86.1% |
| Duane Mills | $0 | $316 | -- |
| James E. Harmon | $2,796 | $304 | -89.1% |
| Jack Hardeman | $1,379 | $301 | -78.2% |
| Allen Rankin | $1,221 | $298 | -75.6% |
| Brian A. Thomas | $1,942 | $287 | -85.2% |
| Gary Linville | $0 | $286 | -- |
| Curtis Rosser | $1,985 | $277 | -86% |
| Haley McCarty | $696 | $274 | -60.6% |
| Jane P. Collins | $3,986 | $266 | -93.3% |
| Scott Mellenkamp | $2,123 | $260 | -87.8% |
| Gary Shepherd | $1,210 | $259 | -78.6% |
| Marilyn Allen | $1,378 | $256 | -81.4% |
| Joshua Shannon | $594 | $228 | -61.6% |
| William R. Shugars Jr. | $1,864 | $222 | -88.1% |
| Hazel B. Welsh | $605 | $208 | -65.6% |
| Luke Malone | $1,210 | $208 | -82.8% |
| Kenneth Williams | $906 | $197 | -78.3% |
| Dana Calland | $695 | $187 | -73.1% |
| Matthew E. Jefferson | $1,618 | $180 | -88.9% |
| Kevin Michael Doyle | $1,303 | $178 | -86.3% |
| Kevin Michael Doyle | $1,303 | $178 | -86.3% |
| Jewell Taylor | $677 | $176 | -74% |
| Isaac Biddle | $2,413 | $172 | -92.9% |
| Roger Owens | $123 | $164 | 33.3% |
| Carolyn Landreth | $469 | $156 | -66.7% |
| Chris L. Jett | $391 | $154 | -60.6% |
| Angela Nicole Rose | $1,164 | $137 | -88.2% |
| Rick Pumpelly | $7,397 | $135 | -98.2% |
| James Rice | $484 | $129 | -73.3% |
| Eric Crawford | $0 | $129 | -- |
| Delsia H Bare | $323 | $116 | -64.1% |
| Charles Wenz | $1,259 | $115 | -90.9% |
| Tony Wenz | $1,259 | $115 | -90.9% |
| Chris Jones | $3,898 | $107 | -97.3% |
| Deborah H. Merrill | $282 | $99 | -64.9% |
| Matthew David | $880 | $88 | -90% |
| Chase Wayne Lykins | $418 | $83 | -80.1% |
| Landis Cooper Pasley | $561 | $74 | -86.8% |
| Ray Haywood | $574 | $73 | -87.3% |
| Archie Rose | $2,217 | $73 | -96.7% |
| Joseph E. Ulrich | $236 | $71 | -69.9% |
| Michael C. Sweeney | $407 | $69 | -83% |
| Donald McElfresh | $1,746 | $60 | -96.6% |
| Lu Fuller | $2,998 | $55 | -98.2% |
| Lorita Roe | $95 | $47 | -50.5% |
| James Barbee | $202 | $46 | -77.2% |
| Jarrod Estill | $2,431 | $45 | -98.1% |
| Charles W. Jones | $528 | $42 | -92% |
| Ronald Adams | $529 | $41 | -92.2% |
| Carl Haywood | $0 | $38 | -- |
| Jackie Doyle Jr. | $0 | $38 | -- |
| Michelle K. Carpenter | $0 | $38 | -- |
| James D. Bolen | $2,777 | $33 | -98.8% |
| Terry Pasley | $1,092 | $26 | -97.6% |
| John Lowe | $175 | $20 | -88.6% |
| Robert G. Brown | $55 | $19 | -65.5% |
| Martha Pawsat | $161 | $17 | -89.4% |
| George Ray Cordray | $224 | $17 | -92.4% |
| William J. Soward | $99 | $17 | -82.8% |
| Denise M. Fulton | $83 | $8 | -90.4% |
| Edith Ryan | $16 | $8 | -50% |
| Allen Ramsey | $186 | $7 | -96.2% |
| Estill Earls | $87 | $7 | -92% |
| Pat Perraut | $165 | $1 | -99.4% |
| Carole Hartley | $5,838 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn H. Jones | $1,347 | $0 | -100% |
| Pat Finn | $84 | $0 | -100% |
| Bennie Haywood | $345 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine H. Lindner | $117 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles D Masters | $515 | $0 | -100% |
| Clinton Ray Bramel Jr. | $7,955 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelsey Taylor Schwartz | $3,211 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Higgins | $134 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd Caskey Jr. | $318 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Fulton | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph Cooper | $817 | $0 | -100% |
| Rita McElfresh | $4 | $0 | -100% |
| Rob Linville | $119 | $0 | -100% |
| Scotty Johnson | $523 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony McElfresh | $2,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley K. Kegley II | $321 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon Sanders | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda M. Carpenter | $121 | $0 | -100% |
| Caleb Tyler Ream | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Clint Lowe | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Clay Cartmell | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel G. Collins | $3,786 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Thacker | $780 | $0 | -100% |
| Elden Ginn Tobacco Warehouse | $4,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Mellenkamp | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Truesdell | $200 | $0 | -100% |
| Gina Gann | $78 | $0 | -100% |
| James B. Maddox | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Barnett-Gifford | $35 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennie Whitehead | $103 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Lynn Selby | $95 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Mellenkamp | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Fulton | $5,447 | $0 | -100% |
| Lena May O'Cull | $63 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Truesdell | $1,819 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis Mason | $410 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Earls | $87 | $0 | -100% |
| Misty Freeman | $188 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Truesdell | $1,431 | $0 | -100% |
| Pam Fulton | $85 | $0 | -100% |
| Rhonda Whisman | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Robin Stewart | $83 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan R. Hauke | $138 | $0 | -100% |
| Suzette Blevins | $245 | $0 | -100% |
| Tanja Haughaboo-Griffith | $228 | $0 | -100% |
| Winona E. Reeder | $2,553 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,238,766 | $1,002,581 | -69% |
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