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In 2021, 104 farmers in cities within Jefferson County received a total of $1.1 million in 167 farm subsidies, a 72.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.9 million in 303 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker & Sons Farm I, Inc. | $744,938 | $137,759 | -81.5% |
| Walker & Sons Farm II, Inc. | $422,828 | $130,686 | -69.1% |
| Fulford Family Farms, LLC | $147,898 | $127,392 | -13.9% |
| Patrick Kirk Brock | $116,270 | $102,097 | -12.2% |
| James T. Messer | $0 | $80,090 | -- |
| Stephen Demott Investments, LLC | $31,176 | $77,121 | 147.4% |
| J & J Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Fulford 6 Farming Company, LLC | $131,843 | $43,968 | -66.7% |
| T B Walker and Sons | $156,464 | $40,836 | -73.9% |
| Riverstick Plantation, LLLP | $28,271 | $31,503 | 11.4% |
| George Frazier | $9,139 | $24,420 | 167.2% |
| Winston C. Bridges | $13,588 | $19,211 | 41.4% |
| Double Cross Ranch, Inc. | $20,408 | $16,527 | -19% |
| Jeffery L. Fringer | $228 | $16,003 | 6,918.9% |
| New Leaf Farms, Inc. | $145,730 | $15,790 | -89.2% |
| Sonja S. Walker | $45,398 | $12,933 | -71.5% |
| Mark Demott Farm, LLC | $15,901 | $10,340 | -35% |
| Richard J. Assad | $76,000 | $8,474 | -88.9% |
| Jeffrey Wayne Walker | $28,965 | $8,334 | -71.2% |
| Sloan Walker | $30,965 | $7,767 | -74.9% |
| Walter B. Edwards Jr. | $11,423 | $6,867 | -39.9% |
| Benjamin White | $17,920 | $5,709 | -68.1% |
| J. N. Tuten Jr. | $16,926 | $5,613 | -66.8% |
| J N Tuten JR, LLC | $20,872 | $5,567 | -73.3% |
| Hans Jefferson Sorensen | $21,560 | $5,050 | -76.6% |
| Franklin Floyd Estate III | $6,505 | $4,848 | -25.5% |
| Grubbs Farm, LLC | $22,359 | $4,239 | -81% |
| Benjamin D. Bishop | $10,505 | $4,199 | -60% |
| Marilyn - Marilyn N Edwards Trust | $12,447 | $3,859 | -69% |
| Moehle Trust No 101 | $6,812 | $3,145 | -53.8% |
| Sharon R. Boland | $3,139 | $3,052 | -2.8% |
| Albert E. Cooksey | $13,981 | $3,010 | -78.5% |
| Thomas J. Stover | $11,022 | $2,885 | -73.8% |
| 210 Cattle, LLC | $7,671 | $2,878 | -62.5% |
| Josephine Bridges | $10,783 | $2,650 | -75.4% |
| Glenn E. Sever | $14,974 | $2,484 | -83.4% |
| John E. Hawkins | $9,048 | $2,461 | -72.8% |
| Helen Kae Haley | $5,643 | $2,295 | -59.3% |
| Edward L. Johnson III | $2,185 | $2,185 | 0% |
| Hubert Hightower | $7,998 | $2,170 | -72.9% |
| Patricia Jones Polston | $2,328 | $2,142 | -8% |
| Joshua Assad | $1,749 | $2,131 | 21.8% |
| Donald Bailey | $8,800 | $2,009 | -77.2% |
| Frances H. Roberts | $6,577 | $1,683 | -74.4% |
| William Turnbull Anderson Jr. | $8,042 | $1,574 | -80.4% |
| Carl Jason Vinson | $3,406 | $1,469 | -56.9% |
| Michael T. Willis | $4,906 | $1,398 | -71.5% |
| Rodney Roberts | $5,291 | $1,295 | -75.5% |
| Beulah Brinson | $1,235 | $1,235 | 0% |
| Justin Dean Forehand | $5,401 | $1,198 | -77.8% |
| Rick Stoutamire | $441 | $1,194 | 170.7% |
| Tuten Cattle, LLC | $5,412 | $1,170 | -78.4% |
| Hines F. Boyd | $1,169 | $1,169 | 0% |
| Thomas Scott Sr. | $4,213 | $1,142 | -72.9% |
| Kenneth J. Hall | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Ashton & Betty Payne Family, LLC | $4,818 | $1,084 | -77.5% |
| Maxie Miller | $5,733 | $1,014 | -82.3% |
| Douglas C. White | $999 | $999 | 0% |
| Eric H. Sorensen | $3,520 | $982 | -72.1% |
| E M Padget, LLC | $3,313 | $953 | -71.2% |
| Matthew Bishop | $4,675 | $935 | -80% |
| Robert E. Poston | $0 | $885 | -- |
| Matthew C. Davis | $914 | $870 | -4.8% |
| Lounette M Joyner | $856 | $856 | 0% |
| Claude D. Groom Jr. | $2,969 | $832 | -72% |
| Matthew Ryan Borders | $831 | $831 | 0% |
| Gregory R. Lee | $3,726 | $766 | -79.4% |
| Dwight Evans | $1,364 | $741 | -45.7% |
| Jewel Cattle Company, LLC | $3,399 | $720 | -78.8% |
| Rickie W. Chancy | $747 | $704 | -5.8% |
| Jeffery J. Boland | $747 | $704 | -5.8% |
| Susan Anderson | $0 | $660 | -- |
| William R. Floyd | $3,843 | $658 | -82.9% |
| Hoffner Cattle Company, LLC | $4,947 | $628 | -87.3% |
| George R. Pridgeon Jr. | $2,860 | $602 | -79% |
| Charles Crumity | $3,762 | $580 | -84.6% |
| Bethel Ransom | $3,063 | $564 | -81.6% |
| Washington Gallon | $1,760 | $562 | -68.1% |
| Kathy B. Sawyer | $475 | $475 | 0% |
| Charles R Reinbott III | $3,520 | $442 | -87.4% |
| Joseph P. Day | $438 | $438 | 0% |
| Patricia Duggar | $2,666 | $438 | -83.6% |
| Stephen Monroe | $1,364 | $430 | -68.5% |
| Ronald W. Churchill | $1,023 | $408 | -60.1% |
| Moehle Trust No 201 | $1,025 | $378 | -63.1% |
| Shederick Green | $20,001 | $377 | -98.1% |
| Susan K. Floyd | $2,363 | $363 | -84.6% |
| Leroy Frazier | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Seward E. Hamilton Jr. | $1,243 | $307 | -75.3% |
| George E. Willis Jr. | $1,364 | $294 | -78.4% |
| David F. Proctor | $608 | $257 | -57.7% |
| Cheyenne F. Floyd | $1,491 | $256 | -82.8% |
| Linda Cooley | $1,177 | $256 | -78.2% |
| Daniel H. Bulloch | $252 | $252 | 0% |
| Ben Ransom Jr. | $916 | $214 | -76.6% |
| Joshua L. Rodriguez | $715 | $206 | -71.2% |
| Cedric Stephens | $671 | $195 | -70.9% |
| Charlie Walker | $179 | $179 | 0% |
| Alfreda G. Bradley | $1,181 | $156 | -86.8% |
| Joseph Bellamy | $643 | $152 | -76.4% |
| Warner Miller | $561 | $146 | -74% |
| Harris Taylor | $896 | $102 | -88.6% |
| Richard A. Youtzy | $271 | $69 | -74.5% |
| Sandra Barnhart | $440 | $66 | -85% |
| Doris Scott | $117 | $0 | -100% |
| Earl T. McKown | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald Bailey | $817 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome McLin | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy B. Nazaruk | $817 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd Nursery, LLC | $85,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Perfect Plants Nursery, LLC | $158,477 | $0 | -100% |
| 3 Lee's Farm, LLC | $3,963 | $0 | -100% |
| Big Southern Tree Growers, Inc. | $170,140 | $0 | -100% |
| Courtney McCaulley | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Deer Stream Productions | $5,755 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane H. Murdock | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Turner | $88 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas Walker | $4,108 | $0 | -100% |
| Eldon Tainter | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Full Moon Farm, LLC | $9,463 | $0 | -100% |
| George Pittman | $100 | $0 | -100% |
| Glendower Farms, Inc. | $10,749 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Clayton | $120,201 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary J. Tuten | $6,265 | $0 | -100% |
| James Bellamy | $2,473 | $0 | -100% |
| Jopl Enterprises, LLC | $98 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Roy Colson | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewis Brinson | $11,739 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucius Wade | $8,427 | $0 | -100% |
| Lyman Walker IV | $22,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Malloy's Nursery, Inc. | $53,659 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael A. Bentley | $5,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Monticello Nurseries, LLC | $120,934 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Constand | $508 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Nealy | $685 | $0 | -100% |
| Rocky Soil Family Farm, LLC | $946 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Faglie | $1,975 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah R. King | $3,055 | $0 | -100% |
| Simpson Nurseries Laa | $293,167 | $0 | -100% |
| Southern Planters Laa | $237,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Southern Tree Source, LLC | $28,834 | $0 | -100% |
| William Nealy | $1,269 | $0 | -100% |
| Wooten Farm Land, LLC | $187 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,935,004 | $1,086,517 | -72.4% |
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