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In 2021, 98 farmers in cities within Floyd County received a total of $440,344 in 134 farm subsidies, a 64.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.2 million in 260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Owens Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Mccord Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| WC Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Bagwell Brothers | $72,861 | $25,840 | -64.5% |
| Lance McDonald | $45,776 | $25,231 | -44.9% |
| John T. Lowrey | $87,888 | $21,600 | -75.4% |
| Thomas S. Stinson | $64,485 | $21,598 | -66.5% |
| Reynolds Bend Farm, LLLP | $65,580 | $20,587 | -68.6% |
| Samuel M. Lowrey | $37,476 | $9,890 | -73.6% |
| Horton Bend Farms | $8,215 | $8,215 | 0% |
| Cile, Inc. | $18,837 | $8,173 | -56.6% |
| James L. Colston | $0 | $7,628 | -- |
| Ray J. Tate Jr. | $24,236 | $6,389 | -73.6% |
| Bar Nothing Ranch, LLC | $19,693 | $6,322 | -67.9% |
| James T. Jordan | $29,941 | $6,203 | -79.3% |
| Oakdale Family Partnership, LLLP | $21,470 | $6,189 | -71.2% |
| Jerry Shaw | $0 | $5,025 | -- |
| Rochelle R. Howard | $4,997 | $4,737 | -5.2% |
| Philip A. Litton | $12,603 | $4,675 | -62.9% |
| Beth B. Plummer | $4,562 | $4,562 | 0% |
| B. H. Braden & Son, Ltd. | $5,709 | $4,313 | -24.5% |
| Claudia Slicker | $7,574 | $3,702 | -51.1% |
| Michael L. Crider | $12,796 | $3,588 | -72% |
| L. S. Garrison Jr. | $3,578 | $3,578 | 0% |
| Lane and Sons, LLLP | $3,546 | $3,546 | 0% |
| Ivy A. Lowrey | $13,206 | $3,346 | -74.7% |
| Walter D. Hamby | $6,644 | $3,278 | -50.7% |
| Michael W. Mathis | $8,781 | $3,200 | -63.6% |
| Steven Brent Terry | $6,259 | $3,161 | -49.5% |
| Lynn T. Gill | $5,152 | $2,600 | -49.5% |
| Charles Frederick Jackson Jr. | $8,199 | $2,312 | -71.8% |
| Susan H. Cooper | $2,270 | $2,270 | 0% |
| Seaborn J. Whatley | $9,022 | $2,070 | -77.1% |
| Lilla Lou Tate | $699 | $2,015 | 188.3% |
| Marshall Ashmore | $1,845 | $1,845 | 0% |
| Shandra Farms, Inc. | $44,871 | $1,796 | -96% |
| van Hardin | $7,421 | $1,666 | -77.6% |
| Michael R. Whaley | $5,698 | $1,656 | -70.9% |
| John P. Dempsey | $9,437 | $1,587 | -83.2% |
| Estate of Ollin Martin | $1,326 | $1,326 | 0% |
| Richard W. Gilbert Jr. | $8,211 | $1,294 | -84.2% |
| Gene Davidson | $1,776 | $1,252 | -29.5% |
| William C. Dunaway | $6,383 | $1,208 | -81.1% |
| Robert Rogers | $1,150 | $1,150 | 0% |
| Wayne C. Rush | $2,187 | $1,115 | -49% |
| Bridges Brothers Farm, Inc. | $0 | $1,089 | -- |
| James Michael Moody | $4,266 | $1,052 | -75.3% |
| Robert W. Roe | $1,049 | $1,049 | 0% |
| Dennis Renfroe | $4,015 | $1,036 | -74.2% |
| James H. Birdsong IV | $3,905 | $1,035 | -73.5% |
| Cleveland Norton Jackson | $3,733 | $983 | -73.7% |
| Alex Hunter Ayer | $3,719 | $983 | -73.6% |
| WSW Incorporated | $3,080 | $949 | -69.2% |
| Keith Fountain | $6,394 | $880 | -86.2% |
| Jose Miranda | $1,650 | $862 | -47.8% |
| Mary E. Cline | $1,721 | $842 | -51.1% |
| Shelia J. Broome | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Rickey D. Boatner | $3,531 | $811 | -77% |
| J W Futch Farm, LLC | $3,864 | $810 | -79% |
| Stephen Joe Wells | $3,169 | $797 | -74.9% |
| Mark Lynn Detweiler | $3,984 | $776 | -80.5% |
| Crystal Redden | $2,838 | $724 | -74.5% |
| James D. Lanier | $676 | $676 | 0% |
| Andree Miranda | $1,287 | $673 | -47.7% |
| Christopher H. Proctor | $2,857 | $673 | -76.4% |
| Dustin Andrew Smith | $2,222 | $673 | -69.7% |
| Joshua Michael Smith | $2,222 | $673 | -69.7% |
| Shay L. Momon | $3,289 | $673 | -79.5% |
| William Lamar Davis | $2,442 | $673 | -72.4% |
| Scott C. Couey | $1,254 | $656 | -47.7% |
| Donald C. Davis Jr. | $1,618 | $613 | -62.1% |
| Ellen D. Whitley | $1,618 | $613 | -62.1% |
| Janet Barkley | $1,618 | $613 | -62.1% |
| Charles J. Howell | $2,409 | $569 | -76.4% |
| Stephen A. Stutts | $2,628 | $528 | -79.9% |
| Travis Rosser | $1,846 | $518 | -71.9% |
| Carol Abernathy Winkle | $1,178 | $442 | -62.5% |
| Glenn C. Montgomery | $1,485 | $431 | -71% |
| Martha P. Mathis | $1,870 | $431 | -77% |
| Jimmy Barnes | $1,077 | $401 | -62.8% |
| Johnston Cattle Company, Inc. | $1,265 | $345 | -72.7% |
| Randolph P. Sumner | $0 | $330 | -- |
| James H. Hudson | $2,040 | $328 | -83.9% |
| Linda Jordan Astin | $860 | $324 | -62.3% |
| Ann Alfold | $1,056 | $293 | -72.3% |
| James Timothy Garner | $751 | $290 | -61.4% |
| Jeffery T. Howard | $0 | $260 | -- |
| Bryan T. Buffington | $801 | $259 | -67.7% |
| Gerald G. Williams | $662 | $259 | -60.9% |
| Edward M. Dickinson | $0 | $209 | -- |
| David Dellinger | $396 | $207 | -47.7% |
| Nicole Kendall Marcott | $1,456 | $155 | -89.4% |
| Audrey W. Bryant | $402 | $154 | -61.7% |
| Dee B. Bates | $276 | $136 | -50.7% |
| Margaret Wimberly | $117 | $117 | 0% |
| Scott C. Pullen | $748 | $104 | -86.1% |
| Ricky W. Kerce | $732 | $93 | -87.3% |
| Thomas E. Dempsey Jr. | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| Anthony Jerome Allen | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryson Alex Lamboy | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Jane Smith | $2,767 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Angel | $2,915 | $0 | -100% |
| James Gregory Everett | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Luis M. Moreno | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew Litton | $1,341 | $0 | -100% |
| Berry Fresh, LLC | $290,656 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley James Swancy | $848 | $0 | -100% |
| Carey K. Harris | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Steven Cox | $971 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Ann Leonard | $2,721 | $0 | -100% |
| Rhett E. Butler Jr. | $1,882 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank L. Davis | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Gene Paul Carroll | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Helmut H. Cawthon | $57 | $0 | -100% |
| James N. Raper | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnson Farm Property, LLC | $4,306 | $0 | -100% |
| Marjorie L. Detweiler | $1,333 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Hill Braden | $7,581 | $0 | -100% |
| N N Burnes Farms, Inc. | $8,947 | $0 | -100% |
| Southeastern Mills, Inc. | $500 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan R. Hamilton | $1,220 | $0 | -100% |
| Tucker Farms, Inc. | $86,770 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter C. Johnson | $3,627 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendell Fincher | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,226,063 | $440,344 | -64.1% |
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