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In 2021, 238 farmers in cities within Webster County received a total of $1.1 million in 353 farm subsidies, a 48.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.1 million in 529 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 Webster County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Walthall Farms, LLC | $274,413 | $109,527 | -60.1% |
| Steven J. Tindall | $249,056 | $80,139 | -67.8% |
| S & F Logging, Inc. | $6,631 | $59,156 | 792.1% |
| Stone Family Farms, LLC | $205,915 | $54,388 | -73.6% |
| Jeffrey L. Collum | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Timothy W. Tindall | $126,645 | $48,440 | -61.8% |
| Toby Britt Trucking | $0 | $40,292 | -- |
| James Thompson Trucking | $0 | $33,353 | -- |
| Bao Farms, LLC | $67,517 | $28,510 | -57.8% |
| Joseph P. Palmer | $64,016 | $27,588 | -56.9% |
| Jeffrey R. Tabb | $133,050 | $26,732 | -79.9% |
| Cala Hendrix Tabb | $10,358 | $24,448 | 136% |
| Steve Walker | $36,430 | $21,615 | -40.7% |
| Tabb Family Farms | $100,439 | $20,961 | -79.1% |
| Don Mann | $3,836 | $17,602 | 358.9% |
| Michael W. McGee | $42,357 | $15,856 | -62.6% |
| Wilson Brothers | $44,169 | $15,535 | -64.8% |
| Gail H. Gibson | $486 | $13,525 | 2,682.9% |
| Linda Walker | $0 | $12,281 | -- |
| William F. Sanford | $11,009 | $11,341 | 3% |
| Jerry & Nancy Tindall Farms | $42,967 | $11,191 | -74% |
| William W. Spencer | $18,867 | $10,759 | -43% |
| Rickey Card | $0 | $10,472 | -- |
| Patrick Riley | $29,486 | $9,046 | -69.3% |
| Tonia Clardy | $21,386 | $7,561 | -64.6% |
| Jej, LLC | $24,246 | $7,474 | -69.2% |
| Rodney E. Latham | $7,405 | $7,405 | 0% |
| William L. Bagwell | $6,280 | $7,108 | 13.2% |
| Donna Kay Nichols | $0 | $6,782 | -- |
| Terry Edwards | $6,590 | $6,590 | 0% |
| L. van Johnson | $36,467 | $6,579 | -82% |
| Ruben Walker | $5,374 | $6,206 | 15.5% |
| Tommy Gladney | $5,916 | $5,916 | 0% |
| Celia J. Hood | $6,520 | $5,752 | -11.8% |
| Cathy F. Embry | $5,374 | $5,637 | 4.9% |
| Betty W. Johnson | $5,094 | $5,490 | 7.8% |
| Robert W. Bagwell | $6,415 | $5,258 | -18% |
| Phyllis B. Ferguson | $2,930 | $5,117 | 74.6% |
| Morning Glory Properties, LLC | $4,909 | $5,008 | 2% |
| Harvey Glenn Mitchell | $4,000 | $4,496 | 12.4% |
| John B. Carter | $2,567 | $4,241 | 65.2% |
| Scogin Farms, Inc. | $9,277 | $4,146 | -55.3% |
| Benny W. Dean | $4,612 | $4,109 | -10.9% |
| Donald J. Chandler Jr. | $3,920 | $3,920 | 0% |
| Sam D. Stone | $5,117 | $3,911 | -23.6% |
| David Hood | $2,362 | $3,848 | 62.9% |
| Betty G. Busby | $4,024 | $3,720 | -7.6% |
| William Pat Gibson | $1,152 | $3,711 | 222.1% |
| Randall Tabb | $9,457 | $3,690 | -61% |
| Laura S. Andrews | $4,453 | $3,606 | -19% |
| Jesse Toxie Russell | $11,000 | $3,478 | -68.4% |
| Gayden Hughes | $9,624 | $3,428 | -64.4% |
| William Russell Bowen Estate | $0 | $3,371 | -- |
| Nancy Jackson | $15,235 | $3,265 | -78.6% |
| Lorene A. Eubanks | $3,187 | $3,187 | 0% |
| Ann Randall Flake | $3,267 | $3,171 | -2.9% |
| Anthony Gayden Hughes | $0 | $3,169 | -- |
| John C. Boyd | $13,816 | $3,157 | -77.1% |
| Jack E. Treloar | $2,809 | $2,993 | 6.6% |
| Jeffrey Glynn Stone | $3,918 | $2,863 | -26.9% |
| Daniel Steven Cook | $17,468 | $2,852 | -83.7% |
| Kenneth D. Ray | $3,381 | $2,810 | -16.9% |
| William C. Tollison | $2,765 | $2,765 | 0% |
| William R. Bowen | $4,317 | $2,752 | -36.3% |
| Bobby L. Smith | $7,906 | $2,688 | -66% |
| Michael Lynn Stone | $3,479 | $2,686 | -22.8% |
| Eloise E. Riley | $8,063 | $2,551 | -68.4% |
| Margie E. Pepper | $2,639 | $2,489 | -5.7% |
| Silver Ridge Farms, LLC | $10,595 | $2,481 | -76.6% |
| Dexter R. Pate | $8,226 | $2,126 | -74.2% |
| Billy R. Barnett | $2,086 | $2,120 | 1.6% |
| Glenn Harden | $2,097 | $2,097 | 0% |
| Gerry Canterbury | $2,081 | $2,089 | 0.4% |
| William H. Yates Jr. | $2,118 | $2,066 | -2.5% |
| Glen Swindoll | $3,179 | $1,946 | -38.8% |
| Elsa W. Tabb | $1,910 | $1,910 | 0% |
| H. H. Ross II | $5,859 | $1,903 | -67.5% |
| Jacqueline G. Meek | $2,128 | $1,795 | -15.6% |
| Jon David McGary | $5,951 | $1,794 | -69.9% |
| Michael Lynn Chandler | $1,983 | $1,763 | -11.1% |
| Buchanan Meek Jr. | $2,624 | $1,735 | -33.9% |
| Billy D. Smith | $0 | $1,708 | -- |
| Jerald Knight | $3,695 | $1,686 | -54.4% |
| Robert Durell Harrington | $2,751 | $1,680 | -38.9% |
| Virginia Arlene Sugg | $2,168 | $1,679 | -22.6% |
| Benny Gibson | $2,327 | $1,660 | -28.7% |
| Anne B. Ross | $1,610 | $1,610 | 0% |
| Caroline B. Browder | $1,610 | $1,610 | 0% |
| Jimmy A. Pepper | $7,018 | $1,534 | -78.1% |
| James Edwin Palmer | $3,608 | $1,498 | -58.5% |
| Thelma B. Sparkman | $2,271 | $1,467 | -35.4% |
| Lonnie Hubbard | $1,452 | $1,452 | 0% |
| Mcgee Timber, Inc. | $1,972 | $1,395 | -29.3% |
| Jody S. Johnson | $6,596 | $1,381 | -79.1% |
| James H. Henley | $1,344 | $1,344 | 0% |
| William Earl Baker | $6,006 | $1,312 | -78.2% |
| Robert E. Pruitt | $5,851 | $1,291 | -77.9% |
| Joyce Yates | $1,872 | $1,267 | -32.3% |
| Cora Wright Dendy | $1,254 | $1,254 | 0% |
| David L. Williams | $1,233 | $1,233 | 0% |
| Carol P. Bright | $7,733 | $1,170 | -84.9% |
| Joe E. Hays | $4,801 | $1,165 | -75.7% |
| James B. Stewart | $1,129 | $1,129 | 0% |
| James Ronald Vickers | $1,127 | $1,127 | 0% |
| Iris S. Crowell | $4,539 | $1,115 | -75.4% |
| Robert H. Gary | $0 | $1,102 | -- |
| Betty Pepper | $1,085 | $1,085 | 0% |
| Jimmye Ross Hammons | $4,432 | $1,065 | -76% |
| Roy Hall | $1,026 | $1,026 | 0% |
| Todd H. Harrington | $2,414 | $974 | -59.7% |
| Arma D. Johnson | $4,411 | $971 | -78% |
| Jimmy Pittman | $2,769 | $968 | -65% |
| Sheryl E. Collins | $962 | $962 | 0% |
| Lee L. Hill | $1,557 | $946 | -39.2% |
| Maloy H. Gary | $0 | $939 | -- |
| Samuel F. Gullette | $4,975 | $934 | -81.2% |
| Frances Kay Griffin | $2,315 | $918 | -60.3% |
| Jack A. Hendricks | $873 | $873 | 0% |
| Thomas E. Gary | $0 | $839 | -- |
| Phillip L. Lewis | $4,480 | $831 | -81.5% |
| Ronnie Beck | $3,794 | $801 | -78.9% |
| Phillip Dewayne Hays | $2,879 | $787 | -72.7% |
| Billy Hood | $1,684 | $774 | -54% |
| Tommy Barton | $629 | $746 | 18.6% |
| Wade S. Swindle | $833 | $734 | -11.9% |
| Southern Land Developers | $734 | $734 | 0% |
| Sarah M. Oswalt | $1,776 | $721 | -59.4% |
| Mr. Daniel Craig Vaughn | $2,750 | $719 | -73.9% |
| John Wayne Morelan | $1,711 | $702 | -59% |
| Clyde L. Medders | $2,673 | $701 | -73.8% |
| Jessie Harold Chandler | $695 | $695 | 0% |
| James Kenneth Smith Jr. | $5,455 | $689 | -87.4% |
| Robert D. Mitchell | $1,513 | $687 | -54.6% |
| Clara Darlene Paden | $1,983 | $684 | -65.5% |
| Shawn Morris | $761 | $676 | -11.2% |
| Gwen Oswald | $674 | $674 | 0% |
| Christopher M. Chandler | $669 | $669 | 0% |
| Daniel O. Vowell | $2,651 | $664 | -75% |
| Charles A. Putnam II | $1,667 | $647 | -61.2% |
| Johnny Fulgham | $2,178 | $622 | -71.4% |
| Steven Pruitt | $4,114 | $613 | -85.1% |
| Randal Bell | $613 | $613 | 0% |
| Hugh Gibson | $2,386 | $611 | -74.4% |
| Elizabeth Carpenter | $554 | $602 | 8.7% |
| Shirley A. Wilson | $2,673 | $599 | -77.6% |
| Beverly Burton | $579 | $589 | 1.7% |
| Charles P. Ferguson | $4,723 | $561 | -88.1% |
| Timothy Roberson | $1,287 | $554 | -57% |
| Charles E. Blake | $2,277 | $550 | -75.8% |
| David O. Hall | $545 | $545 | 0% |
| John Robinson | $2,409 | $539 | -77.6% |
| Billy G. Salley | $3,462 | $523 | -84.9% |
| Sherry W. Gammel | $0 | $520 | -- |
| Lynn Crowley | $4,009 | $498 | -87.6% |
| Kenneth Young | $1,870 | $495 | -73.5% |
| William Clayton Willingham | $1,936 | $493 | -74.5% |
| Donald R. Tindall | $1,525 | $483 | -68.3% |
| George R. Faulk | $1,403 | $478 | -65.9% |
| Don R. Gary | $0 | $469 | -- |
| Sandra O. White | $3,345 | $466 | -86.1% |
| Bobbie B. Russell | $471 | $453 | -3.8% |
| Monica L. Cummings | $790 | $451 | -42.9% |
| Shirley G. Gary | $790 | $451 | -42.9% |
| Marsha V. Snellgrove | $1,466 | $438 | -70.1% |
| Thelma E. Vaughn | $1,466 | $438 | -70.1% |
| James M. Collum | $435 | $435 | 0% |
| Joe Hood | $4,722 | $432 | -90.9% |
| Dennis Doss | $924 | $426 | -53.9% |
| David A. Dabbs | $1,584 | $404 | -74.5% |
| Daniel Gilliland | $1,529 | $385 | -74.8% |
| B. L. Lewis | $1,023 | $381 | -62.8% |
| Kevin E. Ray | $1,694 | $380 | -77.6% |
| Joseph O. Salley | $376 | $376 | 0% |
| Dalton J. Brown | $1,419 | $374 | -73.6% |
| John M. Stone | $660 | $372 | -43.6% |
| James E. Oswalt | $357 | $357 | 0% |
| Camelia L. Henley | $356 | $356 | 0% |
| Henry C. Henley | $356 | $356 | 0% |
| Ileen L. Fleming | $521 | $356 | -31.7% |
| Gary Jackson | $1,457 | $350 | -76% |
| James Elton Dorroh | $341 | $341 | 0% |
| Gerald C. Gary | $339 | $339 | 0% |
| Jo Ann R. Files | $436 | $318 | -27.1% |
| Justin Hatcher | $0 | $316 | -- |
| James F. Farley Sr. | $311 | $311 | 0% |
| Faye Pepper | $681 | $303 | -55.5% |
| William B. Tindall | $299 | $299 | 0% |
| Don R. Gary II | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Bart Stewart | $594 | $255 | -57.1% |
| Winter Holdings, LLC | $0 | $248 | -- |
| Billy D. Blalack | $324 | $245 | -24.4% |
| James I. Wofford | $830 | $242 | -70.8% |
| Jeremy H. Brock | $1,089 | $239 | -78.1% |
| Anthony Robinson | $232 | $232 | 0% |
| Rebecca L. Golding | $523 | $229 | -56.2% |
| Jeffery M. Cliett | $869 | $228 | -73.8% |
| Wayne Watkins | $330 | $222 | -32.7% |
| James L. Brown Jr. | $751 | $214 | -71.5% |
| Don Swindle | $251 | $213 | -15.1% |
| Gloria E. Strong | $323 | $213 | -34.1% |
| Jon B. Barton | $185 | $201 | 8.6% |
| Jim Wright | $191 | $191 | 0% |
| Pam Vedros | $191 | $191 | 0% |
| Cherryl E. Avent | $234 | $185 | -20.9% |
| Ricky L. Eubanks | $234 | $185 | -20.9% |
| William H. Morelan | $408 | $173 | -57.6% |
| Alton R. Yow | $353 | $172 | -51.3% |
| Gerry Jones Hood | $1,227 | $147 | -88% |
| Robert Wier Parker | $1,254 | $144 | -88.5% |
| Jessica Wilson Bright | $748 | $138 | -81.6% |
| Kathy G. Perrigan | $337 | $137 | -59.3% |
| James Michael Cooper | $1,812 | $132 | -92.7% |
| Betty P. Wills | $133 | $129 | -3% |
| Charles R. Pogue | $133 | $129 | -3% |
| Nancy A. Hall | $129 | $129 | 0% |
| Donald Card | $1,318 | $124 | -90.6% |
| Johnnie Oswald | $574 | $124 | -78.4% |
| Paul B. Orr | $57 | $115 | 101.8% |
| Matthew N. Faulkner | $1,023 | $104 | -89.8% |
| James T. Wills | $100 | $100 | 0% |
| John D. Oswald | $94 | $94 | 0% |
| Cory W. Vance | $252 | $84 | -66.7% |
| Lisa S. Fulgham | $165 | $77 | -53.3% |
| Reed Pittman | $91 | $59 | -35.2% |
| Tonny Bingham | $682 | $59 | -91.3% |
| Wendy H. Cook | $55 | $55 | 0% |
| Evelyn B. Mann | $0 | $46 | -- |
| Kenneth Vance | $147 | $46 | -68.7% |
| Peggy L. Palmer | $0 | $43 | -- |
| Michael A. Dean | $398 | $40 | -89.9% |
| Johnny Lollar | $113 | $33 | -70.8% |
| Robert E. Gary | $0 | $24 | -- |
| James Ray | $73 | $21 | -71.2% |
| Michael S. Palmer | $0 | $21 | -- |
| Johnson Creek Timber Company, Inc. | $327 | $20 | -93.9% |
| Betty M. Walker | $60 | $18 | -70% |
| Curtis Morris | $0 | $11 | -- |
| David Faulkenbery | $0 | $6 | -- |
| Backwoods Tie & Timber, LLC | $1,132 | $0 | -100% |
| Boyd M. Edwards | $1,194 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn Pogue | $661 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher M. Anderson | $930 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. McCain | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| James Johnson | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Griffin | $537 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Hollingsworth | $136 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy Kilgore | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry W. Tindall | $3,079 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse Embry | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Watson | $9 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn C. Hubbard | $899 | $0 | -100% |
| Trent Harrison | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Warren D. Orr | $175 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby F. Kirby | $6,434 | $0 | -100% |
| Gullette Cotton Company, Inc. | $950 | $0 | -100% |
| John Preston Springer | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Prairie Creek Gelbvieh | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca B. Swindoll | $7 | $0 | -100% |
| Skylar Neal | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernon L. Colley | $269 | $0 | -100% |
| Wanda N. Owens | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,077,909 | $1,062,500 | -48.9% |
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