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In 2021, 159 farmers in cities within Carroll County received a total of $1.3 million in 212 farm subsidies, a 54.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.8 million in 368 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis & Davis Farms | $425,010 | $114,169 | -73.1% |
| Corley Moses Farms | $236,532 | $100,941 | -57.3% |
| BB Farms, LLC | $104,031 | $76,740 | -26.2% |
| Westwood Farm | $172,300 | $74,065 | -57% |
| KMC Farms | $143,060 | $64,928 | -54.6% |
| Theodore Anderson | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Samuel H. Mullins III | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Spencer Alderman | $245,003 | $51,289 | -79.1% |
| Christy Noah | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0% |
| William Jerry Tucker | $192,950 | $46,027 | -76.1% |
| Willow Run Farm, LLC | $44,718 | $44,781 | 0.1% |
| Billy Joe Ferguson | $124,140 | $42,993 | -65.4% |
| Mike Touchstone | $0 | $41,732 | -- |
| Mallard Rest Farm | $18,908 | $37,612 | 98.9% |
| Joey Welch | $95,207 | $30,700 | -67.8% |
| Carolyn Armstrong | $18,216 | $18,216 | 0% |
| Alderman Farms, LLC | $41,152 | $17,628 | -57.2% |
| Charles M. Fair | $104,215 | $16,217 | -84.4% |
| Paul G. Davis Jr. | $14,575 | $14,575 | 0% |
| Dixie Dairy Sales Stephen Armstrong | $33,970 | $13,567 | -60.1% |
| Earnest Land & Timber, LLC | $7,783 | $11,986 | 54% |
| Staige Roberts | $0 | $11,547 | -- |
| Nonos Farm, Inc. | $13,298 | $11,263 | -15.3% |
| Elizabeth P. Kosko | $10,835 | $10,835 | 0% |
| Jimmie R. Blount | $8,736 | $9,950 | 13.9% |
| Upchurch Farms, LLC | $20,242 | $9,780 | -51.7% |
| William E. Deloach | $19,962 | $9,614 | -51.8% |
| Joyce S. Armstrong | $11,332 | $8,708 | -23.2% |
| Jerry Shirley | $22,762 | $7,030 | -69.1% |
| Claude Storey | $6,992 | $6,992 | 0% |
| Harden-Deloach Properties, LLC | $6,772 | $6,772 | 0% |
| Jacob Bennett | $20,669 | $6,615 | -68% |
| Wayne Cooke | $8,575 | $6,525 | -23.9% |
| Frank W. Deloach Jr. | $13,758 | $6,434 | -53.2% |
| Gary G. Lee | $6,344 | $6,344 | 0% |
| Jan Nabors | $14,359 | $5,058 | -64.8% |
| Bruce Heath | $6,114 | $5,045 | -17.5% |
| Curtis Duane Armstrong | $4,993 | $4,993 | 0% |
| Katherine S. Williams | $16,456 | $4,743 | -71.2% |
| Jonathan Neill | $4,662 | $4,661 | -0% |
| Joe Don Jones | $18,654 | $4,626 | -75.2% |
| Burrell Brothers Cattle, LLC | $0 | $4,595 | -- |
| James Jolley | $16,884 | $4,528 | -73.2% |
| Shelia Pinkard | $4,475 | $4,475 | 0% |
| Robert M. Noah | $5,371 | $4,219 | -21.4% |
| Avis Hodges | $29,212 | $4,188 | -85.7% |
| Fletcher Lake Lodge, LLC | $3,964 | $3,964 | 0% |
| Lamar Deloach | $9,321 | $3,919 | -58% |
| Kirby D. Pender | $7,538 | $3,864 | -48.7% |
| Linda C. Perkins | $3,850 | $3,854 | 0.1% |
| Mary E. Butler | $3,798 | $3,798 | 0% |
| Leigh Ann Self | $3,769 | $3,769 | 0% |
| C. R. Hull | $16,806 | $3,595 | -78.6% |
| Kempe Hodges | $6,457 | $3,479 | -46.1% |
| Charles McCluskey | $15,004 | $3,414 | -77.2% |
| Marion Mcdougal Jones | $17,325 | $3,250 | -81.2% |
| Alice Kealhofer | $7,526 | $3,232 | -57.1% |
| Harry H. Sanders | $11,323 | $3,054 | -73% |
| James W. Nelms | $14,383 | $2,761 | -80.8% |
| Corley Moses | $2,488 | $2,488 | 0% |
| Ferguson Farms, LLC | $2,394 | $2,394 | 0% |
| Randle Makamson Jr. | $2,378 | $2,378 | 0% |
| Paul Dance | $11,524 | $2,246 | -80.5% |
| William Ted Clark | $8,448 | $2,162 | -74.4% |
| Belle N. Beckwith | $2,364 | $2,140 | -9.5% |
| Calvin Bowlin | $11,562 | $2,126 | -81.6% |
| Durward Stanton | $6,111 | $2,056 | -66.4% |
| John W. Sanders Jr. | $6,892 | $2,033 | -70.5% |
| W. A. Meriwether | $10,009 | $1,835 | -81.7% |
| David C. Curry | $1,670 | $1,670 | 0% |
| Emily Curry Smith | $1,670 | $1,670 | 0% |
| Spencer Curry | $1,670 | $1,670 | 0% |
| Stanley P. Russell | $7,425 | $1,651 | -77.8% |
| Stanley S. Mullins | $6,403 | $1,630 | -74.5% |
| Bobby G. Bell | $7,568 | $1,616 | -78.6% |
| Betty Turnipseed | $1,611 | $1,611 | 0% |
| Martha N. Noland | $4,482 | $1,566 | -65.1% |
| Colby Wade Mitchell | $637 | $1,476 | 131.7% |
| Adam Eldridge | $7,166 | $1,476 | -79.4% |
| William Turner | $1,441 | $1,442 | 0.1% |
| Ronnie Dees | $1,404 | $1,404 | 0% |
| Mary Alice Jones | $1,384 | $1,384 | 0% |
| Marc Kimbrell | $5,421 | $1,311 | -75.8% |
| Morgan S. Warrington | $6,776 | $1,253 | -81.5% |
| Marcus Kuykendall | $6,244 | $1,120 | -82.1% |
| Jason Pender | $8,055 | $1,114 | -86.2% |
| Taylor Mullins | $4,532 | $1,067 | -76.5% |
| Tommie Bowers Jr. | $4,634 | $1,053 | -77.3% |
| Jay William Ferguson | $10,086 | $1,024 | -89.8% |
| Jennifer Goss | $2,277 | $1,012 | -55.6% |
| Carolyn M. Summerville | $7,393 | $1,000 | -86.5% |
| James R. Devine | $4,345 | $976 | -77.5% |
| Jessie Stewart | $976 | $976 | 0% |
| Harmon E. Stanford Jr. | $4,411 | $945 | -78.6% |
| Joseph G. Pinkard | $0 | $934 | -- |
| Eddie Holman | $4,268 | $928 | -78.3% |
| David Brown | $4,638 | $914 | -80.3% |
| Terry Cox | $5,389 | $890 | -83.5% |
| Morris R. Corley | $2,893 | $886 | -69.4% |
| Walter T. Williams | $4,884 | $886 | -81.9% |
| James F. Irwin Jr. | $2,365 | $847 | -64.2% |
| Corey F. Neill | $838 | $838 | 0% |
| S. H. Mullins Jr. | $4,341 | $785 | -81.9% |
| Gary Vincent Williams | $3,300 | $783 | -76.3% |
| James C. Meriwether | $9,556 | $759 | -92.1% |
| Gilbert Cobb | $3,874 | $752 | -80.6% |
| Johnnie Delasalle | $4,218 | $730 | -82.7% |
| Eddie Lee Curry | $2,233 | $728 | -67.4% |
| Emma D. Alford | $3,395 | $708 | -79.1% |
| Joseph J. Gee III | $676 | $676 | 0% |
| Joseph J. Gee IV | $676 | $676 | 0% |
| Katherine Gee Pridgen | $676 | $676 | 0% |
| Louisa A. Gee | $676 | $676 | 0% |
| Mary W. Gee | $676 | $676 | 0% |
| Sue Gee | $676 | $676 | 0% |
| Susanna P. Gee | $676 | $676 | 0% |
| Norma H. Nester | $3,386 | $672 | -80.2% |
| Pate Shackelford | $670 | $670 | 0% |
| Donald Shelton | $3,505 | $668 | -80.9% |
| Claude Elam | $3,124 | $668 | -78.6% |
| T. F. Blount | $583 | $583 | 0% |
| Stanton Smith | $2,640 | $582 | -78% |
| Robin Cooke | $3,910 | $561 | -85.7% |
| Yancey Delapp Jr. | $560 | $557 | -0.5% |
| Janet Blaylock | $2,552 | $548 | -78.5% |
| James H. Nester | $2,597 | $537 | -79.3% |
| Ken L. McDougal | $462 | $500 | 8.2% |
| Nickey Williamson | $2,079 | $492 | -76.3% |
| Timothy Armstrong | $1,958 | $492 | -74.9% |
| Elizabeth Wilson | $460 | $460 | 0% |
| Kevin A. Corder | $2,671 | $431 | -83.9% |
| J. T. Dubard Jr. | $1,463 | $416 | -71.6% |
| Stephen C. Anderson | $402 | $402 | 0% |
| Gail C. McDonald | $634 | $389 | -38.6% |
| Tim King | $891 | $384 | -56.9% |
| George Larry Washington | $707 | $382 | -46% |
| James G. George | $3,012 | $363 | -87.9% |
| M. L. Owens | $1,113 | $363 | -67.4% |
| Theodore Purnell | $1,793 | $346 | -80.7% |
| Roy Myers | $2,040 | $332 | -83.7% |
| Scarlett C. Stokes | $1,177 | $308 | -73.8% |
| Darrell E. Collins | $1,144 | $276 | -75.9% |
| Patricia A. Ammons | $693 | $260 | -62.5% |
| Artie Earl Anderson | $1,001 | $258 | -74.2% |
| Jody W. Majure | $627 | $256 | -59.2% |
| Todd Flatt | $2,700 | $242 | -91% |
| Randall Duren | $946 | $222 | -76.5% |
| Charles Terry Johnston | $206 | $210 | 1.9% |
| William Robbins | $203 | $203 | 0% |
| Larry Wiggins | $400 | $200 | -50% |
| Willie E. Newman | $924 | $190 | -79.4% |
| Smiley Arrington | $891 | $156 | -82.5% |
| Denise Anderson | $737 | $147 | -80.1% |
| Effie C. Hallmon | $484 | $138 | -71.5% |
| Nanda Isbell Sultan | $293 | $128 | -56.3% |
| Lisa Sanders Shook | $534 | $67 | -87.5% |
| Melvin Hawthorne | $373 | $65 | -82.6% |
| Joe Earnest | $263 | $12 | -95.4% |
| Johnny N. Marlow | $0 | $11 | -- |
| Billy Earl Corder | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby L. Turner | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell E Hoffmann Estate | $1,580 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorcy S. Blount | $1,110 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred R. Ashmore Jr. | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald P. Conway | $27,297 | $0 | -100% |
| Harmon E. Stanford | $925 | $0 | -100% |
| Irene Taylor | $170 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffery Dean Robinson | $558 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim Bowen | $665 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Cockerel | $163 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Peyton Rodgers | $1,887 | $0 | -100% |
| Rhonda N. Milford | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Goss | $2,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Randall | $2,545 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Tompkins | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Kristopher King | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,820,694 | $1,276,631 | -54.7% |
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