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In 2021, 110 farmers in cities within Carroll County received a total of $140,011 in 133 farm subsidies, an 83.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $864,315 in 326 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Welch Jr. | $69,444 | $19,468 | -72% |
| Matthew S. Parker | $33,441 | $7,535 | -77.5% |
| Douglas Wayne Adams | $22,100 | $6,402 | -71% |
| Jeff Searcy | $19,272 | $4,576 | -76.3% |
| Glenn Chappell | $45,859 | $4,256 | -90.7% |
| Simpson XIII Cattle Company | $15,977 | $4,172 | -73.9% |
| Sandra Stafford | $20,279 | $3,746 | -81.5% |
| Tim Shelton | $19,306 | $3,109 | -83.9% |
| Chris Tuttle | $9,574 | $2,857 | -70.2% |
| Tommy Williams | $8,791 | $2,846 | -67.6% |
| Ron Deitz | $10,142 | $2,346 | -76.9% |
| Darrell L. Wright | $8,735 | $2,320 | -73.4% |
| Jerry Leach | $7,488 | $2,307 | -69.2% |
| Jay Gibson | $4,295 | $2,233 | -48% |
| Joe Raisor | $11,002 | $2,039 | -81.5% |
| David Rowlett | $8,133 | $2,026 | -75.1% |
| Raymond D. Lykins | $8,806 | $1,952 | -77.8% |
| Dennis Raisor | $8,745 | $1,913 | -78.1% |
| Jerry Wainscott | $8,666 | $1,866 | -78.5% |
| Louise Tuggle | $6,391 | $1,816 | -71.6% |
| Lynda Bates | $11,424 | $1,721 | -84.9% |
| Stella Gibson | $4,738 | $1,713 | -63.8% |
| Dwight Hamilton | $8,925 | $1,614 | -81.9% |
| William Humphrey | $8,023 | $1,478 | -81.6% |
| Jeffrey Wallace | $5,841 | $1,422 | -75.7% |
| Barry Scott Brown | $6,545 | $1,406 | -78.5% |
| Dale Mefford | $7,164 | $1,340 | -81.3% |
| Larry D. Searcy | $4,950 | $1,262 | -74.5% |
| Amanda Parker | $4,305 | $1,258 | -70.8% |
| Terry Cauley | $4,697 | $1,236 | -73.7% |
| Darren Dunn | $5,128 | $1,234 | -75.9% |
| James R. Sapp | $6,484 | $1,215 | -81.3% |
| Ronald Courtney | $4,712 | $1,188 | -74.8% |
| Regie Zapp | $4,015 | $1,167 | -70.9% |
| Dennis Hawkins | $4,399 | $1,110 | -74.8% |
| Richard Dale Marshall | $3,349 | $1,076 | -67.9% |
| Barry L. Brown II | $5,027 | $1,070 | -78.7% |
| Malcolm Carraco | $2,662 | $1,060 | -60.2% |
| Michael W. Humphrey | $4,279 | $1,049 | -75.5% |
| Imogene Butcher | $5,104 | $1,014 | -80.1% |
| Steve Beach | $4,147 | $984 | -76.3% |
| Chad Wainscott | $4,821 | $954 | -80.2% |
| Gloria J. Noble | $3,520 | $950 | -73% |
| Dwayne Chappell | $2,300 | $938 | -59.2% |
| Charles R. Toole | $4,357 | $918 | -78.9% |
| Gary Kindoll | $5,052 | $898 | -82.2% |
| Rodney Ogburn | $2,589 | $872 | -66.3% |
| Barry N. Marshall | $3,531 | $838 | -76.3% |
| Mikeal Kelley | $5,522 | $830 | -85% |
| Dona Wells | $1,310 | $790 | -39.7% |
| Bobby Noble | $3,887 | $758 | -80.5% |
| Willie Noble | $3,722 | $758 | -79.6% |
| Bradley Tuttle | $3,001 | $758 | -74.7% |
| Orville William Mefford | $4,736 | $732 | -84.5% |
| Dustin N. Ogburn | $3,730 | $712 | -80.9% |
| Mark Bates | $3,318 | $668 | -79.9% |
| Snow Family Farm Partnership | $2,445 | $648 | -73.5% |
| David E. Wilson | $3,993 | $644 | -83.9% |
| Andrew Tuttle | $2,838 | $638 | -77.5% |
| Joyce M. Fox | $3,596 | $630 | -82.5% |
| Danny Payton | $6,176 | $620 | -90% |
| Grover R. Crawford | $3,893 | $619 | -84.1% |
| Raetta a Porter | $4,754 | $606 | -87.3% |
| Mona G. Kindoll | $2,618 | $599 | -77.1% |
| Troy L. McCubbin | $2,728 | $590 | -78.4% |
| Richard Dale New | $2,552 | $574 | -77.5% |
| Melodiellen D Daniel | $2,750 | $565 | -79.5% |
| Greg Morley | $0 | $550 | -- |
| David Robertson | $1,947 | $538 | -72.4% |
| John M. Kemper | $1,188 | $533 | -55.1% |
| Raymond Daniel Beatty | $2,576 | $531 | -79.4% |
| Steven M. Hearn | $1,902 | $529 | -72.2% |
| Keifer Ray McIntyre | $0 | $528 | -- |
| John Battaglia | $2,442 | $509 | -79.2% |
| Jonathan R. Searcy | $3,528 | $508 | -85.6% |
| Gary Ogburn | $2,896 | $497 | -82.8% |
| Robert P. Graves | $3,273 | $488 | -85.1% |
| James L. Smith | $2,992 | $485 | -83.8% |
| David Wainscott | $2,655 | $467 | -82.4% |
| Jeff Stewart | $2,338 | $430 | -81.6% |
| Larry Sharon | $1,056 | $414 | -60.8% |
| Logan Tandy Hudgins | $1,287 | $400 | -68.9% |
| David Spenneberg | $1,617 | $394 | -75.6% |
| Kevin Deaton | $4,411 | $393 | -91.1% |
| Dwight Arnold | $2,453 | $387 | -84.2% |
| Brenda Bethel | $2,477 | $371 | -85% |
| Donald Wright | $2,149 | $367 | -82.9% |
| Woodrow Wheeler Jr. | $2,087 | $366 | -82.5% |
| David Maiden | $1,540 | $331 | -78.5% |
| Scott Schirmer | $1,243 | $315 | -74.7% |
| Keith Courtney | $2,993 | $315 | -89.5% |
| Gary Taulbee | $1,474 | $315 | -78.6% |
| Richard W. Campbell | $1,878 | $308 | -83.6% |
| Gary C. Ogburn | $1,456 | $300 | -79.4% |
| Adam Beach | $1,585 | $280 | -82.3% |
| Bryan Dermon | $363 | $280 | -22.9% |
| Kelly Lawrence | $1,144 | $259 | -77.4% |
| Robert M. Smith | $1,506 | $253 | -83.2% |
| Robert H. Young Jr. | $1,078 | $252 | -76.6% |
| Patricia Lucas | $1,539 | $244 | -84.1% |
| Jerry R. Dermon | $1,553 | $237 | -84.7% |
| Elmer F. Smith | $561 | $220 | -60.8% |
| Earl Beard | $1,951 | $201 | -89.7% |
| Wanda Jean Beard | $2,006 | $191 | -90.5% |
| Barry Graves | $0 | $173 | -- |
| Patrick Maiden | $1,736 | $110 | -93.7% |
| Tom Butcher | $1,320 | $105 | -92% |
| R. C. Cannon | $512 | $83 | -83.8% |
| Linda Oliver | $0 | $28 | -- |
| Charles Maiden Jr. | $1,053 | $17 | -98.4% |
| Ben Long | $13,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Carrollton Greenhouse Tobacco Supplies, Inc. | $9,071 | $0 | -100% |
| David E. Willhoite | $135 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis R. Wallace | $11,516 | $0 | -100% |
| K & I Farms, LLC | $172,467 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Green | $6 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn Benecke | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Wayne Hayes | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Wayne Christman | $5,156 | $0 | -100% |
| Wanda F. Patton | $40 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Walker | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Keifer Ray McIntyre | $2,101 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Walker | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra A. Miles | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Heath Hewitt | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| James P. Searcy | $7,518 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia J. Kost | $228 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig Towles | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| James G. Adams | $242 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Saggus | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Johnson | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Teresa Biagi | $3,392 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $864,315 | $140,011 | -83.8% |
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