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In 2021, 123 farmers in cities within Marion County received a total of $525,240 in 168 farm subsidies, a 58.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.3 million in 370 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Gilliam | $113,243 | $56,516 | -50.1% |
| James Haskew Jr. | $105,771 | $51,501 | -51.3% |
| Wooden Brothers | $75,816 | $41,911 | -44.7% |
| Steven E. O'Neal | $0 | $36,803 | -- |
| Allen Sharpe | $45,153 | $31,764 | -29.7% |
| Howell Moss | $58,612 | $28,416 | -51.5% |
| Kristi K. Wooden | $62,000 | $24,833 | -59.9% |
| Shane Moss | $44,644 | $24,216 | -45.8% |
| Michael B. Henry | $0 | $22,299 | -- |
| Christopher A. Layne | $6,284 | $17,695 | 181.6% |
| Albert C. Garner | $27,132 | $11,778 | -56.6% |
| Dwight A. Blevins | $25,519 | $10,866 | -57.4% |
| Greg Taylor | $9,293 | $10,121 | 8.9% |
| David T. Martin | $95,855 | $9,177 | -90.4% |
| Todd Layne | $18,657 | $8,264 | -55.7% |
| Glenn Blevins | $28,595 | $8,213 | -71.3% |
| Justin Elledge | $20,672 | $7,453 | -63.9% |
| James E. Cooper | $18,170 | $5,860 | -67.7% |
| Ernest Norris Family IRRV Trust | $0 | $5,707 | -- |
| Darren L. Kilgore | $40,606 | $5,190 | -87.2% |
| Robert W. Taylor | $0 | $4,901 | -- |
| Raymond Glenn Wagner | $26,896 | $4,854 | -82% |
| Dream Valley Farms | $14,476 | $4,110 | -71.6% |
| Ben Condra | $23,439 | $3,826 | -83.7% |
| Gunter Hill Farms | $7,829 | $3,791 | -51.6% |
| Thomas Harrison | $10,075 | $3,741 | -62.9% |
| David Brown | $3,627 | $3,627 | 0% |
| Horace Linder | $8,605 | $3,542 | -58.8% |
| Bobby Ambrester | $5,807 | $3,224 | -44.5% |
| Garry Allen Layne | $13,958 | $2,952 | -78.9% |
| Beverly Reed | $2,692 | $2,565 | -4.7% |
| Johnny Spangler | $10,400 | $2,191 | -78.9% |
| W. L. Ross | $9,898 | $2,172 | -78.1% |
| William R. Parker | $0 | $2,121 | -- |
| Linda Joyce Martin | $12,196 | $2,098 | -82.8% |
| Sharon Petty | $16,858 | $2,070 | -87.7% |
| Blevins Logging, LLC | $0 | $2,000 | -- |
| Mack Reeves | $7,167 | $1,934 | -73% |
| Douglas Condra | $8,724 | $1,887 | -78.4% |
| Daniel Carter | $13,806 | $1,880 | -86.4% |
| Janet L. Rollins | $13,595 | $1,610 | -88.2% |
| Paul D. Gass | $5,929 | $1,518 | -74.4% |
| Joseph D. Dalton | $14,542 | $1,426 | -90.2% |
| Robert Eugene West | $2,900 | $1,362 | -53% |
| Greg Hudson | $6,281 | $1,359 | -78.4% |
| Randy Gholston | $6,029 | $1,332 | -77.9% |
| Thomas E. Richards | $6,929 | $1,146 | -83.5% |
| Eddie Miller | $6,500 | $1,140 | -82.5% |
| Louise M. Miller | $5,619 | $1,119 | -80.1% |
| Ralph Pickett | $2,651 | $988 | -62.7% |
| Marvin D. Blevins | $720 | $961 | 33.5% |
| Charles A. Easterly | $5,904 | $942 | -84% |
| Michael C. Woods | $5,138 | $940 | -81.7% |
| Jon B. Calhoun | $1,617 | $900 | -44.3% |
| Grady Ray Pickett | $2,406 | $882 | -63.3% |
| Neal Ashburn | $2,761 | $873 | -68.4% |
| Reece Thomas | $1,406 | $836 | -40.5% |
| Charles W. Blevins | $3,618 | $782 | -78.4% |
| Stephen W. Rector | $3,448 | $758 | -78% |
| Robert Kunecki | $0 | $758 | -- |
| Scott P. Floyd | $2,999 | $730 | -75.7% |
| Carl Pickett | $2,463 | $722 | -70.7% |
| Randy S. Jones | $2,196 | $715 | -67.4% |
| Jerry W. Smith | $1,980 | $690 | -65.2% |
| Charlie Lee Steele | $5,667 | $654 | -88.5% |
| Johnny L. Pickett | $3,163 | $652 | -79.4% |
| Jerry Chaffin | $2,358 | $631 | -73.2% |
| Bryan MacKey | $855 | $628 | -26.5% |
| John D. Vandergriff | $3,127 | $621 | -80.1% |
| Rodney B. Cooper | $1,617 | $595 | -63.2% |
| Brenda Neal Anderson | $587 | $587 | 0% |
| Tyler Hancock | $2,439 | $586 | -76% |
| Dallas Kilgore | $1,485 | $571 | -61.5% |
| Bryan Cockrell | $8,380 | $558 | -93.3% |
| Trevor Lawson | $3,311 | $550 | -83.4% |
| Virgil Pickett | $1,881 | $548 | -70.9% |
| Randy L. Roberts | $2,570 | $535 | -79.2% |
| Jeffery Blevins | $2,431 | $530 | -78.2% |
| George Bolton | $2,530 | $521 | -79.4% |
| Billy Gerald Ross | $3,012 | $521 | -82.7% |
| Jim T. Roberts | $1,639 | $518 | -68.4% |
| Gary Ellis | $2,527 | $497 | -80.3% |
| Robert Hall | $1,892 | $494 | -73.9% |
| Wayne A. Westmoreland | $2,249 | $486 | -78.4% |
| David Rankin | $2,632 | $484 | -81.6% |
| Robert Kelly | $3,113 | $480 | -84.6% |
| William Larry Akin | $3,729 | $474 | -87.3% |
| George M. Blevins | $906 | $471 | -48% |
| Thomas Sims | $1,661 | $466 | -71.9% |
| Brad W. Layne | $2,848 | $452 | -84.1% |
| Corbin Davis | $2,084 | $446 | -78.6% |
| Donald G. Pickett | $2,772 | $441 | -84.1% |
| Terry S. Kerlin | $5,423 | $427 | -92.1% |
| Steven Ted Smith | $2,207 | $422 | -80.9% |
| William Jerry Smith | $2,207 | $422 | -80.9% |
| Steve Lofty | $2,056 | $414 | -79.9% |
| Michael Powers | $1,950 | $348 | -82.2% |
| Jonathan Anderson | $2,248 | $346 | -84.6% |
| Ronnie D. Presnell Sr. | $1,617 | $332 | -79.5% |
| Patience Nicole Colvin | $925 | $328 | -64.5% |
| Wayne Reese | $2,163 | $325 | -85% |
| Robert K. Hudson | $4,167 | $310 | -92.6% |
| Mark Griffith | $2,851 | $293 | -89.7% |
| Clement C. Winfree | $1,177 | $276 | -76.6% |
| Todd Nunley | $3,754 | $272 | -92.8% |
| Richard E. Rollins | $957 | $264 | -72.4% |
| Jennea Morrison | $1,268 | $259 | -79.6% |
| Michael D. Kirk | $627 | $256 | -59.2% |
| Hensley Powell | $990 | $255 | -74.2% |
| Norrell W. Privett | $1,486 | $250 | -83.2% |
| Brian M. Layne | $0 | $236 | -- |
| Amanda Mae Gholston | $1,055 | $231 | -78.1% |
| David Abbott | $638 | $225 | -64.7% |
| Kurt Dwayne Ross | $0 | $221 | -- |
| Jonathon Aaron Graham | $1,419 | $183 | -87.1% |
| Danny L. Pegg | $171 | $171 | 0% |
| Ricky D. Morrison | $1,427 | $138 | -90.3% |
| James Keith Willis | $5,796 | $121 | -97.9% |
| Rhonda Caldwell | $187 | $115 | -38.5% |
| Gary Cookston | $440 | $86 | -80.5% |
| William Parker | $416 | $65 | -84.4% |
| Gleeta M Lewis | $1,396 | $52 | -96.3% |
| Terry Houts | $198 | $42 | -78.8% |
| Gerald W. Teague | $173 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda G. Privett | $5 | $0 | -100% |
| Clint F. Carroll | $4,125 | $0 | -100% |
| David K. Dancy | $2,085 | $0 | -100% |
| Dewey Gilliam | $17,021 | $0 | -100% |
| John Vannatta | $15,107 | $0 | -100% |
| Lonnie L. Brooks | $673 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Benton Martin | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Andy D. Barnes | $44 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean G. Mosier | $1,889 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis R. Powell | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacky D. Long | $342 | $0 | -100% |
| John W. Mosier Jr. | $92 | $0 | -100% |
| Ophelia C. Bryant | $1,193 | $0 | -100% |
| Ramona Reeves McEntyre | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Powell | $2,319 | $0 | -100% |
| William T. Newsom Sr. | $1,768 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,277,013 | $525,240 | -58.9% |
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