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Amount of taxpayer-funded subsidies plummet in cities associated with Lincoln County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Lincoln County received $3.7 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 348 farmers in cities within Lincoln County received a total of $1.8 million in 469 farm subsidies, a 67.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.5 million in 1,030 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 Lincoln County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
D & J River Farms$702,359$192,627-72.6%
Crossroads Sod Farm, LLC$0$164,496--
Hunter Bottom Farm, LLC$489,796$136,986-72%
Southern State Turf, Inc.$0$102,361--
Fredric H Clark$264,175$72,406-72.6%
David Hudson$97,482$63,069-35.3%
Timmy W. Ogle$293,150$61,200-79.1%
Triple T Dairy, LLC$155,800$59,118-62.1%
Dan Currey Shelton$146,733$53,205-63.7%
Taylor Logging and Pulpwood, LLC$0$52,875--
Lee Motlow$122,613$49,388-59.7%
Bradley Scott Jean$136,700$44,506-67.4%
Matthew B West$65,722$38,881-40.8%
Good Farms, LLC$133,177$35,291-73.5%
Jesse C. Ogle$151,947$31,977-79%
Vincent S. Ogle$151,947$31,977-79%
Stoney Luna Logging$0$27,821--
Anthony R. Miller$0$26,583--
Pitcock Farm$60,490$18,818-68.9%
Brent D. Carter$91,708$18,324-80%
Glenn T. Varner$58,910$17,583-70.2%
Sulphur Dell Farm$62,044$15,897-74.4%
Thomas C. Clark$35,439$12,048-66%
Bryan K. Divis$37,579$11,204-70.2%
Joe Tom Hudson$43,341$10,363-76.1%
Justin Lane Coble$0$10,161--
Jason P. Rozar$33,437$9,957-70.2%
David Boyce$47,178$9,322-80.2%
Randall George$22,728$8,827-61.2%
Keith D. Phillips$28,808$8,012-72.2%
Matthew Hill$41,521$7,446-82.1%
William Cody Wilson$26,183$6,905-73.6%
Tommy Wells Jr.$6,390$6,3900%
David W. Underwood$46,707$6,008-87.1%
Ewin F. Cowley$26,260$5,964-77.3%
Crawford Brothers Partnership$6,284$5,907-6%
Stanley Lyon$152,731$5,857-96.2%
Ron Stanly$16,490$5,827-64.7%
Jerry W. Hollingsworth Jr.$0$5,126--
Beverly G. Lampley$16,170$4,943-69.4%
Calvin Thompson$21,936$4,742-78.4%
Cynthia Holman$24,049$4,702-80.4%
Kevin Reese$24,657$4,641-81.2%
Katie Kirkpatrick Templeton$18,821$4,531-75.9%
Jerry Bradley Wilson$11,988$4,485-62.6%
Jimmy L. Phillips$16,060$4,294-73.3%
Horace D. Maddox$4,340$4,240-2.3%
H. D. Dickey$19,151$4,054-78.8%
Tyler B. Shelton$57,486$3,908-93.2%
Michael W. Campbell$12,617$3,891-69.2%
Lonnie Mullins$20,470$3,831-81.3%
Christopher Vance Holloway$19,063$3,808-80%
FRJ Farms$16,280$3,677-77.4%
John B. Conger Jr.$19,277$3,597-81.3%
Danny G. Moore$16,794$3,577-78.7%
Keith Gill$15,143$3,534-76.7%
Ronald Brooks$14,030$3,415-75.7%
Hunter Limited Partnership$5,897$3,370-42.9%
Venita McGee$19,859$3,238-83.7%
Joe R. Ashby$12,441$3,194-74.3%
Roberta W. Kidd$9,796$3,183-67.5%
William D. Martin$22,982$3,144-86.3%
Walter Harris Patrick$16,066$2,979-81.5%
Bryan Wilson Groce$12,637$2,946-76.7%
Timothy Bryan Hill$83,204$2,912-96.5%
Ian S. Panton$14,860$2,877-80.6%
Ronnie McCormick$12,999$2,863-78%
Curtis Ashby$13,719$2,837-79.3%
Lilly L. Howell$13,841$2,799-79.8%
Terry Hart$7,425$2,645-64.4%
James E. Hardy Jr.$11,618$2,547-78.1%
Tonya Leigh Mitchell$0$2,295--
Johnny W. Hovis$7,478$2,192-70.7%
Buckley Farm, LLC$0$2,190--
Randy R. Groce$11,489$2,146-81.3%
William B. Brown Sr.$15,357$2,130-86.1%
Duane Crawford$3,107$2,116-31.9%
Charles Ray McGee$8,316$2,102-74.7%
Wag, Ltd.$9,306$2,067-77.8%
Billy Hovis$11,677$2,054-82.4%
Michael L. Gentry$6,941$2,036-70.7%
Kidd Farms, LLC$4,598$2,011-56.3%
Robert M. Creson$7,635$1,969-74.2%
Don Wiley$8,808$1,953-77.8%
Beverly G. McGee$6,958$1,897-72.7%
Bruce W. Casey$11,158$1,870-83.2%
Carol A. Sharpe$6,881$1,870-72.8%
James F. Harwell$0$1,851--
William Thomas Woods$7,371$1,815-75.4%
Dennis E. Parr$10,820$1,809-83.3%
Kevin L. Wells$5,181$1,796-65.3%
Lanny Bradford$5,950$1,791-69.9%
Richard W. Bradford$2,258$1,791-20.7%
Elizabeth Lampkin Stough$6,757$1,772-73.8%
Robert Dickson Marks$6,573$1,704-74.1%
Jerry Gordon$11,842$1,671-85.9%
Charles Gleghorn$7,975$1,664-79.1%
Wright Way Farm, LLC$11,102$1,658-85.1%
Trenda Seals$11,509$1,644-85.7%
Shawn Mann$1,093$1,63349.4%
Harold Mires$7,026$1,629-76.8%
Lawrence Mashburn$7,744$1,626-79%
Terry L. Monks$10,796$1,598-85.2%
Douglas Buchanan$8,085$1,597-80.2%
Christine Groce$5,665$1,590-71.9%
Robert Bryan Kennedy$3,026$1,489-50.8%
Dwight R. Dunn$10,157$1,483-85.4%
Robert Taylor$5,942$1,452-75.6%
Randy Cunningham$6,401$1,449-77.4%
Pitts Farms$22,591$1,428-93.7%
Roger Corder$7,190$1,426-80.2%
Terrell V. Shelton$9,828$1,418-85.6%
Michael Chad Byrd$5,923$1,401-76.3%
Abbey Elizabeth Cummings$5,576$1,400-74.9%
Donny Robinson$5,551$1,393-74.9%
Jeff Scott$12,003$1,390-88.4%
Greg Holder$11,062$1,388-87.5%
Rylan Boone Gault$5,597$1,385-75.3%
Randy Delap$5,649$1,377-75.6%
Johnny R. Robinson$5,528$1,376-75.1%
Dale Rogers$5,293$1,351-74.5%
Clayton Thomas$5,060$1,330-73.7%
James T. Gill$5,625$1,300-76.9%
Woodye M Bedford$5,300$1,297-75.5%
Samuel W. Britton$4,888$1,294-73.5%
Stan J. Golden$4,638$1,292-72.1%
Jerry Steelman$4,444$1,289-71%
Clarence E. Stephens$5,364$1,282-76.1%
Max E. Quick$29,941$1,267-95.8%
Philip Thomas$4,598$1,238-73.1%
David Eugene Whitt Sr.$7,410$1,218-83.6%
Rickey Brown$3,223$1,214-62.3%
Steven Purinton$3,231$1,210-62.6%
Timothy G. Jennings$4,525$1,209-73.3%
Charles Mann$3,814$1,203-68.5%
Billy L. Reid$7,367$1,197-83.8%
William H. Kidd$5,140$1,196-76.7%
Larry W. Barnes$1,286$1,177-8.5%
Joe A. Parsley$5,018$1,162-76.8%
Steve O. Bartlett$5,871$1,159-80.3%
Robert Kidd$570$1,12597.4%
Jason C. Brown$4,708$1,117-76.3%
Carolyn D. Peery$5,848$1,101-81.2%
Ricky Sells$5,016$1,101-78.1%
Marjorie Bomar D. Hoffman$0$1,100--
Phillip Dean Shelton$6,287$1,100-82.5%
Robert R. McNatt Sr.$2,904$1,098-62.2%
Jimmy W. McAlister$9,986$1,093-89.1%
John R. Malone$3,948$1,093-72.3%
Bobby Joe Thomas II$4,433$1,090-75.4%
Scott D. Ellis$5,372$1,076-80%
Dean Storer$4,656$1,060-77.2%
Glenn E. Beech$3,498$1,045-70.1%
William S. Hamilton III$2,177$1,033-52.5%
David Oconnor$4,004$1,029-74.3%
William R. Locker$3,791$1,016-73.2%
Ariena L Brady$5,999$1,010-83.2%
Jim Bob Sandlin$3,751$980-73.9%
Dorothy A. Warren$3,988$978-75.5%
Joann Cowley$5,858$973-83.4%
Jerry Pendergrass$3,733$968-74.1%
Jay C. Ballard Jr.$5,771$965-83.3%
Donald Patterson$3,003$960-68%
Donna J. Porter$6,306$954-84.9%
Timothy D. Meeks$6,267$954-84.8%
William Shelton$4,620$952-79.4%
Tony Kevin Posey$3,931$933-76.3%
Alan Milliken$3,432$926-73%
David Kidd$5,027$918-81.7%
Jerry Carter$4,964$918-81.5%
Paul B. Richardson$5,177$897-82.7%
Rick Grubaugh$3,278$897-72.6%
John Cleghorn$4,255$895-79%
Garry L. Pickett$5,507$894-83.8%
Charles R. English$5,403$879-83.7%
Randall Abbott$3,193$860-73.1%
Gina S. Groce$2,695$857-68.2%
Ray Sawyers$3,102$845-72.8%
Roger Dale Richardson$3,978$840-78.9%
Tara Jane Howell Shannon$1,778$839-52.8%
Larry L. Walker$822$8220%
Henry Wade Richardson$3,894$816-79%
Arnold Moffett$3,998$812-79.7%
Jimmy Pendergrass$3,564$796-77.7%
Edwin D. Warren$2,640$793-70%
James Leo Slayton$3,571$778-78.2%
Keith Duncan$3,304$776-76.5%
Randy McElroy$0$767--
Steve McKin$3,232$764-76.4%
Melodie E. Dye$3,765$758-79.9%
Michael Endsley$3,872$751-80.6%
Richard Dorney$3,044$747-75.5%
Randall E. Cowley$4,377$744-83%
Hunter David Case$1,389$731-47.4%
Ethan Pruett$2,662$730-72.6%
Willis A. Raby$3,113$718-76.9%
John D. Bradford$771$701-9.1%
Jeff McGee$8,360$696-91.7%
Jordan Frame$4,822$696-85.6%
James Philip McCulloch$3,190$692-78.3%
Gary Pickett$3,015$688-77.2%
Joe Moore$1,870$686-63.3%
Christopher Lynn Trussell$3,256$682-79.1%
Jill Durham Presti$3,231$681-78.9%
Allen Stubblefield$1,705$674-60.5%
Lester Dean McCoy$3,003$665-77.9%
Jerry Lynn Warren$3,990$664-83.4%
Amanda L. Porter$0$660--
Paul H. Butcher Jr.$3,168$654-79.4%
Joe Warren$4,073$647-84.1%
Scott Paladino$1,815$641-64.7%
James G. Reese$3,968$640-83.9%
John C. Marsh$3,641$630-82.7%
Jeff Blackwell$1,980$622-68.6%
Ronald Bailey$2,640$610-76.9%
Ricky A. Pierce$1,969$602-69.4%
Wayne G. Faulkner$2,570$587-77.2%
Brent D. McGee$2,585$582-77.5%
Eric Corder$2,849$578-79.7%
Melissa D. Mitchell$1,683$572-66%
Terrell L. Gatewood$2,376$569-76.1%
August Doehring$3,129$560-82.1%
Carolyn S. Askew$2,156$560-74%
Clifford Sims$5,683$560-90.1%
Brad Thompson$2,651$554-79.1%
Gary Renfroe$1,957$550-71.9%
Tim Porter$2,409$545-77.4%
William T. Hampton$2,907$537-81.5%
Bob Harris$2,332$536-77%
Jimmy L. Buchanan$2,700$532-80.3%
Rodger Jones$2,222$527-76.3%
Danny Crabtree$2,676$526-80.3%
Freddie C Hovis Estate$0$526--
Joe Wayne McGee$2,318$515-77.8%
Cindy Hyatt$2,112$513-75.7%
Jane M. Simmons$2,497$509-79.6%
Jerry Mann$2,057$509-75.3%
William Vann Bradford$2,543$504-80.2%
Brandon Young$1,804$498-72.4%
Lonnie C. Sawyer$3,510$498-85.8%
Roger Dale Moran$3,206$498-84.5%
Steven Brian Swindall$2,101$497-76.3%
John Paul Cain$2,211$484-78.1%
Jonathan David Boyce$2,442$478-80.4%
Timothy Simmons$2,321$474-79.6%
James B. Dye$2,324$468-79.9%
Garry R. Enoch$758$467-38.4%
Gina Shofner$1,782$460-74.2%
Bobby Plunkett$2,957$454-84.6%
Randy Holder$2,537$450-82.3%
Michael McGee$1,617$449-72.2%
Jason K. McGee$1,727$441-74.5%
Christopher D. Bradford$440$4400%
Joe F. Smith$1,804$440-75.6%
Michael Dustin Adkinson$2,533$437-82.7%
Justin D. Harwell$1,386$434-68.7%
James R. McAlister$2,151$424-80.3%
Calvin Bradley Parton$4,895$412-91.6%
Elaine Robinson$293$41240.6%
Timothy Todd Pearson$990$411-58.5%
Nathan H. Peery$1,463$400-72.7%
Beatrice Williams$985$399-59.5%
Martha J. Burks$2,420$394-83.7%
Ted McGehee$2,014$388-80.7%
William Erwin Mitchell$2,352$384-83.7%
Matthew Levoy Ashby$2,718$377-86.1%
Ricky Gleghorn$935$374-60%
Julia A. Counts$1,011$374-63%
Gayla Moore$2,483$364-85.3%
Charles E. Peel Sr.$2,182$364-83.3%
Billie Swinford$1,551$363-76.6%
Joe L. Ashby$1,843$360-80.5%
Horace Reese$2,159$357-83.5%
Melvin Mitchell$726$357-50.8%
Jimmy Cashion$1,735$354-79.6%
William Rushford$1,749$350-80%
Crawford Farms Partnership$527$346-34.3%
Darryl Hamilton$1,716$343-80%
Alexander J. Hoagland$1,265$339-73.2%
Nancy Hopson$1,134$334-70.5%
Barbara Newman$1,716$332-80.7%
Jackie L. Dollar$1,320$327-75.2%
Billy Sanders$1,759$322-81.7%
Alisa Jean Simmons$561$314-44%
John Walker Taylor$818$312-61.9%
Carroll Seals$2,404$308-87.2%
Joseph Alderman$970$301-69%
John Helms$1,758$297-83.1%
Harold Steelman$1,309$294-77.5%
Harold E. Balch Jr.$471$294-37.6%
Brad Bledsoe$1,454$293-79.8%
Ann S. Gracy$350$282-19.4%
Austin Truett$1,276$277-78.3%
Larry Wayne Quick$1,100$273-75.2%
Colt Wells$1,194$271-77.3%
Charles L. Frame$4,035$263-93.5%
William Henry$1,720$261-84.8%
Larry Edmiston$627$256-59.2%
Carthel G. Allen$2,557$255-90%
Denny Ray Lewter$1,122$246-78.1%
Brian Nichalos Sells$2,693$243-91%
Joe P. Brown$1,210$242-80%
Robert Lynn Morrison$561$242-56.9%
Karen P. Bynum$413$240-41.9%
Timothy V. Shelton$1,630$236-85.5%
Stanley W. Jean II$1,320$232-82.4%
Carroll Shockley$594$228-61.6%
Thomas Huffer$891$222-75.1%
John T. Brandon$1,133$214-81.1%
Nolan Paladino$968$214-77.9%
Etta Mae Gill$0$211--
Bobby Clemons$1,797$208-88.4%
Calvin Perkins$503$207-58.8%
Virgil Jones$1,180$204-82.7%
Colin Douglas Wakefield$811$203-75%
Bill Newman$517$188-63.6%
Robert M. Lindsay$880$187-78.8%
Jane Conger$500$184-63.2%
Christopher Kaupe$737$180-75.6%
John P. Small Jr.$396$174-56.1%
Billy Joe Wolaver Jr.$939$173-81.6%
Robert M. Bates$1,398$173-87.6%
Miles G. Springfield$394$159-59.6%
Charles Ben Welch$1,230$156-87.3%
Phillip Marty$695$138-80.1%
John L. Gill Jr.$5,193$135-97.4%
Robert W. Buck$221$131-40.7%
Helen Clark$304$107-64.8%
Hugh Moffett$398$98-75.4%
Jean Ward$304$93-69.4%
Robert G. Shelton$520$93-82.1%
Richard L. McGee$165$92-44.2%
Carol H. Williams$148$80-45.9%
Michael W. Yates$968$77-92%
Gordon J Arteno$1,932$76-96.1%
Swan Creek Hemp Company$0$70--
Sharon Caldwell$0$41--
James B. Stacy$180$40-77.8%
W. B. Trimble$543$39-92.8%
Ricky Slayton$2,237$35-98.4%
Joseph B. Kidd$60$32-46.7%
Michael Mcgregor Swanson$379$31-91.8%
Mike Moyers$536$30-94.4%
Betty Mann$107$30-72%
Sally L. Phillips$0$17--
Keith Pierce$2,731$13-99.5%
Ricky Bryant$0$10--
Max H. Hunter$0$7--
Allen D. Kirkland$1,155$0-100%
Ann Gracy$321$0-100%
Billy W. Culbreath$36$0-100%
Billy Wiley$2,486$0-100%
Blake Bassham$3,515$0-100%
Bobby Jeans$715$0-100%
Bradley J. Horsman$238$0-100%
Caleb Landon Crabtree$241$0-100%
Camilla Page Douthit$10,982$0-100%
Charles L. Patrick Jr.$8,044$0-100%
Clarence W. Fanning$649$0-100%
Clay Wilson$8,219$0-100%
Clayton S. Wilson$8,219$0-100%
Cole Gentry$330$0-100%
Ernie Roles$660$0-100%
Freddie C. Hovis$3,153$0-100%
George M. Monks$15,779$0-100%
Gerald Todd$1,112$0-100%
Jackie M. Buck$183$0-100%
Jacob Walker$660$0-100%
James C. Shannon$605$0-100%
James S. Brown$935$0-100%
Jerry W. Hollingsworth Jr.$34,738$0-100%
Joe Buck$7$0-100%
John B. Ruffing$1,249$0-100%
John W. Feather$12,295$0-100%
John W. Hoagland$660$0-100%
Joseph Tyler Moore$1,265$0-100%
Julia Morgan Mitchell$4,301$0-100%
Justin Pendergrass$495$0-100%
Mary A. Chapman$1,705$0-100%
Mary P. Walker$550$0-100%
Melissa K. Garrett$118$0-100%
Michael Richardson$825$0-100%
Morris Timothy Scott$935$0-100%
Natalie Dawn Kidd$7,334$0-100%
Norma Wright$3,932$0-100%
Rachel M. Harwell$1,851$0-100%
Randy K. Kimbrough$10$0-100%
Randy Kimbrough$69$0-100%
Richard Pitcock$21,633$0-100%
Rickey Kimbrough$69$0-100%
Rickey L. Kimbrough$10$0-100%
Ronald Pearson$204$0-100%
Shelby Garrett Monks$3,213$0-100%
Thomas Andrew Young Jr.$423$0-100%
Wanda Hopkins Fruehauf$840$0-100%
William D. Eakin$5,126$0-100%
Blake Lawson$385$0-100%
Jason Gower$495$0-100%
John M. Syler$825$0-100%
Justin D. Bevels$464$0-100%
Kristi Elmore Mann$268$0-100%
Ronnie F. Kimbrough$10$0-100%
Ronnie Kimbrough$69$0-100%
S. H. Mires$777$0-100%
Waylon Wicks$550$0-100%
Total subsidies$5,510,892$1,782,208-67.7%

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