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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Franklin County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Franklin County received $3.5 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 333 farmers in cities within Franklin County received a total of $1.5 million in 541 farm subsidies, a 70.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5 million in 1,076 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 Franklin County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Ford Farms Partnership$166,821$77,148-53.8%
Woodall Farms, LLC$246,713$65,701-73.4%
Duncan Farms, Inc.$240,089$64,449-73.2%
Dusty Matlock$326,027$60,844-81.3%
Samuel A. Jones$180,694$60,324-66.6%
Clinton Morris$126,690$59,085-53.4%
William D. Henley$182,873$53,072-71%
Jared Edward Hill$127,982$42,974-66.4%
Jason Hill$125,927$40,050-68.2%
Kelly Glenn Moore$116,570$37,916-67.5%
Robert A. Henderson$49,305$30,586-38%
Greg A. Vaughn$29,920$28,224-5.7%
Steve Dixon$97,894$27,552-71.9%
David C. Payne$57,935$26,726-53.9%
Bobby Woodall$91,725$26,630-71%
Commercial Nursery Company, Inc.$79,229$24,499-69.1%
Pete Williams$89,904$23,379-74%
Martin Dickey$85,177$22,508-73.6%
Gary Horton$67,756$22,470-66.8%
Clay Barstad$20,117$21,2555.7%
Lynch Properties$69,034$20,842-69.8%
C. E. Vincent$51,166$19,992-60.9%
Larry Cobb$30,453$19,400-36.3%
Thomas C. McBee$83,776$18,779-77.6%
Sue Manning$0$18,751--
Kurt Johnson$49,090$15,156-69.1%
Mitchell Family Partnership, Ltd.$28,411$14,922-47.5%
Eddy Payne$36,887$13,763-62.7%
William King Dixon$46,493$13,727-70.5%
Denney Swann$41,656$13,676-67.2%
Danny Knight$29,445$13,671-53.6%
David P. Morris$22,438$12,965-42.2%
Jacob P. Morris$32,638$12,900-60.5%
Jason Franklin$62$12,06519,359.7%
Blake L. Stewart$39,461$11,352-71.2%
Crouch Family Farm L P$19,619$11,145-43.2%
Smith Farms, Inc.$26,631$11,124-58.2%
Lacuri Farm$0$10,872--
Gordon Millsaps$38,922$10,851-72.1%
James Cavett$21,835$10,641-51.3%
Whitson Glenn Moore$33,191$10,257-69.1%
Ray E. Weaver$40,464$9,269-77.1%
Paul M. Quandt III$43,235$7,361-83%
Drew Payne$19,588$7,226-63.1%
Sidney R. Walker$34,767$7,156-79.4%
Dale Crabtree$23,771$7,129-70%
A. H. Partin III$18,993$7,075-62.7%
Kenlee B Rinkes$15,911$6,872-56.8%
Ross Rinkes$16,100$6,872-57.3%
James Grady Weaver$25,339$6,596-74%
Rodney Lee$37,576$5,868-84.4%
Howard Latham$13,645$5,840-57.2%
Ephraim B Gammada, M.D.$24,512$5,789-76.4%
Pete M. Hall$23,430$5,635-75.9%
Paula Ann Clark$15,504$5,375-65.3%
Steven C. Callaway$5,812$5,263-9.4%
Charles M. Feller$5,741$5,206-9.3%
Gregory Eugene Walls$8,042$5,025-37.5%
Terry T. Smith$17,832$4,632-74%
Sloan A. Stewart$20,946$4,587-78.1%
O a W Frost, Inc.$12,155$4,530-62.7%
Daniel Gray$15,323$4,345-71.6%
Andrew Dixon$13,942$3,906-72%
Elizabeth Blythe Ford$3,861$3,8610%
Mark M. Hall$74,972$3,853-94.9%
Vincent Harper$17,659$3,742-78.8%
Todd A. Payne$11,732$3,536-69.9%
Bill Smith$9,735$3,415-64.9%
Randall R. Buckner$9,391$3,266-65.2%
Carl Dixon$17,696$3,242-81.7%
Clayton Sherman$15,664$3,191-79.6%
Jesse Lee May$6,640$3,146-52.6%
Keith Morris$19,862$3,132-84.2%
Paul Wilkerson$11,325$3,123-72.4%
Craig Grimes$6,173$3,046-50.7%
Philip Wayne Dixon$10,870$3,027-72.2%
Larry G. Walker$12,919$2,986-76.9%
Alton R. Simpson$2,931$2,9310%
Morgan Renea Hill$7,354$2,926-60.2%
After Hours Nursery, LLC$24,930$2,899-88.4%
James Elliott$14,575$2,896-80.1%
Fred Appel$2,059$2,80936.4%
Travis Strope$13,212$2,670-79.8%
Roy A. Hopkins$12,064$2,588-78.5%
Charles L. Merkle$6,942$2,575-62.9%
Joyce Henley$12,660$2,530-80%
Michael S. Tucker$7,426$2,498-66.4%
Chad Anthony Mantooth$2,588$2,473-4.4%
Don W. Henson$9,543$2,375-75.1%
Dean Hanger$2,000$2,32816.4%
Dennis A. Holder$6,118$2,319-62.1%
Matthew Allen Summers$11,921$2,316-80.6%
Timothy W. Purinton$4,528$2,298-49.2%
Kevin Pickett$11,046$2,239-79.7%
Rachel Hensel - Cole$9,498$2,210-76.7%
Harold Isbell$3,521$2,142-39.2%
Rhett Smith$15,825$2,121-86.6%
Andrew David Bowen$5,413$2,104-61.1%
Carroll Ray Smith$16,901$1,994-88.2%
Thomas Vaughan$6,342$1,988-68.7%
Felicia Sells$7,634$1,919-74.9%
Billy R. Stewart$3,531$1,827-48.3%
Jaime Arellano$9,435$1,827-80.6%
John Andrew Keith$6,857$1,781-74%
Vivien G. Allen$7,205$1,776-75.4%
Christopher P. O'Brien$10,346$1,714-83.4%
Sharon J. Lockhart$1,679$1,6790%
Leon Clark$3,509$1,677-52.2%
Byron Mayes$6,314$1,672-73.5%
Walter B. Jennings Jr.$8,008$1,640-79.5%
Shawn Payne$3,500$1,638-53.2%
Eddie Wayne Sells$5,588$1,626-70.9%
Gregory R. Rinkes$4,134$1,619-60.8%
Ronald G. Deal$11,196$1,600-85.7%
Peters Farm Partnership$8,022$1,575-80.4%
J. W. Chandler$3,841$1,556-59.5%
Ryan Jarrett Dickey$8,529$1,548-81.9%
Sarah Ellen Anderson$9,521$1,530-83.9%
John Wayne Wells$8,359$1,474-82.4%
Leslie Grooms$6,699$1,437-78.5%
William H. Anderson Sr.$5,962$1,429-76%
Billy Woodall$1,378$1,4203%
Terry B. Hill$4,891$1,410-71.2%
Mark T. Smith$2,484$1,385-44.2%
William E. Sisson Jr.$4,037$1,384-65.7%
Robert D. Morgan$11,064$1,382-87.5%
Donald Preston$2,136$1,380-35.4%
Tim R. Morris$6,875$1,374-80%
Barbara K. Finney$815$1,36467.4%
Rex E. Cowley$6,758$1,316-80.5%
Sam W. Henley$5,751$1,266-78%
Mark S. Clark$5,054$1,208-76.1%
James Michael Gray$4,328$1,195-72.4%
Paul Dickey$6,666$1,191-82.1%
Palo Harrison$2,343$1,184-49.5%
Richard Bradford$8,755$1,146-86.9%
Dwight Hale$3,053$1,144-62.5%
Raymond Gipson$8,159$1,139-86%
Mary Kathryn Collins$0$1,137--
Gerline Priest$2,557$1,105-56.8%
Fred Jackie Perry$0$1,100--
John K. England$5,101$1,083-78.8%
Eva M. Austin$4,598$1,080-76.5%
Bradley Eugene Mantooth$4,169$1,048-74.9%
Jennifer Shadow$9,801$1,041-89.4%
Donnie T. Langston$4,598$1,038-77.4%
Phillip Robertson$3,905$1,033-73.5%
Dallas E. Felton$13,089$1,021-92.2%
Timothy C. Henderson$5,695$1,020-82.1%
James E. Henley$4,665$1,000-78.6%
Richard A. Seals$4,363$989-77.3%
Tally Williams Jr.$1,557$988-36.5%
Matthew D. Scruggs$5,734$956-83.3%
Joyce Moore$3,234$922-71.5%
Wayne G. Clark$7,642$917-88%
Brent Perry$3,190$900-71.8%
David L. Scharber$6,085$886-85.4%
Charles P. Hix$2,267$884-61%
Debbie E. Spencer$2,871$883-69.2%
Lola Benson$0$881--
Betty L. Ikard$3,800$871-77.1%
Lawrence G. Kennerly$2,805$863-69.2%
David Cowan$3,046$851-72.1%
John Smith Jr.$0$845--
Victor Felton$9,316$830-91.1%
Anthony W. King$2,883$827-71.3%
Jack L. Welch$1,019$809-20.6%
Craig Syler$3,899$809-79.3%
Robert A. Armstrong$4,504$794-82.4%
A. L. Shasteen Jr.$2,838$784-72.4%
Mary Elizabeth Faris$3,288$783-76.2%
John Barclay Moore$2,087$760-63.6%
James E. Douglas$2,705$748-72.3%
Paul Max Quandt$8,356$746-91.1%
Scottie Hulvey$7,217$728-89.9%
Thomas C. Faris$2,769$722-73.9%
Daryl L. Whitaker$3,096$716-76.9%
Frances C. Williams$0$711--
Stephen D. Swann$3,862$692-82.1%
Wayne B. Williams$2,991$691-76.9%
Troy T. Clark$6,734$688-89.8%
Jerry V. Williams$1,485$686-53.8%
Jason Allen Latham$4,317$685-84.1%
Delores Pickney$1,128$678-39.9%
Jason C. Farris$2,397$675-71.8%
Fred Hill$5,938$667-88.8%
Philip A. Cleek$2,673$644-75.9%
Phillip C. Blankenship Sr.$2,796$636-77.3%
Terry S. Holder$3,618$627-82.7%
Dwayne H. Isbell$4,838$625-87.1%
William H. Keith Sr.$3,395$606-82.2%
Nora A. Morris$2,354$596-74.7%
Johnny L. Stovall$2,541$596-76.5%
Kenneth D. Lee$3,089$578-81.3%
Justin E. Woodall$2,585$561-78.3%
Kathy Cofer$1,398$560-59.9%
Auburn W. Baker$4,056$553-86.4%
Dean Oliver$1,668$552-66.9%
Peters Farm Partnership$0$550--
Eddie L. McDonald$1,685$544-67.7%
Glenn Wilkerson$4,134$544-86.8%
Mark Wilkerson$4,134$544-86.8%
John Brooks Gunn Jr.$4,457$535-88%
Robert E. Redmon$2,783$533-80.8%
Keith Gunn$1,398$528-62.2%
Stephen W. Kirby$544$528-2.9%
Leigh Ann Ray$2,967$526-82.3%
Robert Vanzant$298$52375.5%
Tim Solomon$2,507$510-79.7%
Peggy Hanger$0$507--
Wayne W. Clark$2,244$492-78.1%
Betty E. Woodall$1,263$489-61.3%
Jeffery R. Clark$3,177$484-84.8%
Faye T. Cleek$2,087$480-77%
Larry A. Hasty$3,613$477-86.8%
Brenda Y. Quandt$3,065$473-84.6%
James H. McBee$2,383$466-80.4%
Lonnie Mark Jones$778$465-40.2%
William Gary Armstrong$798$452-43.4%
Cynthia L. Wylie$1,551$450-71%
Harold T. Jones$2,563$445-82.6%
James L. Chasteen$2,742$443-83.8%
Bradley C. Syler$2,002$441-78%
Gerald Nathan Player$1,379$439-68.2%
Peggy Gipson$1,272$431-66.1%
James H Kincherlow$1,265$428-66.2%
Ted Garretson$1,162$424-63.5%
John M. Ingle$3,322$419-87.4%
William O. Sells$1,500$414-72.4%
Coyle O. Clark$1,650$413-75%
Melissa Sells$2,595$408-84.3%
Deborah Sanders Keith$915$396-56.7%
Eddie Stewart$3,025$391-87.1%
Danny T. Glassco$924$385-58.3%
Joe Wayne Smith$1,495$379-74.6%
Joe Wayne Tucker$589$378-35.8%
Michael Brown$1,870$376-79.9%
Floyd A. Sherman$806$374-53.6%
Gayle C. Williams$0$373--
Sandra Payne Morris$200$37286%
Ryan Payne$578$371-35.8%
Archie C. Stapleton$3,329$360-89.2%
Jay C. Ballard Sr.$2,092$359-82.8%
Troy W. Reavis$1,408$358-74.6%
Willie Ray Brown$2,864$353-87.7%
Bryan Lee Johnson$916$351-61.7%
Craig Buckner$2,191$349-84.1%
Ernie Roles$0$345--
Theresa G. Miller$967$339-64.9%
Mary E. Hall$785$337-57.1%
Mary F. Stewart$159$335110.7%
Dale Bradley$542$335-38.2%
James R. Rowe$1,702$332-80.5%
Doris Duncan$0$326--
Leslee L. McDonald$1,840$311-83.1%
Daniel James Bradford$1,287$297-76.9%
Ashley L. Grimes$1,394$294-78.9%
Lewis Porter Jr.$490$291-40.6%
Douglas Ray Goodman$1,001$285-71.5%
Hollis Gipson$660$284-57%
Donna C. Garrett$1,009$279-72.3%
Casey R. Pogue$1,375$276-79.9%
Jerre M. Hood$1,443$268-81.4%
Retha Shirley McCleskey$323$263-18.6%
Johnny R. Bradford$575$259-55%
Michael T. Buckner$1,210$253-79.1%
Troy Brown$1,265$253-80%
Don Plattenburg$474$250-47.3%
Deborah Reed$1,094$249-77.2%
John Matthews$1,356$245-81.9%
Gary Michael Bradford$1,408$243-82.7%
Jessica Renee Cox$1,034$237-77.1%
Gerald Sanders$1,772$236-86.7%
Christine Dickerson$510$219-57.1%
Ronald Caldwell$633$215-66%
James W. Cowan$118$21380.5%
Bobby Finney$577$200-65.3%
Jerry Crownover$1,232$200-83.8%
The RP and PR Brandenstein Revocable Living Trust$499$200-59.9%
Betty J. Spray$0$199--
Billy Shad Housley$654$196-70%
Timothy M. Wilson$141$18833.3%
Dan C. Williams$134$17832.8%
Mary Frances Hanger$333$173-48%
Ray H. Commers$330$172-47.9%
Dennis Barbeau$549$162-70.5%
Charlie Marshall$119$15832.8%
William B. Davis$260$158-39.2%
Gary Bass$421$154-63.4%
Joseph M. High$426$153-64.1%
Jane M. Walls$370$147-60.3%
Eddy O. Seals$112$14630.4%
Matthew Brian Carter$252$136-46%
Mickey Hall$550$132-76%
Charles B. Starnes$938$132-85.9%
Wayne Graham$209$129-38.3%
John Robert Douglas Jr.$352$127-63.9%
Hatchett Family LP$836$124-85.2%
Billy J. Sansom$326$119-63.5%
Charles E. Seals$96$11620.8%
James T. Morris$363$104-71.3%
Eddie Fowler$252$104-58.7%
Allen R. Stephens$558$102-81.7%
Rocky Morris$253$98-61.3%
Samuel Travis Stewart$264$97-63.3%
Tina L. Faris$73$9732.9%
Robert Lee Eichenberger$177$93-47.5%
Jerry Quinn$139$89-36%
Heyward B. Austin$187$88-52.9%
Ronnie D. Hill$660$83-87.4%
Troy Perry$659$81-87.7%
Lucille B. Hunnicutt$192$77-59.9%
Jacquelyn M. Stines$229$76-66.8%
Brad Buchanan$99$76-23.2%
Darrin Manning Bean$139$76-45.3%
Marvin E. Nash$1,180$75-93.6%
Estate of Paul Dewey Edens$661$75-88.7%
Thomas M. Baskin III$56$7432.1%
Harry Fred Finney$97$63-35.1%
Greg Perry$102$62-39.2%
Milton E. May Sr.$46$6132.6%
John Payne$209$57-72.7%
Patricia Gilliam, Executor$0$53--
Jennifer Chantel Norris$35$4734.3%
Thomas A. Jackson$33$4433.3%
Barbara Ratcliff$3,926$43-98.9%
Johnny L. Seals$39$35-10.3%
Sabrina Martin$0$31--
Lea Anne Shull$0$30--
Hugh Parker$0$19--
Max Holder$27$16-40.7%
Tom Lacy$0$14--
Jessica Dykes$103$4-96.1%
Benjamin Allen Merrill$715$0-100%
Clifford Summers$3,870$0-100%
John K. Krauth$2,814$0-100%
Billy Williams$1,155$0-100%
Boyd K. Phillips$256$0-100%
Phillip C. Hayes$731$0-100%
Carlin N. Hill$34$0-100%
Darren Earle$495$0-100%
Darren W. Hill$34$0-100%
Freeland Burks Bennett$1,265$0-100%
Gerald Stewart$186$0-100%
Jeremy J. Hill$6,775$0-100%
Jimmy Swann$839$0-100%
Kenneth E. Williams$156$0-100%
Michelle Partin$410$0-100%
Perry L. Woodall$2,459$0-100%
Renee Papini Cogil$216$0-100%
Scott E. Walker$550$0-100%
Walter R. Anderson$550$0-100%
Avery Wiggs$1,590$0-100%
Carl Spray$332$0-100%
Daniel Wiggs$1,590$0-100%
Darrel N. Collins$1,210$0-100%
E. W. Hensley$72$0-100%
James Armstrong$2,431$0-100%
Jamie Weaver$4,159$0-100%
Keith B. Reynolds$1,375$0-100%
Lana C. Blankenship$1,709$0-100%
Michael D. Belisle$67$0-100%
Monique McBee$340$0-100%
Patricia Gilliam$47$0-100%
Ron Anderson$3,362$0-100%
Terrice Sawyer$64$0-100%
Terry Wiggs$1,771$0-100%
Thomas M. Edwards$495$0-100%
Tony Frame$1,812$0-100%
William T. McKelvey$1,447$0-100%
Albert J. Williams$5,277$0-100%
Christopher M. Fanning$3,236$0-100%
Gregory E. Walls$7,755$0-100%
Harry Benson$2,187$0-100%
Josh Haddon$605$0-100%
Mike Strope$14,286$0-100%
Wesley Latham$11,858$0-100%
Brenda Foster$4,493$0-100%
Charles F. Feller$12,020$0-100%
Charles Shannon Johnston$1,490$0-100%
Gracie B. Moore$4,675$0-100%
James K. Burks$440$0-100%
James R. Duncan$1,172$0-100%
Jerry W Sons$9,032$0-100%
John W. Skidmore$6,060$0-100%
Justin Byrom$1,650$0-100%
Karen Horsman Tice$238$0-100%
Margaret B. Garrett$120$0-100%
Richard A. Zimmerman$4,694$0-100%
Ruth H. Zimmerman$1,971$0-100%
Schaefer Nursery$69,753$0-100%
Steve Myers$1,999$0-100%
Tennessee Valley Nursery, Inc.$74,164$0-100%
Tracy Scott Seals$693$0-100%
Total subsidies$4,972,779$1,487,474-70.1%

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