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In 2021, 285 farmers in cities within Trigg County received a total of $3.5 million in 487 farm subsidies, a 68.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $11 million in 877 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 Trigg County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Springs Farms | $3,028,791 | $553,127 | -81.7% |
| Vinson Farms | $820,516 | $370,728 | -54.8% |
| Cundiff Farms | $1,118,044 | $273,800 | -75.5% |
| River Bend Farms | $876,406 | $236,274 | -73% |
| Perry Farms | $439,277 | $226,512 | -48.4% |
| Rb Farms | $403,157 | $121,031 | -70% |
| Underhill Farms | $263,763 | $113,984 | -56.8% |
| Joshua Brashears | $237,383 | $96,320 | -59.4% |
| Lawrence Bros Farm | $64,183 | $61,406 | -4.3% |
| James R. McAtee | $149,826 | $55,313 | -63.1% |
| Andrea E. McAtee | $149,713 | $55,202 | -63.1% |
| Dana D. Swatzell | $53,128 | $51,198 | -3.6% |
| J. B. Hyde | $41,787 | $48,450 | 15.9% |
| Anthony Head | $36,490 | $47,452 | 30% |
| Ledford Brothers Farm, LLC | $139,157 | $43,693 | -68.6% |
| Andy Scranton | $45,063 | $41,873 | -7.1% |
| L & H Farms, LLC | $113,714 | $38,841 | -65.8% |
| Daniel E. Stewart | $49,914 | $38,202 | -23.5% |
| Ronnie G. Turner | $35,694 | $35,177 | -1.4% |
| Litchfield Brothers | $95,736 | $34,266 | -64.2% |
| Carl Hale | $41,891 | $34,016 | -18.8% |
| D and C Farms | $10,411 | $33,678 | 223.5% |
| David R. Cansler | $35,241 | $31,950 | -9.3% |
| Terry Stevens | $31,361 | $31,136 | -0.7% |
| Terry Stevens | $31,361 | $31,136 | -0.7% |
| Garnett P. Hayes Jr. | $18,797 | $23,846 | 26.9% |
| Kenneth R. Hale | $23,629 | $22,483 | -4.8% |
| Gary Burks | $22,007 | $22,007 | 0% |
| Grace M. Turner | $0 | $20,929 | -- |
| Timothy Ginn | $20,425 | $20,425 | 0% |
| Betty J. Hensley | $19,350 | $19,350 | 0% |
| Herbert G. Cravens | $17,520 | $17,171 | -2% |
| David Wyatt | $18,328 | $17,161 | -6.4% |
| Carolyn L. Major | $13,663 | $16,159 | 18.3% |
| Matthew Sholar | $33,748 | $13,963 | -58.6% |
| Paula Hays | $14,052 | $13,835 | -1.5% |
| William M. Calhoun III | $17,124 | $13,835 | -19.2% |
| Jonnie Turner | $13,809 | $13,809 | 0% |
| Willie Ppool | $12,834 | $12,834 | 0% |
| Leroy Merrick | $12,252 | $12,252 | 0% |
| Roger Boyd Jr. | $34,685 | $11,502 | -66.8% |
| Ledford Farm, LLC | $33,105 | $11,158 | -66.3% |
| Simpson Farms Joint Venture | $11,197 | $11,084 | -1% |
| Glen Simpson | $11,194 | $11,082 | -1% |
| Scott Jolly | $246,899 | $10,944 | -95.6% |
| Kent Major | $45,816 | $10,796 | -76.4% |
| Bob Bush | $10,167 | $10,167 | 0% |
| Kenneth Cunningham | $10,150 | $10,150 | 0% |
| George Humphries | $10,052 | $9,933 | -1.2% |
| Walter C Schonaman Testamentary Trust | $7,561 | $9,570 | 26.6% |
| Wayne McAtee | $19,339 | $9,533 | -50.7% |
| Bradley Cornelius | $23,008 | $9,136 | -60.3% |
| Jeff Futrell | $10,793 | $8,787 | -18.6% |
| Billy Carr | $0 | $8,511 | -- |
| Stephen F. McCormick | $0 | $8,467 | -- |
| Janice F. Swatzell | $4,940 | $8,421 | 70.5% |
| Brent Ingram | $8,262 | $8,262 | 0% |
| Humphries Family Farm Partnership | $73,079 | $8,169 | -88.8% |
| Kellie Bush | $8,144 | $8,050 | -1.2% |
| William Reed Ginn | $8,465 | $7,805 | -7.8% |
| Johnny Thomas | $36,821 | $7,682 | -79.1% |
| Buffalo Lick Farms, Inc. | $0 | $7,010 | -- |
| Lewis E. McCormick Jr. | $20,927 | $6,982 | -66.6% |
| Michael Humphries | $6,545 | $6,187 | -5.5% |
| Scott T. Bridges | $11,649 | $6,155 | -47.2% |
| Roger Merrick | $6,125 | $6,125 | 0% |
| Kenneth Oakley | $5,812 | $5,812 | 0% |
| Craig Mize | $123,143 | $5,488 | -95.5% |
| Craig Banister | $20,281 | $5,438 | -73.2% |
| R. B. King | $12,234 | $5,324 | -56.5% |
| Lewis Sonny Kennedy | $0 | $5,292 | -- |
| David C. Cunningham | $16,419 | $4,776 | -70.9% |
| Angela Humphries | $0 | $4,314 | -- |
| Joseph Daniel Towey | $14,902 | $4,245 | -71.5% |
| Hubert S. Brashears | $170,814 | $4,127 | -97.6% |
| Bill Pruitt | $15,840 | $4,099 | -74.1% |
| Alfred B. Cossey | $3,977 | $3,977 | 0% |
| Samuel C. Cofield | $19,762 | $3,592 | -81.8% |
| James E. Adams III | $41,926 | $3,525 | -91.6% |
| Robert G. Cunningham | $3,482 | $3,482 | 0% |
| M J Thomas Trust | $6,015 | $3,367 | -44% |
| Shiloh Partners, LLC | $11,583 | $3,246 | -72% |
| Barry Lee Alexander | $7,562 | $3,224 | -57.4% |
| Lewis McCormick | $10,469 | $3,200 | -69.4% |
| S. D. Broadbent III | $15,653 | $3,182 | -79.7% |
| Scott G. Sanders | $36,016 | $3,098 | -91.4% |
| D. M. Martin Jr. | $17,041 | $2,996 | -82.4% |
| Debbie Roberts | $14,645 | $2,947 | -79.9% |
| Belenda E Holland | $2,817 | $2,817 | 0% |
| James B. Oakley | $7,343 | $2,808 | -61.8% |
| Ricky Ladd | $13,053 | $2,795 | -78.6% |
| Robert Bush | $40,675 | $2,788 | -93.1% |
| Brandon Oliver | $10,188 | $2,734 | -73.2% |
| Scott E. Gilkey | $5,763 | $2,727 | -52.7% |
| William D. Ginn | $13,454 | $2,540 | -81.1% |
| Andrew S. Humphries | $2,628 | $2,493 | -5.1% |
| Bobby J. Hyde | $10,138 | $2,451 | -75.8% |
| Todd Freeman | $8,745 | $2,422 | -72.3% |
| Hunter M. Marshall | $594 | $2,419 | 307.2% |
| Jeffery Brashears | $4,527 | $2,402 | -46.9% |
| Rodney Tooke | $8,393 | $2,364 | -71.8% |
| Ronald R. Colley | $59,130 | $2,303 | -96.1% |
| Wayne Knight | $2,461 | $2,303 | -6.4% |
| Mark Humphries | $6,766 | $2,287 | -66.2% |
| Antler Ridge Farm | $0 | $2,262 | -- |
| James Ladd | $2,247 | $2,247 | 0% |
| Paula Ladd | $2,247 | $2,247 | 0% |
| Conrad Martin | $6,307 | $2,245 | -64.4% |
| Barry Thomas | $23,247 | $2,202 | -90.5% |
| Donnie Pogue | $1,465 | $2,171 | 48.2% |
| Richard Wadlington | $7,638 | $2,121 | -72.2% |
| Earl E Schonaman Living Trust | $7,203 | $2,051 | -71.5% |
| Madison Major | $11,734 | $2,033 | -82.7% |
| Milburn Hardy | $6,595 | $1,973 | -70.1% |
| Janet B. Harmon | $5,865 | $1,965 | -66.5% |
| David Hite | $13,106 | $1,945 | -85.2% |
| Wilda Roberts | $2,314 | $1,937 | -16.3% |
| Donald McCraw Jr. | $440 | $1,878 | 326.8% |
| Diamond P. Farms | $23,376 | $1,841 | -92.1% |
| James Madison Towler Jr. | $1,779 | $1,779 | 0% |
| John C. Freeman | $5,813 | $1,778 | -69.4% |
| Rick L. Rinehart | $3,194 | $1,755 | -45.1% |
| Gary Freeman | $13,493 | $1,724 | -87.2% |
| Joe E. Rogers | $5,169 | $1,715 | -66.8% |
| David Kyler | $4,917 | $1,690 | -65.6% |
| Gary Litchfield | $9,184 | $1,670 | -81.8% |
| Zachary Fuller | $0 | $1,661 | -- |
| Lisa Champion | $7,189 | $1,633 | -77.3% |
| Anthony Fourshee | $8,061 | $1,622 | -79.9% |
| W. G. Lawrence | $5,431 | $1,617 | -70.2% |
| Mike Garoppo | $3,017 | $1,570 | -48% |
| Arnold Chlupsa | $1,859 | $1,562 | -16% |
| Hyde Family Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,550 | -- |
| Graham Cofield | $7,786 | $1,526 | -80.4% |
| Kyle W. Freeman | $6,860 | $1,522 | -77.8% |
| Jeremy W. Taylor | $1,521 | $1,521 | 0% |
| William H. Amberg | $1,105 | $1,512 | 36.8% |
| Neal Wadlington | $3,402 | $1,508 | -55.7% |
| Jeremy M. Cannon | $205 | $1,485 | 624.4% |
| Elias Mitch Hite | $2,293 | $1,460 | -36.3% |
| Terry Amis | $1,455 | $1,455 | 0% |
| Randall Freeman | $4,236 | $1,433 | -66.2% |
| Donovan Washer | $9,709 | $1,427 | -85.3% |
| Marcus A. Gresham | $3,894 | $1,387 | -64.4% |
| Jeffrey L. Hill | $3,619 | $1,310 | -63.8% |
| Connie B. Rogers | $4,107 | $1,306 | -68.2% |
| Austin Hart | $1,417 | $1,302 | -8.1% |
| James B. Moore Jr. | $11,082 | $1,285 | -88.4% |
| William Brandon Thomas | $10,451 | $1,280 | -87.8% |
| Jill S. Paxton | $5,403 | $1,259 | -76.7% |
| Virginia C. Parrish | $1,256 | $1,256 | 0% |
| Timothy S. Wagoner | $5,867 | $1,212 | -79.3% |
| Lowry L. Wright | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| Jacob M. Lewis | $4,448 | $1,193 | -73.2% |
| David Hardy | $4,333 | $1,176 | -72.9% |
| Todd Harton | $255,279 | $1,157 | -99.5% |
| Kenneth Ray Shipley | $5,423 | $1,150 | -78.8% |
| Shadrick Seals | $8,798 | $1,143 | -87% |
| John P. Fourqurean Jr. | $4,433 | $1,129 | -74.5% |
| Donald McWaters | $6,646 | $1,101 | -83.4% |
| Rebecca J. Marlowe | $1,969 | $1,088 | -44.7% |
| Norman D. Cotton Jr. | $3,344 | $1,000 | -70.1% |
| Leon Roberts | $0 | $990 | -- |
| John K. Sumner | $6,883 | $976 | -85.8% |
| Jonathan Stewart | $1,738 | $962 | -44.6% |
| Ronnie Stewart | $1,738 | $962 | -44.6% |
| Brenda Sumner | $4,945 | $937 | -81.1% |
| Paul D. Crowe | $3,460 | $923 | -73.3% |
| Kenny Underhill | $6,581 | $916 | -86.1% |
| Jimmy Sanderson | $5,151 | $899 | -82.5% |
| Mayme Stewart | $1,679 | $885 | -47.3% |
| Sean Futrell | $3,806 | $869 | -77.2% |
| Bill Bush | $1,527 | $824 | -46% |
| Eldon G. Pontius | $622 | $808 | 29.9% |
| John David Fourqurean | $4,732 | $793 | -83.2% |
| David Wade | $1,651 | $755 | -54.3% |
| Tony Carr Jr. | $2,398 | $750 | -68.7% |
| Marcel Alexander | $3,806 | $713 | -81.3% |
| Jack Young | $1,964 | $708 | -64% |
| Ronald Clark | $3,590 | $678 | -81.1% |
| Robert Wadlington | $905 | $669 | -26.1% |
| Richard Phillips | $7,832 | $661 | -91.6% |
| C. Kirkpatrick III | $1,015 | $658 | -35.2% |
| Jerry Mitchell | $16,361 | $657 | -96% |
| Donald McCraw | $632 | $632 | 0% |
| Heather K. Woodruff | $1,788 | $608 | -66% |
| Charlotte Williamson | $2,244 | $594 | -73.5% |
| John T. Oliver | $2,167 | $579 | -73.3% |
| James P. Freels II | $7,348 | $575 | -92.2% |
| Tim Futrell | $1,292 | $568 | -56% |
| David Scoggin | $1,767 | $556 | -68.5% |
| Paul McGee | $6,363 | $547 | -91.4% |
| Gloria Ann Mclaughlin Living Trust | $1,119 | $546 | -51.2% |
| John Mark Vinson | $6,532 | $543 | -91.7% |
| Lindah Major | $1,756 | $532 | -69.7% |
| Joe Lee Fooshee | $1,013 | $518 | -48.9% |
| Ronne T. Cornelius | $678 | $516 | -23.9% |
| Janet L. Hasselbring | $366 | $515 | 40.7% |
| Christopher Garner | $2,086 | $498 | -76.1% |
| Anne F. Higgins | $893 | $460 | -48.5% |
| Lucille Major | $4,189 | $457 | -89.1% |
| Harold Wm Schafer | $1,424 | $455 | -68% |
| Dennis J. Adams | $1,565 | $454 | -71% |
| Jean Barnfield M. Rose | $1,080 | $452 | -58.1% |
| Connie Gray | $6,683 | $443 | -93.4% |
| James P. Kilcoyne | $2,637 | $437 | -83.4% |
| Charles C West JR | $433 | $433 | 0% |
| Ronald Clayton Sholar | $424 | $424 | 0% |
| James R. Freeman | $3,075 | $423 | -86.2% |
| James Daniel Walker | $413 | $413 | 0% |
| Steve Hardy | $1,401 | $406 | -71% |
| Charles W. Jones | $1,573 | $398 | -74.7% |
| Neville Turner | $7,902 | $386 | -95.1% |
| S. W. McNichols | $1,934 | $381 | -80.3% |
| Shawn Roberts | $1,485 | $378 | -74.5% |
| Barksdale Trust No 1 | $949 | $376 | -60.4% |
| Elizabeth Dyer Torkelson | $1,100 | $359 | -67.4% |
| Carl G. Davis | $0 | $348 | -- |
| Margret E. Brown | $767 | $347 | -54.8% |
| Garyth L Thompson | $1,282 | $312 | -75.7% |
| Betsy B. Dunn | $467 | $310 | -33.6% |
| Cyrus O. Wood | $873 | $310 | -64.5% |
| Ronda Martin King | $1,129 | $305 | -73% |
| George W. Helton | $818 | $296 | -63.8% |
| Barbara Daniel | $292 | $292 | 0% |
| Kathryn C. Harper | $960 | $289 | -69.9% |
| Harold Wilson | $970 | $283 | -70.8% |
| David A. Daniel | $283 | $283 | 0% |
| Dennis Thomas | $482 | $265 | -45% |
| Jeffery L. Hite | $1,364 | $264 | -80.6% |
| Cecil P. Leek | $1,429 | $263 | -81.6% |
| Portia Eve Aldridge | $413 | $253 | -38.7% |
| Amber L Syester | $0 | $248 | -- |
| Jo S. Hughes | $456 | $246 | -46.1% |
| David D. Wells | $1,431 | $232 | -83.8% |
| Dwight Wolfe | $287 | $229 | -20.2% |
| Gaylon King | $3,608 | $226 | -93.7% |
| Richard W. Howell | $473 | $221 | -53.3% |
| Linda H. Miles | $221 | $221 | 0% |
| Herman Litchfield | $0 | $217 | -- |
| Lois M. Stewart | $249 | $206 | -17.3% |
| Cal-Gar Farms, LLC | $770 | $204 | -73.5% |
| William E. Tyler Jr. | $758 | $200 | -73.6% |
| Scott Knose | $825 | $197 | -76.1% |
| Joshua Holley | $990 | $193 | -80.5% |
| Billy E. Sumner | $0 | $190 | -- |
| Trevor Hancock | $770 | $190 | -75.3% |
| Beverly Yewell | $382 | $179 | -53.1% |
| Ronald B. Kidd | $0 | $179 | -- |
| Paul Fourshee | $1,509 | $170 | -88.7% |
| Robert W. Noel | $269 | $170 | -36.8% |
| Tyler O. Hancock | $4,122 | $168 | -95.9% |
| Tony Baker | $703 | $165 | -76.5% |
| Gloria C. Davis | $190 | $162 | -14.7% |
| Maranita Lopez | $313 | $161 | -48.6% |
| Kristi H. Cunningham | $407 | $155 | -61.9% |
| Lacy Morris | $463 | $150 | -67.6% |
| Robert Freeman | $2,569 | $150 | -94.2% |
| Pansy K. Evans | $170 | $147 | -13.5% |
| T W Lumber Company, LLC | $0 | $111 | -- |
| Edison Bryant | $188 | $110 | -41.5% |
| Andrea Allen | $0 | $105 | -- |
| Thomas E. Daniel | $105 | $105 | 0% |
| Sue King | $0 | $101 | -- |
| Winston Perry | $839 | $101 | -88% |
| Robert Earl White | $286 | $99 | -65.4% |
| Matt Kennedy | $0 | $86 | -- |
| Judy C. Freeman | $272 | $85 | -68.8% |
| Jackie Humphries | $244 | $80 | -67.2% |
| Judy Hampton | $457 | $75 | -83.6% |
| Alan W. Homiak | $188 | $74 | -60.6% |
| James E. Upton Jr. | $258 | $72 | -72.1% |
| Emmett D. Henderson | $188 | $69 | -63.3% |
| Karen Flener | $120 | $59 | -50.8% |
| Ramon H. Oliver | $3,617 | $51 | -98.6% |
| Ralph Calhoun | $104 | $44 | -57.7% |
| Roy D. Ezell | $0 | $42 | -- |
| Michelle R. Hyde | $0 | $39 | -- |
| Ellen Major Jolly | $0 | $33 | -- |
| Cynthia Ann McWaters | $153 | $25 | -83.7% |
| Andrea E. Heady | $46 | $16 | -65.2% |
| Carolyn Freeman | $104 | $11 | -89.4% |
| Bonnie K. Freeman | $77 | $7 | -90.9% |
| Mary Lou Stallons | $0 | $5 | -- |
| Beverly Harper | $54 | $3 | -94.4% |
| Allen G Watruba | $17 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony W. Thomas | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Beverly Harton | $52,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill Lawrence | $3,836 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy C. Stallons | $2,014 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn Keller | $7 | $0 | -100% |
| Casey Creek II | $10,947 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennie C. Wynn | $545 | $0 | -100% |
| Donnie R. Tinsley | $141 | $0 | -100% |
| Donnie Snyder | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Earl Carr | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Elsie M. Orten | $15,668 | $0 | -100% |
| Graham Lawrence | $5,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Heather P. Gibson | $812 | $0 | -100% |
| Jackie F. Oakley | $96 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse Ppool | $15,534 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Andre Crute | $1,225 | $0 | -100% |
| June K. Ezell | $205 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Alexander | $14,557 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Lawrence | $3,836 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Cunningham | $17 | $0 | -100% |
| Margie Vinson | $52 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark T. White | $1,620 | $0 | -100% |
| Mason Hyde | $6,384 | $0 | -100% |
| Reagan Hyde | $1,765 | $0 | -100% |
| Rex M. Music Jr. | $57 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Ezell | $8,950 | $0 | -100% |
| Tracy a Bruce-Brown | $764 | $0 | -100% |
| Vickie Fourshee | $7 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron S. Esh | $1,610 | $0 | -100% |
| Black Patch Farms, LLC | $71,618 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Davis | $6,879 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary L. Hayes | $5,050 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly Roberts | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Levi F. Stoltzfus | $18,449 | $0 | -100% |
| Sonya Ginn | $231 | $0 | -100% |
| Tiffany J. Gilkey | $89 | $0 | -100% |
| W Ray Naghtin | $387 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $11,008,970 | $3,463,192 | -68.5% |
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