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In 2021, 123 farmers in cities within Lyon County received a total of $625,363 in 194 farm subsidies, a 64% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.7 million in 365 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hooks Farms | $584,607 | $187,505 | -67.9% |
| Millikan Farms | $277,650 | $90,462 | -67.4% |
| Bobby Gene Birdsong | $62,109 | $29,508 | -52.5% |
| Gifford Turner | $82,270 | $27,605 | -66.4% |
| Three Creek Farms, Inc. | $62,764 | $26,253 | -58.2% |
| Chad Kemper Logging, LLC | $0 | $25,474 | -- |
| White Barn Farms, LLC | $106,777 | $24,556 | -77% |
| David Herring | $47,255 | $19,869 | -58% |
| James Robert Finley Declaration of Living Trust | $0 | $19,684 | -- |
| M & M Farms | $69,799 | $15,188 | -78.2% |
| Andrew Arnold | $14,249 | $14,249 | 0% |
| Richard E. Smith | $11,335 | $13,324 | 17.5% |
| Herring Farms, LLC | $14,105 | $12,096 | -14.2% |
| Randy Gray | $22,744 | $9,904 | -56.5% |
| Robert Jones | $14,583 | $6,158 | -57.8% |
| J Dunning & Son's Farms, Inc. | $24,075 | $6,117 | -74.6% |
| Joe Terrell | $4,926 | $5,950 | 20.8% |
| Perry Slaton | $8,266 | $5,488 | -33.6% |
| Lee M. Thompson | $0 | $5,231 | -- |
| Charles Maylon Guess | $25,017 | $3,827 | -84.7% |
| Calvin Ray Hooks | $6,712 | $3,366 | -49.9% |
| Thomas Eugene Jones | $12,802 | $3,233 | -74.7% |
| Bob Austin | $6,585 | $3,160 | -52% |
| Anthony Wayne Young | $8,496 | $3,095 | -63.6% |
| Kelly V. Peek | $12,194 | $2,740 | -77.5% |
| Herring Family Limited Partnershi | $12,563 | $2,687 | -78.6% |
| Winn Investments, LLC | $5,558 | $2,682 | -51.7% |
| James Wendell Garner | $4,830 | $2,278 | -52.8% |
| Jerry Cortner Shop, LLC | $11,864 | $1,969 | -83.4% |
| Mary Brock | $6,436 | $1,955 | -69.6% |
| Kristy Dunn | $1,909 | $1,909 | 0% |
| Roger A. Knoth | $17,967 | $1,807 | -89.9% |
| James Julian Gray | $6,585 | $1,792 | -72.8% |
| Doyle J. Walker | $11,103 | $1,585 | -85.7% |
| Barbara Campbell | $1,232 | $1,528 | 24% |
| Jane Brindley | $1,602 | $1,528 | -4.6% |
| Rod Bennett | $6,207 | $1,526 | -75.4% |
| John Curtis Brown | $3,023 | $1,418 | -53.1% |
| Charlotte Maxine Trenkle Trust No. 2 | $5,735 | $1,394 | -75.7% |
| James Paul Bailey | $1,450 | $1,320 | -9% |
| Janet R. Bigley | $2,751 | $1,283 | -53.4% |
| Milladean Gray | $1,197 | $1,197 | 0% |
| Robert W. Adams | $8,711 | $1,164 | -86.6% |
| Brent William White | $4,183 | $1,151 | -72.5% |
| James Michael Herring | $2,098 | $1,144 | -45.5% |
| Larry D. Martin | $1,358 | $1,073 | -21% |
| JCE Sales, Inc. | $982 | $982 | 0% |
| Teddy A. Stovall | $2,870 | $889 | -69% |
| Rachel Barnes | $2,588 | $866 | -66.5% |
| Janet Waters | $5,228 | $770 | -85.3% |
| James Alton Conger | $766 | $766 | 0% |
| Scott Thomas | $800 | $763 | -4.6% |
| Elijah Theodore Terrell | $1,733 | $752 | -56.6% |
| Irma Brown | $561 | $752 | 34% |
| Beverly Ryan | $1,183 | $740 | -37.4% |
| Knoth Land Incorporated | $1,297 | $723 | -44.3% |
| Chris Knoth | $1,295 | $701 | -45.9% |
| Jackie Hancock | $2,015 | $656 | -67.4% |
| Brian M. Williams | $2,695 | $618 | -77.1% |
| Hollis D. Owen | $802 | $606 | -24.4% |
| Claudia A. Eisenmann | $0 | $581 | -- |
| Jerrell White | $2,939 | $571 | -80.6% |
| Aaron Kell Blackburn | $2,393 | $568 | -76.3% |
| Ellen Hedges | $1,081 | $559 | -48.3% |
| Rd Owen Armstrong Investments, LLC | $3,175 | $552 | -82.6% |
| Denzil K. White | $1,273 | $541 | -57.5% |
| Terry D. Duncan | $3,831 | $528 | -86.2% |
| Robert C. Burchett | $1,640 | $522 | -68.2% |
| Rex C. Bennett | $4,920 | $466 | -90.5% |
| Jonathan Michael Guess | $1,838 | $428 | -76.7% |
| Juanita Fay Green Estate | $266 | $410 | 54.1% |
| Warron Kelly Sutton | $2,135 | $408 | -80.9% |
| James F. Grubbs | $1,210 | $399 | -67% |
| Kaitlyne S Metsker | $4,135 | $397 | -90.4% |
| David Graham Stinson | $2,123 | $391 | -81.6% |
| Paul Edward Freeman | $1,617 | $386 | -76.1% |
| Jeffrey L. Munsey | $1,397 | $379 | -72.9% |
| K R Land Company LLC, Inc. | $807 | $370 | -54.2% |
| Major Guess Jr. | $925 | $365 | -60.5% |
| James Suitor | $1,040 | $359 | -65.5% |
| RDJ Enterprises, L L C | $1,709 | $335 | -80.4% |
| Donna Carole Dunbar | $238 | $328 | 37.8% |
| Chad R. Kemper | $1,221 | $324 | -73.5% |
| William S. Wagoner III | $430 | $296 | -31.2% |
| Debra R. Herring | $582 | $284 | -51.2% |
| William Wesselak | $209 | $278 | 33% |
| Mark Herring | $565 | $276 | -51.2% |
| Ronnie Patton | $433 | $270 | -37.6% |
| Christopher P. White | $1,351 | $266 | -80.3% |
| Mitchell McKinney | $455 | $255 | -44% |
| John T. Rudolph Jr. | $188 | $250 | 33% |
| Hugh Edward Knoth | $412 | $234 | -43.2% |
| Andrew T. Gaston | $327 | $222 | -32.1% |
| Cathy S. Holsapple | $825 | $197 | -76.1% |
| Quin Sutton | $1,100 | $187 | -83% |
| Patricia S. Brown | $0 | $187 | -- |
| Glen and Rebecca Kinder Revocable Trust | $0 | $186 | -- |
| Jeffrey A. Edwards | $139 | $185 | 33.1% |
| Burchett Children Trust | $251 | $182 | -27.5% |
| Davy L. Walker | $299 | $182 | -39.1% |
| Danita Finley | $635 | $175 | -72.4% |
| Rebecca Howard | $247 | $170 | -31.2% |
| Larry Lindsey | $759 | $163 | -78.5% |
| Mariesa Jan Driver | $1,156 | $159 | -86.2% |
| Karen Wynn | $396 | $156 | -60.6% |
| John M. Howard | $256 | $143 | -44.1% |
| Kristie H. Spedding | $193 | $143 | -25.9% |
| Lori Ellen Duff | $346 | $142 | -59% |
| Betty J Stedelin | $371 | $134 | -63.9% |
| Rodney White | $127 | $127 | 0% |
| Lori Bannister | $2,546 | $118 | -95.4% |
| Janie Gray | $266 | $112 | -57.9% |
| Danny R. Gray | $197 | $83 | -57.9% |
| William R Young PSC | $59 | $78 | 32.2% |
| Janet L. Barnett | $140 | $77 | -45% |
| Charles B. Knoth | $249 | $70 | -71.9% |
| Gary Timmons | $70 | $48 | -31.4% |
| Richard L. Stafford | $58 | $40 | -31% |
| Jean Fleming Carlson Estate | $54 | $36 | -33.3% |
| Ryan White | $0 | $34 | -- |
| Danny Odell Walker | $24 | $32 | 33.3% |
| Carol Jean Terrell | $59 | $2 | -96.6% |
| Barbara Dean Jordan | $0 | $1 | -- |
| Damon M. Dunning | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Gloria Wadlington | $3,982 | $0 | -100% |
| Hubert Wayne Breedlove | $1,248 | $0 | -100% |
| John W. Niemi | $249 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen Sullens | $644 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy G. Adams | $347 | $0 | -100% |
| Randell Lynn Barnett | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Wayne Story | $6,341 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Smothermon | $114 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher B. Stewart | $295 | $0 | -100% |
| James Curtis Campbell | $370 | $0 | -100% |
| Juanita Green | $472 | $0 | -100% |
| Kerry J. Lax | $112 | $0 | -100% |
| Lana Jean Travis | $181 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph McKinney | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry O. McKinney | $2,915 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony Piercy | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| W. G. Holsapple Jr. | $32,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilma Russell | $175 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,736,714 | $625,363 | -64% |
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