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In 2021, 120 farmers in cities within Wayne County received a total of $2.9 million in 197 farm subsidies, a 53.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.2 million in 477 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strickland Farms III | $1,074,104 | $424,010 | -60.5% |
| Roberts Bee Company | $276,178 | $275,386 | -0.3% |
| James David Thornton | $244,248 | $171,443 | -29.8% |
| Ron Burch, Inc. | $164,526 | $115,338 | -29.9% |
| Joy, Inc. | $227,737 | $112,392 | -50.6% |
| Zackery David Thornton | $122,134 | $97,688 | -20% |
| William Cardell Stephens | $187,782 | $90,840 | -51.6% |
| Madray & Wynn Farms, LLC | $217,896 | $88,123 | -59.6% |
| Angie Burch, Inc. | $175,931 | $85,269 | -51.5% |
| Melissa, Inc. | $169,524 | $83,673 | -50.6% |
| Dashia Farms, Inc. | $160,395 | $80,578 | -49.8% |
| Mary Ann and Burch, LLC | $161,151 | $74,222 | -53.9% |
| Alisha Farms, Inc. | $115,643 | $71,097 | -38.5% |
| Colby C. Madray | $0 | $65,442 | -- |
| Mansfield Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jacob Lee Nolan | $163,656 | $50,337 | -69.2% |
| William Darius Floyd Jr. | $157,387 | $48,900 | -68.9% |
| Nine Run Farms, LLC | $97,634 | $47,703 | -51.1% |
| Spring Fever Farms, LLC | $134,426 | $47,061 | -65% |
| Archie A. Clary | $92,721 | $44,842 | -51.6% |
| Russell Trenton Padgett | $74,279 | $44,720 | -39.8% |
| K Pop Acres, LLC | $87,938 | $44,421 | -49.5% |
| Crossroads Broilers, Inc. | $0 | $37,134 | -- |
| Emily Williams Nolan | $99,602 | $35,465 | -64.4% |
| River Road Farms South, Inc. | $9,608 | $33,374 | 247.4% |
| Billy M. Burch | $160,260 | $32,999 | -79.4% |
| Burch Farms Lp | $230,321 | $32,794 | -85.8% |
| W. R. Lightsey | $54,399 | $28,966 | -46.8% |
| Logan K. Poppell | $41,311 | $28,125 | -31.9% |
| Donald W. Dent | $34,863 | $28,039 | -19.6% |
| Jonathan M. Harris Sr. | $82,073 | $26,712 | -67.5% |
| Greenview Farms, Inc. | $106,798 | $26,595 | -75.1% |
| John Wayne Oliver | $91,966 | $25,234 | -72.6% |
| George Griffis | $51,168 | $24,690 | -51.7% |
| Kristy Griffis Arnold | $59,109 | $21,980 | -62.8% |
| River Road Investments, LLC | $90,630 | $21,321 | -76.5% |
| Franklin Denison | $62,440 | $19,898 | -68.1% |
| Thomas Dewitt Kinchen | $79,913 | $18,855 | -76.4% |
| KRT Farms, LLC | $6,325 | $18,415 | 191.1% |
| Jack Donald Stephens | $32,525 | $14,323 | -56% |
| Paul A. Harris | $24,154 | $11,554 | -52.2% |
| Irma Tyre | $20,742 | $11,080 | -46.6% |
| Guy Steven Griffis II | $27,847 | $9,586 | -65.6% |
| Jesup Bee Company, LLC | $8,542 | $8,542 | 0% |
| Delmus R Thornton | $13,518 | $7,701 | -43% |
| Joe Baker Harris Jr. | $31,492 | $7,299 | -76.8% |
| Wesley Griffis | $8,652 | $6,717 | -22.4% |
| Lindsay Thomas | $0 | $6,588 | -- |
| Marvin David Geiger Jr. | $12,472 | $6,563 | -47.4% |
| Gary W. Murray | $23,270 | $6,436 | -72.3% |
| James Danny Surrency | $3,751 | $6,357 | 69.5% |
| William E. Clanton | $25,300 | $5,734 | -77.3% |
| Robin Lyn Thornton | $24,629 | $5,324 | -78.4% |
| William Ian Greene | $9,278 | $5,013 | -46% |
| Stetson Bennett III | $1,208 | $4,846 | 301.2% |
| Keith Malcolm Massey | $26,430 | $4,745 | -82% |
| Nicky Lee Denison | $11,414 | $4,741 | -58.5% |
| Bill C. Krueger | $2,262 | $4,705 | 108% |
| DeWitt Scarborough | $9,328 | $4,696 | -49.7% |
| Geneva B. Aldridge | $4,672 | $4,672 | 0% |
| Guy S. Griffis | $18,328 | $4,070 | -77.8% |
| Moody Family Holdings, LLC | $4,023 | $4,023 | 0% |
| William R. Tyre Jr. | $9,078 | $3,955 | -56.4% |
| David E. Carter | $13,975 | $3,696 | -73.6% |
| Charles Beaver | $23,520 | $3,622 | -84.6% |
| William M. Whittington | $3,409 | $3,409 | 0% |
| Jerry L. Hayes | $54,869 | $3,396 | -93.8% |
| R. B. Anderson | $8,184 | $3,325 | -59.4% |
| Darrell Alan Bargeron | $3,003 | $3,003 | 0% |
| William Daniel Broadhurst | $3,728 | $2,678 | -28.2% |
| Dana Mixon Kozma | $18,951 | $2,471 | -87% |
| Darwin Dwane Anderson | $16,594 | $2,327 | -86% |
| James H. Wynn | $11,867 | $2,179 | -81.6% |
| Dennis C. Edenfield | $10,397 | $2,139 | -79.4% |
| Thomas Waters | $0 | $1,986 | -- |
| Lori W. Rozier | $3,326 | $1,944 | -41.6% |
| Brandon Deleigh Rozier | $3,226 | $1,873 | -41.9% |
| Karen T. Thompson | $1,812 | $1,812 | 0% |
| Terry K Gunter SR | $7,717 | $1,618 | -79% |
| Russell L. Auldridge | $2,013 | $1,611 | -20% |
| Herman L. Lewis Sr. | $11,115 | $1,600 | -85.6% |
| Konner Gavin Stephens | $2,409 | $1,466 | -39.1% |
| Jerry J. Poppell | $5,079 | $1,451 | -71.4% |
| Gregory S. Griffis | $4,285 | $1,349 | -68.5% |
| Carmine B. Nastri | $20,960 | $1,294 | -93.8% |
| Tim Ray | $12,264 | $1,087 | -91.1% |
| Larry Surrency | $3,718 | $1,041 | -72% |
| Marcus C. Thornton | $1,888 | $1,038 | -45% |
| David A. Collier | $1,339 | $989 | -26.1% |
| Reginald Doyle Beasley | $2,695 | $916 | -66% |
| CC Livestock and Farm, LLC | $2,662 | $898 | -66.3% |
| James E. Edenfield Sr. | $1,062 | $841 | -20.8% |
| Betty Grace Anderson | $3,657 | $828 | -77.4% |
| Little Chief Farm | $2,662 | $769 | -71.1% |
| Jonathan M. Harris Jr. | $0 | $755 | -- |
| Bradley Phillip Hart | $5,768 | $690 | -88% |
| Randall H. Rozier III | $1,536 | $678 | -55.9% |
| Linda Hires Quathamer | $725 | $666 | -8.1% |
| Jerry A. Aspinwall | $7,657 | $621 | -91.9% |
| Andy M. Clary | $3,754 | $616 | -83.6% |
| Betty D. Stanton | $793 | $607 | -23.5% |
| Courtney Elliott | $0 | $588 | -- |
| Gary Smith | $2,205 | $552 | -75% |
| Robert F. Jacobs | $1,221 | $520 | -57.4% |
| James Dylan Riendeau | $2,489 | $518 | -79.2% |
| Janell B. Lewis | $550 | $507 | -7.8% |
| Thomas Nathan Patrick | $958 | $489 | -49% |
| Carol C. Harper | $710 | $485 | -31.7% |
| Sharon Dixon Martin | $2,672 | $466 | -82.6% |
| Ronald D. Beasley | $7,122 | $354 | -95% |
| John R. Lane | $1,046 | $349 | -66.6% |
| Ralph Covington | $1,437 | $318 | -77.9% |
| Wendell Lowman | $268 | $235 | -12.3% |
| Robert Todd | $43,903 | $182 | -99.6% |
| Windy Marlene Dukes | $195 | $155 | -20.5% |
| Randall Rozier | $550 | $132 | -76% |
| Ronda Stipe | $238 | $117 | -50.8% |
| Kimberly Harris Sims | $329 | $32 | -90.3% |
| Pamela Harris Williams | $329 | $32 | -90.3% |
| Phillip W. Hart | $399 | $32 | -92% |
| Albert Howard | $312 | $0 | -100% |
| Alfred R. Todd | $1,955 | $0 | -100% |
| Eunita E Rogers | $468 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd F. Chapman Jr. | $7,105 | $0 | -100% |
| George Hinson Mosley | $626 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg A. Madray | $3,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry D. Coley | $3,468 | $0 | -100% |
| J0nathan Craig Sims | $21,977 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Williamson | $885 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice M. Cooper | $210 | $0 | -100% |
| John P. Perry | $784 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry E. Harper | $786 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry J. Cooper | $53 | $0 | -100% |
| Lonnie Andrews O'Quinn | $1,845 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew H. White | $493 | $0 | -100% |
| Moody's Nursery | $16,187 | $0 | -100% |
| Nichols Pecan Farm, LLC | $4,186 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodney Craig Yeomans | $395 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Roberts | $3,389 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler B. Surrency | $618 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne H. Hutcheson | $509 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendell N. Williamson | $11 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilbur Wayne Flowers | $217 | $0 | -100% |
| Angie P. Thornton | $1,489 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Calvin Anderson Jr. | $640 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Anthony Surrency | $6,946 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Jernigan | $3,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse Bryant Anderson | $698 | $0 | -100% |
| John A. Flowers | $21,561 | $0 | -100% |
| Jon R. Madray | $1,159 | $0 | -100% |
| Luke Griffis | $582 | $0 | -100% |
| NTO, LLC | $1,952 | $0 | -100% |
| Sadie A. Russell | $209 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Keith Gunter | $8,121 | $0 | -100% |
| Alinda Y Godwin | $1,158 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles S. Martin | $49,370 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Hartenstein | $13 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin Tyre | $983 | $0 | -100% |
| Rita D. Whitted | $254 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert D. Murray | $215 | $0 | -100% |
| Roberta Lynn Wright | $101 | $0 | -100% |
| Rosalyn C. Murray | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Sonya Ward Royal | $405 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernon L. Nolan | $1,830 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,239,181 | $2,905,578 | -53.4% |
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