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In 2021, 101 farmers in cities within Campbell County received a total of $336,494 in 150 farm subsidies, a 76.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.4 million in 285 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Mitchell Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| David M. Maxey Jr. | $51,512 | $32,042 | -37.8% |
| Robert James Bradley | $83,193 | $22,808 | -72.6% |
| Charles Keith Moon | $17,186 | $19,547 | 13.7% |
| Charles Matthew Fariss | $246,617 | $19,013 | -92.3% |
| James Malcolm Evans | $25,245 | $15,525 | -38.5% |
| Kevin R. Trent | $33,298 | $14,924 | -55.2% |
| Monte S. Mason | $12,576 | $12,098 | -3.8% |
| Mile Branch Farm | $30,164 | $11,519 | -61.8% |
| CCC | $4,215 | $11,154 | 164.6% |
| Sidney Elbert Riley | $4,616 | $8,665 | 87.7% |
| Michael Price | $28,212 | $8,561 | -69.7% |
| Fairhart Farms, Inc. | $437,250 | $7,430 | -98.3% |
| Phillip Luke Whitlow | $10,541 | $6,161 | -41.6% |
| John C. Mason | $26,536 | $5,632 | -78.8% |
| Robert D. Mason | $6,581 | $5,569 | -15.4% |
| George L. Jones | $27,249 | $5,361 | -80.3% |
| Paul W. Marshall | $4,376 | $4,580 | 4.7% |
| Henry Lee Stevens | $12,512 | $4,410 | -64.8% |
| George B. Phillips | $3,300 | $3,881 | 17.6% |
| Brenda G. Short | $9,924 | $3,211 | -67.6% |
| Wendell Hedrick | $2,904 | $3,157 | 8.7% |
| Delvin Ernest Yoder | $25,265 | $2,781 | -89% |
| Thomas L. Phillips Jr. | $3,954 | $2,736 | -30.8% |
| Daniel W. Cheatham Jr. | $2,099 | $2,331 | 11.1% |
| Jon W. Keesee | $5,299 | $1,988 | -62.5% |
| Vickie D. Barker | $0 | $1,920 | -- |
| Vince McElroy | $9,350 | $1,878 | -79.9% |
| William P. Anderson | $9,921 | $1,854 | -81.3% |
| Leonard L. Treadway | $8,680 | $1,663 | -80.8% |
| Paul T. Gilliam | $7,695 | $1,560 | -79.7% |
| Thomas H. Foster Jr. | $7,583 | $1,471 | -80.6% |
| Carleton G. Callaham Jr. | $10,377 | $1,437 | -86.2% |
| Michael F. Yates | $5,232 | $1,418 | -72.9% |
| William L. Colley | $3,307 | $1,288 | -61.1% |
| James Tyler Carrico | $2,035 | $1,158 | -43.1% |
| James M. Martin | $1,131 | $1,131 | 0% |
| Robert A. Barker Jr. | $934 | $1,131 | 21.1% |
| TRI County Properties, LLC | $8,383 | $1,079 | -87.1% |
| Janet Mason | $5,246 | $1,004 | -80.9% |
| Carl P. Davis | $997 | $997 | 0% |
| Kenneth E. Lutz | $985 | $985 | 0% |
| Kim R. McElroy | $5,419 | $959 | -82.3% |
| Herbert A. King | $3,047 | $908 | -70.2% |
| William H. Fariss Jr. | $860 | $860 | 0% |
| Malon Poindexter | $7,722 | $823 | -89.3% |
| Timothy S. Roach | $4,444 | $814 | -81.7% |
| Wallace Keesee | $3,499 | $776 | -77.8% |
| Herbert E. Hines | $3,553 | $761 | -78.6% |
| Phillip Michael Riley | $2,269 | $753 | -66.8% |
| Melvin Eugene Wade | $1,760 | $702 | -60.1% |
| Fred P. Wydner | $3,212 | $681 | -78.8% |
| M. E. Barksdale Jr. | $3,822 | $671 | -82.4% |
| Louis S. Guthrie | $3,813 | $647 | -83% |
| Phyllis G Neal Trust | $626 | $626 | 0% |
| Robert A. Judy | $4,054 | $616 | -84.8% |
| C. W. Goff | $616 | $616 | 0% |
| Jason Carwile | $3,616 | $612 | -83.1% |
| Clifton M. Tweedy | $3,346 | $602 | -82% |
| Daniel Foster Carwile | $2,640 | $569 | -78.4% |
| Shirley H. Phillips | $3,062 | $564 | -81.6% |
| Mark L. Britton | $3,390 | $547 | -83.9% |
| Curtis Rice | $3,562 | $540 | -84.8% |
| Anne H. Smith | $525 | $525 | 0% |
| Gene R. Smith | $525 | $525 | 0% |
| Michael McNeil | $3,058 | $512 | -83.3% |
| Lucile L. Winston | $2,950 | $506 | -82.8% |
| Carlton Riley | $2,878 | $505 | -82.5% |
| Leonard W. Dickerson | $3,168 | $478 | -84.9% |
| James A. Napier | $2,600 | $466 | -82.1% |
| Pansy M. Bradley | $460 | $460 | 0% |
| Jimmy D. Neighbors | $990 | $426 | -57% |
| George B. Joy | $2,043 | $422 | -79.3% |
| William E. Jennings | $3,214 | $405 | -87.4% |
| James E. Davis Jr. | $402 | $402 | 0% |
| Frederick C. Keesee | $2,018 | $397 | -80.3% |
| Barbara P. Blankinship | $1,870 | $390 | -79.1% |
| Edward W. Tyree | $2,365 | $389 | -83.6% |
| Michelle Phillips Bryant | $1,904 | $374 | -80.4% |
| Donnie Jennings | $1,164 | $366 | -68.6% |
| Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $358 | -- |
| The Jewelry People | $0 | $351 | -- |
| Garry P. Gilliam | $2,907 | $342 | -88.2% |
| Norma L. Reynolds | $9,268 | $322 | -96.5% |
| Sue J. Pfeiffer | $1,441 | $322 | -77.7% |
| L. G. Daniel Jr. | $294 | $294 | 0% |
| Melvin Elder | $706 | $291 | -58.8% |
| Douglas A. Dalton Jr. | $263 | $263 | 0% |
| Gregory Scott Steele | $2,497 | $259 | -89.6% |
| James E. Moses Jr. | $2,325 | $242 | -89.6% |
| Raymond L. Shrewsberry | $979 | $235 | -76% |
| Dorothy Hamlette | $192 | $192 | 0% |
| Daniel Keith Dillard | $1,248 | $172 | -86.2% |
| Fountain H. Wilson | $2,618 | $152 | -94.2% |
| David H. Childress | $363 | $149 | -59% |
| Abigale Blair | $0 | $112 | -- |
| Michael L. Crews | $0 | $89 | -- |
| Robert E. Dawson | $1,236 | $86 | -93% |
| Fred W. Elliott | $74 | $74 | 0% |
| Jacquelyne F. Holcomb | $0 | $38 | -- |
| Walter E. Smith | $23 | $23 | 0% |
| Arthur Dale Moore | $426 | $0 | -100% |
| John Frank Phillips | $1,112 | $0 | -100% |
| Melvin E. Wade | $3,236 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy H. Yates | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry Robey | $117 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn A. Tucker | $574 | $0 | -100% |
| Ridgeway Farm, LLC | $31,351 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas N. Morrison Jr. | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $13,096 | $0 | -100% |
| Golden Oaks Farm | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Williams | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Irvin A. Payne Jr. | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith V. Ferguson | $8,377 | $0 | -100% |
| Soggy Bottom Cattle Company, LLC | $55,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,440,501 | $336,494 | -76.6% |
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