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In 2021, 156 farmers in cities within Winston County received a total of $239,513 in 161 farm subsidies, a 69.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $776,927 in 398 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Adams | $0 | $46,863 | -- |
| Johnny Gunter | $0 | $20,228 | -- |
| Gary E. Hayes | $4,191 | $6,599 | 57.5% |
| William T. Brannon | $9,500 | $5,756 | -39.4% |
| Jake Lee | $36,030 | $4,979 | -86.2% |
| John W. Tidwell | $23,493 | $4,628 | -80.3% |
| Darrell B. Lee | $20,855 | $4,437 | -78.7% |
| Charles D. Brannon | $11,120 | $4,330 | -61.1% |
| Thomas Curtis | $0 | $3,883 | -- |
| Alton R. Preuitt | $17,663 | $3,811 | -78.4% |
| Gerald G. Hogan | $14,910 | $3,609 | -75.8% |
| Billy Neil McCrary | $14,544 | $3,559 | -75.5% |
| Linda Kay Willingham | $12,821 | $3,525 | -72.5% |
| Lake Country Farms | $17,204 | $3,519 | -79.5% |
| Caleb D. Tyree | $17,034 | $3,337 | -80.4% |
| James Randall Crider | $11,770 | $3,013 | -74.4% |
| Wade H. Andrews | $10,954 | $2,948 | -73.1% |
| Craig Pigg | $14,348 | $2,888 | -79.9% |
| Carl W. White | $9,306 | $2,872 | -69.1% |
| Gary W. Bailey | $5,860 | $2,709 | -53.8% |
| Mr. Michael Wayne Hall | $8,289 | $2,447 | -70.5% |
| Denny L. Smith | $16,957 | $2,422 | -85.7% |
| Timothy R. Robinson | $11,865 | $2,301 | -80.6% |
| Gary L. Seymore | $8,195 | $2,263 | -72.4% |
| Elizabeth T. Tidwell | $10,923 | $2,165 | -80.2% |
| Daryl Robinson | $11,049 | $2,012 | -81.8% |
| William Abercrombie | $7,667 | $1,920 | -75% |
| Harbison Self Storage, LLC | $9,790 | $1,906 | -80.5% |
| Ronnie Dale Asherbranner | $9,544 | $1,890 | -80.2% |
| Terry Youngblood | $1,872 | $1,872 | 0% |
| Bobby Everett | $7,491 | $1,623 | -78.3% |
| Bradley Henderson | $6,985 | $1,537 | -78% |
| Scotty D. Cole II | $6,674 | $1,438 | -78.5% |
| Melanie Burdick | $2,871 | $1,424 | -50.4% |
| Jeffery D. Bartlett | $6,479 | $1,381 | -78.7% |
| Billy Ray Steele | $7,682 | $1,372 | -82.1% |
| Garry Pigg | $8,661 | $1,362 | -84.3% |
| Larry Neal | $6,633 | $1,340 | -79.8% |
| Tom Godbee | $5,126 | $1,314 | -74.4% |
| Gregory C. Batchelor | $6,374 | $1,285 | -79.8% |
| Mickey O. Seymore | $4,158 | $1,273 | -69.4% |
| Marvin Lee Robinson | $4,991 | $1,268 | -74.6% |
| Andrew R. Steele | $6,061 | $1,228 | -79.7% |
| Anthony Wayne Netherton | $6,521 | $1,201 | -81.6% |
| Coleman Powell | $6,912 | $1,134 | -83.6% |
| Danny Lee Denham | $13,633 | $1,094 | -92% |
| Garvis Glen Meigs | $4,536 | $1,076 | -76.3% |
| Gregory Dollar | $4,871 | $1,021 | -79% |
| Kenneth W. Fuller | $4,639 | $1,009 | -78.2% |
| Ronal Wood | $3,212 | $996 | -69% |
| Micah Smothers | $5,945 | $990 | -83.3% |
| Evelyn D. Logan | $2,783 | $990 | -64.4% |
| Willard H. Wadsworth | $3,490 | $980 | -71.9% |
| Joey D. Smithson | $6,118 | $956 | -84.4% |
| Lennith W Hill | $3,718 | $952 | -74.4% |
| Mike Garner | $5,522 | $946 | -82.9% |
| Danny Guthrie | $5,192 | $940 | -81.9% |
| Jacob Lance Seymore | $4,334 | $931 | -78.5% |
| Beverly Stewart | $3,641 | $926 | -74.6% |
| Lowell T. Brannon | $4,445 | $916 | -79.4% |
| Timothy E. Box | $4,011 | $882 | -78% |
| Bryan Woodard | $11,034 | $874 | -92.1% |
| Kyle Woodard | $11,034 | $874 | -92.1% |
| Jerry F. Heck | $3,861 | $864 | -77.6% |
| Donnie Joe Laseter | $4,569 | $860 | -81.2% |
| Larry Lee Umphrey | $4,240 | $805 | -81% |
| David Farmer | $1,782 | $788 | -55.8% |
| Wendell Grant Hayes | $5,591 | $780 | -86% |
| Bruce Comeens | $4,553 | $776 | -83% |
| Donald Ray Cameron | $4,059 | $771 | -81% |
| Karol Legg-Ball | $2,431 | $768 | -68.4% |
| Van Edward Sexton | $3,827 | $757 | -80.2% |
| Gary R. Luker | $2,706 | $756 | -72.1% |
| Thurston S. Hendrix | $4,357 | $745 | -82.9% |
| Jeff Scott | $2,277 | $726 | -68.1% |
| Roy A. Hooper | $2,200 | $726 | -67% |
| Randall H. Moody | $3,353 | $721 | -78.5% |
| Heath Randall Lake | $3,370 | $710 | -78.9% |
| Brian Dover | $3,179 | $689 | -78.3% |
| Allen Owens | $4,906 | $682 | -86.1% |
| Robert Logan | $6,337 | $674 | -89.4% |
| Eric Pickard | $2,244 | $672 | -70.1% |
| Dusty D. Hayes | $2,783 | $666 | -76.1% |
| Dewies a Benson | $4,154 | $666 | -84% |
| Russell L. Ellis | $2,695 | $660 | -75.5% |
| Sandra Berry | $1,705 | $652 | -61.8% |
| Daryl S. Alexander | $3,306 | $644 | -80.5% |
| Nathan Moore | $3,621 | $633 | -82.5% |
| Tim Waid | $3,973 | $630 | -84.1% |
| Rick Blankenship | $3,997 | $604 | -84.9% |
| Hershell L Densmore | $2,249 | $602 | -73.2% |
| Penny Wisener | $1,200 | $599 | -50.1% |
| Kim Hill | $2,849 | $592 | -79.2% |
| Byron Ray Tuggle | $2,783 | $576 | -79.3% |
| Gary R. Cagle | $2,977 | $576 | -80.7% |
| Justin Walker | $2,952 | $570 | -80.7% |
| Eldred Lee Parris | $2,503 | $568 | -77.3% |
| Patrick Benson | $1,815 | $557 | -69.3% |
| Jason Baker | $1,254 | $553 | -55.9% |
| Jeanine Robinson | $2,816 | $550 | -80.5% |
| Anthony J. Patterson | $2,376 | $540 | -77.3% |
| Timothy Comeens | $2,255 | $536 | -76.2% |
| Randall L. Hightower | $2,673 | $533 | -80.1% |
| Danny D. Page | $1,771 | $532 | -70% |
| O. B. Williams | $2,945 | $529 | -82% |
| MacDonald Farms | $2,271 | $523 | -77% |
| Michael Wood | $3,028 | $520 | -82.8% |
| Royce D. McDonald | $4,001 | $516 | -87.1% |
| Linda Tidwell | $2,890 | $498 | -82.8% |
| James T. Webb | $2,024 | $477 | -76.4% |
| Franklin Alexander | $4,036 | $456 | -88.7% |
| Melissa F. Cole | $2,063 | $456 | -77.9% |
| Andrew Privett | $2,145 | $450 | -79% |
| Adam Privett | $2,156 | $429 | -80.1% |
| Robert Shaw | $1,958 | $422 | -78.4% |
| Marlous Daniel | $1,826 | $408 | -77.7% |
| Timothy A. Hendrix | $2,080 | $408 | -80.4% |
| James Greg Gilliland | $1,749 | $405 | -76.8% |
| Matthew Privett | $3,174 | $404 | -87.3% |
| Ershel Dickerson | $1,804 | $401 | -77.8% |
| Gayle Cook | $1,375 | $400 | -70.9% |
| Garrett Lee Seymore | $1,584 | $393 | -75.2% |
| Robert Steele | $1,923 | $386 | -79.9% |
| Neal D. Rice | $1,309 | $383 | -70.7% |
| Robert T. Partridge | $2,189 | $380 | -82.6% |
| Keith Hyatt | $2,057 | $363 | -82.4% |
| Ashley Estill | $1,540 | $345 | -77.6% |
| Steve Baldwin | $1,349 | $345 | -74.4% |
| Mathew Cordell | $2,149 | $344 | -84% |
| Steton Parker | $2,958 | $344 | -88.4% |
| Bobby Ray Smith | $1,419 | $315 | -77.8% |
| Bill Marks | $1,408 | $311 | -77.9% |
| Homer Lee Rice | $2,148 | $292 | -86.4% |
| Keith Robins | $1,835 | $280 | -84.7% |
| Hubert Danny King | $2,031 | $274 | -86.5% |
| Michael John Teale Sr. | $869 | $264 | -69.6% |
| Jared Osborne | $429 | $241 | -43.8% |
| Jackson Lee Seymore | $1,364 | $228 | -83.3% |
| Hayden Everett | $1,353 | $214 | -84.2% |
| Tommy J. Seymore | $792 | $211 | -73.4% |
| Hershel Walter Seymore | $594 | $208 | -65% |
| J. D. Dickerson | $495 | $197 | -60.2% |
| Dallas Clark Seymore | $1,145 | $190 | -83.4% |
| Jill Martinez | $462 | $180 | -61% |
| Macarthur Cleghorn | $669 | $169 | -74.7% |
| Sheila Moore | $726 | $166 | -77.1% |
| Mark E. David | $814 | $163 | -80% |
| Charles Denton Tinch Jr. | $759 | $163 | -78.5% |
| Glendel Ray Bridgmon | $889 | $159 | -82.1% |
| Steve Bolinger | $6,107 | $138 | -97.7% |
| Natalie Gail Hampton | $203 | $131 | -35.5% |
| James R. Seymore | $638 | $128 | -79.9% |
| Donald Ray Taylor | $231 | $121 | -47.6% |
| Destiny Dshell Walker | $476 | $118 | -75.2% |
| Jimmy S. Malmsten | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| Lauren Elizabeth Seymore | $242 | $48 | -80.2% |
| James Kilpatrick | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Robbie Kilpatrick | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Robin A. Sterling | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Brady Cleghorn | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris Ergle | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher C Cookenmaster IV | $2,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Clayton C. Brown | $3,865 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Hooper | $4,284 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Seymore | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Nella F. Fincher | $1,836 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky E. Dover | $123 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrea Glenn | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Cole | $200 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn Kay Rice | $48 | $0 | -100% |
| David G. Guthrie | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $776,927 | $239,513 | -69.2% |
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