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In 2021, 136 farmers in cities within Jackson County received a total of $325,627 in 142 farm subsidies, a 35.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $508,094 in 329 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| L & M Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Rockie Abrams | $0 | $48,325 | -- |
| Herman Eversole | $0 | $41,271 | -- |
| Rocky Rose | $0 | $38,233 | -- |
| Timothy Lee Vickers | $0 | $27,312 | -- |
| Chris Adkins | $0 | $14,595 | -- |
| Englands Orchard & Nursery | $0 | $6,901 | -- |
| Chris Boggs | $24,498 | $4,311 | -82.4% |
| Doug Vaughn | $18,370 | $3,672 | -80% |
| Raymond McQueen | $19,469 | $3,323 | -82.9% |
| Wade Nicholson | $7,391 | $3,112 | -57.9% |
| Gordon H. Hodges | $15,917 | $2,524 | -84.1% |
| Ronnie Vaughn | $12,948 | $2,249 | -82.6% |
| Scott Cornett | $7,832 | $2,204 | -71.9% |
| Douglas V. Wilson | $9,612 | $2,084 | -78.3% |
| Ben A. Gilbert | $9,594 | $1,946 | -79.7% |
| Tim Anderson | $12,957 | $1,904 | -85.3% |
| Michael Moore | $10,549 | $1,810 | -82.8% |
| Jerry Carpenter | $7,222 | $1,612 | -77.7% |
| Ronnie House | $2,222 | $1,581 | -28.8% |
| Kendall L. Gabbard | $5,973 | $1,450 | -75.7% |
| Ebb Stephen Witt | $7,357 | $1,418 | -80.7% |
| Jerome L. Vandy | $8,504 | $1,401 | -83.5% |
| James A. Johnson | $6,197 | $1,381 | -77.7% |
| Ernest D. Whitehead | $5,343 | $1,356 | -74.6% |
| Timothy Truett | $8,420 | $1,289 | -84.7% |
| Robert W. Hornsby | $11,913 | $1,252 | -89.5% |
| Jeff Moore | $4,226 | $1,233 | -70.8% |
| Randy T. Ball | $7,660 | $1,226 | -84% |
| Mark Hillard | $8,931 | $1,198 | -86.6% |
| Mary E. Combs | $0 | $1,155 | -- |
| Jonathan Vickers | $4,411 | $1,146 | -74% |
| Anna Murray | $4,499 | $1,141 | -74.6% |
| Burlin Baker | $7,987 | $1,101 | -86.2% |
| Robert Joshua Lakes | $7,076 | $1,076 | -84.8% |
| Lewis Sparks Jr. | $5,126 | $1,025 | -80% |
| Harold Morgan Jr. | $6,388 | $1,020 | -84% |
| Tony Hacker | $4,598 | $1,014 | -77.9% |
| Serena Smith | $5,544 | $982 | -82.3% |
| Harry Nicholson | $4,325 | $979 | -77.4% |
| Jason Brumback | $4,170 | $974 | -76.6% |
| Paul Hays | $2,827 | $932 | -67% |
| Wendell Gabbard | $4,479 | $876 | -80.4% |
| Lewis Mills | $4,693 | $865 | -81.6% |
| Walter Hundley | $3,299 | $776 | -76.5% |
| Wendell Summers | $8,590 | $755 | -91.2% |
| Jacob Anderson | $5,511 | $744 | -86.5% |
| Warren C. Wilson | $3,311 | $733 | -77.9% |
| Kimberly A. Boggs | $6,799 | $724 | -89.4% |
| Anthony D. Smith | $5,391 | $723 | -86.6% |
| James Alleshouse | $2,805 | $690 | -75.4% |
| Vernon Collins | $2,618 | $689 | -73.7% |
| Ronnie Baker | $3,370 | $682 | -79.8% |
| Gordon P. Tincher | $5,920 | $671 | -88.7% |
| Terry Cunagin | $4,004 | $644 | -83.9% |
| David E. Smith | $2,871 | $622 | -78.3% |
| Danny D. Coffey | $4,388 | $622 | -85.8% |
| Darren G. Hisel | $2,640 | $622 | -76.4% |
| Keith Hobbs | $2,123 | $621 | -70.7% |
| Ronnie Mays | $1,991 | $612 | -69.3% |
| Stephen Peters | $2,849 | $602 | -78.9% |
| Rickey McGee | $1,892 | $586 | -69% |
| James C. Bryant | $2,222 | $586 | -73.6% |
| David Coffey | $3,690 | $557 | -84.9% |
| Chad Everett Cornett | $3,920 | $554 | -85.9% |
| Garrard Coffey | $3,657 | $550 | -85% |
| Anne Severn | $0 | $535 | -- |
| Harold Rader | $2,310 | $534 | -76.9% |
| Douglas Tillery | $2,176 | $518 | -76.2% |
| Mathew Bingham | $1,507 | $501 | -66.8% |
| John E. Robinson Jr. | $3,293 | $495 | -85% |
| Jody Hignite | $2,101 | $491 | -76.6% |
| Robert Evans | $1,804 | $487 | -73% |
| Emory Johnson | $2,222 | $486 | -78.1% |
| Travis Hignite | $2,508 | $483 | -80.7% |
| Kenneth Ferguson | $2,295 | $473 | -79.4% |
| Tara Muncy | $2,023 | $466 | -77% |
| Steven Douglas Nunn | $1,947 | $459 | -76.4% |
| Gregory L. Sexton | $1,727 | $448 | -74.1% |
| Walter L. Hurst | $3,953 | $446 | -88.7% |
| Gordon Witt | $2,586 | $436 | -83.1% |
| Roger Dale Sparks | $4,723 | $424 | -91% |
| Roger D. McQueen | $1,562 | $422 | -73% |
| James Ballinger | $1,485 | $405 | -72.7% |
| Kenneth Michael Rice | $2,675 | $401 | -85% |
| Matthew Boggs | $1,144 | $397 | -65.3% |
| Michael Bowman | $1,716 | $396 | -76.9% |
| Larry Chadwell | $1,331 | $380 | -71.5% |
| Jason A. Vaughn | $1,837 | $377 | -79.5% |
| Billy Brockman | $2,002 | $375 | -81.3% |
| Marvin Edward Terry | $1,442 | $366 | -74.6% |
| James K. Wells | $693 | $362 | -47.8% |
| Keith Powell | $1,883 | $362 | -80.8% |
| Glyn Malicote | $1,463 | $352 | -75.9% |
| Charles V. Rowland | $2,858 | $349 | -87.8% |
| Belford G. Vaughn | $1,980 | $345 | -82.6% |
| Ronald W. Vaughn | $1,792 | $345 | -80.7% |
| Mary Louise Sparks | $1,210 | $345 | -71.5% |
| Vivian L. Vanwinkle | $1,849 | $338 | -81.7% |
| Peggy Wilson | $1,254 | $335 | -73.3% |
| Coreen Brewer | $726 | $318 | -56.2% |
| Dave Lear | $1,727 | $316 | -81.7% |
| Dennis Roberts | $1,518 | $311 | -79.5% |
| Timothy S. Johnson | $2,208 | $311 | -85.9% |
| Jaymes Robert McCowan | $2,783 | $298 | -89.3% |
| Darrell L. Hisel | $1,210 | $298 | -75.4% |
| Jimmy R. Cunagin | $1,727 | $297 | -82.8% |
| Tony Isaacs | $759 | $294 | -61.3% |
| Billy W. McKinney | $1,386 | $287 | -79.3% |
| Henry Smith | $1,480 | $267 | -82% |
| James Clay Ballinger | $638 | $262 | -58.9% |
| Randy Baker | $1,785 | $260 | -85.4% |
| Glendon Lear | $1,452 | $256 | -82.4% |
| James Clinton Truett | $733 | $245 | -66.6% |
| Ruthie Sizemore | $803 | $245 | -69.5% |
| Russell Alleshouse | $1,210 | $242 | -80% |
| Harold Dean Ballinger Sr. | $737 | $242 | -67.2% |
| Brian Miller | $1,111 | $232 | -79.1% |
| Melanie M. Haury | $498 | $229 | -54% |
| Johnie Glen Summers | $1,111 | $222 | -80% |
| Shanda Hays | $847 | $207 | -75.6% |
| Danny Todd | $2,024 | $204 | -89.9% |
| Rebecca Hisel | $462 | $190 | -58.9% |
| Russell Riley | $825 | $190 | -77% |
| Roy Toler | $429 | $163 | -62% |
| Tommy Lunsford | $638 | $153 | -76% |
| James Keith Neeley | $505 | $138 | -72.7% |
| Christopher E. Hays | $528 | $138 | -73.9% |
| Eddy D. Neeley | $919 | $128 | -86.1% |
| Delbert Wagner | $925 | $124 | -86.6% |
| William K. Bowles | $451 | $100 | -77.8% |
| Joetta Johnson | $484 | $97 | -80% |
| Glenn Scott Morris | $231 | $90 | -61% |
| Jeffrey Huff | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| David G. Lunsford | $1,056 | $84 | -92% |
| Tyler Adkins | $990 | $70 | -92.9% |
| Arvin Webb | $100 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Ann Hillard | $57 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley Sandlin | $5,610 | $0 | -100% |
| Dea L. Johnson | $143 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard D. Wilson | $2,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Jessica Madison | $731 | $0 | -100% |
| John Edward Morgan Jr. | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy Ward | $499 | $0 | -100% |
| Layton McQueen Jr. | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Jay Morgan | $242 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Brandon Scalf | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Hundley | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Whitehead | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| George Purcell | $273 | $0 | -100% |
| Bridget Lawrence | $2,354 | $0 | -100% |
| Dakota McQueen | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Lee Carpenter | $4,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall D. Storm | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $508,094 | $325,627 | -35.9% |
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