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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Did farm subsidies in cities associated with White County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in White County received $2.7 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 336 farmers in cities within White County received a total of $1.1 million in 419 farm subsidies, a 70.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.8 million in 1,007 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.

Farmers and Their Subsidies in Cities Associated with White County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
John C. Sparkman$358,301$175,983-50.9%
Thomas M & Michael a Lynn PTR$159,604$108,848-31.8%
Davis Farms and Family Enterprises, LLC$0$71,265--
Dale L. Bilbrey$25,254$59,349135%
Alvin Schwartz$50,016$43,410-13.2%
Joseph E. Moore Jr.$1,353$37,6402,682%
James W. Johnson Jr.$11,292$32,480187.6%
William M. Jolley$0$30,168--
Arlie M. Montgomery Jr.$44,170$26,161-40.8%
Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation$0$20,645--
Christopher K. Frazier$101,909$20,244-80.1%
Jimmy Whittenburg$13,300$19,94450%
Hanson Carr & Sons$59,720$14,240-76.2%
Glen T. Young$26,887$13,113-51.2%
Donald Edward Gentry$21,850$10,562-51.7%
Mr. Samuel Tim Anderson$24,303$8,965-63.1%
Stephen Horace Gribble$32,923$8,138-75.3%
David Stoglin$37,140$7,762-79.1%
Joshua Britton Smith$7,544$7,444-1.3%
Gerald Wayne England$4,656$6,95949.5%
Bobby L. Wilson$31,124$6,292-79.8%
Donald Ray Jernigan$25,809$6,241-75.8%
Carlen J. Carter$28,622$6,210-78.3%
Glen Wilson$30,470$5,968-80.4%
David Luke Lafever$14,248$5,174-63.7%
Lyle Catron$21,356$5,098-76.1%
William S. Johnson$18,223$5,012-72.5%
William M. Johnson$11,121$4,986-55.2%
Ronnie L. Carter$29,024$4,693-83.8%
Vernon Wilson$21,423$4,601-78.5%
Howard Hawkins$18,426$4,435-75.9%
Jeffrey Lynn Young$16,962$4,304-74.6%
James Edward Cole$8,587$4,099-52.3%
Kenneth D. Whiteaker$28,472$3,980-86%
Mike Roberts$12,685$3,815-69.9%
Steve Slatten$35,455$3,716-89.5%
Johnny Wayne Sullivan$22,174$3,667-83.5%
Greg Hutson$18,872$3,617-80.8%
Pamela A. Sparkman$21,015$3,485-83.4%
Harold Maxwell Jared$5,221$3,269-37.4%
Gary David Stafford$19,084$3,250-83%
Eddie Ray Cole$17,453$3,236-81.5%
Charles L. Halliburton$10,147$2,987-70.6%
Kevin Richards$13,167$2,948-77.6%
Donnie Richards$997$2,891190%
Robin K. Phillips$6,845$2,810-58.9%
Tyler Stoglin$11,485$2,803-75.6%
Graham Farms$6,925$2,780-59.9%
Kendall O. Crouch$12,585$2,757-78.1%
Willie Hugh Daniels$13,893$2,706-80.5%
Dillon W. Oliver$3,467$2,655-23.4%
Denise Whittenberg$1,210$2,588113.9%
Dennis Michael Carter$10,438$2,520-75.9%
Harold Dewayne Howard$13,966$2,512-82%
Samuel H. Langford$524,508$2,507-99.5%
Bruce Mason$15,155$2,449-83.8%
Jacob Lee Roberts$6,424$2,411-62.5%
Herd E. Sullivan$7,590$2,400-68.4%
Thomas M. McCulley$7,508$2,392-68.1%
Chris Felton$10,027$2,332-76.7%
Dan Felton$10,134$2,331-77%
Donnie Cravens$12,620$2,324-81.6%
Marshall R. Lafever$56,214$2,319-95.9%
J. M. Passons III$11,938$2,237-81.3%
Tim Hodges$11,561$2,202-81%
Rondal Randolph$14,028$2,197-84.3%
John K. Simpson$7,216$2,152-70.2%
Stephen B. Luna$19,079$2,144-88.8%
Kenneth R. Wright$6,257$2,126-66%
Teddy Royce Elrod$18,586$2,084-88.8%
James Loyd McCulley$14,803$2,065-86.1%
Jerry Delaney$9,661$2,016-79.1%
Joe L. Goines$9,526$2,014-78.9%
Dodson Marital Trust$10,659$1,998-81.3%
Willie R. Miller$5,742$1,958-65.9%
John Simpson$8,833$1,949-77.9%
Nate Bastian$6,941$1,929-72.2%
Caleb D. Roberts$3,484$1,915-45%
Timothy C. MacKie$5,820$1,912-67.1%
Charles L. Hickey$17,413$1,895-89.1%
Mike Vaughn$10,412$1,866-82.1%
William Roger Creason$8,466$1,818-78.5%
Lee Ann H. Haley$7,370$1,788-75.7%
Wayne Hudgens$14,255$1,748-87.7%
Paul H. Golden$7,227$1,746-75.8%
Randall Gardner$82,231$1,744-97.9%
William Sorrell Jr.$11,770$1,738-85.2%
Travis Giffey$10,901$1,693-84.5%
James G. Staggs$5,847$1,657-71.7%
Jeff Randolph$7,931$1,618-79.6%
Cindy K. Lieuallen$3,330$1,614-51.5%
Connie Davis$5,181$1,611-68.9%
Kalland Saylors$6,953$1,604-76.9%
Janice J Heikkenen$3,333$1,538-53.9%
Jack Daniel Langford$9,061$1,536-83%
Kenneth L. Jones$6,611$1,518-77%
Scott Null$7,513$1,518-79.8%
Thomas J. Smith$8,708$1,512-82.6%
Garry Peterson$5,214$1,507-71.1%
Thomas J. Schroeder$17,084$1,502-91.2%
Dian L. Sherrell$5,101$1,485-70.9%
Jack Stafford$6,726$1,483-78%
Billy G. Robinson Sr.$7,227$1,475-79.6%
George Bob Passons$5,968$1,469-75.4%
James Thomas Peek$15,051$1,456-90.3%
Billy F. Jolly$8,525$1,443-83.1%
Ronnie Rodgers$17,863$1,403-92.1%
Thomas Randall Price$5,522$1,391-74.8%
Randolph E. Madden$5,385$1,350-74.9%
William Terry Brock$21,510$1,327-93.8%
Terry Haley$9,036$1,326-85.3%
David Seabolt$5,115$1,325-74.1%
James Kenneth Robinson$6,554$1,325-79.8%
Jimmy Haley Jr.$8,948$1,319-85.3%
Joseph Franklin Teeple$8,453$1,300-84.6%
Tracy L. Tollison$5,830$1,291-77.9%
Terry Jolley$5,586$1,282-77%
Bill Elrod$6,339$1,266-80%
James P. Smith Sr.$3,959$1,262-68.1%
Thomas D. Whitworth$4,961$1,242-75%
Clifford Darrell Goodwin$7,506$1,236-83.5%
George Ford$4,840$1,235-74.5%
Douglas M. Savage$6,578$1,226-81.4%
George Edward Sparkman$7,135$1,208-83.1%
Mark Elrod$6,737$1,202-82.2%
Christopher L. Binkley$8,608$1,182-86.3%
George Furman$6,226$1,172-81.2%
Lee W. Hitchcock$6,415$1,146-82.1%
Harley Kenneth McCaleb$5,203$1,129-78.3%
Anthony Moss$4,026$1,122-72.1%
Charlotte R. Smallen$5,816$1,112-80.9%
Ricky Lynn Dunn$7,737$1,103-85.7%
Michael A. Adcock$2,739$1,083-60.5%
Charlie D. Richardson$7,238$1,065-85.3%
Thomas F. Johnson$10,425$1,065-89.8%
Clayton William Hyden$3,993$1,063-73.4%
James Andy Davis$2,893$1,061-63.3%
Larry Officer$4,602$1,060-77%
James H. Holman$4,699$1,057-77.5%
Douglas Lee Dodson$4,370$1,053-75.9%
Michael J. Cafaro$9,376$1,047-88.8%
Alan Hubbard$2,892$1,040-64%
Jerry Don Nash$5,857$1,034-82.3%
Roger Anderson$6,652$1,018-84.7%
Danny Hitchcock$4,499$1,016-77.4%
John Tyler Green$2,914$1,002-65.6%
Ralph Swoape$2,145$991-53.8%
J. V. Roberts$3,542$989-72.1%
Jay Simmons$3,542$989-72.1%
Robert D. Austin$2,009$973-51.6%
Howard Jones$1,881$971-48.4%
Scott Turney$5,823$968-83.4%
Karen Foster Farley$4,202$959-77.2%
Lois G. Carter$3,223$958-70.3%
Jeremy Whitson$3,927$952-75.8%
Cordell Burton$4,147$942-77.3%
Nicholas S. Wilson$5,669$930-83.6%
Carolyn H. Acuff$912$9120%
Ben Clark$6,148$910-85.2%
Frank Denton Colwell II$4,191$904-78.4%
Steve D. Wood$4,103$897-78.1%
Misty Shirley$5,377$895-83.4%
Brandon Scott Johnson$4,075$888-78.2%
Harlan L. Hickey$0$877--
John Kinnaird$2,563$877-65.8%
James R. Sorrell$4,393$858-80.5%
David Fresh$4,966$838-83.1%
Michael H. Dodson$6,808$834-87.7%
Walter 'bo' C. Stone$5,448$830-84.8%
Sheree D. Drake$4,685$828-82.3%
Thomas Thurman Price Sr.$4,466$826-81.5%
James F. Teeple$4,204$823-80.4%
Donald Gene Carter$4,355$821-81.1%
James A. Miller Jr.$1,787$817-54.3%
Frank Gamble$3,223$816-74.7%
Mr. Jerry Allen Roberts$1,839$812-55.8%
Hank Clark$4,127$802-80.6%
Raymond L. Baker$2,464$800-67.5%
Joseph B. Underwood$2,473$799-67.7%
Michael T. Cloyd$4,142$796-80.8%
Earl T. Whitworth$1,551$785-49.4%
Dwight Adcock$2,903$772-73.4%
Arles Ralph Baker$3,333$759-77.2%
Randy P. Cooke$6,573$753-88.5%
Steve Sharpe$3,630$738-79.7%
Daniel R. Copeland$5,555$730-86.9%
Roy Weaver$3,581$711-80.1%
Jesse Lee Roberts$3,538$707-80%
Bobby M. Luna$2,277$702-69.2%
Gregory D. Cravens$2,343$700-70.1%
Jeff Moore$3,344$699-79.1%
Ronald R. Wilson$3,355$699-79.2%
Paul Douglas Stockton$2,354$697-70.4%
Miles Jolley$3,674$689-81.2%
James E. Holloway$4,014$682-83%
Alan K. Baker$2,409$681-71.7%
Charles E. Tolbert$4,229$681-83.9%
Shane E. Rogers$2,717$671-75.3%
Clinton Dale Copeland$3,344$668-80%
Kyler Moore$3,945$668-83.1%
Collier Walker$3,076$662-78.5%
Robert Brewington$2,178$660-69.7%
Jane B. Harrison$1,518$650-57.2%
Joshua Hugh Passons$5,252$638-87.9%
Michael A. Dodson$1,518$632-58.4%
Windle Keith Copeland$2,706$632-76.6%
Darryl C. Stockton$4,767$630-86.8%
Lois Michelle Pack$2,651$624-76.5%
Henry Buck Brown$1,903$620-67.4%
Phillip D. Flatt$3,232$616-80.9%
Johnny V. Sherrell$3,831$612-84%
Evelyn Demps$2,585$604-76.6%
Wade Richard Matthew$3,822$603-84.2%
William C. Hitchcock Jr.$2,277$599-73.7%
Gary C. Copeland$2,805$598-78.7%
Kitty Walker Fehrman$3,084$597-80.6%
Tim Dunn$4,373$595-86.4%
Gary T. Selby$5,812$589-89.9%
Thomas K. Austin Jr.$1,861$575-69.1%
Robert Ronald Bradley$2,523$572-77.3%
Kenneth R. Broyles$3,567$557-84.4%
Charles Bailey$4,884$556-88.6%
Frank J. Jones$1,155$555-51.9%
Marvin D. Dukes$1,606$552-65.6%
Billy Bray$2,588$547-78.9%
William Troy Hickey$17,591$542-96.9%
Denny W. Robinson Sr.$897$535-40.4%
William Richard Mason$2,189$532-75.7%
Frankie K. Morris$2,376$530-77.7%
James Tyler Oaks$2,332$529-77.3%
Louise Hollingsworth$1,936$524-72.9%
Timothy D. Brock$3,585$524-85.4%
Russell E. Tallent$3,091$520-83.2%
David L. Roberts$3,713$520-86%
Daniel O. Price$1,320$506-61.7%
Jackie Johnson$2,789$506-81.9%
William S Cicchillo$3,663$504-86.2%
Cody Powell Simmons$1,221$499-59.1%
William Douglas Austin$1,749$492-71.9%
Marilyn K. Jolley$2,744$491-82.1%
Donnie Brock$12,347$491-96%
Eric Kyle Rice$2,211$491-77.8%
Michael T. Cooper$0$478--
Richard Shane Howell$2,832$467-83.5%
Aries J. Martin$1,749$459-73.8%
Teresa Ferraro$2,523$454-82%
Danny Wayne Randolph$891$452-49.3%
Jerry Wayne Simmons$1,980$450-77.3%
Jeff Stone$2,134$446-79.1%
Teddy J. Howard$3,188$444-86.1%
William E. Welch$990$436-56%
Cheryl Sullivan$3,015$432-85.7%
Marsha Martin$2,421$431-82.2%
May Dean Green$1,540$430-72.1%
Jason D. Smith$3,963$426-89.3%
Cindy C. Griggs$2,484$422-83%
Daryl Leonard$2,093$421-79.9%
Cameron Thomas Selby$3,474$419-87.9%
Dallas Kallberg$673$412-38.8%
Dennis Clark$1,210$409-66.2%
Harold Frazier$2,183$408-81.3%
Cameron Dalton Simpson$10,247$406-96%
Timothy M. Bumbalough$2,012$405-79.9%
David W. Gentry$2,112$398-81.2%
Myronika Franklin$3,014$394-86.9%
Ricky Kidd$2,881$394-86.3%
Wallace G. Austin$2,170$394-81.8%
Paul D Ertsgaard$1,373$391-71.5%
Charlie B. Lowe$990$384-61.2%
Jonathon Wright$2,333$384-83.5%
Gary K. Spaulding$1,056$378-64.2%
Billy C. Adcock$3,809$374-90.2%
Tharon Howard$7,529$374-95%
Albert Cole$1,716$361-79%
William Jeff Griggs$1,292$361-72.1%
Jerry A. Adcock$2,306$360-84.4%
Jesse W. Massa Jr.$2,756$357-87%
Joel R. Passons$1,209$357-70.5%
Kerry Scott Teeple$1,657$356-78.5%
Kenneth W. McCormick$1,639$354-78.4%
David J. Durfee$4,400$350-92%
Chris Goines$2,073$348-83.2%
Gary Lee Howard$1,210$345-71.5%
Jean Bryant$2,941$343-88.3%
Ronald G. Geer$1,101$333-69.8%
Richard MacKie$1,991$332-83.3%
Bobby L. Bain$1,496$328-78.1%
Ruby Austin$1,335$328-75.4%
Justin Dodson$1,397$320-77.1%
Bobby J. Shannon$1,904$318-83.3%
Daniel C. White$1,745$317-81.8%
James Willard Bennett$1,659$301-81.9%
Michael Howard$9,239$301-96.7%
Judith R. McCaskey$1,207$294-75.6%
Kevin T. Sparkman$5,662$287-94.9%
Clayton Edward Hollingsworth$1,210$284-76.5%
Tilbert Brymer$1,276$277-78.3%
Eston Bradley Greene II$660$273-58.6%
William R. Floyd$3,870$266-93.1%
Gayle W. Vance$2,297$260-88.7%
Blake Williams$1,497$259-82.7%
Bobby Whiteaker$913$250-72.6%
Tonya Cummings$1,445$250-82.7%
Lorie Hickey$2,086$246-88.2%
Denny Bray$1,570$235-85%
James L. Adcock Jr.$4,645$221-95.2%
Donnie Young$957$211-78%
Ronald F. Miller$880$208-76.4%
Ada M. Prater$1,172$204-82.6%
Michael Todd Stanton$726$201-72.3%
Laurie Phillips$2,390$198-91.7%
William Douglas Watts$462$198-57.1%
William E. Brown$1,470$198-86.5%
James Flethcer Dalton$1,518$197-87%
Marion Brown$1,298$196-84.9%
Michael Redmon$735$194-73.6%
Scott L. Pickering Sr.$583$184-68.4%
Anthony Elrod$1,122$180-84%
James B. Sparkman Sr.$770$172-77.7%
Jimmie Whiteaker$960$169-82.4%
Robert E. Moser$891$166-81.4%
Michael W. Zinsky$693$157-77.3%
Bruce Copeland$212$153-27.8%
Richard Lyle Underwood$3,144$152-95.2%
Dana L. Teeple$146$1460%
Jacob Dickerson$231$146-36.8%
Mark Randolph$429$138-67.8%
Deneane Robbins$495$132-73.3%
Ty A. Adcock$947$118-87.5%
Tonia Wilson$813$100-87.7%
Freddie A. Adcock$471$86-81.7%
Craig Lee Capps$814$76-90.7%
Joseph Parker Stockton$2,011$63-96.9%
Mr. Charles Robert Cooper$719$60-91.7%
Daniel J. Rice$275$56-79.6%
Ernest L. Dodson$1,305$34-97.4%
Bruce Shannon$12,329$0-100%
Jerald Tayse$1,326$0-100%
Billy H. Jernigan$2,365$0-100%
Bobbie Olsen$418$0-100%
Christy R. Bradley$1,212$0-100%
Clayburn A. Dunn$209$0-100%
Crystal Jill Gateley$1,075$0-100%
Dan R. Johnson$275$0-100%
Danny Franklin Oliver$8,388$0-100%
David Goff-Goff Family Trust$2,160$0-100%
Davis Farms and Family Enterprise$179,173$0-100%
Don Corbin$2,575$0-100%
Louise E. Cole$34$0-100%
Earl Randolph$644$0-100%
Edwin Madison Corbin Testmentary Trust$996$0-100%
Gail R. Adcock$3,080$0-100%
Gary W. Dodson$8,174$0-100%
Gary W. Gibson Sr.$2,157$0-100%
Greg Meeks$486$0-100%
Guy Wilson$2,035$0-100%
Hunter Ledbetter$3,520$0-100%
James Allen Selby$11,830$0-100%
Janis R. Prater$1,980$0-100%
Jason Lewis$1,134$0-100%
Jason Tyler Wilson$553$0-100%
Jerry A. Roberts$2,294$0-100%
Jimmy L. McCulley$2,656$0-100%
Joan V. Billings$68$0-100%
Joe D. Brown$259$0-100%
Joel Larry Bryant$6,460$0-100%
John T. Green$2,197$0-100%
Karen L. Stewart$1,525$0-100%
Kevin Wayne Gooch$1,430$0-100%
Kristina K. Moon$232$0-100%
Lonnie Dewayne Selby Jr.$1,967$0-100%
Marilyn S. Warren$13$0-100%
Martha Denise Creason$326$0-100%
Marty G. Forsythe$43,026$0-100%
Mike Vinson$275$0-100%
Nicholas Blake Sparkman$1,219$0-100%
Peggy Coffman$385$0-100%
Ralph E. Sims$705$0-100%
Ray Anderson$1,109$0-100%
Rhett Baker$902$0-100%
Royce Farris$330$0-100%
Shea Burchett$618$0-100%
Susan Ann Sparkman$1,219$0-100%
Thomas Hodge Jr.$550$0-100%
Todd Eller$1,176$0-100%
Tony Hutchings$275$0-100%
Tyler Ross Sparkman$1,219$0-100%
Walter Buttrum$1,290$0-100%
Zachary Thomas Price$1,175$0-100%
Total subsidies$3,766,729$1,096,238-70.9%

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