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In 2021, 211 farmers in cities within Fentress County received a total of $891,035 in 245 farm subsidies, a 66.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.6 million in 561 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 Fentress County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Neely | $264,391 | $63,027 | -76.2% |
| Phillip Ramsey | $15,229 | $54,635 | 258.8% |
| Bill Clark Jr. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Baldwin Lumber | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Patrick Evans | $0 | $46,051 | -- |
| John Neely | $131,299 | $38,760 | -70.5% |
| Bobby G. York III | $87,624 | $38,529 | -56% |
| James Threet | $58,672 | $34,078 | -41.9% |
| Ronny W. Ramsey | $189,117 | $33,792 | -82.1% |
| Kenneth N. Neely | $170,175 | $30,209 | -82.2% |
| Keith Benton Baldwin | $79,976 | $28,862 | -63.9% |
| Sunset Ridge Cattle Company | $3,850 | $26,449 | 587% |
| Adam York | $50,512 | $26,033 | -48.5% |
| Bobby York II | $129,318 | $24,225 | -81.3% |
| Franklin James Bledsoe | $9,767 | $21,079 | 115.8% |
| Chris C. Smith | $53,844 | $17,002 | -68.4% |
| John Henry Smith | $9,048 | $13,958 | 54.3% |
| Harvey Boehs - H and L Trust | $43,939 | $12,586 | -71.4% |
| Kimmy Joe Stewart | $142,681 | $10,331 | -92.8% |
| Kent Hall | $23,423 | $7,677 | -67.2% |
| Jerry Davidson | $0 | $7,148 | -- |
| Bryan Moody | $32,093 | $7,001 | -78.2% |
| Carl Buddy Edwards | $4,062 | $5,779 | 42.3% |
| Triple C Farms, LLC | $14,926 | $5,708 | -61.8% |
| Brenda Grace Baldwin | $13,342 | $4,940 | -63% |
| Frank P. Greenlee | $15,906 | $4,746 | -70.2% |
| Paul A. Horst | $15,719 | $4,521 | -71.2% |
| Danny G. Hall | $27,500 | $4,512 | -83.6% |
| Henry Darrell Crouch | $0 | $4,462 | -- |
| Danny R. Ramsey | $13,995 | $4,394 | -68.6% |
| Ed Choate | $14,586 | $4,380 | -70% |
| Charles David Franklin Jr. | $22,313 | $4,300 | -80.7% |
| Gary Long | $19,691 | $4,110 | -79.1% |
| Debra Young | $21,212 | $4,108 | -80.6% |
| Matthew Swafford | $18,666 | $3,980 | -78.7% |
| Christopher Evans | $13,740 | $3,978 | -71% |
| Mike Irvin Jones | $0 | $3,976 | -- |
| David Lee | $19,910 | $3,962 | -80.1% |
| Tyler Lane | $11,837 | $3,745 | -68.4% |
| Gaye Smith | $17,679 | $3,712 | -79% |
| Chris Duvall | $0 | $3,566 | -- |
| Travis W. Ramsey | $33,818 | $3,468 | -89.7% |
| Tim Beaty | $19,255 | $3,214 | -83.3% |
| Ricky R. Rains | $10,923 | $3,131 | -71.3% |
| Samuel Green | $26,894 | $3,082 | -88.5% |
| Ted Smith | $0 | $3,080 | -- |
| Junior Gunter | $9,482 | $2,893 | -69.5% |
| Jimmy Lane | $14,458 | $2,884 | -80.1% |
| Jack Beaty | $13,758 | $2,850 | -79.3% |
| Stephen Hauser | $6,266 | $2,805 | -55.2% |
| Eddie Dean Smith | $15,264 | $2,674 | -82.5% |
| Collton Blayze Hall | $33,264 | $2,646 | -92% |
| Mr. Jonathan Davidson | $2,106 | $2,572 | 22.1% |
| Justin David Beaty | $8,745 | $2,548 | -70.9% |
| Ceifer Davis | $11,760 | $2,467 | -79% |
| William E. Pennycuff | $11,554 | $2,406 | -79.2% |
| Ben Guenther | $7,073 | $2,300 | -67.5% |
| Mark Walker | $11,269 | $2,275 | -79.8% |
| Phillip Brannon | $7,429 | $2,257 | -69.6% |
| Michael Westfelt | $9,105 | $2,193 | -75.9% |
| Gary T. Harris | $6,776 | $2,131 | -68.6% |
| Phillip A. Martin | $12,010 | $2,052 | -82.9% |
| Dudley Pitts | $7,185 | $1,993 | -72.3% |
| Larry York | $6,831 | $1,968 | -71.2% |
| Robert H. Johnson | $10,463 | $1,894 | -81.9% |
| Travis Miller | $8,861 | $1,861 | -79% |
| Tompkins Farms, Inc. | $0 | $1,842 | -- |
| Joseph E. Lowe | $10,554 | $1,812 | -82.8% |
| Steven M. Conatser | $8,029 | $1,674 | -79.2% |
| Jess Franklin | $4,224 | $1,654 | -60.8% |
| Will Dickson | $12,334 | $1,602 | -87% |
| Mark Stewart | $8,384 | $1,576 | -81.2% |
| Jeff O. Robbins | $9,500 | $1,554 | -83.6% |
| Travis Atkinson | $7,094 | $1,551 | -78.1% |
| Owen Horst | $6,149 | $1,538 | -75% |
| Harley Sutton Jr. | $9,324 | $1,535 | -83.5% |
| Sullivan England Jr. | $10,710 | $1,455 | -86.4% |
| Todd Atkinson | $4,389 | $1,446 | -67.1% |
| Donna Kaye Smith | $7,394 | $1,392 | -81.2% |
| Robert Koger | $8,735 | $1,350 | -84.5% |
| Cristopher A. Beaty | $6,437 | $1,348 | -79.1% |
| Kyle Cooper | $4,284 | $1,310 | -69.4% |
| Ronald E. Smith | $2,767 | $1,307 | -52.8% |
| Richard Tallent | $6,390 | $1,305 | -79.6% |
| Kevin Ashburn | $10,191 | $1,302 | -87.2% |
| John W. Galloway Jr. | $7,483 | $1,301 | -82.6% |
| Homer Cobb | $6,304 | $1,251 | -80.2% |
| Leon Stepp | $3,377 | $1,250 | -63% |
| Gary B. Wright | $4,393 | $1,215 | -72.3% |
| Jerry Seymour | $3,003 | $1,211 | -59.7% |
| Mike Archambault | $5,038 | $1,197 | -76.2% |
| Glenn R. Smith | $7,687 | $1,180 | -84.6% |
| William C. Johnson | $3,945 | $1,172 | -70.3% |
| Carl Mahle Jr. | $990 | $1,158 | 17% |
| Alan Paul Bingham | $4,906 | $1,142 | -76.7% |
| Brian Eugene Smith | $10,013 | $1,125 | -88.8% |
| Michael A. Reagon | $5,500 | $1,116 | -79.7% |
| Gary W. Matthews | $3,432 | $1,105 | -67.8% |
| Doyle M. Beaty | $3,641 | $1,071 | -70.6% |
| Anthony R. Cooper | $4,558 | $1,056 | -76.8% |
| Donovan Wright | $7,538 | $1,012 | -86.6% |
| Nolan Larue | $10,893 | $1,004 | -90.8% |
| Sam Moon | $6,213 | $1,000 | -83.9% |
| Stevie Norris | $4,519 | $999 | -77.9% |
| Miles Jordan Smith | $6,766 | $980 | -85.5% |
| Teddy Taylor | $3,146 | $955 | -69.6% |
| Farm Service Agency | $0 | $926 | -- |
| Douglas H. Conatser | $2,717 | $924 | -66% |
| Joe R. Pile | $4,286 | $900 | -79% |
| Larry Stephens | $4,073 | $892 | -78.1% |
| Ronnie R. Choate | $5,743 | $885 | -84.6% |
| P. D. Wright | $6,697 | $874 | -86.9% |
| Allix Lowe | $7,555 | $852 | -88.7% |
| Vernon Smith | $4,167 | $844 | -79.7% |
| Dana Ashburn | $6,672 | $842 | -87.4% |
| Terry Phillips | $3,234 | $828 | -74.4% |
| R. B. Brown | $3,597 | $796 | -77.9% |
| Cheryl Mae Koren | $0 | $765 | -- |
| Patrick T. Flowers | $2,651 | $715 | -73% |
| Nancy Stewart | $4,066 | $713 | -82.5% |
| Johnny Hugh Peavyhouse | $3,976 | $695 | -82.5% |
| Terry Cooper | $4,202 | $692 | -83.5% |
| Jamie Haley | $2,673 | $685 | -74.4% |
| Darrell A. Stepp | $2,665 | $673 | -74.7% |
| Donal E. Williams | $4,307 | $647 | -85% |
| Sandra K. King | $4,496 | $641 | -85.7% |
| Jerry Green | $2,816 | $616 | -78.1% |
| Patrick Lee Little Sr. | $2,559 | $608 | -76.2% |
| Chad Leffew | $2,559 | $604 | -76.4% |
| Terry Bowden | $3,008 | $592 | -80.3% |
| Cecilia Vaughn Paul | $1,168 | $589 | -49.6% |
| East Side Farms of TN, LLC | $33,090 | $587 | -98.2% |
| Dustin Boles | $3,432 | $585 | -83% |
| Adam Ramsey | $9,261 | $581 | -93.7% |
| Gary Williams | $1,961 | $580 | -70.4% |
| Steven J. Smith | $3,377 | $579 | -82.9% |
| David R. Cook | $2,827 | $574 | -79.7% |
| Roger L. Crabtree | $3,264 | $557 | -82.9% |
| Bobby Turner | $3,496 | $548 | -84.3% |
| Brent Bush | $2,916 | $536 | -81.6% |
| Blaine Robbins | $2,486 | $520 | -79.1% |
| Randy T. Evans | $2,640 | $512 | -80.6% |
| Richard J. Greer | $2,013 | $512 | -74.6% |
| Tracy Edwards | $8,134 | $511 | -93.7% |
| Benjamin A. Sitton | $1,815 | $499 | -72.5% |
| Dylan Robert Hall | $1,640 | $496 | -69.8% |
| Ronald R. Siems | $2,425 | $496 | -79.5% |
| Thomas E. Keyes | $1,848 | $496 | -73.2% |
| Donnie Crouch | $0 | $495 | -- |
| Arthur Dearmon | $2,640 | $488 | -81.5% |
| Arthur Larry King | $1,969 | $487 | -75.3% |
| Richard Maynard | $3,539 | $474 | -86.6% |
| Larry Garrett | $2,310 | $456 | -80.3% |
| Sheila Porzelius | $0 | $444 | -- |
| Roger M. Smith | $2,575 | $443 | -82.8% |
| Travis G. Price | $3,102 | $443 | -85.7% |
| Peggy S. Smith | $2,994 | $435 | -85.5% |
| Huel L Johnson | $1,782 | $433 | -75.7% |
| Baxter French | $1,639 | $432 | -73.6% |
| Jimmy King | $2,028 | $429 | -78.8% |
| Wesley Carroll Anderson | $2,270 | $425 | -81.3% |
| Tommy Robbins | $2,074 | $425 | -79.5% |
| Michael Cook | $1,694 | $424 | -75% |
| Roger King | $1,375 | $419 | -69.5% |
| Jerry Paul Reagan | $2,566 | $413 | -83.9% |
| Mark Howard | $2,926 | $411 | -86% |
| Jason Bud Cooper | $3,194 | $408 | -87.2% |
| Jordon Potter | $1,932 | $391 | -79.8% |
| Jeffrey W. Green | $1,441 | $363 | -74.8% |
| David A. Allred | $1,584 | $356 | -77.5% |
| Billy Joe Cooper | $1,824 | $354 | -80.6% |
| Shane Beaty | $2,834 | $338 | -88.1% |
| Aaron Poore | $1,430 | $335 | -76.6% |
| Rodney Jones | $1,232 | $332 | -73.1% |
| Dwight Cecil Copley | $1,517 | $308 | -79.7% |
| Roger H. Compton | $1,210 | $308 | -74.5% |
| Phillip Horst | $3,300 | $290 | -91.2% |
| Doyle Phillips | $3,608 | $287 | -92% |
| Jesse Morgan | $5,875 | $280 | -95.2% |
| Frank Campbell | $1,871 | $280 | -85% |
| Ronnie H. Johnson | $2,114 | $277 | -86.9% |
| Dennis Wright | $1,419 | $274 | -80.7% |
| Donald Stephens | $1,333 | $274 | -79.4% |
| Eric Phillips | $3,344 | $266 | -92% |
| Danny Williams | $880 | $261 | -70.3% |
| Sammy D. Pennycuff | $1,254 | $259 | -79.3% |
| Ted R. Smith | $237 | $240 | 1.3% |
| Tim Weaver | $1,422 | $236 | -83.4% |
| Gabriel Durham | $1,252 | $230 | -81.6% |
| Evangeline L. Greer | $215 | $217 | 0.9% |
| Ronnie Terry | $1,108 | $211 | -81% |
| Randy Miller | $4,994 | $207 | -95.9% |
| John Gunter | $1,489 | $190 | -87.2% |
| Kyle Compton | $902 | $190 | -78.9% |
| Bryan Ramsey | $627 | $188 | -70% |
| Robert Bradley Atkins | $638 | $188 | -70.5% |
| Brittany Rains | $759 | $163 | -78.5% |
| Melanie Carey | $4,334 | $140 | -96.8% |
| Judy K Wallor | $517 | $114 | -77.9% |
| Arllie Cooper | $1,408 | $112 | -92% |
| Lynn Norris | $2,758 | $87 | -96.8% |
| Robert Andrys | $477 | $86 | -82% |
| Darrell Winningham | $1,122 | $52 | -95.4% |
| Emogene H. Smith | $231 | $51 | -77.9% |
| Mary Moody | $44 | $45 | 2.3% |
| Earl P. Crabtree | $101 | $36 | -64.4% |
| Jimmy Medley | $2,485 | $34 | -98.6% |
| David R. Delk | $352 | $28 | -92% |
| Novella Crabtree | $19 | $19 | 0% |
| TJ Waters | $101 | $17 | -83.2% |
| Chestene Taubert | $25 | $12 | -52% |
| Cecilia Vaughn Paul | $1,749 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles B. Russell | $13 | $0 | -100% |
| Hershel Pierce | $4 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack Tompkins | $7 | $0 | -100% |
| Leon Hull | $5 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheila Porzelius | $2,386 | $0 | -100% |
| Cheryl Koren | $2,640 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Ervin Jones | $18,444 | $0 | -100% |
| Seth Weaver | $980 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon Dey | $27 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Franklin | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Vaughn Jr. | $6,525 | $0 | -100% |
| Darick Ricky Terry | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Darlene M. Justice | $306 | $0 | -100% |
| David Smith | $1,454 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald E. Sherwood | $124 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold A. Choate | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Davidson | $396 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Pennycuff | $2,275 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy Anne Beaty | $2,226 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathleen King | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelvin R. Smith | $820 | $0 | -100% |
| Marty Walker | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel J. Crooks | $626 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Phillips | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Wallace Linder | $960 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Tipton | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| William Katterman | $97 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,648,407 | $891,035 | -66.4% |
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