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In 2021, 89 farmers in cities within Jackson County received a total of $181,368 in 98 farm subsidies, a 64.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $506,391 in 225 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Shockey - Bridgewater E. Farms | $0 | $73,103 | -- |
| Top Notch Logging, LLC | $0 | $17,352 | -- |
| Carolyn Miihlbach | $25,068 | $12,200 | -51.3% |
| Parrish J. Pendley | $32,977 | $11,715 | -64.5% |
| Joe McCoy | $28,372 | $5,034 | -82.3% |
| Richard D. Lathey | $18,546 | $3,253 | -82.5% |
| Steve Casto | $38,057 | $3,090 | -91.9% |
| Justin L. Meadows | $13,303 | $3,056 | -77% |
| Nathan Tyler Somerville | $0 | $2,375 | -- |
| Luke J. Hunter | $12,878 | $2,262 | -82.4% |
| Joe W. Casto | $13,011 | $2,124 | -83.7% |
| Michael A. Flinn | $8,349 | $2,062 | -75.3% |
| Danny Belcher | $8,250 | $1,668 | -79.8% |
| Lacey Jennifer Bourgeois | $7,391 | $1,668 | -77.4% |
| Jason Meadows | $10,321 | $1,530 | -85.2% |
| Everett L. Crow Jr. | $7,040 | $1,457 | -79.3% |
| Matthew S. Taylor | $8,793 | $1,410 | -84% |
| Holmestead Farm, LLC | $3,025 | $1,371 | -54.7% |
| Rod Parsons | $9,414 | $1,262 | -86.6% |
| George Smith | $7,448 | $1,192 | -84% |
| Tim E. Boyce | $5,633 | $1,187 | -78.9% |
| Shane V. Galland | $5,395 | $1,180 | -78.1% |
| James Michael Wyant | $5,777 | $1,052 | -81.8% |
| Milton Carney | $5,860 | $1,044 | -82.2% |
| Jerry Miihlbach | $1,012 | $923 | -8.8% |
| James a Suck JR | $4,180 | $900 | -78.5% |
| Education B Smolder | $4,433 | $863 | -80.5% |
| Gene Fisher | $4,246 | $857 | -79.8% |
| Dewaine Parsons JR | $4,508 | $838 | -81.4% |
| Brian Gould | $8,505 | $834 | -90.2% |
| Denver F. Sisson | $4,763 | $828 | -82.6% |
| Jeffrey Harold Hall | $2,955 | $772 | -73.9% |
| Michael Blessing | $849 | $764 | -10% |
| Zelma Boggess | $2,474 | $764 | -69.1% |
| Howard W. McVey | $3,333 | $747 | -77.6% |
| Billy L. Townsend | $2,772 | $669 | -75.9% |
| David C. Delong | $2,894 | $666 | -77% |
| Kent Kennedy | $2,849 | $613 | -78.5% |
| Evan Hall | $4,787 | $599 | -87.5% |
| Travis Lucky | $2,708 | $574 | -78.8% |
| Robert Lee Parsons | $3,102 | $568 | -81.7% |
| Wanda M. Flinn | $1,485 | $561 | -62.2% |
| Kenneth R. Keebaugh | $3,088 | $558 | -81.9% |
| Edmund P. Austin | $2,903 | $554 | -80.9% |
| Sandra J. Bourgeois | $2,233 | $548 | -75.5% |
| Nina Fields | $2,420 | $516 | -78.7% |
| David Mahan | $3,123 | $496 | -84.1% |
| Helen M. Fletcher | $0 | $495 | -- |
| Enoch Alan Staats | $2,409 | $487 | -79.8% |
| William C West | $2,530 | $485 | -80.8% |
| Delmar J. Sigman | $2,824 | $480 | -83% |
| Kathlyn Marie Curry | $0 | $424 | -- |
| Stephen S. Hyre | $0 | $422 | -- |
| Angela Kay | $2,425 | $412 | -83% |
| Albert D. Delong | $3,520 | $398 | -88.7% |
| Timothy E. Witt | $0 | $393 | -- |
| Kyle White | $2,434 | $391 | -83.9% |
| Philip Miihlbach | $1,727 | $377 | -78.2% |
| Timothy Crow | $1,188 | $362 | -69.5% |
| Michael E. Shamblin | $1,820 | $353 | -80.6% |
| James Burdette Jr. | $1,070 | $352 | -67.1% |
| Matthew M. Dye | $0 | $343 | -- |
| Shannon Stephens | $1,661 | $332 | -80% |
| Larry M. Casto | $1,606 | $332 | -79.3% |
| Jeremy Comer | $1,517 | $324 | -78.6% |
| Virginia Shamblin | $1,133 | $307 | -72.9% |
| Gerald Butcher | $1,474 | $304 | -79.4% |
| Jorden Vannest | $1,397 | $301 | -78.5% |
| Robert C. Carmichael Jr. | $1,386 | $277 | -80% |
| Jerry Hall | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Ethan M. Mullen | $759 | $264 | -65.2% |
| Johnny D. Kay | $1,730 | $258 | -85.1% |
| Stephen Cooper | $1,155 | $253 | -78.1% |
| Danny Vannest | $1,034 | $228 | -77.9% |
| John W. Stephens | $869 | $224 | -74.2% |
| Cameron K. Arthur | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Gordon M. Hopper | $990 | $187 | -81.1% |
| Gregory D. Moore | $792 | $180 | -77.3% |
| Mary K. Hafer | $890 | $172 | -80.7% |
| Dale E. Bergdorf | $847 | $170 | -79.9% |
| Robert C. Carmichael Sr. | $726 | $156 | -78.5% |
| James W. Britton | $820 | $149 | -81.8% |
| Brooke Hosaflook | $744 | $147 | -80.2% |
| Brittany Ward | $579 | $110 | -81% |
| Stewart R. Sayre | $2,628 | $102 | -96.1% |
| Amy J. Barton | $824 | $90 | -89.1% |
| Vandegrift Family Farms, LLC | $0 | $85 | -- |
| Ronnie G. Phillips | $132 | $59 | -55.3% |
| Bonnie L. Craddock | $59 | $29 | -50.8% |
| Emily Phillips | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| James B. Hudson | $7,645 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Rhodes | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucinda Casto | $7,926 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Dye | $1,661 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Skeen | $423 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Shockey - Bridgewater E. Far | $60,164 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy Lane | $1,261 | $0 | -100% |
| Tara L. Tatalovich | $1,985 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan Hall | $792 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen R. Marple | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Frederick H. Hall | $9,787 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob A. Adkins | $6,941 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Groves | $49 | $0 | -100% |
| Jami Clay | $1,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Allan Nelson | $77 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Scott Kay | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Casto | $4,793 | $0 | -100% |
| Neida Jo Price | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen S. Flanigan | $1,254 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $506,391 | $181,368 | -64.2% |
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