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In 2021, 272 farmers in cities within Washington County received a total of $547,483 in 298 farm subsidies, a 79% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.6 million in 756 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 Washington County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Presley | $34,527 | $57,317 | 66% |
| Jacky Sanders | $301,504 | $57,248 | -81% |
| Timothy Grills | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| William Scot Hamilton | $291,922 | $38,937 | -86.7% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $16,571 | -- |
| Joel Shell | $49,620 | $11,929 | -76% |
| Jeff Aiken | $101,729 | $11,361 | -88.8% |
| Walt Moulton III | $42,090 | $11,344 | -73% |
| Chad Harris | $47,427 | $10,126 | -78.6% |
| Richard Chandley | $2,849 | $8,274 | 190.4% |
| Jackie Fleenor | $41,687 | $7,584 | -81.8% |
| Carol Hamilton | $38,323 | $6,470 | -83.1% |
| W. J. Carter III | $20,504 | $5,942 | -71% |
| George A. Williams II | $24,766 | $4,929 | -80.1% |
| Jared Andrew Fisher | $21,964 | $4,774 | -78.3% |
| Brooke D. Martin | $0 | $4,730 | -- |
| Keith Toth | $22,695 | $4,353 | -80.8% |
| Lawton Saylor | $24,638 | $4,171 | -83.1% |
| Steven Johnston | $16,168 | $3,928 | -75.7% |
| Freddie D. Jones | $11,286 | $3,843 | -65.9% |
| Roy Larry Huffine | $21,517 | $3,442 | -84% |
| J. E. Maden | $11,594 | $3,392 | -70.7% |
| Dana Dukes York | $215 | $3,360 | 1,462.8% |
| Quincy B. Burgess | $51,080 | $3,133 | -93.9% |
| John S. Shanks | $15,486 | $3,112 | -79.9% |
| Steven Bradley | $72,580 | $3,048 | -95.8% |
| Wreatha Terry | $2,665 | $2,665 | 0% |
| Sylvia C. Smith | $13,332 | $2,633 | -80.3% |
| David Shell | $13,186 | $2,607 | -80.2% |
| David S. Martin Jr. | $14,534 | $2,539 | -82.5% |
| Lisa Armentrout | $11,880 | $2,392 | -79.9% |
| Sayland Dairy Farms | $58,848 | $2,326 | -96% |
| Mike Sanders | $25,815 | $2,325 | -91% |
| Nancy W. Shanks | $10,431 | $2,315 | -77.8% |
| Dustin B. Pearson | $15,310 | $2,311 | -84.9% |
| Wayne Dulaney | $12,403 | $2,306 | -81.4% |
| Larry A. Crouch | $23,992 | $2,282 | -90.5% |
| Brian Dillow | $2,043 | $2,277 | 11.5% |
| Duane Rose | $10,414 | $2,270 | -78.2% |
| Eugene Ward | $33,110 | $2,232 | -93.3% |
| Harold L. Bailey Jr. | $19,504 | $2,179 | -88.8% |
| Mark Strickler | $8,459 | $2,144 | -74.7% |
| Dale R. Sanders | $9,650 | $2,126 | -78% |
| Tommy Waddell | $7,095 | $2,122 | -70.1% |
| Curtis Lynn | $13,738 | $2,077 | -84.9% |
| Valerie Shearin | $8,486 | $2,034 | -76% |
| John Lowe | $0 | $1,980 | -- |
| Joseph B. Williams | $8,328 | $1,970 | -76.3% |
| Ruth Shelton Martin | $9,180 | $1,956 | -78.7% |
| Jim Bob Moore | $10,565 | $1,885 | -82.2% |
| James David Byers III | $12,904 | $1,879 | -85.4% |
| Joan Mowery Roller | $4,125 | $1,876 | -54.5% |
| Dennis Robbins | $14,672 | $1,856 | -87.4% |
| Sam L. Widener | $7,425 | $1,855 | -75% |
| Stephen G. Wilson | $2,145 | $1,826 | -14.9% |
| Dusty Saylor | $8,838 | $1,782 | -79.8% |
| Frank J. Walters | $9,880 | $1,762 | -82.2% |
| Bobby Pate | $10,614 | $1,690 | -84.1% |
| Dan Cross | $8,382 | $1,622 | -80.6% |
| Jonathan Daniel Mauk | $0 | $1,622 | -- |
| Scotty W. Bailey | $10,290 | $1,621 | -84.2% |
| Richard L. Merriman | $6,982 | $1,493 | -78.6% |
| Joe Bacon | $7,704 | $1,482 | -80.8% |
| Annette Hall | $7,895 | $1,474 | -81.3% |
| John M. Harrell | $5,830 | $1,474 | -74.7% |
| Adam Jarrett | $3,477 | $1,425 | -59% |
| Justin Allen White | $7,149 | $1,424 | -80.1% |
| Franklin Sell | $2,035 | $1,416 | -30.4% |
| Kyle C. Carson | $9,915 | $1,414 | -85.7% |
| Marie Deakins | $6,600 | $1,362 | -79.4% |
| Travis Barron | $19,571 | $1,328 | -93.2% |
| Jeffrey A. Larimer | $8,963 | $1,322 | -85.3% |
| Tom D. Williams III | $5,652 | $1,309 | -76.8% |
| Steven D. Hicks | $5,195 | $1,279 | -75.4% |
| Jesse Scott Robbins | $18,943 | $1,277 | -93.3% |
| Ryan A. Broyles | $7,351 | $1,267 | -82.8% |
| Joseph Redman | $5,456 | $1,253 | -77% |
| Kelly R. Glass | $5,806 | $1,242 | -78.6% |
| Mescal Moore | $3,216 | $1,239 | -61.5% |
| Robert E. Haren Jr. | $5,852 | $1,238 | -78.8% |
| Randy Jarrett | $6,932 | $1,148 | -83.4% |
| Christine Hughes | $5,780 | $1,146 | -80.2% |
| David Martin Johnson | $10,727 | $1,122 | -89.5% |
| Henry M. Walker Jr. | $6,723 | $1,119 | -83.4% |
| John R. Martin | $15,724 | $1,113 | -92.9% |
| David Lynn Shanks | $4,374 | $1,106 | -74.7% |
| Mike Archer | $5,406 | $1,100 | -79.7% |
| Robert E. Cole | $13,064 | $1,090 | -91.7% |
| Jason Day | $9,155 | $1,087 | -88.1% |
| Shad Glen Graham | $0 | $1,082 | -- |
| Randy Gentry | $7,216 | $1,074 | -85.1% |
| Gordon Silvers | $3,597 | $1,068 | -70.3% |
| Chad Thomas | $4,059 | $1,067 | -73.7% |
| William E. Hart | $4,686 | $1,046 | -77.7% |
| Mary E. Caruthers | $2,833 | $1,035 | -63.5% |
| Raymond M. Carmichel | $4,631 | $1,025 | -77.9% |
| Susan E. Miller | $3,355 | $1,022 | -69.5% |
| Chad Sanders | $39,274 | $1,008 | -97.4% |
| Michael Southerland | $4,766 | $994 | -79.1% |
| Larry Thompson | $0 | $974 | -- |
| Gary B. Jones | $6,662 | $970 | -85.4% |
| Teddy G. Ford Jr. | $3,181 | $969 | -69.5% |
| Mr. Michael Garrett Lyons | $5,074 | $960 | -81.1% |
| Joe N. Bowman | $5,903 | $959 | -83.8% |
| Rodney W. Portch | $2,088 | $938 | -55.1% |
| Jonathan Kyker | $4,085 | $934 | -77.1% |
| Ross Scott | $3,850 | $929 | -75.9% |
| Clifford 'kip' Sanders | $5,524 | $920 | -83.3% |
| Ralph E. Carmichel | $5,145 | $914 | -82.2% |
| Teague Living Trust | $1,760 | $913 | -48.1% |
| Robert E. Shanks | $3,839 | $909 | -76.3% |
| Toby Lee Crain | $3,102 | $908 | -70.7% |
| Luke Cole | $4,448 | $892 | -79.9% |
| Robert E. Waddle | $5,225 | $888 | -83% |
| Steven Moffitt | $4,991 | $885 | -82.3% |
| Eugene J. Range | $6,579 | $877 | -86.7% |
| Billy Joe Lewis | $3,388 | $840 | -75.2% |
| Troy Dustin McCurry | $4,004 | $833 | -79.2% |
| Dickie Kyker | $2,376 | $832 | -65% |
| Cody Moore | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Charles W. Saylor | $2,816 | $816 | -71% |
| James D Frosley | $5,018 | $813 | -83.8% |
| Angelica Morales Nava | $0 | $812 | -- |
| Monte Archer | $3,377 | $801 | -76.3% |
| Jamie Street | $5,453 | $792 | -85.5% |
| Edward C. Bowman | $4,237 | $779 | -81.6% |
| Jerry Baker | $2,871 | $774 | -73% |
| Jerry F Breuel Revocable Trust No 11632 | $1,135 | $770 | -32.2% |
| Roy Jones | $4,579 | $766 | -83.3% |
| Henry Blake Williams | $3,212 | $764 | -76.2% |
| William Brinkley II | $2,904 | $760 | -73.8% |
| John H. Cloyd | $4,159 | $752 | -81.9% |
| Irvin Hall | $3,102 | $749 | -75.9% |
| Landon Gray | $3,998 | $748 | -81.3% |
| Russell Hensley | $3,867 | $741 | -80.8% |
| Jane Rambo | $2,749 | $739 | -73.1% |
| James Robert Jones | $3,949 | $730 | -81.5% |
| Jennifer L. Hensley | $4,266 | $726 | -83% |
| John B. Deakins Jr. | $2,871 | $702 | -75.5% |
| Bryan Hubbard | $4,717 | $700 | -85.2% |
| William Max Little III | $0 | $700 | -- |
| Beverly Chatman | $3,295 | $698 | -78.8% |
| Keith Malone | $15,371 | $696 | -95.5% |
| Roy J. Saylor | $3,531 | $682 | -80.7% |
| William G. Ferguson | $3,564 | $668 | -81.3% |
| Bo Shadden | $2,695 | $664 | -75.4% |
| Julia Ellis | $3,523 | $662 | -81.2% |
| Sam Mitchell | $2,332 | $644 | -72.4% |
| George Todd Hensley | $3,197 | $643 | -79.9% |
| John A. Ward Jr. | $2,024 | $640 | -68.4% |
| Michael Ford | $3,196 | $630 | -80.3% |
| Alicia Presley | $3,321 | $627 | -81.1% |
| Cynthia B. Harrison | $2,227 | $616 | -72.3% |
| Bryan Robbins | $4,210 | $616 | -85.4% |
| Ryan Garst | $2,838 | $613 | -78.4% |
| Patsy Kyker | $3,985 | $609 | -84.7% |
| Jacob T. Harmon | $3,157 | $608 | -80.7% |
| Eldridge Briggs | $1,997 | $603 | -69.8% |
| Bruce Wine | $4,017 | $602 | -85% |
| Carl Raymond Mowery | $4,755 | $600 | -87.4% |
| H. G. Brown | $3,859 | $599 | -84.5% |
| Terri Elliott | $2,794 | $598 | -78.6% |
| Larry Garst | $2,838 | $595 | -79% |
| Michael R. Collins | $5,891 | $595 | -89.9% |
| Ben Carder | $2,552 | $577 | -77.4% |
| Paul a Masters | $2,420 | $567 | -76.6% |
| Sid B. Martin III | $2,018 | $561 | -72.2% |
| Sammy Arrowood | $1,991 | $561 | -71.8% |
| Donald I. Lemmon | $2,178 | $542 | -75.1% |
| Terry Carberry | $2,536 | $529 | -79.1% |
| Billy J. Slemons | $2,684 | $526 | -80.4% |
| Sherrill H. Phillips | $2,024 | $522 | -74.2% |
| Niles E. Shipley | $1,892 | $517 | -72.7% |
| Brandon K. Fender | $6,167 | $516 | -91.6% |
| Walter Carroll Sparks | $2,475 | $516 | -79.2% |
| Kenneth Garvin | $3,164 | $511 | -83.8% |
| Linda Treadway | $2,870 | $511 | -82.2% |
| Johnny W. Shadden | $2,178 | $510 | -76.6% |
| Willa Ann Archer | $3,087 | $506 | -83.6% |
| Edward J. Webb Jr. | $3,579 | $504 | -85.9% |
| Thomas Ledbetter | $2,289 | $474 | -79.3% |
| Karlen Johnson | $0 | $466 | -- |
| Darrell Tipton | $2,000 | $456 | -77.2% |
| Danny Good | $2,057 | $453 | -78% |
| Steven J. Jones | $4,030 | $452 | -88.8% |
| Steve Ramsey | $1,870 | $446 | -76.1% |
| George L. Gray Jr. | $2,130 | $435 | -79.6% |
| Jimmy Shipley | $2,222 | $422 | -81% |
| Michael Hull | $2,819 | $422 | -85% |
| Allen Archer | $2,834 | $422 | -85.1% |
| Eulee Brown | $1,914 | $416 | -78.3% |
| Robert S. Ferguson | $1,947 | $404 | -79.3% |
| Jeffrey L. Adkins | $1,683 | $402 | -76.1% |
| Rodney Thomas | $2,066 | $401 | -80.6% |
| Hubert Tipton | $1,430 | $399 | -72.1% |
| David E. Jeter | $1,661 | $398 | -76% |
| Ethan Scott Brant | $1,738 | $389 | -77.6% |
| Alma Squibb | $2,903 | $388 | -86.6% |
| Forrest Walker | $1,941 | $378 | -80.5% |
| Jerry L. Smith | $1,894 | $374 | -80.3% |
| Larry Josh Stapleton | $1,815 | $372 | -79.5% |
| David Rush | $2,244 | $364 | -83.8% |
| Daniel Jeter | $1,819 | $360 | -80.2% |
| Jack S. Rutherford | $1,430 | $337 | -76.4% |
| Darrell Jackson | $1,331 | $328 | -75.4% |
| James Kelly Mitchell | $1,518 | $326 | -78.5% |
| Alex Dulaney | $1,144 | $325 | -71.6% |
| James R. Cash | $1,736 | $324 | -81.3% |
| Dail E. Kitzmiller | $1,379 | $322 | -76.6% |
| Melissa A. Stephenson | $2,665 | $322 | -87.9% |
| Cody Robbins | $2,205 | $318 | -85.6% |
| Floyd Carr | $1,430 | $318 | -77.8% |
| Kenneth Collins | $1,783 | $315 | -82.3% |
| John Goins | $1,683 | $313 | -81.4% |
| Rick L. Mull | $1,254 | $313 | -75% |
| Harry Bradburn | $1,474 | $304 | -79.4% |
| Ryan A. Proffitt | $1,748 | $296 | -83.1% |
| Roger Drake | $1,001 | $291 | -70.9% |
| Michael P. Fleenor | $1,823 | $287 | -84.3% |
| Andrew F. Bowman | $1,959 | $287 | -85.3% |
| Joseph D. Slonaker | $1,606 | $285 | -82.3% |
| Harold Foister | $1,331 | $277 | -79.2% |
| Nathanael Ledford | $1,331 | $277 | -79.2% |
| Brian W. Hall | $1,837 | $276 | -85% |
| James M. Taylor | $1,180 | $266 | -77.5% |
| Nathan J. Haynes | $957 | $266 | -72.2% |
| Roger D. Page | $2,133 | $260 | -87.8% |
| Douglas J. Langlinais | $339 | $258 | -23.9% |
| Bill J. Kyker | $1,155 | $253 | -78.1% |
| Ricky D. Adams | $1,045 | $253 | -75.8% |
| Eddie Allen Briggs | $1,284 | $242 | -81.2% |
| H. M. Brown | $1,822 | $242 | -86.7% |
| Kenny Noah | $1,537 | $239 | -84.5% |
| Sammy Lee Susong | $935 | $232 | -75.2% |
| John L. Garst | $982 | $228 | -76.8% |
| Floyd Robertson | $463 | $226 | -51.2% |
| James E. Adkins | $1,613 | $211 | -86.9% |
| Eddie Gillen | $820 | $209 | -74.5% |
| Bradley Hughes | $1,144 | $206 | -82% |
| David Lowe | $704 | $204 | -71% |
| Jamie Littleton | $1,444 | $201 | -86.1% |
| Andrew Garst | $2,046 | $194 | -90.5% |
| Wayland Osborne | $638 | $194 | -69.6% |
| John M. Daniel | $2,288 | $182 | -92% |
| Pat Lee Loyd | $737 | $170 | -76.9% |
| Earl Casto | $605 | $168 | -72.2% |
| James Adam Anders | $0 | $166 | -- |
| Craig Milburn | $2,202 | $162 | -92.6% |
| Nathan Kincheloe | $407 | $153 | -62.4% |
| Betty S. Hale | $605 | $152 | -74.9% |
| Ronald L. Stayer | $517 | $151 | -70.8% |
| Chris Robbins | $1,200 | $150 | -87.5% |
| Terry Hale | $1,036 | $149 | -85.6% |
| Thomas M. Moates | $605 | $142 | -76.5% |
| David M. Slonaker | $550 | $132 | -76% |
| Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $129 | -- |
| Donnie A. Neal | $429 | $126 | -70.6% |
| Michael C. Day | $814 | $124 | -84.8% |
| Darren Evan Manis | $1,246 | $122 | -90.2% |
| Tabitha Dotson | $330 | $121 | -63.3% |
| August K. Meyer | $539 | $118 | -78.1% |
| Darrell Swift | $641 | $107 | -83.3% |
| Jacob Southerland | $484 | $97 | -80% |
| Joey Lynn Malone | $1,008 | $97 | -90.4% |
| Robert Monin | $3,157 | $93 | -97.1% |
| Jeffrey C. Shipley | $3,028 | $91 | -97% |
| Donald B. Blair | $1,144 | $91 | -92% |
| Danny R. Adams | $1,256 | $70 | -94.4% |
| David I. Guinn | $352 | $69 | -80.4% |
| Mary Jo Lizotte | $53 | $59 | 11.3% |
| Joshua Lee Arwood | $352 | $46 | -86.9% |
| Farrell R. Ervin | $0 | $34 | -- |
| Bradford L. Hasty | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| G. C. Sanders | $2,739 | $0 | -100% |
| Jarvey Felty | $2,249 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason A. Crouch | $1,385 | $0 | -100% |
| Kerry L. Phipps | $3,575 | $0 | -100% |
| Logan Livingston | $544 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruby Faye Brown | $4 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen G. Wilson | $4,375 | $0 | -100% |
| The Beth P Oaks Revocable Trust | $1,839 | $0 | -100% |
| Vermillion Partnership | $3,459 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan Shelton | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Blain Lewis | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Brooklyn R. Nelson | $3,133 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce H. Bacon Jr. | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce N. Range | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris Wilson | $4,431 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean A. Rambo | $2,638 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $8,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $111,708 | $0 | -100% |
| Franklin G. Sell | $6,587 | $0 | -100% |
| Gilbert Cutshall | $561 | $0 | -100% |
| Herman Hagie | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Kyker | $6,752 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesus Cedillo | $1,848 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan D. Mauk | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Cretsinger | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth L. Taylor | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Lanny Mack Dockery | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Leach Family Trust - Eddie Leach | $90 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark A. Vines | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Arrowood | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Peter J Speropulos III | $477 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph Emmett Martin Estate | $479 | $0 | -100% |
| Shad Graham | $4,924 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan D. Booth | $79 | $0 | -100% |
| Teague Living Trust | $1,914 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry W. Bledsoe | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy A. Hale | $1,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Weldon L. Cox | $4,714 | $0 | -100% |
| Agnes C. Thomas | $94 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack G. Payne | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny D. Loyd | $612 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua A. Register | $223 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth W. Gardner | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,604,057 | $547,483 | -79% |
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