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In 2021, 140 farmers in cities within Pope County received a total of $662,541 in 197 farm subsidies, a 45.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.2 million in 393 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott A. Trovillion | $172,230 | $76,516 | -55.6% |
| Nathan P. Humm | $0 | $33,950 | -- |
| Todd J. Pruemer | $100,355 | $32,785 | -67.3% |
| John E Mckinley Revocable Trust-John E Mckinley | $30,269 | $30,101 | -0.6% |
| Dale Faulkner | $59,406 | $21,822 | -63.3% |
| James J. Wiley | $56,952 | $19,779 | -65.3% |
| Gary W. Hise | $19,558 | $19,631 | 0.4% |
| James F. Walker | $16,442 | $16,442 | 0% |
| Lindell Russell | $24,052 | $14,033 | -41.7% |
| David E. Broadway | $35,213 | $13,861 | -60.6% |
| Patricia Blanchard | $13,668 | $13,435 | -1.7% |
| Josh Wagner | $17,602 | $13,038 | -25.9% |
| Jenna Y Golnik | $12,571 | $12,571 | 0% |
| Rodney L. Crim | $26,151 | $11,710 | -55.2% |
| William R. Hobbs | $12,973 | $11,320 | -12.7% |
| Michael O. Miller | $34,091 | $11,151 | -67.3% |
| James W. Hall Jr. | $13,987 | $10,449 | -25.3% |
| James G. Meherg | $10,196 | $10,196 | 0% |
| Shawn B. Bailey | $21,056 | $9,977 | -52.6% |
| Bonita Sue Neill | $10,682 | $9,699 | -9.2% |
| Michael K. Murphy | $8,979 | $8,497 | -5.4% |
| Phyllis Climer | $8,485 | $8,248 | -2.8% |
| Nathan A. Schuchardt | $11,207 | $7,559 | -32.6% |
| Cynthia Anne Henderson | $4,465 | $7,447 | 66.8% |
| Don W. Turner | $9,684 | $6,877 | -29% |
| Joyce Ashby | $6,416 | $6,416 | 0% |
| Alan F. Raines | $5,961 | $5,961 | 0% |
| Wayne Speck | $9,264 | $5,920 | -36.1% |
| Joan Faulkner | $5,906 | $5,906 | 0% |
| Kevin Richerson | $23,353 | $5,821 | -75.1% |
| Sallee J Densch Partnership | $7,503 | $5,814 | -22.5% |
| Linda L. Shetler | $5,902 | $5,808 | -1.6% |
| Barbara Jones | $5,791 | $5,791 | 0% |
| Larry P. Gwin | $0 | $5,747 | -- |
| Peanut Irrevocable Trust | $5,725 | $5,725 | 0% |
| Hubert Volle | $5,664 | $5,664 | 0% |
| Marilou Walter | $5,892 | $5,520 | -6.3% |
| Ruthanne Bowman | $5,892 | $5,520 | -6.3% |
| Brian Broadway | $16,508 | $5,491 | -66.7% |
| Thomas K. Taylor | $2,799 | $5,469 | 95.4% |
| Donald Alan Threlkeld | $15,091 | $5,380 | -64.3% |
| Marilyn R. Smith | $5,274 | $5,115 | -3% |
| Rita Clutts | $0 | $5,034 | -- |
| Victor Hertter | $6,594 | $4,988 | -24.4% |
| Ronald E. Blanchard | $4,959 | $4,959 | 0% |
| Janis R. Janssen | $4,877 | $4,877 | 0% |
| Neil Wagner | $5,613 | $4,839 | -13.8% |
| Harold Walker | $0 | $4,053 | -- |
| William G. Kain | $3,839 | $3,839 | 0% |
| Howard J. Roach | $3,359 | $3,579 | 6.5% |
| Ricky Lynn Morse | $3,404 | $3,403 | -0% |
| Diane S. Hutchins | $3,234 | $3,334 | 3.1% |
| Brett Miller | $9,506 | $3,247 | -65.8% |
| Nicholas E. Swinford | $5,328 | $2,950 | -44.6% |
| Phillip G. Beal | $2,719 | $2,719 | 0% |
| Karen Turner | $2,520 | $2,520 | 0% |
| Betty Partain | $2,402 | $2,402 | 0% |
| Sidney Bonnell Jr. | $5,182 | $2,355 | -54.6% |
| Everette Keller | $2,326 | $2,326 | 0% |
| Susan Hein | $2,251 | $2,251 | 0% |
| Roy Hughes | $0 | $2,248 | -- |
| Melvin Louis Jeffords Jr. | $2,181 | $2,181 | 0% |
| Odell B. Obermark | $10,936 | $2,133 | -80.5% |
| Donita McCleary | $5,108 | $2,100 | -58.9% |
| The Mark Anthony Adduci and Audra Lee Adduci Trust | $2,061 | $2,061 | 0% |
| R. C. Davidson | $12,900 | $2,059 | -84% |
| Donnie R. Wise | $2,046 | $2,046 | 0% |
| Randall J. Wise | $2,046 | $2,046 | 0% |
| Wade J. Wiley | $12,007 | $1,944 | -83.8% |
| John S. Hobbs | $1,862 | $1,862 | 0% |
| Edward D. Welter | $43,878 | $1,837 | -95.8% |
| Michael Parks | $7,891 | $1,804 | -77.1% |
| Carl D. Hart Jr. | $5,831 | $1,800 | -69.1% |
| Rue E. Berger | $17,135 | $1,690 | -90.1% |
| Billy J. Owens | $3,960 | $1,674 | -57.7% |
| Glen Broadway | $2,540 | $1,671 | -34.2% |
| Bradley A. Blanchard | $1,651 | $1,651 | 0% |
| Sandra Cowsert | $1,568 | $1,568 | 0% |
| Michael L. Edwards | $1,529 | $1,529 | 0% |
| Bertha E. Crim | $2,166 | $1,527 | -29.5% |
| Jesse Donald Hall | $6,413 | $1,512 | -76.4% |
| Dennis S. Vickery | $7,852 | $1,400 | -82.2% |
| Robert C. McCleary | $1,400 | $1,400 | 0% |
| William W. Conley | $1,370 | $1,370 | 0% |
| Chad Wiley | $7,224 | $1,224 | -83.1% |
| Billy J. Gibbs | $8,577 | $1,069 | -87.5% |
| Daniel R. Spivey | $1,027 | $1,027 | 0% |
| Norman G. Hill Jr. | $3,333 | $937 | -71.9% |
| Robert E. Welter | $0 | $935 | -- |
| John Warfield Jr. | $3,608 | $934 | -74.1% |
| Frederica Schaefer | $1,953 | $925 | -52.6% |
| Wade L. Swinford | $7,283 | $874 | -88% |
| Susan Blakeley Lambert | $2,274 | $873 | -61.6% |
| Joseph Parr | $4,341 | $820 | -81.1% |
| Juanita D. Elam | $1,944 | $806 | -58.5% |
| Jason Faulkner | $3,322 | $787 | -76.3% |
| Gary Allen Parnell | $783 | $783 | 0% |
| Mr. George Edward Berger | $3,413 | $757 | -77.8% |
| Pamela Tanner | $566 | $755 | 33.4% |
| Doug Cross Irrevocable Trust | $1,205 | $711 | -41% |
| Bronwyn Aly | $725 | $684 | -5.7% |
| Ronald L. Jackson | $3,787 | $677 | -82.1% |
| Verna Hugh Thomas | $909 | $677 | -25.5% |
| Donita D Mccleary Etal PTRS | $2,331 | $641 | -72.5% |
| William Walker Jr. | $1,664 | $632 | -62% |
| Kenneth Allen Duncan Jr. | $606 | $606 | 0% |
| Lisa Helmig | $0 | $565 | -- |
| Billy Joe Powell | $1,537 | $562 | -63.4% |
| Dusty O. Billington | $3,166 | $559 | -82.3% |
| Elaine D. Miller | $1,678 | $534 | -68.2% |
| Jason Clyde Broadway | $1,687 | $533 | -68.4% |
| Linda A. Burkhead | $1,687 | $533 | -68.4% |
| William J. Brown | $1,355 | $529 | -61% |
| Frances E. Etheridge | $1,356 | $512 | -62.2% |
| Lillian Dieckman | $1,272 | $493 | -61.2% |
| Bernard P Pellack | $1,584 | $483 | -69.5% |
| Larry Cossey | $847 | $342 | -59.6% |
| Elizabeth Oxford | $1,793 | $332 | -81.5% |
| Opal J Crim Family Trust | $276 | $316 | 14.5% |
| Mary-the Mary J Flota Inter Vivos Trust J Flota | $315 | $293 | -7% |
| John D. Gamrat | $289 | $289 | 0% |
| John T. Obermark | $0 | $270 | -- |
| Jarod Jackson | $6,604 | $268 | -95.9% |
| Ned Jeffords | $613 | $260 | -57.6% |
| Carol D. Bennett | $1,897 | $259 | -86.3% |
| Keith Markus | $792 | $180 | -77.3% |
| Timothy L. Beane | $1,685 | $172 | -89.8% |
| Billy Green | $340 | $166 | -51.2% |
| Cody Vickery | $528 | $159 | -69.9% |
| Bennie Guynn | $198 | $128 | -35.4% |
| Doyle R. Wagner Jr. | $2,208 | $118 | -94.7% |
| William L. Jeffords | $1,051 | $105 | -90% |
| Jerry Harris | $86 | $99 | 15.1% |
| Sally Harris | $86 | $99 | 15.1% |
| John P. Hays Jr. | $1,664 | $86 | -94.8% |
| Monte R. Morris | $241 | $77 | -68% |
| Bill Owens | $379 | $64 | -83.1% |
| James Jennings | $727 | $35 | -95.2% |
| Robert Wessel | $0 | $27 | -- |
| Mary a Tanner-Gray | $125 | $10 | -92% |
| Edward D. Jackson | $711 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry W. Hartley | $96 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie B Wise Declaration of Trustee | $1,973 | $0 | -100% |
| Amos E Tanner Trust | $625 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W. Nicol | $162 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Butler | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald R Dumbris | $102 | $0 | -100% |
| Donnie Williamson | $163 | $0 | -100% |
| Ivus Elam | $3,516 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice S Threw | $754 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Bradford Jr. | $755 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth S. Wiseman | $261 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan A. Ryder | $936 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond I. Williams | $810 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond Mcconnell Trust | $2,165 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert I. Crim | $93 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Monroe | $5,031 | $0 | -100% |
| Victor English Jr. | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,207,723 | $662,541 | -45.1% |
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