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

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Farms throughout cities in Wayne County received $2.3 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 387 farmers in cities within Wayne County received a total of $1.5 million in 552 farm subsidies, a 60.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.7 million in 1,187 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 Wayne County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
John Lewis$117,073$77,546-33.8%
KSW Farms, LLC$69,829$65,525-6.2%
Jimmy Decker$0$52,875--
Jones Logging, Inc.$0$52,875--
Timothy L. Reynolds$0$52,875--
Keeton Farms, LLC$96,542$50,899-47.3%
McKinley Farms$143,743$50,835-64.6%
Burton Farms, Inc.$157,174$49,797-68.3%
Robert Keeton Huff$68,293$46,541-31.9%
Gerald L. Maxwell$90,904$39,907-56.1%
William S. Allen Jr.$61,101$35,242-42.3%
Joshua Simpson$143,606$34,739-75.8%
J&D Logging, Inc.$0$34,083--
Ward Foster JR$0$33,676--
Jimmy Martin$22,402$33,49849.5%
Joshua E. Guffey$5,955$30,940419.6%
Paul D. Parmley$134,324$28,968-78.4%
Billy Arnett$311,902$25,602-91.8%
Stewart N. Cooley$80,125$25,454-68.2%
M&J Logging, LLC$0$24,098--
David D. Byler$92,578$23,163-75%
Gary Phillips$0$23,123--
Michael Hancock$0$22,495--
Forrest Dunagan$52,716$19,529-63%
Sexton Logging$0$18,881--
Jimmy Paul Decker$0$16,795--
L. E. Brown$6,381$15,254139.1%
Jerry Sloan$83,351$15,100-81.9%
Timothy L. Decker$2,398$15,023526.5%
Jack Roberts$50,735$14,808-70.8%
Ray Lewis Coffey$49,127$10,672-78.3%
Lance Simpson$68,370$10,600-84.5%
Bradley Scott Dishman$0$9,982--
Da Eads, Inc.$9,445$9,153-3.1%
Britt D. Taylor$28,570$8,822-69.1%
Prentis Allen Alley$41,984$8,356-80.1%
Christopher Lyon$0$7,314--
Stephen R. Debord II$21,676$6,717-69%
Jason D. Coffey$0$6,478--
Triple Fork Ranch, LLC$29,283$6,472-77.9%
Galen K. Richardson$41,150$6,424-84.4%
Terry T. Simpson$49,488$6,276-87.3%
Noah C. Rice$11,911$6,115-48.7%
David Higginbotham$19,984$6,102-69.5%
M & W Farms, Inc.$33,079$5,619-83%
James E. Sexton$15,149$5,586-63.1%
David H. Denney$19,665$5,299-73.1%
Brian W. Foster$16,445$5,281-67.9%
Bobby E. Bertram$0$4,840--
Duncan R. Ramsey$29,194$4,758-83.7%
Jonathan R. Dick$17,138$4,743-72.3%
Karen L. Floyd$2,904$4,70361.9%
Danny Neal$14,444$4,691-67.5%
Barry Gregory$4,090$4,63013.2%
James O. Roberts Jr.$17,786$4,569-74.3%
George Owen Horton$14,237$4,089-71.3%
Gale E. Troxell$9,900$3,918-60.4%
Stephen W. Dobbs$18,232$3,875-78.7%
John Tyler Jones$3,251$3,82117.5%
Anthony Lynn Jones$11,581$3,790-67.3%
Jerry Corder$19,715$3,765-80.9%
Mark Massengale$21,422$3,748-82.5%
Kenneth R. Burnett$16,588$3,673-77.9%
Henpecked Farm, Inc.$12,996$3,671-71.8%
James R. Jones$11,546$3,632-68.5%
Sharon G. Denney$22,338$3,616-83.8%
Fox Run Farm, Inc.$15,148$3,357-77.8%
Tony Chaplin$15,039$3,232-78.5%
David Mayer$10,530$3,088-70.7%
Allen Mercer$8,227$3,020-63.3%
Jabbo W Mercer$8,125$3,020-62.8%
Valleys END Farm$12,056$2,918-75.8%
Adrian Bell$15,521$2,892-81.4%
James H. Gregory$15,184$2,871-81.1%
Gleason Foster$17,370$2,858-83.5%
Stevie Sullivan$16,107$2,777-82.8%
Steven D. Hughes$12,307$2,710-78%
Curtis L. Dunagan$8,023$2,576-67.9%
Darran B Vickery$15,486$2,481-84%
Eugene Burnett$9,272$2,474-73.3%
Jamie A. Conley$6,982$2,410-65.5%
William Blake Gibson$10,107$2,393-76.3%
Johnnie Dean$15,344$2,320-84.9%
James Lewis Price$12,115$2,251-81.4%
Carol McCutchen$4,461$2,229-50%
Jimmy Lowe$1,673$2,21832.6%
Don Sidwell$0$1,927--
Christopher R. Lester$4,797$1,819-62.1%
Travis R. Lewis$11,378$1,813-84.1%
Ronnie Corder$10,447$1,798-82.8%
Dan Lee Parmley$7,198$1,790-75.1%
Michael Radford$8,091$1,768-78.1%
James F. Poore Sr.$7,502$1,704-77.3%
Kevin Lynn Crabtree$6,270$1,688-73.1%
Conley H. Gregory$7,295$1,687-76.9%
Michael E. Upchurch$9,133$1,676-81.6%
Russell Pyles$7,008$1,660-76.3%
Ralph B. Jones$6,892$1,653-76%
Kay Koger$9,562$1,645-82.8%
Steele Farms$8,294$1,642-80.2%
Nelson E. Owens II$34,438$1,605-95.3%
Danny Allen Adams$9,899$1,600-83.8%
Lance W. Turner$9,818$1,599-83.7%
Frank W. Frogge$12,833$1,583-87.7%
Vannie Hatfield$4,385$1,516-65.4%
Landry E. Brown$25,764$1,503-94.2%
Michael L. Bell$8,690$1,502-82.7%
Claude T. Foster$8,922$1,499-83.2%
Joshua Randall Wiedemann$0$1,485--
Ernest Shearer$3,418$1,446-57.7%
Wade Dick$8,815$1,439-83.7%
Gene L. Taylor$8,034$1,433-82.2%
Paul S. Vickery$982$1,41343.9%
Brandon K. Lester$8,553$1,378-83.9%
Larry A. Lyons$5,434$1,377-74.7%
Roberts Brothers$472$1,374191.1%
Lonnie Piercy$5,731$1,362-76.2%
David W. Eaton$10,044$1,344-86.6%
Ridge Gap Farms, Inc.$5,653$1,344-76.2%
George Eicher$389$1,337243.7%
William E. Barnes$90$1,3371,385.6%
C. R. Burnett Jr.$3,495$1,300-62.8%
Gerald B. Foster$7,159$1,267-82.3%
Wendell Turpin$0$1,265--
Sherry Dolen$3,949$1,259-68.1%
Gary Massengale$7,494$1,257-83.2%
Bradley Dishman$12,413$1,236-90%
Danny R. Bates$7,825$1,218-84.4%
Michael D. Blevins$8,998$1,196-86.7%
Howard Turpin Jr.$4,422$1,191-73.1%
Steve Blevins$8,965$1,190-86.7%
Henry R. Stringer$5,647$1,180-79.1%
Clyde Ray Young$2,397$1,169-51.2%
Barton Williams$3,768$1,161-69.2%
Lawrence A. Leady$5,730$1,150-79.9%
David A. Smith$7,509$1,125-85%
Hallis D. Hicks$10,135$1,120-88.9%
Scott Flynn$6,704$1,107-83.5%
Dana Dolen$2,095$1,101-47.4%
Jo Carol Koger$4,640$1,098-76.3%
David McCutchen$0$1,097--
Winfrey Hurt$8,400$1,090-87%
Daniel Frost$1,460$1,087-25.5%
Jimmy East$4,739$1,084-77.1%
Gary Pyles$5,499$1,076-80.4%
Junior Chriswell$4,411$1,076-75.6%
Dewayne Hughes$4,999$1,067-78.7%
Phillip Bertram$5,686$1,055-81.4%
Gerald Dishman$462$1,048126.8%
Richard Lewis Munsey$3,196$1,026-67.9%
Jonathan W. Dick$4,323$1,014-76.5%
Samuel Maggard$4,378$1,010-76.9%
Charles B. Brammer$5,338$1,008-81.1%
Randy Shoemaker$2,170$1,002-53.8%
Dale Denney$5,364$998-81.4%
Dallas Sexton$4,070$986-75.8%
Gwendolyn G. Selvidge$1,874$982-47.6%
Michael Sexton$4,411$955-78.3%
Roy L. Gregory$4,225$952-77.5%
Paul Denney$6,976$950-86.4%
Kenneth Conley$0$945--
Willie Wallen$1,298$943-27.3%
Stephen P. Burris$6,723$939-86%
Wilma Dick$3,905$935-76.1%
Cecil K. Edmonson$0$924--
James D. Harmon$4,411$916-79.2%
Tony Bowlin$4,059$909-77.6%
Hubert Pitman$4,649$886-80.9%
Richard Dunagan$4,099$878-78.6%
Eric S. Dolen$6,314$874-86.2%
Ms. Tessa R. Dolen$6,332$863-86.4%
Dalton Family Farm, LLP$2,867$848-70.4%
Charlie Denney$854$834-2.3%
Roger Blevins$4,007$833-79.2%
Jason Wilson$4,564$826-81.9%
Stewart G. Phillips$1,138$806-29.2%
Harold Smith$7,819$804-89.7%
Harvey Shearer$402$80099%
Richard Jones$1,104$799-27.6%
A. C. Taylor$5,521$796-85.6%
Jerry Dunagan$9,163$787-91.4%
Tabitha Morgan$3,245$774-76.1%
Darryl H. Koontz$3,157$756-76.1%
Wayne Keith$2,970$756-74.5%
Donald L. Neal$2,583$736-71.5%
William C. Craig$5,427$722-86.7%
Jason Reid Martin$2,251$720-68%
Reed Bertram$3,168$685-78.4%
Clifford K. Harris$5,149$682-86.8%
Tony Dean$12,426$672-94.6%
Boyce Carter$3,907$661-83.1%
Ryan F. Gregory$6,723$643-90.4%
Zelene C Cooper$1,340$628-53.1%
Robert K. Carter$2,077$624-70%
Dwight Morgan$2,486$622-75%
Donovan Munsey$2,871$606-78.9%
Nathan Earl Appleby$3,749$603-83.9%
Tony L. Roberts$3,619$596-83.5%
Daniel Morrow$1,725$592-65.7%
Barry W. Cooper$2,455$591-75.9%
Paul D. Tucker$2,673$587-78%
Eddie Jones$2,871$585-79.6%
Othal Gregory$1,122$585-47.9%
Marty Dean$3,382$557-83.5%
Gerald Allen Frost$0$550--
Carolyn Brammer$539$5390%
mac Foster$3,025$538-82.2%
Kenneth Turpin$3,414$500-85.4%
Barbara Vitatoe$0$481--
Joe H. Sawyer$3,969$480-87.9%
Joshua D. Brainard$2,484$478-80.8%
Roger D. Roberts$1,639$474-71.1%
Jason H. Neal$1,604$474-70.4%
Jared Perdue$4,399$468-89.4%
Mary G. Duncan$1,388$468-66.3%
Pamela Thurman$2,769$467-83.1%
Jacob Vitatoe$2,211$466-78.9%
Donna Anderson$2,158$465-78.5%
Joe D New$1,676$460-72.6%
Jason F. Gregory$4,974$456-90.8%
Paul Wilhite$2,741$452-83.5%
Anthony Coop$0$450--
Mariah Ann Lair$1,063$450-57.7%
Larry Lewis$1,885$441-76.6%
Arthur C. Jones$1,826$439-76%
Jason Lewis Gregory$2,546$429-83.2%
Barbara S. Duncan$2,211$425-80.8%
Ken Raines$2,223$425-80.9%
Leroy Dawes$2,893$425-85.3%
Terry Bertram$4,345$425-90.2%
Walter Ray Orr Jr.$1,793$419-76.6%
Thomas A. Powell$1,111$417-62.5%
Jonathan L. Dunagan$1,520$414-72.8%
Richard Upchurch$2,634$411-84.4%
Lyle Denney$1,848$402-78.2%
Michael Bowman$252$39857.9%
Timothy Bell$0$398--
Wesley D. Elam$3,282$398-87.9%
Andrew Phillip Burks$2,620$394-85%
Patrick Denney$2,255$394-82.5%
Glen D. Roberts$958$390-59.3%
Virginia Ann Gregory$1,496$386-74.2%
Paul E. Stringer$0$385--
Loren Eaton$2,079$380-81.7%
Lonnie Chaplin$2,304$379-83.6%
Jerry Askins$2,909$378-87%
Hardin Phillips$978$375-61.7%
Bobby Pendleton$0$371--
Jeremy F. Stevens$2,013$371-81.6%
Lorrene Maxwell$583$363-37.7%
Cassandra Lee Lester$1,496$359-76%
Eddie Joe Decker$4,400$357-91.9%
Kevin Jamison Rains$2,076$350-83.1%
Chad Eric Denney$1,893$349-81.6%
Darrell L. Stephenson$2,805$346-87.7%
Fred R West$1,973$346-82.5%
Michael J. Drew$2,420$345-85.7%
Ralph W. Jones$1,661$343-79.3%
Stacy Slagle$1,606$343-78.6%
Tony Ramsey$1,472$342-76.8%
Sue Carolyn West$999$341-65.9%
Alvin G. Sexton$2,936$339-88.5%
Stephen R. Debord$3,348$338-89.9%
Jason T. Phillips$2,759$336-87.8%
Wendell Lowe$2,964$336-88.7%
Boyce New$1,644$335-79.6%
Huel Kennedy$1,397$332-76.2%
Robert Eddie Norfleet$1,582$332-79%
Barry L. Brown$1,287$322-75%
Leo S Preat$2,609$322-87.7%
Mr. David Jordan Bell$2,156$322-85.1%
Garry D. Neal$1,808$313-82.7%
David Frost$2,083$307-85.3%
Danny Smith$1,518$305-79.9%
Velma Cross$1,513$304-79.9%
Kenneth R. Gregory$1,309$302-76.9%
David H. Bell$1,531$298-80.5%
Betty Morrow$2,277$294-87.1%
Leatrice Selvidge$294$2940%
Tracy L. McCarty$1,266$292-76.9%
Donna Jane Morris Catron$579$289-50.1%
Danny K. Hughes Jr.$1,661$287-82.7%
Gary Prince$1,818$284-84.4%
Tim Bell$1,503$284-81.1%
David E. Carter$1,696$280-83.5%
David Denzil Gregory Sr.$1,486$278-81.3%
Leta Kay Shelton$637$276-56.7%
Harvey Atkinson$748$270-63.9%
Aletha C. Bertram$991$268-73%
Joshua N. Owens$0$267--
Douglas R. Vitatoe$1,177$264-77.6%
Benton E. Sloan$9,570$253-97.4%
Sherman G. York$713$250-64.9%
Patricia S Huffaker and W David Shearer JR Trust Agreement$186$24833.3%
Mary S. Upchurch$185$24733.5%
Connie H. Maggard$51$246382.4%
Brenda Joyce Smith$495$244-50.7%
Edward Cushman$1,929$242-87.5%
Paul E. Cooper$946$242-74.4%
Roger Troxell$1,254$239-80.9%
Karen S. Phillips$38$236521.1%
Allen Cross$1,570$235-85%
Delbert L. Nevels$1,229$234-81%
Rick Lee$1,089$228-79.1%
Jesse Faude$428$222-48.1%
Paul McGinnis$946$222-76.5%
Rayburn Sweet$1,221$220-82%
Randall Bowlin$0$218--
Anthony Neal$1,390$211-84.8%
Lois Pitman$806$204-74.7%
Sheila Simpson$1,111$203-81.7%
Bruce Turner$1,134$198-82.5%
Betty Jo Correll$408$197-51.7%
George H. Watson$437$196-55.1%
Rodney T. Duncan$1,131$190-83.2%
Paul Decker$1,890$188-90.1%
Wayne Laws$1,270$187-85.3%
Ronnie D. Cowan$0$186--
Roger D. Riddle$979$183-81.3%
Kim Brake$977$176-82%
Brett K. Price$495$175-64.6%
Steven Abbott$1,518$174-88.5%
Kira Desirae Pyles$759$173-77.2%
Frank Stephens$902$170-81.2%
Boyd Foster$1,448$166-88.5%
Dan Boston$52$164215.4%
Homer Slagle$260$163-37.3%
Michael Tucker$3,678$163-95.6%
James H. Sawyer$1,323$160-87.9%
Arnold Dishman$363$159-56.2%
Ronald E. Bertram$748$159-78.7%
Henry Schmitt$450$158-64.9%
Kelci Deshae Pyles$726$156-78.5%
Matt Catron$523$155-70.4%
Rory Gossage$602$154-74.4%
Wilburn Dishman$1,973$153-92.2%
Donald Humble$652$152-76.7%
Wanda Dishman$864$142-83.6%
Connie Jones$136$1360%
Geniata Foster$399$135-66.2%
Mack Dewayne Guffey$2,532$135-94.7%
Donnie Upchurch$995$132-86.7%
Paul Gregory$1,387$131-90.6%
Harold Dunagan$0$129--
Freddie A. Piercy$96$12833.3%
Patrick S. Upchurch$196$119-39.3%
Agnes C. Bell$287$118-58.9%
Ralph Laws$766$114-85.1%
L H Barnes Trust$0$112--
Bobby Gehring$2,349$110-95.3%
Shannon Jones$561$110-80.4%
Rhonda J. Shearer$305$107-64.9%
Tanner Shayne Stephens$1,277$104-91.9%
Betty Buckley$0$103--
Randall Jones$425$100-76.5%
Thomas A. Kelsay$2,459$93-96.2%
Charles D. Stamper$135$92-31.9%
Barbara Rice$174$90-48.3%
John Brook Simpson$489$87-82.2%
Sheridan Wright$142$85-40.1%
Richie Atkinson$198$83-58.1%
Christy Miller$0$80--
Oval Ramsey$0$78--
Jesse Jones$1,408$77-94.5%
Lynn Slagle$1,216$77-93.7%
Bob West$969$73-92.5%
Josephine Gregory$54$7233.3%
Mark A. Foster$1,984$69-96.5%
Danny Raines$616$68-89%
Richard R. Atchley$158$68-57%
William R. Flynn$2,957$63-97.9%
Mr. Daniel Shawn Aaron$45$6033.3%
David Turner$585$56-90.4%
Edwin P. Stamper Jr.$89$53-40.4%
Dan D. Vickery$139$52-62.6%
Joe Hancock$264$52-80.3%
Mary Juanelle Smith$166$51-69.3%
Charles Boston$13$49276.9%
Charles R. York$1,511$49-96.8%
Maurice Boston$140$47-66.4%
Danny Kay Morrow$148$33-77.7%
David A. Morrow$59$33-44.1%
Deanna M. Hammond$56$33-41.1%
Rodney Keith Parmley$215$29-86.5%
Bonnie F. Irwin$123$20-83.7%
Vernon Miniard Jr.$33$17-48.5%
Cody Aaron Parmley$1,971$7-99.6%
Austin Gregory$3,264$0-100%
Better Beef, LLC$1,925$0-100%
Bill W. Cooper$265$0-100%
Bob Upchurch$228$0-100%
Bobby Joe Upchurch$147$0-100%
Brooke Denney$210$0-100%
Carter Burnett$275$0-100%
Cecil Crabtree$220$0-100%
Cecil Guffey$11$0-100%
Chris Roberts$550$0-100%
Christopher Steven Dobbs$2,057$0-100%
Coffey Farms$2,112$0-100%
Cowan Farms Partnership$2,770$0-100%
Dan Chaney$210$0-100%
David G. Piercy$2,225$0-100%
Eddie Griffin$35$0-100%
Elsie Denney$935$0-100%
Frank Morrow$42,251$0-100%
Gary B. Corder$961$0-100%
James Roger Upchurch$1,696$0-100%
Jeffrey G. Barnett$865$0-100%
Jerry O. Lowe$330$0-100%
Jessie Fulton$385$0-100%
Johnny Davis$734$0-100%
Joshua Nelson Owens$726$0-100%
Julia I. Sims$151$0-100%
Justin Gregory$119$0-100%
Keeton & Keeton Farms, Inc.$44,949$0-100%
Kyle Burnett$275$0-100%
Lake Cumberland Produce, LLC$8,171$0-100%
Larry Upchurch$2,695$0-100%
Lydia R West$306$0-100%
Martin Lewis Huffaker$1,529$0-100%
Marty Bryant Dean$2,127$0-100%
Mary D. Guinn$871$0-100%
Michael Dobbs$1,327$0-100%
Monticello Cemetery Company, Inc.$224$0-100%
Paul D. Kennedy$275$0-100%
Paul Wood$22$0-100%
Pleaz W Phillips$550$0-100%
Ronald Daugherty$48$0-100%
Ryan Corder$1,688$0-100%
Samuel L. Humble$1,210$0-100%
Samuel Lee West$204$0-100%
Steve Allen$81$0-100%
Steve Dobbs$1,912$0-100%
Steven Thompson$440$0-100%
Tillie Slagle$593$0-100%
Travis W. Neal$1,272$0-100%
Trevor Austin Garner$165$0-100%
Troy Corder$961$0-100%
Troy Mitchell Vaughn$990$0-100%
Virgil Rankin Eller$1,388$0-100%
Wayne Roberts$414$0-100%
Total subsidies$3,736,344$1,467,067-60.7%

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