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In 2021, 222 farmers in cities within Rockcastle County received a total of $374,644 in 275 farm subsidies, a 70.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.3 million in 636 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 Rockcastle County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Mink | $6,636 | $25,393 | 282.7% |
| Philip McFerron | $6,044 | $24,055 | 298% |
| Anthony W. Lewis | $29,254 | $20,495 | -29.9% |
| Michael Mason Brown | $43,226 | $19,263 | -55.4% |
| Timothy Mink | $58,834 | $14,889 | -74.7% |
| Steven M. Brown | $20,884 | $14,370 | -31.2% |
| Bentley Durham | $18,272 | $10,085 | -44.8% |
| Harold Ray Whitaker | $33,986 | $10,068 | -70.4% |
| Janice Tolle | $5,400 | $9,054 | 67.7% |
| Rickie Hysinger | $41,140 | $8,248 | -80% |
| Alvin Pigg | $28,160 | $8,209 | -70.8% |
| Roger D. Hasty | $26,412 | $7,271 | -72.5% |
| Phillip S. Thompson | $19,219 | $7,182 | -62.6% |
| Jack D. Martin | $11,425 | $6,236 | -45.4% |
| Ernest Grant Martin | $11,318 | $6,235 | -44.9% |
| Jeffery A. Albright | $11,959 | $5,436 | -54.5% |
| Doug Prewitt | $31,855 | $4,812 | -84.9% |
| Roy Gene Todd | $19,315 | $4,023 | -79.2% |
| Ian Bullock | $0 | $3,520 | -- |
| Gary Johnson | $5,930 | $3,344 | -43.6% |
| Herman Smith | $24,523 | $3,310 | -86.5% |
| Lonnie G. Cash | $11,902 | $3,176 | -73.3% |
| Kevin Scott Wolfe | $24,170 | $3,176 | -86.9% |
| Tyler R. Strunk | $0 | $3,061 | -- |
| Lonnie A. McGuire | $15,129 | $2,900 | -80.8% |
| Terry Lawson | $12,294 | $2,862 | -76.7% |
| Mary Lou Bullock | $13,449 | $2,733 | -79.7% |
| Ralph N. Hines | $21,544 | $2,536 | -88.2% |
| Tony R. Bullock | $14,392 | $2,483 | -82.7% |
| Jeff Bullock | $17,563 | $2,385 | -86.4% |
| Michael W. Barron | $9,854 | $2,329 | -76.4% |
| Coy D. Taylor | $8,856 | $2,321 | -73.8% |
| Darrell Wayne Whitaker | $14,383 | $2,292 | -84.1% |
| Jerry M. Hasty | $12,458 | $2,263 | -81.8% |
| Clayton Cash | $12,336 | $2,247 | -81.8% |
| Lloyd Coffey | $12,291 | $2,166 | -82.4% |
| Richard D. Hysinger | $6,328 | $2,038 | -67.8% |
| Carol Hasty | $3,671 | $1,966 | -46.4% |
| Wendell Thacker | $6,886 | $1,881 | -72.7% |
| Billy Joe Brown | $10,609 | $1,833 | -82.7% |
| Joseph B. Clontz | $6,395 | $1,761 | -72.5% |
| James E. McClure | $4,191 | $1,680 | -59.9% |
| Billy Gene Sigmon | $4,257 | $1,670 | -60.8% |
| Tommy H. Mink | $2,759 | $1,653 | -40.1% |
| Danny McKinney | $8,745 | $1,611 | -81.6% |
| Marvin Kelly Ponder | $6,875 | $1,540 | -77.6% |
| Jonah M. Shaffer | $6,253 | $1,518 | -75.7% |
| Sean Michael Gentry | $8,050 | $1,479 | -81.6% |
| Louie Northern | $6,179 | $1,380 | -77.7% |
| Jerry D. Ham | $6,733 | $1,378 | -79.5% |
| Paul Nicely | $5,808 | $1,347 | -76.8% |
| Charles W. Saylor | $7,190 | $1,342 | -81.3% |
| Toby Shay Mullins | $6,424 | $1,340 | -79.1% |
| Garry Hurst | $5,899 | $1,309 | -77.8% |
| James C. Cummins | $4,378 | $1,302 | -70.3% |
| Charlie Albright | $5,126 | $1,294 | -74.8% |
| John Boone Saylor | $7,889 | $1,287 | -83.7% |
| John D. King | $7,486 | $1,275 | -83% |
| Ronald C. Burdett | $6,456 | $1,274 | -80.3% |
| Scottie G. Hines | $10,717 | $1,258 | -88.3% |
| Kevin Burdine | $6,006 | $1,253 | -79.1% |
| Jason Philbeck | $6,382 | $1,246 | -80.5% |
| Mark Sowder | $5,401 | $1,234 | -77.2% |
| Glen E. Roberts | $5,708 | $1,229 | -78.5% |
| William J. Parsons | $5,608 | $1,160 | -79.3% |
| Billy Lovell | $8,787 | $1,142 | -87% |
| Cleston Anthony Saylor | $5,582 | $1,096 | -80.4% |
| Christopher S. Hurst | $4,456 | $1,091 | -75.5% |
| Joseph Barron | $6,271 | $1,072 | -82.9% |
| Dennis B. Clark | $5,809 | $1,062 | -81.7% |
| Dustin Bullock | $4,231 | $1,038 | -75.5% |
| Rachel M. King | $3,591 | $1,018 | -71.7% |
| Brian C. Ponder | $2,981 | $987 | -66.9% |
| Justin Prewitt | $3,839 | $960 | -75% |
| John D. Ford | $4,422 | $948 | -78.6% |
| Barry Hurst | $5,233 | $913 | -82.6% |
| Kevin Adams | $3,152 | $913 | -71% |
| Lewis Ray Reams | $236 | $904 | 283.1% |
| Jordan Hemsley | $6,488 | $904 | -86.1% |
| Lonnie Moore | $6,327 | $899 | -85.8% |
| Darrell Cottrell | $1,746 | $897 | -48.6% |
| Carter Lynn Parsons | $3,850 | $896 | -76.7% |
| Donnie Hayes | $5,034 | $892 | -82.3% |
| Brandon J. Barron | $4,814 | $885 | -81.6% |
| Jerry Denney | $4,481 | $872 | -80.5% |
| Sonia D. Durham | $2,727 | $858 | -68.5% |
| Christopher M. Frith | $5,230 | $854 | -83.7% |
| Cecil C. McKinney | $3,762 | $848 | -77.5% |
| Matthew L. Northern | $4,603 | $845 | -81.6% |
| Shane Bullock | $5,058 | $835 | -83.5% |
| Matthew Alan Smith | $4,172 | $828 | -80.2% |
| Ronnie E. Brown | $4,033 | $810 | -79.9% |
| Ronnie McKinney | $1,812 | $803 | -55.7% |
| Bobby C. Barron | $3,927 | $792 | -79.8% |
| Bruce Deborde | $3,404 | $780 | -77.1% |
| David G. Colson | $4,711 | $778 | -83.5% |
| Freddie Lee Deatherage | $3,846 | $762 | -80.2% |
| Troy K. Williams | $3,267 | $737 | -77.4% |
| Terry Lear | $2,662 | $712 | -73.3% |
| Trevor Hemsley | $4,137 | $708 | -82.9% |
| David Whitehead | $3,839 | $704 | -81.7% |
| Stephan Carrera | $4,092 | $702 | -82.8% |
| Audrey Sue Sowder | $3,687 | $699 | -81% |
| Mark Allen McClure | $2,178 | $696 | -68% |
| Oppie Sowder | $3,756 | $682 | -81.8% |
| Stephen A. Estes | $1,716 | $682 | -60.3% |
| Ronnie Reppert | $3,223 | $675 | -79.1% |
| John Dyehouse | $0 | $662 | -- |
| Timothy Wayne Renner | $4,246 | $662 | -84.4% |
| Julie Lowery | $3,305 | $661 | -80% |
| Matthew Corey Bray | $2,420 | $653 | -73% |
| Boyd Campbell | $3,802 | $637 | -83.2% |
| Curtis F. Cash | $2,761 | $630 | -77.2% |
| Jerry L. Deboard | $3,411 | $630 | -81.5% |
| Delroy Bishop | $3,778 | $627 | -83.4% |
| Rodney Ellison | $1,518 | $612 | -59.7% |
| Raymond Asher Jr. | $1,489 | $603 | -59.5% |
| Bill Adkisson | $957 | $591 | -38.2% |
| Benjamin T. Ponder | $2,530 | $588 | -76.8% |
| Jeffrey Carpenter | $1,122 | $586 | -47.8% |
| Mark Y. Dyehouse | $3,523 | $578 | -83.6% |
| Carl D. Coleman Jr. | $2,744 | $577 | -79% |
| Richard Bryant | $1,935 | $569 | -70.6% |
| Jeffrey K. Burdette | $2,640 | $564 | -78.6% |
| Scott Adams | $2,688 | $554 | -79.4% |
| Juan Nicely | $3,747 | $554 | -85.2% |
| Ricky Bray | $1,551 | $554 | -64.3% |
| Robbie Barron | $4,138 | $544 | -86.9% |
| Darrell Collins | $2,134 | $532 | -75.1% |
| Tate Clements | $1,859 | $532 | -71.4% |
| Benton Bullock | $3,579 | $530 | -85.2% |
| Sammy Ford | $3,930 | $516 | -86.9% |
| Toby Mullins | $2,354 | $510 | -78.3% |
| Mark Poynter | $3,887 | $510 | -86.9% |
| Ron Barron | $2,314 | $502 | -78.3% |
| Levi Northern | $3,554 | $500 | -85.9% |
| James C. Barnett | $2,467 | $495 | -79.9% |
| Kayla Barnett | $0 | $495 | -- |
| Hal Hunt | $2,437 | $489 | -79.9% |
| David Burton | $1,868 | $488 | -73.9% |
| Kendall R. Burton | $1,766 | $488 | -72.4% |
| Patrick E. Craig | $5,377 | $484 | -91% |
| Joshua Hayes | $2,578 | $482 | -81.3% |
| Jeff Hayes | $2,255 | $481 | -78.7% |
| Vira Dailey | $2,229 | $476 | -78.6% |
| Coy Lee Cromer | $2,123 | $467 | -78% |
| Troy Cromer | $2,123 | $467 | -78% |
| Bill D. Sowder | $2,745 | $456 | -83.4% |
| Wendell J. Martin | $2,155 | $448 | -79.2% |
| Chris Kirby | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Dwain Adams | $2,583 | $439 | -83% |
| Douglas Hamm | $2,672 | $431 | -83.9% |
| Mark Lunsford | $1,815 | $428 | -76.4% |
| Paul May | $2,464 | $426 | -82.7% |
| Perry D. Harding | $1,367 | $416 | -69.6% |
| Ronnie Thompson | $3,131 | $415 | -86.7% |
| Karen Marie Sloat | $1,056 | $408 | -61.4% |
| Jimmie D. Silvers | $2,555 | $406 | -84.1% |
| Carol Jean Sigmon | $3,277 | $395 | -87.9% |
| Steven Caudill | $1,452 | $390 | -73.1% |
| Zandell Hasty | $1,720 | $389 | -77.4% |
| Eric Clark | $7,886 | $387 | -95.1% |
| William T. Mills | $4,264 | $374 | -91.2% |
| Gary Prewitt | $2,271 | $372 | -83.6% |
| Shannon D. Bishop | $1,826 | $363 | -80.1% |
| Glenn E. Deborde | $693 | $362 | -47.8% |
| Joshua Clay Dollins | $1,631 | $362 | -77.8% |
| William Jeffery Thacker | $1,746 | $360 | -79.4% |
| Roger Smith | $2,698 | $356 | -86.8% |
| Carl D. Coleman | $1,463 | $342 | -76.6% |
| Clyde R. Collins | $2,773 | $328 | -88.2% |
| Gary Prewitt Jr. | $1,546 | $328 | -78.8% |
| Joe C. Bullen | $1,133 | $318 | -71.9% |
| Randall Q. Powell | $1,364 | $315 | -76.9% |
| Gordon Bullock | $979 | $310 | -68.3% |
| Donna June Bullock | $1,232 | $308 | -75% |
| Jeffery L. Nicely | $1,980 | $308 | -84.4% |
| Rita Kirby | $2,470 | $296 | -88% |
| Sandra Lynn Ramsey | $1,375 | $294 | -78.6% |
| Terry F. Burton | $726 | $277 | -61.8% |
| Randal H. Adams | $2,627 | $276 | -89.5% |
| Alma Renee Thomas | $561 | $275 | -51% |
| Frank G. Sparks | $1,309 | $274 | -79.1% |
| Mary J. Hunt | $2,081 | $273 | -86.9% |
| Holly Rose Chiantaretto Robinson | $1,519 | $270 | -82.2% |
| Bob Woodall | $759 | $254 | -66.5% |
| Jerry Reed | $1,814 | $246 | -86.4% |
| Ben Lawless | $1,307 | $242 | -81.5% |
| Phillip M. Payne | $2,059 | $242 | -88.2% |
| Donald Wayne Carney Jr. | $957 | $242 | -74.7% |
| Jacob Hunter Pelston | $1,672 | $239 | -85.7% |
| James R. Thacker | $1,446 | $222 | -84.6% |
| Jerry Barron | $1,450 | $218 | -85% |
| Joshua C. Bray | $913 | $212 | -76.8% |
| Robert E. French | $426 | $211 | -50.5% |
| Ronnie Hayes | $1,794 | $207 | -88.5% |
| Bonnie Sigmon | $1,565 | $205 | -86.9% |
| Brent Gabbard | $1,243 | $197 | -84.2% |
| Matthew H. Hayes | $693 | $190 | -72.6% |
| Larry McKnight | $880 | $187 | -78.8% |
| Cletis R Brown | $847 | $180 | -78.7% |
| Adam Parsons | $1,635 | $172 | -89.5% |
| William Burdett | $1,248 | $172 | -86.2% |
| Raymond Brent Asher | $847 | $170 | -79.9% |
| Billy Barron | $2,437 | $155 | -93.6% |
| Eddie Hayes | $297 | $155 | -47.8% |
| Elvia Mullins | $297 | $135 | -54.5% |
| Joey Bullen | $955 | $128 | -86.6% |
| Barbara Coffey | $0 | $127 | -- |
| Mark A. Loudermilk | $231 | $121 | -47.6% |
| John Harding | $231 | $121 | -47.6% |
| Floyd Bradley | $1,748 | $107 | -93.9% |
| Donnie L. Hurst | $672 | $104 | -84.5% |
| Bobby Carl Dean Bishop Jr. | $1,892 | $98 | -94.8% |
| Cody Robinson | $561 | $96 | -82.9% |
| John G. Eaton Jr. | $396 | $93 | -76.5% |
| Larry Bullock | $555 | $86 | -84.5% |
| Cecil Leon Clark | $2,571 | $70 | -97.3% |
| Royce Baker | $1,004 | $70 | -93% |
| Becky Lynn Lawless | $330 | $56 | -83% |
| Trevis Gibson | $198 | $42 | -78.8% |
| Trent Clark | $92 | $32 | -65.2% |
| Adron D Mckinney | $178 | $0 | -100% |
| Angela S. Hoss | $72 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Bishop | $239 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Ellison | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| David Wayne Blanton | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra J. Brown | $209 | $0 | -100% |
| Derick Gregory Thacker | $294 | $0 | -100% |
| Dianna J. Vanzant | $154 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald L. Long | $78 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald W. Collins | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| James Kenneth Parsons | $272 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer N. White | $239 | $0 | -100% |
| John William Dyehouse | $3,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimberly Philbeck | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Ida Taylor | $321 | $0 | -100% |
| Ned Purcell | $79 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert H. Crawford | $1,220 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodney D. Purcell | $79 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Mays | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew Seth Laswell | $243 | $0 | -100% |
| Anna L. Clifford | $2,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Ashley Reynolds | $1,224 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Whitaker | $250 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradford Hal Hunt | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Stilwell | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris Bishop | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald L. Alexander | $714 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Burdette | $2,530 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd Cain | $137 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Cummins | $722 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph Carpenter | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall D. McCracken | $1,044 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy R. Ambrose | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,254,558 | $374,644 | -70.1% |
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