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The state of taxpayer-funded farm subsidies in cities associated with Casey County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Casey County received $1.4 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 266 farmers in cities within Casey County received a total of $697,820 in 348 farm subsidies, a 67.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.1 million in 877 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 Casey County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Brian Woodrum$128,185$63,559-50.4%
Mark Woodrum$134,304$56,187-58.2%
Ronald Jay Goode$85,732$47,108-45.1%
Kevin Land$50,224$32,523-35.2%
Greg J. Goode$54,004$31,496-41.7%
Neil Buck$56,855$18,836-66.9%
Clement Woodrum$81,140$17,063-79%
Bennie Joe Cox$32,286$17,047-47.2%
Steven K. Martin$28,062$16,241-42.1%
Greg Rodgers$37,695$14,305-62.1%
George Cox$22,003$12,622-42.6%
Ryan Gary Wilhelm$22,890$12,273-46.4%
Carol Price$27,819$10,907-60.8%
Billy S. Morris$59,505$10,160-82.9%
Jeremy Kent Luttrell$0$9,747--
Dewey S. Coffey$32,398$9,412-70.9%
Brandon Keith Brady$103,842$7,770-92.5%
Brent W. Woodrum$25,938$7,282-71.9%
Michael K. Wethington$27,706$6,934-75%
Jo Ann Sandusky-Pratt$956$6,746605.6%
Scott Hines$31,175$6,639-78.7%
Barron Goode$8,171$6,056-25.9%
Darren Goode$8,171$6,056-25.9%
David T. Ponder$1,122$5,701408.1%
Mcqueary Logging$0$5,640--
Matthew S. Coffey$11,277$5,557-50.7%
Chris Atwood$14,365$5,346-62.8%
Allen Pendleton$10,679$5,299-50.4%
Phillip Patton$11,428$4,876-57.3%
Edward Noel$4,823$4,8230%
Timothy J. Wethington$5,608$4,808-14.3%
Starla Hines$13,674$4,561-66.6%
L. J. Watson$20,912$4,451-78.7%
Mary Lisa Cheatham Estate$0$4,440--
Thomas G. Stringer$26,077$4,010-84.6%
Herbert C. Davis II$2,811$3,84836.9%
Ronnie Gene Sharp$9,613$3,840-60.1%
Frank McAninch$17,118$3,812-77.7%
Steve Spears$11,957$3,652-69.5%
James S. Murphy$4,995$3,577-28.4%
Phillip D. Murphy$2,728$3,44826.4%
Jerry Hardwick$12,399$3,442-72.2%
Amanda S. Murphy$2,695$3,44127.7%
Jonathan Keen$6,699$3,436-48.7%
Russell Lawless$0$3,277--
Patrick J. Williams$18,650$3,275-82.4%
William Shoopman$23,466$3,150-86.6%
Connie Woodcock$12,253$3,115-74.6%
Mr. Brian Keith Martin$5,365$3,080-42.6%
Chad Meece$10,504$2,870-72.7%
Jesse Shoopman$12,469$2,668-78.6%
Roger E. Coffey$12,486$2,592-79.2%
Tommy Clark$16,613$2,584-84.4%
Nancy Porter$6,171$2,560-58.5%
Rentschler Land Trust$2,559$2,5590%
Douglas Porter$16,533$2,535-84.7%
Eddie K. Price$10,628$2,447-77%
Brian Marple$12,264$2,443-80.1%
Kevin Spaw$11,486$2,308-79.9%
James E. Pennington Jr.$9,416$2,187-76.8%
Gerald D. Taylor$8,715$2,184-74.9%
Michael Woodrum$10,281$2,121-79.4%
Johnny Lee Scott$9,091$1,998-78%
Roger Durham$9,284$1,936-79.1%
Kathy V. Watson$7,771$1,822-76.6%
Royce Dixon$9,389$1,813-80.7%
Ronnie P. Warner$11,583$1,766-84.8%
Barbara Riddle$2,486$1,765-29%
Stephen Andrew Godbey$7,736$1,719-77.8%
Eva Rose Darnell$4,873$1,704-65%
Darren Lewis Smith$7,517$1,620-78.4%
Matthew S. Hicks$7,490$1,614-78.5%
Christopher M. McQueary$7,843$1,610-79.5%
Mike McQueary$7,711$1,609-79.1%
Benjamin Buck$6,193$1,566-74.7%
Gerald L. Helm$870$1,55478.6%
Chris Weddle$7,419$1,552-79.1%
Zyndall Buck$5,204$1,551-70.2%
Teddy Strong$6,124$1,546-74.8%
Michael Scott Brown$4,316$1,532-64.5%
Carl Griffith$7,157$1,509-78.9%
Ashley Brackett$6,435$1,487-76.9%
Sherrill W. Wells$4,290$1,407-67.2%
James Kieran McAninch$8,078$1,336-83.5%
Rufus Shoopman$4,477$1,316-70.6%
Donald Land$1,928$1,300-32.6%
Tim Goodlett$7,080$1,294-81.7%
Jordan A. Brown$10,940$1,282-88.3%
Gary T. Black$6,295$1,261-80%
J. E. Beard Jr.$1,230$1,2300%
Jim Coffman$3,679$1,227-66.6%
David McKinney$5,139$1,225-76.2%
Sherry J. Luttrell$3,322$1,220-63.3%
Phillip Murphy$6,920$1,206-82.6%
Edwin B. Wesley$6,431$1,205-81.3%
Kenneth Murphy$6,335$1,197-81.1%
Mark A. Murphy$8,580$1,178-86.3%
Douglas Johnson$6,497$1,163-82.1%
John D. Johnson$6,464$1,156-82.1%
Donald Baldock$1,280$1,113-13%
Kenny Wesley$5,115$1,108-78.3%
Kathy Golden$3,069$1,087-64.6%
Shirley Tapscott$5,804$1,033-82.2%
Ronald Rabich$5,071$1,025-79.8%
Brian Vest$4,825$1,024-78.8%
Steve Hines$1,186$1,000-15.7%
Clifton Scott$5,629$997-82.3%
Timothy Noel$3,201$980-69.4%
Jerald Lee Emerson$2,145$966-55%
Kevin Watson$2,376$964-59.4%
Cody Matthew Hayes$4,052$958-76.4%
Jeffrey K. Wethington$8,597$934-89.1%
Thomas Anthony Wethington$3,145$932-70.4%
Ronald Luttrell$6,788$917-86.5%
Christopher Baldock$4,170$894-78.6%
Isaias Gonzalez$3,652$848-76.8%
Rhonda Cochran$5,230$845-83.8%
Michael J. Hines$4,224$838-80.2%
Robert W. Atwood$9,516$836-91.2%
Paul Ponder Jr.$3,638$834-77.1%
Shannon White$3,157$823-73.9%
Larry P. Baldock$5,162$816-84.2%
Judy Smither$4,040$812-79.9%
Eric Brown$2,734$783-71.4%
Evelena Harris$2,794$767-72.5%
Scott Price$3,182$765-76%
Troy Sanders$3,069$720-76.5%
Barry Gabehart$3,111$716-77%
John Thomas Wilkey$3,504$714-79.6%
Christopher S. Fair$0$710--
Shirley Baldock$1,562$710-54.5%
Whitney Hines$530$70633.2%
Roger Gabehart$3,078$698-77.3%
Thomas L. Wilkey$2,475$686-72.3%
Phyllis Cannon$3,245$684-78.9%
Timothy Davenport$2,871$682-76.2%
Morris Pendleton Jr.$2,585$664-74.3%
Gary Wesley$3,179$658-79.3%
Randal Earl Wilson$3,170$650-79.5%
Deward Benson$2,046$640-68.7%
David Johnson$2,618$638-75.6%
Gregory E. Wethington$3,676$638-82.6%
Linda W. Hatter$3,190$637-80%
Geraldine Salyers$2,560$620-75.8%
Amber Riddle$2,546$618-75.7%
Victor Matherly$3,266$616-81.1%
Gerald Tucker$4,973$613-87.7%
Gregory Morgan$2,882$610-78.8%
David W. Emerson$4,366$605-86.1%
James Lynn$2,123$601-71.7%
Kelly Yocum$2,145$600-72%
Timothy M. Hughes$2,956$599-79.7%
Michael Chad Propes$2,867$595-79.2%
Debbie Tremblay$3,614$586-83.8%
Brian Caudill$3,111$583-81.3%
Casey B. Brown$2,629$580-77.9%
Adam Cain$2,046$550-73.1%
Donald R. Cravens$1,980$547-72.4%
Adam Hines$3,617$540-85.1%
Irene Gosser$2,294$540-76.5%
Neil Luttrell$3,104$533-82.8%
Joshua Chester Hayes$2,024$522-74.2%
Danny R. McAninch$4,230$516-87.8%
Lester Wilson$1,925$501-74%
Dale Hines$2,777$488-82.4%
Tim Gillock$2,309$487-78.9%
Don P. Thomas$3,331$485-85.4%
Mervin Martin$2,447$484-80.2%
Steven B. Brown$3,333$484-85.5%
William C. Derringer$2,574$481-81.3%
William Douglas Cochran$2,171$479-77.9%
Gregory P. Hogue$2,319$467-79.9%
Glendon R. Lay$2,235$464-79.2%
Patricia Richardson$3,778$461-87.8%
Dustin Luttrell$1,958$459-76.6%
Clarence Lewis$1,408$457-67.5%
Sandy C. Brown$4,342$457-89.5%
Ricky C. Wesley$924$454-50.9%
Brenda Williams$2,420$450-81.4%
The Wildly Simple Farm, LLC$3,046$450-85.2%
Anita R Beal-Hayes$1,966$446-77.3%
Suzanne D. Hopkins$862$443-48.6%
Kent Clements$2,112$437-79.3%
Joseph W. Beeler$1,533$423-72.4%
Harvey R. Toebbe$2,519$422-83.2%
Cundiff Brothers Farm$2,344$413-82.4%
Samuel Andrew Wesley$1,452$404-72.2%
Cassandra K. Atwood$2,312$388-83.2%
Scott Harne$11,290$382-96.6%
Amy Luttrell$1,276$376-70.5%
Bart F. Woodrum$1,959$374-80.9%
Wm Bradford Wesley$1,815$374-79.4%
Dennis Davenport$1,177$365-69%
Jonathan Ware$1,924$358-81.4%
Bonita Feese$1,562$357-77.1%
Larry Anderson$1,166$357-69.4%
Joshua Blake Hayes$1,535$350-77.2%
Haskel Murphy Jr.$1,418$346-75.6%
Benny Scott$660$345-47.7%
John Tarter$1,452$340-76.6%
Raymond Cooper$1,637$338-79.4%
Gary Salyers$1,353$336-75.2%
Betty Jean Cravens$1,556$335-78.5%
Brad Johnson$2,193$329-85%
James Hogue$1,375$329-76.1%
Brian Johnson$2,728$322-88.2%
Matthew Shane Wethington$2,445$322-86.8%
George W. Vest$1,419$313-77.9%
Leonard Porter$0$303--
Brent Pennington$4,065$302-92.6%
Ruth Ann Dalton$1,325$298-77.5%
White Brothers Farm$1,617$298-81.6%
Arnold Goode$7,157$295-95.9%
Brandon Snow$1,144$292-74.5%
Nakisha Atwood$913$284-68.9%
Josephine Wilson$1,141$280-75.5%
William Matthew Dalton$1,301$280-78.5%
Luaird Riddle$2,731$277-89.9%
Ricky Evans$1,121$274-75.6%
Andrew P. Richardson$1,490$263-82.3%
Harold Scott$1,265$263-79.2%
Jake Davis$1,352$262-80.6%
Johnny Maupin$1,443$256-82.3%
Colby Brown$3,723$242-93.5%
Ernestine Beaty$1,094$235-78.5%
Vickie Luttrell$1,122$225-79.9%
Jasper Scott Rayborn$1,380$222-83.9%
Ronald Lawless$1,219$217-82.2%
Ricky Lee Edwards$1,001$211-78.9%
Jack Woodrum$869$198-77.2%
Robert L. Eads$847$188-77.8%
Amie Michelle Adkins$1,150$187-83.7%
Curtis Whitehurst$880$187-78.8%
Steve Allen$1,121$187-83.3%
Andrew Clements$726$186-74.4%
Joey Daniel$1,018$183-82%
J. C. Carman$1,210$180-85.1%
Sterling Buis$673$172-74.4%
Dennison Neal Grider$1,011$168-83.4%
Patrick Lawhorn$330$168-49.1%
David Nicholas Kimbler$253$162-36%
Dale Wethington$561$156-72.2%
Bobby Patton Jr.$2,406$154-93.6%
Edward Keith Price II$2,970$154-94.8%
Larry Dean Bland$1,936$154-92%
Hershel Murphy Sr.$924$152-83.5%
Casey Company Board of Education$479$149-68.9%
Robert Heselton$880$126-85.7%
Ronald Wright$1,137$121-89.4%
Phillip Davis$817$116-85.8%
Lisa Horton$297$114-61.6%
Steve Lee$432$114-73.6%
Jenna Grace Wethington$649$112-82.7%
Christopher Dale Wilkinson$710$100-85.9%
Kindra Michka$1,571$94-94%
Shirley Land$131$74-43.5%
Stephen Brock$382$73-80.9%
Melvin Addington$352$69-80.4%
Ann Cain$297$67-77.4%
Danny Clements$283$58-79.5%
Pamela J. Noel$133$42-68.4%
Phynque Byrd$66$34-48.5%
Stacy Hines Woodrum$0$27--
Patricia Buck$591$22-96.3%
Brigette Lynn Hinkens$1,186$15-98.7%
Lori Carmicle$357$14-96.1%
Adam Matherly$550$0-100%
Angela Black$50$0-100%
Anna M. Wethington$46$0-100%
Anthony W. Buis$880$0-100%
April Davis$75$0-100%
Arlon Perkins$2,136$0-100%
Artie Davenport$24$0-100%
Artis Mills$2,475$0-100%
Ashley Dean$61$0-100%
Barbara Beeler$44$0-100%
Barbara Clements$123$0-100%
Beatrice Cooper Estate$672$0-100%
Betty Gadberry$9$0-100%
Betty Lou Weddle$29$0-100%
Beverly Jean Cain$90$0-100%
Bill Hamlin$62$0-100%
Billy K. Allen$825$0-100%
Billy R. Davis$314$0-100%
Bridget N. Allen$28$0-100%
Chatty Lee$80$0-100%
Christopher E. Brown$165$0-100%
Cynthia Ann Durham$41$0-100%
Cynthia M. Hayes$34$0-100%
David Parton$715$0-100%
Dennis D. Baldock$402$0-100%
Donna May Morgan$57$0-100%
Dorothy M. Terwilliger$22$0-100%
Elaine N. Marple$24$0-100%
Fair Enterprises, LLC$111$0-100%
Faustine Vest$68$0-100%
Garry L. Burke$634$0-100%
Gary Raney$212$0-100%
Glenn Thompson$715$0-100%
Gregory Mark Hopkins$405$0-100%
Harlan Shoopman$113$0-100%
Heidi D. Burgess$25$0-100%
Helena Delp$1$0-100%
Holly de Robles$220$0-100%
Iva Dean Emerson$26$0-100%
Iva Lee True$46$0-100%
J. R. Grant$512$0-100%
Jan Rader$36$0-100%
Janice Atwood$9$0-100%
Jeff Crew$165$0-100%
Jeff Lawhorn$353$0-100%
Jerry W. Tarter$112$0-100%
Joey Paul Weddle$675$0-100%
John L. Davis$314$0-100%
Juanita M. Wethington$172$0-100%
June Rodgers$24$0-100%
Karen Barnes$21$0-100%
Karen Goode$1,288$0-100%
Katherine Lay$1$0-100%
Keith Wolford$203$0-100%
Kendall Price$990$0-100%
Kenny A. Fair$111$0-100%
Kevin D. Pittman$1,379$0-100%
Kevin Sheppard$330$0-100%
Kirsten Woodrum$13$0-100%
Larry D. Crenshaw$126$0-100%
Larry Haggard$40$0-100%
Larry Roy$74$0-100%
Lilburn R. Vaughn$608$0-100%
Linda C. Allen$345$0-100%
Linda G. Wethington$60$0-100%
Linda Kidd$275$0-100%
Loretta M. Bryant$21$0-100%
Mabel Wright$7$0-100%
Margaret Grider$31$0-100%
Marlow Luttrell$492$0-100%
Martha James$28$0-100%
Matthew Woodrum$220$0-100%
Norma Jean Murphy$51$0-100%
Otha C. Clements$202$0-100%
Pamela Hardwick$174$0-100%
Patricia A. Hamilton$110$0-100%
Paul Blevins$2,754$0-100%
Pauline Wright$58$0-100%
Randy Blevins$2,754$0-100%
Ray Byrd$15$0-100%
Richard Upton Jr.$330$0-100%
Ricky Lee Yankey$89$0-100%
Robert F. Sears$2,750$0-100%
Robert S. Noel$880$0-100%
Robert Steven Wesley$222$0-100%
Ronald C. Davis$291$0-100%
Ronald Cox$34$0-100%
Ronald Helm$11$0-100%
Sally Jane Byrd$15$0-100%
Sandra Porter$73$0-100%
Sandra Wolford$395$0-100%
Shane Edwards$2,744$0-100%
Sharon Harne$8$0-100%
Sharon K. Wethington$44$0-100%
Steven Potterf$68$0-100%
Steven Wayne Kidd$316$0-100%
T. M. Weddle$75$0-100%
Tammy Dallman$13$0-100%
Theresa J. Simpson$58$0-100%
Todd Harne$121$0-100%
Tristan Esau$12,654$0-100%
Virginia G. Vassallo$168$0-100%
Wanda Hines$67$0-100%
Wanda Riddle$34$0-100%
Wayne Hughes$3$0-100%
Welby Pennington$230$0-100%
Wendi Maxfield$73$0-100%
Total subsidies$2,118,205$697,820-67.1%

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