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In 2021, 102 farmers in cities within Franklin County received a total of $1.3 million in 125 farm subsidies, a 61.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.3 million in 260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Dairy Lp | $831,581 | $145,430 | -82.5% |
| Bonne Mellema | $338,921 | $137,093 | -59.6% |
| Hendrik Talsma | $184,649 | $123,556 | -33.1% |
| Kees Oud | $121,399 | $97,401 | -19.8% |
| Wilbur E. Wilhite | $23,362 | $94,029 | 302.5% |
| Thin V Pham | $2,772 | $92,134 | 3,223.7% |
| Jason B. Hughes | $296,670 | $87,370 | -70.5% |
| Janice E. Wilhite | $0 | $80,431 | -- |
| Tan van Tran | $0 | $28,397 | -- |
| Greg Cook | $166,019 | $28,176 | -83% |
| Jay D. Scott | $93,693 | $26,216 | -72% |
| Hero Farms | $46,941 | $22,881 | -51.3% |
| Thuat Ngoc Pham | $0 | $22,590 | -- |
| Khanh THI Giao Truong | $0 | $21,407 | -- |
| James Nguyen | $7,293 | $19,382 | 165.8% |
| K Brad West | $47,226 | $13,753 | -70.9% |
| Tony Fries | $16,360 | $12,872 | -21.3% |
| Pat B. Lindley | $35,085 | $12,679 | -63.9% |
| Scott Newsome | $49,298 | $10,703 | -78.3% |
| Hieu C. Nguyen | $0 | $8,883 | -- |
| Steven W. Wafford | $34,188 | $8,857 | -74.1% |
| Richard Allen Hughes | $31,486 | $7,912 | -74.9% |
| Robert G. Burkhead | $6,974 | $7,102 | 1.8% |
| George McVay | $31,108 | $7,084 | -77.2% |
| Thuc D Nguyen | $0 | $6,821 | -- |
| Tom Ramsay | $49,984 | $5,778 | -88.4% |
| Ronald David Johnson | $30,582 | $5,430 | -82.2% |
| Matthew S. Wilhite | $23,741 | $5,150 | -78.3% |
| Wayne Snyder | $25,844 | $5,108 | -80.2% |
| Charlotte Barnett | $4,433 | $5,103 | 15.1% |
| Danny Ray Chitsey | $30,362 | $4,899 | -83.9% |
| Lloyd J. Stone | $16,441 | $4,598 | -72% |
| Jacob Guthrie | $16,831 | $4,360 | -74.1% |
| Sidney Hicks | $17,512 | $4,295 | -75.5% |
| Rickey G. Butler | $11,924 | $4,019 | -66.3% |
| Billy R. Logan | $16,466 | $3,810 | -76.9% |
| Mark Birkenfeld | $18,370 | $3,646 | -80.2% |
| David Alexander | $10,171 | $3,590 | -64.7% |
| Jaggers Junction Farm, LLC | $17,904 | $3,298 | -81.6% |
| Larry Dewayne Morris | $4,455 | $3,204 | -28.1% |
| Shelby and Dixie Harper Irrevocable Trust | $0 | $3,043 | -- |
| Lanny Ramsay | $10,758 | $3,036 | -71.8% |
| Don Huffstetler | $18,519 | $2,982 | -83.9% |
| Arthur Tom Dunlap | $14,565 | $2,966 | -79.6% |
| Craig Watson | $881 | $2,791 | 216.8% |
| James H. Sinclair Jr. | $7,302 | $2,746 | -62.4% |
| Hendrick Post | $8,382 | $2,225 | -73.5% |
| Donna Reed Trantham | $9,460 | $2,222 | -76.5% |
| C. L. Martin | $11,379 | $2,118 | -81.4% |
| Steven K. Rader | $13,729 | $2,067 | -84.9% |
| Alice Pearl Bruley | $7,623 | $1,915 | -74.9% |
| James Robert Campbell | $9,040 | $1,866 | -79.4% |
| Derek William Watson | $5,775 | $1,848 | -68% |
| James Buck | $8,999 | $1,837 | -79.6% |
| Francis Joy Rutledge | $8,202 | $1,751 | -78.7% |
| Robert A. Draper | $6,613 | $1,639 | -75.2% |
| William Rex Marrs | $8,118 | $1,626 | -80% |
| Robert W. Robinson | $7,808 | $1,612 | -79.4% |
| Glyn Strother | $9,069 | $1,574 | -82.6% |
| Lloyd Wallace | $6,072 | $1,535 | -74.7% |
| Donald E. Bohlken | $8,295 | $1,514 | -81.7% |
| Brent Vavra | $3,465 | $1,422 | -59% |
| Kelly D. Baird | $8,238 | $1,370 | -83.4% |
| Jennifer A. Jordan | $6,514 | $1,365 | -79% |
| Gary Carl Marrs | $4,741 | $1,328 | -72% |
| Gijsbert J Debruijn | $4,619 | $1,311 | -71.6% |
| Steven Lynn Matus | $5,775 | $1,294 | -77.6% |
| David Sanchez Sr. | $6,314 | $1,287 | -79.6% |
| Walter R. Sears | $3,234 | $1,259 | -61.1% |
| Leslie Kaydean Harris | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| Billy M. Jordan | $7,908 | $1,200 | -84.8% |
| Tracy Garrett | $3,685 | $1,172 | -68.2% |
| Jeff Patrick Bullard | $3,410 | $1,121 | -67.1% |
| Larry Daniel | $12,826 | $1,121 | -91.3% |
| Randy K. Pickens | $3,014 | $914 | -69.7% |
| Jimmy Harper | $4,433 | $909 | -79.5% |
| Marty Graves | $1,725 | $894 | -48.2% |
| Delbert Logan | $3,190 | $862 | -73% |
| Billy Scoggins | $3,561 | $828 | -76.7% |
| Cecil L. Solomon | $2,277 | $821 | -63.9% |
| David Sanchez Jr. | $3,927 | $735 | -81.3% |
| Paul B. Fletcher | $3,188 | $724 | -77.3% |
| Holley Ennis Clay | $1,958 | $707 | -63.9% |
| Daniel M. Whitlock | $2,618 | $707 | -73% |
| Lucas Baze | $2,233 | $621 | -72.2% |
| David Wendall Carrell | $2,278 | $604 | -73.5% |
| Brian Dunn | $3,058 | $599 | -80.4% |
| Vincent Paul Hendricksmeyer | $2,340 | $552 | -76.4% |
| Kevin Watson | $1,815 | $518 | -71.5% |
| Darrell Brundage | $1,529 | $483 | -68.4% |
| Johanna Deal | $1,991 | $466 | -76.6% |
| Richard L. Starek | $1,859 | $426 | -77.1% |
| Joe L. Pickens | $1,177 | $414 | -64.8% |
| David P. Kennedy | $1,518 | $362 | -76.2% |
| Jerry Sloan Bennett | $0 | $345 | -- |
| Jonathan Alan Wafford | $1,177 | $328 | -72.1% |
| Michael Todd Jaggers | $1,177 | $328 | -72.1% |
| Charles M. Wynn | $2,066 | $315 | -84.8% |
| James Wesley Foster | $1,243 | $292 | -76.5% |
| Billy W. Williams | $935 | $259 | -72.3% |
| Karl A. Snyder | $0 | $226 | -- |
| Stanley Craig Minter | $539 | $138 | -74.4% |
| Jay Jared Silman | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Lee Kirby | $2,695 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy Hughes | $250,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Judith M. Lindley | $17,380 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry D. Morris | $10,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Lera D. Logan | $3,555 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Rutledge | $3,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Shelby and Dixie Harper Irrevocab | $14,700 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerrry Sloan Bennett | $1,404 | $0 | -100% |
| Leonidez Vazquez | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruby Caldwell | $2,695 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,276,473 | $1,266,197 | -61.4% |
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