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In 2021, 104 farmers in cities within Rowan County received a total of $206,916 in 130 farm subsidies, a 71.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $731,060 in 323 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Pecco | $109,134 | $33,368 | -69.4% |
| Jeffrey A. Wallace | $0 | $27,518 | -- |
| Adam E. Earlywine | $26,714 | $12,142 | -54.5% |
| David L. Reinhart | $9,432 | $10,816 | 14.7% |
| Jerry Coldiron | $26,414 | $10,745 | -59.3% |
| John G. Fraley | $25,646 | $6,980 | -72.8% |
| Donald R. Butler | $0 | $6,928 | -- |
| Leroy Logan | $6,679 | $6,564 | -1.7% |
| David Hatton | $9,914 | $6,452 | -34.9% |
| Tina Hatfield | $26,010 | $4,997 | -80.8% |
| Evelyn Kay Blevins | $21,271 | $3,722 | -82.5% |
| Danny Reynolds | $12,315 | $3,296 | -73.2% |
| Donny Reynolds | $12,051 | $3,279 | -72.8% |
| Charles Winkleman | $18,292 | $2,966 | -83.8% |
| Roy Canada | $20,596 | $2,835 | -86.2% |
| Deanna Osborne | $22,627 | $2,710 | -88% |
| Jason D. Lykins | $4,866 | $2,438 | -49.9% |
| Anderson 4 Farms, Inc. | $11,692 | $2,432 | -79.2% |
| Troy Perkins | $11,415 | $2,187 | -80.8% |
| Tom Pecco | $23,919 | $2,134 | -91.1% |
| Chris Gilliam | $10,425 | $2,120 | -79.7% |
| Stanley Johnson | $11,816 | $1,902 | -83.9% |
| Eddie Ray Thomas Sr. | $8,613 | $1,739 | -79.8% |
| Kenneth E. Barnett | $13,489 | $1,722 | -87.2% |
| Robbie Smith | $12,228 | $1,564 | -87.2% |
| James T. Smith | $3,313 | $1,393 | -58% |
| Jerry L. Perkins | $5,753 | $1,359 | -76.4% |
| Woody V. Clark | $5,368 | $1,345 | -74.9% |
| Lee Pennington | $7,377 | $1,312 | -82.2% |
| Brian R. Johnson | $6,816 | $1,130 | -83.4% |
| David Catron | $5,636 | $1,084 | -80.8% |
| Richard Fannin | $8,335 | $1,041 | -87.5% |
| Sanford Douglas Bradley Jr. | $5,020 | $1,028 | -79.5% |
| Doug Thomas | $6,314 | $978 | -84.5% |
| Paul Wade Thomas | $6,314 | $978 | -84.5% |
| Charles B. Callihan | $6,314 | $959 | -84.8% |
| Clifford Porter | $3,872 | $957 | -75.3% |
| Ralph Miller | $0 | $950 | -- |
| Gerald Marlin McDaniel | $4,488 | $942 | -79% |
| Harlan Lee Wages | $3,733 | $877 | -76.5% |
| James E. McGlone | $8,716 | $838 | -90.4% |
| Talmadge L. Porter | $3,102 | $836 | -73% |
| Raymond Perry | $3,801 | $827 | -78.2% |
| Jonathan D. Bowman | $1,658 | $819 | -50.6% |
| Donald K. Hall | $5,246 | $816 | -84.4% |
| Terry J. Wallace | $3,916 | $775 | -80.2% |
| Dewayne Johnson | $4,454 | $769 | -82.7% |
| Darlene R. Fugate | $2,591 | $717 | -72.3% |
| Mark Lambert | $3,476 | $716 | -79.4% |
| Ronnie Johnson | $3,168 | $712 | -77.5% |
| Brenda O. Cherry | $1,662 | $711 | -57.2% |
| Mark A. Esham | $4,421 | $662 | -85% |
| Bruce W. Butler | $2,493 | $642 | -74.2% |
| Steven E. Thompson | $3,454 | $627 | -81.8% |
| Arvetta a Adkins | $3,094 | $612 | -80.2% |
| Donald R. Brown | $2,158 | $603 | -72.1% |
| Garrett Edward Lowe | $3,941 | $598 | -84.8% |
| Ronald Goodman | $2,710 | $578 | -78.7% |
| Darrell Winkleman | $2,187 | $566 | -74.1% |
| Quenton Caudill | $2,532 | $548 | -78.4% |
| Ollie Lou Plank | $2,192 | $543 | -75.2% |
| Phillip Swim | $4,389 | $537 | -87.8% |
| Michael L. Wilson | $1,793 | $521 | -70.9% |
| John W. Gullett | $1,883 | $515 | -72.7% |
| Britton A. Lewis | $2,189 | $510 | -76.7% |
| Bobby Reynolds | $4,111 | $509 | -87.6% |
| Ronald B. Martin | $2,497 | $509 | -79.6% |
| Janie Kidd | $2,829 | $478 | -83.1% |
| Tony Bruce Pettit | $1,496 | $450 | -69.9% |
| Wallace J. Coffee | $1,089 | $446 | -59% |
| Tyler Barnett | $1,969 | $442 | -77.6% |
| Elizabeth P. Justice | $3,654 | $436 | -88.1% |
| James M. Erisman | $2,954 | $432 | -85.4% |
| Donald Goodman | $1,716 | $388 | -77.4% |
| Ricky Thomas | $2,836 | $388 | -86.3% |
| David Randall Utley | $5,386 | $387 | -92.8% |
| Gerald L. Demoss | $1,595 | $329 | -79.4% |
| Steve Dailey | $2,335 | $329 | -85.9% |
| Charles Hampton | $2,119 | $328 | -84.5% |
| Jonathan Arnett | $2,799 | $324 | -88.4% |
| Richard Easton | $1,239 | $306 | -75.3% |
| Brandon Barker | $1,391 | $299 | -78.5% |
| Connie Proudfoot | $2,934 | $295 | -89.9% |
| William T. Marsh | $1,056 | $287 | -72.8% |
| Nicholas Pecco | $1,644 | $280 | -83% |
| Enoch L. Blair | $1,474 | $264 | -82.1% |
| Johnny R. Holbrook | $2,656 | $253 | -90.5% |
| Bryan Burke | $754 | $230 | -69.5% |
| Jackie R. Anderson | $1,049 | $225 | -78.6% |
| Teressa Egan | $1,311 | $225 | -82.8% |
| Jeremiah James McGlone | $1,089 | $218 | -80% |
| Luke Carswell | $1,122 | $211 | -81.2% |
| Timothy R. Leuenberger | $907 | $165 | -81.8% |
| Vonda Francis | $1,352 | $158 | -88.3% |
| Justin K. Perkins | $726 | $146 | -79.9% |
| Ronald Sorrell | $1,407 | $145 | -89.7% |
| Matthew W. Brown | $969 | $138 | -85.8% |
| Jack Hughes | $715 | $132 | -81.5% |
| Timothy Winkleman | $1,230 | $111 | -91% |
| Robert Marsh | $277 | $87 | -68.6% |
| Tommy Smith | $4,571 | $52 | -98.9% |
| Toby A. Roe | $440 | $21 | -95.2% |
| Frances Helphinstine | $25 | $3 | -88% |
| Travis Gibson | $3 | $3 | 0% |
| Josephine McCarty | $12 | $0 | -100% |
| Ava L. Caskey | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda Blanton | $34 | $0 | -100% |
| Byrl Russell | $205 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Ingle | $35 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane G. Helton | $205 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy J. Murray | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Dr. David W. Victor Jr. | $114 | $0 | -100% |
| Duane Carpenter | $9,808 | $0 | -100% |
| Francis Catron | $9 | $0 | -100% |
| Heather D. Porter | $18,211 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Hilderbrand | $44 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Caudill | $162 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny Price | $1,965 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth B. Hogge | $22 | $0 | -100% |
| Maple Leaf Holdings, LLC | $143 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Wayne Johnston | $137 | $0 | -100% |
| Mildred E. Evans | $27 | $0 | -100% |
| Norma Hodges | $46 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Brown | $12 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky L. Winkleman | $5,544 | $0 | -100% |
| Ritchie A. Black | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Tyler Nickell | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Patton | $21 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Riddle | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| Theresa Hollan | $44 | $0 | -100% |
| Unadell Eldridge Estate | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Velta Mae Fultz | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Vivian Sue Fannin Harris | $20 | $0 | -100% |
| William Caleb Fitzpatrick | $5,812 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilma Coldiron Estate | $1,289 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilma Jones Estate | $416 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $731,060 | $206,916 | -71.7% |
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