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In 2021, 293 farmers in cities within Carter County received a total of $340,756 in 330 farm subsidies, a 70.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.1 million in 780 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 Carter County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| H&F Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| James Steven Diamond | $44,515 | $27,153 | -39% |
| Linda Miller | $0 | $25,935 | -- |
| William Sielaff | $12,382 | $12,382 | 0% |
| Jason McGlone | $25,707 | $11,265 | -56.2% |
| Hubert Lee McCoy Jr. | $0 | $7,227 | -- |
| Edward Ray Prince Jr. | $1,436 | $6,022 | 319.4% |
| Randal L. Miller | $30,161 | $5,349 | -82.3% |
| Rebecca Ann Suttles | $20,291 | $5,318 | -73.8% |
| Steven Glass | $15,463 | $4,114 | -73.4% |
| Billy E. Martin | $18,486 | $4,097 | -77.8% |
| Wendell Simmons | $20,324 | $3,979 | -80.4% |
| Robert Flaugher | $25,679 | $3,796 | -85.2% |
| Clifford Wells | $31,562 | $3,733 | -88.2% |
| Jason Lee Carroll | $9,436 | $3,673 | -61.1% |
| Charles Wallace | $21,638 | $3,194 | -85.2% |
| Gary Justice | $11,924 | $2,803 | -76.5% |
| Michael Lee Conley | $2,395 | $2,374 | -0.9% |
| Paul Raymond Conley | $2,363 | $2,357 | -0.3% |
| Jack Harrison Hall | $13,658 | $2,273 | -83.4% |
| Epp David Kiser | $17,718 | $2,260 | -87.2% |
| Amy Dummitt | $10,736 | $2,200 | -79.5% |
| David McGlone | $7,980 | $2,172 | -72.8% |
| Billy Joe Rayburn | $8,231 | $2,153 | -73.8% |
| Lawrence A. Rayburn | $8,359 | $2,129 | -74.5% |
| Jason Rose | $8,144 | $2,115 | -74% |
| Sandra Dee Callihan | $8,910 | $2,096 | -76.5% |
| Albert E. Lynch | $9,651 | $1,977 | -79.5% |
| Dorsey Middleton | $7,904 | $1,932 | -75.6% |
| Wayne Carper | $15,407 | $1,910 | -87.6% |
| Larry Rose | $14,447 | $1,876 | -87% |
| Rick Rayburn | $8,617 | $1,818 | -78.9% |
| Talmadge Reynolds | $23,020 | $1,766 | -92.3% |
| Glen W. Skaggs | $10,173 | $1,742 | -82.9% |
| Steven E. Mabry | $5,068 | $1,733 | -65.8% |
| Roy D. Porter | $8,054 | $1,646 | -79.6% |
| Kevin Max Estep | $6,740 | $1,634 | -75.8% |
| Richard Burnett | $2,782 | $1,598 | -42.6% |
| Phillip Lee Reynolds | $11,684 | $1,544 | -86.8% |
| Herman Conn | $8,741 | $1,541 | -82.4% |
| Clayton Howard Puckett | $12,068 | $1,436 | -88.1% |
| Victor E. Mabry | $5,342 | $1,349 | -74.7% |
| Ollie W. Boggs | $2,322 | $1,260 | -45.7% |
| Shelbi Anne Vanlandingham | $1,771 | $1,258 | -29% |
| Cullen E. Martin | $9,266 | $1,256 | -86.4% |
| Ronnie James | $8,845 | $1,256 | -85.8% |
| Gary Hanshaw | $4,224 | $1,229 | -70.9% |
| Jesse Jenkins | $8,205 | $1,204 | -85.3% |
| Kendall Sizemore | $4,312 | $1,170 | -72.9% |
| John Buck | $7,688 | $1,145 | -85.1% |
| Clyde E. Meenach | $10,425 | $1,128 | -89.2% |
| Randy K. Nichols | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Martin Farms & Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $1,068 | -- |
| Chester Harris Jr. | $5,299 | $1,049 | -80.2% |
| Roy F. Whitt | $4,532 | $1,035 | -77.2% |
| Richard Purnell | $5,984 | $1,031 | -82.8% |
| Harold Bauers | $3,520 | $1,020 | -71% |
| Ronnie Purnell | $5,927 | $983 | -83.4% |
| John F. Smith | $4,411 | $980 | -77.8% |
| Kevin Rayburn | $6,651 | $948 | -85.7% |
| Melissa Dawn Kouns | $4,279 | $944 | -77.9% |
| Ronnie Greene | $9,463 | $938 | -90.1% |
| Frank Suttles Jr. | $4,858 | $931 | -80.8% |
| Randy K. Holbrook | $6,534 | $920 | -85.9% |
| Michael Rayburn | $4,877 | $918 | -81.2% |
| Tommy R. Kouns | $5,755 | $906 | -84.3% |
| David R. Bauers | $3,256 | $888 | -72.7% |
| Grace Ramey | $4,125 | $880 | -78.7% |
| Evan R. Waugh | $4,543 | $845 | -81.4% |
| Theodore Wagoner | $2,244 | $804 | -64.2% |
| Harlan Bear | $4,070 | $790 | -80.6% |
| Matthew P Eusner | $7,896 | $790 | -90% |
| Justin Suttles | $1,334 | $786 | -41.1% |
| Aaron J. Barnhill | $6,645 | $774 | -88.4% |
| Donnie E. Rose | $6,853 | $768 | -88.8% |
| Owen Phillips | $2,654 | $766 | -71.1% |
| Scott E. Burnett | $3,531 | $758 | -78.5% |
| Danny Skaggs | $3,556 | $754 | -78.8% |
| Carol Rucker | $4,986 | $753 | -84.9% |
| James O. Johnson | $1,971 | $753 | -61.8% |
| Josie McGlone | $2,819 | $745 | -73.6% |
| Vernon Cox | $2,794 | $738 | -73.6% |
| Roy R. Smith | $3,674 | $715 | -80.5% |
| James Thomas Barker | $5,929 | $696 | -88.3% |
| Tracey Joe Elliott | $2,816 | $692 | -75.4% |
| Chance Cecil | $6,459 | $689 | -89.3% |
| Vesta Flanery | $3,966 | $688 | -82.7% |
| Larry Ratcliff | $3,395 | $677 | -80.1% |
| Charles Kitchen | $5,297 | $675 | -87.3% |
| Ray Buck & Sons | $3,895 | $675 | -82.7% |
| Milton Ratcliff | $3,315 | $670 | -79.8% |
| Johnny L. Pennington | $3,014 | $664 | -78% |
| Paul R. Lewis | $1,287 | $652 | -49.3% |
| Roger D. Miller | $3,135 | $627 | -80% |
| Anthony Kee | $1,584 | $623 | -60.7% |
| Cavel Bush | $5,284 | $621 | -88.2% |
| Rocky Stephens | $3,130 | $620 | -80.2% |
| Garry M. Carter | $2,761 | $614 | -77.8% |
| Gobel Skaggs | $2,607 | $612 | -76.5% |
| Franklin Staggs Jr. | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Mary C. McDaniel | $2,654 | $605 | -77.2% |
| Gerald Jenkins | $2,431 | $604 | -75.2% |
| Eric Menix | $4,234 | $602 | -85.8% |
| Jonathon Harris | $3,216 | $596 | -81.5% |
| Darnell Brandon Tackett | $2,464 | $592 | -76% |
| Shelby Nichols | $2,849 | $592 | -79.2% |
| Carrie McDaniel | $2,566 | $588 | -77.1% |
| Michael A. Reynolds | $2,618 | $588 | -77.5% |
| Tim Shaffer | $3,894 | $584 | -85% |
| Timothy Charles Felty | $2,780 | $583 | -79% |
| Danny Ray McGlone | $2,233 | $574 | -74.3% |
| Waldo Skaggs | $2,860 | $571 | -80% |
| Gregory Thomas Boggs | $2,453 | $558 | -77.3% |
| Abel David Angel | $4,873 | $554 | -88.6% |
| Donald Ingles | $1,400 | $553 | -60.5% |
| John C. P'Simer | $1,881 | $552 | -70.7% |
| Donnie Stone | $2,915 | $551 | -81.1% |
| Bobby Butler | $4,711 | $550 | -88.3% |
| Kevin Bear | $2,233 | $550 | -75.4% |
| Robert Shannon Hamilton | $2,940 | $550 | -81.3% |
| Timmy Ray Everman | $2,228 | $546 | -75.5% |
| Greg Rayburn | $3,197 | $546 | -82.9% |
| Amber Bond | $2,167 | $540 | -75.1% |
| Jeffery Dwane P'Simer | $3,219 | $540 | -83.2% |
| Ron R. Reynolds | $5,253 | $538 | -89.8% |
| Willis H. Kelley | $3,013 | $536 | -82.2% |
| Roscoe Reynolds | $2,255 | $536 | -76.2% |
| Bobbie J. Ratcliff | $1,287 | $529 | -58.9% |
| Philip Konopka | $390 | $520 | 33.3% |
| Maxine Harris | $2,596 | $520 | -80% |
| David Parsons | $2,911 | $502 | -82.8% |
| Charles M. Oppenheimer Jr. | $4,700 | $488 | -89.6% |
| James Allen Flannery | $2,746 | $481 | -82.5% |
| Paul W. Clay | $990 | $481 | -51.4% |
| Larry Jones | $2,128 | $476 | -77.6% |
| Jody Adams | $1,925 | $466 | -75.8% |
| Doretha Bush | $2,706 | $464 | -82.9% |
| Paul Loren Smith | $2,640 | $464 | -82.4% |
| Harold Tussey | $2,549 | $453 | -82.2% |
| George T. Adams Sr. | $1,535 | $451 | -70.6% |
| Brenda Moore | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Larry E. Knipp | $4,781 | $439 | -90.8% |
| Bradley A. Brammell | $3,116 | $430 | -86.2% |
| Michael C. Day | $2,859 | $430 | -85% |
| Phillip D. Hanshaw | $1,881 | $429 | -77.2% |
| Mabel S. McDaniel | $2,244 | $426 | -81% |
| Donna D. White | $1,683 | $424 | -74.8% |
| Michael Boyce Burnett | $1,155 | $419 | -63.7% |
| Gayle Manning | $2,270 | $415 | -81.7% |
| Billy Dehart | $2,497 | $412 | -83.5% |
| Sam McCleese | $2,484 | $408 | -83.6% |
| Beverly Adkins | $1,441 | $404 | -72% |
| John Bowling | $1,927 | $401 | -79.2% |
| Clyde N. Smith | $1,848 | $391 | -78.8% |
| Billy Holbrook | $1,903 | $391 | -79.5% |
| Marcus Orcutt | $1,793 | $391 | -78.2% |
| Dale Harper | $957 | $388 | -59.5% |
| Edward Parker | $1,727 | $386 | -77.6% |
| Sandra K. Markwell | $1,606 | $386 | -76% |
| Harold Keith Walker | $2,154 | $377 | -82.5% |
| Martin B. Skaggs | $2,586 | $377 | -85.4% |
| Jerry F. Barker | $4,463 | $373 | -91.6% |
| George W. Willis | $2,094 | $370 | -82.3% |
| Dwight Rayburn | $2,068 | $370 | -82.1% |
| David A. Gifford | $462 | $366 | -20.8% |
| Lisa Jan Stephens | $1,572 | $366 | -76.7% |
| David Gilliam | $2,241 | $360 | -83.9% |
| Jonathan L. Jones | $2,036 | $356 | -82.5% |
| Larry Joe Jordan | $1,936 | $353 | -81.8% |
| Lester Hicks | $1,518 | $350 | -76.9% |
| Bonnie Rose | $1,694 | $350 | -79.3% |
| Donald Ray Stamper | $2,166 | $349 | -83.9% |
| Rhonda Leigh Campbell | $1,496 | $347 | -76.8% |
| Madison Dehart | $1,210 | $347 | -71.3% |
| Henry Wake Huffman | $5,268 | $343 | -93.5% |
| Harley W. Rayburn | $1,155 | $337 | -70.8% |
| Brenda Kelley | $1,738 | $336 | -80.7% |
| Raymond Goodan | $1,922 | $336 | -82.5% |
| Bruce McGlone | $1,991 | $332 | -83.3% |
| Randall Leslie Mulkey | $1,324 | $332 | -74.9% |
| James R. Knipp | $0 | $330 | -- |
| George B. Jordan | $1,573 | $326 | -79.3% |
| Gregory T. Kiser | $3,210 | $325 | -89.9% |
| Danny Carroll | $726 | $318 | -56.2% |
| Gary Dailey | $1,268 | $318 | -74.9% |
| Ricky Bear | $1,276 | $318 | -75.1% |
| Wesley Rayburn | $2,105 | $318 | -84.9% |
| Richard Prater | $1,664 | $316 | -81% |
| Larry Wayne Cooper | $1,309 | $313 | -76.1% |
| Floris Jean James | $1,431 | $311 | -78.3% |
| Jack McDaniel | $2,044 | $311 | -84.8% |
| Rick Waugh | $2,974 | $311 | -89.5% |
| Charles D. Holbrook | $1,232 | $310 | -74.8% |
| Anna L. Bush | $1,925 | $308 | -84% |
| Joe Holbrook | $1,936 | $308 | -84.1% |
| Bill Bush | $1,551 | $306 | -80.3% |
| Paul Anthony Logan | $2,355 | $304 | -87.1% |
| Derek Tee Johnson | $1,631 | $304 | -81.4% |
| Clara Claxon | $1,551 | $298 | -80.8% |
| Wayne Kilgore | $726 | $298 | -59% |
| Carl Stan McGlone | $1,568 | $294 | -81.3% |
| Matthew P. Harris | $1,100 | $294 | -73.3% |
| Anna Buckler | $1,353 | $290 | -78.6% |
| Dayton Porter | $1,298 | $288 | -77.8% |
| Roger Carper | $1,640 | $287 | -82.5% |
| Peggy Lykins | $1,686 | $285 | -83.1% |
| Christopher E. Oakley | $2,212 | $282 | -87.3% |
| Jarrod Wayne Owens | $1,706 | $280 | -83.6% |
| Christopher Dale Oney | $957 | $276 | -71.2% |
| Gabriel Kalem Lewis | $7,222 | $276 | -96.2% |
| George F. Parsons | $2,085 | $275 | -86.8% |
| Leo Roe | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Marcella Clay | $1,608 | $275 | -82.9% |
| Tony W. Lewis | $1,034 | $270 | -73.9% |
| Heather Lowe | $1,552 | $266 | -82.9% |
| Michael Allen Williams | $1,177 | $266 | -77.4% |
| Millard Skaggs | $1,287 | $266 | -79.3% |
| Keith A. Isaacs | $1,532 | $263 | -82.8% |
| Wayne Barker | $1,430 | $263 | -81.6% |
| Mark A. Duncan | $858 | $252 | -70.6% |
| Woodrow Rayburn Jr. | $1,056 | $250 | -76.3% |
| Richard Dallaire | $733 | $249 | -66% |
| Randall Griffith | $891 | $242 | -72.8% |
| Stephanie Ann Everman | $1,290 | $242 | -81.2% |
| Billy Gene Reynolds | $2,235 | $242 | -89.2% |
| Ricky C. Burton | $5,184 | $240 | -95.4% |
| Charles Wayne Reynolds | $1,565 | $236 | -84.9% |
| Thomas L. Floyd | $1,497 | $235 | -84.3% |
| Robert D. Montgomery | $1,160 | $232 | -80% |
| Keith Yarman | $1,056 | $232 | -78% |
| Vanessa Gaye Maggard | $1,166 | $232 | -80.1% |
| Brent Tackett | $1,034 | $228 | -77.9% |
| Cowan Kinney | $946 | $222 | -76.5% |
| William Lambert | $976 | $221 | -77.4% |
| Robert E. Clary Jr. | $2,013 | $221 | -89% |
| James Ray Holbrook | $818 | $220 | -73.1% |
| Deron T. Flaugher | $0 | $216 | -- |
| Jimmy Webb | $880 | $208 | -76.4% |
| Johnny V. Caudill | $1,601 | $208 | -87% |
| Gene F. Brown | $913 | $204 | -77.7% |
| Dustin Kelley | $1,950 | $200 | -89.7% |
| Charles V. Piper | $1,121 | $190 | -83.1% |
| Sharon Faye Conn | $1,542 | $190 | -87.7% |
| Angela Randolph | $1,594 | $187 | -88.3% |
| Dewain Burchett | $1,596 | $186 | -88.3% |
| Derek Scott James | $1,828 | $184 | -89.9% |
| Homer Maddix | $1,147 | $183 | -84% |
| William Logan | $902 | $180 | -80% |
| Jacob Stamper | $1,870 | $179 | -90.4% |
| Amber Lerae Conn | $1,870 | $176 | -90.6% |
| Phillip B. Roe | $704 | $173 | -75.4% |
| Matthew Jones | $905 | $169 | -81.3% |
| Jerry Mullins | $396 | $166 | -58.1% |
| Darren R. Barker | $1,199 | $163 | -86.4% |
| Elwood D. Caudill | $759 | $163 | -78.5% |
| Bobby Day | $4,604 | $161 | -96.5% |
| Bonnie S. Pence | $202 | $160 | -20.8% |
| Andrew N. Ferguson | $528 | $159 | -69.9% |
| Gregory Rice | $685 | $159 | -76.8% |
| Clyde Smith | $1,197 | $159 | -86.7% |
| Stanley P. Belcher | $1,517 | $159 | -89.5% |
| Vernon Middleton | $330 | $152 | -53.9% |
| Patrick Kiser | $905 | $149 | -83.5% |
| Clemon Brown | $550 | $142 | -74.2% |
| Robert Leadingham | $1,141 | $138 | -87.9% |
| Jason King | $315 | $138 | -56.2% |
| Ace A. Puckett | $451 | $137 | -69.6% |
| Kevin Maddix | $545 | $137 | -74.9% |
| Ellis R. Gollihue | $297 | $135 | -54.5% |
| Ronnie Parker | $330 | $132 | -60% |
| Michael McDavid | $605 | $121 | -80% |
| Phillip M. Hanshaw | $509 | $121 | -76.2% |
| Mickey F. Miller | $418 | $120 | -71.3% |
| Hubert H. Johnson | $1,066 | $118 | -88.9% |
| Carl R. Walker | $572 | $114 | -80.1% |
| John Carson Sparks | $572 | $114 | -80.1% |
| Gregory Orcutt | $812 | $112 | -86.2% |
| Ora Seth McGuire | $0 | $110 | -- |
| Larry Dewayne Thomas | $429 | $107 | -75.1% |
| Logan Markwell | $473 | $102 | -78.4% |
| Billy G. Maggard | $711 | $100 | -85.9% |
| Christoper Walker | $1,199 | $91 | -92.4% |
| Randy Rayburn | $396 | $90 | -77.3% |
| Brittney Bush | $647 | $86 | -86.7% |
| Loretta Faye Bates | $538 | $86 | -84% |
| Frank Gale Porter | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| Judie Holbrook | $174 | $85 | -51.1% |
| Steven D. Pinkerton | $330 | $66 | -80% |
| Jamie Rose | $657 | $52 | -92.1% |
| Hobert Allen McGlone Jr. | $3,132 | $50 | -98.4% |
| Marc Louis Dingee | $407 | $48 | -88.2% |
| Ruth Everman | $0 | $40 | -- |
| Jean McGuire | $73 | $36 | -50.7% |
| Ashley Miller | $69 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Roe | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Clifford Conley Jr. | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Hall | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Derrick A. Burton | $144 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald R. Dillow Jr. | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Esta Griffith | $762 | $0 | -100% |
| Garden Gate Greenhouse & Gifts, Inc. | $8,693 | $0 | -100% |
| Horton Goebel and Johnson, Inc. | $382 | $0 | -100% |
| J. P. Kouns | $101 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Barnhill | $12 | $0 | -100% |
| James Ray Simmons | $132 | $0 | -100% |
| John B. Dean | $103 | $0 | -100% |
| John Simmons | $1,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin M. Scarbro | $739 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Brammell | $646 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Webb | $15 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa L. Baier | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Jean Fleming | $63 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew W. Prichard | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Melodie Bush | $461 | $0 | -100% |
| Neal Wayne Kiser | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela Sizemore | $444 | $0 | -100% |
| Paula L. Thornberry | $4 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy Fay Bradford | $452 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray Jessie | $20 | $0 | -100% |
| Rex Collins | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Burton | $190 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Pence | $125 | $0 | -100% |
| Spring Hill Farms | $365 | $0 | -100% |
| Sue Wallace | $5 | $0 | -100% |
| Suzette Meenach | $17 | $0 | -100% |
| William P. Lewis | $813 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Dickerson | $257 | $0 | -100% |
| Beverly Oakley | $34 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy R. Lewis | $853 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Joe Prater | $13 | $0 | -100% |
| Clinton W. Johnson | $918 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Kiser | $6 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean Barker | $839 | $0 | -100% |
| Elmo Holbrook | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric M. Burchett | $483 | $0 | -100% |
| Franklin Lee Riggs | $1,157 | $0 | -100% |
| Freddie Ray Boggs | $1,279 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary W. Littleton | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Harley Ann Cook | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Harper | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| John Lands | $155 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Holland | $40 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph B. Randolph | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Laura W. Jenkins | $65 | $0 | -100% |
| Loretta Irene Stewart | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Lorianne Rose | $8 | $0 | -100% |
| Ora Lee Walker | $942 | $0 | -100% |
| Rockie Ray Richmond | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandy River Farms, LLC | $245 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherry Waugh | $3 | $0 | -100% |
| Tabitha A. Wills | $682 | $0 | -100% |
| Tanya Hignite Jessie | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis McCleese | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,148,206 | $340,756 | -70.3% |
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