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In 2021, 144 farmers in cities within Perry County received a total of $507,561 in 172 farm subsidies, an 81% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.7 million in 392 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sealy and Son Livestock | $266,146 | $56,479 | -78.8% |
| Griffin Wood Company | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| David Wallace | $116,641 | $51,222 | -56.1% |
| Penner Rowcrop, LLC | $95,090 | $29,080 | -69.4% |
| Jimmy Sealy | $121,287 | $21,014 | -82.7% |
| Webb Holmes | $96,667 | $16,831 | -82.6% |
| Leshaun M Jones | $4,334 | $15,300 | 253% |
| Robert Bamberg 111 | $51,673 | $13,058 | -74.7% |
| Scott D. Wallace | $22,276 | $12,515 | -43.8% |
| Allan Kish | $14,934 | $10,533 | -29.5% |
| Roy Barnett Jr. | $25,074 | $10,216 | -59.3% |
| Mary Jessica Sealy | $66,036 | $10,033 | -84.8% |
| Barry B. Brackin | $10,000 | $9,877 | -1.2% |
| Jim Sealy Jr. | $51,850 | $9,819 | -81.1% |
| Ioka Farm, Inc. | $181,965 | $7,263 | -96% |
| Walter L. Collins | $17,031 | $6,951 | -59.2% |
| Charles A. Holmes | $36,598 | $6,937 | -81% |
| William B. Washburn | $33,011 | $6,882 | -79.2% |
| Christopher B. Hargroder | $69,768 | $6,404 | -90.8% |
| Hugh P. Edwards Jr. | $17,323 | $5,976 | -65.5% |
| Eddie Jones | $19,492 | $5,295 | -72.8% |
| Avery & Sons, LLC | $5,276 | $5,276 | 0% |
| Paula H. Robertson | $38,493 | $4,899 | -87.3% |
| Bill Deyampert | $17,560 | $4,517 | -74.3% |
| Philip H. Robison Jr. | $46,200 | $4,268 | -90.8% |
| William O. Woodfin III | $17,836 | $3,943 | -77.9% |
| Moses Jones Jr. | $16,203 | $3,934 | -75.7% |
| Eddie Pruett | $6,918 | $3,822 | -44.8% |
| Susan Horton | $17,123 | $3,814 | -77.7% |
| John Ellis Bovis | $15,323 | $3,212 | -79% |
| Alex Jones | $17,598 | $3,209 | -81.8% |
| Isiah Hudson Jr. | $14,154 | $3,204 | -77.4% |
| Brack Massey | $9,889 | $3,160 | -68% |
| Kathy S. Wilson | $15,924 | $3,075 | -80.7% |
| Robert M Vetzel | $9,268 | $2,950 | -68.2% |
| Jess R. Davis | $8,552 | $2,858 | -66.6% |
| Charles Lane Parsons | $9,990 | $2,657 | -73.4% |
| Donald Wayne Miller | $10,604 | $2,197 | -79.3% |
| Rosie T. Kynard | $6,831 | $2,167 | -68.3% |
| Sandra Boxmeyer | $9,950 | $2,138 | -78.5% |
| Doug R. Halbrooks | $3,101 | $2,082 | -32.9% |
| Evelyn Nichols | $7,491 | $2,024 | -73% |
| Henry Holifield Jr. | $5,346 | $1,797 | -66.4% |
| Willie Nord Jr. | $7,328 | $1,767 | -75.9% |
| George L. Jones | $7,513 | $1,736 | -76.9% |
| Theotis Dudley | $7,464 | $1,718 | -77% |
| Q & S Angus Farms, LLC | $8,283 | $1,684 | -79.7% |
| Green Prairie Farms | $32,770 | $1,585 | -95.2% |
| James G. MacKenzie | $3,090 | $1,516 | -50.9% |
| Larry J. Cook | $7,359 | $1,507 | -79.5% |
| Brenda A. Cook | $6,754 | $1,488 | -78% |
| Samuel E. Sanders | $5,280 | $1,474 | -72.1% |
| Terry H. Grimes | $3,630 | $1,446 | -60.2% |
| Lazy L Farms | $9,281 | $1,445 | -84.4% |
| William Christian | $5,038 | $1,432 | -71.6% |
| William T. Gipson | $6,391 | $1,430 | -77.6% |
| Earl Ford | $8,431 | $1,401 | -83.4% |
| Johnny Williams | $4,332 | $1,359 | -68.6% |
| Earl L. Johnson Jr. | $4,378 | $1,292 | -70.5% |
| James E. Stewart | $5,357 | $1,276 | -76.2% |
| Lacey Nicole Tubbs | $8,250 | $1,249 | -84.9% |
| Stanley Horan Webb | $4,784 | $1,226 | -74.4% |
| ENSZ Country Acres | $72,522 | $1,226 | -98.3% |
| Maragaret H Woodfin | $924 | $1,174 | 27.1% |
| Tony A. Harris | $4,796 | $1,132 | -76.4% |
| Mary Caron Battle | $3,608 | $1,111 | -69.2% |
| David Webb Tutt | $1,066 | $1,066 | 0% |
| Stanley O. Black | $5,122 | $1,013 | -80.2% |
| Gawen D Rich | $1,012 | $1,012 | 0% |
| Eddie P. Horton | $12,375 | $989 | -92% |
| Edward B. Washburn | $21,319 | $976 | -95.4% |
| Corin Harrison Jr. | $4,873 | $952 | -80.5% |
| Chester E. Fikes | $3,377 | $948 | -71.9% |
| Richard C. Byrd | $4,169 | $940 | -77.5% |
| Eric Robinson | $3,289 | $940 | -71.4% |
| Fairest F Cureton | $6,351 | $917 | -85.6% |
| Donnetta R. Miller | $6,149 | $866 | -85.9% |
| Leo Lewis | $1,848 | $852 | -53.9% |
| Rocky Good | $73,676 | $848 | -98.8% |
| John Leroy Stewart III | $2,937 | $845 | -71.2% |
| Elaine S. Robison | $4,675 | $828 | -82.3% |
| Greg Childers | $3,677 | $826 | -77.5% |
| Cashus Starks | $2,822 | $774 | -72.6% |
| Cornell Braxton | $2,145 | $732 | -65.9% |
| Carolyn Battle | $5,983 | $722 | -87.9% |
| Annie Mae Johnson | $2,211 | $699 | -68.4% |
| Pamela Lewis | $2,365 | $633 | -73.2% |
| Hosea Rutledge | $3,658 | $628 | -82.8% |
| Antonio Bennett | $4,688 | $620 | -86.8% |
| Kevin Thomas | $1,518 | $619 | -59.2% |
| Edna M. Jones | $11,616 | $598 | -94.9% |
| James Ward Jr. | $1,573 | $597 | -62% |
| William E. Custard | $2,456 | $597 | -75.7% |
| Jacqueline C. Jones | $2,200 | $580 | -73.6% |
| James G. Cochran Sr. | $990 | $564 | -43% |
| James F. May | $1,979 | $554 | -72% |
| Melissa Renee Jones | $2,189 | $541 | -75.3% |
| Donald R. Cook | $3,311 | $540 | -83.7% |
| Donald Martin | $1,892 | $532 | -71.9% |
| Latonya Gipson | $2,813 | $527 | -81.3% |
| Sierra Miller | $1,056 | $520 | -50.8% |
| Franklin Jones | $1,287 | $518 | -59.8% |
| Cherise Williams | $1,650 | $456 | -72.4% |
| Dusten Thomas Green | $2,734 | $445 | -83.7% |
| Jamarus Allen | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Beatrice Jones | $2,024 | $430 | -78.8% |
| Daniel Clemmer | $91,602 | $414 | -99.5% |
| James Essex | $2,794 | $392 | -86% |
| Ferdinard Ford | $2,024 | $387 | -80.9% |
| Michael T. Harris | $2,041 | $383 | -81.2% |
| Mary F. Early | $1,857 | $378 | -79.6% |
| Henry Lee Jones | $957 | $377 | -60.6% |
| Jency Warren | $2,234 | $372 | -83.3% |
| James A. Hogue | $1,835 | $366 | -80.1% |
| Bentavia Lewis | $2,640 | $364 | -86.2% |
| Hugh L. Sanders | $1,760 | $354 | -79.9% |
| Freddie L. Thomas | $732 | $354 | -51.6% |
| Lee Jones Jr. | $1,305 | $352 | -73% |
| Tramarcus Gipson | $3,440 | $345 | -90% |
| Joe J. Williams | $1,652 | $333 | -79.8% |
| Florence C. Lauderdale | $1,045 | $327 | -68.7% |
| Louis Lee | $759 | $327 | -56.9% |
| Murray W. Jackson | $2,376 | $326 | -86.3% |
| Romelus R. Rhone | $3,881 | $324 | -91.7% |
| Ray Nichols | $2,607 | $318 | -87.8% |
| Jessica S. Gamble | $2,564 | $310 | -87.9% |
| Alma Reed | $495 | $290 | -41.4% |
| Eddie Brooks | $971 | $270 | -72.2% |
| Robin Bennett | $2,792 | $263 | -90.6% |
| Roy T. Walker | $516 | $252 | -51.2% |
| John H. Heard Jr. | $1,089 | $249 | -77.1% |
| Eldora Anderson | $502 | $245 | -51.2% |
| Victoria Renee Walker | $2,002 | $217 | -89.2% |
| Inez Wooten | $421 | $206 | -51.1% |
| Tyler E. Schmidt | $13,299 | $196 | -98.5% |
| Carlton L. Hogue | $1,081 | $194 | -82.1% |
| Richard Brand | $363 | $186 | -48.8% |
| Gary Clemons | $264 | $159 | -39.8% |
| Willie Garrett | $528 | $153 | -71% |
| Robert Lee | $681 | $138 | -79.7% |
| Percy J. Jones | $231 | $108 | -53.2% |
| James Steen Traylor | $0 | $85 | -- |
| Cooper J. Holmes | $279 | $69 | -75.3% |
| Alan Judd | $263 | $57 | -78.3% |
| Aneta G. Hochstetler | $113,191 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill Williams | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Christine C. Jackson | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia K. Ham | $2,099 | $0 | -100% |
| James S. Clements | $1,494 | $0 | -100% |
| Janell L. Tubbs | $706 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer J. Hoggle | $182 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnnie McCalpine | $1,807 | $0 | -100% |
| Luther S. Woodfin | $250 | $0 | -100% |
| Melba T Giddiens | $7 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley T. Melton | $798 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony Benner | $111,187 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Holmes | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel S. Robertson Jr. | $12,492 | $0 | -100% |
| David Gamble | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Ernest C. Skinner | $3,858 | $0 | -100% |
| Four Oaks Company, LLC | $37,405 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy Ensz | $24,874 | $0 | -100% |
| Kendall L. Penner | $45,326 | $0 | -100% |
| Penner Catfish, LLC | $77,537 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip Robison Sr. | $3,049 | $0 | -100% |
| Susie Gamble | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| William Burrell | $2,939 | $0 | -100% |
| William H. Moore Jr. | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,676,927 | $507,561 | -81% |
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