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In 2021, 166 farmers in cities within Anderson County received a total of $483,189 in 205 farm subsidies, a 69.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.6 million in 452 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 Anderson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Brothers | $36,210 | $55,371 | 52.9% |
| Forrest Dale Stevens | $19,811 | $46,580 | 135.1% |
| William Travis Gardner | $40,695 | $42,164 | 3.6% |
| J & M Grain, LLC | $143,094 | $37,023 | -74.1% |
| Darryl Brent Stevens | $17,048 | $28,747 | 68.6% |
| Larry Stevens | $5,429 | $20,918 | 285.3% |
| Sea View Farms | $84,332 | $19,928 | -76.4% |
| Scott L. Buckley | $78,927 | $18,287 | -76.8% |
| Robert Holt | $143,730 | $17,383 | -87.9% |
| Tyler Buckley | $70,899 | $15,843 | -77.7% |
| Lucas B. Stevens | $16,246 | $11,220 | -30.9% |
| Ruby Walker | $72,029 | $9,196 | -87.2% |
| David Holt | $89,105 | $6,572 | -92.6% |
| William D Cartinhour | $52,047 | $5,934 | -88.6% |
| David Bird | $15,944 | $4,924 | -69.1% |
| Leonard Keith Walker | $11,141 | $4,433 | -60.2% |
| Steve Walker | $10,856 | $4,411 | -59.4% |
| James McGuffin | $3,908 | $3,908 | 0% |
| Charles Vernon Toll | $10,572 | $3,902 | -63.1% |
| Aaron L. Stevens | $3,731 | $3,596 | -3.6% |
| Jody E. Hughes | $10,175 | $3,087 | -69.7% |
| Donald M. Sayre | $10,450 | $3,068 | -70.6% |
| Raybourne Farms | $10,011 | $2,959 | -70.4% |
| James R. Smith | $9,704 | $2,887 | -70.2% |
| Roger Carlton | $11,440 | $2,846 | -75.1% |
| Ronald Caldwell | $11,638 | $2,771 | -76.2% |
| John Thomas | $9,999 | $2,726 | -72.7% |
| John Wesley Ellis Jr. | $12,057 | $2,723 | -77.4% |
| Stuart L. Pierce | $20,531 | $2,438 | -88.1% |
| Mark A. Cox | $7,634 | $2,396 | -68.6% |
| Billy Thacker | $9,427 | $2,139 | -77.3% |
| Michael G. Webster | $10,274 | $1,935 | -81.2% |
| David Mountjoy | $9,718 | $1,870 | -80.8% |
| James W. Young | $7,855 | $1,847 | -76.5% |
| David Harley | $14,256 | $1,740 | -87.8% |
| Beverly Hockersmith | $7,227 | $1,672 | -76.9% |
| Chasidy Renee Yocum | $6,578 | $1,656 | -74.8% |
| Patricia Scot Darnell | $0 | $1,650 | -- |
| John R Litkenhus | $5,577 | $1,632 | -70.7% |
| Bobby Hyatt | $8,767 | $1,622 | -81.5% |
| William David Cartinhour | $7,873 | $1,622 | -79.4% |
| Mark a Litkenhus | $5,544 | $1,606 | -71% |
| Donnie Peggs | $5,401 | $1,587 | -70.6% |
| Ray Caldwell | $6,696 | $1,582 | -76.4% |
| Ryan K. Chrisman | $8,085 | $1,552 | -80.8% |
| Kelly A. Baker | $8,857 | $1,536 | -82.7% |
| Travis Tyler Roy Brogle | $6,390 | $1,449 | -77.3% |
| Remington H. Ingram | $14,411 | $1,440 | -90% |
| William Gregory Miller | $5,925 | $1,409 | -76.2% |
| Harold G. Moore | $7,098 | $1,389 | -80.4% |
| Michael Alan Ellis | $5,522 | $1,363 | -75.3% |
| DDL Farm, LLC | $5,712 | $1,294 | -77.3% |
| Andrew Hays | $5,577 | $1,277 | -77.1% |
| Ronald Newby | $5,027 | $1,276 | -74.6% |
| Troy Alsabrook | $4,026 | $1,210 | -69.9% |
| Michael W. Wilson | $4,675 | $1,208 | -74.2% |
| Randal A. Rock | $4,501 | $1,190 | -73.6% |
| Stephen Rollins | $5,189 | $1,178 | -77.3% |
| Matthew Dylan Holt | $7,062 | $1,148 | -83.7% |
| Michael Taylor | $5,577 | $1,146 | -79.5% |
| Charmaine C. Upham | $13,099 | $1,126 | -91.4% |
| Timmy P. Drury | $4,052 | $1,121 | -72.3% |
| Judith Ellis | $6,204 | $1,098 | -82.3% |
| Mark McCain | $785 | $1,047 | 33.4% |
| David L. Burge | $3,795 | $1,035 | -72.7% |
| Shirley J. Jacques | $1,549 | $995 | -35.8% |
| James M. Sargent | $3,678 | $939 | -74.5% |
| Thomas Chapman | $5,511 | $937 | -83% |
| Jeffrey Reynolds | $561 | $898 | 60.1% |
| John K. Stratton | $5,307 | $876 | -83.5% |
| Jerry A. Hughes | $5,581 | $858 | -84.6% |
| Maurice Corn | $10,498 | $842 | -92% |
| Peggy Drury | $2,849 | $828 | -70.9% |
| Wayne K. Hawkins | $2,849 | $828 | -70.9% |
| Mike O. Mattingly | $5,425 | $827 | -84.8% |
| Bill Bollinger | $4,350 | $798 | -81.7% |
| William Robert Casson | $0 | $770 | -- |
| Steven Sea | $6,239 | $767 | -87.7% |
| Ronnie Gibson | $4,114 | $760 | -81.5% |
| Dave Disponett | $2,167 | $759 | -65% |
| James Dewayne Chesser | $2,717 | $759 | -72.1% |
| Melissa Y. Gay | $3,520 | $759 | -78.4% |
| Carroll Cheak | $3,027 | $742 | -75.5% |
| Kenneth A. Barnett | $3,509 | $730 | -79.2% |
| Herman Harvey | $3,271 | $724 | -77.9% |
| Joseph D. Denny | $5,066 | $724 | -85.7% |
| Emily Masiker Ruggles | $2,640 | $721 | -72.7% |
| Stanley Ritchie Jr. | $4,135 | $700 | -83.1% |
| Kenneth Terry | $2,442 | $673 | -72.4% |
| David Wayne Dennis | $5,246 | $667 | -87.3% |
| Christopher J. Conway | $13,957 | $662 | -95.3% |
| Harry W. Driskell | $3,607 | $616 | -82.9% |
| Gregory Lewis Gibson | $2,541 | $566 | -77.7% |
| Vaughn Quisenberry | $3,303 | $557 | -83.1% |
| Lisa Perry | $3,282 | $552 | -83.2% |
| Tony Disponett | $3,407 | $552 | -83.8% |
| Justin Shifflett | $2,420 | $546 | -77.4% |
| David Brent Peterson | $4,763 | $542 | -88.6% |
| Jean Blakeman | $1,848 | $535 | -71% |
| Alexandra E. Drury | $2,563 | $533 | -79.2% |
| Brittany Danielle Burke | $3,135 | $526 | -83.2% |
| Jeff Drury | $2,633 | $520 | -80.3% |
| Daniel Troy Walls | $3,461 | $518 | -85% |
| Byron Jeffery Scott | $2,323 | $483 | -79.2% |
| Gary Sea | $3,922 | $477 | -87.8% |
| Emily Milam | $3,295 | $465 | -85.9% |
| Brandon A. Mitchell | $2,420 | $460 | -81% |
| Jacob Sea | $3,821 | $460 | -88% |
| Terry D. Chesser | $3,518 | $450 | -87.2% |
| Wendell D. Bruce | $2,348 | $439 | -81.3% |
| Deanna W. Hume | $1,386 | $423 | -69.5% |
| Alene Burgin | $1,386 | $408 | -70.6% |
| Michael Sea | $2,812 | $405 | -85.6% |
| Roy Wayne Bospic | $1,958 | $402 | -79.5% |
| Jeff Burgin | $4,093 | $400 | -90.2% |
| Ronnie G. Stevens | $1,650 | $394 | -76.1% |
| Lee Hahn Jr. | $6,664 | $388 | -94.2% |
| Mark Burgin | $4,097 | $383 | -90.7% |
| Jane D. Gash | $1,331 | $368 | -72.4% |
| Vernon Webb | $1,798 | $362 | -79.9% |
| William A. Deakins | $2,886 | $356 | -87.7% |
| Lisa A. Harper | $1,210 | $345 | -71.5% |
| Dorris Bruce | $1,836 | $343 | -81.3% |
| Guy Thomas Jr. | $2,140 | $339 | -84.2% |
| James Hammons | $1,650 | $339 | -79.5% |
| Ricky Cloran | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Jason Wells | $3,637 | $326 | -91% |
| Donald Bottom | $1,199 | $315 | -73.7% |
| Robert Peach | $3,538 | $310 | -91.2% |
| Jerry Waldridge | $1,068 | $300 | -71.9% |
| Shayne A. Martin | $3,316 | $287 | -91.3% |
| Robert D. Craig | $1,012 | $283 | -72% |
| Austin M. Hartley | $1,450 | $280 | -80.7% |
| Betty Small | $2,965 | $268 | -91% |
| Nancy Rucker | $1,419 | $264 | -81.4% |
| Jerry Sutherland | $803 | $260 | -67.6% |
| David L. Harris | $330 | $255 | -22.7% |
| Darryn Jeffries | $1,617 | $246 | -84.8% |
| Jeffrey W. Drury | $2,387 | $246 | -89.7% |
| Eunice L. Satterly | $847 | $242 | -71.4% |
| Larry Craig Akins | $902 | $242 | -73.2% |
| Vernon Hyatt Jr. | $902 | $242 | -73.2% |
| James Christopher Harrod | $792 | $230 | -71% |
| Josh Rucker | $1,309 | $228 | -82.6% |
| Zachary Leevi Casey | $13,142 | $227 | -98.3% |
| Jason Bradshaw | $1,473 | $224 | -84.8% |
| Wayne Burke | $968 | $214 | -77.9% |
| Ronnie Hume | $1,676 | $212 | -87.4% |
| Ferguson Land & Livestock, LLC | $19,570 | $207 | -98.9% |
| Marcus Drury | $902 | $190 | -78.9% |
| William D. Myers | $693 | $190 | -72.6% |
| David Flygstad | $1,001 | $172 | -82.8% |
| Bryan Clark Jacobs | $847 | $170 | -79.9% |
| Dean Lickliter | $715 | $140 | -80.4% |
| Barbara C. Walker | $102 | $136 | 33.3% |
| John Wayne Conway | $781 | $130 | -83.4% |
| Jeff Wainscott | $3,302 | $128 | -96.1% |
| Rachael Nichole Palmerton | $2,200 | $124 | -94.4% |
| Davis L. Boggess | $396 | $121 | -69.4% |
| Logan Stevens | $3,215 | $121 | -96.2% |
| Jackie T. Sutton | $185 | $90 | -51.4% |
| James N. Simpson II | $550 | $86 | -84.4% |
| Johnny Davenport | $0 | $76 | -- |
| Teresa Milam | $344 | $69 | -79.9% |
| Dennis Monohan | $0 | $68 | -- |
| Sherri A. Hahn | $264 | $52 | -80.3% |
| Aaron J. Jackson | $2,366 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen Perkins | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryce Scott House | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Cameron Tyler Lee Sheets | $324 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine Simmons | $122 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W. Blackburn | $172 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlotte Harley | $364 | $0 | -100% |
| David Whitehouse | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffery D. McElwain | $94 | $0 | -100% |
| John Chilton Jr. | $3,135 | $0 | -100% |
| John Richard Miller | $150 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Hugh McElwain | $94 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle Thacker | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Lee Gay | $359 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Jo Thomas | $71 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Ryan | $2,825 | $0 | -100% |
| Victor Wayne Todd | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee W. Cook | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter W. Major Jr. | $17,749 | $0 | -100% |
| William Cunningham | $351 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Smith | $4,010 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,601,485 | $483,189 | -69.8% |
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