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In 2021, 119 farmers in cities within Bristol city received a total of $142,073 in 139 farm subsidies, an 84.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $936,814 in 306 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Dewayne Collins | $62,751 | $10,576 | -83.1% |
| Charles Isaac Anderson Jr. | $1,696 | $9,976 | 488.2% |
| Paul C. Fleenor | $100,966 | $8,588 | -91.5% |
| Robert W. Foster | $28,820 | $8,415 | -70.8% |
| Larry Rollins | $8,896 | $6,966 | -21.7% |
| Mark L. Campbell | $19,695 | $4,648 | -76.4% |
| Johnny F. Vestal | $14,676 | $4,337 | -70.4% |
| Edward C. Hobbs | $28,714 | $4,268 | -85.1% |
| Teresa Ann Tibol | $0 | $3,461 | -- |
| Kevin M. Rush | $16,126 | $3,360 | -79.2% |
| Ronald P. Denton | $924 | $2,546 | 175.5% |
| James Lynn Johnson | $0 | $2,416 | -- |
| Jerry Lynn Booher | $11,265 | $2,159 | -80.8% |
| Samuel D. Rock | $9,716 | $2,125 | -78.1% |
| Charles W. Haderer | $11,626 | $2,081 | -82.1% |
| Arthur McCroskey | $9,936 | $2,080 | -79.1% |
| Derek L. Thompson | $7,558 | $2,021 | -73.3% |
| Charles W. Haderer II | $10,734 | $2,012 | -81.3% |
| Carolyn J. Hale | $3,032 | $1,914 | -36.9% |
| Michael A. Ingle | $8,679 | $1,749 | -79.8% |
| James Strand | $3,639 | $1,571 | -56.8% |
| Rosanna Fields | $7,585 | $1,568 | -79.3% |
| Brad S. Nelms | $20,853 | $1,538 | -92.6% |
| Ethan Randall Cox | $6,155 | $1,524 | -75.2% |
| Tommy W. Baker | $6,204 | $1,396 | -77.5% |
| David Monk | $5,279 | $1,368 | -74.1% |
| Stephen Eugene Mayes | $5,044 | $1,332 | -73.6% |
| Joe F. Smith Jr. | $5,489 | $1,291 | -76.5% |
| James A. Hicks | $5,467 | $1,286 | -76.5% |
| Robert B. Booher | $5,065 | $1,196 | -76.4% |
| Joshua Gale McMurray | $6,705 | $1,165 | -82.6% |
| Charles Rodney Pippin | $5,536 | $1,160 | -79% |
| Charles W. Balthis | $5,149 | $1,113 | -78.4% |
| Hiram Edward Gardner | $4,895 | $1,087 | -77.8% |
| Michael D. Gill | $5,192 | $972 | -81.3% |
| Scott C. Plein | $958 | $958 | 0% |
| Mark A. Brooks | $6,015 | $950 | -84.2% |
| Barry A. Ringley | $429 | $948 | 121% |
| Derek Clifton Duckett | $3,576 | $920 | -74.3% |
| Darrell Gene Murray | $2,222 | $895 | -59.7% |
| Clarence G. Dishman | $3,652 | $874 | -76.1% |
| Jennings M. Whicker | $892 | $872 | -2.2% |
| Fran D. Patterson | $867 | $867 | 0% |
| Montie Davis | $4,246 | $848 | -80% |
| Charles M. Soucek | $453 | $800 | 76.6% |
| Vickie Lynn Denton | $1,584 | $796 | -49.7% |
| Walter Ross Spahr | $2,926 | $776 | -73.5% |
| Mary M. Johnson | $3,213 | $674 | -79% |
| Margaret Ann Murray | $2,728 | $667 | -75.5% |
| Phillip L. McCroskey Sr. | $3,964 | $667 | -83.2% |
| Preston L. Price | $5,538 | $665 | -88% |
| Harold D. Taylor | $2,585 | $656 | -74.6% |
| Louis C. Keller | $3,068 | $650 | -78.8% |
| Norma Jean Dowell | $2,343 | $638 | -72.8% |
| Robert A. Wright | $3,360 | $636 | -81.1% |
| Pearl T. McMurray | $2,695 | $610 | -77.4% |
| Ricky L. Smith | $3,219 | $589 | -81.7% |
| Sammy K. Minor | $3,441 | $581 | -83.1% |
| Ronnie Wayne Harley | $2,081 | $576 | -72.3% |
| Rogan D. Eads | $0 | $571 | -- |
| Keith Heischmidt | $569 | $569 | 0% |
| David L. Harley | $2,483 | $566 | -77.2% |
| Matthew C. Hobbs | $2,365 | $549 | -76.8% |
| Jack H. Barker Jr. | $2,310 | $547 | -76.3% |
| Michael Sean Pullon | $3,641 | $530 | -85.4% |
| Jerry Duane Blaylock | $2,412 | $516 | -78.6% |
| Janet P. Combs | $2,046 | $509 | -75.1% |
| Teddy F. Cox | $2,167 | $505 | -76.7% |
| Steven C. Rodriguez | $0 | $486 | -- |
| Gene E. Hensley | $636 | $472 | -25.8% |
| Eugene E. Latham | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Wanda B. Worley | $1,536 | $432 | -71.9% |
| Mahlon Whitaker | $1,683 | $430 | -74.5% |
| Marty R. McClellan | $1,936 | $425 | -78% |
| Dianne R. Andis | $2,418 | $422 | -82.5% |
| Arlin Denton | $1,738 | $402 | -76.9% |
| Kevin Leonard | $6,969 | $398 | -94.3% |
| Danny E. Crowe | $0 | $390 | -- |
| Ralph Jackson | $4,840 | $385 | -92% |
| Frank L. Canter | $1,971 | $366 | -81.4% |
| David Perry Barker | $1,867 | $360 | -80.7% |
| Donna M. Fleenor | $1,584 | $360 | -77.3% |
| Sharon Lynn Duckett | $1,290 | $354 | -72.6% |
| Chester Countiss | $2,759 | $352 | -87.2% |
| Howard A. Hutton | $1,672 | $352 | -78.9% |
| Harold E. Leonard | $1,485 | $345 | -76.8% |
| D. mac Wagner | $1,089 | $338 | -69% |
| John H. Payne Jr. | $2,293 | $332 | -85.5% |
| Lance M. Debord | $1,446 | $320 | -77.9% |
| James Craig Worley | $872 | $318 | -63.5% |
| Jerry D. Schuler | $924 | $311 | -66.3% |
| David C. Payne | $1,419 | $304 | -78.6% |
| Michael Brooks | $1,216 | $300 | -75.3% |
| Lisa D. McCroskey | $1,243 | $280 | -77.5% |
| John C. Green | $1,243 | $278 | -77.6% |
| Gary Baker | $924 | $274 | -70.3% |
| Chad P. Wallace | $1,433 | $256 | -82.1% |
| Alvin J. Murray | $1,144 | $255 | -77.7% |
| George H. Horney | $255 | $255 | 0% |
| Fred Leroy Vicars | $1,133 | $250 | -77.9% |
| Clifford M. Duckett | $682 | $242 | -64.5% |
| Joe Pullon | $1,045 | $242 | -76.8% |
| Kevin P. Jones | $979 | $228 | -76.7% |
| Ronnie E. Ball | $213 | $213 | 0% |
| Ronald E. Fleenor | $1,067 | $211 | -80.2% |
| John E. Sproles | $972 | $187 | -80.8% |
| Jessie L. Fleenor | $726 | $182 | -74.9% |
| Robert K. Hutton | $737 | $155 | -79% |
| Sarah R. Robbins | $0 | $140 | -- |
| Adam Hunter Goodson | $17,957 | $135 | -99.2% |
| Kenneth E. Reed | $1,232 | $135 | -89% |
| Tyler L. Leonard | $5,636 | $119 | -97.9% |
| Randy A. Short | $290 | $94 | -67.6% |
| Arthur F. Brewer | $1,109 | $73 | -93.4% |
| Marvin D. Eaton | $826 | $73 | -91.2% |
| Saul A. Hernandez | $57 | $57 | 0% |
| Jason M. Mitchell | $1,249 | $51 | -95.9% |
| David K. Hutton | $330 | $28 | -91.5% |
| Benjamin W. Jenkins | $3,326 | $26 | -99.2% |
| Amy H. French | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty W. Dishman | $303 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Crowe | $1,617 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Hutton | $132 | $0 | -100% |
| Eugene Latham | $2,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Evan N. Cox | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig J. Worley | $1,071 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Johnson | $9,576 | $0 | -100% |
| James T. Bullock Jr. | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin L. Collins | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Donald Haga | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Laura H. Quesenberry | $1,385 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Anthony Richard | $9 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael R. Hall | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Olga H. Gill | $126 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy C. Rohr | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Rogan Eads | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Bruce Emerson | $826 | $0 | -100% |
| Rosenbaum Feeder Cattle, LLC | $277,961 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan H. Ingle | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Teresa Tibol | $2,327 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilburn Leonard | $671 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $936,814 | $142,073 | -84.8% |
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