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In 2021, 252 farmers in cities within Lee County received a total of $757,257 in 300 farm subsidies, a 56.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.7 million in 639 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 Lee County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn & Corey Transport, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Highlands Forest Products, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Corey Ely Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Timberland Resources, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Hensley Land & Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $48,892 | -- |
| E R Cedar Woods, Inc. | $0 | $47,565 | -- |
| G. W. Marcum | $57,207 | $43,089 | -24.7% |
| JKE Trucking, LLC | $0 | $28,710 | -- |
| Thomas L. Jones | $77,772 | $28,449 | -63.4% |
| Rick Cooper | $0 | $23,243 | -- |
| Kelly L Parsons | $0 | $18,263 | -- |
| Hensley Log Transport, Inc. | $0 | $14,326 | -- |
| Timothy C Roberts | $0 | $9,531 | -- |
| John Eric Livesay | $38,748 | $9,345 | -75.9% |
| J & V Land & Cattle, LLC | $6,437 | $9,095 | 41.3% |
| Amanda Lawson | $40,442 | $8,446 | -79.1% |
| Gary Russell | $33,438 | $7,808 | -76.6% |
| Kevin Slemp | $37,178 | $7,266 | -80.5% |
| Ronnie H. Montgomery | $15,345 | $6,929 | -54.8% |
| Guy M. Gilbert | $51,872 | $6,871 | -86.8% |
| Benjamin H. Fannon | $14,979 | $6,291 | -58% |
| Travis Steven Hall | $8,580 | $5,373 | -37.4% |
| Darrick Jason Woods | $0 | $5,288 | -- |
| Bill J. Montgomery | $26,628 | $5,270 | -80.2% |
| Gerald Davis | $24,338 | $4,742 | -80.5% |
| Frank Anthony Dixon | $19,896 | $3,744 | -81.2% |
| Randal Alan Ingle | $8,114 | $3,678 | -54.7% |
| Arabella F. Cline | $19,531 | $3,614 | -81.5% |
| Jim Crabtree | $15,036 | $3,604 | -76% |
| Vernon Lemar | $13,441 | $3,514 | -73.9% |
| Anna M. Slemp | $9,251 | $3,495 | -62.2% |
| Glenn Jason Miles | $6,865 | $3,428 | -50.1% |
| Michael Daugherty | $8,310 | $3,132 | -62.3% |
| Mark Brooks | $15,081 | $2,964 | -80.3% |
| Kinser Cattle Company, LLC | $6,655 | $2,728 | -59% |
| White Mountain Investors, Inc. | $10,444 | $2,717 | -74% |
| Leroy Brooks | $14,170 | $2,646 | -81.3% |
| Jamie Benfield | $19,131 | $2,527 | -86.8% |
| Adam N. Burke | $17,006 | $2,506 | -85.3% |
| Bobby R. Jones | $11,573 | $2,490 | -78.5% |
| Kenneth A. Chicos | $11,836 | $2,375 | -79.9% |
| Adam Drouin Bellamy | $4,256 | $2,264 | -46.8% |
| Brandon Jay Jones | $29,582 | $2,181 | -92.6% |
| Carl Bloomer | $11,874 | $2,168 | -81.7% |
| Jimmy Byington | $11,418 | $2,164 | -81% |
| Michele K. Day | $0 | $2,145 | -- |
| Linda S. Stafford | $10,207 | $2,134 | -79.1% |
| Valley View Farm, LLC | $14,685 | $2,120 | -85.6% |
| Seth Haynes | $33,390 | $2,028 | -93.9% |
| Carolyn Reasor | $5,304 | $1,941 | -63.4% |
| Homer C. Vandergriff Jr. | $9,009 | $1,901 | -78.9% |
| Paul E. Gilliam | $8,326 | $1,901 | -77.2% |
| Chester Michael Riggs | $2,660 | $1,853 | -30.3% |
| Alan Rutherford | $8,076 | $1,852 | -77.1% |
| Aubra Brian Dean | $8,473 | $1,794 | -78.8% |
| Charles Livesay | $6,491 | $1,718 | -73.5% |
| Mark A. Carter | $7,933 | $1,702 | -78.5% |
| Mark A. Woliver | $7,599 | $1,680 | -77.9% |
| Robert Vanburen Burchett | $5,957 | $1,674 | -71.9% |
| Jackie Ray Brooks | $10,253 | $1,642 | -84% |
| Charles E. Whitt | $9,783 | $1,621 | -83.4% |
| Lois Minor Lowe | $7,779 | $1,518 | -80.5% |
| Thomas W. Baker | $10,158 | $1,511 | -85.1% |
| Justin Chambers | $7,239 | $1,504 | -79.2% |
| Jay Alan Greenstone | $8,927 | $1,498 | -83.2% |
| Browning Wynn | $8,151 | $1,485 | -81.8% |
| Anthony Wilder | $5,456 | $1,460 | -73.2% |
| Ronnie Horton | $8,681 | $1,460 | -83.2% |
| Gary Lynn Martin | $2,915 | $1,457 | -50% |
| Jeffrey L. Hammonds | $9,374 | $1,406 | -85% |
| Christopher R. Jones | $5,397 | $1,387 | -74.3% |
| Michael L. Jones | $6,765 | $1,387 | -79.5% |
| Clara Freeman Watkins | $660 | $1,346 | 103.9% |
| Adam Wayne Dean | $9,067 | $1,328 | -85.4% |
| Fredrick Leroy McCurry | $3,945 | $1,322 | -66.5% |
| Tony O'neal Miles | $8,170 | $1,311 | -84% |
| Adam Paul Pennington | $2,145 | $1,284 | -40.1% |
| Stephen Surgener | $6,512 | $1,278 | -80.4% |
| Gary H. Graham | $3,190 | $1,267 | -60.3% |
| Roger Noah | $2,706 | $1,230 | -54.5% |
| Timothy Hobbs | $7,699 | $1,186 | -84.6% |
| John Carter | $5,566 | $1,161 | -79.1% |
| Dora Roberts | $7,480 | $1,158 | -84.5% |
| Joe B. Shelburne | $4,466 | $1,140 | -74.5% |
| John C. Wynn | $5,841 | $1,126 | -80.7% |
| Robert G. McCoy Jr. | $3,982 | $1,088 | -72.7% |
| Erik Jonathan Walton | $5,259 | $1,077 | -79.5% |
| Jerry L. Ingle | $6,011 | $1,032 | -82.8% |
| Hal Douglas Jones | $0 | $1,026 | -- |
| Dearl Wayne Maness | $1,760 | $1,018 | -42.2% |
| Claude F. Long Jr. | $13,456 | $1,004 | -92.5% |
| Georgia Y. Chadwell | $6,182 | $1,004 | -83.8% |
| Rodney C. Carter | $4,736 | $1,004 | -78.8% |
| Edwin D. Watson | $3,872 | $1,002 | -74.1% |
| Jeffrey Dean Rowlett | $1,925 | $1,000 | -48.1% |
| Timothy Gerald Long | $822 | $992 | 20.7% |
| Matthew Watson | $6,396 | $979 | -84.7% |
| Brian Bush | $4,611 | $973 | -78.9% |
| Foriest W. Carroll | $4,684 | $969 | -79.3% |
| William Moran Carter | $0 | $942 | -- |
| Rita McCann | $5,555 | $932 | -83.2% |
| Gary Bailey | $4,939 | $931 | -81.2% |
| Richard Adam Smith | $0 | $923 | -- |
| Dennis E. Graham | $4,562 | $918 | -79.9% |
| Doug Hill | $4,444 | $917 | -79.4% |
| Cranston Bellamy | $3,509 | $890 | -74.6% |
| Jeremy L. Horton | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Maurice Nida | $4,602 | $872 | -81.1% |
| Mary Gene Warner | $4,214 | $869 | -79.4% |
| Kenny Thomas | $10,652 | $865 | -91.9% |
| Herman Dwight Quinley | $4,533 | $861 | -81% |
| The Lawn Company, LLC | $7,679 | $860 | -88.8% |
| William F. Cox Jr. | $2,979 | $854 | -71.3% |
| Debra T. Woliver | $6,823 | $841 | -87.7% |
| Frankie N. Minor | $3,549 | $836 | -76.4% |
| Otis H. Russell | $3,795 | $834 | -78% |
| Janice F. Eldridge | $3,850 | $832 | -78.4% |
| James Clark Shelburne | $0 | $823 | -- |
| Edward Allen Hurlock Sr. | $1,537 | $795 | -48.3% |
| Justin Edward Busic | $4,342 | $794 | -81.7% |
| Sherrie Hurlock | $7,631 | $776 | -89.8% |
| Gary Tomlinson | $3,663 | $774 | -78.9% |
| Sammy Greer | $3,213 | $759 | -76.4% |
| William Fannon | $1,845 | $753 | -59.2% |
| Justin Marcum | $4,616 | $744 | -83.9% |
| Earl Dean Roberts | $3,141 | $725 | -76.9% |
| Leeman Moyers | $3,058 | $722 | -76.4% |
| Acelyn Lee Taylor Garrett | $3,146 | $717 | -77.2% |
| Charles C. Sizemore | $4,444 | $712 | -84% |
| Jack R. Clark | $1,568 | $712 | -54.6% |
| George Flanary | $8,800 | $700 | -92% |
| Terry M. Estep | $3,065 | $695 | -77.3% |
| Michael A. Carter | $3,572 | $692 | -80.6% |
| Danny R. Yates | $3,557 | $681 | -80.9% |
| Charles H. Long | $2,871 | $665 | -76.8% |
| Austin Bradley Dean | $3,991 | $658 | -83.5% |
| Penny C. Marcum | $2,148 | $651 | -69.7% |
| John Chapman Wade | $0 | $632 | -- |
| Jeffery L. Jerrell | $0 | $630 | -- |
| Charles Daniel | $5,301 | $618 | -88.3% |
| William B. Neff | $3,976 | $616 | -84.5% |
| Donald C. Brooks | $605 | $605 | 0% |
| Debra Pacholewski | $2,878 | $602 | -79.1% |
| Joyce C. Gilbert | $2,673 | $601 | -77.5% |
| David G. Lambert | $2,486 | $588 | -76.3% |
| Eugene H. Ely | $4,167 | $568 | -86.4% |
| Jerry R. Creech | $1,881 | $553 | -70.6% |
| Shirley Eulene Ely | $0 | $552 | -- |
| Teresa C. Smith | $2,919 | $550 | -81.2% |
| Barbara Harber | $3,824 | $550 | -85.6% |
| Clarence C. Moore | $2,209 | $532 | -75.9% |
| Lee Land Company, LLC | $4,158 | $530 | -87.3% |
| Adam Coy Pendleton | $7,345 | $520 | -92.9% |
| Eddie Smith | $2,625 | $515 | -80.4% |
| Jerry L Barber | $0 | $512 | -- |
| Tim Blakemore | $2,464 | $512 | -79.2% |
| James M. Graham | $2,597 | $498 | -80.8% |
| Floyd Robbins | $2,346 | $498 | -78.8% |
| Floyd J. Long | $990 | $497 | -49.8% |
| Donald Ricky Barber | $3,101 | $488 | -84.3% |
| Thomas Shelburne | $2,288 | $488 | -78.7% |
| Lawrence Cope | $2,497 | $484 | -80.6% |
| Douglas M. Pillion | $0 | $478 | -- |
| Eric Neal Miles | $880 | $474 | -46.1% |
| Huey P. Long | $715 | $466 | -34.8% |
| Kevin Barber | $2,988 | $466 | -84.4% |
| David Gilbert Daniel | $2,647 | $460 | -82.6% |
| Deborah S. Burgan | $3,015 | $451 | -85% |
| Larry Collins | $1,430 | $446 | -68.8% |
| Justin Lemar | $1,122 | $443 | -60.5% |
| Ronald Ray Lewis | $1,848 | $437 | -76.4% |
| Deborah W. Marcum | $0 | $435 | -- |
| Coy Pendleton | $2,826 | $433 | -84.7% |
| Anthony Lynn Rorrer | $1,914 | $424 | -77.8% |
| William Lee Howard | $3,029 | $424 | -86% |
| Ricky Marcum | $2,353 | $398 | -83.1% |
| Charles R. Gibbons | $0 | $396 | -- |
| Hugh Bryan Eldridge | $1,958 | $381 | -80.5% |
| Todd Lee Hines | $0 | $380 | -- |
| Lisa Frankie Muncy | $1,846 | $377 | -79.6% |
| Neal C. Matlock Jr. | $1,760 | $374 | -78.8% |
| Betty Moore | $1,188 | $362 | -69.5% |
| Edward Wayne Thomas | $0 | $362 | -- |
| Charles Ray Snodgrass | $2,417 | $360 | -85.1% |
| Jordan Bruner | $2,936 | $357 | -87.8% |
| Johnny Lee Wilder | $1,540 | $354 | -77% |
| Mr. Edgar Paul Fannon | $386 | $340 | -11.9% |
| Keith Warren | $2,183 | $339 | -84.5% |
| Matthew Ellis Thompson | $2,283 | $329 | -85.6% |
| James Nelson Laws | $715 | $329 | -54% |
| Fred Robbins | $1,166 | $318 | -72.7% |
| William Chaston Harris | $1,023 | $315 | -69.2% |
| John M. Reasor | $4,458 | $300 | -93.3% |
| Kevin Wayne Rorrer | $650 | $300 | -53.8% |
| Barbara Parsons | $627 | $295 | -53% |
| Dale E. McNiel | $2,442 | $294 | -88% |
| Paula Loraine Lawson | $2,034 | $287 | -85.9% |
| Austin C. Snodgrass | $1,496 | $287 | -80.8% |
| John R. Jones Sr. | $370 | $286 | -22.7% |
| Terry Spears | $2,417 | $282 | -88.3% |
| Brian David Shoemaker | $825 | $279 | -66.2% |
| Millard R. Hall | $2,377 | $273 | -88.5% |
| Charles D. Leedy | $1,408 | $270 | -80.8% |
| Steve Bradford | $1,889 | $264 | -86% |
| Billie Glenda Hedrick | $0 | $264 | -- |
| Roger Elkins | $1,169 | $264 | -77.4% |
| Otis Ball | $1,072 | $256 | -76.1% |
| John W. Muncy | $1,431 | $254 | -82.3% |
| Anita Joann Parsons | $8,498 | $254 | -97% |
| Brian Duff | $1,697 | $246 | -85.5% |
| Cory Matthew Thompson | $2,114 | $246 | -88.4% |
| Jacob Harris | $1,122 | $236 | -79% |
| Roger Hensley | $946 | $232 | -75.5% |
| Robert S. Orr IV | $1,611 | $228 | -85.8% |
| Garry M. Ely | $0 | $226 | -- |
| Roger D. Ely | $594 | $218 | -63.3% |
| John W. Cheek | $942 | $212 | -77.5% |
| Caleb Malcolm Thompson | $1,562 | $204 | -86.9% |
| Caressie C Marcum | $869 | $204 | -76.5% |
| Terry L. Brooks | $200 | $200 | 0% |
| Randal D. L. Cox | $1,012 | $190 | -81.2% |
| Matthew Joe Williams | $9,897 | $189 | -98.1% |
| Jared Adam Newton | $363 | $188 | -48.2% |
| Noah Anthony Harber | $275 | $186 | -32.4% |
| Arnold Eldridge | $1,282 | $183 | -85.7% |
| Gary Woliver | $858 | $183 | -78.7% |
| Bradley Steven Newton | $968 | $170 | -82.4% |
| Terry Clonce | $715 | $166 | -76.8% |
| Norma Lee Miles | $330 | $163 | -50.6% |
| Jason Cave | $1,156 | $152 | -86.9% |
| Terry L. Welch | $605 | $148 | -75.5% |
| Millard Frank Ball | $330 | $146 | -55.8% |
| Harry Carroll | $638 | $138 | -78.4% |
| Clyde Brandon Elkins | $0 | $135 | -- |
| William Middleton | $666 | $124 | -81.4% |
| Taylor Williams | $627 | $124 | -80.2% |
| A. R. Elkins | $744 | $121 | -83.7% |
| Dale Lee Thomas | $220 | $118 | -46.4% |
| Patrick A. Molony | $117 | $117 | 0% |
| George R. Fee | $539 | $105 | -80.5% |
| Kevin Ray Sizemore | $1,320 | $104 | -92.1% |
| Christopher Todd Howard | $1,948 | $103 | -94.7% |
| John A. Cope | $1,040 | $98 | -90.6% |
| Joyce Ann Mullins | $484 | $97 | -80% |
| Kyth B Banks | $747 | $83 | -88.9% |
| Carrie W. Cope | $880 | $50 | -94.3% |
| Harold Brown | $910 | $42 | -95.4% |
| Donovan Willis | $827 | $40 | -95.2% |
| Candy Gail Sizemore | $100 | $34 | -66% |
| Lorene Allen | $0 | $15 | -- |
| Jerry Allen | $1,823 | $14 | -99.2% |
| Lucy Burgan | $0 | $3 | -- |
| Franklin G. Reasor | $206 | $0 | -100% |
| J. C. Wade | $3,295 | $0 | -100% |
| James Glenn Sexton Jr. | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Lee Maggard | $3,081 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas Pillion | $2,586 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd Long | $1,869 | $0 | -100% |
| Huey Long | $2,013 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice A. Smith | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Woods | $106,556 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Spade | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Melissa Brown Hubbard | $9,774 | $0 | -100% |
| Morrison C. Chadwell | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E Parks | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Gibson Jr. | $1,390 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Littrell | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley Ely | $2,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Vision View Farms, LLC | $15,039 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Bellamy | $6,177 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Pennington | $3,855 | $0 | -100% |
| Adams Properties, Ltd. | $42 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan Ingle | $5,395 | $0 | -100% |
| Angela Lynn Peters | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley Wayne Cope | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon Elkins | $931 | $0 | -100% |
| Cedarwood Farms, LLC | $8,302 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Gibbons | $3,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Speck | $2,550 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Thomas | $468 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Pettey | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Dearl W Maness | $2,112 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie C. Johnston | $3,691 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward W. Thomas | $1,188 | $0 | -100% |
| Garry Ely | $627 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Graham | $2,378 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary L. Martin | $4,038 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenda Hedrick | $792 | $0 | -100% |
| H Ronnie Montgomery Trust | $54,536 | $0 | -100% |
| Hal Jones | $5,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Miles | $9,456 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffery Jerrell | $4,993 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey D. Rowlett | $2,607 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Barber | $3,814 | $0 | -100% |
| Jorge Eli Morell | $199 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Clay Welch | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Rorrer | $992 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Sizemore | $573 | $0 | -100% |
| Neal Miles | $2,936 | $0 | -100% |
| Norma L. Miles | $976 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond Carter Jr. | $21 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard A. Smith | $7,505 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Long | $1,749 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd L. Hines | $1,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis S. Hall | $10,692 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Hall | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Shoemaker | $792 | $0 | -100% |
| Edgar P. Fannon | $268 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Hurlock Sr. | $3,835 | $0 | -100% |
| Fannon Cattle Company, LLC | $8,257 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Ball | $396 | $0 | -100% |
| Hickory Flats Pumpkin Patch, LLC | $1,817 | $0 | -100% |
| James B. Parsons | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Shelburne | $3,058 | $0 | -100% |
| James Laws | $1,131 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie J. Hughes | $751 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Hensley | $2,583 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Lynn Hensley | $5,535 | $0 | -100% |
| Moran Carter | $3,674 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy L. Flanary | $150 | $0 | -100% |
| Noah Harber | $743 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,731,016 | $757,257 | -56.3% |
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