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In 2021, 153 farmers in cities within Carroll County received a total of $1.1 million in 233 farm subsidies, a 57.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.6 million in 414 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 Carroll County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snake Creek Farms | $311,871 | $400,813 | 28.5% |
| Deborah B. Goad | $115,865 | $71,349 | -38.4% |
| L & R Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Donna Webb Ayers | $126,400 | $52,599 | -58.4% |
| John W. Montgomery | $54,559 | $38,480 | -29.5% |
| Linda M. Dalton | $5,671 | $34,082 | 501% |
| Mark Woods | $30,192 | $25,287 | -16.2% |
| Michael Marshall | $3,333 | $24,846 | 645.5% |
| Ryan Akers | $81,215 | $23,033 | -71.6% |
| Daryl L. Cassell | $57,700 | $18,161 | -68.5% |
| Jason O. Semones | $51,088 | $17,758 | -65.2% |
| Traci M. Alley | $9,670 | $17,698 | 83% |
| Sabrina Shockley | $22,389 | $14,653 | -34.6% |
| Melody H. Horton | $0 | $14,017 | -- |
| Robert H. Leonard | $57,197 | $13,985 | -75.5% |
| Sabrina B. Webb | $9,663 | $13,976 | 44.6% |
| Eldon Painter | $80,647 | $12,768 | -84.2% |
| Robert J. Utt | $28,415 | $12,150 | -57.2% |
| Banks Farms, Inc. | $180,185 | $11,818 | -93.4% |
| Diana Hill | $25,124 | $11,160 | -55.6% |
| Ellen Nixon Hall | $17,031 | $9,666 | -43.2% |
| Billy Dean Melton | $0 | $8,713 | -- |
| Michael Dehaven | $15,722 | $6,903 | -56.1% |
| Tracy H. Bowman | $11,591 | $6,891 | -40.5% |
| Buford C. Harmon | $26,260 | $6,775 | -74.2% |
| Thomas Jackson Jr. | $29,930 | $6,592 | -78% |
| Leonard D. Banks | $33,378 | $6,576 | -80.3% |
| Dennis Vass | $54,119 | $5,956 | -89% |
| Jennifer Burnette | $1,525 | $5,937 | 289.3% |
| Delores Hawks Largen | $0 | $5,769 | -- |
| Justin D. Hill | $18,256 | $5,571 | -69.5% |
| Billie Jean Marshall | $0 | $5,520 | -- |
| Eddie A. Bowman | $26,750 | $5,267 | -80.3% |
| Gary Bowman | $26,717 | $5,260 | -80.3% |
| Brenda W. Hill | $6,273 | $5,081 | -19% |
| Tina Renee Goad | $7,195 | $4,738 | -34.1% |
| Marlene Largen | $7,405 | $4,489 | -39.4% |
| Lacy Bowman Livestock | $89,826 | $4,284 | -95.2% |
| Barbara S. Dalton | $4,884 | $4,121 | -15.6% |
| Judy Weddle | $1,210 | $3,967 | 227.9% |
| Carroll Combs | $15,180 | $3,958 | -73.9% |
| Paul Restuccia | $8,546 | $3,841 | -55.1% |
| Eddie Iroler | $12,760 | $3,698 | -71% |
| Lisa Ann Widener | $0 | $3,683 | -- |
| Margie Quesenberry | $11,959 | $3,661 | -69.4% |
| Helen L. Beamer | $10,850 | $3,656 | -66.3% |
| Randall C. Webb | $26,040 | $3,613 | -86.1% |
| John C. Banks Jr. | $12,793 | $3,467 | -72.9% |
| Double B Farms, LLC | $13,286 | $3,413 | -74.3% |
| Amanda L. Parris | $20,679 | $3,330 | -83.9% |
| Sheila Phillips | $8,729 | $3,310 | -62.1% |
| Chester Webb | $12,837 | $3,089 | -75.9% |
| Timothy Bolen | $8,679 | $2,913 | -66.4% |
| Everett Smith Jr. | $0 | $2,750 | -- |
| Carol L. Cruise | $7,340 | $2,563 | -65.1% |
| Virginia Branscome | $2,459 | $2,459 | 0% |
| Lester James Webb | $10,153 | $2,432 | -76% |
| Eddie Bunn | $8,088 | $2,290 | -71.7% |
| Margaret G. Leggett | $17,859 | $2,223 | -87.6% |
| Tyler Lee Harold | $10,032 | $2,207 | -78% |
| Buckwheat Farm, LLC | $11,937 | $2,104 | -82.4% |
| Gerald L. Dickerson | $5,137 | $1,915 | -62.7% |
| Leanna Hines Surratt | $0 | $1,888 | -- |
| Gary Fleming | $6,639 | $1,644 | -75.2% |
| Jason Todd Griffin | $7,260 | $1,531 | -78.9% |
| Lynn J. Spencer | $2,179 | $1,498 | -31.3% |
| Eric Bond | $7,123 | $1,485 | -79.2% |
| Hassell A. Bonds | $4,950 | $1,461 | -70.5% |
| Charles L. Sumner | $9,105 | $1,352 | -85.2% |
| Glenn M. Nester | $6,499 | $1,335 | -79.5% |
| Phillip McCraw | $4,753 | $1,315 | -72.3% |
| Jack Duncan | $10,245 | $1,275 | -87.6% |
| Jamie Burcham Bunn | $3,893 | $1,210 | -68.9% |
| Danny Blankenship | $5,864 | $1,138 | -80.6% |
| Chester R. Phillips | $3,147 | $1,095 | -65.2% |
| Jason Newman | $3,289 | $1,063 | -67.7% |
| William R. Horton | $5,705 | $1,054 | -81.5% |
| Randy Largen | $5,744 | $1,039 | -81.9% |
| Stanley Widener | $3,377 | $1,026 | -69.6% |
| Dennis Wayne Jennings | $3,542 | $965 | -72.8% |
| C & B Farms, LLC | $3,883 | $962 | -75.2% |
| Franklin Vass | $4,488 | $948 | -78.9% |
| Raleigh Puckett | $3,058 | $902 | -70.5% |
| Barbara Hundley | $2,992 | $867 | -71% |
| Daniel B. Combs | $3,118 | $834 | -73.3% |
| Michael Goldwasser | $10,296 | $819 | -92% |
| William R. Vass | $2,200 | $802 | -63.5% |
| Patrick Driscoll | $6,188 | $797 | -87.1% |
| Gary Spencer | $4,074 | $792 | -80.6% |
| Charles G. Sumner | $2,630 | $790 | -70% |
| Kenneth Payne | $5,344 | $774 | -85.5% |
| Samuel Edmond Terry Jr. | $4,928 | $725 | -85.3% |
| Lester Cassell | $7,590 | $723 | -90.5% |
| Charles McMillian | $4,081 | $722 | -82.3% |
| Timothy Hall | $4,256 | $716 | -83.2% |
| James Adam Cox | $2,486 | $690 | -72.2% |
| Eric E. Johnson | $1,430 | $690 | -51.7% |
| Michael J. Combs | $2,705 | $655 | -75.8% |
| Karen Reynolds | $2,365 | $633 | -73.2% |
| Richard Michael Oehman | $2,145 | $628 | -70.7% |
| Beth D. Ayers | $2,903 | $627 | -78.4% |
| Kerry Berrier | $1,648 | $607 | -63.2% |
| Jennifer L. York | $3,189 | $580 | -81.8% |
| David E. Painter | $48,463 | $554 | -98.9% |
| Ethan Samuel Jennings | $3,757 | $553 | -85.3% |
| Robert L. Webb | $6,952 | $553 | -92% |
| John Lewis Towe | $1,584 | $537 | -66.1% |
| John Cassell Banks III | $2,409 | $537 | -77.7% |
| Carl C. Wright | $2,742 | $512 | -81.3% |
| Anita Ann Quesenberry | $3,608 | $490 | -86.4% |
| Dedina Heinrich | $2,606 | $469 | -82% |
| Daymon Horton | $2,310 | $450 | -80.5% |
| Christopher Lee Jones | $3,954 | $447 | -88.7% |
| Zane T. Marshall | $2,057 | $439 | -78.7% |
| Clarence Dalton Jr. | $2,901 | $436 | -85% |
| Thomas Kevin Easter | $3,007 | $425 | -85.9% |
| Jeffrey Dowell | $2,947 | $422 | -85.7% |
| Ryan Largen | $1,672 | $408 | -75.6% |
| William Vance Leggett Jr. | $5,071 | $399 | -92.1% |
| Richard Lee Combs | $2,598 | $398 | -84.7% |
| Larkin J. Jones | $1,617 | $394 | -75.6% |
| Jonathan Seth Leath | $4,731 | $357 | -92.5% |
| Ashely Denise Miles | $3,328 | $342 | -89.7% |
| Jimmy Rippey | $3,336 | $338 | -89.9% |
| Kevin Beamer | $332 | $332 | 0% |
| Wayne Bowers | $1,243 | $326 | -73.8% |
| Dale Lee Davis | $306 | $306 | 0% |
| Patsy Nunn | $0 | $304 | -- |
| Lydia E. Phillips | $0 | $302 | -- |
| Rodney Combs | $1,835 | $294 | -84% |
| Jared Levi Hall | $1,562 | $277 | -82.3% |
| Dalva Lynne Doss | $0 | $276 | -- |
| Zachary Alley | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Michael A. Nester | $1,276 | $238 | -81.3% |
| Alfred D. Hall | $2,165 | $235 | -89.1% |
| Roger Dale Sechrist | $462 | $234 | -49.4% |
| Anne S. Harmon | $234 | $234 | 0% |
| Del Ray Goad | $2,109 | $227 | -89.2% |
| Harlie Cagle | $891 | $201 | -77.4% |
| Barry Iroler | $187 | $187 | 0% |
| Barry Burnette | $803 | $159 | -80.2% |
| Anthony Horsley | $649 | $142 | -78.1% |
| Franklin Dalton | $142 | $142 | 0% |
| Glenwood C. Beamer | $1,496 | $138 | -90.8% |
| Miranda Honeycutt | $870 | $124 | -85.7% |
| Jimmie B. Montgomery | $1,226 | $121 | -90.1% |
| Kasey Sara Moser | $1,496 | $119 | -92% |
| Victoria a Town | $0 | $92 | -- |
| Larry F. Bowman | $63 | $63 | 0% |
| Matthew Beamer | $704 | $56 | -92% |
| Lewis Clive Hurst | $45 | $45 | 0% |
| David Burnette | $1,786 | $26 | -98.5% |
| Oliver A. McBride | $26 | $26 | 0% |
| Bethany Hill Schaepler | $496 | $0 | -100% |
| Clayton Thomas | $1,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis D. McMillian | $27,296 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald C. Ayers | $95,679 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Berrier | $52,139 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Leigh Jones | $2,399 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie F. Hill | $9,865 | $0 | -100% |
| Amelia Oakley Harold | $3,040 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Jean Hawks | $3 | $0 | -100% |
| Erik Cory Brandt | $2,791 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann Goad | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony Blake Goad | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Bonnie B. Bowman | $700 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley Phillips | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Brittany Jones Utt | $1,222 | $0 | -100% |
| Chester E. Reece | $868 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale E. Akers | $17,622 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Cassell | $58,730 | $0 | -100% |
| David Douglas Jones Jr. | $331 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis A. Akers | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald L. Branscome | $8,800 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas Arthur Goad | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie D. Wilhite | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Lynette Painter | $107,861 | $0 | -100% |
| Ellen Hall | $2,683 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric C. Johnson | $1,452 | $0 | -100% |
| Gardner Farms | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn Wright | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory G. Goad | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Hailey Sowden | $595 | $0 | -100% |
| John W. Montgomery Jr. | $22,335 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Mitchell | $1,875 | $0 | -100% |
| Nesters Farm | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Reed Island Farm, Inc. | $8,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley Lyons | $410 | $0 | -100% |
| Sue W. Russ | $913 | $0 | -100% |
| Theresa Dalton | $200 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Marshall | $18,160 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,639,000 | $1,121,777 | -57.5% |
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