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In 2021, 219 farmers in cities within Jefferson County received a total of $830,931 in 243 farm subsidies, a 55.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.9 million in 584 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 Jefferson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Aquatics, Inc. | $0 | $181,026 | -- |
| Stooksbury Dairy Sp | $143,274 | $117,764 | -17.8% |
| Dwight Ballinger | $136,943 | $95,535 | -30.2% |
| Smoky Mountain Hardwoods, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Charles E. Simpson Jr. | $44,064 | $36,861 | -16.3% |
| Scarlett Farms, LLC | $33,708 | $32,725 | -2.9% |
| Robby Reece | $242,667 | $26,673 | -89% |
| John Neal Scarlett | $8,853 | $19,439 | 119.6% |
| Don Lee Holbert | $36,722 | $13,650 | -62.8% |
| Blackburn Farm | $8,505 | $11,407 | 34.1% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $9,848 | -- |
| William Ronald Rogers | $39,717 | $6,480 | -83.7% |
| Miller Family Farm | $24,222 | $5,992 | -75.3% |
| Gearlene Horner | $1,362 | $5,923 | 334.9% |
| Donald C. Fancher | $28,307 | $5,792 | -79.5% |
| Charles Parker Simpson | $111,842 | $5,543 | -95% |
| Elizabeth Ann McGraw | $0 | $4,905 | -- |
| Danny Lee Shelton | $10,210 | $4,812 | -52.9% |
| Bill Loy | $31,421 | $4,541 | -85.5% |
| Thomas E. McCarter | $4,297 | $4,445 | 3.4% |
| Bobby J. Hubbard | $9,603 | $4,428 | -53.9% |
| William R. Hickman | $20,777 | $4,228 | -79.7% |
| Joseph Richard Moore | $13,464 | $3,846 | -71.4% |
| Adam L. Martin | $12,263 | $3,818 | -68.9% |
| Warren Baker | $10,033 | $3,727 | -62.9% |
| Sam Rankin | $22,090 | $3,666 | -83.4% |
| Gary L. Smelcer | $18,046 | $3,596 | -80.1% |
| Joe R. Shrader | $12,246 | $3,519 | -71.3% |
| Nicholas R. Larrance | $2,118 | $3,268 | 54.3% |
| Jeffrey A. Nance | $12,471 | $3,192 | -74.4% |
| Dewey Ray Moore | $14,976 | $2,912 | -80.6% |
| Dean Ballinger | $19,702 | $2,837 | -85.6% |
| Lick Skillet Cattle Company | $10,658 | $2,712 | -74.6% |
| Lu Ann Steffen | $2,701 | $2,701 | 0% |
| Charles T. Kinder | $3,300 | $2,589 | -21.5% |
| Floyd H. Gray | $13,081 | $2,482 | -81% |
| Wesley D. Kelley | $13,200 | $2,336 | -82.3% |
| Jack A. Kenley | $9,215 | $2,318 | -74.8% |
| George R. Cline | $11,279 | $2,310 | -79.5% |
| Jimmy Henry | $10,706 | $2,144 | -80% |
| Ann Steffen | $2,146 | $2,035 | -5.2% |
| William H. May | $11,207 | $1,965 | -82.5% |
| David Charles Haston | $6,589 | $1,905 | -71.1% |
| Chad A. Ballinger | $14,579 | $1,888 | -87% |
| Jeffery Underwood | $10,839 | $1,796 | -83.4% |
| James E. Mottern | $7,709 | $1,698 | -78% |
| John E. Orr | $8,008 | $1,690 | -78.9% |
| Angela Masini-Soler | $0 | $1,656 | -- |
| Harold W. Woods | $6,369 | $1,585 | -75.1% |
| T. A. Chandler | $7,567 | $1,581 | -79.1% |
| Jerry L. Troutman | $10,851 | $1,558 | -85.6% |
| David B. Morgan | $5,889 | $1,536 | -73.9% |
| James V. Cline III | $5,776 | $1,529 | -73.5% |
| Angela G. Hunter | $8,393 | $1,521 | -81.9% |
| John T. Ballinger | $7,656 | $1,440 | -81.2% |
| Richard M. Pfeiffer | $4,268 | $1,360 | -68.1% |
| Floyd Mooney | $6,028 | $1,328 | -78% |
| Jeana Norris | $5,341 | $1,320 | -75.3% |
| Keith S. Huskey | $2,475 | $1,286 | -48% |
| Dennis L. Bartlett | $5,522 | $1,248 | -77.4% |
| Old Fashioned, LLC | $957 | $1,223 | 27.8% |
| Charles C. Shannon | $4,631 | $1,216 | -73.7% |
| Bobby W. Whitaker | $8,098 | $1,188 | -85.3% |
| Jerry L. Loveday | $11,315 | $1,162 | -89.7% |
| Walter Hoffner | $4,816 | $1,145 | -76.2% |
| Raymond F. Carter | $5,002 | $1,112 | -77.8% |
| Donald McGhee | $4,334 | $1,090 | -74.9% |
| Harold A. Smelcer | $3,663 | $1,086 | -70.4% |
| Jeff Denton | $7,618 | $1,072 | -85.9% |
| Kenneth Suttles | $4,067 | $1,053 | -74.1% |
| James S. McClane | $5,305 | $1,047 | -80.3% |
| Rodney W. King | $11,013 | $1,047 | -90.5% |
| Walt R. Stinson | $4,224 | $1,046 | -75.2% |
| Jim W. Reed | $23,542 | $1,029 | -95.6% |
| James Mcclure Allen | $4,202 | $1,020 | -75.7% |
| Rebecca Williams Estate | $0 | $1,016 | -- |
| Jennifer A. Russomanno | $11,876 | $1,008 | -91.5% |
| Harvey F. Young Jr. | $6,730 | $1,004 | -85.1% |
| Carroll Wayne Love | $5,592 | $985 | -82.4% |
| Tony J. Koesters | $969 | $969 | 0% |
| Joe A. Horton | $3,916 | $959 | -75.5% |
| Rebecca Williams | $1,973 | $957 | -51.5% |
| Christopher Wallen | $4,175 | $953 | -77.2% |
| Jesse Frazier | $17,769 | $931 | -94.8% |
| William M. Fox | $6,431 | $924 | -85.6% |
| Scott L. Noe | $4,818 | $922 | -80.9% |
| Daniel Lee Stafford | $4,746 | $880 | -81.5% |
| Kenneth James Moore | $6,772 | $878 | -87% |
| Tim Wright | $6,100 | $866 | -85.8% |
| Timothy James Satterfield | $4,900 | $845 | -82.8% |
| Everett Denver Ailey | $2,934 | $842 | -71.3% |
| Fred W. Elder Jr. | $4,682 | $838 | -82.1% |
| Phillip L. Roach | $7,785 | $828 | -89.4% |
| Alex Hodge | $1,947 | $803 | -58.8% |
| Joseph W. Cain | $4,527 | $800 | -82.3% |
| Larry Wade Hurst | $6,182 | $792 | -87.2% |
| Porter M. Cameron | $3,168 | $786 | -75.2% |
| Walter T. Bacon | $4,385 | $784 | -82.1% |
| Susan P. Mottern | $1,484 | $773 | -47.9% |
| James R. Daniel | $4,531 | $769 | -83% |
| Brian C. Watkins | $3,300 | $764 | -76.8% |
| Kevin Huffaker | $3,432 | $760 | -77.9% |
| Hickory Lake Farm | $20,146 | $755 | -96.3% |
| Wesley Wright | $3,267 | $747 | -77.1% |
| David R. Denton | $4,915 | $746 | -84.8% |
| Perry Dean Phillips | $1,188 | $745 | -37.3% |
| Wanda Sue Courtney | $3,400 | $740 | -78.2% |
| James Hoffner | $4,196 | $737 | -82.4% |
| Christopher Lee Chambers | $4,023 | $728 | -81.9% |
| Pauline H Allen-Holbert | $4,833 | $726 | -85% |
| Mayford Jett | $2,706 | $725 | -73.2% |
| Curtis B. Woods | $2,794 | $720 | -74.2% |
| Kenneth Brian Dudash | $6,003 | $719 | -88% |
| Alfred Seals Jr. | $3,702 | $716 | -80.7% |
| Kenneth D. Wicker | $3,627 | $716 | -80.3% |
| Chris Denton | $4,481 | $709 | -84.2% |
| Jason A. Bryant | $10,767 | $698 | -93.5% |
| David Hayes | $4,082 | $698 | -82.9% |
| Keith Williams | $3,674 | $695 | -81.1% |
| Charles Ellis Rhoton | $4,487 | $692 | -84.6% |
| Paul F. Anderson | $3,049 | $681 | -77.7% |
| Deloris J. Shannon | $7,294 | $676 | -90.7% |
| Craig W. Briggs | $3,201 | $672 | -79% |
| James E. Cline | $4,076 | $670 | -83.6% |
| Eric Shaffer | $1,078 | $657 | -39.1% |
| David E. Debord | $2,766 | $622 | -77.5% |
| Walter A. Callaway | $3,998 | $622 | -84.4% |
| Jack C. Hasty | $2,893 | $619 | -78.6% |
| Everett Gene Lynch III | $1,947 | $604 | -69% |
| Eric Roberts | $2,671 | $603 | -77.4% |
| John Earl Smelcer | $1,826 | $594 | -67.5% |
| Christopher R. Gann | $1,804 | $590 | -67.3% |
| Harold B. Calfee | $1,914 | $586 | -69.4% |
| Robert B. Coley | $2,583 | $586 | -77.3% |
| David L. Rimmer | $4,673 | $585 | -87.5% |
| Melissa Fox | $2,970 | $582 | -80.4% |
| Ruby Smith | $1,925 | $578 | -70% |
| Rick Watson | $3,947 | $574 | -85.5% |
| Mark Pettit | $2,750 | $555 | -79.8% |
| Bobby H. Love | $7,735 | $542 | -93% |
| Truman Courtney | $1,716 | $534 | -68.9% |
| George W. Walker III | $2,343 | $523 | -77.7% |
| Mike Maples | $3,572 | $520 | -85.4% |
| Andrew J. Glenn | $3,049 | $516 | -83.1% |
| Wayne M. Watkins | $3,166 | $516 | -83.7% |
| Adam Martin Hopkins | $3,873 | $515 | -86.7% |
| Roger Denton | $2,934 | $508 | -82.7% |
| Gerald V. Harrell | $3,565 | $502 | -85.9% |
| Lynn Sutton | $1,870 | $495 | -73.5% |
| Chad H. Williams | $2,690 | $477 | -82.3% |
| Joshua A. Longmire | $3,422 | $476 | -86.1% |
| Ed Stiner | $2,541 | $473 | -81.4% |
| Henrietta Carmichael | $0 | $466 | -- |
| Harold Moore | $2,652 | $466 | -82.4% |
| Vila Mcbee Holiway | $1,589 | $449 | -71.7% |
| Claude Wayne Williams | $1,958 | $436 | -77.7% |
| Mark Denton | $3,131 | $411 | -86.9% |
| Carolyn J. McFalls | $2,130 | $408 | -80.8% |
| Elizabeth Owens | $1,617 | $408 | -74.8% |
| Jack Messamore | $1,808 | $394 | -78.2% |
| David C. Sellers | $1,390 | $387 | -72.2% |
| Gary L. Howard | $1,342 | $384 | -71.4% |
| Christopher M. Hinchey | $1,868 | $376 | -79.9% |
| Darrell M. Devault | $1,254 | $364 | -71% |
| Alyce Ann Cate | $1,760 | $364 | -79.3% |
| Eric Etherton | $1,584 | $360 | -77.3% |
| James A. McKenzie | $2,288 | $360 | -84.3% |
| John B. Woods | $1,496 | $359 | -76% |
| Gregory Stephen Holbert | $3,881 | $357 | -90.8% |
| George Carmichael | $1,980 | $355 | -82.1% |
| Nancy R. Johnson | $771 | $351 | -54.5% |
| Mark Allen Sartain | $1,595 | $349 | -78.1% |
| Ira C. Davis | $2,332 | $342 | -85.3% |
| John W. Meadows | $1,265 | $329 | -74% |
| Tony Hickle | $859 | $329 | -61.7% |
| Larry Nicely | $1,155 | $327 | -71.7% |
| Willis McClain | $2,337 | $322 | -86.2% |
| Timothy Craig Cureton | $3,291 | $321 | -90.2% |
| William L. Sisk | $1,744 | $318 | -81.8% |
| Michael G Adams Trust | $132 | $311 | 135.6% |
| William O. Swann | $11,882 | $308 | -97.4% |
| James C. Claytor | $1,485 | $308 | -79.3% |
| Justin M. Anderson | $2,230 | $301 | -86.5% |
| Jerry Ellison | $924 | $300 | -67.5% |
| Ronald Jones | $2,283 | $284 | -87.6% |
| Everette C. Layman | $1,177 | $281 | -76.1% |
| Ryan Watson | $1,884 | $276 | -85.4% |
| Shane Lawson | $2,533 | $276 | -89.1% |
| Mary Lou Saye | $491 | $275 | -44% |
| Randy L. Sitton | $440 | $275 | -37.5% |
| Donald R. Lane | $2,322 | $273 | -88.2% |
| Salvador Flores | $4,096 | $273 | -93.3% |
| Susan Griggs | $1,298 | $270 | -79.2% |
| Alvin Large | $1,265 | $259 | -79.5% |
| Curtis Wilson | $1,559 | $256 | -83.6% |
| James Ballinger | $1,502 | $256 | -83% |
| John J. McGraw | $913 | $256 | -72% |
| Sue Henry | $0 | $252 | -- |
| Kai Michael Ravnborg | $502 | $249 | -50.4% |
| Phillip J. Elmore | $1,431 | $246 | -82.8% |
| Bobby E. Carr | $1,122 | $236 | -79% |
| David Henderson | $1,056 | $232 | -78% |
| Raymond Raper | $1,159 | $225 | -80.6% |
| Barry G. Fain | $781 | $224 | -71.3% |
| Thomas Jason Bales | $0 | $207 | -- |
| Mark E. Merrell | $913 | $204 | -77.7% |
| George E. Walker Jr. | $946 | $201 | -78.8% |
| Michael F. Watson | $1,993 | $176 | -91.2% |
| Matthew Courtney | $1,370 | $167 | -87.8% |
| Albert J. Seale | $528 | $153 | -71% |
| Dennis Lockhart | $1,208 | $145 | -88% |
| Shawn R. Wilmoth | $714 | $135 | -81.1% |
| Susan Porter | $456 | $110 | -75.9% |
| Darrell D. Kerr | $506 | $90 | -82.2% |
| Jack L. Brimer | $935 | $83 | -91.1% |
| Edwin M. Kyte | $363 | $83 | -77.1% |
| James L. Templin | $99 | $52 | -47.5% |
| Samuel Colley | $264 | $52 | -80.3% |
| Frank Lowery | $264 | $52 | -80.3% |
| Charles Gary Briggs | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $13,934 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred W. Fain | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Hubert C. Henry | $1,253 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin E. Carmichael | $5,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Thompson | $1,362 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard L. Butterworth | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Arthur E Fritschle Estate | $3,163 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel A. Seale | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Knight | $2,407 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy B Fritschle Trust | $1,994 | $0 | -100% |
| Sue Harper | $548 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary W. Rogers | $8,407 | $0 | -100% |
| James Brent Collins | $886 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Bales | $1,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Fitzpatrick | $516 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,864,592 | $830,931 | -55.4% |
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