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In 2021, 189 farmers in cities within Sullivan County received a total of $373,831 in 215 farm subsidies, a 77.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.7 million in 517 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 Sullivan County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| James S. Thomas | $58,873 | $58,439 | -0.7% |
| Robert Sidney Riley | $319,563 | $50,279 | -84.3% |
| Graybill Family Limited Partnership | $26,184 | $36,480 | 39.3% |
| Brian J. Plummer | $8,687 | $8,687 | 0% |
| Crumley Farms, Inc. | $40,880 | $8,280 | -79.7% |
| Jefferson M. Barr | $22,945 | $7,676 | -66.5% |
| Anne H. Neese | $25,261 | $7,031 | -72.2% |
| Charles Arnold II | $29,071 | $5,904 | -79.7% |
| David P. Easley | $0 | $5,098 | -- |
| Billy D. Kyte | $25,270 | $4,670 | -81.5% |
| Todd Beach | $37,688 | $4,586 | -87.8% |
| Timothy Brent Pippin | $32,241 | $4,478 | -86.1% |
| Jerry Baker | $31,644 | $4,437 | -86% |
| Virginia B Long Estate | $14,850 | $4,418 | -70.2% |
| Carl R. Miller | $13,245 | $4,396 | -66.8% |
| James K. Hopkins | $32,583 | $4,228 | -87% |
| Joseph Isaac Fleenor | $21,551 | $4,176 | -80.6% |
| Larry Bruce Baker | $12,131 | $3,336 | -72.5% |
| William Baird | $9,067 | $2,898 | -68% |
| Marianne Fischer | $6,216 | $2,781 | -55.3% |
| Juanita V. Jones | $3,520 | $2,718 | -22.8% |
| Jeff R. Rash | $12,487 | $2,594 | -79.2% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $2,582 | -- |
| Ronald D. Jarrett | $10,967 | $2,566 | -76.6% |
| Creighton H. Galloway | $12,056 | $2,506 | -79.2% |
| Nancy Anne Brown | $16,020 | $2,490 | -84.5% |
| James D. Hawk | $11,093 | $2,444 | -78% |
| Herbert G. Mills | $9,526 | $2,427 | -74.5% |
| Zella L Hunigan | $0 | $2,332 | -- |
| Vernon J. Roller | $9,306 | $2,280 | -75.5% |
| Grady Harr | $15,408 | $2,230 | -85.5% |
| Lonnie Lockner | $8,037 | $2,221 | -72.4% |
| John A. Scott | $9,082 | $2,083 | -77.1% |
| Joshua T. Cain | $9,405 | $2,039 | -78.3% |
| William J. Graham | $7,274 | $2,019 | -72.2% |
| Stephanie Jamie Lynn Ketron | $10,445 | $1,951 | -81.3% |
| Jack Jenkins | $13,297 | $1,868 | -86% |
| Eric Hicks | $8,310 | $1,851 | -77.7% |
| Fred W. Stickley | $2,971 | $1,804 | -39.3% |
| Samuel A. Morton Jr. | $2,937 | $1,736 | -40.9% |
| Jerry W. Booher | $7,599 | $1,719 | -77.4% |
| Ell J. Morrell | $5,819 | $1,683 | -71.1% |
| Shane E. Hilton | $9,992 | $1,678 | -83.2% |
| Wayne R. Rutherford | $8,899 | $1,644 | -81.5% |
| Michael H. Galloway | $3,340 | $1,618 | -51.6% |
| Marshall Hascue Winstead Estate | $0 | $1,608 | -- |
| Tom Cross Jr. | $8,565 | $1,576 | -81.6% |
| Russell Cross | $7,040 | $1,564 | -77.8% |
| Calvin W. Kyte | $7,332 | $1,550 | -78.9% |
| Roy Ernest Leonard | $6,622 | $1,540 | -76.7% |
| Derek W. Helvey | $6,747 | $1,480 | -78.1% |
| Danny R. Taylor | $8,087 | $1,463 | -81.9% |
| Steve A. Gorley | $8,207 | $1,389 | -83.1% |
| Kenneth D. Harr | $6,441 | $1,329 | -79.4% |
| Dustin Waterman | $6,494 | $1,263 | -80.6% |
| Steven Ray Clendenin | $6,640 | $1,262 | -81% |
| Hugh Fuller | $4,912 | $1,247 | -74.6% |
| Ryan Kelly | $0 | $1,241 | -- |
| Preston H. Taylor Jr. | $5,511 | $1,228 | -77.7% |
| Kenny Bouton | $4,345 | $1,198 | -72.4% |
| Brian Lucas | $5,223 | $1,179 | -77.4% |
| Shirley S. Powell | $2,353 | $1,156 | -50.9% |
| David E. Miller | $1,386 | $1,140 | -17.7% |
| Douglas E. Offield | $4,938 | $1,132 | -77.1% |
| Owen Michael Shelton | $5,179 | $1,127 | -78.2% |
| Matthew Landon Absher | $9,615 | $1,077 | -88.8% |
| Andrea Smithson | $6,281 | $1,072 | -82.9% |
| Gerald L. Smith | $6,925 | $1,049 | -84.9% |
| Rickey E. Jenkins | $3,080 | $1,015 | -67% |
| Craig R. Hicks | $5,015 | $1,014 | -79.8% |
| Joey L. Baker | $4,449 | $1,004 | -77.4% |
| Sarah N. Baker | $5,258 | $995 | -81.1% |
| Ronald D. Welch | $4,900 | $978 | -80% |
| William R. Paschall | $952 | $975 | 2.4% |
| Herschel P. Blessing | $7,680 | $951 | -87.6% |
| William George Yates | $4,763 | $901 | -81.1% |
| Proffitt Enterprises | $4,807 | $893 | -81.4% |
| Grat Hickman | $4,437 | $887 | -80% |
| Gale Robert Derrick Jr. | $5,513 | $882 | -84% |
| Kenneth Hampton | $859 | $859 | 0% |
| John McNutt | $4,824 | $856 | -82.3% |
| James W. Harr | $5,626 | $852 | -84.9% |
| Charles D. Phelps | $3,308 | $844 | -74.5% |
| Ronald Adam Hillman | $3,300 | $834 | -74.7% |
| Ann R. McDaniel | $3,854 | $827 | -78.5% |
| Gregg H. Marks | $5,229 | $824 | -84.2% |
| Benjamin Allen Ramsey | $3,025 | $793 | -73.8% |
| Thomas A. Cornett | $3,245 | $781 | -75.9% |
| Anthony Mark Conkin | $3,314 | $778 | -76.5% |
| Jeffrey Richards | $3,954 | $770 | -80.5% |
| Daniel W. Pickel | $4,694 | $769 | -83.6% |
| Christopher J. Murray | $6,655 | $764 | -88.5% |
| Floyd J. Wampler | $3,273 | $752 | -77% |
| Michael D. Carrier | $3,594 | $728 | -79.7% |
| George Odell | $4,263 | $720 | -83.1% |
| Mark Milhorn | $3,135 | $703 | -77.6% |
| Roger W. Morrison | $3,717 | $682 | -81.7% |
| Earl Jones | $2,640 | $668 | -74.7% |
| Dorothy D. Hawk | $3,025 | $660 | -78.2% |
| Mark Anthony Murray | $0 | $660 | -- |
| Michael Travis Jenkins | $0 | $660 | -- |
| Douglas Clayton Mullins II | $5,543 | $648 | -88.3% |
| Larry G. Denney | $1,580 | $644 | -59.2% |
| Ronald L. Ramsey | $3,487 | $640 | -81.6% |
| Eddie D. Murray | $3,113 | $634 | -79.6% |
| Robert D. Johnson | $1,969 | $632 | -67.9% |
| John D. Morton | $2,398 | $628 | -73.8% |
| Gregory Rock | $2,563 | $613 | -76.1% |
| John Raymond Cox | $6,330 | $596 | -90.6% |
| Charles L. Emmert | $3,191 | $576 | -81.9% |
| Catherine E. Mullins | $4,945 | $569 | -88.5% |
| Michael Hampton | $990 | $560 | -43.4% |
| Eugene G. Harr | $3,418 | $560 | -83.6% |
| Lynn Cross | $2,888 | $560 | -80.6% |
| William D. Wells Jr. | $2,035 | $559 | -72.5% |
| Johnny W. Booher | $2,544 | $546 | -78.5% |
| James Braxton Forrest Ramsey | $4,386 | $544 | -87.6% |
| Jim Bob Tatum | $2,409 | $522 | -78.3% |
| Thomas P. Estes | $2,133 | $522 | -75.5% |
| Timothy A. Elsea | $2,629 | $519 | -80.3% |
| Amy L. Vanwinkle | $2,846 | $518 | -81.8% |
| Larry S. Davis | $1,815 | $516 | -71.6% |
| Mark A. Guinn | $3,286 | $511 | -84.4% |
| Howard L. Oliver | $6,545 | $504 | -92.3% |
| Justin B. Ramsey | $2,584 | $502 | -80.6% |
| Holly Lynn Frye | $1,441 | $490 | -66% |
| Howard D. Harr | $2,966 | $484 | -83.7% |
| John Earl Rosenbalm | $3,926 | $480 | -87.8% |
| Walter Noah Wright | $2,332 | $476 | -79.6% |
| Roy Glenn Wood | $2,640 | $469 | -82.2% |
| Helen Harr Steadman | $1,969 | $456 | -76.8% |
| Charles A. Miller | $1,496 | $452 | -69.8% |
| Gaines L. Pullon | $3,099 | $442 | -85.7% |
| Clint Mosier | $1,308 | $417 | -68.1% |
| Jeffery K. Branson | $2,271 | $414 | -81.8% |
| Kenneth Roller | $3,053 | $401 | -86.9% |
| Stephen E. Houser | $3,419 | $394 | -88.5% |
| Joshua W. Barrett | $1,815 | $394 | -78.3% |
| David M. Brock II | $1,804 | $391 | -78.3% |
| Cindy Parker | $1,166 | $391 | -66.5% |
| John H. Ross | $2,504 | $388 | -84.5% |
| Luther Fuller | $2,056 | $376 | -81.7% |
| Marsha G. Wilson | $1,903 | $375 | -80.3% |
| Ray Ratheal | $4,252 | $370 | -91.3% |
| Roderick Louis Northern | $1,871 | $368 | -80.3% |
| Larry M. Shaver | $366 | $366 | 0% |
| Ricky W. Crowe | $1,612 | $361 | -77.6% |
| Joshua B. Cunningham | $1,562 | $352 | -77.5% |
| Ralph E. Newman | $1,408 | $346 | -75.4% |
| Jessee C. Barnes | $2,020 | $332 | -83.6% |
| James M. Houser | $3,322 | $332 | -90% |
| Ronald W. Smith | $2,387 | $322 | -86.5% |
| Mark Cross | $3,529 | $320 | -90.9% |
| Ryan Clayborne Milhorn | $1,578 | $317 | -79.9% |
| David A. Rutherford | $528 | $317 | -40% |
| James Kyte | $1,510 | $311 | -79.4% |
| Herbert J. Denton Jr. | $1,144 | $310 | -72.9% |
| David Bradshaw | $1,535 | $308 | -79.9% |
| Wesley Winegar | $1,900 | $301 | -84.2% |
| Jody Jamerson | $1,694 | $287 | -83.1% |
| Jessica Lopez | $23,824 | $278 | -98.8% |
| Jeffery R. Holt | $1,717 | $270 | -84.3% |
| Roy B. Fleenor | $9,566 | $266 | -97.2% |
| James E. Mahaffey Jr. | $1,125 | $256 | -77.2% |
| Wendy C. Vance | $1,254 | $249 | -80.1% |
| Dustin T. Salley | $168,963 | $246 | -99.9% |
| Jack R. Odell | $2,199 | $239 | -89.1% |
| Kenneth W. Harr | $1,277 | $220 | -82.8% |
| Ty Harden Bowers | $1,632 | $205 | -87.4% |
| Anne Laprade | $1,375 | $188 | -86.3% |
| David H. Cox | $818 | $170 | -79.2% |
| William E. Becker | $540 | $168 | -68.9% |
| Roger Amyx | $3,070 | $166 | -94.6% |
| Joe L. Brewer | $352 | $164 | -53.4% |
| Randal Whitaker | $1,043 | $162 | -84.5% |
| Kyle G. Myers | $671 | $156 | -76.8% |
| David R. Baker | $1,019 | $138 | -86.5% |
| Jonathan Scott Roberts | $2,281 | $118 | -94.8% |
| Perry G. Baines | $429 | $118 | -72.5% |
| David Witcher | $694 | $110 | -84.1% |
| Jeremy S. Roberts | $634 | $90 | -85.8% |
| James E. Barrett | $1,081 | $86 | -92% |
| Zanna L Blankenbeckler | $74 | $74 | 0% |
| Betty L. Williams | $0 | $68 | -- |
| Kevin Mottern | $275 | $66 | -76% |
| Laura L. Maxwell | $544 | $41 | -92.5% |
| Amy L. Mosier | $0 | $32 | -- |
| Sylvia Tester Mottern | $121 | $24 | -80.2% |
| Joseph M. Crum | $15 | $20 | 33.3% |
| Albert W. Graybill | $68 | $0 | -100% |
| David Doan | $1,519 | $0 | -100% |
| David L. Ball | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Dwight H Hunigan | $13,824 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $13,002 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry H. Williams | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| John D. McKee | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Lindamood | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Long Family Farm | $30 | $0 | -100% |
| Marie H. Eckart | $2,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Jay Fleenor | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Ashworth Dingus | $7 | $0 | -100% |
| TODD | $1,773 | $0 | -100% |
| William A. Brown | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Zane David Malone | $491 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen W. Stickley | $74 | $0 | -100% |
| Freeman M. Cox | $2,343 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard L. Baker Jr. | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Galloway | $3,462 | $0 | -100% |
| Beccue Family Trust | $243 | $0 | -100% |
| Bendale Farms, LLC | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Lee Trotter | $763 | $0 | -100% |
| John T. Rosenbalm | $439 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd Wilson II | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary L. Morton | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Edward Vance | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| William L. Jones | $9,234 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Blackburn | $27 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,667,285 | $373,831 | -77.6% |
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