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In 2021, 219 farmers in cities within Lincoln County received a total of $7.3 million in 445 farm subsidies, a 50.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $14.6 million in 673 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 Lincoln County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter Produce | $4,308,963 | $2,008,927 | -53.4% |
| Carpenter Produce Farms, Inc. | $525,261 | $345,642 | -34.2% |
| G & P Farm Partnership | $396,979 | $260,314 | -34.4% |
| Jack B Jackson & Sons PTRSP | $414,922 | $246,228 | -40.7% |
| Kenny Price Farming Company | $467,493 | $231,175 | -50.6% |
| Rambin Family Farms | $393,842 | $229,852 | -41.6% |
| Randy Hardin Farms, Inc. | $205,952 | $186,998 | -9.2% |
| Brick Farms, Inc. | $373,254 | $163,924 | -56.1% |
| G & L Gasaway Farms | $454,775 | $143,318 | -68.5% |
| Grady Farming Company | $302,993 | $141,971 | -53.1% |
| McGraw Farms | $234,680 | $137,835 | -41.3% |
| Eifling Farms | $301,367 | $135,201 | -55.1% |
| D E & K Farms PTRSP | $247,633 | $134,712 | -45.6% |
| R & R Farms | $380,403 | $129,279 | -66% |
| RJR Farms | $255,531 | $126,990 | -50.3% |
| Jesse Rice | $220,186 | $104,540 | -52.5% |
| M and M Farms | $276,433 | $101,948 | -63.1% |
| Marje Farms Partnership | $173,847 | $97,520 | -43.9% |
| Chase Gasaway | $228,146 | $82,820 | -63.7% |
| Clay Culpepper Farm | $189,948 | $81,078 | -57.3% |
| Shelby Farms, LLC | $238,422 | $79,143 | -66.8% |
| JSB Farms Partnership | $135,195 | $78,560 | -41.9% |
| Thomas Farms, LLC | $66,439 | $70,782 | 6.5% |
| J & K Farms | $116,224 | $68,553 | -41% |
| B & N Farms | $169,578 | $68,319 | -59.7% |
| Ike Gilley Farms Partnership | $97,523 | $67,498 | -30.8% |
| Sage Gasaway | $139,292 | $62,973 | -54.8% |
| Choctaw Farms, LLC | $219,920 | $59,108 | -73.1% |
| Timothy Abel Baugh | $2,114 | $57,836 | 2,635.9% |
| Ben Karr Farming Company | $175,294 | $54,866 | -68.7% |
| Hannah Farms, LLC | $189,639 | $54,508 | -71.3% |
| Mill Creek Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Newton Family, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| CDC, Inc. | $86,418 | $51,453 | -40.5% |
| Keeter Farms, Inc. | $92,310 | $49,765 | -46.1% |
| Todd H. Dutton | $0 | $46,910 | -- |
| Dutton Farms, Inc. | $3,509 | $44,369 | 1,164.4% |
| Jura Farms, Inc. | $90,814 | $44,208 | -51.3% |
| Steven R Scott | $0 | $41,211 | -- |
| J & J Baugh Farms | $97,646 | $40,528 | -58.5% |
| Reaves&barajas Farms | $55,633 | $39,606 | -28.8% |
| CGL Gasaway Family, LLLP | $37,718 | $39,175 | 3.9% |
| James R. Bolen | $0 | $38,756 | -- |
| White Acres Farm, LLC | $105,268 | $38,496 | -63.4% |
| H R Wood and Son, Inc. | $70,509 | $37,151 | -47.3% |
| Jamrel Farms, LLC | $86,034 | $36,780 | -57.2% |
| Jil Farms, LLC | $78,537 | $34,614 | -55.9% |
| Robertson Family Farms, LLC | $56,642 | $33,194 | -41.4% |
| Stanley Bender | $0 | $27,401 | -- |
| Sanders Creek Poultry Farm, Inc. | $0 | $26,155 | -- |
| Robertson Bros Farms, Inc. | $60,300 | $25,711 | -57.4% |
| Robert Dreher Family, LLC | $30,465 | $24,766 | -18.7% |
| Randy P. Harrison | $15,857 | $23,700 | 49.5% |
| Bryan Alden Myers | $1,595 | $20,469 | 1,183.3% |
| Lakeside Plantation, Inc. | $38,360 | $19,502 | -49.2% |
| ANW Crop Producers, LLC | $10,270 | $19,409 | 89% |
| Joshua Ryan Dutton | $10,687 | $16,956 | 58.7% |
| Brenda Trussell Brown | $9,614 | $16,487 | 71.5% |
| C & M Farms PTRP | $51,839 | $16,137 | -68.9% |
| Billy B. French | $43,428 | $14,889 | -65.7% |
| Jagrace Farm, LLC | $28,223 | $14,431 | -48.9% |
| Lois Ann Holthoff | $27,537 | $13,945 | -49.4% |
| Sergio Mendoza | $0 | $13,354 | -- |
| M H Bitely PTRSP | $37,332 | $13,347 | -64.2% |
| Jimmy Baugh | $45,889 | $13,166 | -71.3% |
| Triple T Farms of Grady, LLC | $6,219 | $12,208 | 96.3% |
| T Double G Ranch & Farm, LLC | $64,266 | $12,147 | -81.1% |
| Kenway Farms, Inc. | $8,506 | $12,105 | 42.3% |
| 5 R, Inc. | $28,824 | $12,082 | -58.1% |
| Howard Hunter | $0 | $11,406 | -- |
| Luis Alejandro Dominguez | $0 | $11,314 | -- |
| Brenda Trussell Mcgathy | $0 | $11,297 | -- |
| Ronnie Hayes | $10,534 | $10,534 | 0% |
| Al J. Nuckols | $3,060 | $10,144 | 231.5% |
| Leslie Alder Jr. | $25,652 | $10,141 | -60.5% |
| Helen S. Cogbill | $9,713 | $9,239 | -4.9% |
| Ernest Bradshaw Jr. | $12,743 | $9,063 | -28.9% |
| B & D Mctigrit Farms, LLC | $20,231 | $8,643 | -57.3% |
| Herbert Phillips Family, LLC | $2,301 | $8,114 | 252.6% |
| Russell Farms, LLC | $10,515 | $7,500 | -28.7% |
| Harold Grigsby Farm, Inc. | $8,646 | $7,174 | -17% |
| Nina J Bradshaw Family Trust | $13,710 | $7,057 | -48.5% |
| Cajun Farms, Inc. | $0 | $6,562 | -- |
| Howard L. Bottoms | $10,830 | $6,165 | -43.1% |
| Billie Lynn Isaacs | $13,989 | $5,835 | -58.3% |
| David Rochell | $13,476 | $5,595 | -58.5% |
| St. Michael Farms I, LLC | $125,000 | $5,467 | -95.6% |
| Raley Land Company, LLC | $9,296 | $5,261 | -43.4% |
| Phillips Farm | $20,240 | $4,692 | -76.8% |
| Martha Thomas | $1,535 | $4,603 | 199.9% |
| G Lake Guide Service, LLC | $4,573 | $4,573 | 0% |
| Buddy Lynn Earnest | $1,331 | $4,406 | 231% |
| Billy Charles McGriff | $3,269 | $4,305 | 31.7% |
| Tracy D. Patrick | $19,328 | $4,289 | -77.8% |
| Paul B. Dreher | $11,334 | $4,209 | -62.9% |
| James H. Dreher | $11,320 | $4,203 | -62.9% |
| Clint Gasaway | $7,005 | $4,073 | -41.9% |
| A. J. Hood | $9,705 | $4,024 | -58.5% |
| Keahey Family PTRSP, Ltd. | $17,077 | $3,910 | -77.1% |
| Clyde A. Collins | $2,403 | $3,874 | 61.2% |
| Connie Carman | $5,104 | $3,820 | -25.2% |
| Angelia B. Mitchell | $9,730 | $3,813 | -60.8% |
| David G. Austin | $5,431 | $3,625 | -33.3% |
| Paul W. Moore | $2,850 | $3,493 | 22.6% |
| Fara L. Bottoms | $0 | $3,416 | -- |
| Frizzell Farms, Inc. | $4,646 | $3,414 | -26.5% |
| Thomas Grant Tubbs | $12,903 | $3,350 | -74% |
| Rhonda Ratterree | $17,255 | $3,289 | -80.9% |
| Marian Sue West | $3,552 | $3,176 | -10.6% |
| Beard Properties, LLC | $0 | $3,172 | -- |
| Shannon M. Lewis | $3,054 | $3,054 | 0% |
| Steed Family Farms, LLC | $3,047 | $3,047 | 0% |
| Triple B | $6,412 | $3,030 | -52.7% |
| Brandon Robertson | $0 | $3,018 | -- |
| Jeremy Dean Thompson | $10,377 | $2,987 | -71.2% |
| Sidney Owen | $12,189 | $2,960 | -75.7% |
| William Ross Owen | $12,189 | $2,960 | -75.7% |
| Lyndell Bradley | $2,945 | $2,945 | 0% |
| Danny Henley | $15,362 | $2,899 | -81.1% |
| Franklin Lamar Reynolds | $2,884 | $2,884 | 0% |
| JTBS Farm, LLC | $2,716 | $2,716 | 0% |
| Weldon Wynn | $10,293 | $2,708 | -73.7% |
| Irene Taylor Henderson | $0 | $2,657 | -- |
| Michael Haynes | $2,638 | $2,638 | 0% |
| Ronald Morgan | $1,743 | $2,500 | 43.4% |
| Pat Phillips | $6,414 | $2,359 | -63.2% |
| Shepherd Farms | $6,055 | $2,340 | -61.4% |
| David T. Nix | $13,197 | $2,329 | -82.4% |
| Bruce Carman | $0 | $2,300 | -- |
| Joey Ratterree | $2,315 | $2,223 | -4% |
| John Carr | $11,440 | $2,194 | -80.8% |
| Rebecca Case | $4,719 | $2,136 | -54.7% |
| Randy Hardin | $2,020 | $2,020 | 0% |
| Wayne Boren | $3,544 | $1,970 | -44.4% |
| C. D. H. Farm, Inc. | $0 | $1,931 | -- |
| Robert Morrison III | $5,445 | $1,888 | -65.3% |
| RMH Trust | $4,039 | $1,824 | -54.8% |
| Louie Randall Parrish Jr-Parrish Family Rev Trust | $2,441 | $1,807 | -26% |
| Joseph Lynn Rodgers | $10,443 | $1,608 | -84.6% |
| Johnny Brad Henley | $14,517 | $1,580 | -89.1% |
| William Charles Rodgers Estate | $1,566 | $1,576 | 0.6% |
| Bruce Morgan | $2,137 | $1,457 | -31.8% |
| Richard Truett Owen | $5,599 | $1,432 | -74.4% |
| Mark Bennett Farms, LLC | $3,333 | $1,271 | -61.9% |
| James Bentley Matthews | $2,581 | $1,202 | -53.4% |
| Libbie Matthews | $2,581 | $1,202 | -53.4% |
| Tracy Scott | $1,378 | $1,200 | -12.9% |
| James F. Smith | $1,717 | $1,182 | -31.2% |
| Jon K. White | $2,050 | $1,136 | -44.6% |
| James Scott McMillan | $2,574 | $1,110 | -56.9% |
| McArthur Edmonds | $5,752 | $1,100 | -80.9% |
| Circle S Farms, Inc. | $4,917 | $1,095 | -77.7% |
| Cynthia Ephfrom | $1,071 | $1,071 | 0% |
| Steve Frizzell | $1,046 | $1,046 | 0% |
| Darrell A. Donaldson | $4,950 | $1,028 | -79.2% |
| John L. McGehee Jr. | $0 | $1,008 | -- |
| Wayne Jordan | $4,567 | $978 | -78.6% |
| Ashley Booker | $13,102 | $952 | -92.7% |
| Norman McPherson | $944 | $944 | 0% |
| Korey A. Henley | $6,024 | $935 | -84.5% |
| Carrie B. Johnson | $0 | $929 | -- |
| C. K. Fish Jr. | $3,751 | $906 | -75.8% |
| Olen Bates | $632 | $893 | 41.3% |
| Alan K. Minor | $0 | $888 | -- |
| Cody R. Graham | $2,607 | $830 | -68.2% |
| Burl Robertson | $1,254 | $820 | -34.6% |
| Michael J. Booker | $17,561 | $794 | -95.5% |
| Ruthie Mae Johnson | $1,431 | $753 | -47.4% |
| Jimmy E. Ballew | $2,849 | $668 | -76.6% |
| John G. Vereen | $1,194 | $662 | -44.6% |
| James Vereen | $1,195 | $661 | -44.7% |
| Billy Bates Revocable Trust | $1,034 | $640 | -38.1% |
| Larry King | $1,103 | $634 | -42.5% |
| James E. Owen | $3,252 | $602 | -81.5% |
| Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist C | $0 | $537 | -- |
| Tommy McGehee | $1,287 | $532 | -58.7% |
| William Harold Garrison | $1,931 | $518 | -73.2% |
| Slade Lavender | $0 | $516 | -- |
| Melvin Marquis Douglas | $3,073 | $500 | -83.7% |
| Marilynn G. Bradshaw | $1,257 | $485 | -61.4% |
| Gloria a Jones Lakeside Trust | $675 | $474 | -29.8% |
| Koletta E Hubbell Lakeside Trust | $675 | $474 | -29.8% |
| Morris Bitely Lakeside Trust | $675 | $474 | -29.8% |
| Stephen a Bitely Lakeside Trust | $675 | $474 | -29.8% |
| Jacky McGehee | $1,936 | $466 | -75.9% |
| Robert Floyd Farms, Inc. | $3,685 | $455 | -87.7% |
| Jason Bennett Farms, LLC | $1,221 | $454 | -62.8% |
| Charlotte Stone | $825 | $423 | -48.7% |
| Charles M. Wallace | $1,509 | $364 | -75.9% |
| Tonya Knoener | $364 | $364 | 0% |
| Beverly W. Crain | $1,188 | $362 | -69.5% |
| Marsha D. Boyce | $1,162 | $360 | -69% |
| Doug Brockman | $4,894 | $356 | -92.7% |
| Pamela Riegler | $698 | $349 | -50% |
| Billy R. McGehee | $5,655 | $312 | -94.5% |
| David K. Lawson | $561 | $312 | -44.4% |
| Joshua C. Rodgers | $1,606 | $298 | -81.4% |
| Donald Carr | $693 | $278 | -59.9% |
| Brandt Bottoms | $0 | $250 | -- |
| Sammy L. Minton | $1,144 | $249 | -78.2% |
| Lance Brooks | $318 | $239 | -24.8% |
| David Pointer | $1,235 | $211 | -82.9% |
| Jessie Don Owen | $297 | $211 | -29% |
| Jeanne Harrison | $524 | $180 | -65.6% |
| Ron Bradley | $401 | $157 | -60.8% |
| Boyd Keith Whiteside - Kc Farms | $2,128 | $153 | -92.8% |
| Clem Arnold | $303 | $144 | -52.5% |
| Yarberry Farms & Investments, LLC | $2,117 | $142 | -93.3% |
| Miles M. Goggans | $280 | $137 | -51.1% |
| Eva Gateley | $135 | $135 | 0% |
| Faithe N Montague | $115 | $115 | 0% |
| Sandra Kay Poe | $1,820 | $77 | -95.8% |
| Donna Fergusson | $842 | $77 | -90.9% |
| Morris E. Johnson | $108 | $75 | -30.6% |
| Essie Jean Foote | $0 | $72 | -- |
| Robert Lee Johnson | $109 | $71 | -34.9% |
| Scott McGee | $2,574 | $70 | -97.3% |
| Melvin Douglas | $0 | $65 | -- |
| Samantha Diane Minton | $352 | $59 | -83.2% |
| Betty Tillman | $2,132 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen June Phillips Estate | $32,231 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth L. Price | $170 | $0 | -100% |
| Leo - Bottoms Family Living Trust - Bottoms | $13,692 | $0 | -100% |
| Nuckols Farm Partnership | $72,608 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Everett | $95 | $0 | -100% |
| Camuriel C Carpenter | $155,941 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Mitchell | $192,930 | $0 | -100% |
| Teneda Thomas | $7,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Ava L. McGehee | $3,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Morgan | $626 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Brazil | $458 | $0 | -100% |
| Hope Robinson | $2,373 | $0 | -100% |
| J W Farms, Inc. | $1,904 | $0 | -100% |
| James H. Chambers | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Murray | $1,002 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean McGee | $298 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin A. Hawkins | $6,380 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Shepherd | $315 | $0 | -100% |
| Othnile Brockman | $1,422 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul W. Conner | $10,285 | $0 | -100% |
| PJD Macon Farm, LLC | $2,224 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert and Linda Floyd Revocable Trust | $1,696 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert H. Hankins | $69 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Thomas Newton | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $14,584,411 | $7,265,134 | -50.2% |
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