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In 2021, 122 farmers in cities within Bradley County received a total of $2.4 million in 140 farm subsidies, a 110.9% increase from 2020, when the total was $1.1 million in 187 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrod and Hensley Tomato, LLC | $102,839 | $130,054 | 26.5% |
| Balentine Farms, LLC | $0 | $104,446 | -- |
| Thomas W Morris SR | $0 | $84,038 | -- |
| Jason & Debbie Young Farm, LLC | $0 | $76,038 | -- |
| Kuntry Farms | $0 | $67,694 | -- |
| Boyco Poultry, LLC | $0 | $67,246 | -- |
| A a Land & Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Cl-3 Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Clanton Transport Randy Clanton JR Sole MBR, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| DCF Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Superior Timber Harvesting, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Cedar Hill Services, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| D Bigham Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| David Miller Trucking | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| David Nichols Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| F & V Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| L a Wood Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Obdon Gonzalez Contracting, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| R a Richardson Forestry, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Shaun Satterlee, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| W S Richardson Pulpwood Buyers, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Richard L. McDougald | $0 | $51,109 | -- |
| Hermitage Farms, Inc. | $104,932 | $49,077 | -53.2% |
| TRI V Logging, LLC | $0 | $48,235 | -- |
| Clanton Farms, LLC | $163,116 | $44,468 | -72.7% |
| Randy Clanton | $125,141 | $44,336 | -64.6% |
| Danny Lee Rainey | $0 | $43,710 | -- |
| TNT Timber Harvesting, LLC | $0 | $43,664 | -- |
| Jacob Clark Courtney | $6,707 | $42,348 | 531.4% |
| Hammock Farms, LLC | $0 | $39,554 | -- |
| Samuel N. Clanton | $92,736 | $38,748 | -58.2% |
| James Ray Young | $1,788 | $36,840 | 1,960.4% |
| 4-M Arkansas, LLC | $0 | $35,680 | -- |
| Randy Clanton JR | $50,105 | $35,389 | -29.4% |
| South Arkansas Farms, Inc. | $0 | $35,314 | -- |
| Carol Lee Murphy | $0 | $32,806 | -- |
| Amanda Marie Goodwin | $0 | $31,933 | -- |
| Green Hill Farm, Inc. | $170 | $29,404 | 17,196.5% |
| Jason Green Farms, Inc. | $0 | $29,278 | -- |
| Dane Mey | $0 | $27,588 | -- |
| Christi G. Spurlock | $0 | $26,060 | -- |
| Gary L. Grice | $55,438 | $25,217 | -54.5% |
| Spring Branch Farms, LLC | $0 | $22,574 | -- |
| Ponderosa Poultry, LLC | $0 | $22,142 | -- |
| J Davis Trucking, LLC | $0 | $21,805 | -- |
| Michael K. Lynch | $0 | $20,941 | -- |
| Robert L. Balentine | $4,113 | $17,918 | 335.6% |
| LDM Logging, LLC | $0 | $17,192 | -- |
| Jim Davis | $5,654 | $15,196 | 168.8% |
| Baggett Trucking | $0 | $15,161 | -- |
| Jerry L. Hollingsworth | $19,238 | $13,848 | -28% |
| Kenneth Ferrell | $46,541 | $13,144 | -71.8% |
| Brad Harrod Farms | $32,511 | $11,425 | -64.9% |
| Aaron Lathan Trucking, LLC | $0 | $10,469 | -- |
| Mike Young | $6,508 | $10,001 | 53.7% |
| Makenzi Hamilton | $17,500 | $9,998 | -42.9% |
| Josh Hays | $19,198 | $8,102 | -57.8% |
| Twin Peek Farms, Inc. | $0 | $6,629 | -- |
| Billy Baggett | $25,179 | $4,226 | -83.2% |
| Wendy Savage | $13,895 | $3,778 | -72.8% |
| Robert Owen Young | $6,490 | $2,828 | -56.4% |
| Charles Ferrell | $11,390 | $2,760 | -75.8% |
| Joe Don Greenwood | $13,561 | $2,629 | -80.6% |
| Buford B. Rainey | $7,348 | $2,432 | -66.9% |
| Hugh A. Beasley Jr. | $2,397 | $2,397 | 0% |
| Phillip R. Young | $6,611 | $2,234 | -66.2% |
| Jeff Cathey | $7,964 | $2,122 | -73.4% |
| Michael O. Harton | $7,546 | $2,104 | -72.1% |
| Dancing Rabbit Creek Farm and Ranch | $9,605 | $1,846 | -80.8% |
| Murry K. Hudson | $11,062 | $1,760 | -84.1% |
| William A. Anders | $5,533 | $1,656 | -70.1% |
| Linwood Dees | $2,970 | $1,552 | -47.7% |
| Troy E. Ferrell Jr. | $5,269 | $1,518 | -71.2% |
| Robert M. McDougald | $5,368 | $1,397 | -74% |
| Dewayne Henry | $8,250 | $1,362 | -83.5% |
| John George | $3,894 | $1,346 | -65.4% |
| Maxie Medders Jr. | $1,232 | $1,232 | 0% |
| Shane Baggett | $3,663 | $1,225 | -66.6% |
| William Samuel Young | $5,272 | $1,097 | -79.2% |
| Obdon Gonzalez | $4,655 | $1,087 | -76.6% |
| Justin Garett Gates | $5,469 | $1,052 | -80.8% |
| Diana Nichols | $6,545 | $1,035 | -84.2% |
| M & N Gonzalez Logging | $3,465 | $1,035 | -70.1% |
| Garry Reep | $2,187 | $983 | -55.1% |
| Jack G Gambill - Family Trust G Gambill | $2,969 | $949 | -68% |
| Mildred A. McGinnis | $1,911 | $939 | -50.9% |
| Moncrief Ranch, LLC | $9,482 | $932 | -90.2% |
| Deborah R. Pennington | $4,455 | $862 | -80.7% |
| Bryan Philip Young | $4,176 | $857 | -79.5% |
| John K. Murphy Jr. | $3,691 | $845 | -77.1% |
| Earnest E. Callum | $2,574 | $828 | -67.8% |
| David Simmons | $3,201 | $811 | -74.7% |
| Jonathan Wood | $13,882 | $811 | -94.2% |
| Tony Cathey | $3,091 | $811 | -73.8% |
| Mitchell Wayne Sinclair | $3,520 | $776 | -78% |
| Mark A. Pennington | $1,998 | $724 | -63.8% |
| Kevin Hoyle | $1,728 | $690 | -60.1% |
| Jimmie Dale Camp | $1,441 | $638 | -55.7% |
| Carolyn Temple | $1,056 | $552 | -47.7% |
| Rocky Lindsey | $3,077 | $524 | -83% |
| Patricia M. Hearnsberger | $2,418 | $518 | -78.6% |
| Ladonna Rainey | $2,758 | $431 | -84.4% |
| Susan A. Scott | $1,727 | $414 | -76% |
| Jamie Lynn Corker | $1,098 | $414 | -62.3% |
| Sammy F. Gibson | $1,302 | $414 | -68.2% |
| Brian D. Smith | $1,529 | $397 | -74% |
| Richard Craig Mann | $1,584 | $397 | -74.9% |
| Seth Jolley | $1,568 | $397 | -74.7% |
| John Patrick Hammons | $913 | $362 | -60.4% |
| Robert C. Sellers | $1,628 | $362 | -77.8% |
| Sonya Taylor | $2,046 | $318 | -84.5% |
| Doyle E. Gill | $1,111 | $293 | -73.6% |
| John E. Castleberry | $1,205 | $293 | -75.7% |
| Blake Young | $1,276 | $266 | -79.2% |
| Lathan C. Hairston | $814 | $224 | -72.5% |
| Rita Lasiter | $2,442 | $204 | -91.6% |
| R. P. Outlaw | $4,608 | $155 | -96.6% |
| James A. Pennington | $1,080 | $138 | -87.2% |
| SBF Cattle & Farm Services, LLC | $230 | $121 | -47.4% |
| Clark William Watkins | $0 | $77 | -- |
| Cole Alexander Pennington | $132 | $69 | -47.7% |
| Sawyer Alden Pennington | $132 | $69 | -47.7% |
| Lacey Aaron Hollingsworth | $3,670 | $0 | -100% |
| Little B. Smith | $232 | $0 | -100% |
| Rhonda Smith | $232 | $0 | -100% |
| Taylor Davis | $729 | $0 | -100% |
| Clint R. Castleberry | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Mack J. Tooke | $2,448 | $0 | -100% |
| Monty Adams | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Odell Wolfe | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Jason Young | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| W. A. Kimbrell | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,146,234 | $2,417,519 | 110.9% |
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