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Farm subsidies plummet in 2021 across cities in Polk County

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Farms throughout cities in Polk County received $799,928 less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 390 farmers in cities within Polk County received a total of $2.4 million in 490 farm subsidies, a 25.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.2 million in 831 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 Polk County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Erwin William Hoek III$11,187$141,4821,164.7%
Jennifer L. Broach$0$87,633--
Monte L. Hostetler$2,266$71,2963,046.3%
Brittney Dawn Matthews$957$64,6966,660.3%
Dolton Frachiseur$30,063$62,169106.8%
Sheila L. Wright$0$58,846--
Derrick A. Beck$0$58,546--
Jonathan Tidwell$0$58,167--
B & M Forestry$0$52,875--
Six Mile Express$0$52,875--
Richard Campbell Logging, Corp.$0$52,875--
Jared G. Strother$3,267$46,6191,327%
Daniel J. Hostetler$1,375$46,4333,276.9%
Mitchell Ray Tidwell$47,872$39,610-17.3%
Paul T. Hostetler$2,145$38,5311,696.3%
Greg Smith$1,782$38,2492,046.4%
Cody Hughes Trucking$0$37,710--
Jessica R. Debnar$3,179$36,2221,039.4%
Dominic Farm, LLC$0$32,919--
Rolling B Ranch, LLC$0$32,847--
Holly Springs Homestead, LLC$0$32,258--
Casey J. Morris$14,687$30,719109.2%
Anthony Frachiseur$13,773$29,768116.1%
Vernie Beaty$0$27,823--
Norma Lynn Vaughn$0$27,124--
Hunters Pondarocka Farms, Inc.$18,931$24,98632%
Karri Frachiseur$0$23,341--
Sandy Polk$0$21,753--
Rodney L. Sellers$0$21,470--
Tracy Youngblood$3,099$21,217584.6%
J & B Richardson Farms, Inc.$0$20,500--
Ruff Road Trucking, LLC$0$20,240--
Kenny H. Miller Sr.$15,337$19,82229.2%
Russell L. Beck$0$18,333--
Kirby O. Pierce$16,288$18,02610.7%
Tina A. Daugherty$0$18,014--
Dale W. Craig$74,217$17,867-75.9%
Scott Sullivan$97,191$17,357-82.1%
Tracy L. Standerfer$0$16,200--
Amanda N. Beck$49,764$15,833-68.2%
Barney Farms, LLC$0$15,178--
Lisa R. Campbell$65,604$13,926-78.8%
Regina Kayleen Miller$6,545$13,191101.5%
Kelvin Dale Higgins$0$12,940--
Jerry D. Watkins$18,865$12,936-31.4%
Brian R. Youngblood$59,158$12,668-78.6%
Donna M. Lyle$6,094$12,429104%
Leon Harold Myers$9,636$12,21126.7%
Bill mc Lain$49,016$11,828-75.9%
Alexander M. Jackson$51,946$11,432-78%
Mike Hendricks$41,701$11,380-72.7%
Betty Driver$495$11,0692,136.2%
Alan Titsworth$71,590$10,635-85.1%
Billy Vaught$73,502$10,420-85.8%
Bill Perry$34,793$10,386-70.1%
H & R Backyard Farm, LLC$0$10,242--
Clayton J. Newbolt$21,725$9,446-56.5%
Harvie C. Kesterson$63,791$9,003-85.9%
Timothy Scott$5,313$8,26455.5%
Bryan Riley$5,445$7,95846.2%
Paula Watkins$13,514$7,749-42.7%
Rick Strother$6,704$7,54812.6%
Danny Minton$4,730$7,52059%
Kelly Wayne McCarley$33,098$7,218-78.2%
Myrla Crawford$0$7,173--
Stanley Stinson$5,412$7,09431.1%
Joseph G. Brinkley$28,952$6,689-76.9%
Terry Plunkett$21,351$6,457-69.8%
Virgil T. McClanahan$3,036$6,450112.5%
Micheal A. Roberts$0$6,379--
Brent Gorden$36,487$6,204-83%
Larry mc Carley$2,464$6,130148.8%
Tracy Frachiseur$14,102$5,773-59.1%
Beverly Hansbrough$47,768$5,751-88%
James C. Watkins$27,453$5,578-79.7%
Mark R. Robbins$26,381$5,573-78.9%
William T. Youngblood$18,348$5,380-70.7%
Dotsy L. Webb$27,297$5,156-81.1%
JLK Farm$12,809$5,032-60.7%
Jessica McLain$39,517$4,899-87.6%
Donald W. Youngblood$24,531$4,836-80.3%
Hoyt B. Graves$19,525$4,728-75.8%
Ronnie Graves$21,813$4,650-78.7%
Wilma Jean Standerfer$17,732$4,648-73.8%
Johnny Huff$12,584$4,605-63.4%
Thomas E. Brough$0$4,602--
Hau T. Dopmul$0$4,344--
Howard A. Grisier$3,531$4,31822.3%
Rex Herring$15,661$4,310-72.5%
Keith Dean$5,031$4,306-14.4%
Donnie E. Jewell$8,954$4,305-51.9%
IMB Cattle Company, LLC$15,785$4,258-73%
Tonya Warrington$15,884$4,255-73.2%
Charlotte Wiles$17,229$4,219-75.5%
Basil Kesterson$22,299$4,159-81.3%
Brett A. Counts$26,757$4,035-84.9%
Sammy J. Cearley$21,472$4,030-81.2%
Jimmy Wilcher$17,431$3,755-78.5%
Otis Bissell$8,297$3,668-55.8%
Jeannie White$13,475$3,660-72.8%
Elizabeth Ann Richardson$0$3,634--
Steve Strother$13,970$3,612-74.1%
Chad S. Golden$37,645$3,611-90.4%
Raymond Falls$16,491$3,516-78.7%
James Lesley$8,315$3,476-58.2%
David Gilbert$13,291$3,373-74.6%
George Dwayne Watkins$2,079$3,31059.2%
Jammy J Cearley$0$3,300--
Heidi M. Dixon$22,742$3,244-85.7%
Ronald Alston$2,277$3,23542.1%
Raymond Wilcher$13,862$3,223-76.7%
Patsy Drager$16,775$3,148-81.2%
Ronell Oglesby$11,792$3,142-73.4%
Debra G. Rodgers$17,277$3,107-82%
Steve Dearing$18,015$3,094-82.8%
Jimmy A. Wise$3,291$3,042-7.6%
Jeremiah Dirk Oneal$0$3,010--
Timothy W. Clark$18,928$2,999-84.2%
Savannah Beck$13,090$2,985-77.2%
James E. Williams$12,630$2,958-76.6%
James R. McMellon$19,989$2,924-85.4%
Ronnie E. Todd$8,392$2,922-65.2%
Tommey Dean Callahan$2,310$2,92026.4%
Mark W. Callahan$2,360$2,80018.6%
Micheal Rostollan, SR$2,739$2,7640.9%
Kelsie V. Counts III$0$2,750--
Paul Tadlock$16,293$2,693-83.5%
Daniel D. Dinkins$16,104$2,683-83.3%
Kathy M. Baker$1,683$2,67058.6%
Robert Earl Phillips$12,956$2,662-79.5%
Jeanie Henry$15,796$2,630-83.4%
David Cumpton$13,869$2,628-81.1%
Lee Crawford$1,018$2,424138.1%
W. J. Newbolt Jr.$19,563$2,402-87.7%
Terry A. Martin$0$2,386--
Bill Duff$1,782$2,36632.8%
Cynthia J. Watkins$10,615$2,302-78.3%
Don Richardson$3,926$2,286-41.8%
Julie House$8,580$2,277-73.5%
Susan Efird$1,782$2,26226.9%
Kenneth Watkins$1,716$2,25331.3%
Richard Frachiseur$8,019$2,247-72%
Ellan Richardson$1,716$2,23630.3%
Terry Terrell$10,771$2,227-79.3%
Lucile R. Lance$2,508$2,216-11.6%
Judith G. Fairless$0$2,200--
Aubrey Sterner$0$2,200--
Karen D. Davis$2,358$2,195-6.9%
Mike Logan$10,843$2,183-79.9%
Tim Milham$1,452$2,16349%
Bobby Rose$3,009$2,125-29.4%
Jessie D. Oliver$10,329$2,003-80.6%
Christinia Parker$7,986$1,996-75%
Sylvester Viaclovsky$823$1,994142.3%
Ricky Dollar$11,332$1,987-82.5%
Dennis E. Philpot$10,585$1,980-81.3%
Richard Broach Jr.$9,275$1,959-78.9%
Bonnie G. Allis$6,307$1,938-69.3%
S R Shanlever$3,633$1,911-47.4%
Jimmie D. Crawford$7,062$1,866-73.6%
Lynette R. Peters$6,270$1,862-70.3%
James Gibbons$8,085$1,849-77.1%
Diane C. Parker$8,756$1,843-79%
Bobby R. Tedder$6,479$1,819-71.9%
Dewayne Scott$2,105$1,818-13.6%
Ronald Kelly$7,962$1,818-77.2%
Christopher Frachiseur$11,760$1,816-84.6%
Christopher A. Lance$15,842$1,804-88.6%
Bobby Jones$7,964$1,790-77.5%
Martin Knittig$2,439$1,788-26.7%
Roger Harris$1,254$1,78242.1%
Jerry L. Johnson$7,446$1,771-76.2%
Kimberly Howard$1,320$1,77134.2%
Robert L. Baker$1,650$1,7707.3%
Johnny R. Chambers$10,742$1,766-83.6%
Edd D. Myers Jr.$7,942$1,730-78.2%
Russell D. Oglesby$6,941$1,730-75.1%
Gerald Riffey$1,386$1,72524.5%
Tim D. Robbins$7,801$1,719-78%
Ivan R. Bates$10,808$1,716-84.1%
Steve Philpot$12,636$1,714-86.4%
Timothy Wood$3,730$1,702-54.4%
Kelly J. Miller$6,563$1,690-74.2%
William Ray Ferguson$1,452$1,68015.7%
Megan S. Hoyle$7,546$1,678-77.8%
Raunel Arce$1,662$1,6690.4%
Donald Cearley$7,216$1,652-77.1%
Jackie Ryan$1,916$1,644-14.2%
Tommy R. Cook$1,650$1,622-1.7%
Jerry Don Huff$8,631$1,620-81.2%
Bill Strother$7,944$1,616-79.7%
Teresa Miller$6,666$1,601-76%
Ronnie Falls$6,854$1,588-76.8%
Jeffrey L. Jones$2,623$1,580-39.8%
R. D. Frachiseur$7,172$1,579-78%
Andy Youngblood$5,095$1,570-69.2%
Ronald B. Maples$6,600$1,560-76.4%
Brent Morris$6,489$1,560-76%
Kristopher B. Clark$1,419$1,5479%
Barbara C. Rosson$8,213$1,545-81.2%
Standerfer Farms, LLC$0$1,528--
Frankie D. Lance$6,996$1,510-78.4%
Timothy E. Hamblin$5,764$1,509-73.8%
Stephen A. Barney$6,248$1,508-75.9%
Robert S. Blackwell$11,901$1,492-87.5%
Susan Bates$7,018$1,488-78.8%
Brad House$1,485$1,484-0.1%
Rick Ellison$759$1,47694.5%
Jerry Don Youngblood$9,118$1,476-83.8%
Bruce Wheeler$7,577$1,474-80.5%
Pat Holder$1,866$1,456-22%
Norma Sanders$7,958$1,419-82.2%
Steven R. Miner$5,819$1,408-75.8%
Karla Falls$8,180$1,402-82.9%
Helen Strother$5,651$1,376-75.7%
John T. Puckett$1,122$1,36821.9%
Willis Strickland$1,839$1,347-26.8%
Shane A. Bowen$660$1,344103.6%
James C. Abbott$6,380$1,334-79.1%
Violet Sue Hopper$5,841$1,331-77.2%
Jason Sullivan$4,829$1,320-72.7%
Seth D. Watkins$5,918$1,312-77.8%
Claude Roles$5,997$1,290-78.5%
Danny Johnson$8,176$1,290-84.2%
Jerry L. Foster$6,068$1,282-78.9%
Samantha M. Sellers$5,100$1,264-75.2%
Amanda Threlkeld$1,467$1,243-15.3%
Mary mc Daniel$5,269$1,232-76.6%
Tabitha Booher$1,168$1,2325.5%
Gayland Fisher$4,532$1,230-72.9%
Roger D. Daugherty$5,962$1,228-79.4%
William Parks$5,458$1,226-77.5%
John Roberts$4,114$1,215-70.5%
Billy Gene Barrett$8,342$1,210-85.5%
Glennis Roberts$6,325$1,195-81.1%
Ronny R. Johnson$5,049$1,180-76.6%
Bernie Lee Boyd$6,359$1,179-81.5%
Linda Price$4,246$1,173-72.4%
Brian House$990$1,14415.6%
Matthew L. Fisher$4,620$1,138-75.4%
Lavonda Jo Brown$8,949$1,126-87.4%
Karen Parnell$6,113$1,117-81.7%
John Sullivan$4,499$1,108-75.4%
Jeremy D. Cearley$5,495$1,101-80%
Jason Miles$4,065$1,097-73%
Sandra Kaye Heath$6,064$1,093-82%
Marcus Walston$4,510$1,091-75.8%
Kimberla P. Head$5,360$1,087-79.7%
Frances J. Bates$4,734$1,082-77.1%
Billie G. Sanders$5,494$1,082-80.3%
Dean Wiles$6,872$1,056-84.6%
Karlene Hooker$1,345$1,056-21.5%
Gary W. Warren$4,730$1,042-78%
Kevin J. Atchley$825$1,03525.5%
Billy J. Strother$6,360$1,022-83.9%
James Edward Lawrence$4,922$1,012-79.4%
Don Maxwell$5,115$1,007-80.3%
Carolyn Jewell$5,409$1,003-81.5%
Travis Ross$5,060$976-80.7%
Russell Lane$528$97484.5%
Farrell Dean Cole$16,012$962-94%
Kenneth Henry$594$95460.6%
5 Stone Ranch, LLC$3,707$951-74.3%
Bill Ray McCourtney II$699$95136.1%
Rhonda K. Weatherford$3,784$950-74.9%
Betty Youngblood$4,619$943-79.6%
Margaret S. Cunningham$694$94035.4%
Sheila A. Johnson$2,629$931-64.6%
Brandon Burford$3,025$927-69.4%
Aaron T. Bissell$5,581$927-83.4%
Dustin Rusert$5,422$926-82.9%
Chris Tedder$5,677$924-83.7%
Dolphus W. Hammer$5,067$919-81.9%
Joyce Lowrey$4,882$910-81.4%
Carl R. Oglesby$4,301$902-79%
Jody W. Miller$3,905$902-76.9%
Richard Yahn$6,212$892-85.6%
Jerry P. McGee$3,366$890-73.6%
Colby Philpot$5,152$886-82.8%
Lisa Nichols$1,200$882-26.5%
Randy L. Horton$1,518$878-42.2%
Billy J. Driver$759$87515.3%
Brittney P. Lee$4,473$863-80.7%
Ronny Floyd$4,917$863-82.4%
Jerry Rusert$4,228$862-79.6%
Terrie Harry$4,224$862-79.6%
John Richardson$4,008$858-78.6%
Jerry Hansbrough$12,517$850-93.2%
Jason R. Harris$4,752$829-82.6%
Jack Holland$4,026$818-79.7%
Laura M. Spence$4,124$810-80.4%
Richard H. Broach Sr.$4,327$807-81.3%
Judy L. Floyd$4,491$802-82.1%
James Dempsey$4,346$799-81.6%
Lynn Primm$2,904$788-72.9%
Robert Tomlinson$4,195$779-81.4%
Johnny Hilton$5,754$772-86.6%
Rodger Robbins$825$769-6.8%
Christopher W. Roberts$4,002$764-80.9%
Rex Dollar$4,354$762-82.5%
Tara L. Davis$5,243$761-85.5%
Sharon Miles$3,980$759-80.9%
Kelsey Moran$561$75133.9%
Quentin Roberts$3,465$744-78.5%
Jason Posey$4,426$737-83.3%
Ronnie J. Jewell$429$73370.9%
Bob Keeter$495$73047.5%
Mitch Titsworth$3,223$726-77.5%
Arvin Egger$2,926$715-75.6%
Ron Frost$2,794$695-75.1%
Jason D. Bailey$561$67219.8%
Roberta McMellon$4,379$664-84.8%
Larry Williams$2,223$662-70.2%
Leah Taylor$2,328$661-71.6%
Darla Barrett$3,335$660-80.2%
Johnny Doyal$0$660--
Joe D. Head$0$660--
Melissa Diane Philpot$3,048$660-78.3%
Andrew Isaac Griffin$825$658-20.2%
William B. Clark$3,900$654-83.2%
Mary L. Bagley$3,494$650-81.4%
Teresa Mitchell$2,376$647-72.8%
Ronney D. Fields$4,060$646-84.1%
Freddie Baker$1,645$642-61%
Donnie Loyd$3,618$640-82.3%
Tony Dale Oglesby$3,333$640-80.8%
Mark Henry Massongill$2,761$626-77.3%
Allan Lowrey$3,576$619-82.7%
Kim Dwiggins$738$616-16.5%
Rondal Thomas Mullen$3,315$616-81.4%
Tamara L. Fields$3,223$613-81%
Steve J. Bell$2,200$604-72.5%
Ryan D. Hopper$4,767$590-87.6%
Jason Neugent$2,035$588-71.1%
Chip Bentley$2,266$565-75.1%
Vickie Phillips$4,966$563-88.7%
Kenny H. Miller Jr.$4,063$554-86.4%
Terry Williamson$3,091$554-82.1%
Rodey Owen Strother$2,934$549-81.3%
Danny Genzel$4,005$536-86.6%
Jack W. Davis$2,409$522-78.3%
Steve G. Singleton$2,403$519-78.4%
Curtis L. Boyd$1,826$515-71.8%
Robert J. Manis$1,298$512-60.6%
Charles R. Bailey$2,123$498-76.5%
Mike White$3,324$488-85.3%
Claude F. Foster$2,156$484-77.6%
Deanna Ferguson$2,605$481-81.5%
Charles Williams$1,892$470-75.2%
Glenda J. Watkins$1,925$470-75.6%
Joseph K. Risley$2,211$460-79.2%
David McMellon$3,659$457-87.5%
Randy Sellers$2,023$446-78%
Sheila Frachiseur$567$443-21.9%
Kayla Denea Beck$1,342$439-67.3%
Ginger Lunsford$2,508$432-82.8%
Bissell Wayne Putman$1,617$427-73.6%
Lori Henry$2,250$419-81.4%
Shawn Carter$1,969$414-79%
Cassie N. Evans$0$411--
Richard L. Ashcraft$1,826$408-77.7%
Pam Ferguson$1,155$403-65.1%
Karen Squires$2,508$396-84.2%
R. D. Piper$1,939$387-80%
Charles Grogan$1,573$377-76%
Hershel P. Bell$2,300$368-84%
Theresa Lorraine Anderson$2,166$356-83.6%
Phillip Wayne Huff$2,729$353-87.1%
Elizabeth Super$1,430$345-75.9%
Colin White$1,639$342-79.1%
Jeffry Johnson$2,172$335-84.6%
Michael M. Speight$1,782$332-81.4%
Robert Todd$1,397$320-77.1%
Shanea Floyd$2,422$318-86.9%
Efrain Garcia$1,573$309-80.4%
Barry McCoy$1,551$308-80.1%
Lucas Alston$1,375$308-77.6%
Jamie Bailey$1,513$294-80.6%
Dwight Billings$1,634$273-83.3%
Shane Torix$1,397$246-82.4%
Orval Frachiseur$1,045$232-77.8%
Gary Singleton$1,677$232-86.2%
Cindy Egger$1,618$228-85.9%
Janie Bates$462$228-50.6%
Jay Gilchrist$1,496$222-85.2%
Teresa Miles$495$187-62.2%
Cynthia Singer$429$128-70.2%
James Hankins$539$118-78.1%
Amanda McMellon$447$83-81.4%
Jerrod K. Posey$516$21-95.9%
Chance Dearing$1,100$0-100%
Carlton Richardson$1,265$0-100%
Bryan Maye$2,322$0-100%
Billy R. Graves$660$0-100%
Bridger Kempf$15,188$0-100%
Cody Lamar$330$0-100%
Danny G. Powell$3,774$0-100%
Frank Kempf$2,640$0-100%
Gena K. Warrington$220$0-100%
Jeremy Hooper$6,620$0-100%
Jose Cruz Maldonado-Arrendondo$770$0-100%
Kellie J. Sterner$1,320$0-100%
Leon Page$10,503$0-100%
Mark Urbanovsky$3,575$0-100%
Mary Mos$1,650$0-100%
Nathan Howard$2,860$0-100%
Robert D. Hostetler$12,730$0-100%
Rodney Bowen$20,604$0-100%
Sherry K Balkenhol$4,587$0-100%
William D. White$1,540$0-100%
William D. Wimberly$1,045$0-100%
Brian S. Strother$990$0-100%
William O. Fortner$825$0-100%
Justin Loyd$220$0-100%
Neil W. Robertson$319$0-100%
Total subsidies$3,172,061$2,372,133-25.2%

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