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In 2021, 220 farmers in cities within Clark County received a total of $1.5 million in 260 farm subsidies, a 22.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2 million in 503 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 Clark County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maranatha Partners | $236,335 | $157,880 | -33.2% |
| Helms Dairy | $133,194 | $92,314 | -30.7% |
| Jerome Farms Partnership | $141,587 | $72,446 | -48.8% |
| Arvin Lindsey | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Clint Palmer Logging, LLC. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Dale Wright Trucking Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| David Wolfe | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Lindsey Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| 316 Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| KW Jester Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ci & E Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Donald Jerry Gates | $0 | $48,607 | -- |
| Huneycutt Farms, LLC | $112,826 | $46,848 | -58.5% |
| Larry M. Garner | $0 | $38,428 | -- |
| Mark W. Foshee | $7,403 | $34,672 | 368.4% |
| Kristy Laine Benight | $0 | $34,383 | -- |
| Ignacio Aguirre | $1,716 | $27,943 | 1,528.4% |
| Ashley Logging, Inc. | $0 | $27,205 | -- |
| Howard Cox | $92,482 | $25,720 | -72.2% |
| Cody Self | $7,150 | $25,547 | 257.3% |
| Brileys on the Cache, LLC | $36,285 | $24,110 | -33.6% |
| Ricky Collie Farms, LLC | $0 | $22,454 | -- |
| Chad Dillard Logging, LLC | $0 | $18,688 | -- |
| Pam Foshee | $0 | $18,260 | -- |
| JC Ranch, LLC | $24,180 | $18,116 | -25.1% |
| Ellington Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $14,751 | -- |
| Kim Ellington | $11,597 | $14,310 | 23.4% |
| Lucille Delma Sandifer | $27,636 | $14,112 | -48.9% |
| Ronnie Wilson | $0 | $12,222 | -- |
| MKJ Trucking, LLC | $0 | $11,824 | -- |
| Huneycutt Agri, LLC | $11,297 | $11,370 | 0.6% |
| Larry W. Nix | $0 | $10,517 | -- |
| Christopher Neil Collie | $0 | $10,177 | -- |
| Dewayne Harper | $19,832 | $8,753 | -55.9% |
| Jeffery Cowart | $0 | $8,602 | -- |
| Ricky W. Nutt | $29,198 | $8,044 | -72.5% |
| Roy Gene Britt | $35,804 | $7,189 | -79.9% |
| Kyle E. Cowart | $41,667 | $6,841 | -83.6% |
| Okolona Land and Cattle Company | $11,943 | $5,926 | -50.4% |
| Jane C. Bean | $24,602 | $5,774 | -76.5% |
| Gina Robbins | $20,759 | $5,349 | -74.2% |
| David A. Whisenhunt | $28,174 | $4,872 | -82.7% |
| Miles McKenzie | $22,092 | $4,618 | -79.1% |
| Ron E Tropf Revocable Trust | $18,389 | $4,608 | -74.9% |
| Mike Leamons | $14,278 | $4,413 | -69.1% |
| Jamie H. Ward | $20,895 | $4,354 | -79.2% |
| Wade P. Matlock | $11,382 | $4,119 | -63.8% |
| Duane Leamons | $23,438 | $3,831 | -83.7% |
| Linda Cantrell | $17,128 | $3,801 | -77.8% |
| Vickie K. Lynn | $15,235 | $3,644 | -76.1% |
| Brent D. Tucker | $12,628 | $3,592 | -71.6% |
| Matt Wingfield | $15,862 | $3,546 | -77.6% |
| Boswell Cattle Company, Inc. | $11,110 | $3,183 | -71.4% |
| Rebecca Baumgardner | $12,672 | $3,020 | -76.2% |
| Thomas Blake Barksdale Estate | $13,067 | $2,937 | -77.5% |
| Wesley J. Johns | $14,052 | $2,724 | -80.6% |
| Anita Malcom | $10,437 | $2,690 | -74.2% |
| Lois Ramsauer Callaway | $11,528 | $2,658 | -76.9% |
| 4D Farms Stock, Inc. | $12,423 | $2,628 | -78.8% |
| Benny M. Tucker | $3,128 | $2,535 | -19% |
| John Paul Dickerson | $14,897 | $2,407 | -83.8% |
| Steven Todd Huneycutt | $19,000 | $2,351 | -87.6% |
| Carl D. Golden | $11,803 | $2,344 | -80.1% |
| Katherine T. Langley | $3,482 | $2,294 | -34.1% |
| Charles E. McKin | $11,164 | $2,276 | -79.6% |
| Larry C. Thomason | $4,334 | $2,271 | -47.6% |
| Roy M. Ham | $11,585 | $2,253 | -80.6% |
| Lori Calley | $7,260 | $2,173 | -70.1% |
| Erin Greg Deaton | $8,577 | $2,152 | -74.9% |
| Mathew Tyler Schultz | $6,688 | $2,057 | -69.2% |
| Maddox Branch, LLC | $3,106 | $2,034 | -34.5% |
| Mandy Michelle Markham | $13,931 | $2,021 | -85.5% |
| Eddie G. McMaster | $10,700 | $2,014 | -81.2% |
| Wyndal Minton JR | $9,739 | $1,944 | -80% |
| Huey Vaughn | $8,778 | $1,908 | -78.3% |
| Doss Family Farm, Inc. | $9,755 | $1,896 | -80.6% |
| Bell Farms | $3,887 | $1,892 | -51.3% |
| Debbie Blanton | $7,172 | $1,876 | -73.8% |
| Buck Farms | $7,294 | $1,855 | -74.6% |
| Ernest Welch and Jean Welch Revocable Trust | $2,634 | $1,808 | -31.4% |
| Michael Scott Clark | $8,129 | $1,745 | -78.5% |
| Jeremy D. Leamons | $6,908 | $1,714 | -75.2% |
| Marsha C. Treat | $3,419 | $1,672 | -51.1% |
| Ronald Nash | $6,516 | $1,595 | -75.5% |
| Arnold E. Banks Jr. | $6,883 | $1,570 | -77.2% |
| Chen's Farms, LLC | $15,802 | $1,556 | -90.2% |
| Brian C. Kirksey | $6,622 | $1,493 | -77.5% |
| David L. Smithpeters | $8,271 | $1,474 | -82.2% |
| Mollie McMillan | $8,786 | $1,470 | -83.3% |
| Katrina Garner | $9,211 | $1,468 | -84.1% |
| Gerald Harkrider | $6,848 | $1,465 | -78.6% |
| Vernie D. Langley Jr. | $2,037 | $1,431 | -29.7% |
| Jackie Garrett | $2,129 | $1,420 | -33.3% |
| Connie Manning Jr. | $308 | $1,416 | 359.7% |
| Dustin Stockton | $5,875 | $1,408 | -76% |
| Curtis E. Breashears | $5,582 | $1,353 | -75.8% |
| Paul J. Jones | $5,445 | $1,338 | -75.4% |
| I-30 Ranch, LLC | $6,296 | $1,317 | -79.1% |
| Kirk McDowell | $5,203 | $1,215 | -76.6% |
| Tonia McMillan | $4,939 | $1,213 | -75.4% |
| Evelyn H. Good | $3,009 | $1,195 | -60.3% |
| Merlin McPeak | $3,003 | $1,189 | -60.4% |
| John H. Fowler | $8,962 | $1,176 | -86.9% |
| John Dwight Smithpeters | $6,215 | $1,167 | -81.2% |
| Dakota Wayne Shirley | $3,260 | $1,153 | -64.6% |
| Diane Burson | $5,181 | $1,148 | -77.8% |
| Charlotte McArty | $5,962 | $1,142 | -80.8% |
| Joe B. Bridges | $5,006 | $1,141 | -77.2% |
| John D. Cloud | $973 | $1,122 | 15.3% |
| Tammy R Wedsted | $5,093 | $1,108 | -78.2% |
| Lucas Joshua Leamons | $3,366 | $1,098 | -67.4% |
| John H. Fowler III | $7,425 | $1,072 | -85.6% |
| James Patrick Wright | $591 | $1,060 | 79.4% |
| Linda Kueny Evans Rev Trust | $2,396 | $1,038 | -56.7% |
| Wyonia Golden | $4,081 | $1,000 | -75.5% |
| Christopher Glen Arnold | $4,257 | $992 | -76.7% |
| Kelly R. McElhanon | $2,414 | $991 | -58.9% |
| Rachel Lynn Bearden | $9,594 | $982 | -89.8% |
| John Michael Bearden | $9,539 | $972 | -89.8% |
| Terrell Timber, Inc. | $3,817 | $944 | -75.3% |
| Ola C. Vandiver | $2,422 | $931 | -61.6% |
| Jacqueline Hill | $4,117 | $918 | -77.7% |
| Lisa Long | $4,349 | $917 | -78.9% |
| Melva Cooper | $6,259 | $898 | -85.7% |
| Sherry Kizziar | $4,201 | $887 | -78.9% |
| Mike Funderburk | $4,301 | $883 | -79.5% |
| Gordon J. Hale | $4,046 | $880 | -78.3% |
| Dianna K. Stewart | $6,951 | $879 | -87.4% |
| Toni Davis | $3,102 | $877 | -71.7% |
| Lance Womack | $4,087 | $871 | -78.7% |
| Arnold E. Banks Sr. | $3,553 | $856 | -75.9% |
| Barry A. Jones | $6,970 | $847 | -87.8% |
| Charles M. Golden | $3,025 | $820 | -72.9% |
| Hollis M. Thaxton | $3,762 | $813 | -78.4% |
| Shepherd Family Trust | $787 | $787 | 0% |
| Dwight Reid | $3,553 | $776 | -78.2% |
| Kevin Golden | $3,898 | $772 | -80.2% |
| Mike Klein | $4,748 | $760 | -84% |
| William L. Pye | $4,720 | $760 | -83.9% |
| Eddie Arnold | $751 | $751 | 0% |
| Pamela Jean Runyan | $2,970 | $745 | -74.9% |
| Donnie J. Rankin | $2,662 | $737 | -72.3% |
| Clinton Scott Crockett | $2,123 | $736 | -65.3% |
| Floyd Crockett | $1,903 | $736 | -61.3% |
| Mary Faulkner | $3,565 | $714 | -80% |
| Wayne D. McGinnis | $2,680 | $701 | -73.8% |
| James H. Garrett | $2,398 | $685 | -71.4% |
| John W. Hornsby | $3,914 | $674 | -82.8% |
| Shirley Hurst | $2,926 | $670 | -77.1% |
| James L. Dickerson Jr. | $3,670 | $664 | -81.9% |
| Nathan C. Jones | $0 | $660 | -- |
| James E. Cox III | $2,654 | $656 | -75.3% |
| Jimmie Pollins | $2,486 | $651 | -73.8% |
| Peggy Pate | $2,815 | $640 | -77.3% |
| Brenda C. Manning | $2,937 | $636 | -78.3% |
| Ronnie Penney | $2,739 | $602 | -78% |
| Don Smithpeters | $2,739 | $602 | -78% |
| Donald R. Smith | $1,997 | $597 | -70.1% |
| William Luke Stewart | $3,047 | $581 | -80.9% |
| Josh Akoyia Newburn | $1,804 | $575 | -68.1% |
| Danny L. Roe | $4,170 | $575 | -86.2% |
| Debi Caldwell | $3,462 | $567 | -83.6% |
| Christian Carroll | $4,496 | $566 | -87.4% |
| Kenneth A. Keener | $2,013 | $560 | -72.2% |
| Ronald P. McCaskill | $2,419 | $546 | -77.4% |
| Gina Garner | $2,650 | $536 | -79.8% |
| Clifford E. Cox | $2,262 | $532 | -76.5% |
| Kenneth R. Keener | $2,541 | $530 | -79.1% |
| Jennifer Jean Hill | $2,787 | $527 | -81.1% |
| Racheal Irene Jarrett | $1,133 | $522 | -53.9% |
| Randall B. Clark | $2,373 | $520 | -78.1% |
| Mark E. Clark | $2,387 | $498 | -79.1% |
| Brandon J. Bean | $2,343 | $488 | -79.2% |
| David Wayne Forthman | $2,508 | $488 | -80.5% |
| Melissa Shirley | $2,687 | $463 | -82.8% |
| Jester Plyler Farms, LLC | $1,606 | $463 | -71.2% |
| Bill Wright | $0 | $460 | -- |
| Carl Dunkelgod III | $1,080 | $457 | -57.7% |
| Lowry Timberland Family PTRSHP LLLP, Ltd. | $551 | $455 | -17.4% |
| Ollie J. Robinson | $1,606 | $441 | -72.5% |
| Jim Davis | $1,727 | $430 | -75.1% |
| Brian McKin | $2,289 | $429 | -81.3% |
| Robert Savage | $1,463 | $424 | -71% |
| Aline Phillips | $1,944 | $410 | -78.9% |
| Shawn Edward Jarrett | $1,672 | $367 | -78.1% |
| Wanda Ward | $2,106 | $363 | -82.8% |
| Carthel Douglas Jones | $1,309 | $358 | -72.7% |
| Cathy Francis | $1,983 | $353 | -82.2% |
| Myron Crisco | $829 | $352 | -57.5% |
| Kenneth Herron | $1,551 | $351 | -77.4% |
| Don H. Collins | $697 | $340 | -51.2% |
| Morgan Hill, Inc. | $1,093 | $332 | -69.6% |
| Dillard Wayne Hasley | $1,615 | $323 | -80% |
| Richard R. Medlock | $1,529 | $315 | -79.4% |
| Alfred Brown | $1,216 | $312 | -74.3% |
| Leelna Davidson | $1,067 | $301 | -71.8% |
| Barbara Egger | $1,166 | $269 | -76.9% |
| Judith Hackworth | $1,386 | $267 | -80.7% |
| Keith Neel | $534 | $262 | -50.9% |
| Wilma Malcom | $1,958 | $262 | -86.6% |
| Carlee Rae Helms | $1,430 | $242 | -83.1% |
| Thomas M. Robertson | $660 | $242 | -63.3% |
| Terry L. Nelson | $1,235 | $233 | -81.1% |
| Michael Jones | $814 | $218 | -73.2% |
| Duel L. Fendley | $880 | $214 | -75.7% |
| Jason Dunlap | $968 | $204 | -78.9% |
| Bobby Gravett | $609 | $200 | -67.2% |
| Marilyn Tippin | $1,086 | $190 | -82.5% |
| Tommy McMillan | $396 | $178 | -55.1% |
| Ann Caldwell | $291 | $142 | -51.2% |
| Brent Garner | $847 | $135 | -84.1% |
| Mark A. Shepherd | $330 | $132 | -60% |
| Tracy O. Daniell | $635 | $120 | -81.1% |
| Linden Michael Gonzalez | $528 | $104 | -80.3% |
| Rick Collie | $793 | $86 | -89.2% |
| Julie Winfrey | $0 | $79 | -- |
| James McCaskill | $1,674 | $65 | -96.1% |
| Sandra Davis | $176 | $34 | -80.7% |
| Patricia Rowe | $31 | $15 | -51.6% |
| Sammy Fendley | $176 | $14 | -92% |
| Anna Reed Kersey | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Kersey | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| David Orr | $448 | $0 | -100% |
| Donnie Cogburn | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Elwood A. Massey | $1,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael A. Walker | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Skylar Markham | $2,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Thurman Lee Bankhead | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn S. Bell | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil Smith | $9,183 | $0 | -100% |
| Eula Jackson | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| James D. Nelson | $1,584 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe H. Johnson | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Bledsoe | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Kendall Hunter | $278 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul W. Green | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert McCallum | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherry R. Rorie | $44 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Thomas | $1,530 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewis Howell Harper | $922 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela Gaye Hathcoat | $922 | $0 | -100% |
| Paula Jane Griffin | $922 | $0 | -100% |
| Marena McElhanon | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,958,838 | $1,523,010 | -22.2% |
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