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In 2021, 142 farmers in cities within Scott County received a total of $849,729 in 154 farm subsidies, a 28.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.2 million in 326 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilan Farm, LLC | $0 | $66,462 | -- |
| Tuan M. Tran | $0 | $65,015 | -- |
| Billy R. Lovett | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Randall K. Roberson | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Deidre C. Ridenhour | $15,389 | $52,560 | 241.5% |
| Kien Tran | $0 | $42,270 | -- |
| Chanthavisouk Teerath | $0 | $36,017 | -- |
| Bao Q. Phung | $3,322 | $30,914 | 830.6% |
| Wright Farms, Inc. | $0 | $27,654 | -- |
| Travis H. Nevills | $0 | $24,352 | -- |
| War Sayvongsa | $825 | $24,347 | 2,851.2% |
| Brian K. Jones | $0 | $22,741 | -- |
| Vernon M. Trozzi | $89,756 | $22,034 | -75.5% |
| Somphone Vatsana | $0 | $18,879 | -- |
| John Eigsti | $0 | $15,019 | -- |
| Sherry J. Ridenhour | $70,351 | $14,752 | -79% |
| William R. Linch Sr. | $0 | $12,325 | -- |
| Debra Trampp | $0 | $10,888 | -- |
| Billy Gene Morgan Jr. | $51,466 | $10,548 | -79.5% |
| Michael Louis Williams | $18,922 | $10,542 | -44.3% |
| Michael Oliver | $0 | $9,312 | -- |
| Mark Cross | $5,573 | $9,172 | 64.6% |
| Todd Hunsucker | $0 | $8,655 | -- |
| Siriphoutthana Khamphouy | $0 | $8,594 | -- |
| Barbara Thompson | $29,738 | $6,831 | -77% |
| Jessica Renee Coffey Brothers | $0 | $6,592 | -- |
| Edward J. Byler | $0 | $6,413 | -- |
| Ronald Wayne Williams | $30,479 | $6,002 | -80.3% |
| Daris G. Hill | $14,736 | $5,289 | -64.1% |
| Dan T. Ridenhour | $23,830 | $4,069 | -82.9% |
| Charles Scott Clemons | $21,424 | $4,038 | -81.2% |
| William L. Free III | $35,457 | $3,714 | -89.5% |
| Sharon Wadkins | $21,316 | $3,406 | -84% |
| Jimmy D. Yandell | $14,487 | $3,380 | -76.7% |
| Bryan L. Kopf | $15,303 | $3,314 | -78.3% |
| Deborah Silvey | $14,988 | $3,229 | -78.5% |
| Jason Broomfield | $11,554 | $3,132 | -72.9% |
| Clarence Boyd | $14,786 | $3,088 | -79.1% |
| Choy Baccam | $0 | $2,926 | -- |
| James D. Newberry | $14,026 | $2,914 | -79.2% |
| Royce Don Owens | $10,109 | $2,894 | -71.4% |
| Luc Baccam | $0 | $2,869 | -- |
| Glen Boggs | $4,745 | $2,860 | -39.7% |
| Gena L. Hardy | $14,032 | $2,843 | -79.7% |
| David C. Byford | $12,324 | $2,792 | -77.3% |
| Lyndy D Holland | $13,346 | $2,785 | -79.1% |
| Gabino G. Acuna | $7,755 | $2,770 | -64.3% |
| Jeremy Rice | $26,122 | $2,682 | -89.7% |
| Charlie D. Riddle | $13,951 | $2,673 | -80.8% |
| Vestal Lee Hutchens | $4,433 | $2,645 | -40.3% |
| Leonard Russell | $13,823 | $2,581 | -81.3% |
| Steven Craig Hawley | $9,306 | $2,572 | -72.4% |
| Glen Soderling | $12,425 | $2,352 | -81.1% |
| Michael A. Duncan | $12,892 | $2,352 | -81.8% |
| Wright Family Farm, Inc. | $10,696 | $2,324 | -78.3% |
| James Joe Bolinger Jr. | $12,197 | $2,232 | -81.7% |
| Russell A. Powell | $9,977 | $2,194 | -78% |
| Joshua C. Hutchens | $7,502 | $2,157 | -71.2% |
| Broken Rock, LLC | $0 | $2,117 | -- |
| Caleb Robinson Free | $14,624 | $2,091 | -85.7% |
| Daniel L. Free | $14,621 | $2,071 | -85.8% |
| Larry D. Huddleston | $10,125 | $1,973 | -80.5% |
| Walter D. Williams Jr. | $14,662 | $1,966 | -86.6% |
| Margaret Harrison | $9,614 | $1,948 | -79.7% |
| Chong 'jerry' Moua | $0 | $1,925 | -- |
| Daniel G. Laird | $11,009 | $1,917 | -82.6% |
| Tyler Garrett Brewer | $7,988 | $1,914 | -76% |
| Terry L. Beaty | $15,124 | $1,911 | -87.4% |
| Brenda R. Brown | $9,358 | $1,910 | -79.6% |
| Freddie J. Ridenhour | $10,340 | $1,896 | -81.7% |
| William A. Stearman | $9,772 | $1,882 | -80.7% |
| Mondell Wagner | $5,368 | $1,848 | -65.6% |
| Joshua Mark Mathews | $10,928 | $1,739 | -84.1% |
| Rose Hunsucker | $8,558 | $1,685 | -80.3% |
| Pat Allen Edwards | $8,673 | $1,633 | -81.2% |
| Jeanette Garrison | $5,038 | $1,573 | -68.8% |
| Linda Sue Vaughn | $7,178 | $1,542 | -78.5% |
| Zackery L. Statham | $8,571 | $1,494 | -82.6% |
| Danny R. Rhyne | $5,467 | $1,479 | -72.9% |
| Bradley D. Stamps | $6,726 | $1,449 | -78.5% |
| Tammye D Sherrill | $0 | $1,445 | -- |
| Brady Dwayne Wadkins | $6,857 | $1,442 | -79% |
| Rebecca A. Billings | $2,030 | $1,418 | -30.1% |
| Judy Hitchcock | $5,606 | $1,375 | -75.5% |
| Shaun Ray Rhoades | $10,467 | $1,306 | -87.5% |
| Anthony Dedmon | $7,040 | $1,299 | -81.5% |
| Austyn Jones | $8,500 | $1,294 | -84.8% |
| Gary L. McMellon | $7,564 | $1,274 | -83.2% |
| Jason W Pottridge | $19,968 | $1,176 | -94.1% |
| Noral D Stamps | $5,529 | $1,142 | -79.3% |
| Joshua McCurry | $4,433 | $1,129 | -74.5% |
| John C. Slavin | $3,366 | $1,116 | -66.8% |
| Dylan Lynn House | $5,681 | $1,108 | -80.5% |
| Julie Woodral | $3,685 | $1,092 | -70.4% |
| Susan Faye Spence | $4,719 | $1,067 | -77.4% |
| Nicole Marie Wright | $4,565 | $1,066 | -76.6% |
| Kenneth H. Fuller | $3,641 | $1,050 | -71.2% |
| Kenneth R. Nevills | $9,569 | $1,049 | -89% |
| Charles L. D. Powell | $5,930 | $1,025 | -82.7% |
| Regina Oliver | $7,864 | $1,004 | -87.2% |
| Ronald D. Hale | $7,222 | $998 | -86.2% |
| Jerry Casey | $4,986 | $957 | -80.8% |
| Brandon Lee Jones | $3,333 | $920 | -72.4% |
| Jimmy Sims | $4,255 | $911 | -78.6% |
| William Newman Jr. | $4,288 | $903 | -78.9% |
| Richie D. Brothers | $1,584 | $902 | -43.1% |
| Bobby Edwards | $3,966 | $784 | -80.2% |
| Daymon L. Cook | $2,926 | $776 | -73.5% |
| Abby M. Clemmer | $1,406 | $773 | -45% |
| Emmett R. Jones | $5,830 | $743 | -87.3% |
| Corben D. Canada | $2,640 | $721 | -72.7% |
| David E. Long | $2,079 | $684 | -67.1% |
| Raymond Self Sr. | $3,817 | $675 | -82.3% |
| Rodney C. Fuller | $3,397 | $670 | -80.3% |
| Gary D. Plummer | $2,511 | $629 | -75% |
| Amos O. Zimmer | $3,553 | $606 | -82.9% |
| Kyle Daniel Huddleston | $2,794 | $592 | -78.8% |
| Larry Russell | $2,805 | $590 | -79% |
| Rusty Craig | $3,661 | $567 | -84.5% |
| Kerri Lynn Thompson-Blake | $4,193 | $546 | -87% |
| Patricia L. Linch | $2,350 | $484 | -79.4% |
| Ricky D. Black | $2,189 | $481 | -78% |
| Ricky W. Hudson | $2,758 | $464 | -83.2% |
| M. G. Long Jr. | $1,595 | $446 | -72% |
| Amber Christine Richmond | $1,089 | $416 | -61.8% |
| Billy Tull | $1,615 | $412 | -74.5% |
| Jeramie Woodcock | $3,352 | $388 | -88.4% |
| Dawnda Stringer | $1,298 | $385 | -70.3% |
| Terry L. Nix | $1,617 | $377 | -76.7% |
| Matthew Thomas Franklin | $1,975 | $363 | -81.6% |
| Edward Dean Vaughn | $2,156 | $356 | -83.5% |
| Carla Beth Ennis | $1,419 | $304 | -78.6% |
| Kenneth Houston Floyd | $1,609 | $287 | -82.2% |
| Robbie N. Wright | $1,001 | $285 | -71.5% |
| Barton Ducharme | $1,272 | $280 | -78% |
| Stanley C. Brewer | $1,243 | $260 | -79.1% |
| Teresa Lynn Long | $1,320 | $253 | -80.8% |
| Tamara Broomfield | $1,974 | $252 | -87.2% |
| William B. Bates | $1,056 | $232 | -78% |
| Vu M. Cao | $858 | $224 | -73.9% |
| Cody C. Fuller | $748 | $151 | -79.8% |
| Paul Atchley | $858 | $126 | -85.3% |
| Caleb Sherrill | $383 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil Phrasounonh | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Chao Thao Moua | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Delores J. Wilmoth | $3,135 | $0 | -100% |
| James Bray | $1,498 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerald Beaty | $885 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy Hudgens | $312 | $0 | -100% |
| John Charles Nelson | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry C. Rice | $8,965 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Don Brown | $497 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Mathis | $2,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Neal D. Sparks | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Ritchie K. Mitchell | $3,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert A. Hill III | $15,199 | $0 | -100% |
| W Vernon Johnson Family Revocable Trust | $1,728 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,182,312 | $849,729 | -28.1% |
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