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In 2021, 188 farmers in cities within Johnson County received a total of $1.9 million in 239 farm subsidies, a 17.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.3 million in 431 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 Johnson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Werner | $9,578 | $185,838 | 1,840.3% |
| Lawrence G. Plugge | $112,303 | $166,548 | 48.3% |
| Hank Williams | $0 | $162,326 | -- |
| Charles E. Plugge | $107,056 | $148,992 | 39.2% |
| Ronald G. Patterson | $48,353 | $131,393 | 171.7% |
| Steven Morgan | $26,044 | $113,839 | 337.1% |
| Robert Shawn Parsons | $0 | $96,552 | -- |
| Nguyen Farms, LLC | $0 | $94,445 | -- |
| Lutherville Valley Farm, LLC | $0 | $74,373 | -- |
| B. Pruett Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Rihahn, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Steven Lee Estep | $145,401 | $47,822 | -67.1% |
| Theron Rowbotham | $15,455 | $33,044 | 113.8% |
| Dusty S. Hampton | $0 | $28,413 | -- |
| Randal G. Struckmeyer | $0 | $28,020 | -- |
| Cam-Le-Thi-Loc, LLC | $0 | $27,152 | -- |
| Brian D. Le | $0 | $23,019 | -- |
| Andrew Bradley Jones | $0 | $22,229 | -- |
| Randy A. James | $104,247 | $21,920 | -79% |
| Michael W. Howard Jr. | $5,719 | $21,135 | 269.6% |
| Jonathan Wayne Phillips | $0 | $20,530 | -- |
| Richard John Plugge | $44,896 | $17,732 | -60.5% |
| Scott M. Sanderson | $69,740 | $17,287 | -75.2% |
| William Tanner Storment | $0 | $15,910 | -- |
| Rodney Middleton | $0 | $15,054 | -- |
| Ben A. Hardgrave | $63,433 | $12,094 | -80.9% |
| Holt Land and Cattle, LLC | $32,120 | $11,224 | -65.1% |
| Billy M. Cox | $22,432 | $10,861 | -51.6% |
| Robert A. Hurley Jr. | $53,762 | $9,901 | -81.6% |
| Piney K Ranch, Inc. | $0 | $7,277 | -- |
| Casey Ann Parrish | $47,080 | $6,725 | -85.7% |
| Michael J. Sexton | $34,279 | $6,506 | -81% |
| Jeremy J. Whitney | $0 | $6,450 | -- |
| Randy Cockrum | $23,423 | $5,966 | -74.5% |
| Billy Joe Wilkins | $2,640 | $5,906 | 123.7% |
| Scott E. Liggett | $64,426 | $5,820 | -91% |
| James Charles Herrmann Rvoc Trustee | $5,309 | $5,309 | 0% |
| J B Luebker Farm Partnership, Ltd. | $38,082 | $5,139 | -86.5% |
| Bonnie J. Ahrens | $6,930 | $4,903 | -29.2% |
| Carl E. Melson | $34,849 | $4,764 | -86.3% |
| Leland Bean | $23,703 | $4,461 | -81.2% |
| Wilkins Cattle & Poultry, Inc. | $21,230 | $4,374 | -79.4% |
| Ronnie Dale Wright II | $19,335 | $4,255 | -78% |
| Mark Morgan | $25,989 | $4,169 | -84% |
| Five Barr Farms, LLC | $19,437 | $4,098 | -78.9% |
| Franke Elaine Leeds | $25,488 | $4,065 | -84.1% |
| Steven Crotts | $17,259 | $3,910 | -77.3% |
| Larry G. Miller | $0 | $3,710 | -- |
| Tou M. Yang | $0 | $3,681 | -- |
| Noel D. Rowbotham | $15,631 | $3,678 | -76.5% |
| Jonathan Wade Roberts | $20,974 | $3,266 | -84.4% |
| Amanda Underhill | $8,051 | $3,107 | -61.4% |
| Laura Chavers | $0 | $3,041 | -- |
| William L. Reynolds | $14,610 | $3,012 | -79.4% |
| John Christopher Cochran | $1,456 | $3,007 | 106.5% |
| John Kropf | $104,421 | $2,966 | -97.2% |
| Gladys Lorraine Darnell | $5,281 | $2,805 | -46.9% |
| Clay T. Bryant | $14,782 | $2,798 | -81.1% |
| Don Rowbotham | $13,548 | $2,746 | -79.7% |
| Herman H. Houston | $13,835 | $2,677 | -80.7% |
| Rusty Taylor | $13,879 | $2,612 | -81.2% |
| Rocky Morgan | $13,739 | $2,478 | -82% |
| Ruble Tate | $13,306 | $2,386 | -82.1% |
| Circle H Bar Ranch, LLC | $12,454 | $2,348 | -81.1% |
| Edwin H. Skaggs | $13,670 | $2,334 | -82.9% |
| Cabin Creek Farms, Inc. | $6,222 | $2,256 | -63.7% |
| Sundi M Williams | $13,408 | $2,198 | -83.6% |
| Joseph Cowell | $8,547 | $2,177 | -74.5% |
| Teressa Lorene Johnson-Shaw | $9,680 | $2,170 | -77.6% |
| Box W Farm, Inc. | $12,155 | $2,155 | -82.3% |
| Audrey M. Jacobs | $12,112 | $2,107 | -82.6% |
| James Shepard | $3,663 | $2,056 | -43.9% |
| Herman C. Ahrens | $8,454 | $2,053 | -75.7% |
| Roy Terry | $4,686 | $1,958 | -58.2% |
| Jerrod Griffith | $7,722 | $1,958 | -74.6% |
| David Clayborn | $4,730 | $1,923 | -59.3% |
| Barry D. Highfill | $9,108 | $1,811 | -80.1% |
| James R. Marvel | $6,127 | $1,804 | -70.6% |
| Shelby Holt | $0 | $1,777 | -- |
| Randy L. Vire | $6,017 | $1,767 | -70.6% |
| Ronnie A. Warren | $7,711 | $1,761 | -77.2% |
| RFF Enterprise, LLC | $5,415 | $1,739 | -67.9% |
| Charles R. Jones | $0 | $1,725 | -- |
| Robert L. Williams | $5,786 | $1,630 | -71.8% |
| Gregory H. Arnold | $6,501 | $1,612 | -75.2% |
| Bobby D. Griffith | $5,907 | $1,602 | -72.9% |
| Terry Don Cromer | $4,668 | $1,588 | -66% |
| Jerry Yarbrough | $11,732 | $1,585 | -86.5% |
| Tiffany D. Jordan | $5,797 | $1,563 | -73% |
| Bobby Mitchell | $6,753 | $1,560 | -76.9% |
| Glen D. Graves | $7,483 | $1,470 | -80.4% |
| David Nordin | $5,709 | $1,462 | -74.4% |
| Lacey Lynn Foster | $8,211 | $1,446 | -82.4% |
| Steve Hale | $8,349 | $1,444 | -82.7% |
| Christopher Heiser | $7,876 | $1,432 | -81.8% |
| Tiffany Reynolds | $8,497 | $1,412 | -83.4% |
| Stacy Joann Collins-Cox | $0 | $1,392 | -- |
| Eric A. James | $7,040 | $1,380 | -80.4% |
| Jerry G. Coffee | $10,942 | $1,352 | -87.6% |
| Bryan Keith Jackson | $3,201 | $1,274 | -60.2% |
| Johnny P. Wood | $4,378 | $1,269 | -71% |
| Deanie Crisler | $6,587 | $1,260 | -80.9% |
| John David Davidson | $5,963 | $1,210 | -79.7% |
| Toby Paul Schrock | $6,094 | $1,198 | -80.3% |
| William T. Kimbrough | $7,617 | $1,187 | -84.4% |
| Henry S. Arnold | $4,147 | $1,181 | -71.5% |
| Randall J. Wood | $4,664 | $1,170 | -74.9% |
| James Levi Willis | $5,313 | $1,160 | -78.2% |
| Samantha Hoing | $4,686 | $1,144 | -75.6% |
| James H. Duff | $4,664 | $1,114 | -76.1% |
| Michael D. Morgan | $5,572 | $1,052 | -81.1% |
| Michael Hayes | $350 | $1,009 | 188.3% |
| Gregory Tindell | $4,730 | $1,005 | -78.8% |
| John Wesley Plugge | $6,944 | $972 | -86% |
| Jacob Shatwell | $4,568 | $955 | -79.1% |
| Jennifer L. Holland | $2,376 | $934 | -60.7% |
| Julie Moore | $0 | $926 | -- |
| David Melson | $4,774 | $896 | -81.2% |
| Paul Pledger | $4,466 | $883 | -80.2% |
| Rodney Selby | $5,254 | $860 | -83.6% |
| Stephen K. Atkinson | $3,234 | $853 | -73.6% |
| Thomas L. Chenowith | $3,652 | $844 | -76.9% |
| Leo F. Knoernschild | $2,905 | $836 | -71.2% |
| James H. Harmon | $4,808 | $822 | -82.9% |
| Deloris Morrow | $4,355 | $812 | -81.4% |
| Dale Meek | $4,379 | $796 | -81.8% |
| James Tate | $4,602 | $792 | -82.8% |
| Samantha Jean Christian | $4,263 | $788 | -81.5% |
| Ron Whiteturkey | $2,904 | $765 | -73.7% |
| Christen Marie Parsons | $3,248 | $758 | -76.7% |
| Robert Bartlett | $3,864 | $732 | -81.1% |
| Judy Keene | $2,685 | $722 | -73.1% |
| Ronnie Nichols | $2,178 | $720 | -66.9% |
| Donald Meek | $4,931 | $692 | -86% |
| Whitney S. Bohannon | $3,716 | $673 | -81.9% |
| Phillips Survivor's Trust | $1,589 | $664 | -58.2% |
| Michael D. Meek | $3,919 | $662 | -83.1% |
| Luke Sanders | $3,256 | $647 | -80.1% |
| Robert D. Meek | $2,467 | $635 | -74.3% |
| James Hale | $5,315 | $629 | -88.2% |
| Ben A. Pelts | $2,486 | $612 | -75.4% |
| David S. Clayborn | $2,596 | $598 | -77% |
| Jimmy D. House Jr. | $2,805 | $582 | -79.3% |
| Nathaniel Blevins | $3,080 | $578 | -81.2% |
| Michael M. Morgan | $1,938 | $566 | -70.8% |
| Larry P. Blackard | $9,412 | $560 | -94.1% |
| James C. Gray | $961 | $559 | -41.8% |
| Calvin Chris Allen | $552 | $552 | 0% |
| Stephen G. Lux | $10,101 | $551 | -94.5% |
| James A. Bridges | $2,365 | $546 | -76.9% |
| Brandon McGuire | $1,260 | $536 | -57.5% |
| Billy Sampley | $2,795 | $529 | -81.1% |
| Ronnie Sexton | $2,277 | $525 | -76.9% |
| John L. Krohn | $1,804 | $508 | -71.8% |
| Jerry Bradley | $1,221 | $495 | -59.5% |
| Mary Pruitt | $2,674 | $490 | -81.7% |
| Aaron Wayne Davis | $2,321 | $474 | -79.6% |
| Jackie D. Jones Jr. | $2,805 | $450 | -84% |
| Rosanna Taylor | $180 | $445 | 147.2% |
| Triston Chase Marvel | $2,233 | $436 | -80.5% |
| Eugene McGuire | $1,887 | $432 | -77.1% |
| Stanley Edgmon | $990 | $405 | -59.1% |
| Allen Wayne Brown | $825 | $386 | -53.2% |
| Mark Nowotny | $1,738 | $383 | -78% |
| Brenda Webb | $2,799 | $376 | -86.6% |
| Gerald C. Webb | $2,719 | $369 | -86.4% |
| Joel D. Cooper | $1,342 | $367 | -72.7% |
| Gerald D. Wright | $1,518 | $352 | -76.8% |
| Donald J. Kimbrough Jr. | $1,507 | $342 | -77.3% |
| Nancy B. Sparks | $1,518 | $326 | -78.5% |
| Thomas Bowen | $1,210 | $298 | -75.4% |
| John Shannon | $1,694 | $294 | -82.6% |
| Linda Kaye Mathis | $1,496 | $267 | -82.2% |
| David K. Wyers | $1,199 | $249 | -79.2% |
| Linda K. Richardson | $494 | $228 | -53.8% |
| Ted A. Melton Sr. | $462 | $227 | -50.9% |
| Johnny Anglin | $627 | $215 | -65.7% |
| Charles Price | $462 | $207 | -55.2% |
| Charles Joel James | $1,229 | $198 | -83.9% |
| John S. Patterson | $11,754 | $172 | -98.5% |
| Leon Edwards | $363 | $159 | -56.2% |
| Atlee Turney Jr. | $1,140 | $153 | -86.6% |
| Estate of James H Daily | $0 | $152 | -- |
| Jeff Ross | $561 | $121 | -78.4% |
| Elleen J Steele | $176 | $92 | -47.7% |
| Barbara Ratliff | $658 | $38 | -94.2% |
| Andy Crabtree Jr. | $44 | $23 | -47.7% |
| Anita Gregory | $44 | $23 | -47.7% |
| Brandon Hostetler | $11,610 | $0 | -100% |
| Brett Hostetler | $19,170 | $0 | -100% |
| Calvin Eugene Ward | $3,630 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Leon Melton | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Clinton Holland | $57,218 | $0 | -100% |
| Eugene Headings | $6,222 | $0 | -100% |
| Herman Dale Hostetler | $35,842 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Kropf | $33,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Knox | $24,098 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Hostetler | $29,352 | $0 | -100% |
| Terrell Kropf | $16,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony L. Kropf | $7,674 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernon Andrew Hostetler | $14,175 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Joe Wilson | $5,115 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Rodger Crutchfield | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Zachary | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Bean | $2,695 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,321,775 | $1,924,424 | -17.1% |
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