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In 2021, 200 farmers in cities within Simpson County received a total of $1.2 million in 230 farm subsidies, a 14.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.4 million in 428 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 Simpson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony T. Vo | $0 | $111,661 | -- |
| Varner Farms, Inc. | $9,277 | $62,226 | 570.8% |
| Billy Joe Peacock | $3,744 | $57,914 | 1,446.8% |
| Charles David Williams | $0 | $57,443 | -- |
| William W. Mangum | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Clinton G. Rotenberry Jr. | $70,432 | $52,786 | -25.1% |
| Randall McGovern | $0 | $42,104 | -- |
| Arnold R. Maddox | $16,904 | $36,962 | 118.7% |
| WCW Farms, Inc. | $0 | $35,826 | -- |
| Sue Robinson | $0 | $34,689 | -- |
| Anthony Doyle Unruh | $1,188 | $32,301 | 2,618.9% |
| Maknzie Trucking and Transport, LLC | $0 | $28,219 | -- |
| Tommy Wade Holyfield | $11,811 | $26,549 | 124.8% |
| Kelvin D. Layton | $12,841 | $22,511 | 75.3% |
| Chris D. Barnes | $0 | $22,288 | -- |
| Perry L. Feazell | $0 | $22,138 | -- |
| Q & a Corporation | $0 | $22,035 | -- |
| Walter L. Rook | $1,278 | $21,839 | 1,608.8% |
| Khoi Q. Vo | $0 | $20,796 | -- |
| Kirk Gordin | $4,730 | $20,739 | 338.5% |
| Stacy Wallace Farms, LLC | $0 | $20,686 | -- |
| Sam Maddox JR Farms, LLC | $30,445 | $19,902 | -34.6% |
| Mcguffee Farms, LLC | $92,131 | $18,754 | -79.6% |
| Paul Robinson | $0 | $18,022 | -- |
| Rex H. Broadhead III | $75,704 | $16,053 | -78.8% |
| J R N Trucking', LLC | $0 | $15,485 | -- |
| B & P Poultry Farms, Inc. | $0 | $13,965 | -- |
| Robert V. Boyd | $0 | $11,679 | -- |
| Delinda I. Manning | $0 | $11,574 | -- |
| Madd Bacon, LLC | $32,824 | $8,364 | -74.5% |
| Mark A. Wolken | $28,866 | $8,193 | -71.6% |
| Brenda A. Maddox | $0 | $7,558 | -- |
| Hubert D. White | $24,585 | $6,308 | -74.3% |
| Lee F. Foote | $8,999 | $6,147 | -31.7% |
| Jason Dampeer | $0 | $5,899 | -- |
| Benjamin L. Warren | $32,934 | $5,862 | -82.2% |
| Bob H. Benton Jr. | $25,938 | $5,676 | -78.1% |
| Randle R. Martin | $31,372 | $5,628 | -82.1% |
| Garry L. Sullivan | $13,793 | $5,574 | -59.6% |
| Jeffery D. Jennings | $23,947 | $5,133 | -78.6% |
| James B. Sykes Jr. | $7,623 | $5,002 | -34.4% |
| Walter Gayle Savage | $0 | $4,958 | -- |
| Pete Patrick, LLC | $4,791 | $4,791 | 0% |
| Joe A. Magee | $21,908 | $4,704 | -78.5% |
| Benjamin Wayne Berry | $9,212 | $4,692 | -49.1% |
| Nell K. Hughes | $4,487 | $4,487 | 0% |
| Cory B. Cole | $1,452 | $4,406 | 203.4% |
| Donnie L. Arender | $10,222 | $4,301 | -57.9% |
| Walt R. Womack | $16,885 | $4,219 | -75% |
| Price Wallace Farms, Inc. | $0 | $4,213 | -- |
| Tommy S. Welch | $22,018 | $3,894 | -82.3% |
| Canh Hung Chung | $0 | $3,856 | -- |
| Andy Berry | $23,005 | $3,720 | -83.8% |
| Andy P. Stevens | $13,849 | $3,555 | -74.3% |
| Jerry L. Walker | $15,550 | $3,295 | -78.8% |
| Fuller Farm, LLC | $0 | $3,105 | -- |
| Zackary D. Welch | $8,463 | $3,081 | -63.6% |
| Robert S. Maddox | $16,181 | $3,040 | -81.2% |
| Jimmy P. Burnham | $3,019 | $2,956 | -2.1% |
| Ann H. Layton | $9,075 | $2,884 | -68.2% |
| George G. McWilliams | $12,312 | $2,882 | -76.6% |
| Conway C. Bates | $4,872 | $2,804 | -42.4% |
| Keith Franklin Garner | $45,370 | $2,732 | -94% |
| James R. Sherman | $13,823 | $2,728 | -80.3% |
| John T. Kilpatrick | $15,306 | $2,667 | -82.6% |
| Wanda D. Beckham | $2,581 | $2,581 | 0% |
| Robert E. Sullivan | $10,989 | $2,462 | -77.6% |
| James R. Mangum | $12,189 | $2,382 | -80.5% |
| Sidekick Farms, LLC | $2,442 | $2,382 | -2.5% |
| Billy Y. Smith | $9,713 | $2,254 | -76.8% |
| Danny Craft | $14,261 | $2,238 | -84.3% |
| Charles M. Sullivan | $9,040 | $2,127 | -76.5% |
| Mack Calhoun | $5,331 | $2,070 | -61.2% |
| Susan Patrick Madden, LLC | $2,044 | $2,044 | 0% |
| George G. Warren | $10,014 | $2,042 | -79.6% |
| H. H. Brown | $907 | $1,950 | 115% |
| Charley L. Cook | $2,720 | $1,941 | -28.6% |
| John L. Amason | $7,931 | $1,922 | -75.8% |
| William Ray Williams | $9,332 | $1,904 | -79.6% |
| Robert K. Echols | $8,415 | $1,826 | -78.3% |
| Amy L. Smith | $1,950 | $1,758 | -9.8% |
| Lisa W. Kennedy | $1,753 | $1,753 | 0% |
| Donny W. Welch | $9,591 | $1,737 | -81.9% |
| James Edward Sullivan | $8,966 | $1,734 | -80.7% |
| George L. Welch Jr. | $11,204 | $1,727 | -84.6% |
| Brandon M. Ates | $9,867 | $1,713 | -82.6% |
| Charles E. Fairchild | $7,205 | $1,712 | -76.2% |
| Rocky Morris Jordan | $7,359 | $1,685 | -77.1% |
| Jimmy W. Welch | $7,865 | $1,679 | -78.7% |
| Ha Manh Nguyen | $0 | $1,672 | -- |
| Mcclain Farms, LLC | $10,221 | $1,626 | -84.1% |
| Joshua C. Pierce | $6,372 | $1,598 | -74.9% |
| Lomer Daniel Floyd | $7,810 | $1,592 | -79.6% |
| Thomas Z. McAlpin Sr. | $5,865 | $1,557 | -73.5% |
| Raymond Mikel Garner | $6,061 | $1,522 | -74.9% |
| Jennifer M. Gardner | $7,221 | $1,494 | -79.3% |
| Ilene N. Floyd | $1,431 | $1,431 | 0% |
| Robert T. Sullivan | $6,253 | $1,402 | -77.6% |
| Leeanne W. Lewis | $6,967 | $1,401 | -79.9% |
| Brian T. Mangum | $5,225 | $1,400 | -73.2% |
| Tommy Louie Sullivan | $6,933 | $1,376 | -80.2% |
| Thomas R. Easterling Jr. | $5,630 | $1,360 | -75.8% |
| Grantham D Mcdonnieal | $6,773 | $1,350 | -80.1% |
| Mark Emerson Thames | $6,215 | $1,348 | -78.3% |
| Daniel D. Ferguson | $5,841 | $1,335 | -77.1% |
| Jamie Delin Ferguson | $4,895 | $1,321 | -73% |
| Clinton E. Welch | $7,249 | $1,297 | -82.1% |
| Gussie W. Cole | $1,223 | $1,223 | 0% |
| Glenn Scott Craft | $5,544 | $1,209 | -78.2% |
| Shirley B. Stevens | $5,599 | $1,194 | -78.7% |
| Cody M Bairfield | $6,699 | $1,190 | -82.2% |
| Kelley Danielle Anderson | $4,569 | $1,171 | -74.4% |
| Charles T. Holland | $6,190 | $1,156 | -81.3% |
| Derek Huffman | $5,478 | $1,156 | -78.9% |
| Larry White | $4,763 | $1,125 | -76.4% |
| Jason P. Smith | $6,230 | $1,114 | -82.1% |
| Joseph R. May | $4,356 | $1,107 | -74.6% |
| Cleveland Howell | $3,559 | $1,097 | -69.2% |
| Betty D. Neely | $1,079 | $1,079 | 0% |
| Carolyn A. Everett | $5,638 | $1,076 | -80.9% |
| S. C. Williamson | $4,939 | $1,069 | -78.4% |
| Wayne Hill | $2,036 | $1,068 | -47.5% |
| Ellen W. Giles | $4,994 | $1,067 | -78.6% |
| Robert W. Ainsworth | $4,741 | $1,035 | -78.2% |
| Danny R. Burnham | $4,035 | $1,013 | -74.9% |
| Rose K. Lott | $4,323 | $991 | -77.1% |
| Herman H. Duckworth Jr. | $2,050 | $986 | -51.9% |
| Gary Womack | $4,598 | $975 | -78.8% |
| Simpson County Board of Education | $2,204 | $946 | -57.1% |
| Rice Henry Maddox | $10,469 | $942 | -91% |
| Jeffery D. Stringer | $4,609 | $931 | -79.8% |
| Terry N. Lucas | $4,290 | $902 | -79% |
| Glenn H. Craft | $5,369 | $898 | -83.3% |
| Mickey V. Welch | $4,914 | $890 | -81.9% |
| Jerry S. Brandon | $3,355 | $886 | -73.6% |
| James E. Carter | $3,465 | $865 | -75% |
| Hugh Lee Blair | $3,454 | $862 | -75% |
| Donny Moseley | $4,692 | $851 | -81.9% |
| Troy M. Smith | $3,432 | $808 | -76.5% |
| Boyce Cole Jr. | $4,213 | $788 | -81.3% |
| Sam Cole | $4,488 | $788 | -82.4% |
| Dennis Craig Vanderford | $3,443 | $767 | -77.7% |
| James E. Dear | $3,863 | $714 | -81.5% |
| Brad Peacock | $3,642 | $709 | -80.5% |
| Jillian Nicole Farmer | $3,168 | $700 | -77.9% |
| Victor J. Welch | $2,376 | $657 | -72.3% |
| Edward B. Evans | $4,028 | $636 | -84.2% |
| Shirley B. Yelverton | $627 | $627 | 0% |
| Perry E. Lee | $866 | $616 | -28.9% |
| Thomas L. Mason | $1,188 | $595 | -49.9% |
| Mark D. Brown | $1,870 | $588 | -68.6% |
| Roderick Dionelle Nelson | $2,327 | $574 | -75.3% |
| Jeff Luckey | $2,431 | $571 | -76.5% |
| Louis M. Tanksley | $569 | $569 | 0% |
| James Martin Kennedy III | $2,794 | $568 | -79.7% |
| Lorie A. King | $2,365 | $567 | -76% |
| Richard E. Archer Jr. | $2,984 | $564 | -81.1% |
| Joycelyn W. Blackwell | $550 | $550 | 0% |
| Jack Guinn | $1,947 | $548 | -71.9% |
| Jeremy Quinton Cockrell | $2,684 | $547 | -79.6% |
| David Anthony Showers | $2,365 | $526 | -77.8% |
| Jeffrey C. Barr | $2,883 | $516 | -82.1% |
| Steve K. Burnham | $2,497 | $498 | -80.1% |
| John B. Martin | $2,277 | $488 | -78.6% |
| Brian C. Kennedy | $2,902 | $484 | -83.3% |
| Jamie Earl Jackson | $2,288 | $482 | -78.9% |
| Marshall E. Cole | $2,211 | $464 | -79% |
| Joel W. Clack | $457 | $457 | 0% |
| Richard B. Clack | $457 | $457 | 0% |
| Edward Earl Welch | $2,640 | $444 | -83.2% |
| Daniel L. McAlpin | $1,970 | $436 | -77.9% |
| Tricia D. Barr | $3,592 | $429 | -88.1% |
| Maurice Norwood | $1,771 | $419 | -76.3% |
| Brian C. Layton | $2,222 | $418 | -81.2% |
| Gabriel L. McCurdy | $2,852 | $412 | -85.6% |
| William C. Kennedy | $2,057 | $412 | -80% |
| Jonathan Foote | $891 | $404 | -54.7% |
| O. D. Tillman | $2,123 | $404 | -81% |
| Wanda J. Craft | $1,752 | $384 | -78.1% |
| David H. Massey | $378 | $378 | 0% |
| Marcus Lee | $1,397 | $366 | -73.8% |
| George C. Berry | $2,392 | $366 | -84.7% |
| Brenda E. McWilliams | $1,441 | $363 | -74.8% |
| Bobby Lee Toney | $1,788 | $360 | -79.9% |
| Jayson E. Beasley | $1,696 | $344 | -79.7% |
| Jackie J. Sullivan | $1,606 | $332 | -79.3% |
| Levertis Jackson | $990 | $324 | -67.3% |
| James D. Barr | $9,996 | $298 | -97% |
| Monroe S. Allen | $1,089 | $270 | -75.2% |
| Joe Earl McGuffee | $538 | $263 | -51.1% |
| Michael W. Brown | $1,023 | $258 | -74.8% |
| Charla K. Runnels | $1,012 | $256 | -74.7% |
| Franklin E Sturgon | $660 | $253 | -61.7% |
| Terry A. Cannon | $968 | $214 | -77.9% |
| Lewis T. Edwards | $671 | $166 | -75.3% |
| Stephen B. Duncan | $2,059 | $138 | -93.3% |
| The Flora Lee Hicks Moffett Trust | $374 | $138 | -63.1% |
| Gayla D. Bridges | $387 | $127 | -67.2% |
| Jean Craft | $195 | $95 | -51.3% |
| Mcalpin Land and Timber, LLC | $366 | $69 | -81.1% |
| John Jensen | $1,051 | $0 | -100% |
| Shannon B. Welch | $3,520 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlene Loyd | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Thomas Holland Jr. | $1,484 | $0 | -100% |
| David W. Welch | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald F. Steen Sr. | $49 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Jay Blair | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Estus Mangum Jr. | $2,622 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Bynum Jr. | $195 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy R. Cromwell | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Louise Patterson | $3,767 | $0 | -100% |
| Marvin S Baeuerle | $966 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Stubbs | $2,997 | $0 | -100% |
| Belinda B. Barnes | $614 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy G. Powell | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Booker T. Brent | $246 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley C. Barr | $634 | $0 | -100% |
| Chesley Clifton Hayman | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny R. Hayman | $3,636 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie Sheree Edwards | $2,691 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason C. Barr | $1,224 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry D. Barnard | $6,490 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy C. Sullivan Jr. | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. Pepper | $5,421 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger King | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Tenelia B Frier | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,429,257 | $1,227,077 | -14.1% |
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