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In 2021, 287 farmers in cities within Scott County received a total of $2 million in 324 farm subsidies, a 21.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.5 million in 630 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 Scott County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dung a Vu | $0 | $165,419 | -- |
| HMN Farm Life, LLC | $0 | $150,324 | -- |
| Jonathan Lath Harrell | $5,555 | $81,548 | 1,368% |
| David M Sharp | $7,637 | $77,648 | 916.7% |
| Kenneth Warren Farms, LLC | $0 | $74,994 | -- |
| Joe Lane Kelly | $5,896 | $73,708 | 1,150.1% |
| Woods Farms, LLC | $0 | $69,877 | -- |
| William Jim Lewis | $9,383 | $66,022 | 603.6% |
| David Nguyen | $0 | $61,489 | -- |
| Jonathan Edward Elmore | $3,102 | $59,422 | 1,815.6% |
| Mitcheal Brock Hutson | $7,337 | $54,610 | 644.3% |
| Triplett Properties, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Richard L. Ivy | $10,384 | $50,421 | 385.6% |
| Parker Farms | $24,409 | $48,527 | 98.8% |
| David H. Irby | $93,720 | $46,632 | -50.2% |
| Garner Irby | $100,415 | $44,949 | -55.2% |
| Happy Feet Farms, LLC | $0 | $44,356 | -- |
| Giang H. Dinh | $0 | $41,348 | -- |
| Keith Coghlan | $33,184 | $38,828 | 17% |
| Paul L. Irby | $99,701 | $34,684 | -65.2% |
| Luther D. Tadlock | $316,645 | $29,962 | -90.5% |
| Frank E. Batte Sr. | $0 | $29,214 | -- |
| Joseph L. Bradshaw | $0 | $29,153 | -- |
| Cattlemen's Advantage, Inc. | $95,407 | $26,574 | -72.1% |
| Dave S. Rushing | $9,910 | $26,448 | 166.9% |
| Roger D Merchant | $41,970 | $24,726 | -41.1% |
| Sandra G. Franklin | $0 | $19,956 | -- |
| Jeff L. Harrell | $0 | $18,890 | -- |
| Matthew Tyler Hammons | $0 | $18,653 | -- |
| Michael R. Shackelford | $0 | $18,621 | -- |
| Charles G. Thompson | $34,151 | $14,200 | -58.4% |
| Herman L. Thompson | $34,151 | $14,200 | -58.4% |
| Samuel F. Houston | $0 | $11,988 | -- |
| Nguyen Farm, LLC | $0 | $11,658 | -- |
| Billy McCurdy | $0 | $11,112 | -- |
| Todd Harrell | $0 | $11,015 | -- |
| Edward Lance Harrison | $29,547 | $9,871 | -66.6% |
| Renea G. Hurdle | $0 | $9,519 | -- |
| Matthew Ross Edwards | $5,896 | $8,423 | 42.9% |
| Kenneth Crechale | $7,364 | $7,364 | 0% |
| Sandra B. Tadlock | $20,867 | $6,538 | -68.7% |
| Gary or Brenda Thrash Farms, LLC | $20,980 | $6,294 | -70% |
| Donald Jason McDill | $26,433 | $5,742 | -78.3% |
| John Paul Currie | $19,514 | $5,542 | -71.6% |
| Joe H. Tally | $25,207 | $5,423 | -78.5% |
| Clifton W. Currie | $26,601 | $5,131 | -80.7% |
| Earl Webb Family Limited Partners | $12,223 | $5,122 | -58.1% |
| Charles N. Rawson | $8,118 | $5,098 | -37.2% |
| Louis Chuck Stevens | $21,956 | $4,569 | -79.2% |
| Gaddis Breeder Farms, Inc. | $0 | $4,228 | -- |
| Johnny W. Bell | $21,818 | $4,225 | -80.6% |
| Michael A. Duckworth | $13,226 | $4,122 | -68.8% |
| Patrick L. Kelly | $7,126 | $3,771 | -47.1% |
| Sandridge Farms, LLC | $19,134 | $3,533 | -81.5% |
| Larry Glen Harrell | $14,355 | $3,404 | -76.3% |
| Maxwell Kevin Gainey | $14,718 | $3,235 | -78% |
| Harrell Hill Cattle Farm | $15,503 | $3,232 | -79.2% |
| JTM Farms, Inc. | $9,986 | $3,118 | -68.8% |
| Lee W. Sugg | $10,682 | $3,065 | -71.3% |
| Christopher Pryor Tadlock | $14,201 | $3,058 | -78.5% |
| George Boyd | $11,286 | $2,974 | -73.6% |
| Hillcrest Farm and Land Company, LLC | $2,860 | $2,860 | 0% |
| David S. Dearing | $11,690 | $2,854 | -75.6% |
| John W. McCarty | $2,840 | $2,840 | 0% |
| Robert W. Miles | $13,326 | $2,812 | -78.9% |
| Tommy Gilbert | $15,266 | $2,778 | -81.8% |
| Roger L. Thompson | $14,005 | $2,752 | -80.3% |
| Jonathan D. Woods | $15,927 | $2,560 | -83.9% |
| Phillip Shawn Harris | $11,473 | $2,448 | -78.7% |
| Char'lesa Tadlock | $8,540 | $2,363 | -72.3% |
| Garrett Mason Lang | $11,000 | $2,357 | -78.6% |
| James Cecil Bradford | $2,316 | $2,316 | 0% |
| Dawn B. White | $0 | $2,296 | -- |
| Richard Wayne Pope | $9,848 | $2,266 | -77% |
| MCG Farms, Inc. | $16,320 | $2,262 | -86.1% |
| Duane Marcus Overby | $10,721 | $2,254 | -79% |
| Damon Lee Tucker | $0 | $2,210 | -- |
| Jonathan Scott Sigrest | $11,159 | $2,194 | -80.3% |
| Joe S. Shumaker | $2,167 | $2,167 | 0% |
| Timothy Batte | $10,230 | $2,131 | -79.2% |
| Sandra W. Hammons | $9,933 | $2,117 | -78.7% |
| Weems Gilbert | $11,399 | $2,094 | -81.6% |
| Jimmy M. Overby | $10,637 | $2,078 | -80.5% |
| Buford H. Palmer Jr. | $9,357 | $2,065 | -77.9% |
| Robert G. Cole | $9,031 | $2,046 | -77.3% |
| Wendell Mccaughn | $8,811 | $2,044 | -76.8% |
| Mike Sorey | $9,042 | $2,036 | -77.5% |
| Atley V. Bynum | $2,035 | $2,035 | 0% |
| Wayne J. Gordy | $4,317 | $2,008 | -53.5% |
| William D. Cooper | $10,480 | $2,006 | -80.9% |
| Joshua G. Slay | $9,570 | $2,005 | -79% |
| James Laprairie | $6,787 | $1,982 | -70.8% |
| Greggina Tadlock Brown | $6,868 | $1,915 | -72.1% |
| Robinson Sparks Webb | $8,617 | $1,906 | -77.9% |
| Deril Jones | $6,281 | $1,832 | -70.8% |
| Leon Fountain Jr. | $9,925 | $1,778 | -82.1% |
| Gary G. Mauney | $1,755 | $1,755 | 0% |
| Smooth Sailing, LLC | $0 | $1,747 | -- |
| Miles Farm, LLC | $1,742 | $1,742 | 0% |
| Tommy A. Harrison | $7,579 | $1,736 | -77.1% |
| Robert Jason Gray | $7,715 | $1,716 | -77.8% |
| Abe Quinton Mills | $7,920 | $1,679 | -78.8% |
| William A. Beard | $7,744 | $1,593 | -79.4% |
| Phil Rasco | $7,905 | $1,560 | -80.3% |
| Martha W. Henry | $1,548 | $1,548 | 0% |
| James D. Gibbs | $7,073 | $1,536 | -78.3% |
| Arthur Edward Eichelberger | $5,909 | $1,512 | -74.4% |
| Chermal R. Moore | $10,631 | $1,490 | -86% |
| Barbara White Robinson | $1,479 | $1,479 | 0% |
| Rita P. Smith | $6,017 | $1,460 | -75.7% |
| Robert L. Boone | $18,633 | $1,456 | -92.2% |
| Stanley B. Warren Jr. | $9,922 | $1,401 | -85.9% |
| Judith K. Gatewood | $1,401 | $1,400 | -0.1% |
| Margaret R. Thompson | $1,399 | $1,399 | 0% |
| Preston Shepherd | $6,008 | $1,396 | -76.8% |
| James A. Turner | $4,400 | $1,380 | -68.6% |
| John P. Adcock Sr. | $7,862 | $1,366 | -82.6% |
| Verner Ray Gatewood | $8,363 | $1,343 | -83.9% |
| Johnny B. Emmons | $6,101 | $1,292 | -78.8% |
| Randall D. Baugh | $4,664 | $1,286 | -72.4% |
| Michael T. Sorey | $6,009 | $1,284 | -78.6% |
| Ryan M. Sorey | $5,917 | $1,284 | -78.3% |
| Andrew Hurd Boyd | $5,665 | $1,284 | -77.3% |
| Jerald Kim Key | $5,801 | $1,234 | -78.7% |
| Frankie H Mccaughn | $4,565 | $1,210 | -73.5% |
| Ian C. Ferrell | $4,840 | $1,194 | -75.3% |
| Sean A. Ferrell | $4,785 | $1,194 | -75% |
| Frances Jean Townsend | $8,182 | $1,174 | -85.7% |
| John Kyle Fairley | $1,518 | $1,173 | -22.7% |
| R. C. Lee | $5,914 | $1,165 | -80.3% |
| H. M. Gaskin | $2,662 | $1,157 | -56.5% |
| Walter Mack Burns | $1,371 | $1,140 | -16.8% |
| Makenzie Dianne Wells | $3,388 | $1,139 | -66.4% |
| Dusty Harold Mccaughn | $6,836 | $1,108 | -83.8% |
| Michael Truman Manning | $5,112 | $1,096 | -78.6% |
| Gary Justin Pettway | $4,400 | $1,089 | -75.3% |
| Danny W. Pettigrew | $4,664 | $1,069 | -77.1% |
| Donnie R. Harrell | $3,933 | $1,066 | -72.9% |
| James Heath Clark | $5,313 | $1,065 | -80% |
| Jimmye Ross Hammons | $4,432 | $1,065 | -76% |
| Jim W. Armstrong Jr. | $1,060 | $1,060 | 0% |
| Cody Parker | $62,145 | $1,046 | -98.3% |
| Marshall Duncan Beard | $3,762 | $1,030 | -72.6% |
| Thelton O Bell | $3,850 | $986 | -74.4% |
| Michael W. Betts | $984 | $984 | 0% |
| Willie L. McCurdy | $8,853 | $959 | -89.2% |
| Patricia G. Boyles | $3,977 | $946 | -76.2% |
| Charles D. Beard | $4,103 | $938 | -77.1% |
| T. E. Walker | $838 | $918 | 9.5% |
| Christopher M. Ellington | $3,509 | $914 | -74% |
| Jason Brock Mccaughn | $3,328 | $902 | -72.9% |
| Timothy Brandin Batte | $3,740 | $900 | -75.9% |
| James Scott Overby | $4,290 | $900 | -79% |
| Ann J. Warren | $886 | $886 | 0% |
| Elvis Lester Shaw | $4,874 | $881 | -81.9% |
| James E. Laird Sr. | $4,675 | $881 | -81.2% |
| Charles Nester | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Tony Brilton Sanders | $6,505 | $869 | -86.6% |
| Terri E. Warren | $6,380 | $866 | -86.4% |
| Kelsey Amber Shaw | $4,175 | $864 | -79.3% |
| Dennis Eure Jr. | $4,048 | $862 | -78.7% |
| Charles Mack Adcox | $4,524 | $855 | -81.1% |
| James D. Benton | $4,458 | $836 | -81.2% |
| Mitchell D. Stuart | $829 | $829 | 0% |
| Ewell D. Hawkins | $3,190 | $826 | -74.1% |
| Janice Carol Burt | $814 | $814 | 0% |
| Rodney Lyles | $3,289 | $812 | -75.3% |
| Angela N. McCurdy | $3,801 | $806 | -78.8% |
| Melvin Wilson | $2,629 | $792 | -69.9% |
| Thomas Wilson | $3,278 | $782 | -76.1% |
| Joshua K. Stuart | $2,838 | $767 | -73% |
| Anthony G. Boykin | $4,015 | $764 | -81% |
| Jeffrey B. Stewart | $3,608 | $755 | -79.1% |
| Joe N. Bell | $3,399 | $754 | -77.8% |
| Jason Keith Adcock | $2,992 | $747 | -75% |
| Joe R. Alliston | $3,465 | $744 | -78.5% |
| James T. Marler | $737 | $737 | 0% |
| Bobby C. Porter | $3,301 | $736 | -77.7% |
| Randall L. Lee | $3,300 | $734 | -77.8% |
| Shirell S Betts | $3,058 | $730 | -76.1% |
| David W. Williams Jr. | $5,556 | $723 | -87% |
| George V. Marler Jr. | $715 | $715 | 0% |
| Gregory Oneal Bell | $3,575 | $703 | -80.3% |
| Russell G. Bounds | $3,146 | $692 | -78% |
| Weston Gibbs | $3,652 | $690 | -81.1% |
| Johnhenry Wayne Hutchinson | $3,777 | $675 | -82.1% |
| Kathryn Renee Walker | $2,739 | $664 | -75.8% |
| Eddie A. Arender | $4,175 | $654 | -84.3% |
| Mary E. Stuart | $646 | $646 | 0% |
| James B. Hurdle | $2,651 | $626 | -76.4% |
| Dessie R Sturkin | $2,145 | $622 | -71% |
| Benjamin R. Lee | $2,728 | $619 | -77.3% |
| James Mitchell | $1,925 | $604 | -68.6% |
| Laura Chesnut Cook | $2,640 | $582 | -78% |
| Jimmy L. Cooper | $2,937 | $579 | -80.3% |
| Scotty Harris | $4,316 | $578 | -86.6% |
| Donald Colton McDill | $2,827 | $574 | -79.7% |
| James Lamar Harrison | $2,937 | $574 | -80.5% |
| Irvin L. Evans | $2,090 | $557 | -73.3% |
| Irvin O. Evans II | $2,090 | $557 | -73.3% |
| Darryl C. Reeves | $2,943 | $532 | -81.9% |
| Jason A. Hurdle | $1,221 | $515 | -57.8% |
| Steven Clark Phillips | $5,415 | $515 | -90.5% |
| Mandy Mccaughn Bridges | $2,519 | $512 | -79.7% |
| Byrean Fountain | $2,486 | $509 | -79.5% |
| Christopher Lance Mccaughn | $0 | $492 | -- |
| Eddie A. Derricks | $1,540 | $491 | -68.1% |
| Jody M. Matheny Sr. | $2,088 | $484 | -76.8% |
| Marcus Edward Adcox | $2,332 | $478 | -79.5% |
| Tallahala Land Company Incorporated | $469 | $469 | 0% |
| Donnie Ray Crabtree | $1,155 | $460 | -60.2% |
| Jimmie Phillips | $3,130 | $448 | -85.7% |
| Daniel M. Walker | $1,826 | $445 | -75.6% |
| David Banks | $1,628 | $442 | -72.9% |
| Sarah Ann Coward | $1,540 | $436 | -71.7% |
| Michael G. Harrell | $2,211 | $419 | -81% |
| Jason C. Easterling | $1,903 | $402 | -78.9% |
| Robert W. Thornton | $1,122 | $392 | -65.1% |
| Jeff Mitchell | $1,210 | $390 | -67.8% |
| Barney Eugene Finch | $1,683 | $387 | -77% |
| Luther Elvis Young | $1,760 | $384 | -78.2% |
| Jeffrey L. Traxler | $1,595 | $384 | -75.9% |
| Myers Timber Farm, LLC | $380 | $380 | 0% |
| Phillip Gregory Mangum | $2,210 | $380 | -82.8% |
| Stephan Lee Mangum | $1,782 | $367 | -79.4% |
| Tommy G. Williams | $1,804 | $360 | -80% |
| Dorothy E. Hudson | $1,518 | $356 | -76.5% |
| Strong River Naturals, LLC | $0 | $352 | -- |
| Jalen M. Wells | $1,562 | $351 | -77.5% |
| Lynda C. Baucum | $1,749 | $350 | -80% |
| Bobby J. Spivey | $1,601 | $338 | -78.9% |
| Steve Gibson | $338 | $338 | 0% |
| Michael Jason Thompson | $2,266 | $322 | -85.8% |
| Billy R. Williams | $1,452 | $322 | -77.8% |
| Marcus A. Walters | $1,067 | $322 | -69.8% |
| Jessie L. Sanders | $1,298 | $321 | -75.3% |
| Jonathan Watkins | $1,276 | $318 | -75.1% |
| Amanda Dee Havard | $1,738 | $315 | -81.9% |
| David W. Hanna | $1,419 | $315 | -77.8% |
| Harace Barton | $828 | $312 | -62.3% |
| James D. Harrell | $1,452 | $312 | -78.5% |
| Edgar T. Webster | $1,436 | $311 | -78.3% |
| Patsy D. Nicholson | $311 | $311 | 0% |
| Krista G. Thompson | $1,100 | $304 | -72.4% |
| Jay Bryan Thompson | $1,707 | $304 | -82.2% |
| Michael O. Clark | $2,838 | $303 | -89.3% |
| Amanda Leigh Coward | $1,056 | $298 | -71.8% |
| John R. Anderson | $1,155 | $284 | -75.4% |
| Robert J. Kincaid | $282 | $282 | 0% |
| Thomas Lee Warren Jr. | $278 | $278 | 0% |
| Billie Keith Thornton | $1,111 | $277 | -75.1% |
| Julian M. Parker | $1,441 | $277 | -80.8% |
| Annie E. Marler | $260 | $260 | 0% |
| Audrey Willard Marler Jr. | $260 | $260 | 0% |
| Robert A. Marler | $260 | $260 | 0% |
| Roy Noble Lee Jr. | $1,392 | $259 | -81.4% |
| Thomas D. Lee | $1,392 | $259 | -81.4% |
| Ronald Chambers | $1,617 | $256 | -84.2% |
| William Jack Rasco | $1,067 | $246 | -76.9% |
| Gadrock, Inc. | $9,701 | $244 | -97.5% |
| Brian Cole Gordon | $1,089 | $239 | -78.1% |
| William J. Porter | $979 | $239 | -75.6% |
| Justin Cole Kirby | $594 | $228 | -61.6% |
| Johnny Sims | $968 | $225 | -76.8% |
| Joseph L. Sanders | $1,463 | $225 | -84.6% |
| Gregory Nicks | $1,294 | $221 | -82.9% |
| Adam Corey McLemore | $770 | $218 | -71.7% |
| Anne S. Gibson | $217 | $217 | 0% |
| Tony Dale Guy | $2,001 | $211 | -89.5% |
| Charles Mccaughn | $1,015 | $204 | -79.9% |
| Charles David Hawkins | $198 | $198 | 0% |
| Brian W. Edwards | $4,279 | $192 | -95.5% |
| Juan Antonio Corona | $0 | $189 | -- |
| Jerome Odom | $781 | $186 | -76.2% |
| Mangum Farms, Inc. | $8,222 | $177 | -97.8% |
| John Douglas Kyzar | $528 | $159 | -69.9% |
| Wesley Odom | $473 | $159 | -66.4% |
| Jason Lee Bell | $2,530 | $140 | -94.5% |
| Evan the Thompson Living Trust L Thompson | $1,538 | $112 | -92.7% |
| Elizabeth A. Lovett | $440 | $111 | -74.8% |
| Taylor Brance Coward | $1,361 | $111 | -91.8% |
| James Calvin Patrick | $231 | $110 | -52.4% |
| Tyler Bryce Coward | $1,129 | $97 | -91.4% |
| Tanner Dale Guy | $600 | $90 | -85% |
| Ethan Lois Harrell | $407 | $69 | -83% |
| Eddie J. Derrick | $146 | $27 | -81.5% |
| Larry J. Motz | $23 | $11 | -52.2% |
| Aubert C. Atkison Jr. | $1,372 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl R. Bassett | $903 | $0 | -100% |
| Casey Chambers Hagan | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles A. May | $901 | $0 | -100% |
| Clyde Lee Crimm | $4,425 | $0 | -100% |
| David Poole | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Halbert T. Patterson | $2,059 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. Franks | $1,289 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Hughes | $3,410 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Donald Rigby | $460 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy B. Lee | $614 | $0 | -100% |
| Oliver B. Triplett IV | $1,573 | $0 | -100% |
| Robbie F. Putnam | $104 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Jeffrey Woods | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn Christopher Mitchell | $8,800 | $0 | -100% |
| Triplett Timberlands, LLC | $5,682 | $0 | -100% |
| Vicki G. Henderson | $3,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Wildwood | $300 | $0 | -100% |
| William Angus Rigby | $448 | $0 | -100% |
| Miller Dairy, LLC | $221,462 | $0 | -100% |
| Colin R Measells | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Edna E. Purvis | $1,822 | $0 | -100% |
| Hez J Hollingsworth | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Kendell J. Winstead | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| James Scott Price | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| James W Living Trust Simpson | $2,889 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas A. Williams | $19,903 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Kent Pickett | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Ty K. Johns | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia F. Mangum | $1,118 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,523,503 | $1,991,762 | -21.1% |
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