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In 2021, 142 farmers in cities within Saline County received a total of $492,010 in 233 farm subsidies, a 40.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $832,983 in 367 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista I, LLC | $120,898 | $56,463 | -53.3% |
| Talbert Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Talbert Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Scott Newcomb | $0 | $36,888 | -- |
| Saunders Family Trust of July 1 2015 | $19,082 | $19,767 | 3.6% |
| Zeno Farms | $39,179 | $13,704 | -65% |
| Nipps Farms, Inc. | $19,164 | $13,003 | -32.1% |
| Dale George Moore | $12,227 | $12,227 | 0% |
| Betty Lou McNeill | $9,960 | $9,893 | -0.7% |
| Odie Kirtley Jr. | $19,828 | $7,901 | -60.2% |
| Austin Holdings, Inc. | $8,231 | $7,245 | -12% |
| Simple Sod, LLC | $0 | $7,212 | -- |
| Ac King Family Farm, LLC | $5,279 | $7,183 | 36.1% |
| Edwin E Doepel IRRV Trustee | $10,786 | $6,376 | -40.9% |
| Walls Family Farm, LLC | $0 | $6,187 | -- |
| Katherine a Massey Irrev Trustee | $6,340 | $5,643 | -11% |
| Cheryl Miller Cornelsen | $0 | $4,971 | -- |
| Norman D. Barnett | $26,104 | $4,877 | -81.3% |
| Ruby Teeter IRRV Trustee | $13,469 | $4,848 | -64% |
| Ronald W. Rowan | $24,039 | $4,685 | -80.5% |
| Walter L. O'Neal and Celeste A. O'Neal Joint Rev Trust | $9,174 | $4,683 | -49% |
| Phyllis Kirtley | $5,671 | $4,629 | -18.4% |
| Ann D. Adcock | $4,317 | $4,602 | 6.6% |
| Billy R. McCollum | $8,072 | $4,449 | -44.9% |
| Marsha Hurst Ives | $7,363 | $4,012 | -45.5% |
| Clarence W Grant JR Revocable Trust | $7,253 | $3,838 | -47.1% |
| Waldrip Family Revocable Trust | $7,466 | $3,617 | -51.6% |
| Travis Zuber | $0 | $3,574 | -- |
| Scott H. Smith | $5,796 | $3,558 | -38.6% |
| Deanna Nichols Privett | $7,327 | $3,524 | -51.9% |
| John Walter Fleming | $4,743 | $3,401 | -28.3% |
| Teresa D. Lile | $3,200 | $3,200 | 0% |
| Lile Agent Production | $111,588 | $2,815 | -97.5% |
| Jean Ann Cox | $3,141 | $2,803 | -10.8% |
| Milton Craig-Milton & Bonnie Craig Living Trust | $3,230 | $2,656 | -17.8% |
| Betsy Bowers | $6,115 | $2,638 | -56.9% |
| Kristen Hodges | $2,538 | $2,538 | 0% |
| H West Construction Company, Inc. | $3,940 | $2,425 | -38.5% |
| Rose Byrd Hogue | $4,055 | $2,405 | -40.7% |
| BBF Brown's Farm PTRN | $3,465 | $2,394 | -30.9% |
| Charles E. Vanhorn | $2,350 | $2,350 | 0% |
| Etta L. Dumond | $3,100 | $2,300 | -25.8% |
| Diana Roberts - Gary Roberts & Diana Roberts Rev Trustee | $2,485 | $2,297 | -7.6% |
| Michael Patrick Brooks | $12,542 | $2,294 | -81.7% |
| Curtis R. Dooms | $5,109 | $2,271 | -55.5% |
| Gladden Farms | $7,532 | $2,271 | -69.8% |
| Lonnie M. Woodruff | $3,387 | $2,213 | -34.7% |
| Drucilla S Grant Revocable Trust | $5,207 | $2,156 | -58.6% |
| Larry G. Richardson | $9,542 | $2,110 | -77.9% |
| James Miller | $4,595 | $2,094 | -54.4% |
| R C & M S Vernon Irrev Trust | $3,444 | $1,742 | -49.4% |
| Garland Dawson Nipps | $5,619 | $1,705 | -69.7% |
| Courtney Bickerstaff | $3,156 | $1,617 | -48.8% |
| Angela Dunn | $168 | $1,590 | 846.4% |
| Michael T. McCauley | $1,485 | $1,561 | 5.1% |
| Armond Hicks | $9,814 | $1,557 | -84.1% |
| Paul Williams | $1,547 | $1,421 | -8.1% |
| Joy Noel Bailey | $5,236 | $1,418 | -72.9% |
| Don K. Hall | $5,518 | $1,410 | -74.4% |
| Steve O. Depriest | $5,412 | $1,373 | -74.6% |
| Charles W. Thomas | $4,356 | $1,360 | -68.8% |
| Brett Logan Breckling | $5,445 | $1,356 | -75.1% |
| Clark E. McWilliams | $5,797 | $1,353 | -76.7% |
| Matthew Reginelli | $1,353 | $1,353 | 0% |
| Lynn A. Hoggard | $1,344 | $1,276 | -5.1% |
| Denese D. Harris | $1,216 | $1,216 | 0% |
| Carolyn Smith Busby IRRV Trustee | $2,798 | $1,214 | -56.6% |
| Jay Bray | $5,305 | $1,208 | -77.2% |
| Aaron Dwight James | $4,840 | $1,184 | -75.5% |
| Carol Ann Fikes | $1,183 | $1,183 | 0% |
| William J. Mabry | $4,059 | $1,176 | -71% |
| Darral Edwin Pogue | $0 | $1,152 | -- |
| Gale D Rush Rvoc Trustee Anita Aldrich Ttee | $401 | $1,083 | 170.1% |
| Tillery Cattle Company, LLC | $5,629 | $1,078 | -80.8% |
| Jane Dean Craft | $0 | $1,078 | -- |
| Julie Ann Still | $2,067 | $1,077 | -47.9% |
| Killough Farms, LLC | $1,810 | $1,065 | -41.2% |
| Lary K. Zeno | $2,403 | $1,039 | -56.8% |
| Nolan R. Lancaster | $2,838 | $1,024 | -63.9% |
| R & B Cattle Investments, LLC | $4,785 | $1,007 | -79% |
| 148 Farms, LLC | $5,430 | $1,003 | -81.5% |
| Adonai Land, LLC | $0 | $961 | -- |
| BTJ Investments | $3,267 | $930 | -71.5% |
| Charles S. Hutcheson | $2,323 | $890 | -61.7% |
| Judy E. Hutcheson | $2,323 | $890 | -61.7% |
| Bruce Daniel Chavis | $0 | $887 | -- |
| Charles R Raglin Protective Trust | $846 | $846 | 0% |
| Ontaria Richardson | $1,009 | $840 | -16.7% |
| James Michael Ritchey | $1,485 | $791 | -46.7% |
| Carole Plafcan | $650 | $780 | 20% |
| Pamela Rogers Kusch | $3,105 | $772 | -75.1% |
| Marsha Douskurt | $488 | $767 | 57.2% |
| Glen Arnold | $751 | $751 | 0% |
| Joe Frank Shields | $3,598 | $732 | -79.7% |
| Richard Graham | $3,135 | $676 | -78.4% |
| Ron and Addie Danehower Revocable Trust | $1,214 | $665 | -45.2% |
| Brenda Hudson Nobles | $1,151 | $659 | -42.7% |
| Jelina Baxter | $1,151 | $648 | -43.7% |
| Tommy Powell | $465 | $630 | 35.5% |
| Kenneth Bates | $1,014 | $556 | -45.2% |
| Gary Middleton | $2,744 | $552 | -79.9% |
| Sammy Smith | $3,802 | $534 | -86% |
| Ruth E Wilson Living Trust | $743 | $522 | -29.7% |
| Kevin D. Vincent | $2,942 | $515 | -82.5% |
| Leon Brazil | $2,217 | $499 | -77.5% |
| Ethan Christopher Nobles | $863 | $494 | -42.8% |
| Raymond Ridge | $829 | $481 | -42% |
| Wanda D. Nees | $558 | $480 | -14% |
| Ashley Dale Hurst-Fleeger | $337 | $472 | 40.1% |
| Bobby Lynn Raper | $1,441 | $460 | -68.1% |
| Sherry Kindy | $1,129 | $432 | -61.7% |
| Durham Family Farm | $1,006 | $421 | -58.2% |
| Oakridge Boy's, LLC | $629 | $420 | -33.2% |
| Melvin D. Hardy | $0 | $409 | -- |
| Linnie Lou Dooms | $1,075 | $391 | -63.6% |
| John D. Glenn | $2,622 | $380 | -85.5% |
| Lanny Tillery | $2,278 | $328 | -85.6% |
| Harrison Rhoades | $1,669 | $322 | -80.7% |
| David Terrell Young | $2,024 | $315 | -84.4% |
| Triple Z Farm, LLC | $1,265 | $300 | -76.3% |
| Rita Stricklin | $602 | $295 | -51% |
| Melissa Meredith | $430 | $293 | -31.9% |
| Christopher W. Shields | $990 | $290 | -70.7% |
| Albert Speed | $8,173 | $252 | -96.9% |
| Marian Douglas | $484 | $252 | -47.9% |
| Paula Jackman | $748 | $244 | -67.4% |
| Ritchie J Feuers | $1,089 | $239 | -78.1% |
| Carolyn Courtney | $546 | $237 | -56.6% |
| Ottie Dale Fisher JR | $281 | $203 | -27.8% |
| Donald M. Bulloch | $8,712 | $191 | -97.8% |
| Helen Hill Johnson | $797 | $181 | -77.3% |
| Philip W. McLaughlin | $792 | $180 | -77.3% |
| Dennis Yarbrough | $312 | $164 | -47.4% |
| John C. Davis | $568 | $137 | -75.9% |
| Carroll W. McCool | $858 | $128 | -85.1% |
| Brenda Gail Burrow | $737 | $124 | -83.2% |
| Gaylon C. Wallis | $556 | $109 | -80.4% |
| William McCall | $395 | $84 | -78.7% |
| Barbara A. Jamison | $319 | $83 | -74% |
| Caleb Dunkerson | $0 | $37 | -- |
| Jeremy Tate | $0 | $37 | -- |
| Richard L. Hughes | $104 | $33 | -68.3% |
| Aaron D. Aubrey | $8,301 | $0 | -100% |
| Alice F. Smith | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Big Oak Land and Cattle, LLC | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Blair P. Chaney | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Gann Family Farms, LLC | $1,438 | $0 | -100% |
| Huie Family Farm, LLC | $4,697 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Thomas | $10,740 | $0 | -100% |
| Jard Farm, LLC | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Jarvis Harper | $370 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer M. Coffman | $151 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Jensen | $6,713 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip Durbin | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Lee Helton | $2,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Rush Family Trust | $705 | $0 | -100% |
| Rush Gale D Rev Trust | $705 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Parsons | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $832,983 | $492,010 | -40.9% |
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