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In 2021, 212 farmers in cities within Jackson County received a total of $689,148 in 337 farm subsidies, a 59.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.7 million in 655 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 Jackson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hardin | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Kenneth R. Adkins | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Clinton W. Miller | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Roger Gilliland | $34,781 | $36,520 | 5% |
| Dylan Wayne Newsom | $78,645 | $36,422 | -53.7% |
| Daniel L. Jones | $36,943 | $24,992 | -32.3% |
| Deborah L. Evans | $48,644 | $20,675 | -57.5% |
| Joseph Russ | $64,929 | $19,958 | -69.3% |
| Ronald Manning | $119,584 | $16,600 | -86.1% |
| Michael Blakeman | $41,756 | $15,743 | -62.3% |
| Resting Oaks Farms, LLC | $3,210 | $15,340 | 377.9% |
| Triple D Ranch, LLC | $44,233 | $14,978 | -66.1% |
| Daniel H. Foster | $87,267 | $14,514 | -83.4% |
| Brandon Weber | $30,550 | $13,410 | -56.1% |
| Danny McNeal | $44,019 | $12,514 | -71.6% |
| Richard Coriell | $37,778 | $12,110 | -67.9% |
| David Eugene Sayre | $95,688 | $8,870 | -90.7% |
| Theodore Frazier | $8,159 | $8,642 | 5.9% |
| Gladys Marhoover | $9,661 | $7,939 | -17.8% |
| Paul M. Russ II | $58,940 | $6,774 | -88.5% |
| Chad Russ | $23,205 | $6,736 | -71% |
| Robert Carlisle | $8,816 | $6,262 | -29% |
| Julia B. Weber | $11,008 | $5,390 | -51% |
| Charles D. McNeal | $8,092 | $5,321 | -34.2% |
| Ed Johnson | $13,128 | $5,167 | -60.6% |
| Justin K. Spengler | $14,773 | $4,863 | -67.1% |
| Eric Weber | $12,987 | $4,848 | -62.7% |
| Cardigan Investment Corporation | $8,956 | $4,625 | -48.4% |
| Jeffrey C. Fisher | $18,497 | $4,352 | -76.5% |
| Michael J. Evans | $6,284 | $4,341 | -30.9% |
| Delmar Reed | $12,347 | $4,315 | -65.1% |
| Jolly Family Farms, LLC | $17,526 | $4,198 | -76% |
| Dwight Bowling | $4,179 | $4,179 | 0% |
| Gillfillan Property Management Trust | $0 | $4,150 | -- |
| Michael D. Williams | $6,577 | $3,718 | -43.5% |
| Conrad E. Fulton | $10,909 | $3,458 | -68.3% |
| Aaron T. Lemaster | $14,382 | $3,431 | -76.1% |
| Tyson Spurlock | $14,024 | $3,314 | -76.4% |
| Mary Queen | $1,728 | $3,292 | 90.5% |
| Carl Bryon Hammond | $6,249 | $3,196 | -48.9% |
| Bob Spurlock | $14,215 | $3,186 | -77.6% |
| Ron & Steve Evans Farms, LLC | $16,644 | $3,161 | -81% |
| G & L Farms | $12,040 | $3,095 | -74.3% |
| Don Fulton | $11,187 | $2,978 | -73.4% |
| Stephen J. Williams | $3,285 | $2,963 | -9.8% |
| Carson Russ | $14,359 | $2,932 | -79.6% |
| Jeffrey A. Fraley | $14,304 | $2,932 | -79.5% |
| Jason M. Clagg | $14,124 | $2,888 | -79.6% |
| Michael Sparks | $8,527 | $2,879 | -66.2% |
| Harold Hoover | $5,591 | $2,757 | -50.7% |
| Brett Lewis | $17,081 | $2,701 | -84.2% |
| Rollo Johnson | $3,831 | $2,547 | -33.5% |
| Jennifer Sword | $3,226 | $2,494 | -22.7% |
| Susan D. Campbell | $5,268 | $2,376 | -54.9% |
| Wayne R. Williams | $10,302 | $2,291 | -77.8% |
| Dennis L. Blakeman | $12,237 | $2,230 | -81.8% |
| Michael Spicer | $4,524 | $2,184 | -51.7% |
| Harold Meldick | $11,282 | $2,064 | -81.7% |
| Dustin L. Reiter | $2,063 | $2,063 | 0% |
| Lewis E. Williams | $14,210 | $1,930 | -86.4% |
| Circle M Farms Feed and Supply, LLC | $0 | $1,929 | -- |
| James A. Bowman | $5,873 | $1,911 | -67.5% |
| Jackson County Water Company, Inc. | $1,833 | $1,833 | 0% |
| Stephen V. Cochran | $1,078 | $1,738 | 61.2% |
| Carolyn S. Sayre | $0 | $1,706 | -- |
| Justin V. Taylor | $2,949 | $1,694 | -42.6% |
| Dennis Evans | $7,074 | $1,676 | -76.3% |
| Shane Diltz | $4,829 | $1,615 | -66.6% |
| Darrell Boggs | $7,415 | $1,614 | -78.2% |
| David A. Kisor II | $5,366 | $1,573 | -70.7% |
| Duane R. Plymale | $7,836 | $1,549 | -80.2% |
| Roger Holbrook | $6,124 | $1,516 | -75.2% |
| William Rafferty | $1,493 | $1,493 | 0% |
| Roland Phipps | $6,855 | $1,476 | -78.5% |
| Aaron Shane Meldick | $9,330 | $1,436 | -84.6% |
| Charles Durham | $2,475 | $1,430 | -42.2% |
| Mark Hemming | $2,110 | $1,429 | -32.3% |
| Scott Lewis | $1,480 | $1,424 | -3.8% |
| Thomas D. Stewart | $9,737 | $1,393 | -85.7% |
| Larry Johnson | $3,031 | $1,332 | -56.1% |
| Gary Jones | $2,227 | $1,304 | -41.4% |
| Donald L. Hammond | $6,178 | $1,284 | -79.2% |
| Shane T. Williams | $4,947 | $1,254 | -74.7% |
| James Mercer | $11,503 | $1,234 | -89.3% |
| John P. Morgan | $6,732 | $1,224 | -81.8% |
| John K. Hoops | $8,566 | $1,222 | -85.7% |
| Stephen Dwight Metzler | $2,202 | $1,204 | -45.3% |
| Bierhup Brothers | $4,741 | $1,200 | -74.7% |
| Gary Stabler | $3,129 | $1,170 | -62.6% |
| David Simpson | $1,165 | $1,165 | 0% |
| Ronald Jones | $2,210 | $1,127 | -49% |
| Larry G. Johnson | $4,211 | $1,112 | -73.6% |
| Sandis Crabtree | $2,277 | $1,108 | -51.3% |
| Elliott Perry | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| James S. Edwards | $6,340 | $1,035 | -83.7% |
| Paul D. Moore | $4,260 | $1,028 | -75.9% |
| Clifford Evan Schrock | $0 | $991 | -- |
| Robert E. Johnson | $4,026 | $988 | -75.5% |
| Anna M. Cardenas | $983 | $983 | 0% |
| Ervin Cherrington | $4,246 | $975 | -77% |
| Brad Jenkins | $3,541 | $966 | -72.7% |
| William Harnetty | $940 | $954 | 1.5% |
| Kyle R. Fannin | $5,500 | $935 | -83% |
| Danny K. Neal | $3,355 | $908 | -72.9% |
| Randi E. Clark | $907 | $907 | 0% |
| Bobby Johnson | $3,494 | $906 | -74.1% |
| Ken Taylor | $2,651 | $901 | -66% |
| Michael Rhea | $4,931 | $898 | -81.8% |
| Wayne Newsom | $7,330 | $898 | -87.7% |
| William Stevison | $897 | $897 | 0% |
| John F. Forshey | $5,593 | $888 | -84.1% |
| Ernest Forshey | $773 | $868 | 12.3% |
| Amanda G. Campbell | $3,563 | $856 | -76% |
| Steve Flaker | $1,883 | $856 | -54.5% |
| William A. Griffith | $5,401 | $836 | -84.5% |
| Roy Blackburn Jr. | $3,566 | $820 | -77% |
| Richard Crabtree | $3,348 | $807 | -75.9% |
| Frances A. Mullins | $1,155 | $792 | -31.4% |
| Steve Trepanier | $3,157 | $788 | -75% |
| Kelly K. Dunn | $2,882 | $782 | -72.9% |
| Judith Hill | $4,431 | $779 | -82.4% |
| Michael D. Sheeter Jr. | $6,763 | $763 | -88.7% |
| Margaret Bowman | $3,507 | $737 | -79% |
| James Angel | $10,668 | $734 | -93.1% |
| John Arrowood | $3,128 | $715 | -77.1% |
| Matthew T. Atwood | $2,594 | $714 | -72.5% |
| Roger Newsom | $1,121 | $700 | -37.6% |
| Kevin A. Kiser | $2,935 | $699 | -76.2% |
| Randy Evans | $4,966 | $667 | -86.6% |
| Daniel J. Parker | $676 | $664 | -1.8% |
| Lee Thomas Hall | $3,451 | $652 | -81.1% |
| John Riddle | $0 | $626 | -- |
| Seth D. Newkirk | $568 | $568 | 0% |
| David L. Hays | $2,180 | $558 | -74.4% |
| Teddy Hall | $3,161 | $558 | -82.3% |
| Mary Roark | $3,637 | $549 | -84.9% |
| David T. Ray | $1,661 | $537 | -67.7% |
| David Tidrick | $700 | $536 | -23.4% |
| Robert Brisker | $523 | $523 | 0% |
| Richard E. Erwin III | $3,263 | $517 | -84.2% |
| Todd Smith | $2,824 | $508 | -82% |
| Paul J. Eggers | $3,616 | $507 | -86% |
| Brandon J. Farley | $2,178 | $498 | -77.1% |
| Clifford Snyder | $2,035 | $470 | -76.9% |
| Lucas L. Chapman | $283 | $470 | 66.1% |
| Lynsey Chapman | $0 | $470 | -- |
| Tom Elliott | $2,648 | $464 | -82.5% |
| Michael D. Zinn | $608 | $444 | -27% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $443 | -- |
| Charles E. Shotts Jr. | $2,783 | $442 | -84.1% |
| Kyler A. Russ | $2,606 | $436 | -83.3% |
| Robert Hoyt | $1,782 | $433 | -75.7% |
| Terry R. Greene | $574 | $424 | -26.1% |
| Tyler L. Cherrington | $2,057 | $422 | -79.5% |
| Timothy L. Metzler | $3,698 | $398 | -89.2% |
| Kermit Cochran | $392 | $392 | 0% |
| Teresa McMann | $392 | $392 | 0% |
| Ronald White II | $1,485 | $384 | -74.1% |
| Charles D. Wallace | $1,996 | $352 | -82.4% |
| Renee Roseberry | $1,078 | $338 | -68.6% |
| Judy L. Kiefer | $319 | $319 | 0% |
| Spicer Brothers | $673 | $310 | -53.9% |
| Steven Mark Dunn II | $1,056 | $306 | -71% |
| Chris Brown | $1,750 | $304 | -82.6% |
| Brad Brown | $1,687 | $298 | -82.3% |
| Juanita Brown | $1,363 | $298 | -78.1% |
| Regina E. Erwin | $1,056 | $294 | -72.2% |
| Pamela Updike | $1,307 | $291 | -77.7% |
| Mark E. Leonard | $752 | $284 | -62.2% |
| Gary R. McDaniel | $3,233 | $280 | -91.3% |
| Edward D. Myers | $1,274 | $272 | -78.6% |
| Evan Alan Jones | $0 | $254 | -- |
| Wendell Miller | $1,086 | $252 | -76.8% |
| Earl McCormick | $1,784 | $246 | -86.2% |
| Jasper Hughes | $627 | $246 | -60.8% |
| Bobby Coon | $1,547 | $244 | -84.2% |
| Andrew Hoyt | $1,298 | $239 | -81.6% |
| John S. Kunz | $495 | $238 | -51.9% |
| William Metzler | $2,633 | $232 | -91.2% |
| Marshall D. Evans | $1,010 | $231 | -77.1% |
| Karen L. Smith | $4 | $221 | 5,425% |
| Mary Riegel | $745 | $214 | -71.3% |
| Larry G. Lundy | $1,095 | $210 | -80.8% |
| Denna Steele | $968 | $204 | -78.9% |
| Jerry C. Roark | $1,016 | $196 | -80.7% |
| Richele N Lewis-Farrar | $1,169 | $194 | -83.4% |
| Raymond Burton | $880 | $172 | -80.5% |
| Jeremiah D. Ross | $1,068 | $169 | -84.2% |
| Frances L. Mullins | $596 | $168 | -71.8% |
| William H. Sickles | $1,113 | $166 | -85.1% |
| James D. Kuenzli | $537 | $163 | -69.6% |
| Linda Hensley | $531 | $163 | -69.3% |
| John Burchett | $429 | $163 | -62% |
| Mary Ball | $0 | $159 | -- |
| Ed L. Armstrong | $971 | $138 | -85.8% |
| Dana Rouse | $1,006 | $114 | -88.7% |
| James C. Johnson | $945 | $114 | -87.9% |
| Mary Downard | $206 | $113 | -45.1% |
| Jason Dunn | $626 | $110 | -82.4% |
| Marsha Tomblin | $510 | $103 | -79.8% |
| Meela L Johnson | $315 | $101 | -67.9% |
| Jerry Henderson | $211 | $83 | -60.7% |
| Rodney Barnett | $65 | $81 | 24.6% |
| Jerod B. Haning | $407 | $65 | -84% |
| Mary Beth Tipton | $219 | $59 | -73.1% |
| Kyle Hickey | $683 | $55 | -91.9% |
| Kim Turck | $130 | $52 | -60% |
| John B. Meredith | $212 | $28 | -86.8% |
| Vicki Pringle | $248 | $27 | -89.1% |
| Catherine Smalley | $63 | $26 | -58.7% |
| Lisa A. Taylor | $19 | $19 | 0% |
| Rickie L. Henry | $95 | $6 | -93.7% |
| Alice Frazier | $888 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Goble Jr. | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Slavens | $96 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles F. Harley | $2,492 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles S. Bowman | $90 | $0 | -100% |
| Christina G. Haning | $135 | $0 | -100% |
| Circle M Farms Feed and Supply LL | $6,791 | $0 | -100% |
| Dianna Durham | $1,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Earl Lemaster | $487 | $0 | -100% |
| Gillfillan Property Management Trustee | $6,806 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob L. Taylor | $6,824 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer M. Meade | $999 | $0 | -100% |
| John Ryster | $146 | $0 | -100% |
| Kim White | $4 | $0 | -100% |
| Leah Bayless | $81 | $0 | -100% |
| Melody Rose | $841 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Adkins | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy Greene | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| Phyllis Zorn | $337 | $0 | -100% |
| Sam Hicks Jr. | $402 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel T. Ruhl | $124 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Dempsey | $4,950 | $0 | -100% |
| Ian S. Lloyd | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane Dunn | $18 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Cunningham | $279 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy Mollett | $668 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnathan W. Sherman | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Judith Hammond | $72 | $0 | -100% |
| LTF Family Farm, LLC | $14,561 | $0 | -100% |
| Mr. Evan Alan Jones | $42 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela McNeal | $10,175 | $0 | -100% |
| Resting Oaks Fams, LLC | $6,729 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley Hughes | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley Evans | $445 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Spence | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| David K. Apsley | $1,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred L Pigge | $94 | $0 | -100% |
| John W. Willis | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph L. Young | $486 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger M. Johnson | $1,404 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Carl | $637 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,701,911 | $689,148 | -59.5% |
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