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In 2021, 185 farmers in cities within Gallia County received a total of $560,139 in 268 farm subsidies, a 55.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.3 million in 497 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 Gallia County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swancrest Farms | $69,835 | $60,692 | -13.1% |
| Brian K. Corbin | $32,953 | $42,468 | 28.9% |
| Scott Donahue | $30,943 | $33,878 | 9.5% |
| Dwight Evans | $27,080 | $31,338 | 15.7% |
| Canady Farms, LLC | $55,347 | $19,020 | -65.6% |
| Carlos Campbell | $14,576 | $17,588 | 20.7% |
| Gary W Truance | $16,942 | $15,917 | -6.1% |
| Michael Edwin Elliott | $0 | $15,030 | -- |
| Jason Northup | $2,308 | $14,214 | 515.9% |
| Anthony Hughes | $41,134 | $14,018 | -65.9% |
| Joseph Foster | $47,126 | $10,777 | -77.1% |
| Vicky Bryant | $17,915 | $8,485 | -52.6% |
| B & B Farms | $36,035 | $8,126 | -77.4% |
| William K. Theiss | $0 | $7,790 | -- |
| David E. Gillenwater | $2,848 | $7,772 | 172.9% |
| Jacob Sanders | $144,864 | $7,196 | -95% |
| Ronald J. McWhorter | $0 | $7,188 | -- |
| H & F Farms, LLC | $13,636 | $5,819 | -57.3% |
| Joseph A. Rose | $495 | $5,423 | 995.6% |
| John L. Payne | $8,967 | $5,406 | -39.7% |
| Chad Pope | $27,652 | $5,378 | -80.6% |
| Mark T. Hager | $17,235 | $5,158 | -70.1% |
| Pinnacle Design Services, LLC | $18,569 | $5,082 | -72.6% |
| Tom F. Woodward III | $7,350 | $4,932 | -32.9% |
| Phillip L. Pope | $4,645 | $4,546 | -2.1% |
| Jeffrey S. Massie | $3,807 | $4,419 | 16.1% |
| Bryan Hamilton | $15,693 | $4,347 | -72.3% |
| Robert L. Woodward | $11,824 | $4,342 | -63.3% |
| Mike Waugh | $4,180 | $4,260 | 1.9% |
| Danny Angel | $3,052 | $4,186 | 37.2% |
| James Matthew Saunders | $10,488 | $4,124 | -60.7% |
| Next Generation Livestock Marketing, LLC | $0 | $4,121 | -- |
| John Jackson | $4,070 | $4,070 | 0% |
| Timothy J. Cox | $2,052 | $4,037 | 96.7% |
| Fred J. Deel | $10,316 | $3,968 | -61.5% |
| Scott D. Payne | $12,356 | $3,677 | -70.2% |
| John P. Jefferson | $5,799 | $3,627 | -37.5% |
| Courtney E Lewis-Cummons | $0 | $3,625 | -- |
| Cody Boothe | $3,997 | $3,553 | -11.1% |
| Charles Small | $4,081 | $3,461 | -15.2% |
| Charles L. Unroe | $1,896 | $3,429 | 80.9% |
| James Norman | $17,279 | $3,031 | -82.5% |
| Claude B and Helen L Burnett Living Trust | $0 | $2,986 | -- |
| Maddie-Lynn Davidson | $2,825 | $2,954 | 4.6% |
| Todd Boothe | $3,247 | $2,944 | -9.3% |
| Kathryn Irwin | $3,126 | $2,935 | -6.1% |
| Grover W. Waugh | $0 | $2,854 | -- |
| Jeffery J. Fowler | $2,717 | $2,848 | 4.8% |
| Bryan J. Cox | $11,831 | $2,836 | -76% |
| Lynn Angell | $1,312 | $2,779 | 111.8% |
| Tyler Twyman | $0 | $2,720 | -- |
| Randy Shafer | $0 | $2,717 | -- |
| Rodney R. Alderman | $4,481 | $2,671 | -40.4% |
| Loren D. Cox | $10,736 | $2,576 | -76% |
| Walter R. Neal | $2,546 | $2,546 | 0% |
| Jeffery A. Halley | $8,116 | $2,491 | -69.3% |
| William Barnes | $2,167 | $2,485 | 14.7% |
| Timothy G. Casto | $3,452 | $2,458 | -28.8% |
| Mark Mohr | $990 | $2,440 | 146.5% |
| Sharon Cremeens | $0 | $2,427 | -- |
| Michael Brannen | $2,145 | $2,216 | 3.3% |
| Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $2,136 | -- |
| Cheryl Clary | $5,721 | $2,126 | -62.8% |
| William K. Burleson | $9,216 | $2,020 | -78.1% |
| Garry Lewis | $2,181 | $1,969 | -9.7% |
| Kenneth E. Dunn | $9,149 | $1,853 | -79.7% |
| Danny W. Dillon | $0 | $1,826 | -- |
| Leroy E. Smith | $0 | $1,815 | -- |
| Terry L. O'Dell | $0 | $1,741 | -- |
| Christopher S. Criswell | $0 | $1,607 | -- |
| Jeffrey Barnes | $0 | $1,595 | -- |
| David Caldwell | $7,224 | $1,580 | -78.1% |
| David A. Mills | $1,513 | $1,541 | 1.9% |
| Jeffrey Pope | $6,351 | $1,523 | -76% |
| James Michael Connett | $1,791 | $1,464 | -18.3% |
| Gary Fallon | $10,405 | $1,387 | -86.7% |
| Jason Bryan | $7,587 | $1,277 | -83.2% |
| James E. Hall | $8,806 | $1,234 | -86% |
| Amy Johnson | $1,150 | $1,150 | 0% |
| Cynde R Kuhn | $1,150 | $1,150 | 0% |
| Merrill Wilcoxon | $6,985 | $1,090 | -84.4% |
| Sherman S. Green | $4,455 | $1,036 | -76.7% |
| Dewayne E. Call | $8,072 | $1,018 | -87.4% |
| Thomas M. Cummons | $5,370 | $1,015 | -81.1% |
| Michael D. Caldwell | $5,258 | $1,004 | -80.9% |
| Christopher David Palmer | $541 | $990 | 83% |
| Thomas J. Stump | $3,905 | $982 | -74.9% |
| Fred Stephen Sanders | $1,681 | $961 | -42.8% |
| P Patch Farm | $3,858 | $959 | -75.1% |
| Ronald R. Campbell | $5,273 | $941 | -82.2% |
| Jennings Ferguson | $6,779 | $907 | -86.6% |
| Lance Christopher Neville | $0 | $880 | -- |
| James C. Allie Jr. | $2,808 | $870 | -69% |
| Colin Pratt | $0 | $847 | -- |
| Larry A. Hedrick Sr. | $2,761 | $838 | -69.6% |
| Judy Molihan | $7,487 | $836 | -88.8% |
| William Venters | $3,894 | $835 | -78.6% |
| MRS Stephanie Wells-Mullins | $2,771 | $824 | -70.3% |
| Nicholas S. Johnson | $0 | $782 | -- |
| Jacolyn R Darst | $3,641 | $770 | -78.9% |
| Nathan Colburn | $3,487 | $770 | -77.9% |
| Roscoe Brumfield | $3,031 | $758 | -75% |
| Everett Montgomery Jr. | $22,449 | $755 | -96.6% |
| Joyce K. Moore | $3,212 | $729 | -77.3% |
| Thomas S. Cummons | $4,768 | $719 | -84.9% |
| Elmer R. Parsons | $3,223 | $714 | -77.8% |
| Corey Parsons | $2,268 | $686 | -69.8% |
| Keith Spurlock | $5,247 | $669 | -87.2% |
| B. J. Burdette | $1,056 | $660 | -37.5% |
| Jerrod G. Ferguson | $4,954 | $651 | -86.9% |
| Kyle H. Deel | $15,103 | $642 | -95.7% |
| Terri L. Hamilton | $2,343 | $628 | -73.2% |
| Charles W. Williams | $2,761 | $606 | -78.1% |
| Ray A. Moore | $2,710 | $601 | -77.8% |
| Jason S. Bender | $0 | $596 | -- |
| Robert D. Steele | $4,635 | $596 | -87.1% |
| Billy S. Petrie | $3,261 | $582 | -82.2% |
| Ralph McMillin | $2,079 | $562 | -73% |
| George J. Jakubiec | $1,155 | $533 | -53.9% |
| Marlin F. Baker | $2,655 | $526 | -80.2% |
| Clifford William Riehm | $1,659 | $523 | -68.5% |
| Jeffrey Moore | $10,716 | $502 | -95.3% |
| John Jared Vernon | $2,396 | $487 | -79.7% |
| Saunders Cattle, LLC | $1,958 | $478 | -75.6% |
| Pat Canaday | $2,816 | $478 | -83% |
| Everett Lee Johnson | $2,203 | $462 | -79% |
| David Moore | $3,130 | $453 | -85.5% |
| Ohio River Genetic, LLC | $2,090 | $430 | -79.4% |
| Peggy A. Phillips | $429 | $429 | 0% |
| Jacqueline S. Roberge | $1,199 | $428 | -64.3% |
| Dencil R Yost JR | $4,034 | $419 | -89.6% |
| James D. Baughman | $759 | $397 | -47.7% |
| Roy L. Jones | $792 | $394 | -50.3% |
| Gary E. Stutler | $8,198 | $394 | -95.2% |
| Danielle L. Sanders | $1,342 | $388 | -71.1% |
| John Thomas Pope | $1,936 | $388 | -80% |
| Laurel Valley Creamery | $3,992 | $380 | -90.5% |
| Rick Stephenson | $1,694 | $350 | -79.3% |
| D. J. Russell | $1,694 | $350 | -79.3% |
| James E. Montgomery | $990 | $348 | -64.8% |
| Kevin D. Pullins | $1,848 | $336 | -81.8% |
| Monte Bass | $1,045 | $331 | -68.3% |
| Lawrence Wilcoxon | $627 | $328 | -47.7% |
| Jane L. Jividen | $1,760 | $325 | -81.5% |
| Tim Green | $1,727 | $322 | -81.4% |
| Terry S. Hill | $2,083 | $322 | -84.5% |
| Homer Ronald Hill | $1,364 | $315 | -76.9% |
| Matthew Roberts | $660 | $308 | -53.3% |
| James H. Skeen | $1,814 | $291 | -84% |
| Michael Daines | $297 | $289 | -2.7% |
| Brett A. Steinbeck | $726 | $277 | -61.8% |
| Rodd Young | $2,017 | $276 | -86.3% |
| Vance Fellure | $1,565 | $273 | -82.6% |
| Jason Beaver | $1,316 | $242 | -81.6% |
| Jerry Barr | $968 | $239 | -75.3% |
| James Call | $528 | $231 | -56.3% |
| Terry Barr | $968 | $231 | -76.1% |
| Robert Gilmore | $990 | $228 | -77% |
| George Woodward Jr. | $1,276 | $222 | -82.6% |
| Jeffrey Barnes | $1,111 | $220 | -80.2% |
| Willis Wilcoxon | $1,320 | $198 | -85% |
| Earl Morgan | $693 | $192 | -72.3% |
| Carolyn McMillin | $385 | $187 | -51.4% |
| Harold Young | $671 | $182 | -72.9% |
| Windswept Farm | $2,429 | $181 | -92.5% |
| Larry B. Lucas | $1,106 | $177 | -84% |
| Andrew Hineman | $814 | $163 | -80% |
| Brent M. James | $840 | $162 | -80.7% |
| Jerry Northup | $231 | $160 | -30.7% |
| Susie Lanier | $671 | $156 | -76.8% |
| Dan Loveday | $814 | $152 | -81.3% |
| Anthony Cardillo | $1,768 | $152 | -91.4% |
| Noel F. Massie | $141 | $141 | 0% |
| Caleb Campbell | $240 | $140 | -41.7% |
| Francis Waugh | $264 | $138 | -47.7% |
| Robert E. Griffith | $363 | $138 | -62% |
| Dwayne D. Forgey | $2,105 | $127 | -94% |
| J. M. Angel | $1,216 | $126 | -89.6% |
| Jacob Saunders | $729 | $124 | -83% |
| Charles Roach | $1,215 | $104 | -91.4% |
| Kelly Ours | $484 | $97 | -80% |
| Dale A. Sanders | $10,636 | $35 | -99.7% |
| Kent Shawver | $1,500 | $28 | -98.1% |
| Sherri L. Repass | $99 | $21 | -78.8% |
| Anita M. Campbell | $91 | $11 | -87.9% |
| Mark Hood | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Nan E. Heiskell | $117 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron Lewis | $1,775 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles L. Brumfield | $561 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Copley-Copley Revocable Trustee | $251 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenny Dakota Wroten | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Clark | $3,330 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry L. Call | $3,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles William Mckean Estate | $2,136 | $0 | -100% |
| Claude B and Helen L Burnett Liv | $8,686 | $0 | -100% |
| Dallas Martin | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel R. Black | $257 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah L. Hughes | $3,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Diamond T Land & Cattle Company L | $17,969 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna M. Heck | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric Bowcott | $1,696 | $0 | -100% |
| Jake Bodimer | $12,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey L. Steger | $1,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Colburn | $700 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Gilbert | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Harris | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewis Bodimer JR | $877 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewis C Bodimer | $5,689 | $0 | -100% |
| Lowell Call | $3,729 | $0 | -100% |
| Luckeydoo Farms, LLC | $9,350 | $0 | -100% |
| Next Generation Livestock Marketi | $10,230 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul D. Niday | $2,837 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy L. Cox | $2,761 | $0 | -100% |
| Stoney Johnson | $4,194 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Beaver | $470 | $0 | -100% |
| Tiffany Marie Riehm | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony L. Beck | $1,995 | $0 | -100% |
| Tracy Winters | $139 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph C. Graham | $2,244 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn McMillan | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| David Ball | $1,964 | $0 | -100% |
| David J. Ball | $1,348 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy McCoy | $341 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,268,723 | $560,139 | -55.9% |
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