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In 2021, 163 farmers in cities within Wilson County received a total of $5.6 million in 363 farm subsidies, a 66.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $16.6 million in 628 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 Wilson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Ridge Farm Partnership | $538,258 | $582,633 | 8.2% |
| Agrarian, Inc. | $35,613 | $529,222 | 1,386% |
| Scott Farms, Inc. | $856,892 | $299,768 | -65% |
| Lancaster Properties | $1,386,966 | $285,064 | -79.4% |
| Vick Family Farms Partnership | $1,927,722 | $242,005 | -87.4% |
| Lucky Four Farms, Inc. | $326,930 | $213,701 | -34.6% |
| John Lancaster E. Farms | $341,146 | $188,907 | -44.6% |
| Todd Glover Farms, Inc. | $536,546 | $149,755 | -72.1% |
| Robert L Dawson Farms, LLC | $151,635 | $144,797 | -4.5% |
| Hocutt Farms, Inc. | $679,543 | $136,772 | -79.9% |
| Sharp Farms, Inc. | $673,842 | $129,411 | -80.8% |
| William R. Williamson | $435,424 | $127,943 | -70.6% |
| Bass Family Farms, LLC | $236,731 | $117,422 | -50.4% |
| Lamm Farms | $387,587 | $116,550 | -69.9% |
| Tyner Farms, LLC | $0 | $106,118 | -- |
| Gerald Tyner JR Farms, Inc. | $425,214 | $103,455 | -75.7% |
| Donald R Blizzard Farms, Inc. | $292,314 | $103,349 | -64.6% |
| Lamont E. Futrell | $3,475 | $98,518 | 2,735.1% |
| Bunting Poultry Farms, LLC | $0 | $98,056 | -- |
| Nichols & Nichols Farms, Inc. | $129,467 | $95,122 | -26.5% |
| Jeff Barnes, LLC | $392,876 | $94,619 | -75.9% |
| Williford Sons, LLC | $186,953 | $90,124 | -51.8% |
| Richard B. Webb | $78,886 | $84,468 | 7.1% |
| R B Lancaster & Sons, Inc. | $800,175 | $72,667 | -90.9% |
| Sullivan Farms, Inc. | $511,437 | $70,283 | -86.3% |
| Appletree Farms | $150,076 | $61,498 | -59% |
| Scott Brothers, Inc. | $388,350 | $59,547 | -84.7% |
| David Blalock Farms, LLC | $154,742 | $57,416 | -62.9% |
| Richard a Aycock Farms, Inc. | $95,664 | $55,090 | -42.4% |
| Brewer Family Farms, LLC | $0 | $54,673 | -- |
| Murphy Properties, LLC | $0 | $53,770 | -- |
| Robbie Allen Webb | $90,721 | $52,879 | -41.7% |
| Marion L Pridgen Farms, Inc. | $512,944 | $52,471 | -89.8% |
| David Bunting & Sons, Inc. | $114,380 | $49,787 | -56.5% |
| Webb Family Farms, LLC | $174,222 | $48,240 | -72.3% |
| Jean M. Bissette | $423,292 | $46,792 | -88.9% |
| Zack R. Bissette Jr. | $424,750 | $45,335 | -89.3% |
| John T. Davis | $82,319 | $43,245 | -47.5% |
| Jeffrey Scott Boykin | $140,232 | $42,730 | -69.5% |
| William A. Gardner | $76,534 | $37,796 | -50.6% |
| John E. Lancaster | $2,159 | $33,800 | 1,465.5% |
| Kendall T. Nichols | $75,663 | $32,010 | -57.7% |
| Patrick A. Owens | $62,084 | $31,203 | -49.7% |
| John S. Brewer | $0 | $30,851 | -- |
| B F Glover Farms, LLC | $52,782 | $26,978 | -48.9% |
| William Earl Dawson Farms, LLC | $0 | $25,973 | -- |
| David L. Bunting Jr. | $58,717 | $25,579 | -56.4% |
| Pittman Brothers Farm | $64,448 | $22,349 | -65.3% |
| Tim Shelton | $72,198 | $18,954 | -73.7% |
| Thigpen Farms, Inc. | $36,880 | $18,748 | -49.2% |
| Michael W. Bunting | $33,413 | $17,344 | -48.1% |
| David Hawkins | $25,888 | $16,955 | -34.5% |
| Pamela D. Leggett | $16,810 | $16,810 | 0% |
| Tyler Bunting | $11,543 | $15,108 | 30.9% |
| Donnie Tyner Farms, Inc. | $107,191 | $14,254 | -86.7% |
| Faro Farms NC, LLC | $10,409 | $14,211 | 36.5% |
| Michael Dee Mumford | $49,542 | $13,667 | -72.4% |
| Stephen T. Brewer | $3,080 | $13,100 | 325.3% |
| Woodbridge Farms | $21,537 | $12,845 | -40.4% |
| Travis W. Aycock | $27,561 | $12,193 | -55.8% |
| T&J Hog Farm, Inc. | $0 | $11,882 | -- |
| Robert Todd Glover | $14,444 | $11,318 | -21.6% |
| Edith S. Flowers | $40,280 | $10,585 | -73.7% |
| Hocutt Brothers, Inc. | $14,942 | $8,992 | -39.8% |
| John E. Lancaster Jr. | $8,305 | $8,495 | 2.3% |
| Lamm Brothers Properties, LLC | $147,346 | $8,487 | -94.2% |
| Frederick Stone Daniels Jr. | $25,742 | $7,960 | -69.1% |
| Family Trust of Marion R Horner | $7,718 | $7,598 | -1.6% |
| Barz-Carter Farms, LLC | $7,336 | $6,806 | -7.2% |
| Thomas O. Pritcher | $14,756 | $6,547 | -55.6% |
| Robert Bryan Lamm | $21,182 | $6,207 | -70.7% |
| Shirley C. Strother | $0 | $5,945 | -- |
| Douglas A. Webb | $0 | $5,588 | -- |
| Russell Austin Davis | $17,621 | $5,182 | -70.6% |
| B&e Farms | $1,923 | $4,652 | 141.9% |
| Lancy R. Joyner Jr. | $1,615 | $4,535 | 180.8% |
| Greg Eatmon | $0 | $4,115 | -- |
| Joseph Chris Barfield | $8,217 | $3,575 | -56.5% |
| Sanoca Farms, LLC | $166,447 | $3,528 | -97.9% |
| LGP Farms, Inc. | $10,737 | $3,507 | -67.3% |
| Triple J Produce, Inc. | $7,770 | $2,814 | -63.8% |
| Triple J Produce, Inc. | $157,714 | $2,814 | -98.2% |
| Billy P. Manning Jr. | $2,644 | $2,644 | 0% |
| Lottie E. Tharrington | $1,283 | $2,565 | 99.9% |
| Dennis R. Williams | $11,372 | $2,503 | -78% |
| Michael L. Williams | $11,324 | $2,503 | -77.9% |
| Callie Morris Williford III | $7,842 | $2,080 | -73.5% |
| Andrews Hunt Farms, LLC | $10,132 | $1,591 | -84.3% |
| Robert D. Simpson Jr. | $5,142 | $1,586 | -69.2% |
| Jordan L. Tyner | $0 | $1,464 | -- |
| Deborah M. Shearin | $654 | $1,307 | 99.8% |
| Thorne Family Farm | $0 | $1,152 | -- |
| Cedar Rock Farms, LLC | $22,006 | $1,134 | -94.8% |
| J N Whitley Farms, LLC | $1,125 | $1,125 | 0% |
| Cody M. Reaves | $22,780 | $1,120 | -95.1% |
| William E. Little Jr. | $5,543 | $1,117 | -79.8% |
| Planters Produce Company, LLC | $114,442 | $1,102 | -99% |
| Stephen E. Webb | $359 | $1,077 | 200% |
| Selby E. Bass III | $2,471 | $1,046 | -57.7% |
| Gerald W. Phelps | $2,936 | $897 | -69.4% |
| James A. Miller | $1,318 | $830 | -37% |
| Christopher C. Taylor | $825 | $825 | 0% |
| Collin's Produce, LLC | $466 | $821 | 76.2% |
| Faye W. Mercer | $804 | $804 | 0% |
| Cecil Ray Coleman Jr. | $1,981 | $751 | -62.1% |
| Johnny V. Minshew | $2,035 | $745 | -63.4% |
| L&a Johnson Farms, LLC | $951 | $664 | -30.2% |
| Gary L. Dunbar | $3,345 | $648 | -80.6% |
| William G. Williams Sr. | $1,472 | $643 | -56.3% |
| Timothy Brooks Webb | $411 | $642 | 56.2% |
| Mabel G. Henry | $0 | $607 | -- |
| Bruce Turner | $1,203 | $595 | -50.5% |
| William C. Harrell | $575 | $590 | 2.6% |
| Shade Tree Simmentals | $1,683 | $575 | -65.8% |
| Jeffrey Boykin, LLC | $65,347 | $555 | -99.2% |
| Kenneth M Chelucci | $0 | $554 | -- |
| Doris H. Wilson | $1,213 | $519 | -57.2% |
| Michael Jay Hocutt | $499 | $499 | 0% |
| Joseph Keith Pearce | $3,367 | $480 | -85.7% |
| Nellie P. High | $399 | $426 | 6.8% |
| Barry Charles Lamm | $1,002 | $421 | -58% |
| Jeffrey D. Jenkins | $539 | $412 | -23.6% |
| Anna Jane Murray Nowell Family Farms | $0 | $407 | -- |
| Roy Wiggins | $1,491 | $362 | -75.7% |
| Carol F. Webb | $359 | $359 | 0% |
| Darian L. Ward | $0 | $358 | -- |
| James A. Miller Jr. | $364 | $353 | -3% |
| Tyler Hugh Lamm | $3,859 | $346 | -91% |
| Richard E. Hardison | $1,210 | $345 | -71.5% |
| Joseph Edgar Brewer IV | $474 | $332 | -30% |
| Jane Vann Strickland | $293 | $293 | 0% |
| Carolyn Vann Anthony | $293 | $293 | 0% |
| Jason Brent Little | $844 | $281 | -66.7% |
| Averette Mitchell Lamm | $281 | $281 | 0% |
| Linda Lamm Lawson | $281 | $281 | 0% |
| W. T. Lamm III | $281 | $281 | 0% |
| George B. Webb III | $2,115 | $277 | -86.9% |
| Cathy S. Barnes | $262 | $262 | 0% |
| Trudy G. Morris | $899 | $254 | -71.7% |
| Vick Land, LLC | $228 | $228 | 0% |
| Futrell Brothers Farms, LLC | $2,191 | $218 | -90.1% |
| Leo Bass | $140 | $215 | 53.6% |
| Paul W. Tomlinson Jr. | $870 | $201 | -76.9% |
| Tim & Mike Barnes Farms, LLC | $47,912 | $178 | -99.6% |
| Linwood Vick | $273 | $168 | -38.5% |
| Marie W. Bradshaw | $198 | $136 | -31.3% |
| Grady M. Robbins | $202 | $129 | -36.1% |
| Teresa W. Narron | $104 | $104 | 0% |
| Henry Bottoms | $754 | $88 | -88.3% |
| Robert Ralph Ashurst | $84 | $84 | 0% |
| Batts Farms | $645 | $81 | -87.4% |
| Cecil R. Coleman Jr. | $165 | $79 | -52.1% |
| David M. Boyette | $65 | $65 | 0% |
| Rebecca B. Matthews | $65 | $65 | 0% |
| Corey H. Taylor | $52 | $52 | 0% |
| Richard David Scott | $28 | $28 | 0% |
| Alice Thompson Lewis | $0 | $17 | -- |
| Willis Teen Lamm | $0 | $14 | -- |
| Anna Gavin Bradshaw | $37 | $9 | -75.7% |
| Michael L. Glover | $242 | $8 | -96.7% |
| Helen Cain | $232 | $1 | -99.6% |
| George R. Yelverton | $0 | $1 | -- |
| Gene Arthur Edwards | $778 | $1 | -99.9% |
| Billy W. Green | $355 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher James Flippo | $132 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric Trent Parker | $11,880 | $0 | -100% |
| Lizzie Morgan Gay Messer | $1,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Deborah W. Johnson | $1,169 | $0 | -100% |
| Teresa T. Robbins | $523 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyner Farms Partners | $254,130 | $0 | -100% |
| William David Askew | $970 | $0 | -100% |
| Anna Jane Murray Nowell Family Fa | $1,561 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald V. Rowe | $355 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Lucas Jr. | $447 | $0 | -100% |
| Jarrod K. Howard | $242 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffery W. Lewis | $564 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie Harold Neal Jr. | $243 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward & Hardy Pittman Partnershi | $536 | $0 | -100% |
| Patsy N. Uzzell | $230 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray D. Flowers | $431 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard A. Aycock | $323 | $0 | -100% |
| William Jordan Elmore | $15,713 | $0 | -100% |
| AgCarolina Farm Credit | $364,833 | $0 | -100% |
| Angela Edwards R. Jones | $83 | $0 | -100% |
| CCC | $2,790 | $0 | -100% |
| CCC/FSA | $1,936 | $0 | -100% |
| CCC/Wilson Company FSA | $5,588 | $0 | -100% |
| Collin Davidson Blalock | $3,162 | $0 | -100% |
| Cord S. Boykin | $956 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily W. Sharpe | $122 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| FSA/CCC | $1,570 | $0 | -100% |
| FSA/Wilson Company FSA Office | $258 | $0 | -100% |
| James Robert Thomas Jr. | $351 | $0 | -100% |
| Marion Pridgen Jr. | $15 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Miller Trust/BB&T | $865 | $0 | -100% |
| Moses Paul Webb | $229 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah W. Pollock | $122 | $0 | -100% |
| Valerie Gottula | $305 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilson County FSA/CCC | $688 | $0 | -100% |
| Woodard Farm No 1842 Part | $3,261 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $16,628,356 | $5,645,216 | -66.1% |
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