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In 2021, 201 farmers in cities within Nash County received a total of $3 million in 379 farm subsidies, a 78.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $14.2 million in 756 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 Nash County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandemark Farms, LLC | $0 | $429,914 | -- |
| Evans Farms | $868,645 | $275,027 | -68.3% |
| Bailey Brothers Agent Partnership | $321,918 | $176,845 | -45.1% |
| Tyson Family Farms, Inc. | $498,182 | $146,245 | -70.6% |
| Bissette Farms, Inc. | $550,299 | $138,851 | -74.8% |
| Shelton Manning & Sons, LLC | $226,306 | $83,833 | -63% |
| Gary C. Hill | $3,067 | $83,540 | 2,623.8% |
| Pak House, LLC | $503,180 | $83,049 | -83.5% |
| Leggett Farming Partnership | $591,161 | $79,510 | -86.6% |
| High Farms, Inc. | $289,926 | $77,354 | -73.3% |
| Rob Glover Farming, LLC | $282,941 | $74,061 | -73.8% |
| Bethany's Best, LLC | $401,587 | $73,876 | -81.6% |
| Russell J. Thompson | $0 | $71,777 | -- |
| JCB Farms, LLC | $553,606 | $64,225 | -88.4% |
| Barnes Farming, Corp. | $433,381 | $63,200 | -85.4% |
| Tar River Valley Company | $228,562 | $58,834 | -74.3% |
| 3L Farming Company, LLC | $270,911 | $57,373 | -78.8% |
| Taylor Farms/Nash, LLC | $149,039 | $52,943 | -64.5% |
| TNT Family Farms, Inc. | $793,570 | $46,084 | -94.2% |
| Willie C. Boykin III | $122,940 | $41,222 | -66.5% |
| Rich Farms, Inc. | $180,134 | $37,610 | -79.1% |
| Robert & Wade Glover Farms, Inc. | $346,353 | $36,175 | -89.6% |
| Andrew Tyson Farms, LLC | $405,451 | $34,310 | -91.5% |
| Rose Farm Joint Venture | $625,798 | $34,086 | -94.6% |
| Gardner Brothers, LLC | $128,786 | $31,234 | -75.7% |
| B3 Farms, LLC | $15,932 | $27,785 | 74.4% |
| Clay T Strickland Farms, Inc. | $234,330 | $26,802 | -88.6% |
| Melton Manning & Sons Farm, LLC | $139,911 | $25,848 | -81.5% |
| Linda E. Fisher | $24,604 | $21,833 | -11.3% |
| Pitts Farming, Inc. | $144,264 | $21,582 | -85% |
| Edward Manning & Son, Inc. | $141,036 | $17,277 | -87.7% |
| Richard S. Brantley | $308,892 | $16,972 | -94.5% |
| Ordess, LLC | $90,878 | $15,514 | -82.9% |
| Johnnie Warren Harris | $2,938 | $14,611 | 397.3% |
| Kenneth E. Bartholomew | $46,878 | $14,504 | -69.1% |
| Lonnie N. Hux Jr. | $0 | $14,071 | -- |
| Wollett Farms, LLC | $7,215 | $13,594 | 88.4% |
| Aaron Ashley Creech Farms, Inc. | $41,644 | $13,572 | -67.4% |
| Edwin van Batchelor | $39,142 | $12,241 | -68.7% |
| William A. Jones III | $13,284 | $12,081 | -9.1% |
| Steve B. Whitley | $67,910 | $12,046 | -82.3% |
| Jimmy D Jones III, LLC | $188,880 | $11,522 | -93.9% |
| Gregory L. Manning | $59,395 | $11,479 | -80.7% |
| KMC Farms | $354,497 | $11,041 | -96.9% |
| Scott D. Deans | $31,677 | $10,663 | -66.3% |
| M & H Edwards Farm, Inc. | $38,658 | $10,608 | -72.6% |
| Derrick E. Bunn | $12,636 | $10,534 | -16.6% |
| Larry Strickland | $17,458 | $10,107 | -42.1% |
| Tyson Family Organic Farms, Inc. | $52,802 | $9,620 | -81.8% |
| Sharon W. Tyson | $18,988 | $9,378 | -50.6% |
| Orville M. Wiggins | $33,599 | $9,244 | -72.5% |
| Steve D. Raper | $23,251 | $9,216 | -60.4% |
| Gary R. High | $63,519 | $8,782 | -86.2% |
| Journigan Bros | $0 | $8,558 | -- |
| Ernest D. Winstead | $60,064 | $8,319 | -86.1% |
| Donnie H. Nichols | $28,774 | $8,227 | -71.4% |
| James Gregory Bunn | $66,664 | $7,405 | -88.9% |
| Albert J. Harper | $19,694 | $7,355 | -62.7% |
| Harris Farming, Corp. | $30,820 | $7,142 | -76.8% |
| Robert C. Cash | $12,347 | $6,956 | -43.7% |
| Sandy Loam Farming, Corp. | $6,154 | $6,732 | 9.4% |
| Royce C. Bone | $126,457 | $6,677 | -94.7% |
| Tumbling Run Farms, Inc. | $12,957 | $6,645 | -48.7% |
| Spencer Blake Davis | $21,364 | $6,593 | -69.1% |
| BPLF | $0 | $6,539 | -- |
| Matthew D. Bissette | $17,296 | $6,509 | -62.4% |
| Sidney A. Collie Jr. | $43,641 | $5,406 | -87.6% |
| Jeff & Joe Wood Partnership | $32,347 | $5,303 | -83.6% |
| Barry E. Murphy | $25,376 | $4,814 | -81% |
| Jones Family Farms | $160,196 | $4,730 | -97% |
| Dixie Place Farming, Corp. | $35,885 | $4,692 | -86.9% |
| James E. Harper | $8,967 | $4,334 | -51.7% |
| Charles Douglas Johnson | $17,347 | $4,036 | -76.7% |
| Josephine T. Stone | $3,883 | $4,028 | 3.7% |
| Red Hill EGGS, LLC | $0 | $3,873 | -- |
| David O. Griffin | $6,416 | $3,782 | -41.1% |
| Brent A. Glover | $25,548 | $3,764 | -85.3% |
| Kenneth H. Morris | $0 | $3,755 | -- |
| Brian K. Lamm | $37,578 | $3,712 | -90.1% |
| Joel A. Lamm | $37,578 | $3,712 | -90.1% |
| Jessica J Williams, LLC | $74,454 | $3,690 | -95% |
| Jack L. Carpenter | $11,723 | $3,600 | -69.3% |
| Ricky Brantley | $5,895 | $3,590 | -39.1% |
| Billy Harold Narron | $6,734 | $3,401 | -49.5% |
| Larry V. Narron | $6,733 | $3,401 | -49.5% |
| Cecil W. Lamm | $16,030 | $3,364 | -79% |
| Mills Organic Farms, LLC | $25,188 | $3,346 | -86.7% |
| James P. Wilson | $7,560 | $3,115 | -58.8% |
| Michael C. Strickland | $6,952 | $3,088 | -55.6% |
| Stephen R. Bass | $3,456 | $2,971 | -14% |
| Bass Farm, Inc. | $58,858 | $2,900 | -95.1% |
| B and R Livestock Farm, Inc. | $10,855 | $2,881 | -73.5% |
| Beverly W. Harris | $800 | $2,772 | 246.5% |
| Barbara D Jones, LLC | $132,490 | $2,608 | -98% |
| Dolores F. Journigan | $2,470 | $2,470 | 0% |
| Autry Bissette | $9,054 | $2,362 | -73.9% |
| Wayne L. Boseman | $1,744 | $2,357 | 35.1% |
| Steven Brent Bunn | $0 | $2,253 | -- |
| Larry O. Lamm | $0 | $2,184 | -- |
| Jesse Michael Boykin | $0 | $2,090 | -- |
| Jack L. Hawkins | $13,440 | $2,053 | -84.7% |
| Rolling T Farms, LLC | $0 | $2,005 | -- |
| Karl L. Holshouser | $9,168 | $1,966 | -78.6% |
| Oakland Grove Farming, Corp. | $4,321 | $1,893 | -56.2% |
| White Oak Acres, LLC | $8,096 | $1,656 | -79.5% |
| Evans Family Farms of Fremont NC, Inc. | $0 | $1,625 | -- |
| Clayland Farms and Consulting, LLC | $11,027 | $1,618 | -85.3% |
| Old Griffin Land Farms, LLC | $8,954 | $1,581 | -82.3% |
| Keaton Dean Vandemark | $11,693 | $1,552 | -86.7% |
| Ricky D Sorie | $1,545 | $1,545 | 0% |
| Howard Cecil Wilson Jr. | $5,445 | $1,544 | -71.6% |
| William D. Bissette | $2,502 | $1,536 | -38.6% |
| Samuel G. Moore | $0 | $1,501 | -- |
| Zollie Ray Coley | $7,139 | $1,414 | -80.2% |
| Joel Ray Johnson | $1,368 | $1,368 | 0% |
| A. J. Lancaster Jr. | $4,176 | $1,359 | -67.5% |
| Richard Donald Leroy Sweem | $3,260 | $1,328 | -59.3% |
| Leroy Davis | $3,579 | $1,313 | -63.3% |
| Steve Lee Whitley | $3,700 | $1,292 | -65.1% |
| Ruffin S. Griffin | $3,947 | $1,245 | -68.5% |
| Harrison Pork Production, Inc. | $1,193 | $1,193 | 0% |
| Marshall L. Edwards Jr. | $1,155 | $1,155 | 0% |
| Billy W. Wood Sr. | $9,417 | $1,148 | -87.8% |
| Bob R. Leonard | $6,877 | $1,138 | -83.5% |
| Ronnie E. Weaver | $12,321 | $1,037 | -91.6% |
| Oliver Dewey Pitts | $2,532 | $1,023 | -59.6% |
| Donald Broughton Street | $1,018 | $1,018 | 0% |
| Brenda M. Moore | $1,003 | $1,003 | 0% |
| Stone House Farms, LLC | $2,070 | $992 | -52.1% |
| Josh Presnell Marks | $3,631 | $978 | -73.1% |
| Rachel W. Lamm | $1,965 | $962 | -51% |
| Alton Richardson | $2,770 | $959 | -65.4% |
| Charles R. Boykin Sr. | $916 | $916 | 0% |
| Linda B. Watson | $916 | $916 | 0% |
| Patricia G. Renfrow | $0 | $911 | -- |
| Troy S. Nelms Jr. | $1,800 | $909 | -49.5% |
| Joshua S. Hawkins | $12,181 | $862 | -92.9% |
| Dallas N. Hill | $806 | $806 | 0% |
| Mark D. Thompson | $2,639 | $736 | -72.1% |
| E. C. Lamm | $957 | $724 | -24.3% |
| Philip A. Lucas | $4,151 | $717 | -82.7% |
| James Wm Matthews | $1,914 | $710 | -62.9% |
| Allen C. Daniels III | $334 | $668 | 100% |
| Andrew Tyler Glover | $1,786 | $640 | -64.2% |
| Richard S. Journigan Jr. | $612 | $612 | 0% |
| Inez M. Carter | $608 | $608 | 0% |
| Robert Shane Murray | $4,840 | $602 | -87.6% |
| Edith L. Skinner | $0 | $571 | -- |
| Wayne H. Gill | $688 | $570 | -17.2% |
| Joann G Sprouse Irrevocable Trust | $689 | $570 | -17.3% |
| Allen C. Rose Sr. | $9,425 | $562 | -94% |
| David L. Rose | $562 | $562 | 0% |
| Oliver Alston III | $1,804 | $483 | -73.2% |
| Mark Allan Nichols | $21,707 | $481 | -97.8% |
| Gardner Farms, LLC | $3,088 | $472 | -84.7% |
| Steve R. Davis | $1,630 | $461 | -71.7% |
| Michael S. Harrell | $440 | $440 | 0% |
| John Howard Keith | $1,694 | $416 | -75.4% |
| A. B. Swindell | $806 | $407 | -49.5% |
| Ray Collins | $3,044 | $401 | -86.8% |
| Ronald Bass | $2,888 | $397 | -86.3% |
| Sandra W. Brown | $383 | $383 | 0% |
| Chad Blankenship | $1,804 | $374 | -79.3% |
| Gary B. Manning | $334 | $334 | 0% |
| Dorothy M. Wilder | $0 | $325 | -- |
| Anne Journigan Godwin | $1,833 | $304 | -83.4% |
| Sherald R. High | $1,639 | $294 | -82.1% |
| Betsy M. Coppedge | $290 | $290 | 0% |
| Kenneth W. Coppedge | $290 | $290 | 0% |
| Jonathan C. Bone | $52,517 | $277 | -99.5% |
| Cindy S. Joyner | $262 | $262 | 0% |
| Pattie Mae Richardson | $252 | $252 | 0% |
| Douglas W. Whitehurst | $452 | $247 | -45.4% |
| Jerry Murphy | $1,442 | $239 | -83.4% |
| William Allan Barnes | $0 | $237 | -- |
| Karen Green Futrell | $869 | $224 | -74.2% |
| Florence D. McDonald | $222 | $222 | 0% |
| June W. Creech | $243 | $213 | -12.3% |
| Daniel A. Grove | $5,689 | $190 | -96.7% |
| Joseph C. Manning Jr. | $321 | $182 | -43.3% |
| Lance S. Bass | $962 | $165 | -82.8% |
| Marvin T. Scarboro | $0 | $160 | -- |
| Johnny Floyd Narron | $1,122 | $145 | -87.1% |
| E Brantley, LLC | $819 | $145 | -82.3% |
| William F. Clark | $664 | $136 | -79.5% |
| Dahlia H. Duke | $337 | $136 | -59.6% |
| Robert T. May | $5,638 | $134 | -97.6% |
| William I. Joyner Jr. | $612 | $115 | -81.2% |
| John W. Finch | $10,072 | $104 | -99% |
| C S Joyner Farms, LLC | $260 | $86 | -66.9% |
| William H. Judd | $398 | $68 | -82.9% |
| Freddy W. Narron | $169 | $63 | -62.7% |
| Walter E. Jones | $63 | $63 | 0% |
| James Edward Alston | $990 | $53 | -94.6% |
| Bobby Ray King | $1,420 | $45 | -96.8% |
| Linda J. Eatmon | $91 | $24 | -73.6% |
| Jack L. Eatmon | $99 | $16 | -83.8% |
| Sandra M. Bryant | $23 | $11 | -52.2% |
| Philip Rice | $110 | $8 | -92.7% |
| M. Warren Farm LLC, S.A. | $65 | $8 | -87.7% |
| Lervern Sykes | $2,358 | $7 | -99.7% |
| Evans Family Farms of Fremont NC | $337,526 | $0 | -100% |
| Nash Pigg Rentals, LLC | $707,701 | $0 | -100% |
| Pearl L. Finch | $902 | $0 | -100% |
| Timmy Mark Bailey | $2,280 | $0 | -100% |
| A. C. Daniels Jr. | $224 | $0 | -100% |
| Everett T. Creekmore | $1,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Sammy McCaskill | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty P. Caldwell | $842 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda Foscue | $6,211 | $0 | -100% |
| David Ralph Wilkins | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| John P. Bunn | $16 | $0 | -100% |
| John Phillip Bunn | $938 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Joe Strickland | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Marjorie W. Goodson | $22 | $0 | -100% |
| Norma Jean Hardie | $145 | $0 | -100% |
| Teresa Boykin Jernigan | $620 | $0 | -100% |
| Artis Ricks | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon Hill | $51,039 | $0 | -100% |
| Braswell EGG Company, Inc. | $250,050 | $0 | -100% |
| Clover Leaf Farm, LLC | $3,639 | $0 | -100% |
| DJB Farm Enterprises, Inc. | $156 | $0 | -100% |
| Harris & Bass Family Farms | $724 | $0 | -100% |
| J B Rose & Sons, Inc. | $287,355 | $0 | -100% |
| John D. Whitley | $11,932 | $0 | -100% |
| Nashville South Properties, LLC | $406 | $0 | -100% |
| Roanoke Farms, LLC | $5,412 | $0 | -100% |
| Robbie W. Frazier | $6,331 | $0 | -100% |
| Rose Farm Equipment, LLC | $497 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel G. Moore | $4,261 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas W. Ellis III | $125 | $0 | -100% |
| Winfred Arnold Smith | $3,023 | $0 | -100% |
| Claiborn Wood | $714 | $0 | -100% |
| Georgia D. Warren | $477 | $0 | -100% |
| Heather Hill | $353 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda L. Thorne | $937 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Gray Godwin | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Oak Lodge Farms, LLC | $956 | $0 | -100% |
| Strickland Properties, LLC | $890 | $0 | -100% |
| Violet S. Weathers | $707 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley W. Tyson | $2,306 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $14,231,599 | $3,034,707 | -78.7% |
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