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In 2021, 140 farmers in cities within Davidson County received a total of $1.5 million in 235 farm subsidies, a 37.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.4 million in 494 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 Davidson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovelea Farms, LLC | $494,977 | $177,198 | -64.2% |
| Red Acres Farm, LLC | $387,807 | $134,746 | -65.3% |
| Earnhart Farms, Inc. | $0 | $108,047 | -- |
| Alvin V. Hogan Jr. | $38,344 | $98,384 | 156.6% |
| Kevin Darrell Hardister | $6,529 | $63,601 | 874.1% |
| Chad Walker | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ricky Leonard Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Triad Timber & Land, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Essick S & T Farm | $43,422 | $52,337 | 20.5% |
| Clinton Ray Wood Jr. | $112,718 | $41,615 | -63.1% |
| Michael H. Swicegood | $54,568 | $40,519 | -25.7% |
| Eric A. Carroll | $0 | $33,262 | -- |
| Sandy Grove Farms, LLC | $27,482 | $32,627 | 18.7% |
| Sink's Happy Hill Farm, LLC | $32,942 | $28,696 | -12.9% |
| Fisherward Dairy | $13,833 | $28,031 | 102.6% |
| Robana Farm, LLC | $73,773 | $27,537 | -62.7% |
| Ronnie S. Harrison | $17,288 | $26,686 | 54.4% |
| Wesley Young Hopkins Jr. | $61,930 | $25,081 | -59.5% |
| Trent Cook | $41,565 | $22,296 | -46.4% |
| Friendship Farms, LLC | $42,876 | $21,566 | -49.7% |
| Bryant Farms, LLC | $54,533 | $20,992 | -61.5% |
| Richard Lawrence Cagle | $22,313 | $17,646 | -20.9% |
| Jamie Clayton Elliott | $43,171 | $17,085 | -60.4% |
| Dennis C. Loflin | $34,248 | $17,054 | -50.2% |
| Charles Clifford Elliott | $35,421 | $16,440 | -53.6% |
| Billy H Bowers Farm Trust | $42,606 | $15,059 | -64.7% |
| Beverly P. Snider | $4,368 | $13,346 | 205.5% |
| Richard Jones Lanier | $0 | $11,662 | -- |
| Leonard P. Bruff | $1,595 | $11,442 | 617.4% |
| Crousedale Farm, LLC | $104,395 | $11,123 | -89.3% |
| Roger C. Blake | $5,527 | $9,728 | 76% |
| Kyle Gallimore | $16,980 | $9,248 | -45.5% |
| Garry D. Wilson | $10,910 | $9,223 | -15.5% |
| Roger James | $1,089 | $8,443 | 675.3% |
| Robert Swing | $13,518 | $8,330 | -38.4% |
| Daniel Earnhart | $11,022 | $8,302 | -24.7% |
| Joey V. Smith | $10,679 | $7,366 | -31% |
| Tim Loflin | $14,872 | $7,253 | -51.2% |
| Caleb J. Knote | $21,078 | $7,234 | -65.7% |
| Terryl E ALT Marital Trust Under Will | $6,737 | $7,154 | 6.2% |
| Herman L. Hogan | $9,241 | $7,064 | -23.6% |
| James M. Jones | $2,258 | $6,713 | 197.3% |
| Mike Palmer | $11,175 | $6,470 | -42.1% |
| Page Lowe | $8,506 | $5,798 | -31.8% |
| Douglas A. Sorensen | $4,885 | $4,885 | 0% |
| John Georgoulakis Trust | $18,483 | $4,246 | -77% |
| Taylor Cottrell | $10,124 | $4,187 | -58.6% |
| Ed Greene Jr. | $10,609 | $3,998 | -62.3% |
| Brandon E. Stafford | $478 | $3,660 | 665.7% |
| Piney Grove Farm of Lex | $6,554 | $3,557 | -45.7% |
| Nick M. Hanes | $5,638 | $3,180 | -43.6% |
| William M. Loflin | $5,811 | $3,013 | -48.2% |
| Mary Kathryn Cooper | $5,011 | $2,886 | -42.4% |
| Coy Davis Beard | $3,050 | $2,764 | -9.4% |
| Bluewater Farms, LLC | $3,654 | $2,307 | -36.9% |
| Andrew Scott German | $10,530 | $2,282 | -78.3% |
| William Eddie Motsinger | $4,200 | $2,235 | -46.8% |
| Kent Stephen Chriscoe | $11,344 | $2,170 | -80.9% |
| Randall G. Mock | $11,230 | $2,116 | -81.2% |
| Coy Neil Beard | $11,222 | $1,930 | -82.8% |
| Gary W. Nance | $9,457 | $1,838 | -80.6% |
| Larry Skeen | $3,068 | $1,830 | -40.4% |
| William F. Smith III | $1,774 | $1,774 | 0% |
| Donna W. Powers | $15,385 | $1,699 | -89% |
| Hidden Springs Ranch, LLC | $0 | $1,650 | -- |
| Marcia a Dach-Marcia Ann Dach Rev Farm Trust | $1,644 | $1,644 | 0% |
| Bennie K. Ward | $4,401 | $1,625 | -63.1% |
| Dorothy R. Bostic | $1,744 | $1,539 | -11.8% |
| Jeffrey Bryon Loflin | $0 | $1,503 | -- |
| Tyler Lohr Forrest | $3,561 | $1,478 | -58.5% |
| Rick A. Craver | $4,503 | $1,456 | -67.7% |
| Randy Freeman | $6,372 | $1,397 | -78.1% |
| Lloyd H. Roberts II | $5,973 | $1,296 | -78.3% |
| James Grady Davis | $0 | $1,225 | -- |
| Sterling C. Wall | $1,619 | $1,201 | -25.8% |
| Karen S. Denton | $3,792 | $1,160 | -69.4% |
| Todd A. Powers | $2,376 | $1,098 | -53.8% |
| Robert Dale Loflin | $8,065 | $1,052 | -87% |
| Tom Trantham | $3,969 | $1,042 | -73.7% |
| Daynese Loflin | $3,840 | $1,005 | -73.8% |
| Verge Edward Nifong Jr. | $1,552 | $1,000 | -35.6% |
| Peggy C. Everhart | $4,524 | $955 | -78.9% |
| Ward F. Perrell Jr. | $0 | $890 | -- |
| John Roger Feezor | $1,254 | $884 | -29.5% |
| Barbara Sink | $7,028 | $858 | -87.8% |
| Sisters Cattle Company, LLC | $1,741 | $852 | -51.1% |
| Terry E. Smith | $1,722 | $843 | -51% |
| Jack Harold Lanier | $4,191 | $837 | -80% |
| Jerry W. Lanning | $780 | $780 | 0% |
| Stanley J. Thomas | $759 | $759 | 0% |
| Darrell S. Nance | $4,329 | $650 | -85% |
| Tommy Sink | $4,788 | $639 | -86.7% |
| Dale Hedrick | $610 | $610 | 0% |
| Richard Delk | $3,356 | $602 | -82.1% |
| Glenn T. Sheets | $2,214 | $595 | -73.1% |
| Betty S. Harrison | $1,535 | $582 | -62.1% |
| Johnny Sowers | $0 | $515 | -- |
| Billy L. Berrier | $1,554 | $504 | -67.6% |
| Dwayne Neal Buie | $479 | $479 | 0% |
| Odell Andrew Hedrick Jr. | $2,151 | $474 | -78% |
| Terry Lee Hedrick | $2,610 | $474 | -81.8% |
| Debra 0 Walser | $843 | $451 | -46.5% |
| Steven Lee King | $1,572 | $448 | -71.5% |
| Leah Jane Pendergraph | $518 | $430 | -17% |
| Thomas B. Sells | $2,023 | $417 | -79.4% |
| Casey Tarleton | $2,203 | $350 | -84.1% |
| Kent H. Beck | $2,442 | $345 | -85.9% |
| Thomas C. Leonard | $331 | $331 | 0% |
| Brian Keith Kearns | $1,767 | $315 | -82.2% |
| Richard Diehl | $2,317 | $298 | -87.1% |
| Thomas Ray Moseley | $2,706 | $298 | -89% |
| Billy Wayne Shoaf | $1,450 | $284 | -80.4% |
| Jarret Adam Elliott | $6,014 | $266 | -95.6% |
| Teddy Daniels | $781 | $262 | -66.5% |
| Edward V. Ward | $1,259 | $256 | -79.7% |
| Bascom L. Kinley | $1,776 | $249 | -86% |
| William Chandler Loflin | $462 | $236 | -48.9% |
| Toni Mundell | $702 | $233 | -66.8% |
| Michael T. James | $880 | $218 | -75.2% |
| Robert L. Hill | $17,471 | $191 | -98.9% |
| Lois B. Gallimore | $367 | $155 | -57.8% |
| Doug Norman | $297 | $155 | -47.8% |
| Michael D. Zimmerman | $416 | $152 | -63.5% |
| Donald E. Routh | $685 | $149 | -78.2% |
| The Johnson Family Irrevocable Trust | $104 | $138 | 32.7% |
| Mitchell Kiser | $711 | $135 | -81% |
| Johnny S. Essick | $784 | $133 | -83% |
| Earnest E. Routh | $652 | $132 | -79.8% |
| Terry K. Shoaf | $297 | $114 | -61.6% |
| Luke Routh | $0 | $97 | -- |
| Charles W. Surratt | $120 | $90 | -25% |
| Sammy Lee Barringer | $568 | $71 | -87.5% |
| Roby Loflin | $177 | $70 | -60.5% |
| Alvin E. Ritch Jr. | $1,086 | $63 | -94.2% |
| Ray Dean Sink | $775 | $24 | -96.9% |
| Donna C. Beauchamp | $43 | $17 | -60.5% |
| Douglas K. Curry | $43 | $17 | -60.5% |
| Brenda G. Young | $39 | $16 | -59% |
| Tracy Phil Callahan | $776 | $8 | -99% |
| Bruce Regan | $7 | $5 | -28.6% |
| Austin Luke Routh | $539 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles J. Hughes | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Cleatus Johnson | $278 | $0 | -100% |
| Donnie J. Hardister | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry Delk | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey B. Loflin | $7,326 | $0 | -100% |
| Kason Hulin | $783 | $0 | -100% |
| Kay Delk | $1,593 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda S. Williams | $103 | $0 | -100% |
| Lottie L. Buie | $424 | $0 | -100% |
| Mountain Vista Health Park, Inc. | $511 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard J. Lanier | $21,909 | $0 | -100% |
| Seven Sisters Farm, LLC | $3,510 | $0 | -100% |
| Toms Creek Farm & Nursery, LLC | $51,337 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony M. Cranford | $1,370 | $0 | -100% |
| Troy Coggins | $104 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley Y. Hopkins | $8,434 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew Craig Wagoner | $3,190 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy E. Hill | $969 | $0 | -100% |
| Buford L. Nichols Jr. | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward G. Hill | $195 | $0 | -100% |
| Ethan H. Hedrick | $3,245 | $0 | -100% |
| Jackson M. Berrier | $647 | $0 | -100% |
| James G Davis | $4,565 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry C. Brinkley | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny R. Hanes | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Josh Hill | $8,652 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimberly Sue Hughes | $6,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary M. Johnson | $163 | $0 | -100% |
| Nu-Care, Inc. | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Phil Zimmerman | $1,065 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray L. Brewer | $1,568 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert W. Walser | $139 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas R. Mock Jr. | $41 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony Caudle | $365 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony Harrison | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Anderson Hill Jr. | $589 | $0 | -100% |
| William James | $412 | $0 | -100% |
| Woodrow M. Leonard Jr. | $449 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,381,974 | $1,481,358 | -37.8% |
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