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In 2021, 261 farmers in cities within Worth County received a total of $10.8 million in 511 farm subsidies, a 44.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $19.4 million in 832 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 Worth County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Farms Partnership | $1,098,525 | $553,728 | -49.6% |
| T & T Sumner Farms | $919,177 | $415,446 | -54.8% |
| Moresenk Farms | $464,895 | $280,604 | -39.6% |
| Harley Farms Gerry Leland Hembree Gen PTR | $523,805 | $277,469 | -47% |
| Young Farms | $408,554 | $240,535 | -41.1% |
| Wright Farm Partnership | $330,962 | $222,290 | -32.8% |
| H & E Sumner Farms | $414,009 | $221,724 | -46.4% |
| Todd Sizemore | $267,872 | $215,103 | -19.7% |
| Carter Farms | $378,439 | $212,600 | -43.8% |
| Triple K, LLC | $308,918 | $197,868 | -35.9% |
| Morris Farms | $351,070 | $197,560 | -43.7% |
| H. R. Tison | $306,358 | $193,783 | -36.7% |
| Red Rock Farms | $67,141 | $187,674 | 179.5% |
| James David Bryan III | $119,665 | $180,884 | 51.2% |
| Jimmy Bryan | $185,747 | $175,453 | -5.5% |
| Gunsmoke Farms, LLC | $318,459 | $173,325 | -45.6% |
| Kemp Scott Willis | $249,891 | $166,691 | -33.3% |
| Roberts Brothers Farms, Inc. | $276,072 | $165,137 | -40.2% |
| Jacob Paulk Iii B. J. Cattle III | $191,569 | $160,057 | -16.4% |
| Ken Hall Farms, Inc. | $250,736 | $157,822 | -37.1% |
| J Cochran Farms, Inc. | $330,875 | $153,532 | -53.6% |
| Thomas Leon Youngblood | $219,623 | $153,378 | -30.2% |
| WSJ Farms, Inc. | $196,274 | $152,295 | -22.4% |
| Garet M Young | $134,954 | $148,695 | 10.2% |
| Candice Jones | $214,220 | $148,313 | -30.8% |
| R & R Honey Farms, LLC | $106,665 | $144,671 | 35.6% |
| McDonald Farms | $182,322 | $135,968 | -25.4% |
| Ford Farms | $203,392 | $120,340 | -40.8% |
| Dennis Champion | $257,521 | $119,278 | -53.7% |
| Champion Groves, Inc. | $313,249 | $118,522 | -62.2% |
| Double Down Farms, LLC | $250,266 | $117,919 | -52.9% |
| Patterson Farms | $187,664 | $117,320 | -37.5% |
| Harris Calhoun Farms, LLC | $165,988 | $115,638 | -30.3% |
| M & S Roberts Farms, LLC | $274,328 | $112,564 | -59% |
| ECR Farms, LLC | $185,033 | $107,633 | -41.8% |
| MTR Farms, LLC | $183,869 | $107,633 | -41.5% |
| Dennis L. James | $156,299 | $100,324 | -35.8% |
| Strenth & Ford Farms | $155,029 | $99,591 | -35.8% |
| Arnold Davis | $162,717 | $96,323 | -40.8% |
| Gwines Farms | $222,779 | $93,898 | -57.9% |
| Philip L. Brown | $133,465 | $91,727 | -31.3% |
| Justin Roberts | $101,838 | $91,637 | -10% |
| Jason Barksdale | $158,218 | $90,645 | -42.7% |
| Fred Tison | $179,049 | $87,977 | -50.9% |
| Allen Tison | $146,443 | $87,913 | -40% |
| Gunter Farms | $36,717 | $87,789 | 139.1% |
| Shane Calhoun | $241,550 | $86,805 | -64.1% |
| Stephen Shelton Patterson | $121,199 | $86,681 | -28.5% |
| Eugene Harold Patterson Jr. | $122,919 | $86,273 | -29.8% |
| James Lonnie Saunders | $19,972 | $84,173 | 321.5% |
| William T. Senkbeil | $192,983 | $76,803 | -60.2% |
| Michael Roberts | $126,211 | $71,884 | -43% |
| Warren Tison | $163,936 | $70,502 | -57% |
| Anita Marie Roberts | $12,986 | $68,471 | 427.3% |
| Donald Watson | $143,151 | $66,831 | -53.3% |
| Dwayne Strenth | $99,160 | $65,416 | -34% |
| Hank Youngblood | $111,168 | $64,918 | -41.6% |
| Keith White, LLC | $176,073 | $61,901 | -64.8% |
| Laura Brooks Patterson | $82,621 | $57,664 | -30.2% |
| Joshua Blake Sutton | $194,157 | $56,397 | -71% |
| Bowen Wright | $67,552 | $56,145 | -16.9% |
| TK Pecans, Inc. | $244,418 | $56,107 | -77% |
| JL Downs Farms, Inc. | $118,281 | $55,074 | -53.4% |
| Steven Dwayne Potts | $65,368 | $53,242 | -18.6% |
| B & R Farms, Inc. | $232,962 | $52,271 | -77.6% |
| Ronald Tommy Barksdale | $284,912 | $52,241 | -81.7% |
| Robert Clark | $148,743 | $52,208 | -64.9% |
| Joshua Williams White | $106,300 | $51,210 | -51.8% |
| Charles R. Goodman Jr. | $118,102 | $50,940 | -56.9% |
| Eric Thomas Mullis | $60,301 | $50,725 | -15.9% |
| Steven J. Andrews | $101,667 | $48,706 | -52.1% |
| The Honey Bee Factory, LLC | $47,786 | $47,994 | 0.4% |
| Terry D. Weaver | $104,603 | $46,758 | -55.3% |
| Davis Cattle Company, LLC | $81,384 | $45,358 | -44.3% |
| Henry W. Mims | $142,392 | $43,148 | -69.7% |
| Terry Heath Weaver | $71,694 | $42,182 | -41.2% |
| Faith Jones Apperson | $8,031 | $41,550 | 417.4% |
| D & D Agent, LLC | $147,117 | $41,053 | -72.1% |
| Blaize Autumn Bradley Hall | $54,655 | $40,896 | -25.2% |
| Stuart Jones | $124,518 | $39,614 | -68.2% |
| Stacey W. Jones | $124,849 | $39,614 | -68.3% |
| Brett Thomas Cochran | $29,339 | $39,253 | 33.8% |
| Joel T. Carter | $63,185 | $37,231 | -41.1% |
| Jeffrey S. Young | $98,034 | $36,673 | -62.6% |
| Chris M. Young | $78,289 | $34,807 | -55.5% |
| Melissa P. Young | $78,289 | $34,805 | -55.5% |
| Virginia Gail Strenth | $49,773 | $33,282 | -33.1% |
| Shirley Apperson | $53,607 | $33,280 | -37.9% |
| H & R Honey Farms, LLC | $38,174 | $33,160 | -13.1% |
| E Allen Strenth | $49,876 | $31,721 | -36.4% |
| Carson Jack Bass | $29,110 | $31,656 | 8.7% |
| Jared Young | $68,649 | $31,004 | -54.8% |
| Joseph Sumner | $28,631 | $28,798 | 0.6% |
| Johnny Cochran | $5,137 | $27,672 | 438.7% |
| Clay Young | $43,932 | $25,982 | -40.9% |
| Kelly Nichole Bozeman-Young | $45,194 | $25,937 | -42.6% |
| Angel Young | $42,626 | $24,357 | -42.9% |
| Christopher Lane King | $49,553 | $24,282 | -51% |
| David Bryan Farms | $285,880 | $21,289 | -92.6% |
| W. N. Apperson | $31,617 | $20,531 | -35.1% |
| Marie Calhoun | $40,573 | $20,217 | -50.2% |
| Johnny Royce McCrary | $20,718 | $18,958 | -8.5% |
| W P Bee Farms, LLC | $0 | $18,811 | -- |
| Bass Farm Products, LLC | $20,236 | $18,194 | -10.1% |
| Charles Sledge Farms, Inc. | $33,082 | $16,575 | -49.9% |
| CR Newell Transport, LLC | $0 | $16,322 | -- |
| Carlos H Balsinde | $32,409 | $16,149 | -50.2% |
| Marsha K. Senkbeil | $27,810 | $14,860 | -46.6% |
| Doyle Medders | $28,610 | $14,691 | -48.7% |
| James David Bryan | $76,608 | $13,792 | -82% |
| Powell Farms | $25,831 | $13,408 | -48.1% |
| Gammage Enterprises, LLLP | $13,403 | $13,403 | 0% |
| K White, LLC | $26,536 | $13,134 | -50.5% |
| Zachary Gunter Brown | $7,681 | $11,279 | 46.8% |
| Vicki S. Bryan | $0 | $10,943 | -- |
| Austin Cole Haralson | $1,847 | $10,828 | 486.2% |
| Thomas E. McBrayer | $10,792 | $10,792 | 0% |
| Jamie D. Jones | $12,033 | $10,696 | -11.1% |
| William H. Davis Jr. | $17,163 | $10,273 | -40.1% |
| Thomas A. Sumner | $23,304 | $9,921 | -57.4% |
| Ronald G. Register Sr. | $9,323 | $9,323 | 0% |
| Preston Luke Gwines | $12,721 | $8,892 | -30.1% |
| Sumner Rainbow Farm Service, Inc. | $8,046 | $8,619 | 7.1% |
| Philip Lumpkin | $7,714 | $8,485 | 10% |
| Blake Slappey | $9,924 | $8,400 | -15.4% |
| Sam Youngblood | $0 | $8,228 | -- |
| E. D. Roberts | $13,792 | $8,036 | -41.7% |
| M. D. Roberts | $13,755 | $8,036 | -41.6% |
| Benjamin P. Deloach | $17,248 | $7,229 | -58.1% |
| Edwin Hall | $9,770 | $7,160 | -26.7% |
| Davis King Jr. | $0 | $7,003 | -- |
| Joe Kemp Shiver Estate | $5,843 | $6,684 | 14.4% |
| Lolla Creek Farms, LLC | $9,748 | $6,459 | -33.7% |
| Walter J. Young | $6,355 | $6,355 | 0% |
| Brandon Morris and Ray Morris | $20,703 | $5,882 | -71.6% |
| Brandon Jones | $13,958 | $5,404 | -61.3% |
| Todd 0 Moore | $6,946 | $5,083 | -26.8% |
| William T. Reynolds | $8,315 | $5,079 | -38.9% |
| Virginia K. Pannell | $4,852 | $4,852 | 0% |
| Austin Cole Jones | $6,735 | $4,797 | -28.8% |
| Jacob Bradley Jones | $6,735 | $4,797 | -28.8% |
| Bradley Eugene Patterson | $7,280 | $4,791 | -34.2% |
| Jeraldine Adams | $0 | $4,626 | -- |
| Janet B Roberts Living Trust | $4,808 | $4,585 | -4.6% |
| Annette B. Buckley | $3,176 | $4,374 | 37.7% |
| Raymond Harris | $0 | $4,240 | -- |
| Lillian E Williams Estate | $4,127 | $4,127 | 0% |
| Mark A. Hurst | $25,748 | $3,992 | -84.5% |
| DWK Farm Services, LLC | $8,824 | $3,982 | -54.9% |
| Parkman Bros Farm PTN | $3,900 | $3,900 | 0% |
| John W. Bass | $6,823 | $3,857 | -43.5% |
| Randall Chad Gunter | $128,129 | $3,625 | -97.2% |
| Nancy Worrell | $9,258 | $3,506 | -62.1% |
| William L. Palmer Jr. | $2,141 | $3,506 | 63.8% |
| Charles Pate | $5,997 | $3,471 | -42.1% |
| Tommy Sumner | $13,419 | $3,471 | -74.1% |
| Jimmy Inman | $3,257 | $3,257 | 0% |
| AJJ Farms, Inc. | $156,157 | $3,238 | -97.9% |
| Ronald Scheier | $3,223 | $3,223 | 0% |
| Dalton James Langlinais | $0 | $3,125 | -- |
| Daniel W. Bridges | $16,700 | $3,026 | -81.9% |
| The Sisters, LLC | $1,491 | $2,979 | 99.8% |
| Virginia G. Huggins | $3,244 | $2,874 | -11.4% |
| Jane H. Young | $2,868 | $2,868 | 0% |
| Edward Doyle Giddens | $2,811 | $2,811 | 0% |
| Olin Hobby | $3,224 | $2,810 | -12.8% |
| James T. Blackwell Jr. | $0 | $2,799 | -- |
| George Hobby | $10,950 | $2,794 | -74.5% |
| Mickey Bentley | $11,297 | $2,788 | -75.3% |
| Roberts Brothers Farms -Do Not Use Unless Use Is for YEA, Inc. | $0 | $2,772 | -- |
| Justin Sumner Davis | $2,771 | $2,771 | 0% |
| Joel Todd Carpenter | $2,750 | $2,737 | -0.5% |
| Joe Farrow - on and on Cattle, LLC | $10,065 | $2,719 | -73% |
| Leiandra N Dollison | $4,167 | $2,701 | -35.2% |
| Bobbie Ann Rouse | $2,641 | $2,641 | 0% |
| Joseph Bates | $2,625 | $2,625 | 0% |
| Cindy Knight Shiver | $2,618 | $2,618 | 0% |
| Horace Salter | $2,504 | $2,504 | 0% |
| Virginia D. McDonald | $2,455 | $2,455 | 0% |
| Monk Farms, LLC | $10,127 | $2,398 | -76.3% |
| Jaime Chandler Young | $3,035 | $2,382 | -21.5% |
| Paul Woody Jr. | $2,307 | $2,307 | 0% |
| William David Willis | $4,996 | $2,280 | -54.4% |
| van Jeffords | $1,139 | $2,110 | 85.3% |
| Allen K. Giddens | $2,095 | $2,095 | 0% |
| Faye Austell Harris Family Farm and Timber Partnership | $2,091 | $2,091 | 0% |
| SBS Farms, LLC | $4,345 | $2,019 | -53.5% |
| Morris Brown Mitchell | $7,643 | $1,917 | -74.9% |
| Blair Farms - W C Blair Gen PTR | $6,493 | $1,842 | -71.6% |
| Gerald Sledge | $7,701 | $1,791 | -76.7% |
| Ann P. Sumner | $1,751 | $1,751 | 0% |
| Charles Sledge | $12,376 | $1,718 | -86.1% |
| Brenda Hudson Ponder | $1,512 | $1,639 | 8.4% |
| James A. White | $1,608 | $1,608 | 0% |
| Ricky L. Headrick | $1,606 | $1,606 | 0% |
| Ronald Keith Willis | $1,795 | $1,598 | -11% |
| Stanley Wayne Willis | $1,795 | $1,598 | -11% |
| Beverly Willis Dunn | $1,795 | $1,598 | -11% |
| Ricky P. Apperson | $2,375 | $1,538 | -35.2% |
| Phyllis J. Conrad | $1,603 | $1,474 | -8% |
| Steve McDonald | $1,595 | $1,455 | -8.8% |
| Ray Dupree | $7,011 | $1,427 | -79.6% |
| Robert Lee Williams | $2,541 | $1,427 | -43.8% |
| Troy D West JR | $1,408 | $1,408 | 0% |
| Bar-Kell Cattle Company, LLC | $10,975 | $1,342 | -87.8% |
| Loron T Odom | $1,282 | $1,179 | -8% |
| Mona Brothers | $1,090 | $1,090 | 0% |
| Carroll Jackson Moree Estate | $1,086 | $1,086 | 0% |
| Wade G. Brady | $1,082 | $1,082 | 0% |
| Terry L. Young | $977 | $977 | 0% |
| Eugene Mincey | $11,904 | $976 | -91.8% |
| William K. Giddens Sr. | $1,346 | $968 | -28.1% |
| Wendell I. Hancock | $928 | $928 | 0% |
| Sheila Joan Blackwell Johnson | $0 | $915 | -- |
| Teresa Dykes Blackwell | $0 | $915 | -- |
| Byron Medders | $1,354 | $875 | -35.4% |
| Earl Beanblossom | $0 | $843 | -- |
| Sumner Investment Holdings, LLLP | $0 | $828 | -- |
| James H. Conger | $3,850 | $812 | -78.9% |
| Sumner Peanut Company | $758 | $758 | 0% |
| Deborah Sue Peacock | $1,339 | $744 | -44.4% |
| Anthony C. Bozeman | $0 | $696 | -- |
| Chris A. Leymeister | $0 | $684 | -- |
| Jacob B. Paulk III | $3,871 | $667 | -82.8% |
| Harold G. Jones | $624 | $624 | 0% |
| Chris Law | $614 | $614 | 0% |
| David L. Shiver | $4,884 | $606 | -87.6% |
| Donald Edward White | $600 | $600 | 0% |
| Clyde Jordan | $792 | $575 | -27.4% |
| David Ford | $796 | $567 | -28.8% |
| Harold Eugne Patterson SR | $3,091 | $562 | -81.8% |
| Dana Hathcock Houston | $531 | $531 | 0% |
| Julie H. Rogers | $531 | $531 | 0% |
| Mary Watkins | $506 | $506 | 0% |
| Johnnie B. Rushing | $497 | $497 | 0% |
| Lindy Busbin | $3,079 | $481 | -84.4% |
| Jerry Walker | $1,296 | $466 | -64% |
| Linda P. Stephens | $1,461 | $460 | -68.5% |
| Brian Baggett | $2,222 | $453 | -79.6% |
| Marie Bates | $2,009 | $430 | -78.6% |
| Welee Farms, LLC | $1,122 | $422 | -62.4% |
| Justin Cooper | $3,451 | $408 | -88.2% |
| Kathryn L. Giddens | $0 | $378 | -- |
| Mike S. Odom | $0 | $350 | -- |
| Melvin B. Paulk | $1,823 | $347 | -81% |
| Billy Joe Anglon | $315 | $315 | 0% |
| Bennett Thomas Pate | $599 | $293 | -51.1% |
| George L. Hall Jr. | $0 | $278 | -- |
| Brandon R. Morris | $214,738 | $275 | -99.9% |
| Mike Moore | $331 | $267 | -19.3% |
| Turner Grant Sauls | $1,144 | $264 | -76.9% |
| Jencha Farms LP | $2,299 | $237 | -89.7% |
| Ann B. Odom | $858 | $225 | -73.8% |
| Paul D. Woodall | $187 | $187 | 0% |
| Gwen Murphy Isdell | $2,522 | $186 | -92.6% |
| Marcia D Young-Whitacre | $161 | $161 | 0% |
| Thomas Blair | $297 | $143 | -51.9% |
| Carolyn S. Odom | $693 | $138 | -80.1% |
| Redfern Enterprizes, LLC | $221 | $74 | -66.5% |
| Samuel Guy Williams Sr. | $857 | $69 | -91.9% |
| David Norton | $1,716 | $28 | -98.4% |
| Donald Bradley Culpepper | $4,125 | $0 | -100% |
| Leila E. Dollison | $12,911 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Murray Youngblood | $12,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Angel Fletcher Mullis | $19,356 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Thomas Pope | $2,572 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Wayne Merritt | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Jones Farms, LLC | $972 | $0 | -100% |
| Junior Hartsfield | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Katie Lynn Williams | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth H. Tompkins | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Talbert H. Dewitt Sr. | $2,787 | $0 | -100% |
| Branda Farrow | $6,524 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Tomlinson | $1,284 | $0 | -100% |
| George T. Paul Jr. | $2,754 | $0 | -100% |
| Hays Family Farm, LLC | $1,995 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Couch | $3,392 | $0 | -100% |
| Laverne Dorminey | $118 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewsah Farm Family Partnership LP | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Melba D. Brown | $1,490 | $0 | -100% |
| Merry C. Huisman | $9,445 | $0 | -100% |
| Mr. Kenney W. Brown Jr. | $4,093 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy F. Palmer | $2,146 | $0 | -100% |
| Ollie Burley | $1,868 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Steven Smith | $1,283 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Murray Youngblood | $12,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Shotsies Farms, Inc. | $113,530 | $0 | -100% |
| Uncle D's Honey Bees, LLC | $1,230 | $0 | -100% |
| William Fricks | $321 | $0 | -100% |
| Willis Farms | $25,579 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $19,446,473 | $10,814,978 | -44.4% |
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