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In 2021, 233 farmers in cities within Winston County received a total of $1.3 million in 260 farm subsidies, a 10.9% increase from 2020, when the total was $1.2 million in 461 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 Winston County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moody Sod Farm, Inc. | $798 | $83,716 | 10,390.7% |
| Jack Warner | $38,236 | $79,575 | 108.1% |
| Mills Poultry, LLC | $0 | $66,339 | -- |
| Jordan Mitchell | $2,750 | $53,529 | 1,846.5% |
| Charles Herrington Jr. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Dale Dickerson Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Joe Johns Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jon Dickerson Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Van's Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Central Timber Harvesters, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Richard Watkins | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Moody & Moody | $117,585 | $50,226 | -57.3% |
| Whitehead Farms, LLC | $0 | $38,263 | -- |
| Drake Kemp Trucking, LLC | $0 | $36,656 | -- |
| Jimmy L. Hamilton | $4,070 | $36,015 | 784.9% |
| Todd Allen | $0 | $30,974 | -- |
| Kelly Road Farms, LLC | $4,068 | $29,996 | 637.4% |
| Copper Hill Farms, LLC | $0 | $25,434 | -- |
| Circle W Farms, Inc. | $0 | $23,803 | -- |
| Joe Louis Jernigan Jr. | $0 | $21,593 | -- |
| GVH Farms, Inc. | $25,098 | $21,205 | -15.5% |
| Robert A. Warner | $92,782 | $16,250 | -82.5% |
| Parks Farm, LLC | $0 | $11,200 | -- |
| Ray McClendon | $0 | $10,735 | -- |
| Allen Young Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $8,392 | -- |
| Margaret D. Taylor | $8,073 | $8,073 | 0% |
| Edna Joy Prisock | $7,125 | $7,125 | 0% |
| Hugh Bryan Barrier | $41,356 | $6,294 | -84.8% |
| Culwell Properties, LLC | $19,722 | $6,211 | -68.5% |
| Susan P. Gordon | $5,926 | $6,110 | 3.1% |
| Mike Mitchell | $9,171 | $5,630 | -38.6% |
| Evergreen Land and Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $5,554 | -- |
| Cody O. Warner | $68,458 | $5,254 | -92.3% |
| Robert J. Moody | $4,799 | $4,799 | 0% |
| Yates, Clark and Curran Partnership | $15,489 | $4,743 | -69.4% |
| Bonnie Fulton | $6,009 | $4,364 | -27.4% |
| Keith Quinn | $19,261 | $4,340 | -77.5% |
| Doris M. Hamilton | $446 | $4,261 | 855.4% |
| Brier Creek Investments | $4,043 | $4,043 | 0% |
| Andrew M Fitzer JR Living Trust | $5,970 | $4,006 | -32.9% |
| Charles G. Clark | $14,882 | $3,856 | -74.1% |
| John Fair | $3,698 | $3,698 | 0% |
| Marvin Hughes | $10,797 | $3,581 | -66.8% |
| Mike Peterson | $11,091 | $3,469 | -68.7% |
| Fair and Peters Properties, Inc. | $3,447 | $3,447 | 0% |
| Billy F. Kirk | $14,679 | $3,413 | -76.7% |
| Peggy C Wallace Revocable Trust | $3,538 | $3,386 | -4.3% |
| Charles T. Smyth | $3,367 | $3,312 | -1.6% |
| Larry Addkison | $15,010 | $2,978 | -80.2% |
| Jeffrey W. McMinn | $2,879 | $2,879 | 0% |
| Suzette A. Eaves | $2,835 | $2,803 | -1.1% |
| William Chadwick Fulcher | $13,748 | $2,756 | -80% |
| Donald N. Kemp | $10,526 | $2,559 | -75.7% |
| Robert M. Ingram | $10,920 | $2,556 | -76.6% |
| Robert L. Baskin | $2,503 | $2,503 | 0% |
| Allen Crouch | $10,901 | $2,492 | -77.1% |
| Wilkes Poultry, LLC | $12,464 | $2,482 | -80.1% |
| Timothy Y. Hobby | $14,424 | $2,478 | -82.8% |
| Charles H. Rutledge | $2,690 | $2,390 | -11.2% |
| Dale Dickerson | $10,398 | $2,375 | -77.2% |
| Richard Rushing | $11,537 | $2,320 | -79.9% |
| H. B. Hudspeth | $5,483 | $2,198 | -59.9% |
| Mike Robertson | $9,463 | $2,114 | -77.7% |
| Phillip Chappell | $9,381 | $2,022 | -78.4% |
| Ronnie Vandevender | $8,977 | $2,016 | -77.5% |
| Dorothy D. Lovorn | $1,998 | $1,998 | 0% |
| Christopher D. Moody | $8,589 | $1,904 | -77.8% |
| William R. Knighton | $6,501 | $1,855 | -71.5% |
| Isaac L. Goforth | $8,685 | $1,798 | -79.3% |
| Robin M. Fulton | $7,634 | $1,784 | -76.6% |
| Timothy W. Pepper | $1,760 | $1,760 | 0% |
| Danny Coward | $10,126 | $1,742 | -82.8% |
| Bobby Shields Jr. | $10,939 | $1,703 | -84.4% |
| Sandra Dempsey | $1,696 | $1,696 | 0% |
| William J. Robinson | $1,657 | $1,657 | 0% |
| Bryan E. Christopher | $7,837 | $1,642 | -79% |
| Charlie E. Persons | $1,639 | $1,639 | 0% |
| Kenneth Y. Mills | $3,465 | $1,597 | -53.9% |
| James G. Barker | $7,741 | $1,536 | -80.2% |
| Lovorn Investment Trust | $1,530 | $1,530 | 0% |
| James Ray Blanton | $4,524 | $1,529 | -66.2% |
| Bob E. Allman | $2,387 | $1,498 | -37.2% |
| James V. Hanna | $0 | $1,462 | -- |
| William T. Lipsey III | $5,610 | $1,461 | -74% |
| Ruth Warner | $5,456 | $1,435 | -73.7% |
| Mike L. Fuller | $1,699 | $1,403 | -17.4% |
| The William D and Donis B Hobby Revocable Trust | $2,702 | $1,403 | -48.1% |
| Donis F. Hobby | $7,586 | $1,400 | -81.5% |
| Kevin Hollingsworth | $11,171 | $1,390 | -87.6% |
| Wesley Terrell Bell | $6,439 | $1,367 | -78.8% |
| Bobby G. Reed | $6,050 | $1,366 | -77.4% |
| John Albert Young | $6,523 | $1,345 | -79.4% |
| Cully Hudspeth | $5,258 | $1,340 | -74.5% |
| Josh Edwards | $6,771 | $1,331 | -80.3% |
| Bennie Charles Kirk | $4,763 | $1,322 | -72.2% |
| Angela L Reynolds-Spears | $1,268 | $1,268 | 0% |
| Brenda M. Goodin | $4,788 | $1,236 | -74.2% |
| Joan Nance | $1,211 | $1,211 | 0% |
| Henry Chadwick Goodin Estate | $4,103 | $1,201 | -70.7% |
| Deana L. French | $6,836 | $1,199 | -82.5% |
| Lanette Hanna | $1,194 | $1,194 | 0% |
| Donald R. Eiland | $6,365 | $1,188 | -81.3% |
| Robert G. Ellis | $6,078 | $1,176 | -80.7% |
| J. W. Holdiness | $2,178 | $1,147 | -47.3% |
| Jack Springs Timber Company | $1,116 | $1,116 | 0% |
| Ellis Houston | $1,115 | $1,115 | 0% |
| Joe Baskin | $3,718 | $1,110 | -70.1% |
| Faye Howard | $0 | $1,109 | -- |
| Rodney Stokes | $4,288 | $1,029 | -76% |
| Donnie Joe Hisaw | $2,893 | $1,014 | -64.9% |
| Elizabeth M. McCorkle | $1,599 | $1,001 | -37.4% |
| Timothy V. McCully | $1,581 | $1,001 | -36.7% |
| Jerry Fulcher | $979 | $979 | 0% |
| Grady E. Suttle Jr. | $5,237 | $974 | -81.4% |
| James David Humphries | $965 | $965 | 0% |
| Louisville Municipal School District | $2,746 | $942 | -65.7% |
| Jack Mitchell | $940 | $940 | 0% |
| Charles A. McCorkle | $0 | $938 | -- |
| Dorothy McCorkle | $0 | $938 | -- |
| Wilson Webb | $5,514 | $924 | -83.2% |
| Tony Thompson | $2,948 | $916 | -68.9% |
| Billy W. Coward | $3,974 | $910 | -77.1% |
| Dan Curran | $2,852 | $907 | -68.2% |
| Henry P. Fancher | $900 | $900 | 0% |
| Danny Hatcher | $3,343 | $872 | -73.9% |
| Lynn Lovorn | $3,168 | $862 | -72.8% |
| Brandon K. Rogers | $2,664 | $858 | -67.8% |
| Lamar T. Parkes | $4,677 | $855 | -81.7% |
| Frederick Scott | $1,620 | $849 | -47.6% |
| Marcus D. Hailey | $4,005 | $842 | -79% |
| Kenny A. McMullan Jr. | $7,034 | $830 | -88.2% |
| Deana Cumberland | $813 | $813 | 0% |
| Tony Delgado | $1,881 | $812 | -56.8% |
| Brock Daniel Baker | $3,953 | $810 | -79.5% |
| Mich McAdory | $3,168 | $808 | -74.5% |
| Wallace Humphries | $806 | $806 | 0% |
| Joe K. Partridge Jr. | $2,706 | $789 | -70.8% |
| Delcie P Coleman | $3,400 | $781 | -77% |
| Michael Tyler Fulton | $4,821 | $772 | -84% |
| Charles J. Smith | $3,113 | $770 | -75.3% |
| Patty Estes | $766 | $766 | 0% |
| Rita A. Burrell | $1,553 | $763 | -50.9% |
| Ray Sims | $3,938 | $762 | -80.7% |
| Johnny Holdiness | $3,036 | $760 | -75% |
| Kevin Adcock | $758 | $758 | 0% |
| Robertson Jr. | $755 | $755 | 0% |
| Benny W. Edwards | $2,959 | $750 | -74.7% |
| Richard E. Byrd Sr. | $0 | $730 | -- |
| Agnes Fleming | $722 | $722 | 0% |
| Louise Quinn Hamilton | $3,014 | $678 | -77.5% |
| Marion Bateman | $1,003 | $663 | -33.9% |
| Jackie Goodin | $2,719 | $648 | -76.2% |
| Gary Hillhouse | $646 | $646 | 0% |
| Harold Hudson | $646 | $646 | 0% |
| Mccully Farms, Inc. | $0 | $633 | -- |
| Bradley Dale Dickerson | $3,143 | $625 | -80.1% |
| Bruce Lee Manning | $4,566 | $604 | -86.8% |
| Albert Edwards | $3,237 | $588 | -81.8% |
| Sammy Black | $3,024 | $561 | -81.4% |
| Shirley Eichelberger Jr. | $2,805 | $557 | -80.1% |
| Harold Young | $2,398 | $549 | -77.1% |
| Alan R. Sims | $2,519 | $547 | -78.3% |
| Paul Stevenson | $1,903 | $543 | -71.5% |
| Tommy G. Jones | $2,750 | $542 | -80.3% |
| Alvin Dwayne Howard | $2,355 | $540 | -77.1% |
| Robert E. Chamberlin | $891 | $534 | -40.1% |
| Clifford Eichelberger | $1,089 | $500 | -54.1% |
| Larry Woodward | $957 | $492 | -48.6% |
| Martha Dubard | $435 | $489 | 12.4% |
| Shiela Fulton | $488 | $488 | 0% |
| Evin T. Roark | $1,906 | $483 | -74.7% |
| Kevin L. Roark | $1,906 | $483 | -74.7% |
| Danny K. Hill | $476 | $476 | 0% |
| Linda S. Boydston | $476 | $476 | 0% |
| Reggie F. Hill | $476 | $476 | 0% |
| James R. Webb | $1,573 | $474 | -69.9% |
| Randy P. Sullivan | $2,233 | $474 | -78.8% |
| Peggy Heard | $458 | $458 | 0% |
| Edward Arthur Halfacre | $2,408 | $446 | -81.5% |
| Jessica Mills | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Johnny D. Eaves | $3,609 | $432 | -88% |
| Mack Parkes | $412 | $412 | 0% |
| Willie D. Doss | $2,946 | $408 | -86.2% |
| Robert Presley | $407 | $407 | 0% |
| Carolyn Johns | $402 | $402 | 0% |
| Marilyn Morgan | $796 | $398 | -50% |
| Bruce Franklin Ellis | $2,149 | $397 | -81.5% |
| Wynell Miles | $394 | $394 | 0% |
| Ray Cockrell | $1,023 | $381 | -62.8% |
| Derrel Taylor | $1,843 | $380 | -79.4% |
| Jerry Kemp | $1,870 | $374 | -80% |
| George A. Miller | $2,028 | $350 | -82.7% |
| Bennie E. Sanders Jr. | $1,571 | $349 | -77.8% |
| Steven Clifton Roberts | $792 | $342 | -56.8% |
| L. C. Myers | $335 | $335 | 0% |
| Charles Rushing | $311 | $311 | 0% |
| William Young | $594 | $304 | -48.8% |
| James L. Duran | $1,254 | $304 | -75.8% |
| John W. Madden | $1,507 | $301 | -80% |
| Phillip Nathaniel Carter | $289 | $289 | 0% |
| George R. Clark | $913 | $272 | -70.2% |
| Mary F. Sullivan | $260 | $260 | 0% |
| Rodney Fulton | $1,416 | $256 | -81.9% |
| Ronnie Fulton | $1,624 | $256 | -84.2% |
| Carl Higginbotham | $244 | $244 | 0% |
| John L. Edwards | $748 | $243 | -67.5% |
| Quinton Hill | $233 | $233 | 0% |
| Joe Johnson | $714 | $232 | -67.5% |
| Gwen Chamberlin | $836 | $228 | -72.7% |
| Shelton Cooper | $1,078 | $223 | -79.3% |
| Dennis C. Duty | $2,088 | $218 | -89.6% |
| Willie G. Triplett | $660 | $208 | -68.5% |
| Henry L. Triplett | $685 | $194 | -71.7% |
| Angie Griffin | $227 | $192 | -15.4% |
| Dianne Rushing | $227 | $192 | -15.4% |
| Charles Henry Stokes | $580 | $188 | -67.6% |
| William Presley | $726 | $186 | -74.4% |
| Alonzo Miller | $906 | $183 | -79.8% |
| Robert C. Ingram | $183 | $183 | 0% |
| H. B. Maxey Jr. | $177 | $177 | 0% |
| Chris Davis | $737 | $155 | -79% |
| Vicki Peterson | $320 | $154 | -51.9% |
| Clifford Hampton | $781 | $146 | -81.3% |
| Clifford Roberson | $847 | $139 | -83.6% |
| David Morgan | $132 | $132 | 0% |
| Linda W. Peterson | $284 | $132 | -53.5% |
| Jessica Lauren Smith | $290 | $127 | -56.2% |
| Linden Ball | $619 | $124 | -80% |
| Clark Farms | $1,332 | $122 | -90.8% |
| Carolyn Hatcher | $377 | $98 | -74% |
| Michael Revel | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| Larry Doss | $198 | $83 | -58.1% |
| Silver R. Wooten | $99 | $60 | -39.4% |
| Anthony Lee Miles | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Charlton | $122 | $0 | -100% |
| Beverly J. Jackson | $781 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy F. Long | $48 | $0 | -100% |
| Blackbarry Farms, LLC | $1,252 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby R. Hardin | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Butch Burns | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Ceceile Hailey | $21 | $0 | -100% |
| Clark & Blackdog | $4,861 | $0 | -100% |
| Darla Mayo | $508 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy D. Eiland | $68 | $0 | -100% |
| E. L. Vowell Jr. | $24,988 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily Anne Starnes | $319 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Clark | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Hubert Vester Miles | $2,122 | $0 | -100% |
| Janie Pickett | $1,224 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffery G. Long | $48 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmie H. Hamilton | $1,064 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua C. Swearingen | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy Humphries | $349 | $0 | -100% |
| Lue Willie Hardin | $14 | $0 | -100% |
| Luke L. Parkes | $153 | $0 | -100% |
| Melvin Sherrod | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Rita S. Hill | $120 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert D. Johns | $337 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry T. Long | $49 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas D. Coleman | $6 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Flora | $8 | $0 | -100% |
| Tracy S. Gregory | $246 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenda Ree Barnes | $478 | $0 | -100% |
| James Earl Carter | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy R. Thomas | $535 | $0 | -100% |
| Max L. Ingram | $191 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,165,199 | $1,292,207 | 10.9% |
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