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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Franklin County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Franklin County received $2.8 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 343 farmers in cities within Franklin County received a total of $3 million in 400 farm subsidies, a 48.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.8 million in 877 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 Franklin County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Randall S. Hurst$78,637$462,763488.5%
Ricky D. Hurst$167,055$408,838144.7%
Tiffany My Lam$0$116,746--
Hieu D. Pham$0$83,129--
Johnny Mitchell$0$71,169--
Mary Ann Ellerbee$0$69,198--
Daniel Holmes Keisler$0$62,590--
Paris Valley Farms, LLC$0$55,834--
Shallow Creek Farms, Inc.$55,488$52,453-5.5%
Diamond K Ranch, Inc.$0$52,365--
Charles D. Walker$150,270$52,273-65.2%
Bridget M. Pruitt$15,731$48,320207.2%
Mark A. Woolsey$151,632$45,251-70.2%
CMS Logistics, LLC$0$44,770--
Jason Huggins$42,273$43,6223.2%
Michael Durning$403,679$43,486-89.2%
Preston & Grace Farm, LLC$0$42,790--
Larry Skeets$27,068$42,60357.4%
Candice Dawn Easom$0$41,504--
Donald R. Hurst$58,920$40,823-30.7%
Michael W. Berry$0$35,119--
Kayla Le$5,819$34,384490.9%
Daniel J. Godfrey$0$29,356--
Sandra Lee Wells$28,261$28,2610%
Lamphay Sayakhoummane$825$28,2353,322.4%
Kendall Toney$2,090$27,8461,232.3%
Joe C. Burton Jr.$16,774$26,10355.6%
Rickey L. Rainwater$0$24,089--
Clesha Reading$111,296$23,971-78.5%
Cole Jackson Farms, LLC$10,087$23,821136.2%
Justin Couthren$0$22,594--
Sarah Halmes$72,692$20,610-71.6%
Phillip Smith$99,919$20,388-79.6%
David Halmes$90,859$19,420-78.6%
Zachary Riley Mainer$0$17,467--
Thomas F. White Jr.$13,644$17,13025.5%
Sherman Hiatt$76,650$16,483-78.5%
Moore Cattle Company, LLC$52,930$16,102-69.6%
Tim Verkamp$20,282$15,988-21.2%
Tommy McCormick$45,456$15,239-66.5%
Gregory K. Easom$95,415$13,968-85.4%
Gina D. Durning$53,654$13,430-75%
John S. Woolsey$30,329$12,667-58.2%
Dakota J. Godfrey$0$11,033--
Moore's Turkey Farm, Inc.$0$11,011--
Travis K. Ballard II$40,186$9,761-75.7%
George R. Flegel Jr.$49,829$9,555-80.8%
Allen Hales Jr.$36,553$9,544-73.9%
Copper Springs Ranch, LLC$46,739$9,468-79.7%
Jonathan L. Toney$11,275$8,831-21.7%
A & a Cattle Company$25,894$8,458-67.3%
Eddie McCormick$39,498$8,248-79.1%
Hammond Farms, Inc.$35,536$8,222-76.9%
Kaffie Campbell$0$8,171--
Steve Walker$8,752$8,034-8.2%
Casey R. Culver$54,019$7,862-85.4%
Bill Mainer$41,256$7,546-81.7%
Tim Say Saysana$4,785$7,40754.8%
Joe E Halmes JR$43,580$7,176-83.5%
V'Asia Xiong$0$6,816--
Billy Ray Mainer$20,661$6,048-70.7%
Joseph Edward Flanagan$29,718$5,713-80.8%
Theodore J Kengla$31,709$5,701-82%
Gregory W. Powell$8,599$5,345-37.8%
Brad Wimberly$7,699$5,323-30.9%
Pruitt Farms, LLC$16,093$5,225-67.5%
R & T Farms, Inc.$22,440$5,187-76.9%
Jimmy Scott Childers$19,779$4,999-74.7%
Ronald S. Teague$51,619$4,794-90.7%
John F. Miesner$23,998$4,774-80.1%
William R. McDonald$19,556$4,595-76.5%
Norma Hogan$20,555$4,524-78%
Joshua Stubblefield$30,359$4,501-85.2%
Christopher A. Miesner$21,620$4,366-79.8%
Dustin Walker$21,577$4,340-79.9%
Fred J. Holloway$43,296$4,222-90.2%
Andrea N. Carlile$1,662$4,153149.9%
Charles D Council$22,013$4,039-81.7%
Janet Powell$16,660$3,971-76.2%
R & D Farms, Inc.$20,805$3,915-81.2%
Richard Kuper$5,899$3,898-33.9%
Daniel J Palarino$0$3,775--
Michael Little$23,809$3,698-84.5%
Bobby Bond$18,020$3,615-79.9%
Mark Edwin Heft$23,496$3,522-85%
Cody Fox$11,649$3,396-70.8%
Mark A. King$23,105$3,390-85.3%
Greg Newhart$40,814$3,383-91.7%
Tommy Parker$8,382$3,262-61.1%
Justin T. Gattis$14,734$3,260-77.9%
Bill T. Atkins$11,450$3,192-72.1%
Justin H Halmes$24,229$3,184-86.9%
David F. Rietman$14,949$3,180-78.7%
Charles O. Haberer$10,109$3,157-68.8%
Francis E. Woods$3,156$3,1560%
Craig L. Cook$15,087$3,112-79.4%
William Chad Haberer$13,995$3,110-77.8%
Gary D. Stubblefield$22,596$3,075-86.4%
Matthew Moore$5,555$3,070-44.7%
Heather Masingale$0$3,053--
Toby Hogan$16,427$3,042-81.5%
Allen W. King$18,974$3,026-84.1%
Gregory A. Huggins$12,718$3,013-76.3%
Brince Plymale$13,001$2,996-77%
H&K Ranch, LLC$0$2,970--
4 D Ranch of Ozark, LLC$15,656$2,969-81%
Michael Lee Mahl$12,961$2,955-77.2%
Rebecca L. Campbell$22,843$2,950-87.1%
William Buckner II$15,871$2,922-81.6%
James 'david' Little$25,185$2,888-88.5%
Michael Brandon Gattis$22,365$2,828-87.4%
Brent Leavell$10,219$2,816-72.4%
Gary Kirchner$18,172$2,816-84.5%
Dennis Harris$13,618$2,800-79.4%
Johnny Gilbreath$17,220$2,797-83.8%
Jerry Russell McDonald$14,037$2,760-80.3%
Ronald F. Vest$16,424$2,758-83.2%
Michael Law$16,354$2,742-83.2%
Zachary C. Carpenter$11,924$2,664-77.7%
Randall T. Harris$19,165$2,639-86.2%
John K. Parrish$13,060$2,632-79.8%
Michael D. Swaim$27,797$2,632-90.5%
Jackie D. Patrick$2,617$2,6170%
Gwen Franklin$9,267$2,606-71.9%
Kemper Edgin$34,665$2,592-92.5%
Ronnie A. Burcham$112,531$2,541-97.7%
Timothy K. O'Neal$10,897$2,536-76.7%
Harold D. Holt$8,074$2,496-69.1%
Michael F. Flynn$11,563$2,469-78.6%
Preston M. Walker$12,493$2,469-80.2%
Don Buckner$11,469$2,438-78.7%
Jeffrey A. Stubblefield$9,581$2,437-74.6%
Khampheng Inphouva$0$2,403--
Johnny Crocker$21,588$2,396-88.9%
Corey Rofkahr$13,517$2,386-82.3%
Bryan McCormick$12,706$2,372-81.3%
Janet Trusty$8,759$2,354-73.1%
Edward A. Vela$9,812$2,348-76.1%
Heath Edward Kleck$1,947$2,30418.3%
John Lachowsky$12,748$2,265-82.2%
Herman Michael Haynes$9,262$2,206-76.2%
Brian Thomas$5,885$2,189-62.8%
Claud Bradley Jr.$12,790$2,166-83.1%
Gary Oneal$13,194$2,153-83.7%
Joshua Lee Parker$8,830$2,096-76.3%
David Tencleve$7,084$2,086-70.6%
Shawn David Price$17,414$2,076-88.1%
Justin van Le$13,614$2,014-85.2%
Michael K. Gibbons$4,213$2,005-52.4%
William Aaron Mayner$8,245$1,999-75.8%
Bruce Bateman$9,526$1,995-79.1%
Ada E Law$6,820$1,992-70.8%
Don Sosebee$17,791$1,972-88.9%
Ronny Bugg$4,587$1,967-57.1%
Barbara McClellan$8,008$1,949-75.7%
Alfreda C. Covert$6,734$1,945-71.1%
Larry R. Sims II$0$1,925--
Guy R. Gattis$12,249$1,920-84.3%
Michael James Post$10,450$1,897-81.8%
Jeffrey Biggs$10,723$1,854-82.7%
Circle K Angus Farm$8,279$1,830-77.9%
Michael Timmerman$17,464$1,799-89.7%
Shane Storey$7,667$1,787-76.7%
Thomas Chancey$1,320$1,77234.2%
Kenneth Ray Warden III$10,163$1,753-82.8%
Joshua Gregory Willhite$9,514$1,741-81.7%
Jimmy W. Cook$8,689$1,663-80.9%
Allen James Hales$8,063$1,659-79.4%
Johnny D. Brison$7,302$1,656-77.3%
Ernest J Neissl JR$9,200$1,653-82%
R. O. Beasley$13,991$1,644-88.2%
Roger Bartlett$7,271$1,627-77.6%
Wallace Haynes$7,139$1,622-77.3%
Lisa J. Rogers$7,469$1,619-78.3%
Darin R. Alston$7,628$1,615-78.8%
Crystal A. Gowing$11,780$1,608-86.3%
Kenneth D. Freeman$7,205$1,599-77.8%
Sam S. Baccam$8,153$1,584-80.6%
David W Leierer$6,995$1,526-78.2%
Gary Donberger$8,395$1,508-82%
Jeremy J Kengla$10,322$1,466-85.8%
Frank Joseph Spanel$8,429$1,460-82.7%
Steven L. Little$6,943$1,428-79.4%
Rodney Sing$7,740$1,427-81.6%
Larry Patterson$5,773$1,407-75.6%
Kevin Pfeiffer$8,238$1,402-83%
Ralph A. Jones$6,704$1,391-79.3%
Prentice Maddux$8,193$1,336-83.7%
Charles Ketter$5,753$1,326-77%
Carl Newton$6,848$1,298-81%
C B Griffith Trust$538$1,285138.8%
Kabel Robbins$9,511$1,281-86.5%
Marilynn Frazier$9,847$1,261-87.2%
Michael Teer$0$1,256--
Jerry Loughridge$9,961$1,237-87.6%
Warren Rytting$5,302$1,235-76.7%
Bruce Lucas Bateman$5,258$1,232-76.6%
William Stone Faulkenberry$5,555$1,218-78.1%
Nancy Flanagan$5,170$1,210-76.6%
Johnny Perkins$4,466$1,208-73%
HR Farms of Arkansas, LLC$5,214$1,202-76.9%
James A. Ford$5,522$1,201-78.3%
James H. Ford$5,522$1,201-78.3%
Xiahoua Yang$3,399$1,194-64.9%
Elton W Besier JR$8,274$1,192-85.6%
Garland Mays$5,522$1,176-78.7%
Gary Kuykendall$4,950$1,171-76.3%
Pamela Beth Vanmeter$7,358$1,156-84.3%
Jimmie R. Little$5,972$1,148-80.8%
Patty Ann Stiles$6,457$1,142-82.3%
Turkey Holler, LLC$6,457$1,142-82.3%
Erica Michele Bates$6,190$1,142-81.6%
Robert Koch$5,533$1,135-79.5%
Michael Collins$6,240$1,134-81.8%
Birley Flynn$4,730$1,132-76.1%
Curtis Ray Swain$3,586$1,128-68.5%
Margaret Ann Hamilton$4,082$1,120-72.6%
Rodney L. Sing Jr.$7,028$1,112-84.2%
Jonathan Greb$5,974$1,085-81.8%
Laura J. Ricketts$5,126$1,025-80%
Roger Landen Scoggins$4,806$1,012-78.9%
Clinton King$4,675$1,011-78.4%
Bobby Don Walker$4,345$1,005-76.9%
Roger Jason Haney$6,227$1,004-83.9%
Ronnie Dean Collins$0$990--
Paul D. Gramlich$4,422$986-77.7%
Bobby Joe McClellan$6,666$986-85.2%
Landon C. McClellan$6,666$986-85.2%
Michael W. Beckham$561$97373.4%
Randy Dickerson$3,993$973-75.6%
Audra Shirley$4,785$970-79.7%
Jerry K. Shaffer$5,123$966-81.1%
Blake Allen Rofkahr$5,872$948-83.9%
William V. Jeffers$6,024$938-84.4%
Frank M. Woolsey$4,445$934-79%
Jeremy Edwards$4,781$921-80.7%
Roy A. Estep II$921$9210%
Charles R. Wilkinson$4,643$902-80.6%
Richard Nelson$4,444$876-80.3%
Cynthia Bowman$5,546$875-84.2%
Andrew Post$3,091$858-72.2%
Russell Sharp$4,962$856-82.7%
James R. Vaughan Jr.$15,051$849-94.4%
Ross Roden$2,871$846-70.5%
Dustin D. Freeman$4,070$834-79.5%
Kenneth A. Kiene$4,048$831-79.5%
Billy Neal$627$83032.4%
Norman F. Martin$3,432$823-76%
Daniel Loyd Little$5,249$810-84.6%
Terry Masingale$3,080$810-73.7%
Stephen Dahlem$3,014$808-73.2%
Joseph E Halmes III$4,528$799-82.4%
Thurman Bramlett$4,653$794-82.9%
Kevin Eugene Inklebarger$2,464$789-68%
Bradley Dale Ingle$2,684$788-70.6%
James R. Miesner$5,578$785-85.9%
Todd Durning$13,706$784-94.3%
James E. Young$6,968$775-88.9%
Dennis Earl Flynn$4,605$765-83.4%
Clinton Blaine Wood$4,507$762-83.1%
C J Griffith III Trust$1,062$760-28.4%
Thomas W. Timmerman$3,790$758-80%
Randy Sanford$3,718$755-79.7%
Olivia Ramirez$2,926$754-74.2%
Donald E. Corley$4,268$747-82.5%
Jerry Howe$3,174$740-76.7%
Jonathan James Larsen$3,454$734-78.7%
Courtney Ryan Sory$2,376$721-69.7%
Ruth Jones$3,212$692-78.5%
Manuel Ray Jones$3,954$682-82.8%
Cory John Vanmeter$4,239$654-84.6%
Gordon W. McCain Jr.$2,673$636-76.2%
Bonnie Fae Harmon$4,380$612-86%
Jim Barham$2,882$610-78.8%
Janice Martinez$1,870$608-67.5%
Charles Brasel$4,270$604-85.9%
Bradley Kale Rudolph$7,809$602-92.3%
Logan Alan Parks$2,717$599-78%
Tyler Chase Stubblefield$2,695$592-78%
Shawn S. Smith$3,414$591-82.7%
James M. Taff$2,134$584-72.6%
Anthony Lee Boen$4,866$581-88.1%
Janice West$3,102$579-81.3%
April Richard$2,497$572-77.1%
Harvie Nichols$7,303$571-92.2%
Donald Higgins$1,969$568-71.2%
Marcus Leo Rainwater$2,805$557-80.1%
Gracie T. Moore$2,123$550-74.1%
Marc Andrew Dietz$24,800$547-97.8%
Patterson Custom Homes, Inc.$2,629$537-79.6%
Rickey Spessard$2,200$526-76.1%
Gregory A. Myers$3,818$521-86.4%
Marshall Lee Speer$17,290$518-97%
Ronnie M. Foster$1,386$509-63.3%
Arthur D. Walker$2,288$508-77.8%
Jyme Beth Diffee$3,587$506-85.9%
Jim A. Oneal$2,046$505-75.3%
Kendall W. Belt$1,100$487-55.7%
Nathan Atkinson$2,211$482-78.2%
Richard Whitecotton$1,871$480-74.3%
Carl Johnson$3,512$478-86.4%
Timothy Kiene$3,079$468-84.8%
George H. Nichols Jr.$1,477$461-68.8%
John W. Elser$2,126$455-78.6%
Amanda Kay Sheppard$1,892$443-76.6%
Keva Chrisman$0$429--
Kyle Schluterman$2,030$423-79.2%
Glenn Andrew Howe$3,675$422-88.5%
Benjamin Phillip Coget$2,134$416-80.5%
Brandon J. King$1,914$416-78.3%
Eva E. Patton$1,122$414-63.1%
James Bradley Turner$1,408$408-71%
Christopher Staggs$14,153$406-97.1%
Clint Johnson$1,502$406-73%
Mary Sanders$1,419$393-72.3%
Tammy Hall$1,980$364-81.6%
Kia Her$2,592$350-86.5%
Wallace Lee West$1,650$349-78.8%
Melvin Hicks$1,572$346-78%
Don B. Buckner$2,572$343-86.7%
Clayton E. Tompkins Jr.$4,136$339-91.8%
Chad Alan Rainwater$1,562$320-79.5%
Trey Alan Couthren$1,673$299-82.1%
Frances Jean Case$1,155$292-74.7%
Bryan Colt Buckner$1,686$284-83.2%
Morgan Paige Farmer$3,860$265-93.1%
Toby D. Roberts$1,562$261-83.3%
Rayce Silas Neal$198$25830.3%
Alfred Kevin Shepherd$1,625$242-85.1%
Dwight E. Cole$18,658$221-98.8%
Mark A. Covert$1,777$217-87.8%
Jason Edward Ullrich$1,001$211-78.9%
Norris G. Thomason$924$190-79.4%
Bren Holt Rofkahr$4,769$185-96.1%
Jason Thomas Fitzgerald$781$176-77.5%
Matthan Isaiah Neal$99$16263.6%
David S. Brickley$748$149-80.1%
Joseph R. Duggar$1,848$147-92%
Clay Umholtz$363$128-64.7%
Benjamin L. Riley$1,320$105-92%
Cecil Zolliecoffer$4,087$52-98.7%
Emily Zolliecoffer$209$42-79.9%
Pamela J. Minshew$191$36-81.2%
Virgil Daniel Moffit$2,970$0-100%
Billy H. Noel$2,200$0-100%
Swains Farm$2,915$0-100%
Greg Eckart$3,346$0-100%
James Corley$1,265$0-100%
Joel Allen McDonald$4,840$0-100%
John P. Pendergrass$65,639$0-100%
Pamela Jane Miesner$385$0-100%
Pendergrass Cattle Company, Inc.$325,214$0-100%
Sam Sayavongsa$2,145$0-100%
Todd Lincks$660$0-100%
Ashley Michelle Harvey$1,320$0-100%
Bill M. Sossamon$5,445$0-100%
Billy Christopher Sossamon$5,304$0-100%
Carla Dickerson$3,685$0-100%
Edgar D Fay Revocable Trust$7,813$0-100%
Frank Gill & Christiane a Gill Joint Revocable Trust$4,082$0-100%
Garry C. Jones$2,310$0-100%
James Lane$1,772$0-100%
Jimmy Rogers$495$0-100%
Joe W. Powell$3,111$0-100%
Justin Jones$165$0-100%
Karl D. Kropf$8,338$0-100%
Kenneth Wheeless$440,630$0-100%
Levi Halmes$272$0-100%
Malcolm McKinney$3,080$0-100%
Mark A. Campbell$4,999$0-100%
Terry Dictson$550$0-100%
Weston J. Hostetler$27,144$0-100%
Womack Family Enterprises$4,290$0-100%
Total subsidies$5,811,573$2,994,464-48.5%

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