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In 2021, 123 farmers in cities within Pulaski County received a total of $1.2 million in 169 farm subsidies, a 59.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.9 million in 386 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kegley Farms of Pulaski, LLC | $408,820 | $269,128 | -34.2% |
| Pratt Farms, Inc. | $159,505 | $211,433 | 32.6% |
| Hillside Farm, Inc. | $246,530 | $96,057 | -61% |
| Whitman Farm | $89,457 | $86,158 | -3.7% |
| Black Hollow Dairy, LLC | $47,059 | $55,391 | 17.7% |
| S & W Logging Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Timothy D. Sutphin | $308,587 | $33,388 | -89.2% |
| Cindy L. Boyd | $14,543 | $30,719 | 111.2% |
| R Dalford Phillips | $100,236 | $24,428 | -75.6% |
| Cody Ethan Gusler | $38,768 | $19,560 | -49.5% |
| 3e Farms, LLC | $92,270 | $18,688 | -79.7% |
| Alan W. Graybeal | $94,050 | $14,833 | -84.2% |
| Brandon William Bunn | $79,705 | $11,067 | -86.1% |
| Joe E. Meek | $54,467 | $10,474 | -80.8% |
| Greenway Dairy, Inc. | $46,859 | $10,366 | -77.9% |
| BGB Farm | $75,472 | $10,302 | -86.3% |
| Tina A. Jones | $17,469 | $10,064 | -42.4% |
| Robert H. Meyers | $30,503 | $10,062 | -67% |
| April C. Archer | $16,622 | $9,141 | -45% |
| Troy Dickson Whittier | $6,987 | $8,594 | 23% |
| Boothe's Longview Farm | $65,178 | $7,542 | -88.4% |
| Timothy A. Simpkins | $30,091 | $7,168 | -76.2% |
| Lyom R DE Moraes | $8,611 | $7,046 | -18.2% |
| Darrin T. Cullip | $6,092 | $6,778 | 11.3% |
| Jason Groseclose | $32,219 | $6,531 | -79.7% |
| John E. Beahm | $32,748 | $6,494 | -80.2% |
| Jerry D. Eller | $36,051 | $5,610 | -84.4% |
| Daniel M. Hager | $20,493 | $5,326 | -74% |
| Michael W. Cox | $22,092 | $5,241 | -76.3% |
| Dean K. Pratt | $25,482 | $5,197 | -79.6% |
| Douglas R. Bunn | $37,963 | $4,643 | -87.8% |
| Bobby Jackson | $15,708 | $4,364 | -72.2% |
| Ferrell Dairy, Inc. | $21,577 | $3,990 | -81.5% |
| Samuel A. Shires | $16,423 | $3,944 | -76% |
| Roger James Wyatt | $17,017 | $3,602 | -78.8% |
| Kelly Gilmer Beahm | $0 | $3,245 | -- |
| Thomas G. Barker | $16,675 | $3,205 | -80.8% |
| Chad E. Duncan | $16,632 | $3,106 | -81.3% |
| K. B. Alexander | $13,651 | $2,967 | -78.3% |
| Joshua Dow Jones | $4,785 | $2,727 | -43% |
| Joseph Jackson Meek | $23,244 | $2,706 | -88.4% |
| Allen L. Bures | $3,201 | $2,688 | -16% |
| William D. Hinkle Sr. | $10,348 | $2,680 | -74.1% |
| Bopp Farms | $10,147 | $2,660 | -73.8% |
| Tabor Farms, Inc. | $5,995 | $2,544 | -57.6% |
| Akers Farm, LLC | $11,966 | $2,521 | -78.9% |
| Peyton S. Moore | $12,749 | $2,320 | -81.8% |
| Andrew M. Hall | $7,832 | $2,293 | -70.7% |
| Gary Meadows | $10,879 | $2,056 | -81.1% |
| Thomas A. Douthat Jr. | $8,217 | $2,023 | -75.4% |
| Eva Mae Hughet Brookman | $8,959 | $1,953 | -78.2% |
| Andrew R. Cullip | $6,589 | $1,768 | -73.2% |
| Darrell N. Bird Sr. | $7,425 | $1,736 | -76.6% |
| Harold J. Denney | $9,526 | $1,717 | -82% |
| Samuel Lee Lawrence | $8,483 | $1,672 | -80.3% |
| Billy Joe Watson Jr. | $7,579 | $1,599 | -78.9% |
| Rodney David Farmer | $8,912 | $1,595 | -82.1% |
| Little Creek Cattle Company, Inc. | $9,611 | $1,591 | -83.4% |
| James W. Crigger | $9,819 | $1,510 | -84.6% |
| Keith F. White | $5,885 | $1,441 | -75.5% |
| Maria Douthat Flinchum | $7,651 | $1,424 | -81.4% |
| Dirksen Ivon Compton | $5,280 | $1,373 | -74% |
| Charlie Linkous Jr. | $8,588 | $1,336 | -84.4% |
| Stephen B. Hedge | $4,620 | $1,286 | -72.2% |
| David Michael Woodyard | $5,875 | $1,285 | -78.1% |
| Amelia S Jones-Gray | $4,081 | $1,255 | -69.2% |
| Amanda Sue Tabor | $2,255 | $1,245 | -44.8% |
| Nathaniel G. Kelley | $5,782 | $1,241 | -78.5% |
| Guthrie Farms, LLC | $10,079 | $1,197 | -88.1% |
| Brian Todd Wilson | $4,250 | $1,192 | -72% |
| Cecil W. King | $38,120 | $1,125 | -97% |
| Exel Eugene Simpkins Jr. | $6,579 | $1,122 | -82.9% |
| James Edward Gregory | $7,115 | $1,121 | -84.2% |
| John Stephen Brookman | $5,887 | $1,115 | -81.1% |
| Larry A. Hurst | $4,566 | $1,087 | -76.2% |
| 5J Farms, LLC. | $3,410 | $1,078 | -68.4% |
| Christopher Mark Woodyard | $12,562 | $1,076 | -91.4% |
| KLW Corporation | $6,242 | $1,073 | -82.8% |
| Phillip K. Compton | $7,534 | $1,038 | -86.2% |
| Frank W. Young | $6,144 | $1,036 | -83.1% |
| Estate of John R Crowgey SR. | $927 | $927 | 0% |
| Daris O. Smythers | $3,652 | $926 | -74.6% |
| Rodney C. Cook | $4,709 | $895 | -81% |
| Raymond E. Taylor | $3,388 | $772 | -77.2% |
| Synthia H. Suthers | $3,421 | $721 | -78.9% |
| Donna Cox Bird | $3,542 | $706 | -80.1% |
| Alfred S. Woodyard | $4,496 | $665 | -85.2% |
| Lester Bolt | $2,423 | $653 | -73% |
| Matthew David Martin | $4,459 | $636 | -85.7% |
| Zachary Wade Dao | $0 | $612 | -- |
| Dustin R. Dishon | $2,809 | $579 | -79.4% |
| Michael Lee Sarver | $1,642 | $568 | -65.4% |
| Melissa Vicki Frets-Stegall | $1,280 | $544 | -57.5% |
| Paul Kyle Frets | $1,280 | $544 | -57.5% |
| Ralph Edward Roop | $4,796 | $540 | -88.7% |
| Jeffrey Brunk | $2,997 | $466 | -84.5% |
| Douglas A. Jones | $1,837 | $460 | -75% |
| Mark Allen Cox | $2,280 | $457 | -80% |
| Timothy Davis | $2,004 | $448 | -77.6% |
| George Isaac Hudson | $2,563 | $434 | -83.1% |
| Alex Douthat | $2,046 | $419 | -79.5% |
| Lacie Jones | $6,814 | $414 | -93.9% |
| Curtis Smythers | $1,507 | $410 | -72.8% |
| Peggy Sands Weston | $2,004 | $401 | -80% |
| Jasper Davis Jr. | $2,214 | $368 | -83.4% |
| Kermit L. Woodyard | $1,518 | $358 | -76.4% |
| Albert C. Woodyard Jr. | $5,038 | $357 | -92.9% |
| Delmer Stacy | $2,345 | $343 | -85.4% |
| Harold Snider | $964 | $331 | -65.7% |
| James R. Davis | $1,707 | $328 | -80.8% |
| Julia Davis Basinger | $1,529 | $325 | -78.7% |
| Kimberly Slate Stone | $1,309 | $315 | -75.9% |
| Thomas E. King | $2,493 | $301 | -87.9% |
| Gary W. Dishon | $1,562 | $291 | -81.4% |
| Theodore J. Cox | $1,529 | $284 | -81.4% |
| Ricky C. Dishon | $1,188 | $270 | -77.3% |
| Pamela Dawn Martin | $1,584 | $249 | -84.3% |
| Allen Bentley Simpkins | $1,205 | $222 | -81.6% |
| Philip N. Overholt | $533 | $206 | -61.4% |
| Darrell Lynn Woodyard Sr. | $2,560 | $189 | -92.6% |
| Estate of Rita Hynes Crowgey | $180 | $180 | 0% |
| William J. Smith | $0 | $119 | -- |
| Carlie Faye Hamblin | $556 | $51 | -90.8% |
| Edith M. Ruben | $435 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Umberger | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie M. Tate | $932 | $0 | -100% |
| Perry C. Pauley | $4,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Sara B. Rogers | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheepdog Pastures, LLC | $1,004 | $0 | -100% |
| Amanda Sue Tabor | $2,970 | $0 | -100% |
| Derek Woodyard | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Dow Jones | $5,181 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Robert Huffman | $266 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael T. Hyatt | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael W. Lewis | $941 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert W. Combs Jr. | $6,930 | $0 | -100% |
| Tabor Farms, Inc. | $6,791 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd J. Ratcliffe | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Victoria Kegley Alley | $1,890 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Woodyard | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Jobeth Nicole Watson | $1,593 | $0 | -100% |
| Peyton H. Duncan | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Lee Geist | $2,051 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol S. Metz | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| John M. Smith | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Lester H. Bond | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Sarver | $1,288 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy M. Shelburne | $1,571 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond Schaeffer | $3,645 | $0 | -100% |
| Salina K. Smiley | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas A. Simpkins | $170 | $0 | -100% |
| William H. Kolb | $809 | $0 | -100% |
| Winfield Scott Covey Sr. | $4,510 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby L. Sutphin | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Ramsey Overholt | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Marlys Haaf Irrrevocable Trust | $2,638 | $0 | -100% |
| Rickie Crandall | $1,522 | $0 | -100% |
| Sycamoore Meadow | $396 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy James Nolen Jr. | $596 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary Wade Dao | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,877,112 | $1,175,516 | -59.1% |
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