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In 2021, 174 farmers in cities within Montgomery County received a total of $991,019 in 244 farm subsidies, a 61% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.5 million in 515 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 Montgomery County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxtails Farm, LLC | $5,132 | $96,755 | 1,785.3% |
| Richard K. Bishop | $105,641 | $90,093 | -14.7% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $87,966 | -- |
| Lavery's Sod Farm, Inc. | $0 | $84,280 | -- |
| Mill Creek Farms of Christiansburg, L.L.C. | $0 | $59,531 | -- |
| Wall Brothers Dairy, Inc. | $61,105 | $59,112 | -3.3% |
| Ruby Lee Winkle | $64,439 | $56,101 | -12.9% |
| Childress Family Enterprises, Inc. | $70,083 | $48,581 | -30.7% |
| Allen S. Sisson | $54,917 | $45,542 | -17.1% |
| Frontier Group, LLC | $324,190 | $38,247 | -88.2% |
| Phillip Dean Akers | $35,441 | $28,394 | -19.9% |
| 6R Dairy, LLC | $38,276 | $27,626 | -27.8% |
| Matthew D. Hagan | $61,745 | $13,430 | -78.2% |
| Buena Vista Farming, LLC | $66 | $12,844 | 19,360.6% |
| Julia S. Milton | $38,076 | $10,248 | -73.1% |
| VPI&SU Agri EXPT Station | $7,028 | $8,578 | 22.1% |
| William H. McDonald | $40,712 | $8,574 | -78.9% |
| David A. Wallace | $60,145 | $8,486 | -85.9% |
| L & G Circle T Farm | $50,219 | $8,194 | -83.7% |
| Amanda E East | $0 | $8,029 | -- |
| Gladys W. Flinchum | $0 | $7,899 | -- |
| Ellett Valley Beef Company, LLC | $39,208 | $7,009 | -82.1% |
| Robert J. Styne | $37,521 | $6,807 | -81.9% |
| Greenstar Farm LC | $415 | $5,176 | 1,147.2% |
| Thompson-Corte Family, LLC | $4,600 | $4,600 | 0% |
| Timothy D. Foster | $31,860 | $4,552 | -85.7% |
| Madison Tyler Hawes | $20,705 | $4,452 | -78.5% |
| Benjamin R. Bishop | $20,707 | $4,226 | -79.6% |
| Michael W. Sowers | $22,095 | $3,926 | -82.2% |
| Wade V. Lester | $0 | $3,463 | -- |
| Homestate Properties, LLC | $10,732 | $3,319 | -69.1% |
| Point Pleasant Farms, LLC | $12,996 | $3,138 | -75.9% |
| R D Sisson Farms, Inc. | $11,177 | $3,053 | -72.7% |
| Brennan Clay Stewart | $13,165 | $2,963 | -77.5% |
| Jerry R. Graybeal | $32,615 | $2,903 | -91.1% |
| C. L. Draughn | $13,319 | $2,871 | -78.4% |
| Charles P. Shorter | $11,608 | $2,546 | -78.1% |
| Wayne W. Cox | $6,323 | $2,543 | -59.8% |
| Arnold L. Lafon | $9,339 | $2,458 | -73.7% |
| Harold Burkhart | $566 | $2,446 | 332.2% |
| Scott E. Sink | $11,887 | $2,318 | -80.5% |
| Daniel E Brann, LLC | $23,269 | $2,254 | -90.3% |
| Timmy Eugene Lucas | $12,986 | $2,250 | -82.7% |
| Judy J. Baker | $657 | $2,113 | 221.6% |
| A & H Livestock | $11,368 | $2,060 | -81.9% |
| William Crockett Brown | $9,347 | $2,013 | -78.5% |
| Willie J. Muse | $8,521 | $1,971 | -76.9% |
| George B Hall Farm, LLC | $7,423 | $1,798 | -75.8% |
| Carl R. Dehart | $18,444 | $1,770 | -90.4% |
| Harvey D. Morrow | $0 | $1,763 | -- |
| Fay B. Walters | $12,279 | $1,746 | -85.8% |
| John Mitchell Saville | $7,979 | $1,731 | -78.3% |
| Tyler R. Stanger Jr. | $14,630 | $1,722 | -88.2% |
| Jeffrey Levi Bower | $8,427 | $1,641 | -80.5% |
| William R. Ryan | $10,852 | $1,600 | -85.3% |
| Nell Huffman Ross | $0 | $1,596 | -- |
| Indian Run Farm | $7,029 | $1,554 | -77.9% |
| Jordan Fenton | $22,582 | $1,553 | -93.1% |
| CCC | $3,965 | $1,547 | -61% |
| James F. Denney | $6,919 | $1,527 | -77.9% |
| Laura Teany Lehmann | $5,434 | $1,517 | -72.1% |
| Marjorie Bishop Morgan | $6,751 | $1,486 | -78% |
| Frances B. Altizer | $9,419 | $1,474 | -84.4% |
| Freda W. Teel | $5,049 | $1,420 | -71.9% |
| Stephen J. Flinchum | $6,280 | $1,365 | -78.3% |
| James Cleve Weddle III | $7,051 | $1,362 | -80.7% |
| Elizabeth A. Hylton | $6,454 | $1,288 | -80% |
| Joseph D. Bishop | $8,146 | $1,283 | -84.2% |
| Stacy Brian Keith | $6,622 | $1,257 | -81% |
| Lois L. Roop | $8,307 | $1,256 | -84.9% |
| Dale C. Martin | $7,359 | $1,229 | -83.3% |
| Lee J. Wall | $4,671 | $1,214 | -74% |
| Michael Lewis Hammonds | $4,169 | $1,213 | -70.9% |
| Jeremy S. Perfater | $3,712 | $1,208 | -67.5% |
| Jedidiah Daniel Sisson | $7,348 | $1,203 | -83.6% |
| Jeffrey L. Epperly | $5,148 | $1,166 | -77.4% |
| Larry Gene Chaffin | $5,368 | $1,158 | -78.4% |
| David M. Hancock | $4,349 | $1,131 | -74% |
| David Wayne Simpkins | $7,580 | $1,129 | -85.1% |
| River Ridge Farm | $5,825 | $1,122 | -80.7% |
| Eric Scott Altizer | $6,513 | $1,102 | -83.1% |
| Jeffrey W. Snider | $5,074 | $1,096 | -78.4% |
| Ronald Dean Akers Jr. | $5,676 | $1,090 | -80.8% |
| Oakley E. Altizer | $6,970 | $1,017 | -85.4% |
| Susan Cox Blackburn | $4,367 | $1,017 | -76.7% |
| Ben P. White | $5,207 | $960 | -81.6% |
| George N. Canode Jr. | $4,624 | $956 | -79.3% |
| Mark Spencer | $2,998 | $955 | -68.1% |
| Ryan Sunshine | $3,630 | $949 | -73.9% |
| Charles S. Wimmer | $5,676 | $924 | -83.7% |
| Brady T. Caldwell | $2,211 | $910 | -58.8% |
| Charles R. King Jr. | $4,917 | $906 | -81.6% |
| Oak Ridge Farms | $3,058 | $905 | -70.4% |
| Scott H. Weaver | $825 | $867 | 5.1% |
| Roger T. Warden | $3,531 | $850 | -75.9% |
| Michael D. Bishop | $6,325 | $835 | -86.8% |
| Timothy W East | $8,209 | $828 | -89.9% |
| Ralph Brillhart | $3,358 | $824 | -75.5% |
| Donald J. Cox | $4,547 | $815 | -82.1% |
| Steve Oliver | $3,301 | $813 | -75.4% |
| Walter R. Thompson | $4,400 | $808 | -81.6% |
| Fred Lee Rangeley JR | $4,518 | $806 | -82.2% |
| Radana Berg | $757 | $777 | 2.6% |
| Samuel K. Altizer | $4,477 | $776 | -82.7% |
| Sherman W. Compton | $3,377 | $720 | -78.7% |
| Maranda Kay Parsons | $2,082 | $717 | -65.6% |
| Louis G. Sowers Jr. | $4,578 | $703 | -84.6% |
| Rusty Vaden | $3,619 | $698 | -80.7% |
| Robert W. Ross | $0 | $650 | -- |
| Dan E. Eversole | $3,509 | $649 | -81.5% |
| Ronald S. Lester | $3,656 | $641 | -82.5% |
| David E. Webster | $3,869 | $616 | -84.1% |
| Jordan Patrick Bower | $4,021 | $612 | -84.8% |
| William M. Harris | $2,904 | $602 | -79.3% |
| Russell R. Altizer | $3,218 | $602 | -81.3% |
| Joe Gilbert Broce | $3,697 | $599 | -83.8% |
| Elizabeth J. Sowers | $3,536 | $582 | -83.5% |
| Steven Bowman | $4,120 | $578 | -86% |
| Jeffrey Hicks | $3,135 | $576 | -81.6% |
| James A. Doss Jr. | $2,926 | $571 | -80.5% |
| Jill Denney | $3,219 | $571 | -82.3% |
| Thomas L. Stiles | $2,453 | $552 | -77.5% |
| Walter I. Stultz Jr. | $0 | $550 | -- |
| William G. Duggins Jr. | $503 | $532 | 5.8% |
| David-David a Jenkins Revocable Trust a Jenkins | $0 | $524 | -- |
| Myra Leigh Johnston | $3,663 | $511 | -86% |
| Dean H. Sutphin | $1,595 | $505 | -68.3% |
| Elizabeth L Rott Rev Trust | $2,689 | $498 | -81.5% |
| James E. Morrison | $2,277 | $498 | -78.1% |
| Gary D. Bower | $1,980 | $491 | -75.2% |
| Chad Joines | $1,826 | $487 | -73.3% |
| Jack W. Trump | $2,729 | $481 | -82.4% |
| Donald W. Rude | $1,560 | $467 | -70.1% |
| Gregory F. Sowers | $2,835 | $464 | -83.6% |
| Carol Herdman - Herdman Living Trust | $442 | $416 | -5.9% |
| John H Hillison | $460 | $412 | -10.4% |
| Roger William Eakin | $2,134 | $395 | -81.5% |
| Kasey Kohl | $2,926 | $390 | -86.7% |
| Travis Pearson Wall | $1,529 | $376 | -75.4% |
| Hoof Hearted Farm, LLC | $2,409 | $366 | -84.8% |
| Melia R. Wright | $10,803 | $363 | -96.6% |
| James Nye Pauley | $1,804 | $360 | -80% |
| Harley C. Collins | $2,924 | $346 | -88.2% |
| Larry Wayne Wooddell | $1,210 | $345 | -71.5% |
| Paul Angermeier | $1,125 | $305 | -72.9% |
| John T. Greene | $1,837 | $305 | -83.4% |
| Donald Brooks Saville Jr. | $1,207 | $298 | -75.3% |
| Henry Smith | $528 | $276 | -47.7% |
| Melvin Wayne Goff | $751 | $275 | -63.4% |
| Michael D. Slusher | $1,243 | $260 | -79.1% |
| Kelly Tickle Saddler | $917 | $255 | -72.2% |
| Roger William Ehrich & Marion Fiedler Ehrich Famil | $0 | $246 | -- |
| Rodney B. Smith | $1,084 | $244 | -77.5% |
| Cedar Ridge Farms | $902 | $234 | -74.1% |
| Elizabeth C. Fine | $645 | $221 | -65.7% |
| Laura L. Fine | $645 | $221 | -65.7% |
| Jeff L. Dean | $1,293 | $192 | -85.2% |
| Robert H. Bibb Sr. | $638 | $190 | -70.2% |
| Jennifer L Miller-Mcclellan | $7,742 | $177 | -97.7% |
| Kevan L. Harris | $1,346 | $176 | -86.9% |
| Robert A. Woolwine | $1,194 | $173 | -85.5% |
| Charles E. Cox | $924 | $173 | -81.3% |
| James W. Felts | $170 | $170 | 0% |
| William Wyatt Peterman | $1,402 | $156 | -88.9% |
| Chris Bowen | $0 | $150 | -- |
| Lola Rasschaert | $298 | $140 | -53% |
| Randolph H. Leech | $484 | $134 | -72.3% |
| Phoenix Nest Farms, LLC | $0 | $110 | -- |
| Thomas G. Teates | $43 | $43 | 0% |
| Joel B. Simpkins | $1,405 | $40 | -97.2% |
| Leslie Roberts Gregg | $0 | $34 | -- |
| David M. Kohl | $27 | $27 | 0% |
| Millennial Farms, LLC | $2,219 | $15 | -99.3% |
| Windy Hills Farm, LLC | $1,496 | $8 | -99.5% |
| 3 Birds Berry Farm, LLC | $3,632 | $0 | -100% |
| Cole Hammonds | $10,061 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia B. Elliott | $448 | $0 | -100% |
| David C. Perfater | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| David-David a Jenkins Revocable T | $2,290 | $0 | -100% |
| George Andrew Allen III | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie Viers | $2,003 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason P. Hamby | $9,735 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret N. Leonard | $132 | $0 | -100% |
| R-N-F Farms | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond J. Vaden | $807 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Jones Reid | $579 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodney Eric Vaden | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger William Ehrich & Marion Fie | $1,136 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Marvin Wall | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Porth Livestock, LLC | $500,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Tracey Redifer | $6,740 | $0 | -100% |
| William S. Smith | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Concon, Inc. | $9,315 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell W. Shrader | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Emillie Jane Shephard | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $325 | $0 | -100% |
| Horticulture Management Associate | $80 | $0 | -100% |
| Juanita Compton Martin | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy D. Harris | $31 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy Dalton Simpkins | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Mill Creek Farms of Christiansbur | $91,425 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Joan Close | $301 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert T. Young | $121 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Patrick Greiner | $1,403 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael W. Phillips | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon David Parsons | $1,453 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel C. Bishop | $266 | $0 | -100% |
| Cobern Quesenberry | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| David E. Gerrard | $1,263 | $0 | -100% |
| Drew A. King | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry D. Quesenberry | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillips Farm, Inc. | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah Chafin Collins | $816 | $0 | -100% |
| William Garry Hall | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary a Vishneski | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,543,915 | $991,019 | -61% |
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