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In 2021, 94 farmers in cities within Meigs County received a total of $237,930 in 119 farm subsidies, a 65.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $681,559 in 313 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy A. Norton | $76,164 | $48,447 | -36.4% |
| David Warren Stewart | $15,576 | $48,367 | 210.5% |
| Paul Ray Bowman | $0 | $43,010 | -- |
| Robert S. Beaty | $40,899 | $10,845 | -73.5% |
| Hornsby Farm, Inc. | $29,548 | $9,094 | -69.2% |
| Charles Ratledge | $31,246 | $5,763 | -81.6% |
| Tracy Edgemon | $3,427 | $2,955 | -13.8% |
| Stephen F. Miller | $11,171 | $2,899 | -74% |
| Kathy Lankford | $11,014 | $2,654 | -75.9% |
| Danny Wattenbarger | $7,452 | $2,559 | -65.7% |
| Clyde L. Jolley | $17,976 | $2,542 | -85.9% |
| Clare Nell Breeden | $7,551 | $2,204 | -70.8% |
| Jackie Henley | $0 | $1,702 | -- |
| William Chandler Breeden | $8,905 | $1,664 | -81.3% |
| Doyle E. Gentry Jr. | $9,571 | $1,637 | -82.9% |
| Kermitt J Grissom | $8,730 | $1,552 | -82.2% |
| Thomas Craig Thompson | $6,905 | $1,524 | -77.9% |
| Danny Kelvin Pressley | $98,708 | $1,508 | -98.5% |
| Lewis A. Thompson | $8,177 | $1,461 | -82.1% |
| Thomas Earl Creasman | $8,461 | $1,420 | -83.2% |
| Eric Armour | $13,782 | $1,378 | -90% |
| Carey Neal Thompson | $12,604 | $1,371 | -89.1% |
| Nancy L. Crisp | $7,779 | $1,346 | -82.7% |
| Paul Johnson | $11,205 | $1,308 | -88.3% |
| Robert E. Scott | $1,639 | $1,253 | -23.6% |
| Jerry R. Lewis | $5,697 | $1,226 | -78.5% |
| John Ziegler & Sons | $7,490 | $1,183 | -84.2% |
| Wayne S. Perkinson | $8,498 | $1,182 | -86.1% |
| David M Waters | $7,345 | $1,164 | -84.2% |
| Janette Breeden | $6,123 | $1,106 | -81.9% |
| Alice F. Powell | $1,059 | $1,059 | 0% |
| Jimmy Moore | $1,049 | $1,049 | 0% |
| Tresha Ann Landers | $4,894 | $1,036 | -78.8% |
| Roy M. Brooks | $6,838 | $1,035 | -84.9% |
| Betty Thompson | $4,988 | $994 | -80.1% |
| Jeff Bostic | $4,618 | $972 | -79% |
| John Ferguson | $6,216 | $956 | -84.6% |
| Dennis H. Beavers | $7,514 | $953 | -87.3% |
| Roy C. Williams | $4,570 | $902 | -80.3% |
| Donald E. Roberts | $3,982 | $807 | -79.7% |
| Danny L. Hampton | $3,278 | $785 | -76.1% |
| Donald Edward Williams | $2,816 | $778 | -72.4% |
| William L. Debusk | $2,343 | $766 | -67.3% |
| Kenneth Bobby Dennis | $3,484 | $730 | -79% |
| Chapman L. Jolley | $2,937 | $724 | -75.3% |
| Roy Edwin Scott Jr. | $4,762 | $722 | -84.8% |
| Joe T. Gregory | $2,827 | $694 | -75.5% |
| David Parker | $3,714 | $670 | -82% |
| Steve Scott | $3,283 | $652 | -80.1% |
| Calvin E. Gallaher | $2,541 | $632 | -75.1% |
| Daniel Franklin Smith | $3,683 | $625 | -83% |
| Billy McKenzie | $3,171 | $587 | -81.5% |
| Jonathan Cunningham | $4,739 | $581 | -87.7% |
| Marc Skinner | $2,691 | $576 | -78.6% |
| William Clyde McKeehan | $4,360 | $561 | -87.1% |
| Ida Ruth Henley | $5,421 | $556 | -89.7% |
| Daniel Perron | $2,585 | $544 | -79% |
| Ms. Bridget Thompson McKenzie | $3,857 | $540 | -86% |
| David R. Bryant | $4,056 | $505 | -87.5% |
| Terry L. Brown | $1,705 | $495 | -71% |
| Nathan Bryant Dennis | $2,970 | $491 | -83.5% |
| Inman Clay Moss | $4,040 | $470 | -88.4% |
| Billy Skinner | $3,529 | $450 | -87.2% |
| Jeff Judd | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Steven A. Tubbs | $2,082 | $420 | -79.8% |
| Marvin Lewis | $1,955 | $416 | -78.7% |
| Joyce M. Proffitt | $1,474 | $389 | -73.6% |
| Kyle Kordes | $1,101 | $344 | -68.8% |
| Freddy R. Davis | $2,304 | $339 | -85.3% |
| Robert E. Scott Jr. | $4,436 | $321 | -92.8% |
| Brad Eugene Emery | $2,303 | $319 | -86.1% |
| Willard Plank | $891 | $318 | -64.3% |
| James Ledford | $1,342 | $303 | -77.4% |
| Jimmy Lee Skinner | $1,353 | $297 | -78% |
| Darrell Davis | $1,819 | $290 | -84.1% |
| Charles Duckett | $1,023 | $280 | -72.6% |
| Lee Pillion | $935 | $280 | -70.1% |
| Travis Lane Moon | $1,739 | $259 | -85.1% |
| Ronald Lee Whitted | $2,390 | $246 | -89.7% |
| Sammy Perkinson | $1,122 | $246 | -78.1% |
| Christopher Clark | $1,078 | $225 | -79.1% |
| Cherrie Roberts | $1,798 | $218 | -87.9% |
| Johnny Stiner | $1,511 | $202 | -86.6% |
| Lauren Jones | $704 | $202 | -71.3% |
| Elisabeth Bennett | $1,211 | $195 | -83.9% |
| Billie Ann Gregory | $1,009 | $179 | -82.3% |
| David Withrow | $1,451 | $176 | -87.9% |
| Emily Hatmaker Franklin | $1,496 | $164 | -89% |
| D. L. Millaway III | $638 | $157 | -75.4% |
| Larry Cogdill | $1,238 | $138 | -88.9% |
| Jewel Ray Swafford | $198 | $110 | -44.4% |
| Chris Pillion | $266 | $84 | -68.4% |
| Dannie Rogers Sr. | $2,137 | $80 | -96.3% |
| David S. Allen | $11,272 | $72 | -99.4% |
| Anthony A. Lankford | $772 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon M. Cobble | $917 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Casteel | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome Wilford | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Kip Wilson | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Crisp | $2,826 | $0 | -100% |
| Stacy W. Wattenbarger | $472 | $0 | -100% |
| William Allen | $11,218 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $681,559 | $237,930 | -65.1% |
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