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In 2021, 273 farmers in cities within McMinn County received a total of $1.7 million in 364 farm subsidies, a 58.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4 million in 956 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 McMinn County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Robertson | $232,511 | $212,173 | -8.7% |
| Russ Carmichael | $496,630 | $138,155 | -72.2% |
| Keith D. Brock | $0 | $93,715 | -- |
| Barham Jersey Farm | $153,066 | $90,930 | -40.6% |
| Harmonyway Farm, LLC | $125,486 | $88,664 | -29.3% |
| James S. Farr | $166,657 | $80,665 | -51.6% |
| Brandon Strasser | $48,291 | $75,945 | 57.3% |
| Tyler K. Goodner | $0 | $74,390 | -- |
| Mitchell Gambill | $134,046 | $66,757 | -50.2% |
| Brian A. Akins | $0 | $62,131 | -- |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $54,532 | -- |
| Ridgeway Farm | $39,502 | $46,090 | 16.7% |
| Richard Layman | $44,832 | $41,419 | -7.6% |
| Charles Layman | $62,814 | $36,005 | -42.7% |
| Perry Philpott | $174,113 | $35,643 | -79.5% |
| Carl Douglas Price | $4,971 | $29,839 | 500.3% |
| Stephen Alonza Harrison | $0 | $26,239 | -- |
| Ronald Sherrill | $12,844 | $25,116 | 95.5% |
| Layman Dairy Farms | $63,679 | $18,723 | -70.6% |
| Bryan Kristopher Coffey | $824 | $18,436 | 2,137.4% |
| Rebecca Reed | $160,654 | $17,932 | -88.8% |
| Lukas J. Womac | $19,512 | $13,322 | -31.7% |
| Don King | $19,916 | $12,358 | -37.9% |
| Ronnie M. Stewart | $55,766 | $9,132 | -83.6% |
| Jack R. Williams | $56,175 | $7,854 | -86% |
| Boyd Reynolds | $29,569 | $7,771 | -73.7% |
| Thomas O. Thompson | $31,662 | $7,629 | -75.9% |
| Richard Hashe | $9,083 | $7,477 | -17.7% |
| Robert H. Thompson | $32,704 | $7,464 | -77.2% |
| Heslie D Powell | $64,014 | $6,936 | -89.2% |
| Glenn F. Peery Jr. | $33,136 | $5,897 | -82.2% |
| Andrew Lowry Bryant | $31,963 | $5,778 | -81.9% |
| Josh Guthrie | $18,745 | $5,631 | -70% |
| Simpson Farms, LLC | $28,156 | $5,615 | -80.1% |
| Johnny Brady | $60,012 | $5,464 | -90.9% |
| Rocky T. Kennedy | $32,984 | $4,680 | -85.8% |
| Dustin S. Thomas | $86,749 | $4,614 | -94.7% |
| Betty June Cate | $21,189 | $4,304 | -79.7% |
| Kevin Snyder | $24,091 | $4,222 | -82.5% |
| Rush Guthrie | $17,376 | $4,133 | -76.2% |
| John Cate | $13,025 | $3,919 | -69.9% |
| Foster Bohannon | $19,445 | $3,814 | -80.4% |
| Jason McConkey | $8,840 | $3,434 | -61.2% |
| Michael Mayfield | $18,697 | $3,322 | -82.2% |
| E. M. Armstrong | $47,648 | $3,141 | -93.4% |
| Michael Liner | $14,023 | $3,054 | -78.2% |
| Karmen McKeehan | $22,981 | $2,961 | -87.1% |
| Darren J. Thomas | $27,152 | $2,922 | -89.2% |
| Ruby B. Richardson | $15,023 | $2,862 | -80.9% |
| James D. Roberts | $12,666 | $2,408 | -81% |
| Carol Dean Howard | $14,387 | $2,406 | -83.3% |
| Jeff Latham | $21,346 | $2,286 | -89.3% |
| Betty W. Green | $2,286 | $2,286 | 0% |
| Dustin Lowell Beck | $2,473 | $2,230 | -9.8% |
| Jonathan R. Pierce | $20,156 | $2,157 | -89.3% |
| Arnold Cate | $13,939 | $2,128 | -84.7% |
| Charles E. Wilson | $12,587 | $2,127 | -83.1% |
| Abbi C. Leman | $1,589 | $2,080 | 30.9% |
| William F. Kyker Jr. | $2,012 | $2,044 | 1.6% |
| Douglas N. Ford | $13,225 | $1,953 | -85.2% |
| Nic Mashburn | $8,714 | $1,948 | -77.6% |
| John P. Payne | $8,330 | $1,926 | -76.9% |
| Ronnie Thompson | $16,755 | $1,904 | -88.6% |
| Travis Reagan | $10,860 | $1,857 | -82.9% |
| Winona Pless | $9,853 | $1,846 | -81.3% |
| Pamela R. Womac | $5,889 | $1,744 | -70.4% |
| Wade M. Shultz | $6,072 | $1,709 | -71.9% |
| Richard Flanigan | $7,953 | $1,693 | -78.7% |
| Trevin Daniel Parkinson | $13,584 | $1,664 | -87.8% |
| William Shane Harmon | $0 | $1,630 | -- |
| Stephen C. Farmer | $8,854 | $1,615 | -81.8% |
| Nancy K. Contreras | $1,548 | $1,548 | 0% |
| Daryl E Hashe | $5,214 | $1,531 | -70.6% |
| Stacy Keith Benton | $9,079 | $1,522 | -83.2% |
| Hoyt Watson | $7,843 | $1,482 | -81.1% |
| Sally Ecklund | $4,154 | $1,474 | -64.5% |
| Raymond Rayl | $7,020 | $1,459 | -79.2% |
| Lynn Wilson | $8,981 | $1,452 | -83.8% |
| Jean Blair | $4,433 | $1,446 | -67.4% |
| Tim Bell | $30,250 | $1,439 | -95.2% |
| Steve Miller | $0 | $1,419 | -- |
| Sherri R. Denton | $8,444 | $1,383 | -83.6% |
| Calvin Cate | $8,328 | $1,359 | -83.7% |
| Shane Williams | $6,574 | $1,353 | -79.4% |
| Mark Cobble | $8,510 | $1,350 | -84.1% |
| Rhea Armstrong | $21,759 | $1,343 | -93.8% |
| Jerry Trotter | $10,588 | $1,332 | -87.4% |
| Kevia Elliott Davis | $9,470 | $1,310 | -86.2% |
| Larry Hicks | $3,718 | $1,304 | -64.9% |
| Eric Burns | $5,951 | $1,290 | -78.3% |
| Stanley Shadden | $4,917 | $1,284 | -73.9% |
| Jayson Vicars | $8,379 | $1,251 | -85.1% |
| James Ottis Blazer | $6,028 | $1,249 | -79.3% |
| Camellia Hicks | $5,274 | $1,218 | -76.9% |
| Jan Stevenson | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| Scott Armstrong | $6,305 | $1,204 | -80.9% |
| Bronce Henderson | $9,911 | $1,201 | -87.9% |
| Ashley W. Walker | $2,748 | $1,188 | -56.8% |
| Cody Brian Mobley | $6,270 | $1,184 | -81.1% |
| Debron Clowers | $5,665 | $1,179 | -79.2% |
| Warren Luke Denton | $2,772 | $1,162 | -58.1% |
| Terry L. Anderson | $11,505 | $1,142 | -90.1% |
| Jason Debusk | $9,746 | $1,130 | -88.4% |
| James E. Kyker | $4,269 | $1,119 | -73.8% |
| James Frank Ferguson | $3,751 | $1,107 | -70.5% |
| Frank Boggess | $6,426 | $1,098 | -82.9% |
| Judy Simpson | $5,016 | $1,080 | -78.5% |
| Miles D. Hughes | $7,604 | $1,063 | -86% |
| Justin Mark Howard | $6,621 | $1,053 | -84.1% |
| Wanda Reagan | $5,988 | $1,037 | -82.7% |
| Gail Toomey | $5,823 | $1,034 | -82.2% |
| Themis R Casteel | $6,626 | $1,020 | -84.6% |
| Mike Lowry | $2,717 | $1,014 | -62.7% |
| Ronny Anderson | $3,465 | $1,005 | -71% |
| Cynthia Ellen Cornelius | $4,434 | $1,004 | -77.4% |
| Mary Ruth Matthews | $7,094 | $985 | -86.1% |
| Ruby M. Matthews | $6,969 | $968 | -86.1% |
| Randall Williams | $5,784 | $939 | -83.8% |
| Spencer Lynn Casteel | $4,653 | $936 | -79.9% |
| Mitchell Travis Webb | $4,821 | $933 | -80.6% |
| Jane Murphy | $3,498 | $932 | -73.4% |
| John L. Arnwine Jr. | $6,385 | $929 | -85.5% |
| Billy R. Roach | $6,865 | $925 | -86.5% |
| Randy Curtis Coleman | $4,426 | $900 | -79.7% |
| James R. O'Bringer | $6,498 | $898 | -86.2% |
| Lucille D. Boyd | $343 | $894 | 160.6% |
| Alan S. Cantrell | $4,840 | $881 | -81.8% |
| David Dilbeck | $3,934 | $870 | -77.9% |
| Darril Fillers | $5,826 | $868 | -85.1% |
| Jeffery Scott Melton | $4,938 | $859 | -82.6% |
| Ronald M. Humphreys | $3,555 | $856 | -75.9% |
| Betty Hawkins | $3,609 | $848 | -76.5% |
| Dylan Joe Russell | $4,957 | $843 | -83% |
| J. W. McPhail | $6,024 | $817 | -86.4% |
| Wayne Thompson | $5,828 | $813 | -86.1% |
| Keith Hembree | $5,604 | $806 | -85.6% |
| Jerry Jenkins | $2,526 | $802 | -68.3% |
| Steven J Rzeplinski | $2,856 | $780 | -72.7% |
| Justin Dexter | $4,587 | $754 | -83.6% |
| Thomas R. Wilson | $3,697 | $754 | -79.6% |
| Rex Blassingame | $6,919 | $744 | -89.2% |
| Doyle Chambers | $2,596 | $725 | -72.1% |
| Doyle R. Everhart | $3,316 | $723 | -78.2% |
| James Lee Brotherton | $3,014 | $720 | -76.1% |
| Seth Wilson | $0 | $715 | -- |
| Charles Brent Carter | $519 | $692 | 33.3% |
| Stephen Alonzo Harrison | $6,577 | $682 | -89.6% |
| Frank Barnes | $4,487 | $680 | -84.8% |
| Thomas Paul | $1,991 | $676 | -66% |
| Timothy Alan Wilson | $3,608 | $675 | -81.3% |
| Vera W. Hyatt | $4,317 | $672 | -84.4% |
| Ken Purdie | $3,124 | $666 | -78.7% |
| Will D. Watts | $5,287 | $637 | -88% |
| Melissa Reagan | $3,498 | $633 | -81.9% |
| Jerry R. Shadden | $7,262 | $626 | -91.4% |
| John W. Turner Jr. | $6,180 | $619 | -90% |
| Will Thompson | $2,675 | $616 | -77% |
| Lynda Dalton | $430 | $612 | 42.3% |
| James Edward Yates | $3,927 | $606 | -84.6% |
| Larry E. McCosh | $4,124 | $596 | -85.5% |
| Travis Moore | $2,068 | $584 | -71.8% |
| Tyler Wilson | $3,629 | $580 | -84% |
| Alison P Reagan-Mason | $3,793 | $574 | -84.9% |
| Kenneth Eugene Reed | $1,280 | $551 | -57% |
| Gerald Orr | $109,625 | $550 | -99.5% |
| James Hennessee | $1,452 | $542 | -62.7% |
| Rodney E. Leamon | $3,868 | $540 | -86% |
| Glendon Miller | $4,808 | $539 | -88.8% |
| Ronnie J. Fain | $7,493 | $530 | -92.9% |
| Samuel S. Roberts | $3,431 | $529 | -84.6% |
| Melissa Cavin Coffey | $4,179 | $526 | -87.4% |
| Steven G. Blankenship | $0 | $494 | -- |
| Cynthia W. McCowan | $485 | $485 | 0% |
| Casey F. Skelton | $2,310 | $470 | -79.7% |
| Jane White | $2,211 | $468 | -78.8% |
| Tim Trotter | $2,013 | $467 | -76.8% |
| Ellen Marie Freeman | $2,491 | $465 | -81.3% |
| Freddie Glenn Miller | $3,843 | $461 | -88% |
| Donald F. Wilson | $3,824 | $460 | -88% |
| Jessica Ivey | $5,375 | $453 | -91.6% |
| Kenneth R. McKnight | $3,050 | $444 | -85.4% |
| David McCosh | $2,024 | $436 | -78.5% |
| Riley Jacob Mason | $1,935 | $420 | -78.3% |
| Tracy Allen Wilson | $3,214 | $415 | -87.1% |
| Gary L. Williams | $1,573 | $410 | -73.9% |
| Jerry Merck | $2,780 | $397 | -85.7% |
| Rocky G. Sheafer | $4,974 | $397 | -92% |
| Harvel Henry | $4,169 | $394 | -90.5% |
| Glenn Bohannon | $1,617 | $394 | -75.6% |
| Nick Stiles | $1,364 | $387 | -71.6% |
| Michael Wilson | $1,089 | $385 | -64.6% |
| Darrell Cate | $2,590 | $385 | -85.1% |
| Harold Lon Allen Jr. | $1,815 | $378 | -79.2% |
| James Taylor Correll | $4,329 | $370 | -91.5% |
| Danny T. Melton | $1,571 | $366 | -76.7% |
| James F. Parkinson | $3,471 | $360 | -89.6% |
| Freddie R. Cagle | $2,361 | $357 | -84.9% |
| Richard E. Patterson | $1,439 | $354 | -75.4% |
| Brittany Anderson Rountree | $2,233 | $352 | -84.2% |
| Collin Shadden | $5,265 | $351 | -93.3% |
| Mary Lou Bivens | $1,920 | $343 | -82.1% |
| Annette Hutsell | $1,907 | $337 | -82.3% |
| Daryl R. Sylvester | $1,582 | $336 | -78.8% |
| Kathryn Williams | $2,434 | $335 | -86.2% |
| Donald Pangle | $2,412 | $335 | -86.1% |
| Alan Dyke | $1,331 | $332 | -75.1% |
| Robert L. Jones | $1,596 | $326 | -79.6% |
| Carl McNeely | $1,392 | $323 | -76.8% |
| Larry Coleman | $1,903 | $320 | -83.2% |
| Billy C. Reagan | $1,822 | $315 | -82.7% |
| Mitchell L. Hyde | $1,189 | $304 | -74.4% |
| Tommy Allmon | $1,738 | $299 | -82.8% |
| Floyd Presley | $1,210 | $296 | -75.5% |
| Carl Ecklund | $661 | $287 | -56.6% |
| Gary Lee Moore | $902 | $287 | -68.2% |
| Ollie Kate Carter | $925 | $287 | -69% |
| Tommy Freeman | $2,006 | $284 | -85.8% |
| Bryan Mitchell Cruse | $969 | $283 | -70.8% |
| Calvin Dwight Letner | $2,475 | $277 | -88.8% |
| Brad D. Mayfield | $1,940 | $276 | -85.8% |
| Tony E. Morgan | $0 | $274 | -- |
| James E. Slack | $1,323 | $274 | -79.3% |
| Diane Jones | $1,456 | $274 | -81.2% |
| Pat Webb | $1,338 | $266 | -80.1% |
| Larry D. Watson | $330 | $255 | -22.7% |
| Susan Wiliams Peglow | $935 | $251 | -73.2% |
| Zeke H. Williams | $1,359 | $249 | -81.7% |
| Daryl Matthews | $4,761 | $245 | -94.9% |
| Andy Mayfield | $495 | $241 | -51.3% |
| Thomas Huckabey Jr. | $1,432 | $234 | -83.7% |
| Travis Cuyler | $1,226 | $223 | -81.8% |
| Caid Wallace | $971 | $222 | -77.1% |
| Dale Moses | $869 | $219 | -74.8% |
| Linda Nichols | $990 | $216 | -78.2% |
| Richard Davis | $1,235 | $214 | -82.7% |
| Travis Crisp | $1,652 | $211 | -87.2% |
| John Titus Snyder | $1,117 | $209 | -81.3% |
| Ricky Motes | $770 | $208 | -73% |
| Mikel G. Frazier | $7,265 | $206 | -97.2% |
| Patsy Brackett | $814 | $200 | -75.4% |
| Warren L. Tamargo | $920 | $200 | -78.3% |
| Tracy Allen Boyd | $1,301 | $197 | -84.9% |
| Keith Armstrong | $1,755 | $183 | -89.6% |
| Dillard Smith | $934 | $176 | -81.2% |
| Kenny Dickson | $1,456 | $166 | -88.6% |
| James A. Webb | $934 | $158 | -83.1% |
| MRS Cynthia Melton Slagle | $476 | $153 | -67.9% |
| Robin Cuyler | $1,266 | $150 | -88.2% |
| Ronnie Cass | $1,062 | $146 | -86.3% |
| Tommy Bohannon | $1,074 | $141 | -86.9% |
| Bruce Dodson | $978 | $138 | -85.9% |
| Melvin Farner | $755 | $137 | -81.9% |
| Dwayne Liner | $1,149 | $135 | -88.3% |
| Brandon Wesley Moore | $374 | $134 | -64.2% |
| Cecil Fuller | $1,485 | $132 | -91.1% |
| Albert King Jr. | $1,056 | $121 | -88.5% |
| Victor King | $385 | $119 | -69.1% |
| Martha Dodge | $1,251 | $106 | -91.5% |
| Donny Anderson | $295 | $105 | -64.4% |
| Phillip Dodson | $198 | $104 | -47.5% |
| Shawn Sanson | $834 | $103 | -87.6% |
| Johnathan Christopher Cate | $2,200 | $94 | -95.7% |
| Michelle L. Parrott | $317 | $91 | -71.3% |
| Roy E. Jackson | $1,268 | $84 | -93.4% |
| Nick Brown | $418 | $83 | -80.1% |
| Virgil H. Queen | $8,522 | $80 | -99.1% |
| Robin L. Manis | $275 | $66 | -76% |
| Donny Matthews | $10,531 | $60 | -99.4% |
| Tinamarie Maison | $788 | $56 | -92.9% |
| Eddie Mason | $1,721 | $54 | -96.9% |
| Belinda L. Twohig | $2,864 | $42 | -98.5% |
| Carl Wade | $23 | $31 | 34.8% |
| Eddie Miller | $15,924 | $26 | -99.8% |
| David Dodson | $5,225 | $0 | -100% |
| Elvenia Franklin | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $18,082 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn D. Kirksey | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold D. Bohannon | $4,984 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold T. Woods | $855 | $0 | -100% |
| James Buchanan | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| James Howard | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| James Ronald Thomas | $1,419 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy Sneed | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry W. Armstrong | $1,697 | $0 | -100% |
| John Harris | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin E. Huff | $446 | $0 | -100% |
| Lou Jean Hutsell | $190 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Howard | $27,774 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Sherlin | $391 | $0 | -100% |
| Nick Mashburn | $2,387 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert D. Collins | $534 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruel Henderson Jr. | $734 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah E. Goforth | $614 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven R. Sanders | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Howard | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. Womac | $1,539 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela Womac | $597 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas Watts Living Trust | $751 | $0 | -100% |
| Pervis Duckett | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom Strasser | $2,403 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean Begley | $93 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen Brown | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann Parise | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Cora Deanie Brown | $5 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Lee Stafford | $374 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Reagan | $712 | $0 | -100% |
| David Reed | $28,183 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald E. Niedenthal | $1,561 | $0 | -100% |
| Grover F. Croft | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold F Boston Trust | $7,213 | $0 | -100% |
| Jackie Plaster | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Melanie Diane Skelton | $1,267 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodger Ray | $937 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan Wilson | $1,208 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Cecil Womac | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jackie Lee Plemons Sr. | $246 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy D. Boyd | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Crisp | $582 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Anderson Mayfield | $1,666 | $0 | -100% |
| Rocky L. Sheafer | $66 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodney Carmichael | $1,130 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan Shamblin | $2,499 | $0 | -100% |
| Troy Teets | $2,231 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,972,915 | $1,659,651 | -58.2% |
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