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In 2021, 177 farmers in cities within Wood County received a total of $1.1 million in 221 farm subsidies, a 41.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.9 million in 467 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 Wood County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Hague | $152,473 | $122,462 | -19.7% |
| D/B/A Bob Wells Nursery | $0 | $104,248 | -- |
| Hague & Hague Dairy | $120,502 | $95,367 | -20.9% |
| Kyle Hayes | $114,261 | $88,972 | -22.1% |
| Tommy M. Davis | $102,034 | $85,893 | -15.8% |
| Tanner Ogle | $54,846 | $77,526 | 41.4% |
| Clayton Hill Farms | $0 | $77,051 | -- |
| Blake Fisher | $33,392 | $39,566 | 18.5% |
| Donna K. Lane | $40,251 | $39,263 | -2.5% |
| Saddle Creek Nurseries, LLC | $0 | $35,058 | -- |
| Sorelle Tree Farm, Inc. | $0 | $21,650 | -- |
| Brent M. Glenn | $6,094 | $20,984 | 244.3% |
| Charlotte Ann Butts Newell Irrevocable Trustee | $0 | $17,951 | -- |
| J & H Dairy | $55,934 | $15,397 | -72.5% |
| Michael D. Morrow | $48,829 | $11,948 | -75.5% |
| Connie Emmert | $33,037 | $11,538 | -65.1% |
| Doy Plocher | $53,228 | $11,422 | -78.5% |
| Roy Langhoff | $56,135 | $8,296 | -85.2% |
| William E. Butcher | $0 | $7,264 | -- |
| Billye Gene Thompson | $40,738 | $7,169 | -82.4% |
| Brent Glenn and Son Dairy | $6,852 | $7,125 | 4% |
| Shelley Ann Cailett-Stone | $2,427 | $6,998 | 188.3% |
| Jordan Davis | $7,139 | $6,837 | -4.2% |
| JD Farms Partnership | $8,660 | $6,332 | -26.9% |
| Leland L. Alcorn | $24,320 | $5,901 | -75.7% |
| Carl L. Hodges | $5,706 | $5,706 | 0% |
| Bobby A. Cole | $26,079 | $5,438 | -79.1% |
| Arthur E & Myrtle Young Trustee | $13,428 | $5,299 | -60.5% |
| Adkins & Morrow Cattle Company | $24,422 | $5,262 | -78.5% |
| Willie D. Ingram | $13,475 | $5,143 | -61.8% |
| Ravan Angus, LLC | $23,258 | $5,074 | -78.2% |
| Robby Huddleston | $8,448 | $4,561 | -46% |
| Charyn Baker | $3,069 | $4,516 | 47.1% |
| Daniel P. Lawrence | $5,599 | $4,029 | -28% |
| Michael Earl Fletcher | $3,998 | $3,998 | 0% |
| Billy D. Patrick | $22,029 | $3,974 | -82% |
| Wilkins Herald, LLC | $7,818 | $3,854 | -50.7% |
| Freddy Chamness | $17,899 | $3,792 | -78.8% |
| Frank J. Schmidt | $5,599 | $3,738 | -33.2% |
| Alan Schlegel | $9,057 | $3,698 | -59.2% |
| Gary Stegall | $12,056 | $3,657 | -69.7% |
| Alan Roth | $10,813 | $3,400 | -68.6% |
| Jose Ramos | $12,584 | $3,348 | -73.4% |
| Bryan Sells | $24,288 | $3,181 | -86.9% |
| Sammy Young | $13,431 | $3,140 | -76.6% |
| Gully Farms | $4,942 | $3,072 | -37.8% |
| Herbert H. Fair Jr. | $7,365 | $2,974 | -59.6% |
| Auke a Osinga | $60,600 | $2,871 | -95.3% |
| Benjamin R. Goforth | $17,578 | $2,832 | -83.9% |
| Zande Iven Waddington | $9,713 | $2,779 | -71.4% |
| Tommy W. Davis | $11,649 | $2,764 | -76.3% |
| Micah D. Morrow | $10,223 | $2,722 | -73.4% |
| Danelle Blanton | $5,974 | $2,694 | -54.9% |
| Dwayne Thompson | $6,864 | $2,613 | -61.9% |
| 111 Farm and Ranch LP | $10,320 | $2,416 | -76.6% |
| Chuck Castloo | $10,208 | $2,232 | -78.1% |
| James Morrison | $5,991 | $2,172 | -63.7% |
| Louie M. Scott | $9,009 | $2,107 | -76.6% |
| Ryan Glenn | $7,824 | $2,016 | -74.2% |
| Randy Lucas | $11,098 | $2,011 | -81.9% |
| Robert-Bobby Johnson | $12,935 | $1,945 | -85% |
| Lisa Jan Wester | $1,770 | $1,916 | 8.2% |
| C & M Land & Cattle | $3,828 | $1,888 | -50.7% |
| Joshua A. Chamness | $8,477 | $1,858 | -78.1% |
| Coon Creek Ranch Management Company, LLC | $0 | $1,834 | -- |
| Cody J. Hunt | $9,599 | $1,831 | -80.9% |
| Chris Gaby | $7,698 | $1,827 | -76.3% |
| Russell Owens | $2,695 | $1,816 | -32.6% |
| Tomas Rubio | $4,092 | $1,811 | -55.7% |
| Coby Corbin | $8,184 | $1,696 | -79.3% |
| David Vaden | $8,815 | $1,665 | -81.1% |
| Mark E. Hicks | $6,980 | $1,656 | -76.3% |
| Bradley Dean Vonreyn | $8,730 | $1,650 | -81.1% |
| Colton Glenn | $5,957 | $1,613 | -72.9% |
| Glover M. Donohoe | $7,792 | $1,596 | -79.5% |
| Michael R. Green | $11,088 | $1,592 | -85.6% |
| Orval Lindsey | $5,335 | $1,587 | -70.3% |
| Blake Hill | $7,711 | $1,586 | -79.4% |
| Young-Taylor Farms, LLC | $3,438 | $1,519 | -55.8% |
| Billy Wayne Smith | $11,575 | $1,453 | -87.4% |
| Justin Dewayne Lynch | $6,336 | $1,384 | -78.2% |
| John Norris | $2,409 | $1,302 | -46% |
| Alvin H. Harris Jr. | $8,032 | $1,258 | -84.3% |
| Angela Flynn | $4,774 | $1,186 | -75.2% |
| Jeffery Hooton | $4,213 | $1,148 | -72.8% |
| Jackie D. Hurley | $6,213 | $1,123 | -81.9% |
| Virginia Carol Almon | $5,308 | $1,083 | -79.6% |
| Carolyn S. Ogle | $8,406 | $1,075 | -87.2% |
| Joe E. Holmes | $2,596 | $1,073 | -58.7% |
| Lance P. Brinker | $4,895 | $1,038 | -78.8% |
| David L. Renfrow | $5,590 | $1,012 | -81.9% |
| Dee Gilbreath | $6,714 | $1,000 | -85.1% |
| Phillip Hughes | $4,301 | $1,000 | -76.7% |
| Dennis Sandifer | $3,883 | $993 | -74.4% |
| David W. Gilbreath | $2,145 | $978 | -54.4% |
| John W. Lehmann | $3,432 | $962 | -72% |
| Shawn Tutt | $3,135 | $939 | -70% |
| Cory Ogle | $5,843 | $924 | -84.2% |
| Terry D. Smith | $3,641 | $910 | -75% |
| Anthony Bruner | $3,949 | $873 | -77.9% |
| Jack S. Robinson | $5,091 | $870 | -82.9% |
| Larry Roach | $3,487 | $858 | -75.4% |
| Autry Darden | $3,751 | $813 | -78.3% |
| Drew Russell | $4,860 | $786 | -83.8% |
| James E. Rogers | $3,531 | $778 | -78% |
| Carl D. Moline | $6,186 | $775 | -87.5% |
| Cindy Douthitt | $1,452 | $760 | -47.7% |
| Gary R. Wallace | $2,068 | $740 | -64.2% |
| Johnny P. Keith | $3,899 | $712 | -81.7% |
| Anne L Morscheck | $1,408 | $707 | -49.8% |
| Stephen Burge | $1,100 | $677 | -38.5% |
| Shelly G. Self | $666 | $666 | 0% |
| Terry Edward Rogers | $1,551 | $657 | -57.6% |
| Carl Martin | $2,552 | $644 | -74.8% |
| Doyle Ray Bailey | $2,050 | $632 | -69.2% |
| Roger Kniffin | $3,562 | $625 | -82.5% |
| Ronald F. Biddulph | $1,892 | $620 | -67.2% |
| Michael E. Smith | $3,112 | $606 | -80.5% |
| Carlist R Brinkley | $1,650 | $600 | -63.6% |
| Wanda Dobbs Varnell | $1,925 | $592 | -69.2% |
| Dwayne McCaig | $2,442 | $581 | -76.2% |
| Ray G. Fouse | $1,353 | $564 | -58.3% |
| West L Hall | $2,619 | $560 | -78.6% |
| Ricky Gilbreath | $2,651 | $560 | -78.9% |
| Jacqueline L. Connor | $2,117 | $542 | -74.4% |
| Paul Bailey Jr. | $3,726 | $536 | -85.6% |
| Paul Sinclair | $2,651 | $536 | -79.8% |
| Craig Schulz | $2,431 | $530 | -78.2% |
| Douglas C. Brimage | $1,511 | $527 | -65.1% |
| Mike Cunningham | $1,760 | $510 | -71% |
| Ty Coates | $3,731 | $507 | -86.4% |
| Ernest R. Boyd III | $2,838 | $498 | -82.5% |
| Julie Mattox | $1,232 | $486 | -60.6% |
| Terry Roosevelt Jackson | $1,837 | $468 | -74.5% |
| Alton Martin | $4,887 | $440 | -91% |
| Vickie Leatherwood | $1,474 | $438 | -70.3% |
| Vesta Mae Pellerzi | $1,969 | $430 | -78.2% |
| Kayli Sartin | $2,090 | $430 | -79.4% |
| Paul A. Coppinger | $464 | $425 | -8.4% |
| David L Dujka | $868 | $425 | -51% |
| Oscar Jimenez | $1,529 | $422 | -72.4% |
| Justin David Harrison | $1,852 | $420 | -77.3% |
| Keith Lennon | $1,254 | $378 | -69.9% |
| E. W. Bruner | $1,738 | $369 | -78.8% |
| Robert Wright | $1,837 | $367 | -80% |
| Justin Lee Andrews | $825 | $363 | -56% |
| Sammy Buck | $1,730 | $346 | -80% |
| Johnny Gilliland | $1,694 | $340 | -79.9% |
| Connie Fisher | $759 | $335 | -55.9% |
| Albert Coke Hays | $1,045 | $331 | -68.3% |
| Larry Don Osbourn | $1,903 | $326 | -82.9% |
| Boyce W. Stokes Jr. | $1,018 | $307 | -69.8% |
| Joe Coker | $1,078 | $301 | -72.1% |
| James R. Clopton | $1,100 | $294 | -73.3% |
| Tim Yeager | $1,177 | $291 | -75.3% |
| Kal Monk | $1,463 | $286 | -80.5% |
| Gregory C. Smith | $546 | $273 | -50% |
| Larry Richey | $902 | $254 | -71.8% |
| Leann Hettinger | $2,075 | $245 | -88.2% |
| Robert Scott | $1,727 | $240 | -86.1% |
| Ellen Stokes | $436 | $239 | -45.2% |
| Billy Joe Capel | $834 | $229 | -72.5% |
| Dollie J. Clement | $201 | $218 | 8.5% |
| Daniel Caleb Brandstadt | $2,750 | $207 | -92.5% |
| Mary Kernes | $517 | $205 | -60.3% |
| Claiborne Gregory | $897 | $204 | -77.3% |
| Ricky Long | $2,754 | $196 | -92.9% |
| Christopher Hagan | $1,067 | $176 | -83.5% |
| Ernest C. Vogt | $150 | $162 | 8% |
| Jacquelyn Kay Melton | $149 | $149 | 0% |
| Lynn Davis Gray | $145 | $145 | 0% |
| Larry Thomas | $517 | $124 | -76% |
| Edward Aki | $297 | $104 | -65% |
| Laura Clanton | $0 | $76 | -- |
| Eddie Joe Hogue Jr. | $880 | $70 | -92% |
| Rickey Williams | $2,305 | $59 | -97.4% |
| Gene A. Jones | $193 | $57 | -70.5% |
| Alicia Ellsaesser | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Coon Creek Ranch Management Company LL | $8,041 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Andrews | $983 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Fair | $5,885 | $0 | -100% |
| Leon T. Wells | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela A. Schmidt | $95 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlotte Ann Butts Newell Irrevo | $37,207 | $0 | -100% |
| Clifford Zack Cain | $613 | $0 | -100% |
| Dianna Wederath-Johnson | $267 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Coppinger | $401 | $0 | -100% |
| James David McClenny | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Smith | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy Slayton | $2,640 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe L. Dodson | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| John Walton | $4,345 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelli Leanne Elmore | $3,904 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Griffith | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Rexene Pennell | $1,283 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan Worley | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Ag W. Sessions Jr. | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony Berry | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Bettye Sessions | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Brusker Fannin III | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Clint Pasteka | $2,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Stokes | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| David Herring | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Freddie Sumrow Jr. | $1,995 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack Wilson | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| John Blalock | $3,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth White | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary R. Cobb | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Rusty Armstrong | $11,334 | $0 | -100% |
| Victor Manuel Flores | $5,170 | $0 | -100% |
| Bennie W. Hooker | $4,694 | $0 | -100% |
| Brent Vavra | $4,036 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles E. Starrett | $2,915 | $0 | -100% |
| D/B/A H&H Farms | $33,664 | $0 | -100% |
| Francis Hooker | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Lindsay McCoy | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Melvin A. Krueger | $680 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Giles | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,941,670 | $1,144,120 | -41.1% |
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