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In 2021, 269 farmers in cities within Stone County received a total of $1.4 million in 438 farm subsidies, a 55.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.1 million in 712 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 Stone County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| D & D Dairy | $127,424 | $83,984 | -34.1% |
| O. D. Cope | $79,673 | $78,324 | -1.7% |
| Jack J. Weathermon | $51,806 | $64,962 | 25.4% |
| Jeremy Luecke/Franklin Farms | $108,235 | $41,852 | -61.3% |
| Steve Stone | $40,161 | $35,913 | -10.6% |
| Virgil Allen McDonald | $97,970 | $34,013 | -65.3% |
| Kevin D. Glossip | $36,333 | $30,316 | -16.6% |
| David Stockstill | $78,452 | $30,009 | -61.7% |
| Michael K. Glossip | $36,257 | $29,803 | -17.8% |
| James W. Woodward | $34,633 | $28,689 | -17.2% |
| R D Rowe, Inc. | $0 | $23,987 | -- |
| Kirk Lietzau Mourer | $27,776 | $23,793 | -14.3% |
| Bo Chastain | $366,908 | $20,745 | -94.3% |
| Chad Aaron Murray | $36,360 | $19,910 | -45.2% |
| Jerry Clay | $19,747 | $19,747 | 0% |
| Brian Cutbirth | $25,408 | $19,349 | -23.8% |
| Anthony Jose Farley | $22,379 | $17,494 | -21.8% |
| Israel Farms, LLC | $21,648 | $17,474 | -19.3% |
| Clinton M. Hetherington | $16,400 | $16,234 | -1% |
| Jp Compton | $14,905 | $14,228 | -4.5% |
| Sandy Stiffler | $3,126 | $13,939 | 345.9% |
| Ethan Edward McDonald | $271 | $13,038 | 4,711.1% |
| Marcia A. Moreland | $32,331 | $13,000 | -59.8% |
| Mease Farms, Inc. | $10,162 | $12,627 | 24.3% |
| Barbara Leatherman | $14,102 | $12,362 | -12.3% |
| Ray Dean Rowe | $28,163 | $12,266 | -56.4% |
| Beverly a Syferd | $11,377 | $10,792 | -5.1% |
| Anthony Kerr | $17,773 | $10,633 | -40.2% |
| Chris Alan Maples | $40,986 | $10,553 | -74.3% |
| Jerry W. Lawrence | $16,056 | $10,436 | -35% |
| Mark L. Henry | $10,307 | $10,381 | 0.7% |
| Dairl G Johnson | $14,454 | $9,698 | -32.9% |
| Grady Bryce Youngblood | $12,512 | $9,537 | -23.8% |
| Leonard R. Youngblood | $12,651 | $9,537 | -24.6% |
| Scott Edward Springer | $6,615 | $9,500 | 43.6% |
| Craig Grisham | $10,678 | $9,202 | -13.8% |
| Johnnie Rinker | $10,014 | $9,175 | -8.4% |
| Robert M. Owen | $8,946 | $8,946 | 0% |
| Gordon E Hoath Credit Shelter Trust | $7,302 | $8,907 | 22% |
| Rick Farley | $10,956 | $8,645 | -21.1% |
| Jerry Youngblood | $12,000 | $8,549 | -28.8% |
| Joe K. Murray | $15,543 | $8,156 | -47.5% |
| James R. Jones | $18,560 | $7,978 | -57% |
| Anna M. McDonald | $2,607 | $7,621 | 192.3% |
| Shelley Blankenship | $44,589 | $7,552 | -83.1% |
| Rick L. Rollings | $11,962 | $7,259 | -39.3% |
| Morgan Rinker | $14,933 | $7,174 | -52% |
| Carly Asbury | $16,192 | $7,160 | -55.8% |
| Scott Kerans | $25,471 | $7,027 | -72.4% |
| Alfred E. Badley | $17,645 | $6,932 | -60.7% |
| Mourer Farms, Inc. | $10,004 | $6,776 | -32.3% |
| Randall Lloyd Sorrell | $46,040 | $6,453 | -86% |
| Chester B Hayes Rev Trust | $20,708 | $6,330 | -69.4% |
| Doug Blevins | $30,745 | $6,321 | -79.4% |
| James Lynn Burk | $7,300 | $6,288 | -13.9% |
| Shelly J. Gatton | $10,362 | $6,223 | -39.9% |
| Darrel Bruffett | $8,658 | $6,199 | -28.4% |
| Ray Mourer Farms, LLC | $6,408 | $6,192 | -3.4% |
| Charles N. Stone | $8,712 | $6,106 | -29.9% |
| Wayne Blades | $6,851 | $6,043 | -11.8% |
| Cody Allan Walsh | $8,305 | $5,975 | -28.1% |
| Richard E Spinning - Richard E Spinning Revocable Living Trustee | $8,338 | $5,899 | -29.3% |
| Bob L. Rowe | $9,746 | $5,826 | -40.2% |
| David E. Walker | $34,872 | $5,779 | -83.4% |
| John Mease | $0 | $5,742 | -- |
| Michael B Heine - Heine Family Trust | $4,273 | $5,593 | 30.9% |
| Wayne Reel | $2,560 | $5,489 | 114.4% |
| Michael Donahue & Paula Donahue JT Rev Trustee | $5,488 | $5,488 | 0% |
| Crane Creek Farms, LLC | $4,125 | $5,465 | 32.5% |
| Doug Graf | $7,790 | $5,424 | -30.4% |
| Ruth J. Hontz | $13,324 | $5,369 | -59.7% |
| Glenden D Adams | $9,952 | $5,269 | -47.1% |
| Raymond Bowling | $8,730 | $5,119 | -41.4% |
| Mike Chapman | $12,540 | $4,945 | -60.6% |
| Duncan Trust | $6,701 | $4,691 | -30% |
| Cody Leuschen | $44,239 | $4,651 | -89.5% |
| Keith Henson | $8,149 | $4,535 | -44.3% |
| Anthony E & Barbara a Genovese Rev Trust | $4,514 | $4,514 | 0% |
| Three Little G's Farm, LLC | $9,574 | $4,419 | -53.8% |
| Dale Ray Leuschen | $44,074 | $4,416 | -90% |
| Cody Woodward | $4,675 | $4,280 | -8.4% |
| Russell E. Johnson | $6,266 | $4,278 | -31.7% |
| Robert A. Clark | $7,173 | $4,273 | -40.4% |
| Rhonda Maier | $8,780 | $4,257 | -51.5% |
| Thomas J & Brenda S Spencer Trust | $14,215 | $4,180 | -70.6% |
| Jo Ann Smith | $11,466 | $4,129 | -64% |
| Jordan Lee Chapman | $0 | $4,070 | -- |
| Douglas Allen Garbee | $9,401 | $4,066 | -56.7% |
| Bryan May | $0 | $3,929 | -- |
| Cavener Farms, LLC | $18,277 | $3,794 | -79.2% |
| Lonnie W. Robertson Jr. | $39,958 | $3,762 | -90.6% |
| B. J. Cutbirth | $7,446 | $3,674 | -50.7% |
| Mike Hudson | $7,609 | $3,645 | -52.1% |
| Jeffery W. Cline | $6,765 | $3,643 | -46.1% |
| Ralph W. Bradford | $6,207 | $3,525 | -43.2% |
| David Youngblood | $6,402 | $3,452 | -46.1% |
| Robbie Back | $3,762 | $3,447 | -8.4% |
| Kenny Stone | $14,641 | $3,440 | -76.5% |
| Schroeder Family LP | $8,594 | $3,369 | -60.8% |
| John Michael Hicks | $1,650 | $3,340 | 102.4% |
| Ben Sorrell | $6,868 | $3,328 | -51.5% |
| Denver Martin | $23,945 | $3,310 | -86.2% |
| Lesa K. Cutbirth | $26,157 | $3,236 | -87.6% |
| Ryan D. Hobson | $4,719 | $3,150 | -33.2% |
| Larry D. Julian | $6,078 | $3,138 | -48.4% |
| Timothy Dale Nickum | $13,945 | $3,106 | -77.7% |
| Kevin Clark | $5,097 | $3,103 | -39.1% |
| Harold Walton Farm, LLC | $4,757 | $3,091 | -35% |
| Nancy Plumb | $0 | $3,045 | -- |
| Gerald Evans | $6,534 | $2,953 | -54.8% |
| Tim Henry | $5,082 | $2,901 | -42.9% |
| John R. Hash | $1,518 | $2,833 | 86.6% |
| Kenny Vaught | $4,389 | $2,701 | -38.5% |
| Richard C. Davis | $3,824 | $2,690 | -29.7% |
| Kenneth Bowling | $3,322 | $2,688 | -19.1% |
| Christopher Schroeder Trust | $2,680 | $2,680 | 0% |
| Tyler Keith Maier | $3,058 | $2,679 | -12.4% |
| Doug Benton | $2,684 | $2,670 | -0.5% |
| Kyle Roder | $10,404 | $2,442 | -76.5% |
| Brent Wolke | $4,190 | $2,415 | -42.4% |
| Connie L. Kisner | $7,227 | $2,413 | -66.6% |
| David E. Baker | $10,151 | $2,326 | -77.1% |
| Wade Martin | $3,487 | $2,325 | -33.3% |
| Charlie Martin | $1,925 | $2,320 | 20.5% |
| Guthrie Chase Sturgell | $6,142 | $2,264 | -63.1% |
| Mark Bowling | $22,947 | $2,264 | -90.1% |
| Robert Dale Coffelt | $18,779 | $2,262 | -88% |
| Odie Atchison | $1,650 | $2,260 | 37% |
| Jerry Farley | $18,960 | $2,246 | -88.2% |
| Joseph Mease | $0 | $2,246 | -- |
| Douglas R. Martin | $2,861 | $2,210 | -22.8% |
| Mary A. Vaught | $2,388 | $2,153 | -9.8% |
| America Nickerson Cattle Company, LLC | $0 | $2,153 | -- |
| James A. Freeman | $2,695 | $2,130 | -21% |
| Clarence E. Shannon | $0 | $2,125 | -- |
| Craig Rice | $3,694 | $2,094 | -43.3% |
| Patricia Brant | $1,801 | $1,983 | 10.1% |
| Jimmy D. Langley | $3,003 | $1,932 | -35.7% |
| Tim D. Chapman | $13,624 | $1,891 | -86.1% |
| Latishia Clark | $9,427 | $1,884 | -80% |
| Gary S. Steele | $3,960 | $1,864 | -52.9% |
| Joe L. King | $3,695 | $1,828 | -50.5% |
| Dennis Ahlvers | $3,108 | $1,759 | -43.4% |
| Neita Carl | $1,485 | $1,729 | 16.4% |
| Jenny Garner | $1,848 | $1,714 | -7.3% |
| Nathan James Langley | $1,672 | $1,583 | -5.3% |
| Tim Gardner | $6,226 | $1,547 | -75.2% |
| Bryce E. Healy | $7,702 | $1,526 | -80.2% |
| Larry Michael Evans | $5,497 | $1,504 | -72.6% |
| Jeremiah Doak | $11,582 | $1,470 | -87.3% |
| Rick Anderson | $1,927 | $1,459 | -24.3% |
| Billy Ray Essick | $10,063 | $1,448 | -85.6% |
| Bobby J. Harris | $10,363 | $1,440 | -86.1% |
| Michael Keeter | $2,285 | $1,436 | -37.2% |
| J. L. Johnson | $4,432 | $1,432 | -67.7% |
| Michael D. Keithley | $11,315 | $1,406 | -87.6% |
| Jordan Ray White | $2,145 | $1,385 | -35.4% |
| Tim Price | $9,368 | $1,322 | -85.9% |
| Thomas J. Studer | $6,802 | $1,308 | -80.8% |
| Matthew Goldsmith | $1,100 | $1,301 | 18.3% |
| John H. Roberts | $5,055 | $1,284 | -74.6% |
| Danny McCrorey | $5,817 | $1,280 | -78% |
| Roy Greenway | $5,896 | $1,255 | -78.7% |
| Jerry D. Stults | $0 | $1,248 | -- |
| Jerry Reavis | $11,868 | $1,247 | -89.5% |
| Terry and Lois King Trust | $2,939 | $1,237 | -57.9% |
| Thomas Joe Davis | $7,900 | $1,224 | -84.5% |
| Roy Asher | $7,563 | $1,219 | -83.9% |
| Jimmie E. Thomas | $5,104 | $1,188 | -76.7% |
| Danny Burton | $9,967 | $1,184 | -88.1% |
| Patsy a Hobson Revocable Trust | $5,421 | $1,183 | -78.2% |
| Gary Ray Evans | $2,574 | $1,178 | -54.2% |
| Kenny Blair | $8,692 | $1,177 | -86.5% |
| Texie Adams | $4,697 | $1,141 | -75.7% |
| Lee Don Cole | $338 | $1,112 | 229% |
| Tracy A. Flood | $561 | $1,089 | 94.1% |
| Billy Robertson | $5,328 | $1,054 | -80.2% |
| Travis Campbell | $10,223 | $1,040 | -89.8% |
| Harvey Shepard | $770 | $1,030 | 33.8% |
| Julie May Deines | $10,147 | $1,027 | -89.9% |
| Corey Lee Carsten | $13,365 | $1,024 | -92.3% |
| Med Trust | $4,140 | $1,008 | -75.7% |
| Rebecca L. Thomas | $6,426 | $997 | -84.5% |
| Donna Louk Living Trust | $1,959 | $993 | -49.3% |
| Howard K. Garton | $5,033 | $960 | -80.9% |
| Ladona J Garber | $2,817 | $922 | -67.3% |
| John R. Sorensen | $0 | $919 | -- |
| John David Fugitt | $3,531 | $918 | -74% |
| Dexter L. Carr | $10,908 | $904 | -91.7% |
| Howard Blair Jr. | $6,673 | $894 | -86.6% |
| Jeffrey Lee Foster | $2,484 | $868 | -65.1% |
| Kenrich, Corp. | $3,299 | $862 | -73.9% |
| Donald W. Wright Jr. | $2,916 | $860 | -70.5% |
| Clinton James Salkil | $5,053 | $834 | -83.5% |
| Matt Cesar | $495 | $829 | 67.5% |
| Cody Charles Kerans | $4,497 | $828 | -81.6% |
| Gene Albert | $1,181 | $816 | -30.9% |
| Justin Maier | $5,606 | $814 | -85.5% |
| Benjamin A. Garbee | $3,003 | $809 | -73.1% |
| Brent Whitener | $3,496 | $808 | -76.9% |
| Deanna Ketterhagen | $3,987 | $806 | -79.8% |
| Sharon Stephenson | $3,289 | $796 | -75.8% |
| Joyce Burk | $5,615 | $793 | -85.9% |
| Landon W. Robbins | $627 | $778 | 24.1% |
| Gary McCoy | $5,911 | $762 | -87.1% |
| Matthew R. Blair | $5,247 | $756 | -85.6% |
| Dennis Carr | $6,290 | $734 | -88.3% |
| Ronald Trent Broomfield | $2,607 | $729 | -72% |
| Larry Stewart | $6,231 | $728 | -88.3% |
| Cheryl Denise Brown | $1,287 | $706 | -45.1% |
| Jeffrey S. Scroggins | $275 | $690 | 150.9% |
| Eddie Thomas | $2,370 | $686 | -71.1% |
| Richard C. French | $1,151 | $669 | -41.9% |
| Ronald D. Blair | $3,899 | $662 | -83% |
| David Lawrence White | $3,080 | $658 | -78.6% |
| Regina Maldonado | $1,848 | $643 | -65.2% |
| Eldon R Bohmont | $1,381 | $624 | -54.8% |
| Monte Don Riddle | $913 | $621 | -32% |
| John M. Terrey | $3,190 | $616 | -80.7% |
| Janet Hopper | $5,183 | $606 | -88.3% |
| Larry Price | $4,542 | $604 | -86.7% |
| James Farley | $825 | $571 | -30.8% |
| Erica Christine Elwood | $1,364 | $568 | -58.4% |
| Travis Scott Brown | $2,981 | $563 | -81.1% |
| James C. Conti | $1,122 | $548 | -51.2% |
| Garald Birzer | $1,443 | $526 | -63.5% |
| Rufus Eric Blair | $1,468 | $518 | -64.7% |
| Bobby Joe Baker | $0 | $495 | -- |
| Ronald Furrer | $1,294 | $492 | -62% |
| Amber Dawn Saffel | $0 | $487 | -- |
| Jackie Cutbirth | $3,660 | $481 | -86.9% |
| Michael L. Smith | $1,584 | $475 | -70% |
| Yung Design Group, Inc. | $1,985 | $455 | -77.1% |
| Andrew M. Rowe | $1,089 | $426 | -60.9% |
| Jimmy L. Hilton | $1,898 | $426 | -77.6% |
| Jimmy L. Hilton | $1,898 | $426 | -77.6% |
| Darren Jones | $2,138 | $425 | -80.1% |
| Carol a Lundy Irrevocable Income Only Trust | $1,094 | $416 | -62% |
| Ruby Hilton Smith | $1,907 | $412 | -78.4% |
| Leslie Nusz | $1,100 | $410 | -62.7% |
| Mike Schlitz | $2,618 | $391 | -85.1% |
| John C. Hedrick | $3,181 | $384 | -87.9% |
| Riley Martin | $1,045 | $382 | -63.4% |
| Kirsten Blakey | $693 | $381 | -45% |
| Kenny L. Stults | $0 | $368 | -- |
| Norman Smith | $1,155 | $345 | -70.1% |
| Matthew Bradford | $1,777 | $332 | -81.3% |
| Zackary Craig Albert Ray | $891 | $322 | -63.9% |
| Jerry - Jerry & Rita Nibarger Rev Trust Nibarger | $3,892 | $321 | -91.8% |
| Mike Maloney | $0 | $319 | -- |
| Shirley East | $2,498 | $304 | -87.8% |
| Daniel G. Hunt | $495 | $284 | -42.6% |
| Diane J. Hobson | $891 | $280 | -68.6% |
| Ray Gibson | $495 | $278 | -43.8% |
| Robert E. Booth | $1,573 | $270 | -82.8% |
| Frank Austin | $2,796 | $262 | -90.6% |
| Donna J. Cox | $517 | $236 | -54.4% |
| Eugene James Johnson | $396 | $224 | -43.4% |
| Shelley Lietzau Mourer | $211 | $211 | 0% |
| Coder Family Rev Living Trust U/T/D 6-11-2007 | $424 | $205 | -51.7% |
| Joseph Luney | $572 | $180 | -68.5% |
| Bobby Swofford | $1,558 | $176 | -88.7% |
| Debra Besperat | $0 | $163 | -- |
| Judy Grimm | $0 | $142 | -- |
| Kimberly Tilton | $0 | $142 | -- |
| Stephen Todd Harper | $0 | $121 | -- |
| Jared Dale Gott | $776 | $114 | -85.3% |
| Glen Frank Hooten | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| Anastasia Bulkley | $226 | $63 | -72.1% |
| Keith O'Hare | $1,171 | $0 | -100% |
| The B D & Jo Ella Sullivan Revoca | $3,038 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert McEndree | $2,087 | $0 | -100% |
| Doug Anderson | $3,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Evan L. Sorrell | $16,398 | $0 | -100% |
| Glen Wilkin | $1,799 | $0 | -100% |
| Hunter Thomas | $1,532 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet Kay Thomas | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Essary | $6,092 | $0 | -100% |
| John C. Bowling | $4,386 | $0 | -100% |
| Kara Kaufman | $969 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Israel | $2,550 | $0 | -100% |
| Teddy A. Langley | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| mac Brenda | $688 | $0 | -100% |
| Brent E. Carr | $4,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Rowe | $6,258 | $0 | -100% |
| Earl J. Perkins Jr. | $30,682 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Cline | $1,291 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew W. Stigall | $6,072 | $0 | -100% |
| Rocky Kerans | $12,227 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Allen | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Tonia Phinney | $2,791 | $0 | -100% |
| Delp & Son, Inc. | $4,864 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Dean Rev Trust Dean | $1,354 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodney R. Gall | $1,339 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Call | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Gail Brookhart | $93 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory James | $1,289 | $0 | -100% |
| Louise Goodnight - Revocable Trust | $4,941 | $0 | -100% |
| Luti May Tilton | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,114,887 | $1,387,938 | -55.4% |
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