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In 2021, 151 farmers in cities within Wayne County received a total of $1.3 million in 169 farm subsidies, a 51.3% increase from 2020, when the total was $883,247 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.
Farmers and Their Subsidies in Cities Associated with Wayne County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy R. Miller | $0 | $103,556 | -- |
| Hilton Davis | $15,697 | $76,159 | 385.2% |
| Tommy J. Cooley | $1,419 | $57,774 | 3,971.5% |
| Smith Brothers Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Bazor Pulpwood Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Bobby Bunch Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Bunch Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Sturdivant Woodyard, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Franks Logging | $0 | $51,876 | -- |
| Benjamin Scott Adam Smith | $0 | $49,321 | -- |
| William L. Taylor | $20,707 | $38,296 | 84.9% |
| Paula M. Trigg | $0 | $36,656 | -- |
| Triple J Farm, Inc. | $0 | $35,776 | -- |
| Steve E. Pittman | $30,844 | $33,447 | 8.4% |
| Henry Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $31,539 | -- |
| Robert Coxwell | $9,185 | $29,326 | 219.3% |
| Christopher R. McCaa | $4,524 | $28,454 | 529% |
| William Lamar Ramey Jr. | $0 | $28,252 | -- |
| Tawina C Smith | $0 | $28,034 | -- |
| Deborah Pippen | $1,896 | $24,918 | 1,214.2% |
| George H Miller JR | $2,640 | $24,747 | 837.4% |
| Coran Pittman | $0 | $23,438 | -- |
| Steve C. Farrar | $19,371 | $20,642 | 6.6% |
| Lok Trucking | $0 | $20,616 | -- |
| Tyrone K. Powe | $0 | $20,057 | -- |
| Thomas E. Malone | $9,961 | $18,849 | 89.2% |
| William B. Bradley | $5,115 | $17,513 | 242.4% |
| Adrienne E. Andersen | $0 | $17,116 | -- |
| David R. Dearman | $2,530 | $14,954 | 491.1% |
| Clementine Williams | $0 | $14,653 | -- |
| Emanuel Odom | $33,022 | $11,985 | -63.7% |
| Justin Alan Wilson | $0 | $11,330 | -- |
| Leo Nicholson Sr. | $0 | $11,270 | -- |
| Michael Knight | $27,027 | $10,545 | -61% |
| Beasley Trucking | $0 | $10,208 | -- |
| Quiver River Properties, LLC | $9,148 | $9,148 | 0% |
| William L. Richardson | $22,137 | $8,001 | -63.9% |
| Amber's Blueberry Farm and Nursery, LLC | $11,470 | $7,322 | -36.2% |
| Jennifer C. Freeman | $6,303 | $4,870 | -22.7% |
| Lee E. McCollough | $4,729 | $4,867 | 2.9% |
| Bobby Odom | $16,430 | $4,276 | -74% |
| Warren Tyler Freeman | $0 | $4,110 | -- |
| Donald W. Sellers | $0 | $4,052 | -- |
| Timothy K. Sullivan | $11,550 | $3,604 | -68.8% |
| Donald Hemeter | $12,070 | $3,339 | -72.3% |
| Steve Jones | $12,804 | $3,297 | -74.3% |
| J. van Cooper | $26,815 | $3,102 | -88.4% |
| Arthur L. Sturdivant | $27,068 | $2,994 | -88.9% |
| Jerry Wyman Bradley Estate | $5,511 | $2,949 | -46.5% |
| Joseph C. McMichael | $13,046 | $2,906 | -77.7% |
| Daron K. Jordan | $18,607 | $2,897 | -84.4% |
| Kati M. Kelley | $2,340 | $2,722 | 16.3% |
| Annie M. Wells | $9,893 | $2,449 | -75.2% |
| Charles Andrew Hutto | $8,041 | $2,373 | -70.5% |
| Billy J. McCaa | $9,782 | $2,316 | -76.3% |
| Robert Leon Jones III | $11,614 | $2,311 | -80.1% |
| James W. McLaughlin | $11,325 | $2,252 | -80.1% |
| Melba Chapman | $7,482 | $2,172 | -71% |
| Gary Waites | $8,308 | $2,126 | -74.4% |
| H. E. Ramey Jr. | $2,123 | $2,123 | 0% |
| Harold R. Hinton | $9,119 | $2,064 | -77.4% |
| Morgan S. McCaa | $6,240 | $2,048 | -67.2% |
| Larry Gandy | $6,856 | $1,844 | -73.1% |
| Kendall Stennett | $7,608 | $1,842 | -75.8% |
| David Wayne West | $4,707 | $1,830 | -61.1% |
| Floyd Mills | $7,816 | $1,795 | -77% |
| Carlton R. McCarty | $7,256 | $1,773 | -75.6% |
| Clyde Revette | $6,875 | $1,734 | -74.8% |
| Quilla West | $5,005 | $1,684 | -66.4% |
| Azaline Bonner | $4,367 | $1,678 | -61.6% |
| James E. Stokley | $10,335 | $1,642 | -84.1% |
| Geoffrey M. Clark | $4,880 | $1,628 | -66.6% |
| William Jeremy Carr | $9,469 | $1,601 | -83.1% |
| Richard Moseley | $4,125 | $1,592 | -61.4% |
| Marvin H. Davis | $6,380 | $1,506 | -76.4% |
| David J. Smith | $12,572 | $1,484 | -88.2% |
| Joshua Matthew Hutchinson | $957 | $1,398 | 46.1% |
| Elmer Ray Jones | $3,539 | $1,332 | -62.4% |
| Dennis R. McRae | $4,130 | $1,320 | -68% |
| Arthur S. Odom Jr. | $6,182 | $1,282 | -79.3% |
| Kenneth Hutchinson | $5,940 | $1,243 | -79.1% |
| Walter Franklin Stewart | $3,720 | $1,190 | -68% |
| Lori M. Bayne | $5,390 | $1,169 | -78.3% |
| David Cochran | $5,181 | $1,097 | -78.8% |
| John Gaston Jr. | $5,527 | $1,090 | -80.3% |
| Ronnie D. Dumas | $3,740 | $1,075 | -71.3% |
| Arthur L West | $10,611 | $1,072 | -89.9% |
| Kathy Hoeflich | $6,044 | $1,067 | -82.3% |
| Bettye Clay | $6,974 | $1,064 | -84.7% |
| Jason Cooley | $5,027 | $1,060 | -78.9% |
| John Morgan Taylor | $6,640 | $1,059 | -84.1% |
| Curtis R. McCarty Jr. | $8,136 | $1,056 | -87% |
| Walter E. Smith | $5,314 | $1,038 | -80.5% |
| Sybil Taylor | $4,246 | $1,021 | -76% |
| Michael Paul Welford | $1,881 | $993 | -47.2% |
| Joey Smith | $3,969 | $980 | -75.3% |
| Keith Clay | $6,409 | $978 | -84.7% |
| Steven C. Odom | $2,277 | $944 | -58.5% |
| William Lucas Little | $6,424 | $931 | -85.5% |
| Cody A. Cochran | $4,004 | $892 | -77.7% |
| Phillip Cooley | $4,147 | $883 | -78.7% |
| Phillip Cooley | $4,147 | $883 | -78.7% |
| Billie J. Lee | $2,658 | $881 | -66.9% |
| Michael J. McRae | $2,178 | $862 | -60.4% |
| Lonnie H. Sanderson | $1,992 | $854 | -57.1% |
| Orban Glenn Brown | $3,624 | $849 | -76.6% |
| Lawrence D. Taylor | $3,410 | $840 | -75.4% |
| Chester Pittman | $3,300 | $785 | -76.2% |
| Ronnie L. Walley | $4,069 | $744 | -81.7% |
| L. C. Pittman | $3,599 | $730 | -79.7% |
| Ulmer Ray Pittman | $1,518 | $712 | -53.1% |
| Robert J. Wells Jr. | $3,201 | $692 | -78.4% |
| William E. Cran | $1,683 | $675 | -59.9% |
| E&M Farms, Inc. | $2,530 | $650 | -74.3% |
| Nathan Duvall | $2,321 | $649 | -72% |
| Clifton D. Runnels | $3,112 | $601 | -80.7% |
| Warren E. Smith | $3,015 | $595 | -80.3% |
| Jennifer Davis | $1,815 | $582 | -67.9% |
| Mark Gordon | $3,168 | $558 | -82.4% |
| Robert Cade Doby | $1,419 | $557 | -60.7% |
| Willie J West | $1,896 | $538 | -71.6% |
| Marcus D. Evans | $1,793 | $498 | -72.2% |
| Tonya Lasha Hearn | $1,155 | $440 | -61.9% |
| Randy C. McIlwain | $2,064 | $437 | -78.8% |
| Ronnie L. Simmons | $1,407 | $436 | -69% |
| Shelia Nicholson | $3,178 | $436 | -86.3% |
| Jonathan Stevens | $2,145 | $432 | -79.9% |
| Kenny Odom | $2,024 | $432 | -78.7% |
| Flora Jean Stennett | $2,459 | $430 | -82.5% |
| Jerry Powe | $1,302 | $414 | -68.2% |
| Melvin R. Pittman | $891 | $380 | -57.4% |
| Tracey S. Conner | $4,880 | $380 | -92.2% |
| Kevin R. Stennett | $1,837 | $377 | -79.5% |
| Ted Newsome | $1,914 | $346 | -81.9% |
| Lonny McInnis | $561 | $330 | -41.2% |
| Kelli A. Jarrett | $3,600 | $320 | -91.1% |
| Lee A. Everett | $1,221 | $314 | -74.3% |
| James G West | $2,704 | $306 | -88.7% |
| Anthony R. Worsham | $660 | $304 | -53.9% |
| Thomas A. Bingham Jr. | $836 | $287 | -65.7% |
| Odell Taylor | $1,998 | $277 | -86.1% |
| Freddie Lavon Walters | $1,712 | $263 | -84.6% |
| Ronald H. Lawson | $564 | $247 | -56.2% |
| Cecil E. Stewart | $1,651 | $218 | -86.8% |
| George Clayton Rainwater | $404 | $212 | -47.5% |
| James D. Kelly | $1,399 | $190 | -86.4% |
| Gary Wayne Beasley | $1,152 | $178 | -84.5% |
| Rhonda K. McLain | $1,211 | $159 | -86.9% |
| Annie Laura Graham | $225 | $110 | -51.1% |
| Barbara Sue Wells | $133 | $55 | -58.6% |
| Amber McLain | $135 | $7 | -94.8% |
| Heath Bradley | $3,850 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Mills | $27,371 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Dean | $2,698 | $0 | -100% |
| Arthur Ray Newsome | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Back Forty Blueberry Nursery, LLC | $2,781 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Brewer | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris L. Dukes | $132 | $0 | -100% |
| David Anthony West | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Gravel Pit Blueberry Farm, LLC | $1,254 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Arnold | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Jackie C. Turner | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| James a Cochran Double a Blueberry Farm | $1,267 | $0 | -100% |
| James Darrell Baggett | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| James G. Sumrall | $5,665 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Busby | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane E. Morgan | $533 | $0 | -100% |
| Jefferson William Wells Jr. | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry A. Cochran | $4,930 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Ann Everett | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Matthew Jones | $4,290 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Bonner | $1,852 | $0 | -100% |
| Orange B. Gray | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Pat Tate | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall Caleb Henderson | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard C. Moss | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy D. McCollough | $705 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherman Boyles Jr. | $5,225 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Jason Bunch | $4,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Company School District | $7,327 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Pitts | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $883,247 | $1,336,691 | 51.3% |
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