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In 2021, 157 farmers in cities within Randolph County received a total of $6.3 million in 283 farm subsidies, a 36.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.9 million in 463 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 Randolph County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauls Partnership | $1,275,915 | $733,572 | -42.5% |
| O'Hearn Farms Partnership | $1,267,263 | $566,405 | -55.3% |
| Red Land Agent Partners | $646,172 | $415,061 | -35.8% |
| Curry Farm Partners | $569,869 | $332,846 | -41.6% |
| Peavy Brothers | $522,123 | $295,673 | -43.4% |
| J and K Farms | $343,259 | $254,732 | -25.8% |
| Isler Farms Partnership | $370,632 | $254,045 | -31.5% |
| Howard Family Partnership | $304,324 | $181,602 | -40.3% |
| Rodney A. Jackson | $253,287 | $176,800 | -30.2% |
| John E. Lamb | $237,562 | $160,645 | -32.4% |
| Lovett Farms | $296,313 | $156,567 | -47.2% |
| Dustin Shane Milner | $218,869 | $138,892 | -36.5% |
| Arnold Brothers Farm Partnership | $225,950 | $134,691 | -40.4% |
| Robert Earl Odom | $125,944 | $119,934 | -4.8% |
| Stewart Arnold Farms, Inc. | $180,310 | $118,893 | -34.1% |
| Wilson Farms, Inc. | $139,123 | $112,247 | -19.3% |
| Matthew J. Kendrick | $189,743 | $100,588 | -47% |
| Devane Farms, Inc. | $139,702 | $94,827 | -32.1% |
| Yvonne Devane | $20,357 | $94,827 | 365.8% |
| Gabriele Jackson Kendrick | $19,198 | $94,215 | 390.8% |
| Ramona Johnson | $19,645 | $89,959 | 357.9% |
| Milliron Farms, Inc. | $227,944 | $87,140 | -61.8% |
| Jeffrey G. Howard | $8,353 | $86,932 | 940.7% |
| Edward Daniel Milliron | $135,898 | $83,633 | -38.5% |
| W T Lumpkin Farms, LLC | $123,728 | $68,326 | -44.8% |
| Boyett Timber Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Corey Gilbert Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Long Leaf Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Paron D. Smith | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Randolph Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Southern Pine, LLC | $0 | $49,146 | -- |
| Robert W. Moore Jr. | $91,615 | $48,453 | -47.1% |
| Perfection Plus Farms, Inc. | $50,577 | $46,597 | -7.9% |
| Marvin D. Cowart | $0 | $46,116 | -- |
| Betty E Lumpkin Farm, LLC | $50,148 | $45,252 | -9.8% |
| John Clifford Rigsby | $61,404 | $43,525 | -29.1% |
| Julian Nichols | $43,039 | $41,390 | -3.8% |
| Heleski Dairy, LLC | $43,674 | $32,577 | -25.4% |
| Stanley Jackson | $36,697 | $32,134 | -12.4% |
| R a J Farm, Inc. | $59,775 | $31,389 | -47.5% |
| James Raymond Peavy | $0 | $31,291 | -- |
| Jane Willis Bentley | $36,110 | $28,186 | -21.9% |
| J R Curry Farms, Inc. | $212,338 | $26,641 | -87.5% |
| Gay Farms, LLC | $28,251 | $23,884 | -15.5% |
| Jacqlyn Ragan Harrell | $6,672 | $22,413 | 235.9% |
| J & J Farms Partnership | $38,850 | $22,210 | -42.8% |
| Terry Torbert | $24,667 | $20,767 | -15.8% |
| Tom E. Hilton | $24,454 | $17,965 | -26.5% |
| Kay W. Thompson | $57,303 | $15,381 | -73.2% |
| Charles H. Andrews | $8,213 | $15,288 | 86.1% |
| Devin Heleski | $25,815 | $14,599 | -43.4% |
| Joseph E. Fulghum | $25,102 | $13,628 | -45.7% |
| Jim Turner | $18,651 | $13,529 | -27.5% |
| Harry Mcdonald | $0 | $12,660 | -- |
| J Edgar Lamb, Inc. | $39,304 | $12,090 | -69.2% |
| Melvin Howard Peavy | $14,359 | $11,540 | -19.6% |
| Jeremy H. Peavy | $12,247 | $11,288 | -7.8% |
| Joseph Garrett Sauls | $11,845 | $11,252 | -5% |
| Joseph Guerry Sauls | $11,559 | $11,252 | -2.7% |
| Benjamin Thomas Milliron | $26,438 | $10,824 | -59.1% |
| Hiram B. Beard | $26,647 | $10,677 | -59.9% |
| Mcmath Farms Partnership | $13,753 | $10,481 | -23.8% |
| Byron Thomas Brown | $20,068 | $9,859 | -50.9% |
| Curry J. R. Farms III | $32,591 | $9,749 | -70.1% |
| Frankie Sauls, LLC | $18,538 | $9,091 | -51% |
| Julian Lanier Morgan | $13,373 | $8,755 | -34.5% |
| James B Ragan Estate | $8,672 | $8,672 | 0% |
| James Patrick Bradley | $8,926 | $8,329 | -6.7% |
| Frances Annette Aycock | $7,264 | $8,229 | 13.3% |
| Moonlight Farms Partnership | $22,367 | $8,104 | -63.8% |
| Cliff R. Miller | $3,260 | $7,861 | 141.1% |
| David Edwin Wilson | $8,979 | $7,490 | -16.6% |
| John Michael Wilson | $8,979 | $7,490 | -16.6% |
| Lamar White Farm | $8,924 | $7,235 | -18.9% |
| BFRC Farms, LLC | $15,502 | $6,682 | -56.9% |
| Michael B. Jackson | $12,771 | $6,123 | -52.1% |
| Sandra H. Thompson | $6,458 | $5,941 | -8% |
| Bushel & Bale Farms, LLC | $11,265 | $5,925 | -47.4% |
| Joseph D. Moseley | $26,695 | $5,896 | -77.9% |
| Sauls Farm Properties, LLC | $5,175 | $5,500 | 6.3% |
| Robert F. Burgin III | $6,890 | $5,394 | -21.7% |
| Melodie Floyd | $5,291 | $5,291 | 0% |
| Billy Guerry Sauls | $7,099 | $5,263 | -25.9% |
| J Devane Enterprises, LLC | $104,411 | $4,986 | -95.2% |
| Michael L. Boyett | $38,226 | $4,806 | -87.4% |
| Michael E. Harvey | $5,378 | $4,673 | -13.1% |
| John L. Shepard III | $6,080 | $4,645 | -23.6% |
| John Morgan Bentley | $12,289 | $4,627 | -62.3% |
| Donnie Wayne Childers | $14,972 | $4,404 | -70.6% |
| James H. Kleckley | $4,842 | $4,294 | -11.3% |
| Debra G. Kleckley | $4,034 | $4,034 | 0% |
| Vanesa T. Milliron | $3,910 | $3,910 | 0% |
| Russell Carlo Nuti | $5,335 | $3,881 | -27.3% |
| John D. Greer Jr. | $4,668 | $3,811 | -18.4% |
| Wayback Plantation, LLC | $2,079 | $3,784 | 82% |
| J & G Howard Farm | $28,731 | $3,699 | -87.1% |
| Tyrone Ragan | $1,050 | $3,651 | 247.7% |
| Eva Ruth Rigsby | $8,086 | $3,444 | -57.4% |
| Thomas A. Barr | $3,217 | $3,217 | 0% |
| Stewart Foy Arnold | $8,958 | $3,184 | -64.5% |
| George W. Jones III | $6,133 | $3,086 | -49.7% |
| J. R. Curry Jr. | $2,857 | $2,758 | -3.5% |
| James Riley Curry III | $1,042 | $2,476 | 137.6% |
| Deborah B. Yelverton | $9,399 | $2,243 | -76.1% |
| Leslie Statham Rigsby | $6,611 | $2,173 | -67.1% |
| John G. Bates | $3,371 | $2,163 | -35.8% |
| Martha H. Kyle | $2,311 | $2,160 | -6.5% |
| Patricia S. Laye | $0 | $2,156 | -- |
| Roger A. Callaway | $2,076 | $2,076 | 0% |
| Kyle Melton | $0 | $2,055 | -- |
| James Bertram Melton | $2,624 | $2,023 | -22.9% |
| James Kenneth Melton | $0 | $1,994 | -- |
| Thomas E. Allen III | $0 | $1,939 | -- |
| Bruner Farms, LLC | $1,932 | $1,932 | 0% |
| Frankie Sauls | $4,063 | $1,906 | -53.1% |
| Timothy S. Thompson | $43,573 | $1,731 | -96% |
| Julia Ann Ragan | $1,590 | $1,590 | 0% |
| Pansy C. Brett | $1,728 | $1,414 | -18.2% |
| James Eric Ragan | $1,090 | $1,389 | 27.4% |
| Annette D. Nichols | $1,353 | $1,353 | 0% |
| Tommy Britt | $4,195 | $1,282 | -69.4% |
| Walter W. Timms Sr. | $3,558 | $1,249 | -64.9% |
| Marion J. Morris | $1,057 | $1,057 | 0% |
| Carol Denise House | $1,043 | $1,043 | 0% |
| Shellman Carriers, LLC | $1,229 | $1,029 | -16.3% |
| Joe Pittman Sr. | $1,602 | $1,022 | -36.2% |
| Vivian S. Hardwick | $1,020 | $1,020 | 0% |
| Richard D. Kilgore | $4,900 | $853 | -82.6% |
| Rhonda Collins | $929 | $831 | -10.5% |
| Peavy Pittman | $3,498 | $823 | -76.5% |
| Kathryn Moore Gillespie | $3,435 | $804 | -76.6% |
| Deborah P. Richter | $3,432 | $799 | -76.7% |
| Brumbelow Foods, Inc. | $3,893 | $779 | -80% |
| Mattox Farms, Inc. | $1,983 | $726 | -63.4% |
| Dorothy Barr Friese | $703 | $703 | 0% |
| James R. Crittenden | $606 | $606 | 0% |
| Rachel Brumbelow Stolze | $591 | $591 | 0% |
| Edward Dean Wiley | $661 | $578 | -12.6% |
| Jesse Bowles III | $1,931 | $574 | -70.3% |
| Charles Elliot O'Hearn SR Estate | $0 | $566 | -- |
| Jan Beard O'Hearn | $505 | $505 | 0% |
| Judy B. Rountree | $505 | $505 | 0% |
| Sharon and Nancy, Inc. | $502 | $502 | 0% |
| Southwind Farm, Inc. | $6,318 | $457 | -92.8% |
| Walter Carl Swann | $1,483 | $446 | -69.9% |
| Nichols Family Farm, LLC | $422 | $422 | 0% |
| Kathy Peavy Lindsey | $399 | $399 | 0% |
| David Augustus Baldwin | $258 | $258 | 0% |
| David T. Baldwin | $258 | $258 | 0% |
| Ethan W. Walton | $481 | $216 | -55.1% |
| Evelyn J. Wiley | $208 | $208 | 0% |
| Anthony Joseph Palumbo | $411 | $152 | -63% |
| Wanda W. Amburgey | $0 | $92 | -- |
| Billy Nettles | $237 | $89 | -62.4% |
| William Terrell Perryman | $304 | $78 | -74.3% |
| Columbus Larry Brown | $71 | $65 | -8.5% |
| Wayne Thompson | $55 | $25 | -54.5% |
| Gerald Isler | $768 | $0 | -100% |
| Tammy Caldwell | $11,003 | $0 | -100% |
| William Thomas Lumpkin | $8,734 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann Nichols | $2,053 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill C. Laye | $2,427 | $0 | -100% |
| Cassie Pearl Garrett | $205 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Bruce Whatley | $340 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Kenneth Ragan | $23,071 | $0 | -100% |
| Kim Oliver Woodward | $1,770 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcus Ragan Farm | $1,072 | $0 | -100% |
| Marvin Devane | $117,346 | $0 | -100% |
| Natina J Robertson | $5,672 | $0 | -100% |
| R & B Farms, LLC | $75,657 | $0 | -100% |
| Rickey Slater | $3,736 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Moore | $549 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Slaton Whatley | $340 | $0 | -100% |
| Brooke W. Hixon | $178 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen Family Properties, LLC | $5,781 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Elliot O'Hearn Sr. | $566 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Frank Howard | $16,415 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry Aycock | $6,230 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Langford | $1,192 | $0 | -100% |
| Ross Crittenden | $6,779 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $9,912,663 | $6,286,010 | -36.6% |
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