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In 2021, 98 farmers in cities within Lake County received a total of $2.5 million in 217 farm subsidies, a 54.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.5 million in 408 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Lake Planting Company PTR | $501,206 | $232,469 | -53.6% |
| Lindamood Planting Company | $725,470 | $214,616 | -70.4% |
| Patterson Bros | $277,912 | $173,403 | -37.6% |
| Stephen M Parks | $206,424 | $133,640 | -35.3% |
| Larry Paschall Companies | $390,189 | $122,693 | -68.6% |
| B and M Shull Farm PTR | $288,374 | $121,395 | -57.9% |
| Southern Planting Company, Inc. | $169,634 | $108,701 | -35.9% |
| J & M Planting Company | $226,370 | $101,242 | -55.3% |
| Tony Bargery Farms General Partnership | $0 | $92,191 | -- |
| Jeremy Hopper Farms | $236,562 | $91,331 | -61.4% |
| Vaughn Farms PTR | $209,366 | $82,905 | -60.4% |
| Bluff Farms, Inc. | $104,938 | $80,555 | -23.2% |
| David and Ginger Nichols Nichols Farms | $0 | $78,721 | -- |
| J D B Farming Company, Inc. | $113,175 | $57,933 | -48.8% |
| Terry Hopper Farms | $97,785 | $55,992 | -42.7% |
| Joe D. Schenk | $91,636 | $48,736 | -46.8% |
| Edmund J. Sumara | $125,670 | $47,382 | -62.3% |
| Hopper Farms, Inc. | $113,891 | $43,755 | -61.6% |
| Jackie Pierce Flowers | $108,675 | $43,311 | -60.1% |
| Shaw Farms PTR | $94,143 | $43,180 | -54.1% |
| Volunteer Farms | $103,970 | $41,481 | -60.1% |
| Keiser Bros, LLC | $34,074 | $40,874 | 20% |
| Tony L. White | $61,328 | $31,665 | -48.4% |
| Amy L. Humphrey | $0 | $30,014 | -- |
| Jon K. Dickey | $41,758 | $29,196 | -30.1% |
| Robert W. Shaw Jr. | $82,856 | $26,215 | -68.4% |
| E J Sumara, LLC | $41,159 | $23,227 | -43.6% |
| Robert W. Shaw III | $69,281 | $20,962 | -69.7% |
| Brian Wright -wright Farms | $27,740 | $17,956 | -35.3% |
| Lynn Farm | $22,358 | $17,953 | -19.7% |
| Gregory Shane Hamilton | $30,758 | $12,783 | -58.4% |
| Tennemo Farms, Inc. | $71,186 | $12,599 | -82.3% |
| Riley Bros PTR | $12,587 | $12,174 | -3.3% |
| Tim Hays Farm | $10,801 | $11,254 | 4.2% |
| Billy Farmer | $17,853 | $10,869 | -39.1% |
| William M. Curlin | $24,962 | $10,168 | -59.3% |
| Roger Clark | $18,373 | $10,022 | -45.5% |
| Ryan Bargery | $9,346 | $8,958 | -4.2% |
| Keefe, Inc. | $26,080 | $8,938 | -65.7% |
| William B. Keiser Jr. | $32,218 | $8,591 | -73.3% |
| David Nichols | $161,475 | $7,890 | -95.1% |
| Martha L. Hopper | $7,572 | $7,620 | 0.6% |
| Vivian Perkins | $0 | $7,466 | -- |
| Fred A. Wortman Jr. | $16,224 | $7,437 | -54.2% |
| Kevin Farrow | $16,008 | $7,353 | -54.1% |
| Shawn Wortman | $11,992 | $6,458 | -46.1% |
| Rosemary Eddlemon | $4,965 | $6,451 | 29.9% |
| Amy Humphrey | $0 | $6,259 | -- |
| David E. Lovell | $5,249 | $5,175 | -1.4% |
| Earl S. Johnson | $15,862 | $5,071 | -68% |
| Joseph W. Sumara | $3,998 | $5,006 | 25.2% |
| Billy M. Davis | $10,899 | $4,760 | -56.3% |
| John Riley | $3,402 | $3,642 | 7.1% |
| W B Keiser SR Trust | $8,608 | $3,370 | -60.9% |
| Billy R. Farrow | $4,222 | $3,105 | -26.5% |
| James L. Watkins | $3,826 | $2,941 | -23.1% |
| Jeremy Hopper | $2,864 | $2,893 | 1% |
| William E. Lindamood | $11,140 | $2,822 | -74.7% |
| Jacky D. Goad | $4,791 | $2,710 | -43.4% |
| John F. Lindamood | $947 | $2,666 | 181.5% |
| Winston A. Whitson | $3,318 | $2,328 | -29.8% |
| Peter F. Keiser | $6,837 | $1,950 | -71.5% |
| David F. Mooring | $1,932 | $1,918 | -0.7% |
| Jennifer Campbell | $4,871 | $1,836 | -62.3% |
| Tony Bargery Farms, LLLP | $0 | $1,781 | -- |
| Terry Hopper | $1,484 | $1,484 | 0% |
| Samuel F. Algee | $1,607 | $1,371 | -14.7% |
| Phyllis A. McClain | $3,371 | $1,317 | -60.9% |
| Gracie R. Johnson | $917 | $1,050 | 14.5% |
| Tanner Nichols | $4,880 | $1,025 | -79% |
| Shull Heirs | $3,480 | $969 | -72.2% |
| Camella Patterson | $3,439 | $868 | -74.8% |
| Christopher F. Stewart | $12,110 | $827 | -93.2% |
| Steven Clark | $1,836 | $818 | -55.4% |
| Shannon Boyd | $2,118 | $793 | -62.6% |
| Frances Work | $3,766 | $660 | -82.5% |
| Mildred A. Armstrong | $4,866 | $646 | -86.7% |
| Kent Patterson | $1,846 | $581 | -68.5% |
| Trent Patterson | $1,845 | $580 | -68.6% |
| Benjamin T. Patterson | $1,844 | $580 | -68.5% |
| Allen Willyerd | $1,978 | $573 | -71% |
| Casey R. Yarbro | $1,370 | $525 | -61.7% |
| Tommy Lovell | $657 | $503 | -23.4% |
| Joy Windsor | $1,149 | $444 | -61.4% |
| George Anthony Bargery | $1,256 | $354 | -71.8% |
| Ruth Lee Stover | $623 | $228 | -63.4% |
| Wilma Stover | $2,582 | $228 | -91.2% |
| Theresa Rhoads | $314 | $146 | -53.5% |
| Vanessa Garner Shell | $771 | $133 | -82.7% |
| J. T. Burrus Jr. | $1,745 | $121 | -93.1% |
| Karen Paschall | $50 | $86 | 72% |
| Gloria Jane Vernon | $576 | $59 | -89.8% |
| Carolyn Hayes | $607 | $56 | -90.8% |
| Shirley M. Pierce | $441 | $36 | -91.8% |
| Charles A. Ervin | $2,158 | $35 | -98.4% |
| Howard W. Burkeen | $122 | $17 | -86.1% |
| Dorothy Reynolds | $1,510 | $12 | -99.2% |
| Joe H Lavenue | $0 | $10 | -- |
| Andrew Stanfill | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Wyatt Feltus | $4,525 | $0 | -100% |
| Beverly McCulloch Estate | $767 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce C. Dunlap | $1,558 | $0 | -100% |
| David and Ginger Nichols Nichols | $53,184 | $0 | -100% |
| Dianne R Homra | $5,896 | $0 | -100% |
| Donzel Stanfill | $222 | $0 | -100% |
| Enloe Stover Jr. | $490 | $0 | -100% |
| First Community Bank of the heart | $38,723 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Reynolds | $257 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Riley | $3,191 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Farrow | $2,243 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael P. Humphrey | $64,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Ora R Sweatt Trust | $16,325 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Threlkeld | $314 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony Bargery Farms General Partne | $66,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Alice Makin | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| David H. Keefe | $867 | $0 | -100% |
| Flowers Bros | $701 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Paschall | $3,076 | $0 | -100% |
| Hearn Farm PTR | $8,248 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack F. Haynes Jr. | $1,489 | $0 | -100% |
| Jill H. White | $301 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,471,940 | $2,488,093 | -54.5% |
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