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In 2021, 206 farmers in cities within Benton County received a total of $460,952 in 284 farm subsidies, a 58% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.1 million in 614 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 Benton County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Fitchpatrick | $145,756 | $43,068 | -70.5% |
| Sam B. Rainwaters | $22,594 | $21,623 | -4.3% |
| Jackie D. Garland | $43,689 | $19,131 | -56.2% |
| Gary D. Berry | $39,664 | $18,304 | -53.9% |
| Gary Vick | $82,778 | $17,307 | -79.1% |
| Kevin M. Berry | $40,494 | $17,212 | -57.5% |
| Jason L. Uptain | $33,418 | $16,888 | -49.5% |
| Jerry H. Dinwiddie | $15,892 | $15,892 | 0% |
| Mark Hargis | $17,058 | $13,822 | -19% |
| Terry L. Rainwaters | $30,519 | $13,153 | -56.9% |
| John R. Holmes | $671 | $12,579 | 1,774.7% |
| Robert J. French | $12,061 | $11,729 | -2.8% |
| Linda Ring | $10,355 | $9,766 | -5.7% |
| Betty Jo Hicks Trust | $9,291 | $9,259 | -0.3% |
| Tim Ring | $8,667 | $8,119 | -6.3% |
| Helen Bernice Clement | $8,088 | $7,690 | -4.9% |
| Patsy Ann Jarrett | $0 | $7,078 | -- |
| Lynn Floyd | $6,611 | $6,194 | -6.3% |
| Stephanie Bridges | $6,018 | $5,830 | -3.1% |
| Sandy River Hunting Club, Inc. | $5,682 | $5,490 | -3.4% |
| Caleb Vick | $17,817 | $5,375 | -69.8% |
| Catherine Patton | $5,462 | $5,337 | -2.3% |
| Roy C Ross Estate | $0 | $5,148 | -- |
| Suzanne McCullough | $4,498 | $4,498 | 0% |
| William W. Taylor | $2,750 | $4,421 | 60.8% |
| Debra Allen | $6,765 | $4,418 | -34.7% |
| Cypress Creek Farms, LLC | $3,366 | $4,172 | 23.9% |
| Jewel Nadine Ashmore IRRV Income Trustee | $1,560 | $3,743 | 139.9% |
| Lynn Horton | $18,035 | $3,697 | -79.5% |
| Scott McDaniel | $30,865 | $3,631 | -88.2% |
| Linda Smothers | $3,627 | $3,627 | 0% |
| Jimmy R. Smothers | $5,111 | $3,487 | -31.8% |
| Robert R. Livingston | $3,843 | $3,429 | -10.8% |
| Donald H. Phifer | $7,304 | $3,416 | -53.2% |
| William C. Phifer | $7,304 | $3,416 | -53.2% |
| Alice Hicks | $4,173 | $3,410 | -18.3% |
| Deborah Wright | $3,453 | $3,352 | -2.9% |
| Betty Hudson | $3,309 | $3,309 | 0% |
| Christy Brasher | $3,211 | $3,211 | 0% |
| Dawn Churchwell | $3,211 | $3,211 | 0% |
| Danny R. Haggerty | $6,808 | $2,862 | -58% |
| Richard E. French | $5,570 | $2,762 | -50.4% |
| Dwayne Douglas | $14,867 | $2,730 | -81.6% |
| Michael J Eighner | $4,389 | $2,721 | -38% |
| Kenny Arnold | $6,278 | $2,540 | -59.5% |
| Frankie Jordan | $10,052 | $2,451 | -75.6% |
| Rex Wynn | $4,931 | $2,303 | -53.3% |
| Edsel Belyew | $9,856 | $2,185 | -77.8% |
| Bret Burke | $2,186 | $2,129 | -2.6% |
| Cameron M. Berry | $7,940 | $1,981 | -75.1% |
| Johnny Franklin Smith Estate | $2,109 | $1,840 | -12.8% |
| Lejune Berry | $1,802 | $1,802 | 0% |
| Johnny Patton | $2,534 | $1,772 | -30.1% |
| Jemmie Allen | $2,243 | $1,737 | -22.6% |
| Karen Sue Qualls | $1,568 | $1,735 | 10.7% |
| Sandra Dawson | $1,636 | $1,686 | 3.1% |
| Roy Ross | $8,150 | $1,665 | -79.6% |
| Freeman Cole | $1,632 | $1,632 | 0% |
| Gary Furr | $1,627 | $1,627 | 0% |
| Robert Peoples | $1,747 | $1,538 | -12% |
| Roger French | $6,577 | $1,526 | -76.8% |
| Luther Wiseman | $7,680 | $1,412 | -81.6% |
| Ray Smith B-5 | $4,929 | $1,345 | -72.7% |
| Dwayne Smith | $5,974 | $1,335 | -77.7% |
| Jason Dodd | $4,729 | $1,335 | -71.8% |
| Ronal E. Dickey | $1,606 | $1,305 | -18.7% |
| Marko Winters | $1,232 | $1,232 | 0% |
| Darryl Armstrong | $6,008 | $1,217 | -79.7% |
| Bettie A. Smothers | $0 | $1,166 | -- |
| Harold E. Simpson | $6,376 | $1,164 | -81.7% |
| Kevin Hicks | $4,308 | $1,144 | -73.4% |
| Barry Carter | $4,763 | $1,135 | -76.2% |
| Dwayne Kee | $4,488 | $1,123 | -75% |
| Jim Snowden | $4,422 | $1,109 | -74.9% |
| John A. Wilkinson | $1,066 | $1,066 | 0% |
| Martha Lilly | $3,654 | $1,062 | -70.9% |
| Jackie Wimberly | $5,332 | $1,033 | -80.6% |
| Sherry Wilson | $1,003 | $1,003 | 0% |
| Steve Hargrove | $5,270 | $941 | -82.1% |
| James S. Hollowell | $3,916 | $875 | -77.7% |
| Todd Prince | $4,809 | $854 | -82.2% |
| Kimberly Ann Berry | $3,850 | $850 | -77.9% |
| Edward L. Allen | $2,629 | $830 | -68.4% |
| Linda K. Dykstra | $5,214 | $821 | -84.3% |
| Charley Tubbs | $1,980 | $799 | -59.6% |
| James L. Peach Sr. | $656 | $766 | 16.8% |
| Jason L. Townsend | $3,465 | $764 | -78% |
| Jerry Douglas | $1,122 | $695 | -38.1% |
| Barry B. Bell | $3,355 | $680 | -79.7% |
| Michael H. Douglas | $2,913 | $666 | -77.1% |
| Elton Vancleave | $4,793 | $664 | -86.1% |
| Thomas H. Bain | $4,428 | $663 | -85% |
| Ryan Belyew | $4,177 | $657 | -84.3% |
| Jesse Leonard | $5,075 | $654 | -87.1% |
| Melanie Bell | $654 | $654 | 0% |
| Pat Fowler | $3,637 | $646 | -82.2% |
| John Overall III | $2,809 | $644 | -77.1% |
| Robert A. Leblanc | $3,520 | $628 | -82.2% |
| Thelma Faye Rushing | $1,533 | $605 | -60.5% |
| Ross Guy | $2,695 | $571 | -78.8% |
| Russell King | $912 | $557 | -38.9% |
| Jim McKay | $3,994 | $549 | -86.3% |
| Jerry Beasley | $2,521 | $545 | -78.4% |
| Casey Smith | $2,454 | $543 | -77.9% |
| William McConnell | $2,778 | $522 | -81.2% |
| Margie Leonard | $3,199 | $518 | -83.8% |
| Rita Tubbs | $3,245 | $508 | -84.3% |
| Ross Ballard Lumpkin | $2,173 | $499 | -77% |
| Amy Cates | $2,310 | $491 | -78.7% |
| Charles Marshall Pearson Jr. | $1,839 | $484 | -73.7% |
| Carol Ann Broadway | $1,825 | $483 | -73.5% |
| Lonnie E. Pierpoint | $3,058 | $474 | -84.5% |
| Michael Matney | $798 | $465 | -41.7% |
| Elliott B. Hills | $930 | $463 | -50.2% |
| Chris Liebergesell | $0 | $459 | -- |
| Robert E. Deaton | $1,925 | $448 | -76.7% |
| John Melton | $4,838 | $442 | -90.9% |
| T. E. Miller | $2,376 | $435 | -81.7% |
| Trevor Busby | $3,724 | $415 | -88.9% |
| Lawrence Farmer | $736 | $408 | -44.6% |
| Mary Bell | $2,146 | $391 | -81.8% |
| Roy Carlton Berry | $1,973 | $377 | -80.9% |
| Susan Hicks | $2,407 | $370 | -84.6% |
| Andrea French | $1,734 | $364 | -79% |
| Larry Waters | $1,158 | $305 | -73.7% |
| Earl Hudson | $3,015 | $305 | -89.9% |
| Ralph Farmer | $570 | $305 | -46.5% |
| William Lowe | $1,442 | $304 | -78.9% |
| Bella Jane Latimer | $263 | $303 | 15.2% |
| Joseph Jennette | $1,672 | $301 | -82% |
| Gary T. Ridley | $547 | $293 | -46.4% |
| Billy Joe Henry | $627 | $287 | -54.2% |
| Randy Hudson | $1,294 | $280 | -78.4% |
| Kenneth Miller | $1,133 | $280 | -75.3% |
| Debra Mitchell | $574 | $278 | -51.6% |
| Hilliard L. Douglas | $164 | $273 | 66.5% |
| Kevin Scheimann | $2,149 | $263 | -87.8% |
| Eddie McElroy | $1,414 | $253 | -82.1% |
| Harold Phifer | $946 | $252 | -73.4% |
| Gerry Baloga | $1,056 | $252 | -76.1% |
| Travis Troutt | $1,223 | $234 | -80.9% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $227 | -- |
| Roy Watson | $369 | $226 | -38.8% |
| Dale Douglas | $671 | $220 | -67.2% |
| Linda B. Douglas | $491 | $199 | -59.5% |
| Roger Hensley | $7,811 | $190 | -97.6% |
| James Robinson | $769 | $189 | -75.4% |
| Gary McIver | $1,172 | $176 | -85% |
| Gail Marrison | $173 | $173 | 0% |
| Sheila Barnes | $173 | $173 | 0% |
| Claude Vanhuss | $825 | $172 | -79.2% |
| Lynda Smothers | $825 | $172 | -79.2% |
| Flora Sue Waters | $306 | $169 | -44.8% |
| Linda Hubbs | $345 | $166 | -51.9% |
| Teresa Leonard | $1,496 | $155 | -89.6% |
| Stephen Osborne | $363 | $153 | -57.9% |
| Billy Florence | $579 | $152 | -73.7% |
| Terry Waters | $605 | $150 | -75.2% |
| Randy Douglas | $638 | $149 | -76.6% |
| Bobby L. Hampton | $2,476 | $147 | -94.1% |
| Consuelo Brown | $0 | $144 | -- |
| Wyly F. Cantrell | $231 | $141 | -39% |
| Deborah Hargrove | $232 | $137 | -40.9% |
| L. C. Cary | $0 | $136 | -- |
| Teresa Hall | $293 | $130 | -55.6% |
| Terry Belyew | $141 | $129 | -8.5% |
| Kevin Hoofman | $137 | $129 | -5.8% |
| Darin Stacey Tubbs | $915 | $124 | -86.4% |
| Timmy Berry | $708 | $121 | -82.9% |
| Donnie Cuthbertson | $258 | $120 | -53.5% |
| Marla Belyew | $0 | $119 | -- |
| Janson Redden | $0 | $119 | -- |
| Maxell Carpenter | $341 | $110 | -67.7% |
| Donnie W. Pierpoint | $352 | $105 | -70.2% |
| Ricky Waters | $166 | $103 | -38% |
| James Daniel | $236 | $102 | -56.8% |
| Ronda Covington | $561 | $100 | -82.2% |
| Jerrod Allen | $810 | $93 | -88.5% |
| Lisa Goforth | $885 | $90 | -89.8% |
| Bryant Gray | $146 | $89 | -39% |
| Robert Travis | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| Kimberly Goodman | $433 | $86 | -80.1% |
| Richard Wiseman | $433 | $86 | -80.1% |
| Danny Brandenburg | $200 | $85 | -57.5% |
| James W. Utley | $139 | $85 | -38.8% |
| Robert H. Hicks | $212 | $80 | -62.3% |
| Jackie S. Cole | $160 | $74 | -53.8% |
| Bobby Ray Jackson | $199 | $73 | -63.3% |
| Mary Ballard | $2,759 | $73 | -97.4% |
| Patricia Howe | $363 | $73 | -79.9% |
| Joan Palmer | $351 | $71 | -79.8% |
| David Hollingsworth | $115 | $70 | -39.1% |
| Margie Darnell | $107 | $65 | -39.3% |
| Benedict Richardson | $98 | $60 | -38.8% |
| Linda Hargrove | $446 | $59 | -86.8% |
| James Robert Barrett | $413 | $52 | -87.4% |
| Ray O. Powell | $94 | $50 | -46.8% |
| Bonnie Phifer | $0 | $45 | -- |
| Jeremy Phifer | $0 | $45 | -- |
| Bonnie Holland | $100 | $40 | -60% |
| Marion Janell Burke | $199 | $40 | -79.9% |
| John Gene Jackson | $0 | $37 | -- |
| Judy Pierce | $0 | $26 | -- |
| Deborah T. Smothers | $0 | $24 | -- |
| Ben D. Joyner | $206 | $9 | -95.6% |
| Lois Wimberly | $22 | $2 | -90.9% |
| Ben York | $243 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Mathes | $60 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn S. McVicar | $28 | $0 | -100% |
| Constance L. Ali | $57 | $0 | -100% |
| Denise Travis | $41 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris Hawley | $175 | $0 | -100% |
| Earline Farmer | $1,206 | $0 | -100% |
| James Allen Jr. | $1,999 | $0 | -100% |
| James Wayne Beeghly | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet Lambert | $49 | $0 | -100% |
| Katy Busby | $200 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Dowdy | $39 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn M. Ashmore | $6,791 | $0 | -100% |
| Marie Berry | $43 | $0 | -100% |
| Marty Joe Ross | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Darger | $31 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall L. Farmer | $2,114 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Phifer | $379 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas L. Flowers | $170 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Rowlette | $120 | $0 | -100% |
| Brad Walker | $2,379 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Seaton | $87 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Cantrell | $148 | $0 | -100% |
| Dwayne Hollingsworth | $214 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Matheny | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| Elyease Watson | $2,388 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/CCC | $10,872 | $0 | -100% |
| Garry Malin | $1,037 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Holland | $150 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Allen | $364 | $0 | -100% |
| Jackie Palmer | $47 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacqueline Harris Dacus | $1,797 | $0 | -100% |
| Jody Farmer | $48 | $0 | -100% |
| Junior Lee Erwin Jr. | $1,401 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen J. Eaves | $43 | $0 | -100% |
| Log House Nursery and Gifts | $5,630 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn Cuff Fowler | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Melissa Shearer | $189 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Katrutsa | $11,260 | $0 | -100% |
| Miller's Farm | $111 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela Turner | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Baloga | $54 | $0 | -100% |
| Patty Douglas | $120 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy Brevard | $84 | $0 | -100% |
| Reba Vick | $896 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Hargis | $115 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky Hensley | $7,775 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert G. Knight | $2,381 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Ray Freeman | $77 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Douglas Nanney | $101 | $0 | -100% |
| Teresa K. Taylor | $81 | $0 | -100% |
| Vickie D. Kelly | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia Beasley | $45 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia Moon | $2,597 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith W. Hudson | $1,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Wanda Miller | $14 | $0 | -100% |
| West Williams | $339 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert T. Smith Jr. | $70 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,097,239 | $460,952 | -58% |
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