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In 2021, 219 farmers in cities within York County received a total of $918,265 in 302 farm subsidies, a 66.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.7 million in 639 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 York County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Farms, LLC | $66,858 | $148,559 | 122.2% |
| Boyd Farms | $613,619 | $81,643 | -86.7% |
| Scruggs Timber Company | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jackie Comer Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Hugh J. Harshaw III | $109,723 | $49,455 | -54.9% |
| Callicott Partners | $61,201 | $44,848 | -26.7% |
| Rus Thomson | $2,209 | $43,731 | 1,879.7% |
| Wade M. Scott | $39,607 | $39,607 | 0% |
| Nance Farms, LLC | $29,138 | $30,621 | 5.1% |
| Strait Farm, LLC | $165,378 | $26,187 | -84.2% |
| Michael A. Nance | $32,862 | $18,169 | -44.7% |
| Richard M. Roach | $33,799 | $15,103 | -55.3% |
| William H. Nance | $76,924 | $13,291 | -82.7% |
| Harper Farms | $129,919 | $12,730 | -90.2% |
| Douglas Faulkner | $11,380 | $11,303 | -0.7% |
| Joe W. Hope | $0 | $8,449 | -- |
| Laura Livingston's Woodlands, LLC | $10,463 | $8,332 | -20.4% |
| William E. Johnston Jr. | $15,699 | $8,242 | -47.5% |
| William R. Thomson | $70,134 | $8,214 | -88.3% |
| Michael J. Ary | $14,845 | $6,581 | -55.7% |
| Nancy Cornwell-Daves | $52,279 | $6,214 | -88.1% |
| Joanna Kilroy | $5,600 | $5,686 | 1.5% |
| Ferguson Farm | $36,485 | $5,673 | -84.5% |
| William J Bushaw & V Kerlene Bushaw Declaration of Trust | $5,405 | $5,405 | 0% |
| James C. Ferebee IV | $6,302 | $5,218 | -17.2% |
| Cloverdale Farms, LLC | $14,140 | $5,141 | -63.6% |
| Louise-Ruppert Family Trust a Ruppert | $4,871 | $4,871 | 0% |
| James W. Crowder IV | $15,064 | $4,385 | -70.9% |
| Pepin Wood Farm | $18,749 | $4,263 | -77.3% |
| Linda L. Switzer | $3,967 | $4,138 | 4.3% |
| Wm O. Covington | $55,401 | $3,893 | -93% |
| F & S Farms | $3,759 | $3,759 | 0% |
| Keith E. Hawkins | $21,575 | $3,630 | -83.2% |
| Arthur Q. Black | $28,854 | $3,367 | -88.3% |
| Tommy Bratton | $15,639 | $3,321 | -78.8% |
| Walter E. Bolin II | $30,565 | $3,111 | -89.8% |
| James T. Gilchrist | $17,145 | $3,105 | -81.9% |
| James Arn Womble | $12,190 | $3,024 | -75.2% |
| Harriett S. Kinsey | $5,196 | $2,843 | -45.3% |
| McGill Brothers | $22,093 | $2,822 | -87.2% |
| Rocky Ridge Farm of School, Inc. | $14,675 | $2,819 | -80.8% |
| 7 Brooks Farms, Inc. | $14,993 | $2,804 | -81.3% |
| Patricia Bivens | $0 | $2,740 | -- |
| Behrmann Farms, LLC | $5,069 | $2,727 | -46.2% |
| Charlene Grimes | $4,466 | $2,566 | -42.5% |
| Charles Mcduffie Steele Jr. | $20,451 | $2,536 | -87.6% |
| Fetters Enterprises, LLC | $7,922 | $2,515 | -68.3% |
| Shannon Grace Kirby | $0 | $2,497 | -- |
| Prairieland Investment Company | $2,496 | $2,496 | 0% |
| Sherry Workman | $2,991 | $2,423 | -19% |
| Lyle Brummett Revocable Trust DTD 3/7/2000 | $7,124 | $2,313 | -67.5% |
| Michael Wayne Allen | $16,767 | $2,310 | -86.2% |
| Craig M. Covington | $7,401 | $2,310 | -68.8% |
| Lee - Lee E Harmon Trust Harmon | $3,356 | $2,104 | -37.3% |
| Randall R. Yon | $2,104 | $2,104 | 0% |
| Rusty Ramsey | $16,494 | $2,075 | -87.4% |
| Carolina Cotton, LLC | $47,969 | $2,067 | -95.7% |
| Michael D. Roach | $1,656 | $2,039 | 23.1% |
| Phillip D. Faulkner | $29,472 | $2,012 | -93.2% |
| Robert L. Reid III | $14,338 | $1,997 | -86.1% |
| Saunders Land Care, Inc. | $1,778 | $1,925 | 8.3% |
| Charlene Yelton | $1,825 | $1,919 | 5.2% |
| Britton McCarter | $0 | $1,913 | -- |
| Morris G. Robinson | $6,336 | $1,781 | -71.9% |
| William Thomas Sherer IV | $7,667 | $1,725 | -77.5% |
| Omarr, LLC | $13,512 | $1,698 | -87.4% |
| Lampert Farm Irrev Trust | $3,315 | $1,621 | -51.1% |
| David Wilkerson | $9,028 | $1,564 | -82.7% |
| Suzanne Smith | $0 | $1,550 | -- |
| Nadine E. Riddle | $1,056 | $1,533 | 45.2% |
| Glenda C. Allen | $12,530 | $1,520 | -87.9% |
| Joe W. Mitchell | $4,309 | $1,455 | -66.2% |
| Paul E. Blackwell | $7,699 | $1,407 | -81.7% |
| Leon C. Hall | $1,396 | $1,396 | 0% |
| Lewis Oates | $6,171 | $1,366 | -77.9% |
| Kenneth D. Johnson | $13,316 | $1,353 | -89.8% |
| Michael S. Rawls | $1,317 | $1,317 | 0% |
| Faulkner Farms | $7,335 | $1,263 | -82.8% |
| Wayne A. Herndon | $5,275 | $1,263 | -76.1% |
| Bomar Farms, LLC | $8,303 | $1,253 | -84.9% |
| Melvin Jackson Propst | $6,380 | $1,238 | -80.6% |
| Carolyn K. Mendenhall | $1,991 | $1,199 | -39.8% |
| Evelyn G. Edmunds | $8,325 | $1,179 | -85.8% |
| Thomas B. Jackson Jr. | $4,488 | $1,170 | -73.9% |
| Sherri B. Wisher | $7,575 | $1,167 | -84.6% |
| Kathryn C. Latham | $5,996 | $1,162 | -80.6% |
| Leone Mcgee-Leone & Tom Mcgee Rev Trustee | $0 | $1,150 | -- |
| Tommy Wilkerson | $6,027 | $1,114 | -81.5% |
| Paula J. Hinson | $2,242 | $1,097 | -51.1% |
| Robert B. Singletary | $5,771 | $1,090 | -81.1% |
| Robert M. McCarter | $5,794 | $1,081 | -81.3% |
| Lee Clinton | $7,128 | $1,072 | -85% |
| Dennis J Hopkins - Dennis Hopkins Revocable Trust | $11,411 | $1,057 | -90.7% |
| Lowe-Wempen Farm Partnership | $4,463 | $1,042 | -76.7% |
| Jamie Propst | $4,301 | $1,038 | -75.9% |
| Robert G. Smarr | $4,785 | $1,033 | -78.4% |
| Lauri J. Grimberg | $1,489 | $1,029 | -30.9% |
| Brent Peddy | $2,433 | $1,022 | -58% |
| Peggy L. Dickson | $0 | $1,017 | -- |
| Marianna H. Templeton | $4,000 | $1,016 | -74.6% |
| John W. Nance | $4,730 | $1,011 | -78.6% |
| Lewis W. Hicks | $8,570 | $1,004 | -88.3% |
| Glenn T. Allen | $6,845 | $1,003 | -85.3% |
| Walter Armbruster | $0 | $1,001 | -- |
| Legrand Guerry | $5,985 | $990 | -83.5% |
| Brice W. Stephenson | $3,500 | $990 | -71.7% |
| Joseph D. Hamrick | $5,080 | $981 | -80.7% |
| Shelley J. Stewart Jr. | $7,553 | $976 | -87.1% |
| Martin Moses | $16,238 | $964 | -94.1% |
| Nugget Creek, LLC | $1,015 | $948 | -6.6% |
| Frank E. Fairey | $5,070 | $945 | -81.4% |
| Ragin F. Craig | $3,928 | $930 | -76.3% |
| Edward E. Thrift | $5,346 | $914 | -82.9% |
| Neil W. Smarr | $3,839 | $909 | -76.3% |
| Wm A. Wilkerson | $4,664 | $900 | -80.7% |
| Mauney Farms | $7,822 | $854 | -89.1% |
| WFD Properties | $1,271 | $847 | -33.4% |
| Tatanka Enterprises, LLC | $4,293 | $834 | -80.6% |
| Earl C. Roller Jr. | $5,758 | $808 | -86% |
| Tommy Robbins | $4,008 | $806 | -79.9% |
| Bryan M. Killian | $4,193 | $775 | -81.5% |
| Joseph I. Gilfillan | $3,730 | $772 | -79.3% |
| Donald M. Wilson | $0 | $770 | -- |
| James R. Parkins | $0 | $770 | -- |
| Michael Joe Barton | $3,950 | $754 | -80.9% |
| John R. Harding III | $6,295 | $754 | -88% |
| Kenneth D Rader Family Trust | $2,764 | $744 | -73.1% |
| Mark Boyd | $3,382 | $741 | -78.1% |
| Warrenette Sharp | $795 | $737 | -7.3% |
| Robert Smarr | $3,685 | $723 | -80.4% |
| Lewis R. Killian | $3,763 | $721 | -80.8% |
| Larry Boozer | $3,498 | $710 | -79.7% |
| John E. Gossett Jr. | $2,695 | $695 | -74.2% |
| Jason H. Parker | $3,256 | $692 | -78.7% |
| Waitus B Craft | $2,574 | $654 | -74.6% |
| Marietta Phelps Trust | $4,466 | $641 | -85.6% |
| Lowry J. Love | $4,444 | $634 | -85.7% |
| Kenneth B. Farris | $2,992 | $610 | -79.6% |
| Timothy D. Adkins | $3,733 | $604 | -83.8% |
| Bees Branch Farms, LLC | $2,421 | $603 | -75.1% |
| Timothy D. Stewart | $3,717 | $592 | -84.1% |
| James M. Comer | $2,772 | $585 | -78.9% |
| Joe C. Russell | $3,969 | $571 | -85.6% |
| Helen C. Ramsey | $2,244 | $568 | -74.7% |
| Barbara M. Clinton | $2,439 | $541 | -77.8% |
| Nathan Lovelace | $3,789 | $536 | -85.9% |
| David W. Rhodes | $1,287 | $517 | -59.8% |
| Susan Drake Dye Rev Trust | $851 | $511 | -40% |
| Jack L. Roach | $3,249 | $502 | -84.5% |
| Nancy Landstreet | $593 | $498 | -16% |
| Annette Gordon | $1,006 | $492 | -51.1% |
| Lester Ray Waldrop Jr. | $2,980 | $480 | -83.9% |
| William L. Russell | $2,063 | $432 | -79.1% |
| Margie L. Powell | $1,683 | $432 | -74.3% |
| George Nance | $4,087 | $422 | -89.7% |
| Joe H. Bratton | $1,848 | $412 | -77.7% |
| Ms. Sonja Erickson | $401 | $401 | 0% |
| Harley Neelands | $2,145 | $380 | -82.3% |
| Samuel P. Moore | $759 | $368 | -51.5% |
| Henry N. Vinson | $1,177 | $363 | -69.2% |
| Robert G. Sanders | $1,661 | $363 | -78.1% |
| John F. Norton | $1,848 | $362 | -80.4% |
| Garrison Farms, LLC | $1,884 | $353 | -81.3% |
| Frances A. Donelson | $945 | $345 | -63.5% |
| James M. Hawley | $1,584 | $340 | -78.5% |
| Conrad Scoggins | $2,176 | $333 | -84.7% |
| Charles H. Garrison Sr. | $1,606 | $332 | -79.3% |
| Robert L. Steer Jr. | $693 | $328 | -52.7% |
| Judy K. Bean | $664 | $325 | -51.1% |
| Brett Dye | $1,507 | $322 | -78.6% |
| Luanne Gardner | $1,511 | $306 | -79.7% |
| William David Peeples II | $1,275 | $296 | -76.8% |
| Rae Lewis | $1,518 | $290 | -80.9% |
| Mitchell Adkins | $1,386 | $277 | -80% |
| Tommy Scoggins | $1,269 | $276 | -78.3% |
| Eddie White | $880 | $275 | -68.8% |
| Hamilton McGarity | $1,067 | $272 | -74.5% |
| Mary B. Love | $693 | $265 | -61.8% |
| Elizabeth C. Rockholt | $256 | $256 | 0% |
| Jackie L. Queen Sr. | $660 | $253 | -61.7% |
| Harold L. Burns | $1,183 | $249 | -79% |
| Mona S. Bishop | $414 | $240 | -42% |
| Danny Scoggins | $1,426 | $236 | -83.5% |
| Linda P. Jester | $225 | $225 | 0% |
| David Hogue | $176 | $216 | 22.7% |
| Everett B. Whitesides | $1,408 | $214 | -84.8% |
| Dan B. Clements | $871 | $211 | -75.8% |
| Johnny Neelands | $0 | $202 | -- |
| Jeff Parrish | $759 | $183 | -75.9% |
| Jackie L. Queen Jr. | $396 | $166 | -58.1% |
| Bennie T. Copeland | $559 | $158 | -71.7% |
| James L. Ligon Jr. | $530 | $147 | -72.3% |
| Timothy D. Holmes Sr. | $581 | $147 | -74.7% |
| Roger Dye | $605 | $142 | -76.5% |
| Kenneth E. Love | $0 | $137 | -- |
| Rex P. Callicott | $404 | $137 | -66.1% |
| Henry Mitchell | $423 | $135 | -68.1% |
| William Hall Rogers | $0 | $125 | -- |
| Barry D. Biggers | $757 | $121 | -84% |
| Hickory Creek Partners, LLC | $0 | $120 | -- |
| Kirstin Rew | $236 | $118 | -50% |
| James Hardin | $517 | $114 | -77.9% |
| Robert C. Love Jr. | $233 | $110 | -52.8% |
| David Barnwell | $0 | $103 | -- |
| Robert Oglesby Bickham Jr. | $0 | $102 | -- |
| Benjamin M. Rawls | $99 | $99 | 0% |
| Robin L. Currence | $712 | $86 | -87.9% |
| Anita Jean Avants | $246 | $83 | -66.3% |
| Betty Love | $285 | $80 | -71.9% |
| Clay P. Jones | $7,696 | $77 | -99% |
| Annette Boyd | $156 | $76 | -51.3% |
| Elizabeth D. Knight | $433 | $69 | -84.1% |
| Sue Doran | $563 | $56 | -90.1% |
| Joyce T. Baker | $0 | $54 | -- |
| Philip Clark | $116 | $39 | -66.4% |
| Barbara L. Munsey | $111 | $33 | -70.3% |
| Cathy Whiteside | $50 | $20 | -60% |
| Peggy B. Earle | $32 | $8 | -75% |
| Linda Ruth Cooper | $0 | $3 | -- |
| Edwin Borders | $3,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Butch B. Freeman | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane J. Wells | $1,550 | $0 | -100% |
| Jay T. Close | $1,096 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Spearman | $601 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Buchanan | $5,611 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate of Sara R Witherspoon | $2,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Lyle Brummett | $582 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael McMillan | $572 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley A. Viau | $217 | $0 | -100% |
| Tega Hills Farm, LLC | $31,307 | $0 | -100% |
| van Pendleton | $5,079 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesely Revocable Living Trust | $5,143 | $0 | -100% |
| William Leyerle | $1,962 | $0 | -100% |
| William M Sarvis Revocable Trust | $6,415 | $0 | -100% |
| Yvonne McMillan | $228 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill Youngblood | $556 | $0 | -100% |
| Rijad Jacic | $486 | $0 | -100% |
| David R. Currence | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Friel | $1,586 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlie W. Westbrook Jr. | $477 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Starnes | $3,258 | $0 | -100% |
| Harvey W. Byrd | $964 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Harmon | $1,188 | $0 | -100% |
| Nova Grant | $1,976 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Rayfield | $4,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Sam D. Alexander Jr. | $409 | $0 | -100% |
| T. E. Manley | $301 | $0 | -100% |
| Teresa A. Gustin | $5,316 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade B. Fairey | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard B. Sadler | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Hill Farm, LLC | $2,532 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Chiericozzi | $354 | $0 | -100% |
| John Chandler | $1,028 | $0 | -100% |
| Bush-N-Vine, LLC | $102,039 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $5,679 | $0 | -100% |
| Marlene Rotondo-Gregory | $277 | $0 | -100% |
| Nell Thomas Vaneverdingen | $1,023 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,749,439 | $918,265 | -66.6% |
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