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In 2021, 129 farmers in cities within Chesterfield County received a total of $916,188 in 175 farm subsidies, a 46.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.7 million in 320 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey E. Edwards | $0 | $129,173 | -- |
| Marty K. Gooden | $4,829 | $72,780 | 1,407.1% |
| M. Marsh Farms, Inc. | $0 | $71,392 | -- |
| Joel B Rivers | $177,315 | $61,598 | -65.3% |
| Thomas J. Horton | $4,081 | $56,442 | 1,283% |
| Yarbrough Farms | $0 | $54,597 | -- |
| Griggs Forestry Services, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Mills Farm, Inc. | $229,393 | $52,116 | -77.3% |
| Eric G Plyler, Inc. | $81,476 | $42,202 | -48.2% |
| C S Mcleod Farms, Inc. | $385,942 | $34,780 | -91% |
| Rivers and Sons Farm, LLC | $45,885 | $26,838 | -41.5% |
| Gregory Chase Sanders | $0 | $19,825 | -- |
| High Hope Farms, LLC | $22,455 | $18,425 | -17.9% |
| 2 L Farm, LLC | $62,057 | $16,240 | -73.8% |
| Green Acres Farm, LLC | $187,788 | $14,933 | -92% |
| Phillips Farms, LLC | $39,651 | $13,059 | -67.1% |
| Sandy T. Donahue | $23,636 | $12,830 | -45.7% |
| CW Helms Crop Farm, LLC | $26,046 | $12,306 | -52.8% |
| Benjamin K. Teal | $29,337 | $12,262 | -58.2% |
| E a Freeman Family LP | $10,357 | $9,450 | -8.8% |
| Vernon R. Threatt | $7,492 | $7,919 | 5.7% |
| Jeffrey Gilmore | $11,805 | $5,405 | -54.2% |
| Tony L. Donahue | $17,531 | $5,100 | -70.9% |
| R & L Timber Company, LLC | $6,990 | $5,098 | -27.1% |
| Crystal L. McLain | $20,174 | $4,321 | -78.6% |
| Bobby T. Simpson | $4,822 | $3,956 | -18% |
| Roger M. Byrd | $7,201 | $3,868 | -46.3% |
| Darian K. Sullivan | $7,009 | $3,764 | -46.3% |
| Lois A. Poole | $6,609 | $3,405 | -48.5% |
| Dean Curtis | $22,089 | $3,249 | -85.3% |
| Chad Threatt | $12,309 | $3,156 | -74.4% |
| Thomas L. Wilks | $10,965 | $2,929 | -73.3% |
| Jackson Oil Company, Inc. | $2,605 | $2,605 | 0% |
| Betty H. Teal | $2,741 | $2,565 | -6.4% |
| Richard Rudolph Lee Jr. | $6,078 | $2,375 | -60.9% |
| Hoyet W Page | $2,136 | $2,291 | 7.3% |
| Brent Sutton Nicholson | $0 | $2,200 | -- |
| Daniel Carl Curtis | $2,365 | $2,034 | -14% |
| Donald Richard Outen | $5,577 | $1,988 | -64.4% |
| B D Kendall JR Estate Trust | $2,840 | $1,869 | -34.2% |
| Maria R. Kendall | $2,840 | $1,869 | -34.2% |
| William E. Curtis | $9,823 | $1,846 | -81.2% |
| John Stuart Cato | $0 | $1,810 | -- |
| J K Farms, Inc. | $1,734 | $1,734 | 0% |
| Phillip Dockray | $7,942 | $1,727 | -78.3% |
| William H. Griggs | $2,208 | $1,716 | -22.3% |
| James C. Phillips Jr. | $1,710 | $1,710 | 0% |
| Jesse Ray Gilmore | $1,936 | $1,628 | -15.9% |
| Jayme Ratzloff | $3,902 | $1,526 | -60.9% |
| Kimberly Ann Price | $1,462 | $1,462 | 0% |
| Sox Farms, Inc. | $4,324 | $1,402 | -67.6% |
| Lois Sellers | $1,602 | $1,357 | -15.3% |
| Dottie Ann Lowery | $5,104 | $1,342 | -73.7% |
| William J Rivers II | $2,642 | $1,293 | -51.1% |
| Delores G. Brigman | $4,807 | $1,290 | -73.2% |
| Roger L. Price | $4,097 | $1,254 | -69.4% |
| Eric Gaskins | $5,673 | $1,242 | -78.1% |
| Marcus G. Gaskins | $2,819 | $1,175 | -58.3% |
| Johnny Carnes | $3,339 | $1,173 | -64.9% |
| Bobby T. Sullivan | $6,551 | $1,160 | -82.3% |
| Jimmie a Rivers JR | $6,506 | $1,131 | -82.6% |
| Jeremy B. Mills | $5,589 | $1,074 | -80.8% |
| Helen Stroud | $1,061 | $1,061 | 0% |
| Ingram J Rivers JR | $1,331 | $1,042 | -21.7% |
| Thomas B Laney Trust | $5,664 | $1,041 | -81.6% |
| Jack Hurst | $5,570 | $1,013 | -81.8% |
| Howard C. Rayfield Jr. | $966 | $966 | 0% |
| Trenton Allen | $0 | $935 | -- |
| Joey Lee Johnson | $4,612 | $875 | -81% |
| Shane R. Greene | $3,498 | $863 | -75.3% |
| Jakie Watson JR | $816 | $816 | 0% |
| Bobbie Gail C. Crowley | $813 | $813 | 0% |
| Danny C. Tolson | $1,133 | $794 | -29.9% |
| Susanne M. Green | $758 | $789 | 4.1% |
| James E. Spencer | $4,250 | $784 | -81.6% |
| James M. Campbell Jr. | $3,313 | $780 | -76.5% |
| Rodney M. Clark | $3,575 | $758 | -78.8% |
| Mitchell Davis | $3,872 | $747 | -80.7% |
| Crystal C. Miller | $737 | $737 | 0% |
| Brenda R. Hough | $708 | $708 | 0% |
| Paul R. Blackwell Jr. | $1,109 | $662 | -40.3% |
| Lisa A. Polson | $2,288 | $650 | -71.6% |
| Ronald A. McFarlin | $4,345 | $622 | -85.7% |
| Sam L. Jones Jr. | $1,298 | $603 | -53.5% |
| Samuel T. Timmons III | $2,497 | $584 | -76.6% |
| James King | $1,783 | $527 | -70.4% |
| William Lane Sellers | $4,366 | $522 | -88% |
| Charles C. Humphries | $0 | $507 | -- |
| Elizabeth D. Rogers | $500 | $500 | 0% |
| Dianne S. Privette | $1,683 | $494 | -70.6% |
| Richard A. Phillips | $458 | $458 | 0% |
| Ronald J. Holley | $2,328 | $458 | -80.3% |
| Summers Hickory Hill Farm, LLC | $1,183 | $448 | -62.1% |
| Darian Monroe Sullivan | $1,509 | $426 | -71.8% |
| Mary Margaret H. Smith | $508 | $408 | -19.7% |
| Denise S. Gulledge | $396 | $396 | 0% |
| Noah Reid Gaskins | $1,397 | $357 | -74.4% |
| Stacy A. Parker | $352 | $352 | 0% |
| Carl H. Wolff | $990 | $345 | -65.2% |
| David L. Furman | $325 | $325 | 0% |
| Randy W. Sowell | $324 | $324 | 0% |
| James M. Gaskins | $2,209 | $306 | -86.1% |
| Thomas C. Freeman Jr. | $295 | $295 | 0% |
| Seth Truesdale | $726 | $286 | -60.6% |
| Sylvia B. Wallace | $469 | $276 | -41.2% |
| Jay Gainey | $1,411 | $259 | -81.6% |
| Rodney S. Privette | $1,144 | $249 | -78.2% |
| Russell D. Carter | $504 | $237 | -53% |
| Mark T. Smith | $217 | $217 | 0% |
| John Michael Teal | $1,094 | $214 | -80.4% |
| Joe David Cress II | $1,331 | $211 | -84.1% |
| Jeremy B. Mills | $0 | $209 | -- |
| Karen G. Rogers | $200 | $200 | 0% |
| Joseph T. Kelly Jr. | $84 | $177 | 110.7% |
| Shirley J. Keefe | $156 | $156 | 0% |
| Samuel Gerald Catoe | $13,988 | $136 | -99% |
| Tammy Ball | $126 | $126 | 0% |
| James C. Belk | $0 | $118 | -- |
| Tomilper Streater | $473 | $104 | -78% |
| Cynthia Jordan Parker | $0 | $104 | -- |
| Stephen Batson | $103 | $103 | 0% |
| William C. Herrington | $0 | $102 | -- |
| Cecil P. Kirkley | $435 | $100 | -77% |
| Floyd S. Douglass Jr. | $327 | $87 | -73.4% |
| Virginia Barfield | $0 | $80 | -- |
| Boyd M. Rogers | $219 | $69 | -68.5% |
| Mary Lynn G. Hart | $0 | $56 | -- |
| Michael Rodney Moore | $744 | $48 | -93.5% |
| Mary Moore Bell | $0 | $32 | -- |
| Bennie B. Gaskins | $823 | $0 | -100% |
| Colt Compton | $141 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald W. Rhynes | $6,545 | $0 | -100% |
| Marion B. Godbold Jr. | $774 | $0 | -100% |
| Nellie Laney | $341 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger D. Rhynes | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald L. Merriman | $731 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin Jacob Holliday | $239 | $0 | -100% |
| Clara R. Oliver | $323 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy B. Pusser | $3,015 | $0 | -100% |
| Edith D. Atkinson | $450 | $0 | -100% |
| James Riley Teal | $773 | $0 | -100% |
| Patsy G. Griggs | $363 | $0 | -100% |
| Sara P. Lear | $483 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas J. Gaskins | $1,311 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Wesley Teal | $773 | $0 | -100% |
| William P. Stubbs | $179 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph C. Ogburn | $777 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny M. Huntley | $311 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian G. Mills | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence Gerald Catoe | $3,414 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence Jordan | $542 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine D. Thaxton | $2,554 | $0 | -100% |
| Melinda C. Cato | $419 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael E. Williams | $10,546 | $0 | -100% |
| Tanner Chapman | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara W. Byrd | $117 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane W. Dyches | $363 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth O. Miles | $2,612 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmie a Rivers SR | $847 | $0 | -100% |
| Evan M. Plyler | $2,397 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,719,460 | $916,188 | -46.7% |
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