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In 2021, 143 farmers in cities within Moore County received a total of $1.2 million in 209 farm subsidies, a 64.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.4 million in 377 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 Moore County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Gray Harris | $0 | $108,089 | -- |
| Tony Steven Purvis Jr. | $0 | $91,346 | -- |
| Maykeu X Yang | $0 | $67,551 | -- |
| Aaron L. Garner | $0 | $62,712 | -- |
| Ronnie C. Garner | $0 | $56,526 | -- |
| White Hill Farms, LLC | $106,985 | $55,908 | -47.7% |
| Lobelia Farms, Inc. | $0 | $55,602 | -- |
| Rutland Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| William Allan Spivey | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Michael T. Jordan | $0 | $39,623 | -- |
| Don Alan Gibbons Jr. | $0 | $34,108 | -- |
| Gary Dexter Lambert | $2,530 | $32,069 | 1,167.5% |
| Brandon M. Jackson | $0 | $30,390 | -- |
| Maykia X Xiong | $0 | $28,937 | -- |
| Arthur B. Atkins III | $70,087 | $28,406 | -59.5% |
| Pinetops, LLC | $25,338 | $28,112 | 10.9% |
| Donald L Johnson JR & Joann F Johnson Fuzz 2 Feathers | $0 | $26,104 | -- |
| Stoney Creek Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $22,792 | -- |
| Tony D. Ross | $0 | $21,268 | -- |
| Arthur Bryan Atkins | $68,817 | $19,946 | -71% |
| Patrick J. McLeod | $125,643 | $19,451 | -84.5% |
| David Lee Allred | $32,011 | $19,044 | -40.5% |
| Martin K. McLeod | $127,079 | $18,592 | -85.4% |
| Henry V. Denny | $0 | $17,014 | -- |
| Robert Leonard Lawhon | $34,808 | $16,517 | -52.5% |
| Travis L. Frye | $23,173 | $13,070 | -43.6% |
| Lewin Mack Blue | $33,051 | $12,971 | -60.8% |
| Timmy Wayne Williams | $0 | $12,795 | -- |
| Mary S. Fogarty | $10,802 | $10,802 | 0% |
| William Robert Needham | $15,169 | $10,164 | -33% |
| Robert Lee Richardson Jr. | $29,799 | $6,588 | -77.9% |
| Clifford Vince Pilson | $125,551 | $6,036 | -95.2% |
| Roy Wood Jr. | $7,126 | $5,200 | -27% |
| Robert Clayton Hutchins | $7,105 | $4,976 | -30% |
| James Duncan Smith | $8,697 | $4,830 | -44.5% |
| Patricia Wood | $0 | $4,774 | -- |
| Troy D. Jackson | $4,362 | $4,744 | 8.8% |
| Blake Johnson Atkins | $4,006 | $4,475 | 11.7% |
| Brentley Lee Matthews | $28,881 | $4,426 | -84.7% |
| John W. Cook III | $4,316 | $4,212 | -2.4% |
| Jimmy D. Dickens | $8,887 | $4,212 | -52.6% |
| Blake Duncan Smith | $6,460 | $4,153 | -35.7% |
| Peggy Philpot Raney | $15,413 | $3,949 | -74.4% |
| William W. Bremer | $16,827 | $3,440 | -79.6% |
| Bradley L. Wadsworth | $8,653 | $3,231 | -62.7% |
| J. D. Whitehead Jr. | $2,980 | $2,980 | 0% |
| Iarb, LLC | $0 | $2,880 | -- |
| Mark Ramsey Allen | $13,944 | $2,658 | -80.9% |
| G K Farm, LLC | $0 | $2,633 | -- |
| Joseph Fulford McMillan Jr. | $0 | $2,540 | -- |
| Robert Peter Dowd III | $0 | $2,313 | -- |
| Timothy Wayne Priest | $7,994 | $2,292 | -71.3% |
| William Kenneth Huntley | $2,357 | $2,169 | -8% |
| Anita H. Blue | $2,011 | $2,011 | 0% |
| Jayshree Schrubb | $0 | $1,970 | -- |
| Butler Farms | $0 | $1,689 | -- |
| Todd Salzwedel | $4,559 | $1,621 | -64.4% |
| Pennington Farms, LLC | $5,076 | $1,576 | -69% |
| Larry W. Cameron | $5,368 | $1,569 | -70.8% |
| Calvin Garner | $6,226 | $1,553 | -75.1% |
| Rick Meyer | $5,234 | $1,525 | -70.9% |
| Susan K. Steiger | $827 | $1,514 | 83.1% |
| Joel Brandon Hare | $6,578 | $1,426 | -78.3% |
| John W. Cook Jr. | $3,057 | $1,300 | -57.5% |
| Boyd R. Ritter | $1,293 | $1,293 | 0% |
| David H. Shepard Jr. | $1,285 | $1,285 | 0% |
| Ned M. Godfrey | $3,366 | $1,285 | -61.8% |
| Teddy L. Donathan | $1,941 | $1,270 | -34.6% |
| Frank Brewer | $4,760 | $1,267 | -73.4% |
| Kevin L. Cheek | $2,293 | $1,252 | -45.4% |
| Claudie Farrell Ritter | $6,046 | $1,234 | -79.6% |
| Margaret C. Smith | $2,769 | $1,213 | -56.2% |
| Bobby L. Howard | $4,092 | $1,202 | -70.6% |
| Nick Jordan Rossi | $0 | $1,140 | -- |
| Henry L. Reynolds | $4,701 | $1,130 | -76% |
| Zachary Charles Hussey | $7,138 | $1,104 | -84.5% |
| Theodore Ronnie Ritter | $3,960 | $1,092 | -72.4% |
| Marguerite M. Baldwin | $2,053 | $1,038 | -49.4% |
| Craigmile Family L/T - Ann Craigmile | $3,199 | $998 | -68.8% |
| Hoyte K. Wilson | $3,039 | $979 | -67.8% |
| The Gollehon Family Trust Dated 6-1-2014 | $0 | $941 | -- |
| Larry Scott | $429 | $929 | 116.6% |
| Robert K. Brannum | $1,148 | $889 | -22.6% |
| Lynn April Nelson Revocable Trust | $1,091 | $887 | -18.7% |
| Roy W. Caviness | $3,706 | $877 | -76.3% |
| Mitchell G. Key | $2,197 | $870 | -60.4% |
| The Gollehon Family Trust | $0 | $863 | -- |
| Maze Oneal Jackson | $4,136 | $854 | -79.4% |
| Lois Raylene Lowry | $1,257 | $833 | -33.7% |
| Thomas H. Cameron | $3,376 | $828 | -75.5% |
| James Kevin Needham | $24,611 | $822 | -96.7% |
| Richard D. Seawell | $1,206 | $821 | -31.9% |
| Melissa B. Boles | $1,582 | $770 | -51.3% |
| Jefferson Draughn Trust Ua DTD 01/24/97 | $0 | $766 | -- |
| Albert F. Troutman Jr. | $739 | $739 | 0% |
| Paul Mcneill Burns | $710 | $710 | 0% |
| Calvin Julian Maness | $3,617 | $706 | -80.5% |
| Terry L. Purvis | $5,734 | $674 | -88.2% |
| Carolyn W. Hussey | $3,542 | $665 | -81.2% |
| Nathan P. Harrelson | $658 | $658 | 0% |
| Randy Marvin Jackson | $2,750 | $637 | -76.8% |
| Brandon H. Hussey | $2,695 | $616 | -77.1% |
| Theresa M. Rogers | $603 | $603 | 0% |
| Larry R. Martindale | $2,411 | $592 | -75.4% |
| Dean W. Pilson | $4,310 | $591 | -86.3% |
| Randy Lee Hussey | $2,691 | $586 | -78.2% |
| Linda L. Donald | $1,443 | $564 | -60.9% |
| Jerry M. Holder | $558 | $558 | 0% |
| Jarius M Garner | $2,519 | $557 | -77.9% |
| Donald P. Elam | $3,700 | $532 | -85.6% |
| Anna Kate Jackson | $1,961 | $498 | -74.6% |
| Daniel Lonnie Cheek | $2,022 | $450 | -77.7% |
| William D. Thompson | $2,145 | $440 | -79.5% |
| Francine Johnson Starnes | $446 | $435 | -2.5% |
| Bradley L. Mallow | $2,145 | $430 | -80% |
| Kenneth J. Lofgren | $0 | $421 | -- |
| Charles A. Hussey Jr. | $3,401 | $391 | -88.5% |
| Leroy Jackson | $390 | $390 | 0% |
| Charles Lane Toomey | $362 | $362 | 0% |
| Donald H. Wagoner | $0 | $333 | -- |
| Karen W. Wagoner | $0 | $333 | -- |
| John Sam Blue Jr. | $11,310 | $321 | -97.2% |
| Gregory Dale Hayes | $1,617 | $320 | -80.2% |
| Austin Drake Matthews | $14,599 | $315 | -97.8% |
| Janet W. Dunn | $1,045 | $306 | -70.7% |
| Johnnie Edward Williams | $627 | $287 | -54.2% |
| Riddle Equipment Company, Inc. | $282 | $282 | 0% |
| Danielle L Farr-Veasy | $275 | $275 | 0% |
| Kenneth John Lofgren Estate | $0 | $263 | -- |
| Marilyn J. Fitzgerald | $133 | $218 | 63.9% |
| Larry Harward | $492 | $207 | -57.9% |
| Carol L. McDaniel | $741 | $194 | -73.8% |
| Gary G. Priest | $41,902 | $187 | -99.6% |
| William Inman Dunlap | $605 | $162 | -73.2% |
| Timothy A. Williamson | $1,052 | $159 | -84.9% |
| Jonathan Lee Williamson | $501 | $145 | -71.1% |
| Triple H Farm and Land, LLC | $561 | $121 | -78.4% |
| Loretta Seay Jackson | $551 | $110 | -80% |
| J M Mcleod Farms, LLC | $185,727 | $76 | -100% |
| Michael Mason | $112 | $68 | -39.3% |
| Nora J. Smith | $112 | $60 | -46.4% |
| Cathey E. Barringer | $736 | $25 | -96.6% |
| Jesse Michael Doby | $1,057 | $10 | -99.1% |
| Cheryl Bell Davidson | $243 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Matthews | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Reynolds | $3,621 | $0 | -100% |
| Clinton G. Peele | $541 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary D. Goodwin | $15 | $0 | -100% |
| Hal Leland Butner | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| James D. Smith | $4,934 | $0 | -100% |
| James Wayne Johnson | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Smith | $395 | $0 | -100% |
| Slow Farm, LLC | $1,978 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Moore | $612 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher B. McLeod | $100,841 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Eugene Ross | $4,813 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory P. Marsh | $1,118 | $0 | -100% |
| James D. Needham | $40,552 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Owen Matthews | $9,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael W. Ring | $21,032 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard M. Frye | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony D. Ross | $89,084 | $0 | -100% |
| Waymon Marsh | $555 | $0 | -100% |
| Aurora Hills Farm and Nursery, Inc. | $47,669 | $0 | -100% |
| David T. Simpson | $4,372 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael John Taylor | $3,462 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Wright | $412 | $0 | -100% |
| Albert N. Hartsell | $3,162 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark E. Hussey | $76 | $0 | -100% |
| N G Purvis Farms, Inc. | $1,625,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald A. Garner | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| J L Mcneill Family Farm | $20,880 | $0 | -100% |
| Jefferson Draughn Trust Ua DTD 01 | $3,447 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry & Norma Griewe Revocable Trustee | $1,817 | $0 | -100% |
| Oscar G. Gulley III | $1,670 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul L Farris and Rachel J Farris Joint Revocable Living Trustee | $407 | $0 | -100% |
| The Gollehon Family Trust Dated 6 | $2,741 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel W. Pate | $1,560 | $0 | -100% |
| Calvin Bryant Terry Jr. | $1,380 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles R. Pope Jr. | $2,358 | $0 | -100% |
| Miriam P. Ring | $1,987 | $0 | -100% |
| Neil W. Morgan | $1,123 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,441,064 | $1,222,438 | -64.5% |
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