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In 2021, 267 farmers in cities within Blount County received a total of $761,299 in 291 farm subsidies, a 66.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.2 million in 628 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 Blount County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Alan Mininger | $4,703 | $66,269 | 1,309.1% |
| Wade Giesbrecht | $7,128 | $64,370 | 803.1% |
| Alfred Gerald Deweese | $0 | $62,607 | -- |
| James Michael Green | $0 | $48,039 | -- |
| Leslie D. Shedd | $0 | $44,322 | -- |
| Charles Cody Green | $0 | $27,791 | -- |
| David W. Galloway | $6,336 | $22,501 | 255.1% |
| Quail Valley Farm, LLC | $74,330 | $20,534 | -72.4% |
| Tomas Hernandez Carrizalez | $0 | $16,555 | -- |
| Glenn M Pilkington | $0 | $13,306 | -- |
| Bama Agent Enterprises, LLC | $16,005 | $12,958 | -19% |
| Ronnie L. Peppers | $0 | $10,473 | -- |
| Four H Farms, LLC | $16,474 | $10,233 | -37.9% |
| Lakeview Farms, LLC | $26,514 | $8,650 | -67.4% |
| David Shane Hallman | $16,269 | $8,535 | -47.5% |
| Mr. Dustin Wilson Hallman | $16,335 | $8,535 | -47.8% |
| Jerry Marsh | $25,633 | $6,685 | -73.9% |
| Keith Fallin | $36,515 | $5,996 | -83.6% |
| Bobby McKee | $5,988 | $5,988 | 0% |
| Marvin Lynn Cook | $22,295 | $5,932 | -73.4% |
| Merrell Pilkington | $26,551 | $5,371 | -79.8% |
| Camellia A. Haynes | $24,419 | $5,327 | -78.2% |
| 4-J Farm, Inc. | $25,707 | $4,735 | -81.6% |
| James W. Haynes | $19,282 | $4,670 | -75.8% |
| Melba Hutchens | $0 | $4,653 | -- |
| Robert Christian King | $19,580 | $4,575 | -76.6% |
| James Lee McAlpin | $24,504 | $4,382 | -82.1% |
| Dennis Nix | $19,346 | $4,376 | -77.4% |
| Gregory E. Gargus | $21,422 | $4,372 | -79.6% |
| Gary Lee Godfrey | $17,281 | $4,088 | -76.3% |
| Blake Allen Bradford | $17,449 | $4,046 | -76.8% |
| Raymond Dooley Whisenant | $31,420 | $4,002 | -87.3% |
| Brian C. Moss | $17,060 | $3,626 | -78.7% |
| Joe W. Gossett | $6,499 | $3,574 | -45% |
| Okie Farm, Inc. | $0 | $3,351 | -- |
| David Bradford | $20,719 | $3,252 | -84.3% |
| Nicholas Cody Ewing | $11,610 | $3,103 | -73.3% |
| Terry Earl Fields | $0 | $3,020 | -- |
| Robert Heath Hart | $2,961 | $2,961 | 0% |
| Jason L. Baswell | $1,760 | $2,928 | 66.4% |
| Robert R. Murphy Jr. | $10,472 | $2,915 | -72.2% |
| Jerry Bullard | $12,221 | $2,904 | -76.2% |
| Judith Lynnette Boswell | $53,929 | $2,887 | -94.6% |
| Acres of Grace, LLC | $12,826 | $2,876 | -77.6% |
| Cornelia W. Jones | $14,007 | $2,761 | -80.3% |
| Gregory Brown | $17,884 | $2,726 | -84.8% |
| James Adrian Adcock | $0 | $2,711 | -- |
| Gary McHan | $11,732 | $2,524 | -78.5% |
| Joseph Brian Murphree | $15,254 | $2,483 | -83.7% |
| Donald O. Bradford | $11,463 | $2,428 | -78.8% |
| H & S Cattle Farm | $0 | $2,402 | -- |
| Timothy Murphree | $6,946 | $2,384 | -65.7% |
| Russell W. Smith | $10,915 | $2,352 | -78.5% |
| David J. Allred | $9,603 | $2,236 | -76.7% |
| William Douglas Standridge | $8,701 | $2,191 | -74.8% |
| Lloyd Douglas Downing | $8,263 | $2,130 | -74.2% |
| Tommy Kent | $9,543 | $2,129 | -77.7% |
| Mickel R. Dunn | $9,988 | $2,124 | -78.7% |
| Donald Keith Larue | $12,604 | $2,059 | -83.7% |
| John M. Huie | $10,970 | $2,041 | -81.4% |
| Terra Enterprises, Inc. | $2,020 | $2,020 | 0% |
| Danny H. Hood | $8,932 | $2,013 | -77.5% |
| Cody Lee Rasco | $8,799 | $2,009 | -77.2% |
| Justin Mash | $2,316 | $1,992 | -14% |
| James O. Reid Jr. | $0 | $1,925 | -- |
| Jeffrey L. Smith | $1,886 | $1,886 | 0% |
| Jimmy R. Walker | $9,517 | $1,864 | -80.4% |
| Percy Jack Standridge | $7,359 | $1,831 | -75.1% |
| Bill Bryson | $6,908 | $1,807 | -73.8% |
| Kenneth Creag Copeland | $8,177 | $1,800 | -78% |
| Robert E. Self | $6,985 | $1,751 | -74.9% |
| William Randy Hall | $11,628 | $1,727 | -85.1% |
| Jamie Karol Whisenant | $17,016 | $1,725 | -89.9% |
| Stephen Eugene Lambert | $6,578 | $1,667 | -74.7% |
| Prince Farms | $7,961 | $1,634 | -79.5% |
| William G. Boatwright | $4,708 | $1,622 | -65.5% |
| Hank C. Adcock Jr. | $8,976 | $1,569 | -82.5% |
| Ronald Jones | $6,831 | $1,547 | -77.4% |
| Brantley Fox Owens | $3,960 | $1,538 | -61.2% |
| L & S Cattle, Inc. | $8,500 | $1,512 | -82.2% |
| Mark C. Foster | $3,945 | $1,496 | -62.1% |
| Marlin Rodney Smith | $5,253 | $1,485 | -71.7% |
| Jason L. Bullard | $9,250 | $1,428 | -84.6% |
| Gabriel Keith McAlpin | $11,271 | $1,414 | -87.5% |
| Cody T. Copeland | $729 | $1,384 | 89.8% |
| Michael Walton Johnson | $1,383 | $1,383 | 0% |
| Roger E. Brumbeloe | $5,412 | $1,374 | -74.6% |
| Rayford E. C. Black | $6,171 | $1,372 | -77.8% |
| Mark J. Harvey | $1,370 | $1,370 | 0% |
| Lee Alan Allison | $6,039 | $1,368 | -77.3% |
| Curtis Justin Weems | $5,844 | $1,365 | -76.6% |
| Jimmie A. Trotter | $7,039 | $1,351 | -80.8% |
| Nelda Delene Williams | $5,398 | $1,348 | -75% |
| Larry E. Alldredge | $8,362 | $1,316 | -84.3% |
| Tyler David Criswell | $9,966 | $1,296 | -87% |
| Robert A. Dawkins | $10,378 | $1,290 | -87.6% |
| Lesa Denny | $5,104 | $1,252 | -75.5% |
| Sharon C. Adcock | $5,997 | $1,251 | -79.1% |
| Perry Davis | $5,111 | $1,237 | -75.8% |
| James Clay Dunn | $5,363 | $1,236 | -77% |
| Ricky L. Huffstutler | $3,093 | $1,223 | -60.5% |
| Adam Jay Blackmon | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| Carolyn Grisso Mountain S. Greenhouse | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| Ryan William Pinyan | $3,348 | $1,196 | -64.3% |
| Nicky E. Shelton | $6,157 | $1,194 | -80.6% |
| Angela D. Hogeland | $5,544 | $1,176 | -78.8% |
| Herman Ware III | $4,664 | $1,172 | -74.9% |
| Ricardo Cruz Morales | $6,572 | $1,160 | -82.3% |
| Bruce Dial | $4,290 | $1,159 | -73% |
| Johnny Beason | $2,772 | $1,111 | -59.9% |
| Jimmy Smith | $6,140 | $1,108 | -82% |
| Milton Andrew Neill | $4,862 | $1,100 | -77.4% |
| Curtis B. Williams III | $3,896 | $1,090 | -72% |
| Addie R Butler, Inc. | $4,675 | $1,079 | -76.9% |
| Joseph Paul Bullard | $3,630 | $1,053 | -71% |
| Frank Carr | $2,543 | $1,013 | -60.2% |
| Jerry Faulkner | $5,066 | $1,000 | -80.3% |
| Douglas Simeral Hill Jr. | $998 | $998 | 0% |
| Catherine Brakefield | $0 | $990 | -- |
| Ralph Dewayne Walker | $4,598 | $987 | -78.5% |
| Randy Nelson | $7,737 | $986 | -87.3% |
| William E. Johnson | $4,912 | $983 | -80% |
| Tara W. Bagwell | $7,149 | $939 | -86.9% |
| Milo Hamm | $3,445 | $924 | -73.2% |
| Charles H. Newman | $2,237 | $912 | -59.2% |
| Linda Charlene Fountain | $2,145 | $906 | -57.8% |
| Jimmy R. Davis | $6,251 | $904 | -85.5% |
| Charles R. Turner | $6,825 | $897 | -86.9% |
| Angela G. King | $4,583 | $897 | -80.4% |
| George Clayton Hoomes | $3,197 | $892 | -72.1% |
| David Lee McAlpin | $8,114 | $880 | -89.2% |
| Stoney Jones | $8,517 | $880 | -89.7% |
| Terry Helms | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Glenda Pettit | $3,487 | $872 | -75% |
| Gregory A. Jones | $4,302 | $870 | -79.8% |
| Charles A. Turner | $6,861 | $862 | -87.4% |
| Steve Avery | $1,221 | $836 | -31.5% |
| Timothy Standridge | $429 | $819 | 90.9% |
| Robert Randy Osborn | $3,267 | $812 | -75.1% |
| Reggie Murphree | $1,947 | $803 | -58.8% |
| Steve Hardisty | $4,579 | $802 | -82.5% |
| Charles Hathcock | $2,702 | $797 | -70.5% |
| Jimmy L. Little | $4,466 | $796 | -82.2% |
| Steven J. Bullard | $3,960 | $793 | -80% |
| Ralph Steven White | $4,139 | $785 | -81% |
| Ronald Paul Cox | $3,066 | $782 | -74.5% |
| Sandra Britt | $7,765 | $776 | -90% |
| Sidney E. Tucker | $3,256 | $768 | -76.4% |
| Dale Hamm | $2,604 | $766 | -70.6% |
| Terry Price | $5,279 | $763 | -85.5% |
| Randall W. Trammell | $3,242 | $755 | -76.7% |
| Dustin P. Compton | $5,979 | $744 | -87.6% |
| J. C. Crowe | $3,069 | $742 | -75.8% |
| Hillview Farms, LLC | $4,723 | $726 | -84.6% |
| William J. Taylor | $3,091 | $721 | -76.7% |
| Willie M. Branham | $1,527 | $717 | -53% |
| Andy N. Sullins | $4,611 | $711 | -84.6% |
| Paul Dewayne Compton | $4,639 | $706 | -84.8% |
| Ernest M. Cornelius | $700 | $700 | 0% |
| Freddie Stoffregen | $1,188 | $696 | -41.4% |
| William Allen Stoffregen | $1,188 | $696 | -41.4% |
| Greg Taylor | $3,739 | $694 | -81.4% |
| David M. Taylor | $3,375 | $685 | -79.7% |
| Barry J. Johnson | $4,268 | $685 | -84% |
| Doyle Horton | $1,650 | $678 | -58.9% |
| Darrell Ray Smith | $3,575 | $678 | -81% |
| Randall E. Murphree | $2,654 | $673 | -74.6% |
| Tracy D. Putman | $3,663 | $667 | -81.8% |
| Michael D. Duckett | $3,399 | $664 | -80.5% |
| Numan A. Craft Jr. | $3,055 | $663 | -78.3% |
| Ashley Chase Ramsey | $2,522 | $656 | -74% |
| Jeffery D. Watkins | $2,959 | $656 | -77.8% |
| Paul Kirby | $6,050 | $654 | -89.2% |
| Jerry Don McHan | $3,309 | $644 | -80.5% |
| Lane Pettit | $2,728 | $640 | -76.5% |
| Oliver K. Alexander | $3,887 | $628 | -83.8% |
| Jeffery B. Hall | $1,551 | $626 | -59.6% |
| Steve England | $7,152 | $626 | -91.2% |
| Philip Sidney Martin | $3,157 | $622 | -80.3% |
| Donald S Lake | $1,056 | $612 | -42% |
| Carlton R. Elgin | $3,514 | $605 | -82.8% |
| George R. Williams | $2,906 | $587 | -79.8% |
| Thomas Allen Poole | $2,541 | $577 | -77.3% |
| Ted Murphree | $2,860 | $569 | -80.1% |
| Steven Andrew Bryson | $3,561 | $568 | -84% |
| Jeremy Chaviers | $1,419 | $555 | -60.9% |
| Michael Cade Breasseale | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Matthew Hollingsworth | $2,431 | $550 | -77.4% |
| Danny Branham | $1,725 | $547 | -68.3% |
| Pete Hogeland Jr. | $6,422 | $536 | -91.7% |
| David W. Creel | $2,508 | $534 | -78.7% |
| Gallegly Farm, LLC | $5,262 | $528 | -90% |
| Kenneth Ross Smith | $2,310 | $514 | -77.7% |
| Lee Samuel Johnson | $2,052 | $498 | -75.7% |
| Sheldon K. Friederich | $551 | $494 | -10.3% |
| Harley L. King | $1,408 | $486 | -65.5% |
| Homer E. Young | $1,430 | $485 | -66.1% |
| Larry Anthony Smith | $941 | $483 | -48.7% |
| Jack David Standridge | $2,079 | $481 | -76.9% |
| Charles Bradley Hill | $2,294 | $475 | -79.3% |
| Kenneth Baldwin | $1,419 | $475 | -66.5% |
| Corey Williams | $1,224 | $474 | -61.3% |
| Trey Wilson Doty | $2,313 | $474 | -79.5% |
| Coleman Barry Johnson | $2,827 | $472 | -83.3% |
| Teresa Jones Griffin | $4,055 | $467 | -88.5% |
| Terry Wayne Simmons | $2,033 | $451 | -77.8% |
| Timothy D. Faulkner | $1,464 | $450 | -69.3% |
| James E. Williams | $1,617 | $439 | -72.9% |
| Brandon T. Forster | $2,181 | $433 | -80.1% |
| Stephen W. King | $1,452 | $433 | -70.2% |
| Terry Harbison | $1,587 | $431 | -72.8% |
| Spradlin Farms, LLC | $6,638 | $427 | -93.6% |
| Rickey L. Thomas | $738 | $426 | -42.3% |
| Glen Wade Graves | $2,464 | $424 | -82.8% |
| Vernon Tracy Alldredge | $1,989 | $424 | -78.7% |
| Richard L. Montgomery | $1,485 | $419 | -71.8% |
| K and K Cattle Company, LLC | $1,092 | $415 | -62% |
| Jody Lynn Drake | $4,644 | $414 | -91.1% |
| Jon Christopher Woodard | $1,594 | $413 | -74.1% |
| Norman W. Alexander | $924 | $411 | -55.5% |
| Nathan Jones | $2,279 | $397 | -82.6% |
| Carl Battles | $2,322 | $391 | -83.2% |
| Debbie Sanders Taylor | $792 | $381 | -51.9% |
| Jacob Luke Smith | $3,661 | $381 | -89.6% |
| Robert Earl Woodard | $1,595 | $380 | -76.2% |
| Shelia Stewart | $1,760 | $374 | -78.8% |
| Randall Craig Oden | $891 | $374 | -58% |
| Roy Bullock | $2,116 | $374 | -82.3% |
| Bruce A. Dickie | $4,673 | $366 | -92.2% |
| Heath Hathcock | $726 | $363 | -50% |
| Kelby Shawn Murphree | $6,571 | $342 | -94.8% |
| Terrell H. Vines | $924 | $329 | -64.4% |
| Princesa Juanita Hernandez | $1,711 | $316 | -81.5% |
| van Nickel | $468 | $308 | -34.2% |
| Eric Gene Tidwell | $1,443 | $294 | -79.6% |
| Danny Joe Westbrook | $1,364 | $284 | -79.2% |
| Jonathan H. Cleveland | $2,228 | $284 | -87.3% |
| Marilyn Barron Poremba | $793 | $282 | -64.4% |
| Martha Ann Hudson | $272 | $272 | 0% |
| Cody Shadrix | $2,185 | $270 | -87.6% |
| Justin Dale Robertson | $9,531 | $269 | -97.2% |
| Bobby Bryson | $693 | $260 | -62.5% |
| Brandie Cline | $1,838 | $253 | -86.2% |
| Glennis J. Johnson | $528 | $245 | -53.6% |
| Walden Gene Tidwell | $1,452 | $238 | -83.6% |
| Roger Kent | $704 | $224 | -68.2% |
| Adam Craig Dorning | $1,012 | $221 | -78.2% |
| Jerry G. Magee | $2,247 | $217 | -90.3% |
| Paul Jeffrey Hardisty | $1,133 | $214 | -81.1% |
| Mr. Thomas Martin Baty | $930 | $207 | -77.7% |
| Thomas G. Sorrell | $495 | $206 | -58.4% |
| Angela Serrina Marie Sherrer | $1,596 | $204 | -87.2% |
| Laura Landers Franklin | $577 | $190 | -67.1% |
| Williams Clayton Franklin | $363 | $190 | -47.7% |
| Harold W. Cleveland | $1,810 | $190 | -89.5% |
| Tammy Freeman | $649 | $183 | -71.8% |
| Carlton Pete Elgin | $1,587 | $175 | -89% |
| Kenneth D. Pruitt | $715 | $163 | -77.2% |
| Robert H. Johnston Jr. | $400 | $124 | -69% |
| Jason Hugh Hood | $2,366 | $115 | -95.1% |
| Lindsey Ellis | $892 | $86 | -90.4% |
| Wayne E. Gallegly | $79 | $79 | 0% |
| Auston Drake Franklin | $132 | $69 | -47.7% |
| Phillip Anthony Brewer | $878 | $69 | -92.1% |
| Kimberly Larue | $0 | $61 | -- |
| Barry William Davis | $1,125 | $60 | -94.7% |
| Darlene M. Davis | $0 | $46 | -- |
| Billie Ann Standridge | $1,699 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Robert Ellis | $3,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Donnie Adams | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Chris Green | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenview Farms | $10,597 | $0 | -100% |
| James Anthony Chambers | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| James Howard Chambers | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Thomas | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy Koehn | $152 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Edward Ray | $1,809 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Blake Helms | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Fallin | $4,840 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Andrew Holland | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Mr. Kelley Glenn Culwell | $1,137 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell Martin | $5,005 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Lowrey | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| William H. Burton | $1,292 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas S. Hill Blackwood Crossing Nursery & Greenhouses | $3,686 | $0 | -100% |
| Jessica R. Green | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| John Richard Fountain | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry A. Bennett | $3,250 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade Whited | $65,169 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty J. Fields | $451 | $0 | -100% |
| James B. Witt | $67,590 | $0 | -100% |
| John Reed | $2,379 | $0 | -100% |
| James Gary Pate | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Wesley Hallman | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Dickie | $167,812 | $0 | -100% |
| David Keith Chambers | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Bohannan Henry | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Dwight David Yates | $2,099 | $0 | -100% |
| Bennett H. Hicks | $3,630 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Darryl Copeland | $18,523 | $0 | -100% |
| K&D Farms | $163,977 | $0 | -100% |
| Southern Grown, LLC | $52,348 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Harris Battles | $100,714 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,248,008 | $761,299 | -66.1% |
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