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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Pitt County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Pitt County received $4.2 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 287 farmers in cities within Pitt County received a total of $7.9 million in 765 farm subsidies, a 35% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $12.1 million in 1,207 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 Pitt County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Ted & Jack Allen, Inc.$11,275$399,7813,445.7%
Congleton Farms, Inc.$322,678$287,333-11%
J P Davenport & Son, Inc.$311,358$233,484-25%
Stancill Farms, Inc.$462,252$227,925-50.7%
Worthington Farms, Inc.$649,197$204,678-68.5%
S & S Farms PTR$221,985$174,768-21.3%
Frank Dail Farms, Inc.$391,632$171,256-56.3%
Manning & Carson Farms, LLC$281,334$170,734-39.3%
Armstrong Family Farms, Inc.$0$162,093--
Moye Farms, Inc.$287,263$144,420-49.7%
Cg Haddock Farms$0$135,192--
Wang and Liu, Inc.$0$131,032--
Charles D. Hale$0$130,887--
Jack Allen Farms$495,385$124,317-74.9%
L Tyson & Sons, Inc.$246,277$119,389-51.5%
Phillips Acres, Inc.$223,896$117,106-47.7%
W. C. Moore$266,764$110,594-58.5%
Frederick Lowe Chance$208,082$109,127-47.6%
David Lee Moye$24,483$106,797336.2%
Whitehurst Farms, Inc.$194,255$105,002-45.9%
Elizabeth H. Foster$0$103,196--
Brian Russell Edwards$243,196$101,450-58.3%
Jack Allen Farms, LLC$89,178$101,09913.4%
B2 Farms NC, LLC$176,837$99,521-43.7%
Tar River Grain, LLC$298,741$99,140-66.8%
Bruce Farmer Jr.$195,715$96,272-50.8%
Tucker Farms, Inc.$16,592$86,229419.7%
George Ronald Crawford$98,067$80,248-18.2%
Sammy Everette$145,946$78,763-46%
Douglas Ray Farmer Jr.$196,381$77,010-60.8%
Richard Channing Armstrong$48,628$76,89758.1%
David Eugene Rogister$96,056$74,802-22.1%
Ronnie Briley Farms, Inc.$49,361$74,75851.5%
H D & L Enterprises, Inc.$153,364$73,119-52.3%
Briley & Briley Farms, Inc.$53,795$69,27528.8%
Dickie Mills Farms, Inc.$160,570$67,204-58.1%
Marion Edward Mills$69,370$65,212-6%
Troy Kittrell$0$64,380--
Michael Edward Mills$67,007$64,198-4.2%
Danny Lester Stancill$0$63,832--
Kenneth Randal Hedgepeth$99,162$61,930-37.5%
Dick Mills Farms, Inc.$173,856$61,496-64.6%
Simply Natural Dairy Farms, LLC$41,428$60,88347%
Johnny & Jimmy Lewis Partnership$113,391$58,732-48.2%
Eugene Cayton$77,528$57,480-25.9%
Nab Farms, LLC$185,836$57,234-69.2%
Swift Creek Poultry, Inc.$0$56,317--
C X James & Son, LLC$91,485$55,970-38.8%
Samuel F. Cox$39,959$54,51636.4%
David Bryan Cox$69,018$53,969-21.8%
Daniel Carey Phillips$79,348$53,393-32.7%
Larry Cobb$126,776$52,372-58.7%
John David Nanney$100,414$50,606-49.6%
Triple Oak Farms, Inc.$91,864$50,247-45.3%
Thomas a Tyson Farms, Inc.$106,227$49,928-53%
Laughinghouse Farms, Inc.$0$49,212--
Fork Swamp Land, LLC$189,827$48,597-74.4%
Charles Herman Wainright$37,967$47,61625.4%
Square One, LLC$0$47,481--
Robert Neil Moye$3,711$44,4081,096.7%
Steve Tyson Farms, Inc.$64,152$43,375-32.4%
Kenneth Manning Jr.$93,879$43,076-54.1%
Howard D. Nanney Jr.$217,460$42,620-80.4%
James Landon Moye$1,729$41,6172,307%
Daniel Joseph Moye$3,576$40,9191,044.3%
Mike White$139,765$39,767-71.5%
Jonathan M. White$140,140$39,764-71.6%
Tugwell Farms, LLC$110,330$38,827-64.8%
Corbett Farms, Inc.$35,463$38,7949.4%
B & D Swine, LLC$0$38,125--
Evans Family Farm, Inc.$82,430$37,261-54.8%
Lindsey Moore$0$36,710--
Brooks Bennett Bunn$68,593$36,413-46.9%
Honest Day's Farming, Inc.$48,623$33,799-30.5%
Garland W. Mozingo$81,863$33,790-58.7%
Corey Farms, Inc.$57,050$33,572-41.2%
Robert Brantley Moye$2,902$32,1711,008.6%
William Everette Murphrey$22,286$31,94743.4%
Brandon Ray Haddock$5,479$31,588476.5%
Russell H. Harrell II$0$30,916--
E. C. Averette III$69,139$30,390-56%
Robert Paramore Jr.$132,749$30,366-77.1%
MCJRJ&P Speicher Farming and Conservation, LLC$0$29,262--
Cullen Glenn Haddock$56,288$28,871-48.7%
K R Leach Trucking, LLC$0$28,029--
Bobby Wayne Pollard$48,226$26,617-44.8%
Garland Wesley Mozingo Jr.$66,388$26,485-60.1%
Rodney Wood Farms, Inc.$1,669$26,1791,468.5%
Page Swine Farm, Inc.$0$25,957--
Justin T. Hill$0$25,556--
Humbles Enterprises, LLC$59,127$24,066-59.3%
Michael L. Cobb$57,211$22,572-60.5%
Ronald Boyette$32,065$22,409-30.1%
Johnny A. Pittman Jr.$47,862$21,734-54.6%
Hardy Farms, LLC$67,108$21,391-68.1%
Andrew Taylor Carson$41,756$20,681-50.5%
Lawrence Vandiford Jr.$16,654$20,25221.6%
John Wiley Carson$45,771$19,662-57%
Steven Wayne Stancill$27,610$19,590-29%
Homegrown Agriculture, Inc.$31,679$18,656-41.1%
Matthew Clayton Elks$35,285$18,121-48.6%
Agribusiness, Inc.$59,974$17,022-71.6%
Charles Thomas McLawhorn Jr.$36,045$16,262-54.9%
Eric Briley Farms, Inc.$7,942$15,71497.9%
Mark A. Suggs$45,271$15,463-65.8%
Dixon Family Farms, Inc.$38,901$15,330-60.6%
Timothy P. Simmons$33,123$15,010-54.7%
The Cannon Corporation$51,107$13,605-73.4%
Little Creek Hog Farms, Inc.$16,622$13,112-21.1%
Gaylord Farms, LLC$37,009$12,891-65.2%
ABM Partnership$23,987$12,425-48.2%
Gregory W. Allen$20,375$11,841-41.9%
Charlie Lee Council$0$11,617--
Jimmie Hathaway$21,229$10,299-51.5%
W. J. Little Jr.$0$9,776--
Moye Swine, LLC$0$9,200--
Joshua T. Cole$0$9,036--
RKW Properties, LLC$8,852$8,8520%
Gregory L. Gatlin$30,065$8,837-70.6%
Ralph M. Bright$16,920$8,791-48%
Belle Gray Farms, LLC$15,324$8,016-47.7%
Marjorie P. Sutton$2,386$7,638220.1%
Rachel Moye Farms, Inc.$954$7,512687.4%
Phillips Girls Farms, LLC$16,632$7,511-54.8%
Gene Davenport$43,798$7,284-83.4%
Jesse Ryan Cobb$25,295$6,919-72.6%
Mark S. Loomis$0$6,808--
Ephraigm House Smith$19,379$6,736-65.2%
Jordan M. Tyson$2,378$6,588177%
John Christopher Dixon$8,677$6,436-25.8%
Roger Simmons$10,490$6,338-39.6%
Bobby Thompson$11,127$6,272-43.6%
Christopher Todd Sugg$12,425$6,085-51%
Nathanial Andrew Bullock$21,395$6,046-71.7%
Trent Wilson Congleton$71,076$5,924-91.7%
Donnie Hugh Baker Jr.$12,400$5,697-54.1%
Linda McAdam$5,245$5,6026.8%
Eric C. Garris$11,258$5,261-53.3%
Moye Partnership, LLC$53,680$5,247-90.2%
Robert Gary Stocks$8,542$5,088-40.4%
Jeffrey Whitehurst$3,030$4,86760.6%
Margaret S. Hill$9,035$4,732-47.6%
Charles D. Fletcher$2,139$4,659117.8%
Matthew Thomas Jones$4,136$4,4357.2%
Thomas R. Webb$10,351$4,428-57.2%
Johnnie K. Carraway$12,621$4,418-65%
William Christopher Cale$2,111$4,09193.8%
Dillion Edward Haddock$2,806$4,00742.8%
Ronald H. Smith$7,496$3,538-52.8%
Jumping Run Farm, Inc.$0$3,519--
Grunt & Quack Farms, LLC$0$3,405--
Brock Farms, Inc.$26,333$3,268-87.6%
E T Farms, LLC$29,154$3,229-88.9%
John Tim Whitehurst$0$3,207--
Agent Shannon, LLC$3,180$3,1800%
Bobby Ray Harris$9,488$3,040-68%
Casey Webb$42,035$2,974-92.9%
White Family Swine, Inc.$0$2,934--
Chandler Cole Dail$3,553$2,929-17.6%
John Dawson Andrews$3,498$2,929-16.3%
Wade L. Fulford$2,824$2,9173.3%
Donald Earl Lee$10,831$2,866-73.5%
Wilma Barnhill-Steig$2,820$2,8200%
Olin G Parker Estate$819$2,646223.1%
Floyd V. Taylor$7,718$2,610-66.2%
Ronnie Gray Mills$15,037$2,552-83%
Edward Bryant Oakley$0$2,519--
William R. Purvis$3,815$2,473-35.2%
James Joseph Whitehurst Jr.$4,260$2,301-46%
Kenneth M. Hamm Jr.$5,386$2,299-57.3%
Chester Ray Norville$5,294$2,235-57.8%
David Bryant Rogister$4,897$2,223-54.6%
Will Brandon Congleton$8,823$2,207-75%
Randall Bryan Stokes$4,905$2,199-55.2%
Wayne E. Buck$2,536$2,180-14%
James Marion Cannon$0$2,178--
Linwood Ray Herring Jr.$8,689$2,154-75.2%
Thomas F. Stallings$2,061$2,0610%
Doug Pierce Farms, Inc.$5,921$2,049-65.4%
Delane O'brien Fuquay$1,944$2,0173.8%
Grayson William Askew$0$1,996--
Billy Wayne Loftin II$8,193$1,903-76.8%
Sammy D. Wall$11,567$1,874-83.8%
Walter Robert Newton$3,350$1,859-44.5%
Edna James Mathews$4,462$1,800-59.7%
Jacalyn J. Schmidt$1,735$1,7350%
Jimmy Smith$3,969$1,632-58.9%
Nick Paramore$1,408$1,5298.6%
Sam I. Cannon$6,731$1,490-77.9%
Joyce B. Bunting$2,924$1,423-51.3%
Danny Hardy$6,286$1,342-78.7%
Dr. Gordon Earl Trevathan$1,321$1,3210%
Tharrington Farms of Warren County, LLC$0$1,207--
Ina Joan Jones$1,901$1,170-38.5%
Holt-Lottmann Farms, LLC$1,047$1,16511.3%
Home Place Strawberries and More, LLC$0$1,147--
Carolyn Green$1,069$1,0690%
Floyd V. Taylor Jr.$2,945$1,060-64%
David W. Beams$2,160$1,030-52.3%
Marilyn Holshouser$2,160$1,030-52.3%
Alice P. Reid$1,026$1,0260%
Kathleen M. Clinkscales$3,460$1,026-70.3%
Ivey Jason Tyson$18,937$1,015-94.6%
Lloyd F. Huggins Jr.$3,180$962-69.7%
Elbert Tyree Buck Jr.$3,914$937-76.1%
David J. Wooten$1,470$922-37.3%
William Bryant Paramore$1,373$914-33.4%
James Cotten Smith$2,025$898-55.7%
Miriamne W Thompson$891$8910%
Philmon E. Anderson Jr.$874$8740%
Buell T. Allen$945$855-9.5%
Robert S. Corbett$906$789-12.9%
Jesse Martin Whitfield$1,394$771-44.7%
Charles T. Wall$2,561$753-70.6%
Catherine Barnhart Estate$0$745--
Catherine M. Barnhart$5,591$731-86.9%
Martin Neal Radford$1,727$726-58%
Nancy W. Williams$706$7060%
David Ray Callihan$0$694--
Lisa K. Sadler$1,552$694-55.3%
Grant S. Hibler$3,657$692-81.1%
Judith C. Smith$1,880$689-63.4%
Wiley Christopher Stancill$0$636--
Ronald Gray Mills Jr.$1,333$634-52.4%
Adam Christopher Claybrook$617$6170%
Alan Kent Butler$1,050$596-43.2%
Stanley T. Vick$3,043$587-80.7%
Laura C. Farley$1,495$582-61.1%
James Michael Whitehurst$1,187$567-52.2%
Virginia Eckermann$1,476$539-63.5%
Francine Stallings Henderson$505$5050%
Willie R. Wooten$617$479-22.4%
Jackie L. Cox$1,575$474-69.9%
Murray Farms of Ayden, LLC$1,150$461-59.9%
Steve McLawhorn$1,879$442-76.5%
James Robert Jenkins$350$38911.1%
RTW Farm, LLC$3,606$369-89.8%
Franklin E. Hart$1,573$365-76.8%
House Farm, LLC$1,155$360-68.8%
Joseph G. Moore$1,329$341-74.3%
Nathan Clayton Barnhill$768$337-56.1%
Feet First, LLC$302$3206%
Debra B. Page$1,054$289-72.6%
One Fish Two Fish Catfish Farms, LLC$0$286--
Barbara Kloth$0$279--
John Louis Bailey$1,093$277-74.7%
Jarvis Z. Jones$1,021$275-73.1%
Shannon B. Powell$118$267126.3%
Baxtar, LLC$530$266-49.8%
Charles L. Stokes Jr.$8,195$257-96.9%
James Chadwick Smith$602$241-60%
Vernon C. Summerville$299$235-21.4%
June S. Haddock$1,452$235-83.8%
Clarence Alvin Crandell$1,255$234-81.4%
Judy I. Stroud$343$229-33.2%
Wade L. Fulford$0$223--
Hal W. Pierce$207$2070%
Wiley Benjamin Stancill$9,090$206-97.7%
Mary Anne Brannon$382$197-48.4%
Kyndle C Nichols$847$192-77.3%
Hugh Therman Hardee III$6,571$187-97.2%
CRSLT, LLC$0$182--
Joanne Honeycutt$173$1730%
Steven Wayne Weathers$0$156--
Timothy B. Hardee$113$15133.6%
William Clark Everett$0$146--
Bert B. Warren$897$120-86.6%
Alvin R. Wingate$1,777$119-93.3%
Bobby Eugene Cannon$0$117--
Melva S. Pollard$94$940%
Winterville Rountree, LLC$0$91--
Beverly Credle Garrett$151$89-41.1%
Arthur Ray Rogers$82$820%
Hugh Robin Hudson$2,734$79-97.1%
Thad C. Gaylord$606$78-87.1%
Pachamama Farm, LLC$0$69--
Wanda Thigpen$149$63-57.7%
Logan S. Taylor$93$52-44.1%
Rexford E. Cotten$0$51--
Harold L. Tyson Jr.$456$41-91%
Leaky L Dixon SR$1,004$41-95.9%
Billy Haddock & Son Farms$0$37--
Robert L. Clinkscales$29$290%
Carol C. Stevens$268$16-94%
Shelby H. Brannon$171$11-93.6%
Louise Owens Gardner$100$9-91%
Dixie Hart$0$2--
Barbara M. Halstead$630$0-100%
Benny Cox$488$0-100%
Coastal Plains Produce, LLC$28,864$0-100%
James Marion Cannon$8,435$0-100%
Phillip Johnson$49,131$0-100%
Shayne D. Koehn$514$0-100%
T & E Farms, Inc.$40,734$0-100%
W. C. Peede$1,535$0-100%
William E. Wall$542$0-100%
AgCarolina Farm Credit, ACA$79,097$0-100%
Bobby Gene Wynne$9,178$0-100%
Charlie Council$12,838$0-100%
Harvey Lee Council$1,885$0-100%
Harvey Lee Council Estate$7,020$0-100%
Patsy Purvis$134$0-100%
Robbie Wilson$776$0-100%
Thomas L. Arvin$2,408$0-100%
Tracy a Faithul$2,697$0-100%
Velma S. Purvis$121$0-100%
Charlotte J. Callihan$1,398$0-100%
Gary A. Foote Jr.$2,898$0-100%
Home Place Strawberries and More$15,126$0-100%
Jeffrey Allen Fisher$2,887$0-100%
Jerry Flanagan$2,365$0-100%
Polly K. Galloway$1,389$0-100%
Ernest Glenn Smith$402$0-100%
Mark Brandon Hamill$1,801$0-100%
Andrew Burlingham$152$0-100%
Barbara A. Selby$16$0-100%
Bennie Ray Pittman$1,059$0-100%
Carl W. Joyner$77$0-100%
Caroline L. Ayers$115$0-100%
Charles Fletcher$2,412$0-100%
Donna M. Burk$415$0-100%
Doris L. Kemp$177$0-100%
Elizabeth L. Copeland$26$0-100%
Farm Service Agency$9,327$0-100%
Frances S. Baker$706$0-100%
Heather Garris$599$0-100%
Hulda Miller Tayloe$1,438$0-100%
Ida B. Fischer$2,189$0-100%
Jot Properties, LLC$812$0-100%
Marleni Vilca-Paul$5,967$0-100%
Marty Heber Smith$22$0-100%
MCJRJ&P Speicher Farming and Cons$29,262$0-100%
Nancy Kemp Bettis$366$0-100%
Olin G. Parker$1,284$0-100%
T Claudius Paramore$959$0-100%
Tharrington Farms of Warren Count$1,207$0-100%
Valerie W. Lindsay$1,518$0-100%
William Ernest Staton$495$0-100%
William L. Gay$138$0-100%
Eagle Farm, LLC$41,502$0-100%
Eleanor W. Spain$2,505$0-100%
Robert Keith Wilson$3,700$0-100%
Carl A. Briley Sr.$803$0-100%
David R. Eastwood$1,381$0-100%
Marjorie Barnhill$637$0-100%
C. A. Lewis$1,575$0-100%
Derek P. Dunn$1,935$0-100%
Grunt & Quack Farms, LLC$8,058$0-100%
Harvin Farms, LLC$68$0-100%
Hubert A. Jolly III$153$0-100%
Wesley K. McLawhorn Jr.$13,288$0-100%
Kenneth Larry Smith$672$0-100%
Kevin K. Little$762$0-100%
Lloyd A. Joyner$77$0-100%
Ricky Allen Smith$20$0-100%
Ryder Bruce McLawhorn$1,117$0-100%
Sams Farm, LLC$16,635$0-100%
Total subsidies$12,085,635$7,855,562-35%

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