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In 2021, 167 farmers in cities within Greene County received a total of $4.4 million in 407 farm subsidies, a 53.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.5 million in 734 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 Greene County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood E. Hall | $500,000 | $250,000 | -50% |
| Bennett Broilers, LLC | $0 | $234,171 | -- |
| Ham Farms, LLC | $1,191,873 | $209,607 | -82.4% |
| R a Wood Farms, Inc. | $538,037 | $188,383 | -65% |
| Sugg Family Farming, Inc. | $659,904 | $170,784 | -74.1% |
| Murphy and Murphy Farms, Inc. | $105,426 | $146,353 | 38.8% |
| Clayridge Farms, Inc. | $111,202 | $145,422 | 30.8% |
| Big W Farms, Inc. | $181,342 | $123,272 | -32% |
| Triple M Farms, Inc. | $120,201 | $118,238 | -1.6% |
| Arba Farms, Inc. | $221,864 | $110,840 | -50% |
| Murray Farms of Maury, LLC | $73,645 | $98,451 | 33.7% |
| Blizzard Farms, Inc. | $346,223 | $96,202 | -72.2% |
| Edmondson Farms Poultry, LLC | $0 | $95,538 | -- |
| RSB Farms, Inc. | $96,925 | $87,486 | -9.7% |
| Gay Farms, Inc. | $784,192 | $84,752 | -89.2% |
| H G Fields and Son, Inc. | $140,671 | $83,788 | -40.4% |
| Eastern Agribusiness, LLC | $100,243 | $82,035 | -18.2% |
| Dennis Ray Wood | $119,685 | $74,464 | -37.8% |
| Richard Speight Harper Jr. | $45,041 | $72,288 | 60.5% |
| Harris Farm Partners, LLC | $296,185 | $69,950 | -76.4% |
| Edmondson Farms | $139,030 | $65,535 | -52.9% |
| Big K Farms, LLC | $58,614 | $60,657 | 3.5% |
| Adam Wayne Tingen | $32,311 | $59,588 | 84.4% |
| Rouse Family Farms, Inc. | $128,849 | $59,378 | -53.9% |
| Dail's Broiler Farm, Inc. | $0 | $57,045 | -- |
| DJH Poultry, Inc. | $0 | $56,185 | -- |
| Joshua Adam Relyea | $85,702 | $55,586 | -35.1% |
| Murphy Family Poultry, LLC | $0 | $44,798 | -- |
| 3 Sons Poultry, LLC | $0 | $44,283 | -- |
| Jimmy a Dail Farms, Inc. | $155,396 | $44,246 | -71.5% |
| Greyfield Company, LLC | $74,770 | $43,830 | -41.4% |
| Ormond Turkey Farms, LLC | $0 | $43,344 | -- |
| Shackelford Farms, Inc. | $46,695 | $42,197 | -9.6% |
| Timothy C. Wood | $90,300 | $40,827 | -54.8% |
| Stephen D. Porter | $135,095 | $37,867 | -72% |
| Creech Farms, Inc. | $0 | $37,408 | -- |
| Scarborough Farms, Inc. | $100,302 | $35,467 | -64.6% |
| Plow Boys, LLC | $0 | $34,965 | -- |
| Bruce Hardison G. Farms II | $57,537 | $34,606 | -39.9% |
| Griffin and Griffin Hog Farm, LLC | $25,768 | $34,605 | 34.3% |
| Clifton L. Creech | $16,025 | $32,621 | 103.6% |
| Billy Ray Lewis Farms, LLC | $22,020 | $28,573 | 29.8% |
| Finally 4 Farms, LLC | $0 | $28,567 | -- |
| Little H Farms, LLC | $0 | $28,168 | -- |
| Elbert H. Dixon Sr. | $16,019 | $27,119 | 69.3% |
| David Johnson Harrell Jr. | $51,471 | $26,916 | -47.7% |
| Joseph D. Wade | $17,396 | $26,892 | 54.6% |
| Harrison Farms, LLC | $130,356 | $26,495 | -79.7% |
| Gregory S. Hinnant | $45,937 | $26,300 | -42.7% |
| Roger Lewis Jones | $56,203 | $26,033 | -53.7% |
| Thomas R. Beamon | $51,618 | $25,921 | -49.8% |
| Ricky J. Moore | $95,938 | $25,809 | -73.1% |
| James A. Murray Jr. | $43,386 | $25,463 | -41.3% |
| Daniel G. Creech | $38,531 | $24,547 | -36.3% |
| Elbert Hardy Dixon Jr. | $42,449 | $24,396 | -42.5% |
| Hunter Caldwell Dixon | $42,449 | $24,396 | -42.5% |
| Mary G. Jones | $61,080 | $24,086 | -60.6% |
| Fred A. Miller | $0 | $22,297 | -- |
| Miller Poultry & Swine, LLC | $0 | $20,861 | -- |
| Wood Farms of Greene County, Inc. | $0 | $19,974 | -- |
| Frank Parker Pate | $71,298 | $19,599 | -72.5% |
| Tucker Andrew Jones | $40,098 | $17,690 | -55.9% |
| Jerry Jones | $66,836 | $17,251 | -74.2% |
| William Martin Jones | $48,941 | $15,252 | -68.8% |
| Alan Dale Pridgen | $49,952 | $14,952 | -70.1% |
| MCO, Inc. | $64,358 | $14,212 | -77.9% |
| Lee T. Jones | $2,742 | $14,180 | 417.1% |
| Dails Family Farms, Inc. | $25,423 | $14,040 | -44.8% |
| Bynum Farms, Inc. | $6,982 | $13,989 | 100.4% |
| CRW Poultry, LLC | $0 | $13,808 | -- |
| Thomas Kevin Crumpler | $30,668 | $13,624 | -55.6% |
| James F. Murphy | $82,065 | $13,187 | -83.9% |
| John R. Lewis | $4,290 | $13,048 | 204.1% |
| S & K Farms, Inc. | $0 | $12,295 | -- |
| Hardy Swine Farm, Inc. | $0 | $12,104 | -- |
| Cunningham Farms, Inc. | $397 | $11,412 | 2,774.6% |
| Willard Russell Murphy | $0 | $11,081 | -- |
| Berry F. Pate | $48,990 | $9,619 | -80.4% |
| Michael West Hardy JR | $19,279 | $8,390 | -56.5% |
| Chris Murphy Farms, Inc. | $0 | $8,056 | -- |
| Carson Edward Beaman Jr. | $9,899 | $7,322 | -26% |
| Johnny Milton Turnage Jr. | $17,647 | $6,703 | -62% |
| John Redden Lewis | $1,981 | $6,127 | 209.3% |
| Alvin C. Ormond | $22,701 | $5,957 | -73.8% |
| W R Murphy Farms, Inc. | $0 | $5,645 | -- |
| Kenneth W. Barnhill | $17,094 | $5,462 | -68% |
| James T. Shackleford Jr. | $4,497 | $4,307 | -4.2% |
| Sandra Hardy Garner | $53,873 | $3,584 | -93.3% |
| Joshua D. Letchworth | $13,652 | $3,400 | -75.1% |
| Danny Lee Miller | $10,450 | $3,187 | -69.5% |
| William Richard Harper | $7,553 | $3,027 | -59.9% |
| Rory Allen Wood Jr. | $0 | $2,813 | -- |
| Vanrack, Inc. | $9,849 | $2,753 | -72% |
| Richard Franklin Pridgen | $4,751 | $2,692 | -43.3% |
| James Phil Rouse | $6,171 | $2,572 | -58.3% |
| Frederick Curtis Everett | $7,725 | $2,560 | -66.9% |
| Shea C. Johnson | $3,863 | $2,501 | -35.3% |
| Luther Franklin Beaman Jr. | $2,633 | $2,488 | -5.5% |
| Andrew Scott Jones | $17,222 | $2,260 | -86.9% |
| David E. Lanier | $7,493 | $2,097 | -72% |
| William Todd Pelletier | $0 | $1,972 | -- |
| Alfred Thomas Suggs | $2,196 | $1,903 | -13.3% |
| Stanley S. Barrow | $6,097 | $1,889 | -69% |
| Nooherooka Natural, LLC | $10,482 | $1,864 | -82.2% |
| Dennis L. Mewborn | $4,403 | $1,822 | -58.6% |
| Henry Grey Fields III | $25,913 | $1,794 | -93.1% |
| Dustin T. Wood | $11,171 | $1,771 | -84.1% |
| Levy Morris Carter | $4,325 | $1,769 | -59.1% |
| Devin Lloyd Johnson | $3,531 | $1,729 | -51% |
| Alex Aldridge Suggs | $11,346 | $1,565 | -86.2% |
| Ricky Johnson | $0 | $1,498 | -- |
| Jamie A. Pridgen | $4,256 | $1,478 | -65.3% |
| Alan D. Mewborn | $636 | $1,326 | 108.5% |
| Christopher H. Jernigan | $3,452 | $1,057 | -69.4% |
| Hardy Jernigan | $3,505 | $1,057 | -69.8% |
| JSP Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,018 | -- |
| Bill Windsor Barrow | $4,092 | $1,000 | -75.6% |
| Darryl Wade | $2,632 | $885 | -66.4% |
| Hilton Wade | $2,634 | $885 | -66.4% |
| Ronald Keith Murphy | $0 | $876 | -- |
| Bobby Dean Jones Jr. | $1,481 | $823 | -44.4% |
| Laura B. Wade | $2,065 | $806 | -61% |
| Stephen Grayson Wells | $0 | $781 | -- |
| Kirby Letchworth | $3,520 | $780 | -77.8% |
| Flora Johnson Herring Trust | $4,850 | $772 | -84.1% |
| H. T. Herring III | $5,208 | $772 | -85.2% |
| Jonathan Allen Miller | $450 | $768 | 70.7% |
| Matthew Franklin Beaman | $450 | $768 | 70.7% |
| Elizabeth T. Hill | $762 | $762 | 0% |
| Danny Lee Sowers | $3,986 | $760 | -80.9% |
| Billy Joe Thomas | $2,542 | $744 | -70.7% |
| Jerry L. Creech | $2,670 | $741 | -72.2% |
| Nelson L. Creech | $2,670 | $741 | -72.2% |
| Joshua Tyler Merritt | $2,915 | $627 | -78.5% |
| Albert Wood III | $606 | $606 | 0% |
| Kearney Farms, Inc. | $2,224 | $602 | -72.9% |
| Carol H. Pridgen | $596 | $596 | 0% |
| Jeffry S. Haddock | $680 | $558 | -17.9% |
| Donald Broughton Beaman | $1,678 | $537 | -68% |
| Harold T. Hill | $528 | $528 | 0% |
| Dorothy H. Bynum | $1,097 | $511 | -53.4% |
| Ralph A. Bynum | $1,097 | $511 | -53.4% |
| Hazel J. Murray | $1,204 | $509 | -57.7% |
| Seymour Farms, Inc. | $1,021 | $467 | -54.3% |
| Rand W. Wade Jr. | $2,367 | $466 | -80.3% |
| Johnny E. Mooring | $1,175 | $461 | -60.8% |
| Judy W. Davenport | $417 | $417 | 0% |
| Elvin Chad Tyson | $363 | $280 | -22.9% |
| Andrew Melvin Phillips | $420 | $272 | -35.2% |
| Robert Gary Christman | $2,142 | $219 | -89.8% |
| Debra R. Grant | $669 | $217 | -67.6% |
| Linda Faye Wadsworth | $535 | $213 | -60.2% |
| Wayne S. Benton | $4,160 | $203 | -95.1% |
| Mary H. Beaman | $640 | $202 | -68.4% |
| William J. Hughes Jr. | $639 | $202 | -68.4% |
| Jesse C. Smith | $173 | $173 | 0% |
| Jack G. Cunningham | $1,304 | $150 | -88.5% |
| Jerry Melvin Cunningham | $1,304 | $150 | -88.5% |
| Allen & Cash, LLC | $0 | $146 | -- |
| Barrow Farms of Greene County, Inc. | $745 | $118 | -84.2% |
| Robert Earl Jones | $1,926 | $115 | -94% |
| Timothy Morris Carter | $164 | $102 | -37.8% |
| Richard C. Edwards | $51 | $74 | 45.1% |
| Frances S. Rouse | $245 | $59 | -75.9% |
| John W. Sutton Jr. | $486 | $37 | -92.4% |
| Austin Tyler Letchworth | $440 | $35 | -92% |
| John C. Sugg | $79 | $6 | -92.4% |
| Erwin S. Sugg | $2,907 | $0 | -100% |
| Guy Franklin Jones Jr. | $7,897 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Smith | $2,189 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilu C. Johnson | $8,166 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilu Johnson | $8,441 | $0 | -100% |
| Mason Fields McLawhorn | $1,117 | $0 | -100% |
| MCJ Farming, Inc. | $3,408 | $0 | -100% |
| Precision Farming, Inc. | $58,702 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky Johnson | $4,945 | $0 | -100% |
| Triple M Aquaculture, Inc. | $28,649 | $0 | -100% |
| AgCarolina Farm Credit | $129 | $0 | -100% |
| AgCarolina Farm Credit, ACA | $36,390 | $0 | -100% |
| Rory A. Wood | $382 | $0 | -100% |
| Greene County FSA Office | $68,765 | $0 | -100% |
| B & W Farms | $104,530 | $0 | -100% |
| Bonnie B. Gray | $211 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Sugg | $23,355 | $0 | -100% |
| Cindy Davis Norville | $2,239 | $0 | -100% |
| Crystal Lou Johnson | $1,732 | $0 | -100% |
| Dixie Hart | $101 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Earl Pate | $161 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Rose Spence | $3,172 | $0 | -100% |
| Elmer Curtis Norville | $2,239 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Serice Agency | $4,407 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $197,854 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $88,026 | $0 | -100% |
| Farms Serive Agency | $271 | $0 | -100% |
| Farms Service Agency | $6,896 | $0 | -100% |
| Greene Couanty FSA Office | $1,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Greene County Farm Service Agency | $1,616 | $0 | -100% |
| Greene County FSA | $37,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Greene Coutny FSA Office | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold L. Coltrane Jr. | $3,051 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry T. Hughes Jr. | $525 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacqueline R. Jernigan | $28 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie S. Porter | $48,137 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Allen | $1,605 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry S. Rouse | $28 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Daniel Mewborn | $6,643 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilu Johnson | $148 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Lee Smith | $574 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas Jordan Suggs | $96,767 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Lee Allen | $1,628 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Benton Massey | $621 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Holloway | $2,034 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Clay Miller | $31,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel D. Sutton | $2,202 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Garner | $4,269 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Andrew Grant | $837 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan H. Whaley | $525 | $0 | -100% |
| Sybil J. Thomas | $4,033 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne County FSA Office | $222 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Ray Lewis | $27,621 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce C. Vincent | $3,838 | $0 | -100% |
| F L Walston JR, Inc. | $20,868 | $0 | -100% |
| George Bailey | $310 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon Ray Fields | $271 | $0 | -100% |
| Grace and Bones Farms, LLC | $679 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason T. Beamon | $74,730 | $0 | -100% |
| Laura Anne Willoughby | $271 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda C. Suggs | $643 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Susan Fields | $271 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Walston | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Miriam Louise Lewis Ferrell | $501 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $9,484,142 | $4,384,666 | -53.8% |
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