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In 2021, 207 farmers in cities within Nicholas County received a total of $599,961 in 293 farm subsidies, a 71.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.1 million in 607 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 Nicholas County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie A. Cook | $116,700 | $59,524 | -49% |
| Luke Myers | $0 | $43,755 | -- |
| Tim Pope | $91,999 | $32,918 | -64.2% |
| Steve L. Vice | $90,156 | $32,351 | -64.1% |
| Derrick A. Cook | $68,245 | $24,057 | -64.7% |
| John R. Cook | $45,589 | $22,515 | -50.6% |
| Leslie D. Cook | $82,322 | $20,909 | -74.6% |
| Lucas P. Myers | $103,151 | $20,102 | -80.5% |
| Jamie Simons | $63,865 | $16,863 | -73.6% |
| Reese Wayne Smoot | $62,543 | $15,720 | -74.9% |
| Michael R. Watkins | $30,586 | $15,458 | -49.5% |
| Danny K. Hardwick | $31,966 | $15,055 | -52.9% |
| Steven Roger Vice | $16,657 | $11,571 | -30.5% |
| Jamie George | $34,895 | $11,092 | -68.2% |
| Michael G. Sexton | $61,994 | $10,720 | -82.7% |
| Silas Cleaver III | $28,291 | $7,967 | -71.8% |
| Terry W. Crouch | $31,216 | $7,098 | -77.3% |
| G. W. Sexton | $37,220 | $6,796 | -81.7% |
| Glenn P. Hamilton | $16,401 | $6,616 | -59.7% |
| Kalop Myers | $60,121 | $6,207 | -89.7% |
| Dana R. Price | $15,398 | $5,248 | -65.9% |
| Tony Lee Fryman Jr. | $3,679 | $5,011 | 36.2% |
| Jamie Hedges | $18,117 | $4,808 | -73.5% |
| Dennis C. Watkins | $31,319 | $4,733 | -84.9% |
| Steve Hamilton | $39,053 | $4,358 | -88.8% |
| Jimmy Sadler | $18,588 | $3,967 | -78.7% |
| Letitia Ann Hamon | $9,360 | $3,789 | -59.5% |
| James D. Martin | $4,875 | $3,733 | -23.4% |
| Phil Ecton | $22,115 | $3,706 | -83.2% |
| William C. Berry | $5,665 | $3,432 | -39.4% |
| Sterling L. Evans | $11,983 | $3,348 | -72.1% |
| Darrell Myers | $22,954 | $3,180 | -86.1% |
| Joe Darrell Ruddell | $18,327 | $3,070 | -83.2% |
| Charles Ishmael | $4,070 | $2,953 | -27.4% |
| Dexter Sims | $21,720 | $2,914 | -86.6% |
| Joshua C. Davis | $15,466 | $2,740 | -82.3% |
| Keith Ishmael | $20,644 | $2,692 | -87% |
| John W. Cleaver Jr. | $8,310 | $2,679 | -67.8% |
| Shawn C. Becraft | $11,571 | $2,605 | -77.5% |
| John D. Watkins | $38,142 | $2,550 | -93.3% |
| Kevin C. Watkins | $17,747 | $2,550 | -85.6% |
| James M. Hamilton Jr. | $12,541 | $2,548 | -79.7% |
| Gregory T. Rawlings | $8,902 | $2,547 | -71.4% |
| Nathan Thomas Kirby | $13,373 | $2,501 | -81.3% |
| Gary D. Hamilton | $7,267 | $2,477 | -65.9% |
| Rich Storm | $12,100 | $2,465 | -79.6% |
| Gary Link | $7,973 | $2,438 | -69.4% |
| Steve Ball | $10,188 | $2,426 | -76.2% |
| Johnny K. Mynear | $8,881 | $2,324 | -73.8% |
| Steven W. Duncan | $7,982 | $2,313 | -71% |
| Timmy Livingood | $13,189 | $2,284 | -82.7% |
| Earl Wayne Manley | $11,099 | $2,277 | -79.5% |
| Rose Brady | $9,812 | $2,162 | -78% |
| Autry Farm/Harold R Letton JR | $2,135 | $2,135 | 0% |
| Marion Livingood | $3,043 | $2,128 | -30.1% |
| Jacob Cleaver | $6,566 | $2,044 | -68.9% |
| Junior Lee Fryman | $8,148 | $1,947 | -76.1% |
| Tyler D. Hunt | $5,236 | $1,946 | -62.8% |
| Melonie J. Tipton | $10,887 | $1,869 | -82.8% |
| Mark A. Wade | $11,980 | $1,846 | -84.6% |
| Jimmy Wood | $6,535 | $1,838 | -71.9% |
| Drake Vice | $4,521 | $1,788 | -60.5% |
| Gabriel Family Farm | $9,000 | $1,718 | -80.9% |
| Dylan Young | $18,800 | $1,680 | -91.1% |
| Mark A. Earlywine | $5,555 | $1,639 | -70.5% |
| David Tincher | $7,274 | $1,588 | -78.2% |
| Donald W. Brewer | $8,921 | $1,488 | -83.3% |
| Phillip McDonald | $3,685 | $1,467 | -60.2% |
| Nicholas Highpoint Farms, LLC | $8,364 | $1,422 | -83% |
| Brandon Mattox | $5,808 | $1,414 | -75.7% |
| Carolyn Hawkins | $4,873 | $1,397 | -71.3% |
| Allison Bros Farms | $6,399 | $1,385 | -78.4% |
| Patrick McCarty | $5,798 | $1,381 | -76.2% |
| Carl McGlone | $9,997 | $1,362 | -86.4% |
| Jackie Landsaw | $5,510 | $1,311 | -76.2% |
| Mark A. Fryman | $5,390 | $1,284 | -76.2% |
| Patsy F. Smoot | $3,261 | $1,239 | -62% |
| Joyce Livingood | $7,433 | $1,232 | -83.4% |
| Ronnie Small | $4,598 | $1,225 | -73.4% |
| Jackie E. Howard | $4,895 | $1,208 | -75.3% |
| Cecil Duncan | $2,703 | $1,196 | -55.8% |
| Mona H. Lyons | $3,289 | $1,173 | -64.3% |
| Eric Clay Myers | $5,016 | $1,166 | -76.8% |
| Larry D. Tincher | $4,812 | $1,142 | -76.3% |
| Garry L. Gray | $4,980 | $1,121 | -77.5% |
| Michael Bowles | $5,280 | $1,097 | -79.2% |
| Edward Cecil | $3,597 | $1,092 | -69.6% |
| Lois G. Robinson | $3,990 | $1,070 | -73.2% |
| William S. Vice | $19,965 | $1,070 | -94.6% |
| David E. Asbury | $4,895 | $1,056 | -78.4% |
| Lenny J. Burkhart | $4,945 | $1,047 | -78.8% |
| Charles D. McCord | $3,300 | $1,035 | -68.6% |
| Garnett Gray | $2,759 | $1,014 | -63.2% |
| Garry Rector | $3,311 | $983 | -70.3% |
| Mitch Hedges | $5,127 | $914 | -82.2% |
| Fernando Soto | $12,760 | $899 | -93% |
| John Soper | $3,861 | $869 | -77.5% |
| Kirk Robinson | $1,584 | $828 | -47.7% |
| John R. Arnold Jr. | $5,685 | $827 | -85.5% |
| W. C. Jefferson | $6,044 | $813 | -86.5% |
| Danny Vice | $3,648 | $811 | -77.8% |
| Donnie Wagoner | $2,981 | $811 | -72.8% |
| Jeffrey Mattox | $2,596 | $811 | -68.8% |
| Chris Adams | $1,551 | $801 | -48.4% |
| Bobby Webb | $1,518 | $794 | -47.7% |
| Coleman Hinton | $2,673 | $794 | -70.3% |
| William Hardwick | $3,696 | $782 | -78.8% |
| Gene Sherman | $3,014 | $781 | -74.1% |
| Luther Livingood | $2,742 | $778 | -71.6% |
| Roy A. Livingood | $9,313 | $778 | -91.6% |
| Daniel W. Jett | $3,531 | $766 | -78.3% |
| Jason K. Dixon | $2,772 | $759 | -72.6% |
| Jay Evans | $1,419 | $742 | -47.7% |
| Tawnya C Livingood-Witt | $7,689 | $733 | -90.5% |
| Edward Allen Tincher | $3,935 | $725 | -81.6% |
| William Ethan Smith | $3,129 | $724 | -76.9% |
| Steven C. Minton | $1,221 | $711 | -41.8% |
| Johnny Willoughby | $2,343 | $707 | -69.8% |
| Jason W. Cleaver | $3,844 | $706 | -81.6% |
| Adam Dunn | $3,015 | $690 | -77.1% |
| Ralph Tobin | $2,357 | $690 | -70.7% |
| Luther Tincher | $3,374 | $686 | -79.7% |
| Mark Jacob Fryman | $3,817 | $686 | -82% |
| Tim R. Dixon | $2,552 | $673 | -73.6% |
| James D. Wells | $3,784 | $662 | -82.5% |
| Dylan T. Rawlings | $1,072 | $657 | -38.7% |
| Thomas Sexton | $2,211 | $638 | -71.1% |
| Kendra B. Ewalt | $2,860 | $637 | -77.7% |
| Robert B. Hughes | $1,353 | $634 | -53.1% |
| Kenneth Baker | $1,991 | $631 | -68.3% |
| Marita Anderson Gates | $2,090 | $602 | -71.2% |
| Cassidy Creek Cattle Company, LLC | $2,332 | $586 | -74.9% |
| Kenny Payne | $2,826 | $586 | -79.3% |
| Gayle Tincher | $2,390 | $552 | -76.9% |
| Matthew Hughes | $2,541 | $552 | -78.3% |
| Gary Hollar | $2,288 | $546 | -76.1% |
| James M. Dailey | $1,023 | $535 | -47.7% |
| Bourbon Graves | $2,963 | $534 | -82% |
| Mike A. Webb | $990 | $518 | -47.7% |
| Mitchell K. Harmon | $7,948 | $514 | -93.5% |
| Carol B. Agee | $3,386 | $483 | -85.7% |
| Nate Allison | $2,728 | $476 | -82.6% |
| Greg S. Hatton | $4,850 | $468 | -90.4% |
| Lloyd Applegate | $891 | $466 | -47.7% |
| Mark A. Duncan | $2,376 | $466 | -80.4% |
| Randy Hunter | $2,002 | $449 | -77.6% |
| Sarah Schanding | $1,628 | $448 | -72.5% |
| Deborah Craig | $825 | $431 | -47.8% |
| Mary Jo McCord | $1,265 | $431 | -65.9% |
| Gerald Hatton | $1,551 | $430 | -72.3% |
| Bobby Sexton | $1,365 | $428 | -68.6% |
| Ben Jefferson | $1,969 | $426 | -78.4% |
| Patsy Smith | $1,122 | $420 | -62.6% |
| Nida S. Fryman | $1,573 | $418 | -73.4% |
| Todd Reid | $1,397 | $414 | -70.4% |
| Kenny Mattox | $2,354 | $410 | -82.6% |
| Logan Lane Clay Myers | $1,644 | $386 | -76.5% |
| Krista Kates | $2,154 | $381 | -82.3% |
| Michael Myers | $2,986 | $381 | -87.2% |
| Mike Wagoner | $1,661 | $380 | -77.1% |
| Jarrett Alexander Clark | $1,879 | $362 | -80.7% |
| Wes Johnson | $693 | $362 | -47.8% |
| William S. Nelson | $2,800 | $362 | -87.1% |
| Edgar R. Day | $693 | $352 | -49.2% |
| Linda C. Ritchie | $1,496 | $343 | -77.1% |
| Derrick Mynear | $825 | $338 | -59% |
| Hayden Duncan Myers | $1,735 | $328 | -81.1% |
| Douglas R. Hamilton | $804 | $315 | -60.8% |
| Chris Howard | $1,254 | $313 | -75% |
| Collin Scott Myers | $1,665 | $310 | -81.4% |
| Larry Abrams | $1,301 | $310 | -76.2% |
| Tracey L. Snapp | $2,447 | $310 | -87.3% |
| Mary Ann Evans | $0 | $307 | -- |
| Helen Minton | $990 | $304 | -69.3% |
| Jaiden H Willoughby | $1,030 | $304 | -70.5% |
| Jason D. Vice | $1,684 | $293 | -82.6% |
| Smoot Farm Partnership at River | $210 | $280 | 33.3% |
| Donnita H. Proffitt | $1,942 | $277 | -85.7% |
| Michael Smith | $1,276 | $277 | -78.3% |
| Darrell Gray | $1,023 | $276 | -73% |
| Jerry F. Straw | $1,177 | $266 | -77.4% |
| Arthur Paul Tincher | $1,589 | $239 | -85% |
| Donnie Wasson | $1,827 | $231 | -87.4% |
| Matthew Sunley | $1,771 | $230 | -87% |
| James D. Anderson | $814 | $224 | -72.5% |
| Michael Shane Fuller | $1,332 | $224 | -83.2% |
| Pamela Elaine Frederick | $869 | $224 | -74.2% |
| Thomas Tout | $1,528 | $212 | -86.1% |
| Austin James Tubbs | $1,555 | $208 | -86.6% |
| Grace Guy | $781 | $207 | -73.5% |
| Billy Martin Jr. | $5,655 | $200 | -96.5% |
| John W. Brady | $1,539 | $197 | -87.2% |
| Layne Hollar | $836 | $193 | -76.9% |
| Phyllis Burke | $817 | $172 | -78.9% |
| Jarad Thomas Bromagen | $1,675 | $166 | -90.1% |
| Timothy L. Watkins | $905 | $155 | -82.9% |
| Wes Hunt | $1,260 | $138 | -89% |
| David Glenn Fryman | $517 | $124 | -76% |
| Teresa Applegate | $632 | $110 | -82.6% |
| Kenzie Brooke Ruth Bowles | $484 | $97 | -80% |
| Linda Hardwick | $0 | $90 | -- |
| Derrick W. Livingood | $440 | $86 | -80.5% |
| Keylee Sue Bowles | $418 | $73 | -82.5% |
| Wayne E. Tapp | $792 | $63 | -92% |
| J. P. Judge | $185 | $40 | -78.4% |
| Jeff G. Hamilton | $0 | $28 | -- |
| Ronnie Sexton | $366 | $11 | -97% |
| Anthony D. Kiskaden Jr. | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Ashley Marie Buckler | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty G. Poe | $509 | $0 | -100% |
| Bob Mattox | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Christy Mullins | $173 | $0 | -100% |
| Cliff Vice | $2,928 | $0 | -100% |
| Dana Christophersen | $1,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Doug Lowry II | $1,715 | $0 | -100% |
| Everett H. Smith | $690 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Evans | $959 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry Caswell | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Isaac Landsaw | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. McDonald | $2,219 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Anderson | $1,881 | $0 | -100% |
| James Simons | $2,263 | $0 | -100% |
| John Crouch | $1,990 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph J. Ross | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Lorie Hartman | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Malcolm Thomas Berry | $350 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark A. Vice | $2,846 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy L. Warner | $3,336 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Lyons | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall D. Taulbee | $2,640 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald L. Isaac | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth Blair | $486 | $0 | -100% |
| Shon Marie Wylie | $1,434 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Wood | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,102,447 | $599,961 | -71.5% |
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