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In 2021, 278 farmers in cities within Montgomery County received a total of $781,292 in 367 farm subsidies, a 80% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.9 million in 773 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 Montgomery County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan W. Culbertson | $14,778 | $92,116 | 523.3% |
| Michael O. Murphy | $45,538 | $34,491 | -24.3% |
| William C. Reffitt | $103,847 | $28,377 | -72.7% |
| Steven Bach | $54,790 | $27,428 | -49.9% |
| A&a Farms, LLC | $271,660 | $26,096 | -90.4% |
| Logan Arnett | $311,785 | $25,594 | -91.8% |
| Judith Arnett | $465,895 | $22,591 | -95.2% |
| Bobby Arnett | $83,312 | $20,165 | -75.8% |
| Carl Crowe | $140,762 | $17,266 | -87.7% |
| Dailey Logging, LLC | $0 | $14,868 | -- |
| Frank Greene | $47,123 | $14,022 | -70.2% |
| Mark Simpson | $0 | $13,412 | -- |
| David Rogers | $9,570 | $13,170 | 37.6% |
| Keaton S. McCarty | $46,262 | $13,064 | -71.8% |
| Roger A. Reffitt | $44,846 | $12,938 | -71.2% |
| John D. Judy | $45,125 | $11,292 | -75% |
| Christian M. McCarty | $38,011 | $9,652 | -74.6% |
| Eloise Combs | $42,325 | $9,035 | -78.7% |
| Michael W. Gabbard | $25,869 | $8,158 | -68.5% |
| Andrew Rose | $27,604 | $7,920 | -71.3% |
| Donald Long Trust | $0 | $7,810 | -- |
| Ted Hiler | $47,674 | $7,131 | -85% |
| Rodney Young | $65,538 | $7,120 | -89.1% |
| Earl M. Reed | $14,702 | $6,597 | -55.1% |
| O. H. Caudill Jr. | $25,782 | $5,916 | -77.1% |
| Barry Howard | $21,483 | $5,533 | -74.2% |
| Kenneth George | $27,396 | $5,406 | -80.3% |
| Arthur Otis Amburgey III | $25,001 | $5,096 | -79.6% |
| Jeffery L. Arnett | $47,263 | $4,954 | -89.5% |
| Douglas F. Crisp | $15,248 | $4,909 | -67.8% |
| Doyle King | $51,449 | $4,622 | -91% |
| Tony Arnett | $32,929 | $4,442 | -86.5% |
| Robert H. Amburgey Jr. | $20,103 | $4,334 | -78.4% |
| Barry Patrick | $15,026 | $4,251 | -71.7% |
| Byron Amburgey | $21,679 | $4,248 | -80.4% |
| Marvin R. Tabor | $25,408 | $4,233 | -83.3% |
| Kevin Tipton | $30,340 | $4,032 | -86.7% |
| Buford Estill Sorrell | $18,524 | $3,978 | -78.5% |
| Grant Holbrook | $11,583 | $3,737 | -67.7% |
| Joshua Charles Moore | $27,401 | $3,664 | -86.6% |
| Ronny Keath | $15,939 | $3,618 | -77.3% |
| Michael W. Hudson | $19,826 | $3,590 | -81.9% |
| Dudley Stafford | $0 | $3,468 | -- |
| Ricky Howard | $31,656 | $3,448 | -89.1% |
| Allen Buck Prewitt | $29,445 | $3,436 | -88.3% |
| Stanley Willoughby | $19,105 | $3,376 | -82.3% |
| Linda Patton | $0 | $3,355 | -- |
| Barry T. McCoy | $13,180 | $3,318 | -74.8% |
| Donald R. Oney | $12,652 | $3,291 | -74% |
| Ricky Bush Cline | $21,591 | $3,290 | -84.8% |
| Jay Caskey | $6,619 | $3,273 | -50.6% |
| Gary Wiler | $1,277 | $3,272 | 156.2% |
| Ray Turner | $8,877 | $3,235 | -63.6% |
| David A. Donaldson | $13,112 | $3,182 | -75.7% |
| Mike Earl Donaldson | $7,260 | $3,120 | -57% |
| Randel Scott Arnett | $13,513 | $3,042 | -77.5% |
| Eric George | $21,094 | $2,940 | -86.1% |
| Coyee Hunt | $7,383 | $2,940 | -60.2% |
| Aaron L. Ireton | $7,165 | $2,870 | -59.9% |
| Bobby R. Shuler | $13,200 | $2,800 | -78.8% |
| James C. Arnett | $89,462 | $2,787 | -96.9% |
| Jeff Brother | $19,593 | $2,760 | -85.9% |
| Steve George | $13,862 | $2,726 | -80.3% |
| Timothy Gayheart Jr. | $18,715 | $2,726 | -85.4% |
| Ford A. Patterson | $10,973 | $2,657 | -75.8% |
| Jerry W. Lykins | $17,936 | $2,618 | -85.4% |
| Raymond McNabb | $14,822 | $2,505 | -83.1% |
| Stewart Morton | $17,905 | $2,499 | -86% |
| Russell B. Fitzpatrick | $10,631 | $2,444 | -77% |
| Grandview Farms, Inc. | $11,617 | $2,442 | -79% |
| Brandon R. White | $33,993 | $2,322 | -93.2% |
| Dwayne Rice | $6,027 | $2,308 | -61.7% |
| Robert Auxier | $8,404 | $2,298 | -72.7% |
| Timmy Reynolds | $8,417 | $2,291 | -72.8% |
| David Lee Caywood Jr. | $4,097 | $2,272 | -44.5% |
| Justin W. Cockrell | $17,436 | $2,222 | -87.3% |
| Larry Beer | $6,945 | $2,179 | -68.6% |
| John T. MacDonald | $7,898 | $2,080 | -73.7% |
| Daniel B. Razor IV | $18,852 | $2,060 | -89.1% |
| Samuel G. Manley | $9,559 | $2,052 | -78.5% |
| Justin Taylor Arnett | $10,657 | $2,000 | -81.2% |
| Kimberly H. Oaks | $4,521 | $1,984 | -56.1% |
| Timothy Keenan | $6,963 | $1,944 | -72.1% |
| Danny Chandler | $10,929 | $1,938 | -82.3% |
| F M Sponcil | $12,228 | $1,850 | -84.9% |
| Paul R. Reffitt | $5,302 | $1,803 | -66% |
| Benny Whisman | $17,047 | $1,793 | -89.5% |
| Azrey a Crisp | $7,821 | $1,766 | -77.4% |
| Billy C. Chappel | $3,489 | $1,726 | -50.5% |
| Lisa P. Evans | $7,568 | $1,718 | -77.3% |
| The Woods, Inc. | $11,685 | $1,718 | -85.3% |
| Dennie Hawkins | $12,236 | $1,697 | -86.1% |
| Jeffery E. Raney | $10,215 | $1,666 | -83.7% |
| John D. Gabbard | $9,433 | $1,625 | -82.8% |
| Roger Donathan | $7,337 | $1,625 | -77.9% |
| Charles H. Graham | $14,084 | $1,620 | -88.5% |
| Byron Dudley Craycraft | $9,174 | $1,596 | -82.6% |
| Larry W. Tipton | $7,144 | $1,572 | -78% |
| Anthony L. Ricketts | $7,889 | $1,571 | -80.1% |
| Roland T. Cannon Jr. | $10,389 | $1,550 | -85.1% |
| Gloria Gayle Tipton | $12,966 | $1,523 | -88.3% |
| Roger A. Wilson | $7,992 | $1,508 | -81.1% |
| Jason P. Reffitt | $9,636 | $1,506 | -84.4% |
| Linda Webb | $9,736 | $1,490 | -84.7% |
| Collis Setters | $7,029 | $1,482 | -78.9% |
| J. N. Shrout Jr. | $3,275 | $1,472 | -55.1% |
| Yvette Rogers | $7,294 | $1,456 | -80% |
| Douglas Sallie | $6,122 | $1,425 | -76.7% |
| Edwin O. Burden | $12,296 | $1,424 | -88.4% |
| David Grayson | $11,264 | $1,405 | -87.5% |
| Shaun Perdue | $6,852 | $1,403 | -79.5% |
| Charles Mason Orme | $12,907 | $1,394 | -89.2% |
| Rex Wells | $2,673 | $1,388 | -48.1% |
| Rebecca T. Craycraft | $5,522 | $1,344 | -75.7% |
| Rebecca L. Willoughby | $3,168 | $1,333 | -57.9% |
| Sylvia Hill | $7,957 | $1,332 | -83.3% |
| Wesley Dunaway | $5,555 | $1,331 | -76% |
| Kimberly Carson | $14,740 | $1,305 | -91.1% |
| Roger McGuire | $4,432 | $1,275 | -71.2% |
| Chad T. Murphy | $6,723 | $1,270 | -81.1% |
| Kerry Howard | $4,048 | $1,238 | -69.4% |
| Glenn W. Berger | $8,063 | $1,229 | -84.8% |
| Wayne Bailey | $3,646 | $1,214 | -66.7% |
| Sidney Tipton | $5,511 | $1,175 | -78.7% |
| William C. Fulks | $5,478 | $1,119 | -79.6% |
| Daryl Montgomery | $2,687 | $1,106 | -58.8% |
| Kadi L. Sparks | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Danny Montgomery | $2,687 | $1,096 | -59.2% |
| Eddie Rice | $11,778 | $1,087 | -90.8% |
| Phillip S. Lansdale | $6,358 | $1,057 | -83.4% |
| Burl Stull Jr. | $7,045 | $1,056 | -85% |
| Thomas Steinmetz | $4,675 | $1,032 | -77.9% |
| Lena Hedberg | $4,056 | $1,028 | -74.7% |
| Vernon Tipton Jr. | $4,856 | $1,028 | -78.8% |
| Danny R. Townsend | $11,813 | $1,022 | -91.3% |
| John McDonald | $2,915 | $1,009 | -65.4% |
| Benjamin T. Combs | $0 | $990 | -- |
| Perry F. Howard | $5,766 | $981 | -83% |
| John R. Arnold | $561 | $973 | 73.4% |
| Amanda Lee Tomlin | $2,013 | $970 | -51.8% |
| Russell O. Stephens Jr. | $3,608 | $966 | -73.2% |
| Lanny Patrick | $5,551 | $958 | -82.7% |
| David McVey | $3,279 | $952 | -71% |
| Jason Burden | $7,102 | $952 | -86.6% |
| Lawrence Mahon Jr. | $1,122 | $944 | -15.9% |
| Carl Douglas Trent | $944 | $930 | -1.5% |
| Rocky A. Walton | $4,729 | $928 | -80.4% |
| Scottie Jamison | $6,640 | $904 | -86.4% |
| Earl Donaldson | $5,328 | $872 | -83.6% |
| Ronnie Estill Donaldson | $5,336 | $872 | -83.7% |
| Jack D. Segura | $0 | $841 | -- |
| Makayla Cheyenne Hill | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Ed Razor | $3,619 | $824 | -77.2% |
| Paul Conyers | $5,091 | $810 | -84.1% |
| The Reel Farm, LLC | $4,646 | $810 | -82.6% |
| William Tyler Havens | $3,953 | $810 | -79.5% |
| Michael McGuire | $4,658 | $806 | -82.7% |
| Orrie S Canham | $6,554 | $785 | -88% |
| Jerry Amburgey | $2,046 | $782 | -61.8% |
| Wendell Conley | $3,278 | $772 | -76.4% |
| Oliver Willoughby | $3,711 | $770 | -79.3% |
| James G. McDonald | $1,837 | $758 | -58.7% |
| Keith Gilvin | $4,193 | $747 | -82.2% |
| Leonard N. Guy | $3,256 | $744 | -77.1% |
| Denzil Wells | $9,024 | $734 | -91.9% |
| Catesby W Prewitt | $4,173 | $731 | -82.5% |
| Henry Alton Stull III | $4,853 | $726 | -85% |
| Linville Ray Rose | $3,311 | $719 | -78.3% |
| Joshua D. Centers | $0 | $715 | -- |
| Shannondoah Amaris Drennen | $2,959 | $674 | -77.2% |
| John R. Neal | $6,341 | $672 | -89.4% |
| David G. Havens | $2,607 | $669 | -74.3% |
| Ted Potter | $2,878 | $655 | -77.2% |
| Milbert Buddy Collins | $4,175 | $650 | -84.4% |
| Elwood R. Short | $2,288 | $634 | -72.3% |
| James E. Gabbard | $3,927 | $630 | -84% |
| Kevin Wayne Rose | $2,951 | $629 | -78.7% |
| Jacob Donaldson | $3,105 | $624 | -79.9% |
| Amanda Strange | $11,335 | $621 | -94.5% |
| David M. Sosby | $3,069 | $607 | -80.2% |
| Ryan Douglas Sallie | $2,332 | $605 | -74.1% |
| Lawrence Glenn Mapel | $2,365 | $604 | -74.5% |
| Terry Summers | $2,420 | $598 | -75.3% |
| Terry Howard | $2,673 | $593 | -77.8% |
| Elston Mason | $3,096 | $591 | -80.9% |
| Winston Hamilton | $2,577 | $561 | -78.2% |
| Christopher Maloney | $2,332 | $550 | -76.4% |
| Vp Palmer | $3,608 | $550 | -84.8% |
| Carl McGuire Jr. | $1,848 | $536 | -71% |
| Joshua P. Jamison | $3,195 | $526 | -83.5% |
| Dwayne Anderson | $2,992 | $523 | -82.5% |
| Melanie D. Roberts | $4,758 | $518 | -89.1% |
| Charles Ray Orme | $9,755 | $516 | -94.7% |
| Bobby Paul Davis | $3,431 | $504 | -85.3% |
| Jay Michael Burton | $6,248 | $497 | -92% |
| Daniel Spencer | $2,464 | $496 | -79.9% |
| Mary Ann White | $3,151 | $490 | -84.4% |
| Steven L. Agee | $2,317 | $483 | -79.2% |
| Bobby Anderson | $2,935 | $467 | -84.1% |
| Reginald V. Pederson | $2,609 | $464 | -82.2% |
| Terry Roland | $1,716 | $448 | -73.9% |
| Carl Hartgrove | $2,343 | $447 | -80.9% |
| Brandon Shuler | $2,794 | $446 | -84% |
| Steve Brown | $3,148 | $440 | -86% |
| Charles H. Wills | $5,368 | $427 | -92% |
| Zachary Martin | $2,002 | $422 | -78.9% |
| Greg Tipton | $1,155 | $421 | -63.5% |
| Henry Alton Stull Jr. | $2,876 | $409 | -85.8% |
| Michael E. Hendrix | $1,969 | $405 | -79.4% |
| Georgia A. Prewitt | $2,005 | $395 | -80.3% |
| Michael L. Hall | $2,024 | $387 | -80.9% |
| Harold J. Stoneking III | $3,636 | $381 | -89.5% |
| Neil B. Hensley | $2,590 | $381 | -85.3% |
| Edward C Stepanchuk | $924 | $380 | -58.9% |
| Wayne Munday | $2,013 | $379 | -81.2% |
| Hubert Cole | $1,099 | $366 | -66.7% |
| Bruce E. Witt | $2,003 | $364 | -81.8% |
| James Donaldson | $1,859 | $360 | -80.6% |
| Joseph E. Donaldson | $1,639 | $350 | -78.6% |
| Kayla L. Campbell | $1,701 | $347 | -79.6% |
| Larry T. Raisor | $1,782 | $336 | -81.1% |
| Timothy Wade Morris | $2,268 | $332 | -85.4% |
| William E. Drennen | $1,877 | $315 | -83.2% |
| Edward H. Wilson | $2,172 | $304 | -86% |
| Michael M. Tipton | $1,309 | $302 | -76.9% |
| Christopher Matthew Carson | $2,523 | $294 | -88.3% |
| Billy R. Ross | $6,364 | $282 | -95.6% |
| Garry W. Willoughby | $1,133 | $280 | -75.3% |
| Reno John Cora | $693 | $280 | -59.6% |
| Troy Wilson | $795 | $280 | -64.8% |
| James Berkley Mark | $27,430 | $276 | -99% |
| Beth H. Linville | $949 | $276 | -70.9% |
| Bobby Joe Stamper | $6,940 | $273 | -96.1% |
| Wendell Welch | $2,295 | $270 | -88.2% |
| Forrest Wayne Davis | $1,667 | $266 | -84% |
| Randell Webb | $4,579 | $260 | -94.3% |
| Jonathan Dunn | $924 | $259 | -72% |
| Richard Moore | $7,512 | $238 | -96.8% |
| James L. Hendrix III | $2,838 | $228 | -92% |
| Emily Nicole Hester | $432 | $222 | -48.6% |
| Jack D. McVey | $1,293 | $218 | -83.1% |
| Melissa F. Bentley | $1,722 | $214 | -87.6% |
| Gerald Wilson | $528 | $204 | -61.4% |
| Robert McQueen | $913 | $204 | -77.7% |
| William E Bealert | $1,893 | $200 | -89.4% |
| George B. Stone | $96 | $195 | 103.1% |
| Barbara Lyons | $1,988 | $194 | -90.2% |
| Brad Alan Kohlmeyer | $858 | $184 | -78.6% |
| David Leach | $735 | $183 | -75.1% |
| Joseph Mark Donohew | $4,060 | $183 | -95.5% |
| Sammy Ray Rose | $880 | $181 | -79.4% |
| Jeanne M. Oney | $1,215 | $180 | -85.2% |
| Mildred Witt | $1,194 | $180 | -84.9% |
| Ronnie Diedrich | $1,895 | $159 | -91.6% |
| Claude E. Bentley | $231 | $156 | -32.5% |
| Jeremy Kyle Martin | $6,268 | $154 | -97.5% |
| Daryl W. Thompson | $148 | $148 | 0% |
| Harry D. Lindon | $693 | $147 | -78.8% |
| Ms. Kimberly Gail Lanter | $380 | $136 | -64.2% |
| Amy Lynn Kratzer | $836 | $135 | -83.9% |
| Charles Endicott | $6,473 | $128 | -98% |
| Bonnie Bailey | $1,496 | $119 | -92% |
| Garlon Ritchie | $264 | $107 | -59.5% |
| Chadwick Earl Conlee | $198 | $104 | -47.5% |
| George Bascom III | $238 | $103 | -56.7% |
| Robert L. Webb | $308 | $100 | -67.5% |
| Elisabeth A. Bascom | $0 | $93 | -- |
| Morris A. George | $1,152 | $91 | -92.1% |
| Michael H. Witt | $553 | $90 | -83.7% |
| Kimberly K. Kipp | $1,056 | $84 | -92% |
| Phillip Blythe | $1,174 | $69 | -94.1% |
| Scott D. Miller | $265 | $65 | -75.5% |
| Nathan Bascom | $66 | $50 | -24.2% |
| Ethan Bascom | $51 | $50 | -2% |
| Logan Wade Palmer | $344 | $48 | -86% |
| Jill Marie Bowman | $2,213 | $28 | -98.7% |
| Brian T. Witt | $278 | $24 | -91.4% |
| William Lisle | $117 | $14 | -88% |
| Charles Hatton | $1,775 | $0 | -100% |
| Christine Bentley | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Ethan Bascom | $61 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean C. Congleton | $416 | $0 | -100% |
| Melvin Stewart Oaks | $4,565 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilma Jean Howard | $85 | $0 | -100% |
| 4 M Farms | $7,230 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan D. Justice | $293 | $0 | -100% |
| Allie C. Webb III | $512 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Reed Fugate | $3,355 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Sexton | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Dudley Brent Wilson | $511 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Ann Brown | $675 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd A. Arnold | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Franklin A. Brown | $2,640 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacquelyn Cannon Mark | $300 | $0 | -100% |
| James Shipp | $188 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Harrelson | $633 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald L. Smith | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Ward | $5,004 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendell Culbertson | $9,126 | $0 | -100% |
| William C. Roland | $4,432 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Gay | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda Prater | $36 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles A. Vice | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Triplett | $511 | $0 | -100% |
| Heather D. Porter | $18,211 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack D. Segura | $4,484 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerrod Michael Kratzer | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| John W. Reffitt | $1,404 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy Crain | $19 | $0 | -100% |
| Panda Caudill | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick W. Hartman | $3,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Rachel James | $66 | $0 | -100% |
| Sidney Butcher Jr. | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Sylvia Crisp | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary A. Crowe | $20,187 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,900,334 | $781,292 | -80% |
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