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In 2021, 239 farmers in cities within Bath County received a total of $495,186 in 325 farm subsidies, a 79% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.4 million in 702 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 Bath County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher J. Reed | $129,568 | $26,730 | -79.4% |
| Michael Allen Havens | $92,261 | $21,586 | -76.6% |
| James B. Bowling | $60,363 | $19,700 | -67.4% |
| Ova Arnett Jr. | $45,031 | $19,586 | -56.5% |
| Jimmy Cline | $36,116 | $13,228 | -63.4% |
| Andrea Smith | $0 | $12,031 | -- |
| Lowell D. Craig | $65,094 | $11,752 | -81.9% |
| Curtis M. Gregory | $31,458 | $11,562 | -63.2% |
| Walter Shrout | $0 | $10,964 | -- |
| Carl David Otten | $23,659 | $10,670 | -54.9% |
| Gary W. Riebel | $29,061 | $7,771 | -73.3% |
| Russell Hatton | $11,006 | $7,467 | -32.2% |
| Tim Lyons | $54,224 | $5,865 | -89.2% |
| Vonda Harmon | $12,304 | $5,838 | -52.6% |
| Bryson Price | $39,521 | $5,826 | -85.3% |
| Virginia Smith | $20,592 | $5,700 | -72.3% |
| Millard Petitt III | $23,695 | $5,607 | -76.3% |
| Brian K. Hatton | $8,243 | $5,404 | -34.4% |
| Tony Lee Fryman Jr. | $3,679 | $5,011 | 36.2% |
| Tammy Warner | $33,508 | $4,719 | -85.9% |
| Robert M. Bach | $26,879 | $4,629 | -82.8% |
| Earl Rogers Jr. | $20,490 | $4,576 | -77.7% |
| Gary Copher | $0 | $4,435 | -- |
| Triple S Farm | $28,364 | $4,413 | -84.4% |
| Colby W. Wells | $28,452 | $4,332 | -84.8% |
| Amanda Copher | $15,396 | $4,296 | -72.1% |
| Jimmy Russ Robinson | $12,888 | $4,256 | -67% |
| Bobby C. Cline | $19,991 | $4,159 | -79.2% |
| Lynn Harmon | $18,129 | $4,042 | -77.7% |
| Stewart Thomas Snedegar | $7,528 | $3,994 | -46.9% |
| Aaron J. Watson | $16,830 | $3,982 | -76.3% |
| Billy Stewart | $8,769 | $3,906 | -55.5% |
| Larry Brewer | $16,775 | $3,875 | -76.9% |
| Joey Harmon | $27,051 | $3,852 | -85.8% |
| Jamie Cline | $9,896 | $3,781 | -61.8% |
| Clinton G. Tabor | $8,489 | $3,708 | -56.3% |
| Ron Allison | $12,088 | $3,659 | -69.7% |
| Jimmie E Gates-White Oaks Farms | $9,383 | $3,506 | -62.6% |
| Nelson Garner | $9,655 | $3,463 | -64.1% |
| Ajax Parish | $8,734 | $3,421 | -60.8% |
| Curren Lewis | $15,290 | $3,396 | -77.8% |
| Ben Wilson | $13,227 | $3,392 | -74.4% |
| Leigh Ann French | $6,977 | $3,349 | -52% |
| James G. Shaw | $2,100 | $3,325 | 58.3% |
| Dwain A. Ginter | $23,196 | $3,120 | -86.5% |
| Stella Green | $7,539 | $3,004 | -60.2% |
| William A. Ritchie | $10,415 | $2,929 | -71.9% |
| Charles D. Stephens | $10,929 | $2,725 | -75.1% |
| Billy Gray Jr. | $16,310 | $2,639 | -83.8% |
| James D. Caldwell | $22,951 | $2,594 | -88.7% |
| Laura A. Dyer | $8,785 | $2,463 | -72% |
| Back Hills Farm, LLC | $13,828 | $2,401 | -82.6% |
| Luciana L. Alderman | $5,825 | $2,401 | -58.8% |
| Lonnie Clark Vice II | $11,737 | $2,362 | -79.9% |
| Joshua A. Burton | $9,642 | $2,304 | -76.1% |
| Charles Lee Sorrell | $15,954 | $2,302 | -85.6% |
| Larry Robinson | $7,017 | $2,288 | -67.4% |
| Christopher R. Copher | $18,545 | $2,287 | -87.7% |
| Douglas Stone | $12,000 | $2,257 | -81.2% |
| Christopher Scott Taulbee | $9,798 | $2,147 | -78.1% |
| Robert Owen Coyle | $26,270 | $2,106 | -92% |
| Brandon R. Dillon | $17,359 | $2,090 | -88% |
| Marshall Coyle | $4,734 | $2,072 | -56.2% |
| Daniel B. Razor III | $18,852 | $2,060 | -89.1% |
| Daniel B. Razor IV | $18,852 | $2,060 | -89.1% |
| Aaron J. Watson | $8,415 | $1,991 | -76.3% |
| Duane Carpenter | $12,243 | $1,990 | -83.7% |
| Billy Scott Robinson | $6,162 | $1,981 | -67.9% |
| Donna G. Maze | $11,532 | $1,966 | -83% |
| Mollie F. Ginter | $4,752 | $1,952 | -58.9% |
| Lanette J. Freitag | $5,816 | $1,874 | -67.8% |
| Joshua L. Cline | $1,480 | $1,861 | 25.7% |
| Rex Crouch | $2,417 | $1,820 | -24.7% |
| Bobby C. Rogers | $7,802 | $1,791 | -77% |
| Charles B. Hart III | $17,153 | $1,790 | -89.6% |
| Jeff Copher | $30,215 | $1,770 | -94.1% |
| Larry Butcher | $5,235 | $1,727 | -67% |
| Osbond P Copher | $81,105 | $1,722 | -97.9% |
| Shannon E. Caudill | $13,452 | $1,722 | -87.2% |
| Timothy A. Triplett | $5,517 | $1,656 | -70% |
| Tommy Hogge | $7,090 | $1,563 | -78% |
| Michael Ginter | $7,469 | $1,544 | -79.3% |
| Frank Hatfield | $7,992 | $1,508 | -81.1% |
| Christopher Douglas Ray Hardin | $45,112 | $1,477 | -96.7% |
| Kyle Sweet | $25,044 | $1,465 | -94.2% |
| Christopher Allen | $7,238 | $1,442 | -80.1% |
| Teresa H. Winkler | $33,091 | $1,432 | -95.7% |
| Kymberly Little Bailey | $3,564 | $1,429 | -59.9% |
| Bobby L. Jones | $6,503 | $1,426 | -78.1% |
| Owen B. Vice Jr. | $9,947 | $1,416 | -85.8% |
| Robert D. Staton | $8,663 | $1,348 | -84.4% |
| Joe York | $12,667 | $1,336 | -89.5% |
| Michael F. Amburgey | $9,893 | $1,318 | -86.7% |
| Matt Dillon | $18,376 | $1,299 | -92.9% |
| William David Ellington | $4,180 | $1,292 | -69.1% |
| Marty Collier | $8,718 | $1,284 | -85.3% |
| James Dean Craig | $12,835 | $1,271 | -90.1% |
| Michael D. Staton | $10,586 | $1,253 | -88.2% |
| Kevin W. Jamison | $7,140 | $1,241 | -82.6% |
| Ralph E. Taylor | $8,216 | $1,158 | -85.9% |
| Daniel A. Burton | $3,883 | $1,131 | -70.9% |
| Stephen Matthew Carter | $6,431 | $1,083 | -83.2% |
| Cheryl W. Bradley | $5,066 | $1,063 | -79% |
| Paul L. Wells | $3,806 | $1,056 | -72.3% |
| Wendell Roberts | $0 | $1,045 | -- |
| Vernon Stamper | $6,768 | $1,038 | -84.7% |
| Tony Maze | $4,499 | $1,033 | -77% |
| James Darrell Vinson | $3,520 | $1,020 | -71% |
| Gordon Wells Jr. | $4,448 | $1,013 | -77.2% |
| Mr. Robert Clay Lyons | $5,060 | $1,011 | -80% |
| Joan R. Cook | $0 | $990 | -- |
| Sarah Helton | $5,498 | $971 | -82.3% |
| Johnnie Townsend | $9,097 | $969 | -89.3% |
| Thomas Y. Amburgey | $3,971 | $951 | -76.1% |
| Donald Manley | $3,708 | $947 | -74.5% |
| Lawrence Mahon Jr. | $1,122 | $944 | -15.9% |
| Phillip D. Copher | $6,954 | $942 | -86.5% |
| Paulette S. Wells | $5,369 | $934 | -82.6% |
| Chris Butcher | $4,220 | $920 | -78.2% |
| Brandye Larryn Lynn Middleton Smith | $0 | $919 | -- |
| Nicholas R. Withrow | $4,757 | $916 | -80.7% |
| Michael Thomas Wells | $2,206 | $904 | -59% |
| Carol T. Webb | $3,521 | $897 | -74.5% |
| James C. Kissick Jr. | $4,213 | $886 | -79% |
| Gary Buckler | $7,954 | $880 | -88.9% |
| Joe B. Thompson | $4,924 | $878 | -82.2% |
| Dustin Clark Bailey | $4,581 | $872 | -81% |
| Michael D. Bromagen | $5,525 | $860 | -84.4% |
| Travis Reed | $11,930 | $853 | -92.8% |
| Patsy Blackburn | $4,424 | $837 | -81.1% |
| Gary Conley | $4,851 | $824 | -83% |
| Luis Sotomayor | $5,924 | $818 | -86.2% |
| Kenneth L. Staley | $4,440 | $804 | -81.9% |
| Granville Dwayne Purvis | $6,711 | $792 | -88.2% |
| William D. McVey | $3,998 | $792 | -80.2% |
| Chris Howard | $3,385 | $786 | -76.8% |
| Gary L. Craycraft | $2,860 | $771 | -73% |
| Louis Warren Patton | $3,977 | $771 | -80.6% |
| Robert C. Rogers | $6,401 | $760 | -88.1% |
| Michael S. Staton | $6,450 | $755 | -88.3% |
| Randall Howard | $3,458 | $751 | -78.3% |
| Sid Brantly | $1,985 | $743 | -62.6% |
| Wilson Harman | $4,586 | $741 | -83.8% |
| John R. Whitton | $5,262 | $740 | -85.9% |
| Brooks Alan Triplett | $1,206 | $724 | -40% |
| Hoover Vanlandingham | $3,330 | $711 | -78.6% |
| Roger Lee Manley | $3,554 | $706 | -80.1% |
| Gary Thompson | $3,749 | $703 | -81.2% |
| Jennifer Harman Coyle | $2,959 | $702 | -76.3% |
| Donald W. Stull | $2,838 | $696 | -75.5% |
| Terry Cline | $3,080 | $690 | -77.6% |
| James R. May | $3,232 | $689 | -78.7% |
| Audria W Carmichael | $3,155 | $687 | -78.2% |
| Ethan Lane Hawkins | $6,328 | $687 | -89.1% |
| Jerry Shrout | $4,959 | $685 | -86.2% |
| Larry Reynolds | $3,746 | $685 | -81.7% |
| Ronnie Robinson | $3,036 | $682 | -77.5% |
| Phillip G. Hammack | $2,937 | $681 | -76.8% |
| Omer Rogers | $3,229 | $676 | -79.1% |
| Steve Smathers | $2,365 | $668 | -71.8% |
| Ernie Carpenter | $2,354 | $654 | -72.2% |
| Connie Copher-Ford | $4,939 | $647 | -86.9% |
| Donald Dailey | $4,215 | $644 | -84.7% |
| Edsel Lee Boyd | $3,059 | $643 | -79% |
| Jimmy N. Robinson | $9,292 | $640 | -93.1% |
| Tommy S. Reed | $4,594 | $636 | -86.2% |
| Joseph D. Lemay | $3,023 | $636 | -79% |
| Cowell Cattle Company | $1,980 | $614 | -69% |
| Shannon C. Manley | $2,365 | $614 | -74% |
| Addison Bailey | $3,517 | $605 | -82.8% |
| Earl Cantrell Jr. | $2,730 | $604 | -77.9% |
| Michael Y. Crouch | $2,090 | $588 | -71.9% |
| Steven Jones Jr. | $3,801 | $588 | -84.5% |
| Phillip A. Shields | $4,828 | $585 | -87.9% |
| Randy W. Reed | $26,322 | $576 | -97.8% |
| Buddy Richardson | $5,730 | $574 | -90% |
| Brian Stull | $856 | $560 | -34.6% |
| Charles E. Copher | $8,526 | $539 | -93.7% |
| Jeffrey C. Routt | $4,777 | $529 | -88.9% |
| Mike Shrout | $2,464 | $522 | -78.8% |
| Roger Lee Manley II | $2,090 | $495 | -76.3% |
| Arnold Peck | $3,620 | $495 | -86.3% |
| Nathan D. Collier | $3,366 | $493 | -85.4% |
| Randy Dean Howard | $3,937 | $478 | -87.9% |
| Hershel Thornsburg | $4,345 | $455 | -89.5% |
| Robert D. Keeton | $3,107 | $454 | -85.4% |
| Alta Razor | $2,607 | $453 | -82.6% |
| Barbara C. George | $2,138 | $453 | -78.8% |
| Beverly L. Robinson | $1,133 | $450 | -60.3% |
| Becky C. Triplett | $4,157 | $440 | -89.4% |
| Christopher Thomas Hunt | $2,176 | $440 | -79.8% |
| William B. Thompson | $3,345 | $431 | -87.1% |
| Stephen D. Vice | $2,835 | $402 | -85.8% |
| William Scaggs | $1,551 | $388 | -75% |
| Dalton Armitage | $1,846 | $384 | -79.2% |
| Philip E. Dettwiller | $2,436 | $372 | -84.7% |
| Jimmie Walton | $1,706 | $366 | -78.5% |
| Robert Razor | $1,631 | $352 | -78.4% |
| John Bradley | $2,931 | $339 | -88.4% |
| E. H. Snedegar | $2,394 | $329 | -86.3% |
| Billy Johnson | $2,127 | $326 | -84.7% |
| John D. Smith | $1,254 | $323 | -74.2% |
| Willie E. Hatton | $1,342 | $312 | -76.8% |
| Elisabeth L. Baker | $3,170 | $298 | -90.6% |
| Andrew Shields | $2,129 | $298 | -86% |
| Mark A. Dailey | $5,546 | $294 | -94.7% |
| Cavanah Warner | $990 | $290 | -70.7% |
| Tony Norris | $2,706 | $287 | -89.4% |
| Michael Ginn | $1,675 | $278 | -83.4% |
| Eddie D. Harvey | $715 | $272 | -62% |
| Phillip Hammack Jr. | $1,480 | $265 | -82.1% |
| Hiland Jolly | $262 | $262 | 0% |
| James William Everman | $1,320 | $259 | -80.4% |
| Walter Crouch | $1,111 | $232 | -79.1% |
| Jeremy Bailey | $1,318 | $225 | -82.9% |
| Jack D. McVey | $1,293 | $218 | -83.1% |
| Tim Lawson | $858 | $214 | -75.1% |
| Tim Lawson | $858 | $214 | -75.1% |
| Wendell D. Goodpaster | $1,001 | $211 | -78.9% |
| Jason Mann | $473 | $210 | -55.6% |
| Nathaniel D. Vice | $1,462 | $191 | -86.9% |
| Lowell B. Jamison | $1,435 | $190 | -86.8% |
| Lonnie Vice | $2,376 | $189 | -92% |
| James Edward Blevins | $9,128 | $182 | -98% |
| Pete Lentz | $638 | $168 | -73.7% |
| Stacy L. Maze | $297 | $160 | -46.1% |
| Jason Mullins | $726 | $156 | -78.5% |
| Jeffrey Conatser | $693 | $147 | -78.8% |
| Mary B. Copher | $2,313 | $100 | -95.7% |
| Jordan T. Snedegar | $2,771 | $98 | -96.5% |
| Ira Kilburn | $3,948 | $98 | -97.5% |
| Jonathan Hammons | $649 | $95 | -85.4% |
| Barbara Boyd | $62 | $94 | 51.6% |
| Jennifer Hornback | $861 | $91 | -89.4% |
| Robert Daren Ovington | $7,274 | $90 | -98.8% |
| N. H. Stone III | $136 | $83 | -39% |
| Wanda Adkins | $863 | $51 | -94.1% |
| Brittany N. Collins | $1,039 | $49 | -95.3% |
| Tyler L. Riddell | $88 | $26 | -70.5% |
| Andrew M. Coyle II | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Beth Griggs | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles D. Copher | $15,785 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris Rice | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris S. Snedegar | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Cook | $540 | $0 | -100% |
| Earl Rogers III | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Earl T. Bradley | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Ebony Copher | $4,730 | $0 | -100% |
| Elmer K. Hunt | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| James Adkins | $1,836 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Bradley | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph A. Karrick | $2,390 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary E. Bach | $909 | $0 | -100% |
| Melissa S. Jordan | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Merrell Gorrell | $4,776 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Cline | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard L. Coyle | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Carter | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmie B. Thompson | $678 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Sorrell | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael L. Hargis | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Harris | $122 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Robinson | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Gibbs | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolin Y. Crouch | $132 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad White | $152 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher W. Fryman | $2,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Damon Smith | $1,271 | $0 | -100% |
| Evelyn Cantrell | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold L. Sexton | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Hillary L. Jipson | $585 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffery W. Rice | $1,160 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy White | $476 | $0 | -100% |
| Millard Petitt Jr. | $185 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley S. Grimes | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,360,155 | $495,186 | -79% |
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