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Amount of taxpayer-funded subsidies plummet in cities associated with Nelson County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Nelson County received $4.8 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 366 farmers in cities within Nelson County received a total of $1.9 million in 564 farm subsidies, a 71.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.7 million in 1,238 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 Nelson County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Sweazy Farms, LLC$235,832$130,086-44.8%
Hurst Farms, LLC$1,017,621$114,576-88.7%
Todd Greer$239,991$107,857-55.1%
Affinity Farms, LLC$95,974$107,71212.2%
Bluegrass Seed & Fertilizer, Inc.$158,581$74,188-53.2%
Blue Ridge Farm, Inc.$329,752$71,060-78.5%
Plum Run Tobacco Farm, LLC$127,201$60,921-52.1%
Stephen Lutz$71,885$58,341-18.8%
Marion J. Bischoff$101,389$53,735-47%
Elisha F. Harned$52,329$41,703-20.3%
Joseph Daniel Caldwell$124,485$40,789-67.2%
Dennis D. Caldwell$124,149$40,784-67.1%
Richard J. Jury$167,966$28,887-82.8%
Gene Thomas Brothers$66,105$26,359-60.1%
William F. Harned$68,661$26,204-61.8%
Leroy P. Singer$29,162$25,636-12.1%
Stanley Reid Hurst$63,913$23,381-63.4%
Douglas Simpson$51,225$21,758-57.5%
Brothers Farm Cattle & Grain, LLC$45,522$20,714-54.5%
John C. A. Hurst$38,737$20,656-46.7%
John Deuward Hurst$22,593$20,428-9.6%
Willie O. Downs$174,744$20,385-88.3%
William F. Greer$59,581$19,834-66.7%
Bischoff Grain & Hay Farms, LLC$30,949$18,747-39.4%
T & T Farms, Cattle and Grain, LLC$92,382$18,421-80.1%
Robert D. Heiskell Jr.$5,665$17,980217.4%
James T. Harned$94,633$17,966-81%
William C. Ice$45,615$17,922-60.7%
Stevie E. Thompson$62,214$17,021-72.6%
Locust Run Farms, LLC$33,312$16,841-49.4%
Lex Martin$48,195$16,007-66.8%
Frank Wheeler$22,241$16,000-28.1%
Lellan Barlow$23,739$15,765-33.6%
Gregg Martin$46,592$15,211-67.4%
Richard Odaniel$36,222$14,490-60%
Edwin Shelburne$5,418$13,207143.8%
Joseph Dickie R. Roby$30,619$12,052-60.6%
Lawson Farms, LLC$47,986$11,960-75.1%
Larry Schenck$32,744$11,540-64.8%
Robert J. Blanford$11,276$11,2760%
Dalton C. Lundy$42,152$11,069-73.7%
Mark Underwood$32,085$11,051-65.6%
Filiatreau Farms, LLC$84,396$10,876-87.1%
David Neal$53,706$10,554-80.3%
Michael Ray Hahn$19,462$9,567-50.8%
Holt & Son Farm, Inc.$29,467$8,521-71.1%
Shoe Farms, LLC$22,614$8,385-62.9%
Linda Beam$33,392$8,305-75.1%
Jimmie D. Moran$26,705$7,727-71.1%
ILJ Farm Operations, LLC$6,986$7,1672.6%
Terry Geoghegan$38,929$7,067-81.8%
John Greer$14,431$6,911-52.1%
Shields Farms, Inc.$38,087$6,911-81.9%
Larry Calvert$58,076$6,835-88.2%
Scotty Terrell$18,392$6,350-65.5%
Daniel Carl Donahue$0$6,283--
Chad Allen Monroe$67,837$6,250-90.8%
Randy L. Calvert$27,449$6,236-77.3%
Milo Ice$17,039$6,174-63.8%
Tony J. Ockerman$24,316$6,169-74.6%
Mark A. Blandford$8,975$6,127-31.7%
Thomas V. Reed$27,826$6,068-78.2%
Rayfield Houghlin$20,618$5,854-71.6%
Bischoff Farms, LLC$12,149$5,078-58.2%
George Glen Spalding$6,361$4,926-22.6%
Brenda L. Knopp$28,847$4,882-83.1%
John T. Richardson$20,873$4,841-76.8%
Thomas F. Wigginton$26,195$4,768-81.8%
Roy S. Drake$13,775$4,505-67.3%
Lance Fenwick$15,784$4,472-71.7%
Rodney Burgin$30,036$4,315-85.6%
James Lynn Downs$18,105$4,249-76.5%
Greg Settles$21,725$4,151-80.9%
Michael Scott Ebelhar$7,652$4,022-47.4%
Mary L. Hobbs$7,121$3,988-44%
Stanley Clayton$19,704$3,959-79.9%
James Leo Downs$35,186$3,842-89.1%
Karen M. Crume$12,548$3,825-69.5%
Joseph Gerald Boone$10,945$3,818-65.1%
Richard Wayne Humphrey$4,016$3,810-5.1%
H. M. Neal Jr.$18,616$3,668-80.3%
Stephen F. Greenwell$23,452$3,656-84.4%
Jean Boone$4,629$3,628-21.6%
James Colby Moore$32,839$3,404-89.6%
Matthew Martin$8,058$3,374-58.1%
Jimmy Boblitt$7,101$3,335-53%
Joseph P. Taylor$13,601$3,273-75.9%
Jeffery T. Eaves$12,541$3,268-73.9%
Triple H Dairy Farm, Inc.$11,321$3,242-71.4%
Sas Farms, Inc.$15,341$3,232-78.9%
Lee Newton$11,858$3,187-73.1%
Colin Scott Cissell$14,894$3,136-78.9%
Thomas Morgan Rogers$8,536$3,054-64.2%
J E Mouser & Sons$12,101$3,026-75%
James G. Sympson Sr.$10,952$3,004-72.6%
Ricky B. Prewitt$11,385$2,860-74.9%
Joe Fred Bowling$11,645$2,806-75.9%
Michael Bowling$11,645$2,806-75.9%
James C. Hayden$19,153$2,760-85.6%
Thomas Glenn Downs$10,110$2,644-73.8%
Homestead Acres$8,858$2,588-70.8%
Bobby Call$9,729$2,552-73.8%
Larry Wimpsett$30,665$2,420-92.1%
Creekside Farms, LLC$4,655$2,255-51.6%
Jeff Goff$21,103$2,165-89.7%
Harold Wimsett$3,244$2,142-34%
Bernice Disponett$9,751$2,034-79.1%
Patrick D. Ulrich$38,150$2,022-94.7%
Joseph Danny Boone$4,521$2,018-55.4%
Leslie Ballard Jr.$7,912$2,001-74.7%
Larry Hagan$6,816$1,980-71%
Keith Blandford$8,404$1,936-77%
Edgar Abell$8,459$1,920-77.3%
Carl P. Smith$2,118$1,906-10%
Terry L. Durbin$11,151$1,876-83.2%
Bruce Reed$12,042$1,811-85%
Donald R. Sympson$10,539$1,811-82.8%
Thomas Ancil Yates$14,335$1,773-87.6%
Joseph Adam Wheatley$9,167$1,761-80.8%
MRS Shirley Greer Hahn$4,919$1,734-64.7%
Wayne Curtsinger$1,613$1,7236.8%
Sam C. Yates$12,513$1,716-86.3%
Craig Beam$6,557$1,713-73.9%
Donald Nelson Jury Jr.$17,305$1,702-90.2%
John W. McGirk Jr.$14,272$1,693-88.1%
Kristine Marie Potter$6,336$1,687-73.4%
Nicholas D. Hahn$33,038$1,654-95%
Joe Followay$5,918$1,637-72.3%
Clarence Curtsinger$3,059$1,633-46.6%
John L. Fenwick$7,666$1,624-78.8%
Charles Wayne Mattingly$12,573$1,590-87.4%
Roger Runner$6,072$1,579-74%
Eugene Keeling Jr.$10,038$1,525-84.8%
Mary B. Sorrell$3,867$1,508-61%
Michael Ball$4,289$1,500-65%
Herman Spalding$14,010$1,492-89.4%
Michael Thompson$7,276$1,471-79.8%
Remington H. Ingram$14,411$1,440-90%
Jerry Sympson$7,262$1,412-80.6%
Donnelly Farms, L.L.C.$7,260$1,412-80.6%
Charlie S. White$11,243$1,399-87.6%
Joseph R. Ballard$5,192$1,359-73.8%
J. S. Roche$2,488$1,331-46.5%
Terry Keith Roberts$10,303$1,331-87.1%
Rance Jackson$7,766$1,330-82.9%
Donald L. Colvin$6,380$1,318-79.3%
Clifton Crask$6,017$1,294-78.5%
Patrick Moczulski$1,768$1,281-27.5%
Ernest Piles Jr.$7,196$1,274-82.3%
Chad Cissell$20,509$1,248-93.9%
Scott Jones$6,094$1,240-79.7%
Paul Allen Ice$10,041$1,212-87.9%
Robert S. Ice$10,205$1,166-88.6%
Charles K. Coulter$8,554$1,142-86.6%
Guy A. Ferrill III$0$1,134--
Thomas Larry Clark$4,829$1,134-76.5%
William Cliff Carter$5,390$1,122-79.2%
Joseph Anthony Tichenor$1,644$1,100-33.1%
Thomas Leon Mattingly$4,577$1,094-76.1%
Boone & Boone$23,437$1,088-95.4%
Charles F. Harbison$1,463$1,071-26.8%
Nathan C. Coulter$5,193$1,049-79.8%
J. L. Yates$6,792$1,039-84.7%
Frankie Wheeler Jr.$2,823$1,027-63.6%
Connor Keith Hatfield Estate$4,539$1,026-77.4%
Roy Dale Monroe$2,024$1,025-49.4%
Arthur Ray Cook$4,422$1,016-77%
Imperial Farms, LLC$7,333$1,004-86.3%
John H. Filiatreau Jr.$14,129$998-92.9%
Troy Lawson$5,570$997-82.1%
David Lee Moran$6,113$994-83.7%
Gary Delaney$6,746$978-85.5%
Bennie Goff$4,442$978-78%
Jacob A. Miller$4,580$962-79%
Joseph W. Milburn$11,485$958-91.7%
Edna M. Rogers$3,597$949-73.6%
George Bell$2,882$938-67.5%
Danny Gentry$3,872$934-75.9%
Allen Douglas$6,337$924-85.4%
Charles Gaslin$4,356$924-78.8%
Charles B. Dick$4,048$917-77.3%
Nathan K. Mattingly$614$90447.2%
Betty Shouse$4,175$903-78.4%
Francis Marion Boone$3,707$893-75.9%
Marshall Tingle$3,179$876-72.4%
John P. Brown$3,982$867-78.2%
Sarah J. Jewell$3,696$867-76.5%
Philip H. Bischoff$13,995$864-93.8%
Allen M. Harmon Jr.$7,118$862-87.9%
Janet M. Barbour$1,834$860-53.1%
Marvin Mouser$2,740$857-68.7%
P. J. Milburn$1,378$856-37.9%
Sam D. Hutchins$3,669$842-77.1%
Jody Cassity$2,406$841-65%
David Ray Bishop$5,906$838-85.8%
Chester Morris Jr.$3,383$831-75.4%
Jimmy Ray Chesser$3,617$822-77.3%
Freddie Richardson$4,367$817-81.3%
Joe Louis Reed$6,792$803-88.2%
Arthur Hatfield$4,981$802-83.9%
David W. Carrithers$5,903$779-86.8%
Edward L. Harrell$2,761$774-72%
James Kenneth Riley$8,256$762-90.8%
Joseph Marshall Greenwell$4,881$761-84.4%
Sanford Lee Hendricks Sr.$2,552$760-70.2%
Gary Jewell$4,881$758-84.5%
William M. Obryan Jr.$1,309$758-42.1%
David M. Williams$3,955$750-81%
Dustin Tyler Nalley$14,492$749-94.8%
William Stanley Mudd$2,875$748-74%
Joseph P. Bowling$744$7440%
James Daniel Willett$3,751$734-80.4%
Charles Hayden$2,160$716-66.9%
William A. Mouser$3,768$714-81.1%
Herbert R. Chesser$3,212$692-78.5%
Jacob Dale Culver$1,790$684-61.8%
Michael L. Morris$3,014$683-77.3%
Brian Calvert$3,400$673-80.2%
Tyler Chad Cissell$13,709$663-95.2%
Keene T. Clements$3,234$658-79.7%
Joseph Howard Thompson Jr.$3,257$651-80%
Wess, LLC$1,269$640-49.6%
Robert Robinson$3,014$638-78.8%
Stacey B. Clark$2,409$629-73.9%
Herbert Michael Stevens$2,552$616-75.9%
William Craig Ice$2,904$584-79.9%
Hark Parrish Jr.$7,996$571-92.9%
Danny Thompson$2,426$570-76.5%
John Wayne Hicks$3,891$568-85.4%
Andrew Bell$2,465$554-77.5%
James Stiles$2,365$551-76.7%
Joe T. Hamilton$3,881$546-85.9%
Tony L. Hagan$3,359$543-83.8%
Alex Boone$8,352$531-93.6%
Joseph Francis Cissell$6,875$525-92.4%
Old Lick Creek Farm$659$524-20.5%
Stephen Boone$2,448$519-78.8%
Charles J. Reynolds$6,764$510-92.5%
Wendel Eby$2,288$508-77.8%
Thomas W. Vittitoe$2,555$502-80.4%
Robeck Farm, LLC$935$494-47.2%
Robert W. Robinson$2,277$478-79%
Raffo Culver$4,278$477-88.8%
Wendell Kennedy$2,675$477-82.2%
Don Hicks$3,798$473-87.5%
Joseph David Mudd$3,418$467-86.3%
Todd Durbin$2,354$467-80.2%
Arthur Devers$1,065$466-56.2%
Glen Vittitow$1,837$462-74.9%
Kenneth B. Drake$1,254$461-63.2%
Timothy Downs$3,007$460-84.7%
Thomas Wheeler$4,132$443-89.3%
Ellen Marie K Kratch$0$431--
Everett Jones$3,864$429-88.9%
James G. Brady$5,570$427-92.3%
Joyce Blair$461$422-8.5%
Gary D. Terrell$1,672$414-75.2%
William E. Jones Jr.$2,867$405-85.9%
Fredrick J. Boone$1,532$405-73.6%
Ellen Marie Kriete Kratch$0$402--
Glenn D. White$587$400-31.9%
Vicki Hobbs$587$400-31.9%
William Jude Willett$1,232$398-67.7%
Bernard Ice$3,278$397-87.9%
Eddie Ray Marksbury$2,514$391-84.4%
Marie Grigsby$1,628$391-76%
David W. Mattingly$1,595$384-75.9%
Eugene Cahoe$2,209$383-82.7%
Russell Fulkerson$5,246$371-92.9%
Lawrence Ballard$2,670$370-86.1%
Billy R. Shofner$1,898$370-80.5%
John Ballard$1,940$366-81.1%
Kenneth Coulter$1,474$360-75.6%
Lonnie G. Parrott$2,417$356-85.3%
Sheryl A. Vittitow$2,660$350-86.8%
Jerry Hahn$2,290$347-84.8%
Ray Thomas Flowers$2,148$337-84.3%
Kerry A. Douglas$1,708$329-80.7%
Joseph L. Culver$1,485$327-78%
Gail Hart$1,485$325-78.1%
Ernest L. Ryles$1,378$318-76.9%
David Keith Wimsett$1,177$318-73%
Joan N. Peterson$1,112$316-71.6%
William Earl Humphrey$2,207$315-85.7%
Joseph K. Ice$806$310-61.5%
Alan F. Miller$6,174$306-95%
Jamie Todd Mattingly$3,000$304-89.9%
James M. Hopper$1,463$297-79.7%
John Hamilton$2,362$293-87.6%
Brenda K. Stewart$946$287-69.7%
Tommy G. Armstrong$18,437$280-98.5%
Bobby R. Nally$1,573$280-82.2%
Joseph Bruce Hutchins$2,160$278-87.1%
John Ray Ball$1,316$276-79%
Betty Jean Hilton$429$274-36.1%
Barney Goode$1,655$273-83.5%
Gary L. Chesser$1,035$266-74.3%
Cody Boone$3,630$260-92.8%
Joshua A. Geron$5,456$259-95.3%
Ernie Hutchins$1,232$246-80%
Mark Anthony Walker$627$246-60.8%
Katie Houghlin$1,227$245-80%
Brandon Scott$1,576$245-84.5%
Ruben Barnett$660$242-63.3%
Nick Nelson$14,281$242-98.3%
Theodore Graham Shields Jr.$422$240-43.1%
Todd Hall$627$236-62.4%
William Charlie Goode$1,354$232-82.9%
James A. Lowe$495$231-53.3%
William C. Norris$1,933$228-88.2%
John Bartley$1,885$225-88.1%
Frank Hall$1,197$216-82%
Susan Perkins$396$215-45.7%
Charles T. Taylor$539$208-61.4%
Joseph Brian Greenwell$528$204-61.4%
Timmy Brown$913$202-77.9%
Michael Downs$737$200-72.9%
Timothy R Scroghan$627$192-69.4%
James P. Farley$792$188-76.3%
Jonathon Clay Smith$1,188$188-84.2%
Ned Merritt$741$184-75.2%
Todd Crowe$633$183-71.1%
James Ronald Morris$792$180-77.3%
Janet Wray Burns$0$179--
Kenny Wolford$813$176-78.4%
Jackie H. Richardson$704$173-75.4%
Christopher David Reynolds$847$170-79.9%
William M. Coulter$792$170-78.5%
Phillip Bowman$836$166-80.1%
Thomas Rosel Jr.$737$160-78.3%
Robert S. Walker$1,928$153-92.1%
William M. Brewer$583$149-74.4%
Ethan Dickerson$1,155$146-87.4%
Donald Higdon$1,164$138-88.1%
Max Moore$957$138-85.6%
Gary L. Riley$730$138-81.1%
James Higdon$1,186$132-88.9%
Ralph E. French$1,022$132-87.1%
David M. Edlin$2,122$121-94.3%
James David Hahn$0$121--
James Keith Bartley$231$121-47.6%
Kenneth R. Gribbins$0$115--
Leroy Lewis$493$109-77.9%
Catherine Barnes$320$106-66.9%
Timothy Ritchie$1,320$105-92%
Brittany Stiles$729$104-85.7%
Dennie Clark$450$103-77.1%
Camp David Farm$293$101-65.5%
Lucinda A. Bruner$1,184$100-91.6%
Clifford Greer$528$98-81.4%
Gary Jude Cissell$827$97-88.3%
Ricky Hahn$567$89-84.3%
John C. Hutchins Jr.$297$86-71%
James T. Vittitow$165$86-47.9%
Larry B. Cornish$1,740$84-95.2%
Billy K. Cheek$198$73-63.1%
Mark Young$1,492$70-95.3%
John W. Bowling$792$63-92%
Bobby W. Ferrill$199$62-68.8%
Philip M. Cissell$704$56-92%
Richard E. Morgan$443$54-87.8%
Joseph Leo McIntyre$1,909$44-97.7%
Micheal W. Fulkerson$528$42-92%
Billy Barnett Jr.$2,330$39-98.3%
Larry Dones$352$28-92%
Justin R. Hahn$113$2-98.2%
Amanda Mattingly$816$0-100%
Brenda Louise Marshall$6$0-100%
Catherine K. Lanham$1,430$0-100%
David A. Barnes$350$0-100%
David A. Drury$1,210$0-100%
Dennis R. Ellis$102$0-100%
Derrick McCubbins$825$0-100%
Devin Taylor Nalley$12,210$0-100%
Donald R. Coomes$1,155$0-100%
Dorothy L. Francis$380$0-100%
Ed T. Ballard$550$0-100%
Franklin Wade Ferguson$110$0-100%
James David Downs$1,045$0-100%
James T. Filiatreau$51$0-100%
Lauren R. McCubbins$605$0-100%
Mark Etheredge$3,058$0-100%
Mark Greenwell$275$0-100%
Mike Lichtefeld$220$0-100%
Mike Veech$158$0-100%
Paul Burress Jr.$1,045$0-100%
Robert McCubbins$440$0-100%
Roger A. Ballard$2,585$0-100%
Rose Ballard$304$0-100%
Sammy Berry$385$0-100%
Thomas Lawrence Mattingly Jr.$102$0-100%
Wanda S. Ice$22,715$0-100%
Alice C. Tingle$1,540$0-100%
Billy Yates$605$0-100%
Chris Holt$1,476$0-100%
Danny Collins$5,266$0-100%
Derek Disponett$87$0-100%
Ezra Cornish$220$0-100%
Frank Cline$1,430$0-100%
Jackie L. Holt$385$0-100%
James R. Roark$1,057$0-100%
Jason Simpson$5,445$0-100%
Jay Campbell II$551$0-100%
Keith Bailey$385$0-100%
Lisa Mattingly$335$0-100%
Martha H. Proctor$88$0-100%
Michael L. Mitchell$495$0-100%
Michael Yates$770$0-100%
Sheila Calvert$5$0-100%
Terry Bowling$1,100$0-100%
Thomas Drew Cissell$825$0-100%
Anthony R. McCubbins$550$0-100%
Curtis L. Perkins Jr.$682$0-100%
Gaines M. Greene$2,319$0-100%
Kimberly H. Rutherford$1,503$0-100%
Micheal A. Hobbs$21,070$0-100%
Todd Harned$39,215$0-100%
William M. Holt$2,621$0-100%
Donald M. Hall$2,085$0-100%
Chris Louis Cissell$1,485$0-100%
Hugh Lewis Sims$4,951$0-100%
John Ray Thompson$1,553$0-100%
Kenneth Johnson$220$0-100%
Mr. James Thomas Barbour$318$0-100%
Roy Hutchins$440$0-100%
Thomas L. Caldwell Jr.$3,006$0-100%
Timmy Hill$519$0-100%
Timothy M. Bartley$330$0-100%
Lauren Dowell$13$0-100%
Martha Stiles$32$0-100%
Michelle L. Otten$27$0-100%
Moneta J. Lemaire$27$0-100%
Norman Worful$106$0-100%
Steven Brady$3,285$0-100%
Total subsidies$6,717,206$1,923,076-71.4%

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