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The state of taxpayer-funded farm subsidies in cities associated with Todd County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Todd County received $9.8 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 345 farmers in cities within Todd County received a total of $5 million in 682 farm subsidies, a 66.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $14.7 million in 1,350 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 Todd County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Long Vue Farms$664,682$266,845-59.9%
Chastain Farms$696,390$242,725-65.1%
Jack Gant$347,907$175,693-49.5%
Hall Farms$565,639$158,872-71.9%
Coots Farm, LLC$480,647$130,290-72.9%
Harper Farms, LLC$426,732$129,533-69.6%
Chester Farms$404,443$120,063-70.3%
George L. Fox$415,134$116,017-72.1%
William Jefferson Penick$359,572$110,437-69.3%
Samuel R. Coblentz$122,904$89,963-26.8%
G & G Farms, LLC$231,525$87,091-62.4%
Michael W. Francies$120,724$81,037-32.9%
Charles M. Skaggs$65,563$80,41022.6%
Chris Mallory$324,091$78,171-75.9%
Mark W. Luttrull$254,646$73,195-71.3%
ELK Fork Farms, LLC$254,411$71,457-71.9%
Brookshire Farm$226,775$71,022-68.7%
Todd Shackelford$189,503$63,460-66.5%
Frog Level Farms$219,245$61,691-71.9%
Richard Mark Cunningham$161,351$60,415-62.6%
Nancy K. Cunningham$161,087$60,348-62.5%
Aaron R. Cox$167,856$59,248-64.7%
Blake Robertson$78,331$57,116-27.1%
Royal Diamond Farms, LLC$174,581$56,292-67.8%
Stephen Gregory Myers$182,870$54,393-70.3%
Douglas Cox$143,111$54,261-62.1%
Lear Farms, LLC$127,980$53,136-58.5%
David Byler Logging, LLC$0$52,875--
Happy Valley, LLC$0$52,875--
Melvin Byler Logging, LLC$0$52,875--
Gary Cox$191,563$52,853-72.4%
Kent D. Smith$164,002$51,191-68.8%
Toby A. Cox$156,415$48,926-68.7%
John Andrew Martin$139,367$45,799-67.1%
Simons Repair, LLC$161,394$43,275-73.2%
Gayla H. Shanks$134,798$42,806-68.2%
Albert Fargnoli Sr.$33,037$39,70520.2%
Charles David Kranz$68,323$39,303-42.5%
Scott Hurt Farms, LLC$92,375$38,261-58.6%
The Glenn Hampton Family, LLC$110,532$34,018-69.2%
Joe M Gill Farm, Inc.$122,937$33,793-72.5%
Melvin James Kanagy$104,189$32,933-68.4%
Ronald K. Stokes$121,325$32,638-73.1%
Michael W. Coots$55,473$32,530-41.4%
Dorothy H. Buckley$104,796$32,258-69.2%
Henry Winn$132,032$32,050-75.7%
West Fork Farms, LLC$98,180$31,791-67.6%
Paulette Greenfield$28,834$29,2331.4%
Glen Robertson$79,197$28,649-63.8%
Paul D. Yoder$80,243$28,630-64.3%
Joseph J. Tabor$106,913$28,568-73.3%
Laurindale Farm, Inc.$89,229$27,611-69.1%
Joe Penick$84,294$26,932-68%
Jerry R. Stuard$122,067$26,791-78.1%
Gary L. Templeman$94,847$26,593-72%
Daryl Templeman$95,158$25,852-72.8%
Phillip C. Templeman$94,610$25,553-73%
Michael Robertson$90,251$25,539-71.7%
Kevin Coblentz$11,071$25,413129.5%
Robert Carver$30,800$24,530-20.4%
Michael Andrew Francies$52,082$24,514-52.9%
Levi Ebersol Stoltzfus$29,698$24,429-17.7%
Elmer E. Stoltzfus$34,371$23,312-32.2%
William E. Luttrull$76,695$23,141-69.8%
Marisa Perry$73,265$23,125-68.4%
Traughber Bros$85,870$22,983-73.2%
Ferlin L. Yoder$66,795$22,639-66.1%
Christian S. Stoltzfus Jr.$27,847$20,593-26%
Peggy Sue Hyde$9,530$19,03399.7%
Leroy O. Schlabach$45,270$17,906-60.4%
James K. Greenfield$17,627$17,6270%
John J. Tabor$111,983$16,911-84.9%
Willard Warren Jackson Jr.$47,962$16,401-65.8%
Gary Sawyers$54,083$16,322-69.8%
Brandon R. Shemwell$37,317$15,535-58.4%
Franks Sunrise Farms, Inc.$61,300$15,489-74.7%
Randy L. Jordan$106,074$14,901-86%
Larry D. Shemwell$45,437$14,896-67.2%
Wiles Family Partnership, Ltd.$14,585$14,5850%
Brickey Stooksbury$14,536$14,5360%
Larry D Frogue$40,228$14,371-64.3%
Michael J. Andrews$8,993$14,05656.3%
Howard Higgins$96,570$13,537-86%
Vernon W. Addison$13,182$13,086-0.7%
Jerry W. Simons$218,474$12,857-94.1%
Jane B. Stahl$12,518$12,5850.5%
Alvis Monroe$20,813$12,540-39.7%
Mr. Michael J. Yoder$31,271$11,943-61.8%
Susan H. Menees$23,937$11,811-50.7%
Shirley F. Shackelford$33,765$11,515-65.9%
Wayne Johnson$31,353$11,198-64.3%
Skaggs Family Farms, LLC$11,284$10,878-3.6%
Carl F. Johnston$28,729$10,492-63.5%
Atlee E. Weaver$37,572$10,375-72.4%
John Coots$10,257$10,2570%
Nicholas S. Hurt$18,359$10,228-44.3%
Jared Lear$32,711$10,127-69%
David Johnson$32,122$10,078-68.6%
Richard E. Dickinson$41,224$10,076-75.6%
Travis Z. Martin$7,537$9,43225.1%
Jarrod Robertson$25,141$9,260-63.2%
Christopher R. Kenner$29,471$9,128-69%
Barry K. Groves$22,159$8,682-60.8%
Cold Spring Farms, LLC$8,566$8,5660%
Camp Farms, LLC$113,106$8,540-92.4%
George A. Addison Sr.$62,047$8,267-86.7%
Jeff Lear$39,911$7,880-80.3%
Owen & Rust Farms, LLC$32,158$7,578-76.4%
Barbara Lawrence$17,995$7,282-59.5%
Garrett Richard Sharp$24,686$7,215-70.8%
Ronald S. Martin$43,170$7,158-83.4%
W & R Anderson Farms, LLC$21,690$6,971-67.9%
Carl Jenkins Sr.$22,553$6,922-69.3%
Josh Monroe Farms, LLC$92,006$6,705-92.7%
Devin Allen Chastain$14,899$6,599-55.7%
Brent B. Hurt$6,508$6,418-1.4%
J. G. Boley$6,381$6,3810%
Pat Sholar$28,744$6,381-77.8%
Elmer S. Jenkins$9,563$6,363-33.5%
Isaac Dean Walton$5,835$6,2697.4%
Jeff Jordan$38,775$6,268-83.8%
Derek Guyer$6,239$6,2390%
John Wilson Coots$18,337$6,062-66.9%
Winston L. Coots$17,915$6,058-66.2%
Sunnydale Farm, Inc.$23,696$5,992-74.7%
3J Farms, LLC$12,622$5,990-52.5%
Susan C. Harris$5,985$5,9850%
John W. Camp$5,984$5,9840%
Sidney David McPherson$10,217$5,915-42.1%
Allensville Grain Company, Inc.$13,303$5,790-56.5%
Sue Gorrell$5,601$5,6010%
Dylan Shackelford$17,356$5,549-68%
Education Petrie Farms, LLC$12,368$5,424-56.1%
Michael Steven Ellis$7,699$5,330-30.8%
Eric Wilson$0$5,279--
Donnie Halcomb$24,143$5,104-78.9%
Eddie D. Borders$5,104$5,1040%
Richard W. Johnson$3,939$5,01227.2%
Robert Lee Coppage$7,960$4,900-38.4%
Arnett Driskill INTRVS Trustee$0$4,841--
Bobby Phillips$13,867$4,832-65.2%
James M Standard JR$4,712$4,7120%
Gary B. Wofford$29,964$4,438-85.2%
Kyle D. Wofford$23,488$4,417-81.2%
Gregory B. Wofford$23,468$4,416-81.2%
Werner Farms, LLC$7,544$4,406-41.6%
Eric Joseph Kanagy$5,561$4,349-21.8%
Mr. Gregory Clay Myers$89,036$4,254-95.2%
Jeffrey G. Colley$4,816$4,213-12.5%
Wild Acres, LLC$13,371$4,178-68.8%
Betty Coots$4,140$4,1400%
Barry D. Rager$11,585$4,073-64.8%
Weathers & Weathers, LLC$17,752$3,854-78.3%
Billy Suiter$15,673$3,837-75.5%
James C Mallory Estate$10,211$3,817-62.6%
Elizabeth C. Borders$7,652$3,723-51.3%
Dennis Hurt$3,667$3,6670%
Jack G. Paine$8,759$3,605-58.8%
Leon H. Leinbach$0$3,549--
Jeffery A. Suiter$17,358$3,314-80.9%
Jacob Daniel Thomas$2,508$3,29131.2%
Mary Lou McEwing$3,981$3,224-19%
Mary M. Oliver$3,191$3,1910%
Augustus Hayes Sholar$15,432$3,190-79.3%
Mary Kathryn Sholar$9,227$3,190-65.4%
Paul R. Dickinson$11,753$3,139-73.3%
Chastain Land Partnership, LLC$3,134$3,1340%
Robert E. Wiles$6,983$2,854-59.1%
Charles Henry Reid Winn$11,439$2,796-75.6%
J. B. Oakes$10,422$2,793-73.2%
Laurence N. Leinbach$0$2,678--
Frances Grayson$7,163$2,669-62.7%
Laster Farms, LLC$10,739$2,649-75.3%
Ruth A. Waldrop$8,320$2,598-68.8%
Kevin Frogue$30,353$2,573-91.5%
Rudolph Hall Jr.$2,483$2,4830%
Perry L. Lacy$2,432$2,4320%
Lesa Thomas$1,881$2,41328.3%
Frogue Farms$6,004$2,354-60.8%
Paul Everett Young III$20,186$2,351-88.4%
John S. Burkholder Jr.$1,221$2,33190.9%
Nancy Laster$5,797$2,324-59.9%
Arnett Driskill$7,040$2,199-68.8%
Daryl Greenfield$674$2,191225.1%
Eddy D. Bland$7,492$2,127-71.6%
Sharon B. Stokes$2,104$2,1040%
Faye P. Smith$5,310$2,008-62.2%
Martha R. Kelsey$4,881$1,965-59.7%
Allen Frogue$5,526$1,956-64.6%
John M. Walton$2,532$1,927-23.9%
Stevie A. Powell$17,875$1,907-89.3%
Ainsley Hall Gray-Haley$0$1,907--
Dolly B. Latham$10,590$1,866-82.4%
Kranz Farms$8,231$1,860-77.4%
Patrick McCuiston$7,470$1,833-75.5%
Ned A. Glover II$15,338$1,804-88.2%
William E West$4,928$1,777-63.9%
William M West$4,928$1,777-63.9%
Barbara K. Rogers$4,832$1,770-63.4%
Danny Bruce McGhee$7,844$1,736-77.9%
Kenny Clayton$1,725$1,7250%
Abner J. Zook$0$1,714--
Joseph A. Wilson$1,695$1,6950%
Elizabeth Nichol Smith$3,173$1,680-47.1%
Barbara S. Mallory$288$1,644470.8%
Danny Borders$364$1,614343.4%
Louis S. Buckley Jr.$1,604$1,6040%
Robert C. Coppage$0$1,546--
Wallace E and Margaret W Henderson Living Trustee$8,176$1,520-81.4%
Lily Adeline Shackelford$3,480$1,500-56.9%
David S. Harper$1,476$1,4760%
Bryan Smith$3,575$1,450-59.4%
George Addison Jr.$15,786$1,435-90.9%
Jamie Addison$14,362$1,435-90%
Henry L. Oliver II$0$1,427--
Phyllis West$4,378$1,422-67.5%
Richard M. Greenfield$1,391$1,4081.2%
April D. Stahl$738$1,37185.8%
Stacey Boley$6,853$1,370-80%
John Nathan Laster$2,607$1,363-47.7%
Paul Reno Hampton Jr.$18,763$1,359-92.8%
Jeff Stokes$5,040$1,339-73.4%
Mark Power$12,161$1,319-89.2%
Tony D. Hurt$4,740$1,318-72.2%
James Lear$3,983$1,276-68%
Tommy Harrison$1,274$1,2740%
Galloway Harper$1,263$1,2630%
Shelly Harper$3,930$1,234-68.6%
Daniel H. Askew$3,411$1,228-64%
Betty Lear$1,220$1,2200%
Delton Zimmerman Newswanger$2,607$1,208-53.7%
Kelvin Greenfield$29,591$1,193-96%
David Winston Gill$52,245$1,189-97.7%
Duncan Gillum$1,097$1,0970%
IRL Roberts$6,340$1,065-83.2%
Timothy T. Wells$7,998$1,055-86.8%
Karen M. Harper$6,040$1,035-82.9%
Mervin H. Martin$852$1,00918.4%
Terry Tilghman$2,219$1,006-54.7%
Matthew W. Kelsey$2,439$981-59.8%
Barbara N. Jordan$977$9770%
Harriet W. Glover$4,098$970-76.3%
William Dalton Johnson$6,792$939-86.2%
Joe Wheeler$3,666$932-74.6%
William T. Martin$4,883$891-81.8%
Keith G. Heltsley$864$8640%
John Wesley Campbell$4,322$833-80.7%
Dorothy L. Smith$660$78118.3%
Alton Roe$2,860$776-72.9%
Joyce W. Darby$645$77119.5%
Paula W. Turner$645$77119.5%
Sue Rose$645$77119.5%
Robert T. Cole$791$762-3.7%
Justin A. Jones$2,563$741-71.1%
James E. Page$4,472$727-83.7%
Robert H. Outland Jr.$2,090$691-66.9%
Joseph Scott Waters$2,475$690-72.1%
Casey Craig$3,113$673-78.4%
Mary A. Craig$2,090$604-71.1%
Chastain Family FMS, Inc.$577$5770%
James L. Phillips$831$574-30.9%
Pamela Ona Alder$3,071$570-81.4%
Lonnie W. Jones$1,264$566-55.2%
Norma Jones$1,264$566-55.2%
Tom Slack$1,702$563-66.9%
Andrews Farm, Inc.$550$5500%
Laurie S. Blake$1,429$548-61.7%
John A. Bouldin$2,914$542-81.4%
Bert S. Covington Jr.$384$51233.3%
Jeff Kirkman$4,060$512-87.4%
John H. Hoover$503$5030%
Patrick Turner$2,757$491-82.2%
Allen Jordan$2,357$485-79.4%
Pamela Jones J. Long$1,584$483-69.5%
Leon E. Francies$2,101$480-77.2%
Benjamin D. McGehee$4,814$478-90.1%
Lloyd Settle$1,947$468-76%
Jeffrey Tyler Lear$11,052$454-95.9%
Bettie B. Dawson$328$45037.2%
Sonny Caughlin$33,463$442-98.7%
John David Prince$1,923$418-78.3%
Larry Michael Leinbach$409$4090%
Sadler Enterprises, Inc.$384$3840%
Fred Rager$1,221$380-68.9%
Tommy Lyons$1,221$380-68.9%
KY-TN Livestock Market$10,472$354-96.6%
Cynthia Templeman$346$3460%
James Schlabach$660$345-47.7%
Ralph D. Robertson$1,779$339-80.9%
Josh Whitaker$1,287$336-73.9%
Morris Blake$269,878$333-99.9%
Paul Haley$922$329-64.3%
Bruce Voth$957$328-65.7%
David Howell$931$327-64.9%
Casey Williams$4,117$310-92.5%
Robert B Frogue$6,529$303-95.4%
Barry D. Hurt$1,753$301-82.8%
Scott B. Shackelford$816$300-63.2%
Jessica L. Zahner$3,278$297-90.9%
Christopher Brandon III$288$2880%
Timothy G. Little$2,035$283-86.1%
James M. Turner Jr.$11,570$263-97.7%
Jeremy Harrison$3,124$242-92.3%
Larry W. Power$1,383$242-82.5%
David Donald Strader$1,811$235-87%
Steven Kurtis McGhee$1,236$228-81.6%
Mervin Strader$3,001$217-92.8%
Dianne B. King$210$2100%
Kenneth R. Thompson$1,276$207-83.8%
Bert A. Joiner$1,218$198-83.7%
Michael J. Wiles$1,672$188-88.8%
Omega Richmond$409$159-61.1%
Joanne Henry$1,342$154-88.5%
Nora K. Walker$737$149-79.8%
William Ray Dossett$902$132-85.4%
David M West$0$122--
Eston Glover Jr.$1,522$106-93%
Charles T. Baker$103$1030%
Willard W. Jackson III$8,305$102-98.8%
Wanda B. Thomas$0$98--
David G. Young$509$93-81.7%
Sarah A. Seay$92$920%
Mary I. Cargile$198$87-56.1%
Billy Goat Hill Farm, Inc.$359$86-76%
Bobby Standard$267$86-67.8%
Cecil S. Mallory Jr.$407$82-79.9%
W F Ware Company, Inc.$1,306$81-93.8%
Edd Wayne Borders$467$78-83.3%
Philissa Trousdale$125$77-38.4%
Evan Todd Wells$1,248$70-94.4%
Danny Harrison$2,202$69-96.9%
Edward J. Case$97$67-30.9%
Steven R. Thompson$628$53-91.6%
Jean Gibson$0$46--
Ann Hurt Brown$88$43-51.1%
Jerry Harper$208$43-79.3%
Chuck Phillips$130$23-82.3%
Kyle J. Campbell$21$210%
Paul Kirkman$3,395$21-99.4%
Randal Kirkman$3,340$21-99.4%
Clay Frogue$2,764$20-99.3%
Alan L. Cross$290$19-93.4%
Jim E. Greenfield$54$9-83.3%
Robert L. Taylor$0$5--
Eddie W. Henry$42$4-90.5%
Charles Reid Winn$2,259$0-100%
James E. Waldrop$3,076$0-100%
Nona Penick$3,630$0-100%
Thomas J. Lyne III$331$0-100%
William Frazier Penick$4,849$0-100%
Aehee Edwards$770$0-100%
Anthony Mitchell$829$0-100%
Betty Hurt Hester$518$0-100%
Brad Fowler$852$0-100%
Brandon Francies$1,965$0-100%
Carolyn Mansfield$73$0-100%
Clay Strader$444$0-100%
Dale Moore$2,619$0-100%
Doyle Goodman$482$0-100%
Eddie Shanklin$36$0-100%
Edward D. Alder$1,045$0-100%
Edward E. Belew$106$0-100%
Elvin Hoover$12,163$0-100%
Garry L. Goodman$482$0-100%
Howard Gorrell$550$0-100%
Ira Edward Petrie$6,304$0-100%
J. C. Mallory$2,786$0-100%
Jackson Stokes$1,339$0-100%
James E. Latham Jr.$385$0-100%
James Michael Willis$770$0-100%
Joe Ray Thomas$784$0-100%
Joseph A. Potter$3,640$0-100%
Keith Daniel$26$0-100%
Kent Knight$754$0-100%
Larry Leon Jones$2,555$0-100%
Larry Mitchell$829$0-100%
Marty Kyle Owen$4,693$0-100%
Maudine B Wolff$1,925$0-100%
Pedro M. Barrios$379$0-100%
Raymond M. Martin$21,170$0-100%
Roy M. White$108$0-100%
Tamatha M. Adkins$1,045$0-100%
William Linden Carter$1,210$0-100%
Corder Farms$323$0-100%
Elijah Deavionn Bell$448$0-100%
H & H Agri-Business, LLC$68,396$0-100%
Joe Miller Enterprises$43,462$0-100%
Ann H. Osborn$330$0-100%
Bernidea Fort$1,671$0-100%
Carrie Joy Brookshire$486$0-100%
Deborah L. Guinn$1,671$0-100%
John Dale Brookshire$113$0-100%
Mary D. Stahl$346$0-100%
Robert W. Stuard$9,712$0-100%
Total subsidies$14,748,368$4,976,093-66.3%

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