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

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Farms throughout cities in Metcalfe County received $3.4 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 396 farmers in cities within Metcalfe County received a total of $2.9 million in 588 farm subsidies, a 53.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.3 million in 1,215 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 Metcalfe County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
T & K Dairy, Inc.$737,170$327,766-55.5%
Roger Birge Jr.$272,249$225,933-17%
Crist Dairy$616,597$142,484-76.9%
Chris Wilson$78,069$102,13430.8%
Justin Bradley Tudor$153,330$73,238-52.2%
Birge Farms, LLC$160,163$70,142-56.2%
Steven H. Wiley$143,151$69,615-51.4%
Terry Wilson$74,998$59,262-21%
Lynn Caffee-Hawkins$127,765$58,805-54%
Birge - L & T Poultry, LLC$0$57,395--
Jonathan Glass$192,445$53,288-72.3%
Robert Bell$58,917$52,882-10.2%
Twin Transportation$0$52,875--
County Line Farms, LLC$274,572$50,997-81.4%
Kelly Bell$50,000$50,0000%
Larry Shive$81,373$42,807-47.4%
James David Shaw$67,319$42,327-37.1%
Timothy Clay Slinker$39,766$42,0375.7%
James Wisdom$4,026$40,976917.8%
Froedge Trucking and Loggiing$0$38,582--
Christopher Allen Shive$81,471$33,841-58.5%
Mark G. Patterson$0$33,658--
Triple T Poultry, LLC$0$31,810--
Adams Family Farms, LLC$87,724$30,771-64.9%
Kevin Acree$1,764$29,9731,599.1%
Dalton W. Bragg$47,534$29,769-37.4%
Teresa B. Kindred$39,658$29,752-25%
Harvey L. Hawkins$86,979$28,670-67%
Harris Broilers, LLC$0$28,646--
Glass Grain, LLC$0$28,552--
Jared Matthew Shaw$68,264$28,303-58.5%
Danny Berryman$0$27,062--
Michael E. Fancher$25,488$25,4880%
Ethan Brown$52,099$25,003-52%
Fowler Branstetter$28,530$23,284-18.4%
Jenavee Crenshaw$20,065$19,842-1.1%
Malcolm Bragg$25,185$19,755-21.6%
Tim Ballard$0$19,164--
Richard Hodges$39,284$18,960-51.7%
Donald Ray Harris$53,903$18,393-65.9%
Danny Shive$26,385$18,015-31.7%
Grant Jennings Kindred$25,294$17,477-30.9%
Russell William Kindred$25,294$17,232-31.9%
Calvin R. Judd$0$16,802--
Freddy J. Logsdon$35,969$16,273-54.8%
Alvin Childers$16,031$16,0310%
David Thompson$16,007$16,0070%
Ronnie Morrison$0$15,228--
Donald V. Rogers Jr.$102,901$15,142-85.3%
Christopher T. Wilson$5,583$15,020169%
Bellview Blueberry Farm, LLC$411$14,5343,436.3%
Brandon Bell$19,098$13,848-27.5%
Jackie Young$33,166$13,693-58.7%
Timothy S. Wilson$26,495$13,612-48.6%
Kathy Reece$0$13,512--
Preston Groce$13,395$13,3950%
Mary Sexton$0$12,288--
Barry Burroughs$57,989$11,984-79.3%
John Duncan$24,516$11,759-52%
Danny Bartley$63,102$11,194-82.3%
Ivan H. Wright$42,010$10,385-75.3%
Ricky D. Parnell$10,860$10,029-7.7%
Terry Hurt$13,790$9,794-29%
Loretta Edwards$9,558$9,455-1.1%
Jordan Harris$27,419$9,219-66.4%
Jerry Walker Walker Farms, LLC$47,744$9,200-80.7%
RBJ, LLC$38,129$8,630-77.4%
John Blaydes$2,112$8,501302.5%
Ronnie Goff$8,264$8,2640%
Ivan Mason Wright$34,036$7,029-79.3%
David Austin Jones$0$7,012--
Barton Cawthorn$57,041$6,903-87.9%
Roger Tudor$28,218$6,242-77.9%
Harley Wiley$16,285$5,585-65.7%
Lonnie Welsh$8,015$5,227-34.8%
James Robert Firkins$26,263$5,195-80.2%
Carla Ray Smith$3,216$5,04356.8%
Gary Bell$15,493$4,814-68.9%
Douglas Allen Harris$9,641$4,756-50.7%
Roy Pace$39,544$4,385-88.9%
Lloyd Boston$53,418$4,263-92%
David Boston$22,759$4,260-81.3%
Eddie Harbison$22,418$4,146-81.5%
Gerald Bowman$10,968$4,127-62.4%
Rex Bennett$4,124$4,1240%
Leslie Parke$24,449$4,014-83.6%
Tim J. Perkins$9,427$3,876-58.9%
Kenneth T. Froedge$24,618$3,855-84.3%
Donald L. Sandidge$16,935$3,832-77.4%
Bradley Wilson$6,714$3,535-47.3%
Jonathan Daniel Cawthorn$15,963$3,517-78%
Brad K. Bell$15,719$3,223-79.5%
Jared W. Wilson$15,020$3,169-78.9%
John Hubbard$11,742$3,119-73.4%
Mark W. Froedge$9,109$3,039-66.6%
Jared Neil Bragg$19,755$3,022-84.7%
William D. Bowman$9,181$2,911-68.3%
Harvey Lee Hawkins Jr.$2,825$2,8932.4%
Alan Barbour$7,195$2,888-59.9%
Garett Kevin Judd$0$2,838--
Jeffery A. Smith$15,138$2,798-81.5%
Harley Elizabeth Hawkins-Mcintyre$3,210$2,786-13.2%
J. R. Bradshaw$13,850$2,764-80%
Stevie L. Capps$17,343$2,761-84.1%
Rondal T. Hammer$8,577$2,750-67.9%
Richard W. Hawkins$4,135$2,665-35.6%
Tommy Word$9,364$2,636-71.8%
Kenneth N. Shirley$13,246$2,593-80.4%
Jackie Dale Thompson$9,560$2,514-73.7%
Do-Funny Farm, LLC$3,164$2,508-20.7%
Billy M. Pedigo$11,893$2,472-79.2%
Dale R. Estes$5,168$2,434-52.9%
Donald Bartley$4,833$2,423-49.9%
Douglas Smith$7,416$2,380-67.9%
Rondal Huff$10,065$2,352-76.6%
Hayden Wilson Hawkins$2,135$2,2977.6%
Chad Shaw$11,411$2,286-80%
Timmy M. Young$7,376$2,271-69.2%
Dennis D. Jones$10,414$2,252-78.4%
Kiffen Jones$2,189$2,1890%
Douglas Page$9,065$2,143-76.4%
Amanda S. Milam$7,733$2,107-72.8%
Steven Branstetter$8,954$2,053-77.1%
Edward Caffee Jr.$10,919$2,047-81.3%
Ken Branstetter$7,976$2,043-74.4%
Bradley Thomas Glass$8,778$2,005-77.2%
Kelvin Flowers$7,051$1,987-71.8%
Billy J. Boyles$12,123$1,971-83.7%
Jeremy Emmert$9,593$1,894-80.3%
Brock Allen Stilts$7,194$1,891-73.7%
Jerry Blythe$9,006$1,878-79.1%
Rondal Shirley$10,109$1,780-82.4%
Seth Pedigo$6,164$1,747-71.7%
Teddy Shive$8,782$1,746-80.1%
Benjamin Bowles$8,822$1,711-80.6%
Collie Byrd$6,177$1,690-72.6%
Clint A. Walden$9,590$1,666-82.6%
Russell Hoggard$9,066$1,650-81.8%
James R. Jones$5,478$1,602-70.8%
Patrick Myatt$6,652$1,596-76%
Gary N. Shive$9,054$1,556-82.8%
Stanley Syra$15,660$1,514-90.3%
Bobby Ervin$8,025$1,493-81.4%
William R. Druen$8,069$1,485-81.6%
Steven Frank Gibson$11,845$1,464-87.6%
Travis Ennis$9,188$1,454-84.2%
Howard Dickson$8,600$1,448-83.2%
Jason Scott$10,261$1,352-86.8%
Max Bell$4,686$1,292-72.4%
Jerry Rich$12,081$1,291-89.3%
Greg White$6,622$1,277-80.7%
Gabriel L. Brown$4,797$1,221-74.5%
Roger Judd$8,451$1,220-85.6%
Jason Allen England$6,039$1,219-79.8%
Luke Christopher Wilson$5,496$1,197-78.2%
Cathy L. McCoy$6,228$1,193-80.8%
Donnie Page$5,584$1,190-78.7%
Chris Harper$3,828$1,189-68.9%
Alex Parker Page$6,260$1,184-81.1%
Carol Boston$4,555$1,129-75.2%
Larry R. Reece$6,705$1,126-83.2%
Tammy Hodges$7,063$1,106-84.3%
Henry Froggett$3,707$1,105-70.2%
Lonnie Ray Glass$8,991$1,104-87.7%
Joshua Daniel Pitcock$3,795$1,104-70.9%
Red Lick Ranch, LLC$1,100$1,1000%
Larry Hope$2,772$1,099-60.4%
Mary E. Froedge$3,704$1,083-70.8%
Doug Bartley$1,851$1,082-41.5%
Rick Hope$3,773$1,080-71.4%
Terry L. Jeffries$6,026$1,074-82.2%
Herbert Fields$2,475$1,069-56.8%
Kenneth Hope$3,526$1,064-69.8%
Frank M. Gibson$4,909$1,038-78.9%
Ronnie Tucker$6,165$1,035-83.2%
Carletta Price$5,302$1,030-80.6%
James Allen Jessie$7,033$1,030-85.4%
Jesse Whitlow$4,730$1,017-78.5%
Michael Glass$4,892$1,008-79.4%
Wendell Stephens$2,529$985-61.1%
Eddie Gassaway$5,461$980-82.1%
George Shipley$2,279$979-57%
Felisha Lora-Dona Kidd Branstetter$971$9710%
Joseph A. Cummings$6,108$957-84.3%
Clifton Loyd$4,525$955-78.9%
Teddy Gibson$5,315$953-82.1%
Knob Hill Farm, LLC$57,763$952-98.4%
Gary Page$4,760$951-80%
David Beasley$4,184$934-77.7%
Verner Wilson$4,867$933-80.8%
Paul Harper$3,971$916-76.9%
James S. Blythe$4,521$914-79.8%
Donnie Smith$5,004$911-81.8%
Ronnie Darrell Hamilton$4,269$907-78.8%
Gerring-the Joint Revocable Trust Agreement of Robert John G$3,432$897-73.9%
Richard Turner$33,502$896-97.3%
Matthew Blaydes$4,200$876-79.1%
Clarence Chapman$2,111$862-59.2%
Johnnie Ray Wilson$3,727$847-77.3%
Christopher Lee Harbison$4,572$842-81.6%
Fred Young$3,497$841-76%
Richard O. Young$3,552$831-76.6%
David F. Gordon$3,549$814-77.1%
Charles Perkins$3,548$812-77.1%
Edwin T. Bowles$3,058$812-73.4%
James Gearlds$3,865$776-79.9%
Travis Coe Garrett$2,695$776-71.2%
Roy Blythe$4,732$775-83.6%
Lyndon Martin$3,553$771-78.3%
Nicholas Andrew Jessie$3,383$766-77.4%
John Thomas Bell$4,159$764-81.6%
Donnie Perry$4,334$762-82.4%
Chris Compton$2,642$754-71.5%
Robert Cody Wayne White$4,107$751-81.7%
Steven Lee Dubree$3,522$745-78.8%
Joshua Harden$5,526$740-86.6%
Ronald K. Page$3,951$726-81.6%
Wendell R. Shirley$4,762$726-84.8%
Gregory Bell$2,884$722-75%
David L Goeson$2,756$721-73.8%
Tony Jeffries$3,168$720-77.3%
Gene Phelps$5,857$715-87.8%
Tim A. Hodges$2,860$715-75%
Jessie Harper$3,190$709-77.8%
Michael Beasley$524$70434.4%
James H. Gibson$4,536$701-84.5%
Wayne Flowers$3,095$691-77.7%
Howard Wells$2,442$681-72.1%
Jared Wade Denton$3,960$676-82.9%
Dale Page$8,806$668-92.4%
Jimmy Reece$2,684$660-75.4%
Zachary Judd$6,324$656-89.6%
Jean Scroggy$2,794$654-76.6%
Brian Goodson$3,585$650-81.9%
Compass Creek Farms, LLC$3,504$646-81.6%
Chris Parke$3,309$644-80.5%
Ike Stilts$2,112$644-69.5%
Heather Brooke Perry$3,286$640-80.5%
Stan Reece$2,739$633-76.9%
Donald Gilpin$2,742$615-77.6%
Donna Sue Harlow$3,644$599-83.6%
Billy Jeffries$2,772$595-78.5%
Faron D. Barbour$1,357$591-56.4%
Ricky Mosby$2,938$586-80.1%
Tony Harris$2,567$586-77.2%
William H. White$2,750$582-78.8%
Mike London$2,196$579-73.6%
Sharna Ann Acree$5,591$578-89.7%
Donald E. Wolf$2,922$577-80.3%
Paul E. King$3,448$551-84%
Danny H. Grider$2,920$550-81.2%
Edsel Wallace$1,902$546-71.3%
Danny Billingsley$2,145$542-74.7%
Billy F. Moore$2,376$540-77.3%
Brian Fields$3,575$533-85.1%
Edward Reed$4,112$532-87.1%
Dwight Norris$2,211$530-76%
F. L. Dickson$3,426$525-84.7%
Don Allen Gilpin$2,992$521-82.6%
Joseph Hammer$6,347$518-91.8%
Danny L. Keltner$3,012$516-82.9%
Mike Groce$2,844$516-81.9%
Carl Wayne Shoopman$2,651$509-80.8%
Kendell Judd$4,890$505-89.7%
James Barlow Jr.$2,013$502-75.1%
Vernon Bennett$3,210$501-84.4%
Matthew Cole Harper$1,813$498-72.5%
Barbara Wisdom$2,602$486-81.3%
Dalton Hodges$2,420$485-80%
Meshell Word$2,376$484-79.6%
Kevin Milam$3,678$484-86.8%
Deborah Natola$2,090$482-76.9%
William Andrew London$2,354$479-79.7%
Logan Bell$2,151$479-77.7%
William Corey Morrison$2,291$473-79.4%
Robert Glen Warf$2,211$454-79.5%
Kenny McIntyre$3,483$450-87.1%
Sherry Eden$2,244$446-80.1%
Randall Shive$2,167$443-79.6%
Rodney Pruitt$2,712$440-83.8%
Stevie Glass$4,115$432-89.5%
Tommy Bartley$2,027$422-79.2%
Michael Welsh$2,292$419-81.7%
Timothy Daniel Young$1,771$419-76.3%
Michael Dale Page$4,276$416-90.3%
Clayton E. Johnson$0$410--
Warren Syra$1,881$404-78.5%
Emily Blythe$1,705$394-76.9%
Lindy Bunch$1,848$391-78.8%
Johanna Compton$3,606$388-89.2%
Justin Shaw$1,821$384-78.9%
Chris Tucker$1,780$380-78.7%
Mary E. Rich$687$380-44.7%
Barry Harlow$2,281$370-83.8%
Jacob D. Billingsley$1,507$365-75.8%
James A. Jones Jr.$1,480$363-75.5%
Walter D. England$1,345$362-73.1%
Jeremy Phillip Whitlow$1,628$356-78.1%
Steve Brookshier$2,666$352-86.8%
Angelene Ferguson$1,709$352-79.4%
Larry G. Rhinehart$3,162$346-89.1%
Clayton E. Judd$5,445$343-93.7%
Tony Bragg$1,902$343-82%
Lisa Upchurch$1,474$340-76.9%
Tommy Parke$1,723$340-80.3%
James N. Moss$2,185$336-84.6%
Harold Wesley$3,834$335-91.3%
Jason Davis$1,826$332-81.8%
Hattie L. Jones$74$330345.9%
John Russell Caffee$1,430$329-77%
Randy Wood$1,485$329-77.8%
Leroy Paull$1,876$328-82.5%
Donald E. Shockley$1,452$322-77.8%
Michelle Smith$1,650$318-80.7%
Lanny Parnell$2,533$312-87.7%
Douglas Clemmons$1,133$311-72.6%
Jeff Noe$1,987$304-84.7%
Virginia Coomer$2,489$298-88%
Emogene Word$656$297-54.7%
Donnie Glass$1,568$294-81.3%
David W. Shaw$1,513$294-80.6%
Joseph William Eaton$1,001$293-70.7%
Roger Jessie$1,133$290-74.4%
Bonita Poore$1,155$290-74.9%
Frankie A. Powers$1,276$287-77.5%
Jeffrey Chase$1,782$281-84.2%
Eugene W. Fahey$1,505$280-81.4%
Riley Lewis Wisdom$1,045$278-73.4%
Janas Hunter$1,276$267-79.1%
Carter Walden$1,331$267-79.9%
Jennifer Denise Gibson$1,163$266-77.1%
Amy Branstetter$3,724$264-92.9%
Frances Ruth Holloway$221$26017.6%
Jackie Fish$704$257-63.5%
Harold McCoy$1,232$256-79.2%
David Blythe$1,243$250-79.9%
Bryan Christopher Blake Stephens$806$249-69.1%
James Whitlow$1,001$242-75.8%
James R. Bastin$1,642$228-86.1%
David A. Moss$1,164$225-80.7%
Steve Reed$902$225-75.1%
Jason Tucker$1,959$222-88.7%
Larry Wilson$1,539$222-85.6%
Timothy Goode$1,125$221-80.4%
Charles Harbison$1,067$209-80.4%
Rusty Lee Brown$1,485$202-86.4%
David Goode$967$201-79.2%
Timothy Tyler Hagerty$1,716$201-88.3%
Michael Allen Phelps$825$197-76.1%
Nicholas Pedigo$1,084$195-82%
William Tyler Phelps$847$190-77.6%
Charles Hunter Harbison$1,155$187-83.8%
Jerry Young$869$184-78.8%
Todd Bradley Bryant$847$180-78.7%
Scotty Wayne Shaw$1,001$176-82.4%
Joseph Harris$814$173-78.7%
Lee Spears$825$172-79.2%
Tony Birge$107$16554.2%
Andrea Glass$814$163-80%
Darrell Smith$869$163-81.2%
Roger Dale Hodges$1,080$159-85.3%
Tommy Morrison$2,142$158-92.6%
Paul Thacker$781$156-80%
Roger Hodges$4,549$156-96.6%
Craig Trumbo$878$155-82.3%
James H. Sexton$12,288$150-98.8%
Smith Realty, LLC$519$150-71.1%
Terry O. Gibson$330$147-55.5%
Timmy Wisdom$517$143-72.3%
Ricky Zurmehly$770$140-81.8%
Dixie Birge$0$130--
Elizabeth Smith$623$116-81.4%
Randall Rhoton$517$114-77.9%
Tom McMurtrey$740$114-84.6%
Lance Christian Zurmehly$473$112-76.3%
Michael Martin$649$107-83.5%
Sydney Gardner$363$104-71.3%
Brian McMurtrey$1,500$90-94%
Lisa Joyce Jobe$809$86-89.4%
Ellen Smith$204$84-58.8%
Rudy Wisdom$425$83-80.5%
Ramsey Cade Wisdom$418$73-82.5%
Buzz Leon Trivett$385$66-82.9%
Gabriel Richard Zurmehly$352$59-83.2%
Charlotte Gail Shaw$118$57-51.7%
Gloria Faye Rodriguez Garcia$369$52-85.9%
Charles Jolly$2,734$49-98.2%
Mary E. Harris$224$47-79%
Candy Bowles$0$40--
Emily Thompson$129$40-69%
Noreen Turner$106$27-74.5%
Allison Mae Caffee Clemmons$394$14-96.4%
Jay Burton Carlin$176$14-92%
Kathy Firkins$2,806$14-99.5%
Donna Jo Glass$64$5-92.2%
Barbara Branstetter$16$3-81.3%
Albert O. Gibson Jr.$275$0-100%
Anthony Milby$770$0-100%
Betty Jo Faulkner$1,040$0-100%
Billy C. Hurt$495$0-100%
Brandon Keith Jones$1,210$0-100%
Carl Fleetwood$491$0-100%
Charity Nunnally$336$0-100%
Chris Ervin$1,485$0-100%
Chris Wengerd$27,613$0-100%
Christie Michelle England$25$0-100%
Cletis Gaddie$507$0-100%
D. M. Butler II$808$0-100%
Dale Gilpin$101$0-100%
David K Zurmehly$220$0-100%
Donald Williams$495$0-100%
Elby Clyde Kerr$387$0-100%
Elzie Leron Harper II$275$0-100%
Erik Brown$1,130$0-100%
Eva Runnell Reece$816$0-100%
Herbert B. Sparks$1,485$0-100%
James P. Lessenberry$189$0-100%
Jerry Simpson$4,622$0-100%
Jimmie Wilson$14,731$0-100%
Judye F Hafling$160$0-100%
K. E. Martin$377$0-100%
Katheryn Louise Harris$11$0-100%
Ken Childers$2,259$0-100%
Kenneth Chapman$30$0-100%
Kimberli Godsey$185$0-100%
Lora Belle Froedge$1,615$0-100%
Marion Brookshier$200$0-100%
Mitchell Bingham$660$0-100%
Odell Bennett$2,754$0-100%
Onie Keltner$91$0-100%
Pamela Froedge$278$0-100%
Pearl Paull$495$0-100%
Rachel L. Snow$446$0-100%
Richard Harris$935$0-100%
Shana Word$209$0-100%
Sherry South$140$0-100%
Shirley Matney$120$0-100%
Spencer Thompson$4,950$0-100%
Stacey Slinker$65$0-100%
Tamara Williams Poore$231$0-100%
Timothy Dean Brown$550$0-100%
Ann Shive$3,190$0-100%
Betty Dozard$11$0-100%
Brandon Lee Hawkins$550$0-100%
David Underwood Shirley$117$0-100%
David Warren$275$0-100%
Eldon D. Leslie$14,331$0-100%
Jackson Kohl Page$1,100$0-100%
James Ritter$494$0-100%
John P. Stevens$1,685$0-100%
John R. Settle$243$0-100%
Larry Hurt$770$0-100%
Margaret Barrett$88$0-100%
Nolan Joseph Boyles$715$0-100%
Patsy E. Denham$165$0-100%
Phillip Shive$880$0-100%
Rebecca Gramlin$8$0-100%
Total subsidies$6,300,484$2,923,316-53.6%

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