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In 2021, 300 farmers in cities within Knox County received a total of $532,154 in 422 farm subsidies, a 60.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.3 million in 854 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.
Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
---|---|---|---|
Mike Ellis | $26,914 | $77,234 | 187% |
Nancy Jane Smythe | $25,144 | $25,144 | 0% |
Wilbur G Crawford Decedents Trust | $20,862 | $18,581 | -10.9% |
Katherine L. Ferraris | $10,760 | $10,760 | 0% |
Karen R. Varner | $0 | $10,654 | -- |
Michael Allen | $11,576 | $9,518 | -17.8% |
John O. Chubb | $25,156 | $8,900 | -64.6% |
Frank P Tirro Revocable Trust | $14,043 | $8,456 | -39.8% |
Waddell Farms, LLC | $18,771 | $7,766 | -58.6% |
Stephen Strevels | $7,505 | $7,505 | 0% |
Strong Stock Farm | $40,787 | $7,327 | -82% |
Dorothy Bowles | $0 | $7,177 | -- |
Elaine Brabson | $0 | $7,114 | -- |
Heisel Family Partnership | $8,790 | $6,423 | -26.9% |
Kyland, LLC | $17,401 | $6,172 | -64.5% |
David R. Gildemeister | $0 | $6,143 | -- |
Brittany Brown | $0 | $5,688 | -- |
Leaanne M Williams | $13,899 | $5,652 | -59.3% |
Riley - Bowers Farms, LLC | $12,774 | $5,300 | -58.5% |
Mcgee Family, LLC | $27,207 | $5,134 | -81.1% |
Paul-Paul J Schwarzentraub Revocable Li J Schwarzentraub | $24,926 | $5,120 | -79.5% |
G. van Sanks | $8,412 | $4,176 | -50.4% |
John Ed Burlingame | $8,321 | $4,130 | -50.4% |
Theresa Habiger | $10,690 | $4,091 | -61.7% |
Sandra M. Wiese | $5,780 | $4,027 | -30.3% |
Horace Mitchell Jr. | $4,469 | $3,936 | -11.9% |
Cardin Wyatt Bradley | $0 | $3,844 | -- |
Janet L. Ricks | $3,701 | $3,701 | 0% |
The Fischer Trust | $5,679 | $3,583 | -36.9% |
Lafayette Williams | $21,069 | $3,558 | -83.1% |
David Green Hughes III | $3,505 | $3,505 | 0% |
Major Williams Farms, LLC | $10,123 | $3,437 | -66% |
Beverly C. Holmes | $8,040 | $3,370 | -58.1% |
Gene Hartman | $3,282 | $3,282 | 0% |
Chambers Rigolosi Partnership | $5,904 | $3,250 | -45% |
Pearson Creek Farm, Inc. | $3,495 | $3,139 | -10.2% |
Adriane E. Dobbins | $4,379 | $3,109 | -29% |
Rick Edwin Fawver | $14,939 | $3,093 | -79.3% |
Frank K. Robinson | $3,040 | $3,040 | 0% |
Ruth H. Geiger | $18,250 | $2,867 | -84.3% |
Moore Mccolgan Farm | $7,606 | $2,863 | -62.4% |
Clarence C. Hill | $3,499 | $2,833 | -19% |
Jake Hardin Stafford | $9,889 | $2,734 | -72.4% |
Keith Davenport | $0 | $2,646 | -- |
D J Krahwinkel | $4,798 | $2,612 | -45.6% |
Ancel A. Galloway | $9,055 | $2,519 | -72.2% |
DR Hollis Juttson Cotton JR | $0 | $2,516 | -- |
Estate of Bill E Acred | $0 | $2,455 | -- |
Terrence B Lindemer Revocable Living Trust | $3,506 | $2,440 | -30.4% |
Benny Gray | $9,632 | $2,335 | -75.8% |
Gary Wayne Wallen | $15,904 | $2,230 | -86% |
David C. Baker | $0 | $2,200 | -- |
Ambrose Kirk Jr. | $2,178 | $2,178 | 0% |
John Price | $9,041 | $2,100 | -76.8% |
Justin P. Harris | $3,006 | $2,005 | -33.3% |
John D. Rothrock | $6,093 | $1,985 | -67.4% |
Rowdey Collier | $4,085 | $1,937 | -52.6% |
Steve McMahan | $8,266 | $1,878 | -77.3% |
The 2002 Congleton Family Limited Partnership | $0 | $1,834 | -- |
James W. Jarnagin | $8,252 | $1,827 | -77.9% |
Blessings View Farm | $6,479 | $1,822 | -71.9% |
James Lawson Hansard | $9,912 | $1,800 | -81.8% |
Robert D. Saunders | $0 | $1,785 | -- |
Donald Raby | $8,104 | $1,775 | -78.1% |
Jared R. Slayden | $3,276 | $1,766 | -46.1% |
William H. Niceley | $6,116 | $1,762 | -71.2% |
David McDaniel | $6,155 | $1,760 | -71.4% |
Carl B. Coker | $2,683 | $1,749 | -34.8% |
William G. Brownlow | $1,311 | $1,748 | 33.3% |
Andy H. Milligan | $3,173 | $1,739 | -45.2% |
Barry Lyke | $11,298 | $1,696 | -85% |
Brenda L. Rayman | $383 | $1,694 | 342.3% |
Charles R. Rayman | $383 | $1,694 | 342.3% |
Roger D. Nash | $0 | $1,646 | -- |
Jill Ann Henry | $1,630 | $1,630 | 0% |
Susan Parks | $1,731 | $1,629 | -5.9% |
Wildcat Cove, LLC | $6,378 | $1,625 | -74.5% |
John Thomas Price | $0 | $1,611 | -- |
Estate of Patricia Boles | $0 | $1,601 | -- |
Sandra Kay Cobb | $0 | $1,578 | -- |
Glenn R. Schwartz | $2,667 | $1,571 | -41.1% |
Jeff D. Welch | $9,253 | $1,550 | -83.2% |
Clifford Q. Johnson Jr. | $4,290 | $1,542 | -64.1% |
Gregory L. Phillips | $9,232 | $1,539 | -83.3% |
Mark Sanders | $8,977 | $1,534 | -82.9% |
Jeffrey Winter | $8,453 | $1,496 | -82.3% |
William Elliott | $3,004 | $1,491 | -50.4% |
Jones Family Farms L P | $4,040 | $1,490 | -63.1% |
Matthew Stites | $3,348 | $1,465 | -56.2% |
Marc - Richard Ramsdale Rev Liv Trust Ramsdale | $2,148 | $1,464 | -31.8% |
Gordon Oglesby | $13,332 | $1,463 | -89% |
Clint Doiron | $3,288 | $1,454 | -55.8% |
John Kirkman | $8,283 | $1,446 | -82.5% |
Jeffrey Petrik | $9,601 | $1,432 | -85.1% |
Blake Cranford | $6,556 | $1,399 | -78.7% |
Rodney E. Cook | $4,400 | $1,378 | -68.7% |
Paw Paw Ridge Road, LLC | $2,846 | $1,336 | -53.1% |
Robert H. Wallen | $6,626 | $1,336 | -79.8% |
Fred Wheeler | $0 | $1,320 | -- |
James Bruns | $4,374 | $1,317 | -69.9% |
Edward Gary Meek Jr. | $6,032 | $1,242 | -79.4% |
James R. Dunlap | $1,906 | $1,222 | -35.9% |
Terry K. Cashion | $3,707 | $1,208 | -67.4% |
Jay Taylor | $1,141 | $1,141 | 0% |
Dorothy a Aaser Revocable Intervivos Trust | $0 | $1,124 | -- |
Gloria a Rebholz Liv Trust | $2,446 | $1,121 | -54.2% |
Brian M. Harvey | $694 | $1,114 | 60.5% |
Ruby N. Brown | $0 | $1,114 | -- |
Al White | $2,473 | $1,111 | -55.1% |
James Harms | $1,105 | $1,105 | 0% |
Tracy Ann Bonner | $2,030 | $1,102 | -45.7% |
Mary Ann Lowrie | $1,100 | $1,100 | 0% |
Bruce A. Wilkerson | $7,520 | $1,099 | -85.4% |
James K. Ritter | $6,152 | $1,090 | -82.3% |
Jacobs Farms, LLC | $2,244 | $1,064 | -52.6% |
Ronnie Gene Seaman | $3,832 | $1,061 | -72.3% |
Robert Orr | $1,059 | $1,059 | 0% |
William M. Davis | $6,754 | $1,043 | -84.6% |
James A. McMillan | $6,219 | $1,040 | -83.3% |
Joe S. Crawford | $3,729 | $1,034 | -72.3% |
James Carl Branch Jr. | $2,541 | $1,014 | -60.1% |
Walt M. Dickson | $6,244 | $1,006 | -83.9% |
Ida E. Bond | $2,975 | $989 | -66.8% |
Shirley B. Rutherford | $983 | $983 | 0% |
Joseph H. Huie | $5,915 | $977 | -83.5% |
Mccoy Family Farms, Inc. | $4,220 | $974 | -76.9% |
Tim Varney | $0 | $961 | -- |
Willa Anne T. Noonan | $597 | $961 | 61% |
Donny J. Mitchell | $4,971 | $958 | -80.7% |
Nathan T. Butler | $4,477 | $957 | -78.6% |
H & H Rural Holdings, LLC | $1,219 | $945 | -22.5% |
Curtis Webb | $944 | $944 | 0% |
Rosa G. Davis | $3,762 | $944 | -74.9% |
Kenneth R West | $5,072 | $940 | -81.5% |
Gerald Lynn Houser | $5,969 | $939 | -84.3% |
Margaret Ann Pope Wilhoite | $1,594 | $939 | -41.1% |
Marigail Mullin | $2,960 | $937 | -68.3% |
Tommy Witt | $5,164 | $930 | -82% |
Jeremy Cabbage | $4,070 | $900 | -77.9% |
Sarah L. Coffey | $722 | $884 | 22.4% |
Don Gunter | $1,854 | $877 | -52.7% |
Jody Elaine Ramsdale Rev Liv Trustee | $1,335 | $869 | -34.9% |
Anthony Ray Oglesby | $4,086 | $866 | -78.8% |
Kathleen Carlson | $856 | $856 | 0% |
Winston Blazer | $3,267 | $848 | -74% |
Sue Greenway | $1,867 | $827 | -55.7% |
Donald Carrell | $5,671 | $817 | -85.6% |
Leonard Berry | $4,837 | $805 | -83.4% |
Kenneth Hodge | $3,033 | $804 | -73.5% |
Charles Jason West | $6,441 | $803 | -87.5% |
Bobby V. Boling | $3,256 | $795 | -75.6% |
Willis Luther Shankles II | $6,460 | $772 | -88% |
Mercedita Matney | $1,818 | $762 | -58.1% |
David Bruce McGinley | $3,772 | $760 | -79.9% |
John M. Abernathy | $3,487 | $758 | -78.3% |
William Deichert | $1,769 | $742 | -58.1% |
Todd Clark | $3,792 | $737 | -80.6% |
Justin Murphy | $4,805 | $730 | -84.8% |
Stanley M. Patty | $5,190 | $727 | -86% |
Charles B. Treasure | $1,743 | $714 | -59% |
Henry C. Simpson | $697 | $711 | 2% |
Proctor Clark Hensley | $6,273 | $708 | -88.7% |
Kampwerth Irrevocable Trust | $2,624 | $692 | -73.6% |
Ernest H. Boling | $2,981 | $688 | -76.9% |
Janet Lou Darby | $3,620 | $687 | -81% |
Kenneth W. Cantrell | $2,534 | $683 | -73% |
Jane C. Finley | $261 | $679 | 160.2% |
Marilyn A. Harper | $3,042 | $674 | -77.8% |
Larry E. Allison | $2,825 | $670 | -76.3% |
Merle Kuberek | $1,419 | $660 | -53.5% |
Roseanne K. Spain | $1,369 | $653 | -52.3% |
Jeffery P. Kastner | $633 | $647 | 2.2% |
John H. Niceley | $5,753 | $639 | -88.9% |
Floyd E. Friedman | $328 | $626 | 90.9% |
Robert G. Pole | $1,370 | $618 | -54.9% |
Larry J. Humphreys | $1,521 | $601 | -60.5% |
Jerry Dale Arnold Trust | $644 | $585 | -9.2% |
Lori M. Eltz | $2,089 | $579 | -72.3% |
DLM Farms, LLC | $2,372 | $575 | -75.8% |
Linda Kaye Clevenger | $3,468 | $569 | -83.6% |
Jerry L. Seiler | $2,588 | $560 | -78.4% |
Ross Booker | $2,178 | $554 | -74.6% |
Arthur David Pratt | $2,057 | $552 | -73.2% |
Judy Berry | $1,227 | $548 | -55.3% |
Michael E. Kimbrough | $2,013 | $548 | -72.8% |
Rhea V. Smith | $3,392 | $543 | -84% |
James Y. Cassady | $858 | $542 | -36.8% |
Emilie Christine Smith Sadlowski | $740 | $536 | -27.6% |
Johnny Larry Galyon | $2,503 | $530 | -78.8% |
Double L Foods, LLC | $8,008 | $529 | -93.4% |
Michael Evans | $6,431 | $529 | -91.8% |
Lloyd Ralph Albers Estate | $140 | $521 | 272.1% |
Hollis Wayne Herrell | $1,540 | $516 | -66.5% |
Brownlee Investments, LLC | $1,252 | $512 | -59.1% |
Chris Mynatt | $2,695 | $510 | -81.1% |
Marcelene Schultz | $1,399 | $497 | -64.5% |
Holly Harris Eddins | $1,233 | $492 | -60.1% |
John C. Crawford | $7,160 | $482 | -93.3% |
Joel Stanley Morell | $2,272 | $480 | -78.9% |
Dickey Lynn Hinson | $1,806 | $478 | -73.5% |
David Simmons | $4,085 | $472 | -88.4% |
Christopher Humphrey | $1,078 | $461 | -57.2% |
John W. Roberts | $796 | $452 | -43.2% |
Carol M. Poucher | $756 | $449 | -40.6% |
Justin A. Ferguson | $1,846 | $448 | -75.7% |
John M. Stapleton | $2,134 | $436 | -79.6% |
Bill G. Carter | $2,409 | $432 | -82.1% |
Dru Mccutchen Hotz | $0 | $425 | -- |
Conley Stephen Cassidy | $0 | $415 | -- |
William M. Hensley | $3,080 | $414 | -86.6% |
Gary Louis Dills | $1,749 | $403 | -77% |
Paul R. Johnson | $837 | $397 | -52.6% |
Erika Lee Bridges | $394 | $394 | 0% |
James C. Clapp | $1,842 | $392 | -78.7% |
William M. Pope Jr. | $2,688 | $392 | -85.4% |
Daniel Patru | $789 | $390 | -50.6% |
Dwayne Curtis Bledsoe | $1,913 | $382 | -80% |
Terry Wilkerson | $2,906 | $380 | -86.9% |
Theresa A. Knighton | $702 | $369 | -47.4% |
Donald H. Gordon | $1,925 | $366 | -81% |
Bill L. French | $3,204 | $356 | -88.9% |
Mauldin Properties, LLC | $1,728 | $350 | -79.7% |
Darrin H. Fawver | $1,463 | $348 | -76.2% |
Sherman M. Green | $1,408 | $346 | -75.4% |
George A. Windle III | $1,767 | $341 | -80.7% |
Daniel Bradley | $4,413 | $331 | -92.5% |
Dennis Tucker Darby | $701 | $330 | -52.9% |
Timothy L. Stalans | $1,692 | $318 | -81.2% |
Wallace R. Bell | $0 | $314 | -- |
Verdus Dyke | $2,234 | $308 | -86.2% |
John Franklin Cross | $375 | $306 | -18.4% |
Davey Haycraft | $229 | $305 | 33.2% |
Edward Butler | $2,016 | $305 | -84.9% |
Judith H. Jordan | $228 | $304 | 33.3% |
Oliver A. Smith III | $114 | $298 | 161.4% |
Diana S. Flaherty | $113 | $296 | 161.9% |
Mary F. Darwin | $714 | $293 | -59% |
Tom Minton | $1,474 | $290 | -80.3% |
Cheryl G. Given | $975 | $286 | -70.7% |
William L. Liggett | $451 | $282 | -37.5% |
George E. Roettger | $279 | $279 | 0% |
Scott F. Milligan | $275 | $273 | -0.7% |
Dorothy a Toedte Dec of Trust | $710 | $262 | -63.1% |
Perley C Toedte Dec of Trust | $710 | $262 | -63.1% |
Orville Doug Dawkins | $1,001 | $258 | -74.2% |
Elizabeth A. Hankins | $565 | $257 | -54.5% |
Jeremy J. Swift | $946 | $250 | -73.6% |
Ronald Burnett | $1,177 | $246 | -79.1% |
Jack Harper | $1,700 | $241 | -85.8% |
Dennis Rose | $0 | $236 | -- |
Dr. Charles S. Aiken | $678 | $236 | -65.2% |
Margaret L. Stone | $568 | $228 | -59.9% |
Sara S. Bryant | $568 | $228 | -59.9% |
Timothy Cockrum Frazier | $1,499 | $222 | -85.2% |
Larry Albers | $662 | $220 | -66.8% |
Marilyn Kennedy Family Trust | $3,405 | $204 | -94% |
William R. Lively | $847 | $200 | -76.4% |
Glenn E. Cruze | $1,909 | $194 | -89.8% |
Jerry Alan Cardwell | $1,221 | $186 | -84.8% |
John C. Criner | $358 | $180 | -49.7% |
Daniel Butler | $803 | $176 | -78.1% |
Terry Dewayne Gilland | $1,328 | $164 | -87.7% |
Deborah L. Goddard | $268 | $162 | -39.6% |
Patsy W. Ellis | $2,034 | $160 | -92.1% |
Ronald E. Lawrence | $363 | $159 | -56.2% |
Bradley Patton | $647 | $155 | -76% |
David Riley | $0 | $152 | -- |
Hugh C. Newsom | $152 | $152 | 0% |
Sue B. Barker | $152 | $152 | 0% |
James A. Thomas | $627 | $150 | -76.1% |
Freier Trust | $0 | $146 | -- |
Ervin L. Carter | $740 | $143 | -80.7% |
James G. Janney | $250 | $136 | -45.6% |
Maxine Cooper | $335 | $129 | -61.5% |
Dava Shoffner | $204 | $121 | -40.7% |
Anthony Marvin Avery | $396 | $120 | -69.7% |
George E. McAlister | $1,231 | $120 | -90.3% |
Andrew Walker | $545 | $119 | -78.2% |
T W Doty JR Trust | $630 | $117 | -81.4% |
Larry Sudbury | $146 | $110 | -24.7% |
Michael Austin Berry | $849 | $108 | -87.3% |
Robert R. Branch | $396 | $108 | -72.7% |
Paul Barber | $277 | $107 | -61.4% |
Bradley D. Beeler | $396 | $100 | -74.7% |
William R. Clark | $277 | $95 | -65.7% |
Bridgette Vaulx | $93 | $93 | 0% |
Pennye Yette | $93 | $93 | 0% |
Bruce E. Thomas | $396 | $90 | -77.3% |
Ryan Murphey | $177 | $86 | -51.4% |
Nancy B. Windrow | $346 | $78 | -77.5% |
Nancy F. Peek | $236 | $77 | -67.4% |
Anthony Nelms | $553 | $70 | -87.3% |
Thomas B. Barham | $312 | $60 | -80.8% |
Christopher Michael Branch | $479 | $58 | -87.9% |
Harold Wayne Russell | $209 | $52 | -75.1% |
Russell Owens | $352 | $46 | -86.9% |
Justin Max McKibben II | $69 | $24 | -65.2% |
Colin Conner | $94 | $10 | -89.4% |
Amy Ashburn Sims | $0 | $3 | -- |
Susan Foard | $9 | $1 | -88.9% |
Anna G. Friedman | $241 | $0 | -100% |
Archie Weems | $858 | $0 | -100% |
Barbara O'Laughlin | $757 | $0 | -100% |
Betty L. Hazlewood | $1,057 | $0 | -100% |
Billy Ray Hensley | $59,353 | $0 | -100% |
Briana Yablonski | $1,169 | $0 | -100% |
Charles Wilder | $6,798 | $0 | -100% |
Christopher Andrew Hickman | $1,046 | $0 | -100% |
Cynthia Denise Conner | $2,330 | $0 | -100% |
Dale Keasling | $2,508 | $0 | -100% |
David Glenn Jolley | $114 | $0 | -100% |
Dominick Antonio Lopez | $1,162 | $0 | -100% |
Don Mason | $1,036 | $0 | -100% |
Dorothy a Aaser Revocable Intervi | $2,034 | $0 | -100% |
Edward Charles Ramsay | $432 | $0 | -100% |
Frances J. Graves | $976 | $0 | -100% |
Helen Kay Hawk-Pomerantz | $259 | $0 | -100% |
Jennifer Baldy | $3,261 | $0 | -100% |
Joe Sheffield | $8 | $0 | -100% |
John M. Simonson | $436 | $0 | -100% |
John Mark Hancock | $713 | $0 | -100% |
Jonathan B. Buchanan | $7,738 | $0 | -100% |
Kathy Cross | $153 | $0 | -100% |
Kevin Cole | $537 | $0 | -100% |
Kinsey Gardens, Inc. | $52,516 | $0 | -100% |
Ldsc-TN, LLC | $720 | $0 | -100% |
Linda P. Raulston | $693 | $0 | -100% |
Magen Shedden | $241 | $0 | -100% |
Markalle L Wallace | $495 | $0 | -100% |
Martha Nolen Jones | $1,058 | $0 | -100% |
Mary J. Emmett | $153 | $0 | -100% |
Mary Jane Hawk | $47 | $0 | -100% |
Michael M. McMillan | $9,565 | $0 | -100% |
Nadine L Ramsdale Family Trust | $1,749 | $0 | -100% |
Norman & Dolores Freeman Revoc Trustee | $4,900 | $0 | -100% |
P M M Johnson Farm | $3,362 | $0 | -100% |
Phillip MacDonald | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
Ronnie Bradshaw | $2,927 | $0 | -100% |
Ronnie Wayne Day | $197 | $0 | -100% |
Sara H. Brown | $4,915 | $0 | -100% |
Sonny Chu | $4,873 | $0 | -100% |
Terri Beth Horsman | $238 | $0 | -100% |
The 2002 Congleton Family Limited | $2,451 | $0 | -100% |
Thomas A. Morris | $2,398 | $0 | -100% |
Trillium Farm, LLC | $414 | $0 | -100% |
Velma Grace Hendrix Revocable Trust | $198 | $0 | -100% |
William Mike Hibbard Company-Trustee | $344 | $0 | -100% |
Ann P. Crawford | $11 | $0 | -100% |
Holden Nursery | $19,330 | $0 | -100% |
Laverne T. Carter | $3 | $0 | -100% |
Mark Norton | $1,735 | $0 | -100% |
Robert M. Cobb | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
Total subsidies | $1,335,358 | $532,154 | -60.1% |