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

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Farms throughout cities in Lenoir County received $5.7 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 329 farmers in cities within Lenoir County received a total of $8 million in 804 farm subsidies, a 41.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $13.7 million in 1,200 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 Lenoir County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
North Carolina State University$0$311,216--
Faulkner Farms, LLC$563,607$250,474-55.6%
I W Whitfield Agri-Ops, LLC$238,655$233,457-2.2%
Anthony C Smith Farms Partnership$585,358$225,167-61.5%
Gray & Company, Inc.$166,368$224,42334.9%
Robert E. Everett$177,461$198,31911.8%
Michael D. Robinson$183,558$192,0774.6%
David Vinson Farms, Inc.$226,318$175,233-22.6%
Gray's New Hope Farm, LLC$213,026$173,113-18.7%
CRG Farms, Inc.$274,637$133,853-51.3%
Patricia F. Everett$61,898$133,548115.8%
Rodney D Smith Hog & Farm$174,865$120,944-30.8%
Alphin Farms, LLC$289,751$120,284-58.5%
Bobby Quinn Howard$0$116,143--
Hobert K. Sanderson Jr.$142,643$114,476-19.7%
Michael D. Sumner$11,126$112,559911.7%
Cutters Galore Farms, LLC$223,537$106,476-52.4%
Watchoverya Farms, Inc.$214,430$102,206-52.3%
Jonathan Kennedy$0$100,506--
Sutton Farms, Inc.$297,528$98,740-66.8%
Chris Wiggins Farms, Inc.$107,269$96,493-10%
Lynwood E. Everett$225,088$96,109-57.3%
B Mack Farms, LLC$0$93,740--
Wyse Fork Broiler Farm, LLC$0$87,422--
Robin Hardy Farms, LLC$97,769$86,610-11.4%
L E Rouse Farms, LLC$235,656$85,760-63.6%
Cotton for Days, LLC$225,171$84,932-62.3%
K W Farming, LLC$244,686$81,535-66.7%
Alonza C. Gray$161,266$74,122-54%
William E. Cruse$105,522$72,893-30.9%
Utley Farms, LLC$0$70,612--
Rodney D Smith Farms, LLC$142,216$68,384-51.9%
J Gray Farms, LLC$0$67,133--
Sandy Plain Sod, LLC$61,851$66,1707%
Robert H. Sutton Jr.$123,049$64,643-47.5%
Kyle Becton Hardy$181,860$64,540-64.5%
Dalton D. Thomas$0$64,420--
Ronald G. Rhodes$807$61,5787,530.5%
Eric Reed Brown$48,901$60,49823.7%
Christopher S. Sanderson$40,092$60,14650%
William D. Hill$57,347$59,5713.9%
Danny Ray Sykes$17,744$55,546213%
T & G Farms, Inc.$89,354$54,348-39.2%
Finish Line Turkey Farm, LLC$0$53,976--
Sycamore Farms, Inc.$162,521$53,479-67.1%
Jared Sasnett Logging Company, Inc.$0$52,875--
Kennedy Trucking & Logging, LLC$0$52,875--
Sasnett Timber, Inc.$0$52,875--
K. C. Farms$82,125$52,228-36.4%
Michael Bruce Gray$159,175$51,571-67.6%
Mitchell J. Outlaw$51,768$48,790-5.8%
Brown Partners$139,877$48,619-65.2%
Sutton Bros, Inc.$94,649$47,961-49.3%
Sunrise Turkeys$0$47,901--
Mark Sutton Farms, LLC$2,614$46,2431,669.1%
John Stuart Johnson$110,578$45,556-58.8%
Brian J. Kennedy$0$45,411--
O'Neal R. Heath$56,537$44,665-21%
Isaac Ward Whitfield Jr.$38,748$44,37914.5%
William C. King$67,815$43,709-35.5%
Arthur T. Hardy Jr.$200,630$43,646-78.2%
CKV Farms, LLC$49,647$42,648-14.1%
Chad Ginn Farms, LLC$124,502$42,395-65.9%
AA's Broiler Farm, Inc.$0$42,286--
William L. Whaley Jr.$199,324$39,650-80.1%
Wade Killette$51,500$39,349-23.6%
William Davis & Sons Partnership$66,435$37,935-42.9%
William B. Hill$62,306$36,738-41%
Ricky H. Whitfield$78,323$36,498-53.4%
Second Chance Farms, Inc.$134,746$35,553-73.6%
Jonathan Tripp Quinn$0$35,490--
Billy G. Smith$75,379$35,488-52.9%
Timothy Bryan Sanderson$41,582$35,210-15.3%
Ginn Farms, LLC$112,476$35,130-68.8%
Jeffrey W. Killette$62,785$34,288-45.4%
Daniel Scott Gray$0$34,030--
Douglas Kim Gray Farms, LLC$0$33,010--
Jack D Grady and Sons, Inc.$0$32,524--
Lewis Whitfield Herring Jr.$47,029$32,053-31.8%
Frederick D. Sutton$31,485$31,043-1.4%
F and M Farms, Inc.$0$30,542--
Lynch Farms, Inc.$68,081$29,340-56.9%
Bear Creek Farms, LLC$0$28,930--
Timothy Joe Houston$0$28,860--
Richard Asa Creech$613$28,5264,553.5%
Sykes Family Farms$26,402$28,3077.2%
Kevin W. Sutton$57,560$27,830-51.7%
William Brent Herring$70,883$27,802-60.8%
John Cameron Smith Jr.$37,293$27,704-25.7%
Brown Family Farms, Inc.$58,365$26,017-55.4%
Mark C. Rouse$53,625$25,713-52.1%
H & C Seymour Farms, Inc.$53,555$25,695-52%
Greg Herring$52,119$24,965-52.1%
Gray Swine Farms, LLC$0$24,615--
Jimmy F. McCoy$57,770$23,365-59.6%
Annette T. Tyndall$88,284$22,784-74.2%
Family Farms, Inc.$0$22,535--
Bonnie S. Gray$0$21,859--
Robert Hunter$66,551$21,171-68.2%
Michael Dean Rouse$0$20,952--
Jacob M. Alphin$62,711$20,399-67.5%
JBH Farming, LLC$13,357$20,28251.8%
Lenoir Swine Breeders, Inc.$0$20,221--
Angularem, LLC$0$19,777--
John A. Gray$56,137$19,770-64.8%
Kenneth J. Bartlett$40,712$18,851-53.7%
George Carr Whitfield$31,363$18,051-42.4%
Kenneth W. Smith$75,383$17,539-76.7%
Donald Ray Holmes$32,141$16,803-47.7%
MPK Farms, Inc.$0$16,653--
Paula H. Britt$0$16,614--
Dempsey E. Smith Jr.$0$15,640--
Issac D. Smith Farms, LLC$7,964$15,56295.4%
Jaron Kennedy$0$15,411--
Michael Allen Harris$40,964$15,190-62.9%
Randy W. Kennedy Farms, Inc.$0$14,386--
W H Hardy JR Farms, Inc.$44,870$14,338-68%
Rose Sutton$0$14,286--
Gregory Ray Murphy$6,749$14,195110.3%
Charles Parks$17,100$14,114-17.5%
Kevin S. Tyndall$24,033$13,832-42.4%
Morris Kennedy$35,285$13,254-62.4%
Rainy Day Farms, LLC$9,993$13,12431.3%
Sanderson & Son Farming$44,485$13,005-70.8%
Roland M. Gray$13,834$12,508-9.6%
River Bend Farms, LLC$26,158$12,472-52.3%
S & B Family Farms, LLC$662$12,3431,764.5%
Clifton Wayne Kennedy$28,776$11,972-58.4%
Lee J. Yarborough$12,851$11,656-9.3%
Tull Hill Farms, Inc.$876,768$11,430-98.7%
Charles M. Sutton$24,265$11,229-53.7%
DeWitt E. Pope$18,239$11,076-39.3%
Thomas E. Smith$13,779$11,007-20.1%
Wiggins Hog Farm, Inc.$0$10,942--
Stanley Dwight Sutton$36,234$10,829-70.1%
James Howard Ham$46,021$10,681-76.8%
Jamey R. Houston$48,263$10,589-78.1%
Paul Clay Utley II$14,192$10,543-25.7%
Neuse River Farms, LLC$341,539$10,256-97%
Rodney L. Ivey$0$10,228--
Dylan M. Howard$16,035$10,062-37.2%
Gray Family Farms, Inc.$0$9,871--
Gordon Wayne Rouse$17,196$9,061-47.3%
Jeffrey L. Davis$1,954$8,984359.8%
B&S Turner Farms, Inc.$0$8,943--
Lewis Whitfield Herring III$18,602$8,753-52.9%
CTL Farms, Inc.$14,336$8,565-40.3%
J R Farms of Lagrange, Inc.$4,752$8,36175.9%
Jack A. Davis$3,738$8,301122.1%
Ralph Fleming Taylor$18,194$8,212-54.9%
Jerry Luther Lynch$0$8,058--
Luby W. Measley$18,420$7,978-56.7%
Benjamin H. Wiggins$33,089$7,930-76%
Jimmy Parks Farms, LLC$5,702$7,79036.6%
C & C Vineyards, Inc.$45,541$7,417-83.7%
Michael Earl Williams$50,548$7,101-86%
James A. Sutton Jr.$27,384$7,064-74.2%
David Herring Trust$0$6,383--
Maxine H. Heath$395$6,3131,498.2%
William Tyler Whaley Farming, LLC$15,872$5,992-62.2%
Futrell Farms$46,773$5,939-87.3%
Mason D. Caulder$11,172$5,726-48.7%
William M. Wade$12,295$5,664-53.9%
Travis J. Smith$28,856$5,636-80.5%
Dickerson Farms, LLC$0$5,629--
Phil C. Howard$3,711$5,55849.8%
Gary R. Askew$126,923$5,427-95.7%
Anderson Hog Farm$0$5,252--
Blake Lanier$3,798$5,12534.9%
Darlene C. Burnette$4,956$4,9560%
Wesley Freeman Sutton$9,772$4,941-49.4%
Benjamin L. Whaley$58,206$4,716-91.9%
Anthony S. Jackson$10,987$4,643-57.7%
Samuel K. Rigsbee$10,234$4,613-54.9%
Ruth B. Varnell$0$4,555--
Heh of NC, LLC$4,280$4,2800%
Joshua B. Sanderson$341$4,1571,119.1%
John Wesley Creech Jr.$36,614$4,111-88.8%
Outpost Farms, LLC$306,629$4,080-98.7%
Sonia Herring Myers Trust$0$3,952--
Mary V. Cruse$6,815$3,850-43.5%
Guy Franklin Jones Jr.$0$3,829--
Michael E. Hill$0$3,666--
Falling Creek Farms, Inc.$8,386$3,593-57.2%
Three Eagles Farm, LLC$11,460$3,559-68.9%
Kenton C. Smith$27,474$3,463-87.4%
Deleon Smith III$22,052$3,453-84.3%
Andrew Mark Sutton$17,229$3,450-80%
Jason Leon Cash$0$3,430--
Dennis V. Williams$3,381$3,4171.1%
Maria L. Wiggins$0$3,237--
William Austin Hardison$6,570$2,856-56.5%
Rodney D. Smith Jr.$3,386$2,750-18.8%
Christopher Alan Whitman$2,444$2,71511.1%
William Sykes$4,078$2,619-35.8%
Sonia Herring Myers$0$2,590--
Jack David Grady Jr.$8,734$2,476-71.7%
Phillip Measley Farms, Inc.$15,905$2,469-84.5%
Kristofer Adam Tyson$2,676$2,394-10.5%
Hugh G. Miller Sr.$30,400$2,392-92.1%
Rom Mccoy Harper$2,185$2,1850%
Leniol W Weston$5,885$2,109-64.2%
Emma H. Smith$0$2,066--
Auston M. Harris$878$1,915118.1%
Mary S. Tilghman$4,650$1,825-60.8%
Kevin Sumner$5,962$1,816-69.5%
Nimmo Farms, LLC$0$1,806--
Donald C. Best$5,474$1,798-67.2%
Wheat Swamp Angus$4,785$1,764-63.1%
Corey Scott Hinson$841$1,755108.7%
Timothy L. Houston$6,134$1,749-71.5%
Octave M. Fletcher$5,929$1,710-71.2%
John Ashley Lynch$18,145$1,613-91.1%
Jeryco Agent, Inc.$5,919$1,610-72.8%
Stuart K. Rigsbee$2,357$1,586-32.7%
Randy Earl Brown$1,520$1,5814%
Ivey Family Heritage, LLC$3,206$1,580-50.7%
Kaeden Michael Noble$1,515$1,399-7.7%
Elwood O. Eubanks Jr.$3,366$1,320-60.8%
Wesley Michael Aldridge$0$1,304--
Benjamin Franklin Jones Jr.$0$1,265--
Thomas R. Herring Jr.$2,970$1,253-57.8%
Randy Scott Hinson$2,916$1,197-59%
Adam Michael Williams$0$1,173--
Centerpivot Farms$1,886$1,160-38.5%
Francis Earl Wood$3,684$1,095-70.3%
Mooring Group, Inc.$1,010$1,0100%
J Neil West$2,049$997-51.3%
Willard F. Barwick$2,633$985-62.6%
George T Foyles III$2,309$974-57.8%
Randy W. Kennedy$2,973$974-67.2%
Christopher Michael Raynor$844$9158.4%
Smith Farm of Patetown, LLC$3,658$878-76%
John Wayne Smith$3,561$872-75.5%
Royce C. Gray$0$869--
Brent Cameron Ginn$3,267$828-74.7%
Mickey Connor$1,773$826-53.4%
Jonathon Gray$0$820--
Margaret V. Ard$1,635$810-50.5%
Sanford Taylor Barnes$2,923$807-72.4%
Gail T. Outlaw$0$804--
Eastern Outdoor Holdings, LLC$0$786--
Ray Scott Spence II$2,110$786-62.7%
Michael Ray Noble$0$750--
Barbara Lang Daughety$903$699-22.6%
Jerry R. Sutton$548$67523.2%
Grace G. Dawson$1,957$672-65.7%
Stanley F. Roberson Jr.$670$6700%
Timothy E. Rouse$2,074$628-69.7%
Frederick M. Harrison Jr.$1,403$626-55.4%
David C. Herring Jr.$610$6100%
Kenneth Holmes$2,588$592-77.1%
Charles Caleb Emory$1,051$573-45.5%
Red Pine Cattle, LLC$11,683$572-95.1%
Louis M. Tyndall Jr.$814$572-29.7%
Elwood R. Whaley$1,582$570-64%
Jerry L. Kennedy$2,827$570-79.8%
Calvin D. Watson$552$5520%
Black Sheep Family Farm, LLC$0$550--
David Anthony Cole$540$5400%
Milan B. Noble$540$5400%
Bobby Wayne Smith II$531$5310%
Jessica L. McMahon$393$48723.9%
Harold Gene Lanier$1,141$470-58.8%
Jo Ann Dail Tyndall$1,006$457-54.6%
Albert T. Sugg III$771$449-41.8%
Charles A. Broadway III$881$442-49.8%
Ann H. Batt$1,157$440-62%
Joseph E. Kinsey$2,916$437-85%
Dicky T. Price$655$424-35.3%
Katie I. Lang$737$416-43.6%
Emma Sue Johnson$410$4100%
John Wayne Lockamy$832$387-53.5%
Dwight C. Howard$1,716$379-77.9%
Murphy Oden Ratcliff III$1,695$349-79.4%
Belinda H. Hilbourn$765$340-55.6%
Dorothy O. Chase$667$329-50.7%
David N. Eure$0$315--
Martha H. Smith$1,443$314-78.2%
Michael Scott Sanderson$4,244$296-93%
Carol H. Roberson$285$2850%
Thomas E. Elmore III$957$267-72.1%
Brantley Alton Houston$1,443$266-81.6%
Faye Williams$0$257--
John Taylor$781$257-67.1%
Ronald Alfred Bartlett$2,529$253-90%
Albert M. Radford$1,185$252-78.7%
Timothy W. Hill$327$243-25.7%
Jonathan D. Smith$729$236-67.6%
Wayne G. Sutton$395$228-42.3%
William Melvin Wade Jr.$941$223-76.3%
John S. Davis III$0$210--
Jonathan Austin Whitman$975$190-80.5%
Melanie Whaley$132$17734.1%
Jean Sutton Pate$1,549$176-88.6%
Landen Farms, Inc.$165$1734.8%
Larry Boyette$740$169-77.2%
Forrest L. Dawson Jr.$128$16025%
McKeever Smith$322$142-55.9%
James E. Whitfield$226$139-38.5%
Lynn G. Crawford$138$1380%
Christopher M. Creech$129$1290%
Dempsey H. Barwick$1,169$125-89.3%
Gary Alan McIntyre$1,057$124-88.3%
Jeffrey Scott Brown$420$121-71.2%
Glassie Locklear JR$231$115-50.2%
James C Parks$10,471$112-98.9%
Garland Loftin Jr.$366$107-70.8%
Calvin Cameron$435$103-76.3%
Patrick Kenneth Creech$867$102-88.2%
John W. Whitfield$136$76-44.1%
Kevin B. Whitfield$136$76-44.1%
Bobby G. Letchworth$235$69-70.6%
Joan U. Wiggins$292$53-81.8%
John W. Dawson$399$52-87%
Sharon E. Dawson$58$45-22.4%
Donnie N. Harrison$172$42-75.6%
Melony Brown$258$38-85.3%
Mary Lou Johnson$591$37-93.7%
Harold H. Sutton$486$37-92.4%
James Bruce Croom$197$36-81.7%
Sue A. Harris$279$23-91.8%
Jan S. Dawson$460$17-96.3%
Carroll Clark Price$92$8-91.3%
Mary A. Dawson$885$7-99.2%
Gloria K. Anderson$41$2-95.1%
Ronnie M. Herring$299$2-99.3%
Alice K. Skinner$31$1-96.8%
Terry Quinn$1,127$1-99.9%
Darryl B. Kilpatrick$1,816$0-100%
Donald L. Broadway$167$0-100%
Dorothy H. Cameron$253$0-100%
Macon E. Wooten Jr.$702$0-100%
Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE$109,417$0-100%
Gary C. Smith$88$0-100%
Gary E. Rouse$3,890$0-100%
Gary H. Davis$19,655$0-100%
Harold G. Kilpatrick$1,816$0-100%
Harvey Fertilizer & Gas Company$200,182$0-100%
James E. Rouse$483$0-100%
John C. Creech$6,386$0-100%
Joseph W. Wilson III$1,751$0-100%
Joshua P. Gates$758$0-100%
Kathy Ham$410$0-100%
Kenneth R. Tyndall$131,649$0-100%
Larry A. Smith$1,040$0-100%
Lee J. Yarborough$1,671$0-100%
Linwood Thorbs$40,392$0-100%
Martha Q. Barrett$216$0-100%
MCM Farms, LLC$35,895$0-100%
Michael S. Morris$1,710$0-100%
Ronald E. Wells$662$0-100%
Sandy Tripp$410$0-100%
Stanley Earl Lucas$363$0-100%
Vance Davis$23,414$0-100%
Pete W. L. Daughety$236$0-100%
Walter M. Blizzard$1,616$0-100%
Wiley Ralph Tyndall$251$0-100%
Albert Lake Rouse JR$708$0-100%
Bonna H. Stallings$29$0-100%
Christopher A. Pelletier$777$0-100%
Diane S West$564$0-100%
Edward Matchett Herring$167$0-100%
Warren H. Brothers$6,841$0-100%
Hardy Farms$154$0-100%
James W. Sutton$700$0-100%
Jean N. Wood$594$0-100%
John A. Lynch$31$0-100%
John Roy Croom$1,929$0-100%
Jonathan Gray$46,897$0-100%
Julia G. Sutton$189$0-100%
Karroll K Layden$231$0-100%
Lillian E. Wade$560$0-100%
Matthew Dustin Murphy$960$0-100%
Michael E. Ginn$1,853$0-100%
Michael Shane Rouse$708$0-100%
Nguyen Farm, LLC$426$0-100%
Patrick Dayle Barwick$102$0-100%
Shirley Powell Rouse$260$0-100%
Skylar Matthew Herring$2,715$0-100%
William A. Hardy III$580$0-100%
Winbourne Griffin Layden$231$0-100%
Woods Hog Farm, Inc.$4,414$0-100%
Billie Raye Turner$1,101$0-100%
Cattle Ranch, LLC$5,280$0-100%
Ernest Byrd Jr.$422$0-100%
Frederick G. Rhodes$173,737$0-100%
Harold J. Smith Jr.$288$0-100%
Hugh G. Miller Jr.$7,887$0-100%
Issac Deleon Smith$27,184$0-100%
James van Mills$6,342$0-100%
Jamey Houston$5,554$0-100%
Jerry Rex Taylor$10,423$0-100%
Jimmy Roger Johnson$43$0-100%
Jon Eric Adams$12,197$0-100%
Milton Ray Kinsey$26$0-100%
Raymond Otis Collier$2,568$0-100%
Ruth Ann R. Turner$173,730$0-100%
Samuel Trent Smith$1,650$0-100%
Total subsidies$13,686,065$7,980,682-41.7%

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