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In 2021, 263 farmers in cities within Duplin County received a total of $5.6 million in 556 farm subsidies, a 47.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $10.7 million in 935 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 Duplin County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| J B J Kilpatrick Farms, Inc. | $1,036,779 | $419,807 | -59.5% |
| Craig King Farms, LLC | $619,190 | $183,703 | -70.3% |
| James W. Frederick Jr. | $119,547 | $157,497 | 31.7% |
| Nicholas Bell | $0 | $141,580 | -- |
| Newgen Farms, LLC | $0 | $137,095 | -- |
| James B. Jones Jr. | $63,031 | $132,705 | 110.5% |
| Hannah Forrest Blueberry, LLC | $102,739 | $125,000 | 21.7% |
| Kathryn Swinson Jernigan | $220 | $124,709 | 56,585.9% |
| Thomas B. Frederick | $226,427 | $124,456 | -45% |
| Steven M Levai | $7,724 | $124,445 | 1,511.1% |
| Mark Davis Family Farms, Inc. | $0 | $116,895 | -- |
| Paul W. Dail | $0 | $114,117 | -- |
| Creekside Farming, LLC | $235,813 | $111,053 | -52.9% |
| Britt Hog Farms, LLC | $314,173 | $109,983 | -65% |
| Friendship Finishing, LLC | $14,701 | $104,047 | 607.8% |
| Henry G. Dail | $449,079 | $99,808 | -77.8% |
| Richlands Farms, Inc. | $0 | $91,858 | -- |
| Poley Creek Farms, Inc. | $0 | $86,205 | -- |
| Christopher Lee Civils | $8,115 | $83,083 | 923.8% |
| Duplin Sod Farms, Inc. | $0 | $80,416 | -- |
| Shane Rhodes | $11,172 | $79,059 | 607.7% |
| P & J Farming, Inc. | $84,106 | $77,158 | -8.3% |
| Phillips Family Farms, LLC | $0 | $74,188 | -- |
| James Ralph Britt Jr. | $372,359 | $73,686 | -80.2% |
| Wesley Mewborn | $12,010 | $71,723 | 497.2% |
| Seth Quinn | $0 | $65,602 | -- |
| Thomas Leroy Frederick | $198,818 | $63,256 | -68.2% |
| Best Farm Poultry, LLC | $0 | $59,850 | -- |
| E&kfarms, Inc. | $67,919 | $56,164 | -17.3% |
| Paul K. Phillips | $117,535 | $55,095 | -53.1% |
| Benjamin Michael Price | $27,764 | $54,183 | 95.2% |
| David Thomas Chestnutt | $190,223 | $53,543 | -71.9% |
| Louis Q. Howard | $194,382 | $51,025 | -73.8% |
| James and Price Farms, Inc. | $34,241 | $50,547 | 47.6% |
| Chris Casteen | $0 | $46,875 | -- |
| JDH Livestock, LLC | $0 | $44,662 | -- |
| Benson Sow Farm, LLC | $0 | $43,036 | -- |
| Phillips Partners | $141,677 | $42,683 | -69.9% |
| Gary Hardison | $0 | $40,700 | -- |
| Owen Rouse Farms, Inc. | $47,768 | $39,912 | -16.4% |
| Rouse Brothers Produce, Inc. | $563,014 | $38,189 | -93.2% |
| James Hunter Frederick | $5,046 | $37,785 | 648.8% |
| Davis Farming Company, Inc. | $265,648 | $37,720 | -85.8% |
| Cypress Lane Farms, Inc. | $0 | $37,026 | -- |
| William C. Lanier | $50,282 | $36,961 | -26.5% |
| Martin R. Cannon | $0 | $35,556 | -- |
| Steve Rhodes | $0 | $34,734 | -- |
| BDC Farming, LLC | $0 | $34,331 | -- |
| Maready Enterprises, LLC | $48,971 | $32,061 | -34.5% |
| John Davis Bland | $72,496 | $31,633 | -56.4% |
| Richard F. Lanier | $80,565 | $31,511 | -60.9% |
| Luanne Summerlin | $5,634 | $31,480 | 458.8% |
| Wallace Farms, Inc. | $137,974 | $31,254 | -77.3% |
| Cottle Organic, Inc. | $119,886 | $30,090 | -74.9% |
| Robin Smith | $100,224 | $29,983 | -70.1% |
| Ruffin Mark Davis | $0 | $27,346 | -- |
| Cole B. Phillips | $44,652 | $26,820 | -39.9% |
| Mary L. Brown | $9,845 | $26,814 | 172.4% |
| James Wade Frederick | $55,885 | $26,680 | -52.3% |
| Bump, Inc. | $0 | $26,150 | -- |
| James David Batts | $62,110 | $26,048 | -58.1% |
| Scott P. Thigpen | $145,350 | $26,028 | -82.1% |
| Neil Barwick | $23,192 | $25,917 | 11.7% |
| Zachary Samuel Quinn | $0 | $25,316 | -- |
| Herring Farms, Inc. | $86,279 | $24,667 | -71.4% |
| Charles W. Edwards Jr. | $159,679 | $23,166 | -85.5% |
| AJS Farms, LLC | $74,022 | $22,984 | -68.9% |
| Sutton Brothers Farms, Inc. | $0 | $22,050 | -- |
| Ralph Lanier Jr. | $79,777 | $21,965 | -72.5% |
| Errol Bertice Quinn | $0 | $21,688 | -- |
| Ronnie Dale Adams | $12,251 | $21,237 | 73.3% |
| Buddy's Farms, LLC | $0 | $21,160 | -- |
| Willis Todd Swinson | $0 | $21,061 | -- |
| J&S Farms of Teachey, Inc. | $46,432 | $20,857 | -55.1% |
| William Robert Kilpatrick | $6,406 | $19,305 | 201.4% |
| Otis G. Brown | $31,330 | $18,938 | -39.6% |
| Dexter Burl Edwards | $0 | $18,638 | -- |
| Albert Jonathan Searles | $15,153 | $18,459 | 21.8% |
| Paul H. Dail | $73,213 | $18,138 | -75.2% |
| Bradley R. Maready | $13,044 | $17,494 | 34.1% |
| Tony T. Miller | $57,458 | $16,941 | -70.5% |
| Jason F. Phillips | $2,894 | $16,665 | 475.8% |
| Jarman Farms | $0 | $16,460 | -- |
| Adam M. Brummett | $107,023 | $16,015 | -85% |
| Wells & Sons, Inc. | $8,580 | $14,550 | 69.6% |
| Jeremy D. Smith | $45,697 | $14,359 | -68.6% |
| HMR Livestock, LLC | $0 | $14,157 | -- |
| Adam C. Grady | $278,514 | $13,832 | -95% |
| Nicholas B. Houston | $0 | $13,754 | -- |
| Double D Farm, LLC | $0 | $13,681 | -- |
| Charles L. Sutton Jr. | $0 | $12,385 | -- |
| Ronald T. Ezzell | $7,431 | $12,349 | 66.2% |
| A J Farms, LLC | $12,838 | $12,291 | -4.3% |
| Pamela Rene Minyard | $0 | $11,918 | -- |
| K & T Farms, Inc. | $30,390 | $10,881 | -64.2% |
| Hoof, Hock and Claw, LLC | $0 | $10,226 | -- |
| D & M Wells Farms, Inc. | $41,874 | $10,065 | -76% |
| Heber Raynor | $10,537 | $9,097 | -13.7% |
| Roger B. Davis Sr. | $158,935 | $9,086 | -94.3% |
| Peggy Campbell | $0 | $8,990 | -- |
| Rooks King Wells | $7,991 | $8,797 | 10.1% |
| Ernest Grady Jr. | $199,086 | $8,651 | -95.7% |
| E & B Farms, Inc. | $0 | $8,610 | -- |
| James David Williamson | $6,554 | $8,599 | 31.2% |
| Jimmy Pickett | $12,690 | $8,462 | -33.3% |
| Justin Charles Edwards | $10,889 | $8,218 | -24.5% |
| Walter Stuart Davis | $7,294 | $8,188 | 12.3% |
| Joshua Albertson | $49,885 | $8,135 | -83.7% |
| British Heritage Farms, Inc. | $0 | $8,053 | -- |
| Jeremiah Jones | $53,182 | $8,045 | -84.9% |
| Whaley Family Farms, LLC | $0 | $7,990 | -- |
| Charles J. Kirby | $20,481 | $7,636 | -62.7% |
| E. K. Carlton Jr. | $8,098 | $7,522 | -7.1% |
| Jerry M. Rhodes | $11,743 | $7,514 | -36% |
| Thomas A. Spearman | $36,696 | $7,330 | -80% |
| James C. Graham | $13,773 | $7,134 | -48.2% |
| Sholar Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $7,033 | -- |
| Smith Swine Poultry, Inc. | $0 | $7,012 | -- |
| W. D. Thigpen | $5,773 | $6,943 | 20.3% |
| Terry A. Edwards | $3,754 | $6,935 | 84.7% |
| David Michael Stancil | $16,573 | $6,714 | -59.5% |
| Grayson Rhodes Farms, LLC | $7,761 | $6,002 | -22.7% |
| Brent Horne | $6,940 | $5,694 | -18% |
| Joseph S. Merritt | $27,333 | $5,679 | -79.2% |
| Dennis R. Fountain | $16,752 | $5,575 | -66.7% |
| Fred Davis Dobson | $32,346 | $5,386 | -83.3% |
| Griff's Farms, Inc. | $21,053 | $5,254 | -75% |
| Triple S Farms & Cleaning, Inc. | $19,333 | $5,223 | -73% |
| Bostic Farms, Inc. | $36,730 | $5,205 | -85.8% |
| Kenneth R. Brown | $0 | $5,123 | -- |
| Dail Farms Livestock, LLC | $0 | $5,115 | -- |
| Joseph E. Lanier | $16,736 | $5,101 | -69.5% |
| Garland Brock | $0 | $5,060 | -- |
| Billy G. Hunter | $489 | $5,034 | 929.4% |
| Amos Dobson Jr. | $2,190 | $5,006 | 128.6% |
| Jimmy A. Pickett Jr. | $16,931 | $4,764 | -71.9% |
| James Timothy Pickett | $16,570 | $4,623 | -72.1% |
| Seth Carlton Sholar | $0 | $4,506 | -- |
| Timothy Killette | $13,133 | $4,368 | -66.7% |
| Gordon Ray Cavenaugh | $1,662 | $4,255 | 156% |
| William J. Costin Jr. | $10,952 | $4,247 | -61.2% |
| Jordan B. Heath | $0 | $4,239 | -- |
| E and J Farms, LLC | $0 | $4,017 | -- |
| Donald R. Stokes Sr. | $904 | $3,870 | 328.1% |
| Anna Marcella W. Lanier | $3,636 | $3,735 | 2.7% |
| Teresa Whitman Chestnutt | $0 | $3,634 | -- |
| Kevin W. Jarman | $3,151 | $3,560 | 13% |
| O. R. Blizzard Jr. | $8,976 | $3,544 | -60.5% |
| James Kevin Williams | $7,205 | $3,458 | -52% |
| James G. Cavenaugh | $0 | $3,244 | -- |
| Michael Gene Sholar | $58,722 | $3,232 | -94.5% |
| Joshua Neal Hill | $5,803 | $3,231 | -44.3% |
| Kay Benson | $0 | $3,219 | -- |
| Phillip Sanderson | $22,294 | $3,212 | -85.6% |
| John Avent | $11,099 | $3,179 | -71.4% |
| Herbert E. Whaley Jr. | $0 | $3,113 | -- |
| Murphy E. Whaley | $26,415 | $2,938 | -88.9% |
| William Trent Sutton | $0 | $2,893 | -- |
| Ricky Lynn Sutton | $0 | $2,888 | -- |
| Parker & Son Farms, Inc. | $2,046 | $2,845 | 39.1% |
| David Lewis Whitman | $28,102 | $2,841 | -89.9% |
| Carl D. Pate Jr. | $0 | $2,814 | -- |
| Anthony Clay Butts | $11,554 | $2,787 | -75.9% |
| Henry F. Guy | $1,604 | $2,688 | 67.6% |
| Mary Macmillan Ayres | $2,642 | $2,642 | 0% |
| Danny Price | $7,990 | $2,621 | -67.2% |
| George M. Johnson Jr. | $3,938 | $2,483 | -36.9% |
| Roland Boney Jr. | $16,676 | $2,463 | -85.2% |
| Moises a Rapalo Alvarenga Rapalos Trucking | $0 | $2,453 | -- |
| Ivan I. Williams | $736 | $2,409 | 227.3% |
| Hillary M. Drew | $8,888 | $2,376 | -73.3% |
| Frank G. Parker | $7,337 | $2,370 | -67.7% |
| Benjamin J. Fountain | $5,569 | $2,270 | -59.2% |
| William S. Draughon | $129,077 | $2,252 | -98.3% |
| Ronnie Torrans | $0 | $2,250 | -- |
| Sholar Brothers | $0 | $2,090 | -- |
| William W. Mobley | $13,789 | $2,057 | -85.1% |
| John C. Hardison Jr. | $0 | $2,055 | -- |
| Ramona Gwyn Rhodes | $2,032 | $2,032 | 0% |
| James B. Stroud Jr. | $5,690 | $2,026 | -64.4% |
| Kyle T. Herring | $5,716 | $2,024 | -64.6% |
| Danny Penny | $7,661 | $2,017 | -73.7% |
| Joseph Dean Carter | $5,275 | $1,980 | -62.5% |
| Carl R. Boney | $10,900 | $1,977 | -81.9% |
| Ernest Ray Carter | $4,608 | $1,955 | -57.6% |
| William Kent Evans | $7,314 | $1,844 | -74.8% |
| Cris J. Drew | $2,145 | $1,800 | -16.1% |
| Samuel Jason Marks | $27,817 | $1,792 | -93.6% |
| Clay Curtis Stroud | $0 | $1,696 | -- |
| Timothy Bowen | $9,583 | $1,688 | -82.4% |
| William A. Carlton | $16,895 | $1,669 | -90.1% |
| Daniel J. Pearsall | $0 | $1,663 | -- |
| Danny Lee Brown | $8,191 | $1,552 | -81.1% |
| Johnny A. Hall | $18,305 | $1,505 | -91.8% |
| Billy Holland Farm, Inc. | $3,076 | $1,481 | -51.9% |
| John Marshall McCoy | $4,590 | $1,462 | -68.1% |
| Clarence G. Thigpen Jr. | $1,047 | $1,407 | 34.4% |
| Gregory Phillip Moore | $5,544 | $1,391 | -74.9% |
| Carolyn A. Murphy | $1,307 | $1,307 | 0% |
| Cicero Graham Dobson Jr. | $1,141 | $1,305 | 14.4% |
| Aronia & James Murray Farm, LLC | $8,917 | $1,278 | -85.7% |
| James L. Jones | $328 | $1,264 | 285.4% |
| William Edward Brock | $0 | $1,171 | -- |
| Justin P. Powell | $13,185 | $1,132 | -91.4% |
| Pat Matthis | $1,123 | $1,123 | 0% |
| Mary T. Wood | $4,973 | $1,111 | -77.7% |
| Karen Cowan Edwards | $0 | $1,084 | -- |
| Kenneth H. Brinson | $9,120 | $1,055 | -88.4% |
| Paul Bryan Herring | $4,686 | $1,031 | -78% |
| Britt Real Estate, LLC | $0 | $1,006 | -- |
| Laylan Davis Houston | $3,353 | $967 | -71.2% |
| Emily P. Brock | $1,815 | $960 | -47.1% |
| Harry Sholar | $3,840 | $918 | -76.1% |
| Theodore R. Williams | $7,795 | $903 | -88.4% |
| Harvey Franklin Baker | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Dwight T. Hall | $20,313 | $872 | -95.7% |
| Jackie Penny | $2,873 | $825 | -71.3% |
| Delton L. Foster | $7,810 | $781 | -90% |
| Debra Fountain | $747 | $747 | 0% |
| Chadwick Phillips | $0 | $733 | -- |
| Isaac Thomas Perkins | $733 | $733 | 0% |
| Luther C. Hunter | $2,955 | $691 | -76.6% |
| Stephen M. Williamson | $6,851 | $682 | -90% |
| Jerry Brown | $1,386 | $650 | -53.1% |
| Duland T Jenkins | $2,915 | $606 | -79.2% |
| Daniel Aaron Raynor | $2,833 | $605 | -78.6% |
| Delilah T. Gomes | $586 | $586 | 0% |
| Tommie Dean Bostic | $2,371 | $581 | -75.5% |
| Dustin C. Kendall | $1,188 | $580 | -51.2% |
| Dwight Johnson | $2,057 | $572 | -72.2% |
| Daniel Lee Jackson | $3,362 | $552 | -83.6% |
| Stephen M. Williamson Jr. | $6,185 | $551 | -91.1% |
| T. D. Coston Jr. | $0 | $514 | -- |
| Leslee Dickerman Thompson | $6,183 | $512 | -91.7% |
| Charles Nathaniel Murray | $4,199 | $508 | -87.9% |
| James Henry Robinson | $1,774 | $484 | -72.7% |
| Greg Brown | $3,289 | $442 | -86.6% |
| William B. Vann | $0 | $385 | -- |
| Joseph Bivens | $1,203 | $367 | -69.5% |
| Eldrick Sutton | $1,068 | $345 | -67.7% |
| Joyce S. Jones | $320 | $320 | 0% |
| Gerry Michael Kennedy | $759 | $304 | -59.9% |
| Joseph M. Matthews | $8,492 | $300 | -96.5% |
| Forbus A. Raynor | $1,144 | $296 | -74.1% |
| Paul English Williamson | $2,991 | $291 | -90.3% |
| Gene Allen Pickett | $434 | $286 | -34.1% |
| Benny S. Lanier | $1,177 | $271 | -77% |
| Krystle Leigh Owen | $1,210 | $242 | -80% |
| James Edwards Brice | $2,682 | $231 | -91.4% |
| Jerry Simpson | $1,050 | $222 | -78.9% |
| Robert Houston | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Sue W. Ward | $196 | $196 | 0% |
| Judy W. Sadowski | $0 | $190 | -- |
| Player's Premium Pork Farm, LLC | $0 | $160 | -- |
| Alexander Hall | $82 | $110 | 34.1% |
| Suzanne B. Houston | $1,025 | $102 | -90% |
| Jaclyn S Futreal | $2,071 | $91 | -95.6% |
| Leo Howard Usher | $0 | $84 | -- |
| Leatha Dobson | $1,092 | $77 | -92.9% |
| Quincy Hill | $0 | $55 | -- |
| Janet T. Cozart | $43 | $43 | 0% |
| Jimmy Ray Williams | $1,222 | $31 | -97.5% |
| Stephen Evans | $0 | $28 | -- |
| Agriment Sludge Solutions, LLC | $133,043 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Shivar | $1,297 | $0 | -100% |
| Cannon Brothers Farms | $33,959 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil Glenn Lanier | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald H. Pickett | $1,477 | $0 | -100% |
| Hilbert J. Williams | $1,887 | $0 | -100% |
| Avin J. Simpson | $1,576 | $0 | -100% |
| James H. Futrell Jr. | $2,652 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Leavens | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Mix Masters Concrete, Inc. | $53,240 | $0 | -100% |
| P & P Farms | $3 | $0 | -100% |
| Renewable Transport, LLC | $2,651 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Johnson | $1,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Vineyards | $5,399 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne L. Williams | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Zebbie Jordan Lanier | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Ben Price | $3,425 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher M. Jernigan | $204,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Davey Lenwood Thomas | $8,888 | $0 | -100% |
| Duplin County Farm Service Agency | $83,857 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agecy | $9,137 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $155,609 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $6,250 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agnecy | $425 | $0 | -100% |
| George Elwood Garner III | $7,583 | $0 | -100% |
| Kilpatrick Farms, Inc. | $175,631 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald W. Simmons Jr. | $13,623 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Grant Drew | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| David J. Kilpatrick | $200,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris M. Batts | $22,087 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnnie Marion Dale Jr. | $19,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Seth Quinn | $7,507 | $0 | -100% |
| Earl Clayton Davis | $24,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Sholar Jr. | $10,800 | $0 | -100% |
| James Howard Cottle Jr. | $579 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe C. Quinn | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| John P. Hendrix | $4,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary L. Williams | $2,770 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael A. Knowles | $3,866 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Barry Moore | $5,965 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Bradley Parker | $35,892 | $0 | -100% |
| W. W. Norman III | $2,552 | $0 | -100% |
| Wallace Farms | $637 | $0 | -100% |
| Dianne S. Hardison | $424 | $0 | -100% |
| Gwendolyn Sutton | $7,180 | $0 | -100% |
| James G. Cavenaugh | $12,808 | $0 | -100% |
| Ashleigh R. Bowden | $661 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Quinn Howard | $100,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Chadwick Phillips | $4,842 | $0 | -100% |
| James K. Williams | $8,922 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $10,652,684 | $5,593,574 | -47.5% |
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