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In 2021, 193 farmers in cities within Wake County received a total of $1.4 million in 346 farm subsidies, a 58.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.3 million in 635 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 Wake County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| William G. Hipp Sr. | $99,807 | $225,716 | 126.2% |
| Joseph Kent Revels | $230,607 | $133,181 | -42.2% |
| Lake Wendell Farming Company, LLC | $492,268 | $82,750 | -83.2% |
| Ronnie L. Betts | $50,844 | $74,699 | 46.9% |
| Ricky C. Betts | $58,341 | $73,304 | 25.6% |
| Jeff A. Johnson | $105,759 | $66,206 | -37.4% |
| Ronald C Perry Farming, Inc. | $351,585 | $65,251 | -81.4% |
| Richard G. Sears | $94,428 | $63,365 | -32.9% |
| George Alan Bundy | $13,390 | $42,842 | 220% |
| Billy Craig Woodlief | $78,392 | $41,781 | -46.7% |
| Joseph R. Williford Jr. | $45,924 | $41,277 | -10.1% |
| Bynum's Greenhouses, Inc. | $0 | $34,821 | -- |
| Curtis Lynn Bain | $83,443 | $33,090 | -60.3% |
| Richard Baker Todd | $57,723 | $30,187 | -47.7% |
| Chad Ragan | $0 | $29,313 | -- |
| Joseph E Roesler Test Trust | $0 | $22,423 | -- |
| Stephen A. Butts | $17,019 | $15,687 | -7.8% |
| Duke Alphin Jr. | $1,545 | $12,942 | 737.7% |
| James Eddie Pope Jr. | $21,896 | $12,059 | -44.9% |
| Richard Brett Sears | $19,646 | $11,329 | -42.3% |
| Parker Agent, Inc. | $148,396 | $10,088 | -93.2% |
| Rex Boyd Horne Jr. | $32,833 | $9,244 | -71.8% |
| Joseph K. Revels Jr. | $24,780 | $8,897 | -64.1% |
| Frances E Hutchison Trust | $19,962 | $8,730 | -56.3% |
| Roger Franklin Thompson | $12,294 | $7,660 | -37.7% |
| Williams and Brown, LLC | $25,487 | $7,278 | -71.4% |
| Benjamin David Bridgers | $8,086 | $7,239 | -10.5% |
| Linda F. Andrews | $1,856 | $6,425 | 246.2% |
| James Owen Barefoot | $17,178 | $5,925 | -65.5% |
| Kirk Farms, Inc. | $7,689 | $5,460 | -29% |
| Judith A. Bleeker | $4,106 | $5,194 | 26.5% |
| Nicholas Austin Pope | $7,575 | $4,486 | -40.8% |
| Bryan S. Perry | $16,542 | $4,471 | -73% |
| Ellis L. Johnson | $7,488 | $4,272 | -42.9% |
| Mary Greene Parker | $4,258 | $4,258 | 0% |
| Gregory D. Edwards | $8,158 | $4,172 | -48.9% |
| Mark A. Guy | $521 | $4,153 | 697.1% |
| Andre Dellin Richardson | $7,667 | $4,058 | -47.1% |
| Jerry M. Newkirk | $8,246 | $3,864 | -53.1% |
| Danny D. Curtis Irrevocable Trust U/A/D 7/17/02 | $0 | $3,512 | -- |
| Louis L. Henderson | $0 | $3,247 | -- |
| Jesse J. Boykin | $1,612 | $3,242 | 101.1% |
| Logan Pope | $8,261 | $3,100 | -62.5% |
| Ronald L. Hall | $5,951 | $3,084 | -48.2% |
| Larry Marlan Pollock-Pollock Protection Trustee | $6,084 | $3,070 | -49.5% |
| Kevin Wise | $3,068 | $3,068 | 0% |
| Carroll P. Batten | $3,059 | $3,059 | 0% |
| John F. Burt | $8,697 | $3,008 | -65.4% |
| Barham Siding Farm, Inc. | $110,182 | $2,964 | -97.3% |
| Donavon L. Olive | $5,424 | $2,950 | -45.6% |
| Christine Ann Korthals Revocable Trust | $2,871 | $2,871 | 0% |
| D & B Farms, LLC | $1,155 | $2,616 | 126.5% |
| Kenneth Stemler | $10,920 | $2,449 | -77.6% |
| Graham E. Broadwell Jr. | $2,266 | $2,418 | 6.7% |
| Kuester Family Farm, LLC | $5,927 | $2,097 | -64.6% |
| Danny D. Curtis | $12,569 | $2,074 | -83.5% |
| Angela Kay Reels | $1,919 | $1,919 | 0% |
| D. B. Andrews | $0 | $1,859 | -- |
| Monnie O. Jenks | $153 | $1,841 | 1,103.3% |
| Tyler D. Ayscue | $4,023 | $1,774 | -55.9% |
| Furman M Upchurch Family Trust Under the Will Dated 10/13/20 | $0 | $1,738 | -- |
| Cottonwood Meadows Ranch, LLC | $7,249 | $1,726 | -76.2% |
| Mary L. Rollins | $1,674 | $1,674 | 0% |
| Richard N. Pope | $3,650 | $1,481 | -59.4% |
| Curtis Graham Johnson | $2,289 | $1,460 | -36.2% |
| Kenneth Birley | $1,484 | $1,460 | -1.6% |
| Charny Mitchell | $2,426 | $1,440 | -40.6% |
| Charles H. Horton | $2,627 | $1,439 | -45.2% |
| Bonnie J. Smith | $3,292 | $1,435 | -56.4% |
| David W. Pope | $43,860 | $1,432 | -96.7% |
| Craig Ennis | $4,049 | $1,382 | -65.9% |
| Darin L. Fridley | $8,261 | $1,355 | -83.6% |
| Mary C. Holt | $6,445 | $1,346 | -79.1% |
| Pandora Dunn Holloway | $2,459 | $1,335 | -45.7% |
| Chan Pittman | $2,649 | $1,260 | -52.4% |
| Jerry Ennis | $2,968 | $1,238 | -58.3% |
| William Odell Edwards III | $7,516 | $1,207 | -83.9% |
| Norwood O. Hargrove | $1,119 | $1,119 | 0% |
| Timothy A. Stephenson | $3,143 | $1,046 | -66.7% |
| Glenn A. Perry | $1,775 | $1,041 | -41.4% |
| Betty W Tilley Revocable Trust | $0 | $1,021 | -- |
| Clayton Curtis | $0 | $1,020 | -- |
| Melvin Jones Jr. | $1,442 | $952 | -34% |
| Beth Meyeres | $2,600 | $945 | -63.7% |
| William Daniel Andrews | $1,649 | $900 | -45.4% |
| Larry G. Price | $1,674 | $898 | -46.4% |
| Robert L. Williford Sr. | $1,277 | $885 | -30.7% |
| Lena P. Cole | $883 | $883 | 0% |
| Don Velester Debnam | $2,915 | $850 | -70.8% |
| Don Edgar Wimberly IV | $3,593 | $845 | -76.5% |
| Tracy Lynn Caldwell | $0 | $842 | -- |
| The Brandon Family Farm, LLC | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Sandee R. Hackney | $800 | $800 | 0% |
| Thelma Benton | $1,715 | $797 | -53.5% |
| Betty Rufty Keith | $793 | $793 | 0% |
| Lilija B Goodwin | $791 | $791 | 0% |
| Michael Worner | $0 | $770 | -- |
| Claire Elaine Hanson Revocable Trust | $0 | $752 | -- |
| Ollie Ray Baker | $1,774 | $735 | -58.6% |
| Bobby C. Raynor | $1,214 | $733 | -39.6% |
| Colleen Stemler | $2,321 | $700 | -69.8% |
| Larry Wester | $2,562 | $687 | -73.2% |
| Wyn Hyzer | $687 | $687 | 0% |
| Suzanne H. Swygert | $658 | $658 | 0% |
| Darrell Cross | $2,909 | $651 | -77.6% |
| Jean B. Bryan | $642 | $642 | 0% |
| Lector R Dewar | $627 | $627 | 0% |
| Fred Leo Puryear | $617 | $627 | 1.6% |
| William R. Perry | $1,099 | $618 | -43.8% |
| Watson D. Adcock | $613 | $613 | 0% |
| Mary Paul Thomas | $589 | $589 | 0% |
| Ricky Lynn Wood | $0 | $587 | -- |
| Pat Barrett | $1,934 | $569 | -70.6% |
| Matthew B. Wilkerson | $780 | $541 | -30.6% |
| Davey E. Matthews | $1,340 | $537 | -59.9% |
| Rex B. Horne | $564 | $529 | -6.2% |
| Donald Keith Cooke II | $202 | $519 | 156.9% |
| Shari Kohlhepp | $1,069 | $512 | -52.1% |
| Jerome Berreth | $508 | $508 | 0% |
| Robert Allen Perry | $0 | $497 | -- |
| Teresa Curtis | $489 | $489 | 0% |
| Jonathan S. Wilkerson | $267 | $481 | 80.1% |
| William Earnest Cooke | $783 | $464 | -40.7% |
| Faye C. Sauls | $446 | $446 | 0% |
| Danny L. Carroll | $15,036 | $442 | -97.1% |
| Thomas R. Ward | $438 | $438 | 0% |
| Hazel R. Williams | $433 | $433 | 0% |
| Colby Q. Hammonds | $2,615 | $417 | -84.1% |
| Willie H. Hood | $748 | $412 | -44.9% |
| Jason Lee Atkins | $3,098 | $412 | -86.7% |
| Walter Dean Parrish | $0 | $400 | -- |
| Willard P. Hinnant Jr. | $1,775 | $392 | -77.9% |
| Ivey H Pittman Living Trust | $390 | $390 | 0% |
| Richard Earl Hogg II | $1,071 | $380 | -64.5% |
| Cook & Cook Farms, LLC | $314 | $358 | 14% |
| Barbara W. Hardison | $340 | $340 | 0% |
| H Elnathan Brown | $1,013 | $320 | -68.4% |
| Dorothy B. Hyder | $331 | $315 | -4.8% |
| Amanda L. Vaughn | $192 | $310 | 61.5% |
| Glen Ford Jr. | $1,505 | $304 | -79.8% |
| Helen H. Hilliard | $279 | $279 | 0% |
| Phillip C. England | $334 | $274 | -18% |
| Dan Houck | $405 | $271 | -33.1% |
| Floyd Lance Taylor | $270 | $270 | 0% |
| Ilene H. Sherron | $835 | $270 | -67.7% |
| Merlin Willie Young | $1,294 | $266 | -79.4% |
| Raymond K. Alexander | $599 | $250 | -58.3% |
| James Michael Buffaloe | $239 | $250 | 4.6% |
| Janet Kay Rauchholz Austin | $1,407 | $234 | -83.4% |
| Carol A. Armstrong | $1,554 | $224 | -85.6% |
| Thomas G. Beasley | $0 | $221 | -- |
| Randy L. Edwards | $165 | $221 | 33.9% |
| Inez M. Poe | $362 | $215 | -40.6% |
| George M. Ducote | $371 | $207 | -44.2% |
| Anna L. Rogers | $206 | $206 | 0% |
| Lisa Adcock | $203 | $203 | 0% |
| James Charles Rogers Est | $0 | $200 | -- |
| Lucinda S. Bordeaux | $0 | $197 | -- |
| Tracy Meredith | $629 | $189 | -70% |
| Chantay Stanley | $333 | $189 | -43.2% |
| Linda L. Sears | $185 | $185 | 0% |
| Joy Taylor Callahan | $636 | $181 | -71.5% |
| Wendy Elliott | $314 | $176 | -43.9% |
| Ralph D. Jones Jr. | $402 | $169 | -58% |
| Ken Stamper | $166 | $166 | 0% |
| Sharon Credle Miller | $278 | $159 | -42.8% |
| Marty Ernest Ausley | $462 | $144 | -68.8% |
| Tina G. Goodwin | $274 | $130 | -52.6% |
| Linda P. Baggett | $0 | $121 | -- |
| Charles W. Parrish | $267 | $116 | -56.6% |
| Edward Pulley Jr. | $647 | $109 | -83.2% |
| Gay Goodwin | $146 | $107 | -26.7% |
| Richard J. Seay Jr. | $0 | $102 | -- |
| Joseph R. Welsh II | $580 | $97 | -83.3% |
| Weldon A. Young | $334 | $96 | -71.3% |
| Stephen Lynn Wall | $807 | $90 | -88.8% |
| Leslie Beer | $155 | $88 | -43.2% |
| Robert Verkler | $0 | $77 | -- |
| Billy Neal Perry | $226 | $69 | -69.5% |
| Charles Lee Perry | $0 | $69 | -- |
| Phyllis W. Edwards | $146 | $69 | -52.7% |
| Melinda Rupard | $67 | $67 | 0% |
| Shelly Austin Crotty | $53 | $59 | 11.3% |
| Ellen Aman | $143 | $46 | -67.8% |
| Janet R. Fearrington | $82 | $33 | -59.8% |
| Julie Rice | $99 | $32 | -67.7% |
| Donna M. Saad | $26 | $26 | 0% |
| Susan Annette Cooke | $77 | $26 | -66.2% |
| Timothy M. Pace | $96 | $26 | -72.9% |
| Victor M. Pace | $96 | $26 | -72.9% |
| Amy E. Warren | $17 | $17 | 0% |
| Andrea L. Talley | $17 | $17 | 0% |
| David Moore | $16 | $16 | 0% |
| Apex Flower Farm, LLC | $1,093 | $0 | -100% |
| Buckwheat Farm, Inc. | $4,993 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolina Diversified Farm Goods a | $1,930 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolina Heritage Farms, LLC | $500 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward S Wasdell III | $438 | $0 | -100% |
| Fox Farm & Forage, LLC | $19,867 | $0 | -100% |
| Janie Maggi | $13,254 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Stemler H. Tr | $409 | $0 | -100% |
| Loren J Hueter Living Trustee | $4,444 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia A. Casey | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Adcock's Nursery, Inc. | $256,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Bernard J. Freese Jr. | $61,704 | $0 | -100% |
| Claire Elaine Hanson | $752 | $0 | -100% |
| Furman M Upchurch Family Trust Un | $1,738 | $0 | -100% |
| Irene A. Mayo | $236 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie Todd Smith | $773 | $0 | -100% |
| John Hunter Holland | $86 | $0 | -100% |
| John R. Nickels | $311 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Brothers | $336 | $0 | -100% |
| Kiser Sisters, LLC | $1,799 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucinda S. Bordeaux | $1,162 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Craig Senter | $69 | $0 | -100% |
| Milton Andrew Holland | $86 | $0 | -100% |
| Theodore N. Caldwell | $996 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Speight Jr. | $1,941 | $0 | -100% |
| Agrifund | $57,569 | $0 | -100% |
| Agrifund, LLC | $16,775 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan Gregory Herring II | $9,383 | $0 | -100% |
| Amos B. Tucker Jr. | $1,278 | $0 | -100% |
| Creekfield Farm, LLC | $1,716 | $0 | -100% |
| Marlys B. Loveall | $1,662 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Kumpf | $3,072 | $0 | -100% |
| Tiffany Harrelson Wells | $18,560 | $0 | -100% |
| James Leon Carroll | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Kerene Mohammed | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis M. Curtis IV | $488 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela Russell | $65 | $0 | -100% |
| Peter Chilcott | $3,348 | $0 | -100% |
| Powell's Nursery, LLC | $174,519 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald G. Burgdorf | $1,328 | $0 | -100% |
| Lakeview Pecans, Inc. | $8,961 | $0 | -100% |
| Dickerson Farms, LLC | $14,119 | $0 | -100% |
| Blue SKY Farms NC, Inc. | $7,246 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Ruben Kirby | $454 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel G. Wall | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn R. Bridgers | $886 | $0 | -100% |
| James Thurman & Margaret Painter | $1,580 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Temple | $158 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Kitzmiller | $240 | $0 | -100% |
| Samantha Manning | $636 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas A. Mitchell Sr. | $88 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas H. Vaughan | $551 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,281,670 | $1,356,358 | -58.7% |
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