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In 2021, 166 farmers in cities within Latimer County received a total of $514,792 in 173 farm subsidies, an 82.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3 million in 435 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 Latimer County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Cattle Company | $200,932 | $35,906 | -82.1% |
| Jim and Linda Enis Farm, LLC | $650,767 | $33,428 | -94.9% |
| Eric Holbird | $0 | $26,805 | -- |
| Watts Ranch, LLC | $145,544 | $26,325 | -81.9% |
| James H. Booth Jr. | $72,171 | $22,068 | -69.4% |
| Travis Hood | $9,603 | $18,132 | 88.8% |
| John Jeffrey | $67,756 | $17,239 | -74.6% |
| Cody Browne | $87,550 | $16,961 | -80.6% |
| Tim Grogan | $112,811 | $16,198 | -85.6% |
| Ronald D. Garner | $29,445 | $14,324 | -51.4% |
| Fred F. James Jr. | $35,093 | $9,108 | -74% |
| Delbert Derryberry | $45,584 | $8,936 | -80.4% |
| Troy L. Walker II | $43,824 | $8,590 | -80.4% |
| Kyle Holbird | $0 | $7,793 | -- |
| John P. Hulsey | $23,364 | $6,891 | -70.5% |
| Joe McAlester | $65,674 | $6,745 | -89.7% |
| Goldsborough Farms, LLC | $35,025 | $6,215 | -82.3% |
| James G. Grego | $25,395 | $5,750 | -77.4% |
| James Roy Alford | $19,973 | $5,575 | -72.1% |
| Shawn D. Curliss | $31,971 | $5,037 | -84.2% |
| James A. Ott | $16,277 | $5,020 | -69.2% |
| Dustin Wayne Brinkley | $18,414 | $4,989 | -72.9% |
| Justin Drake Moody | $37,592 | $4,954 | -86.8% |
| Latt Martin Jeffrey | $50,874 | $4,948 | -90.3% |
| Rana, Inc. | $18,778 | $4,778 | -74.6% |
| William Austin Shero | $101,738 | $4,692 | -95.4% |
| Billy Joe Albright | $21,338 | $4,502 | -78.9% |
| Joseph E. Campagna | $25,224 | $4,435 | -82.4% |
| John Ernest McAlester | $23,549 | $3,880 | -83.5% |
| Zachary Alan Rosebure | $16,621 | $3,856 | -76.8% |
| David E. Shero | $62,686 | $3,825 | -93.9% |
| Thomas O. Wartick | $19,193 | $3,571 | -81.4% |
| Eric B Donoley | $11,909 | $3,478 | -70.8% |
| Ryan Earl Sumpter | $6,059 | $3,290 | -45.7% |
| Dustin Duane Hulsey | $13,299 | $3,258 | -75.5% |
| Darian Eugene Bell | $20,036 | $3,170 | -84.2% |
| Nathan Jared Gooch | $14,989 | $2,812 | -81.2% |
| Curtis Bradshaw | $10,400 | $2,794 | -73.1% |
| Johnny L. Holbird | $15,822 | $2,707 | -82.9% |
| Johnny C. Jeffrey | $5,427 | $2,705 | -50.2% |
| C. J. Williams | $11,840 | $2,691 | -77.3% |
| Glenda K. Wartick | $14,263 | $2,691 | -81.1% |
| Larry Leamy | $10,017 | $2,622 | -73.8% |
| Robert Dean White | $10,637 | $2,588 | -75.7% |
| Kenny Fazekas | $10,375 | $2,432 | -76.6% |
| Robert Wayne Ketcher | $9,713 | $2,382 | -75.5% |
| Thomas A. Heitner | $15,340 | $2,363 | -84.6% |
| Dustin Giger | $12,840 | $2,355 | -81.7% |
| Charles Don Lessel | $10,582 | $2,350 | -77.8% |
| Timothy D. Heitner | $15,252 | $2,346 | -84.6% |
| Charles F. Glenn Jr. | $11,033 | $2,312 | -79% |
| Jeffrey Donoley | $15,093 | $2,276 | -84.9% |
| Lane Jeffrey | $18,452 | $2,242 | -87.8% |
| Johnny Holbird | $16,470 | $2,218 | -86.5% |
| Randall L. Holmes | $11,096 | $2,202 | -80.2% |
| Kenny Ratliff | $0 | $2,200 | -- |
| Elizabeth McDaris | $10,391 | $2,174 | -79.1% |
| John McCabe | $10,895 | $2,164 | -80.1% |
| Stephen C. Goldsborough | $9,812 | $2,146 | -78.1% |
| Randall Cody Holmes | $8,206 | $2,135 | -74% |
| Walter L. Squires | $7,601 | $2,104 | -72.3% |
| Virginia Hollingback | $10,791 | $2,039 | -81.1% |
| Joseph L. Morgan | $10,689 | $1,916 | -82.1% |
| Clint John McAlester | $20,405 | $1,898 | -90.7% |
| Russell M. Brownlee | $7,315 | $1,823 | -75.1% |
| Frank Lawrence | $8,091 | $1,744 | -78.4% |
| Bryce Hunter Livingston | $44,500 | $1,740 | -96.1% |
| Keith Duane Griffith | $5,984 | $1,734 | -71% |
| Melba J. Ezekiel | $7,036 | $1,731 | -75.4% |
| Joe Coy | $9,745 | $1,730 | -82.2% |
| Michael D. Bryan | $7,681 | $1,679 | -78.1% |
| Douglas W. Nixon | $8,525 | $1,634 | -80.8% |
| James F. Leamy | $7,454 | $1,570 | -78.9% |
| Bradley Grogan | $9,258 | $1,535 | -83.4% |
| John P. Sokolosky Jr. | $7,557 | $1,535 | -79.7% |
| Freddy Franklin James III | $7,031 | $1,484 | -78.9% |
| Eric Knight | $8,017 | $1,483 | -81.5% |
| Benny Franklin Coffey | $7,272 | $1,477 | -79.7% |
| Casey Carter Nichols | $10,323 | $1,466 | -85.8% |
| John B. Farris | $5,279 | $1,435 | -72.8% |
| Thomas D. Moye Jr. | $5,489 | $1,432 | -73.9% |
| Kelly Kay Franklin | $9,414 | $1,397 | -85.2% |
| Rana Acres, LLC | $8,517 | $1,366 | -84% |
| Savage Cattle Company, LLC | $7,499 | $1,330 | -82.3% |
| Debra Wooldridge | $6,688 | $1,311 | -80.4% |
| Roy Don Green | $0 | $1,291 | -- |
| Elizabeth Dawn Brown | $5,767 | $1,276 | -77.9% |
| Brian Hulsey | $9,417 | $1,271 | -86.5% |
| Rowland A. Glenn | $7,614 | $1,255 | -83.5% |
| Janet Sue Sullivan Irrev Trust | $1,785 | $1,230 | -31.1% |
| Jay Austin | $4,992 | $1,142 | -77.1% |
| Ronald D. Clark | $3,883 | $1,138 | -70.7% |
| Lester R. Carter | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| David Brown | $9,441 | $1,003 | -89.4% |
| David Isaac Harrel | $5,788 | $994 | -82.8% |
| Joe Benson | $4,669 | $983 | -78.9% |
| Michael Todd Martin | $4,565 | $974 | -78.7% |
| Clyde C. Brown | $5,325 | $970 | -81.8% |
| Joseph R. Tubbs | $6,259 | $969 | -84.5% |
| Lois Welch | $4,727 | $949 | -79.9% |
| Darrel D. Harber | $5,865 | $940 | -84% |
| Candace Raney | $3,036 | $897 | -70.5% |
| John Forwoodson | $1,716 | $897 | -47.7% |
| Christopher Dale Lawrence | $1,375 | $881 | -35.9% |
| Clarence R. McCabe II | $4,465 | $880 | -80.3% |
| Rena K. Ivey | $3,003 | $880 | -70.7% |
| Rane Colton Saxon | $4,664 | $870 | -81.3% |
| Norma B. Clark | $467 | $836 | 79% |
| Brian Battles | $4,346 | $833 | -80.8% |
| Larry Shane Mabry | $3,179 | $812 | -74.5% |
| James R. Brigance | $4,069 | $811 | -80.1% |
| Bill A. Roberts | $2,847 | $811 | -71.5% |
| Mark Showell | $4,210 | $794 | -81.1% |
| Glenn Flener | $3,542 | $792 | -77.6% |
| Donna Woolsey | $3,454 | $760 | -78% |
| Vesta S. Chester | $16,452 | $759 | -95.4% |
| Rhonda Price | $3,091 | $742 | -76% |
| Brian Keith Bell | $2,706 | $724 | -73.2% |
| Shawn Holbird | $0 | $715 | -- |
| Chet L Donoley | $3,773 | $695 | -81.6% |
| Andrew John Jones | $3,215 | $692 | -78.5% |
| Jessie Wommack | $2,695 | $690 | -74.4% |
| Monte Dale Glenn | $3,361 | $690 | -79.5% |
| Victor S. Bullard | $4,019 | $675 | -83.2% |
| Nat Jeffery Marshall | $2,398 | $630 | -73.7% |
| Jason B. Allen | $3,303 | $622 | -81.2% |
| Ronald D. Allen | $3,414 | $622 | -81.8% |
| Tyler Joe Sipes | $2,302 | $604 | -73.8% |
| Conor Brownlee | $2,134 | $602 | -71.8% |
| Aaron Heath Place | $2,838 | $578 | -79.6% |
| Faith Ann Paxton | $2,034 | $535 | -73.7% |
| James Strickland | $2,893 | $535 | -81.5% |
| Tony L. Mitchell | $2,589 | $532 | -79.5% |
| Dakota T. Knight | $2,496 | $500 | -80% |
| William H. Galloway | $1,362 | $480 | -64.8% |
| Eldon Bell | $1,441 | $466 | -67.7% |
| Greg Sims | $2,972 | $466 | -84.3% |
| Michael Junier | $1,661 | $466 | -71.9% |
| Debra Brinkley | $2,013 | $457 | -77.3% |
| Linda Alford | $453 | $453 | 0% |
| Rodger Kimble | $1,573 | $448 | -71.5% |
| Dennis Holly | $2,232 | $448 | -79.9% |
| Justin Wayne Thompson | $0 | $431 | -- |
| Robert Crocker | $1,320 | $431 | -67.3% |
| Otis P. Smith | $1,683 | $397 | -76.4% |
| Justin Wade Adams | $2,125 | $380 | -82.1% |
| Brian D. Byrd | $957 | $367 | -61.7% |
| Deno Tomaselli | $1,536 | $363 | -76.4% |
| Kenneth Jennings | $1,243 | $362 | -70.9% |
| Kimberly Grogan | $312 | $312 | 0% |
| Allen Dale Taylor | $1,364 | $310 | -77.3% |
| James Scott Stacy | $1,166 | $298 | -74.4% |
| Amy Louise Powell | $1,323 | $293 | -77.9% |
| Mark Alan Coffey | $1,279 | $287 | -77.6% |
| Jeanette Rae Moss | $1,779 | $287 | -83.9% |
| Nathan Johnson | $594 | $274 | -53.9% |
| Margaret Kendrick | $759 | $274 | -63.9% |
| Johnallen G Melton | $2,112 | $266 | -87.4% |
| Judy Janeway | $825 | $228 | -72.4% |
| Ray D. Muncey | $1,765 | $207 | -88.3% |
| Ricky Vaughn Pingleton | $825 | $200 | -75.8% |
| Kenneth L. Morris | $828 | $166 | -80% |
| Janice Martin | $726 | $146 | -79.9% |
| Bob Cherry | $663 | $121 | -81.7% |
| Robert Wayne McCabe | $773 | $121 | -84.3% |
| Kaleb Vaughn | $270 | $34 | -87.4% |
| Chris Lawrence | $4,428 | $0 | -100% |
| Derrick Wayne Noah | $4,620 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Blankenship | $12,764 | $0 | -100% |
| William Charles Parks | $8,060 | $0 | -100% |
| Alberto Cervantes Jr. | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles R. Riley | $587 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Brinkley | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| David Brinlee | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis R. Varnell | $16,467 | $0 | -100% |
| Denver Dobson | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric B Donoley | $6,058 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank L. Conley | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry G. Dobson | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Thompson | $3,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Logan Scott Rea | $4,444 | $0 | -100% |
| Lois Walden | $1,657 | $0 | -100% |
| Madelyn S Guazdausky | $16,124 | $0 | -100% |
| Taylor Paynee Bell | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Lewis Hanks | $1,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,010,021 | $514,792 | -82.9% |
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