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In 2021, 149 farmers in cities within Nottoway County received a total of $950,441 in 227 farm subsidies, a 39.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.6 million in 386 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richlands Dairy Farm, Inc. | $187,540 | $145,845 | -22.2% |
| Shepherd Grain Farms, LLC | $118,472 | $71,644 | -39.5% |
| Blackstone Timber Harvesters, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| F & P Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Gettin It Done Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Toth Hauling, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Plantation Road Farm, LLC | $0 | $50,118 | -- |
| Iverson Farms, LLC | $3,398 | $37,612 | 1,006.9% |
| Rhonda P. Ware | $229,948 | $37,140 | -83.8% |
| Parker Reynolds, LLC | $0 | $35,133 | -- |
| John C. Bledsoe | $67,014 | $32,840 | -51% |
| Harrison A. Moody | $40,745 | $31,270 | -23.3% |
| George Geza Toth III | $146,293 | $27,294 | -81.3% |
| Garland L. Rogers | $38,984 | $20,412 | -47.6% |
| John Peterson Shepherd | $26,580 | $18,773 | -29.4% |
| Nicholas Francis Moody | $28,188 | $17,867 | -36.6% |
| Francis M. Watson Jr. | $8,318 | $17,429 | 109.5% |
| Blendon Farm, Inc. | $24,447 | $17,425 | -28.7% |
| Jackson Trucking | $0 | $14,467 | -- |
| Morris Brothers | $22,223 | $9,029 | -59.4% |
| Paul Brenneman | $21,437 | $8,605 | -59.9% |
| J. M. Jenkins | $12,627 | $6,900 | -45.4% |
| Donald Thomas Bracey | $13,324 | $5,615 | -57.9% |
| Sunnyslope Orchard | $8,162 | $4,940 | -39.5% |
| Jean G. Fowlkes Farm, LLC | $9,205 | $4,197 | -54.4% |
| Michael V. Borum | $14,443 | $3,977 | -72.5% |
| James R. Austin Jr. | $5,548 | $3,778 | -31.9% |
| Calvin Curtis Snead Jr. | $14,180 | $3,750 | -73.6% |
| Lee Ball | $16,386 | $3,397 | -79.3% |
| Philip Tabor | $3,931 | $3,000 | -23.7% |
| Super Chic, Ltd. | $0 | $2,893 | -- |
| Harold T. Gregory Jr. | $3,805 | $2,781 | -26.9% |
| B. R. Morris | $10,674 | $2,719 | -74.5% |
| Windmill Hill Farms | $26,312 | $2,718 | -89.7% |
| Todd M. Lenning | $8,369 | $2,664 | -68.2% |
| James D. Coleburn | $0 | $2,534 | -- |
| Donald Eugene Price | $10,164 | $2,498 | -75.4% |
| Robert N. Mottley | $5,120 | $2,374 | -53.6% |
| Spencer B. Wallace | $68,845 | $2,291 | -96.7% |
| Everette M. Prosise | $5,032 | $2,267 | -54.9% |
| Chris Gregory | $2,577 | $2,264 | -12.1% |
| Thomas Boose | $46,989 | $2,104 | -95.5% |
| Donald McDaniel | $4,227 | $2,101 | -50.3% |
| Daniel H. Bowman | $9,260 | $2,051 | -77.9% |
| S. H. Rice Jr. | $8,615 | $2,045 | -76.3% |
| David Godsey | $8,208 | $2,001 | -75.6% |
| James E. Snead Jr. | $9,443 | $1,995 | -78.9% |
| Nancy H. Ingram | $17,021 | $1,932 | -88.6% |
| Fernand M. Moreau III | $3,866 | $1,855 | -52% |
| T L West | $127 | $1,835 | 1,344.9% |
| Joseph F. Coates | $8,471 | $1,733 | -79.5% |
| James W. Hill | $4,284 | $1,621 | -62.2% |
| John H. McCraw Jr. | $2,050 | $1,610 | -21.5% |
| Richard Lavell Marlowe | $11,308 | $1,560 | -86.2% |
| Dennis R. Christopher | $4,388 | $1,548 | -64.7% |
| Paul A. Hamilton | $8,174 | $1,546 | -81.1% |
| Paul G. Williams | $7,690 | $1,540 | -80% |
| Scott Morton | $6,190 | $1,515 | -75.5% |
| L & L Parrish Cattle Ranch | $5,830 | $1,459 | -75% |
| Glenn Murphy | $1,443 | $1,443 | 0% |
| Charles O. Wootton | $2,852 | $1,326 | -53.5% |
| H. H. Bennett | $3,751 | $1,312 | -65% |
| Alfred Joseph Moore | $6,206 | $1,218 | -80.4% |
| Sarah Tyree Hudgins | $4,224 | $1,217 | -71.2% |
| William Ernest Austin | $6,708 | $1,148 | -82.9% |
| Melvin M. Whitlock | $3,740 | $1,147 | -69.3% |
| Kennon C. Walden | $1,121 | $1,121 | 0% |
| Thomas Roy Forrester | $5,577 | $1,100 | -80.3% |
| James L. Jones | $3,476 | $1,037 | -70.2% |
| H. S. Felts | $3,504 | $1,034 | -70.5% |
| Betty Lewis | $4,956 | $1,028 | -79.3% |
| Wilson Fredrick Cook Jr. | $551 | $999 | 81.3% |
| Harry A. MacQuarrie | $3,603 | $950 | -73.6% |
| Geneva N. Bowman | $300 | $932 | 210.7% |
| B. B. Hart | $381 | $920 | 141.5% |
| William B. Gunn | $4,007 | $917 | -77.1% |
| Noel Atkins | $1,221 | $913 | -25.2% |
| Leslie Wayne Norton | $0 | $892 | -- |
| Chester Washington Blevins | $5,246 | $846 | -83.9% |
| Darrell R. Lott | $3,821 | $840 | -78% |
| Michael R. Mills | $3,609 | $831 | -77% |
| Mary Ann Hawkes | $2,440 | $759 | -68.9% |
| Matilda M. Hart | $2,805 | $754 | -73.1% |
| David J. Hite Sr. | $3,588 | $729 | -79.7% |
| David E. Hawkes | $1,155 | $654 | -43.4% |
| Todd R. Lewis | $1,870 | $643 | -65.6% |
| Florence Cummins | $0 | $642 | -- |
| James A. Edmonds | $642 | $642 | 0% |
| Larry T. Chumney | $990 | $641 | -35.3% |
| Nicholas Guy | $6,494 | $623 | -90.4% |
| Robert Rossi | $86 | $613 | 612.8% |
| Charles E. Wenger | $3,466 | $599 | -82.7% |
| Ronald L. Gregory | $3,217 | $598 | -81.4% |
| Lisa M. Burns | $565 | $565 | 0% |
| Wayne E. Roberts | $1,925 | $557 | -71.1% |
| Dana McDaniel | $535 | $523 | -2.2% |
| Edward H. Jones | $531 | $518 | -2.4% |
| Charles Andrew Conner IV | $2,343 | $494 | -78.9% |
| Jamie S. Hawley | $1,300 | $479 | -63.2% |
| Celia Kay Orr-Elzay | $458 | $458 | 0% |
| Richard P Elzay | $458 | $458 | 0% |
| Aubrey B. Chumney | $1,770 | $450 | -74.6% |
| Irving J. Arnold Jr. | $1,881 | $439 | -76.7% |
| Kaitlyn M. Sadler | $2,060 | $420 | -79.6% |
| Danny L. Loveday | $1,661 | $419 | -74.8% |
| Whitney L. Foster | $1,958 | $412 | -79% |
| L. E. Williamson Jr. | $391 | $391 | 0% |
| Gary W. Gibbs | $1,562 | $388 | -75.2% |
| James C. Wiley | $371 | $371 | 0% |
| Wayne Jantzi | $11,894 | $370 | -96.9% |
| Matthew L. Quinn | $1,362 | $360 | -73.6% |
| James Bossie Beverly Jr. | $8,662 | $350 | -96% |
| Wallace B. Hurt | $346 | $346 | 0% |
| Bobby Pridemore | $858 | $346 | -59.7% |
| Mike Clark Jr. | $1,627 | $337 | -79.3% |
| Kenneth Arrington | $2,112 | $332 | -84.3% |
| Lisa L. Walker | $1,111 | $328 | -70.5% |
| Carl L. McDaniel | $1,609 | $312 | -80.6% |
| Douglas Michael Crafton | $2,470 | $312 | -87.4% |
| Willie P. Ellett Jr. | $282 | $282 | 0% |
| Ronald L. Boyd | $277 | $277 | 0% |
| Jeffrey D. Gibbs | $75 | $241 | 221.3% |
| Lavanna M Gibbs Irrevocable Trust | $75 | $241 | 221.3% |
| Robert G. Hanks Jr. | $1,827 | $239 | -86.9% |
| Holly Parrish | $594 | $235 | -60.4% |
| Jean Taylor Powers | $586 | $211 | -64% |
| Linda G. Staylor | $22 | $200 | 809.1% |
| Stanley Eggleston Christopher | $935 | $197 | -78.9% |
| James C. Moore | $194 | $190 | -2.1% |
| Ruby Johnson | $168 | $189 | 12.5% |
| Frances P. Harris Revocable Trust | $177 | $177 | 0% |
| Ulmont Randolph Ison | $748 | $176 | -76.5% |
| Edward Fields | $561 | $166 | -70.4% |
| Frances E. Redford | $279 | $157 | -43.7% |
| John H. McCraw Sr. | $1,936 | $154 | -92% |
| Burnett McMillian | $331 | $141 | -57.4% |
| Joseph W. Borum | $141 | $141 | 0% |
| Horace L. Ellett | $270 | $132 | -51.1% |
| Leslie E. Mann | $305 | $126 | -58.7% |
| Lynne Inge | $305 | $126 | -58.7% |
| Austin Matney | $1,504 | $107 | -92.9% |
| Lennis E. Johns | $248 | $105 | -57.7% |
| A. Q. Ellington III | $375 | $103 | -72.5% |
| Robert C. Blair Jr. | $195 | $80 | -59% |
| Susan Gary Kreis | $0 | $72 | -- |
| William J. Outlaw | $62 | $62 | 0% |
| Glenn C. Elliott | $294 | $42 | -85.7% |
| David Lee Wilkins | $345 | $30 | -91.3% |
| Larry Parrish | $28 | $28 | 0% |
| Allen G. Walker | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew Q. Shepherd | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd W. Drinkwater | $292 | $0 | -100% |
| Lathan Toth | $14,687 | $0 | -100% |
| Maple Grove Farm | $196 | $0 | -100% |
| Part a Trust Under Will of George | $823 | $0 | -100% |
| Rem Associates | $229 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger J. Malbone | $5,971 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Lee Greer | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| James W. Fowlkes | $920 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall L. Cook | $325 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley N. Fowlkes | $178 | $0 | -100% |
| Stuart A. Rosenberg | $788 | $0 | -100% |
| Adrienne Rose Powers | $62 | $0 | -100% |
| Eleanor P. Mustian | $705 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne L. Norton | $5,676 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Kay Baker | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,563,768 | $950,441 | -39.2% |
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