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In 2021, 251 farmers in cities within Izard County received a total of $2.1 million in 293 farm subsidies, a 65.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.1 million in 640 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 Izard County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everett Brothers, Inc. | $3,003,728 | $1,080,102 | -64% |
| Miller Poultry and Cattle, Inc. | $80,342 | $96,201 | 19.7% |
| Clint Everett | $504,677 | $90,617 | -82% |
| Jeremy Chad Everett | $60,700 | $78,223 | 28.9% |
| Raymond Branscum | $29,617 | $59,275 | 100.1% |
| Anthony Cooper | $3,168 | $53,591 | 1,591.6% |
| Holly M. Webb | $0 | $38,509 | -- |
| Carter Poultry and Cattle, LLC | $73,203 | $38,416 | -47.5% |
| Tamela K. Branscum | $15,150 | $32,238 | 112.8% |
| Ingram Timber, LLC | $0 | $22,159 | -- |
| Casey Hightower | $12,298 | $20,160 | 63.9% |
| Stephen Jerad Everett | $55,788 | $15,010 | -73.1% |
| John Hatfield | $13,649 | $13,649 | 0% |
| Thomas Q. Wren II | $49,912 | $13,251 | -73.5% |
| Bennie Cooper | $46,087 | $12,517 | -72.8% |
| Johnny Branscum Farms, Inc. | $0 | $9,643 | -- |
| Linda Edwards | $35,684 | $9,537 | -73.3% |
| Bryan Phillips | $39,913 | $9,020 | -77.4% |
| Dustin P. Cooper | $99,038 | $8,337 | -91.6% |
| Dennis Taylor | $33,315 | $8,127 | -75.6% |
| Charles D. Byram | $22,833 | $7,400 | -67.6% |
| Ronny Branscum | $0 | $7,087 | -- |
| Jerry W. Crosby | $25,920 | $6,894 | -73.4% |
| Mike Warden | $63,653 | $6,366 | -90% |
| Tanis Warden | $32,296 | $6,114 | -81.1% |
| Larry W. Ashburn | $8,775 | $6,094 | -30.6% |
| Bonnie Copp Wyatt | $43,545 | $5,960 | -86.3% |
| Jimmy Mitchell | $26,383 | $5,493 | -79.2% |
| Jonathan Martin Moore | $4,908 | $5,485 | 11.8% |
| Wilcoxson Bros Limited PTR | $8,983 | $5,465 | -39.2% |
| Connie Everett | $39,103 | $5,418 | -86.1% |
| Thomas P. Black | $0 | $4,872 | -- |
| Melanie Taylor | $27,747 | $4,813 | -82.7% |
| Moss Farms | $15,191 | $4,685 | -69.2% |
| Raybourne L. Tate | $22,264 | $4,637 | -79.2% |
| Wendy Lee Hutchins | $13,255 | $4,459 | -66.4% |
| Lester Gross | $24,227 | $4,337 | -82.1% |
| Nathan Lyle Sanders | $19,085 | $3,979 | -79.2% |
| Buster Branscum | $11,770 | $3,972 | -66.3% |
| Bruce Knapp | $35,090 | $3,938 | -88.8% |
| Joe C. Baker | $16,070 | $3,857 | -76% |
| Jason M. Miller | $73,443 | $3,780 | -94.9% |
| Doyle H. Cooper | $15,675 | $3,699 | -76.4% |
| Brickell Farms, LLC | $19,383 | $3,549 | -81.7% |
| Willard Don Selph | $14,762 | $3,520 | -76.2% |
| Walter C. Freeman | $11,748 | $3,454 | -70.6% |
| Margaret Mason | $16,764 | $3,406 | -79.7% |
| Tim Smith | $12,786 | $3,376 | -73.6% |
| Angela S. Morrison | $22,020 | $3,282 | -85.1% |
| Kerry D. Groves | $13,724 | $3,256 | -76.3% |
| Toby Smith | $14,575 | $3,226 | -77.9% |
| Amanda Thornton | $11,968 | $3,220 | -73.1% |
| Mitchell Dobson | $21,942 | $3,212 | -85.4% |
| Collie E. Shaw | $15,927 | $3,155 | -80.2% |
| Rex Whitfield | $16,434 | $3,144 | -80.9% |
| J B Cattle, Inc. | $18,174 | $3,122 | -82.8% |
| Michael L. Davis Sr. | $15,593 | $3,092 | -80.2% |
| Terry R. Seay | $12,694 | $2,895 | -77.2% |
| Elizabeth A. Edwards | $9,925 | $2,872 | -71.1% |
| Billie Hollowell | $10,417 | $2,870 | -72.4% |
| Quillen Edwards | $14,058 | $2,846 | -79.8% |
| Lester A. Taylor | $14,934 | $2,716 | -81.8% |
| Fern Sherrell | $15,043 | $2,636 | -82.5% |
| Olivia Marie Foster | $4,809 | $2,550 | -47% |
| Thomas Bailey | $18,969 | $2,534 | -86.6% |
| Douglas Tanner | $10,824 | $2,502 | -76.9% |
| Phyllis Brooks | $10,274 | $2,435 | -76.3% |
| Suzanne C Runsick | $8,987 | $2,402 | -73.3% |
| Rodney Griffin | $3,375 | $2,400 | -28.9% |
| Jennifer Branscum | $9,763 | $2,260 | -76.9% |
| Steve Jones | $17,488 | $2,219 | -87.3% |
| Larry M. Shaw | $13,763 | $2,212 | -83.9% |
| Ryan S. Howard | $9,097 | $2,199 | -75.8% |
| Kody Joe Caraway | $9,834 | $2,112 | -78.5% |
| Nathan Caraway | $8,448 | $2,100 | -75.1% |
| Nathan Caraway | $8,448 | $2,100 | -75.1% |
| Larry W. Love | $4,541 | $2,093 | -53.9% |
| Tate Brothers | $10,150 | $2,073 | -79.6% |
| Kaye Plumlee | $8,580 | $2,066 | -75.9% |
| James A. Knight | $6,072 | $2,041 | -66.4% |
| Lewis W. Moody | $16,710 | $1,960 | -88.3% |
| Doyle McCollum | $9,120 | $1,953 | -78.6% |
| Joseph James Ingram | $13,988 | $1,900 | -86.4% |
| Lane Knight Farm, LLC | $6,820 | $1,881 | -72.4% |
| Jared Wilson Johnson | $12,482 | $1,871 | -85% |
| Heath Lenn Branscum | $7,594 | $1,867 | -75.4% |
| Shane Gardner | $19,994 | $1,850 | -90.7% |
| Hayden Noel Wyatt | $9,842 | $1,848 | -81.2% |
| Gaylon Wyatt | $8,884 | $1,834 | -79.4% |
| Danny Woods | $8,325 | $1,780 | -78.6% |
| Ken Clark | $7,126 | $1,718 | -75.9% |
| Don O. Wright | $9,711 | $1,716 | -82.3% |
| Herchel G Howard | $8,261 | $1,693 | -79.5% |
| Shannon Scott | $7,898 | $1,686 | -78.7% |
| Ricky Sanders | $7,344 | $1,665 | -77.3% |
| Shelby Qualls | $8,499 | $1,664 | -80.4% |
| Jennifer Houghtaling | $10,098 | $1,658 | -83.6% |
| Robby Qualls | $8,466 | $1,646 | -80.6% |
| Janet L. Cox | $5,544 | $1,646 | -70.3% |
| Christina Counce | $7,678 | $1,596 | -79.2% |
| Stephen Christopher Warden | $10,912 | $1,578 | -85.5% |
| Pauletta Deloach | $4,997 | $1,572 | -68.5% |
| James E. Muncy | $8,093 | $1,546 | -80.9% |
| Thomas Norvold | $8,134 | $1,537 | -81.1% |
| Randy Franks | $6,303 | $1,534 | -75.7% |
| Billy Ray Harris | $7,737 | $1,526 | -80.3% |
| Beverly Dockins | $6,149 | $1,525 | -75.2% |
| Joseph S. Giefer | $4,807 | $1,515 | -68.5% |
| Melvin K. Shoemate | $9,700 | $1,508 | -84.5% |
| Brent J. McCollum | $6,974 | $1,502 | -78.5% |
| Douglas Foyt | $12,183 | $1,502 | -87.7% |
| Kirby Billingsley | $5,659 | $1,469 | -74% |
| Carla Sue Barksdale | $7,948 | $1,457 | -81.7% |
| Bill B. Younger | $7,516 | $1,434 | -80.9% |
| Carolyn Dockins | $5,313 | $1,421 | -73.3% |
| Jason Gregory Sherrell | $18,675 | $1,414 | -92.4% |
| Ralph Ingram | $5,918 | $1,401 | -76.3% |
| Charles Everett | $5,511 | $1,383 | -74.9% |
| Gary Joe Fulbright | $5,797 | $1,380 | -76.2% |
| Keith Grimes | $5,852 | $1,333 | -77.2% |
| Paul Winkle | $7,349 | $1,330 | -81.9% |
| Joe Hale | $6,420 | $1,311 | -79.6% |
| Rocky Campbell | $6,890 | $1,310 | -81% |
| Paul Hayden Cooper | $6,905 | $1,292 | -81.3% |
| Y. D. Whitehurst Jr. | $4,653 | $1,287 | -72.3% |
| Tommy Weatherford | $7,326 | $1,278 | -82.6% |
| Lea Erby | $5,511 | $1,262 | -77.1% |
| Billy Joe Kankey | $6,869 | $1,248 | -81.8% |
| Jo Anna Bray | $6,418 | $1,234 | -80.8% |
| Oleta Mae Martin | $5,697 | $1,226 | -78.5% |
| Dean Batterton | $5,390 | $1,218 | -77.4% |
| Ron Staggs | $6,738 | $1,212 | -82% |
| Adam D Hoskinds | $5,269 | $1,202 | -77.2% |
| Toby Weatherford | $7,227 | $1,201 | -83.4% |
| W. C. Evans | $4,708 | $1,178 | -75% |
| Bradley Gene Wheelis | $5,731 | $1,177 | -79.5% |
| Jerry W. Blankenship | $5,301 | $1,176 | -77.8% |
| Dale Edward Harmon | $5,082 | $1,160 | -77.2% |
| Warren B. Sanders | $4,796 | $1,138 | -76.3% |
| Eric Smith | $5,159 | $1,108 | -78.5% |
| Arnold Wayne Harris | $4,213 | $1,082 | -74.3% |
| Tyler Weatherford | $6,277 | $1,073 | -82.9% |
| Kristie D. Branscum | $4,620 | $1,054 | -77.2% |
| Judy Batterton | $4,576 | $1,054 | -77% |
| Patrick Eugene Thompson III | $4,202 | $1,051 | -75% |
| Jimmy Don Hall | $5,951 | $1,029 | -82.7% |
| Lyle Sanders | $5,280 | $1,021 | -80.7% |
| The Faith Family Revocable Living Trus | $1,544 | $1,014 | -34.3% |
| Karrigan Paul Wiles | $4,785 | $1,001 | -79.1% |
| Carol Whitehurst | $3,795 | $997 | -73.7% |
| Alan Sherrell | $8,089 | $990 | -87.8% |
| Randall S. Wortham | $27,843 | $980 | -96.5% |
| Michael Paskewitz | $5,808 | $978 | -83.2% |
| Robert Gene Tankersley II | $1,947 | $960 | -50.7% |
| Jane Lamb | $4,396 | $932 | -78.8% |
| Billy W. Garland | $1,686 | $905 | -46.3% |
| Glendon S. Everett | $16,700 | $897 | -94.6% |
| Donald Cheatham | $4,070 | $890 | -78.1% |
| David B. Sharp | $5,871 | $875 | -85.1% |
| Fredrick Michael Huckabee | $7,493 | $875 | -88.3% |
| Helen Rand | $5,615 | $872 | -84.5% |
| Larry Lee | $4,557 | $851 | -81.3% |
| Harvey Lynn Wallis | $4,723 | $841 | -82.2% |
| James Southard | $3,418 | $810 | -76.3% |
| Kelli Lynett Orf | $9,967 | $795 | -92% |
| Vaunita S Morrison | $3,872 | $782 | -79.8% |
| David A. Lester | $4,399 | $776 | -82.4% |
| Louis R. Sanders | $4,263 | $764 | -82.1% |
| Kendall Wallis | $3,366 | $754 | -77.6% |
| Andy Rex Whiteaker | $2,673 | $751 | -71.9% |
| Randall Lovelace | $4,444 | $750 | -83.1% |
| Alvis Cheyenne Carter Jr. | $3,421 | $748 | -78.1% |
| James Coy Bray | $2,904 | $740 | -74.5% |
| Connie Diane Turner | $3,619 | $736 | -79.7% |
| Shayne Moser | $4,565 | $728 | -84.1% |
| Martha Jane Crofford | $3,411 | $723 | -78.8% |
| Elsie P. Rand | $2,167 | $698 | -67.8% |
| Darrell E. Killian | $3,432 | $696 | -79.7% |
| Jessy L. Smith | $19,279 | $692 | -96.4% |
| Carolyn R. Gillihan | $3,868 | $682 | -82.4% |
| David Blankenship | $1,727 | $671 | -61.1% |
| Cody W. Cooper | $3,215 | $655 | -79.6% |
| River Haven Ranch | $2,145 | $645 | -69.9% |
| Toby McCurley | $3,454 | $644 | -81.4% |
| Janice Acklin | $3,098 | $640 | -79.3% |
| Joe L. Jackson | $2,310 | $633 | -72.6% |
| Benjamin Giefer | $2,816 | $628 | -77.7% |
| David Lawrence | $0 | $616 | -- |
| Robert R. Love | $4,741 | $615 | -87% |
| Johnny Parish | $2,255 | $612 | -72.9% |
| Eric Bray | $250 | $604 | 141.6% |
| Grant Smith | $2,453 | $603 | -75.4% |
| Michael Gillihan | $3,327 | $602 | -81.9% |
| Troy Darrell Copeland | $2,882 | $585 | -79.7% |
| Phillip Edwards | $3,335 | $578 | -82.7% |
| Kendall H. Morrison | $0 | $575 | -- |
| Tina M. Branscum | $3,358 | $568 | -83.1% |
| Sarah Elizabeth Lesley | $3,954 | $561 | -85.8% |
| Alan Barry Love | $1,672 | $556 | -66.7% |
| Virginia Sanders | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Sanders Lee Wyatt | $4,814 | $529 | -89% |
| Jacob Thunberg | $2,553 | $526 | -79.4% |
| Brandon Gillaspie | $2,387 | $509 | -78.7% |
| Phyllis Dickerson | $4,227 | $509 | -88% |
| James David Sisk | $2,145 | $506 | -76.4% |
| Jessica Gross | $2,003 | $500 | -75% |
| Margaret M Pomikala | $1,281 | $496 | -61.3% |
| MRS Phyllis G Branscum | $2,453 | $478 | -80.5% |
| Eugene Sullins | $1,221 | $464 | -62% |
| Tim Vest | $3,113 | $425 | -86.3% |
| Sharon Faye McCormack | $3,304 | $422 | -87.2% |
| Ricky Hoskinds | $1,617 | $408 | -74.8% |
| Linda K. Jones | $2,046 | $408 | -80.1% |
| Johnny George Higgins Jr. | $1,815 | $403 | -77.8% |
| Ronald Christopher Moser | $2,100 | $401 | -80.9% |
| Mark Herrington | $1,529 | $391 | -74.4% |
| Michael Justin Parish | $1,610 | $387 | -76% |
| Mary Bishop | $2,844 | $380 | -86.6% |
| Payten Mutz-Hutchins | $1,752 | $380 | -78.3% |
| Leanna J. Martin | $1,694 | $378 | -77.7% |
| Timmie Skelton | $1,639 | $370 | -77.4% |
| Jordan C. Hutchins | $2,212 | $366 | -83.5% |
| Steven Phipps | $1,562 | $363 | -76.8% |
| Shirley Pierce | $1,639 | $360 | -78% |
| Angela Fleming | $1,650 | $360 | -78.2% |
| Brenda Branscum | $1,848 | $342 | -81.5% |
| Michael Joe Kankey | $3,153 | $335 | -89.4% |
| Jerry Gene Tracy | $1,408 | $334 | -76.3% |
| Sarah P. Smith | $2,497 | $328 | -86.9% |
| Leigh Ann Cox | $1,992 | $325 | -83.7% |
| Holden Hutchins | $1,642 | $315 | -80.8% |
| Ida Rachelle Dale | $1,568 | $315 | -79.9% |
| Marty Fulbright | $1,627 | $308 | -81.1% |
| Brian Deloach | $1,056 | $298 | -71.8% |
| John E. Vest | $1,320 | $284 | -78.5% |
| Phillip D. Gillihan | $1,496 | $277 | -81.5% |
| Joannie King | $1,243 | $260 | -79.1% |
| Patty Watson | $1,139 | $253 | -77.8% |
| Mike Dobe | $1,210 | $253 | -79.1% |
| Tyrel Sanders | $979 | $239 | -75.6% |
| Teepee Farms, LLC | $1,056 | $222 | -79% |
| David Morris | $4,782 | $209 | -95.6% |
| David Wynn Jones | $567 | $206 | -63.7% |
| Jeffrey Hugh Cowan | $2,024 | $180 | -91.1% |
| Paul Duckson | $1,067 | $180 | -83.1% |
| Brett Alan Love | $1,167 | $163 | -86% |
| Victor Deloach | $3,414 | $114 | -96.7% |
| Andrea Martz | $268 | $107 | -60.1% |
| Jodi Boggs | $268 | $107 | -60.1% |
| Tommy W. Vance | $473 | $73 | -84.6% |
| Mary T. Beck | $233 | $52 | -77.7% |
| Danny Campbell | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Sanders | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Owen Brickell | $485 | $0 | -100% |
| David Burrow | $11,829 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon Lawrence | $1,724 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward C. Smith Jr. | $36,436 | $0 | -100% |
| Lillian Hutchins | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Charlene Morris | $2,307 | $0 | -100% |
| McKee Ann Miller | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Melissa Cooper | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris Johnson | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris V. Sullins | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,068,913 | $2,081,836 | -65.7% |
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