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In 2021, 165 farmers in cities within Suffolk city received a total of $3.1 million in 346 farm subsidies, a 49.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.2 million in 603 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 Suffolk city, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glover Farms Partnership | $1,448,389 | $690,189 | -52.3% |
| J and J Farms | $270,575 | $140,717 | -48% |
| Bosselman Farms, Inc. | $218,496 | $128,987 | -41% |
| Jason Holland Farms, LLC | $214,572 | $112,357 | -47.6% |
| Harvester Farms, Inc. | $186,309 | $105,095 | -43.6% |
| Griffin Farms, LLC | $245,983 | $105,071 | -57.3% |
| Dale E. Holland | $138,041 | $100,308 | -27.3% |
| Three M Farming, LLC | $224,320 | $93,532 | -58.3% |
| Joseph D Griffin Family Trust | $168,673 | $93,103 | -44.8% |
| Frank Holland Jr. | $212,436 | $91,963 | -56.7% |
| Worrell Farms, LLC | $127,242 | $87,257 | -31.4% |
| Barden Farms, LLC | $107,287 | $79,108 | -26.3% |
| Thomas R. Rountree | $146,942 | $76,525 | -47.9% |
| 3W of Virginia, Inc. | $211,506 | $72,453 | -65.7% |
| J L Byrum Farms, LLC | $153,217 | $68,238 | -55.5% |
| RCR Farms, Inc. | $108,955 | $57,596 | -47.1% |
| Roger F. Fowler | $105,551 | $53,696 | -49.1% |
| William B. Hunter | $112,005 | $47,104 | -57.9% |
| Wayland H West | $90,994 | $47,083 | -48.3% |
| Cotton Plains Farm, Inc. | $147,655 | $45,705 | -69% |
| Dennis W. Harrell | $67,060 | $41,722 | -37.8% |
| Robert L. Harrell Jr. | $67,060 | $41,722 | -37.8% |
| R T Bailey Farms, LLC | $56,003 | $37,776 | -32.5% |
| Clifton Sylvester Hunter Sr. | $39,179 | $37,170 | -5.1% |
| Daniels Trawlers, Inc. | $0 | $34,907 | -- |
| Chorey Mcguire Cutchin | $51,681 | $34,352 | -33.5% |
| Greenway Farms, Ltd. | $63,898 | $31,050 | -51.4% |
| Theodore Loerenzo Hunter | $70,657 | $30,667 | -56.6% |
| Old Myrtle Farms, LLC | $59,997 | $29,066 | -51.6% |
| Ernest Ellis | $60,428 | $27,683 | -54.2% |
| Mike Ellis | $59,480 | $26,835 | -54.9% |
| Ryan Williams | $59,329 | $26,471 | -55.4% |
| Branton Farms, Inc. | $50,668 | $25,774 | -49.1% |
| Michael Faulk | $38,855 | $25,398 | -34.6% |
| Wright Farms, LLC | $45,565 | $25,272 | -44.5% |
| Williams Cattle Company, LLC | $39,263 | $20,476 | -47.8% |
| Goodman Farms, LLC | $35,165 | $20,332 | -42.2% |
| Mills A. March | $26,403 | $19,532 | -26% |
| R. E. Parker Jr. | $25,448 | $19,345 | -24% |
| Travis W. Williams | $43,779 | $17,035 | -61.1% |
| Jane R. Savage | $33,656 | $15,493 | -54% |
| Richard A. Gwaltney | $19,070 | $14,120 | -26% |
| Gary Ellis | $17,761 | $13,921 | -21.6% |
| Jake O. Cutchin Jr. | $18,225 | $12,710 | -30.3% |
| Tony B. Jernigan | $17,135 | $12,580 | -26.6% |
| Richard M. Williams III | $104,985 | $12,079 | -88.5% |
| Doris Rountree Glenn | $13,973 | $11,036 | -21% |
| Russell B. Glenn | $13,973 | $11,036 | -21% |
| MBM Farms, Inc. | $18,139 | $10,545 | -41.9% |
| Jesse D. Williams | $37,802 | $7,026 | -81.4% |
| Ronald H. Oliver | $5,150 | $5,827 | 13.1% |
| Charles Aswell | $6,588 | $5,582 | -15.3% |
| Monte Kenneth Walden Jr. | $18,241 | $5,143 | -71.8% |
| D & D Farm Services, LLC | $8,138 | $5,131 | -37% |
| Gordon D. Presson | $6,433 | $5,066 | -21.2% |
| Darden R. Ward | $6,128 | $4,522 | -26.2% |
| Edwin Wayne Griffin | $6,933 | $4,452 | -35.8% |
| Timothy J. Copeland | $7,092 | $4,307 | -39.3% |
| John M. Bott | $13,422 | $4,169 | -68.9% |
| Cedar Hills, LLC | $4,057 | $4,057 | 0% |
| Chris Ellis | $9,536 | $4,054 | -57.5% |
| Charles H. Daughtrey | $6,100 | $3,771 | -38.2% |
| W T Taylor JR Heirs | $6,473 | $3,633 | -43.9% |
| Joseph H. Barlow | $3,520 | $3,520 | 0% |
| Edward A. Johnson | $5,302 | $3,517 | -33.7% |
| Joseph Ray Ward Jr. | $4,777 | $3,078 | -35.6% |
| David Fay | $3,873 | $2,855 | -26.3% |
| Martha Q. Rountree | $4,644 | $2,517 | -45.8% |
| Jeffrey W. Norfleet | $5,364 | $2,499 | -53.4% |
| Sahmod Earls | $0 | $2,467 | -- |
| Glenn Development, Inc. | $0 | $2,226 | -- |
| Glenn Branchaud | $3,164 | $2,187 | -30.9% |
| Rudolph E. Edwards Jr. | $3,235 | $2,178 | -32.7% |
| Janet Aston | $1,716 | $1,991 | 16% |
| Henry W. Rountree Jr. | $5,604 | $1,972 | -64.8% |
| Kathryn G. Holland | $3,385 | $1,955 | -42.2% |
| Margaret H. Guinn | $3,336 | $1,894 | -43.2% |
| Shirron E Sears | $2,740 | $1,892 | -30.9% |
| Norman K. March | $1,687 | $1,861 | 10.3% |
| Ramie Holland Chadbourne | $3,251 | $1,846 | -43.2% |
| Mary S. Williams | $9,465 | $1,728 | -81.7% |
| Gayle E. M. Oneal | $1,586 | $1,712 | 7.9% |
| Tart A. T. Farms | $3,139 | $1,707 | -45.6% |
| Revelle Brothers, LLC | $3,818 | $1,602 | -58% |
| Shirnita Audrey Gordon | $2,173 | $1,494 | -31.2% |
| John Henry Carter Jr. | $2,405 | $1,431 | -40.5% |
| Donald J. Worrell | $2,032 | $1,430 | -29.6% |
| John David Holland | $2,517 | $1,419 | -43.6% |
| Edgar Earl Blanchard | $3,101 | $1,406 | -54.7% |
| Gordon Iiams | $1,369 | $1,369 | 0% |
| Jackson A. Greene Jr. | $2,835 | $1,348 | -52.5% |
| Howard V Holland JR Revocable Trust | $0 | $1,343 | -- |
| Thaddeus W. Smith Jr. | $1,690 | $1,320 | -21.9% |
| Robert Benjamin Speight | $1,285 | $1,285 | 0% |
| The JLMLJ Trust | $2,019 | $1,284 | -36.4% |
| Frank S. Heath | $1,243 | $1,243 | 0% |
| Mary Catherine Callahan | $1,268 | $1,227 | -3.2% |
| Kathryn L. Sommer | $3,666 | $1,096 | -70.1% |
| Leslie John Christmas | $1,228 | $1,084 | -11.7% |
| Mary D. Henderson | $1,079 | $1,079 | 0% |
| Thomas W. Rountree | $0 | $998 | -- |
| John Drames JR | $978 | $978 | 0% |
| Lindsey Tribble | $977 | $977 | 0% |
| Shannon Eberhardt | $1,518 | $910 | -40.1% |
| James C. Prohaska | $816 | $856 | 4.9% |
| Pat J Cotturone | $0 | $790 | -- |
| Sarah C. Pettit | $1,314 | $768 | -41.6% |
| Nichole M. Stewart | $1,622 | $745 | -54.1% |
| Benny T. Copeland | $1,478 | $736 | -50.2% |
| Wesley Porter Properties, LLC | $0 | $727 | -- |
| Kevin M. Cooke | $676 | $708 | 4.7% |
| Claudia E. Copeland | $698 | $698 | 0% |
| Deborah H. Lee | $1,292 | $684 | -47.1% |
| Mary H. Holland | $933 | $669 | -28.3% |
| Cynthia R. Rohrer | $76 | $641 | 743.4% |
| John Loudon | $352 | $641 | 82.1% |
| Jim Bob Hendricks | $821 | $633 | -22.9% |
| David L. Pfeiffer | $137 | $626 | 356.9% |
| Lee Ann Shelton-Matthews | $44 | $607 | 1,279.5% |
| Carrie Wiggins-Faulk | $971 | $561 | -42.2% |
| Leesville Road Farms, LLC | $969 | $538 | -44.5% |
| Earnest E. Green Jr. | $698 | $517 | -25.9% |
| Shirley B. Klages | $500 | $460 | -8% |
| Mary H. Pratt | $428 | $428 | 0% |
| Amy M. Clark | $436 | $414 | -5% |
| Leslie Benson | $433 | $410 | -5.3% |
| Jesse C. Bell | $0 | $397 | -- |
| Walden-Holland Properties, Inc. | $532 | $332 | -37.6% |
| Matthew Wilkins | $824 | $324 | -60.7% |
| Timothy P. Phillips | $12 | $323 | 2,591.7% |
| Penny Harcum | $226 | $309 | 36.7% |
| Arthur W. Moore III | $555 | $303 | -45.4% |
| Denise Stenstrum | $48 | $289 | 502.1% |
| James M. Harman II | $176 | $272 | 54.5% |
| Charles G. Havener | $0 | $245 | -- |
| Harold J. Faulk | $782 | $244 | -68.8% |
| Glenda J. Pyles | $41 | $243 | 492.7% |
| Carolyn F. Bunch | $119 | $240 | 101.7% |
| Linwood Faulk | $7,659 | $232 | -97% |
| Rosalind C. Cutchins | $222 | $222 | 0% |
| Elsie D. Collins | $386 | $198 | -48.7% |
| Ruby H. Walden | $1,284 | $197 | -84.7% |
| John Sallaz | $111 | $174 | 56.8% |
| David Dean Piland | $284 | $146 | -48.6% |
| Christian J. Prohaska | $3,051 | $138 | -95.5% |
| Jeanne E. Sperling | $23 | $130 | 465.2% |
| Anne Michele Devinney Schmoll | $14 | $120 | 757.1% |
| Jason Lewis | $120 | $111 | -7.5% |
| Courtnay F Woodrooffe | $179 | $104 | -41.9% |
| Robert F. Callis | $102 | $102 | 0% |
| Calvin Taylor Davis Jr. | $72 | $94 | 30.6% |
| Eunice Wilson | $131 | $87 | -33.6% |
| Robert McClung | $210 | $78 | -62.9% |
| Hilve D Firek | $46 | $69 | 50% |
| Gary Callow | $137 | $59 | -56.9% |
| Walden Enterprises, Inc. | $484 | $56 | -88.4% |
| Brian J. Bradley | $151 | $42 | -72.2% |
| M. E. Styron | $762 | $42 | -94.5% |
| David L. Barton | $135 | $38 | -71.9% |
| Patricia D. Barrs | $62 | $34 | -45.2% |
| Douglas L. Henry | $0 | $32 | -- |
| Robert E. Gillette | $32 | $32 | 0% |
| Jean R. Perry | $135 | $21 | -84.4% |
| Jay T. Lilley | $15 | $20 | 33.3% |
| Bennie L. Williams Sr. | $94 | $10 | -89.4% |
| Benjamin Frank Case Jr. | $12,494 | $0 | -100% |
| Carson P. Ashburn | $3,769 | $0 | -100% |
| Cheryll M. Hawthorne | $65 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Bailey | $351 | $0 | -100% |
| Devin Peavy | $4,740 | $0 | -100% |
| Fields of Hay, LLC | $68 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd M. Jones | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard V Holland JR Revocable Trustee | $1,865 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice L. Covington | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremiah Lynde Hill | $459 | $0 | -100% |
| John Fianza Boseman | $855 | $0 | -100% |
| John Whitehurst | $367 | $0 | -100% |
| Lois Davis | $136 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcy Shaffer | $126 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark J Estienne | $2,419 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Griffin | $26,419 | $0 | -100% |
| Rexford E. Cotten | $51 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Travis Bailey | $1,893 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie L. Brickhouse | $1,949 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel M. Darden | $170 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirron E Brisseau | $313 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendy L. Murray | $758 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,198,847 | $3,140,823 | -49.3% |
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