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In 2021, 129 farmers in cities within Chesapeake city received a total of $652,416 in 244 farm subsidies, a 72.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.4 million in 379 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Cutrell | $184,693 | $86,097 | -53.4% |
| Edgar W. Lane | $94,654 | $64,983 | -31.3% |
| Mcpherson Farms, LLC | $190,966 | $46,555 | -75.6% |
| Chris Slabaugh | $115,835 | $34,689 | -70.1% |
| Teeuwen Greenhouses, Ltd. | $0 | $26,874 | -- |
| Scotland Farms, LLC | $7,780 | $24,837 | 219.2% |
| C. R. McPherson | $57,905 | $22,002 | -62% |
| Whedbee Farms, Inc. | $45,980 | $21,242 | -53.8% |
| Glenn Heard | $29,429 | $21,189 | -28% |
| Pittman Family General Partnership | $0 | $15,544 | -- |
| Brickhouse Farms, LLC | $46,649 | $15,354 | -67.1% |
| Carolyn Ann Mills - Mills Family Trust | $0 | $13,898 | -- |
| Mark J. Iacobucci | $12,914 | $12,914 | 0% |
| Pauline Zook | $11,574 | $11,574 | 0% |
| Michael W. Mayo | $9,519 | $11,026 | 15.8% |
| Mario Eugene Albritton | $18,017 | $10,655 | -40.9% |
| Jacob Risser Lehman Jr. | $21,818 | $9,367 | -57.1% |
| Douglas T. Johnson II | $0 | $9,332 | -- |
| Oak Gone Farm, LLC | $25,063 | $9,016 | -64% |
| Thomas S. Hart | $15,455 | $8,682 | -43.8% |
| John H. Pierce | $69,281 | $8,645 | -87.5% |
| Paul Pearce 2nd | $9,825 | $7,223 | -26.5% |
| Wilbur Nicholas | $9,334 | $7,082 | -24.1% |
| Stonecypher Farms, LLC | $15,286 | $6,282 | -58.9% |
| James E. Gibson | $6,068 | $6,068 | 0% |
| John A. Temple | $8,530 | $6,033 | -29.3% |
| Russell Temple | $14,234 | $5,942 | -58.3% |
| Barbara B. Hardee | $6,667 | $4,768 | -28.5% |
| Cedars Farm, LLC | $4,600 | $4,600 | 0% |
| Glenn Brunner | $7,943 | $4,511 | -43.2% |
| Michael E. Hart | $6,483 | $4,337 | -33.1% |
| William H. Cartwright | $4,288 | $4,174 | -2.7% |
| Lilley Farms & Nursery, Inc. | $122,628 | $4,018 | -96.7% |
| Grafton C. Nicholas III | $4,187 | $3,336 | -20.3% |
| DPHC, LLC | $0 | $3,229 | -- |
| Charlotte Boone | $7,116 | $3,101 | -56.4% |
| Big House Farms, LLC | $0 | $2,988 | -- |
| Michael James Rama | $5,008 | $2,979 | -40.5% |
| John A. Bray Jr. | $5,944 | $2,974 | -50% |
| Thomas G. Stanton III | $2,938 | $2,938 | 0% |
| Josphat Musapatike | $7,469 | $2,868 | -61.6% |
| Eugene T. White III | $5,817 | $2,862 | -50.8% |
| Herbert Wenger | $2,774 | $2,774 | 0% |
| F. H. Hildebrand | $5,560 | $2,764 | -50.3% |
| Lucy T. Rankin | $2,974 | $2,677 | -10% |
| Susan Oneal Hill | $2,600 | $2,600 | 0% |
| Michael W Hinrichs Estate | $0 | $2,471 | -- |
| William T. Chory Jr. | $6,374 | $2,390 | -62.5% |
| Annette D. Peoples | $4,325 | $2,379 | -45% |
| Susan Redford K. Vogler | $4,007 | $2,379 | -40.6% |
| Clyde E. Cassell | $4,587 | $2,312 | -49.6% |
| Steven Haugen | $2,294 | $2,294 | 0% |
| Michael Fisher | $3,080 | $2,205 | -28.4% |
| Hunter's Edge | $2,144 | $2,144 | 0% |
| Keith Davenport | $2,079 | $2,079 | 0% |
| Bernadette Meyers | $3,950 | $1,990 | -49.6% |
| Erik Eriksen | $5,676 | $1,972 | -65.3% |
| J. C. Todd Jr. | $1,753 | $1,962 | 11.9% |
| Michael Zydron | $3,802 | $1,920 | -49.5% |
| Russell Heath | $2,913 | $1,902 | -34.7% |
| Donald M. Tatem | $5,358 | $1,883 | -64.9% |
| Amos Woodrow Lane Marital Trust | $2,168 | $1,810 | -16.5% |
| Jeremy Glenn Parker | $0 | $1,670 | -- |
| Lela Chasten | $4,559 | $1,607 | -64.8% |
| John N. Hoggard | $2,164 | $1,315 | -39.2% |
| Thomas Pratt | $1,283 | $1,283 | 0% |
| Byron L. Stonecypher | $2,593 | $1,228 | -52.6% |
| Patricia L. Chilton | $383 | $1,189 | 210.4% |
| George R. Stonecypher | $2,679 | $1,124 | -58% |
| Glenn Miller | $2,131 | $1,108 | -48% |
| Maxine H. Murff | $2,496 | $1,072 | -57.1% |
| Stanley G. Bryan Jr. | $672 | $1,045 | 55.5% |
| L. R. Luton | $560 | $953 | 70.2% |
| Henry Franklin Brothers | $1,474 | $928 | -37% |
| J. H. Lindsay | $6,798 | $915 | -86.5% |
| Darell L Spycher | $808 | $808 | 0% |
| Olin Slabaugh | $1,570 | $794 | -49.4% |
| Steve Black | $1,635 | $792 | -51.6% |
| Herbert L. Magness | $2,059 | $784 | -61.9% |
| HPI Farms, LLC | $0 | $751 | -- |
| Hbar H Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $729 | -- |
| Jerry E. Cutrell | $1,432 | $702 | -51% |
| Joy B. Bilinski | $684 | $684 | 0% |
| Walston Blue Ridge, LLC | $1,205 | $629 | -47.8% |
| Donald J. Werner Sr. | $961 | $532 | -44.6% |
| Celia White | $956 | $523 | -45.3% |
| J. R. Smith | $749 | $437 | -41.7% |
| Delwyn D Hutto | $1,993 | $408 | -79.5% |
| Sharon W Etzell | $754 | $389 | -48.4% |
| Clay Creekmore | $488 | $331 | -32.2% |
| Deanna Derby L. Moretz | $1,152 | $330 | -71.4% |
| Thomas McKnight | $321 | $321 | 0% |
| Margie Blevins | $232 | $314 | 35.3% |
| Nina N. Scott | $293 | $293 | 0% |
| Jeremiah Lynde Hill | $0 | $290 | -- |
| Bobby White | $0 | $239 | -- |
| Nancy Albright | $290 | $227 | -21.7% |
| Sandra Koppen | $290 | $227 | -21.7% |
| Ronnie Barnard | $396 | $219 | -44.7% |
| Walstons Farm, LLC | $366 | $210 | -42.6% |
| Samuel E. Lanier Jr. | $942 | $205 | -78.2% |
| Beverly Jean Luton | $171 | $200 | 17% |
| Rilla Mae Derby | $700 | $198 | -71.7% |
| Don H. Higgerson Jr. | $352 | $185 | -47.4% |
| Mark K. Higgerson | $352 | $185 | -47.4% |
| Stephen Worman | $618 | $183 | -70.4% |
| Judy Hicks | $561 | $160 | -71.5% |
| Michelle L Consolvo | $142 | $157 | 10.6% |
| Hempossible Industries, Inc. | $0 | $152 | -- |
| Arianna P. Geddings | $316 | $146 | -53.8% |
| Louise B. Owens | $1,758 | $145 | -91.8% |
| Linda L. Bohon | $147 | $115 | -21.8% |
| James S. Boyette Jr. | $144 | $113 | -21.5% |
| Patricia B. Hamilton | $144 | $113 | -21.5% |
| Virginia M. Bogue | $144 | $113 | -21.5% |
| Dixie N. Jennings | $134 | $109 | -18.7% |
| Billie Groh | $100 | $101 | 1% |
| Thomas K. Kephart | $361 | $98 | -72.9% |
| John R. Ray Sr. | $0 | $94 | -- |
| Eunice D. Boyd | $172 | $84 | -51.2% |
| Rick L. Roberts | $412 | $81 | -80.3% |
| W. L. Powers Jr. | $175 | $76 | -56.6% |
| Joyce Easley | $242 | $73 | -69.8% |
| Christopher Higgerson | $260 | $62 | -76.2% |
| Kevin R. Smith | $139 | $54 | -61.2% |
| Charles Alan Cartier | $259 | $47 | -81.9% |
| Donald Alton Umphlett II | $322 | $42 | -87% |
| Betty Jane Hougasian | $240 | $17 | -92.9% |
| Joyce M. White | $11 | $13 | 18.2% |
| C. F. Cutrell Jr. | $174 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles L. Llewellyn | $1,031 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W. Harris | $91 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Wenger | $1,055 | $0 | -100% |
| E. Cullipher | $561 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Creasy | $1,051 | $0 | -100% |
| Hattie J. Norvell | $9,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob Fruchtenicht | $376 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennings & Jennings | $3,476 | $0 | -100% |
| John L. Griffin | $76 | $0 | -100% |
| Kay Moore | $11 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly K. Serbousek | $468 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade L. Fulford | $1,881 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Hinrichs | $2,468 | $0 | -100% |
| Micheal D. Mills | $13,898 | $0 | -100% |
| Neil B. Powers | $248 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy Perry | $231 | $0 | -100% |
| Pittman Family General Partnershi | $29,047 | $0 | -100% |
| Riki Brooks | $2,313 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Barnett | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Morris | $11,219 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherri Lynn Mayes | $3,429 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven L Decker Estate | $892 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas G. Stanton | $742 | $0 | -100% |
| White's Nursery & Greenhouses, Inc. | $943,064 | $0 | -100% |
| William L. Lambert | $8,871 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,372,276 | $652,416 | -72.5% |
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