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In 2021, 130 farmers in cities within Isle of Wight County received a total of $3.2 million in 285 farm subsidies, a 52.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.7 million in 529 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Edwards Farms | $435,378 | $181,793 | -58.2% |
| Cedear Lane Farms, LLC | $331,765 | $149,441 | -55% |
| R S Darden, LLC | $279,194 | $148,725 | -46.7% |
| Babb Farms, Inc. | $295,015 | $140,337 | -52.4% |
| Crocker Brothers, Inc. | $243,886 | $124,101 | -49.1% |
| Oliver Farms, LLC | $264,018 | $112,847 | -57.3% |
| Stallings Farm, Inc. | $210,754 | $109,494 | -48% |
| Corrowaugh Farms, Inc. | $192,987 | $109,492 | -43.3% |
| Braswell Farms, LLC | $190,897 | $108,987 | -42.9% |
| Indika Farms, Inc. | $170,779 | $100,630 | -41.1% |
| Jones Farms, Inc. | $165,480 | $99,198 | -40.1% |
| Shiloh Farms, LLC | $37,786 | $99,043 | 162.1% |
| Byrum Family Farms, Inc. | $256,976 | $98,001 | -61.9% |
| Greenfields Farm, LLC | $199,385 | $94,740 | -52.5% |
| Bruce R. Spady | $127,558 | $83,055 | -34.9% |
| Isle of Wight Forest Products, Inc. | $98,753 | $72,333 | -26.8% |
| Lucas C. Braswell | $109,550 | $71,488 | -34.7% |
| Batten Farms, LLC | $173,149 | $71,218 | -58.9% |
| Griffin Brothers | $126,282 | $69,005 | -45.4% |
| Old Oak Farms, LLC | $103,926 | $68,234 | -34.3% |
| A Dwight JR & Michael S Doggett | $142,772 | $66,832 | -53.2% |
| Red Iron Farms, LLC | $66,671 | $61,412 | -7.9% |
| Berry Hill Farms, Inc. | $74,969 | $61,268 | -18.3% |
| Fair Chase Farms, LLC | $91,697 | $55,578 | -39.4% |
| Outland Farms, Inc. | $106,877 | $51,121 | -52.2% |
| Moonlight Bay Farm, LLC | $44,514 | $47,608 | 7% |
| John K Byrum Farms, Inc. | $80,631 | $44,559 | -44.7% |
| John T. Butler Jr. | $68,727 | $39,680 | -42.3% |
| JLB, LLC | $71,539 | $38,660 | -46% |
| Delores Clements Darden | $68,336 | $37,808 | -44.7% |
| Jefferson D. Griffin | $88,656 | $36,383 | -59% |
| B. R. Copeland III | $53,996 | $34,251 | -36.6% |
| 3 B's Land, LLC | $66,294 | $33,321 | -49.7% |
| TCO Farms, LLC | $70,993 | $32,571 | -54.1% |
| Carr Farms Walters, LLC | $68,662 | $30,827 | -55.1% |
| R L Byrum Farms, LLC | $78,446 | $30,714 | -60.8% |
| Bruce W. Spady | $62,151 | $24,828 | -60.1% |
| Brian K. Atkins | $53,786 | $21,457 | -60.1% |
| O'Berry Farms, LLC | $29,639 | $18,583 | -37.3% |
| Shelton Lane Thacker | $31,232 | $18,006 | -42.3% |
| Green Run Farms, LLC | $44,849 | $17,665 | -60.6% |
| Walter J. Barlow | $38,843 | $16,734 | -56.9% |
| Jesse Lane Gwaltney | $28,638 | $15,154 | -47.1% |
| William A. Gwaltney Jr. | $28,975 | $15,154 | -47.7% |
| Christopher N. Carr | $17,491 | $14,720 | -15.8% |
| Phillip Godwyn Carr | $34,188 | $14,538 | -57.5% |
| John D Nurney JR | $17,718 | $12,576 | -29% |
| William Rae Duck | $20,458 | $12,422 | -39.3% |
| John G. Allen | $75,287 | $10,830 | -85.6% |
| William P. Edwards | $37,081 | $10,791 | -70.9% |
| Jason R. Copeland | $21,854 | $10,487 | -52% |
| Cobb Land L P | $12,512 | $10,260 | -18% |
| Williams Financial Management Services, LLC | $10,525 | $8,673 | -17.6% |
| Glenn T. Rountree | $15,139 | $8,175 | -46% |
| Susan Elizabeth Carroll | $15,831 | $7,663 | -51.6% |
| James Brian Carroll | $29,909 | $7,313 | -75.5% |
| Hannah G. Holland | $13,396 | $7,233 | -46% |
| Robert A. Barlow | $11,055 | $6,712 | -39.3% |
| James Andrew Darden | $13,077 | $6,547 | -49.9% |
| John S. Copeland | $8,589 | $6,093 | -29.1% |
| Summerwind Vineyard, LLC | $288 | $5,999 | 1,983% |
| Sam N. Perry Jr. | $9,215 | $5,248 | -43% |
| Charles F. Edwards | $9,080 | $4,455 | -50.9% |
| Henry Lawrence Thacker | $15,732 | $4,261 | -72.9% |
| James E. Bradshaw | $8,628 | $4,215 | -51.1% |
| George Winslow | $7,269 | $4,174 | -42.6% |
| Jack I. Arrington | $5,408 | $3,867 | -28.5% |
| Jago, Inc. | $7,763 | $3,764 | -51.5% |
| Ralph A. Godwin Jr. | $3,640 | $3,712 | 2% |
| Christopher D. Butler | $14,712 | $3,546 | -75.9% |
| Tony M. Rhodes | $6,120 | $3,028 | -50.5% |
| Cecil Rhodes | $3,307 | $2,963 | -10.4% |
| John C. Copeland | $4,156 | $2,767 | -33.4% |
| Carter Randolph Clements | $5,246 | $2,737 | -47.8% |
| Bobby Ray Edwards | $3,971 | $2,509 | -36.8% |
| Stanley S. Smeltzer III | $2,459 | $2,459 | 0% |
| Harry Lee Redd | $3,490 | $2,295 | -34.2% |
| John C. Redd | $3,490 | $2,295 | -34.2% |
| Brad Frantz | $2,189 | $2,208 | 0.9% |
| Thanh Q Hempley | $122 | $2,143 | 1,656.6% |
| Ronald F O'Berry Estate | $287 | $2,120 | 638.7% |
| Matthew F. Bauman | $3,157 | $2,055 | -34.9% |
| Jesse J. Diggs | $2,905 | $1,977 | -31.9% |
| Emily B. Lankford | $3,809 | $1,711 | -55.1% |
| Michael A. Seward | $7,722 | $1,666 | -78.4% |
| William H. Moorhead | $1,617 | $1,617 | 0% |
| Matthew Alan Ward | $1,825 | $1,616 | -11.5% |
| Marion C. Neighbours | $2,908 | $1,425 | -51% |
| Carolyn H. Stephenson | $2,927 | $1,336 | -54.4% |
| Shirley L. Oliver | $2,927 | $1,336 | -54.4% |
| Old Rose Farm | $2,577 | $1,286 | -50.1% |
| Brian Spivey | $1,387 | $1,231 | -11.2% |
| Charlotte Ann Stinnett | $255 | $1,204 | 372.2% |
| Home Place Farms | $2,388 | $1,193 | -50% |
| Timothy A. Seely | $8,042 | $1,174 | -85.4% |
| Wilson Eley Holland | $2,126 | $1,167 | -45.1% |
| Brita a Haag Family Trust | $4,353 | $1,133 | -74% |
| James W. Jones Jr. | $1,718 | $1,074 | -37.5% |
| Celia H. Hudgins | $1,117 | $1,047 | -6.3% |
| Wayne R. Elliott | $1,591 | $902 | -43.3% |
| Joseph C. Griffin | $1,497 | $865 | -42.2% |
| Glenn C. Carr | $851 | $851 | 0% |
| I. N. Jones III | $1,992 | $805 | -59.6% |
| Christopher A. Asper | $1,775 | $804 | -54.7% |
| Margaret H. Marshall | $2,191 | $800 | -63.5% |
| Rachel Ross | $1,816 | $779 | -57.1% |
| Carlton K. Outland | $757 | $757 | 0% |
| Antoinette A. Willis | $2,963 | $739 | -75.1% |
| Howard D. Delk | $1,043 | $661 | -36.6% |
| Scott W. Liebold | $587 | $587 | 0% |
| William A. Bell Jr. | $1,419 | $567 | -60% |
| Ryland B Edwards & Sons, LLC | $685 | $520 | -24.1% |
| MARGARET H MARSHALL Estate Trust | $0 | $519 | -- |
| Goerger Farms, LLC | $2,237 | $507 | -77.3% |
| Commodity Credit Corporation | $4,019 | $499 | -87.6% |
| Ruth B Lyon IRRV Trustee | $426 | $494 | 16% |
| Brian Matthew Pack | $988 | $463 | -53.1% |
| Steven B. Jones | $441 | $441 | 0% |
| Holland Farms, Inc. | $172,759 | $383 | -99.8% |
| David H. Edwards | $801 | $362 | -54.8% |
| Corrowaugh Farms, LLC | $1,188 | $352 | -70.4% |
| Richard Clayton Darden | $1,155 | $327 | -71.7% |
| Walter W. Mehaffey Jr. | $4,768 | $270 | -94.3% |
| Mary Ann D Edwards Revocable Trust | $258 | $258 | 0% |
| Marion D Horner Trust | $415 | $235 | -43.4% |
| Jacqueline Phillips | $373 | $199 | -46.6% |
| William Anthony Duck | $308 | $119 | -61.4% |
| Dennis Newell | $216 | $110 | -49.1% |
| Amy Eurich | $40,656 | $104 | -99.7% |
| Jake F. Browder | $5,072 | $79 | -98.4% |
| John Paul Krieger | $159 | $0 | -100% |
| James D. Wright Jr. | $1,892 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark R. Carr | $7,291 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark W. Carr | $6,563 | $0 | -100% |
| William Brent Rose | $26,442 | $0 | -100% |
| Barlow Brothers Farms, LLC | $13,905 | $0 | -100% |
| Bennett's Creek Wholesale Nursery | $250,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher L. Edwards | $1,408 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin G. Edwards | $59,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph T. Dandria | $843 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert K. Redlin | $1,523 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald F. O'Berry | $5,450 | $0 | -100% |
| Theron Henry Blount | $1,728 | $0 | -100% |
| Armand A. Fontaine | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| David N. Horton | $8,193 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Uzzell | $109 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Paine Maresh | $193 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,741,384 | $3,228,740 | -52.1% |
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