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In 2021, 288 farmers in cities within Woodruff County received a total of $7.9 million in 615 farm subsidies, a 38.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $13 million in 959 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 Woodruff County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omni Omega Planting Company | $577,734 | $394,772 | -31.7% |
| Medford Farm Partnership | $560,217 | $372,846 | -33.4% |
| Big S. Farms | $405,249 | $335,221 | -17.3% |
| G C Farms Partnership | $426,091 | $334,453 | -21.5% |
| Stephen & Brent Davis Farm | $513,842 | $314,054 | -38.9% |
| King Farm Partnership | $343,629 | $265,914 | -22.6% |
| Michael & Lisa Chappell Farm | $330,376 | $242,314 | -26.7% |
| E & P Farms Partnership | $288,415 | $217,154 | -24.7% |
| Taggart Family Farms | $324,973 | $211,045 | -35.1% |
| Billy Kyle Farms | $318,073 | $201,935 | -36.5% |
| Good Knight Farms | $217,884 | $156,119 | -28.3% |
| Brian & Melissa Alumbaugh Farms | $241,666 | $149,650 | -38.1% |
| Lak Farms Partnership | $235,790 | $148,669 | -36.9% |
| B Agent Farm | $211,699 | $148,194 | -30% |
| R & J Farm | $209,724 | $146,446 | -30.2% |
| Justin Wampler Farms | $219,171 | $138,848 | -36.6% |
| Seth Chappell | $103,559 | $136,166 | 31.5% |
| Michael Coley Farms | $246,853 | $120,774 | -51.1% |
| Dal Farms | $191,659 | $119,159 | -37.8% |
| Bill and Ann Rushing Joint Venture | $200,017 | $118,311 | -40.8% |
| Kristin Michelle Knight | $145,670 | $107,017 | -26.5% |
| M D Thompson & Son Company | $137,338 | $105,819 | -22.9% |
| Jesse a Wampler & William R Rives PTRS | $169,359 | $104,726 | -38.2% |
| Gregory Farm, Inc. | $102,858 | $103,714 | 0.8% |
| Bryan Robertson | $130,495 | $102,985 | -21.1% |
| Gary Daniel Cook | $100,559 | $96,511 | -4% |
| J & J Kyle Farm PTNRSHP | $135,891 | $90,485 | -33.4% |
| Whitehead Farms | $190,488 | $89,944 | -52.8% |
| William A. Holmes | $126,456 | $84,311 | -33.3% |
| Daniel Planting Company | $164,085 | $84,160 | -48.7% |
| Keith Kellar Farms | $131,334 | $81,714 | -37.8% |
| Whitehall Farms, LLC | $137,595 | $78,244 | -43.1% |
| Jacobs Farms Partnership | $120,870 | $73,537 | -39.2% |
| Chase Swindle Farms Partnership | $126,542 | $72,213 | -42.9% |
| Chappell Brothers Farm, LLC | $113,198 | $64,416 | -43.1% |
| Sydney Nash | $13,182 | $64,244 | 387.4% |
| Little Bit Farms, LLC | $63,131 | $63,369 | 0.4% |
| Saulsburg Farms, LLC | $130,458 | $58,771 | -55% |
| Jan Tommy Fields | $135,442 | $56,219 | -58.5% |
| Leanne H. Gaddy | $84,778 | $56,174 | -33.7% |
| Michael S. Reynolds | $121,435 | $56,117 | -53.8% |
| Daniel Gaddy | $84,328 | $55,577 | -34.1% |
| Alan Morris | $68,787 | $53,475 | -22.3% |
| GL Morris Farms Limited Partnership | $204,431 | $53,299 | -73.9% |
| Jennifer Taylor | $79,082 | $51,257 | -35.2% |
| Johnny Wayne Taylor | $78,858 | $51,257 | -35% |
| Peyton W. Daniel III | $95,933 | $50,816 | -47% |
| Hayley Chappell Manus | $65,547 | $45,423 | -30.7% |
| Bryant Jones | $66,699 | $41,504 | -37.8% |
| Kathryn Kellar | $66,172 | $41,021 | -38% |
| Zackary Cole McDonald | $80,342 | $39,963 | -50.3% |
| Jeff Reeves | $48,011 | $37,005 | -22.9% |
| Bari-Cain Revocable Trust Cain | $59,199 | $36,678 | -38% |
| Everett E. Alumbaugh | $52,476 | $35,908 | -31.6% |
| Nicholas Eugene Osier | $42,234 | $34,565 | -18.2% |
| Jack Turner | $51,438 | $32,334 | -37.1% |
| Eric Jones | $50,521 | $31,221 | -38.2% |
| Wampler Enterprises, Inc. | $41,681 | $30,400 | -27.1% |
| Casey Loewer Farm | $11,759 | $30,074 | 155.8% |
| Shawn Peebles Organic Farms, LLC | $489,762 | $30,007 | -93.9% |
| Roger & Veda Chappell Family Trust | $47,499 | $29,999 | -36.8% |
| Jason L. Jacobs | $48,260 | $29,056 | -39.8% |
| Logan E. Briley | $34,550 | $27,266 | -21.1% |
| G L Morris Trust B | $55,544 | $26,729 | -51.9% |
| Babbie Morris Lovett | $35,108 | $26,712 | -23.9% |
| Jackie Henard | $73,038 | $26,050 | -64.3% |
| J R Agent Services, Inc. | $29,623 | $25,505 | -13.9% |
| Rufus Comer Farms | $50,526 | $24,374 | -51.8% |
| Peyton W. Daniel Jr. | $43,947 | $23,570 | -46.4% |
| Jason Earl Frymire | $25,176 | $23,474 | -6.8% |
| Stuart J. Malin | $40,673 | $23,463 | -42.3% |
| Robert J. Haralson Jr. | $43,506 | $22,932 | -47.3% |
| Sandra Gaines | $21,727 | $21,727 | 0% |
| Sylvester C. Hall | $23,369 | $21,554 | -7.8% |
| Cheryl Haralson | $40,383 | $21,305 | -47.2% |
| Leon A. Crittenden IV | $38,001 | $21,100 | -44.5% |
| Morris Heirs Partnership | $31,508 | $21,056 | -33.2% |
| Cain Farms Partnership, Ltd. | $30,734 | $20,292 | -34% |
| Mike Burkett | $6,759 | $19,652 | 190.8% |
| Jenna Martin | $15,595 | $19,283 | 23.6% |
| Joe Morris | $48,169 | $19,016 | -60.5% |
| Elizabeth Lewis Fam F. Tr | $22,995 | $18,796 | -18.3% |
| Fletcher Lewis | $21,893 | $18,191 | -16.9% |
| K & K Farms PTNRS | $0 | $17,959 | -- |
| Brad Morris | $30,188 | $17,510 | -42% |
| Carrie Peebles Testamentary Trust | $17,054 | $16,768 | -1.7% |
| Joe Kyle | $30,545 | $16,174 | -47% |
| Stanley Farms, LLC | $24,879 | $16,165 | -35% |
| Backwoods Farm, LLC | $21,061 | $15,132 | -28.2% |
| Ricky Skinner | $26,208 | $14,841 | -43.4% |
| Helen Moye Fam L. Tr | $19,881 | $13,187 | -33.7% |
| Jared Williamson | $34,437 | $12,913 | -62.5% |
| Charles Justin Wampler | $65,416 | $12,870 | -80.3% |
| Andrea S. Hartley | $19,525 | $12,023 | -38.4% |
| BBA Farms, LLC | $22,758 | $11,292 | -50.4% |
| Highway 64 Vegetables & Agri-Tourism, LLC | $112,474 | $11,184 | -90.1% |
| Arkansas Well Supply, Inc. | $204,279 | $11,075 | -94.6% |
| L W Bullard Farms Limited PTNSHP | $15,906 | $10,781 | -32.2% |
| Osier, Inc. | $4,459 | $9,688 | 117.3% |
| Summitt Family Rev Trust | $21,081 | $9,409 | -55.4% |
| Thomas B. Fitzhugh | $13,941 | $8,818 | -36.7% |
| Stanley Family Farm | $16,314 | $8,750 | -46.4% |
| Edmond J & Nina W Ziegenhorn Family Trust | $12,279 | $8,195 | -33.3% |
| West Fork Farms, Inc. | $17,619 | $7,733 | -56.1% |
| James Everet Wallace Rvoc Trustee | $3,555 | $7,484 | 110.5% |
| Otto Reynolds | $10,807 | $7,336 | -32.1% |
| Marsh Brothers, LLC | $12,850 | $7,250 | -43.6% |
| R & F Martin Farms, LLC | $11,461 | $7,238 | -36.8% |
| Tipp Farms, LLC | $10,319 | $7,171 | -30.5% |
| Nathan Ervin | $10,452 | $7,041 | -32.6% |
| Marvin Williams | $13,201 | $6,867 | -48% |
| Fletcher Edmonds Lewis II Trust | $11,971 | $6,788 | -43.3% |
| Joshua Dean Myers | $0 | $6,780 | -- |
| Ellis Reeves Living Trust | $11,577 | $6,777 | -41.5% |
| Jane Reeves | $11,577 | $6,777 | -41.5% |
| Kimberly Cain | $13,131 | $6,607 | -49.7% |
| Hawks & Dawson Farms, Inc. | $13,483 | $6,587 | -51.1% |
| Hunter Earl Frymire | $23,796 | $6,578 | -72.4% |
| Brenda Coley | $8,693 | $6,279 | -27.8% |
| Charles W. Coley | $8,692 | $6,279 | -27.8% |
| Burl Alumbaugh | $9,792 | $6,221 | -36.5% |
| Anthony Alan Cassinelli | $9,333 | $6,165 | -33.9% |
| Joyce B. Jones | $9,930 | $6,071 | -38.9% |
| Watson Farms, Inc. | $12,749 | $5,646 | -55.7% |
| Charlotte A. Roth | $8,797 | $5,586 | -36.5% |
| William J. Keating | $8,290 | $5,299 | -36.1% |
| Boney Acres, LLC | $8,317 | $5,281 | -36.5% |
| Randy Wallace | $5,701 | $5,070 | -11.1% |
| Joyce Looney | $5,632 | $5,001 | -11.2% |
| SKC Corporation | $1,770 | $4,885 | 176% |
| Eugenia D. Harrell | $7,897 | $4,851 | -38.6% |
| Edna Ladd | $4,784 | $4,784 | 0% |
| Jena L. Pfeffer | $8,651 | $4,778 | -44.8% |
| Geraldine Melvin | $5,926 | $4,744 | -19.9% |
| A Duane Fraser Revocable Trust | $8,309 | $4,683 | -43.6% |
| Lovett Fam Tr | $6,542 | $4,411 | -32.6% |
| Adam Immel | $7,428 | $4,368 | -41.2% |
| Timber Wings Sporting Club | $4,231 | $4,231 | 0% |
| Bird Jones Family Farm, LLC | $6,276 | $4,185 | -33.3% |
| Linda Lou Cain Estate | $8,140 | $4,173 | -48.7% |
| Faye Norviel | $6,088 | $4,087 | -32.9% |
| Holmes Family Rvoc Trustee | $1,005 | $4,068 | 304.8% |
| Angelia D. Frymire | $1,575 | $3,877 | 146.2% |
| Bullington Childrens Trust | $15,684 | $3,754 | -76.1% |
| James Everet Wallace-Revocable Trust | $26,845 | $3,720 | -86.1% |
| Karen Chandler | $5,915 | $3,686 | -37.7% |
| Krista Taggart | $5,915 | $3,686 | -37.7% |
| Daniel E & Carol J Morris Living Trust | $5,452 | $3,674 | -32.6% |
| Ashley Llewellyn | $2,669 | $3,358 | 25.8% |
| Randall Lee Marsh | $5,494 | $3,348 | -39.1% |
| Henard Lands, Inc. | $3,249 | $3,247 | -0.1% |
| Penny Stanley | $5,333 | $3,118 | -41.5% |
| Lois Jean Morgan | $3,084 | $3,084 | 0% |
| Donnie J. Weatherford | $4,637 | $3,070 | -33.8% |
| Orville K. Tiner Jr. | $4,881 | $3,048 | -37.6% |
| Ronald W. Hooker | $4,069 | $2,988 | -26.6% |
| John Calvin King | $4,913 | $2,968 | -39.6% |
| Charles Reeves | $6,490 | $2,963 | -54.3% |
| Killingsworth Farms, LLC | $2,510 | $2,892 | 15.2% |
| Deborah Lee | $7,502 | $2,830 | -62.3% |
| Terrance Scott | $0 | $2,828 | -- |
| Sharon Hay | $4,642 | $2,819 | -39.3% |
| DeWitt A. Fortune | $1,913 | $2,586 | 35.2% |
| Lucille Lewis Robins Trust | $4,594 | $2,524 | -45.1% |
| Butcher Land Trustee | $3,301 | $2,213 | -33% |
| Michael Anthony Stuckey | $2,114 | $2,092 | -1% |
| Tanya Slocum Stuckey | $2,114 | $2,092 | -1% |
| Floyd Whitehead | $3,099 | $2,074 | -33.1% |
| Knight and Sims Farm | $3,060 | $2,069 | -32.4% |
| Chappell Properties, LLC | $4,193 | $2,045 | -51.2% |
| Billy D. Culbreath | $1,789 | $2,020 | 12.9% |
| Donna Moore | $2,330 | $1,965 | -15.7% |
| Jackie D. Moore | $2,330 | $1,965 | -15.7% |
| Lynn Cary | $2,365 | $1,882 | -20.4% |
| Alice Knight | $2,652 | $1,785 | -32.7% |
| Scarbrough Farms, LLC | $4,352 | $1,785 | -59% |
| Frances Lou Morris | $3,520 | $1,709 | -51.4% |
| Burl Alumbaugh Farms | $2,590 | $1,689 | -34.8% |
| Roger Udale Meredith | $2,492 | $1,652 | -33.7% |
| Beverly Chapple | $2,375 | $1,644 | -30.8% |
| Hutchins Family Farm | $2,662 | $1,643 | -38.3% |
| Karen Carter Smith Family IRRV Trustee | $2,529 | $1,602 | -36.7% |
| Angela Cary | $2,138 | $1,580 | -26.1% |
| Deborah Ann Avery | $2,456 | $1,530 | -37.7% |
| Maxine P. Currier | $3,127 | $1,520 | -51.4% |
| Jack F. Caperton III | $3,009 | $1,481 | -50.8% |
| Linda Diane Tubbs | $2,048 | $1,470 | -28.2% |
| Norma Sue Prewitt | $2,048 | $1,470 | -28.2% |
| Katina Briscoe | $634 | $1,440 | 127.1% |
| Phillip M. Briscoe | $634 | $1,440 | 127.1% |
| Dewayne and Nancy Chappell | $168,839 | $1,323 | -99.2% |
| Joyce Finley | $1,914 | $1,295 | -32.3% |
| Debra Denise McCue | $1,457 | $1,290 | -11.5% |
| Kyle Family Trust | $3,436 | $1,278 | -62.8% |
| Susan Collier | $2,227 | $1,236 | -44.5% |
| Georgia Hollis | $1,196 | $1,151 | -3.8% |
| Roy Lynn Bullington | $1,543 | $1,137 | -26.3% |
| Charles Ross Dallas | $1,798 | $1,137 | -36.8% |
| Rachel Jennings | $2,293 | $1,136 | -50.5% |
| Lindsey F. Ferrell | $3,477 | $1,130 | -67.5% |
| Walter M. Hicks Jr. | $1,734 | $1,111 | -35.9% |
| Christie M Nalos | $1,468 | $1,110 | -24.4% |
| Mary Louise Martin | $2,187 | $1,056 | -51.7% |
| Linda Leah Swinney | $1,022 | $1,022 | 0% |
| Rickie Lee Swinney | $1,022 | $1,022 | 0% |
| Macarthur Driver | $0 | $1,021 | -- |
| George W. Garner | $3,425 | $990 | -71.1% |
| Morgan W. Berry | $957 | $975 | 1.9% |
| Omni Enterprises, LLC | $1,453 | $963 | -33.7% |
| Bobby F. Swanson | $4,441 | $923 | -79.2% |
| Allen Wayne Carter | $4,839 | $917 | -81% |
| T. W. Vincent | $3,946 | $914 | -76.8% |
| Sylvester Shockley | $2,101 | $913 | -56.5% |
| Margie James | $1,326 | $867 | -34.6% |
| Kathryn H. Fowler | $1,614 | $823 | -49% |
| Donnie Lindsey | $2,126 | $818 | -61.5% |
| Bobby Lynn Keen | $2,682 | $809 | -69.8% |
| Lee B. Crittenden | $1,905 | $798 | -58.1% |
| Janice Carroll Marsh | $1,197 | $790 | -34% |
| Sharon Alumbaugh | $1,275 | $788 | -38.2% |
| Rocky W. Tidwell | $1,928 | $782 | -59.4% |
| Johnny B. Barnett | $666 | $779 | 17% |
| Shelby J. Henderson | $1,528 | $770 | -49.6% |
| Lynn Cain, LLC | $2,523 | $717 | -71.6% |
| Colleen Kyle | $687 | $687 | 0% |
| Hill & Hole Properties, LLC | $1,181 | $673 | -43% |
| Bernice Morris | $1,351 | $648 | -52% |
| Larry Melvin | $1,017 | $628 | -38.2% |
| Patricia Melvin | $1,017 | $628 | -38.2% |
| Burkett Farms, LLC | $994 | $583 | -41.3% |
| Cossey Farms, LLC | $74,962 | $570 | -99.2% |
| John A. Ball | $555 | $555 | 0% |
| Belle W. Barnett | $666 | $553 | -17% |
| Katherine Watson | $1,866 | $526 | -71.8% |
| Randy Currier | $871 | $510 | -41.4% |
| Smith Brothers Holdings, LLC | $938 | $502 | -46.5% |
| Joseph H. Crossett IV | $719 | $466 | -35.2% |
| Tommy Sims | $818 | $452 | -44.7% |
| Vivian Ferrell | $452 | $452 | 0% |
| Randall and Becky Knight Fam Trustee | $819 | $452 | -44.8% |
| Frances M. Rushing | $680 | $449 | -34% |
| Walter Rushing | $680 | $449 | -34% |
| Schaefer Agco, Inc. | $632 | $436 | -31% |
| Shirley Bisbee | $646 | $431 | -33.3% |
| Brian Alumbaugh | $413 | $368 | -10.9% |
| Shirley Sue Jacobs | $532 | $358 | -32.7% |
| Billy Kyle | $234 | $340 | 45.3% |
| Francelle Morris Riegler | $676 | $324 | -52.1% |
| Edgar Needham | $479 | $315 | -34.2% |
| Joseph A. Anderson | $963 | $306 | -68.2% |
| Linda A. McDonald | $555 | $286 | -48.5% |
| Sandra Louann Hamilton | $66 | $277 | 319.7% |
| Barbara J. Fikes | $468 | $274 | -41.5% |
| Bethel Becky Kyle Revocable Trust | $266 | $266 | 0% |
| Johnny W Kyle Revocable Trust | $266 | $266 | 0% |
| Sylvia Davis | $431 | $245 | -43.2% |
| Joe Boyd Williams | $433 | $243 | -43.9% |
| Samantha Bushe Williams | $433 | $243 | -43.9% |
| Kenneth S. Bryant | $847 | $233 | -72.5% |
| Cheryl Sims | $409 | $226 | -44.7% |
| Wayne A. Holder | $389 | $220 | -43.4% |
| Susan Bryant | $759 | $216 | -71.5% |
| Travis L. Dunkin | $528 | $214 | -59.5% |
| Robert L. Ancel | $295 | $203 | -31.2% |
| Lori Cain | $224 | $202 | -9.8% |
| Richard A. Griggers | $314 | $190 | -39.5% |
| Allen Dale Meredith | $253 | $172 | -32% |
| Ina A. Meredith | $253 | $172 | -32% |
| Becky Pilcher | $341 | $158 | -53.7% |
| Ricky Pilcher | $341 | $158 | -53.7% |
| Rudy L. Fraser | $369 | $151 | -59.1% |
| Tina R. Fraser | $369 | $151 | -59.1% |
| Philip W. Burkett | $462 | $150 | -67.5% |
| Marlene Stracner | $206 | $127 | -38.3% |
| James L. Wright | $175 | $117 | -33.1% |
| Sherry L. Wright | $175 | $117 | -33.1% |
| Charles W. Hagler | $206 | $114 | -44.7% |
| Ella Mae Goodwin | $211 | $103 | -51.2% |
| Beverly Ann Wright | $92 | $67 | -27.2% |
| Ida B. Briscoe | $92 | $67 | -27.2% |
| M & J, Inc. | $311 | $62 | -80.1% |
| Jackie E. Keating | $66 | $44 | -33.3% |
| Ruby Jewel Gallaway | $8 | $6 | -25% |
| Adolph Briscoe | $8 | $5 | -37.5% |
| Donell Briscoe | $8 | $5 | -37.5% |
| Edward Briscoe | $9 | $5 | -44.4% |
| Emanuel Briscoe | $8 | $5 | -37.5% |
| Raymond H. Briscoe | $9 | $5 | -44.4% |
| Donna Wedgworth | $29 | $0 | -100% |
| F & F Farms, LLC | $2,730 | $0 | -100% |
| Phyllis J. Neuhaus | $29 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig Alfred Cain | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred Fraser | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie Anne Williams | $2,124 | $0 | -100% |
| M & C Farms | $25,151 | $0 | -100% |
| Melissa Alumbaugh | $267 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel H. Miller | $279 | $0 | -100% |
| Sean Williams | $2,124 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn Peebles | $838 | $0 | -100% |
| Swanson Brothers Partnership | $2,370 | $0 | -100% |
| Tipp Properties, LLC | $1,542 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Harold Whitt | $72 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Varner | $1,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Culbreath King Estate | $3,929 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $12,952,660 | $7,928,656 | -38.8% |
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