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In 2021, 107 farmers in cities within Vance County received a total of $902,337 in 181 farm subsidies, a 50.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.8 million in 317 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double J Grain Farms, LLC | $90,112 | $132,704 | 47.3% |
| Robert Dale Reese | $218,111 | $79,859 | -63.4% |
| George Pegram Jr. | $40,512 | $78,057 | 92.7% |
| Renn Farms, LLC | $314,396 | $65,496 | -79.2% |
| Franklin Bros Nursery & Greenhouse, Inc. | $0 | $56,039 | -- |
| Ronald E. Stainback Jr. | $125,958 | $53,131 | -57.8% |
| J&J Logging and Chipping, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| David Lee Smith | $71,113 | $40,022 | -43.7% |
| Edward A. Newton | $72,016 | $36,243 | -49.7% |
| John Wayne Stegall | $4,802 | $29,277 | 509.7% |
| Matthew W. Grissom | $96,012 | $27,786 | -71.1% |
| Joseph Thomas Shaw III | $55,658 | $22,516 | -59.5% |
| Rodney Gray Stainback | $162,860 | $22,013 | -86.5% |
| Gregory Scott Wright | $32,164 | $20,344 | -36.7% |
| Claudia Grissom | $50,111 | $20,131 | -59.8% |
| Ellington Farms, LLC | $86,556 | $18,282 | -78.9% |
| Randy P. Harris | $54,760 | $15,244 | -72.2% |
| Lawrence T. Elliott | $0 | $13,088 | -- |
| The Connect Group, LLC | $896 | $12,963 | 1,346.8% |
| Craig E. Falkner | $23,299 | $12,637 | -45.8% |
| Nelson Wayne Cleaton | $11,017 | $8,523 | -22.6% |
| Larry G. Short Jr. | $17,048 | $6,601 | -61.3% |
| Phillip Fleming | $13,735 | $6,327 | -53.9% |
| Dwight M. Williams | $811 | $4,541 | 459.9% |
| William P. Stevenson | $21,989 | $3,814 | -82.7% |
| Kimberly P. Holtzmann | $0 | $3,636 | -- |
| Larry Edward Williams | $5,018 | $2,589 | -48.4% |
| James E. Allen | $4,382 | $2,571 | -41.3% |
| Larry D. Hedgepeth | $7,184 | $2,444 | -66% |
| Bruce Milton Crews Jr. | $70,695 | $2,320 | -96.7% |
| Patricia F. Clary | $12,456 | $2,218 | -82.2% |
| Lee W. Short Jr. | $4,584 | $2,170 | -52.7% |
| Julius Hayes Smith | $6,179 | $2,117 | -65.7% |
| Wilton L. Short | $4,637 | $1,888 | -59.3% |
| Charles P. Pernell | $3,262 | $1,866 | -42.8% |
| Preston Allen Pernell | $3,262 | $1,866 | -42.8% |
| Evelyn P. Woodlief | $1,015 | $1,843 | 81.6% |
| Vickie Leigh Southerland | $1,734 | $1,734 | 0% |
| J&S Cattle, LLC | $7,348 | $1,670 | -77.3% |
| Donald R. Paynter | $4,890 | $1,552 | -68.3% |
| Johnnie K. Alston | $3,672 | $1,449 | -60.5% |
| Carson W. Ellis Jr. | $1,409 | $1,409 | 0% |
| Willie G. Edwards Jr. | $8,357 | $1,205 | -85.6% |
| J Bar 4 Farm & Ranch, LLC | $4,589 | $1,121 | -75.6% |
| John A. Rogers | $1,049 | $1,049 | 0% |
| Elton Leon Dillard | $1,698 | $1,032 | -39.2% |
| R. C. Creech | $4,236 | $1,026 | -75.8% |
| Juanita Ayscue | $1,008 | $1,008 | 0% |
| Herman A. Hawkins Jr. | $2,211 | $980 | -55.7% |
| Beverly H. Jackson | $3,663 | $966 | -73.6% |
| Sharon S. Long | $920 | $920 | 0% |
| Victor M. Hunt | $5,842 | $894 | -84.7% |
| Herbert Randal Abbott | $876 | $876 | 0% |
| Kenneth M. Fuller | $2,219 | $765 | -65.5% |
| Betty Parks Mcdade | $730 | $730 | 0% |
| Jody Greenway Pernell | $782 | $713 | -8.8% |
| Kristy Greenway Walker | $782 | $713 | -8.8% |
| Sharon Lea Barnett | $3,412 | $696 | -79.6% |
| Davie L. Overton Jr. | $1,444 | $647 | -55.2% |
| Edward A. Pulley | $692 | $633 | -8.5% |
| Betty H. Edwards | $609 | $609 | 0% |
| Mark Carlton Minish | $583 | $583 | 0% |
| Albert J. Ellis III | $556 | $556 | 0% |
| Spencer Preston Ellis | $556 | $556 | 0% |
| Henrietta H. Renn | $668 | $527 | -21.1% |
| Talmadge R. Burgess Jr. | $4,470 | $502 | -88.8% |
| Frances G. Andrews | $4,220 | $492 | -88.3% |
| Gene V. Woodruff | $2,541 | $484 | -81% |
| Daryl J. Spencer | $585 | $476 | -18.6% |
| William N. Vaughan III | $470 | $470 | 0% |
| Allison King Carliles | $0 | $463 | -- |
| Jerry B. Capps | $1,940 | $460 | -76.3% |
| Norris Family Farms, LLC | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Paul M. Williams | $436 | $436 | 0% |
| Goins Sneed Jr. | $693 | $424 | -38.8% |
| Robert C. Kemp Jr. | $406 | $406 | 0% |
| Kathie W. Hamm | $362 | $362 | 0% |
| John Walter Bowen | $684 | $344 | -49.7% |
| Charles C. Granger | $1,122 | $328 | -70.8% |
| Alfred W. Edwards | $2,511 | $328 | -86.9% |
| David N. Fairey | $463 | $325 | -29.8% |
| John H. Williamson | $1,144 | $280 | -75.5% |
| Dorothy A. Lassiter | $342 | $276 | -19.3% |
| John C. Rose | $250 | $250 | 0% |
| Faith V. Smith | $226 | $226 | 0% |
| Charles Martin Foster | $216 | $216 | 0% |
| Kenneth V. Mosley | $1,418 | $187 | -86.8% |
| Ruth Clark | $167 | $167 | 0% |
| Cynthia R. Stevenson | $123 | $150 | 22% |
| Magnolia H. Williams | $1,305 | $134 | -89.7% |
| Brandon Parks | $120 | $120 | 0% |
| Jeannie P. Yount | $120 | $120 | 0% |
| Reynold G Parks III | $120 | $120 | 0% |
| Arthur Dale Cole | $0 | $91 | -- |
| Walter J. Renn Jr. | $123 | $75 | -39% |
| Mattie R. May | $115 | $70 | -39.1% |
| Blake S. Wright | $454 | $69 | -84.8% |
| Carl Fisher | $51 | $51 | 0% |
| Rose Wester | $51 | $51 | 0% |
| William Robert Morgan | $51 | $51 | 0% |
| Linda C. Claiborne | $513 | $45 | -91.2% |
| Donald T. Clayton | $497 | $43 | -91.3% |
| Wanda C. Ball | $497 | $43 | -91.3% |
| Davis Farms Sandy Creek, LLC | $1,484 | $40 | -97.3% |
| John Edwin Royster Jr. | $1,385 | $28 | -98% |
| William A. Matthews | $26 | $26 | 0% |
| Ilean H Mattocks | $0 | $8 | -- |
| Adrian Craig Ellington | $461 | $0 | -100% |
| Albert F. Dickerson | $365 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda Bobbitt | $578 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah C. Price | $396 | $0 | -100% |
| Elaine P. Simmons | $70 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank M. Hester Jr. | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Wayne Ellington | $11,642 | $0 | -100% |
| Granville County Farm Service Age | $1,203 | $0 | -100% |
| Granville FSA Office | $1,910 | $0 | -100% |
| Hamilton Street NC, LLC | $360 | $0 | -100% |
| James Sherrer | $639 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet H. Slaughter | $917 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Stovall | $475 | $0 | -100% |
| John A. Ellington | $2,358 | $0 | -100% |
| John T. Bennett Jr. | $96 | $0 | -100% |
| Justyn F. Phelps | $664 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis I. Almand | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis Williams Jr. | $9 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha J. Ellington | $4,743 | $0 | -100% |
| Randal T. Ball | $628 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca W Lockemy | $224 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald E. Bennett | $96 | $0 | -100% |
| Rose P. Parker | $164 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin C. Lane | $630 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn Cole | $294 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles H. Woodlief Jr. | $578 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason R. Harris | $3,199 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer B. Lane | $116 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael P. Floyd | $3,617 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald E. Stainback | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Victor M. Hunt Jr. | $189 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,822,369 | $902,337 | -50.5% |
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