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In 2021, 180 farmers in cities within Granville County received a total of $1.7 million in 421 farm subsidies, a 57.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4 million in 621 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 Granville County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Brothers Farms, LLC | $187,687 | $240,586 | 28.2% |
| Charles L. Currin | $280,659 | $158,925 | -43.4% |
| Bal Farms, LLC | $190,496 | $88,941 | -53.3% |
| Williams Farms of Denny's Store, LLC | $0 | $68,383 | -- |
| Watkins Farm, LLC | $120,079 | $60,352 | -49.7% |
| Watkins Tobacco Contractors, Inc. | $71,451 | $59,736 | -16.4% |
| Elva D. Elliott | $115,481 | $54,813 | -52.5% |
| Dannie's Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Rodney N. Dickerson | $94,458 | $51,142 | -45.9% |
| Fuller Farms, Inc. | $257,269 | $49,391 | -80.8% |
| Dalton Lane Huff | $14,055 | $44,437 | 216.2% |
| Paul Currin | $133,202 | $40,581 | -69.5% |
| Crews Bros Farm | $120,744 | $38,959 | -67.7% |
| Granville Farms, Inc. | $67,190 | $35,602 | -47% |
| Sears W. Day Jr. | $32,721 | $29,599 | -9.5% |
| Dixon and Sons | $257,401 | $28,829 | -88.8% |
| Michael W. Oakes | $78,459 | $27,973 | -64.3% |
| Roger Hendren | $27,425 | $27,425 | 0% |
| Bryant A. Green | $39,586 | $26,158 | -33.9% |
| Edward Overby | $52,714 | $25,971 | -50.7% |
| Daniel W. Williams | $36,647 | $25,434 | -30.6% |
| William B. Adcock | $27,919 | $22,595 | -19.1% |
| Billy Ray Adcock Jr. | $83,199 | $22,367 | -73.1% |
| Keaton J. Rankin | $32,324 | $21,197 | -34.4% |
| Randall Watkins Jr. | $69,756 | $20,591 | -70.5% |
| Terry E. Blackwell | $29,002 | $18,072 | -37.7% |
| Hillcrest Dairy, LLC | $28,861 | $17,913 | -37.9% |
| Jason Dixon | $71,952 | $17,589 | -75.6% |
| Johnny G. Clayton | $82,329 | $16,188 | -80.3% |
| Wade K. Milton | $2,346 | $15,857 | 575.9% |
| William Henry Day Jr. | $22,125 | $15,176 | -31.4% |
| Franklin D Autry JR FDA Logging Transport | $0 | $13,234 | -- |
| Holly Crute Loftis | $8,379 | $11,317 | 35.1% |
| Craig W. Vaughan | $27,630 | $11,206 | -59.4% |
| Ronnie D. Burnette | $19,388 | $11,065 | -42.9% |
| H. N. Thorp Jr. | $30,164 | $10,618 | -64.8% |
| Ansel Paul Currin | $39,030 | $10,437 | -73.3% |
| Deborah Brogden | $6,119 | $10,247 | 67.5% |
| Anthony C. Fogleman | $0 | $9,602 | -- |
| Ollie Lee Bowling III | $55,462 | $9,446 | -83% |
| Matt H. Adcock Jr. | $66,985 | $8,527 | -87.3% |
| J. B. Satterwhite | $17,763 | $7,565 | -57.4% |
| Ricky W. Satterwhite | $17,818 | $7,565 | -57.5% |
| William F. Hobgood | $13,453 | $7,409 | -44.9% |
| S G Slaughter Farms, LLC | $25,993 | $7,300 | -71.9% |
| Melba E. Hobgood | $9,091 | $6,624 | -27.1% |
| James Thomas Morton | $14,604 | $6,573 | -55% |
| Adam Wallace Currin | $5,191 | $6,484 | 24.9% |
| Blake E. Currin | $16,259 | $5,750 | -64.6% |
| Alex D. Watkins Jr. | $86,340 | $4,732 | -94.5% |
| Adam F. Brewer | $4,406 | $4,154 | -5.7% |
| Brad T. Coley | $4,887 | $3,830 | -21.6% |
| Eddie W. Caudle Jr. | $12,813 | $3,803 | -70.3% |
| Olusanya, LLC | $0 | $3,678 | -- |
| Chandler T. Currin Jr. | $15,995 | $3,618 | -77.4% |
| Caroline W. Crute | $5,033 | $3,262 | -35.2% |
| David Lee Ramsey | $3,469 | $2,908 | -16.2% |
| William Michael Brinkley | $19,323 | $2,808 | -85.5% |
| William C. Milton | $2,707 | $2,715 | 0.3% |
| Green Level to Carpenter, LLC | $8,917 | $2,448 | -72.5% |
| Ronnie Brogden | $3,111 | $2,314 | -25.6% |
| Brindell Wilkins JR | $3,585 | $2,127 | -40.7% |
| Lavonne A. Meads | $709 | $2,051 | 189.3% |
| Donald Wayne Denny | $0 | $1,925 | -- |
| Graham Parham | $10,405 | $1,924 | -81.5% |
| Mark A. Ellington | $0 | $1,883 | -- |
| Danny T. Crute | $7,847 | $1,844 | -76.5% |
| Robert Lane Mize | $6,523 | $1,780 | -72.7% |
| Louie S. Daniel Jr. | $7,722 | $1,612 | -79.1% |
| Herbert T. Gregory Jr. | $2,184 | $1,588 | -27.3% |
| Henry C. Hobgood | $5,852 | $1,573 | -73.1% |
| Huffaker Farm | $911 | $1,524 | 67.3% |
| Donnie Englebright | $44,927 | $1,476 | -96.7% |
| Craig M. Husketh | $2,534 | $1,449 | -42.8% |
| Wayne O. Overton | $2,472 | $1,432 | -42.1% |
| Jack Noah Dixon | $1,031 | $1,423 | 38% |
| Loring Deck Stapleton | $420 | $1,405 | 234.5% |
| Richard W. Blackwell | $5,970 | $1,356 | -77.3% |
| Thomas W. Winston | $3,253 | $1,337 | -58.9% |
| Larry Medlin | $825 | $1,305 | 58.2% |
| Edward Madison Currin Jr. | $4,136 | $1,279 | -69.1% |
| Johnny M. Hockaday | $1,382 | $1,270 | -8.1% |
| Edward Denny | $5,429 | $1,266 | -76.7% |
| Raymond F. Currin | $3,926 | $1,199 | -69.5% |
| Kyser J. Stark Jr. | $2,308 | $1,159 | -49.8% |
| Salem Meth Church Farms | $1,594 | $1,121 | -29.7% |
| Leslie O. Brinkley | $1,236 | $1,114 | -9.9% |
| Joel Simon Harris | $10,679 | $1,107 | -89.6% |
| Laverne D. Pope | $976 | $1,096 | 12.3% |
| Stephen Newton | $6,383 | $1,096 | -82.8% |
| Conner Faucette | $13,149 | $1,072 | -91.8% |
| Ronald W. Currin | $4,770 | $1,030 | -78.4% |
| Robert H. Blackley | $5,087 | $1,028 | -79.8% |
| Alan B. Williams | $0 | $990 | -- |
| RMRM, LLC | $980 | $980 | 0% |
| Willie Jack Stem | $7,395 | $979 | -86.8% |
| T B Gran, LLC | $0 | $970 | -- |
| Robert Samuel Tingen | $5,104 | $956 | -81.3% |
| Herbert P. Morton Jr. | $3,470 | $946 | -72.7% |
| John K. Clifford Jr. | $2,761 | $919 | -66.7% |
| Robin B. Blevins | $884 | $884 | 0% |
| Warren D. Daniel | $996 | $878 | -11.8% |
| James Y. Moore | $861 | $861 | 0% |
| Michael T. Stovall | $2,562 | $825 | -67.8% |
| Christina Lee Henthorn | $0 | $785 | -- |
| William T. Pritchett III | $1,250 | $781 | -37.5% |
| Mildred H. Elliott | $733 | $733 | 0% |
| Christopher Matt Adcock | $3,438 | $722 | -79% |
| Ann P. Clement | $2,753 | $716 | -74% |
| Ryan Douglas Barbour | $712 | $712 | 0% |
| A. D. Blackwell | $2,330 | $696 | -70.1% |
| Bruce M. Crews Sr. | $877 | $682 | -22.2% |
| John D. Denny Jr. | $3,410 | $682 | -80% |
| Vicki O. Wilkinson | $1,839 | $680 | -63% |
| Erica M. Medlin | $145 | $667 | 360% |
| Eric Andrew Smith | $0 | $631 | -- |
| John Alton Daniel | $800 | $624 | -22% |
| Kent Currin | $1,321 | $589 | -55.4% |
| Jean Y. Gill | $1,551 | $575 | -62.9% |
| John F. Brewer | $5,181 | $574 | -88.9% |
| Lawrence R. Dixon | $2,508 | $522 | -79.2% |
| Madison Walker Yancey | $0 | $520 | -- |
| Guy L. Whitehurst Jr. | $963 | $514 | -46.6% |
| Mildred M. Hayes | $2,240 | $491 | -78.1% |
| Michael Newton | $4,421 | $491 | -88.9% |
| John W. Gooch | $834 | $478 | -42.7% |
| Francis H. Wilson Jr. | $1,089 | $467 | -57.1% |
| Alexander Spott Burwell | $3,135 | $448 | -85.7% |
| Calvin Doug Ramsey | $429 | $445 | 3.7% |
| Robert T. Englebright Jr. | $1,892 | $437 | -76.9% |
| Durward A. Burnette | $407 | $407 | 0% |
| Betty H. Fudge | $400 | $400 | 0% |
| Billy R. Adcock | $1,056 | $398 | -62.3% |
| Harvey W. Spurr Jr. | $2,825 | $383 | -86.4% |
| Chadwick Spencer Caudle | $0 | $370 | -- |
| Donald Garrett Dixon | $370 | $370 | 0% |
| Hugh Robert Daniel | $19,373 | $359 | -98.1% |
| Ruth N. Neal | $349 | $349 | 0% |
| Bobby Ray Green | $769 | $348 | -54.7% |
| Mary Frances H. Brooks | $693 | $348 | -49.8% |
| Kay L. Hobgood | $764 | $338 | -55.8% |
| James Bradley Matthews | $1,956 | $329 | -83.2% |
| Thomas W. Boone | $2,279 | $326 | -85.7% |
| Michael E. Adcock | $1,101 | $321 | -70.8% |
| Alan Alfred Boyd | $0 | $314 | -- |
| Hubert J. Keith | $220 | $310 | 40.9% |
| Bobby Wade Godsey | $1,485 | $304 | -79.5% |
| Phyllis D. Blackwell | $620 | $299 | -51.8% |
| Patsy B. Hicks | $1,006 | $296 | -70.6% |
| Mark E. Medlin | $132 | $289 | 118.9% |
| James W. Currin Jr. | $378 | $288 | -23.8% |
| Gary L. Blevins | $530 | $285 | -46.2% |
| Dennis A. Harris | $280 | $280 | 0% |
| Ashton M. Young | $278 | $278 | 0% |
| James L. Thornton | $219 | $228 | 4.1% |
| Bryan Bros, LLC | $608 | $194 | -68.1% |
| George A. Pruitt | $0 | $192 | -- |
| Jordan Daniel Elliott | $1,290 | $186 | -85.6% |
| Clifton Foard McLain | $943 | $176 | -81.3% |
| James Fulton MacGill Jr. | $70 | $171 | 144.3% |
| Sarah T. Brooks | $169 | $171 | 1.2% |
| Stephen T. Elliott | $1,376 | $162 | -88.2% |
| James O. Burnette | $462 | $155 | -66.5% |
| James Robert Williams | $519 | $153 | -70.5% |
| Lawrence Ray Williamson | $841 | $153 | -81.8% |
| Randall W. Guthrie | $1,584 | $146 | -90.8% |
| George Thomas Brooks | $144 | $144 | 0% |
| John L. Wilkins | $135 | $135 | 0% |
| Jane Satterwhite | $97 | $97 | 0% |
| Ricky E. Satterwhite | $97 | $97 | 0% |
| Black Family Venture, LLC | $0 | $96 | -- |
| Bobby J. Greene | $382 | $92 | -75.9% |
| Etta G. Bowlin | $88 | $88 | 0% |
| Mary A. Stanley | $565 | $88 | -84.4% |
| Bobby G. Huff | $224 | $78 | -65.2% |
| William Lyon | $719 | $69 | -90.4% |
| Gail R. Allen | $0 | $56 | -- |
| Joyce R. Ellington | $123 | $50 | -59.3% |
| Charles R. Noblin Jr. | $327 | $40 | -87.8% |
| Hicks Family Farms, LLC | $0 | $13 | -- |
| Edith P. Winn | $1,938 | $0 | -100% |
| H. J. Keith | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Ted Clark | $10,169 | $0 | -100% |
| Angela Wilkins Parham | $1,568 | $0 | -100% |
| Bailey Farm, Inc. | $250,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara C. Campbell | $847 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Stovall | $475 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty T. Harris | $384 | $0 | -100% |
| Celine Marie Koropchak | $1,936 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Bishku | $1,753 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles N. Daniel | $757 | $0 | -100% |
| Cheryl McIntosh | $263 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig B. Watson | $78 | $0 | -100% |
| Crews Farm, LLC | $315 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Yancey | $1,104 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald G. Milton | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris C. Norwood | $241 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth W. Watts | $281 | $0 | -100% |
| Elvin R. Elliott | $666 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $230 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $3,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Joe Jones | $883 | $0 | -100% |
| Geneva Presby Church | $156 | $0 | -100% |
| Granville Company Farm Service Agency | $3,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Granville Company Farm Service | $19 | $0 | -100% |
| Granville County FSA | $24,378 | $0 | -100% |
| Granville County FSA Office | $12,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold W. Woody Jr. | $12 | $0 | -100% |
| Harriett D. Young | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| James Daniel Currin | $1,081 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey L. Munn | $588 | $0 | -100% |
| John Beverly Currin | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Paul Boyd | $352 | $0 | -100% |
| Julia Ann Taylor Estate | $222 | $0 | -100% |
| Leshea Clayton | $15,390 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda B. Huff | $18,314 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda C. Munn | $756 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn Daniel Cox | $757 | $0 | -100% |
| Madison Yancey | $1,408 | $0 | -100% |
| Maurice Knott | $948 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Franklin Currin | $10,007 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. Munn | $881 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip J. Barker | $655 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca B. Currin | $722 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert S. Williams II | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger D. Morris | $204 | $0 | -100% |
| The Pruitt Rentals | $995 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy M. Seitzer | $353 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Craig Parrott | $3,405 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Will Englebright | $8,661 | $0 | -100% |
| William Asher Carey Jr. | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| William B. Jones Jr. | $192 | $0 | -100% |
| William Bartholomew | $80 | $0 | -100% |
| William Carey | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Williams Farms of Denny's Store L | $124,940 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilson T. Currin Jr. | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Wyatt Alton Fuller Jr. | $951 | $0 | -100% |
| Yeargin Insurance Agency, Inc. | $559 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Jack Ellington | $41 | $0 | -100% |
| John Wesley Godfrey | $7,957 | $0 | -100% |
| L. W. Bullock Jr. | $1,669 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald L. Russell | $8,415 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy P. Ramsey | $215 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,986,701 | $1,707,816 | -57.2% |
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