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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Davidson County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Davidson County received $939,654 less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 365 farmers in cities within Davidson County received a total of $1.4 million in 582 farm subsidies, a 40.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.3 million in 1,059 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 Davidson County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Hooper Farms, Inc.$0$81,186--
Taylor Wilkison$78,860$53,282-32.4%
The Nature Conservancy$48,297$50,0003.5%
Westin Lawrence$50,000$50,0000%
Mollie Claire Lawrence$43,690$43,6900%
Gaylon Maurice Lawrence Jr.$43,428$43,4280%
Cazar Hermanos, LLC$37,233$37,2330%
Camille Sanders Thomas$33,987$26,249-22.8%
Samed Farms, LLC$42,427$26,242-38.1%
CST Property LP$65,704$26,104-60.3%
Ben B. Doubleday Jr.$93,107$22,963-75.3%
Clay Moseley Ferguson Tr$32,782$22,646-30.9%
John William Ferguson Tr$32,782$22,646-30.9%
Brownlee Ferguson W. Tr IV$32,782$22,646-30.9%
Bart C. Durham III$22,549$22,5490%
Mark Fitzpatrick$45,692$21,987-51.9%
Gail Berry$46,485$20,295-56.3%
Connie Sue Pollard$15,419$17,95316.4%
Kenneth Berry Jr.$46,850$17,343-63%
Billie Warren McClaran III$24,884$16,101-35.3%
Tipton-Schultz Farms, LLC$35,961$15,620-56.6%
Miston Farm, LLC$0$15,574--
Larry Dennis Davis Sr.$9,854$14,63448.5%
Paulette O. Krebs$1,215$14,4731,091.2%
JHA Family Partnership, Ltd.$19,859$12,588-36.6%
Sunnyside Family Partners$45,619$12,385-72.9%
Land Trust for Tennessee$11,931$11,9310%
Strasser Farms$36,218$11,826-67.3%
Drakes Ridge Trust$11,648$11,6480%
Blake Matthews$12,404$11,060-10.8%
Marilyn T. Tipton$10,945$10,9450%
Shaw Trust Land Company, LLC$29,046$10,528-63.8%
Mark M. McInteer$26,280$10,450-60.2%
Mari Lynn Canterbury$26,277$10,449-60.2%
Austin Scott Yarbrough$9,658$10,1154.7%
Ernest G. Thomas$18,725$10,040-46.4%
Keith Gibson$9,393$9,3930%
Gregory Properties of Miss, LLC$8,888$8,8880%
Mooreland Farm, LLC$26,113$8,715-66.6%
Waller Ruark$22,997$8,247-64.1%
Rodney Dale Clawson$8,204$8,2040%
Mitchell Hilt$5,128$8,15359%
Hillhouse Family, LLC$21,536$7,673-64.4%
Karol K. Fort$7,732$7,434-3.9%
Alex P. Waddell IV$20,096$7,279-63.8%
Michael Zoretic$0$7,036--
Christy Tate Smith$6,849$6,8490%
James David Hawkins$6,743$6,7430%
Willie T. Bailey$6,538$6,5380%
Carroll W. Chambliss$1,808$6,415254.8%
Chapman Ruark$16,514$6,369-61.4%
Shiels & Sons Properties, LLC$0$6,257--
Judy Kelley$11,734$5,935-49.4%
Marion Schreiner$5,905$5,9050%
Gearldean Johnson$5,669$5,6690%
Frank G. Porter$12,151$5,651-53.5%
Robert L. Haley Jr.$17,483$5,627-67.8%
Lora J Ashley Estate$0$5,586--
Susan F. Wiltshire$11,774$5,586-52.6%
Joe Allen III$11,249$5,534-50.8%
Jennifer Elzen$4,256$5,43427.7%
Kirby Allen$10,760$5,045-53.1%
Nancy Jane Roche$2,109$5,040139%
LWS Trust$5,016$5,0160%
Betty C. Bellamy$11,995$4,876-59.3%
Don Hutchison$9,631$4,849-49.7%
Loran Michael Shallenberger$6,523$4,807-26.3%
James G Warmbrod JR$0$4,759--
Barbara Leander$14,725$4,608-68.7%
Pat M. Barrett III$4,591$4,5910%
Beverly a Dewitt Revocable Trust$4,277$4,4474%
Edna Elaine Saltsman$4,904$4,346-11.4%
Robert T. Pillow$4,335$4,3350%
Dunn Family Partners LP$15,152$4,238-72%
Carolyn Brackett$4,160$4,1600%
Paul S. Parker$13,131$4,160-68.3%
Cathy L. Cole$4,236$4,135-2.4%
Christy L. Cole$4,236$4,135-2.4%
Shade Murray Jr.$2,446$4,05165.6%
Jesse T Leegon$12,440$3,933-68.4%
Travis Holland$3,840$3,8400%
Sarah Elizabeth Chiles$3,810$3,8100%
Matthew R Bronleewe$643$3,710477%
Kay E Morreale Family Trust$5,198$3,706-28.7%
Karl E. Peters$4,293$3,645-15.1%
Melba S. McCullough$3,608$3,6110.1%
Robert H. Hill$5,431$3,596-33.8%
Glenn M Hillhouse Farms, Inc.$9,884$3,540-64.2%
Allison Berry Hadley$8,636$3,494-59.5%
Donald Hundley$3,918$3,462-11.6%
Ralph F & Mildred E May Joint Trust$10,544$3,429-67.5%
Jerry D. Graves$5,163$3,320-35.7%
Angelita Roberts Testamentary Trust$3,290$3,2900%
Amy Jacobs$0$3,262--
Ashley Jacobs Mansfield$0$3,262--
James Thomas Broome$3,144$3,1440%
William W. Tarleton$0$3,112--
Judy F. Fincannon$6,150$3,102-49.6%
Frances R Hamilton Estate$0$3,072--
Bonita P. Logan$8,257$3,048-63.1%
Brendan E Finucane and Elizabeth B Finucane Jtwros$0$3,030--
Joe Brown$9,890$2,938-70.3%
Prichard Farm Trust$3,126$2,925-6.4%
Virginia Strong - Strong Revocable Trust Effective 16$6,207$2,894-53.4%
Benjamin Hill Thomas$2,781$2,7810%
Martha Fortenberry$2,999$2,736-8.8%
Chris Nischan$2,733$2,7330%
M. D. Fowler Jr.$4,259$2,727-36%
Mar Wen, LLC$11,561$2,696-76.7%
Robert A. Brown$6,508$2,592-60.2%
Carol Cavin-Dillon$3,174$2,562-19.3%
Virginia Lazenby$3,399$2,551-24.9%
Wanda McCoy$0$2,516--
Madole Family, LLC$4,000$2,430-39.2%
Michael G. Siegert$8,068$2,423-70%
Stephan R. Roberts$10,670$2,351-78%
Louie B. Hoop III$0$2,341--
Carol B. Robertson$3,939$2,336-40.7%
Mary N. Raffety$4,899$2,336-52.3%
Ashley Stockton Trust$2,290$2,2900%
Summers Farm$6,000$2,282-62%
William Toliver McLemore$0$2,237--
Judith C Hays Descendants GST Non-Exempt Trustee$7,429$2,230-70%
Nicholas P. Mayer Jr.$6,138$2,212-64%
Tom Whitfield$2,975$2,212-25.6%
Brenda J. Fannin$0$2,157--
Benjamin G. Bond$2,065$2,1544.3%
Garnett Bond Jr.$2,065$2,1544.3%
Jeff Whitfield Sr.$3,068$2,119-30.9%
Mary K. Washington$2,469$2,080-15.8%
Jeanette L Tully Estate$4,478$2,074-53.7%
CTW Louise R Rhett Family Trust$7,802$2,026-74%
Pamela S. Mask$6,183$2,018-67.4%
Dale Thomas Hibray$0$1,964--
Fran M. Hoogestraat$5,558$1,914-65.6%
Mandy Goetz Myers$11,698$1,913-83.6%
Joshua L. Baxter$4,658$1,906-59.1%
Jack M. Heath$4,190$1,892-54.8%
James McCorkle$0$1,875--
Daniel Worley$0$1,814--
Bratschi D. Campbell$2,718$1,793-34%
Lucy W. Jones$3,940$1,769-55.1%
Jane Olson$1,723$1,7230%
Robert Wayne Storey$5,868$1,722-70.7%
Mary L. Smith$7,625$1,691-77.8%
Margot C Bartine$7,371$1,676-77.3%
Williams Farms$3,877$1,613-58.4%
Dan T. Johnson$2,254$1,607-28.7%
Jones Family Farms$1,857$1,585-14.6%
Frank Fisher Heirs$1,837$1,560-15.1%
David L. Alexander$5,508$1,552-71.8%
Marion W. Hickerson III$2,628$1,474-43.9%
Charles H. Weathers$4,353$1,469-66.3%
James Ellis W. Tr$9,151$1,465-84%
Catherine Simmons Snow$3,638$1,448-60.2%
James L. Fielder$483$1,406191.1%
Joetta J. Garrett$3,979$1,392-65%
James Michael Holloway$1,370$1,3700%
Sinking Creek Land, LLC$0$1,369--
Mary Ellen Kalmbach$3,153$1,343-57.4%
C. E. Fox III$1,341$1,3410%
Corabel a Shofner$2,439$1,313-46.2%
Martin K. Shofner$2,439$1,313-46.2%
Kim McDonough$1,409$1,310-7%
Eugenia C. Winwood$3,473$1,297-62.7%
Upchurch Partners$3,091$1,260-59.2%
Hal McDonough Jr.$1,253$1,2530%
Betty Ann Spann$2,684$1,252-53.4%
Shenandoah Farms on the Buffalo Joint Venture$0$1,242--
Jerry R. Winters$1,222$1,2220%
Joshua S. Kugler$2,088$1,194-42.8%
Oliver a Kitchen Family Trust$2,224$1,192-46.4%
RRBC, LLC$4,039$1,189-70.6%
Willie R. Norman$1,176$1,1760%
Laura MacKay$1,157$1,1570%
William McDaniel$4,137$1,137-72.5%
Kimberly F Kikkawa$4,038$1,136-71.9%
Angry Eagle Kansas, LLC$2,384$1,135-52.4%
Jacqueline P. Bowen$1,650$1,135-31.2%
Onna V Parker JR$1,650$1,135-31.2%
Rebecca S. Laine$2,444$1,120-54.2%
Randall E. Drinnon Jr.$1,109$1,1090%
Barry Lewis Dyer$4,257$1,094-74.3%
June D Tate Trust$6,734$1,089-83.8%
Guengerich Farm, LLC$3,161$1,038-67.2%
Michele Marie Webber$1,035$1,0350%
Doris Sharp Dark$2,250$1,032-54.1%
Betty K. Rose$3,780$1,031-72.7%
Ocie Clark$2,175$1,031-52.6%
Larry Edmondson$4,499$1,028-77.2%
Bernard Matthew Leadon$630$1,01260.6%
Trudy Dedman$1,212$982-19%
Hugh M. Sloan$2,101$981-53.3%
Georgia Farmer$818$97419.1%
Christopher Weakley$4,963$961-80.6%
Amanda Caroline Pace$3,439$954-72.3%
Shannon Hill$806$95218.1%
Steve T. Walls$951$9510%
Hollis Flatt$4,565$939-79.4%
Dale Woodall Realty Partnership$2,656$933-64.9%
Ray Ferguson$3,212$924-71.2%
Brady Spencer$984$908-7.7%
Lawrence Borders III$887$8870%
Michael Bohleber$3,411$880-74.2%
Joyce E. Stewart$861$8610%
Phillip W. Spicer$4,774$856-82.1%
Zachary Hoverman$1,657$848-48.8%
Staples Family Trust$989$842-14.9%
Ronald A. McDow$1,756$827-52.9%
Kay J. Artibee$1,822$812-55.4%
Carolyn Roberta Strickland$1,692$789-53.4%
Griffin L Marczuk$1,065$775-27.2%
Linda M. Parker$0$775--
Wayne Parkhurst$2,574$775-69.9%
Elizabeth K. Roosevelt$1,489$739-50.4%
Daniel Austin Parker$2,688$733-72.7%
Betty A. Townsend$1,300$724-44.3%
Kevin T. Sommers$0$696--
Joshua Allen Jenkins$1,831$682-62.8%
Katherine J. Dougan$3,762$677-82%
David Anderson$0$671--
Betty Jane Taylor$986$670-32%
Brian Anderson$0$665--
Christian N. Anderson$0$665--
James Swann III$1,950$659-66.2%
Kathryn F. Hoeppner$659$6590%
Steven R. Swann$1,945$659-66.1%
William W. Burton$5,622$651-88.4%
Pollock Family Farm, LLC$1,958$646-67%
Blake Robbins$0$643--
David Trousdale Bruster$0$638--
Jerry D. Moore$1,371$635-53.7%
David A. Childress$1,522$625-58.9%
Steven E. Robertson$2,370$595-74.9%
Mary J. Hoffmann$765$592-22.6%
Patsy Grooms$1,212$591-51.2%
James Richard Hinchman$2,717$585-78.5%
Gertrude Abbott$0$581--
Southern Harmony, LLC$1,708$578-66.2%
Sherrie P. Sehrt$2,469$540-78.1%
Marilynn Burdette Vaughn$537$5370%
Harold S. Howison$1,921$536-72.1%
Kirby C. Moore$1,108$526-52.5%
Rowland Investments$3,490$523-85%
Louan D Brown$2,552$519-79.7%
Billy W. Donegan$510$5100%
Ronald Cate$507$5070%
Carl E. Ralston$3,082$506-83.6%
William O. Miller$501$5010%
Tyrone Paul Miller$1,782$500-71.9%
Henry McCall$489$4890%
Nichole Edmondson Harrison$1,617$482-70.2%
Soggy Bottom Farms, LLC$2,040$480-76.5%
Nancy Neely$465$4650%
Robert R. Reid$457$4570%
Ronald M. Reid$457$4570%
Anthony Locklayer$2,277$453-80.1%
Dean Morris$808$447-44.7%
Michele R. Lutz$442$4471.1%
M. A. Davis$547$445-18.6%
David Turner$3,132$443-85.9%
William A. Patrick$1,040$438-57.9%
John P. Dunn$5,526$436-92.1%
M & D Trust$856$428-50%
Anita M. Demster$589$425-27.8%
Kenneth Reeder$2,743$422-84.6%
Milina F Cramb$582$416-28.5%
Tim J. Banks$1,760$415-76.4%
Jasper N. Pinkerton$1,496$398-73.4%
Linda Evers$1,302$395-69.7%
Mary F. Evers$1,304$395-69.7%
David Crow$924$380-58.9%
Mary Ann McLennan$862$380-55.9%
Francine W. Caudle$1,254$379-69.8%
Sandra M. Perkins$798$379-52.5%
Joe Bryan Robertson$2,304$376-83.7%
Cody Ray Mencer$1,062$364-65.7%
Katie W Borren$571$362-36.6%
Thomas W. Claybrooks Sr.$1,089$356-67.3%
Nancy W. Lewis$0$355--
James R. Fesmire$1,006$346-65.6%
Steven C. Martens$1,491$342-77.1%
Thomas Fred Zimmerman$576$341-40.8%
Mary Jean Morris$259$33830.5%
Stephen Scott Shepherd$771$336-56.4%
Carla D. Davis$1,232$335-72.8%
Lynda Seiter$1,720$332-80.7%
Renna Marie McKnight$596$330-44.6%
John Haley$922$329-64.3%
Robert Haley III$922$329-64.3%
Laura B. Brown$1,484$328-77.9%
Sandra J. McCoy$584$326-44.2%
James G. Grooms$319$3190%
Richard T. Moore Jr.$309$3100.3%
Dustin Pritchett$6,316$305-95.2%
Robert F. Lance Jr.$720$296-58.9%
Dianne Kinchen Thomas$0$293--
James Barlow Mills Jr.$0$283--
Meredith Mills Lovell$0$283--
Rebecca K. Holtzclaw$656$281-57.2%
Clara F. Jones$281$279-0.7%
Deborah M. Baird$741$273-63.2%
Linda Wallis Sauer$956$272-71.5%
Jerry D. Duncan$530$266-49.8%
Doss Neal$2,034$263-87.1%
Nancy G. Fielder$643$255-60.3%
The Ruth K Watts Legacy Trust$1,609$243-84.9%
Glenn Rose$0$236--
James W. Hickerson$993$236-76.2%
Woodruff Woodruff and Self$771$236-69.4%
Bill T. Williams$1,519$234-84.6%
James E. Williams$1,519$234-84.6%
Lana Roberta Pierce$355$231-34.9%
Barbara N Tjassens Kaiser Joffe$516$216-58.1%
David M. Reed$539$199-63.1%
Deborah Raulston$458$197-57%
Barbara J. Ray$524$196-62.6%
Ula M Springer$560$196-65%
Cleve Weathers$814$188-76.9%
Daniel W. Drake$340$185-45.6%
Mary L. O'Kelly$523$185-64.6%
Judy McFarland$231$183-20.8%
Jennie I. Smithson$370$180-51.4%
Rhett Family Partnership, Ltd.$570$178-68.8%
Janice Cates$216$177-18.1%
John David Lane$945$169-82.1%
Tyrone L. Moore$168$1680%
William A. Putman$166$165-0.6%
Lewis Thomas$0$146--
Katrina Threlkeld Blackwood$0$145--
Everett E. Munn Jr.$171$135-21.1%
Susan Munn Young$282$135-52.1%
Peter D. van Lingen$2,256$132-94.1%
Jody L. Laskowski$252$127-49.6%
Sue McGuire$301$122-59.5%
Robin Dale Cliett$260$120-53.8%
Regenia Cate$259$118-54.4%
Aaron B. Brown III$258$116-55%
Dale J. Brown$258$116-55%
Lawrence G. Brown$258$116-55%
Mark M. Brown$258$116-55%
Stephen A. Brown$258$116-55%
Helen Annelle Lyle Bond$198$112-43.4%
Steve Moore$205$107-47.8%
Raymond B. Ellis$203$105-48.3%
James H. Amberg III$411$77-81.3%
Renee Hovis$411$77-81.3%
John Davis Madole Sr.$821$74-91%
Janice T. Zeitlin$819$69-91.6%
LBG MO Properties, LLC$49$6532.7%
Charles Williamson$138$54-60.9%
Vernon Ray McGuire Sr.$218$39-82.1%
John L. Clark Jr.$57$34-40.4%
Cynthia Rice$101$32-68.3%
Jeffrey L. Vann$245$24-90.2%
Michael S. Finucane$84$21-75%
Andreas C. Claus$230$20-91.3%
Janice Judd$39$17-56.4%
Suzanne Huggins$116$16-86.2%
Arthur D. Hancock Jr.$168$14-91.7%
Floyd R. Hancock$168$14-91.7%
Jennifer Ann Rooker$68$13-80.9%
Amanda Moore$8$1025%
Bridget Delaney$8$1025%
Narvis Davis$8$1025%
Anne Willette McGraw$268$0-100%
Ashley T. Wiltshire Jr.$3,244$0-100%
Aurelia Lynn Bradford$1,429$0-100%
Bobby L. Spann$1,646$0-100%
Brendan E Finucane and Elizabeth$8,930$0-100%
Brownlee Ferguson$1,130$0-100%
Charles Scott$335$0-100%
Charles Tipton Curd$165$0-100%
Crystal Shields$547$0-100%
David Brent Hollis$147$0-100%
Dorothy Jean Myhr$122$0-100%
Dyer Straits Hunting Club, LLC$3,299$0-100%
Edward Vanvoorhees$145$0-100%
EGT Properties LP$46,653$0-100%
Eleanor F. Jarratt$303$0-100%
Emily C. Butts$433$0-100%
Eric Wooldridge$15,875$0-100%
ESB Farm$274$0-100%
Eugene P. Forrester II$309$0-100%
Eulalia B. Howard$162$0-100%
Finis Ray$115$0-100%
Frances Williams$569$0-100%
Granville E Williams Revocable Trust$4,214$0-100%
Herman F. Marks$1,430$0-100%
Jacquelyn Taylor Mounsey$380$0-100%
John E. Layman$6,008$0-100%
John Hill Mcalister Family Trust$2,858$0-100%
Joshua T. Stephens$426$0-100%
Kristy Ayers$2,310$0-100%
Kyle Grady Killett$751$0-100%
Lena M Caldwell Estate$2,055$0-100%
Linda Moore Schipani$469$0-100%
Linda Yates$37$0-100%
Margaret M. Rolfsen$411$0-100%
Margaret R. Robertson$1,985$0-100%
Mark Sullivan$33,012$0-100%
Mary A. Duncan$288$0-100%
Mary Beth Lapenna$1,754$0-100%
Mary J. Nixon$17$0-100%
Mary S. Dietrich$2,658$0-100%
Mcclendon Living Trust$3,904$0-100%
Metropolitan Gnrl Sessions Court$2,849$0-100%
Nancy Jo Jackson$2,343$0-100%
Norma B. Caruthers$178$0-100%
Oxarart Family Trust$304$0-100%
Patsy Ring Boulie$41$0-100%
Raphael Rushai Bradford$1,430$0-100%
Richard Burton$160$0-100%
Richard H. Dorman II$10,386$0-100%
Robin R. Swensen$274$0-100%
Ross Ballard Lumpkin$107$0-100%
Ryan Chapman$216$0-100%
Ryan Timm$18,783$0-100%
Shannon E. Poindexter$847$0-100%
Shayne Calzavara$724$0-100%
Shenandoah Farms on the Buffalo J$1,242$0-100%
Sherry Casebolt$100$0-100%
Shirley A. Shea$4$0-100%
Stephen E. Merritt$15$0-100%
Stephen L. Wakefield$6,182$0-100%
Terri A. Spencer$405$0-100%
The Mable Sue Zobel Living Trust$1,188$0-100%
Victoria J. Wright$302$0-100%
Virginia R Boone Living Trust$1,577$0-100%
Wanda G. McKnight$338$0-100%
Wefel A. Matthews Jr.$2,413$0-100%
Willam M and Mary S T Alphin Fami$13,224$0-100%
William A. Caldwell$102$0-100%
Total subsidies$2,334,135$1,394,481-40.3%

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