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In 2021, 158 farmers in cities within Lincoln County received a total of $1.5 million in 172 farm subsidies, a 17.6% increase from 2020, when the total was $1.3 million in 331 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 Lincoln County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peeps Poultry, Inc. | $0 | $68,908 | -- |
| Lance Smith Logging, Inc. | $3,857 | $55,702 | 1,344.2% |
| BJ Smith Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Bowlin Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| CLR Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Greentree Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Greentree Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Griffin Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jeffery Lea Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Karl Byrd Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Laird Timber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Last Venture Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| NK&T Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| O Byrd Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ole Brook Timber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Thornton Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Wilson Timber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| James Torrence Richardson | $0 | $49,887 | -- |
| Stephanie Michelle Lofton Mangold | $4,620 | $40,687 | 780.7% |
| Martha Cato Lofton | $17,875 | $37,620 | 110.5% |
| Mathis Farms, Inc. | $163,189 | $33,398 | -79.5% |
| Watts Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $28,934 | -- |
| T R Maxwell Trucking, LLC | $0 | $24,399 | -- |
| Robbie Allen Logging, LLC | $0 | $24,055 | -- |
| Mike Smith Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $22,706 | -- |
| Hancy Dwayne Rials | $0 | $21,543 | -- |
| Shucktown Hauling, LLC | $0 | $21,308 | -- |
| Calcote Dairy Farms, Inc. | $23,282 | $17,405 | -25.2% |
| Southern Timber Transporters | $0 | $16,583 | -- |
| Michael Cato Lofton | $15,125 | $15,516 | 2.6% |
| Charles Dixon | $16,402 | $14,561 | -11.2% |
| Amanda Rawls | $9,428 | $9,428 | 0% |
| Mignons Honor, LLC | $10,616 | $7,412 | -30.2% |
| Michael Lamar Smith | $18,163 | $5,913 | -67.4% |
| Angela Bates Ritchie | $26,589 | $5,828 | -78.1% |
| Louis Cortez Byrd | $25,349 | $5,816 | -77.1% |
| Integrity Cattle, LLC | $28,032 | $5,609 | -80% |
| Smith Lake Farms, Inc. | $15,379 | $5,565 | -63.8% |
| C and D Cattle Farms, LLC | $33,826 | $5,339 | -84.2% |
| CCR Investements, LLC | $6,229 | $5,305 | -14.8% |
| Juanita Guzman Tripp | $29,236 | $4,748 | -83.8% |
| Phillip R. Magee | $24,150 | $4,702 | -80.5% |
| Harold R. Gary | $4,768 | $4,582 | -3.9% |
| Shamrock Cattle & Poultry Farm, LLC | $4,026 | $4,322 | 7.4% |
| S & S Timber, LLC | $0 | $4,290 | -- |
| Gene Carroll Britt | $0 | $3,410 | -- |
| Gwin Webster Britt | $13,862 | $3,328 | -76% |
| Chance Evans | $3,203 | $3,188 | -0.5% |
| Calvin Grant Spencer | $11,935 | $3,061 | -74.4% |
| Wallace Leslie Adams | $18,579 | $3,053 | -83.6% |
| Frank Wayne Vinson | $17,499 | $2,837 | -83.8% |
| Bahalia Bliss - Bradley Boerner, LLC | $0 | $2,504 | -- |
| Danny Smith Livestock, LLC | $132,899 | $2,443 | -98.2% |
| William Dale Norton | $0 | $2,420 | -- |
| Fred Prentiss Smith | $7,499 | $2,404 | -67.9% |
| Kendall Steven Covington | $10,917 | $2,382 | -78.2% |
| Everett Warren Price | $5,335 | $2,340 | -56.1% |
| William Curtis McCloud | $8,558 | $2,282 | -73.3% |
| Robert Earl Mcgehee JR | $20,772 | $2,245 | -89.2% |
| Case Family Properties LP | $6,489 | $2,163 | -66.7% |
| Michael Shane Thompson | $10,049 | $2,082 | -79.3% |
| John William Bass | $11,870 | $2,064 | -82.6% |
| Jason Lutken Watts | $33,346 | $2,004 | -94% |
| Nicholas Matthews Adams | $10,791 | $1,994 | -81.5% |
| Todd Everette Bowlin | $10,245 | $1,970 | -80.8% |
| Chris G. Loyd | $1,302 | $1,933 | 48.5% |
| Roger Eric Ates | $8,731 | $1,863 | -78.7% |
| Donna L. Smith | $4,701 | $1,842 | -60.8% |
| Darryl Dean Jordan Sr. | $7,209 | $1,811 | -74.9% |
| Jerolyn Brister Mccullough | $5,126 | $1,715 | -66.5% |
| John Richard Wright | $7,830 | $1,707 | -78.2% |
| Danny R. Knight | $1,690 | $1,690 | 0% |
| Emmit Reggie Allen | $5,863 | $1,575 | -73.1% |
| Connie Mack Douglas | $8,856 | $1,564 | -82.3% |
| Larry Wayne Lee | $9,947 | $1,519 | -84.7% |
| Carol Sue Gunnell | $1,510 | $1,510 | 0% |
| William Stanton King | $4,952 | $1,502 | -69.7% |
| Timothy Ray King | $6,435 | $1,488 | -76.9% |
| Bailey Dunaway | $5,034 | $1,467 | -70.9% |
| George Larry Higdon | $6,739 | $1,466 | -78.2% |
| Joel Oddee Smith II | $6,050 | $1,432 | -76.3% |
| Gregory Glen Dixon | $1,531 | $1,371 | -10.5% |
| Timothy Sam Laird | $7,714 | $1,365 | -82.3% |
| Robert Wendell Kyzar | $10,173 | $1,313 | -87.1% |
| Don Richard McGuffie | $4,500 | $1,311 | -70.9% |
| John Kees Jr. | $7,374 | $1,298 | -82.4% |
| William Monroe Smith | $5,071 | $1,265 | -75.1% |
| Velma Love Taylor | $212 | $1,247 | 488.2% |
| Ralph Hollis Smith | $5,797 | $1,246 | -78.5% |
| Terry W. Hudson | $6,289 | $1,224 | -80.5% |
| Roland Levester Robinson | $3,696 | $1,218 | -67% |
| Betty Lois Kyzar | $5,246 | $1,207 | -77% |
| Samuel Paxton King | $10,181 | $1,206 | -88.2% |
| Douglas Henry Newman | $4,730 | $1,196 | -74.7% |
| Jerry Glyn Smith | $2,936 | $1,195 | -59.3% |
| Kevin James Barrett | $5,564 | $1,186 | -78.7% |
| Ricky Powell Smith | $4,964 | $1,175 | -76.3% |
| Solon Ray Freeman Sr. | $6,714 | $1,175 | -82.5% |
| William Hayden Webber III | $6,176 | $1,129 | -81.7% |
| James Russell McGehee | $7,226 | $1,091 | -84.9% |
| Bradley Decator Rushing | $4,466 | $1,090 | -75.6% |
| Owen Randolph Smith | $13,441 | $1,078 | -92% |
| Bobby Rich | $4,672 | $1,030 | -78% |
| Shirley B. Nations | $1,025 | $1,025 | 0% |
| Ole Brook Organics, Inc. | $1,000 | $1,000 | 0% |
| Rogers Farm | $4,652 | $998 | -78.5% |
| Halbert M. Irvin | $4,840 | $968 | -80% |
| Andrew Abadie | $15,355 | $945 | -93.8% |
| Cindy K. Smith | $3,927 | $944 | -76% |
| Sam Laird | $3,295 | $902 | -72.6% |
| Carey Carroll Calhoun | $3,827 | $886 | -76.8% |
| Alan Dale Smith | $2,112 | $878 | -58.4% |
| Jereme Calcote Smith | $4,192 | $867 | -79.3% |
| Lester O. Williams | $1,706 | $853 | -50% |
| James Preston Hart | $4,009 | $820 | -79.5% |
| Linda L. Farris | $10,825 | $780 | -92.8% |
| William Dwayne Covington | $3,539 | $685 | -80.6% |
| Zeb Wayne Reeves | $2,838 | $673 | -76.3% |
| Dewey Purvis Smith | $1,992 | $654 | -67.2% |
| Randall Joe Lofton | $3,608 | $654 | -81.9% |
| Andrew Williams | $2,742 | $602 | -78% |
| Christopher Wayne Thornton | $2,354 | $594 | -74.8% |
| Justin Lee Callendar | $3,953 | $588 | -85.1% |
| Jerry Glen Kelly | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Larry Verdo Callender | $3,847 | $536 | -86.1% |
| William Scott Vinson | $3,292 | $535 | -83.7% |
| William Terrell Smith | $1,557 | $527 | -66.2% |
| Leslie L. Foote Jr. | $2,625 | $501 | -80.9% |
| Danny L. Dykes | $2,671 | $495 | -81.5% |
| Melissa Michelle Case | $2,123 | $494 | -76.7% |
| William Michaelthompson | $2,068 | $488 | -76.4% |
| John Eric Smith | $5,901 | $466 | -92.1% |
| Carlos Lamar Jordan | $1,782 | $454 | -74.5% |
| Robert Cameron King Sr. | $1,837 | $433 | -76.4% |
| Leon Bardwell Jr. | $10,934 | $416 | -96.2% |
| Jean Diann Allen | $1,826 | $408 | -77.7% |
| Bailey Alan Hodge | $1,986 | $398 | -80% |
| Lena Mae Townsend | $793 | $388 | -51.1% |
| William Trent Sullivan | $1,056 | $388 | -63.3% |
| Terry Lane Lea | $1,540 | $360 | -76.6% |
| Amy A. Valentine | $1,031 | $312 | -69.7% |
| Douglas C. Calcote | $2,881 | $250 | -91.3% |
| Nicholas Jay Wolfe | $1,089 | $245 | -77.5% |
| Christy Smith | $242 | $242 | 0% |
| Brenda Boyd Herring | $1,117 | $235 | -79% |
| Timothy Scott King | $891 | $215 | -75.9% |
| Jeffie Scott Smith | $429 | $210 | -51% |
| Jerry Dale Rice | $1,012 | $200 | -80.2% |
| William Andrew Redd | $924 | $183 | -80.2% |
| Opal Grice Ezell | $528 | $178 | -66.3% |
| Larry Scott | $726 | $176 | -75.8% |
| Gary C. Hutson | $605 | $158 | -73.9% |
| Florence Ann Moak | $539 | $138 | -74.4% |
| Don Timothy Fauver | $517 | $114 | -77.9% |
| Sylvia Sue Moak Netherland | $517 | $114 | -77.9% |
| Mickey Greenlee | $273 | $71 | -74% |
| Lainey Grace de Laughter | $538 | $69 | -87.2% |
| Stanley L. Hay | $39 | $38 | -2.6% |
| Brittany Anne Gibson | $773 | $0 | -100% |
| Carlos Benard Douglas | $2,174 | $0 | -100% |
| Chance J. Evans | $3,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Cortez Byrd Limited Partnership | $13,702 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny R. Boyd | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Gloria T. Lucas | $246 | $0 | -100% |
| James Dudley Nations | $2,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Jared Emile Case | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy Davis Walker | $475 | $0 | -100% |
| Laverne Phelan | $1,726 | $0 | -100% |
| Lincoln County Board of Education | $1 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Kevin Byrd | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon C. Brumfield | $434 | $0 | -100% |
| Stacy L. Morgan | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| W. N. Oberschmidt | $596 | $0 | -100% |
| William Edward Phillips | $67,799 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,271,912 | $1,495,371 | 17.6% |
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