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In 2021, 159 farmers in cities within Greenbrier County received a total of $590,852 in 197 farm subsidies, a 77.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.6 million in 415 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 Greenbrier County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aden Logging II, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Boggs & Son LLC, M.D. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| David L. Ryder Timbering, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Burdette Logging, Inc. | $0 | $36,144 | -- |
| Randel Keith Hoke Sr. | $0 | $31,100 | -- |
| Ironsides Cattle, LLC | $152,954 | $28,029 | -81.7% |
| W. E. Irons Jr. | $143,956 | $20,804 | -85.5% |
| Triple T Angus, LLC | $62,492 | $18,722 | -70% |
| Sarver Farms | $101,678 | $17,519 | -82.8% |
| Ronald L. Lemons | $118,716 | $16,374 | -86.2% |
| Hylton Farms | $6,504 | $15,690 | 141.2% |
| James D. Hunter | $23,474 | $13,562 | -42.2% |
| Tuckwiller Brothers Farms, LLC | $40,984 | $10,292 | -74.9% |
| Ralph Warren Jr. | $19,004 | $9,638 | -49.3% |
| Doug Goodwin | $61,288 | $8,486 | -86.2% |
| John R. Johnston | $37,112 | $7,002 | -81.1% |
| Arthur Bartenslager | $33,521 | $6,878 | -79.5% |
| Jordan L. Tincher | $27,018 | $5,650 | -79.1% |
| Lefty Smith | $19,304 | $5,254 | -72.8% |
| Myers White Oak Farms, LLC | $902,412 | $5,116 | -99.4% |
| Glen Ford | $15,975 | $4,939 | -69.1% |
| David C. Miller | $22,803 | $4,750 | -79.2% |
| Dennis J. Kowalsky Jr. | $19,250 | $4,232 | -78% |
| Robert F. Rodgers | $19,009 | $4,220 | -77.8% |
| David W. Coffman | $24,303 | $4,219 | -82.6% |
| Richard W. Hedrick | $7,843 | $3,839 | -51.1% |
| John Galford Arbuckle | $22,570 | $3,805 | -83.1% |
| Henry U Hoke Logging | $0 | $3,638 | -- |
| Paul E. Rodgers | $25,492 | $3,468 | -86.4% |
| Page M. Dickson | $3,456 | $3,456 | 0% |
| Frederick Scott Kiddle | $11,551 | $3,399 | -70.6% |
| Charles M. Burr | $6,597 | $3,248 | -50.8% |
| Carl E. Godby | $12,408 | $3,200 | -74.2% |
| William H. Zink IV | $14,141 | $3,138 | -77.8% |
| Billy G. McCormick | $7,082 | $3,121 | -55.9% |
| Stone Hill Farm, LLC | $15,765 | $3,114 | -80.2% |
| Gary L. Truex | $10,602 | $3,060 | -71.1% |
| Olivia a Mchale - Lewisburg Lanterns | $0 | $2,905 | -- |
| Carl R. Holmes | $16,606 | $2,668 | -83.9% |
| Dale R. Crookshanks | $11,231 | $2,516 | -77.6% |
| Brandon J. McCormick | $11,033 | $2,376 | -78.5% |
| Jared R. Elmore | $11,374 | $2,315 | -79.6% |
| David C. Childers | $16,737 | $2,272 | -86.4% |
| Charles H. Crawford III | $8,019 | $2,264 | -71.8% |
| Swift Level Land and Cattle Company | $8,874 | $2,246 | -74.7% |
| Andrew J. Morgan | $3,696 | $2,191 | -40.7% |
| Adam C. Long | $2,174 | $2,174 | 0% |
| Christy W. Ford | $2,099 | $2,099 | 0% |
| Teubert Family Farms, LLC | $2,078 | $2,078 | 0% |
| Charles L. McCormick | $7,138 | $2,014 | -71.8% |
| Calvin Elmore | $13,226 | $1,872 | -85.8% |
| Charles Ridgeway | $0 | $1,820 | -- |
| William K. Nester Jr. | $8,076 | $1,816 | -77.5% |
| Jennifer B. Weikle | $12,949 | $1,796 | -86.1% |
| Stuart W. Dameron | $9,438 | $1,792 | -81% |
| Davis Stuart, Inc. | $7,062 | $1,709 | -75.8% |
| Brian S. Humphreys | $6,655 | $1,664 | -75% |
| John E. Buckland | $6,380 | $1,662 | -73.9% |
| Kenneth W. Baker | $13,980 | $1,642 | -88.3% |
| Lee Masters | $3,874 | $1,559 | -59.8% |
| Russell Cronquist | $1,554 | $1,554 | 0% |
| John Nelson | $14,235 | $1,548 | -89.1% |
| C. J. Smailes | $21,961 | $1,536 | -93% |
| Gladys Childers | $4,459 | $1,522 | -65.9% |
| Douglas K. Dodd | $10,186 | $1,502 | -85.3% |
| Slayter Tuckwiller | $6,023 | $1,494 | -75.2% |
| Garrick L. Morgan | $8,385 | $1,483 | -82.3% |
| Wesley M. Reed | $7,263 | $1,457 | -79.9% |
| Loretta Kay Shafer | $6,523 | $1,456 | -77.7% |
| Thomas Nd Tuckwiller | $11,042 | $1,382 | -87.5% |
| Chad Hefner | $9,136 | $1,287 | -85.9% |
| George Ambler Jr. | $5,555 | $1,198 | -78.4% |
| Matthew J. Sams | $5,159 | $1,149 | -77.7% |
| Loa Farms, LLC | $5,697 | $1,142 | -80% |
| Gregory L. Suttle | $5,973 | $1,139 | -80.9% |
| Christopher Hawver | $5,754 | $1,138 | -80.2% |
| Roger Patterson | $3,850 | $1,124 | -70.8% |
| Lee H. Johnson | $5,643 | $1,094 | -80.6% |
| Edward Knight III | $1,271 | $1,076 | -15.3% |
| Linda White | $3,641 | $1,037 | -71.5% |
| Jonathan D. Sams | $4,466 | $1,024 | -77.1% |
| Stone Hill, LLC | $1,001 | $1,001 | 0% |
| Sandra L. Callison | $4,899 | $973 | -80.1% |
| Debbie H. Childers | $973 | $973 | 0% |
| Stephen J. Hedrick | $4,255 | $960 | -77.4% |
| Jesse Morgan | $11,704 | $931 | -92% |
| Laura E. Hughes | $6,160 | $920 | -85.1% |
| Herbert S. Montgomery | $4,128 | $916 | -77.8% |
| John Hilton Tincher | $3,803 | $906 | -76.2% |
| Steven Ridgeway | $4,323 | $893 | -79.3% |
| Burton Lee Sims | $3,784 | $886 | -76.6% |
| Stoughton E. Gilkeson Jr. | $3,696 | $886 | -76% |
| Lone Oak, LLC | $3,912 | $877 | -77.6% |
| D Frank Masters | $2,992 | $850 | -71.6% |
| George Joseph Lynch | $5,766 | $823 | -85.7% |
| E. L. Hedrick Jr. | $5,432 | $817 | -85% |
| Benjamin Lane Morgan | $6,110 | $804 | -86.8% |
| Larry G. Brown | $3,894 | $802 | -79.4% |
| Joseph D. Deem | $3,663 | $786 | -78.5% |
| David B. Snyder | $4,037 | $772 | -80.9% |
| Gregory S. Glover | $2,640 | $765 | -71% |
| Gordon Totten | $3,751 | $758 | -79.8% |
| Dervin C. Huffman | $4,355 | $748 | -82.8% |
| Kenneth G. Wade | $3,467 | $746 | -78.5% |
| Jean M. Arbuckle | $1,749 | $720 | -58.8% |
| Timothy D. Anderson | $2,547 | $688 | -73% |
| Michael D. Moten | $2,882 | $675 | -76.6% |
| Forrest W. Baker | $3,476 | $651 | -81.3% |
| Jonathan D. Blakeslee | $3,050 | $626 | -79.5% |
| Michael R. Rodgers | $2,156 | $622 | -71.2% |
| Melvin Lee Blankenship | $2,112 | $612 | -71% |
| Kelly A. Childers | $2,583 | $610 | -76.4% |
| Nathaniel W. Hunter | $3,230 | $583 | -82% |
| Bruce A. Cochran | $5,466 | $574 | -89.5% |
| Richard A. Hawver II | $4,381 | $566 | -87.1% |
| Galena Knapp | $1,881 | $552 | -70.7% |
| John Arden Morgan | $3,696 | $546 | -85.2% |
| Robert A. Doering | $531 | $531 | 0% |
| Olivia Spence | $1,613 | $518 | -67.9% |
| Layton L. Ellis | $2,222 | $478 | -78.5% |
| Jesse A. Kincaid Jr. | $2,068 | $467 | -77.4% |
| Paul Bittinger Jr. | $1,947 | $464 | -76.2% |
| Rhonda Hamm | $418 | $418 | 0% |
| Eleanor S. Porterfield | $1,155 | $403 | -65.1% |
| Steve Callison | $386 | $386 | 0% |
| Marty Holliday | $4,488 | $357 | -92% |
| JMJ Farm, Inc. | $692 | $346 | -50% |
| War Lew Farm | $22,080 | $326 | -98.5% |
| Travis Levi Bland | $1,364 | $319 | -76.6% |
| Michael L. Adkins | $1,056 | $318 | -69.9% |
| Cary Stuart Dameron | $759 | $315 | -58.5% |
| Trevor M. Yale | $2,141 | $315 | -85.3% |
| Mark D. Honaker | $1,562 | $312 | -80% |
| Richard Aide | $605 | $296 | -51.1% |
| Robin Lee Thomas | $1,950 | $287 | -85.3% |
| James K. Humen | $1,232 | $266 | -78.4% |
| Bob J. Bennett | $2,156 | $252 | -88.3% |
| Thalheim, Inc. | $414 | $239 | -42.3% |
| Glenn Singer | $238 | $238 | 0% |
| April K Polzin-Holmes | $2,106 | $230 | -89.1% |
| Timothy William Bittinger Jr. | $1,334 | $216 | -83.8% |
| Billy G. McCormick Sr. | $946 | $211 | -77.7% |
| Darlene C. Graham | $1,111 | $191 | -82.8% |
| Lynne W. Bowman | $610 | $189 | -69% |
| James L. Bennett | $2,512 | $187 | -92.6% |
| Jeremy W. Radford | $781 | $162 | -79.3% |
| Lewis L. Kincaid | $2,698 | $156 | -94.2% |
| Stephanie Judy | $616 | $146 | -76.3% |
| Errol F. Morgan | $638 | $138 | -78.4% |
| James Andrew Rider | $1,157 | $138 | -88.1% |
| Stephen T. Wade | $836 | $135 | -83.9% |
| Dalen Whitt | $6,431 | $121 | -98.1% |
| Carolyn Rodgers | $2,097 | $104 | -95% |
| Linda E. Snyder | $363 | $102 | -71.9% |
| Anne L. Turner | $0 | $85 | -- |
| Cohen Jones | $528 | $73 | -86.2% |
| Sheila D. Hudson | $964 | $63 | -93.5% |
| Miriam Knight - Tuscawilla Farm | $0 | $12 | -- |
| Pam West | $10,402 | $1 | -100% |
| David L. Hedrick | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Ethan Andrew Brooks | $3,696 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly Tuckwiller Collins | $23 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Kidd | $1,114 | $0 | -100% |
| Olivia a Mchale - Lewisburg Lante | $2,492 | $0 | -100% |
| Oscar Nelson III | $77 | $0 | -100% |
| Sam Tuckwiller, LLC | $4,828 | $0 | -100% |
| Tuscawilla Farm | $186 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia G. Nelson | $7,980 | $0 | -100% |
| David E. Myles | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Garland Ellis | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen Hicks Rodgers | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Orland C. Allen | $451 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry Norman | $2,609 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy G. McCormick Jr. | $7,622 | $0 | -100% |
| Cameron M. Reed | $3,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad D. McCoy | $1,807 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Edward Ridgeway | $8,325 | $0 | -100% |
| Corey Lee Morgan | $376 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie McDowell | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| James van Dyke | $198 | $0 | -100% |
| Kermit L. Morgan | $2,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Dustin White | $1,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Bernie Lucas | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| William C. Morgan | $2,498 | $0 | -100% |
| William Dale Lilly II | $426 | $0 | -100% |
| William Lilly II | $141 | $0 | -100% |
| Leo Lewis | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Lowell A. Galford | $4,144 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Mahon | $132 | $0 | -100% |
| William B. Snyder | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,610,833 | $590,852 | -77.4% |
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