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In 2021, 182 farmers in cities within Cumberland County received a total of $1.7 million in 340 farm subsidies, a 58.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.1 million in 557 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 Cumberland County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cooperation Mbunce, LLC | $0 | $139,970 | -- |
| Spring Meadow Farm of Cumberland Company, LLC | $0 | $110,786 | -- |
| Justin K. Smith | $489,827 | $105,899 | -78.4% |
| L & P Farms, LLC | $243,082 | $73,690 | -69.7% |
| Roxanne Fisher | $98,794 | $61,342 | -37.9% |
| Piney Woods Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Sara Bunce Walker | $0 | $50,477 | -- |
| David Miller Gillis | $49,065 | $47,926 | -2.3% |
| Bunce Brothers Farms, Inc. | $103,130 | $47,007 | -54.4% |
| Ted Maxton Bunce | $92,070 | $45,111 | -51% |
| James L. Dail | $175,371 | $44,736 | -74.5% |
| Gary L. Stewart | $29,394 | $34,331 | 16.8% |
| A Earl Smith, Inc. | $71,475 | $33,238 | -53.5% |
| Bobby Joe Jackson Jr. | $69,514 | $31,577 | -54.6% |
| Bullard Farming Corporation | $120,204 | $31,131 | -74.1% |
| Hubbard Farms | $84,908 | $27,969 | -67.1% |
| KLC Farms, LLC | $0 | $27,390 | -- |
| Riverview Farms, Inc. | $0 | $27,206 | -- |
| Gary L. Matthews | $126,591 | $25,407 | -79.9% |
| Duane A. Smith | $104,660 | $24,826 | -76.3% |
| John D. Gillis II | $51,253 | $22,732 | -55.6% |
| William John Gillis | $51,182 | $22,732 | -55.6% |
| Bullard Family Farms, Inc. | $61,168 | $22,286 | -63.6% |
| Autry Farms, LLC | $36,733 | $18,140 | -50.6% |
| Bullard Farms | $0 | $16,296 | -- |
| Elizabeth Ann Gray | $16,163 | $16,163 | 0% |
| Duane Stone | $0 | $16,016 | -- |
| Lewis Craig Tyson | $34,885 | $15,298 | -56.1% |
| R & C Swine, Inc. | $0 | $14,856 | -- |
| James R. King Jr. | $29,933 | $14,623 | -51.1% |
| Tony V. Melvin | $33,120 | $14,311 | -56.8% |
| W. M. Wrench Jr. | $10,902 | $13,896 | 27.5% |
| Larry & Patricia Pig Nursery, LLC | $0 | $13,343 | -- |
| Mandeville Hill Farm Trust | $13,325 | $12,946 | -2.8% |
| Frank C. Snow | $31,326 | $12,923 | -58.7% |
| Luciano R. Alvarado Sr. | $28,641 | $12,161 | -57.5% |
| James R. Dail II | $228,666 | $11,841 | -94.8% |
| Zachary R. Dail | $144,264 | $11,684 | -91.9% |
| Charles H. Gardner | $0 | $11,490 | -- |
| Johnny A. Carter | $33,745 | $10,967 | -67.5% |
| John Adam Carter | $34,204 | $10,967 | -67.9% |
| Wyman A. Nichols Jr. | $0 | $10,678 | -- |
| Dr. James Bentley M. Stephenson | $22,167 | $10,599 | -52.2% |
| David Richard Walker | $33,010 | $10,159 | -69.2% |
| Alex C. Averitt Jr. | $31,148 | $8,921 | -71.4% |
| Tracy Gardner | $32,824 | $8,794 | -73.2% |
| Christopher B. Moore | $28,112 | $8,791 | -68.7% |
| Tee Sealey Farming, LLC | $86,283 | $8,710 | -89.9% |
| Alex Harrison Culbreth | $28,016 | $8,488 | -69.7% |
| Brian Curtis Hayes | $35,461 | $8,201 | -76.9% |
| James Patrick Raynor | $2,145 | $8,168 | 280.8% |
| Juanita Barnes Crawford | $0 | $8,005 | -- |
| Marcus E. Peterson | $47,049 | $7,672 | -83.7% |
| Tony V. Melvin II | $20,913 | $7,468 | -64.3% |
| Ronald Godwin | $8,865 | $7,455 | -15.9% |
| Bobby Ray Barefoot | $24,267 | $7,248 | -70.1% |
| Vann H. McDonald | $0 | $7,040 | -- |
| John P. Millman | $6,931 | $6,931 | 0% |
| Steven D. Barefoot | $21,868 | $6,296 | -71.2% |
| Thomas E. Williams | $3,350 | $6,080 | 81.5% |
| E Wilson Fisher JR Living Trust | $10,153 | $5,601 | -44.8% |
| Jamie Brian Williams | $10,190 | $5,490 | -46.1% |
| Caroline W. Parsons | $868 | $5,095 | 487% |
| Jamie D. Baggett | $6,752 | $4,976 | -26.3% |
| George E. Bullard III | $9,519 | $4,924 | -48.3% |
| Patricia H. Godwin | $4,685 | $4,685 | 0% |
| Jeanette L. Gallaher | $0 | $4,682 | -- |
| Tommy D. McPhaul | $0 | $4,281 | -- |
| Richard E. Freeman | $11,143 | $3,927 | -64.8% |
| R. C. Hedges | $16,939 | $3,835 | -77.4% |
| Louis A. Fulcher IV | $24,557 | $3,718 | -84.9% |
| Sammy Warren | $8,322 | $3,680 | -55.8% |
| Leiburn Ralph Strickland | $7,647 | $3,625 | -52.6% |
| Lemiel D Baggett | $0 | $3,351 | -- |
| Steve D. Lee | $5,612 | $3,273 | -41.7% |
| Vance Blanton | $3,041 | $3,041 | 0% |
| Robert K. Williams | $3,016 | $3,016 | 0% |
| Ronnie Doss Brown | $5,748 | $2,874 | -50% |
| Andrew Bauder | $2,351 | $2,831 | 20.4% |
| Richard L. Evans | $1,225 | $2,759 | 125.2% |
| William E. Canady | $9,411 | $2,750 | -70.8% |
| Ernest R. Canady Jr. | $9,294 | $2,733 | -70.6% |
| Fred D. Murray | $2,684 | $2,684 | 0% |
| William J. Cain | $0 | $2,605 | -- |
| Michael Desist | $2,483 | $2,483 | 0% |
| O K Farms of Cedar Creek, LLC | $8,359 | $2,443 | -70.8% |
| Barbara A. Copeland | $5,845 | $2,362 | -59.6% |
| Daron C. Bill | $3,862 | $2,325 | -39.8% |
| Michael M. Bullard | $13,309 | $2,306 | -82.7% |
| Samantha O. Faircloth | $2,042 | $2,246 | 10% |
| Ronald C. Moore | $7,454 | $2,166 | -70.9% |
| Ricky D. House | $0 | $1,848 | -- |
| Lorne Johnson | $148 | $1,697 | 1,046.6% |
| LNN Farm, Inc. | $3,978 | $1,649 | -58.5% |
| Delton West | $2,518 | $1,628 | -35.3% |
| Flo Cartier | $1,604 | $1,604 | 0% |
| Mary Hampton | $1,604 | $1,604 | 0% |
| Baker Mcmillan Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,551 | -- |
| Calvin R. Held | $2,747 | $1,507 | -45.1% |
| Thurman R. Monroe | $0 | $1,498 | -- |
| Karen Kainrad | $8,698 | $1,496 | -82.8% |
| J B L W Land Company, LLC | $1,495 | $1,495 | 0% |
| James M. Reynolds | $0 | $1,494 | -- |
| Shelby Joleita S. Evans | $0 | $1,492 | -- |
| Steven Kyle Barefoot | $3,993 | $1,481 | -62.9% |
| Mary Gay Menscer | $1,471 | $1,471 | 0% |
| Patrick Flowers | $1,079 | $1,441 | 33.5% |
| Hunter M. Evans | $0 | $1,430 | -- |
| John M. Evans | $0 | $1,402 | -- |
| Constance Kay Keasling | $2,204 | $1,341 | -39.2% |
| Sidney Collins Bullard | $0 | $1,272 | -- |
| Gillis Hill Road Produce | $15,286 | $1,264 | -91.7% |
| Debra Sue Lewis | $3,067 | $1,244 | -59.4% |
| Billy Gerald Peterson | $0 | $1,230 | -- |
| Margaret | $1,415 | $1,209 | -14.6% |
| Roosevelt Robinson | $0 | $1,156 | -- |
| Robert Exum Jr. | $2,503 | $1,144 | -54.3% |
| Vernon Royce Dail | $2,519 | $1,121 | -55.5% |
| Cotton Farm Partnership, LLC | $3,994 | $1,100 | -72.5% |
| John K. Hubbard IV | $1,767 | $1,086 | -38.5% |
| Thomas T. Jackson | $1,496 | $1,072 | -28.3% |
| Ted J. Taylor | $2,383 | $1,025 | -57% |
| Exum Farms 2 Robert Exum JR Agen | $2,447 | $1,024 | -58.2% |
| Lloyd Clyde Williams | $0 | $981 | -- |
| William S. Rice | $1,043 | $969 | -7.1% |
| Mary Whisnant | $1,896 | $948 | -50% |
| Louis T. Morgan | $2,554 | $942 | -63.1% |
| Brandon Jernigan | $10,065 | $811 | -91.9% |
| White Enterprises | $1,612 | $789 | -51.1% |
| Nicholas Eiberger | $573 | $764 | 33.3% |
| Marcia Marie Braid | $978 | $739 | -24.4% |
| Charles Stuart Williams | $5,462 | $726 | -86.7% |
| Daniel A. Stewart | $519 | $720 | 38.7% |
| John L Council | $0 | $645 | -- |
| Benjamin Ammons | $4,074 | $612 | -85% |
| James A. Hardin | $2,330 | $609 | -73.9% |
| Bradley A. Barefoot | $1,952 | $603 | -69.1% |
| Billie G. Crawley | $599 | $599 | 0% |
| Paula C. Dunham | $567 | $567 | 0% |
| Rothchild Assets, LLC | $566 | $566 | 0% |
| Roger H. Crouch Jr. | $3,787 | $554 | -85.4% |
| James Frank Williams | $0 | $536 | -- |
| Frances W. Warters | $805 | $534 | -33.7% |
| Samuel L. Hendrix Jr. | $0 | $532 | -- |
| David N. Canady | $0 | $483 | -- |
| Zachary Clay Hayes | $1,980 | $481 | -75.7% |
| Brenda Filzen | $471 | $471 | 0% |
| Robert A. Lowry | $0 | $464 | -- |
| Rebecca W. Spade | $454 | $454 | 0% |
| Charles Colvin Council II | $428 | $428 | 0% |
| Laurie Hubbard | $365 | $365 | 0% |
| Collier Farms, Inc. | $0 | $361 | -- |
| Ronnie M. Holland | $614 | $351 | -42.8% |
| Joseph T. McLamb | $321 | $321 | 0% |
| George M. Hughes | $312 | $312 | 0% |
| Colt W. Baxter | $1,100 | $272 | -75.3% |
| William E. Smith | $257 | $257 | 0% |
| Steven G. Bill | $913 | $250 | -72.6% |
| Charles McLaughlin | $1,584 | $249 | -84.3% |
| Duane Edward Eaton | $627 | $246 | -60.8% |
| Ryan Kennedy | $67 | $238 | 255.2% |
| Rancho Bonito DE Alvarez, LLC | $14,481 | $195 | -98.7% |
| Beauregard Cummings Jr. | $201 | $175 | -12.9% |
| Hilda Freeman | $167 | $167 | 0% |
| James B Hartman | $0 | $124 | -- |
| Catherine Wells McDonald | $455 | $118 | -74.1% |
| Judith Wells Hairr | $455 | $118 | -74.1% |
| Billie C. Buff | $0 | $109 | -- |
| Ella Louise Van Scyoc Estate | $78 | $100 | 28.2% |
| Sandra F Ramke | $138 | $97 | -29.7% |
| William V. Pate | $1,135 | $77 | -93.2% |
| Lou Wrench Autry | $85 | $72 | -15.3% |
| Lemuel A. Spaulding Jr. | $65 | $65 | 0% |
| Rose H. Reeves | $0 | $63 | -- |
| Horace J. Smith II | $82 | $50 | -39% |
| George Scott Smith | $14,655 | $46 | -99.7% |
| Robert E. Bullard | $0 | $27 | -- |
| Kathy A. Tyler | $77 | $24 | -68.8% |
| Summer Lynn Morgan | $17 | $17 | 0% |
| Jane Green Peacock | $1,308 | $16 | -98.8% |
| Lila Rose Kennedy | $0 | $5 | -- |
| Ressie D Castro | $0 | $4 | -- |
| Lou Autry | $15 | $0 | -100% |
| Baker Mcmillan Farms, LLC | $1,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara M. Dietrich | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine Mcmillan Baker | $1,242 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles T. Gardner | $2,920 | $0 | -100% |
| David B. Raynor | $7,315 | $0 | -100% |
| David Hurley | $184 | $0 | -100% |
| Derrick Jackson Jr. | $4,910 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas Stephens III | $1,787 | $0 | -100% |
| Ella Vanscyoc | $146 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $6,066 | $0 | -100% |
| Genevieve L. G. Exum | $353 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn C. Baldwin | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Green Biz Nursery and Landscaping | $85,271 | $0 | -100% |
| James K. Pugh Sr. | $538 | $0 | -100% |
| James Lee Autry | $283 | $0 | -100% |
| James Milton Bass | $14,466 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeanette L. Gallaher | $4,682 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer B. Caci | $1,336 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan H. Elliot | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Katharina T. Hamby | $3,278 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathleen B. Story | $2,522 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark G. Smith Sr. | $14,641 | $0 | -100% |
| Maryanne A. Baker | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Bowman | $2,326 | $0 | -100% |
| Ms. Anita Freeland | $20,440 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick F. Cooper | $3,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Roxanne Britton | $4,138 | $0 | -100% |
| Twin Oaks of Fayetteville, LLC | $4,628 | $0 | -100% |
| William J. Cain | $11,253 | $0 | -100% |
| William L. Fisher | $4,389 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Michael Hudson | $191,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry B. Brown | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce M. Hudson | $885 | $0 | -100% |
| Lemiel D Baggett | $7,773 | $0 | -100% |
| McKinley C. Carroll | $1,223 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherrill Jernigan | $13,472 | $0 | -100% |
| Spring Meadow Farm of Cumberland | $11,251 | $0 | -100% |
| Theodore C. Sealey | $18,631 | $0 | -100% |
| Earl A. Smith | $1,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert A. Lowry | $464 | $0 | -100% |
| Shiloh Woods, LLC | $121,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Naylor | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Richard Freeman | $27,715 | $0 | -100% |
| Levie Evander Johnson | $904 | $0 | -100% |
| Tracy Canady | $4,871 | $0 | -100% |
| William D. Faircloth | $2,373 | $0 | -100% |
| David Wesley Barnes | $815 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna M. Williams | $543 | $0 | -100% |
| Edmund G. Bullard | $2,722 | $0 | -100% |
| Rita W. McDaniel | $416 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,092,017 | $1,687,530 | -58.8% |
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