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

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Farms throughout cities in Halifax County received $790,676 less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 352 farmers in cities within Halifax County received a total of $971,393 in 530 farm subsidies, a 44.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.8 million in 657 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 Halifax County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Bowen Family Farms, LLC$112,230$78,287-30.2%
Kejaeh Enterprises, LLC$0$52,875--
Mast Bros Logging, LLC$0$52,875--
Slagle Logging and Chipping, Inc.$0$52,875--
Derstine Timber, LLC$0$40,359--
Ralph Dale Tuck$89,540$39,536-55.8%
Ronnie L. Waller$63,666$36,967-41.9%
James Easley Edmunds II$33,220$31,639-4.8%
Brian E. Hall$51,623$30,627-40.7%
Hudson Farms, LLC$52,055$27,300-47.6%
R. E. Duncan Jr.$52,338$25,869-50.6%
Scott D. Crowder$21,637$22,3023.1%
James Harold Brown$21,477$21,9262.1%
Quentin D. Bowen$67,266$17,126-74.5%
Adam Barkley Davis$17,107$14,575-14.8%
Michael D. Snead$5,308$13,538155%
Bernice C. Conner$13,223$13,2230%
R. G. Owen$24,804$11,104-55.2%
Cecil Vaughan$17,883$10,052-43.8%
Louis Timothy Ferrell$398$9,7432,348%
Stephen H. Woltz$14,848$8,559-42.4%
Wyatt L. Martin$6,978$8,43220.8%
Inez Fallen$8,136$7,950-2.3%
Danny G. Puckett$13,360$7,914-40.8%
Blair W. Hall$8,606$7,872-8.5%
Jane E. Edmunds$3,437$7,759125.7%
Paul Hudson$10,705$7,402-30.9%
Edwin Atkinson Chaney Jr.$26,757$7,245-72.9%
Charles W. Solomon$6,451$6,4510%
Evelyn L. Hines$6,337$5,804-8.4%
Thomas Martin$10,243$5,669-44.7%
Roy R. Smith Jr.$6,969$5,491-21.2%
John T. Davis Jr.$4,997$5,1332.7%
David R. Watts$34,289$4,854-85.8%
Glenn P. Nunn$25,654$4,645-81.9%
New Day Farm, Inc.$18,101$4,633-74.4%
Harriett H. Hudson$9,789$4,330-55.8%
William T. Arrington III$3,920$3,9320.3%
Vance B. Bowen$7,788$3,805-51.1%
Harold Owen Jr.$10,910$3,797-65.2%
Howard T. Owen$10,902$3,791-65.2%
Halifax Properties, LLC$3,604$3,6040%
Henry E. Murray$0$3,423--
Baxter S. Wilson$7,430$3,391-54.4%
Monroe Martin III$7,587$3,321-56.2%
Winns Creek Farm, Inc.$2,472$3,29533.3%
Horace Lee Owen$9,886$3,257-67.1%
Phillip Barry Carr$11,139$3,219-71.1%
Donald L. Britt$103$3,2093,015.5%
Harvey S. McDannald Jr.$10,199$3,203-68.6%
Dwight A. Matthews$0$3,015--
Daniel J. Edmonds$5,248$2,846-45.8%
James N. Domenici$2,801$2,8010%
Wayne R. Hall$14,849$2,778-81.3%
Wayne J. Cole$10,429$2,658-74.5%
Elgie B. Crews$2,643$2,6480.2%
Mark A. Dawson$13,203$2,576-80.5%
James Gordon Smiley$2,534$2,5340%
William T. Arrington$8,539$2,398-71.9%
James Marshall Burton$4,453$2,392-46.3%
Ronnie R. Bowen$8,218$2,370-71.2%
Robert W. Conner$0$2,313--
Tommy Tyrome Wooden$0$2,310--
Richard A. Conner$12,493$2,299-81.6%
Tonchie Y Mason JR$2,656$2,299-13.4%
Motorplex, Inc.$16,968$2,250-86.7%
H. D. Fisher Jr.$6,545$2,199-66.4%
Wayne H. Kendrick$6,269$2,127-66.1%
Courtney M. Hines$2,385$2,120-11.1%
Stanton J. Morphew$8,438$2,075-75.4%
Robert B. Mason$2,213$2,000-9.6%
Robert Michael Harris$0$1,969--
Richard H Pool$8,994$1,944-78.4%
Robertson Brothers Farm$0$1,926--
Richard Wayne Hall Jr.$9,185$1,921-79.1%
Billy R. Rickman$6,685$1,897-71.6%
Daniel M. Owen$6,615$1,878-71.6%
William H. Poindexter$19,667$1,836-90.7%
Earl F. McDaniel III$9,042$1,828-79.8%
Hollis M. Owen$5,633$1,824-67.6%
Christopher L. Cole$8,371$1,818-78.3%
Ruth D Pool$2,533$1,780-29.7%
Edwin Atkinson Chaney III$4,148$1,768-57.4%
Roy E. Hill Jr.$5,298$1,767-66.6%
Tony Melenko Powell$10,159$1,726-83%
Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation$1,696$1,6960%
Mark Fisher$4,983$1,687-66.1%
Danny W. Newton$4,774$1,684-64.7%
Melissa E. Crews$6,526$1,657-74.6%
Joyce G. Patrick$6,765$1,649-75.6%
Mr. Karl Mark Hess$2,070$1,631-21.2%
John M. Talley$4,939$1,604-67.5%
Robert A. Dawson$1,737$1,528-12%
Lester Barry Dodd$6,338$1,520-76%
Patricia F. Wilmouth$5,504$1,444-73.8%
Patrick S. Jennings$7,086$1,435-79.7%
Ward Burton$1,431$1,4310%
Owen H. Lewis Jr.$1,424$1,4240%
Mark E. Fisher$9,775$1,418-85.5%
Marvin E. Dawson$0$1,414--
Aubrey D. Lowery$0$1,403--
Thomas R. Jones$2,594$1,384-46.6%
Gayle P. Conner$8,414$1,357-83.9%
Monroe Martin Jr.$2,633$1,339-49.1%
Kenneth A. Hodges$4,620$1,339-71%
Lacy Farms, Inc.$1,148$1,30813.9%
Tommy Whitlow$6,175$1,303-78.9%
David A. Landrum Sr.$1,289$1,2890%
James E. Owen$6,127$1,279-79.1%
Anthony Scott Hudson$4,314$1,270-70.6%
Mary O. White$5,977$1,267-78.8%
Ollie E. Martin Jr.$5,463$1,240-77.3%
John F Bosiger JR$1,163$1,2275.5%
Bremar, LLC$0$1,216--
Dale E. Miller$7,405$1,212-83.6%
Andrew Parag III$2,563$1,202-53.1%
David Glenn Ferguson$1,202$1,2020%
Clifford T. Owen Jr.$6,804$1,201-82.3%
Melvin King$4,835$1,186-75.5%
David J. Wilson$5,445$1,128-79.3%
William B. Smith III$1,380$1,117-19.1%
Ista R. Palmer$4,089$1,103-73%
J. C. Satterfield Jr.$1,865$1,096-41.2%
William A. Abbott Jr.$1,540$1,034-32.9%
Gerald C. Burnett$1,022$1,0220%
Vincent H. Loftis$942$9935.4%
Clayton Fallen$3,718$963-74.1%
Thomas O. Bowen Sr.$2,453$952-61.2%
Preston L. Crowder Jr.$3,124$948-69.7%
Robert E. Epps Jr.$4,708$933-80.2%
Wanda B. Jennings$0$928--
Elizabeth P. Barksdale$4,268$917-78.5%
Roosevelt Garrett Jr.$2,915$891-69.4%
Cecil Brann Wilkins$511$88673.4%
Eddy Salley$3,157$884-72%
Willard Cardwell$3,586$869-75.8%
Harry J. Easley$2,530$865-65.8%
Timothy L. Snead$0$848--
Jason Edward Forlines$5,716$831-85.5%
Jeffrey C. Jennings$4,921$802-83.7%
Linda N. Cole$672$80019%
Gregory K. Wade$4,016$796-80.2%
Ann B. Fears$0$793--
C. J. Bales Jr.$3,664$793-78.4%
George E. Anderson$1,452$789-45.7%
Lewis M. Easley$3,509$785-77.6%
Kenneth S. Ford$3,300$760-77%
Willie N. Conner$5,275$751-85.8%
Jackie R. Wright$0$747--
Jane R. Waller$0$747--
Sterling A. Carden$5,096$747-85.3%
James E. Clark Jr.$3,137$729-76.8%
Ashby Whorley$3,399$724-78.7%
Peggy A. Crews$3,923$723-81.6%
Thomas David Collins$2,584$722-72.1%
James H. Wilson Jr.$2,552$692-72.9%
Verlyn Emswiler$3,278$675-79.4%
Charlotte Fisher Davis$3,190$668-79.1%
James S. Carrington$5,545$667-88%
Emma J. Snoddy$0$667--
Carol L Barber$663$6630%
Michael T. Perkins$3,651$661-81.9%
Charlie James Anderson Jr.$2,559$651-74.6%
Otey T. Martin$1,048$651-37.9%
William B. Weatherford Jr.$0$647--
Weldon Anderson$0$645--
Ronnie Ratliff$3,293$632-80.8%
Dorothy C. Bowen$0$629--
Roosevelt O. Stone$2,592$628-75.8%
Bobby R. Hall$679$623-8.2%
Dwight Leroy Coleman$2,695$622-76.9%
Michael A. Gravitt$2,684$619-76.9%
Jane S Confroy$0$604--
Addison W. Oliver$0$594--
Grady Francisco$2,849$592-79.2%
Amie D. Herrera$5,448$588-89.2%
Elise F. Farmer$621$588-5.3%
Thomas W. Elliott Sr.$2,376$587-75.3%
John R. Voss$2,761$585-78.8%
Luke Edwin Hudson$4,508$584-87%
Marshall Owen Wilkins$1,541$577-62.6%
Wesley Bowen$2,816$575-79.6%
Virginia D. Jennings$1,419$568-60%
Thomas E West$0$546--
John Dwight W. Jones$2,420$546-77.4%
Donald David Loftis$0$542--
James C. Watts$2,332$540-76.8%
Sharon R. Wallace$1,859$538-71.1%
John P. Smith Jr.$2,882$534-81.5%
Jeremiah Lyon$528$5280%
Ann M. Bailey$527$5270%
David Newton Clark$2,434$525-78.4%
Charles E. Mason Jr.$2,270$522-77%
Ryland Otie Clark JR$2,989$521-82.6%
Philip Wayne Anderson$2,112$519-75.4%
William Dwight Ballou$2,134$512-76%
Larry W. Layman$234$511118.4%
James T. Midkiff$2,876$508-82.3%
Robbie B. Smith$503$5030%
Joni H Miller$500$5000%
John Eddie Wagstaff Jr.$3,193$496-84.5%
Charlie Carrington$2,971$488-83.6%
Thomas E. Short Jr.$0$488--
Thomas O. Lewis$475$4750%
David F. Shapard$0$471--
Delmer G. Stanger$2,060$466-77.4%
Maggie M. Edmondson$0$461--
Jon A. Collins$957$459-52%
Denise S. Hudson$1,820$456-74.9%
Cecil W. Hatcher$6,314$448-92.9%
Harvey W. Payne$1,683$448-73.4%
Larry M. Watts$2,388$436-81.7%
Robert Eric Hudson$1,485$432-70.9%
Carlton M. Williams$431$4310%
Barry G. Hall$2,233$428-80.8%
Aubrey W. Heath$2,088$426-79.6%
Carlton Gravitt$0$418--
Charlie D. McCormick Jr.$171$415142.7%
James Earl Powell$2,321$408-82.4%
Adam Nolton Livingstone$4,422$400-91%
H. J. Heath Jr.$2,237$399-82.2%
Adam B. McBride$2,378$398-83.3%
Alvin Dale Coleman$2,064$398-80.7%
Barbara G. Fisher$0$398--
Kenneth E. Newton$2,656$398-85%
Jeffrey M. Burton$1,089$397-63.5%
Fred S. Clark$2,516$388-84.6%
Jessie A. Crews$652$387-40.6%
George E. Glascock$6,388$385-94%
Michael A. Epps$1,816$377-79.2%
Cory Comer$2,245$377-83.2%
Clifford C. Somerville$372$3720%
Aubrey Dunkley$957$367-61.7%
Thomas Burton$213$35164.8%
James N. Nichols III$0$346--
A. B. Younger Jr.$0$344--
Patton L. Alderson$686$336-51%
James L. Zeigler$1,925$333-82.7%
Donald D. Coleman$1,624$329-79.7%
Donna H. Elliott$157$327108.3%
Mary Ann Lewis$327$3270%
Phillip James Saunders Jr.$1,210$324-73.2%
Diane Crews$1,386$318-77.1%
Shannon B. Hatcher$693$311-55.1%
Elizabeth Mcdaniel Harris$307$3070%
Walter R. Watkins$911$300-67.1%
Christopher W. Easley$2,014$298-85.2%
William H. Watts Jr.$2,315$291-87.4%
Brian A. Woodall$1,144$290-74.7%
James T. Williams$594$280-52.9%
Cecil E. Jones$275$2750%
Chad Francis$6,254$273-95.6%
Rhonda W. Guthrie$1,100$273-75.2%
Vashti Scott Hill$218$27224.8%
Cheryl H. Terry$1,133$266-76.5%
Crowder B. Robertson Jr.$0$261--
Julius Hudson Reese Sr.$0$255--
C. W. Crowder$990$253-74.4%
Geraldine P. Bailey$0$252--
Carl Daniel$1,713$252-85.3%
Silas R. Carter$0$244--
Berkley W. Duffer$748$239-68%
James R. Martin$0$238--
Betty Weatherford$0$232--
David J. Fraser$495$228-53.9%
Elwood R. Newton$1,309$228-82.6%
Brenda D. Barker$0$226--
Darryl A. Barker$0$226--
Warren Penick$1,538$211-86.3%
James E. M. Rose$5,945$196-96.7%
William J Vanopstal$2,007$188-90.6%
Larry R. Francisco$178$1780%
Estelle Trent Jones$173$1730%
Sharon K. Whitlow$0$168--
Brenda S. Waller$18$166822.2%
Robert C. Roller$0$165--
Eula Mae Adams$0$161--
Sue D. Tucker$0$161--
Justin A. Poole$781$156-80%
Carlyle R. Wimbish Jr.$399$156-60.9%
Eva R. Mason$0$155--
Nickolas W. Thompson$0$155--
Jennifer Williamson$572$155-72.9%
Ellen T. Tunnicliff$0$153--
Marsha W. Owen$0$153--
Corine M. Guthrie$363$149-59%
Deborah S. Terry$0$148--
Elaine C. Reaves$0$147--
Cozart C. Moorman$108$14332.4%
May C. Jones$0$142--
W. J. Long Jr.$0$134--
Martha F. Conner$351$131-62.7%
Aubrey Terry$704$118-83.2%
Bobby Terry$429$118-72.5%
Charles C. Crenshaw$0$118--
Jason Parker$0$116--
William H. Moorman$0$109--
Dorothy Ann McDannald$1,178$104-91.2%
Shirley Y. Ingram$0$102--
Eunice P. Morris$0$100--
Faye C. Martin$0$99--
Lloyd E. Clark$600$97-83.8%
Kenneth N. Crews$0$96--
Tracy Adam Mocarsky$451$90-80%
Ronald E. Carr$45$8793.3%
Deforest Reed$793$86-89.2%
Marilyn L. Bowen$0$86--
Stuart M. Comer$330$86-73.9%
Lisa C. Moore$0$83--
Karen G. Hopkins$0$80--
Reuben J. Glass Jr.$0$79--
Doris P. Conner$0$75--
Earl B. Anderson$528$73-86.2%
Judith M. Zajac$0$72--
Dorothy S. Fountain$0$68--
Deborah K. Smith$0$66--
Dennis M. Harris$0$66--
James D. Harris$0$66--
Lucille M. Whitlow$0$56--
Bobby Lee Thompson$0$55--
Judy P. Coghill$0$55--
Kim Roark Martin$0$52--
Robbie L. Simmons$165$51-69.1%
Alan W. Hudson$49$490%
Gloria C. Wilson$93$46-50.5%
Ted Crews$0$44--
Betty H. Crenshaw$0$40--
Stinson D. Poindexter$1,895$40-97.9%
Patricia M. Conner$0$39--
Adrian Easley$297$38-87.2%
Clauden C Dixon$0$38--
R. C. Moorefield Jr.$0$37--
James Thomas Garner$5,968$34-99.4%
Wayne L. Lewis$0$34--
Jo Ann Roberts$0$33--
Mary Jean Childrey$0$32--
Brenda S. McPeters$0$25--
Ann C. Kuchenbecker$81$24-70.4%
Corinne Grinan$0$21--
Wanda J. Crews$0$20--
Mary F West$39$19-51.3%
Mary F. Dixon$0$16--
Mor-Industries, LLC$0$13--
Dianne E. Cook$27$13-51.9%
Linda H. Hailey$0$13--
Geneva A. Crews$0$8--
Marie C. Ford$0$8--
A. J. Wilborn$78$7-91%
Carolyn B. Hall$0$4--
Barbara S. Howerton$0$3--
Sandra Kay Landrum$0$1--
Vicki Fowler Carr$1,619$1-99.9%
Ann Marie Thackston$467$0-100%
Brandi Abbott$55$0-100%
Forrest Daniel Brown$966$0-100%
Louis T. Ferrell$21,135$0-100%
Sara Sparks Glass$576$0-100%
Carroll Page Newbill$550$0-100%
Harry Coleman$714$0-100%
Jeffrey D. Francisco$605$0-100%
Marian D. Shortt$858$0-100%
Nickolas Thompson$583$0-100%
Thomas E. Short$2,288$0-100%
Diane Clark Wilmoth$1,766$0-100%
Marion A. Drake III$265$0-100%
Reese Farms, Inc.$92,594$0-100%
Andrea P. McKinney$250$0-100%
Cecil Vaughan Jr.$6,929$0-100%
L. F. Elliott$170$0-100%
Lonnie Carroll Moore Jr.$351$0-100%
Ned Carter Henderson Jr.$12,216$0-100%
Benjamin T. Elliott$275$0-100%
Brad Shaundale Miller$1,210$0-100%
Cyril T. Reasner$2,673$0-100%
New Day Farm$3,003$0-100%
Total subsidies$1,762,069$971,393-44.9%

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