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How much in taxpayer-funded subsidies did farmers in New Hanover County receive in 2021?

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Farms in New Hanover County received $650,855 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 171 subsidies provided, the largest was for North Carolina State University, which received $170,428 for the claim of "Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program".

The smallest subsidy provided to a New Hanover County farmer was $2 to AVG III, LLC.

There were 144 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies fell by $1,248,874.

Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."

USDA data analyzed by the Cato Institute found that "farmers (on net) have derived almost 40% of their income directly from the U.S. government” in recent years.

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.

Subsidies Received by New Hanover County Code Farmers in 2021
Farmer$ ReceivedReason for SubsidyTotal Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($)
North Carolina State University$170,428Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program$311,216
North Carolina State University$42,826Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program$311,216
Cape Fear Oyster Company, LLC$40,604Web-Based NAP $40,604
North Carolina State University$40,564Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program$311,216
North Carolina State University$38,388Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program$311,216
Mixon4 Agrilands, LLC$35,401Emergency Forest Restoration Program - Sandy Stafford Cost Share$42,129
Aqua Plantations, LLC$34,559Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$34,559
Floramark, Inc.$26,843Emergency Conservation Program - Hurricanes Harvey/Irma/Maria-Cost Share FY18 Program$55,007
Douglas R. Quinn$16,321Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$19,301
Floramark, Inc.$16,284Web-Based NAP $55,007
W&K Investments$14,539Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$14,539
Advantage Farms, LLC$8,885Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$12,272
Homewood Farms Limited Partnership$8,005Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$8,011
Floramark, Inc.$7,380Emergency Conservation Program - Hurricanes Harvey/Irma/Maria-Cost Share FY18 Program$55,007
Mixon4 Agrilands, LLC$6,728Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$42,129
Clarence G. Kerr Jr.$6,510Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$6,510
AVG I, LLC$5,738Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$5,738
Barker Farms, LLC$4,520Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,520
Floramark, Inc.$4,500Emergency Conservation Program - Hurricanes Harvey/Irma/Maria-Cost Share FY18 Program$55,007
AVG III, LLC$4,400Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$7,446
R and S Turley Family Real Estate, LLC$4,162Price Loss Coverage Program$7,123
North Carolina State University$3,971Price Loss Coverage Program$311,216
North Carolina State University$3,728Price Loss Coverage Program$311,216
AVG IV, LLC$3,519Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$3,519
Advantage Farms, LLC$3,387Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$12,272
North Carolina State University$3,260Price Loss Coverage Program$311,216
Stephen W. Lipper$3,156Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$3,156
AVG II, LLC$3,124Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,868
Myers, LLC$3,054Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$3,828
AVG III, LLC$3,044Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$7,446
Jill M Peleuses$2,802Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,677
Carolina Mariculture Company$2,797Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$2,797
North Carolina State University$2,792Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$311,216
R and S Turley Family Real Estate, LLC$2,644Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$7,123
Nels Lindquist$2,425Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,425
Kimberly D. Shortell$2,406Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,406
Whitney Prease$2,166Price Loss Coverage Program$6,282
Robert Elliot Bogaard$2,131Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,131
Lindquist Farms, Inc.$2,082Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,246
Wm B. Wickliffe II$1,900Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,900
North Carolina State University$1,899Price Loss Coverage Program$311,216
John R. Perry$1,755Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,755
North Carolina State University$1,700Price Loss Coverage Program$311,216
Pauline E Johannsen-Robert & Pauline Johannsen KS Trustee$1,542Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,607
AVG II, LLC$1,472Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$4,868
Whitney Prease$1,360Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$6,282
Mark E. Elliott$1,343Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,343
Gertrude D Eicken Trust 6 -17$1,316Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$3,357
Whitney Prease$1,297Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$6,282
Douglas R. Quinn$1,260Price Loss Coverage Program$19,301
North Carolina State University$1,203Price Loss Coverage Program$311,216
David Moreland$1,158Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,158
James E. Wortman$1,073Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,073
Pauline E Johannsen-Robert & Pauline Johannsen KS Trustee$1,065Price Loss Coverage Program$2,607
Chancey G. McIntyre III$1,039Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,039
Noah Robert Archer$1,027Price Loss Coverage Program$1,814
Whitney Prease$1,020Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$6,282
Ruth a Unland-Regennitter$990Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,134
Ruth a Unland-Regennitter$990Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,134
David & Jill Pollock Living Trust$985Price Loss Coverage Program$985
Darren R. Unland$961Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,037
Gertrude D Eicken Trust 6 -17$945Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$3,357
Rhodes H. Frazier Jr.$837Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$837
Myers, LLC$774Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$3,828
Patricia Barrett Meakin$760Price Loss Coverage Program$1,084
Horace Brian Prevatte$723Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,339
Jennifer Marie Prevatte$723Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,339
Wayne Nutt$719Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,415
Jesse E. Carnes$709Price Loss Coverage Program$1,242
Lewis M. Nance$665Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$665
Mary Anne Edwards Frost$661Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$695
Gertrude D Eicken Trust 6 -17$658Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$3,357
Estelle C. Link$655Price Loss Coverage Program$2,117
Ben D. Pratte$651Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$651
Jill M Peleuses$640Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,677
Douglas R. Quinn$635Price Loss Coverage Program$19,301
Normagene M Deck$621Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$758
Horace Brian Prevatte$616Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,339
Jennifer Marie Prevatte$616Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,339
Lillian Hall Corbett$616Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$616
Douglas R. Quinn$609Price Loss Coverage Program$19,301
Estelle C. Link$603Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,117
Laura Lindley Bloh$592Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$592
Jesse E. Carnes$528Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,242
Jill M Peleuses$528Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,677
Henne Organics, LLC$500Commodity Credit Corporation Organic Cost Share Fees - Handling$500
Estelle C. Link$494Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,117
Lewis Bossing$473Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$764
Noah Robert Archer$465Price Loss Coverage Program$1,814
Emilie Huntsman$464Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$644
North Carolina State University$457Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$311,216
Gloria Lowe$410Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$730
Mason C. Hargreaves$402Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$402
Jill M Peleuses$399Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,677
Lindall R. Cox$390Price Loss Coverage Program$390
Wilson Hardy$390Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$652
Estelle C. Link$365Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,117
Zackery Sargent$358Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$358
Gertrude D Eicken Trust 6 -17$326Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$3,357
Noah Robert Archer$322Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$1,814
Mitchell J. Splichal$321Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$321
Gloria Lowe$320Price Loss Coverage Program$730
R and S Turley Family Real Estate, LLC$317Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$7,123
Roxie Morison$310Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$310
Glenn Angermeier$305Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$305
Martha D. Jeter$302Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$432
Wayne Nutt$299Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,415
Lewis Bossing$291Price Loss Coverage Program$764
Linda Lamm Lawson$281Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$281
AVG II, LLC$272Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,868
Harrison Farms Heirs$268Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$325
Shubee Farms, LLC$257Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$363
Edward L. Williamson Jr.$256Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$661
Eugenia Ann Jones$253Price Loss Coverage Program$253
Marguerite S. Hill$250Price Loss Coverage Program$250
Patricia Barrett Meakin$248Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,084
Stanley E. Bozarth$245Price Loss Coverage Program$245
Edward L. Williamson Jr.$235Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$661
Whitney Prease$230Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$6,282
June G. Mullen$225Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$345
Wayne Nutt$211Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$1,415
Douglas R. Quinn$210Price Loss Coverage Program$19,301
Whitney Prease$209Price Loss Coverage Program$6,282
Margaret Deere$204Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$239
Jill M Peleuses$192Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,677
Douglas R. Quinn$186Price Loss Coverage Program$19,301
Harry Lee Parham$184Price Loss Coverage Program$184
Wilson Hardy$182Price Loss Coverage Program$652
Emilie Huntsman$180Price Loss Coverage Program$644
Edward L. Williamson Jr.$170Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$661
Lindquist Farms, Inc.$164Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,246
Joseph D. Gay Jr.$138Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$138
Normagene M Deck$137Price Loss Coverage Program$758
Martha D. Jeter$130Price Loss Coverage Program$432
AVG Holdings, LLC$121Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$121
June G. Mullen$120Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$345
Gertrude D Eicken Trust 6 -17$112Price Loss Coverage Program$3,357
Kathy S. Green$111Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$117
Linda Jane L. Whetzel$108Price Loss Coverage Program$108
Shubee Farms, LLC$106Price Loss Coverage Program$363
Elizabeth Griffin Feezor$105Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$184
James F. Gibson Jr.$95Price Loss Coverage Program$95
Leroy Edwards$93Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$93
Wayne Nutt$93Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$1,415
Wilson Hardy$80Price Loss Coverage Program$652
Douglas R. Quinn$80Price Loss Coverage Program$19,301
Elizabeth Griffin Feezor$79Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$184
Patricia Barrett Meakin$76Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$1,084
Wayne Nutt$74Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$1,415
Jill M Peleuses$71Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,677
William F. Wells$69Price Loss Coverage Program$109
Harrison Farms Heirs$57Price Loss Coverage Program$325
Lanes Creek Farm, LLC$40Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$40
Ruth a Unland-Regennitter$40Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,134
Ruth a Unland-Regennitter$40Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,134
William F. Wells$40Price Loss Coverage Program$109
Darren R. Unland$39Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,037
Darren R. Unland$37Price Loss Coverage Program$1,037
Ruth a Unland-Regennitter$37Price Loss Coverage Program$2,134
Ruth a Unland-Regennitter$37Price Loss Coverage Program$2,134
Margaret Deere$35Price Loss Coverage Program$239
Mary Anne Edwards Frost$34Price Loss Coverage Program$695
Jill M Peleuses$27Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,677
Wayne Nutt$19Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$1,415
Jill M Peleuses$18Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,677
Sybil Hill Tyndall$17Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$34
Sybil Hill Tyndall$17Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$34
Homewood Farms Limited Partnership$6Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$8,011
Kathy S. Green$6Price Loss Coverage Program$117
Jesse E. Carnes$5Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$1,242
AVG III, LLC$2Agriculture Risk Program - Individual Coverage$7,446

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