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In 2021, 82 farmers in cities within New Hanover County received a total of $650,855 in 124 farm subsidies, a 65.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.9 million in 234 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina State University | $0 | $311,216 | -- |
| Floramark, Inc. | $320,240 | $55,007 | -82.8% |
| Mixon4 Agrilands, LLC | $6,728 | $42,129 | 526.2% |
| Cape Fear Oyster Company, LLC | $0 | $40,604 | -- |
| Aqua Plantations, LLC | $200,287 | $34,559 | -82.7% |
| Douglas R. Quinn | $39,685 | $19,301 | -51.4% |
| W&K Investments | $166,650 | $14,539 | -91.3% |
| Advantage Farms, LLC | $17,204 | $12,272 | -28.7% |
| Homewood Farms Limited Partnership | $33,059 | $8,011 | -75.8% |
| AVG III, LLC | $19,803 | $7,446 | -62.4% |
| R and S Turley Family Real Estate, LLC | $9,866 | $7,123 | -27.8% |
| Clarence G. Kerr Jr. | $0 | $6,510 | -- |
| Whitney Prease | $0 | $6,282 | -- |
| AVG I, LLC | $31,859 | $5,738 | -82% |
| AVG II, LLC | $11,693 | $4,868 | -58.4% |
| Jill M Peleuses | $4,677 | $4,677 | 0% |
| Barker Farms, LLC | $4,520 | $4,520 | 0% |
| Myers, LLC | $53,134 | $3,828 | -92.8% |
| AVG IV, LLC | $17,759 | $3,519 | -80.2% |
| Gertrude D Eicken Trust 6 -17 | $8,443 | $3,357 | -60.2% |
| Stephen W. Lipper | $0 | $3,156 | -- |
| Carolina Mariculture Company | $2,950 | $2,797 | -5.2% |
| Pauline E Johannsen-Robert & Pauline Johannsen KS Trustee | $6,372 | $2,607 | -59.1% |
| Nels Lindquist | $8,347 | $2,425 | -70.9% |
| Kimberly D. Shortell | $2,406 | $2,406 | 0% |
| Lindquist Farms, Inc. | $6,673 | $2,246 | -66.3% |
| Ruth a Unland-Regennitter | $2,488 | $2,134 | -14.2% |
| Robert Elliot Bogaard | $2,131 | $2,131 | 0% |
| Estelle C. Link | $3,178 | $2,117 | -33.4% |
| Wm B. Wickliffe II | $7,239 | $1,900 | -73.8% |
| Noah Robert Archer | $0 | $1,814 | -- |
| John R. Perry | $1,755 | $1,755 | 0% |
| Wayne Nutt | $1,657 | $1,415 | -14.6% |
| Mark E. Elliott | $1,362 | $1,343 | -1.4% |
| Horace Brian Prevatte | $520 | $1,339 | 157.5% |
| Jennifer Marie Prevatte | $520 | $1,339 | 157.5% |
| Jesse E. Carnes | $1,979 | $1,242 | -37.2% |
| David Moreland | $2,390 | $1,158 | -51.5% |
| Patricia Barrett Meakin | $2,050 | $1,084 | -47.1% |
| James E. Wortman | $1,073 | $1,073 | 0% |
| Chancey G. McIntyre III | $1,039 | $1,039 | 0% |
| Darren R. Unland | $1,211 | $1,037 | -14.4% |
| David & Jill Pollock Living Trust | $7,010 | $985 | -85.9% |
| Rhodes H. Frazier Jr. | $837 | $837 | 0% |
| Lewis Bossing | $1,093 | $764 | -30.1% |
| Normagene M Deck | $3,222 | $758 | -76.5% |
| Gloria Lowe | $1,883 | $730 | -61.2% |
| Mary Anne Edwards Frost | $797 | $695 | -12.8% |
| Lewis M. Nance | $665 | $665 | 0% |
| Edward L. Williamson Jr. | $661 | $661 | 0% |
| Wilson Hardy | $1,170 | $652 | -44.3% |
| Ben D. Pratte | $651 | $651 | 0% |
| Emilie Huntsman | $2,839 | $644 | -77.3% |
| Lillian Hall Corbett | $1,092 | $616 | -43.6% |
| Laura Lindley Bloh | $607 | $592 | -2.5% |
| Henne Organics, LLC | $0 | $500 | -- |
| Martha D. Jeter | $908 | $432 | -52.4% |
| Mason C. Hargreaves | $680 | $402 | -40.9% |
| Lindall R. Cox | $1,672 | $390 | -76.7% |
| Shubee Farms, LLC | $296 | $363 | 22.6% |
| Zackery Sargent | $726 | $358 | -50.7% |
| June G. Mullen | $345 | $345 | 0% |
| Harrison Farms Heirs | $781 | $325 | -58.4% |
| Mitchell J. Splichal | $321 | $321 | 0% |
| Roxie Morison | $0 | $310 | -- |
| Glenn Angermeier | $1,125 | $305 | -72.9% |
| Linda Lamm Lawson | $0 | $281 | -- |
| Eugenia Ann Jones | $518 | $253 | -51.2% |
| Marguerite S. Hill | $0 | $250 | -- |
| Stanley E. Bozarth | $659 | $245 | -62.8% |
| Margaret Deere | $341 | $239 | -29.9% |
| Elizabeth Griffin Feezor | $227 | $184 | -18.9% |
| Harry Lee Parham | $457 | $184 | -59.7% |
| Joseph D. Gay Jr. | $138 | $138 | 0% |
| AVG Holdings, LLC | $7,042 | $121 | -98.3% |
| Kathy S. Green | $372 | $117 | -68.5% |
| William F. Wells | $1,048 | $109 | -89.6% |
| Linda Jane L. Whetzel | $261 | $108 | -58.6% |
| James F. Gibson Jr. | $422 | $95 | -77.5% |
| Leroy Edwards | $277 | $93 | -66.4% |
| Lanes Creek Farm, LLC | $1,231 | $40 | -96.8% |
| Sybil Hill Tyndall | $0 | $34 | -- |
| Barbara D. Armstrong | $13,161 | $0 | -100% |
| Clayton Canady | $4,871 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathleen L. Dorsey | $4,713 | $0 | -100% |
| Tinga Nursery, Inc. | $192,789 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn Stringer | $444 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan Brooks Gregory | $4,897 | $0 | -100% |
| Alfred Smeilus | $3,293 | $0 | -100% |
| Becky H. Hughes | $1,208 | $0 | -100% |
| Blakes of Scotts Hill, LLC | $1,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Cape Fear Oyster Company, LLC | $40,509 | $0 | -100% |
| Carla Boyd Daughtry | $437 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Bowden | $661 | $0 | -100% |
| David Glenn Shook | $1,127 | $0 | -100% |
| Hold Fast Oysters, LLC | $24,741 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Butts | $1,236 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Davis Jr. | $24,353 | $0 | -100% |
| James H. Dial Jr. | $108 | $0 | -100% |
| James Robert Strother Jr. | $425 | $0 | -100% |
| John E. Keith | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Julie Newton | $37,229 | $0 | -100% |
| L L Smith Protective Trust | $178 | $0 | -100% |
| Leroy Butler | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Conor MacNair | $17,495 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Torbett | $11,603 | $0 | -100% |
| Middle Sound Mariculture, LLC | $5,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan G. Worrell | $231 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick Sean Cullen | $24,274 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip L. Herndon Jr. | $515 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Ashenfelter | $3,778 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Ryan Gadow | $61,526 | $0 | -100% |
| Robin Funke | $2,709 | $0 | -100% |
| Silver Spoon Apiaries, Inc. | $16,623 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Michaels Wells Jr. | $9,161 | $0 | -100% |
| Sugar Shack Farms, LLC | $249,088 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Armfield Cannon | $66,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas H. Maloy | $738 | $0 | -100% |
| Three Little Spats Oyster Company | $8,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade H. Tillery III | $2,387 | $0 | -100% |
| William Earl Lassiter Est | $15,859 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,899,732 | $650,855 | -65.7% |
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