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In 2021, 206 farmers in cities within Boyle County received a total of $993,361 in 284 farm subsidies, a 75.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4 million in 629 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 Boyle County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy David McDaniel | $70,445 | $91,568 | 30% |
| Lucian Earl Robinson | $39,016 | $62,244 | 59.5% |
| Agent Production, LLC | $198,282 | $60,439 | -69.5% |
| Joey Gilbert | $346,753 | $51,160 | -85.2% |
| Caverndale Farms, Inc. | $175,029 | $49,518 | -71.7% |
| Jerry Rankin | $95,439 | $46,784 | -51% |
| Michael Acey | $277,376 | $43,886 | -84.2% |
| Bryan Horn | $159,302 | $41,530 | -73.9% |
| Wesley Pruitt | $103,743 | $37,370 | -64% |
| Ronnie Carmickle | $98,468 | $32,685 | -66.8% |
| John B. Helm | $104,952 | $27,259 | -74% |
| Bruce Helm | $99,713 | $23,454 | -76.5% |
| Jennifer R. Little | $16,761 | $16,840 | 0.5% |
| Patrick C. Horn | $58,219 | $16,793 | -71.2% |
| Earl Robinson | $26,882 | $16,505 | -38.6% |
| Welty & Welty | $70,599 | $16,336 | -76.9% |
| William A. Goggin | $70,035 | $15,976 | -77.2% |
| Joe Tamme | $47,181 | $13,174 | -72.1% |
| Tommy Case | $37,078 | $11,589 | -68.7% |
| Logan F. Spoonamore | $38,371 | $10,324 | -73.1% |
| Richard Stephen Mayes | $34,310 | $9,146 | -73.3% |
| Woodie Leavell | $56,584 | $9,105 | -83.9% |
| Stallard Family Farms, LLC | $53,996 | $8,906 | -83.5% |
| Greg Slone | $31,094 | $8,446 | -72.8% |
| Barry Carrier | $45,629 | $7,639 | -83.3% |
| Hankla Farms | $7,560 | $7,434 | -1.7% |
| O. J. Bailey Jr. | $32,014 | $7,060 | -77.9% |
| Jerry M. Germann | $36,633 | $6,549 | -82.1% |
| Jack L. Bosley Jr. | $29,681 | $6,360 | -78.6% |
| Samuel A. Glasscock Jr. | $41,417 | $6,118 | -85.2% |
| Michael P. Webb | $25,076 | $5,614 | -77.6% |
| Randall D. Gordon | $35,628 | $5,194 | -85.4% |
| Charles L. Hester | $26,973 | $4,983 | -81.5% |
| Don Graham Hundley | $26,665 | $4,904 | -81.6% |
| Rodney W. King | $18,339 | $4,809 | -73.8% |
| Dennis Spencer Guinn | $22,537 | $4,598 | -79.6% |
| Hunter Horne | $24,222 | $4,380 | -81.9% |
| Mark T. Nolan | $13,024 | $4,178 | -67.9% |
| Matthew Nolan | $22,357 | $4,118 | -81.6% |
| C. J. Bodner | $11,551 | $4,068 | -64.8% |
| Friends of Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site | $5,926 | $3,912 | -34% |
| Thomas W. Hundley | $14,600 | $3,872 | -73.5% |
| Michael Wayne Mcholan | $16,253 | $3,827 | -76.5% |
| Charles Rodes | $5,050 | $3,685 | -27% |
| Chad Caldwell | $96,901 | $3,619 | -96.3% |
| Reatha M. King | $0 | $3,552 | -- |
| Randall David Maas | $5,807 | $3,419 | -41.1% |
| Tamme Valley Farm | $13,051 | $3,359 | -74.3% |
| Ryan D. Caldwell | $39,894 | $3,322 | -91.7% |
| Angela Whittle | $3,276 | $3,276 | 0% |
| Billy Inmon | $15,517 | $3,229 | -79.2% |
| Jon McDermott | $16,897 | $3,095 | -81.7% |
| Bill McCormack | $13,165 | $3,039 | -76.9% |
| Highpoint Family Farms, LLC. | $107,412 | $2,938 | -97.3% |
| Adam Dale Gordon | $17,577 | $2,766 | -84.3% |
| Ernest D Moore | $10,360 | $2,763 | -73.3% |
| Jason Gaffney | $12,727 | $2,652 | -79.2% |
| Harold R. Kilby | $26,262 | $2,632 | -90% |
| Billy Stewart Norvell | $7,914 | $2,565 | -67.6% |
| Raymond Reed | $9,534 | $2,549 | -73.3% |
| William R. Clark | $19,996 | $2,523 | -87.4% |
| Peter A. Cox | $53,099 | $2,499 | -95.3% |
| William David King | $14,562 | $2,456 | -83.1% |
| Dale Sheperson | $17,609 | $2,439 | -86.1% |
| David E. McDaniel | $0 | $2,389 | -- |
| Shannon McCammon | $2,360 | $2,310 | -2.1% |
| Goggin Bluegrass Farm, LLC | $8,239 | $2,102 | -74.5% |
| John W. Hankla | $6,424 | $2,098 | -67.3% |
| Gary Gilbert | $26,312 | $2,093 | -92% |
| John Thomas Ethington IV | $10,456 | $2,070 | -80.2% |
| John S. Clevenger | $24,398 | $2,054 | -91.6% |
| Robert D. Lewis | $7,238 | $2,020 | -72.1% |
| Terry Hogue | $10,929 | $1,991 | -81.8% |
| Jason Simpson | $6,974 | $1,970 | -71.8% |
| Christopher Family Liability Company, Ltd. | $2,451 | $1,932 | -21.2% |
| Marty Gibson | $9,511 | $1,865 | -80.4% |
| Jerry Gibson | $9,372 | $1,847 | -80.3% |
| Scotty Vanderpool | $5,808 | $1,809 | -68.9% |
| Jeff Bischoff | $5,797 | $1,694 | -70.8% |
| Chris Hundley | $13,809 | $1,672 | -87.9% |
| David Stafford | $11,065 | $1,652 | -85.1% |
| Donald R. Whitaker Jr. | $21,198 | $1,649 | -92.2% |
| Lemuel M. Leonard | $8,807 | $1,609 | -81.7% |
| Drew Reynolds | $6,424 | $1,512 | -76.5% |
| Randall Stafford | $27,463 | $1,482 | -94.6% |
| Rodney Dean Lakes | $27,793 | $1,470 | -94.7% |
| Margaret Caldwell | $22,074 | $1,430 | -93.5% |
| Danny Lay | $5,159 | $1,414 | -72.6% |
| Richard D. Mayes | $5,694 | $1,380 | -75.8% |
| Lay Brothers | $15,486 | $1,366 | -91.2% |
| Charles Farris Yeakey | $7,902 | $1,363 | -82.8% |
| Bobby Wooldridge | $5,380 | $1,360 | -74.7% |
| Jeremy Michael Hardin | $14,498 | $1,335 | -90.8% |
| John Goggin | $4,201 | $1,330 | -68.3% |
| Janet Reynolds | $6,999 | $1,306 | -81.3% |
| Dudley Spoonamore | $5,698 | $1,302 | -77.1% |
| Amberg Land Company | $8,931 | $1,296 | -85.5% |
| James M. Powell | $2,164 | $1,292 | -40.3% |
| William L. Rousey | $5,907 | $1,246 | -78.9% |
| Randy Glasscock | $5,051 | $1,228 | -75.7% |
| Darrell Reynolds | $4,653 | $1,194 | -74.3% |
| John Key | $4,566 | $1,160 | -74.6% |
| James E. King | $9,646 | $1,110 | -88.5% |
| Robert W. Miller | $4,004 | $1,080 | -73% |
| Gary Michael Taylor | $3,432 | $1,066 | -68.9% |
| Brandon Ellis | $13,175 | $1,052 | -92% |
| David Reynolds | $7,633 | $1,049 | -86.3% |
| Jack Godbey II | $4,367 | $918 | -79% |
| Timothy R. Cochran | $3,586 | $918 | -74.4% |
| Donnie Harp | $3,487 | $908 | -74% |
| Mike Graves | $6,939 | $893 | -87.1% |
| Bryan Abbott | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Mickey Middleton | $5,475 | $880 | -83.9% |
| David Edward Woodward | $3,454 | $872 | -74.8% |
| Mark Bottom | $4,433 | $856 | -80.7% |
| Jim Reynolds | $3,878 | $839 | -78.4% |
| Tatum Bottom | $5,480 | $839 | -84.7% |
| Kendrick Scott | $5,181 | $834 | -83.9% |
| Dan Baker | $4,427 | $830 | -81.3% |
| Gary Denson | $6,698 | $817 | -87.8% |
| Robert Bosley | $3,480 | $810 | -76.7% |
| Mark Joslin | $260 | $796 | 206.2% |
| Ray Graves | $4,666 | $775 | -83.4% |
| Ray Graves | $4,666 | $775 | -83.4% |
| Sammy Myers | $3,300 | $748 | -77.3% |
| Connie McVicker | $3,729 | $744 | -80% |
| Kenneth Wise | $4,691 | $736 | -84.3% |
| Wyatt Godfrey | $10,450 | $735 | -93% |
| William E. Baker | $2,992 | $716 | -76.1% |
| Frankie P. Emerson | $5,071 | $669 | -86.8% |
| Horn Family, LLC | $0 | $654 | -- |
| Charles Curtiss Shewmaker | $6,824 | $650 | -90.5% |
| Gary Fitzgerald | $2,552 | $622 | -75.6% |
| Richard L. Reynolds | $2,913 | $622 | -78.6% |
| Todd Young | $9,268 | $599 | -93.5% |
| Brett J. Welty | $1,147 | $596 | -48% |
| Darrell Davis | $2,145 | $565 | -73.7% |
| Jesse Ray Johnson | $7,040 | $560 | -92% |
| Margaret M. Ellis | $438 | $555 | 26.7% |
| James C. McCarroll Sr. | $2,519 | $537 | -78.7% |
| Janet Nash | $536 | $536 | 0% |
| Todd Tiller | $4,316 | $535 | -87.6% |
| Mary Ann McGlothlin | $1,253 | $532 | -57.5% |
| Otho Tate | $2,475 | $506 | -79.6% |
| Eugene Devine | $2,442 | $498 | -79.6% |
| Joseph T. Goggin | $1,815 | $491 | -72.9% |
| Dallas Sheffield | $2,896 | $486 | -83.2% |
| Brad Godbey | $1,672 | $484 | -71.1% |
| Scotty Fowler | $2,244 | $481 | -78.6% |
| Jeff King | $3,872 | $474 | -87.8% |
| Hugh Dwayne Gibson | $2,035 | $469 | -77% |
| Richard E. Downey | $1,518 | $457 | -69.9% |
| Adam A. Rush | $1,059 | $454 | -57.1% |
| Ella Jean Wagner | $3,806 | $454 | -88.1% |
| David Michael Lay | $4,498 | $453 | -89.9% |
| Kevin B. Ellis | $987 | $442 | -55.2% |
| Alvin R. Harrison | $1,749 | $440 | -74.8% |
| Thomas Wayne Graham | $2,306 | $422 | -81.7% |
| A Holderman & Sons | $1,519 | $391 | -74.3% |
| Raymond E. Shively | $1,445 | $371 | -74.3% |
| Robert J. Martin | $1,949 | $370 | -81% |
| Steven Goggin | $270 | $360 | 33.3% |
| Fred Daryl Edwards | $1,232 | $357 | -71% |
| Jeffrey William Delbridge | $781 | $352 | -54.9% |
| Steve Carr | $2,387 | $332 | -86.1% |
| Stanley Dean Coulter | $1,430 | $318 | -77.8% |
| Marion E. Record | $3,960 | $315 | -92% |
| Sam Beck | $2,345 | $315 | -86.6% |
| Tim S. Pellicano | $2,315 | $307 | -86.7% |
| Douglas Lester | $2,021 | $304 | -85% |
| Larry J. Southerland | $3,784 | $301 | -92% |
| Wm Stewart King | $1,163 | $289 | -75.2% |
| Brandon Eugene Pingleton | $4,037 | $275 | -93.2% |
| Milton Cash | $1,133 | $270 | -76.2% |
| Jerry Smothers | $979 | $251 | -74.4% |
| Charles a Lesaux | $1,858 | $249 | -86.6% |
| Tim Dievert | $641 | $239 | -62.7% |
| Jimmy Dale Smith | $997 | $225 | -77.4% |
| Brad Suel | $561 | $222 | -60.4% |
| Wayne Combs | $913 | $214 | -76.6% |
| Desmond Smock | $495 | $214 | -56.8% |
| Deer Ridge Farm, LLC | $1,232 | $209 | -83% |
| Robert S. Blandford | $1,309 | $198 | -84.9% |
| Jerry Renner | $1,342 | $190 | -85.8% |
| Wm J. Robinson | $820 | $165 | -79.9% |
| Stephen T. Tamme | $924 | $163 | -82.4% |
| Richard Hayden | $528 | $159 | -69.9% |
| Zac Record | $1,936 | $154 | -92% |
| Morgan Hayes | $409 | $144 | -64.8% |
| Gayle Hunt | $897 | $138 | -84.6% |
| Michael Lynch | $2,519 | $126 | -95% |
| Rheanna S Lynch | $561 | $119 | -78.8% |
| Everhart Walker Jr. | $275 | $86 | -68.7% |
| Mary Gibson | $55 | $86 | 56.4% |
| Everhart Walker | $363 | $83 | -77.1% |
| Marlin Taylor | $223 | $79 | -64.6% |
| Lawrence Raley | $79 | $79 | 0% |
| Samantha Key | $352 | $69 | -80.4% |
| Rankin & Mclean Farm | $3,080 | $65 | -97.9% |
| Charles Smith | $704 | $56 | -92% |
| Todd Missbach | $440 | $35 | -92% |
| Toni Pruitt | $122 | $33 | -73% |
| Douglas A. Coyle | $4,703 | $16 | -99.7% |
| Laverne Klisz | $154 | $13 | -91.6% |
| Cambus-Kenneth Farm, LLC | $269 | $12 | -95.5% |
| Susan Horn | $0 | $1 | -- |
| Carolyn B. Yowell | $91 | $0 | -100% |
| Central KY W L Refge | $204 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale K. Ellis | $8,812 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Greene | $6,607 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna G. Carpenter | $161 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris A. Spurlin | $741 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris Loran | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. Stevens | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane A. Woellner | $1,387 | $0 | -100% |
| John G. Sharpe | $277 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph William Kemper Jr. | $671 | $0 | -100% |
| Josh Tarter | $23,116 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy Kubale | $42 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda F Cartinhour | $95 | $0 | -100% |
| Marjorie H. Hines | $8,649 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark McElfresh | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael a Tetirick | $2,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Mildred Durrett | $203 | $0 | -100% |
| Myrtle McCormack | $75 | $0 | -100% |
| Nossa Farms, LLC | $7,370 | $0 | -100% |
| Oscar Bailey | $2,355 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth Herrington | $141 | $0 | -100% |
| Stewart Cocanougher | $48 | $0 | -100% |
| W. O. Nash | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter L. Goggin | $1,548 | $0 | -100% |
| Will D. Stallard | $1,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Ashley Leann Miller | $1,439 | $0 | -100% |
| Brett E. Gant | $8,133 | $0 | -100% |
| Elijah Michael Lucas | $310 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Keith Coffman | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry Lutes | $159 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly Griffith | $9,295 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Eugene Smock | $1,347 | $0 | -100% |
| Marlene Pruitt | $86 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael N. Campbell | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Bradley | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherri W. Leonard | $10 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Reynolds | $2,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia Gibson | $2,538 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,021,606 | $993,361 | -75.3% |
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