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In 2021, 184 farmers in cities within Woodford County received a total of $829,818 in 269 farm subsidies, a 76.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.5 million in 554 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 Woodford County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Segal Revocable Trust | $0 | $80,241 | -- |
| Circle S Cattle Company, LLC | $143,695 | $48,374 | -66.3% |
| Eckert's, Inc. | $456,760 | $42,191 | -90.8% |
| Camelot ART & Design, Inc. | $0 | $38,760 | -- |
| Thomas B. Greathouse | $47,627 | $36,006 | -24.4% |
| David T. Phillips | $98,861 | $33,619 | -66% |
| Richard Horn | $30,608 | $27,858 | -9% |
| Henton Farms, Inc. | $88,940 | $26,277 | -70.5% |
| Bobby J. McIntyre | $232,473 | $23,697 | -89.8% |
| Robert R. Richardson II | $85,288 | $19,988 | -76.6% |
| Marlin T. Mitchell | $83,396 | $19,976 | -76% |
| Michael T. Mitchell | $83,396 | $19,976 | -76% |
| Alan Phillips | $17,304 | $17,304 | 0% |
| Precision Agricultural Services I | $41,394 | $16,492 | -60.2% |
| Kevin Hockensmith | $53,534 | $14,398 | -73.1% |
| Stephen Lee Jones | $41,221 | $12,153 | -70.5% |
| Aaron B. Carmickle | $33,432 | $11,364 | -66% |
| Lynn D. Martin | $37,216 | $10,072 | -72.9% |
| Darrell Varner | $42,607 | $9,915 | -76.7% |
| Sycamore Farm, LLC | $39,009 | $9,663 | -75.2% |
| Gary Varner | $35,951 | $9,245 | -74.3% |
| Bethel Wayde Dotson | $1,944 | $8,850 | 355.2% |
| Paul J. Allen | $62,702 | $8,670 | -86.2% |
| Jacquelyn Elam Prewitt | $14,025 | $8,254 | -41.1% |
| James Henry Duncan Jr. | $14,181 | $7,600 | -46.4% |
| Russell A. Thompson | $47,466 | $7,540 | -84.1% |
| William E. Gaines | $38,117 | $7,533 | -80.2% |
| Jack Jones | $14,982 | $7,318 | -51.2% |
| Bryan K. Richardson | $40,889 | $7,180 | -82.4% |
| Hicks-Blaydes Farm, LLC | $18,825 | $6,635 | -64.8% |
| Greathouse Farms Management, LLC | $437,096 | $6,557 | -98.5% |
| Jeffrey Adams II | $1,642 | $6,283 | 282.6% |
| David Waterfill | $39,845 | $6,220 | -84.4% |
| Jordan A. Hutchison | $39,511 | $6,133 | -84.5% |
| Bobby Lippert | $21,956 | $5,652 | -74.3% |
| Wyndehurst, Inc. | $5,370 | $5,370 | 0% |
| Brian Jones | $39,758 | $5,210 | -86.9% |
| S&GF Management, LLC | $19,877 | $5,031 | -74.7% |
| Clear Creek Cattle Company, LLC | $18,348 | $4,761 | -74.1% |
| Curtis D. Congleton Jr. | $20,719 | $4,704 | -77.3% |
| Lucas Mitchell | $12,857 | $4,561 | -64.5% |
| Hutch Holsapple | $4,818 | $4,418 | -8.3% |
| Adam B. Carmickle | $10,626 | $4,300 | -59.5% |
| Donlyn Farm, LLC | $4,688 | $4,218 | -10% |
| Lucy G. Smith | $15,631 | $4,174 | -73.3% |
| Richard T. Mucci | $16,698 | $3,753 | -77.5% |
| Jesse M. Lane | $15,376 | $3,726 | -75.8% |
| Christopher Allen | $18,156 | $3,626 | -80% |
| Thomas Lee Carmickle | $5,466 | $3,427 | -37.3% |
| Robert H. Cleveland II | $11,649 | $3,321 | -71.5% |
| H. E. Sellers III | $1,565 | $3,055 | 95.2% |
| Henry E. Allen | $14,531 | $2,922 | -79.9% |
| James E. Mucci | $10,943 | $2,855 | -73.9% |
| Vernon Leach | $15,214 | $2,852 | -81.3% |
| Joe Wallace Jennette Jr. | $8,569 | $2,786 | -67.5% |
| Beau Neal | $17,103 | $2,782 | -83.7% |
| John F. Lippert | $11,968 | $2,722 | -77.3% |
| Elizabeth W. Boggs | $2,652 | $2,652 | 0% |
| Al Portwood II | $12,909 | $2,519 | -80.5% |
| Fred D. Lane | $11,396 | $2,486 | -78.2% |
| Donald Mitchell | $24,210 | $2,455 | -89.9% |
| William D. Powell | $8,305 | $2,415 | -70.9% |
| Loyde Jolly | $20,298 | $2,398 | -88.2% |
| Matthew R. Popp | $10,799 | $2,363 | -78.1% |
| Allen Dawson | $1,881 | $2,358 | 25.4% |
| James L John D & Thomas Kay PTR | $4,290 | $2,300 | -46.4% |
| John Aaron Adams | $7,282 | $2,225 | -69.4% |
| Elaine C. Hornback | $8,834 | $2,174 | -75.4% |
| Steven J. Nicholson | $4,389 | $2,068 | -52.9% |
| Jeff Adams | $3,988 | $1,997 | -49.9% |
| Rick J. Wallin | $8,173 | $1,984 | -75.7% |
| Daniel Parks | $21,192 | $1,950 | -90.8% |
| Michael E. Evans | $21,001 | $1,880 | -91% |
| Greg Halich | $15,369 | $1,880 | -87.8% |
| John Richardson | $8,446 | $1,874 | -77.8% |
| Ronald G. White | $7,117 | $1,847 | -74% |
| Trojan Farm, LLC | $7,833 | $1,804 | -77% |
| Carter Farms, Inc. | $6,270 | $1,785 | -71.5% |
| Michael G. Dotson | $6,166 | $1,764 | -71.4% |
| Dana Lane | $10,462 | $1,759 | -83.2% |
| Ricky Poor | $7,975 | $1,749 | -78.1% |
| Donald Duncan | $6,737 | $1,742 | -74.1% |
| Little Farm Limited | $10,125 | $1,659 | -83.6% |
| John M. Adams | $9,493 | $1,656 | -82.6% |
| Kevin Luckett | $7,839 | $1,625 | -79.3% |
| Jackie Brown | $9,989 | $1,586 | -84.1% |
| Matthew Craig | $6,637 | $1,448 | -78.2% |
| Wayne M. Raider | $7,018 | $1,397 | -80.1% |
| Henry Graddy Prewitt | $54,758 | $1,378 | -97.5% |
| Lehman Farms, Inc. | $6,225 | $1,359 | -78.2% |
| P & B Agriculture, LLC | $1,308 | $1,308 | 0% |
| Judy G. Hockensmith | $6,746 | $1,294 | -80.8% |
| Kenneth Berry McDonald | $4,379 | $1,257 | -71.3% |
| Byron Evans | $7,239 | $1,225 | -83.1% |
| Robert H. Smallwood | $4,268 | $1,204 | -71.8% |
| Scott W. Fleming | $1,916 | $1,161 | -39.4% |
| Jeremy Dotson | $3,751 | $1,156 | -69.2% |
| Gary T. Priest | $11,185 | $1,134 | -89.9% |
| Keith Berger | $4,596 | $1,132 | -75.4% |
| Herman Roark Jr. | $5,207 | $1,104 | -78.8% |
| Wayne Baker | $4,686 | $1,104 | -76.4% |
| Thistle's END Farm, Inc. | $6,617 | $1,050 | -84.1% |
| James Adam Montgomery | $5,269 | $1,032 | -80.4% |
| Adam Mitchell | $12,879 | $1,019 | -92.1% |
| Bev McClain | $1,943 | $1,012 | -47.9% |
| Chester Edward Blackey III | $4,092 | $1,000 | -75.6% |
| Bridgforth Farms, LLC | $1,881 | $910 | -51.6% |
| Derrick Wise | $4,609 | $855 | -81.4% |
| Travis A. Thompson | $31,471 | $843 | -97.3% |
| Benny M. Sowder | $3,388 | $816 | -75.9% |
| James L. Bates | $6,883 | $794 | -88.5% |
| Nearco, LLC | $3,094 | $790 | -74.5% |
| Wayne A. Brandenburg | $6,265 | $779 | -87.6% |
| Barry Drury | $1,485 | $776 | -47.7% |
| Josephine Howard Barrows Estate | $0 | $776 | -- |
| Douglas Sewell | $3,432 | $774 | -77.4% |
| Keith Rouch | $734 | $771 | 5% |
| Mike Daugherty | $4,290 | $765 | -82.2% |
| David Prewitt | $3,549 | $758 | -78.6% |
| Rebecca M. Heimlich | $1,750 | $757 | -56.7% |
| Lewis N. Prewitt | $3,549 | $748 | -78.9% |
| Paul Gershon Ricketts | $3,234 | $742 | -77.1% |
| Gary W. Flora | $8,681 | $736 | -91.5% |
| Gary Curd | $3,003 | $720 | -76% |
| Steven G. Isaacs | $1,519 | $716 | -52.9% |
| Philip Lakarosky | $0 | $715 | -- |
| Fred Faust | $10,648 | $663 | -93.8% |
| Stacy Kendall Vincent | $3,525 | $648 | -81.6% |
| Michael Chapman | $2,409 | $633 | -73.7% |
| Richard K. Austin | $2,178 | $621 | -71.5% |
| Gary Vitali | $589 | $589 | 0% |
| Charrys Grace Farm, LLC | $2,251 | $586 | -74% |
| Jeffrey A. Stakelin | $2,860 | $561 | -80.4% |
| Robert W. Rouse | $0 | $558 | -- |
| Patty Logan | $2,508 | $548 | -78.1% |
| Sherley Carmickle | $2,330 | $502 | -78.5% |
| Jerry Hammonds | $1,939 | $500 | -74.2% |
| Dwight Lancaster | $2,915 | $495 | -83% |
| Glencrest Farm, LLC | $13,265 | $493 | -96.3% |
| Kenneth Marshall | $2,464 | $483 | -80.4% |
| Mike Hill | $1,807 | $468 | -74.1% |
| David C. Dotson | $2,853 | $467 | -83.6% |
| William Lochmann | $1,997 | $448 | -77.6% |
| Michael David Woods | $2,582 | $434 | -83.2% |
| Bert Smith | $2,387 | $414 | -82.7% |
| Cleveland Holdings, Inc. | $275 | $405 | 47.3% |
| Kenneth Watkins | $5,087 | $399 | -92.2% |
| Maurice Bakke | $1,486 | $398 | -73.2% |
| James Chapman | $1,430 | $384 | -73.1% |
| Jonathan S Wurzback | $1,950 | $381 | -80.5% |
| Randie G. Barnard | $1,109 | $381 | -65.6% |
| Michael Gentry | $2,178 | $350 | -83.9% |
| Jerry N. Kurtz | $2,810 | $345 | -87.7% |
| Kenneth W. Mikels Sr. | $0 | $333 | -- |
| Deborah R. Bohannon | $2,961 | $329 | -88.9% |
| Canebreak Farm, Inc. | $1,507 | $328 | -78.2% |
| Jacquline J. Blaurock | $1,331 | $318 | -76.1% |
| Johnny mac Smith | $293 | $293 | 0% |
| Woodstone Farm, LLC | $567 | $291 | -48.7% |
| Geoffrey T. Cooley | $660 | $259 | -60.8% |
| Justin Watts | $1,932 | $242 | -87.5% |
| Holly Chapman | $1,166 | $240 | -79.4% |
| Thomas A. Probst | $1,139 | $239 | -79% |
| Bobby Tincher | $3,616 | $238 | -93.4% |
| Tony Guagliardo | $1,246 | $228 | -81.7% |
| Hope Elliott | $1,188 | $223 | -81.2% |
| William Rainbow Jr. | $396 | $207 | -47.7% |
| MacKie T. Jones | $616 | $166 | -73.1% |
| Keith Akridge | $803 | $159 | -80.2% |
| William E. Taylor | $396 | $156 | -60.6% |
| Brian D. Lacefield | $794 | $155 | -80.5% |
| Horst Bolcas | $825 | $152 | -81.6% |
| Mike Richardson | $0 | $148 | -- |
| Atta Tom Payton | $106 | $140 | 32.1% |
| Chad Marshall Scott | $1,045 | $140 | -86.6% |
| John K. Houston Jr. | $704 | $138 | -80.4% |
| Thomas B. Greathouse Jr. | $341 | $121 | -64.5% |
| Virginia J. Evans | $339 | $120 | -64.6% |
| Nolan Luckett | $1,408 | $112 | -92% |
| Stockwood Farm, LLC | $1,145 | $104 | -90.9% |
| Nathan A. Hicks | $0 | $96 | -- |
| Brad D. Lacefield | $295 | $69 | -76.6% |
| Rhonda L. Poston | $41 | $55 | 34.1% |
| James C. Thompson | $352 | $28 | -92% |
| Carol Mitchell J. Pope | $412 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Gear | $1,542 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward B. Greathouse | $17 | $0 | -100% |
| Ian Horn | $3,882 | $0 | -100% |
| James N. Hicks | $10,285 | $0 | -100% |
| John M. Mitchell | $8,452 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Greathouse | $918 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucy a Breathitt | $2,360 | $0 | -100% |
| Ambrose G. Jones Jr. | $1,070 | $0 | -100% |
| Aquila International, Inc. | $13,439 | $0 | -100% |
| Ava A. Taylor | $362 | $0 | -100% |
| Beulah J Jelley Trust Agreement | $1,512 | $0 | -100% |
| Campbell Graddy | $548 | $0 | -100% |
| Chstout Farm, LLC | $1,575 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Honn | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| David Stapp | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra A. Rudd | $11,367 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary C. Arnett | $61 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack Hutchison | $1,880 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Mansfield | $6,423 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy W. Shryock | $12,093 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry B. Carmickle | $470 | $0 | -100% |
| John L. Johnson | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Josephine Howard Barrows | $7,904 | $0 | -100% |
| Krista La Moen Lea | $408 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Benton | $193 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Dungan | $8,995 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark A. Inbody | $4,369 | $0 | -100% |
| Orville Coyle | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Oscar Martinez | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Hays | $46 | $0 | -100% |
| Patsy Saunders | $520 | $0 | -100% |
| Peter Pam Plants, LLC | $453 | $0 | -100% |
| R. W. Hicks | $1,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond T. Weber | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard B. Carmickle | $1,401 | $0 | -100% |
| Seven Stones Farm | $5,407 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven K. Riggins | $1,124 | $0 | -100% |
| Stiles Miller | $22 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,546,368 | $829,818 | -76.6% |
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