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In 2021, 256 farmers in cities within Garrard County received a total of $752,590 in 354 farm subsidies, a 77.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.3 million in 780 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 Garrard County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin J. Brogle | $90,901 | $60,265 | -33.7% |
| Teater Brothers, Inc. | $74,804 | $48,629 | -35% |
| Michael C. Noe | $131,246 | $46,807 | -64.3% |
| Mack G. Hulett Jr. | $289,946 | $40,420 | -86.1% |
| Gregory W. Hensley | $86,311 | $38,144 | -55.8% |
| Harvey J. Ayres | $234,110 | $34,468 | -85.3% |
| Michael Vincent Cole | $34,831 | $25,141 | -27.8% |
| Mary Shields | $37,911 | $16,048 | -57.7% |
| Alan D. Edgington | $13,192 | $13,574 | 2.9% |
| Double F Enterprises, Inc. | $30,320 | $12,669 | -58.2% |
| David W. Rankin Sr. | $50,142 | $11,357 | -77.4% |
| Keith Middleton | $33,409 | $11,312 | -66.1% |
| Larry Donnell | $180,201 | $10,600 | -94.1% |
| James Gilbert Edgington | $18,723 | $9,762 | -47.9% |
| Kenneth L. Yeakey | $22,391 | $6,994 | -68.8% |
| James Daniel Edgington | $4,302 | $6,806 | 58.2% |
| Logan D. Edgington | $17,295 | $6,628 | -61.7% |
| Mark D. Cole | $25,211 | $6,488 | -74.3% |
| Joe B. Leavell | $16,104 | $6,487 | -59.7% |
| Justin B. Wilmot | $24,636 | $6,425 | -73.9% |
| Hershel J. Isaacs | $63,984 | $6,281 | -90.2% |
| Michael R. Hasty | $12,852 | $6,162 | -52.1% |
| Justin Morgan Benton | $32,372 | $6,056 | -81.3% |
| Bonnie A. Ellis | $27,310 | $5,818 | -78.7% |
| David Scott Sowder | $50,607 | $5,624 | -88.9% |
| Kenneth Ellis | $16,576 | $5,571 | -66.4% |
| Andrew Cole Lasure | $22,472 | $5,465 | -75.7% |
| Harold E. Akers II | $17,801 | $5,371 | -69.8% |
| Marsha K. Sims | $15,359 | $5,229 | -66% |
| Thaddeus M. Hulett | $20,394 | $5,206 | -74.5% |
| Phillip B. Murphy | $27,619 | $4,782 | -82.7% |
| William C. Sutton Jr. | $10,582 | $4,755 | -55.1% |
| Larry Duggins | $19,125 | $4,744 | -75.2% |
| Barry F. Mercer | $16,467 | $4,566 | -72.3% |
| Gary Shell | $28,317 | $4,424 | -84.4% |
| Alejandra Magdalenn Munoz | $17,988 | $4,301 | -76.1% |
| Charles Randall Ellis | $21,022 | $4,032 | -80.8% |
| Bradley Russell Bolton | $22,115 | $3,798 | -82.8% |
| Bradley Michael Stuart League | $8,305 | $3,795 | -54.3% |
| Chris Butner | $35,705 | $3,716 | -89.6% |
| Edgeview Farms, Inc. | $19,414 | $3,386 | -82.6% |
| William Kirby Teater | $29,401 | $3,305 | -88.8% |
| Mr. Marty Samuel Shepherd | $11,221 | $3,180 | -71.7% |
| Larry A. Sims | $4,928 | $3,174 | -35.6% |
| Rodney Montgomery | $31,491 | $3,152 | -90% |
| Joshua Lockard | $10,681 | $3,038 | -71.6% |
| William David Noe | $15,701 | $3,006 | -80.9% |
| A & H Land & Cattle, LLC | $40,360 | $2,882 | -92.9% |
| Scott Barnes | $11,718 | $2,772 | -76.3% |
| Glendon Ray Hammonds | $22,915 | $2,769 | -87.9% |
| Terry G. Prather | $20,033 | $2,741 | -86.3% |
| Crace Angus Farms, LLC | $7,468 | $2,724 | -63.5% |
| Kevin Ellis | $15,573 | $2,634 | -83.1% |
| Sunwatch Homestead, LLC | $8,310 | $2,634 | -68.3% |
| Michael E. Arnold | $9,419 | $2,486 | -73.6% |
| John A. King | $14,800 | $2,474 | -83.3% |
| John A. King Jr. | $14,800 | $2,474 | -83.3% |
| Darrell Bolton | $9,287 | $2,460 | -73.5% |
| Della Montgomery | $6,822 | $2,425 | -64.5% |
| Jamie R. Barker | $7,550 | $2,398 | -68.2% |
| Everett R. Floyd | $14,699 | $2,284 | -84.5% |
| Deborah Kelly | $5,272 | $2,248 | -57.4% |
| Jeff Lowry | $7,678 | $2,240 | -70.8% |
| Deonica Asbery | $6,369 | $2,234 | -64.9% |
| James Earl Ross Jr. | $0 | $2,200 | -- |
| Kelly E True | $9,115 | $2,186 | -76% |
| Kenneth Bolton | $8,015 | $2,183 | -72.8% |
| Darby C. Montgomery | $15,663 | $2,149 | -86.3% |
| Paul Wyler | $8,761 | $2,136 | -75.6% |
| Janice Sharp | $10,788 | $2,125 | -80.3% |
| Jeffrey C. Hester | $7,304 | $2,116 | -71% |
| Kenny Allen | $5,673 | $2,008 | -64.6% |
| Carlisle W. Stone | $9,939 | $1,960 | -80.3% |
| Daniel Sims | $3,842 | $1,951 | -49.2% |
| Ayres Livestock, LLC | $18,030 | $1,938 | -89.3% |
| John M. Arnold | $11,065 | $1,909 | -82.7% |
| Eric J. Kimble | $22,797 | $1,889 | -91.7% |
| Richard Payne | $10,971 | $1,882 | -82.8% |
| George S. Day | $6,545 | $1,880 | -71.3% |
| Bradley Davis League | $15,265 | $1,846 | -87.9% |
| Robert L. Tudor | $9,097 | $1,842 | -79.8% |
| Justin Oneal Hager | $8,997 | $1,808 | -79.9% |
| Sawyer Dewayne Lark | $15,235 | $1,785 | -88.3% |
| Stanley Broughton | $44,616 | $1,777 | -96% |
| Robert H. Ballard | $6,021 | $1,707 | -71.6% |
| Benny Swope | $6,083 | $1,705 | -72% |
| Carl A. Sjogren | $1,696 | $1,696 | 0% |
| Paul T. Dailey | $14,256 | $1,656 | -88.4% |
| William C. Wesley | $6,028 | $1,653 | -72.6% |
| Dan Ward Ledford | $6,685 | $1,650 | -75.3% |
| Joseph C. Ball | $7,625 | $1,622 | -78.7% |
| Valorie Bray | $9,082 | $1,615 | -82.2% |
| Bailey Thacker | $6,424 | $1,614 | -74.9% |
| Bobby E. Adams | $5,973 | $1,604 | -73.1% |
| Ernest L. Ray | $7,301 | $1,588 | -78.2% |
| Thomas Begley | $14,390 | $1,584 | -89% |
| Tony A. Cromwell | $2,592 | $1,570 | -39.4% |
| David P. Tirey | $5,720 | $1,558 | -72.8% |
| Rock L Farm, Inc. | $10,107 | $1,553 | -84.6% |
| Lonnie C. Naylor | $7,370 | $1,537 | -79.1% |
| Charles E. Davis | $9,505 | $1,533 | -83.9% |
| Alexandra Riley Hulett | $8,058 | $1,493 | -81.5% |
| Burdetta Brown | $4,664 | $1,471 | -68.5% |
| Lester P. Martin | $4,439 | $1,450 | -67.3% |
| Samuel Wayne Lawson | $6,809 | $1,441 | -78.8% |
| Andrew Ryan Young | $6,985 | $1,428 | -79.6% |
| Rick Sutton | $15,898 | $1,398 | -91.2% |
| Kenneth Creech | $4,893 | $1,362 | -72.2% |
| Ronnie Moberly | $7,956 | $1,357 | -82.9% |
| Shannon Farms | $6,479 | $1,258 | -80.6% |
| Andrew Dunn | $7,524 | $1,255 | -83.3% |
| Thomas R. Naylor | $6,061 | $1,232 | -79.7% |
| Gordon W. Hasty | $4,202 | $1,230 | -70.7% |
| Gulley Farm, LLC | $5,668 | $1,229 | -78.3% |
| Stephen Allen Simpson | $4,499 | $1,229 | -72.7% |
| Brenda Gabbard | $4,411 | $1,220 | -72.3% |
| David A. Ray Sr. | $7,938 | $1,218 | -84.7% |
| Elvin J. Dailey | $4,202 | $1,210 | -71.2% |
| Eric Adams | $7,689 | $1,182 | -84.6% |
| Andy Morrow | $4,364 | $1,173 | -73.1% |
| Mike Gay | $5,563 | $1,168 | -79% |
| Jimmy Wayne Arnold | $6,304 | $1,160 | -81.6% |
| Tim Stocker | $0 | $1,155 | -- |
| Felix Johnson | $8,061 | $1,152 | -85.7% |
| Ronald Lee Lane | $6,870 | $1,145 | -83.3% |
| Jerry N. McQuerry | $11,111 | $1,129 | -89.8% |
| Justin Greene | $5,114 | $1,114 | -78.2% |
| Shirley G. Scully | $4,400 | $1,114 | -74.7% |
| Ronald Thomas | $4,851 | $1,101 | -77.3% |
| Ray A. Miller | $6,001 | $1,073 | -82.1% |
| Phillip Harris | $5,008 | $1,071 | -78.6% |
| F. C. Foley | $5,127 | $1,063 | -79.3% |
| Glendan Barker | $5,506 | $1,063 | -80.7% |
| Tim Miller | $8,458 | $1,061 | -87.5% |
| Pauline Moore | $3,615 | $1,057 | -70.8% |
| Willa F. Graham | $3,993 | $1,053 | -73.6% |
| Bolton Farms | $7,389 | $1,044 | -85.9% |
| Curtis Tyler Morris | $6,894 | $1,035 | -85% |
| Jerry Carrier | $8,272 | $1,025 | -87.6% |
| Brent A. Duggins | $5,442 | $1,020 | -81.3% |
| James P. Wilmot | $6,601 | $999 | -84.9% |
| Philip Scott Bowman | $4,598 | $987 | -78.5% |
| Joe Barker | $4,367 | $965 | -77.9% |
| Gareth Lane | $4,656 | $960 | -79.4% |
| James R. Bailey Jr. | $7,071 | $954 | -86.5% |
| Royce Bailey | $7,163 | $954 | -86.7% |
| Billy C. Doolin Jr. | $12,609 | $911 | -92.8% |
| Dustin Butner | $13,185 | $897 | -93.2% |
| Roy T. Tudor | $3,773 | $873 | -76.9% |
| Wanda Booth | $3,926 | $868 | -77.9% |
| Michael J. Osborne | $3,399 | $867 | -74.5% |
| David Bruner | $2,739 | $856 | -68.7% |
| Kurt Lear | $3,906 | $843 | -78.4% |
| Dalmas McFerron | $5,793 | $840 | -85.5% |
| Mark Vernon Fain | $4,543 | $806 | -82.3% |
| James D. Spurlin | $603 | $804 | 33.3% |
| Mark E. Lay | $15,762 | $804 | -94.9% |
| Patrick Hawkins | $1,694 | $783 | -53.8% |
| Daniel R. Lamb | $3,069 | $773 | -74.8% |
| Vicki L. Gibson | $6,754 | $772 | -88.6% |
| John W. Teater | $8,701 | $767 | -91.2% |
| William Daniel Bell | $12,814 | $762 | -94.1% |
| Billy J. Osborne | $3,265 | $744 | -77.2% |
| Daniel Webster Overstreet III | $2,959 | $742 | -74.9% |
| Marvin Bolton | $2,640 | $742 | -71.9% |
| Robert R. Cole | $2,085 | $734 | -64.8% |
| John Bradley Mills | $2,926 | $727 | -75.2% |
| William R. Madden | $1,693 | $715 | -57.8% |
| Jackie Meadows | $4,873 | $706 | -85.5% |
| Paul Brogle | $9,966 | $699 | -93% |
| Jeremiah J. Hashman | $3,575 | $696 | -80.5% |
| Charles Hall | $2,321 | $690 | -70.3% |
| Christopher J. Brown | $4,984 | $689 | -86.2% |
| Jason C. McMurtry | $2,189 | $689 | -68.5% |
| Tony Lee | $2,233 | $687 | -69.2% |
| Ray Gilliam | $3,435 | $685 | -80.1% |
| David A. Ray Jr. | $3,783 | $648 | -82.9% |
| Kyle R. Davis | $3,738 | $646 | -82.7% |
| Mark Brown | $1,760 | $634 | -64% |
| Elmer R. Prim | $4,620 | $633 | -86.3% |
| Joey Blackmer | $5,606 | $632 | -88.7% |
| Susan Gilliam | $3,142 | $630 | -79.9% |
| Sutton Farm, LLC | $2,772 | $626 | -77.4% |
| Willey Ray | $6,039 | $613 | -89.8% |
| John Tudor | $2,893 | $607 | -79% |
| Roger Hume | $2,233 | $584 | -73.8% |
| Eric May | $15,634 | $576 | -96.3% |
| Joshua Scott Sparks | $3,196 | $574 | -82% |
| Donna M. Ewart | $3,699 | $552 | -85.1% |
| Doris Marie Lamb | $2,332 | $548 | -76.5% |
| Sally B. Clark | $2,519 | $547 | -78.3% |
| Hogan Moore Jr. | $6,532 | $545 | -91.7% |
| Timothy Sheets | $7,665 | $540 | -93% |
| Gabriella Lynn Hashman | $3,925 | $530 | -86.5% |
| Darrell Logan | $2,365 | $526 | -77.8% |
| James Kevin Preston | $1,188 | $488 | -58.9% |
| Danny Purcell | $2,321 | $478 | -79.4% |
| Billy Moore | $2,507 | $474 | -81.1% |
| Aberiel Walton | $2,348 | $467 | -80.1% |
| Clinton Day | $2,090 | $464 | -77.8% |
| Brandon Anderson | $2,178 | $432 | -80.2% |
| John R Land | $1,738 | $432 | -75.1% |
| Barry L. Howard | $5,665 | $420 | -92.6% |
| Bert Watkins III | $8,938 | $418 | -95.3% |
| Frances S. Preston | $3,665 | $412 | -88.8% |
| Sean Smith | $4,872 | $412 | -91.5% |
| Michael J. Condon Sr. | $2,013 | $402 | -80% |
| Harold Coyle | $1,617 | $388 | -76% |
| Randa Morris | $1,474 | $374 | -74.6% |
| Troy Lee Hall | $1,133 | $373 | -67.1% |
| Billy W. May | $6,773 | $371 | -94.5% |
| Gary Conder | $3,018 | $371 | -87.7% |
| Jonathan Ray | $2,256 | $358 | -84.1% |
| James G. Edgington | $1,342 | $332 | -75.3% |
| David Humphrey | $1,155 | $331 | -71.3% |
| Dewayne Morgan Holcomb II | $1,320 | $329 | -75.1% |
| Barbara Todd | $1,463 | $326 | -77.7% |
| Troy Miller | $2,880 | $312 | -89.2% |
| Joe W. Floyd | $2,594 | $301 | -88.4% |
| Ronnie Broadus | $1,210 | $300 | -75.2% |
| Austin Russell Cress | $1,459 | $290 | -80.1% |
| Larry T. Swartz | $3,910 | $290 | -92.6% |
| Alonzo Napier | $1,903 | $270 | -85.8% |
| Alexander Jeffery Konz | $1,294 | $260 | -79.9% |
| Daniel Day | $1,844 | $256 | -86.1% |
| Kenneth T. Anderson | $594 | $239 | -59.8% |
| Matthew Lane | $1,442 | $239 | -83.4% |
| Coy Day | $1,031 | $236 | -77.1% |
| Fred L. Simpson | $1,973 | $228 | -88.4% |
| Steve Moore | $1,155 | $228 | -80.3% |
| Kevin Dailey | $2,820 | $220 | -92.2% |
| Shannon Thompson | $243 | $220 | -9.5% |
| Anthony Davis | $825 | $218 | -73.6% |
| Vanessa Noorani | $1,162 | $214 | -81.6% |
| Wilson D. Shepherd | $946 | $211 | -77.7% |
| Ruby E. Edgington | $942 | $190 | -79.8% |
| Thad Starr | $1,609 | $186 | -88.4% |
| Monty Major | $2,409 | $161 | -93.3% |
| Joe Day | $663 | $156 | -76.5% |
| Hughie Allen | $704 | $138 | -80.4% |
| Jimmy Lee | $550 | $132 | -76% |
| Randal W. Walls | $1,637 | $124 | -92.4% |
| Randy Ellis | $396 | $84 | -78.8% |
| Robert G. Young | $1,056 | $84 | -92% |
| Drew Farm | $265 | $78 | -70.6% |
| Bradley Roy | $0 | $60 | -- |
| Shawn Ingram | $369 | $28 | -92.4% |
| Virgil Wayne Ray | $908 | $28 | -96.9% |
| Mary Jo Hammonds | $0 | $26 | -- |
| Paulette Osborne | $115 | $17 | -85.2% |
| Jerry J. Cloud | $506 | $14 | -97.2% |
| William Bradley Wilkerson | $4,016 | $12 | -99.7% |
| Michael H. Kirby | $1,925 | $10 | -99.5% |
| Hildreth C. Patterson | $28 | $1 | -96.4% |
| Jenny L. Whittaker | $0 | $1 | -- |
| Margaret Sue Major | $0 | $1 | -- |
| Anne H. Brogli | $67 | $0 | -100% |
| Ashley Faye Washington | $1,153 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Jane Shepherd | $53 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Osborne | $306 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Ayres | $98 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Wilson | $52 | $0 | -100% |
| David East | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| David N. White | $229 | $0 | -100% |
| Demetria Mehlhorn | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald A. Kitchings | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Raney | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Geraldine S. Dietrich | $50 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon Sheron | $2,339 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry D. Gabbard | $192 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Hensley | $7,858 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Wayne Roseberry | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Alan Edgington | $2,689 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine M. Lane | $71 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn Buchholz | $863 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Bourne | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Lynn | $2,640 | $0 | -100% |
| Kendall Barker | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Paul Allen | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Lane Farm | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas M. Martin | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Marvin Gill | $4,510 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Elleman | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Osborne | $1,531 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph Meadows | $6,655 | $0 | -100% |
| Sean Daniel Bessin | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Sedonia Edgington | $56 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Morris | $2,484 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven C. Tipton | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Vicki Murphy | $75 | $0 | -100% |
| Willa Pitzer | $600 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Estes | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,285,045 | $752,590 | -77.1% |
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