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In 2021, 187 farmers in cities within Conway County received a total of $1.3 million in 253 farm subsidies, a 59.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.2 million in 550 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 Conway County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Davis | $104,004 | $235,567 | 126.5% |
| Gregory Brothers Farms, LLC | $214,248 | $86,366 | -59.7% |
| Barbara L. Dixon | $0 | $58,758 | -- |
| 3BF Partnership | $28,526 | $46,916 | 64.5% |
| Williams Brothers Farm, LLC | $79,529 | $40,117 | -49.6% |
| Bret Hoelzeman | $0 | $32,961 | -- |
| Carol A. Mallett | $0 | $32,037 | -- |
| Tom J. Moxley | $130,090 | $31,242 | -76% |
| Paul A. Fougerousse | $133,351 | $30,715 | -77% |
| John Trafford | $80,460 | $30,144 | -62.5% |
| John A. Trafford | $9,290 | $27,718 | 198.4% |
| Neng Yang | $0 | $27,143 | -- |
| R Deaton Farms, Inc. | $167,190 | $24,737 | -85.2% |
| Kenny Hoelzeman | $1,551 | $24,462 | 1,477.2% |
| Travis Sims | $34,981 | $20,903 | -40.2% |
| Stell Farms, LLC | $50,325 | $20,469 | -59.3% |
| Jimmy Dean Farms, Inc. | $19,909 | $19,909 | 0% |
| Jerry Scroggins | $184,579 | $19,304 | -89.5% |
| Chism Farm | $0 | $18,990 | -- |
| Wayne Martin | $37,030 | $17,290 | -53.3% |
| Harold Allison | $23,154 | $16,956 | -26.8% |
| Joshua Moore | $11,749 | $16,285 | 38.6% |
| Land Investment Holdings, Inc. | $18,586 | $13,132 | -29.3% |
| Darris Dixon | $10,555 | $13,120 | 24.3% |
| Johnny Smith | $172,079 | $12,382 | -92.8% |
| Clay Stover | $17,193 | $12,179 | -29.2% |
| JMH Farms | $64,596 | $10,352 | -84% |
| Phillip Desalvo | $58,869 | $10,321 | -82.5% |
| Ormond Enterprises, Inc. | $22,467 | $10,098 | -55.1% |
| 3 Brothers Farms, LLC | $93,596 | $9,765 | -89.6% |
| Luke Hawkins | $12,529 | $9,197 | -26.6% |
| Frankie Deaver | $25,519 | $8,899 | -65.1% |
| Mozingo Brothers | $59,461 | $8,804 | -85.2% |
| William Deaver | $18,560 | $8,439 | -54.5% |
| Lavonna Gregory | $19,983 | $8,186 | -59% |
| William E. Martin | $20,633 | $7,274 | -64.7% |
| Garry W. Polk | $40,175 | $7,036 | -82.5% |
| Chris Campbell | $9,909 | $6,417 | -35.2% |
| Bettye H Anderson Revocable Trust | $13,199 | $6,411 | -51.4% |
| Wes Garrett | $4,686 | $6,283 | 34.1% |
| Daniel S. Charton | $0 | $6,200 | -- |
| Timmy Honeycutt Sr. | $33,666 | $6,146 | -81.7% |
| Jimmie J Magie Revocable Trust | $8,140 | $5,977 | -26.6% |
| Stephen R. Dixon | $0 | $5,230 | -- |
| Wayne Flowers | $23,045 | $5,228 | -77.3% |
| Johnny McCoy | $5,973 | $5,119 | -14.3% |
| Paul Pinter | $23,649 | $4,696 | -80.1% |
| Philip Lentz | $14,267 | $4,680 | -67.2% |
| Harold Flowers | $17,457 | $4,574 | -73.8% |
| Robert Clayton McCallie | $7,489 | $4,419 | -41% |
| Perry Faulkner | $18,623 | $4,414 | -76.3% |
| Gregory J. Williams | $20,823 | $4,242 | -79.6% |
| William Bartlett | $25,390 | $4,236 | -83.3% |
| Sandy River Cattle, LLC | $21,983 | $4,100 | -81.3% |
| Charles Malone | $19,036 | $4,052 | -78.7% |
| Edward Bryant | $37,948 | $3,927 | -89.7% |
| Hal Walker | $15,416 | $3,831 | -75.1% |
| Trent C. Keisling | $25,925 | $3,769 | -85.5% |
| Margret Wallace | $22,777 | $3,706 | -83.7% |
| Stephen Mahan | $10,745 | $3,671 | -65.8% |
| Helen Marie Charton | $16,108 | $3,649 | -77.3% |
| Maus Family Farms, LLC | $8,144 | $3,608 | -55.7% |
| Danny C. Charton | $0 | $3,493 | -- |
| Mark Trafford | $7,053 | $3,463 | -50.9% |
| Bryant Living Trust August | $9,339 | $3,252 | -65.2% |
| Ruff Farms | $18,545 | $3,190 | -82.8% |
| Norma Bryant | $5,318 | $3,122 | -41.3% |
| Jarrell Brown Living Trust | $4,795 | $2,988 | -37.7% |
| Ancel Carlon | $13,030 | $2,921 | -77.6% |
| Scroggin Properties, LLC | $6,937 | $2,740 | -60.5% |
| Jeremiah Joshua Mitchell | $10,958 | $2,431 | -77.8% |
| Magie Farms, LLC | $4,036 | $2,371 | -41.3% |
| Mobley Farms, LLC | $3,112 | $2,310 | -25.8% |
| Randy Pettingill | $5,058 | $2,224 | -56% |
| Lewis Moore | $18,466 | $2,214 | -88% |
| Brittany Shipp | $5,064 | $2,118 | -58.2% |
| James McAllister | $2,607 | $2,099 | -19.5% |
| Bobby Walker | $8,349 | $2,090 | -75% |
| Gary D. Stark | $13,159 | $2,032 | -84.6% |
| Seth T. Walker | $7,305 | $1,989 | -72.8% |
| Curtis Dixon | $9,130 | $1,905 | -79.1% |
| Bradley Dunn | $7,480 | $1,806 | -75.9% |
| Curtis Davis | $7,282 | $1,778 | -75.6% |
| Bobby Humphreys | $1,801 | $1,724 | -4.3% |
| Danny Compton | $3,576 | $1,685 | -52.9% |
| Hall M. Calhoun III | $6,038 | $1,661 | -72.5% |
| Alan G. Hoelzeman | $4,059 | $1,630 | -59.8% |
| Luke Hart | $16,578 | $1,582 | -90.5% |
| Mark David Ashley | $6,986 | $1,571 | -77.5% |
| Jason Crow | $8,311 | $1,534 | -81.5% |
| Jerry R. Brice | $8,202 | $1,481 | -81.9% |
| Toney Hawkins | $41,925 | $1,400 | -96.7% |
| Justin Williams | $5,702 | $1,366 | -76% |
| Michael Jetton | $8,479 | $1,364 | -83.9% |
| Shirley Gilbert | $7,473 | $1,348 | -82% |
| David Parette | $6,995 | $1,316 | -81.2% |
| Helen Deaton | $4,908 | $1,297 | -73.6% |
| John B. Maus III | $6,567 | $1,289 | -80.4% |
| David McGee | $9,746 | $1,288 | -86.8% |
| Barbara J. Wilson | $5,930 | $1,258 | -78.8% |
| Aaron Brice | $6,050 | $1,251 | -79.3% |
| Thomas Desalvo | $4,576 | $1,228 | -73.2% |
| Terri R. Bounds | $6,443 | $1,203 | -81.3% |
| Randy Oliger | $5,438 | $1,201 | -77.9% |
| Thomas A. Flowers | $4,629 | $1,182 | -74.5% |
| J&M Dean Farms Limited Partnership | $1,164 | $1,164 | 0% |
| Carl Long | $4,158 | $1,137 | -72.7% |
| Roger M. Oates | $4,004 | $1,101 | -72.5% |
| Craig Jones | $6,252 | $1,090 | -82.6% |
| Travis Payne | $7,396 | $1,077 | -85.4% |
| James Gales | $4,949 | $1,044 | -78.9% |
| Joyce Boyle | $4,325 | $1,040 | -76% |
| Eddy Lemons | $7,883 | $1,025 | -87% |
| C. W. Williams | $5,082 | $1,014 | -80% |
| Lee Andrew Hayes | $6,603 | $990 | -85% |
| Joe Halbrook | $5,683 | $986 | -82.7% |
| Kellie Peterson | $5,833 | $985 | -83.1% |
| Steven R. Freeman | $4,695 | $982 | -79.1% |
| Raymond Cooper | $3,839 | $919 | -76.1% |
| Gerald Powell | $4,985 | $851 | -82.9% |
| Ricky Arnold | $4,829 | $834 | -82.7% |
| Bobby Dixon | $5,610 | $832 | -85.2% |
| Gordon Zimmerman | $4,521 | $832 | -81.6% |
| Wesley Wayne Martin | $4,002 | $818 | -79.6% |
| David L. Williams | $2,717 | $811 | -70.2% |
| Ronald W. Mullins | $4,786 | $809 | -83.1% |
| Charles Dunlap | $4,206 | $799 | -81% |
| Jimmy Chism | $4,708 | $796 | -83.1% |
| John Payne | $4,310 | $795 | -81.6% |
| Justin Lehmann | $6,831 | $795 | -88.4% |
| Clint Polk | $4,429 | $782 | -82.3% |
| Richard L. Bryant | $3,630 | $768 | -78.8% |
| Terry L. McCoy | $2,783 | $761 | -72.7% |
| Cody Stell Farms, LLC | $3,496 | $746 | -78.7% |
| Jimmy D. Flowers | $2,310 | $736 | -68.1% |
| Phillip Garrett | $3,869 | $718 | -81.4% |
| Fill Neeley | $1,089 | $710 | -34.8% |
| David Joslin | $5,234 | $699 | -86.6% |
| Dewey Holsted | $1,419 | $695 | -51% |
| Edwin R. Hart | $3,465 | $692 | -80% |
| Gerry D. Pinter | $3,289 | $689 | -79.1% |
| Kyle Edwin Desalvo | $3,157 | $675 | -78.6% |
| Steve Trowbridge | $2,332 | $661 | -71.7% |
| James T. Atkinson | $1,946 | $658 | -66.2% |
| Boyle Farms | $1,311 | $642 | -51% |
| Sammy R. Clemons Sr. | $3,306 | $632 | -80.9% |
| Lynn Calhoun | $666 | $606 | -9% |
| Donna F. Hill | $6,273 | $604 | -90.4% |
| Ben Caruth | $1,466 | $560 | -61.8% |
| Brenda Lewis | $2,299 | $557 | -75.8% |
| Andrew J. Hartman | $3,229 | $556 | -82.8% |
| Roy Brockman | $1,826 | $550 | -69.9% |
| Steve Dixon | $2,506 | $520 | -79.2% |
| David Garrett | $1,914 | $483 | -74.8% |
| Jeffrey S. Windham | $1,760 | $481 | -72.7% |
| Cindy L. Stobaugh | $613 | $476 | -22.3% |
| Donnie J. Hanna | $2,101 | $464 | -77.9% |
| Keith Lipsmeyer | $651 | $440 | -32.4% |
| Clardy Bennett Jr. | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Larry Dean Boyer | $3,134 | $422 | -86.5% |
| Reginald Todd Rice | $2,320 | $408 | -82.4% |
| Craig Mullins | $1,705 | $384 | -77.5% |
| Catherine Pinter | $1,947 | $367 | -81.2% |
| Billy Wilchman | $40,118 | $359 | -99.1% |
| Jerry McCoy | $3,389 | $349 | -89.7% |
| Leeann Calhoun Mobley | $929 | $343 | -63.1% |
| Connie Robinson | $1,199 | $333 | -72.2% |
| William Mike Davidson | $1,309 | $315 | -75.9% |
| Billy Joe Dixon | $1,384 | $276 | -80.1% |
| Louis Charton | $1,155 | $273 | -76.4% |
| Frank Fougerousse Jr. | $1,201 | $245 | -79.6% |
| Billy F. Deaver | $641 | $241 | -62.4% |
| Camelot Cattle Company, LLC | $10,085 | $220 | -97.8% |
| Mary James | $748 | $212 | -71.7% |
| Rachel Elizabeth Williams | $781 | $207 | -73.5% |
| Cynthia Dawn Koch | $0 | $194 | -- |
| Norvell Jackson | $0 | $165 | -- |
| Matthew Dean Boyer | $553 | $121 | -78.1% |
| Sandi S. Payne | $328 | $121 | -63.1% |
| Ronnie Rainey | $701 | $114 | -83.7% |
| Sharon Parette Robertson | $136 | $68 | -50% |
| Joe Fougerousse | $460 | $61 | -86.7% |
| Bobbye C. Ashley | $3,485 | $50 | -98.6% |
| Martin W. Clark | $2,439 | $48 | -98% |
| James D. Gregory | $52 | $45 | -13.5% |
| Rusty Gregory | $52 | $45 | -13.5% |
| Jeff McCoy | $184 | $43 | -76.6% |
| R. J. Ables | $777 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Walls | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| David Hood | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Ann Smith | $486 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty J. Humphreys | $218 | $0 | -100% |
| Clay Neeley | $453 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah L. Roberson | $384 | $0 | -100% |
| Edna Sue Noble | $387 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph B. Brown | $185 | $0 | -100% |
| Kara Colene Jones | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Lesley J. Halbrook | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Letha M. Brown | $214 | $0 | -100% |
| Maus Pecan Farm, LLC | $21,225 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Carruthers | $107,318 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott M. McKennon | $1,023 | $0 | -100% |
| Stan Koch | $3,575 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley Allison | $7,150 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Harris | $9,533 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas G. Warren | $2 | $0 | -100% |
| Blake Martin | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Earline Hill | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Frankie J. Payne | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,154,780 | $1,277,709 | -59.5% |
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