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In 2021, 109 farmers in cities within Kanawha County received a total of $70,019 in 127 farm subsidies, a 67.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $213,364 in 250 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 |
---|---|---|---|
Charles a Wimer Kat Contracting, LLC | $0 | $15,228 | -- |
Aaron L. Brown | $35,719 | $5,906 | -83.5% |
Lucille Monks | $2,122 | $3,562 | 67.9% |
Connie C. Hinman | $10,805 | $2,654 | -75.4% |
Colton C. Parsons | $7,656 | $2,176 | -71.6% |
Richard D. Spence | $0 | $1,395 | -- |
Alvin Hunt | $6,336 | $1,391 | -78% |
Timothy R. Boggs | $4,983 | $1,222 | -75.5% |
James Pierson | $8,175 | $1,217 | -85.1% |
Lu Anne Cottrill | $4,731 | $1,216 | -74.3% |
Ralph Monday | $2,024 | $1,152 | -43.1% |
Walter L. Morris | $751 | $1,074 | 43% |
Travis Truman | $4,743 | $1,070 | -77.4% |
Matthew D. Atkins | $443 | $1,018 | 129.8% |
Clark Hunt | $3,773 | $1,006 | -73.3% |
Ronald G. Bird | $3,278 | $992 | -69.7% |
Joseph W. Caldwell | $0 | $952 | -- |
Jonathan M. Vernon | $2,816 | $824 | -70.7% |
Darrell Boggess | $436 | $818 | 87.6% |
Lois J. Coffey | $816 | $816 | 0% |
Sharon L. Bailey | $1,639 | $792 | -51.7% |
Clay I. Bailey | $1,295 | $688 | -46.9% |
Barry E. Lisenbee | $437 | $655 | 49.9% |
Scott D. Thomas | $2,266 | $639 | -71.8% |
James A. Summers | $2,119 | $618 | -70.8% |
Alvie J. Witt | $2,134 | $591 | -72.3% |
Sarah T. Shepherd | $577 | $577 | 0% |
Triple B Farms, Inc. | $1,848 | $560 | -69.7% |
Eddie Ray Newhouse | $1,603 | $527 | -67.1% |
Corinna Gail Jones | $395 | $509 | 28.9% |
Freda M. Painter | $0 | $475 | -- |
Charles M. Burford | $1,342 | $474 | -64.7% |
Robert D Fierbaugh | $1,232 | $446 | -63.8% |
Aimee M. Figgatt | $263 | $433 | 64.6% |
Danny R. Beckner | $6,718 | $432 | -93.6% |
Brian Wayne Cook | $1,221 | $432 | -64.6% |
Eric Nelson Price | $638 | $415 | -35% |
Tracy L. Cunningham | $1,878 | $404 | -78.5% |
Arnett B. Corley Jr. | $1,210 | $399 | -67% |
Alice Ellis | $880 | $382 | -56.6% |
Sarah Shamblin | $2,549 | $378 | -85.2% |
Richard Lackey | $1,309 | $375 | -71.4% |
Corey Barbour | $0 | $375 | -- |
Randal Gay Tabor | $1,799 | $370 | -79.4% |
Matthew Starr | $1,748 | $356 | -79.6% |
Travis Troutman | $0 | $339 | -- |
Billy R. Meadows | $985 | $339 | -65.6% |
Kevin W. Jones | $1,705 | $335 | -80.4% |
Stephen J. Ward | $0 | $319 | -- |
Austin J. Given | $1,298 | $316 | -75.7% |
Brenda M. Rabel | $1,171 | $312 | -73.4% |
Berry E. Jackson | $960 | $311 | -67.6% |
Charles A. Wimer | $1,243 | $307 | -75.3% |
Andrea L. Gibson | $129 | $306 | 137.2% |
Lillie A. Clay | $147 | $295 | 100.7% |
William R. Whittington | $1,496 | $294 | -80.3% |
Robert Fields | $825 | $294 | -64.4% |
Trevor M. Fox | $1,075 | $291 | -72.9% |
Jason E. Tignor | $2,632 | $286 | -89.1% |
Steven S. Arbogast | $924 | $286 | -69% |
Christina D Siemiaczko | $11 | $283 | 2,472.7% |
Kevin Linhart | $947 | $276 | -70.9% |
Helen E Hoskinson and James C Hoskinson Irrevocable Trust | $644 | $269 | -58.2% |
Gregory S. Childress | $969 | $263 | -72.9% |
Sarah M. Tignor | $968 | $262 | -72.9% |
Chris D. McVey | $218 | $255 | 17% |
Kathy J. Moles | $924 | $249 | -73.1% |
Michael A. Miller | $814 | $249 | -69.4% |
Donald L. Bunning | $11,896 | $248 | -97.9% |
Robert S. White | $748 | $225 | -69.9% |
Timothy G. White | $660 | $218 | -67% |
Patty J. Crihfield | $889 | $214 | -75.9% |
Robert J. Bishop | $773 | $214 | -72.3% |
Charles Edward Shafer | $1,550 | $204 | -86.8% |
Edwina E. Anderson | $847 | $201 | -76.3% |
Michael O. Webster | $517 | $192 | -62.9% |
Sharon F. Pearson | $212 | $190 | -10.4% |
David A. Wandling | $317 | $187 | -41% |
Elvin James Smith | $145 | $170 | 17.2% |
Leslie Meek Fuller | $0 | $170 | -- |
Patricia Akers | $0 | $170 | -- |
Warren Kelly | $0 | $164 | -- |
Tama J. Staats | $0 | $156 | -- |
Joseph Scott Cummings | $780 | $148 | -81% |
James Gibson | $585 | $142 | -75.7% |
James H. Casto III | $727 | $140 | -80.7% |
Lisa M. Jordan | $286 | $139 | -51.4% |
Danny Saunders | $849 | $136 | -84% |
Melva Cohenour | $488 | $135 | -72.3% |
James O. Miller | $451 | $133 | -70.5% |
James E. Casdorph | $385 | $119 | -69.1% |
Douglas Hanshew | $940 | $115 | -87.8% |
Frederick D. Hays | $4,271 | $108 | -97.5% |
Denver A. Pritt | $352 | $102 | -71% |
James Newhouse | $242 | $102 | -57.9% |
Judith Ford | $436 | $85 | -80.5% |
Pamela L. Lucas | $0 | $85 | -- |
Matthew C. Tawney | $0 | $85 | -- |
George E. Carr | $275 | $76 | -72.4% |
Steven Campbell | $117 | $76 | -35% |
George Russell Goff | $714 | $73 | -89.8% |
Bridget Bailey | $0 | $63 | -- |
George Miles | $481 | $63 | -86.9% |
Thompson R. Midkiff | $209 | $58 | -72.2% |
David M. Strickland | $1,609 | $58 | -96.4% |
Charles R. Wiseman | $176 | $51 | -71% |
Carol Freas | $110 | $40 | -63.6% |
Larry A. Garnes | $264 | $21 | -92% |
Daniel Tippitt | $34 | $16 | -52.9% |
Anne L. Stroud | $77 | $0 | -100% |
Boyd Kenneth Lisenbee | $217 | $0 | -100% |
Erica N. Parker | $145 | $0 | -100% |
Erin J. Poe | $104 | $0 | -100% |
Kristen Fry | $80 | $0 | -100% |
Larry Anderson | $251 | $0 | -100% |
Lufawn Slider | $490 | $0 | -100% |
Suzette L. Conley | $654 | $0 | -100% |
Teresa M. Schott | $218 | $0 | -100% |
Terry W. Hudson | $1,181 | $0 | -100% |
Angela Born | $9,030 | $0 | -100% |
Cody W. Roush | $899 | $0 | -100% |
Steven Jones | $433 | $0 | -100% |
Judith Melton | $51 | $0 | -100% |
Elizabeth Wilkes | $3,937 | $0 | -100% |
Orville Wiseman | $1,274 | $0 | -100% |
Steven G. May | $3,151 | $0 | -100% |
Jeffrey V. McGrath | $226 | $0 | -100% |
John R. Dean | $322 | $0 | -100% |
Kanawha Valley Beekeepers Associa | $141 | $0 | -100% |
Ashley Dolin | $186 | $0 | -100% |
Rhonda Mullins | $170 | $0 | -100% |
Total subsidies | $213,364 | $70,019 | -67.2% |