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In 2021, 177 farmers in cities within Northampton County received a total of $6.7 million in 436 farm subsidies, a 44.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $12.2 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 Northampton County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlow and Dunlow | $0 | $334,993 | -- |
| McGee Farms | $619,424 | $322,234 | -48% |
| Burgess Farms Partnership | $536,598 | $292,102 | -45.6% |
| Bennett Brothers, LLC | $0 | $266,597 | -- |
| Tim Phelps Farms, LLC | $441,549 | $257,768 | -41.6% |
| Del Agent, Inc. | $515,383 | $218,524 | -57.6% |
| Stephenson Bros | $460,897 | $212,683 | -53.9% |
| JTH Farms | $369,391 | $199,712 | -45.9% |
| Gran Passione Farming | $349,478 | $190,079 | -45.6% |
| B & D Lassiter Farms | $362,534 | $188,236 | -48.1% |
| Charles J. Stephenson Jr. | $355,009 | $176,366 | -50.3% |
| Drewette & Flythe | $356,072 | $174,867 | -50.9% |
| David Grant Farms | $248,890 | $147,985 | -40.5% |
| Rod Howell Farms, Inc. | $255,240 | $131,426 | -48.5% |
| Sandy Swamp Farms | $37,530 | $126,963 | 238.3% |
| Daniel H. Taylor | $229,913 | $123,962 | -46.1% |
| Revelle & Revelle, Inc. | $278,436 | $122,708 | -55.9% |
| Bryan Keith Flythe | $130,627 | $114,857 | -12.1% |
| Robert L. Jones Jr. | $239,327 | $114,294 | -52.2% |
| Meb Farms, LLC | $236,118 | $113,787 | -51.8% |
| Joey D. Davis | $252,738 | $112,857 | -55.3% |
| William R. Johnston | $266,194 | $104,823 | -60.6% |
| Cameron M. Davis | $164,732 | $101,752 | -38.2% |
| Mark Earl Lassiter | $216,349 | $97,815 | -54.8% |
| Michael A. Davis | $182,220 | $90,445 | -50.4% |
| Princeton Farms, LLC | $185,021 | $89,254 | -51.8% |
| Gary A. Martin | $117,828 | $83,527 | -29.1% |
| Lemuel C. Ricks | $215,994 | $82,970 | -61.6% |
| William E. Futrell Jr. | $183,440 | $79,240 | -56.8% |
| R. B. Outland Jr. | $195,572 | $74,198 | -62.1% |
| Daniel L. Bryant | $178,617 | $73,546 | -58.8% |
| Blackbottom Farm, Inc. | $130,446 | $73,408 | -43.7% |
| Neil Bryant Burgess | $136,285 | $70,890 | -48% |
| Barry K. Bryant | $170,966 | $63,409 | -62.9% |
| Donald W. Bryant | $170,918 | $63,409 | -62.9% |
| Philip Neil Garris | $138,690 | $62,206 | -55.1% |
| Baker Brothers Farms, Inc. | $131,213 | $57,066 | -56.5% |
| Shady Oak Farms, Inc. | $0 | $56,833 | -- |
| Boone Bros Farms, Inc. | $159,135 | $53,402 | -66.4% |
| T-N-T Farms, LLC | $75,692 | $49,374 | -34.8% |
| George Ryan Howell | $54,321 | $48,513 | -10.7% |
| Kelly Vann Farms, Inc. | $120,847 | $48,373 | -60% |
| Joseph H. Martin II | $103,555 | $45,333 | -56.2% |
| Mason R. Taylor | $73,950 | $42,174 | -43% |
| Justin R. Burgess | $83,705 | $40,527 | -51.6% |
| Larry B. Moses Sr. | $59,074 | $40,118 | -32.1% |
| Donald Patrick Martin | $0 | $38,893 | -- |
| Great Branch Farms, Inc. | $0 | $37,794 | -- |
| James Bradley Wade | $0 | $36,473 | -- |
| Junius G. Baker | $49,585 | $35,151 | -29.1% |
| Michael J. Jones | $0 | $35,133 | -- |
| Gilbert Earl Allen | $110,723 | $34,797 | -68.6% |
| Gregory L. Harris Sr. | $76,299 | $31,453 | -58.8% |
| Rogersrun Farm, LLC | $46,593 | $31,443 | -32.5% |
| Jerry A. Beasley | $112,039 | $31,319 | -72% |
| Jacob L. Dickens Jr. | $77,999 | $30,654 | -60.7% |
| E T Hollowell Farms, Inc. | $65,990 | $30,643 | -53.6% |
| John S. Sykes Jr. | $83,630 | $29,681 | -64.5% |
| John S. Vaughan III | $52,183 | $28,507 | -45.4% |
| Ben Moses Jr. | $44,881 | $26,861 | -40.2% |
| T & B Farms, LLC | $54,121 | $26,560 | -50.9% |
| Sidney W. Allen Jr. | $0 | $26,459 | -- |
| James C. Sykes | $45,000 | $26,319 | -41.5% |
| Charles Wesley Davenport | $70,957 | $24,274 | -65.8% |
| Atlas Lee Allen | $6,426 | $23,897 | 271.9% |
| David Mason Howell | $11,281 | $23,457 | 107.9% |
| Michael H. Wray | $34,064 | $23,421 | -31.2% |
| Bryant J. M. Farms | $67,240 | $22,835 | -66% |
| Gary Len Ennis Jr. | $34,023 | $21,014 | -38.2% |
| Patricia H. Smith | $33,733 | $20,861 | -38.2% |
| James Roger Peterson | $43,745 | $19,659 | -55.1% |
| Paul Robert Barrett Jr. | $28,434 | $18,734 | -34.1% |
| Flythe Bros, Inc. | $28,413 | $18,499 | -34.9% |
| William Dunlow Farms, LLC | $22,102 | $18,033 | -18.4% |
| Michael Cole Mann | $83,639 | $14,679 | -82.4% |
| Thomas Cole Phelps | $28,863 | $14,582 | -49.5% |
| Paige B. Pinnix | $26,171 | $13,755 | -47.4% |
| Christopher Tillery Creecy | $23,515 | $13,689 | -41.8% |
| White Farms, Inc. | $43,528 | $12,172 | -72% |
| Austin K. Bryant | $39,140 | $12,074 | -69.2% |
| Anthony Arrington | $17,337 | $10,009 | -42.3% |
| Bridgers Farms, Inc. | $21,821 | $9,845 | -54.9% |
| Bobby A. Martin | $19,382 | $9,785 | -49.5% |
| Ronnie C. Collier | $15,634 | $9,000 | -42.4% |
| Dennis R. Arrington | $13,417 | $8,920 | -33.5% |
| JBJB, LLC | $16,048 | $8,908 | -44.5% |
| L. B. Burgess | $15,506 | $7,945 | -48.8% |
| Beasley Brothers Farm, LLC | $21,931 | $7,407 | -66.2% |
| Michael H Branch, Inc. | $3,363 | $7,064 | 110.1% |
| James Vinson Jr. | $11,010 | $6,300 | -42.8% |
| Jacob T. Hargrave | $10,945 | $6,041 | -44.8% |
| Edward Michael Winn | $8,542 | $5,988 | -29.9% |
| Willie Joshua Rose | $0 | $5,865 | -- |
| Joseph B. Long | $5,620 | $5,620 | 0% |
| Timothy L. Martin | $12,900 | $5,234 | -59.4% |
| Jimmy Barrow | $0 | $5,186 | -- |
| Adam S. Lassiter | $8,168 | $5,179 | -36.6% |
| Sarah T. Coggins | $8,712 | $5,154 | -40.8% |
| Edward S. Jordan | $9,598 | $5,121 | -46.6% |
| Adam G. Barnes | $8,975 | $4,847 | -46% |
| Robert B. Capel | $7,887 | $4,123 | -47.7% |
| Justin T. Garris | $907 | $4,018 | 343% |
| Earl T. Crew | $6,090 | $3,765 | -38.2% |
| Ronnie E Parks | $7,093 | $3,619 | -49% |
| Kenneth B. Vann | $4,972 | $3,564 | -28.3% |
| Arthur John Watson | $5,269 | $3,407 | -35.3% |
| Arthur John Watson Jr. | $0 | $3,257 | -- |
| John Watson Farms | $5,308 | $3,195 | -39.8% |
| James L. Davenport | $4,183 | $3,098 | -25.9% |
| Barbara B. Bridgers | $5,692 | $2,913 | -48.8% |
| Flythe Land Holdings, LLC | $2,906 | $2,906 | 0% |
| Joseph Bryce Simmons | $5,082 | $2,860 | -43.7% |
| Flythe Farms | $2,292 | $2,720 | 18.7% |
| Ted Sumner | $4,436 | $2,657 | -40.1% |
| Trevor G. Warrick | $5,367 | $2,442 | -54.5% |
| Edith H Drewette | $3,934 | $2,279 | -42.1% |
| Wilbur O. Coombs | $5,879 | $2,269 | -61.4% |
| Roanoke-Chowan Agricultural Consulting & Research | $0 | $2,190 | -- |
| Roger Craig Taylor | $2,975 | $1,992 | -33% |
| S. H. Ferguson Jr. | $1,862 | $1,862 | 0% |
| Derreck James Long | $3,183 | $1,819 | -42.9% |
| Lenn Reece Woodruff Jr. | $2,978 | $1,604 | -46.1% |
| HGP Farms, Inc. | $199 | $1,598 | 703% |
| R W Jilcott III | $2,183 | $1,565 | -28.3% |
| Seg Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,557 | -- |
| O. C. Barnes Jr. | $3,025 | $1,486 | -50.9% |
| Christie D. Long | $2,979 | $1,369 | -54% |
| Eugene W. Brown Jr. | $838 | $1,340 | 59.9% |
| R. P. Watson Jr. | $1,472 | $1,336 | -9.2% |
| Ruenellar Rook | $0 | $1,317 | -- |
| Curtis Ransom | $1,248 | $1,172 | -6.1% |
| Maryland Rook | $1,931 | $1,156 | -40.1% |
| Robert B. Outland III | $1,132 | $1,132 | 0% |
| W & M Associates, LLC | $1,126 | $1,126 | 0% |
| Phoebe L. Clarke | $1,818 | $1,091 | -40% |
| Betty D. Davis | $1,048 | $1,048 | 0% |
| Trevor L. Lane | $3,477 | $990 | -71.5% |
| Samuel Mckinley Sykes Jr. | $2,036 | $964 | -52.7% |
| Kenneth Wayne Woodard | $1,259 | $938 | -25.5% |
| James A. Stephenson | $893 | $893 | 0% |
| David M. Bryant | $5,918 | $868 | -85.3% |
| Timothy S. Dixon | $0 | $838 | -- |
| Thomas G. Arrington | $4,638 | $821 | -82.3% |
| Albert W. Vann | $1,320 | $807 | -38.9% |
| Glenn P. Martin | $2,018 | $794 | -60.7% |
| Steven R. Burgess | $3,326 | $784 | -76.4% |
| Thomas D. Temple IV | $777 | $777 | 0% |
| Nancy Stotesberry Cook | $1,915 | $756 | -60.5% |
| Danny Jernigan | $1,630 | $704 | -56.8% |
| Michael T. Lassiter | $927 | $648 | -30.1% |
| John Mark Glover | $1,239 | $640 | -48.3% |
| Tree Frog Farms, LLC | $0 | $604 | -- |
| Bear Creek Plantation, Inc. | $3,534 | $602 | -83% |
| Wee Winn, LLC | $179 | $550 | 207.3% |
| Matthew B. Glover | $952 | $510 | -46.4% |
| R. P. Watson III | $2,279 | $498 | -78.1% |
| James W. Garner | $1,090 | $480 | -56% |
| Jacob K. Burgess | $97,515 | $468 | -99.5% |
| Kevin Brown Burgess | $97,671 | $468 | -99.5% |
| Troy D. Varnadoe | $396 | $396 | 0% |
| 4 D Farms, LLC | $668 | $334 | -50% |
| Andrew C. Piland Jr. | $320 | $320 | 0% |
| R P Watson III Limited Partnership | $0 | $259 | -- |
| Amanda Dixon | $627 | $256 | -59.2% |
| Gregory E. Taylor | $369 | $206 | -44.2% |
| Phyllis K. Taylor | $369 | $206 | -44.2% |
| Eddie Ray Miles | $425 | $179 | -57.9% |
| John P. Brown | $106 | $106 | 0% |
| Robert T. Brown | $6,835 | $106 | -98.4% |
| David Pruitt Brown | $105 | $105 | 0% |
| Nancy Anne Brown | $105 | $105 | 0% |
| Jonathan Edward Morris | $88 | $88 | 0% |
| Joyce Morris Sumner | $88 | $88 | 0% |
| Susie M. Lee | $0 | $76 | -- |
| Jeffrey M. Manley | $4,906 | $63 | -98.7% |
| Evan E. Taylor | $0 | $52 | -- |
| Jean W. Williams | $168 | $6 | -96.4% |
| Barnes & Bridgers, LLC | $17,659 | $0 | -100% |
| Evan E. Taylor | $41 | $0 | -100% |
| Franklin H. Harris Jr. | $981 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary B. Bridgers | $12,371 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Sykes | $7,569 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Flythe Jr. | $120,873 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey T. Coggins | $38,220 | $0 | -100% |
| John Douglas Blowe | $761 | $0 | -100% |
| Julian T. Bristow | $227 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne M. Martin | $5,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley C. Flythe | $453 | $0 | -100% |
| Sidney W. Allen Jr. | $49,423 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas J. Hargrave Jr. | $5,795 | $0 | -100% |
| John T. Hargrave | $5,795 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark D. Grant | $26,406 | $0 | -100% |
| Michelle Lee Pluta | $9 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Garner | $908 | $0 | -100% |
| Amos M. Storey | $8,546 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Wayne Jenkins | $1,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Roanoke-Chowan Agricultural Consu | $37,122 | $0 | -100% |
| W. J. Little Jr. | $12,412 | $0 | -100% |
| Lane Hay, LLC | $21 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy C. Winn | $4,507 | $0 | -100% |
| Anderson M. Davis | $8,231 | $0 | -100% |
| Conwell S. Duncan | $1,984 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Lee Davis | $15,091 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Lee Davis Estate | $2,572 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Harrison Pinnix III | $1,274 | $0 | -100% |
| Garland Drewry Pinnix | $1,274 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $12,208,075 | $6,729,003 | -44.9% |
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