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In 2021, 237 farmers in cities within Halifax County received a total of $9 million in 539 farm subsidies, a 51.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $18.8 million in 954 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 Halifax County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Farms | $688,103 | $580,459 | -15.6% |
| D & W Farms | $584,720 | $405,545 | -30.6% |
| Harris Family Farms | $0 | $366,220 | -- |
| Pike Family Farms Partnership | $486,674 | $257,152 | -47.2% |
| JRK Farms, LLC | $438,208 | $255,269 | -41.7% |
| Garner Family Farms | $303,101 | $239,885 | -20.9% |
| Mush Island Farms | $531,800 | $215,028 | -59.6% |
| Latros Farms | $334,966 | $208,266 | -37.8% |
| B & R Norris Farms | $334,644 | $204,154 | -39% |
| Buckhorn Farms | $551,157 | $198,901 | -63.9% |
| Josey Farms | $449,474 | $179,396 | -60.1% |
| KL&Z Farms, LLC | $341,907 | $178,483 | -47.8% |
| Morell Jones Farms | $450,002 | $176,571 | -60.8% |
| John L. C. Skinner | $205,529 | $176,521 | -14.1% |
| Inscoe Family Farms, LLC | $115,477 | $166,291 | 44% |
| Hedgepeth Farms | $203,937 | $156,991 | -23% |
| James Inscoe | $493,956 | $150,623 | -69.5% |
| James F. Flythe | $281,773 | $145,975 | -48.2% |
| Fleming Brothers Farms, LLC | $405,858 | $145,152 | -64.2% |
| Troy M. Fulkerson | $370,221 | $140,303 | -62.1% |
| A. N. Dickens Jr. | $306,750 | $132,799 | -56.7% |
| Fields of Cotton, LLC | $318,070 | $131,137 | -58.8% |
| Grant Staton Farms, Inc. | $345,515 | $127,097 | -63.2% |
| Robert C. Cooke | $336,899 | $126,010 | -62.6% |
| Michael Morris | $302,491 | $124,207 | -58.9% |
| Maurice Gregory Barnhill | $135,483 | $122,548 | -9.5% |
| Cabot Lee Crawley | $203,368 | $118,254 | -41.9% |
| Frederick Dunn Jr. | $310,086 | $113,294 | -63.5% |
| Grover C. Adkins Jr. | $185,870 | $108,220 | -41.8% |
| Larry Pendleton, Inc. | $264,370 | $103,815 | -60.7% |
| R. C. Hux Jr. | $254,421 | $96,757 | -62% |
| Jacob L. Dickens III | $226,247 | $93,573 | -58.6% |
| Buzzardtown Farms, LLC | $187,525 | $93,208 | -50.3% |
| Warren Farms | $178,108 | $85,117 | -52.2% |
| Long Family Farms, LLC | $165,572 | $82,633 | -50.1% |
| Laabee Farms | $136,180 | $79,717 | -41.5% |
| Chris a Braddy Farms, Inc. | $162,289 | $76,371 | -52.9% |
| Phat Farms | $145,333 | $75,451 | -48.1% |
| Fate B. Everett Jr. | $231,441 | $74,382 | -67.9% |
| Gep IV Farms, LLC | $172,324 | $72,418 | -58% |
| Jack H Winslow FMS, Inc. | $206,669 | $69,371 | -66.4% |
| R Bruce Josey Farms, LLC | $174,275 | $64,326 | -63.1% |
| Andy Scott Adkins | $119,622 | $64,144 | -46.4% |
| Jerol Hale | $214,633 | $62,950 | -70.7% |
| Melvin Hale | $181,053 | $62,950 | -65.2% |
| Ventosa Plantation, LLC | $210,845 | $61,984 | -70.6% |
| William Bruce Davis | $302,587 | $58,856 | -80.5% |
| Timothy R Braddy Farms, Inc. | $133,940 | $55,384 | -58.7% |
| Stone House Creek, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Bennett Trucking & Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Brandon Lee Wilson | $18,190 | $50,044 | 175.1% |
| Arthur Whitehead Jr. | $34,666 | $47,835 | 38% |
| Billy Ray Batchelor | $305,221 | $47,370 | -84.5% |
| B. F. Morris Jr. | $86,340 | $47,046 | -45.5% |
| Jayne B. Everett | $120,218 | $45,651 | -62% |
| Harrell Farms Group, LLC | $8,959 | $45,407 | 406.8% |
| C Wesley Copeland Farms, LLC | $94,981 | $44,505 | -53.1% |
| Darlington Peanut Farms, LLC | $60,981 | $44,301 | -27.4% |
| C & M Logging, Inc. | $0 | $43,414 | -- |
| Isles Farms | $147,324 | $43,384 | -70.6% |
| Ray P. Garner Jr. | $44,721 | $43,179 | -3.4% |
| Lloyd N. Winslow Jr. | $126,945 | $41,999 | -66.9% |
| James Clayton Boyette | $46,062 | $41,813 | -9.2% |
| Fishing Creek Poultry Farm, Inc. | $0 | $39,785 | -- |
| MBP Farms, LLC | $72,495 | $38,907 | -46.3% |
| Michael G. Pittman | $60,814 | $37,560 | -38.2% |
| HME Tobacco, LLC | $0 | $36,019 | -- |
| Ashley P. Mohorn | $172,591 | $36,001 | -79.1% |
| Marvin Allen Butts III | $35,427 | $35,304 | -0.3% |
| HME Farms, LLC | $0 | $34,691 | -- |
| EDW Farm Partners | $150,065 | $33,984 | -77.4% |
| Zeb Winslow Farms | $85,386 | $33,722 | -60.5% |
| Edward Lee Dickens | $57,603 | $33,157 | -42.4% |
| Haywood E. Harrell | $64,753 | $32,466 | -49.9% |
| Jam Farms, LLC | $235,090 | $32,430 | -86.2% |
| David Mayer Farms, LLC | $16,633 | $28,556 | 71.7% |
| Palmyra Farms, Inc. | $73,312 | $27,005 | -63.2% |
| Edward B. Liles | $86,855 | $26,851 | -69.1% |
| Z3 Agriculture, LLC | $90,300 | $26,533 | -70.6% |
| Birdman Farms, LLC | $5,730 | $24,815 | 333.1% |
| James M. Hale | $13,366 | $24,149 | 80.7% |
| G E Pendleton III Farms, Inc. | $60,032 | $23,214 | -61.3% |
| Edward S. Gardner Sr. | $45,314 | $23,112 | -49% |
| Michael Kelly Adkins | $0 | $22,972 | -- |
| Lonesome Oak Farms, LLC | $0 | $22,073 | -- |
| Ronald Davis Locke Jr. | $27,214 | $22,003 | -19.1% |
| Robert Page Gardner Jr. | $27,917 | $20,841 | -25.3% |
| T. J. Harris Jr. | $39,794 | $20,657 | -48.1% |
| William O. Ivey Jr. | $0 | $20,589 | -- |
| Willis N. Liles | $35,786 | $19,362 | -45.9% |
| Claude D. Inscoe Jr. | $12,623 | $19,216 | 52.2% |
| Jeffrey T. Inscoe | $29,643 | $16,322 | -44.9% |
| Leonard E. Anderson Jr. | $0 | $15,536 | -- |
| Jack Lambert Logging Contractor, Inc. | $0 | $13,886 | -- |
| Tralin Marquel Williams | $19,719 | $13,183 | -33.1% |
| Martha E. Courser | $12,740 | $12,933 | 1.5% |
| Cody Thompson Hale | $24,503 | $12,017 | -51% |
| Mary Jene Day | $62,678 | $11,984 | -80.9% |
| Linwood Inscoe | $18,312 | $11,081 | -39.5% |
| Robert Shearin | $17,194 | $10,610 | -38.3% |
| Brian Maurice Green | $0 | $10,609 | -- |
| Taylor Farm Properties, LLC | $17,254 | $10,100 | -41.5% |
| Doris T. Dickens | $5,040 | $10,080 | 100% |
| Matthew C. Hight | $33,551 | $10,046 | -70.1% |
| Marcus G. Roberson | $100,125 | $9,664 | -90.3% |
| Kenneth W. Davis | $47,271 | $9,493 | -79.9% |
| Ronald C. Fleming | $26,366 | $9,302 | -64.7% |
| Randolph P. Nicholson | $14,769 | $8,940 | -39.5% |
| Nicole Natasha Fenner | $82,580 | $8,765 | -89.4% |
| Tracy C. Qualls III | $5,823 | $8,615 | 47.9% |
| Mary W. Qualls | $5,710 | $8,502 | 48.9% |
| SRB Farms, Inc. | $13,564 | $7,836 | -42.2% |
| Delmar Farms, Inc. | $12,644 | $7,251 | -42.7% |
| Curtis E. Young Jr. | $17,656 | $6,924 | -60.8% |
| D Simmy Isles | $37,160 | $6,797 | -81.7% |
| Keeter Trucking | $0 | $6,377 | -- |
| James E. Tillery Jr. | $11,196 | $6,232 | -44.3% |
| Ethel Norman Trust | $6,472 | $6,176 | -4.6% |
| Benjamin Winslow | $38,275 | $5,853 | -84.7% |
| Melissa C. Dickens | $10,606 | $5,395 | -49.1% |
| Deford Farms, Inc. | $0 | $5,305 | -- |
| K P Farms, Inc. | $6,525 | $4,927 | -24.5% |
| James T. Brown | $15,094 | $4,469 | -70.4% |
| Sandra Solomon | $4,177 | $4,177 | 0% |
| Don S. Edwards | $8,158 | $4,172 | -48.9% |
| Sain Family Properties, LLC | $5,330 | $4,079 | -23.5% |
| C & G Livestock, Inc. | $12,464 | $4,039 | -67.6% |
| Zion Clark | $5,801 | $3,991 | -31.2% |
| Bobby Joe Browning | $5,295 | $3,966 | -25.1% |
| Solomon Farms, LLC | $0 | $3,917 | -- |
| Charles G. Fleming | $18,095 | $3,875 | -78.6% |
| Lloyd Winslow III | $10,124 | $3,817 | -62.3% |
| Kenneth H. Morris | $5,522 | $3,755 | -32% |
| Christopher J. Morris | $3,702 | $3,702 | 0% |
| Lisa M. Rives | $3,702 | $3,702 | 0% |
| Karen H. Cousins | $3,558 | $3,640 | 2.3% |
| Roger McGee | $3,379 | $3,525 | 4.3% |
| Douglas S. Roberson | $0 | $3,473 | -- |
| Charles M. Jones Jr. | $3,705 | $3,340 | -9.9% |
| Rives J. Manning Jr. | $3,210 | $3,210 | 0% |
| Fowler Crop Consulting, Inc. | $3,253 | $3,195 | -1.8% |
| Sanders Powell Cox | $2,927 | $2,959 | 1.1% |
| Thomas D. Alston | $2,881 | $2,895 | 0.5% |
| Matthew E Cousins III Trust | $4,261 | $2,833 | -33.5% |
| Hulan Arvell Johnston | $6,763 | $2,758 | -59.2% |
| Kenneth P. Etheridge | $0 | $2,700 | -- |
| Ruel L. Solomon | $900 | $2,647 | 194.1% |
| Garrett Michael Morris | $510 | $2,615 | 412.7% |
| Greg R. Liles | $9,755 | $2,512 | -74.2% |
| Jeff Dickens | $0 | $2,337 | -- |
| O. N. Vaughan | $2,534 | $2,311 | -8.8% |
| Elias Farms, LLC | $2,274 | $2,274 | 0% |
| Patrick G. Veltman III | $2,170 | $2,170 | 0% |
| Tony Lee Hale | $2,054 | $2,054 | 0% |
| William F. Howard | $1,926 | $2,001 | 3.9% |
| Clark H. Dunn | $3,916 | $1,958 | -50% |
| Espey Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,908 | -- |
| Julia H. Fitts | $12,135 | $1,817 | -85% |
| Gertha Lynch | $8,030 | $1,695 | -78.9% |
| Dean M. Kight | $6,370 | $1,683 | -73.6% |
| Lewis Richardson | $18,651 | $1,681 | -91% |
| James E. Kerr II | $2,661 | $1,560 | -41.4% |
| Henry M. Edmondson | $0 | $1,548 | -- |
| William Scott West | $4,741 | $1,534 | -67.6% |
| James G West | $0 | $1,479 | -- |
| Christina Lowe | $0 | $1,395 | -- |
| Henry L. Green | $2,762 | $1,335 | -51.7% |
| Elliott Family Farms, LLC | $1,280 | $1,330 | 3.9% |
| Travis Smith | $2,541 | $1,328 | -47.7% |
| Robert Wayne Wilson Jr. | $0 | $1,315 | -- |
| Peggy Johnson Estate | $2,413 | $1,310 | -45.7% |
| Jaeco Farm & Timber, LLC | $1,286 | $1,286 | 0% |
| William Lynn Wollett | $3,916 | $1,278 | -67.4% |
| N Justice West | $3,168 | $1,222 | -61.4% |
| Brown Family Livestock, LLC | $6,776 | $1,198 | -82.3% |
| James Christopher Bennett | $5,885 | $1,121 | -81% |
| Benjamin Riddick Ricks | $872 | $1,111 | 27.4% |
| Jason C. Myrick | $4,620 | $1,102 | -76.1% |
| Robert S. Clark III | $1,103 | $1,085 | -1.6% |
| Samuel J. Clark | $1,103 | $1,085 | -1.6% |
| Edward Pike Farm, LLC | $3,817 | $1,084 | -71.6% |
| Cynthia H. Stephens | $2,493 | $1,071 | -57% |
| J. G. Shields III | $965 | $965 | 0% |
| Ruben Delamora | $0 | $935 | -- |
| Edward E. Pike | $5,150 | $884 | -82.8% |
| Mark L. Howard | $880 | $880 | 0% |
| Milton Carter | $873 | $873 | 0% |
| Nina L. Lucas | $1,776 | $867 | -51.2% |
| John B. Shields | $0 | $858 | -- |
| Thomas L. Arvin | $0 | $830 | -- |
| Laura B. Godley | $946 | $780 | -17.5% |
| H. T. Hawkins Jr. | $0 | $774 | -- |
| P. A. Carroll | $6,286 | $726 | -88.5% |
| Benjamin Thomas Braswell | $1,646 | $676 | -58.9% |
| Kevin King | $673 | $673 | 0% |
| Jesse M. Patton | $1,231 | $641 | -47.9% |
| Lindsey Price Harrison Jr. | $282 | $620 | 119.9% |
| Nancy M. Wilson | $583 | $583 | 0% |
| Zachary Scott Lyons | $0 | $576 | -- |
| Andrew M. Davis III | $567 | $567 | 0% |
| George R. Davis | $567 | $567 | 0% |
| Daniel W. Iles | $2,837 | $564 | -80.1% |
| Marcus S. Bradley | $1,998 | $550 | -72.5% |
| Joel D. Stephenson | $550 | $550 | 0% |
| Stanley R. King | $445 | $537 | 20.7% |
| Nancy Landes | $1,127 | $496 | -56% |
| Ronald L. Keeter | $3,965 | $483 | -87.8% |
| William G. Hedgepeth | $449 | $449 | 0% |
| Barbara A. Banks | $427 | $427 | 0% |
| Hugh J. Carroll | $1,089 | $411 | -62.3% |
| Charles R. Lynch | $407 | $407 | 0% |
| 4 Ever Vista Farms, LLC | $0 | $361 | -- |
| Matthew A. Whitehead | $2,733 | $350 | -87.2% |
| Wayne C. Boseman | $6,074 | $338 | -94.4% |
| Phyllis J. Williams | $1,808 | $338 | -81.3% |
| S. H. Shearin III | $312 | $312 | 0% |
| Diane May Meadows | $592 | $310 | -47.6% |
| Thomas Bland May | $592 | $310 | -47.6% |
| Robert Wayne Wilson | $110 | $306 | 178.2% |
| David A. Leggett | $299 | $299 | 0% |
| Lex I. Carroll | $0 | $284 | -- |
| Juan K. Carroll | $156 | $284 | 82.1% |
| Wayne J. Short | $449 | $281 | -37.4% |
| Virginia Hux Tippett | $755 | $274 | -63.7% |
| The Mitchell Group, LLC | $236 | $236 | 0% |
| Charles J. Vaughan | $230 | $230 | 0% |
| David Landes | $613 | $221 | -63.9% |
| Jimmie Evans | $297 | $174 | -41.4% |
| William R. Hales | $264 | $138 | -47.7% |
| Tyrone T. Williams | $0 | $106 | -- |
| Ronald D Locke SR Trust | $102 | $102 | 0% |
| Tony D. Francis | $95 | $95 | 0% |
| Mitchell T. Moore | $77 | $77 | 0% |
| Elizabeth M. Hasty | $62 | $62 | 0% |
| Milton Moore | $62 | $62 | 0% |
| Reginald Cotten | $51 | $51 | 0% |
| David C. Mayer | $103,023 | $43 | -100% |
| AgCarolina Farm Credit, ACA | $10,731 | $0 | -100% |
| Amy Lou Wood | $1,518 | $0 | -100% |
| Bunch Farms, LLC | $30,323 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Lancaster Jr. | $10,096 | $0 | -100% |
| Javalu Farms, Inc. | $4,987 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph C. Hardee III | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Julia H. Anderson | $6,896 | $0 | -100% |
| Karla L. Solomon | $2,533 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimberly Sanders | $1,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Luther Wiggins | $3,551 | $0 | -100% |
| Maurice G. Barnhill | $16,039 | $0 | -100% |
| AgCarolina Farm Credit, ACA | $43,799 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward P. Simmons Jr. | $17,743 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $12,028 | $0 | -100% |
| Franklin D. Tripp | $37,288 | $0 | -100% |
| Reginald E. Harrell | $68,820 | $0 | -100% |
| William Dunlow Farms, LLC | $7,763 | $0 | -100% |
| William Ira Harris Jr. | $4,249 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Ray Smith | $22 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Clifton Bailey Jr. | $32 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell H. Harrell II | $118,852 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott T. Propheter | $65,076 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony Liles | $7,816 | $0 | -100% |
| Agent Carolina Farm Credit | $883 | $0 | -100% |
| AgCarolina Farm Credit | $24,561 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles B. Shearin | $245 | $0 | -100% |
| David Wayne Aycock | $69,115 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Warren | $16,693 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris Aycock | $17,413 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary A. Faulcon | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Granville County Farm Service Age | $4,910 | $0 | -100% |
| Granville County FSA Office | $6,217 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua M. Blackman | $20,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Leroy P. Butts | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryan Phillips Hyman | $3,296 | $0 | -100% |
| Carlton Garner | $143,232 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Mitchell | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Deford Farms, Inc. | $9,948 | $0 | -100% |
| Denise Miller Hackenburg | $1,438 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $12,408 | $0 | -100% |
| Glendora F. Green | $315 | $0 | -100% |
| John Michael Glover | $225 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Byrd | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Meleco, Inc. | $663 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond P. Garner | $3,001 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond P Garner Estate | $1,410 | $0 | -100% |
| William Benjamin Alston | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| AgCarolina Farm Credit, ACA | $69,432 | $0 | -100% |
| Alexander S. Moore | $10,707 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry L. Judge | $11,692 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles D. Hale | $353,056 | $0 | -100% |
| Fleming Farms | $11,706 | $0 | -100% |
| Harris Family Farms | $132,818 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy J. Davis | $517 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy Thompson Hale | $664 | $0 | -100% |
| Marie D. White | $10,306 | $0 | -100% |
| Polly Staton | $438 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Bruce Josey | $5,892 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Keeter | $1,112 | $0 | -100% |
| W. A. Pierce III | $2,489 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $18,759,780 | $9,031,993 | -51.9% |
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