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In 2021, 126 farmers in cities within Henderson County received a total of $2.6 million in 160 farm subsidies, a 66.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.8 million in 318 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 Henderson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turf Mountain Sod, Inc. | $20,259 | $381,813 | 1,784.7% |
| North Carolina State University | $0 | $311,216 | -- |
| M & M Berry Farm, LLC | $359,219 | $273,823 | -23.8% |
| Estrada & Sons, LLC | $125,000 | $210,000 | 68% |
| Lewis Creek Farm, LLC | $0 | $173,913 | -- |
| George A. Nesbitt | $250,851 | $134,590 | -46.3% |
| Michael Corn Small Acres R. Dairy | $184,158 | $122,048 | -33.7% |
| Coston Farm, LLC | $114,612 | $73,037 | -36.3% |
| Apple Wedge, LLC | $276,719 | $63,471 | -77.1% |
| Agustin Perez Jr. | $28,654 | $56,739 | 98% |
| William K. Barnwell | $119,602 | $44,007 | -63.2% |
| Randall T. Edmundson | $24,060 | $40,075 | 66.6% |
| Cane Creek Valley Farm & Company, Inc. | $195,657 | $36,869 | -81.2% |
| Richard A. Moss | $57,759 | $31,601 | -45.3% |
| Brently Edney | $35,623 | $27,573 | -22.6% |
| Larry K. Laughter | $52,537 | $26,793 | -49% |
| William G. Ellis | $16,786 | $26,668 | 58.9% |
| Odell Barnwell & Sons, LLC | $32,118 | $25,721 | -19.9% |
| Hilltop Farm WNC, LLC | $117,293 | $21,028 | -82.1% |
| Pat Lancaster Farms, LLC | $30,760 | $20,623 | -33% |
| Dale R. Lamb | $28,343 | $20,526 | -27.6% |
| Ralph K. Webster | $26,728 | $19,967 | -25.3% |
| Danny R. Justice | $79,317 | $19,823 | -75% |
| Rainbow Ridge Orchards, Inc. | $69,938 | $18,919 | -72.9% |
| Joel W. Reed | $13,447 | $17,861 | 32.8% |
| Taproot Dairy, LLC | $145,088 | $17,298 | -88.1% |
| Breezy Acres Nursery, Inc. | $0 | $16,821 | -- |
| James Greg Dalton | $5,812 | $16,753 | 188.2% |
| D & D Gilbert Orchards, Inc. | $18,344 | $15,619 | -14.9% |
| Beehive Orchards | $10,214 | $15,311 | 49.9% |
| Alvin R. McCraw | $19,690 | $15,111 | -23.3% |
| Wayne H. Pace | $14,275 | $14,997 | 5.1% |
| Thomas A. Owens | $19,393 | $13,596 | -29.9% |
| Gregory Harold Owenby | $16,422 | $13,379 | -18.5% |
| Dakota Youngblood | $13,741 | $12,326 | -10.3% |
| Matthew K. Laughter | $3,196 | $12,185 | 281.3% |
| Flavor Full Farms, Inc. | $56,439 | $10,693 | -81.1% |
| Jeffrey Rome Lyda | $23,509 | $10,367 | -55.9% |
| Brent J. Nix | $7,076 | $10,270 | 45.1% |
| Joel D. McCraw | $16,581 | $8,927 | -46.2% |
| Hal L. Edney | $10,620 | $8,575 | -19.3% |
| James F. Hill | $12,251 | $8,404 | -31.4% |
| Alden D West - West Trust Agreement | $5,525 | $8,000 | 44.8% |
| Allan L. Henderson | $7,726 | $7,726 | 0% |
| Bird Venture | $12,074 | $7,012 | -41.9% |
| George Thomas Davis Jr. | $0 | $6,861 | -- |
| Eugene C. Dalton | $9,132 | $6,858 | -24.9% |
| Mcconnell Farms, Inc. | $122,325 | $6,380 | -94.8% |
| Ronnie Jason Davis | $207,252 | $6,306 | -97% |
| Jeffrey L. Dalton | $22,690 | $6,055 | -73.3% |
| Arlin W Hall Trust | $5,929 | $5,839 | -1.5% |
| Cold Spring Farms, LLC | $4,577 | $5,802 | 26.8% |
| Virginia L. Jackson | $4,831 | $5,582 | 15.5% |
| John Merlin Pace | $2,688 | $5,332 | 98.4% |
| Jason W. Edney | $122,124 | $5,255 | -95.7% |
| Heritage Farms and Orchards, LLC | $6,194 | $4,921 | -20.6% |
| Roy Allen King | $2,650 | $4,677 | 76.5% |
| Randall Jason Case | $4,807 | $4,669 | -2.9% |
| Justin McCraw | $9,250 | $4,507 | -51.3% |
| Hillcrest Orchard, LLC | $27,092 | $4,309 | -84.1% |
| Sandra L. Barnwell | $47,609 | $3,809 | -92% |
| Eva L. Ritchey | $3,988 | $3,602 | -9.7% |
| Daveena Willey | $12,512 | $3,267 | -73.9% |
| William T. Chrisman | $12,694 | $3,100 | -75.6% |
| Christopher G. Kilpatrick | $2,471 | $2,376 | -3.8% |
| Darell L Bortis Credit Trust | $7,419 | $2,353 | -68.3% |
| Jean Walton | $2,316 | $2,316 | 0% |
| David Claude Greene | $9,262 | $2,292 | -75.3% |
| Kevin Garland Lyda | $15,894 | $2,262 | -85.8% |
| James Robert Creasman | $4,845 | $2,220 | -54.2% |
| Margaret W. Saltz | $383 | $2,095 | 447% |
| Mccall's Orchards, LLC | $1,687 | $2,087 | 23.7% |
| Silas P. Risley III | $2,074 | $2,074 | 0% |
| Shannon Galloway | $0 | $2,000 | -- |
| Cary S. Battle | $1,897 | $1,897 | 0% |
| Dickie King | $12,277 | $1,864 | -84.8% |
| Ted R. Blackwell Jr. | $1,661 | $1,661 | 0% |
| Donovan Jenks | $2,378 | $1,583 | -33.4% |
| Mcwilliams Family IRR Trust | $2,344 | $1,528 | -34.8% |
| Jennifer K Dowdney | $6,677 | $1,436 | -78.5% |
| Mark T. Dalton | $6,903 | $1,348 | -80.5% |
| Shiloh Mccraw Farms, LLC | $4,669 | $1,289 | -72.4% |
| Ann M. Dice | $3,580 | $1,236 | -65.5% |
| Dennis D. Bortis | $3,709 | $1,176 | -68.3% |
| Cheryl F. McCraw | $1,719 | $1,174 | -31.7% |
| Adam Evans | $0 | $1,090 | -- |
| Tracey Gay | $1,043 | $1,043 | 0% |
| Grayson L. Laughter | $3,161 | $1,039 | -67.1% |
| Anthony R. Greene | $3,674 | $1,025 | -72.1% |
| Charles R. Henley | $3,157 | $976 | -69.1% |
| Linda Kennard - Eddie & Linda Kennard Living Trust | $1,193 | $869 | -27.2% |
| William Medina | $4,051 | $866 | -78.6% |
| Christi Anne Collins | $0 | $828 | -- |
| James R. Frame | $4,452 | $820 | -81.6% |
| Clyde E Hashagen Revocable Living Trust | $535 | $793 | 48.2% |
| Emory J. Carland | $4,461 | $749 | -83.2% |
| Jerry C. Laughter | $20,637 | $744 | -96.4% |
| Rhodes Berry Farm, LLC | $84,631 | $702 | -99.2% |
| Wendolyn H. Hill-Ramey | $3,103 | $612 | -80.3% |
| Roy P. Dalton | $4,307 | $606 | -85.9% |
| Debbie Bolen Bonidy | $1,409 | $501 | -64.4% |
| Kevin Reed Carland | $2,734 | $494 | -81.9% |
| Gary M. Hill | $2,507 | $432 | -82.8% |
| Paul L. Lytle | $1,958 | $418 | -78.7% |
| Dorothea M Prevo Trust FBO Suzanne E Prevo | $842 | $417 | -50.5% |
| Allan Cameron | $1,843 | $397 | -78.5% |
| Faye I Valbert | $2,306 | $385 | -83.3% |
| Daniel S. McCrary | $3,144 | $343 | -89.1% |
| James R. Cowan | $5,467 | $343 | -93.7% |
| Dwayne Thomas Taylor | $1,032 | $324 | -68.6% |
| Ed Overcash | $1,089 | $321 | -70.5% |
| Ray Metcalf | $1,406 | $300 | -78.7% |
| Kenneth W. Lutz | $337 | $277 | -17.8% |
| Aaron D. Barker | $1,243 | $250 | -79.9% |
| Francis Richard Hayes | $594 | $249 | -58.1% |
| Dr. Robert D. Avery Jr. | $831 | $195 | -76.5% |
| Eric Fullam | $3,294 | $138 | -95.8% |
| Mary Turner Bourgeois | $0 | $117 | -- |
| Katherine L. Davis | $0 | $112 | -- |
| Edward J. Votruba | $196 | $99 | -49.5% |
| Lawrence W. Pigg | $274 | $80 | -70.8% |
| Kathy M. Claywell | $0 | $55 | -- |
| David C. Keenan | $155 | $46 | -70.3% |
| Nancy Harwood | $130 | $43 | -66.9% |
| French Broad River Cattle Farms, LLC | $0 | $40 | -- |
| Darren G. Frick | $89 | $35 | -60.7% |
| Joshua K. Martin | $1,955 | $0 | -100% |
| Perez Brothers Produce, Inc. | $811,144 | $0 | -100% |
| Perez Farm | $507,717 | $0 | -100% |
| Perez Farms, Inc. | $150,878 | $0 | -100% |
| James Michael Pack | $46,159 | $0 | -100% |
| Hillside Nursery Wholesale Company, LLC | $39,946 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Ray Wilson | $34,895 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet D. Peterson | $1,587 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry E. King | $119 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael R. Durr | $475 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard P. Marlowe | $640 | $0 | -100% |
| Westown, Inc. | $832 | $0 | -100% |
| Antonio Sandoval | $103,217 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Marie Dalton | $874 | $0 | -100% |
| Burntshirt Vineyards, LLC | $28,555 | $0 | -100% |
| C L Henderson Produce, LLC | $250,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Ceron Brother's Farms, LLC | $250,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Clyde Hashagen | $4,584 | $0 | -100% |
| David Stallings | $3,830 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Sunday Graves | $719 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $12,261 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $20,030 | $0 | -100% |
| French Broad River Cattle Farms L | $814 | $0 | -100% |
| FSA Hendersonville | $14,038 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory W. Nix | $173,538 | $0 | -100% |
| H & H Farm, LLC | $54,494 | $0 | -100% |
| Hendersonville FSA | $10,962 | $0 | -100% |
| David J. Laughter | $42,532 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve J. Dalton | $33,283 | $0 | -100% |
| Dolores Perez J. Escalera | $9,118 | $0 | -100% |
| Jared Thomas Quinn | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| JLM Agribusiness, LLC | $80,251 | $0 | -100% |
| Justus Orchard and Equipment Company I | $6,452 | $0 | -100% |
| LA Familia Produce and Repack, LLC | $500,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret L. Medina | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Moss Family Farms Inc., Ltd. | $21,386 | $0 | -100% |
| Mountain Bean Growers, Inc. | $164,548 | $0 | -100% |
| Ross Bunting | $583 | $0 | -100% |
| Sambo's, LLC | $1,523 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandoval Produce, Inc. | $354,123 | $0 | -100% |
| USDA | $3,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Usda Farm Service Agency | $57,971 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade Edney | $4,888 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne H. Owenby | $5,678 | $0 | -100% |
| Mountain Bean Growers, Inc. | $139,613 | $0 | -100% |
| Carland Farms, Inc. | $1,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Phillip Brittain | $2,970 | $0 | -100% |
| Van Wingerden International, Inc. | $250,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $7,777,759 | $2,596,645 | -66.6% |
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