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In 2021, 167 farmers in cities within Jessamine County received a total of $310,852 in 212 farm subsidies, a 72.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.1 million in 456 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 Jessamine County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Routt | $23,351 | $27,369 | 17.2% |
| Brian Buckler | $0 | $17,901 | -- |
| Jeff Riester | $88,334 | $12,040 | -86.4% |
| Joseph T. McMillen | $29,799 | $9,937 | -66.7% |
| Trampus Montgomery | $41,028 | $7,099 | -82.7% |
| Terry Lunsford | $41,995 | $7,088 | -83.1% |
| Chris Riggs | $9,478 | $6,937 | -26.8% |
| The Back Company, LLC | $6,916 | $6,916 | 0% |
| Bryan R. Hager | $23,132 | $5,762 | -75.1% |
| Randy Perkins | $0 | $5,225 | -- |
| Robert D. Routt | $7,220 | $5,092 | -29.5% |
| Ronnie Hillard | $13,915 | $4,901 | -64.8% |
| Tommie S. Burton | $17,165 | $4,531 | -73.6% |
| High Peak Farm, LLC | $0 | $4,180 | -- |
| Timothy Alan Twehues | $12,518 | $3,910 | -68.8% |
| Williams Brothers Farm | $8,178 | $3,795 | -53.6% |
| Jason D. Bailey | $15,569 | $3,663 | -76.5% |
| Jeff Switzer | $13,865 | $3,663 | -73.6% |
| Jeff Carroll | $13,376 | $3,485 | -73.9% |
| John W. Conn | $13,357 | $3,466 | -74.1% |
| Glenn Montgomery | $13,252 | $3,381 | -74.5% |
| Virginia L. Liptrap | $14,349 | $3,318 | -76.9% |
| Cynthia L. Herrick | $11,628 | $3,101 | -73.3% |
| Janie Lynn Stone Trust | $9,191 | $3,037 | -67% |
| Lentz Family Farms, LLC | $11,264 | $2,976 | -73.6% |
| Mark Wolery | $6,511 | $2,933 | -55% |
| David Adams | $11,539 | $2,927 | -74.6% |
| Louise A. Brown | $2,923 | $2,923 | 0% |
| Jessica Danielle Lewis | $0 | $2,862 | -- |
| Billy R. Teater | $2,310 | $2,827 | 22.4% |
| Christina Prather Burton | $2,318 | $2,800 | 20.8% |
| Kenneth Baker | $9,548 | $2,605 | -72.7% |
| Tim Vetters | $0 | $2,605 | -- |
| Jimmy L. Perkins | $9,484 | $2,570 | -72.9% |
| Douglas Butler | $0 | $2,529 | -- |
| Kenton Antle | $2,504 | $2,504 | 0% |
| Laura A. Jennette | $8,503 | $2,446 | -71.2% |
| Mark A. Murphy | $4,620 | $2,415 | -47.7% |
| Mark Tanaka | $0 | $2,344 | -- |
| Next Generation Haseloff Farms | $2,120 | $2,307 | 8.8% |
| Bobby Hensley | $9,944 | $2,232 | -77.6% |
| Ronald Ray | $9,961 | $2,225 | -77.7% |
| Betty Mitchell Davis Estate | $5,275 | $2,206 | -58.2% |
| Carl Carson | $11,142 | $2,194 | -80.3% |
| Jimmy Peel | $8,916 | $2,194 | -75.4% |
| Mike Lewis | $8,657 | $2,194 | -74.7% |
| Ramona Morris | $6,792 | $2,136 | -68.6% |
| Brian Rhineheimer | $10,175 | $2,042 | -79.9% |
| James C. McMurtry | $15,100 | $1,984 | -86.9% |
| Charles L. Miller | $7,600 | $1,949 | -74.4% |
| David Thomas | $6,330 | $1,940 | -69.4% |
| Terry L. Lunsford | $9,141 | $1,859 | -79.7% |
| Dean Farms, LLC | $7,745 | $1,824 | -76.4% |
| Larry Lewis | $0 | $1,815 | -- |
| Linda S. Anderson | $9,229 | $1,736 | -81.2% |
| Marion J. Messenger Jr. | $2,489 | $1,718 | -31% |
| Thomas E. Cox | $6,644 | $1,690 | -74.6% |
| Charles D. Collins | $7,979 | $1,685 | -78.9% |
| Mitchell Dunn | $9,504 | $1,628 | -82.9% |
| Todd Michael Wilson | $6,820 | $1,614 | -76.3% |
| Dan Bowling | $0 | $1,590 | -- |
| Alan Taylor | $6,567 | $1,565 | -76.2% |
| Allen L. Collins | $24,306 | $1,564 | -93.6% |
| Samuel J. Harris | $7,233 | $1,564 | -78.4% |
| David Brown | $10,034 | $1,552 | -84.5% |
| Carol J. Mayabb | $3,306 | $1,490 | -54.9% |
| Troy Hager | $7,658 | $1,478 | -80.7% |
| John Ray Lamar Jr. | $4,232 | $1,439 | -66% |
| Rick Maynard | $5,122 | $1,432 | -72% |
| Ashley Moss | $6,200 | $1,404 | -77.4% |
| Don Wilson | $14,503 | $1,402 | -90.3% |
| Billy F. House | $8,086 | $1,297 | -84% |
| David Dotson | $7,071 | $1,225 | -82.7% |
| Marshall Spradlin | $7,173 | $1,225 | -82.9% |
| Gregory N. Becknell | $6,149 | $1,173 | -80.9% |
| Kenneth Culp III | $4,440 | $1,157 | -73.9% |
| Glenn T. Smith | $3,685 | $1,121 | -69.6% |
| Jack W. Elliott | $2,079 | $1,087 | -47.7% |
| Woodrow Friend Jr. | $5,016 | $1,086 | -78.3% |
| Dwight Blakeman | $5,742 | $1,060 | -81.5% |
| Mike Post | $4,972 | $1,045 | -79% |
| Dolores Demoss | $3,839 | $1,044 | -72.8% |
| Wallace Brown | $2,759 | $997 | -63.9% |
| Paul C. Carson | $5,783 | $978 | -83.1% |
| A J Baker Properties, LLC | $3,634 | $977 | -73.1% |
| Cindi Phillippi | $4,312 | $953 | -77.9% |
| Gary L. Lay | $4,957 | $911 | -81.6% |
| Caywood-Justus Farm, LLC | $121 | $877 | 624.8% |
| Douglas Davis | $2,926 | $867 | -70.4% |
| George Dean | $3,069 | $841 | -72.6% |
| Glendon Lay | $3,993 | $815 | -79.6% |
| John R. Fritz Jr. | $3,850 | $783 | -79.7% |
| Wayne Brumfield | $2,604 | $780 | -70% |
| Gerald G. McKenney | $2,860 | $776 | -72.9% |
| James E. Kegley | $3,339 | $770 | -76.9% |
| John Douglas Stuart | $6,218 | $740 | -88.1% |
| William M. Carroll | $2,541 | $723 | -71.5% |
| Joan Wilson | $3,069 | $710 | -76.9% |
| Austin Sexten | $4,254 | $709 | -83.3% |
| Bruce E. Smith | $1,911 | $692 | -63.8% |
| Stephen M. Grinstead | $2,977 | $690 | -76.8% |
| Roy Craig Cox | $3,289 | $678 | -79.4% |
| David Maupin | $2,849 | $674 | -76.3% |
| Duane McCuddy | $3,807 | $672 | -82.3% |
| Pine Mandt | $3,610 | $664 | -81.6% |
| Susan Miller | $2,651 | $653 | -75.4% |
| Martha A. Gregory | $1,381 | $632 | -54.2% |
| Ricky Thompson | $2,717 | $624 | -77% |
| Gary L. Young | $4,120 | $619 | -85% |
| Carol Wright Story | $913 | $611 | -33.1% |
| Martha Caudill | $1,551 | $606 | -60.9% |
| Jerry M. Haws | $2,794 | $602 | -78.5% |
| Bobby Conn | $2,442 | $585 | -76% |
| Laurel Culp | $1,301 | $580 | -55.4% |
| Estate of Robert Lee Miller | $0 | $564 | -- |
| Justin Jasper | $9,283 | $560 | -94% |
| Charles A. Thomas | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Jessica Renee Jasper | $1,935 | $543 | -71.9% |
| Olde Railroad Trace Farm, LLC | $2,424 | $537 | -77.8% |
| Frankie Day | $3,134 | $535 | -82.9% |
| Sylvia House | $1,386 | $530 | -61.8% |
| Kenny Burdine | $0 | $526 | -- |
| George Wolffbrandt | $2,409 | $524 | -78.2% |
| Randy Lynch | $1,925 | $518 | -73.1% |
| Wallace Rendel | $1,032 | $509 | -50.7% |
| Reda Barnett | $3,943 | $508 | -87.1% |
| Craig F. Wilson | $2,167 | $500 | -76.9% |
| Noah Living Trust | $580 | $492 | -15.2% |
| Robert C. Carson | $1,836 | $471 | -74.3% |
| Mike Brumfield | $2,123 | $457 | -78.5% |
| Mildred Collins | $2,294 | $450 | -80.4% |
| Keith Kestel | $858 | $448 | -47.8% |
| David Bain | $3,107 | $416 | -86.6% |
| Kathy Walton | $1,065 | $397 | -62.7% |
| Joseph L. Lee | $1,267 | $385 | -69.6% |
| Rodney L. Gillespie | $1,276 | $379 | -70.3% |
| Kendi Kelley | $222 | $374 | 68.5% |
| David Carson | $1,309 | $360 | -72.5% |
| William M. Marion | $2,458 | $353 | -85.6% |
| Mildred G. Miller | $1,626 | $336 | -79.3% |
| Thelma T. Watkins | $1,988 | $328 | -83.5% |
| Kelly Murphy-Alley | $561 | $293 | -47.8% |
| Rebecca Brumfield | $1,276 | $277 | -78.3% |
| Bobby G. Royalty Jr. | $1,125 | $276 | -75.5% |
| Jim Wilson | $276 | $276 | 0% |
| Paul Floyd | $5,125 | $270 | -94.7% |
| Douglas Teater | $3,173 | $245 | -92.3% |
| Larry Roberts | $495 | $236 | -52.3% |
| Vicki Wilson Gunn | $891 | $232 | -74% |
| Robert Horn | $2,838 | $214 | -92.5% |
| Rodney Moss | $1,060 | $214 | -79.8% |
| Puede Service, LLC | $684 | $208 | -69.6% |
| John Harrod | $488 | $207 | -57.6% |
| Kay R. Strohl | $647 | $183 | -71.7% |
| Greg Gerhardt | $1,726 | $162 | -90.6% |
| Debra Davis | $1,034 | $152 | -85.3% |
| Thomas B. Bower | $0 | $152 | -- |
| Anthony Franklin | $101 | $101 | 0% |
| Jimmie C. Bain | $1,553 | $98 | -93.7% |
| Paul Christopher | $260 | $89 | -65.8% |
| Lou Ann Jones | $292 | $87 | -70.2% |
| Nick D. Peel | $577 | $69 | -88% |
| William Q. Muir | $345 | $69 | -80% |
| Melissa Avery | $163 | $54 | -66.9% |
| Glena S Jarboe | $8 | $47 | 487.5% |
| Judy Miller | $215 | $46 | -78.6% |
| Lolita A. Burt | $21 | $21 | 0% |
| Betty M. Davis | $4,701 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Ray Waits | $5,492 | $0 | -100% |
| Conya Morgan | $6,808 | $0 | -100% |
| David Stinnett | $2,535 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis R. Smith | $114 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy Thompson | $112 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald Carson | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Henkle Corporation | $5,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Herbert M. Caudill | $5,081 | $0 | -100% |
| John D Rockaway III | $188 | $0 | -100% |
| John E. Allender | $1,890 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Burdine | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Smith | $1,297 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Caudill | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Goddard Jr. | $1,732 | $0 | -100% |
| Marlon Waits | $5,492 | $0 | -100% |
| Mikel D. McKinley Jr. | $1,361 | $0 | -100% |
| Mitzie Duncan | $122 | $0 | -100% |
| Olivia G. Clark | $45 | $0 | -100% |
| Orpah Hicks | $298 | $0 | -100% |
| Preston Ogden | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Red Barn Nursery, Inc. | $66,668 | $0 | -100% |
| Regina Tanner | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Dale Houk | $348 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Waits | $5,492 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Williams | $3,355 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie C. Morgan | $1,487 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Lee Hager Jr. | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Williams | $3,355 | $0 | -100% |
| Sam Burton | $2,450 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Howard | $403 | $0 | -100% |
| Stella Prewitt | $61 | $0 | -100% |
| Sylvia House Estate | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom Risen | $1,048 | $0 | -100% |
| Bari Kay McMillen | $429 | $0 | -100% |
| Calvin Houk | $2,429 | $0 | -100% |
| David G. May III | $190 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane P. Bailey | $2,817 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet Armstrong Trust | $1,358 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff E. Stryker | $1,026 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip C. Kidwell | $261 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,124,664 | $310,852 | -72.4% |
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