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In 2021, 240 farmers in cities within Johnston County received a total of $2.8 million in 536 farm subsidies, a 75.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $11.3 million in 974 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 Johnston County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| K3 Farms, LLC | $836,399 | $197,054 | -76.4% |
| Leland Raymond Boswell Jr. | $301,231 | $194,217 | -35.5% |
| Hines Family Farms, Inc. | $806,297 | $136,622 | -83.1% |
| Westbrook Brothers | $43,653 | $122,500 | 180.6% |
| Whitley Bros, LLC | $541,980 | $112,736 | -79.2% |
| Norman Cornelius Denning III | $0 | $99,170 | -- |
| Wiggs Brothers Farming, Inc. | $165,138 | $93,741 | -43.2% |
| Brooks L. Peedin | $148,480 | $76,449 | -48.5% |
| Cox Brothers | $36,511 | $69,869 | 91.4% |
| Danny Kaye Howell Jr. | $159,142 | $63,533 | -60.1% |
| Dwight H. Mayo | $0 | $61,366 | -- |
| ODS Farms, LLC | $115,262 | $57,447 | -50.2% |
| Ralph Erwin Massengill | $146,402 | $54,463 | -62.8% |
| O. L. T. Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Nancy J. Johnson | $1,539 | $51,202 | 3,227% |
| Hill Top Farms, Inc. | $839,576 | $48,720 | -94.2% |
| Matthew Sanderson Farming, LLC | $0 | $45,002 | -- |
| Bryant Worley Farms, Inc. | $55,666 | $43,114 | -22.5% |
| James Keith Smith | $720,011 | $41,935 | -94.2% |
| Lee Brothers Partnership | $113,289 | $36,611 | -67.7% |
| Donald Wayne Worley | $87,604 | $36,561 | -58.3% |
| B & M Partnership | $127,525 | $36,102 | -71.7% |
| Joseph Radford | $10,491 | $35,997 | 243.1% |
| Thomas Keith Worley | $69,422 | $35,857 | -48.3% |
| William E. Johnson | $58,207 | $34,842 | -40.1% |
| Daniel Owen Kornegay | $0 | $34,042 | -- |
| Garrett Wildflower Seed Farm, LLC | $33,567 | $32,579 | -2.9% |
| James W. McKenzie Jr. | $90,611 | $28,132 | -69% |
| S2 Agri-Service, LLC | $2,220 | $27,330 | 1,131.1% |
| JL Farms of NC, Inc. | $0 | $25,057 | -- |
| James Wilton McKenzie | $83,581 | $24,814 | -70.3% |
| WI Wellons & Sons, LLC | $151,639 | $24,724 | -83.7% |
| Talton Construction Company, Inc. | $31,575 | $22,587 | -28.5% |
| Matthew H. Sanderson | $46,433 | $22,181 | -52.2% |
| Harold W. Strickland | $49,236 | $21,941 | -55.4% |
| Donald Ray Starling Jr. | $0 | $21,597 | -- |
| Battlefield Farms, LLC | $111,458 | $21,481 | -80.7% |
| Joseph Kenneth Sanderson | $48,769 | $20,853 | -57.2% |
| Charles E. Lee Jr. | $91,928 | $20,795 | -77.4% |
| Tommy W. Stancil | $37,365 | $20,635 | -44.8% |
| Arthur & Son Farms, Inc. | $0 | $20,365 | -- |
| Triple B Farms, Inc. | $82,713 | $19,490 | -76.4% |
| Danny Mitchell, Inc. | $0 | $19,384 | -- |
| Dwight B. Youngblood | $50,839 | $15,835 | -68.9% |
| Worley Family Farms, LLC | $26,533 | $14,748 | -44.4% |
| Durham Farms | $21,633 | $13,522 | -37.5% |
| Ronald Draper Johnson | $25,081 | $13,164 | -47.5% |
| Steven Ray Thompson | $34,839 | $12,196 | -65% |
| Garrett T. Lee | $4,001 | $12,166 | 204.1% |
| Matthew Z. Rhodes | $54,881 | $12,127 | -77.9% |
| Mark Massengill | $17,413 | $11,387 | -34.6% |
| Michael E. Barbour | $16,658 | $11,259 | -32.4% |
| John Timothy Hughes | $25,797 | $11,230 | -56.5% |
| Sugarland Farms, LLC | $17,771 | $11,045 | -37.8% |
| Kornegay Family Farms, LLC | $335,118 | $10,154 | -97% |
| D M Johnson & Son | $21,999 | $9,817 | -55.4% |
| Joe Thomas Mitchell | $11,815 | $9,460 | -19.9% |
| Luby Raylon Mitchell | $11,815 | $9,460 | -19.9% |
| Eleanor L. Barbour | $31,079 | $8,746 | -71.9% |
| M & T Farms | $12,371 | $8,721 | -29.5% |
| Eugene Douglas Woodall Jr. | $20,478 | $8,640 | -57.8% |
| Paul H. Howard Jr. | $9,955 | $8,511 | -14.5% |
| Roberts & Wellons, Inc. | $8,789 | $8,198 | -6.7% |
| Wilma Dean Britt | $0 | $8,071 | -- |
| Norwood Mark Holland | $37,875 | $7,843 | -79.3% |
| Stanton Lassiter | $19,589 | $7,645 | -61% |
| Gregory W. Massengill | $67,263 | $7,613 | -88.7% |
| Landon Chase Langston | $44,997 | $7,414 | -83.5% |
| Travis Ray Adams | $37,593 | $7,233 | -80.8% |
| Kimberly J Woodall-Kornegay | $17,185 | $7,181 | -58.2% |
| James A. Honeycutt | $143,825 | $6,857 | -95.2% |
| Billy Preston Batten | $54,815 | $6,769 | -87.7% |
| Christopher Marcus Lee | $229,336 | $6,735 | -97.1% |
| Jimmy Ray Casey | $12,630 | $6,318 | -50% |
| Loren Keith Thornton | $16,690 | $5,827 | -65.1% |
| Billy A. Batten | $22,313 | $5,815 | -73.9% |
| Jeffrey Dillon Worrell | $10,621 | $5,707 | -46.3% |
| Mary E. Worley | $7,414 | $5,540 | -25.3% |
| Cal-Tay, LLC | $88,474 | $5,383 | -93.9% |
| Laren Frank Lawhon Jr. | $18,066 | $5,331 | -70.5% |
| Tony Cameron Lee | $295,410 | $5,037 | -98.3% |
| William O. Byrd | $12,006 | $4,938 | -58.9% |
| Joseph Wells Wallace | $5,723 | $4,775 | -16.6% |
| Lewis Brian Lee | $219,366 | $4,480 | -98% |
| Christopher H. Pierce | $9,145 | $4,471 | -51.1% |
| Mark Wilson Lassiter | $306,352 | $4,431 | -98.6% |
| Jackie Don Pope | $3,039 | $4,126 | 35.8% |
| William E. Rains | $11,630 | $4,087 | -64.9% |
| Dok Farms, LLC | $28,524 | $4,040 | -85.8% |
| Roy Lee Massengill | $62,388 | $3,939 | -93.7% |
| Jesse John Gilsinger | $7,660 | $3,632 | -52.6% |
| Curtis Wayne Creech | $11,388 | $3,582 | -68.5% |
| Danny B. Langley | $7,199 | $3,551 | -50.7% |
| Peggy H. Howell | $95,436 | $3,340 | -96.5% |
| Joanie Tabuchi Martin | $10,394 | $3,286 | -68.4% |
| Daniel O. Kornegay II | $2,362 | $3,221 | 36.4% |
| George Clifford Uzzle IV | $24,713 | $3,213 | -87% |
| James C. Rhodes | $11,081 | $3,103 | -72% |
| Carl Bernnith Langdon JR | $20,405 | $3,037 | -85.1% |
| Mellie G. Barbour Jr. | $7,336 | $2,971 | -59.5% |
| Jason Michael Barbour | $76,178 | $2,920 | -96.2% |
| Whitley Cattle Company, LLC | $8,892 | $2,910 | -67.3% |
| Allan Weaver | $13,101 | $2,901 | -77.9% |
| Joseph David Massey | $4,965 | $2,876 | -42.1% |
| River Road Partners, LLC | $2,760 | $2,832 | 2.6% |
| Kevin Lee Barefoot | $4,791 | $2,816 | -41.2% |
| Patrick Oneal Family Trust | $0 | $2,764 | -- |
| Gregory K. Pittman | $5,517 | $2,745 | -50.2% |
| Larry M. Capps | $4,653 | $2,629 | -43.5% |
| W. C. Massengill | $1,117 | $2,591 | 132% |
| Richard Whitfield | $33,392 | $2,566 | -92.3% |
| Gregory Farms | $5,294 | $2,544 | -51.9% |
| Alton B. Bizzell | $4,637 | $2,409 | -48% |
| Clark W. Stephenson | $5,012 | $2,371 | -52.7% |
| Willis G. Lassiter | $14,157 | $2,230 | -84.2% |
| Wade Junior Cole | $12,004 | $2,203 | -81.6% |
| Willis R. Johnson | $6,237 | $2,132 | -65.8% |
| Michael T. Massey | $2,612 | $2,060 | -21.1% |
| Frank L Baumgartner Revocable Trust | $0 | $2,045 | -- |
| Edwin C Summers JR Rema L Summers Revocable Trust Agreement | $0 | $1,972 | -- |
| Randy Ray Martin | $14,548 | $1,912 | -86.9% |
| Anthony I. Lassiter | $47,735 | $1,899 | -96% |
| Nathan D. Pipkin | $2,530 | $1,855 | -26.7% |
| John T. Stallings | $3,206 | $1,853 | -42.2% |
| Norman C. Denning Jr. | $4,436 | $1,804 | -59.3% |
| Kenneth A. Talton | $1,753 | $1,753 | 0% |
| Marvin L. Johnson | $3,550 | $1,611 | -54.6% |
| Terry W. Eldridge | $1,390 | $1,608 | 15.7% |
| Betty Jean Crocker | $0 | $1,598 | -- |
| David E. Creech | $2,339 | $1,573 | -32.7% |
| Stephen W. Bristow | $3,178 | $1,538 | -51.6% |
| Lucas Jeremiah Johnson | $1,992 | $1,480 | -25.7% |
| Jonathan R. Barbour | $0 | $1,460 | -- |
| Stony Fork Farms, Inc. | $20,598 | $1,365 | -93.4% |
| Clay A. Joyner | $5,454 | $1,316 | -75.9% |
| Gary L. Price | $6,250 | $1,250 | -80% |
| Henry Ed Lee Jr. | $1,589 | $1,181 | -25.7% |
| Terry Barefoot | $4,530 | $1,134 | -75% |
| Betsy L. Byrd | $1,122 | $1,122 | 0% |
| Lillian T. Whitaker | $1,104 | $1,104 | 0% |
| Sara Diane Woodard | $1,232 | $1,091 | -11.4% |
| David B. Turnage | $2,743 | $1,082 | -60.6% |
| NWT Family Farms, Inc. | $59,464 | $1,064 | -98.2% |
| Jeffrey Radford | $2,031 | $1,063 | -47.7% |
| Hunter E. Olive | $7,973 | $1,061 | -86.7% |
| Thomas J. Boswell | $4,058 | $1,046 | -74.2% |
| Freddie M. Holloman | $1,163 | $1,040 | -10.6% |
| Stacy B. Johnson | $0 | $1,003 | -- |
| Lauriston Ivey Johnson Jr. | $8,627 | $1,002 | -88.4% |
| David Mckinley Lassiter Jr. | $2,274 | $937 | -58.8% |
| Dwight B. Youngblood III | $777 | $933 | 20.1% |
| Larry Ivey Parker | $5,918 | $927 | -84.3% |
| Brian Gerald McLamb | $5,105 | $901 | -82.4% |
| Franklin Todd Waters | $443 | $900 | 103.2% |
| Gerald McLamb | $5,207 | $899 | -82.7% |
| Charlie Steve Batten | $4,598 | $887 | -80.7% |
| Glenn B. Honeycutt | $26,905 | $885 | -96.7% |
| E & M Farms, Inc. | $901 | $843 | -6.4% |
| Arthur Vick Pittman | $2,748 | $829 | -69.8% |
| Clarence F. Jones Jr. | $1,645 | $796 | -51.6% |
| William O. Byrd Jr. | $4,657 | $796 | -82.9% |
| Karen A. Hartley | $777 | $777 | 0% |
| James Dolan Baker | $1,980 | $744 | -62.4% |
| Shannon D. Ennis | $1,368 | $704 | -48.5% |
| Tony Delmon Lee | $53,264 | $702 | -98.7% |
| Jason Mark Talton | $1,089 | $656 | -39.8% |
| Alma Woodard | $1,518 | $650 | -57.2% |
| J. T. Thompson Jr. | $677 | $646 | -4.6% |
| Oliver Family Properties, LLC | $644 | $644 | 0% |
| Raeford Mitchell | $2,816 | $639 | -77.3% |
| Robert M. Taylor Jr. | $1,683 | $611 | -63.7% |
| Timothy A. Westbrook | $1,153 | $606 | -47.4% |
| Walter V. Daughtry | $951 | $587 | -38.3% |
| Tyler Adams | $3,176 | $580 | -81.7% |
| Marvin Hiram Philyaw Jr. | $3,157 | $560 | -82.3% |
| Danny K. Benson | $845 | $551 | -34.8% |
| Rodney J. Martin | $1,881 | $546 | -71% |
| Charles Ray Beasley | $1,212 | $532 | -56.1% |
| Bonnie L. Godwin | $527 | $527 | 0% |
| Janice Hales Batten | $2,660 | $516 | -80.6% |
| Zella Hudson Johnson | $498 | $498 | 0% |
| Jimmie Maurice Massengill | $949 | $483 | -49.1% |
| Harold T. Keen | $466 | $466 | 0% |
| Gary Richard Blackmon | $2,539 | $446 | -82.4% |
| John K. Gurley | $1,597 | $431 | -73% |
| Marjorie Massengill | $426 | $426 | 0% |
| Robin Jill Gurley | $1,019 | $418 | -59% |
| Antonino Nicolosi | $4,075 | $402 | -90.1% |
| Kenneth R. Jones | $7,349 | $399 | -94.6% |
| Tony Lynn Holloman | $879 | $385 | -56.2% |
| Jakob Snipes | $344 | $374 | 8.7% |
| Graylon Dixon | $2,825 | $370 | -86.9% |
| Wendy Rae Daughtry | $370 | $370 | 0% |
| Christina Parker Gurley | $370 | $370 | 0% |
| Linwood E. Byrd | $403 | $367 | -8.9% |
| Carl R. Gurley | $1,320 | $362 | -72.6% |
| Chad Everett Holloman | $0 | $358 | -- |
| Leon Harold Martin | $1,094 | $327 | -70.1% |
| Tucker Twisdale | $1,573 | $326 | -79.3% |
| Kevin Butts | $0 | $324 | -- |
| James H. Mitchell | $2,244 | $321 | -85.7% |
| Willis Glenn Johnson | $1,642 | $314 | -80.9% |
| Portia Gay Snead | $1,364 | $304 | -77.7% |
| John R. Cox | $5,230 | $300 | -94.3% |
| Tami Olive Thompson | $0 | $290 | -- |
| Richard Kelvin Barbour | $477 | $287 | -39.8% |
| Robert Anthony Johnson | $1,558 | $232 | -85.1% |
| Pintail Landing | $1,413 | $220 | -84.4% |
| Danny C. Pierce | $207 | $207 | 0% |
| John D. Wall | $377 | $204 | -45.9% |
| Jean Y. Stanley | $1,412 | $190 | -86.5% |
| Hugh Braxton Powell Jr. | $24,323 | $184 | -99.2% |
| Brandon D. Batten | $2,064 | $176 | -91.5% |
| Norwood R. Jones | $402 | $169 | -58% |
| Beatrice Lambert Craddock | $168 | $168 | 0% |
| Herman Douglas Batten | $2,584 | $166 | -93.6% |
| Robert Eugene Woodard | $543 | $155 | -71.5% |
| Joe Wright Kornegay | $515 | $146 | -71.7% |
| Ashlan Meadows, LLC | $3,948 | $143 | -96.4% |
| James Edgar Woodard | $1,491 | $138 | -90.7% |
| Parson McLamb | $6,663 | $116 | -98.3% |
| Whitley W. Stephenson | $28,436 | $111 | -99.6% |
| Bobby F. Wellons | $0 | $99 | -- |
| Paul Huston Friend | $0 | $71 | -- |
| Timothy Allen Creech | $0 | $66 | -- |
| Charles K. Stewart | $111 | $57 | -48.6% |
| Angela E. Hill | $143 | $56 | -60.8% |
| Kevin Lee Hill | $0 | $56 | -- |
| Arthur Bentley Powell | $777 | $49 | -93.7% |
| Rickie Wayne Norris | $0 | $46 | -- |
| David Earl Massengill | $168 | $44 | -73.8% |
| Joyce B. Dudley | $166 | $30 | -81.9% |
| Michael Lee Johnson | $0 | $27 | -- |
| Susan S. Sauls | $0 | $26 | -- |
| Phil O. Lassiter | $909 | $24 | -97.4% |
| Michael Wayne Carroll | $357 | $23 | -93.6% |
| Billy J. Byrd | $730 | $22 | -97% |
| Danny Mitchell Farms, LLC | $651 | $10 | -98.5% |
| Johnnie Lance Johnson | $334 | $6 | -98.2% |
| Adam Lance Johnson | $231 | $4 | -98.3% |
| Billy Alfred Batten | $31,627 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby G. Johnson | $116 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris C. Lee | $11,672 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher L. Barbour | $3,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny C. Rhodes | $39,272 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric T. Westbrook | $13,679 | $0 | -100% |
| Ezra Tadlock | $235 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Dean Jackson | $114 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold W Lee & Sons | $3,868 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy Glenn Parker | $969 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy Deanne Mizner | $284 | $0 | -100% |
| Junius Rudolph Lee | $680 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry C. Parker | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| LD Farms, LLC | $5,089 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Brothers Farm, LLC | $1,230 | $0 | -100% |
| Paula Leanne Lassiter Ricard | $284 | $0 | -100% |
| Raynor Shine Nursery, Inc. | $25,954 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky H. Beasley | $1,379 | $0 | -100% |
| Royie V Massengill | $473 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan Christopher Roberts | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Clint Lee | $3,264 | $0 | -100% |
| AgCarolina Farm Credit | $4,409 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Edward Worley | $16,244 | $0 | -100% |
| Blanco Benjamin Parker | $329 | $0 | -100% |
| Hinnant Farms Vineyard, LLC | $56,697 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Creech Daughtry | $4,386 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Draper Johnson | $7,102 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Wayne Worley | $5,739 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryant Worley | $430 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Everett Holloman | $1,716 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Douglas Holloman | $398 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank L Baumgartner Revocable Trustee | $5,270 | $0 | -100% |
| Garry D. Martin | $229 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Massey Jr. | $541 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Brian Starling | $733 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas J. Worley | $117 | $0 | -100% |
| William Austin Pope | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| William Ronnie Oliver Jr. | $918 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny William Creech | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Dewey Jones | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane Pittman | $166 | $0 | -100% |
| Dianna T. Pittman | $149 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Howard Holloman | $452 | $0 | -100% |
| Evelyn L. Wool | $617 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy D Montgomery Jr-the Jimmy D | $418 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Jo Earp | $412 | $0 | -100% |
| Myrick Vineyards, LLC | $12,403 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph D. Moore | $486 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond Elmore Earp JR Family Trustee | $7,414 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley F. Montgomery | $1,059 | $0 | -100% |
| Tea Berry's, LLC | $965 | $0 | -100% |
| Addie Wallace | $869 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald G. Lee | $7,646 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin Summers Rema C. L. Summers Jr. | $2,421 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $19,722 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Wells Wallace | $1,317 | $0 | -100% |
| Marjorie D. Langston | $95 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael C. Ward | $247 | $0 | -100% |
| Portia Daughtry Garrett | $1,059 | $0 | -100% |
| SHW Sow Farm, LLC | $756,118 | $0 | -100% |
| Spring Meadow Farm of Johnston Company | $455,865 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Clay Byrd | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Sylvia K. Rose | $760 | $0 | -100% |
| Timmy S. Farish | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Twin States Farming, Inc. | $960 | $0 | -100% |
| Whitley and Janet Stephenson | $107,055 | $0 | -100% |
| William Frank Lee | $2,178 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $11,301,022 | $2,802,754 | -75.2% |
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