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In 2021, 207 farmers in cities within Harnett County received a total of $5.6 million in 477 farm subsidies, a 61.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $14.5 million in 865 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 Harnett County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Marvin Tart Sr. | $391,094 | $374,785 | -4.2% |
| Kevin Jacob Lee | $499,623 | $269,188 | -46.1% |
| J E T Parker Farms, LLC | $80 | $229,071 | 286,238.8% |
| Sandy Allison Langdon | $236,378 | $213,004 | -9.9% |
| Michael L Godwin Farms, Inc. | $610,001 | $194,319 | -68.1% |
| Derek Godwin J. Farms | $361,837 | $188,500 | -47.9% |
| Weeks & Weeks | $957,206 | $173,453 | -81.9% |
| Charles M Tart Jr. | $103,405 | $171,069 | 65.4% |
| Charles Marvin Tart Jr. | $67,338 | $154,796 | 129.9% |
| Lewis Farms, Inc. | $484,275 | $153,765 | -68.2% |
| Turlington Farms, LLC | $226,482 | $149,256 | -34.1% |
| Willie Earl Tart | $173,483 | $141,745 | -18.3% |
| Joseph W. Ferrell | $13,750 | $126,482 | 819.9% |
| Bradco Farms, LLC | $289,153 | $112,649 | -61% |
| N & L Farming, LLC | $123,421 | $111,984 | -9.3% |
| A and a Farms, Inc. | $287,866 | $102,540 | -64.4% |
| Terry S. Bass | $137,858 | $96,771 | -29.8% |
| Robert Currin Farms, LLC | $146,553 | $85,923 | -41.4% |
| A Plus Farms, Inc. | $336,920 | $84,636 | -74.9% |
| Byrd Family Farms, LLC | $258,027 | $71,546 | -72.3% |
| Ernest O. Jones Jr. | $131,678 | $67,031 | -49.1% |
| Matthew Hoyle Allen | $47,944 | $66,825 | 39.4% |
| Ronnie E. Wood | $111,957 | $66,652 | -40.5% |
| Olan Dunn Farms | $104,612 | $63,861 | -39% |
| Arthur Cale Lee | $124,465 | $63,829 | -48.7% |
| Andy Herring Farms, Inc. | $112,724 | $63,029 | -44.1% |
| Blue View, Inc. | $733,684 | $62,955 | -91.4% |
| DNP Poultry Farm | $0 | $60,000 | -- |
| Ernest Odell Jones III | $121,703 | $59,064 | -51.5% |
| Double J Poultry, Inc. | $0 | $58,449 | -- |
| B W Pope, Inc. | $13,179 | $57,934 | 339.6% |
| Dean Mclamb Farms, LLC | $0 | $57,857 | -- |
| J & E Johnson Farm, Inc. | $316,056 | $55,613 | -82.4% |
| Hudson Farms | $50,797 | $54,990 | 8.3% |
| Jernigan Farms, Inc. | $261,743 | $50,483 | -80.7% |
| Jackson & Honeycutt Farms, Inc. | $0 | $49,768 | -- |
| Miles Floyd Jackson | $760,015 | $49,263 | -93.5% |
| Bobby Ray Beasley Jr. | $74,984 | $49,064 | -34.6% |
| Phil and Linda Moore Turkey Farm | $0 | $47,702 | -- |
| Heritage Farms, LLC | $61,195 | $47,178 | -22.9% |
| Mangum Farms, Inc. | $242,254 | $47,013 | -80.6% |
| R D Lee Farms, Inc. | $61,961 | $46,878 | -24.3% |
| Byrd Farms | $95,307 | $46,537 | -51.2% |
| Salmon Farms, LLC | $33,703 | $44,317 | 31.5% |
| CL Ray Farms, LLC | $0 | $42,805 | -- |
| M R Bain Farms, Inc. | $112,881 | $42,451 | -62.4% |
| W R Moore Turkey Farm | $0 | $38,409 | -- |
| Robert C. Barefoot | $63,285 | $38,044 | -39.9% |
| E & J Carolina Farms, LLC | $95,060 | $37,805 | -60.2% |
| Robert Jeff Neighbors | $84,847 | $35,364 | -58.3% |
| Elliott L. Bass | $213,491 | $33,435 | -84.3% |
| Moses Farmer | $47,544 | $29,400 | -38.2% |
| Jason Betts | $66,053 | $29,077 | -56% |
| L. D. Black III | $10,286 | $28,958 | 181.5% |
| A T Lee & Sons, Inc. | $59,883 | $28,800 | -51.9% |
| Trevor F. Barefoot | $46,141 | $25,334 | -45.1% |
| E & R Farms of Dunn, Inc. | $62,079 | $25,222 | -59.4% |
| Michael D. Tart | $384,367 | $24,916 | -93.5% |
| J&W Swine Company, Inc. | $13,166 | $23,106 | 75.5% |
| Ceg Trucking, LLC | $0 | $21,111 | -- |
| Curt Honeycutt Farms, LLC | $45,526 | $19,504 | -57.2% |
| William Scott Strickland | $27,088 | $19,280 | -28.8% |
| Stephen D Johnson Farms, LLC | $20,692 | $19,035 | -8% |
| Rondal Gale McLamb | $33,035 | $17,397 | -47.3% |
| Anthony Barefoot | $98,445 | $16,709 | -83% |
| van Leaird | $20,641 | $15,641 | -24.2% |
| Old Savannah Farms, LLC | $64,534 | $14,585 | -77.4% |
| Millstream Farming, LLC | $1,150,117 | $13,826 | -98.8% |
| Ronald K. Lee | $133,760 | $13,765 | -89.7% |
| Robert S. Sills | $99,843 | $13,657 | -86.3% |
| Danny McDonald | $23,564 | $13,599 | -42.3% |
| Plainview Gin Company, Inc. | $71,263 | $13,308 | -81.3% |
| Tart & Tart, Inc. | $242 | $13,082 | 5,305.8% |
| Larry N. Tart | $16,946 | $12,295 | -27.4% |
| W B Johnson Farms, Inc. | $11,455 | $10,475 | -8.6% |
| Curtis A. McLamb | $51,972 | $10,463 | -79.9% |
| L & L Farms, Inc. | $5,548 | $10,405 | 87.5% |
| Harry G. Matthews | $18,233 | $10,393 | -43% |
| Eric Lynn Lucas | $15,129 | $10,079 | -33.4% |
| Jackson Swine Enterprises | $24,425 | $10,015 | -59% |
| Chad C. Register | $23,347 | $9,888 | -57.6% |
| Jennifer Jackson Baldwin | $99,734 | $9,404 | -90.6% |
| Max Matthews Jr. | $19,550 | $9,201 | -52.9% |
| Fritz R. Richards | $14,561 | $9,067 | -37.7% |
| Cameron W. Barefoot | $12,573 | $8,277 | -34.2% |
| Matthew Scott Barefoot | $7,102 | $8,277 | 16.5% |
| Naylor Strickland | $23,857 | $8,179 | -65.7% |
| Maurice Dean McLamb | $156,482 | $8,116 | -94.8% |
| Chezney Peterson | $17,474 | $8,115 | -53.6% |
| Randall Craven Morrison | $10,512 | $7,906 | -24.8% |
| Thomas G. Strickland Jr. | $22,931 | $7,431 | -67.6% |
| Edgar T. Smith Jr. | $20,459 | $7,380 | -63.9% |
| Noah W. Jackson | $24,867 | $6,116 | -75.4% |
| GMK Farms, LLC | $36,948 | $5,985 | -83.8% |
| Hunter William Barefoot | $0 | $5,570 | -- |
| C. H. Johnson | $11,836 | $5,104 | -56.9% |
| Shelia Latta | $4,898 | $4,898 | 0% |
| Carolina Farming Company, LLC | $99,082 | $4,811 | -95.1% |
| John Freddie Cummings | $7,191 | $3,816 | -46.9% |
| Ronald L. Wooten | $0 | $3,806 | -- |
| Benjamin I. Nighswonger | $26,676 | $3,489 | -86.9% |
| Carltons Cattle Company, LLC | $19,939 | $3,374 | -83.1% |
| Laura A. Honeycutt | $22,708 | $3,333 | -85.3% |
| Ronnie Wooten Farms | $6,000 | $3,184 | -46.9% |
| James V. Stancil | $3,151 | $3,151 | 0% |
| Benny Casper Phillips | $6,984 | $3,078 | -55.9% |
| Across the Lake Farming Company, Inc. | $7,900 | $3,031 | -61.6% |
| John Kevin Holder | $709 | $2,946 | 315.5% |
| Carolyn Dyer Lynn | $5,862 | $2,831 | -51.7% |
| Ted Gardner | $15,117 | $2,747 | -81.8% |
| John Will Johnson | $5,452 | $2,744 | -49.7% |
| Willie M. Tart | $5,094 | $2,606 | -48.8% |
| Caleb Anthony Barefoot | $5,624 | $2,602 | -53.7% |
| Brandon Godwin | $181,691 | $2,510 | -98.6% |
| Martha Bass Turner | $2,434 | $2,362 | -3% |
| Carlie C. McLamb III | $7,300 | $2,322 | -68.2% |
| Double H Farms, Inc. | $6,010 | $2,223 | -63% |
| A C Morrison Farms, LLC | $7,023 | $2,092 | -70.2% |
| Harold R. Dixon | $6,848 | $2,015 | -70.6% |
| Linda Jo Johnson | $360 | $1,979 | 449.7% |
| Samuel Florido Ruiz | $14,461 | $1,920 | -86.7% |
| Donald N. Pope | $6,644 | $1,903 | -71.4% |
| Southern Fox Vineyard, Inc. | $0 | $1,855 | -- |
| Kathleen S. Wilson | $0 | $1,750 | -- |
| Clayton Farms | $1,744 | $1,744 | 0% |
| Jonathan Gale McLamb | $2,851 | $1,688 | -40.8% |
| Carroll Holdings, LLC | $6,292 | $1,378 | -78.1% |
| Randy Thomas Pope | $2,098 | $1,259 | -40% |
| Sandra L. Koehler | $1,256 | $1,256 | 0% |
| Samuel Glenn Eason Revocable Trust | $0 | $1,156 | -- |
| Melvin R. Yow | $5,104 | $1,146 | -77.5% |
| Terry A. Moody | $1,085 | $1,085 | 0% |
| Lloyd Franklin Stewart | $3,022 | $1,012 | -66.5% |
| Mamie Jo Darroch | $935 | $935 | 0% |
| Larry Pollard | $920 | $920 | 0% |
| Bob Etheridge | $2,554 | $869 | -66% |
| Bonnie Jo Temple | $866 | $866 | 0% |
| Janice S. Smith | $863 | $863 | 0% |
| James Matthew Currin | $3,960 | $849 | -78.6% |
| Marvin E. Johnson | $1,320 | $835 | -36.7% |
| Rebecca Coffin Weaver | $968 | $814 | -15.9% |
| Donnie L. Thomas | $4,932 | $768 | -84.4% |
| David George Pflugfelder | $5,802 | $767 | -86.8% |
| Michael J. Wood | $0 | $718 | -- |
| Paul Layne Worrell | $3,117 | $718 | -77% |
| Alan R. Turner | $696 | $696 | 0% |
| Connie H. Jernigan | $2,651 | $692 | -73.9% |
| William Bryan Byrd Jr. | $688 | $688 | 0% |
| Jones Bros Farms of Harnett, Inc. | $673 | $673 | 0% |
| James H. Currin | $5,006 | $670 | -86.6% |
| Alfred R Sebile JR | $1,469 | $660 | -55.1% |
| Jeffrey Dale Mason | $223 | $657 | 194.6% |
| Eric L. Currin | $3,483 | $630 | -81.9% |
| David Bodie Currin | $2,299 | $628 | -72.7% |
| Solid Rock Farms, LLC | $3,472 | $609 | -82.5% |
| Larry Carmichael Phillips | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Benita C. Frizzelle | $602 | $602 | 0% |
| Charles Ray Dale | $3,014 | $598 | -80.2% |
| Geraldine S. Honeycutt | $582 | $582 | 0% |
| Richard T. Rodgers | $1,469 | $580 | -60.5% |
| Delores S. Tart | $485 | $570 | 17.5% |
| Larry C. Phillips | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Jonathan W. Temple | $521 | $521 | 0% |
| Robert Harris Kelly Jr. | $1,418 | $507 | -64.2% |
| Mack N. Hairr | $500 | $500 | 0% |
| Nathan Floyd Johnson | $0 | $479 | -- |
| Rue O. Stewart | $470 | $470 | 0% |
| Jamie Campbell | $932 | $466 | -50% |
| Marsha R. Nixon | $0 | $466 | -- |
| Gary K. Wood | $452 | $452 | 0% |
| Norma S. Hamilton | $451 | $451 | 0% |
| John A. Holder | $1,595 | $407 | -74.5% |
| Kenneth L. Cummings | $402 | $402 | 0% |
| Donald Bradley West SR | $0 | $385 | -- |
| Andrew Milton | $1,942 | $346 | -82.2% |
| H. L. Sorrell Jr. | $1,073 | $345 | -67.8% |
| Eddie Cummings | $1,297 | $323 | -75.1% |
| Wayne P. Farrar | $1,874 | $308 | -83.6% |
| Gerald W. Hayes Jr. | $300 | $300 | 0% |
| Zada Faye Wood Jernigan | $0 | $289 | -- |
| Belinda H. Cummings | $883 | $286 | -67.6% |
| Nancy P. Rodgers | $212 | $262 | 23.6% |
| Zachary D. Tart | $11,726 | $247 | -97.9% |
| Tommy W. Johnson | $1,359 | $244 | -82% |
| Brad Salmon | $434 | $229 | -47.2% |
| Susan Stewart Rhodes | $222 | $222 | 0% |
| Timmy Ray Wood | $297 | $203 | -31.6% |
| Ray Womble Jr. | $203 | $203 | 0% |
| J. D. Byrd | $171 | $171 | 0% |
| Teresa B. Johnson | $318 | $159 | -50% |
| Joseph Hoey Holder | $154 | $154 | 0% |
| William Hazelbeck | $966 | $142 | -85.3% |
| Ricky L. Kimberlin | $1,048 | $128 | -87.8% |
| King Roberts Jr. | $2,406 | $123 | -94.9% |
| Susan T. Mewborn | $121 | $121 | 0% |
| Janice Marie Medders | $0 | $111 | -- |
| Howard Penny Jr. | $509 | $99 | -80.6% |
| Tracey L. Ireland | $280 | $98 | -65% |
| Carolina Picker Repair, Inc. | $2,993 | $94 | -96.9% |
| Carole Ann Pollard | $0 | $93 | -- |
| Gerald B. Hatley | $139 | $89 | -36% |
| Robbie Haskins, DVM | $880 | $70 | -92% |
| Obrien Family Farms, Inc. | $14,142 | $60 | -99.6% |
| Sue A. Horton | $56 | $56 | 0% |
| Elizabeth 0 Holder | $0 | $35 | -- |
| Michael Lane Salmon | $1,041 | $8 | -99.2% |
| Charles B. Fleming | $15 | $1 | -93.3% |
| Garry E Mcartan | $1,861 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald Emery Hobbs | $32 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerry L. Sutton | $222 | $0 | -100% |
| Hilda Butts | $339 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy R. Tart | $285 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian C. Raynor | $42 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris MCL Tart | $407 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Poole | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Wayne Herring | $4,248 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody Wade Dunn | $173 | $0 | -100% |
| E & L Farms | $15,075 | $0 | -100% |
| Hidden Creek Farms, LLC | $495,498 | $0 | -100% |
| James Dewey Barefoot | $8,693 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane F. Norland | $707 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy R. Tyndall | $2,940 | $0 | -100% |
| JLS Family Farms, LLC | $11,600 | $0 | -100% |
| Kendall Craig Wooten | $6,161 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimberly Monty Tart | $16,606 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Lee Massengill | $97 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd Thomas Tart | $6,343 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew A. Jackson | $1,436 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Sherrill Wood | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Midway Farms, LLC | $14,680 | $0 | -100% |
| P & D Farms | $9,983 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Elton Barefoot | $8,378 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie C. Hamilton | $274 | $0 | -100% |
| Select Bank & Trust | $293,472 | $0 | -100% |
| Stalder Farms, LLC | $38,529 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas G. Cox | $2,694 | $0 | -100% |
| William A. Harris Jr. | $416 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Gene Byrd | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald E. Temple | $2,093 | $0 | -100% |
| John D. Turlington | $301 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael R. Jackson | $304 | $0 | -100% |
| Molly F. Turlington | $211 | $0 | -100% |
| Select Bank & Trust | $78,466 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony Lawrence Holder | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Ashlee M. McAllister | $1,843 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis N. Bazemore | $5,230 | $0 | -100% |
| Dnbazemore Farms, LLC | $1,842 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna J. Saunders | $346 | $0 | -100% |
| Edd L. Cummings | $31 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward H. McCormick | $1,832 | $0 | -100% |
| Elisa June Salmon | $155 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $1,233 | $0 | -100% |
| Harrison Ridgell III | $4,237 | $0 | -100% |
| Marjorie D. Thomas | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha P. Martin | $530 | $0 | -100% |
| MRS Zada Faye Wood Jernigan | $578 | $0 | -100% |
| Ned D. Cummings | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Michael Thomas | $2,603 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Wayne Jackson | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald S. McDonald | $322 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Glenn Eason Revocable Trus | $1,156 | $0 | -100% |
| Select Bank Trust | $118 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan S. Stewart | $157 | $0 | -100% |
| William Cary Stewart | $1,447 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $14,514,376 | $5,570,379 | -61.6% |
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