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In 2021, 125 farmers in cities within Hyde County received a total of $2.3 million in 287 farm subsidies, a 60.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.7 million in 495 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mann Farms, Inc. | $499,846 | $354,765 | -29% |
| Lake Ridge Farms, LLC | $278,486 | $171,091 | -38.6% |
| Bethany Pugh | $436,257 | $98,530 | -77.4% |
| Tunnell Farms, Inc. | $333,276 | $92,547 | -72.2% |
| Benjamin C. Simmons III | $61,719 | $87,325 | 41.5% |
| Tonya Simmons | $61,718 | $87,323 | 41.5% |
| Earl Dawson Pugh III | $379,938 | $84,469 | -77.8% |
| North Lake Farms | $219,933 | $65,069 | -70.4% |
| Spencer Heritage Farms | $230,302 | $63,591 | -72.4% |
| Charles Edward Williford Jr. | $184,050 | $56,606 | -69.2% |
| Carolyn Gibbs Williford | $184,045 | $56,605 | -69.2% |
| Lonnie W. Cahoon | $114,544 | $56,081 | -51% |
| Carawan Farms, Inc. | $157,287 | $52,130 | -66.9% |
| Jason Williams | $64,297 | $44,467 | -30.8% |
| Debbie C. Daughtry | $50,034 | $43,837 | -12.4% |
| Wilson Daughtry | $50,034 | $43,837 | -12.4% |
| Woccocon Oyster, LLC | $41,781 | $41,781 | 0% |
| Ella M. Nixon | $121,707 | $39,583 | -67.5% |
| Spencer & Spencer Partnership | $88,026 | $39,292 | -55.4% |
| Blackland Farms of NC | $98,701 | $35,145 | -64.4% |
| Lakeside Organics, LLC | $26,467 | $33,603 | 27% |
| Brian O'Neal | $90,595 | $33,523 | -63% |
| Michael J. Cahoon | $137,157 | $32,898 | -76% |
| Lake Comfort Farms, LLC | $70,996 | $31,066 | -56.2% |
| Swan Acre Farms | $96,619 | $29,962 | -69% |
| Patrick Simmons | $76,953 | $29,507 | -61.7% |
| Carla C. Simmons | $76,953 | $29,506 | -61.7% |
| Tiny Oak Farms, Inc. | $62,811 | $25,882 | -58.8% |
| Eric Kelly Cahoon | $162,112 | $25,414 | -84.3% |
| Tamara A. Cahoon | $162,112 | $25,414 | -84.3% |
| Joseph B. Williams | $111,519 | $24,189 | -78.3% |
| Earl N. O'Neal | $78,887 | $23,332 | -70.4% |
| Devil Shoal Oyster & Clam Company | $0 | $23,079 | -- |
| Diana Williams | $99,693 | $22,332 | -77.6% |
| Kenneth Potter | $59,631 | $20,281 | -66% |
| Alligator River Farms, LLC | $9,886 | $19,834 | 100.6% |
| Timothy A. Gibbs | $71,121 | $19,755 | -72.2% |
| Richard Wayne Swindell | $52,664 | $18,051 | -65.7% |
| Sharon Sadler | $32,494 | $17,783 | -45.3% |
| Rory Cahoon Operating as Small Business | $0 | $17,121 | -- |
| Benjamin Cartwright Simmons IV | $26,220 | $13,503 | -48.5% |
| Reid G. Sadler | $11,741 | $13,286 | 13.2% |
| John Burleson Horizon Farms, LLC | $38,115 | $12,580 | -67% |
| Christopher Waylon Clarke | $0 | $11,725 | -- |
| Hyde County Investments, LLC | $14,236 | $10,141 | -28.8% |
| Woccocon, LLC | $0 | $8,765 | -- |
| Fairfield Sales Corporation | $34,099 | $8,421 | -75.3% |
| Allan Ballance, LLC | $50,247 | $8,392 | -83.3% |
| Little Sammie, Inc. | $0 | $7,291 | -- |
| Calvin Blythe Davis Family Trust Ua Dated 12-30-2013 | $0 | $6,766 | -- |
| Daryl Smith | $19,680 | $6,690 | -66% |
| Gull Rock Farms | $9,487 | $4,964 | -47.7% |
| Simmons Lakeside Farms, LLC | $4,858 | $4,858 | 0% |
| Wonder Woman, Inc. | $0 | $4,419 | -- |
| Earl Dawson Pugh Jr. | $3,923 | $3,813 | -2.8% |
| Demock S Mann | $4,748 | $3,155 | -33.6% |
| R. S. Spencer Jr. | $0 | $2,953 | -- |
| Joyce Carawan | $3,304 | $2,943 | -10.9% |
| Edmund Temple Jr. | $0 | $2,710 | -- |
| Bell Jennette Estate, LLC | $2,612 | $2,612 | 0% |
| Mary A. Oneal | $2,429 | $2,429 | 0% |
| Raffael B Farrow | $5,324 | $1,878 | -64.7% |
| Martha M. Faulkner | $1,868 | $1,868 | 0% |
| Madison Ballance | $0 | $1,747 | -- |
| Roger Swindell | $1,199 | $1,415 | 18% |
| Mitchell Ballance | $4,103 | $1,395 | -66% |
| Royce Ballance | $4,103 | $1,395 | -66% |
| Patricia Cahoon | $5,463 | $1,293 | -76.3% |
| Richard L. Mann III | $5,002 | $1,224 | -75.5% |
| Natalie B. Wayne | $1,170 | $1,170 | 0% |
| Lane R. Swindell | $2,003 | $1,123 | -43.9% |
| David Tunnell | $3,415 | $1,030 | -69.8% |
| Teresa Tuck | $868 | $868 | 0% |
| Henry R. Williams | $2,570 | $810 | -68.5% |
| Barbara H. Watson | $1,085 | $810 | -25.3% |
| Jo Ann H. Tetterton | $1,085 | $810 | -25.3% |
| Lemmie G Blount | $1,503 | $743 | -50.6% |
| Angela Cuthrell Miller | $1,059 | $729 | -31.2% |
| Gloria Ann Tunnell | $1,624 | $717 | -55.8% |
| Clifton R. Cox | $1,566 | $596 | -61.9% |
| Virginia A. Brickhouse | $6,777 | $488 | -92.8% |
| Bryson J. Cahoon | $1,638 | $474 | -71.1% |
| Pamlico Shores, Inc. | $65,670 | $454 | -99.3% |
| Samuel E. Williams | $333 | $448 | 34.5% |
| Tony S. Carawan | $833 | $419 | -49.7% |
| Kay O'Neal Deckard-Tuten | $398 | $398 | 0% |
| Lee A. Green | $733 | $366 | -50.1% |
| Jerry L. Harris | $752 | $359 | -52.3% |
| George Bryan Carawan | $898 | $337 | -62.5% |
| John Mullen | $885 | $321 | -63.7% |
| Leonard R. Hignite | $531 | $314 | -40.9% |
| Kelly Davis | $9,948 | $300 | -97% |
| Alma L Davis Pot Trust | $582 | $254 | -56.4% |
| Emily Cahoon Thomas | $579 | $238 | -58.9% |
| Anne B. Davis | $467 | $235 | -49.7% |
| Coleman C. Davis | $467 | $235 | -49.7% |
| Johnna W. Coffey | $466 | $232 | -50.2% |
| Ryan C. Cahoon | $404 | $231 | -42.8% |
| Woods Water & Wildlife, Inc. | $0 | $220 | -- |
| George Michael Meekins | $559 | $213 | -61.9% |
| Seth Bridgman Credle III | $337 | $191 | -43.3% |
| Dottie M. Gibbs | $1,637 | $165 | -89.9% |
| Jesse Roger Gibbs Sr. | $1,523 | $165 | -89.2% |
| Betty Spencer | $703 | $162 | -77% |
| Ronald Wayne Hodges | $379 | $154 | -59.4% |
| Carol Wolfe Evans | $328 | $144 | -56.1% |
| Lindsey Glenn Mooney III | $0 | $137 | -- |
| Linda C. Watson | $252 | $134 | -46.8% |
| George B. Williams | $243 | $106 | -56.4% |
| Patsy Sadler Newman | $186 | $82 | -55.9% |
| Celia G. Cahoon | $191 | $80 | -58.1% |
| Jane B. Hodges | $188 | $78 | -58.5% |
| Pamela C. Mason | $223 | $77 | -65.5% |
| William M. Evans | $183 | $72 | -60.7% |
| Carl Spencer | $149 | $63 | -57.7% |
| Max N. Fisher | $115 | $61 | -47% |
| Elizabeth H Ross Irrevocable Trust | $0 | $58 | -- |
| Elizabeth M. Gurganus | $91 | $52 | -42.9% |
| Graham L. Spencer | $124 | $49 | -60.5% |
| Gary R. Cahoon | $106 | $45 | -57.5% |
| Marian Carawan | $117 | $39 | -66.7% |
| Roscoe B. Modlin Jr. | $120 | $37 | -69.2% |
| William Al Gurganus | $0 | $27 | -- |
| Mary Ann Gibbs | $123 | $22 | -82.1% |
| Charles W. Cahoon | $26 | $13 | -50% |
| Charles van Salisbury Jr. | $418 | $0 | -100% |
| Demock S Mann | $809 | $0 | -100% |
| Good Time Charlies Fisheries, LLC | $2,864 | $0 | -100% |
| Lux Farms, LLC | $23,656 | $0 | -100% |
| Timmy E. Reber | $600 | $0 | -100% |
| Trangela Collins | $89 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryce Blake O'Neal | $484 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Nixon Farms, LLC | $117,793 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy R. Mooney | $89 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary S. Spencer | $1,194 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert W. Hester | $569 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy D. Whitfield | $998 | $0 | -100% |
| Tina S. Eakes | $164 | $0 | -100% |
| Clamlady Jane, Inc. | $355 | $0 | -100% |
| Ocracoke Mariculture, Inc. | $3,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Calvin Blythe Davis Family Trust | $7,453 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris Cahoon | $497 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth H Ross Irrevocable Trus | $142 | $0 | -100% |
| George Thomas Davis Jr. | $16,913 | $0 | -100% |
| Hobo Seafood, Inc. | $4,048 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine C. Davis | $114 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine L. Davis | $292 | $0 | -100% |
| Lady Samaira, Inc. | $4,827 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee B. Williams | $9,167 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa D. Carawan | $122 | $0 | -100% |
| Rory Cahoon Operating as Small Bu | $26,150 | $0 | -100% |
| Sophia Jarvis | $1,029 | $0 | -100% |
| Trawlers Garland and Jeff, Inc. | $12,396 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,742,111 | $2,289,392 | -60.1% |
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