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In 2021, 154 farmers in cities within Fauquier County received a total of $1.3 million in 232 farm subsidies, a 60.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.4 million in 460 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 Fauquier County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodward Turf Farms, Inc. | $0 | $194,393 | -- |
| Kenneth K Smith | $0 | $156,279 | -- |
| Diamond T Joy Farm, LLC | $150,561 | $96,072 | -36.2% |
| Wainbur Farm, LLC | $147,699 | $85,303 | -42.2% |
| Remington Turf, Inc. | $0 | $79,772 | -- |
| William Eric Fox | $39,774 | $58,514 | 47.1% |
| Kraig William Smith | $56,790 | $39,717 | -30.1% |
| Ken Smith | $79,442 | $35,304 | -55.6% |
| O B Messick & Sons, Inc. | $261,100 | $34,510 | -86.8% |
| Wilbur E. Ritchie | $76,907 | $33,783 | -56.1% |
| Calvin L Ritchie Trust | $70,920 | $33,780 | -52.4% |
| Pitsor Farm Management Company | $37,225 | $33,244 | -10.7% |
| Woodbourne Farm | $97,518 | $27,633 | -71.7% |
| Ayrshire Farm Management, LC | $90,362 | $27,537 | -69.5% |
| Elam Nissley | $33,848 | $22,196 | -34.4% |
| Robert Bradford Eustace | $33,318 | $19,797 | -40.6% |
| Marshfield Farms, LLC | $44,197 | $18,872 | -57.3% |
| Michael Elam | $98,072 | $17,298 | -82.4% |
| H L Rice, LLC | $43,243 | $16,256 | -62.4% |
| Old Acres, Inc. | $16,167 | $14,252 | -11.8% |
| Elkwood Manor, LLC | $55,864 | $13,659 | -75.5% |
| William R. Frazier Family Trust Share B FBO Wendy | $0 | $13,034 | -- |
| Thomas E. Bruccoleri | $0 | $12,053 | -- |
| Joseph Jerome Gray | $43,797 | $11,802 | -73.1% |
| Roger A. Sites | $10,491 | $8,832 | -15.8% |
| Renda Agent, LLC | $7,192 | $8,040 | 11.8% |
| Ross Poe | $34,800 | $7,308 | -79% |
| Willow Farms, LLC | $17,464 | $7,117 | -59.2% |
| Commodity Credit Corporation | $11,250 | $7,103 | -36.9% |
| Happy Family Ranch, Inc. | $29,522 | $6,938 | -76.5% |
| Andrew Douglas Burton | $12,927 | $6,697 | -48.2% |
| Kathleen Marmet | $7,617 | $6,392 | -16.1% |
| Cool Lawn Holsteins, LLC | $697,912 | $6,067 | -99.1% |
| Benjamin G. Smith | $0 | $5,937 | -- |
| Joseph H. Burton | $5,853 | $5,379 | -8.1% |
| Alwington Farm, LLC | $9,079 | $4,834 | -46.8% |
| T. A. Day | $10,391 | $4,660 | -55.2% |
| Carla Jean Carmona Chapman | $15,171 | $4,611 | -69.6% |
| Marvin L. Mitchell | $6,637 | $4,355 | -34.4% |
| Clarence Vernon Gill | $7,463 | $4,204 | -43.7% |
| Robert F. Fox | $22,430 | $4,098 | -81.7% |
| Mast Farm, LLC | $25,856 | $4,088 | -84.2% |
| Curtis F. Sechrist Jr. | $17,809 | $3,900 | -78.1% |
| David R. Wilcox | $13,797 | $3,895 | -71.8% |
| Jane M. Grove | $14,288 | $3,820 | -73.3% |
| Eliyahu Falcon | $5,918 | $3,703 | -37.4% |
| Golden Dream Farms, LLC | $201,522 | $3,551 | -98.2% |
| William R. Fishback | $15,155 | $3,545 | -76.6% |
| Norman Grove | $13,094 | $3,503 | -73.2% |
| John B. Olinger | $14,614 | $3,294 | -77.5% |
| Henchman Lea LC | $3,227 | $3,227 | 0% |
| Steve Glaettli | $11,268 | $2,880 | -74.4% |
| Neale Farm, LLC | $15,069 | $2,847 | -81.1% |
| Robert Grove | $12,282 | $2,804 | -77.2% |
| Leighton Grove | $11,616 | $2,732 | -76.5% |
| Carlisle Richard King Jr. | $3,006 | $2,710 | -9.8% |
| Dennis J. Pearson | $8,589 | $2,638 | -69.3% |
| AL Mara Farm, Inc. | $9,554 | $2,605 | -72.7% |
| Wayne Arrington | $14,640 | $2,564 | -82.5% |
| John W. Gouldthorpe | $7,733 | $2,380 | -69.2% |
| James M. Marshall IV | $14,033 | $2,366 | -83.1% |
| Waveland, LLC | $2,233 | $2,233 | 0% |
| Daron Lee Culbertson | $0 | $2,200 | -- |
| Doug Flory | $12,409 | $2,192 | -82.3% |
| Sloan M. Trumbo | $1,057 | $2,106 | 99.2% |
| Eugene Prunty | $0 | $2,063 | -- |
| Daniel E. Fishback | $9,949 | $2,038 | -79.5% |
| Ruther E. Allen Sr. | $2,030 | $2,030 | 0% |
| Stars & Bars, LLC | $1,923 | $1,923 | 0% |
| Rebecca O. Mullins | $6,142 | $1,819 | -70.4% |
| ELK Mount Farm, LLC | $7,243 | $1,781 | -75.4% |
| Boyd Sinclair Brown | $4,620 | $1,780 | -61.5% |
| Garland J. Heddings | $11,878 | $1,657 | -86% |
| Jason P. Fazenbaker | $1,562 | $1,562 | 0% |
| Robert M. Jacobs | $4,287 | $1,508 | -64.8% |
| Doris J. Jones | $3,817 | $1,444 | -62.2% |
| Southland Cattle & Land, LLC | $7,180 | $1,393 | -80.6% |
| Glenn Y. Covington | $5,126 | $1,380 | -73.1% |
| Mary E Benhard | $1,354 | $1,354 | 0% |
| John D. King | $1,454 | $1,353 | -6.9% |
| Sarah F. McCaleb | $2,026 | $1,343 | -33.7% |
| John M. Ford | $2,307 | $1,323 | -42.7% |
| Roberta Jeffries | $1,305 | $1,305 | 0% |
| Rebecca S. Garber | $889 | $1,273 | 43.2% |
| Keith M Byergo Trust | $2,544 | $1,260 | -50.5% |
| Robert W. Farmer | $5,239 | $1,218 | -76.8% |
| The Ruther Allen Family, LLC | $1,162 | $1,162 | 0% |
| Jon F. Allen | $1,728 | $1,096 | -36.6% |
| Roy Lambert | $5,148 | $1,080 | -79% |
| Guy Thorpe | $4,671 | $1,049 | -77.5% |
| Linda M. Seay | $3,388 | $987 | -70.9% |
| Monomoy Farm | $4,207 | $975 | -76.8% |
| Nancy Weik | $10,192 | $899 | -91.2% |
| Johnny Ward | $6,289 | $863 | -86.3% |
| William A. Martin | $11,043 | $800 | -92.8% |
| Roger L. Elgin III | $6,216 | $776 | -87.5% |
| George A. Reynolds | $2,640 | $765 | -71% |
| Herman Harlow | $1,758 | $728 | -58.6% |
| Betty J. Taylor | $2,728 | $725 | -73.4% |
| Jeanette Sherman | $920 | $718 | -22% |
| Stan T. Bowen | $4,929 | $706 | -85.7% |
| Ruth Rider | $1,157 | $704 | -39.2% |
| L. W. Lunceford | $3,965 | $702 | -82.3% |
| Gray K. Coyner | $8,627 | $693 | -92% |
| Jo Alsop James | $565 | $666 | 17.9% |
| James G. Butler Jr. | $2,225 | $662 | -70.2% |
| Bernard R. Phillips III | $1,571 | $638 | -59.4% |
| Crummett Family, LLC | $628 | $630 | 0.3% |
| Stephen C Jameson Trust | $6,190 | $622 | -90% |
| Kenneth R. Payne | $2,041 | $608 | -70.2% |
| Winter Wood Farm, LLC | $578 | $578 | 0% |
| Crestone Farm, LLC | $9,970 | $576 | -94.2% |
| James W. Ott | $2,556 | $550 | -78.5% |
| Kingslane Farm, LLC | $2,695 | $546 | -79.7% |
| Michael T. Markley | $2,586 | $535 | -79.3% |
| Jo Ann K. McCarthy | $2,008 | $532 | -73.5% |
| New Day Enterprises, PBC | $500 | $500 | 0% |
| S&C Meetze Farm, LLC | $0 | $500 | -- |
| Micah Beahm | $1,859 | $452 | -75.7% |
| Hannah V Wine | $2,922 | $431 | -85.2% |
| Larry Grimes | $2,145 | $430 | -80% |
| Craig Thomas Grass | $1,672 | $402 | -76% |
| Dean T. Elgin | $2,134 | $370 | -82.7% |
| Newbald Canna Fields | $0 | $368 | -- |
| D/B/A Neavil's Creek Farm | $1,978 | $353 | -82.2% |
| Robert J. White | $1,287 | $336 | -73.9% |
| Maxwell M. Bowen Jr. | $1,122 | $330 | -70.6% |
| Jennifer G. Porter | $1,144 | $310 | -72.9% |
| Frank C. Poland | $1,265 | $304 | -76% |
| Shaker Farm, LLC | $561 | $273 | -51.3% |
| Suzanne L. Voss Trust | $271 | $271 | 0% |
| HI-Hope Farm Original, LLC | $10,830 | $255 | -97.6% |
| Merrigan Holdings, LLC | $0 | $255 | -- |
| Mary Keith Ruffner | $249 | $249 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Powers | $666 | $243 | -63.5% |
| Robert W. Powers | $666 | $243 | -63.5% |
| William David Peters | $4,161 | $222 | -94.7% |
| Clement Gray | $521 | $215 | -58.7% |
| William E. S. Worrall | $0 | $195 | -- |
| Patricia Tucker | $0 | $148 | -- |
| MT. View Ranch, LLC. | $694 | $147 | -78.8% |
| Michael James Webert | $330 | $132 | -60% |
| Clara F. Downes | $270 | $132 | -51.1% |
| George F. Downes Jr. | $270 | $132 | -51.1% |
| Luxefibers & Wool, LLC | $0 | $130 | -- |
| Zeeba Farm | $539 | $124 | -77% |
| Broad Run Cattle, LLC | $1,822 | $116 | -93.6% |
| Mary M Byergo | $21,572 | $104 | -99.5% |
| Charles A. Long II | $76 | $73 | -3.9% |
| Linda G. Arrington | $456 | $55 | -87.9% |
| Karen Dalfrey | $103 | $36 | -65% |
| Mary K. Dalfrey | $103 | $36 | -65% |
| William W. Gulick Jr. | $715 | $26 | -96.4% |
| Robert Schoenike | $12 | $11 | -8.3% |
| Claudius Edwin Chapman JR | $1,102 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily Browning | $1,087 | $0 | -100% |
| Cedar Run Growers, LLC | $90,523 | $0 | -100% |
| James W. Craun Jr. | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary S Vanderwoude-Hill | $2,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry Carpenter | $835 | $0 | -100% |
| James Adams | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| James H. Dodd | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jared McDonald | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald E. King | $360 | $0 | -100% |
| Susannah L. Grove | $4,640 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin G. Smith | $9,939 | $0 | -100% |
| Lakota Ranch, LLC | $15,125 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Dale | $776 | $0 | -100% |
| Superfood Farms, LLC | $110,618 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Frazier Family Trust S | $13,034 | $0 | -100% |
| High Meadows Farm, LLC | $3,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Marshall Forte | $234 | $0 | -100% |
| Abundant Acres Farm, LLC | $153 | $0 | -100% |
| Christine C. Smith | $6,124 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence V. Gill | $18,585 | $0 | -100% |
| D/B/A Soldiers' Hill Angus Farm | $5,280 | $0 | -100% |
| Ellie Kay | $836 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse Straight | $16,466 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph O. Watson Jr. | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Northern Virginia Hay and Straw L | $6,270 | $0 | -100% |
| Renda Ag | $3,607 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandy River, LLC | $1,496 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Michael Cotten II | $1,456 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,410,674 | $1,333,702 | -60.9% |
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