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In 2021, 158 farmers in cities within Bertie County received a total of $6.7 million in 477 farm subsidies, a 37.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $10.9 million in 666 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 Bertie County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brinkley Farms, Inc. | $512,810 | $524,864 | 2.4% |
| Sunny Side Partnership | $122,418 | $312,909 | 155.6% |
| W & S Farms | $585,482 | $311,891 | -46.7% |
| James B Morris Farms, Inc. | $275,058 | $272,893 | -0.8% |
| Urquhart Farms, Inc. | $467,094 | $261,255 | -44.1% |
| Brad Ward Farms, Inc. | $571,431 | $257,876 | -54.9% |
| Joyner Farms, Inc. | $457,885 | $219,331 | -52.1% |
| Matt Arvis Farms, Inc. | $310,360 | $213,850 | -31.1% |
| Featherstone Farms, LLC | $333,126 | $198,320 | -40.5% |
| Williford Farms, Inc. | $390,297 | $186,425 | -52.2% |
| Broad Creek | $248,022 | $184,031 | -25.8% |
| Lawrence Farms, Inc. | $311,230 | $156,290 | -49.8% |
| Hughson Farms, Inc. | $289,827 | $145,296 | -49.9% |
| W & N Partnership | $349,910 | $134,831 | -61.5% |
| Liberty Hall Farms, LLC | $240,906 | $133,759 | -44.5% |
| Brinkley Lands, LLC | $239,302 | $131,090 | -45.2% |
| R B Knowles, Inc. | $224,269 | $128,937 | -42.5% |
| Perry Bros Farms, Inc. | $115,623 | $128,662 | 11.3% |
| Gilbert Leggett Farms, Inc. | $211,368 | $123,267 | -41.7% |
| Mac Lawrence Farms, Inc. | $248,275 | $119,425 | -51.9% |
| Charles Carter Harden | $89,574 | $112,323 | 25.4% |
| Harden Farms, Inc. | $42,730 | $99,974 | 134% |
| W R White, Inc. | $150,212 | $94,832 | -36.9% |
| Jeffrey Baker Farms, LLC | $237,880 | $91,691 | -61.5% |
| Robertson Bros, Inc. | $131,166 | $79,886 | -39.1% |
| Alton H. Parker | $90,157 | $76,506 | -15.1% |
| Grabtown Farming, LLC | $97,028 | $75,074 | -22.6% |
| CCB Farms, LLC | $0 | $72,483 | -- |
| Stanley Thompson Farming, Inc. | $107,637 | $66,171 | -38.5% |
| Denise H. Simmons | $0 | $64,361 | -- |
| Billie & Chuck Johnson Farms, Inc. | $209,122 | $62,160 | -70.3% |
| Lazy Hill Farms, Inc. | $35,791 | $61,858 | 72.8% |
| Jimmy R Mizelle Farms, Inc. | $113,374 | $60,406 | -46.7% |
| Bradford J. Copeland | $0 | $59,432 | -- |
| Norman Lee Simmons Jr. | $0 | $58,447 | -- |
| Goose Pond Farms, Inc. | $170,246 | $58,314 | -65.7% |
| David Leggett | $98,284 | $53,720 | -45.3% |
| George Allen Harden | $88,311 | $53,361 | -39.6% |
| Curtis E. Brown | $93,749 | $50,874 | -45.7% |
| Skip Brown Farms, Inc. | $107,158 | $49,815 | -53.5% |
| Johnnie W. Mizelle | $37,057 | $49,549 | 33.7% |
| Alice Hoggard | $0 | $49,099 | -- |
| East Coast Logging, Inc. | $0 | $47,420 | -- |
| Glenn Hoggard Farms, Inc. | $140,528 | $46,850 | -66.7% |
| Davidson Brothers | $80,861 | $46,164 | -42.9% |
| Teresa Purnell Leggett | $0 | $43,986 | -- |
| William Brent Taylor | $0 | $41,841 | -- |
| Weller & Weller, Inc. | $0 | $41,743 | -- |
| Riley E. Hoggard | $71,184 | $38,815 | -45.5% |
| Hollowell Bros, Inc. | $53,529 | $31,583 | -41% |
| Taylor Farms | $45,309 | $30,578 | -32.5% |
| E a Byrum Farms, Inc. | $58,477 | $30,231 | -48.3% |
| Gary Hughes | $47,192 | $29,486 | -37.5% |
| Danny Belch | $43,685 | $27,584 | -36.9% |
| Lloyd Mitchell | $44,358 | $27,116 | -38.9% |
| Edward Rawls | $29,402 | $25,753 | -12.4% |
| Donald Harden | $55,740 | $25,589 | -54.1% |
| TRI G Farms, Inc. | $0 | $23,539 | -- |
| Dancy White Enterprises, Inc. | $43,162 | $22,264 | -48.4% |
| William Coke White Jr. | $8,913 | $21,958 | 146.4% |
| Herman E. Hughes | $23,302 | $21,745 | -6.7% |
| Merritt Farms | $3,190 | $21,443 | 572.2% |
| Baker Farms, Inc. | $30,560 | $20,864 | -31.7% |
| Ron Swain | $13,709 | $20,823 | 51.9% |
| Roy Cobb | $0 | $19,323 | -- |
| Coastal Housing, Inc. | $31,571 | $18,403 | -41.7% |
| Norman F. Perry III | $33,777 | $16,021 | -52.6% |
| Gregory E. Hughes | $3,477 | $15,643 | 349.9% |
| June N. Merritt | $0 | $15,503 | -- |
| Mike Neal | $32,242 | $14,027 | -56.5% |
| William Tadlock III | $18,822 | $12,680 | -32.6% |
| Robert E. Perry Jr. | $17,360 | $12,578 | -27.5% |
| Walt Perry | $21,087 | $12,555 | -40.5% |
| Stokes & Rice Farm | $26,361 | $11,996 | -54.5% |
| Charles Ray Brown | $12,424 | $11,982 | -3.6% |
| Brown Cap Farms, LLC | $0 | $11,409 | -- |
| 2 C Farms, Inc. | $26,026 | $11,184 | -57% |
| Rebecca Hoggard | $0 | $11,154 | -- |
| Willard R White | $0 | $10,759 | -- |
| David Michael Harrell | $73,157 | $10,474 | -85.7% |
| Steven Lawrence | $15,162 | $10,432 | -31.2% |
| Faye Copeland | $19,969 | $9,139 | -54.2% |
| Bobby Brinston Harmon | $13,915 | $8,276 | -40.5% |
| Jo Myers Freeman | $15,900 | $7,830 | -50.8% |
| Victor A. Castelloe | $25,053 | $7,089 | -71.7% |
| Linda Williford | $1,323 | $6,913 | 422.5% |
| Phillip G. White | $13,273 | $6,478 | -51.2% |
| Copeland Farms, Inc. | $11,071 | $6,400 | -42.2% |
| Danny T. White | $11,053 | $6,361 | -42.5% |
| Bobby Harrell Farms, Inc. | $0 | $6,245 | -- |
| Joe Jernigan Farms, Inc. | $0 | $5,480 | -- |
| S L Castelloe, Inc. | $20,427 | $5,431 | -73.4% |
| Glenn D. White | $5,056 | $5,416 | 7.1% |
| Dameyon Lee | $0 | $5,294 | -- |
| William Tyrone James | $13,475 | $4,862 | -63.9% |
| Clarence Veale | $9,973 | $4,851 | -51.4% |
| Jay Smith | $7,275 | $4,831 | -33.6% |
| Steve N. White | $14,014 | $3,828 | -72.7% |
| Aaron L. Rascoe | $9,142 | $3,817 | -58.2% |
| Harry Lee Rascoe Jr. | $6,615 | $3,790 | -42.7% |
| Kerry Rascoe | $974 | $3,766 | 286.7% |
| Herbert Askew | $15,378 | $3,577 | -76.7% |
| Grady Anthony Dunlow | $0 | $3,528 | -- |
| Shanta Marie Howard | $4,138 | $3,418 | -17.4% |
| Irma W. Moore | $0 | $3,326 | -- |
| Johnnie Lou Mizelle | $5,337 | $3,122 | -41.5% |
| Dianne Pittman | $3,697 | $2,829 | -23.5% |
| William J. Griffin Jr. | $4,713 | $2,746 | -41.7% |
| Randall B. Wilson | $2,433 | $2,690 | 10.6% |
| Joseph C. Jernigan | $0 | $2,526 | -- |
| Clinton Lewis Thompson | $519 | $2,512 | 384% |
| Joseph Lee Bazemore | $4,096 | $2,428 | -40.7% |
| Carolina Pine & Hardwood, Inc. | $4,407 | $2,391 | -45.7% |
| Everett Ray Mizelle | $9,859 | $2,316 | -76.5% |
| N. F. Perry Jr. | $2,998 | $1,976 | -34.1% |
| Gilbert W. Warren | $2,752 | $1,889 | -31.4% |
| Nanci W. Weinstein | $1,870 | $1,870 | 0% |
| Joe Jackson | $3,140 | $1,760 | -43.9% |
| Simon Hoggard | $0 | $1,742 | -- |
| Joshua Laten Freeman | $4,608 | $1,718 | -62.7% |
| Luther D. Glover III | $10,850 | $1,639 | -84.9% |
| Gerald Waters | $10,606 | $1,611 | -84.8% |
| David Carroll Conner | $1,951 | $1,484 | -23.9% |
| Michael Rouse | $2,794 | $1,432 | -48.7% |
| Ruth B. Hoggard | $340 | $1,375 | 304.4% |
| Jim L. Mizelle | $1,522 | $1,273 | -16.4% |
| R & L Johnson Farms, Inc. | $3,877 | $1,186 | -69.4% |
| Ann W. White | $1,446 | $1,172 | -18.9% |
| William E. White | $1,644 | $1,023 | -37.8% |
| Ernie Davidson | $1,524 | $927 | -39.2% |
| Hoyt W. Todd | $1,512 | $897 | -40.7% |
| Michael R. Cobb | $2,104 | $840 | -60.1% |
| Michael C. Rhea | $808 | $809 | 0.1% |
| Larry Mizelle | $1,761 | $748 | -57.5% |
| Chad Harrell | $689 | $736 | 6.8% |
| Iris W. White | $2,638 | $694 | -73.7% |
| David Baker | $1,412 | $657 | -53.5% |
| Faye W. Ray | $1,291 | $551 | -57.3% |
| Pearl White | $531 | $531 | 0% |
| Brent Lewis | $10,862 | $508 | -95.3% |
| Alton B. Brown | $1,470 | $479 | -67.4% |
| Rickie Leggett | $661 | $471 | -28.7% |
| Joel D. Holley | $628 | $424 | -32.5% |
| Evy Rawls Hughes | $276 | $367 | 33% |
| Ray Neil Baker Jr. | $100 | $243 | 143% |
| Charles L. Whitehead | $205 | $205 | 0% |
| Susan W. Harrell | $205 | $205 | 0% |
| Oliver S. Moore | $244 | $194 | -20.5% |
| Charles Daniels | $190 | $190 | 0% |
| A. F. Pierce | $1,598 | $163 | -89.8% |
| Jean F. Bracy | $579 | $163 | -71.8% |
| Horace Moore | $202 | $128 | -36.6% |
| Rose L. Bryant | $155 | $113 | -27.1% |
| James Davis | $214 | $85 | -60.3% |
| John M. Griffin Jr. | $159 | $81 | -49.1% |
| Harvey Ginn Jr. | $0 | $48 | -- |
| Catherine E. Wilson | $46 | $46 | 0% |
| Judy Cobb | $120 | $20 | -83.3% |
| Alex M. Terry | $2,020 | $0 | -100% |
| Levi Bazemore | $2,010 | $0 | -100% |
| Beasley Farms, Inc. | $13,517 | $0 | -100% |
| Beasley Partnership | $503,973 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Harden | $49,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd Thomas Perry | $988 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronava L Swain | $14,412 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandy Land Investments | $63,287 | $0 | -100% |
| Bailey Parker | $1,693 | $0 | -100% |
| Agent Carolina Farm Credit | $2,407 | $0 | -100% |
| Southern Bank | $41,922 | $0 | -100% |
| Southern Bank and Trust Company | $42,942 | $0 | -100% |
| William Norfleet S. Est | $7,149 | $0 | -100% |
| AgCarolina Farm Credit, ACA | $2,368 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony Alan Hoggard | $234 | $0 | -100% |
| Bessie P. Mitchell | $554 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence Hill Jr. | $879 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $100,881 | $0 | -100% |
| Jo Ann Freeman Ex | $51,150 | $0 | -100% |
| Nora W. Williams | $3,479 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela Davis | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Perry Bros Farms, Inc. | $19,753 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Hoggard | $4,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth B. Hoggard | $1,626 | $0 | -100% |
| Springfield Farms, Inc. | $1,190 | $0 | -100% |
| Thompson & Thompson Farms, Inc. | $63,934 | $0 | -100% |
| William C White JR & John E White | $23,789 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $10,864,215 | $6,747,215 | -37.9% |
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