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How much did farmers in Anderson County receive in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021?

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Farms in Anderson County received $229,422 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 176 subsidies provided, the largest was for Tim Melhorn Trucking, which received $50,875 for the claim of "Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program".

The smallest subsidy provided to a Anderson County farmer was $6 to Dougal Dee Mcfall Estate.

There were 268 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies fell by $329,572.

Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."

USDA data analyzed by the Cato Institute found that "farmers (on net) have derived almost 40% of their income directly from the U.S. government” in recent years.

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.

Subsidies Received by Anderson County Code Farmers in 2021
Farmer$ ReceivedReason for SubsidyTotal Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($)
Tim Melhorn Trucking$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Charles W. Riden$10,935Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$10,993
Ordean Oen$7,813Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$18,711
Timothy L. George$7,140Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$7,163
Thomas Cody Martin$6,875Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$6,875
Benjamin John Gamble$4,881Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$4,881
David E. Kitts$4,764Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$7,338
Stanley Jones II$4,389Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$5,627
Wilson Morrow Farm$3,793Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$3,793
Scot Winningham$3,424Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,424
Mcfall Farm, LLC$3,209Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$5,724
Lydell Meier$3,100Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,100
Hogan Family Farms, LLC$2,765Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$3,633
Lawrence Boyd$2,689Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$8,559
Ordean Oen$2,645Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$18,711
Lawrence Boyd$2,616Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$8,559
Steven M. Johnson$2,529Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,529
James R. Jenkins$2,249Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,249
Ordean Oen$2,239Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$18,711
Roger L. Melton$2,197Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,197
Charles R. Brogdon$2,077Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,077
Tim Melhorn Trucking$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Ordean Oen$1,998Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$18,711
Ordean Oen$1,974Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$18,711
William Julian Hopper$1,956Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,708
Christopher Walter George$1,888Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$4,592
Christopher Walter George$1,863Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$4,592
Jana M. Elliott$1,776Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,776
Paul Robert Longmire$1,738Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,738
David Bradley Webb$1,702Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,702
Patricia Duerksen$1,641Price Loss Coverage Program$2,530
Lawrence Boyd$1,636Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$8,559
Thomas Fletcher Martin III$1,629Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,629
Eddie Turpin$1,611Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,611
Gordon W. Witt$1,600Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,600
Pat Kelly$1,551Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$3,835
Circle W Farm$1,541Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,541
Robert Longmire$1,402Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,402
Robert L. Hettich$1,401Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,401
Steve Mullins$1,393Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,393
James Douglas Yarber$1,331Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,331
David E. Kitts$1,314Grasslands Reserve Program$7,338
Lawrence Boyd$1,308Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$8,559
Mcfall Farm, LLC$1,304Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$5,724
Nancy Lain-Highfill$1,276Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,276
Mcfall Farm, LLC$1,211Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$5,724
Sharon Irwin$1,205Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,160
Mark L. Glandon$1,194Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,194
Robert A. Moneymaker$1,192Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,192
Douglas K. Cooper$1,187Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,187
John H. Jacobs$1,165Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$2,551
Ordean Oen$1,159Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$18,711
James Queener$1,142Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,142
James E. Mason$1,030Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,030
Sharon Irwin$955Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,160
Paul Phillip Vandagriff$941Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$941
Judy A. Driskill$881Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,095
David Burl Humphrey$873Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$873
Christopher Webb$846Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$846
Christopher Walter George$841Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$4,592
Steven Wayne Cox$820Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$820
Stanley Jones II$811Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$5,627
Pat Kelly$811Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,835
Pat Kelly$796Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares$3,835
John H. Jacobs$789Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,551
William Julian Hopper$752Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,708
Crystal D. Aull$733Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$733
Kevin Woodward$720Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$720
Jack L. Wright$719Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$719
Patricia Duerksen$712Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,530
Ordean Oen$690Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$18,711
Jane F Palmer Rev Living Trustee$688Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$688
Terry West$685Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$685
David E. Kitts$684Grasslands Reserve Program$7,338
Pat Kelly$678Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,835
Randall Green$675Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$675
Terry W. McKamey$672Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$672
Edward A. Ragsdale III$660Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$978
Janice Sue George$658Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$658
James Ray Morgan$649Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$649
Stacy George$640Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$640
Michael Seth Grindle$627Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$627
Gary Lamb$623Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$623
Charlotte Ann Wilshire$619Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$619
Kenneth Ray Melhorn Jr.$608Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$608
Wayne A. Aull$598Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$598
John H. Jacobs$598Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,551
Dianne Farmer$595Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$595
David E. Kitts$576Grasslands Reserve Program$7,338
James H. Braden$575Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$575
George Wilkerson$572Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$572
Dennis Hashbarger$563Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$563
Michael L. Brown$550Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$550
Robert Jason Lankford$523Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$523
Tom Saunders$521Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$521
Billie S. Hammer$520Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$610
Danny Graham$502Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$502
Larry T. Hall$500Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$500
Johnny E. Sharp$490Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$490
George W. Byrge$484Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$484
Randy Hatmaker$451Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$451
Hogan Family Farms, LLC$440Price Loss Coverage Program$3,633
Johnny Trevor Jones$431Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$431
Hogan Family Farms, LLC$428Price Loss Coverage Program$3,633
Stanley Jones II$427Price Loss Coverage Program$5,627
Betty S. Eason$424Price Loss Coverage Program$667
Nancy and Hollis Large, LLC$418Price Loss Coverage Program$418
Carol C. Scarbrough$408Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$514
Tona Mae McElroy$397Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$397
Michael Rankin$397Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$397
Daniel Lee Stooksbury$381Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$381
Larry Dale Phillips$374Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$374
Earl T. Johnson Jr.$369Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$369
Jerry W. Scruggs$342Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$342
John W. Sharp$332Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$552
Rodney Lee Mann$329Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$329
Lyndon S. Foster$323Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$323
Michael Irwin$322Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$322
Benjamin Roberts$319Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$319
Richard Jenkins$319Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$319
Archie L. Burress$309Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$309
Leon Butler$301Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$301
Lonnie S. McKamey$287Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$287
Sandra N Shassere$279Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$360
Michael Wayne Moore$263Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$263
Paul D. Saunders$260Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$260
John Jones$258Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$258
John David Queener$257Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$257
Edward A. Ragsdale III$254Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$978
Betty S. Eason$243Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$667
Dougal Dee Mcfall Estate$240Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$432
Dale Curtis Isabell$231Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$231
Gerald M. Webster$229Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$229
Joe G. Whedbee$229Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$229
John W. Sharp$220Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$552
Judy A. Driskill$214Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,095
Randy Lowe$211Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$211
Mark Childress$204Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$204
Ordean Oen$193Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$18,711
John T. Waller$187Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$187
Dennis R. Dalton$181Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$181
Rhonda Gail Hatmaker$180Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$180
Patricia Duerksen$177Price Loss Coverage Program$2,530
Linda S. Cox$173Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$173
Casey Dean Laymance$172Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$172
Justin Allen Utley$171Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$171
Douglass Morris$171Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$171
Kerry Welker Trust$163Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$204
Carl Hembree$163Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$163
Lawrence Boyd$154Conservation Reserve Program - Practice Incentives Payment Program$8,559
Kandy Mandrell Pearson$152Price Loss Coverage Program$267
Lawrence Boyd$139Price Loss Coverage Program$8,559
Charlotte Gallaher$121Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$121
Kandy Mandrell Pearson$115Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$267
Carol C. Scarbrough$106Price Loss Coverage Program$514
Merida L. Ooten Jr.$102Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$102
Billie S. Hammer$90Price Loss Coverage Program$610
William Hammer$90Price Loss Coverage Program$90
Thomas R. Myers$79Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$153
Thomas R. Myers$74Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$153
John Brian Calhoun$72Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$72
Edward A. Ragsdale III$64Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$978
Eddie Carroll$58Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$58
Charles W. Riden$58Price Loss Coverage Program$10,993
Dougal Dee Mcfall Estate$48Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$432
Dougal Dee Mcfall Estate$48Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$432
Dougal Dee Mcfall Estate$48Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$432
Sandra N Shassere$46Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$360
Kerry Welker Trust$41Price Loss Coverage Program$204
Sandra N Shassere$35Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$360
Dougal Dee Mcfall Estate$30Price Loss Coverage Program$432
Timothy L. George$23Price Loss Coverage Program$7,163
Lawrence Boyd$17Price Loss Coverage Program$8,559
Dougal Dee Mcfall Estate$6Price Loss Coverage Program$432
Dougal Dee Mcfall Estate$6Price Loss Coverage Program$432
Dougal Dee Mcfall Estate$6Price Loss Coverage Program$432

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