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151 Overton County farmers received agricultural subsidies in 2021

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Farms in Overton County received $254,134 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 151 subsidies provided, the largest was for Scott Hammock, which received $24,266 for the claim of "Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program".

The smallest subsidy provided to a Overton County farmer was $4 to David C. Thrasher.

There were 295 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies fell by $750,803.

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 Overton County Code Farmers in 2021
Farmer$ ReceivedReason for SubsidyTotal Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($)
Scott Hammock$24,266Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$24,266
Terry Phillips$17,248Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$25,860
Roger Walker$10,035Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$12,035
Mark Speck$8,933Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$11,790
Kevin Reeder$8,233Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$51,304
Terry Phillips$8,011Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$25,860
David C. Thrasher$7,537Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$8,213
Michael R. Webb$7,152Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$7,269
Kevin Reeder$5,892Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
Kevin Reeder$5,295Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
George Glen Ford$4,790Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$5,147
John Mark Ramsey$4,656Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$9,511
Kevin Reeder$4,547Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
Kevin Reeder$4,519Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
William D. Thomas II$4,389Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$4,389
Kevin Reeder$4,214Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
Brandon Cooper$3,894Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,894
Randall Stephen Graff$3,817Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,817
Kevin Reeder$3,618Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
Kevin Reeder$3,563Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
Kevin Reeder$3,549Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
Johnny Vaughn$3,514Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$4,182
Elliot Hicks$3,380Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$3,380
David Holt$3,286Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$4,212
Kevin Reeder$3,272Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
Kevin Reeder$3,036Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
John Mark Ramsey$2,267Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$9,511
R. L. Oakley Jr.$2,261Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,387
Bobby Poston$2,200Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,200
Mark Speck$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$11,790
Roger Walker$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$12,035
Bill Warren$1,960Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,960
John D. Alcorn$1,852Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,852
Brent A. Linder$1,839Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,839
Roy Parrott$1,816Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,816
Terry D. Melton$1,787Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,787
James O. Savage$1,627Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,627
Carolyn Q. White$1,522Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,522
John Mark Ramsey$1,464Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$9,511
Vickie Carr$1,392Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,392
Jeffrey J. Green$1,375Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$1,953
Johnny E. York$1,360Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,360
Thomas A. Windle$1,324Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,324
Vance Williams$1,314Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,314
Matthew C. White$1,215Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,215
Delon L. Clark$1,180Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,180
Buckie Parsons$1,178Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,178
Todd Macmillan Johnson$1,150Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,150
Jason Copeland$1,142Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,142
Charles Parrott$1,136Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,136
Delphus Randall Dial$1,129Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,129
Pamela Walker$1,121Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,121
Levi R. Ledbetter$1,091Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,091
Terry L. Webb$1,053Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,053
Kevin Reeder$1,012Dairy Margin Coverage Program$51,304
Ricky D. Thompson$977Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$977
Jack McCormick$966Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$966
Richard Roberson$962Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$962
Dennis Ledbetter$957Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$957
Douglas Maynord$879Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$879
David Thurman$872Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$872
Mark Speck$857Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$11,790
Jeffrey Flowers Estate$852Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$852
Edward F. Beason$845Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$845
Matthew Q. Allred$845Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$845
Lisa C. Ledford$835Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$835
Amanda Leigh Mainord$817Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$817
Jeffrey L. Hammock$816Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$816
Jerry R. Garrett$800Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$800
Michael A. White$796Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$796
Roy L. Ogletree$795Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$795
James D. White$793Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$793
Carol Ann Rudd$792Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$792
Michael B. Coleman$790Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$826
John Mark Ramsey$774Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$9,511
Reggie Reeder$743Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$743
Michael Hammock$736Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$736
Matthew Gaspar$702Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$702
Christopher L. Savage$690Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$690
Justin Moody$689Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$689
R. D. Stout$661Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$661
Lee Baxter$654Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$654
Randy Lee$652Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$652
Danny Mark Pardue$651Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$651
Tommy Poston$648Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$648
Jerry B. Garrett$647Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$647
Winnie Brown$647Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$647
Jerry Norrod$630Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$630
Ross D. Carr$624Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$624
Gary Gore$620Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$620
Billy H. Mahaney Jr.$612Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$612
Terry Phillips$601Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$25,860
Dale Flatt$599Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$599
Jeffrey J. Green$578Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,953
David C. Thrasher$537Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$8,213
Bruce Lee$535Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$535
Edna Daniels$529Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$529
Timothy W. Reagan$516Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$516
Johnny Vaughn$515Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$4,182
Thomas Wayne Brown$505Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$505
Terry S. Bennett$500Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$500
Marlon M. Winningham$481Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$481
Robert L. Yates$478Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$478
Christopher W. Ayers$466Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$466
Shelby D. Reid$431Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$431
Dustin T. Collins$412Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$412
Brian Defrance$402Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$402
David Holt$401Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$4,212
Kevin Reeder$400Price Loss Coverage Program$51,304
Doug Ledbetter$395Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$395
W. J. Staggs$385Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$385
Teddy Dailey$373Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$373
Amy M. Beaty$367Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$367
Fred Ashburn$363Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$363
George Glen Ford$357Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$5,147
John Mark Ramsey$349Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$9,511
Thomas Goodpasture$340Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$340
Ben Danner$336Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$336
Christopher Wayne Masiongale$335Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$335
Zachary Gentry$318Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$318
Mike Officer$297Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$297
David Holt$288Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$4,212
Renee Linder$287Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$287
Kevin M. Ray$277Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$277
Duel Johnson$270Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$270
Kelvin Jones$263Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$263
L. D. Johnson$263Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$263
Melessa M Smith$256Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$256
Chucky Dewayne Speck$255Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$255
Colby Loftis$239Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$239
David Holt$237Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$4,212
Chris Clark Winningham$224Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$224
Joshua Thompson$215Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$215
Noel Key$204Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$204
Randy Reeder$197Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$197
Earl Loftis$163Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$163
Kevin Reeder$155Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$51,304
Johnny Vaughn$153Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$4,182
Joshua David White$142Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$142
David C. Thrasher$135Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$8,213
Garry G. Boles$133Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$133
R. L. Oakley Jr.$126Price Loss Coverage Program$2,387
Riley Johnson$125Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$125
Randy Thrasher$111Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$111
Frank L. Goodpasture$84Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$84
Michael R. Webb$68Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$7,269
Michael R. Webb$43Price Loss Coverage Program$7,269
Michael B. Coleman$36Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$826
Roy Joseph Geesling$35Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$35
Michael R. Webb$6Price Loss Coverage Program$7,269
David C. Thrasher$4Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$8,213

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