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

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Farms in Burke County received $919,361 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 230 subsidies provided, the largest was for Hawksridge Farms, Inc., which received $250,000 for the claim of "Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act".

The smallest subsidy provided to a Burke County farmer was $4 to Jeff Houk.

There were 314 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies fell by $1,153,350.

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 Burke County Code Farmers in 2021
Farmer$ ReceivedReason for SubsidyTotal Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($)
Hawksridge Farms, Inc.$250,000Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$250,000
Stephen D. Parker$75,596Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$75,596
4 Way Farms, LLC$56,375Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$56,375
Dannie A. Hudgins$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Camp Creek Farms, LLC$40,729Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$81,458
Camp Creek Farms, LLC$40,729Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$81,458
James David Martin$39,907Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$39,907
Chapman Brothers Logging, LLC$32,279Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$34,279
Caldwell County Nursery, LLC$26,111Tree Assistance Program$26,111
Jonathan Smith$25,611Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$27,611
Smith Farms of Burke, LLC$24,471Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$24,471
Johnny N. Orders$16,752Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$22,473
Frye Farms$12,331Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$16,017
G & F, Inc.$11,684Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$16,183
Feathers and Beaks Farm, LLC.$9,737Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$9,737
Jeff Houk$9,551Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$11,606
Terry Smith$8,338Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$10,338
Brent E. Teague$7,875Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$10,446
Johnny N. Orders$5,633Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$22,473
JRH Grain Farms, LLC$5,561Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$8,708
Robert A. Stevenson$5,489Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$5,489
Robert R. Lowman$5,096Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$6,022
Raising Roots Farm, LLC$4,658Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$4,658
G & F, Inc.$4,499Price Loss Coverage Program$16,183
Lee A. Bethke$4,470Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$7,969
William C. Parton Jr.$3,919Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$4,449
Joseph Wiley Brooks$3,573Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,827
Ty R. Drum$3,259Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$3,435
Frank Queen$3,254Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,254
Daniel C. Wall$3,164Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,164
Terry Joe Perry$2,968Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$2,968
Lee A. Bethke$2,929Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$7,969
Jonathan T. Mauser$2,669Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,669
Jeremy Reed$2,565Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,565
Ralph W. Berry Jr.$2,534Livestock Indemnity Program - Payments$5,451
Robin Jackson$2,513Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,513
Nathan S. Hoyle$2,443Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,069
Mary Ann Antley$2,442Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$3,681
Robert Martin Smith$2,219Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,219
Jeff Lowman$2,206Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,206
M J Fitzgerald Nursery, Inc.$2,160Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,160
Eric Lowman$2,124Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,818
Brent E. Teague$2,109Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$10,446
Fulvia N Estrada$2,090Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$2,090
Jeffrey Kyle Orders$2,065Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,605
Chapman Brothers Logging, LLC$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$34,279
Dannie A. Hudgins$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Jonathan Smith$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$27,611
Terry Smith$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$10,338
Bradley Gene Saunders$1,980Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$3,042
Willie F. Young$1,970Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,970
Joseph H. Browning$1,879Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,879
Ralph W. Berry Jr.$1,873Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$5,451
Morrisland, Inc.$1,810Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,810
Rodney C. Fulbright$1,704Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,704
Gary J. Abernethy$1,679Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,679
Margo A. Smyre$1,573Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,573
Rick Hedrick$1,472Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,472
Holly Mackenzie Campbell$1,389Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$1,389
Jeff Houk$1,387Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$11,606
JRH Grain Farms, LLC$1,368Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$8,708
James D. Berry Jr.$1,364Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,364
K & B Mcclure Farms, LLC$1,350Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,470
Tom Broster$1,325Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,171
Keith A. Lail$1,309Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,329
Buddy Leger Jr.$1,252Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,252
James Grover Connor$1,234Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,234
Gregory L. Fulbright$1,085Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,085
Randy C. Huffman$1,071Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$1,071
Bradley Gene Saunders$1,062Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,042
Herbert Brittain$1,050Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,379
Ralph W. Berry Jr.$1,036Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$5,451
Kathleen G. Andrews$1,008Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,450
Ronnie Wood$994Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$994
Robert M. Smith$984Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) Program$984
Walter Melvin Norman$959Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$959
Robert R. Lowman$926Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$6,022
Mary Ann Antley$925Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$3,681
Leonard Ray Tallent$893Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,790
David E. Taylor$892Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$892
Dallas Miller$888Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$888
Denise Harris$867Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$867
Leonard Ray Tallent$861Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,790
Teresa Diane Huffman$847Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$847
Dylan Boone Setzer$833Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$833
Gary Huffman$821Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$821
JRH Grain Farms, LLC$795Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$8,708
Randall Brackett$779Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$779
Joseph Wiley Brooks$767Price Loss Coverage Program$4,827
Loyde Carpenter$767Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$767
Dsfa Farms, LLC$715Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$715
Cyrus C. McNeely III$696Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$696
Eric Lowman$659Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,818
Todd H. Norman$651Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$651
Jason B. Carswell$643Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$643
JRH Grain Farms, LLC$636Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$8,708
Nathan S. Hoyle$626Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$3,069
Jeff Houk$621Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$11,606
Donald Seibel$600Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$600
Stephen Killian$588Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$588
Danny Edwin Hensley$588Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$588
John D. Pollard$586Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$586
Don J. Scott$578Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$578
Lee A. Bethke$570Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$7,969
Kevin Todd Sizemore$551Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$551
Jeffrey Kyle Orders$540Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,605
William C. Parton Jr.$530Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$4,449
Ryan G. Tyler$497Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$497
Joseph Wiley Brooks$487Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,827
Kaleb J. Nicholson$473Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$473
Frye Farms$472Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Philip Martin$471Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$471
John B. Chapman$442Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$442
Kathleen G. Andrews$442Price Loss Coverage Program$1,450
Daniel Parke$436Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$788
Larry Buff$434Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$434
Frye Farms$422Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Dickie Hall$407Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$407
Gene Alford Hollar$406Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$406
Gorman Pitts$405Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$405
Gary S. Michaels$397Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$397
Phillip Houk$395Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$395
Frye Farms$394Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Frye Farms$394Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Maynard Taylor$386Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$386
Ann Bossert$385Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$538
Tom Broster$384Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,171
Michael R. Wright$379Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$379
Brent E. Teague$370Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$10,446
John J. Reynolds$364Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$364
Frye Farms$356Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Daniel Parke$352Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$788
Richard Owensby$350Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$350
Michael Leon Swink$345Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$345
Herbert Brittain$330Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,379
Ann S. Walker$327Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$630
Louis Bayne Setzer Jr.$314Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$314
Mary Ann Antley$314Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$3,681
Roy Ledford$306Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$306
Clinton Patton$305Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$305
Ann S. Walker$303Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$630
Foy M. McNeely$289Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$289
Mark Anthony Smith$287Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$287
Frye Farms$280Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Tom Broster$271Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,171
Frye Farms$266Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Alexander Bowden Boone$257Price Loss Coverage Program$659
Kristen Boone Byers$257Price Loss Coverage Program$660
Alicia J. Desario$251Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$353
Wayne Martin$246Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$246
Thomas Wray Ware$242Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$242
Roger D. Peeler$236Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$236
Kristen Boone Byers$227Price Loss Coverage Program$660
Alexander Bowden Boone$226Price Loss Coverage Program$659
James Richardson$225Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$225
Clyde E. Roberts Jr.$204Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$204
Jennifer Jean Mcneill Family Trust$204Price Loss Coverage Program$772
Fredric C APPL Irrevocable Trust$195Price Loss Coverage Program$195
JRH Grain Farms, LLC$189Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$8,708
Nell T Palmer Trust$188Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$415
Hamilton W. Williams$185Price Loss Coverage Program$185
Kyle Earls$183Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$183
Brian Chance Settle$180Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$180
Patricia L. Jirka$179Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$179
Ty R. Drum$172Price Loss Coverage Program$3,435
Frye Farms$166Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Edwin S. Mull$162Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$162
Jennifer Jean Mcneill Family Trust$162Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$772
Jennifer Jean Mcneill Family Trust$162Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$772
Larry L. Huffman$159Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$159
JRH Grain Farms, LLC$159Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$8,708
Charles Walter Blalock$155Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$155
Ann Bossert$153Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$538
Nell T Palmer Trust$152Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$415
Frye Farms$150Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
William Judd Townsend$146Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$146
Gary A. Lane$139Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$139
Henry Worth Houk Jr.$133Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$133
Vester Lee Norman$132Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$132
Laurence S. Carter$128Price Loss Coverage Program$128
Samuel Emory Stephens$126Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$126
Jim Shuping$125Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$125
Jennifer Jean Mcneill Family Trust$122Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$772
Jennifer Jean Mcneill Family Trust$122Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$772
Bobby Ray Crawley$121Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$121
K & B Mcclure Farms, LLC$120Price Loss Coverage Program$1,470
Frye Farms$118Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
John A. Hayes$118Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$160
Frye Farms$116Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Frye Farms$116Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Dana B. Brown$114Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$114
Henry Worth Houk Sr.$114Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$114
Matt Johnson$114Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$114
Frye Farms$106Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Tom Broster$104Price Loss Coverage Program$2,171
Rebecca Ross Shuping$103Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$103
Alicia J. Desario$102Price Loss Coverage Program$353
Alexander Bowden Boone$94Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$659
Kristen Boone Byers$94Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$660
Brent E. Teague$92Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$10,446
Frye Farms$88Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Alexander Bowden Boone$82Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$659
Kristen Boone Byers$82Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$660
Frye Farms$80Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Ronald Eugene Baker$80Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$108
Nell T Palmer Trust$75Price Loss Coverage Program$415
Adolph J. Jirka$73Price Loss Coverage Program$73
Ray Lail$71Price Loss Coverage Program$71
Tom Broster$70Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$2,171
Frye Farms$66Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Jeff Houk$44Price Loss Coverage Program$11,606
John A. Hayes$42Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$160
Frye Farms$40Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Frye Farms$30Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Ronald Eugene Baker$28Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$108
Leonard Ray Tallent$27Price Loss Coverage Program$1,790
Eric Lowman$27Price Loss Coverage Program$2,818
Frye Farms$26Price Loss Coverage Program$16,017
Johnny N. Orders$24Price Loss Coverage Program$22,473
Johnny N. Orders$24Price Loss Coverage Program$22,473
Johnny N. Orders$24Price Loss Coverage Program$22,473
Kenneth Kayga$24Price Loss Coverage Program$24
Keith A. Lail$20Price Loss Coverage Program$1,329
Tom Broster$17Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$2,171
Johnny N. Orders$17Price Loss Coverage Program$22,473
Leonard Ray Tallent$8Price Loss Coverage Program$1,790
Eric Lowman$8Price Loss Coverage Program$2,818
Ralph W. Berry Jr.$8Price Loss Coverage Program$5,451
Ty R. Drum$4Price Loss Coverage Program$3,435
Jeff Houk$4Price Loss Coverage Program$11,606

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