Tobacco Payment Program in the United States, 1995-2021

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 292,858

Recipients of Tobacco Payment Program from farms in the United States totaled $51,136,000 in from 1995-2021.

Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location Tobacco Payment Program
1995-2021
1Barnes Farming CorpSpring Hope, NC 27882$55,704
2Bobby WetheringtonHahira, GA 31632$40,307
3Worthington Farms IncGreenville, NC 27834$34,044
4O Wayne KellySanford, NC 27330$33,443
5G & R FarmsGlennville, GA 30427$31,136
6Deas Bros Farms IncJennings, FL 32053$30,716
7Tull Hill Farms IncKinston, NC 28501$27,802
8Graham L ColeMoultrie, GA 31788$27,406
9Rocky ThompsonAdel, GA 31620$26,369
10Ham Farms LLCSnow Hill, NC 28580$25,835
11Jimmie RossCarthage, NC 28327$25,107
12Horace Randle WoodThurmond, NC 28683$24,660
13R Hart Hudson Farms IncSouth Hill, VA 23970$24,478
14D & D Tobacco FarmsRegister, GA 30452$24,175
15James Keith SmithFour Oaks, NC 27524$24,092
16Daniel H Lewis Farms IncOrrum, NC 28369$23,541
17Richard L Tyson JrNashville, NC 27856$22,864
18Wayne Edwards FarmsWhitakers, NC 27891$22,043
19R D Lee Farms IncErwin, NC 28339$21,606
20G Brownie Gainey JrLaurel Hill, NC 28351$21,560

* USDA data are not "transparent" for many payments made to recipients through most cooperatives. Recipients of payments made through most cooperatives, and the amounts, have not been made public. To see ownership information, click on the name, then click on the link that is titled Ownership Information.

** EWG has identified this recipient as a bank or lending institution that received the payment because the payment applicant had a loan requiring any subsidy payments go to the lender first. In 2019, the information provided to EWG by USDA began to include the entity that received the payment, rather than the person or entity that applied for it, which was previously provided. This move to shield subsidy recipients from disclosure enables USDA to further evade taxpayer accountability. Six percent of subsidy dollars went to banks, lending institutions, or the Farm Service Agency.”

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