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In 2021, 186 farmers in cities within Clarendon County received a total of $4 million in 340 farm subsidies, a 56.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.2 million in 640 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 Clarendon County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Farms III | $1,543,031 | $361,368 | -76.6% |
| John C. McNair Jr. | $303,296 | $340,079 | 12.1% |
| Hoangson Tran Nguyen | $0 | $250,000 | -- |
| Thomas Elam Lee | $392,903 | $201,636 | -48.7% |
| Two Tel Farms, LLC | $273,119 | $188,299 | -31.1% |
| W. L. Coker | $108,460 | $170,598 | 57.3% |
| Flowers Farms, LLC | $455,013 | $142,522 | -68.7% |
| John H. Horton III | $186,649 | $130,814 | -29.9% |
| Lester C. Thompson III | $249,227 | $109,607 | -56% |
| Tod Graham Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $97,570 | -- |
| S H Jackson Farms, LLC | $211,808 | $95,928 | -54.7% |
| Cecil Bozard Eaddy Jr. | $142,595 | $75,761 | -46.9% |
| JNL Farms, LLC | $326,570 | $74,629 | -77.1% |
| B & D Farms, LLC | $122,586 | $72,364 | -41% |
| Witherspoon Farms, LLC | $266,189 | $67,515 | -74.6% |
| Vu Farms, LLC | $0 | $60,057 | -- |
| James Paul Eaddy | $107,283 | $59,107 | -44.9% |
| Brogdon Family Farms | $222,337 | $57,514 | -74.1% |
| Wells Farms, LLC | $62,920 | $57,417 | -8.7% |
| Cogdill Family Farms | $149,532 | $55,568 | -62.8% |
| EMS Chipping, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Martin Brothers | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Stacy W. Whetsell | $121,953 | $50,634 | -58.5% |
| William R. Simpson Sr. | $107,353 | $50,211 | -53.2% |
| Russ Harrelson Farms, LLC | $0 | $50,120 | -- |
| Justin Bailey McArthur | $56,330 | $42,382 | -24.8% |
| Thanh D. Nguyen | $0 | $41,628 | -- |
| Chicken Shack Farms, LLC | $0 | $41,292 | -- |
| S & J Farms, LLC | $0 | $39,749 | -- |
| William D. Welch | $115,280 | $37,448 | -67.5% |
| C. W. Brunson III | $61,639 | $35,895 | -41.8% |
| Scott H. Jackson Jr. | $71,747 | $32,560 | -54.6% |
| Hugh R. Thompson Jr. | $115,475 | $31,692 | -72.6% |
| Moore Family Farms, LLC | $5,020 | $30,030 | 498.2% |
| W. R. Simpson Jr. | $76,013 | $29,861 | -60.7% |
| MLS Farm, LLC | $41,015 | $26,770 | -34.7% |
| Triple S Farms of School, LLC | $106,321 | $26,600 | -75% |
| William Hugh Epps | $57,867 | $25,500 | -55.9% |
| FSA | $23,506 | $24,265 | 3.2% |
| Cannon Agent Products, LLC | $444,768 | $23,989 | -94.6% |
| Lewis Brothers Farm | $105,316 | $22,589 | -78.6% |
| T2, LLC | $150,659 | $22,128 | -85.3% |
| R M Elliott Farms, LLC | $90,655 | $21,233 | -76.6% |
| Dubose Landscape Designs | $130,591 | $20,843 | -84% |
| Scott Harmon Jackson III | $71,249 | $19,930 | -72% |
| T S Lee & Sons, Inc. | $304,909 | $19,712 | -93.5% |
| M. L. Sauls III | $42,547 | $17,696 | -58.4% |
| Charlton Watts Jr. | $55,066 | $17,639 | -68% |
| Clarendon Turf, LLC | $38,288 | $17,017 | -55.6% |
| William Davis Welch Jr. | $45,379 | $16,373 | -63.9% |
| Dubose & Stukes Farms, LLC | $165,615 | $14,829 | -91% |
| B & B Farms, Inc. | $29,066 | $14,770 | -49.2% |
| Cecil B. Eaddy | $76,212 | $13,992 | -81.6% |
| Henry S. Brunson | $36,964 | $13,682 | -63% |
| Raynee M Warren | $33,634 | $13,613 | -59.5% |
| Timothy S. Hilliard Jr. | $30,186 | $13,070 | -56.7% |
| Joseph Kipp Barrineau | $27,024 | $12,712 | -53% |
| Hodge M. L. Farms | $14,803 | $11,862 | -19.9% |
| Synovus Bank | $0 | $11,586 | -- |
| Christian B. Richburg | $24,656 | $10,194 | -58.7% |
| Deborah Dianne Thompson | $0 | $10,098 | -- |
| Oneil Ward | $24,913 | $9,966 | -60% |
| Tarleton Way | $20,409 | $9,531 | -53.3% |
| Robert B. Fleming Sr. | $12,695 | $8,130 | -36% |
| Willie H. Richburg | $23,235 | $8,001 | -65.6% |
| FSA | $65,670 | $7,999 | -87.8% |
| Ralston E Smith Marital Trust | $7,402 | $7,402 | 0% |
| Nikolas Tanner McArthur | $6,877 | $7,024 | 2.1% |
| John Coker | $39,751 | $6,464 | -83.7% |
| Fullwood Farms, LLC | $6,260 | $6,188 | -1.2% |
| John Dyson Jr. | $17,218 | $5,226 | -69.6% |
| Witherspoon Irrigated Farms, LLC | $21,658 | $5,016 | -76.8% |
| J H Lewis JR | $19,462 | $4,558 | -76.6% |
| FSA | $48,447 | $4,440 | -90.8% |
| William Edward Ward Jr. | $5,689 | $4,422 | -22.3% |
| G. W. Tisdale | $3,721 | $4,318 | 16% |
| Tom Kemp Farms | $27,304 | $4,225 | -84.5% |
| Jeremy B. Cannon | $23,833 | $3,979 | -83.3% |
| John H. Horton Jr. | $6,585 | $3,924 | -40.4% |
| Keith R. Corbett | $11,274 | $3,902 | -65.4% |
| Stuart M. Cochran | $5,846 | $3,871 | -33.8% |
| William Hugh Epps Jr. | $14,765 | $3,382 | -77.1% |
| Dale Hodge | $5,735 | $3,312 | -42.2% |
| Carrie H. Mitchum | $0 | $3,254 | -- |
| M. D. Jenkinson III | $23,348 | $3,126 | -86.6% |
| John Eaddy | $6,251 | $2,969 | -52.5% |
| Eugene E. Phillips | $7,533 | $2,941 | -61% |
| Margaret Bland Cooper | $2,854 | $2,854 | 0% |
| Wayne Julian Bryant | $24,302 | $2,853 | -88.3% |
| Ann K. Cutter | $2,685 | $2,685 | 0% |
| Lester Cain Thompson IV | $5,383 | $2,597 | -51.8% |
| Charles E. McDonald | $9,313 | $2,451 | -73.7% |
| Jack Tyson Mims | $3,073 | $2,328 | -24.2% |
| Elizabeth K. Coffey | $2,316 | $2,316 | 0% |
| Catherine McFaddin | $2,298 | $2,298 | 0% |
| Douglas Hugh McFaddin | $2,298 | $2,298 | 0% |
| Jerry Joe Hickman Jr. | $7,183 | $2,104 | -70.7% |
| Mary Janice B. Toner | $2,035 | $2,035 | 0% |
| Jerry E. Coker | $4,919 | $1,909 | -61.2% |
| Leon Alvin Tobias | $5,936 | $1,880 | -68.3% |
| Charles E. Milam | $11,986 | $1,869 | -84.4% |
| Presley D. Morris | $1,816 | $1,816 | 0% |
| Rosemary M. Herring | $1,815 | $1,815 | 0% |
| Lanelle C. Durant | $1,809 | $1,809 | 0% |
| Peggy C. Gardner | $1,809 | $1,809 | 0% |
| The Bank of Clarendon | $7,401 | $1,628 | -78% |
| L & S Farms | $0 | $1,555 | -- |
| Kenneth Lee | $1,549 | $1,549 | 0% |
| Patricia S. Epps | $934 | $1,459 | 56.2% |
| Billy Ray Ward | $6,483 | $1,272 | -80.4% |
| Robert Ben Fleming III | $2,986 | $1,229 | -58.8% |
| Wayne Curtiss Johnson | $3,415 | $1,178 | -65.5% |
| Christopher Joseph Oswald | $2,468 | $1,092 | -55.8% |
| Alvin Gibson | $808 | $1,078 | 33.4% |
| Eddy Alan Huckabee | $1,032 | $1,032 | 0% |
| Eugenia Mabry Huckabee | $1,032 | $1,032 | 0% |
| Willadean B Duke | $2,314 | $951 | -58.9% |
| Caleb Lane Robinson | $7,252 | $926 | -87.2% |
| Eddie Lee McFadden | $5,235 | $924 | -82.3% |
| Shane Blakely Bryant | $3,831 | $901 | -76.5% |
| Lyndsey Jewell McDowell | $911 | $793 | -13% |
| David F. Richburg | $23,228 | $763 | -96.7% |
| Eunice L. Smith | $762 | $762 | 0% |
| Estate of Joseph B Davis JR | $305 | $727 | 138.4% |
| KBD Farms, LLC | $0 | $683 | -- |
| Robert S. McLeod | $9,310 | $662 | -92.9% |
| Anne M. Sauls | $649 | $649 | 0% |
| Kenneth M. Gibbons | $624 | $624 | 0% |
| Dickey B. Williamson | $615 | $616 | 0.2% |
| Ray Ward | $1,035 | $593 | -42.7% |
| Suzanne H Failmezger | $576 | $576 | 0% |
| Wendell B. Jones | $621 | $543 | -12.6% |
| Mary Rose Hodge | $532 | $532 | 0% |
| James M. Fleming | $1,233 | $526 | -57.3% |
| Douglas A. Robinson | $2,013 | $512 | -74.6% |
| Horton Davis Jr. | $2,024 | $511 | -74.8% |
| Mertie H Strickland | $1,035 | $510 | -50.7% |
| Arnold Madison | $1,672 | $500 | -70.1% |
| Hayward B. Brewer | $1,677 | $498 | -70.3% |
| Archie T. Gales Sr. | $0 | $492 | -- |
| Lauren Russell | $2,255 | $491 | -78.2% |
| Featherhorn Farms, LLC | $593 | $491 | -17.2% |
| Richard Evans | $0 | $472 | -- |
| Frances Benton Gibson | $861 | $471 | -45.3% |
| Lee E. Reaves | $467 | $467 | 0% |
| William P. Coulliette | $2,205 | $467 | -78.8% |
| George H. Hardy III | $504 | $440 | -12.7% |
| Geraldine B. Phillips | $438 | $438 | 0% |
| Gamble's Claywall Plantation, LLC | $427 | $427 | 0% |
| Lois B. Coker | $250 | $371 | 48.4% |
| Hazel Durant | $1,502 | $360 | -76% |
| Kay G. Jowers | $312 | $312 | 0% |
| Carolyn R. Bledsoe | $285 | $285 | 0% |
| Roosevelt Patterson | $4,184 | $276 | -93.4% |
| My Deer, LLC | $256 | $256 | 0% |
| Dianne Sprott | $249 | $249 | 0% |
| Tourie R Briggs | $242 | $242 | 0% |
| Allen O'neil Coker | $1,257 | $237 | -81.1% |
| Calvin S. Houston | $235 | $235 | 0% |
| Harold D. Rumsey Jr. | $224 | $224 | 0% |
| Outbax Farms, LLC | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Willie Johnson | $726 | $207 | -71.5% |
| Julia R. Wilson | $0 | $205 | -- |
| Frankie B. McCabe | $185 | $185 | 0% |
| Legrant Beard | $185 | $185 | 0% |
| Linda K. Grant | $484 | $182 | -62.4% |
| Mitchell R. Gardner Jr. | $538 | $182 | -66.2% |
| Tessa W. Corbett | $178 | $178 | 0% |
| Thomas Finley Coffey Jr. | $1,941 | $168 | -91.3% |
| Keith James | $517 | $166 | -67.9% |
| Melvin Carlton Hardy | $1,314 | $147 | -88.8% |
| Robert B. Fleming Jr. | $339 | $140 | -58.7% |
| Starlin Rafael Gaymon | $698 | $132 | -81.1% |
| Marie M Land | $251 | $107 | -57.4% |
| Herbert L. King | $0 | $77 | -- |
| Mercy Farms, LLC | $45 | $60 | 33.3% |
| Jersey Logan | $881 | $59 | -93.3% |
| Roger L. Flowers Jr. | $18,433 | $55 | -99.7% |
| William Elliott Fleming | $242 | $48 | -80.2% |
| Andra W. Register | $798 | $45 | -94.4% |
| Gary Curtis Lee Jr. | $6,663 | $44 | -99.3% |
| Marvin W. Williams | $2 | $42 | 2,000% |
| John L. Miles | $0 | $40 | -- |
| Ducworth Farms, LLC | $1,081 | $31 | -97.1% |
| Dennis F. Hurley | $336 | $17 | -94.9% |
| Barbara M. King | $0 | $6 | -- |
| Brunson Wholesale Nursery, LLC | $101,737 | $0 | -100% |
| Caroline Rawlinson Lee | $1,797 | $0 | -100% |
| Rubin N. Morris Jr. | $857 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth E. Shuman | $18,893 | $0 | -100% |
| William Turner Brogdon IV | $867 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarendon County FSA | $1,831 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna P. Scurry | $1,582 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $168,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $3,046 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry W. King Jr. | $113 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Blanding Jr. | $85 | $0 | -100% |
| Joan Parker Revocable Trust | $225 | $0 | -100% |
| Julia R. Wilson | $205 | $0 | -100% |
| Rochelle D. Henry | $5,382 | $0 | -100% |
| Sterrick P Morant | $690 | $0 | -100% |
| USDA--Farm Service Agency | $2,206 | $0 | -100% |
| William O. Eaddy | $3,728 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Bagnal Jr. | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Ko Chung | $1,116 | $0 | -100% |
| Taw Caw Creek Nursery, LLC | $24,412 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald G. Coker | $121 | $0 | -100% |
| Mossy Creek Nursey, LLC | $50,203 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Anthony Robinson | $40,873 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Adam Daniels | $86,273 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $9,213,962 | $3,967,610 | -56.9% |
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