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In 2021, 134 farmers in cities within Calhoun County received a total of $3.7 million in 229 farm subsidies, a 57.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $8.8 million in 481 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haigler Farms Partnership | $1,835,728 | $538,473 | -70.7% |
| Agent South Farm Credit Aca | $555,797 | $431,910 | -22.3% |
| Perrow Farms | $400,084 | $212,288 | -46.9% |
| W M Smith & Sons | $377,753 | $191,131 | -49.4% |
| Bozard Farms, LLC | $118,330 | $147,213 | 24.4% |
| Bates Houck Farm | $301,103 | $146,926 | -51.2% |
| Roy M Hungerpiller III | $234,615 | $133,247 | -43.2% |
| Harry L. Ott Jr. | $245,126 | $117,201 | -52.2% |
| Kendall Wannamaker | $342,437 | $111,070 | -67.6% |
| Mary Lil Wannamaker | $342,437 | $111,070 | -67.6% |
| Hayne Haigler & Sons | $227,607 | $108,600 | -52.3% |
| Edward M. Rast Jr. | $221,382 | $99,963 | -54.8% |
| Kathryn Nixon Rast | $221,382 | $99,963 | -54.8% |
| Reed & Sons Farms, LLC | $195,341 | $98,887 | -49.4% |
| W. H. Bull | $164,853 | $84,600 | -48.7% |
| William H. Bull Jr. | $164,856 | $84,600 | -48.7% |
| FSA | $0 | $76,866 | -- |
| Curtis Michael Moss Jr. | $115,226 | $66,051 | -42.7% |
| Mary Jo H. Spiers | $107,606 | $61,975 | -42.4% |
| K & R Farm, LLC | $144,602 | $57,490 | -60.2% |
| Mark Ott | $160,720 | $54,016 | -66.4% |
| Leeta B Holman | $106,660 | $50,345 | -52.8% |
| Big H Farms, LLC | $65,844 | $45,096 | -31.5% |
| William C. Holman Jr. | $147,081 | $44,746 | -69.6% |
| J & G Farms School, LLC | $182,181 | $40,456 | -77.8% |
| William M. Shirer Jr. | $175,332 | $33,712 | -80.8% |
| Donnie B Porth Farm | $59,627 | $31,811 | -46.7% |
| Curtis Russell Dukes | $87,091 | $31,701 | -63.6% |
| Longstreet Farms, Inc. | $59,369 | $25,936 | -56.3% |
| James M. Sikes Jr. | $11,259 | $23,111 | 105.3% |
| Richard Carson | $47,993 | $21,230 | -55.8% |
| W. K. Pooser Jr. | $40,562 | $19,764 | -51.3% |
| Haywood Farms | $11,452 | $18,361 | 60.3% |
| Elizabeth Prickett Olson | $45,679 | $18,116 | -60.3% |
| John Olson III | $45,679 | $18,116 | -60.3% |
| Rawl Dargan Culclasure III | $45,836 | $16,165 | -64.7% |
| Belleville Farms, LLC | $46,754 | $15,609 | -66.6% |
| Lone Star Farms, LLC | $16,841 | $12,545 | -25.5% |
| J Richard Williamson Qtip Trust | $29,243 | $12,058 | -58.8% |
| Kyle Monroe Carson | $77,407 | $11,742 | -84.8% |
| James Travis Avent | $18,183 | $11,371 | -37.5% |
| Interlaken Plantation, LLC | $31,269 | $11,299 | -63.9% |
| Frederick W. Robinson | $12,384 | $9,944 | -19.7% |
| Low Falls Wholesale Nursery | $250,000 | $9,868 | -96.1% |
| Russell Ott | $26,135 | $9,731 | -62.8% |
| Flea Bite, LLC | $14,622 | $8,503 | -41.8% |
| Kevin Ott | $10,316 | $6,772 | -34.4% |
| Johnnie D. Padgett | $15,374 | $6,758 | -56% |
| James E. Rucker III | $11,230 | $6,705 | -40.3% |
| Harvest Drive Farms | $12,063 | $6,464 | -46.4% |
| Tractor Road, LLC | $0 | $6,281 | -- |
| Michael Diaz | $0 | $6,241 | -- |
| Henry W. Stallworth | $6,584 | $5,466 | -17% |
| Knowlton R. Stabler | $14,947 | $5,206 | -65.2% |
| Charles Horger | $11,453 | $4,538 | -60.4% |
| David E. Fersner | $15,542 | $4,457 | -71.3% |
| Derek Gallegos | $6,010 | $4,444 | -26.1% |
| Simpson Sikes | $8,796 | $3,311 | -62.4% |
| Stabler Family Limited Partnership | $0 | $3,031 | -- |
| The Darby Place, LLC | $3,857 | $2,802 | -27.4% |
| John G. Felder | $3,559 | $2,779 | -21.9% |
| Shawn T. Pound | $9,007 | $2,685 | -70.2% |
| Donald Yongue | $3,150 | $2,625 | -16.7% |
| Johnny B. McMahan Jr. | $0 | $2,499 | -- |
| Michael P. Shirer | $5,526 | $2,263 | -59% |
| Johnny McMahan | $10,417 | $2,177 | -79.1% |
| Dreher Ricky Rucker | $4,065 | $2,136 | -47.5% |
| Barrett Allen Zeigler | $5,203 | $2,130 | -59.1% |
| Charles E. Bozard Jr. | $1,063 | $2,120 | 99.4% |
| William P. Buyck | $4,778 | $2,010 | -57.9% |
| T M Davis Residuary Trust | $1,864 | $1,864 | 0% |
| Ronnie L. Bozard | $4,393 | $1,845 | -58% |
| Riley Godwin | $6,181 | $1,804 | -70.8% |
| Stabler Inabinet | $2,845 | $1,761 | -38.1% |
| W. D. Whetstone III | $1,700 | $1,700 | 0% |
| Knot Farming, LLC | $2,286 | $1,584 | -30.7% |
| Steven T. Carson | $1,662 | $1,529 | -8% |
| Donald E. Crim | $11,185 | $1,520 | -86.4% |
| George F. Hodges Jr. | $4,273 | $1,241 | -71% |
| Jack R. Brady | $4,061 | $1,157 | -71.5% |
| Linwood D Hair JR | $4,479 | $1,126 | -74.9% |
| Billy L. Shannon | $1,398 | $1,070 | -23.5% |
| Jefferson L. Gates | $4,899 | $995 | -79.7% |
| Francisco Torres | $5,700 | $968 | -83% |
| David Lewis | $3,058 | $956 | -68.7% |
| M. R. Bolton | $2,412 | $884 | -63.3% |
| Will-Gyn Farm, LLC | $5,574 | $860 | -84.6% |
| Nellibuck Farms, LLC | $4,892 | $692 | -85.9% |
| Mary K. Thompson | $3,300 | $640 | -80.6% |
| Gary Davidson | $1,158 | $566 | -51.1% |
| James Rucker Jr. | $6,193 | $563 | -90.9% |
| Ronald Hildebrand | $1,331 | $538 | -59.6% |
| Greene Property of School, LLC | $4,176 | $512 | -87.7% |
| Koko-S Bucking Bulls, LLC | $110 | $482 | 338.2% |
| Eugene C. Plaskett | $726 | $432 | -40.5% |
| William T. Robinson | $1,617 | $400 | -75.3% |
| Larry O. Shealy Jr. | $974 | $399 | -59% |
| John Franklin Leysath | $2,029 | $390 | -80.8% |
| Douglas E. Spigner | $0 | $327 | -- |
| Kathryn A. Stabler | $633 | $310 | -51% |
| Charles F. Horger | $327 | $295 | -9.8% |
| Miriam Rickenbaker | $608 | $286 | -53% |
| Samuel D. Montgomery III | $645 | $285 | -55.8% |
| Gregory W. Rickenbaker | $647 | $273 | -57.8% |
| Louise Perrow Bryant Trustee | $0 | $255 | -- |
| Burts Terry Hair | $687 | $252 | -63.3% |
| Walter Ray Heckle | $326 | $243 | -25.5% |
| Samuel M. Barton III | $1,660 | $239 | -85.6% |
| Robert C. Weaver Jr. | $617 | $236 | -61.8% |
| Joann H. Furlong | $975 | $236 | -75.8% |
| Timothy B. Carn | $1,523 | $227 | -85.1% |
| James Ulmer III | $1,616 | $222 | -86.3% |
| Ollie L. D. Roeback | $237 | $181 | -23.6% |
| Ramona R. Atkins | $1,161 | $177 | -84.8% |
| Don A. Rickenbaker | $1,053 | $159 | -84.9% |
| Dorothy W. Etheredge | $616 | $155 | -74.8% |
| Marian Lee Crawford | $0 | $134 | -- |
| Samuel K. Fogle | $0 | $130 | -- |
| Jewell R. Davis | $326 | $120 | -63.2% |
| Charles A. Suggs Sr. | $1,706 | $113 | -93.4% |
| Daniel W. Zeigler | $521 | $110 | -78.9% |
| Earnestine Murph | $215 | $105 | -51.2% |
| Kenneth T. Rickenbaker | $1,610 | $103 | -93.6% |
| Myrtle V. Green | $193 | $94 | -51.3% |
| Reginald O. Saylor | $459 | $91 | -80.2% |
| Kenneth D Feryus JR | $146 | $72 | -50.7% |
| Marsha a Feryus | $146 | $72 | -50.7% |
| Wayne Smith | $623 | $69 | -88.9% |
| Roy W. Kaple | $465 | $61 | -86.9% |
| Sumter S. Greene Jr. | $347 | $55 | -84.1% |
| Margaret J. Shirer | $160 | $28 | -82.5% |
| Ryan E. Martin | $48 | $8 | -83.3% |
| Janet P. Rickenbaker | $35 | $6 | -82.9% |
| Roger N. Chastain | $34 | $3 | -91.2% |
| Dothan Trees, LLC | $145,369 | $0 | -100% |
| Geneva Ellis | $1,067 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffry Chase Birkland | $854 | $0 | -100% |
| Old Tyme Bean Company, LLC | $1,442 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah B. Perrow | $698 | $0 | -100% |
| Shane Carlton Weeks | $6,534 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne K. Rast | $2,616 | $0 | -100% |
| Calhoun Trading Company, Inc. | $513 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles E. Bozard | $8,864 | $0 | -100% |
| HI Cotton Greenhouses, LLC | $208,288 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry T. Wannamaker | $658 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynwood C. Heckle | $853 | $0 | -100% |
| Monty S. Cochran | $410 | $0 | -100% |
| Phyllis Inabinet | $244 | $0 | -100% |
| R. D. Wannamaker Jr. | $687 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Coleman | $200 | $0 | -100% |
| Stabler Family Limited Partnershi | $3,031 | $0 | -100% |
| Edisto Blueberries, LLC | $672 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice H. Duncan | $250 | $0 | -100% |
| Janis Breazeale | $48 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley Wright | $230 | $0 | -100% |
| Suzanne M. Wiggins | $1,788 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia Hair | $200 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $8,794,765 | $3,714,986 | -57.8% |
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