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In 2021, 80 farmers in cities within Stewart County received a total of $1.7 million in 125 farm subsidies, a 36.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.7 million in 178 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minick Farms, GP | $409,803 | $274,663 | -33% |
| Terrell W. Jones | $329,538 | $196,769 | -40.3% |
| Diamond Partners, GP | $280,089 | $146,508 | -47.7% |
| Owen J. Stapleton III | $211,223 | $138,001 | -34.7% |
| Jennie K. Stapleton | $211,209 | $137,995 | -34.7% |
| Joshua M. Lane | $212,778 | $136,271 | -36% |
| CRGP Partnership | $197,485 | $125,372 | -36.5% |
| James Winston Morrison | $132,012 | $89,650 | -32.1% |
| Roulf E Stephens | $152,161 | $82,637 | -45.7% |
| Caleb Roulf Stephens | $152,008 | $82,479 | -45.7% |
| Craig C. Miller | $59,301 | $39,815 | -32.9% |
| Willie J. Protho Sr. | $30,919 | $22,311 | -27.8% |
| Clifford A. Lunsford Jr. | $19,547 | $18,366 | -6% |
| Willie Protho Jr. | $20,423 | $15,413 | -24.5% |
| Peggy H. McGlaun | $16,234 | $15,398 | -5.1% |
| Edward Grier Holloway Jr. | $16,580 | $14,288 | -13.8% |
| Mary Ammons | $7,095 | $11,841 | 66.9% |
| Linda Jones Johnston | $11,976 | $11,018 | -8% |
| Larry Jones | $14,255 | $10,588 | -25.7% |
| John R. Eakes | $14,513 | $10,225 | -29.5% |
| Lewis Baldwin | $10,614 | $9,766 | -8% |
| Mary E. Moore | $8,790 | $8,790 | 0% |
| Protho Farms, LLC | $9,682 | $7,250 | -25.1% |
| Morrison Farms | $0 | $6,517 | -- |
| Alluri Raju | $6,510 | $6,510 | 0% |
| Traci Dacus Davis | $6,210 | $5,520 | -11.1% |
| Elaine Dacus Schramm | $6,021 | $5,294 | -12.1% |
| Judy Dacus Surles | $5,733 | $5,274 | -8% |
| Robert D. Orr | $8,410 | $4,585 | -45.5% |
| Judy Lane Alger | $3,838 | $3,838 | 0% |
| Harold L. Bone | $3,768 | $3,768 | 0% |
| Eugene Protho | $2,446 | $3,733 | 52.6% |
| Keith Dacus | $3,962 | $3,666 | -7.5% |
| Kay H. Kimmel | $3,598 | $3,598 | 0% |
| Sandra Lynch | $4,121 | $3,565 | -13.5% |
| William F. Taylor Sr. | $4,336 | $3,508 | -19.1% |
| William B. Stovall | $6,578 | $3,383 | -48.6% |
| Neal Dacus Futch | $3,947 | $3,381 | -14.3% |
| Walter Skellie Jr. | $5,359 | $3,159 | -41.1% |
| John David Drew | $3,304 | $3,039 | -8% |
| John Mercer Moore Jr. | $2,932 | $2,932 | 0% |
| Hollice V Wells | $3,015 | $2,774 | -8% |
| John R. Downer | $9,543 | $2,656 | -72.2% |
| Richard D. Guagliardo | $10,202 | $2,411 | -76.4% |
| Mary Nell Howell | $2,313 | $2,313 | 0% |
| Walter Ivey | $2,126 | $2,126 | 0% |
| Thomas C. Butts | $1,847 | $2,118 | 14.7% |
| Mona Laura Dudley | $2,108 | $2,108 | 0% |
| Carol Elaine Shirling | $1,758 | $1,758 | 0% |
| Mary Jane Perry | $1,758 | $1,758 | 0% |
| James R. Lynch Jr. | $5,714 | $1,694 | -70.4% |
| Kelly Williams | $1,268 | $1,268 | 0% |
| John D. Blackstock | $1,545 | $1,243 | -19.5% |
| Gail L. Lynch | $1,173 | $1,173 | 0% |
| John Paul Morgan | $3,604 | $1,138 | -68.4% |
| Rossie J. Ross | $944 | $944 | 0% |
| John Dale Hutchinson | $1,036 | $935 | -9.7% |
| Thomas Tracy Mayo | $4,066 | $932 | -77.1% |
| Glen L. Matlock Jr. | $3,965 | $880 | -77.8% |
| Arthur James Hudson | $698 | $847 | 21.3% |
| John R Hutwagner | $0 | $836 | -- |
| Kimberly S. Kelley | $796 | $796 | 0% |
| Erik Wayne Pace | $3,372 | $792 | -76.5% |
| Patricia C. Logan | $4,215 | $774 | -81.6% |
| Baxley Land Company, Inc. | $17,157 | $623 | -96.4% |
| Sibyl McGlaun | $604 | $604 | 0% |
| Ann G. Funk | $0 | $460 | -- |
| Steve E. Affolter | $711 | $362 | -49.1% |
| Anna Laura Barrett | $1,546 | $338 | -78.1% |
| Georgette Ruth Morgan | $0 | $324 | -- |
| Jonathan W. Futch | $458 | $295 | -35.6% |
| Ruthie R. Hamlin | $198 | $198 | 0% |
| Keith Gourd | $0 | $165 | -- |
| Erik Vonk | $318 | $155 | -51.3% |
| Lloyd H. Kimmel | $385 | $145 | -62.3% |
| Larry J. Chalkley Sr. | $2,126 | $144 | -93.2% |
| Sap, LLC | $138 | $138 | 0% |
| Charlie F. Johnson | $0 | $70 | -- |
| Suzanne Greager | $161 | $41 | -74.5% |
| June G. Matlock | $66 | $20 | -69.7% |
| Giles Platt | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley E. Lane | $10,120 | $0 | -100% |
| Troy T. Ammons Jr. | $413 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Brown | $8,044 | $0 | -100% |
| William E. Minick Sr. | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,719,604 | $1,719,040 | -36.8% |
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