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In 2021, 170 farmers in cities within Seminole County received a total of $8.1 million in 322 farm subsidies, a 38.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $13 million in 578 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 Seminole County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3RT Farms | $948,819 | $745,459 | -21.4% |
| Double H. Farms | $856,046 | $592,975 | -30.7% |
| Mims Farms | $904,771 | $436,924 | -51.7% |
| Thompson Family Farms | $369,919 | $343,539 | -7.1% |
| 6 Y Farm | $216,820 | $322,905 | 48.9% |
| D & P Farms | $484,973 | $301,901 | -37.7% |
| Triple S Farms | $576,439 | $296,840 | -48.5% |
| Bowen Farms Partnership | $433,809 | $279,130 | -35.7% |
| 4 Miller Farms | $188,568 | $250,985 | 33.1% |
| Hanna Farming Partnership | $634,079 | $247,410 | -61% |
| Brad Clarke Farms, GP | $373,082 | $209,144 | -43.9% |
| Ethan Joseph Fiveash | $385,843 | $175,824 | -54.4% |
| Garrett Bridges | $356,782 | $173,910 | -51.3% |
| Grayson Hall Farms, LLC | $386,473 | $171,334 | -55.7% |
| Horace Mitchell Womble | $238,971 | $166,156 | -30.5% |
| Double S. Farms | $190,138 | $153,176 | -19.4% |
| Braswell Family Farms, LLC | $202,662 | $148,611 | -26.7% |
| Ricky Smith | $56,551 | $139,519 | 146.7% |
| Donalsonville Marketing Group, Inc. | $287,922 | $138,202 | -52% |
| Rodney Kent Croom | $75,334 | $134,738 | 78.9% |
| Bobby Joe Womble II | $204,423 | $131,867 | -35.5% |
| Eddie Miller Farms, Inc. | $332,796 | $120,936 | -63.7% |
| Windmill Farms, Inc. | $147,589 | $92,706 | -37.2% |
| Lillian M. Smith | $15,483 | $87,316 | 463.9% |
| John S. Bailey | $74,098 | $84,556 | 14.1% |
| B & W Farms Partnership | $17,036 | $82,913 | 386.7% |
| L & L Farms, Inc. | $165,857 | $81,946 | -50.6% |
| Eddie Miller Farming Part, LLC | $126,646 | $80,137 | -36.7% |
| 3e Miller Farms, Inc. | $219,420 | $80,136 | -63.5% |
| Brantley Broome Farms, Inc. | $259,501 | $78,470 | -69.8% |
| Stephen E. Houston Jr. | $123,376 | $77,588 | -37.1% |
| Ralph Delane Trawick | $56,820 | $75,612 | 33.1% |
| Neal Spooner | $60,264 | $72,417 | 20.2% |
| Matthew P. Darley | $65,244 | $68,363 | 4.8% |
| Dennis O'Hearn | $83,119 | $66,536 | -20% |
| Mary F. Weir | $109,874 | $58,366 | -46.9% |
| HDB III Farms, Inc. | $103,544 | $57,896 | -44.1% |
| Christopher N. Smith | $25,614 | $57,811 | 125.7% |
| Carr Family Blackbottom Farms, LLC | $37,492 | $53,544 | 42.8% |
| Tim Bowen | $93,229 | $49,559 | -46.8% |
| Bright-Williams Farms, LLC | $82,614 | $43,756 | -47% |
| Brandon C. Franklin | $72,791 | $42,863 | -41.1% |
| JBP3 Farms, LLC | $53,313 | $42,248 | -20.8% |
| Jakin Farms, LLC | $0 | $34,941 | -- |
| Loren L. Rathel | $115,772 | $33,409 | -71.1% |
| T. E. Williams | $36,426 | $32,553 | -10.6% |
| Hugh Dorsey Broome III | $0 | $30,239 | -- |
| Chuck P. Miller | $56,480 | $29,996 | -46.9% |
| Donald Ray Jarvis Jr. | $32,382 | $28,547 | -11.8% |
| Alex James Johnson | $6,093 | $24,689 | 305.2% |
| Donalsonville Sod Farms, LLC | $0 | $24,681 | -- |
| Rogers-Hill Farms, LLC | $49,622 | $23,790 | -52.1% |
| Ray Hunter Jr. | $12,805 | $23,397 | 82.7% |
| John D. Miller | $25,053 | $23,046 | -8% |
| Michael A. Thompson | $78,584 | $21,857 | -72.2% |
| Brookins Farm, LLLP | $44,221 | $21,606 | -51.1% |
| Michael R. Carr | $3,593 | $21,362 | 494.5% |
| Marx Reid Gaines Jr. | $2,481 | $20,356 | 720.5% |
| Daulton Bowen Farms, Inc. | $0 | $20,151 | -- |
| Debbie S. Womble | $9,854 | $19,092 | 93.7% |
| Kenneth R. Massey Jr. | $0 | $18,210 | -- |
| Michael Chestnut | $21,637 | $17,289 | -20.1% |
| Jason Roberts | $69,162 | $15,772 | -77.2% |
| Stephen T. Scott | $0 | $15,578 | -- |
| Nellie J. Lynn | $26,393 | $14,209 | -46.2% |
| Allen Hutchins | $7,509 | $13,888 | 85% |
| Sowega Cattle, LLC | $0 | $13,750 | -- |
| D S Hall Farms, Inc. | $103,542 | $13,586 | -86.9% |
| Amanda T. Johnson | $10,590 | $12,879 | 21.6% |
| Luke Spooner | $85,134 | $12,223 | -85.6% |
| Edwina H Skipper | $25,057 | $12,013 | -52.1% |
| Harry McDonald | $284 | $11,878 | 4,082.4% |
| Norris L. Copeland | $9,942 | $11,662 | 17.3% |
| Jim W. Swanner | $19,652 | $10,688 | -45.6% |
| James Eugene Cook | $110,080 | $10,164 | -90.8% |
| Kathy Lee Sheffield | $0 | $9,775 | -- |
| R & R Smith Farms | $282,647 | $9,386 | -96.7% |
| Gwen F. Adams | $38,037 | $8,754 | -77% |
| Stanton A. Deal | $6,940 | $8,601 | 23.9% |
| W. H. Miller Jr. | $9,904 | $8,446 | -14.7% |
| Cedric Lewis Daniels | $12,446 | $8,247 | -33.7% |
| David Brunson Fain Jr. | $14,265 | $8,188 | -42.6% |
| Randall Earnest Sr. | $31,869 | $7,639 | -76% |
| Willis L. Ausley | $12,823 | $7,629 | -40.5% |
| Richard H. Spooner | $0 | $7,613 | -- |
| Branda Trawick JR and Atherlone Trawick | $0 | $7,608 | -- |
| Bobby J. Womble | $1,754 | $6,793 | 287.3% |
| Joseph Emerson Skipper | $7,652 | $6,549 | -14.4% |
| Dennis Hopkins Jr. | $10,328 | $6,440 | -37.6% |
| Eric Hopkins | $4,446 | $6,440 | 44.8% |
| Steven M. Enfinger | $0 | $6,395 | -- |
| Milton A. Arline | $1,155 | $6,100 | 428.1% |
| Harriet Lane | $11,104 | $5,546 | -50.1% |
| Bonnie Rathel | $670 | $5,463 | 715.4% |
| Collie Edward Hill III | $8,195 | $5,379 | -34.4% |
| Larry Fennell | $15,246 | $5,161 | -66.1% |
| Tracy Kyle Horne | $68,727 | $4,993 | -92.7% |
| Archie Harbin | $2,675 | $4,948 | 85% |
| Joseph M. Garcia | $44,743 | $4,869 | -89.1% |
| Wilmot Ellis Odom | $4,831 | $4,831 | 0% |
| Brad Hornsby | $43,253 | $4,796 | -88.9% |
| Sandra Harden | $5,091 | $4,684 | -8% |
| Richard Plair | $35,057 | $4,602 | -86.9% |
| Truett D. Roberts Jr. | $0 | $4,070 | -- |
| Joseph E. Burke | $4,463 | $4,040 | -9.5% |
| William R. Youmans | $56,308 | $4,000 | -92.9% |
| Stephen Todd Pearce | $323 | $3,715 | 1,050.2% |
| Wayne Bryant | $495 | $3,596 | 626.5% |
| Kimberly W. Johnson | $0 | $3,470 | -- |
| James Bruce Barber | $0 | $3,465 | -- |
| Jerry Moulton | $15,192 | $3,452 | -77.3% |
| Danny N. Revells | $3,812 | $3,451 | -9.5% |
| Linda S. Jones | $0 | $3,443 | -- |
| Greg Eubanks | $41,829 | $3,420 | -91.8% |
| James J. Andrews Jr. | $3,392 | $3,392 | 0% |
| Billy Ray Barber | $8,071 | $3,282 | -59.3% |
| Trulock Family Farm, LLC | $3,192 | $3,192 | 0% |
| Melissa Atkinson | $3,737 | $3,174 | -15.1% |
| Robin F. Blackburn Sr. | $34,299 | $3,159 | -90.8% |
| Robin F. Blackburn Jr. | $34,794 | $3,101 | -91.1% |
| Eddie Alday | $3,806 | $2,984 | -21.6% |
| Neal Pace | $24,089 | $2,835 | -88.2% |
| S T Fedd Farms, LLC | $11,165 | $2,657 | -76.2% |
| Dallas E. Waddell | $10,668 | $2,607 | -75.6% |
| James R. Scott | $18,813 | $2,450 | -87% |
| Hosea Henry Jr. | $0 | $2,159 | -- |
| John Q. Adams II | $13,658 | $2,123 | -84.5% |
| Janet A. Carver | $2,114 | $2,114 | 0% |
| Mims Properties, LLC | $2,106 | $2,106 | 0% |
| Klay Robert Armstrong | $38,588 | $1,994 | -94.8% |
| John W Barber | $0 | $1,939 | -- |
| Charles Willard Mims | $6,952 | $1,804 | -74.1% |
| Homer E. Breckenridge III | $1,628 | $1,628 | 0% |
| Thomas W. Mills | $45,903 | $1,606 | -96.5% |
| Kenneth R. Massey Sr. | $19,114 | $1,520 | -92% |
| Sandra B. Hunter | $0 | $1,434 | -- |
| Michael O. Miller | $5,181 | $1,417 | -72.7% |
| Joseph Louie Cross | $15,344 | $1,327 | -91.4% |
| Lexely Hention | $5,500 | $1,301 | -76.3% |
| Michael A. Cobb | $5,402 | $1,185 | -78.1% |
| Beverly Carr | $0 | $1,159 | -- |
| Jeffery Carl Chance | $8,603 | $1,000 | -88.4% |
| John Grant Harrell | $3,509 | $982 | -72% |
| Lucia Ann Ridlehoover | $17,433 | $981 | -94.4% |
| Circle C Farms of Donalsonville, LLC | $3,883 | $914 | -76.5% |
| Andrea T. Lambert | $1,131 | $836 | -26.1% |
| T W Bush Trust | $0 | $774 | -- |
| Trust of Edna Ruth Bush | $0 | $774 | -- |
| Jack Mills | $1,540 | $739 | -52% |
| Sandra W. Heard | $655 | $655 | 0% |
| A. P. Higginbotham | $10,731 | $653 | -93.9% |
| Raymond G. Thompson | $587 | $587 | 0% |
| Rex Thompson | $587 | $587 | 0% |
| Pamela Murkerson | $678 | $585 | -13.7% |
| Larry Harrell | $15,739 | $554 | -96.5% |
| Katherine Boutwell | $14,379 | $539 | -96.3% |
| Jimmie N. Moulton | $3,101 | $516 | -83.4% |
| David Vines | $2,652 | $450 | -83% |
| Sharlene Eubanks | $1,665 | $329 | -80.2% |
| Bobby Reynolds | $5,903 | $318 | -94.6% |
| Joseph Herbert Adams | $1,254 | $304 | -75.8% |
| S. T. Fedd | $621 | $298 | -52% |
| Greg Broxton | $20,172 | $256 | -98.7% |
| Windell Cross | $5,133 | $206 | -96% |
| Lou Jean Sallas | $413 | $202 | -51.1% |
| Guy S. Stovall | $971 | $173 | -82.2% |
| Charles Tabb Lane | $1,124 | $160 | -85.8% |
| Versie B Hention | $4,800 | $86 | -98.2% |
| Lynn Jackson | $47 | $47 | 0% |
| Henry B. Steagall III | $27 | $8 | -70.4% |
| Claudia Miller | $11,802 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale R. Brown | $83 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra J. Lynn | $2,288 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Alday | $2,092 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris Laverne McMickle | $3,713 | $0 | -100% |
| Dylan D. Harden | $4,245 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie Hention | $6,131 | $0 | -100% |
| Ezekiel James Miller | $2,796 | $0 | -100% |
| Hicks Flying Service, Inc. | $4,005 | $0 | -100% |
| Hilda Warriner | $617 | $0 | -100% |
| John R. Mock Jr. | $1,401 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Bowen | $1,061 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin O'Hearn | $1,734 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Ann Atkinson | $9,507 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick Danner | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Paula Faircloth | $182 | $0 | -100% |
| Robin Alday | $2,092 | $0 | -100% |
| Rolling Acres, LLC | $8,660 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel B. Weir | $218 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Michael Moulton | $489 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Fedd | $5,168 | $0 | -100% |
| William A. Bramlett | $2,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie Murphy Williams | $380 | $0 | -100% |
| Judson A. Hornsby | $7,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Andy Mathis | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Denver Denmark Trawick Jr. | $3,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane Copeland | $2,796 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Lane | $10,907 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe E. Miller | $3,577 | $0 | -100% |
| Lanny Williams | $2,850 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Miller | $282 | $0 | -100% |
| Wes Dozier | $2,967 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $13,007,949 | $8,053,884 | -38.1% |
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