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In 2021, 210 farmers in cities within Miller County received a total of $12 million in 395 farm subsidies, a 35% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $18.5 million in 729 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 Miller County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creek Bank Farms | $901,788 | $677,474 | -24.9% |
| Cedar Head Farms a General Partnership | $593,954 | $619,885 | 4.4% |
| C & C Wilkin Farm | $604,303 | $567,181 | -6.1% |
| Eldorendo Farms | $831,978 | $542,926 | -34.7% |
| CLC Farms | $717,511 | $375,028 | -47.7% |
| K G H Farms PRT | $733,138 | $344,760 | -53% |
| West Spring Creek Farms | $546,780 | $330,352 | -39.6% |
| Big Drain Farms | $538,224 | $325,844 | -39.5% |
| MKP Farms, GP | $217,768 | $317,966 | 46% |
| Marty Phillips Farms | $448,543 | $315,536 | -29.7% |
| Jerry Thornton & Elaine Thornton Partners | $268,722 | $301,832 | 12.3% |
| A & W Farms | $509,636 | $286,340 | -43.8% |
| Clenney Farms 2011 | $512,052 | $283,308 | -44.7% |
| RGT Farms | $255,706 | $269,371 | 5.3% |
| Clenney Hill Farms | $342,118 | $265,011 | -22.5% |
| Brian K. Dean | $378,875 | $260,210 | -31.3% |
| Bushwater Farms | $451,848 | $227,402 | -49.7% |
| Merritt Family Farms, GP | $281,093 | $223,598 | -20.5% |
| 4H Farms | $335,190 | $217,486 | -35.1% |
| O. K. Farms | $248,147 | $217,412 | -12.4% |
| 4T Farms a Georgia General Partnership | $313,821 | $212,181 | -32.4% |
| Mourning Dove Farms | $273,916 | $195,728 | -28.5% |
| Floydtown Farms | $286,059 | $180,570 | -36.9% |
| Mardee Farms | $262,134 | $173,059 | -34% |
| LFP | $346,752 | $169,014 | -51.3% |
| Stovall Farms | $235,027 | $163,001 | -30.6% |
| Cleveland Farms General Partnership | $222,343 | $159,876 | -28.1% |
| Adams Family Farms | $228,450 | $152,502 | -33.2% |
| Ray Dean Heard Family Farms | $113,057 | $136,535 | 20.8% |
| Norbert A. Williams | $101,638 | $129,609 | 27.5% |
| Tony Mock | $103,567 | $118,566 | 14.5% |
| Rolling Hills Farm, Inc. | $275,060 | $117,291 | -57.4% |
| Thompson Brothers Farm, LLC | $181,596 | $116,487 | -35.9% |
| Mark Anthony Greene Jr. | $220,252 | $115,929 | -47.4% |
| William M. Middleton Jr. | $235,365 | $111,834 | -52.5% |
| Calhoun Family Farms, LLC | $141,696 | $111,231 | -21.5% |
| Firetower Farms, LLC | $151,987 | $109,462 | -28% |
| Louie M Freeman Farms, Inc. | $165,146 | $107,646 | -34.8% |
| Jones-Long Farm, LLC | $153,037 | $102,315 | -33.1% |
| Wendell Mathis | $204,617 | $92,200 | -54.9% |
| Brian S. Pickle | $154,266 | $91,402 | -40.8% |
| Charles Wilton Albritton | $84,677 | $84,309 | -0.4% |
| Cypress Bottom Farms, LLC | $883 | $71,547 | 8,002.7% |
| L. N. Cleveland | $14,830 | $70,681 | 376.6% |
| William Felix Tabb Jr. | $5,885 | $70,355 | 1,095.5% |
| Michael H. Cobb | $206,017 | $67,769 | -67.1% |
| Bryan's Half-Fast Farm, Inc. | $137,351 | $64,365 | -53.1% |
| Maurice Chapman | $195,699 | $60,861 | -68.9% |
| Jerry Pickle | $811 | $59,185 | 7,197.8% |
| Stacy L. Heard | $8,662 | $51,915 | 499.3% |
| Dole Cook Jr. | $9,737 | $49,747 | 410.9% |
| Circle B Farms, GP | $68,589 | $49,043 | -28.5% |
| Garrett Vann Farms | $70,511 | $48,807 | -30.8% |
| Miller Farms, Inc. | $53,333 | $46,062 | -13.6% |
| SLH Trading, LLC | $56,268 | $44,460 | -21% |
| Barbara R. Mock | $44,944 | $42,605 | -5.2% |
| Colt James Calhoun | $15,086 | $41,931 | 177.9% |
| Glynn Henley Farms, Inc. | $46,691 | $40,357 | -13.6% |
| Edwin Atkinson III | $262,946 | $39,633 | -84.9% |
| Chris Elvis Moore | $90,539 | $38,081 | -57.9% |
| Danny Allen | $64,322 | $37,321 | -42% |
| Ted Bryan | $427 | $36,530 | 8,455% |
| Sow Branch Farms, LLC | $51,956 | $34,633 | -33.3% |
| John N. Williams Jr. | $268,625 | $33,636 | -87.5% |
| Shelton Lane Pickle | $30,807 | $32,250 | 4.7% |
| Henry T. Daniels | $65,517 | $32,231 | -50.8% |
| Fleet Operations, Inc. | $36,676 | $31,788 | -13.3% |
| Josh H. Creel | $4,976 | $30,243 | 507.8% |
| Calhoun & Willis, LLC | $0 | $30,068 | -- |
| Liberty Hill Trucking Company, LLC | $12,611 | $29,260 | 132% |
| Thomas B. Chambless | $39,156 | $28,400 | -27.5% |
| Isaac Taylor Bush | $7,315 | $27,727 | 279% |
| Terry Pickle | $0 | $27,172 | -- |
| Esther Long Cleveland | $1,691 | $26,130 | 1,445.2% |
| Jesse J. Mills | $37,289 | $25,999 | -30.3% |
| Robert A. Lane | $27,836 | $25,674 | -7.8% |
| Newberry Angus Farms, Inc. | $39,817 | $25,558 | -35.8% |
| Kevin Kohler Tabb | $42,967 | $24,011 | -44.1% |
| Jacob H. Hayman | $32,586 | $23,322 | -28.4% |
| County Line Farms, LLC | $38,070 | $23,222 | -39% |
| Hezekiah Backey Jr. | $29,556 | $22,745 | -23% |
| Rex L. Cook | $57,961 | $22,538 | -61.1% |
| Louie Grimes | $22,747 | $20,758 | -8.7% |
| Travis Pickle | $30,836 | $18,712 | -39.3% |
| Cooktown Cattle, LLC | $47,588 | $18,474 | -61.2% |
| Stephen J. Holt | $0 | $17,549 | -- |
| Rock Road Cattle Company | $111,842 | $14,535 | -87% |
| B & T Farms, LLC | $19,998 | $13,958 | -30.2% |
| Jacky L. Grubbs | $6,743 | $13,552 | 101% |
| Marty Phillips Jr. | $0 | $11,851 | -- |
| Toby Phillips | $0 | $11,813 | -- |
| Kim Rentz Farms | $13,171 | $11,682 | -11.3% |
| Jerry Sheffield | $2,346 | $11,667 | 397.3% |
| Shelley C. Middleton | $18,350 | $11,607 | -36.7% |
| Charles Backey | $15,723 | $11,055 | -29.7% |
| Jimmy W. Sanders Sr. | $8,215 | $10,344 | 25.9% |
| South Georgia International Agent Sales, LLC | $0 | $10,302 | -- |
| Lola Godfrey | $10,543 | $10,241 | -2.9% |
| Cory J. Thomas | $17,075 | $9,982 | -41.5% |
| William H. Birdsong | $3,717 | $9,952 | 167.7% |
| Vicki Lynn Land Company, LLC | $62,102 | $9,711 | -84.4% |
| Sullivan Family Farms, LLC | $13,892 | $9,636 | -30.6% |
| Ronald H. Rentz | $0 | $8,898 | -- |
| Tracy Pickle | $16,947 | $8,657 | -48.9% |
| Herman W. Pickle | $58,188 | $8,587 | -85.2% |
| Sheila C. Williams | $50,319 | $8,456 | -83.2% |
| Toan Tran | $0 | $8,392 | -- |
| Bridges Farm & Ranch, LLC | $0 | $8,043 | -- |
| Calvin Holmes IV | $17,849 | $7,619 | -57.3% |
| Cody Todd Powell | $21,389 | $6,724 | -68.6% |
| Chester W. Chapman | $14,450 | $6,582 | -54.4% |
| Andrew Lee Kelley | $6,979 | $6,435 | -7.8% |
| Annie L. Middleton | $0 | $6,366 | -- |
| Mocking OWL Farms, LLC | $0 | $6,258 | -- |
| Don A. Chandler | $17,596 | $6,256 | -64.4% |
| Pamela M. George | $3,397 | $6,203 | 82.6% |
| Jeff Cox | $43,400 | $6,017 | -86.1% |
| W. E. Regan | $6,782 | $5,765 | -15% |
| Danny Spence | $6,433 | $5,301 | -17.6% |
| Elix H. Jones | $12,910 | $5,199 | -59.7% |
| James Campbell | $0 | $5,100 | -- |
| Robert R. Clements | $0 | $4,943 | -- |
| Quinn Laguardia | $11,983 | $4,545 | -62.1% |
| Newberry-Williams Farms, Inc. | $69,515 | $4,118 | -94.1% |
| Marleen Jones | $209 | $4,050 | 1,837.8% |
| Lee Johnson | $26,112 | $4,044 | -84.5% |
| Kimbley D. Rentz | $9,735 | $3,953 | -59.4% |
| Robert Brandon Fulford | $0 | $3,938 | -- |
| Deborah T. Henry | $18,892 | $3,892 | -79.4% |
| Stephen Siefker | $29,503 | $3,876 | -86.9% |
| Luis Daniel Perez-Carrasco | $0 | $3,850 | -- |
| William C. Franklin | $12,523 | $3,604 | -71.2% |
| Vince Widner | $2,586 | $3,522 | 36.2% |
| Glen Sheffield Jr. | $3,743 | $3,451 | -7.8% |
| Amy Ard | $3,501 | $3,266 | -6.7% |
| Buren O. Mock Jr. | $7,197 | $3,221 | -55.2% |
| Jason Earl Cox | $34,390 | $3,044 | -91.1% |
| Richard Cook | $16,512 | $2,986 | -81.9% |
| Lucille Benton | $13,554 | $2,925 | -78.4% |
| Jeffilyn H Heard | $13,035 | $2,770 | -78.7% |
| Robin Rau | $32,178 | $2,720 | -91.5% |
| Stanley Cook | $4,247 | $2,581 | -39.2% |
| Jordan Leland Rowland | $0 | $2,551 | -- |
| G and T Farms, LLC | $0 | $2,364 | -- |
| Richard E. Cobb | $9,680 | $2,308 | -76.2% |
| Sylvia D. Grimsley | $2,544 | $2,175 | -14.5% |
| Oneal Nelson | $6,218 | $1,978 | -68.2% |
| Sandra B. Moore | $1,852 | $1,852 | 0% |
| Glen Sheffield | $18,716 | $1,829 | -90.2% |
| Michael Colgan | $0 | $1,827 | -- |
| Jerry McNease | $42,509 | $1,750 | -95.9% |
| Tony N. Tabb | $5,900 | $1,716 | -70.9% |
| Peter Zack Cleveland Family Trust | $1,691 | $1,691 | 0% |
| Samuel Bernard King Jr. | $0 | $1,639 | -- |
| Jerry G. Snipes | $0 | $1,584 | -- |
| Edward Brown | $7,714 | $1,554 | -79.9% |
| Cody O'neal Chapman | $195 | $1,535 | 687.2% |
| Wade Hamilton Cook Estate | $0 | $1,508 | -- |
| Jerry J. Shelley Jr. | $0 | $1,498 | -- |
| Gregory L. Gibson | $35,960 | $1,488 | -95.9% |
| Carol D. Cook | $9,634 | $1,463 | -84.8% |
| Louie Grimes Farms, Inc. | $3,465 | $1,396 | -59.7% |
| Scil Rathel | $8,174 | $1,378 | -83.1% |
| Eldorendo Holdings, LLC | $1,330 | $1,330 | 0% |
| Suzanne Wells | $1,925 | $1,328 | -31% |
| Ronald Everson | $4,936 | $1,286 | -73.9% |
| Gregory Thomas Gaughan | $6,226 | $1,282 | -79.4% |
| James C. Fudge | $13,116 | $1,265 | -90.4% |
| Brenda Joiner | $1,227 | $1,227 | 0% |
| Oxford Rouse | $1,457 | $1,198 | -17.8% |
| Devaughn Thompson II | $13,419 | $1,178 | -91.2% |
| Austin Pickle | $6,425 | $1,133 | -82.4% |
| Jerry Eugene Humphrey | $21,439 | $1,125 | -94.8% |
| Maxine Summers | $1,465 | $1,013 | -30.9% |
| C & T Cattle Company, LLC | $6,556 | $1,004 | -84.7% |
| Brad Lott | $0 | $1,003 | -- |
| Mr. Charlie Lee Longs | $5,253 | $1,000 | -81% |
| Wade Cook | $0 | $988 | -- |
| James L. Stovall III | $6,752 | $982 | -85.5% |
| Mark R. Griffin | $5,021 | $941 | -81.3% |
| Willie Lee Benton Jr. | $16,095 | $936 | -94.2% |
| Brian S. Kelley | $35,517 | $882 | -97.5% |
| John Edward Wells | $1,062 | $733 | -31% |
| Taylor Joel Widner | $3,741 | $720 | -80.8% |
| Bar B Cattle Company, LLC | $0 | $690 | -- |
| Tony Gary Strickland Jr. | $4,434 | $656 | -85.2% |
| Chase Henley Farms, LLC | $11,842 | $604 | -94.9% |
| Fib Brooks | $0 | $547 | -- |
| Penny Massey | $4,771 | $536 | -88.8% |
| Joseph T. Sexton | $15,272 | $522 | -96.6% |
| Suzanne W. Griffin | $1,650 | $514 | -68.8% |
| Alice Wolfe | $1,065 | $511 | -52% |
| Gloria A. Holmes | $702 | $493 | -29.8% |
| Gracie Hamilton | $702 | $493 | -29.8% |
| Mildred Toliver | $702 | $493 | -29.8% |
| Robert Holmes | $702 | $493 | -29.8% |
| John Mark Bryant | $3,144 | $450 | -85.7% |
| Benjamin Calvin Wells | $232 | $310 | 33.6% |
| Mindi Merritt | $1,584 | $294 | -81.4% |
| Sammy L. Gowan | $10,837 | $263 | -97.6% |
| Nicholas Chapman | $544 | $236 | -56.6% |
| Tristan W. Spence | $869 | $208 | -76.1% |
| Sidney Steven Middleton | $214 | $197 | -7.9% |
| Kellie T. Pickle | $366 | $191 | -47.8% |
| James D. Phillips | $477 | $169 | -64.6% |
| Marisa Caro | $5,686 | $166 | -97.1% |
| Lee Chapman | $19,723 | $107 | -99.5% |
| William M. Middleton Sr. | $10,369 | $88 | -99.2% |
| Donald E. Brown | $1,719 | $48 | -97.2% |
| David Clements | $0 | $6 | -- |
| Allen Daniels | $16,651 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony Cobb Jr. | $5,280 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin Gary West | $5,288 | $0 | -100% |
| Carroll G. Middleton | $16,354 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Grimes | $92,787 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Pickle | $135,807 | $0 | -100% |
| David Clements & Son, Inc. | $20,275 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Brown Jr. | $4,179 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin Joe Cleveland | $4,052 | $0 | -100% |
| Eva and Josh Creel Farms, LLC | $24,304 | $0 | -100% |
| Felix M. Kimbrel Jr. | $3,850 | $0 | -100% |
| Georgia Kimbrel | $11,551 | $0 | -100% |
| James Steven Gowan | $7,345 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Pickle Farms | $423 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy B. Cochran | $399 | $0 | -100% |
| Jody A. Martin | $79,918 | $0 | -100% |
| John B. Trawick | $43,142 | $0 | -100% |
| John N. Williams Sr. | $16,262 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine A. Spooner | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelley Crop Insurance, LLC | $3,762 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle Wayne Singletary | $19,139 | $0 | -100% |
| Lester Ray Albritton | $5,006 | $0 | -100% |
| Little Cypress Farms, GP | $22,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Merritt Jr. | $5,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Marty D. Kelley Sr. | $1,076 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael R. Warren | $3,217 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicole V. Marchant | $1,795 | $0 | -100% |
| Noah W. Black | $12,663 | $0 | -100% |
| Pam N. Pickle | $45,259 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall E. Adams | $3,117 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray Andrew Stewart | $11,064 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray D. Heard | $6,866 | $0 | -100% |
| Rita McVey | $3,537 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Charles Tidwell | $35,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheffield Farms of Colquitt, LLC | $6,900 | $0 | -100% |
| Smokey T, LLC | $32,092 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Cook | $9,460 | $0 | -100% |
| Taylor Mckay Mock | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Cox Jr. | $47,458 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald T. Faircloth | $5,273 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $18,518,640 | $12,039,992 | -35% |
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