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In 2021, 130 farmers in cities within Calhoun County received a total of $7.1 million in 236 farm subsidies, a 34.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $10.7 million in 410 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Jordan Farms Partnership | $878,113 | $559,496 | -36.3% |
| Rentz Farms Partnership | $442,339 | $410,562 | -7.2% |
| Ragan Farm Partnership | $502,321 | $339,790 | -32.4% |
| Hatcher Farms Partnerhip | $42,777 | $277,513 | 548.7% |
| Leary Farm Partnership | $399,051 | $255,361 | -36% |
| Collins Farms | $338,339 | $239,112 | -29.3% |
| Gary Heard Farms a Georgia General Partnership | $323,521 | $239,036 | -26.1% |
| Faith Farm, Inc. | $245,797 | $200,847 | -18.3% |
| Sudderth & Son, Inc. | $0 | $184,410 | -- |
| Rodney E. Joiner | $199,648 | $175,671 | -12% |
| Sisters Farm Partnership | $266,612 | $168,084 | -37% |
| Hargrove Farms, Inc. | $260,410 | $154,344 | -40.7% |
| Martin L. McLendon | $478,170 | $153,290 | -67.9% |
| Charles Wesley Webb | $201,311 | $146,719 | -27.1% |
| Charles Michael Cook | $115,873 | $143,742 | 24.1% |
| Calhoun Farm Partnership | $256,265 | $136,730 | -46.6% |
| Wilbon Greggs Jr. | $170,536 | $132,418 | -22.4% |
| Julie R. McLendon | $210,279 | $130,410 | -38% |
| John Adam McLendon | $230,786 | $128,536 | -44.3% |
| Toal Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $120,056 | -- |
| Raymond C. Kendrick | $132,245 | $119,996 | -9.3% |
| Gerald Chapman | $187,283 | $118,172 | -36.9% |
| Haley L. McLendon | $179,853 | $118,110 | -34.3% |
| Debi Mclendon Baughman | $176,010 | $116,402 | -33.9% |
| Peyton H. Cook III | $198,385 | $115,800 | -41.6% |
| Cheney Family Farm, LLC | $129,300 | $114,263 | -11.6% |
| Robert Brazel | $145,222 | $96,235 | -33.7% |
| Thomas Cullen Hargrove | $83,402 | $92,980 | 11.5% |
| Chad Brooks Farms | $133,670 | $92,455 | -30.8% |
| Brooks Farms, Inc. | $122,390 | $91,723 | -25.1% |
| Chance Dixon Kendrick | $89,630 | $90,565 | 1% |
| Michael A. Jones | $117,762 | $85,690 | -27.2% |
| JCB Farms | $161,838 | $83,637 | -48.3% |
| Larry B. Debary Jr. | $163,921 | $83,232 | -49.2% |
| Perry Hudson JR Farm, Inc. | $179,200 | $81,408 | -54.6% |
| Kevin M. Cook | $122,591 | $74,835 | -39% |
| Eve E. Kendrick | $60,586 | $72,452 | 19.6% |
| Reid Carr | $9,209 | $62,714 | 581% |
| Catherine B. Arnold | $66,190 | $56,902 | -14% |
| Cornelia I. Dozier | $2,486 | $44,945 | 1,707.9% |
| Cornelius Key | $62,078 | $44,876 | -27.7% |
| Dozier Farms, Inc. | $105,858 | $44,293 | -58.2% |
| Christopher M. Corrigan | $44,772 | $41,190 | -8% |
| Tennille Farm & Grocery | $68,719 | $40,740 | -40.7% |
| Etheridge Farms | $146,616 | $39,953 | -72.7% |
| Jerry Timmons Farm, LLC | $69,279 | $38,758 | -44.1% |
| Misty J. Joiner | $5,554 | $37,739 | 579.5% |
| William E. Ford | $76,609 | $36,908 | -51.8% |
| Robert D. Toal | $51,292 | $35,270 | -31.2% |
| Johnny E. Brazel | $68,021 | $33,522 | -50.7% |
| Dan W. Hammack Jr. | $35,337 | $33,104 | -6.3% |
| Ragan Properties, LLC | $30,750 | $30,750 | 0% |
| Charles E. Cheney Jr. | $50,421 | $30,409 | -39.7% |
| Fountain Bridge Honey Bees, LLC | $38,372 | $30,330 | -21% |
| James D. Collins | $43,174 | $30,154 | -30.2% |
| Live Oak Farm, LLC | $77,294 | $28,585 | -63% |
| Ronald B. Lee | $157,495 | $28,533 | -81.9% |
| Lizard Lope Farms, Inc. | $31,001 | $27,719 | -10.6% |
| Patty Dowdy | $47,317 | $23,972 | -49.3% |
| James M. Cooper | $22,896 | $22,896 | 0% |
| Ruth Cooper | $25,031 | $22,896 | -8.5% |
| Kelsea M. Hancock | $4,780 | $21,298 | 345.6% |
| Lester McNair Jr. | $15,512 | $14,388 | -7.2% |
| Tommy Aldine Owen | $15,475 | $13,015 | -15.9% |
| Chloe M. Rentz | $20,356 | $9,886 | -51.4% |
| Thomas W. Rentz Jr. | $20,293 | $9,879 | -51.3% |
| Sally N. Smith | $18,726 | $9,876 | -47.3% |
| John C. Daniel | $0 | $9,617 | -- |
| Banamacc Farms, Inc. | $57,639 | $9,600 | -83.3% |
| Mark J. Wilkerson | $28,619 | $8,538 | -70.2% |
| D. W. Hammack III | $8,827 | $8,388 | -5% |
| Loyce F. Hilton | $11,257 | $7,426 | -34% |
| Troy E. Hatcher | $167,565 | $6,932 | -95.9% |
| Jason B. Worthy | $16,902 | $5,921 | -65% |
| Joel Hudgins | $8,914 | $5,920 | -33.6% |
| Betty R. Hilton | $5,844 | $5,844 | 0% |
| Bruner Cattle Company, LLC | $7,305 | $5,807 | -20.5% |
| Home Place Farm, LLC | $5,119 | $5,662 | 10.6% |
| Randy Lane Farm | $4,620 | $5,038 | 9% |
| Laura Clements Dixon | $4,527 | $4,527 | 0% |
| Jag Family Farms, LLC | $34,406 | $4,386 | -87.3% |
| Eric D. Jenkins | $7,484 | $3,810 | -49.1% |
| Martha A. Corrigan | $3,808 | $3,808 | 0% |
| The Family Trust Uwo Jesse M Jordan JR | $3,628 | $3,628 | 0% |
| Huriel Martin Roblero-Lopez | $0 | $3,520 | -- |
| Lamar Fellows | $8,242 | $3,515 | -57.4% |
| James H. Kendrick | $7,837 | $3,323 | -57.6% |
| Ella W. Fellows | $3,091 | $3,091 | 0% |
| Amy Mccorkle Peel | $5,956 | $2,911 | -51.1% |
| Mary Elizabeth Harpe | $0 | $2,890 | -- |
| Duke Farm Equipment, Inc. | $3,922 | $2,848 | -27.4% |
| Mary Jo Pounds | $2,776 | $2,776 | 0% |
| Jason A. Knox | $5,770 | $2,608 | -54.8% |
| Anthony Craig Campbell | $2,586 | $2,586 | 0% |
| Marvin E. Prater | $2,799 | $2,576 | -8% |
| Tyler C. Adams | $317 | $2,269 | 615.8% |
| Thomas R. Lane | $4,719 | $2,139 | -54.7% |
| Michael E. Ginn | $175,309 | $2,134 | -98.8% |
| Arama, Inc. | $2,506 | $2,014 | -19.6% |
| Ginger Ginn Farms, LLC | $102,223 | $1,942 | -98.1% |
| Williams Woods, LLC | $0 | $1,935 | -- |
| Cow Tail Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,628 | -- |
| Tommy Thornton | $1,538 | $1,538 | 0% |
| Henry Aycock Estate | $3,408 | $1,464 | -57% |
| David Kenneth Dozier | $1,327 | $1,327 | 0% |
| Janice Tipper | $1,205 | $1,205 | 0% |
| Selina J. Morgan | $5,302 | $1,170 | -77.9% |
| Cruz Nava | $5,313 | $1,125 | -78.8% |
| Kenneth A. Regan | $2,460 | $1,072 | -56.4% |
| Blakewood Properties, LLC | $901 | $901 | 0% |
| Donna Lynn Callaway | $892 | $892 | 0% |
| Joe Jackson Jr. | $1,159 | $826 | -28.7% |
| Charles Clark Jr. | $1,002 | $811 | -19.1% |
| Joshua D. Hilton | $1,749 | $705 | -59.7% |
| Loray Farms, LLC | $1,184 | $580 | -51% |
| Jonathan Williams | $2,496 | $561 | -77.5% |
| Charles M. Bruner | $2,882 | $503 | -82.5% |
| Carla T. Toal | $494 | $494 | 0% |
| Tiffany Bruner | $2,095 | $433 | -79.3% |
| Jaret Mark Bryan | $891 | $341 | -61.7% |
| Marion G. Lane | $659 | $265 | -59.8% |
| Willis A. Duvall | $563 | $247 | -56.1% |
| Ritchie L. Holmes | $665 | $233 | -65% |
| Arlen B. Eubanks | $1,255 | $230 | -81.7% |
| Donnie S. Cheney | $330 | $144 | -56.4% |
| Tammy Lowe | $0 | $138 | -- |
| Amandaleen P Hunt | $247 | $122 | -50.6% |
| Cherry K. Lee | $247 | $122 | -50.6% |
| Jack Perryman | $501 | $111 | -77.8% |
| Jessie L. Daniels | $71 | $20 | -71.8% |
| Adam G. Wilkerson | $105,372 | $0 | -100% |
| Pachitla Creek Trucking, LLC | $115,289 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Alton Ashley | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Chadwick Derek Sanders | $9,006 | $0 | -100% |
| Dan Gray | $21,406 | $0 | -100% |
| Dawn Hamill | $8,132 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack E. Royal | $2,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth L. Jones | $2,615 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Louis Hatcher | $144,758 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy H. Parker | $2,671 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Squires | $41,290 | $0 | -100% |
| Antonio Fleming | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby E. Paul | $4,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Hubert R Harpe Estate | $3,141 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome H. Bethel | $11,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Red Rock Farms, LLC | $112,624 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $10,708,721 | $7,058,719 | -34.1% |
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