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In 2021, 197 farmers in cities within Anderson County received a total of $738,590 in 215 farm subsidies, a 76% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.1 million in 555 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 Anderson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby L. Brotherton | $358,567 | $92,542 | -74.2% |
| JPV Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $58,175 | -- |
| Billy Ray Barrett | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| JP Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $37,989 | -- |
| Nat Coleman | $157,952 | $33,127 | -79% |
| John Randall Dobbs | $17,690 | $31,947 | 80.6% |
| Circle C Enterprises, Inc. | $179,956 | $30,941 | -82.8% |
| Willmott Farms, Inc. | $116,307 | $18,512 | -84.1% |
| Jeff Harris | $121,380 | $13,473 | -88.9% |
| James Gregory Ricard | $21,895 | $11,645 | -46.8% |
| Susan King Dessert | $32,936 | $11,604 | -64.8% |
| Jere Pritchett | $49,280 | $9,965 | -79.8% |
| C. R. House | $33,297 | $7,621 | -77.1% |
| 7-7 Family Limited Partnership | $0 | $7,363 | -- |
| Horacio Hernandez-Villatoro | $0 | $7,122 | -- |
| Kenneth L. Holland | $43,837 | $7,000 | -84% |
| Quasar Data Center, Ltd. | $57,615 | $6,947 | -87.9% |
| John D. Gillespie | $28,999 | $6,813 | -76.5% |
| Gregory K. Chapin | $38,471 | $6,738 | -82.5% |
| Colby Scroggins | $8,583 | $6,581 | -23.3% |
| Joy B. Massey | $32,357 | $6,423 | -80.1% |
| Charles R. Milford | $33,497 | $6,172 | -81.6% |
| Aden Clarke | $0 | $6,133 | -- |
| Thomas M. Matthews V | $9,856 | $5,950 | -39.6% |
| C B Norton Enterprises, Inc. | $7,931 | $5,948 | -25% |
| Theda Smith | $32,882 | $5,664 | -82.8% |
| Walter R. Killion | $26,477 | $5,578 | -78.9% |
| Joe O. Ellis | $20,614 | $5,480 | -73.4% |
| Ann W. Brown | $39,120 | $5,256 | -86.6% |
| Fern D. Smith | $10,138 | $4,828 | -52.4% |
| Jerry Don Kelley | $23,284 | $4,489 | -80.7% |
| Johnnie L. Ellis | $21,186 | $4,455 | -79% |
| Douglas L. Sumrall | $16,766 | $3,972 | -76.3% |
| Donald C. Knott | $4,164 | $3,910 | -6.1% |
| Jeremy S. Willis | $5,382 | $3,865 | -28.2% |
| Gary G. Hilton & Roger L. Hilton | $20,218 | $3,837 | -81% |
| Jeffrey A. Lively | $28,480 | $3,813 | -86.6% |
| Russell Earl Lang | $15,218 | $3,764 | -75.3% |
| Damien Demond Levy | $2,508 | $3,706 | 47.8% |
| Bobby Jess Huffman | $17,446 | $3,698 | -78.8% |
| Billy Scarborough | $12,925 | $3,565 | -72.4% |
| Arvel D Fincher | $18,859 | $3,391 | -82% |
| Kenneth D. Bolding | $8,794 | $2,906 | -67% |
| Mike M. Herrington | $16,630 | $2,874 | -82.7% |
| Jerry D. Vaughan | $17,480 | $2,816 | -83.9% |
| Paul Higginbotham | $13,483 | $2,810 | -79.2% |
| Michael B. Whitley | $14,410 | $2,794 | -80.6% |
| Greg B. Webb | $4,719 | $2,775 | -41.2% |
| Helen Stafford | $2,747 | $2,747 | 0% |
| William K. Deshazo | $16,081 | $2,639 | -83.6% |
| Jimmy Reed | $11,220 | $2,630 | -76.6% |
| Jordan Pete Hill | $15,162 | $2,596 | -82.9% |
| Lester Pettiette | $12,570 | $2,540 | -79.8% |
| Edd Coleman | $22,849 | $2,524 | -89% |
| Jason A. Reynolds | $12,532 | $2,495 | -80.1% |
| Ellis Andy Link | $13,536 | $2,474 | -81.7% |
| Willmott Hay & Produce | $10,801 | $2,372 | -78% |
| Laroe Livestock Partnership | $9,298 | $2,311 | -75.1% |
| Donald M. Bolton Jr. | $9,612 | $2,281 | -76.3% |
| Susan E. Johnson | $9,559 | $2,150 | -77.5% |
| Benjamin Oneal Pinson Sr. | $6,116 | $2,104 | -65.6% |
| Brandon Shaw | $0 | $2,090 | -- |
| Paula R. Griffey | $9,438 | $2,050 | -78.3% |
| Stephen E. Prather | $12,950 | $2,026 | -84.4% |
| Rickey D. Billingsley | $6,368 | $1,918 | -69.9% |
| Timothy A. Coker | $7,975 | $1,902 | -76.2% |
| Kelly Evans | $17,006 | $1,863 | -89% |
| James P. Clardy | $8,342 | $1,829 | -78.1% |
| James S. Henry | $8,700 | $1,828 | -79% |
| Mauris Engledow | $15,785 | $1,821 | -88.5% |
| Edwin Kyle Lock | $9,172 | $1,789 | -80.5% |
| Gary L. Branch | $9,315 | $1,760 | -81.1% |
| Jerry Kelley | $8,253 | $1,758 | -78.7% |
| R. W. Holcomb | $4,642 | $1,754 | -62.2% |
| Ronald Warren Steadman | $4,521 | $1,748 | -61.3% |
| Cole Y. Hudson | $9,413 | $1,747 | -81.4% |
| Darrel W. Brown | $11,335 | $1,722 | -84.8% |
| Jason Michael Wardell | $7,865 | $1,640 | -79.1% |
| Jeremy E. Deer | $6,655 | $1,635 | -75.4% |
| Timothy James Holcomb | $8,470 | $1,598 | -81.1% |
| Jerry D. Sudduth | $10,335 | $1,560 | -84.9% |
| Ruby Carter | $11,108 | $1,556 | -86% |
| Carolyn D. Petty | $9,728 | $1,545 | -84.1% |
| Michael D. Foster | $13,832 | $1,530 | -88.9% |
| Dwight Hutchinson | $6,745 | $1,504 | -77.7% |
| James D. Hardison | $9,627 | $1,496 | -84.5% |
| Derrell Hardison | $9,331 | $1,489 | -84% |
| Bruce Wayne Barrett Jr. | $10,381 | $1,486 | -85.7% |
| Jim Johnson | $6,826 | $1,486 | -78.2% |
| Jerod Austin Mock | $11,142 | $1,463 | -86.9% |
| Jerome Broadway | $5,356 | $1,458 | -72.8% |
| Joseph Charles Webb | $2,310 | $1,438 | -37.7% |
| Freddie L. Herrington | $6,824 | $1,394 | -79.6% |
| Curtis Starr | $8,051 | $1,388 | -82.8% |
| Billy Lane | $3,909 | $1,377 | -64.8% |
| Bradley Dominy | $4,820 | $1,373 | -71.5% |
| Ben Streetman | $6,358 | $1,366 | -78.5% |
| Caleb Wayne Moody | $6,963 | $1,357 | -80.5% |
| Billy Jack Wright | $17,878 | $1,331 | -92.6% |
| Bobby D. Jones | $3,267 | $1,318 | -59.7% |
| Robert W. Thornton | $9,628 | $1,295 | -86.5% |
| Kenneth R. Honeycutt Sr. | $4,979 | $1,290 | -74.1% |
| Standley A. Carlisle | $5,115 | $1,286 | -74.9% |
| Jarrod Wayne Cretsinger | $5,258 | $1,266 | -75.9% |
| Mark A. Lamberth | $8,313 | $1,244 | -85% |
| Ruston Boyd | $6,777 | $1,187 | -82.5% |
| Billy Joe Edwards | $4,961 | $1,140 | -77% |
| Rick Ard Scholze | $5,144 | $1,123 | -78.2% |
| Roger W. Hamby | $5,390 | $1,122 | -79.2% |
| Gene E. Williams | $7,649 | $1,108 | -85.5% |
| Jessie C. Williams | $7,704 | $1,097 | -85.8% |
| Paul M. Philley | $2,716 | $1,089 | -59.9% |
| Victor Poff | $9,598 | $1,086 | -88.7% |
| Shelby E. Lambright | $8,665 | $1,082 | -87.5% |
| Collin L. Mock | $3,542 | $1,076 | -69.6% |
| Nelson R. Link Jr. | $4,796 | $1,047 | -78.2% |
| Eric Weldon Evans | $0 | $1,045 | -- |
| Jason Lance Thomas | $5,063 | $1,038 | -79.5% |
| M. N. Crawford | $5,104 | $1,038 | -79.7% |
| Charles A. Jenkins Jr. | $4,562 | $1,035 | -77.3% |
| Bert E. Ricard | $4,819 | $1,027 | -78.7% |
| Steven Ray Coleman | $4,026 | $996 | -75.3% |
| Ken Bartula | $3,660 | $983 | -73.1% |
| Tommy B. Whittenburg | $4,895 | $964 | -80.3% |
| Henry W. Rushing Jr. | $4,092 | $959 | -76.6% |
| Ben M. Mitchell | $5,813 | $955 | -83.6% |
| Gary Fitzgerald | $3,323 | $906 | -72.7% |
| Billy M. Lasiter | $2,322 | $888 | -61.8% |
| Jerry W. Cooper | $1,498 | $883 | -41.1% |
| Larry Nelms | $4,095 | $883 | -78.4% |
| Ted Britton | $3,207 | $880 | -72.6% |
| Elna M. Schilb | $4,502 | $875 | -80.6% |
| Jed A. Barron | $3,531 | $830 | -76.5% |
| Leah Robinson | $0 | $819 | -- |
| Willie Campbell | $1,771 | $815 | -54% |
| Larry Coker | $3,914 | $796 | -79.7% |
| Joseph Edward Feil IV | $4,873 | $794 | -83.7% |
| Nolan C. Stanaland | $3,509 | $786 | -77.6% |
| Steven W. Moody | $3,377 | $778 | -77% |
| Burke Land &cattle, LLC | $18,899 | $772 | -95.9% |
| Lee M. Brown | $5,221 | $759 | -85.5% |
| Gerald W. Cooper Jr. | $865 | $736 | -14.9% |
| Mitchell J. Coleman | $4,119 | $724 | -82.4% |
| Ronald P. Molandes | $3,931 | $724 | -81.6% |
| David Hinson | $2,189 | $670 | -69.4% |
| Ronny Bridges | $2,981 | $661 | -77.8% |
| Aristeo Esparza | $2,244 | $656 | -70.8% |
| Richard L. Bullard | $2,893 | $654 | -77.4% |
| Keith Russell | $1,716 | $651 | -62.1% |
| Ronald Burke | $2,310 | $641 | -72.3% |
| Jeremiah Gonzales | $2,981 | $638 | -78.6% |
| Roger Alan Dorman | $2,937 | $599 | -79.6% |
| Jeanetta Teague | $818 | $566 | -30.8% |
| Richard a Lemoing | $3,774 | $546 | -85.5% |
| Wade Earl Lang | $1,738 | $535 | -69.2% |
| Desiree Weaver Shaw | $1,760 | $522 | -70.3% |
| Albert Spencer Hassell Jr. | $2,068 | $518 | -75% |
| BR and AA Tatum Living Trust | $1,356 | $492 | -63.7% |
| Albert D. Hohlt | $2,323 | $483 | -79.2% |
| Merl G. Avant | $2,069 | $470 | -77.3% |
| Roy Dwayne Grumbles | $2,833 | $453 | -84% |
| Robert M. Stuteville | $4,107 | $450 | -89% |
| Debbie Stewart | $1,045 | $436 | -58.3% |
| Tommy Lynn Hilton | $1,485 | $434 | -70.8% |
| Jack F. Thomason | $1,793 | $432 | -75.9% |
| Jean Smith | $0 | $426 | -- |
| Sergio Servin | $2,542 | $422 | -83.4% |
| Bruce A. Pinson Sr. | $891 | $414 | -53.5% |
| Tamatha Walker | $792 | $414 | -47.7% |
| Johnny Raymond Sanford Jr. | $1,639 | $411 | -74.9% |
| Steve R. Webb | $1,029 | $411 | -60.1% |
| Lana Delk | $759 | $397 | -47.7% |
| Kimberly A. Ross | $1,207 | $381 | -68.4% |
| Ricky B. Smith | $1,855 | $369 | -80.1% |
| Mark H. Harden | $2,784 | $356 | -87.2% |
| Sebastian Landaverde | $792 | $352 | -55.6% |
| Virgil Simpson | $2,167 | $342 | -84.2% |
| Byron L. Lewis | $1,331 | $338 | -74.6% |
| Roger Lynn Jones | $858 | $336 | -60.8% |
| Jerry Brown Wilson | $1,518 | $326 | -78.5% |
| Frieda Stone | $1,365 | $287 | -79% |
| Robert Bass | $1,291 | $255 | -80.2% |
| Donald Gene Crawford | $2,000 | $249 | -87.6% |
| Craig Todd | $1,385 | $249 | -82% |
| Gary L. Gunnels | $1,599 | $245 | -84.7% |
| Jan Duhon | $561 | $222 | -60.4% |
| Donald Lacy Smith | $1,221 | $222 | -81.8% |
| Martin Lawrence | $770 | $218 | -71.7% |
| James Grogan III | $847 | $180 | -78.7% |
| Young N. Barron III | $924 | $161 | -82.6% |
| Lionel J. Johnson Jr. | $297 | $155 | -47.8% |
| Julia Emelyn Luton | $342 | $138 | -59.6% |
| Walter H. McDonald | $757 | $137 | -81.9% |
| Gary L Morisak | $1,255 | $118 | -90.6% |
| Maria E Whelpdale | $528 | $104 | -80.3% |
| Barry W. James | $251 | $83 | -66.9% |
| Dorothy Clark | $0 | $31 | -- |
| 7-7 Family Limited Partnership DB | $69,240 | $0 | -100% |
| Blake A. Farmer | $378,645 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Havens | $714 | $0 | -100% |
| Doyle Shamblin | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Irene Stafford Jones | $49 | $0 | -100% |
| John David Elliot | $1,619 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry D. Shaw | $5,390 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry W. Hooper | $9,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Melvin Currie | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| 6 Creek Partners, LLC | $3,850 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Lucas | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Carlos Edward Scott | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Lamont Spencer | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Marc Robinson | $3,043 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlie Phillip | $13,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny C. Williams | $1,980 | $0 | -100% |
| David L. Hall | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Edgar D. Bailey | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Ezell Washington Smith | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Dean Autry Jr. | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| James G. Livergood | $6,861 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice A. Scarborough | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| John B. Piersol | $1,632 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny Ray Farris Jr. | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Palmer | $9,023 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa S. Alford | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Luther E. Scott | $2,309 | $0 | -100% |
| OCR Farms, LLC | $42 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia J. Grabill | $20,308 | $0 | -100% |
| Patty F. Starr | $1,914 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky L. Naismith | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Shelley Dudley Sr. | $824 | $0 | -100% |
| Staton Wayne Campbell | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Sue Carter Matthews | $5,765 | $0 | -100% |
| Sugar R. Wilson | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyrone Morrison | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Violetta Dolores Brown | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Stone | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| William Robert Eckert | $922 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,080,764 | $738,590 | -76% |
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