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In 2021, 127 farmers in cities within Bartow County received a total of $466,154 in 171 farm subsidies, a 66.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.4 million in 325 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Farms | $332,911 | $100,079 | -69.9% |
| Manning Lake Farm, Inc. | $0 | $29,029 | -- |
| Mark Floyd | $7,942 | $25,460 | 220.6% |
| John Ross Jr. | $0 | $19,421 | -- |
| Jim A. Holt | $28,247 | $17,957 | -36.4% |
| Steve A. Southern | $83,624 | $17,578 | -79% |
| Doyle Adcock | $0 | $17,261 | -- |
| Roger Rutledge | $1,221 | $11,171 | 814.9% |
| Shady Grove Farms | $64,631 | $10,423 | -83.9% |
| Charles Evans Croft | $67,544 | $9,951 | -85.3% |
| Wiley H. Sullins Jr. | $45,224 | $9,721 | -78.5% |
| Teri West | $1,485 | $9,253 | 523.1% |
| Shanda Balliew | $1,689 | $7,965 | 371.6% |
| Charles F. Lowry | $4,982 | $7,161 | 43.7% |
| Randall E. Pinson | $25,826 | $6,355 | -75.4% |
| Crump Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $5,978 | -- |
| Davis R. Nelson | $24,457 | $5,909 | -75.8% |
| Dearl Adcock | $0 | $5,291 | -- |
| William Dozier Blackstock Jr. | $4,796 | $4,796 | 0% |
| David R. Holt | $15,303 | $4,663 | -69.5% |
| David R. Holt | $15,303 | $4,663 | -69.5% |
| Dianna Shackelford | $4,808 | $4,649 | -3.3% |
| Jeff F. Dyer | $23,947 | $4,554 | -81% |
| Gary L. Blalock | $6,157 | $4,488 | -27.1% |
| Latigo Farm, Inc. | $8,679 | $4,443 | -48.8% |
| Donnie Mealer | $0 | $4,264 | -- |
| Harry J. Pugliese | $8,797 | $4,040 | -54.1% |
| Lewis Cobb | $18,510 | $3,787 | -79.5% |
| Donna Weaver | $0 | $3,740 | -- |
| Chad A. Grogan | $15,189 | $3,674 | -75.8% |
| Stephen A. Taylor | $11,905 | $3,629 | -69.5% |
| Jerry Wright | $17,544 | $3,607 | -79.4% |
| Corey J. Martin | $22,588 | $3,404 | -84.9% |
| The Bird Farm, Inc. | $0 | $3,122 | -- |
| Margaret Elaine Halbgewachs | $3,932 | $3,050 | -22.4% |
| Jacob Jones | $13,686 | $2,743 | -80% |
| Montgomery A. Stone | $23,380 | $2,594 | -88.9% |
| John K. Whittenburg | $0 | $2,302 | -- |
| Gibson Dyar Priest | $11,605 | $2,207 | -81% |
| Rex M. Reece | $4,125 | $2,156 | -47.7% |
| Triple E Farms, LLC | $2,682 | $2,135 | -20.4% |
| Donald Darnell | $6,589 | $2,125 | -67.7% |
| Deborah Kate Worthey | $6,823 | $2,109 | -69.1% |
| David Strawn | $5,149 | $2,073 | -59.7% |
| Michael Lee Rose | $7,854 | $2,036 | -74.1% |
| Russ Holbert | $7,062 | $1,959 | -72.3% |
| Abernathy Farm, LLC | $7,767 | $1,868 | -75.9% |
| Scott Hicks | $6,896 | $1,846 | -73.2% |
| Julie Frew-Massey | $1,873 | $1,809 | -3.4% |
| James H. MacKey | $3,756 | $1,777 | -52.7% |
| Tanya Martinez | $0 | $1,658 | -- |
| William Timothy Hartsfield | $0 | $1,650 | -- |
| Brian Adcock | $5,984 | $1,454 | -75.7% |
| Fred Turner | $6,436 | $1,448 | -77.5% |
| Mary Autry | $4,466 | $1,428 | -68% |
| Jimmy Martin | $9,915 | $1,402 | -85.9% |
| James R. Luster Trust | $1,376 | $1,376 | 0% |
| James Brent Nelson | $6,527 | $1,340 | -79.5% |
| Betsy Schwanbeck Blalock | $5,962 | $1,337 | -77.6% |
| Joey Deams | $6,226 | $1,329 | -78.7% |
| Ernest J. Cantrell III | $3,465 | $1,163 | -66.4% |
| Dan E. Schwanbeck | $3,982 | $1,104 | -72.3% |
| James Douglas Spears | $5,567 | $1,104 | -80.2% |
| Andrea D. Wallace | $270 | $1,093 | 304.8% |
| Dorothy C West | $2,805 | $1,087 | -61.2% |
| Rudy E. Weaver | $7,968 | $1,078 | -86.5% |
| Larry A. Richards | $5,744 | $1,036 | -82% |
| Robert R. Darnell | $2,442 | $1,020 | -58.2% |
| William Calvin Greene | $7,069 | $1,018 | -85.6% |
| Justin O. Clements | $4,652 | $1,017 | -78.1% |
| Samuel Brown Acuff | $4,367 | $964 | -77.9% |
| James Richard Hollaran | $1,782 | $932 | -47.7% |
| Stephen J. Nichols | $814 | $869 | 6.8% |
| Darlene Tierce | $3,652 | $829 | -77.3% |
| Bradley J. Robert | $3,909 | $811 | -79.3% |
| Olen E. Self | $3,080 | $776 | -74.8% |
| Jimmy Williams | $2,740 | $759 | -72.3% |
| James Marvin Shepherd Jr. | $1,731 | $759 | -56.2% |
| Clifford J. Martin | $3,980 | $753 | -81.1% |
| Hilda Jayne Camp | $1,896 | $724 | -61.8% |
| William Daniel Womack | $2,508 | $706 | -71.9% |
| Larry Satterfield | $3,124 | $693 | -77.8% |
| Buddy Satterfield | $3,091 | $686 | -77.8% |
| Jeffrey K. Jamieson | $3,212 | $684 | -78.7% |
| Franklin L. Cash | $1,353 | $679 | -49.8% |
| Michael Chatman | $3,629 | $668 | -81.6% |
| Shaba Farms, LLC | $3,032 | $666 | -78% |
| Danny L. Taylor Sr. | $3,050 | $588 | -80.7% |
| Janice L. Newcomer | $468 | $581 | 24.1% |
| Joel Morgan Boss | $1,881 | $567 | -69.9% |
| Ponder Family Farm, LLC | $4,677 | $511 | -89.1% |
| Cynthia A. Meade | $0 | $496 | -- |
| Tina P. Gunn | $1,474 | $483 | -67.2% |
| Tony L. Gunn | $1,694 | $483 | -71.5% |
| Hugh A. Boss Jr. | $1,640 | $470 | -71.3% |
| John Asciutto | $1,823 | $438 | -76% |
| Tammy Hayworth | $17,240 | $432 | -97.5% |
| John C. Worley | $1,056 | $408 | -61.4% |
| Jeff Southern | $1,287 | $384 | -70.2% |
| David Edward Blalock | $2,304 | $380 | -83.5% |
| Stetson Montana Mealer | $1,463 | $346 | -76.3% |
| Darrell E. Parker | $627 | $328 | -47.7% |
| Marrian Elaine Elder | $2,029 | $328 | -83.8% |
| Robert E. Flemons | $1,692 | $326 | -80.7% |
| Lavonda Fowler Harris | $0 | $316 | -- |
| Ronnie Jackson Ponder | $1,826 | $302 | -83.5% |
| John F. Shireman | $1,062 | $277 | -73.9% |
| Warrington Farm, LLC | $1,287 | $242 | -81.2% |
| Preston K. Crowe | $2,252 | $242 | -89.3% |
| Bryan Kent Womack | $869 | $228 | -73.8% |
| John Hawkins | $495 | $214 | -56.8% |
| Lewis Hickom | $382 | $213 | -44.2% |
| David Williams | $1,331 | $211 | -84.1% |
| Andrew Lamar Wilson | $2,036 | $189 | -90.7% |
| Troy Oscar Dutton | $495 | $187 | -62.2% |
| David M. Long | $405 | $187 | -53.8% |
| Donna Long | $404 | $187 | -53.7% |
| Kheisha Harrison | $0 | $147 | -- |
| Jack G. Landrum | $394 | $147 | -62.7% |
| Nancy J. Landrum | $394 | $147 | -62.7% |
| Sue L. Neal | $391 | $147 | -62.4% |
| Shane West | $0 | $146 | -- |
| Patricia Ann Cooper | $103 | $137 | 33% |
| Jonathan H. White | $231 | $121 | -47.6% |
| Charles E Law | $0 | $104 | -- |
| Todd A. Wilson | $198 | $104 | -47.5% |
| Smith Nursery, LLC | $45,006 | $35 | -99.9% |
| Courtney Hice | $9,515 | $0 | -100% |
| Jared Seth Moss | $1,652 | $0 | -100% |
| JJ & R Farms, LLC | $7,920 | $0 | -100% |
| John David Dorsey | $638 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry W. Brown | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| R a Pascoe Farm, Inc. | $1,720 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard James | $397 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Lynn Carter | $2,914 | $0 | -100% |
| C. L. Tidwell | $2,940 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Ann Jerauld | $27,053 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Jackson | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Ellen Bryan Browning | $827 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon & Susan Nelson Revoc Trust | $682 | $0 | -100% |
| Joan L. May | $704 | $0 | -100% |
| Reid Anderson | $583 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Bearden | $9,384 | $0 | -100% |
| Willis Orchard Company, LLC | $98,191 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane Burch | $120 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua McWhorter | $3,926 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Stephen Ruff | $739 | $0 | -100% |
| Tammie Irene Rogers | $2,863 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,394,618 | $466,154 | -66.6% |
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