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In 2021, 134 farmers in cities within Jenkins County received a total of $3.8 million in 291 farm subsidies, a 46.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.1 million in 450 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mims Farm | $1,214,557 | $654,056 | -46.1% |
| Cowart Farms, Inc. | $668,986 | $326,828 | -51.1% |
| Edward C. Wilson | $312,279 | $216,116 | -30.8% |
| Buckhead Creek Farms, Inc. | $268,883 | $167,388 | -37.7% |
| Alisa S. Burke | $289,112 | $158,761 | -45.1% |
| Don I. Burke | $289,112 | $158,761 | -45.1% |
| Terry P. Williams Jr. | $234,391 | $151,399 | -35.4% |
| DRN Sons, LLC | $275,486 | $125,756 | -54.4% |
| Ronnie Alan Johnson | $302,032 | $117,365 | -61.1% |
| Travis Sentell Tapley | $208,849 | $111,892 | -46.4% |
| Wyndell Karlson Bell JR | $115,706 | $109,312 | -5.5% |
| Rayburn Johnson | $216,242 | $104,328 | -51.8% |
| Howard V. Black Jr. | $148,294 | $102,028 | -31.2% |
| Horst Crest Farm | $101,877 | $85,269 | -16.3% |
| Kacey Lane Farms, LLC | $106,088 | $80,847 | -23.8% |
| Johnson Farms | $122,013 | $72,032 | -41% |
| Chewmill Plantation, Inc. | $187,361 | $63,039 | -66.4% |
| J & L Trucking | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| James Carlton Cowart | $95,060 | $49,215 | -48.2% |
| Samuel P Tillman, M.D. | $93,274 | $48,643 | -47.8% |
| Dobson Moran Gay III | $79,855 | $45,064 | -43.6% |
| Nicholas A. Johnson | $87,904 | $44,844 | -49% |
| Nick Boyd Johnson | $80,180 | $44,707 | -44.2% |
| Anthony Cowart | $92,874 | $43,685 | -53% |
| John Cleve Newton | $105,073 | $36,366 | -65.4% |
| George B. Parker Jr. | $225,813 | $34,841 | -84.6% |
| Zackery Lane Cowart | $64,530 | $32,212 | -50.1% |
| Britt Claxton | $102,236 | $29,782 | -70.9% |
| Patricia A. Henry | $29,309 | $26,504 | -9.6% |
| LSC Farms | $65,695 | $26,463 | -59.7% |
| William T. Wasden Jr. | $40,958 | $26,423 | -35.5% |
| Kenneth J. Stewart | $68,003 | $20,470 | -69.9% |
| Betty J. Black | $20,953 | $20,053 | -4.3% |
| Richard Byron McNeely Jr. | $32,124 | $19,509 | -39.3% |
| Lane Woodlands | $10,273 | $19,160 | 86.5% |
| Horace H. Weathersby III | $36,093 | $19,149 | -46.9% |
| Jan G. Wilson | $1,558 | $17,179 | 1,002.6% |
| Daniel Travis Faircloth | $21,459 | $16,993 | -20.8% |
| Stephen Wilson | $25,603 | $16,725 | -34.7% |
| Sara H. Burke | $27,157 | $14,694 | -45.9% |
| George Wayne Holton | $13,023 | $13,708 | 5.3% |
| Justin T. Wilson | $18,388 | $13,305 | -27.6% |
| Kim Burke Trucking | $0 | $11,877 | -- |
| Julia Chelsea Newton | $45,392 | $11,695 | -74.2% |
| Ellen M. Fields | $12,494 | $11,331 | -9.3% |
| W. E. Burke Jr. | $10,942 | $11,187 | 2.2% |
| Randy Gene Oglesby Sr. | $32,761 | $10,767 | -67.1% |
| Gloria Jean Mays, M.D. | $17,922 | $10,205 | -43.1% |
| Thomas Earl Proctor | $15,536 | $9,871 | -36.5% |
| Ann B. Cowart | $10,608 | $8,639 | -18.6% |
| Terry P. Williams Sr. | $9,247 | $8,453 | -8.6% |
| Anthony W. Martin | $9,119 | $7,709 | -15.5% |
| Wade Parker | $102,557 | $7,666 | -92.5% |
| Zachary Wilson | $37,578 | $7,592 | -79.8% |
| Kevin James Stewart | $5,948 | $7,423 | 24.8% |
| Wayne E. Salter | $6,695 | $6,695 | 0% |
| Samantha Lane | $8,009 | $6,296 | -21.4% |
| Carolyn Lynell Oglesby | $10,374 | $5,735 | -44.7% |
| Lane Farms, LLC | $13,130 | $5,513 | -58% |
| Jennifer H. Gay | $7,277 | $4,951 | -32% |
| Judy R. Kent | $3,352 | $4,653 | 38.8% |
| John Wesley Godbee | $0 | $4,246 | -- |
| Elbert W. Burke Sr. | $5,013 | $4,100 | -18.2% |
| George W. Gunn | $16,316 | $3,803 | -76.7% |
| J & P Farms | $3,790 | $3,460 | -8.7% |
| Danny J. Daughtry | $6,297 | $3,244 | -48.5% |
| Lena Mclendon Allen | $8,797 | $3,102 | -64.7% |
| Kim Wasden | $0 | $3,020 | -- |
| Lewis E. Dailey | $13,205 | $2,969 | -77.5% |
| Jimmie Menard | $2,871 | $2,871 | 0% |
| Jeffrey Walter McPhail | $5,934 | $2,870 | -51.6% |
| Howard Leroy Cook Jr. | $2,808 | $2,808 | 0% |
| Batt Place Farms, LLC | $15,139 | $2,694 | -82.2% |
| Brian Heath Harper | $10,129 | $2,633 | -74% |
| Trust Created FBO Kenneth R Shockley | $5,264 | $2,632 | -50% |
| Stacy Ray Garvin | $1,302 | $2,613 | 100.7% |
| Carolyn B. Newton | $2,526 | $2,526 | 0% |
| Diane Kent Wade | $2,220 | $2,220 | 0% |
| Grady Lee Reeves | $3,661 | $2,158 | -41.1% |
| William Cody Kent II | $2,154 | $2,154 | 0% |
| Barbara Gay | $2,134 | $2,134 | 0% |
| Charles Lanier Jr. | $634 | $2,086 | 229% |
| Traci Womack Lopez | $2,739 | $2,069 | -24.5% |
| George A. Brinson | $1,985 | $1,985 | 0% |
| Robert E. Jenkins Jr. | $2,123 | $1,890 | -11% |
| Charles Jay Elmore | $1,513 | $1,853 | 22.5% |
| Charles H. Elmore | $1,817 | $1,817 | 0% |
| Horse Creek Farms, LLC | $6,876 | $1,800 | -73.8% |
| Jimmie Faye Hendley White | $1,921 | $1,771 | -7.8% |
| Catherine Dickey | $1,695 | $1,695 | 0% |
| W. E. Woodrum Jr. | $4,124 | $1,692 | -59% |
| Randall D. Brown | $1,671 | $1,671 | 0% |
| Virgil Badie | $0 | $1,516 | -- |
| Deirdre C. Brinson | $1,438 | $1,438 | 0% |
| Douglas G Rabitsch | $1,801 | $1,378 | -23.5% |
| Stephen Rabitsch | $1,801 | $1,378 | -23.5% |
| Kirby D. Dailey | $9,196 | $1,365 | -85.2% |
| The Bluff LP | $7,758 | $1,252 | -83.9% |
| T. K. Williams | $1,397 | $1,249 | -10.6% |
| Kevin Matthew Davis | $325 | $1,187 | 265.2% |
| Sandra B. Black | $4,528 | $1,154 | -74.5% |
| Earl Marshall Johnson | $3,078 | $1,073 | -65.1% |
| Charles Edward Taylor II | $1,059 | $1,059 | 0% |
| John Jason Lee | $2,084 | $1,042 | -50% |
| Mark Mays | $2,405 | $1,035 | -57% |
| Charles Ivey Waters | $970 | $970 | 0% |
| Donald M. Oglesby | $2,789 | $941 | -66.3% |
| Janice Burke | $900 | $900 | 0% |
| Stephen C. Cotton | $0 | $851 | -- |
| Ginger Leigh Johnson | $2,662 | $792 | -70.2% |
| Jerry E. Clayton | $2,332 | $702 | -69.9% |
| Katrina Daley Davis | $0 | $645 | -- |
| Nell O. Frye | $216 | $633 | 193.1% |
| Richard E. Saxon | $524 | $524 | 0% |
| Marie C. Busby | $2,536 | $500 | -80.3% |
| David L. Oglesby | $1,701 | $434 | -74.5% |
| Clarke Cattle Company | $15,253 | $433 | -97.2% |
| Joe Andrew Cooper | $1,727 | $373 | -78.4% |
| Joyce Martin | $0 | $363 | -- |
| Roy Thomas Davis | $342 | $336 | -1.8% |
| Theron Hill Cates | $0 | $272 | -- |
| Arachchige Upul Salgado | $2,865 | $268 | -90.6% |
| Tammy A. Lane | $0 | $267 | -- |
| Sharon C. Johnson | $0 | $266 | -- |
| Phillip P. Pruitt | $534 | $261 | -51.1% |
| Quinney Lane | $302 | $238 | -21.2% |
| Jimmy R. Becton | $516 | $182 | -64.7% |
| Patricia A. Allen | $167 | $167 | 0% |
| James Vickery Newton | $671 | $166 | -75.3% |
| Susan Perryman | $0 | $159 | -- |
| Mary H. Lane | $155 | $155 | 0% |
| Richard L. Lane II | $80 | $80 | 0% |
| Sybil W. Jenkins | $862 | $64 | -92.6% |
| Lois L. H. Kirkland | $0 | $48 | -- |
| Elijah Coney | $445 | $0 | -100% |
| Lamon F. Gillis | $8,859 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane P. Rogers | $14,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn G. Gay | $97 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha L. Fordham | $103 | $0 | -100% |
| Ogeechee Fruit & Vegetable, LLC | $8,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard A. Lane | $2,862 | $0 | -100% |
| Rickey A. Hargrove | $103 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah Cates Dickey | $556 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Lee Pierce | $937 | $0 | -100% |
| Vicki Brown Elam | $549 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter E. Miller | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Gordon Sasser Sr. | $4,125 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley Parker | $2,214 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Kring | $461 | $0 | -100% |
| Stevenson J. Stroud | $1,689 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $7,117,037 | $3,802,706 | -46.6% |
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