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In 2021, 139 farmers in cities within Walton County received a total of $1.1 million in 201 farm subsidies, a 61.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.9 million in 424 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Richardson | $378,123 | $180,350 | -52.3% |
| James C. Hall | $199,537 | $108,381 | -45.7% |
| Jamie A. Hall | $239,863 | $100,212 | -58.2% |
| Benjie Holley | $181,773 | $68,352 | -62.4% |
| Martin A. Tucker | $91,301 | $54,880 | -39.9% |
| Choctaw Land and Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Herman L. Walker | $215,596 | $51,185 | -76.3% |
| Ronald G. Fisher | $81,517 | $44,677 | -45.2% |
| Tucker Farms, LLC | $168,192 | $41,156 | -75.5% |
| Jim Reid Holden Trust | $68,133 | $36,631 | -46.2% |
| Ronald G. Earley | $36,733 | $26,165 | -28.8% |
| Tony Sunday | $27,483 | $21,130 | -23.1% |
| Clinton M. Ingram | $58,122 | $14,246 | -75.5% |
| Steve Herring | $27,927 | $13,467 | -51.8% |
| Larry Murphy | $28,454 | $12,557 | -55.9% |
| Edward E. Chandler | $99,344 | $10,945 | -89% |
| Charles Jones | $10,733 | $10,688 | -0.4% |
| Betty J Heffel Living Trust | $13,947 | $9,319 | -33.2% |
| Daniel Harms | $0 | $7,603 | -- |
| Jonas Walker Cattle, LLC | $254,558 | $7,548 | -97% |
| Roland Wilkerson | $5,202 | $7,478 | 43.8% |
| James R. Holden | $1,164 | $7,164 | 515.5% |
| Uhiren Farms, Inc. | $11,565 | $6,977 | -39.7% |
| Teresa L. Thompson | $18,461 | $6,782 | -63.3% |
| Judith McDaniel | $11,161 | $6,773 | -39.3% |
| Sportsman's Paradise of Welaka in | $6,657 | $6,657 | 0% |
| Donald G. Wilkerson | $7,731 | $6,634 | -14.2% |
| Kenneth L. Wilkerson | $7,623 | $6,481 | -15% |
| Angus G Andrews JR Family Partnership, Ltd. | $50,125 | $6,473 | -87.1% |
| Carlos E. Price | $6,947 | $6,391 | -8% |
| Matthew Kemp Caudill | $42,822 | $6,274 | -85.3% |
| Jeffrey McDaniel | $11,170 | $5,921 | -47% |
| Belmont Shook Partnership | $5,797 | $5,797 | 0% |
| Charles E. Birdwell | $5,682 | $5,503 | -3.2% |
| Bruce H. Ward | $10,239 | $5,422 | -47% |
| Barbara E. Smith | $864 | $4,923 | 469.8% |
| Charles G. Stevenson III | $5,277 | $4,755 | -9.9% |
| H. H. Weeks | $5,742 | $4,752 | -17.2% |
| George H. Stanley | $4,825 | $4,749 | -1.6% |
| Kubik Farms, Inc. | $20,021 | $4,698 | -76.5% |
| T & P Farms, Inc. | $5,742 | $4,659 | -18.9% |
| Patricia A. Richey | $8,160 | $4,526 | -44.5% |
| Ronald Earley Jr. | $12,714 | $4,361 | -65.7% |
| James M. Newborn | $12,114 | $4,215 | -65.2% |
| Paula J. Winston | $8,892 | $3,972 | -55.3% |
| Woodrow H. Braswell | $12,136 | $3,927 | -67.6% |
| Phillip J. Currid II | $28,684 | $3,907 | -86.4% |
| Pat Bottoms | $3,857 | $3,857 | 0% |
| Larry G. Watson | $3,683 | $3,683 | 0% |
| Jesse Don Wilkerson | $14,014 | $3,655 | -73.9% |
| Kliff S Thaxton | $3,540 | $3,540 | 0% |
| Sara Nell Pearson | $11,037 | $3,481 | -68.5% |
| Thomas W. Stephens | $19,205 | $3,444 | -82.1% |
| J. W. Bottoms | $4,276 | $3,393 | -20.7% |
| Andrew S. Taylor | $29,928 | $3,286 | -89% |
| Robin King | $6,746 | $3,260 | -51.7% |
| Stephen C. Brazile | $13,530 | $2,926 | -78.4% |
| Norma Sue Green | $0 | $2,877 | -- |
| Janet F. Ellison | $2,854 | $2,854 | 0% |
| Jordan T. Currid | $14,443 | $2,590 | -82.1% |
| Ronnie L Brannon JR Irrevocable Trust | $2,958 | $2,509 | -15.2% |
| Scott a Brannon Irrevocable Trust | $2,958 | $2,509 | -15.2% |
| Henry Banks Woollard | $7,333 | $2,432 | -66.8% |
| Zane Sunday | $6,317 | $2,234 | -64.6% |
| Jay McDaniel | $15,706 | $2,118 | -86.5% |
| Randy Joe Johnson | $13,166 | $2,046 | -84.5% |
| Scott Varnum | $4,272 | $2,033 | -52.4% |
| Josephine P. Brown | $1,992 | $1,992 | 0% |
| Bryan E. Kilbey | $1,822 | $1,822 | 0% |
| Leah Ann Wilkerson | $1,822 | $1,822 | 0% |
| Perry H. Bell | $4,032 | $1,782 | -55.8% |
| Janie Russell | $8,916 | $1,762 | -80.2% |
| Halver Brown JR | $7,733 | $1,728 | -77.7% |
| Harold Petty | $1,694 | $1,694 | 0% |
| Mary Jacquelin Adkins | $1,632 | $1,632 | 0% |
| Kyle McDonald | $7,992 | $1,525 | -80.9% |
| Roy R. Herring | $8,256 | $1,497 | -81.9% |
| James B. Dean | $1,410 | $1,410 | 0% |
| Kristian N. Knight | $6,189 | $1,386 | -77.6% |
| Mark S. Henderson | $6,083 | $1,378 | -77.3% |
| Clarence Hobbs | $4,763 | $1,273 | -73.3% |
| Zachary T. Hunt | $1,641 | $1,253 | -23.6% |
| Scott C. Urdahl | $2,460 | $1,231 | -50% |
| April Anderson | $4,422 | $1,109 | -74.9% |
| Brandon Lee Ard | $4,990 | $1,057 | -78.8% |
| James Kevin Burgess | $0 | $1,045 | -- |
| Buck Lane Annex Land Company, LLC | $2,324 | $1,014 | -56.4% |
| Bruce W Nidy III | $3,758 | $967 | -74.3% |
| James Casey | $2,001 | $947 | -52.7% |
| Jeffrey M. Ard | $4,294 | $938 | -78.2% |
| Donna W. Andrews | $933 | $933 | 0% |
| Angus Graham Andrews III | $6,847 | $924 | -86.5% |
| Wyndol Laird | $2,431 | $910 | -62.6% |
| Clark P. Christianson | $899 | $899 | 0% |
| William Wyman Pierce | $2,805 | $816 | -70.9% |
| Benton S. Sansom | $6,949 | $802 | -88.5% |
| Clara Ann J. Arnold | $791 | $791 | 0% |
| John D. Peters | $4,153 | $782 | -81.2% |
| Lawrence M. Webb Jr. | $6,000 | $755 | -87.4% |
| David R. Herring | $4,030 | $750 | -81.4% |
| Kenneth Samuel Pridgen | $3,322 | $747 | -77.5% |
| Tonya N. Anderson | $8,111 | $741 | -90.9% |
| Luke James Mitchell | $2,895 | $736 | -74.6% |
| Kelvin Clyde Wells | $1,144 | $710 | -37.9% |
| Robert A. Neale | $706 | $706 | 0% |
| Elaine Ann Gower Trust | $1,336 | $680 | -49.1% |
| Kayla Lynn Mitchell | $3,589 | $672 | -81.3% |
| James O Hybert | $2,442 | $671 | -72.5% |
| Paul E. Souders | $3,258 | $666 | -79.6% |
| Brian D. Goff | $3,941 | $637 | -83.8% |
| Lila L Bowers Trust | $1,822 | $598 | -67.2% |
| James Early Wilkerson | $17,034 | $578 | -96.6% |
| Steven J. Kent | $560 | $560 | 0% |
| Terry Dawkins | $2,112 | $538 | -74.5% |
| Robert L. Nobles | $1,188 | $504 | -57.6% |
| Dale R. Cook | $2,332 | $495 | -78.8% |
| R K Wingate Farms, LLC | $483 | $483 | 0% |
| Crooked Creek Farm, LLC | $458 | $458 | 0% |
| Michael J. Goodchild | $3,449 | $456 | -86.8% |
| Ronald R. Platt | $3,897 | $450 | -88.5% |
| Bernadeen E Sieckmann Trust | $1,114 | $378 | -66.1% |
| Dirty Hands Farm, LLC | $1,471 | $371 | -74.8% |
| Ann L. Smith | $364 | $364 | 0% |
| Redetzke Family Trust | $754 | $319 | -57.7% |
| Punch Bowl Farms, LLC | $715 | $304 | -57.5% |
| Thomas D. Baker | $1,367 | $304 | -77.8% |
| Mittie Davis Southerland | $1,301 | $297 | -77.2% |
| Gayl Brotherton | $1,293 | $260 | -79.9% |
| Dennis McKinney | $429 | $247 | -42.4% |
| Bill McFarland | $660 | $242 | -63.3% |
| Gerald Arlin Krause Estate | $3,998 | $241 | -94% |
| Henry Sconiers | $1,508 | $236 | -84.4% |
| Terry Morrison | $1,045 | $208 | -80.1% |
| Kenneth M. Fleming | $1,186 | $187 | -84.2% |
| Barry James | $183 | $173 | -5.5% |
| Janelle Bennett Cawthon | $495 | $158 | -68.1% |
| Jackie D. Watson | $0 | $132 | -- |
| Johnie W. Parker | $406 | $127 | -68.7% |
| Jeremy Schofield | $0 | $92 | -- |
| Amber D. Harrison | $47 | $0 | -100% |
| Annie Mae Barnes | $2,012 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles H. Kernell Jr. | $3,399 | $0 | -100% |
| Chester W. Wilkerson | $663 | $0 | -100% |
| Glen E. Thomason Jr. | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry M. Dell | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce M. Smith | $1,872 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin M. Dell | $2,546 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcus N. Adams | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia A. Mixon | $378 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Spence Anderson | $9,416 | $0 | -100% |
| Ted W. Frymire | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Boone Slay | $1,490 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane K. Nodine | $1,829 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Collinsworth | $462 | $0 | -100% |
| Vanessa G. Geralds | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Zero by Catch, LLC | $690 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann M. Paulsen | $137 | $0 | -100% |
| E Franklin King III Trust | $3,447 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Crosslin | $1,688 | $0 | -100% |
| Lila Bowers | $929 | $0 | -100% |
| Luke R. Georgeson | $1,325 | $0 | -100% |
| William G. Cochran | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,934,058 | $1,138,617 | -61.2% |
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