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In 2021, 177 farmers in cities within Okaloosa County received a total of $531,619 in 236 farm subsidies, a 51.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.1 million in 381 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 Okaloosa County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Bruce Powell | $0 | $26,278 | -- |
| Cecil D. Cox | $25,119 | $25,119 | 0% |
| Taylor Spangler | $22,874 | $22,874 | 0% |
| Shirley K. Revill | $22,652 | $22,652 | 0% |
| Joshua R. Luke | $183,899 | $22,161 | -87.9% |
| Harry Forrest Johnson | $19,918 | $19,918 | 0% |
| Joel McLaney | $91,623 | $17,387 | -81% |
| William S. Angelos | $0 | $17,298 | -- |
| Wallace E. Wilhoite | $0 | $15,838 | -- |
| CWJP, LLC | $22,168 | $15,191 | -31.5% |
| James C. Adams | $15,534 | $12,840 | -17.3% |
| Lonnie Jack Adams | $14,893 | $11,259 | -24.4% |
| Christopher D. Wilkinson | $0 | $10,864 | -- |
| William P. Stanley | $0 | $10,576 | -- |
| Marcia Daffin | $33,140 | $10,392 | -68.6% |
| Jane Hamilton | $11,039 | $10,155 | -8% |
| Hanson 101 FBO Guy Callahan Trust | $6,612 | $6,612 | 0% |
| Jory Brice Goeggle | $6,474 | $6,474 | 0% |
| Mary N. Defries | $6,476 | $6,287 | -2.9% |
| Mcguire Farm Partnershp, LLP | $6,136 | $6,136 | 0% |
| Paula Daniel Cravey Children's Trust | $0 | $6,120 | -- |
| Shawn M. Dohrer | $5,736 | $6,072 | 5.9% |
| Watkins Agri Company BS TST | $2,749 | $5,927 | 115.6% |
| Sue Condrey Garner | $5,870 | $5,870 | 0% |
| Betty H. Horton | $5,565 | $5,565 | 0% |
| The Lloyd H Hinze and Vicki K Hinze Trust - Lloyd | $0 | $5,563 | -- |
| Powell Farms, Inc. | $0 | $5,177 | -- |
| John W. McQuaig | $20,615 | $4,486 | -78.2% |
| Felix K West SR Revocable Trust | $0 | $4,436 | -- |
| Mitchell Sherrod | $4,302 | $4,302 | 0% |
| Barbara Jean Martin | $2,654 | $4,183 | 57.6% |
| Roy Moore | $0 | $4,126 | -- |
| The Breidinger Family Trust | $3,449 | $3,994 | 15.8% |
| Bill W. Wendel | $0 | $3,562 | -- |
| George W. Aylsworth | $1,934 | $3,506 | 81.3% |
| Kay Dean Ham | $3,362 | $3,362 | 0% |
| Muri Cass Kersanac | $6,029 | $3,312 | -45.1% |
| The Dobbs-Melton Family Trust | $3,297 | $3,297 | 0% |
| William M. Epperson | $11,528 | $3,272 | -71.6% |
| Don W. Pickren Jr. | $4,336 | $3,266 | -24.7% |
| East Hill Honey Company, LLC | $0 | $3,218 | -- |
| Alan P. Day | $3,080 | $3,080 | 0% |
| Wesley S. Flowers | $2,874 | $2,874 | 0% |
| Lynn Jetton | $753 | $2,838 | 276.9% |
| Randy Strickland | $14,848 | $2,798 | -81.2% |
| Billy W. Danzey | $6,246 | $2,780 | -55.5% |
| Elard Haden | $8,814 | $2,770 | -68.6% |
| Wilma K. Lancaster | $2,820 | $2,707 | -4% |
| Warren L. Collier | $3,295 | $2,499 | -24.2% |
| Betty M. Liles | $2,497 | $2,497 | 0% |
| Joann McClellan | $2,491 | $2,491 | 0% |
| Locke-Russell Farms, LLC | $14,222 | $2,391 | -83.2% |
| Idell Donze | $2,251 | $2,286 | 1.6% |
| Carol C. Daniel | $7,645 | $2,233 | -70.8% |
| Valerie Murphy | $2,170 | $2,004 | -7.6% |
| Katherine K. Little | $1,969 | $1,969 | 0% |
| Mark S. Calkins | $1,966 | $1,966 | 0% |
| Kathryn Cockroft Revocable Trust | $1,920 | $1,920 | 0% |
| Shawn Casey | $1,901 | $1,901 | 0% |
| Kathleen Murray | $1,875 | $1,875 | 0% |
| GBE Irrevocable Trust | $1,869 | $1,869 | 0% |
| Ronald Prater | $4,290 | $1,846 | -57% |
| Norbert W. Melnick | $3,270 | $1,827 | -44.1% |
| Paul D. Peterson | $1,793 | $1,793 | 0% |
| John Bostick | $1,771 | $1,771 | 0% |
| Mark H. Tucker | $6,206 | $1,735 | -72% |
| Kenneth A. Winzeler | $3,016 | $1,729 | -42.7% |
| Donnie Pridgen | $1,686 | $1,686 | 0% |
| Langham Management, Inc. | $1,672 | $1,672 | 0% |
| Norman Sargent | $8,062 | $1,636 | -79.7% |
| Gregory W. Turner | $6,902 | $1,608 | -76.7% |
| Stephen R. Pridgen | $7,925 | $1,589 | -79.9% |
| Mary G. Meyer | $2,106 | $1,585 | -24.7% |
| Vera B Allen Revocable Trust | $1,555 | $1,555 | 0% |
| Danny Riley | $1,577 | $1,529 | -3% |
| James L. Oeser | $3,447 | $1,516 | -56% |
| J & V Retirement Savings Trust | $6,056 | $1,514 | -75% |
| James R. Richburg | $1,513 | $1,513 | 0% |
| Charles Gafford | $1,499 | $1,499 | 0% |
| Edwin H. Vickers | $1,473 | $1,473 | 0% |
| Wayne McClellan | $1,439 | $1,439 | 0% |
| Fortenberry Family Trust | $1,769 | $1,438 | -18.7% |
| Andrew Baber | $2,602 | $1,431 | -45% |
| Jackie F. Reeves | $1,429 | $1,429 | 0% |
| Marty Reeves | $1,429 | $1,429 | 0% |
| Douglas Ingram Jr. | $1,428 | $1,428 | 0% |
| Eloise P. Cover | $3,395 | $1,356 | -60.1% |
| Sarah Weeks Poole | $1,355 | $1,355 | 0% |
| Leo K. Turner | $6,711 | $1,351 | -79.9% |
| Betsy P. Christianson | $1,345 | $1,345 | 0% |
| Philip Earl Pearson | $18,685 | $1,344 | -92.8% |
| Winston L. Pearson | $1,590 | $1,344 | -15.5% |
| Carl Fox | $4,442 | $1,337 | -69.9% |
| Statia J Mcneese | $1,280 | $1,280 | 0% |
| Karen L. Matthews | $918 | $1,271 | 38.5% |
| Dewayne Bunge | $1,223 | $1,223 | 0% |
| Jerry Senterfitt | $4,705 | $1,211 | -74.3% |
| Lois L. Angelos | $1,184 | $1,184 | 0% |
| Lena M. Vogel | $1,157 | $1,157 | 0% |
| Michael S. Reeves | $1,111 | $1,111 | 0% |
| Frank C. Bowen | $1,089 | $1,089 | 0% |
| F & H Farms, LLC | $3,377 | $1,079 | -68% |
| Wilbur Bergman Rev Trust | $1,062 | $1,062 | 0% |
| David Laborde | $1,080 | $1,041 | -3.6% |
| Bobby J. Kemp | $1,881 | $1,008 | -46.4% |
| Billie Hester | $961 | $961 | 0% |
| Felix K West Jr. Irrevocable Trust | $0 | $945 | -- |
| Sarah West Walne Irrevocable Trust | $0 | $945 | -- |
| Charles C West Irrevocable Trust | $0 | $944 | -- |
| Frances J. Freeman | $928 | $928 | 0% |
| Weyland Williamson | $923 | $923 | 0% |
| Russell Autery | $7,168 | $904 | -87.4% |
| Jill Schaeffer | $2,155 | $904 | -58.1% |
| George Joseph | $2,118 | $903 | -57.4% |
| Millicent J. Lusco | $883 | $883 | 0% |
| Willa S. Scott | $796 | $796 | 0% |
| Ricky J. Adams | $3,201 | $780 | -75.6% |
| Kelly Anne Binkley | $913 | $770 | -15.7% |
| David a Herf, M.D. | $760 | $730 | -3.9% |
| Marlin H. Smith | $2,002 | $692 | -65.4% |
| Lawrence B. Mann | $1,667 | $650 | -61% |
| Catherine Kaelin Meisenheimer | $1,336 | $616 | -53.9% |
| Michael R. Griner | $6,315 | $596 | -90.6% |
| Jessica R. Read | $594 | $594 | 0% |
| Cynthia Stevens | $594 | $594 | 0% |
| Francis Baudoin | $857 | $591 | -31% |
| George Mayer Properties, LLC | $1,166 | $583 | -50% |
| Brian Botts | $1,355 | $580 | -57.2% |
| Frank Schroeder | $1,031 | $552 | -46.5% |
| Todd Lawrence | $0 | $530 | -- |
| Michael D. Qualls | $2,255 | $495 | -78% |
| Michael R. McVay | $3,168 | $495 | -84.4% |
| Thomas V. Swanson II | $1,009 | $493 | -51.1% |
| Tina M. Swanson | $1,009 | $493 | -51.1% |
| Nancy E. Thiele | $1,291 | $483 | -62.6% |
| Charles D. Langham | $482 | $482 | 0% |
| Edward B. Oates | $891 | $464 | -47.9% |
| William Russell Nelson Jr. | $979 | $464 | -52.6% |
| Vera G. Crist | $1,066 | $458 | -57% |
| H & S Farms, LLC | $3,551 | $457 | -87.1% |
| Jeffrey David Fralish | $0 | $447 | -- |
| Millard Parmer | $2,324 | $443 | -80.9% |
| Robert B. Case | $2,567 | $422 | -83.6% |
| John R. Hixon | $2,024 | $416 | -79.4% |
| Shannon Michael Thiel | $0 | $387 | -- |
| Papillon Blanc Living Trust | $605 | $361 | -40.3% |
| David C. Hays | $2,027 | $345 | -83% |
| H Maxwell Melton Revocable Living Trust | $627 | $339 | -45.9% |
| John Melton | $1,390 | $338 | -75.7% |
| Paul K. Gillman | $1,686 | $338 | -80% |
| Ben Richard Stevens | $1,005 | $335 | -66.7% |
| Walter Kane | $315 | $315 | 0% |
| Diana K. Hope | $587 | $294 | -49.9% |
| Paul Brown | $1,144 | $278 | -75.7% |
| James Shannon | $640 | $275 | -57% |
| Patrick Harmon | $273 | $274 | 0.4% |
| Rodney V. Williams | $1,210 | $271 | -77.6% |
| Terri A. Steadman | $260 | $260 | 0% |
| Francis M Wierer | $1,206 | $231 | -80.8% |
| Leon P. Fleming | $659 | $191 | -71% |
| Bill R. Keeler | $568 | $177 | -68.8% |
| Randall K. Graham | $0 | $167 | -- |
| Nathan Deane Benson | $134 | $165 | 23.1% |
| Stanley R. Claypool | $416 | $147 | -64.7% |
| Nathan Lepper | $347 | $131 | -62.2% |
| Jennifer L. Bender | $214 | $131 | -38.8% |
| Kevin Kendrick | $429 | $130 | -69.7% |
| Eric S. Sculthorpe | $130 | $130 | 0% |
| Conrad Borzych | $97 | $114 | 17.5% |
| Vanessa Sheppard | $471 | $106 | -77.5% |
| Charles T. Bowlin | $324 | $101 | -68.8% |
| Cassady D. York | $435 | $86 | -80.2% |
| Diane D. Kelley | $0 | $77 | -- |
| Jessica Reed | $56 | $75 | 33.9% |
| Chelsea Nanette Cawiezell | $56 | $75 | 33.9% |
| Susan H. Hollingshead | $158 | $68 | -57% |
| Watkins Agriculture Company | $0 | $8 | -- |
| Anthony Ray Boatwright Jr. | $2,604 | $0 | -100% |
| Bennie Loe | $3,030 | $0 | -100% |
| Clifford Stockman | $1,091 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Pickering | $1,763 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn M. Wente | $3,341 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth C. Wente II | $3,341 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary D. Stuart | $224 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Lawrence | $617 | $0 | -100% |
| Kaylor Miller Compound | $2,148 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall K. Graham | $1,538 | $0 | -100% |
| William E. Phillips | $420 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann Coleman | $2,779 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane A. Briere | $462 | $0 | -100% |
| Valarie Reeves | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Paul Michas | $160,453 | $0 | -100% |
| Jayme Danner | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Majors | $2,885 | $0 | -100% |
| Juniper Creek Timberland, LLC | $1,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Kasey McConnell | $308 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael W. Jones | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul D. Thomas | $11 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Dale Belcher Sr. | $782 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald D. Kimble | $8,829 | $0 | -100% |
| William D. Bryan | $1,373 | $0 | -100% |
| Ida Frances Robbins | $551 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack O. Shafer Jr. | $3,739 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary S Rachie | $3,175 | $0 | -100% |
| Eugene Klein | $6,160 | $0 | -100% |
| Grace Cobb | $44 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Eli Hipp | $237 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Lamberson Jr. | $1,129 | $0 | -100% |
| The Lloyd H Hinze and Vicki K Hin | $7,380 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilson Farms of Mossyhead, LLC | $5,299 | $0 | -100% |
| Big Creek Farm, LLC | $6,392 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Cravey | $1,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy G Bos Revocable Trust | $2,098 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,105,630 | $531,619 | -51.9% |
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