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In 2021, 141 farmers in cities within Lamar County received a total of $643,944 in 176 farm subsidies, a 40.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.1 million in 330 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Cunningham | $257,545 | $101,517 | -60.6% |
| Gilmer Dairy Farm, LLC | $134,048 | $95,282 | -28.9% |
| Kenneth B. Holliman | $9,412 | $64,958 | 590.2% |
| Cunningham Logging, LLC | $3,883 | $54,046 | 1,291.9% |
| Collier Forestry, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Dollar Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Richard Jaggers | $72,780 | $35,978 | -50.6% |
| John G. Cunningham | $72,962 | $25,011 | -65.7% |
| Jonathan Tate Logging, Inc. | $0 | $13,577 | -- |
| Jacky W. Pennington | $3,844 | $10,034 | 161% |
| Whisenant Farms, LLC | $15,676 | $7,611 | -51.4% |
| Douglas Smith | $39,668 | $7,583 | -80.9% |
| My Tyme Properties, LLC | $11,136 | $7,176 | -35.6% |
| Timberland Cattle, Inc. | $21,549 | $5,962 | -72.3% |
| Howard D. Ballard | $36,669 | $5,703 | -84.4% |
| John C. Lochridge | $4,602 | $4,090 | -11.1% |
| Phillip Foster | $13,958 | $3,770 | -73% |
| John E. McDaniel | $20,174 | $3,734 | -81.5% |
| Bailey W. Woods | $14,077 | $3,035 | -78.4% |
| Bruce Watkins | $9,650 | $3,016 | -68.7% |
| F Ogden MMC Properties, LLC | $5,064 | $3,012 | -40.5% |
| Larry Franklin | $11,670 | $2,745 | -76.5% |
| Tony Wayne Edgeworth | $1,812 | $2,729 | 50.6% |
| Timothy Jackson Cantrell | $12,975 | $2,630 | -79.7% |
| Charles R. Murff | $1,320 | $2,371 | 79.6% |
| Ogden Management Operations, LLC | $5,675 | $2,346 | -58.7% |
| Mark Richards | $7,260 | $2,172 | -70.1% |
| Jimmy Holsonback | $2,498 | $2,026 | -18.9% |
| Rodney Sanderson | $5,258 | $1,910 | -63.7% |
| Tony R. Mordecai | $2,706 | $1,804 | -33.3% |
| T E Spruiel | $8,105 | $1,770 | -78.2% |
| Vick Real Estate, LLC | $1,714 | $1,714 | 0% |
| Kenneth Real | $3,374 | $1,696 | -49.7% |
| Robert B. McAdams Jr. | $5,627 | $1,494 | -73.4% |
| Janice M. Irvin | $5,368 | $1,463 | -72.7% |
| Christopher F. Mixon | $1,459 | $1,459 | 0% |
| Matthew C. Corbell | $7,238 | $1,442 | -80.1% |
| Keith Bryant | $6,239 | $1,414 | -77.3% |
| D/B/A K C Farms | $2,981 | $1,372 | -54% |
| Susan Duff-Koniak | $2,758 | $1,357 | -50.8% |
| Roger D. Byars | $4,070 | $1,343 | -67% |
| Tony Saine | $8,104 | $1,332 | -83.6% |
| Andy Ballard | $5,889 | $1,260 | -78.6% |
| Larry Robertson | $4,048 | $1,222 | -69.8% |
| James Donald Mathis | $6,498 | $1,173 | -81.9% |
| Alan Pennington | $5,269 | $1,170 | -77.8% |
| Gary Freeman | $3,432 | $1,098 | -68% |
| Kenneth Hopper | $3,374 | $1,088 | -67.8% |
| Bruce Ozment | $3,432 | $1,035 | -69.8% |
| Randall Mayfield | $2,707 | $1,028 | -62% |
| Harold Smith | $6,855 | $923 | -86.5% |
| Craig Sizemore | $5,280 | $912 | -82.7% |
| James Patrick | $2,431 | $889 | -63.4% |
| Rickey Merchant | $2,628 | $816 | -68.9% |
| David Sizemore | $4,281 | $813 | -81% |
| Rodney Jones | $3,520 | $789 | -77.6% |
| Michael S. Foster | $4,265 | $785 | -81.6% |
| Mack A. Brock | $3,734 | $765 | -79.5% |
| Floyd E. McCrary | $4,533 | $758 | -83.3% |
| Dennis W. Sudduth | $9,120 | $746 | -91.8% |
| Hazel T. Trull | $2,132 | $722 | -66.1% |
| Truman Reeves | $903 | $710 | -21.4% |
| Carl Williams | $3,520 | $703 | -80% |
| J & W Cattle Farm | $5,070 | $653 | -87.1% |
| Kevin Gunnels | $3,221 | $653 | -79.7% |
| David Ray Cobb | $2,467 | $650 | -73.7% |
| Mr Exie Jonathan Spears | $5,606 | $647 | -88.5% |
| James S. Yerby | $638 | $638 | 0% |
| Thomas R. Pennington | $3,994 | $637 | -84.1% |
| Gray Norton | $834 | $636 | -23.7% |
| Diane Holmes | $1,257 | $621 | -50.6% |
| Kathy Allen | $1,848 | $608 | -67.1% |
| Jonathan G. Norton | $5,963 | $568 | -90.5% |
| Jessie L. Barnes Jr. | $2,475 | $546 | -77.9% |
| Tommy Graham | $2,442 | $540 | -77.9% |
| Mary Alice Maddox | $1,011 | $539 | -46.7% |
| James C. Weeks | $1,859 | $528 | -71.6% |
| Randy Rye | $2,376 | $515 | -78.3% |
| James Cribbs | $1,650 | $508 | -69.2% |
| Donna J. Buckley | $3,381 | $507 | -85% |
| Charles Patrick | $957 | $500 | -47.8% |
| Johnny W. Glasgow | $8,325 | $497 | -94% |
| James H. Allen | $1,188 | $480 | -59.6% |
| Hoyt Richards | $1,991 | $464 | -76.7% |
| Michael D. Woodham | $1,065 | $452 | -57.6% |
| Edward H. Graham | $2,640 | $442 | -83.3% |
| Timothy L. Parson | $0 | $440 | -- |
| J. W. Richards | $2,090 | $430 | -79.4% |
| Rodney Watson | $2,413 | $422 | -82.5% |
| Terry Woods | $2,046 | $408 | -80.1% |
| William P. Brock | $1,551 | $406 | -73.8% |
| Shelby C. Mann | $843 | $395 | -53.1% |
| Terry W. Woods | $1,796 | $395 | -78% |
| Esker J. Johnson | $1,420 | $392 | -72.4% |
| Joseph Robert Holliday III | $686 | $388 | -43.4% |
| Scotty Neal Lawrence | $1,012 | $376 | -62.8% |
| Diane Turner | $0 | $367 | -- |
| Andrew C. Norton | $1,572 | $365 | -76.8% |
| Heath Robinson | $1,342 | $336 | -75% |
| Jerry McCullar | $1,210 | $320 | -73.6% |
| Chancy D. Price | $1,089 | $320 | -70.6% |
| Bryan L. Vice | $1,265 | $308 | -75.7% |
| Glenn Hopper | $1,364 | $294 | -78.4% |
| Melanie D. Nesser | $6,221 | $293 | -95.3% |
| Dale Hollis | $1,364 | $284 | -79.2% |
| Mike Shaw | $590 | $268 | -54.6% |
| Carl Ray Woods | $1,826 | $262 | -85.7% |
| Larry J. Bonman | $1,089 | $258 | -76.3% |
| Greg K. Norton | $3,306 | $256 | -92.3% |
| Rector Johnson Jr. | $1,111 | $252 | -77.3% |
| Billy E. Shaw | $561 | $248 | -55.8% |
| Odie Robinson | $1,089 | $239 | -78.1% |
| Thomas Sanders | $1,903 | $237 | -87.5% |
| Joyce Ann White | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Norm Tilberg | $1,233 | $218 | -82.3% |
| Elizabeth Jeffreys | $0 | $214 | -- |
| Anita Real | $213 | $213 | 0% |
| Jason A. Lewis | $195 | $195 | 0% |
| Hans Alex Cobb | $1,393 | $195 | -86% |
| James C. Miles | $938 | $186 | -80.2% |
| Billy Joe Black | $177 | $177 | 0% |
| Joe Turner | $542 | $175 | -67.7% |
| Matthew T. Weston | $660 | $172 | -73.9% |
| Lynne Webster | $773 | $166 | -78.5% |
| Joshua Knight | $399 | $159 | -60.2% |
| Jim Wright | $715 | $152 | -78.7% |
| Benaye Hollis | $244 | $136 | -44.3% |
| Tyler Edgeworth | $276 | $136 | -50.7% |
| Kenny Goggans | $850 | $135 | -84.1% |
| Roger Cunningham | $184 | $114 | -38% |
| C. L. Freeman | $132 | $84 | -36.4% |
| Bret A. Ballard | $5,143 | $52 | -99% |
| Robert Kelly | $698 | $48 | -93.1% |
| William O. Franklin | $117 | $40 | -65.8% |
| Edith L. Holland | $150 | $28 | -81.3% |
| Rodney Cagle | $291 | $23 | -92.1% |
| John W. Taggart | $0 | $22 | -- |
| Jennifer Saraco | $31 | $17 | -45.2% |
| Alan Barker | $33 | $17 | -48.5% |
| Mary Beth Robertson | $34 | $16 | -52.9% |
| Hubert Allen Bobo | $5,583 | $7 | -99.9% |
| James T. Bowling | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Jeffreys | $1,316 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth Spruiel | $263 | $0 | -100% |
| Jordy Abrams | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Clyde Blakeney | $942 | $0 | -100% |
| W H Investments, LLC | $3,936 | $0 | -100% |
| David M. Puckett | $38 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Roane | $13 | $0 | -100% |
| Doug Byars | $313 | $0 | -100% |
| Edgeworth Family Investments, LLC | $1,240 | $0 | -100% |
| Franklin Holliman | $60 | $0 | -100% |
| Gwen Buckley | $667 | $0 | -100% |
| James Edward Smith | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| John F. Boyett | $1 | $0 | -100% |
| Lashae Waldon | $4 | $0 | -100% |
| Leila McMichael | $1,057 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodger Guthery | $188 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis L. McLellan | $17 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Grady Herron | $1,900 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Banks Hudson | $1,128 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,081,513 | $643,944 | -40.5% |
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