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In 2021, 109 farmers in cities within Amelia County received a total of $1.1 million in 262 farm subsidies, a 56.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.6 million in 375 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R M Watkins & Sons, Inc. | $600,748 | $173,991 | -71% |
| Oakmulgee Dairy Farm, Inc. | $252,305 | $137,908 | -45.3% |
| Ameva Farm, Inc. | $189,078 | $135,974 | -28.1% |
| Juan W. Whittington | $147,866 | $66,634 | -54.9% |
| David Joseph Hooley | $102,459 | $57,681 | -43.7% |
| John Carson Ashman | $92,563 | $51,091 | -44.8% |
| Hoot OWL Hollow Farm, Inc. | $123,475 | $46,906 | -62% |
| Reamford Farms, LLC | $70,866 | $36,284 | -48.8% |
| Vaughan Cattle Company, LLC | $64,876 | $28,109 | -56.7% |
| Whitaker Farms, Inc. | $54,210 | $25,415 | -53.1% |
| Featherstone Farm | $43,057 | $24,031 | -44.2% |
| Dexter L. Jones | $38,812 | $22,138 | -43% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $20,300 | -- |
| Wilford L. Poore | $41,960 | $20,056 | -52.2% |
| Blanton Farms Lc | $71,174 | $20,021 | -71.9% |
| Gary W. Keener | $34,241 | $16,972 | -50.4% |
| Dwayne D. Moore | $32,529 | $14,219 | -56.3% |
| Windy Springs Farm, LLC | $23,104 | $12,839 | -44.4% |
| Lewis E. Harvie | $27,906 | $12,819 | -54.1% |
| William D. Little | $17,353 | $9,850 | -43.2% |
| John T. Courter | $21,365 | $9,722 | -54.5% |
| Lelia M. Zaun | $13,534 | $9,176 | -32.2% |
| David Eugene Smith | $27,123 | $9,061 | -66.6% |
| Leslie J. Melton | $0 | $8,762 | -- |
| Knibbs Creek Poultry Plantation LC | $0 | $7,728 | -- |
| Victor T. Allen | $40,544 | $6,797 | -83.2% |
| Bobby O. Stockner | $16,083 | $6,783 | -57.8% |
| David P Jarck | $15,425 | $6,024 | -60.9% |
| David W. Coleman | $35,712 | $5,879 | -83.5% |
| David Bryan Lewis | $5,019 | $5,342 | 6.4% |
| Green Hills Dairy, LLC | $18,218 | $5,182 | -71.6% |
| Mr Willfred T Reames III | $15,816 | $4,812 | -69.6% |
| Charles Robert Hutchinson | $4,704 | $4,364 | -7.2% |
| David A. Ashman | $17,313 | $4,314 | -75.1% |
| Cherry Lane Farm | $18,301 | $4,070 | -77.8% |
| Fox Den Farms, LLC | $15,971 | $4,033 | -74.7% |
| James R Tennefoss | $3,868 | $3,874 | 0.2% |
| James R. Fleming | $11,401 | $3,787 | -66.8% |
| Charles Y. Glasscock | $12,782 | $3,506 | -72.6% |
| Jack E. Bulls | $11,166 | $3,457 | -69% |
| William B. Ford | $4,283 | $3,078 | -28.1% |
| Big Meadows Farm, LLC | $10,106 | $3,000 | -70.3% |
| F. B. Jones III | $2,684 | $2,684 | 0% |
| Dean M. Smith | $4,083 | $2,189 | -46.4% |
| Theodore E Jarck | $4,655 | $2,113 | -54.6% |
| Winticomack Associates, LLC | $9,910 | $2,089 | -78.9% |
| Larry B. Barden | $4,958 | $2,051 | -58.6% |
| Fred E. Jibben | $3,699 | $1,985 | -46.3% |
| Colin J. Whittington | $3,247 | $1,776 | -45.3% |
| Edward H. Jones Jr. | $7,955 | $1,719 | -78.4% |
| Sawmill Knoll, LLC | $3,223 | $1,226 | -62% |
| Donna W. Horne | $1,409 | $1,206 | -14.4% |
| Taylor A. Harvie III | $2,649 | $1,174 | -55.7% |
| Elizabeth B. Johnson | $1,938 | $1,171 | -39.6% |
| Andrew H. Reames | $3,073 | $1,132 | -63.2% |
| Frances C. Anderson | $1,954 | $1,130 | -42.2% |
| Redfield Farm, Inc. | $12,309 | $1,096 | -91.1% |
| John Wellington Ashman | $5,456 | $1,080 | -80.2% |
| John-Christopher August Kantzler | $1,094 | $990 | -9.5% |
| Scott Timberland LP | $0 | $971 | -- |
| Franklin C. Anderson | $5,115 | $886 | -82.7% |
| Charles A. Anderson Jr. | $844 | $844 | 0% |
| James E. Royal | $834 | $805 | -3.5% |
| Robie H. Robinson | $1,239 | $801 | -35.4% |
| Sandra S. Wade | $775 | $775 | 0% |
| Helen Warriner Burke | $724 | $724 | 0% |
| Betty M. Hartman | $707 | $707 | 0% |
| Brooke Pulley Wilburn | $1,699 | $696 | -59% |
| Richard Allan Hamilton | $2,694 | $671 | -75.1% |
| William E. Royal Jr. | $653 | $653 | 0% |
| Thelma P. Taylor | $645 | $645 | 0% |
| Julius M. Griles Jr. | $3,477 | $640 | -81.6% |
| Robert F. Easter | $0 | $622 | -- |
| Ferne O. Hutchinson | $738 | $618 | -16.3% |
| Danny L. Royster | $3,157 | $599 | -81% |
| Daniel G. Coleman | $3,904 | $571 | -85.4% |
| Elmer C. Felts Jr. | $1,722 | $546 | -68.3% |
| Thomas Stark III | $1,325 | $542 | -59.1% |
| Robert Elwood Lee Jr. | $6,970 | $536 | -92.3% |
| The Hunt at Selma, LLC | $0 | $534 | -- |
| Ernest L. Norman | $528 | $528 | 0% |
| Chester M. Barnard | $741 | $494 | -33.3% |
| Alvin Oneal Munden | $1,606 | $468 | -70.9% |
| Wayne A. Foster | $0 | $456 | -- |
| Peggy L. Blankenship | $1,384 | $447 | -67.7% |
| Jason Roger Fleming | $3,803 | $414 | -89.1% |
| Frank B. Tyler Jr. | $1,826 | $408 | -77.7% |
| Ben C. Barley | $1,606 | $332 | -79.3% |
| Joan P. Felts | $297 | $293 | -1.3% |
| Walter B West | $1,100 | $292 | -73.5% |
| Junious E. Mann | $261 | $261 | 0% |
| Judith Lea Baird | $2,425 | $238 | -90.2% |
| Stephen J. Byrd | $219 | $219 | 0% |
| Lola T. Wright | $0 | $214 | -- |
| Manda H. Gravley | $202 | $202 | 0% |
| Catherine S. Dail | $255 | $173 | -32.2% |
| Barbara A. Harver | $314 | $169 | -46.2% |
| Rodney L. Jones | $221 | $145 | -34.4% |
| Kenneth W. Johnson | $107 | $142 | 32.7% |
| Martha S. Crayton | $0 | $138 | -- |
| John L. Roberts | $8,836 | $127 | -98.6% |
| Tammy S. Roark | $396 | $90 | -77.3% |
| George M. Ashman Jr. | $897 | $84 | -90.6% |
| Anne Bakalar | $75 | $74 | -1.3% |
| Sandy R. Lush | $71 | $71 | 0% |
| Shirley a Paustenbach | $260 | $68 | -73.8% |
| Michael Perez | $201 | $67 | -66.7% |
| Tammie I. Felts | $63 | $56 | -11.1% |
| Lois N. Hall | $42 | $42 | 0% |
| Brian T. Crowder | $2,665 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil Davis | $2,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $19,371 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory C. Maxey | $353 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry K. Poore | $2,110 | $0 | -100% |
| Knibbs Creek Poultry Plantation L | $29,150 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Duggan | $177 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul M. Cary | $1,469 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald S. Bowles | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Shannon T. Smith | $10,494 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen C. Reames | $2,006 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,558,270 | $1,103,898 | -56.8% |
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