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In 2021, 114 farmers in cities within Barnwell County received a total of $1.8 million in 201 farm subsidies, a 63.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5 million in 409 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Bates Farm, LLC | $412,848 | $207,316 | -49.8% |
| Walker Nix Farms, LLC | $350,518 | $196,507 | -43.9% |
| Clinton S. Youngblood IV | $281,288 | $113,415 | -59.7% |
| Chappell Partnership | $335,729 | $109,626 | -67.3% |
| John Travis Still | $495,896 | $98,447 | -80.1% |
| Troy O. Jamison | $126,731 | $95,283 | -24.8% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $90,324 | -- |
| Agsouth Farm Credit Aca | $104,956 | $87,902 | -16.2% |
| Agsouth Farm Credit Aca | $233,766 | $59,998 | -74.3% |
| William E. Brady | $67,924 | $55,522 | -18.3% |
| Vernon L. Cheek Sr. | $74,647 | $48,865 | -34.5% |
| Enterprise Bank of School | $62,138 | $47,948 | -22.8% |
| Triple T Farms | $66,161 | $44,065 | -33.4% |
| Samuel Len Grubbs | $57,000 | $37,578 | -34.1% |
| Gregory Bruce Bates | $42,699 | $33,508 | -21.5% |
| Givens Farm, Inc. | $93,647 | $27,365 | -70.8% |
| Christopher S Zissett | $70,368 | $26,425 | -62.4% |
| J & J Farms of Blackville, LLC | $0 | $26,387 | -- |
| William M. Nix III | $89,344 | $24,598 | -72.5% |
| Richardson Farms, Inc. | $33,123 | $24,143 | -27.1% |
| Lee Ann Givens | $82,757 | $22,978 | -72.2% |
| John C. Simmons | $38,040 | $19,782 | -48% |
| Sandifer & Son Farms, LLC | $75,146 | $18,593 | -75.3% |
| Clinton T Boyleston | $104,532 | $16,305 | -84.4% |
| Kevin P. Wall | $22,083 | $15,802 | -28.4% |
| Terry Lee Sandifer | $171,866 | $15,571 | -90.9% |
| Clyde G. Davis Jr. | $46,840 | $15,483 | -66.9% |
| Agsouth Farm Credit, Aca | $0 | $14,178 | -- |
| Phillip Sandifer and Sons Farms, LLC | $0 | $14,131 | -- |
| Scotty Sandifer Farms, LLC | $93,760 | $14,038 | -85% |
| Chris Sandifer Farms, LLC | $93,595 | $14,015 | -85% |
| Wiley W. Moore Jr. | $20,446 | $11,641 | -43.1% |
| Pickens Williams Jr. | $10,520 | $11,564 | 9.9% |
| David Jamison | $50,162 | $9,266 | -81.5% |
| Ann H. Moore | $11,634 | $7,984 | -31.4% |
| Thomas B. Brady | $11,867 | $7,364 | -37.9% |
| Cody Allen Gleaton | $26,880 | $6,375 | -76.3% |
| Matthew Urwick | $14,541 | $6,349 | -56.3% |
| Wesley A. Wiles | $0 | $5,834 | -- |
| William Grubbs | $10,721 | $5,827 | -45.6% |
| Willie T. Davis | $15,055 | $5,664 | -62.4% |
| Carolina Agent-Research Service, Inc. | $20,011 | $5,408 | -73% |
| James R. Wood | $11,354 | $5,250 | -53.8% |
| Michelle A. Hromyak | $0 | $5,160 | -- |
| Farm Service Agency | $80,660 | $5,093 | -93.7% |
| Norman M. Bolen | $15,431 | $4,959 | -67.9% |
| Glynn C. Anderson | $4,046 | $4,046 | 0% |
| Agsouth Farm Credit Aca | $5,579 | $3,826 | -31.4% |
| Randy P. Ray | $0 | $3,796 | -- |
| Thomas Luther Googe | $29,587 | $3,700 | -87.5% |
| John C. Hughes | $3,605 | $3,605 | 0% |
| Gene Fickling | $30,338 | $3,530 | -88.4% |
| Virginia A. Mills | $3,451 | $3,451 | 0% |
| Leighton Gunnells | $8,304 | $3,247 | -60.9% |
| John Tanner Still | $31,665 | $2,979 | -90.6% |
| Bocephus Jones | $6,925 | $2,896 | -58.2% |
| Linda White | $687 | $2,712 | 294.8% |
| Kevin McCormick | $14,434 | $2,702 | -81.3% |
| George Gregory Still | $4,355 | $2,643 | -39.3% |
| Justin Trevor Still | $0 | $2,448 | -- |
| Michael Jamison | $6,000 | $2,257 | -62.4% |
| Tom W. Smith Jr. | $2,218 | $2,218 | 0% |
| Vernon Wimberly | $3,718 | $2,207 | -40.6% |
| Dennis Roy Muns | $8,504 | $2,114 | -75.1% |
| Woodland Farms, LLC | $6,262 | $1,841 | -70.6% |
| E. T. Moore Jr. | $11,727 | $1,755 | -85% |
| Harry M. Anderson | $1,474 | $1,579 | 7.1% |
| Joe M. Templeton Jr. | $1,437 | $1,437 | 0% |
| Jade W. Nobles | $10,994 | $1,410 | -87.2% |
| James E. Hutto | $5,214 | $1,398 | -73.2% |
| Emory Bodiford | $7,936 | $1,358 | -82.9% |
| Richard L All | $3,638 | $1,174 | -67.7% |
| Talbert Fickling | $9,142 | $1,173 | -87.2% |
| Nettles Forestry, LLC | $5,085 | $1,157 | -77.2% |
| John Samuel Carroll | $1,222 | $1,103 | -9.7% |
| Cleveland Washington | $64 | $1,102 | 1,621.9% |
| Barbara S. Smith | $1,038 | $1,038 | 0% |
| Cole L. Page Jr. | $2,182 | $1,001 | -54.1% |
| John Bedingfield | $0 | $830 | -- |
| Wild Turkey Creek, LLC | $698 | $698 | 0% |
| Wilmer Collins Sr. | $8,437 | $688 | -91.8% |
| Brad J. Funderburk | $0 | $600 | -- |
| Jack G. Sandifer | $0 | $599 | -- |
| Nettles Farms, LLC | $2,921 | $595 | -79.6% |
| Wilbur J. Simmons | $1,993 | $569 | -71.5% |
| Alex W. Nobles | $2,323 | $554 | -76.2% |
| Vikki McLean | $924 | $471 | -49% |
| Chappell Brothers Farm | $8,382 | $382 | -95.4% |
| Roland Brant | $1,068 | $380 | -64.4% |
| Roxanne C. Lott | $352 | $372 | 5.7% |
| Jean K. Kinard | $1,622 | $323 | -80.1% |
| John E. Gray Jr. | $312 | $312 | 0% |
| Carolyn G. Watkins | $310 | $310 | 0% |
| Aiken Raymond Still | $868 | $299 | -65.6% |
| Paul Owens | $1,757 | $280 | -84.1% |
| Kimberly C. Fahland | $1,568 | $272 | -82.7% |
| Lesley Manuel | $960 | $254 | -73.5% |
| George G. Bell | $676 | $254 | -62.4% |
| Walter Green Morris | $12 | $241 | 1,908.3% |
| Booker T. Patrick | $583 | $240 | -58.8% |
| Edith M. Odom | $1,555 | $224 | -85.6% |
| Danny R. Black | $983 | $212 | -78.4% |
| Linda B. Scruggs | $0 | $205 | -- |
| Randal Padgett | $498 | $185 | -62.9% |
| Terri B. Sanders | $0 | $176 | -- |
| Robert Chavis III | $264 | $174 | -34.1% |
| James M. Ridgeway | $1,715 | $132 | -92.3% |
| Vorise M Peeples | $286 | $117 | -59.1% |
| Carroll Zeigler | $708 | $102 | -85.6% |
| Barbara June Bishop Carter | $411 | $89 | -78.3% |
| Alfred W. Kinard Jr. | $0 | $77 | -- |
| Dianne C. Sloan | $101 | $77 | -23.8% |
| Vivian M. Lott | $0 | $64 | -- |
| John H. Still Jr. | $331 | $36 | -89.1% |
| A. E. Davis | $301 | $0 | -100% |
| AgSouth Farm Credit | $29,840 | $0 | -100% |
| Burnette Black | $2,703 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn P. Beck | $1,596 | $0 | -100% |
| Chappell Farms | $6,030 | $0 | -100% |
| David Bob Payton | $204 | $0 | -100% |
| David E. Sanders Jr. | $837 | $0 | -100% |
| Dicks & Still Farms, LLC | $181,737 | $0 | -100% |
| Edisto Properties, Inc. | $3,306 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Ponds | $30 | $0 | -100% |
| Eugene Oberry Jr. | $700 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Servcie Agency | $177 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $102,863 | $0 | -100% |
| Jake Elbert Creech | $202 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth E. Sloan | $683 | $0 | -100% |
| L. C. Vickery III | $2,356 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda M. Myrick | $410 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Gatlin-Price | $315 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert A. Solomons | $281 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Miller Sr. | $209 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas D. Towne | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy A. Wiggins Sr. | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| USDA - Farm Service Agency | $1,389 | $0 | -100% |
| USDA-Farm Service Agency | $4,175 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie Payton | $632 | $0 | -100% |
| Clemson University C/O Garland Ve | $18,866 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew D. Morris | $5,068 | $0 | -100% |
| David R. Fogle | $353 | $0 | -100% |
| David T. Craig Jr. | $658 | $0 | -100% |
| Francis O. Black Jr. | $525 | $0 | -100% |
| M. T. Hollingsworth | $494 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Sandifer and Sons Farms L | $294,125 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Williams | $1,421 | $0 | -100% |
| Tina B. Craig | $47,692 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley A. Wiles | $23,713 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry Bell Jr. | $1,734 | $0 | -100% |
| David Ray Carrigg | $439 | $0 | -100% |
| Clifford N. Hollingsworth | $494 | $0 | -100% |
| Clyde T. Reed | $4,089 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas F. Davis | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Freddie B Mckerley JR Estate | $1,780 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret H. Rountree | $118 | $0 | -100% |
| Reginald E. Redd | $673 | $0 | -100% |
| Rickey Corbett | $881 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,046,652 | $1,824,132 | -63.9% |
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