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In 2021, 216 farmers in cities within Terrell County received a total of $7 million in 419 farm subsidies, a 41.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $12.1 million in 596 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 Terrell County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Farms, GP | $1,961,751 | $813,273 | -58.5% |
| Grimsley Family Farms | $672,491 | $451,002 | -32.9% |
| Sasser Family Farms | $652,002 | $382,384 | -41.4% |
| Showtime Farms General Partnership | $645,864 | $315,032 | -51.2% |
| Goolsby Farms | $596,953 | $292,350 | -51% |
| Jed Daniel Farms, GP | $423,852 | $275,978 | -34.9% |
| Darrell A. Miller | $289,732 | $197,620 | -31.8% |
| JHP Farms, Inc. | $169,984 | $168,273 | -1% |
| Nochaway Farms Partnership | $14,532 | $154,141 | 960.7% |
| Nochaway Farms Partnership | $14,532 | $154,141 | 960.7% |
| DBH Farms, LLC | $290,468 | $148,649 | -48.8% |
| Bellflower Farms, Inc. | $298,661 | $140,403 | -53% |
| Glenn E. Davis | $169,018 | $137,817 | -18.5% |
| Weslee Farms, LLC | $209,198 | $132,387 | -36.7% |
| Suzanne S Sudderth | $231,431 | $124,884 | -46% |
| Bill Newman Farms, LLC | $244,544 | $120,773 | -50.6% |
| Rodney Locke | $197,120 | $113,572 | -42.4% |
| Sudderth Farms, Inc. | $149,210 | $111,291 | -25.4% |
| Anthony Landrum Jr. | $273,917 | $107,226 | -60.9% |
| Larron Copeland | $136,238 | $103,961 | -23.7% |
| Ryl Farm General Partnership | $22,107 | $103,618 | 368.7% |
| Jamar Farms, Inc. | $165,204 | $102,094 | -38.2% |
| Hal and Jackie Wiggins Farms | $173,107 | $97,877 | -43.5% |
| Walton Harrell | $164,174 | $95,347 | -41.9% |
| Riley Davis Farms Partnership | $33,322 | $89,329 | 168.1% |
| Tony Dale Farms, LLC | $181,817 | $89,148 | -51% |
| Milton Reese Foster | $145,603 | $86,857 | -40.3% |
| Alton Breedlove Jr. | $133,212 | $84,367 | -36.7% |
| Adeline Farms, LLC | $123,936 | $83,375 | -32.7% |
| James Mallory Faust | $88,093 | $80,811 | -8.3% |
| Leeland Farms, Inc. | $103,761 | $75,848 | -26.9% |
| B & D Farm, LLC | $100,233 | $67,879 | -32.3% |
| Steven Douglas Harden | $73,232 | $66,634 | -9% |
| GG Farms, LLC | $105,458 | $63,371 | -39.9% |
| William D. Miller | $94,648 | $60,832 | -35.7% |
| Wilbur Gamble | $174,516 | $58,396 | -66.5% |
| SGMR, Inc. | $90,668 | $55,508 | -38.8% |
| Charles E. Stevenson Jr. | $32,228 | $44,980 | 39.6% |
| 3 Eyes, GP | $82,344 | $44,786 | -45.6% |
| Timothy B. McPherson | $86,963 | $43,171 | -50.4% |
| Don E. Bridges | $22,892 | $40,042 | 74.9% |
| BCM Farms, Inc. | $7,791 | $39,385 | 405.5% |
| Jones West Farms, LLC | $142,637 | $38,691 | -72.9% |
| Dearl R Faust | $59,037 | $36,828 | -37.6% |
| Phillip U. Ingram Jr. | $36,929 | $33,439 | -9.5% |
| Maxwell Farms, LLC | $31,396 | $31,266 | -0.4% |
| Jon A. Ingram | $40,189 | $31,086 | -22.7% |
| James H. Pritchard II | $49,466 | $29,410 | -40.5% |
| Red Oak Plantation | $51,216 | $26,410 | -48.4% |
| Phillip Thomas Ingram | $50,269 | $25,678 | -48.9% |
| Randy S. Carlton | $21,910 | $21,492 | -1.9% |
| Brian K. Morris | $146,698 | $19,565 | -86.7% |
| David R. Brazel | $25,417 | $18,966 | -25.4% |
| John Walter Law SR | $28,535 | $18,064 | -36.7% |
| J & G Farm, Inc. | $113,597 | $17,540 | -84.6% |
| Spence R. Grimsley | $48,765 | $16,968 | -65.2% |
| Andrew J. McMath | $18,781 | $16,829 | -10.4% |
| Larry Edwards | $7,832 | $16,087 | 105.4% |
| Gamble Farms, Inc. | $100,383 | $15,073 | -85% |
| Jeremy Breedlove | $34,085 | $15,036 | -55.9% |
| Allen Kirk Law | $45,113 | $14,994 | -66.8% |
| Willowbrooke Farm, LLC | $15,198 | $14,976 | -1.5% |
| W. G. Mercer Jr. | $23,782 | $14,459 | -39.2% |
| William R. Cobb III | $84,666 | $14,271 | -83.1% |
| Carole S. Davis | $26,393 | $12,522 | -52.6% |
| James Tyler Beckum | $14,697 | $12,288 | -16.4% |
| Visser Farm, Inc. | $20,407 | $12,189 | -40.3% |
| Walter Edward Wade Jr. | $11,820 | $11,914 | 0.8% |
| William Wesley Busby III | $21,926 | $11,620 | -47% |
| Teresa Michele West | $14,954 | $11,408 | -23.7% |
| Steve Wiley | $14,969 | $11,383 | -24% |
| Bryan S. Grebel | $16,742 | $11,222 | -33% |
| Frank Huson Gilberstadt | $18,624 | $10,847 | -41.8% |
| Joyce Lee Espy | $12,509 | $10,393 | -16.9% |
| Lucius C. Smith | $19,768 | $10,371 | -47.5% |
| William Cleveland McRee | $10,947 | $10,000 | -8.7% |
| David B. Miller | $17,541 | $9,913 | -43.5% |
| Sherry Gilley | $11,675 | $9,627 | -17.5% |
| Gordon L. Chapman | $10,991 | $9,437 | -14.1% |
| Martha Mercer | $0 | $9,064 | -- |
| L & L Farms, Inc. | $8,970 | $8,970 | 0% |
| Richard T. Brim III | $8,914 | $8,914 | 0% |
| Rachel P. Weitnauer | $9,450 | $8,854 | -6.3% |
| Wayne Lamar Fletcher | $8,806 | $8,806 | 0% |
| Roger C. Barfield | $57,463 | $8,563 | -85.1% |
| Spilman Family Farm, LLC | $0 | $8,085 | -- |
| Mclendon Farm, Inc. | $6,900 | $7,419 | 7.5% |
| Jerrod Brian Goolsby | $4,737 | $7,238 | 52.8% |
| Edward Koffie | $8,725 | $6,975 | -20.1% |
| David Harden | $83,843 | $6,852 | -91.8% |
| C. C. Webb | $6,813 | $6,813 | 0% |
| Daniel B. Webb | $6,544 | $6,544 | 0% |
| Bronwood Investments LP | $6,570 | $6,528 | -0.6% |
| Billy T. Leverett | $11,159 | $6,339 | -43.2% |
| Pierre J Brueder | $6,176 | $6,176 | 0% |
| Dawson Easy Pay Tire, Inc. | $6,030 | $6,030 | 0% |
| Bobby J Locke Marital Trust | $6,264 | $5,974 | -4.6% |
| Dan A. Bolton | $7,392 | $5,974 | -19.2% |
| Jean Ann M. Smith | $5,921 | $5,921 | 0% |
| Goolsby Properties, LLC | $6,696 | $5,703 | -14.8% |
| JTG Farms, LLC | $2,646 | $5,671 | 114.3% |
| John Russell Prescott | $5,657 | $5,657 | 0% |
| Fletcher Brothers Farm, LLC | $0 | $5,556 | -- |
| Dearl M Faust | $5,483 | $5,483 | 0% |
| Jack H. Powell | $5,459 | $5,459 | 0% |
| Zachary West | $1,528 | $5,377 | 251.9% |
| Linda M. Banks | $2,659 | $5,374 | 102.1% |
| Cameron Barley | $7,896 | $5,137 | -34.9% |
| Benjamin R. Grimsley | $16,064 | $4,970 | -69.1% |
| Mariclay Parks | $4,987 | $4,748 | -4.8% |
| Anthony M. Fillingame | $4,707 | $4,707 | 0% |
| Jeaneane Frazier Law | $4,355 | $4,561 | 4.7% |
| Richard Frazier Trust | $4,437 | $4,437 | 0% |
| Joyce A. Barfield | $4,366 | $4,366 | 0% |
| Atonya Jordan | $21,183 | $4,157 | -80.4% |
| Sunny Hill Fish & Game Farm, LLC | $4,306 | $3,962 | -8% |
| Charles Arthur Johns | $17,601 | $3,960 | -77.5% |
| Blake Vann | $403 | $3,939 | 877.4% |
| Pamela W. Barley | $3,739 | $3,934 | 5.2% |
| Howard T Daniel Family Trust | $3,883 | $3,883 | 0% |
| Morris T. Childre Jr. | $4,435 | $3,838 | -13.5% |
| Mathews Farm, LLC | $4,161 | $3,626 | -12.9% |
| Joyce a Lee Barfield as Trustee U/W Jerry F Lee | $3,305 | $3,305 | 0% |
| John Walter Law JR | $3,374 | $3,176 | -5.9% |
| AJT Family Farms, LLC | $2,982 | $3,075 | 3.1% |
| Mark H Saunders | $0 | $2,820 | -- |
| Mark A. Daniel | $3,840 | $2,802 | -27% |
| Reba Moore Graham | $2,657 | $2,657 | 0% |
| Smith Family Trust | $3,772 | $2,601 | -31% |
| Margaret Tilley Anderson | $2,783 | $2,525 | -9.3% |
| Robert L Albritten | $2,771 | $2,516 | -9.2% |
| Ellyn P. Hinson | $2,761 | $2,412 | -12.6% |
| Michael E. Powell | $2,761 | $2,412 | -12.6% |
| Kenneth S. Andrew | $3,719 | $2,258 | -39.3% |
| Milner Brothers Farm, LLC | $0 | $2,148 | -- |
| Kiokee Creek Farms, LLP | $4,701 | $2,098 | -55.4% |
| Graham Douglas Durden | $2,664 | $2,084 | -21.8% |
| Keith W. Alderman | $2,634 | $2,069 | -21.5% |
| Joe T. Jordan Jr. | $2,066 | $2,066 | 0% |
| Riley G. Davis | $69,181 | $2,025 | -97.1% |
| Todd S. Smith | $1,912 | $1,912 | 0% |
| Karlyn W. Fiveash | $3,346 | $1,877 | -43.9% |
| Brian K. Goolsby | $1,809 | $1,809 | 0% |
| Rosa A. Lewis | $3,359 | $1,752 | -47.8% |
| Edward J. Kirksey | $1,732 | $1,732 | 0% |
| Daniel Norman Webb | $1,715 | $1,715 | 0% |
| Michael A. Tays | $1,711 | $1,711 | 0% |
| Chenubee Farms, LLC | $1,702 | $1,702 | 0% |
| Calvin Leon Johnson | $3,088 | $1,696 | -45.1% |
| Jim Creamer | $2,341 | $1,619 | -30.8% |
| Jason M. Goolsby | $1,602 | $1,602 | 0% |
| Turner Andrew Miller Estate | $1,601 | $1,601 | 0% |
| Janice M. Hufstetler | $1,577 | $1,577 | 0% |
| J. P. Smith | $1,563 | $1,563 | 0% |
| T & S King Family, LLC | $1,490 | $1,490 | 0% |
| Alonza Lewis Jr. | $0 | $1,466 | -- |
| Joel S. Goolsby | $1,466 | $1,439 | -1.8% |
| James Huston Paul Jr. | $0 | $1,399 | -- |
| Allen B. Conley | $5,833 | $1,319 | -77.4% |
| Virginia Lee W. Geer | $1,311 | $1,311 | 0% |
| Wylie H. McLendon III | $1,461 | $1,304 | -10.7% |
| Johanna Rash | $1,392 | $1,281 | -8% |
| Dan Shackleford | $0 | $1,273 | -- |
| Nancy B. Faust | $1,234 | $1,234 | 0% |
| JHW Farms, LLC | $1,331 | $1,224 | -8% |
| Diamond Hope Farms, LLC | $2,473 | $1,210 | -51.1% |
| Spilman Family Trust | $9,360 | $1,092 | -88.3% |
| Harold E. Wilson | $3,703 | $1,004 | -72.9% |
| Lonza L Loud | $1,184 | $1,001 | -15.5% |
| Daniel Wallace Crawford | $1,927 | $874 | -54.6% |
| B Farms General Partnership | $0 | $805 | -- |
| Ann Hyatt Brim | $804 | $804 | 0% |
| Susan S. McCullough | $835 | $799 | -4.3% |
| Terence Moon | $2,411 | $795 | -67% |
| Jon E. Daniel | $784 | $784 | 0% |
| Lewis B. Hatfield Jr. | $0 | $762 | -- |
| Ernest D. Kennedy | $847 | $732 | -13.6% |
| Joyce A. Woodruff | $702 | $732 | 4.3% |
| Julia K. Miller | $702 | $732 | 4.3% |
| Mary K. Johnson | $702 | $732 | 4.3% |
| Richard H. Cochran | $2,871 | $707 | -75.4% |
| James L. Akin Jr. | $683 | $683 | 0% |
| Clyde E. Owens Jr. | $0 | $650 | -- |
| Velma E. Conoly | $0 | $650 | -- |
| Berna D. Parker | $800 | $640 | -20% |
| Floyd O. Allen Jr. | $928 | $548 | -40.9% |
| Orville Eugene Johnson | $845 | $503 | -40.5% |
| Adela Farms, LLC | $9,849 | $488 | -95% |
| Robert Lawson Stevenson | $0 | $474 | -- |
| Raymond G. Chambless | $459 | $459 | 0% |
| Gary W. Leddon | $545 | $452 | -17.1% |
| William Marc Causey | $433 | $433 | 0% |
| Charles Bruce | $430 | $430 | 0% |
| Jack Ballentine | $1,062 | $392 | -63.1% |
| Thomas H. Friddell | $9,938 | $381 | -96.2% |
| Grady Edward Moody | $815 | $379 | -53.5% |
| Julie L. Senn | $372 | $372 | 0% |
| Sim Mitchell | $394 | $335 | -15% |
| Allison Daniels | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Terence Moon II | $2,376 | $312 | -86.9% |
| Julia Canty | $518 | $201 | -61.2% |
| Lenora M. Andre | $451 | $189 | -58.1% |
| Mae B. Smith | $181 | $181 | 0% |
| Robby E. Freeman | $400 | $181 | -54.8% |
| Witcher Farm | $14,059 | $178 | -98.7% |
| Richard A. Morris | $171 | $171 | 0% |
| Sharon B. Morris | $171 | $171 | 0% |
| William T. Christie Jr. | $462 | $170 | -63.2% |
| Patricia Christie | $484 | $152 | -68.6% |
| W. T. Christie Sr. | $484 | $152 | -68.6% |
| Kristan W. Daniel | $135 | $135 | 0% |
| James B. Perry Jr. | $623 | $131 | -79% |
| Lisa M. Pate | $77 | $77 | 0% |
| Carolyn Keen | $180 | $76 | -57.8% |
| Jason Troy Sapp | $94 | $41 | -56.4% |
| Ronald McPherson | $104 | $40 | -61.5% |
| Alvin Jackson Vann Jr. | $595 | $0 | -100% |
| Bernice S. Merritt | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Atkins | $1,559 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Carlson | $1,711 | $0 | -100% |
| Elijah McKenzie | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Erwin R. Thomas | $324 | $0 | -100% |
| Grace H. Cutts | $1,440 | $0 | -100% |
| H Phillip Smith - HPS Real Estate, LLC | $40,476 | $0 | -100% |
| J & a Farms Partnership | $116,349 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane F. Eubanks | $1,205 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet C. Fletcher | $5,556 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet Wright | $423 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome Johnson | $5,052 | $0 | -100% |
| Jill E. Ballentine | $721 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph T. Giovingo | $7,628 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie M. Taylor Jr. | $1,697 | $0 | -100% |
| Max Baldwin | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Keith Vann | $595 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Anthony | $155 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan Henderson | $4,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve A. Milner | $1,074 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven D. Davis | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy Davis | $3,849 | $0 | -100% |
| William Glenn Westberry | $381 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty F. Leverett | $5,941 | $0 | -100% |
| Edra Grieser Circle G Farms & Nursery, Inc. | $10,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodney E. Grieser | $245 | $0 | -100% |
| William N. Bickerstaff | $428 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $12,116,558 | $7,033,997 | -41.9% |
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