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In 2021, 112 farmers in cities within Toombs County received a total of $1.6 million in 189 farm subsidies, a 65.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.8 million in 312 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Jason Braddy | $213,994 | $126,130 | -41.1% |
| Sanders Farms, Inc. | $313,741 | $108,567 | -65.4% |
| Chris Hopkins | $126,615 | $107,539 | -15.1% |
| R. T. Stanley Jr. | $2,240 | $99,282 | 4,332.2% |
| Robert Jones | $151,791 | $82,102 | -45.9% |
| Jason G. Herndon | $303,256 | $69,618 | -77% |
| Chris Lee Braddy | $107,095 | $63,067 | -41.1% |
| Altamaha Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Neesmith Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| New Branch Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Tar Land and Timber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ben Newton | $111,119 | $46,180 | -58.4% |
| Ashley W Galbreath | $62,556 | $43,167 | -31% |
| Charles Braddy | $92,082 | $42,139 | -54.2% |
| Willard S. Wilkes Jr. | $78,944 | $40,231 | -49% |
| Timothy M. Pittman | $258,190 | $40,188 | -84.4% |
| Vidalia Apicultural Serv. & Bee Company | $125,947 | $37,887 | -69.9% |
| A & M Farms of Toombs, Inc. | $411,390 | $35,354 | -91.4% |
| M & T Farms, Inc. | $213,812 | $34,530 | -83.9% |
| Jimmy Mixon | $52,892 | $34,292 | -35.2% |
| Wagon Hammock Nursery, Inc. | $92,537 | $29,907 | -67.7% |
| Duston Tapley III | $57,699 | $29,397 | -49.1% |
| L G Herndon JR Farms, Inc. | $310,285 | $28,877 | -90.7% |
| T. A. Tootle | $36,790 | $27,466 | -25.3% |
| Elliott Dixon | $5,018 | $25,318 | 404.5% |
| Al Darley | $55,635 | $22,176 | -60.1% |
| Edward O. Oglesby | $0 | $19,987 | -- |
| Joseph H. Lillard | $13,471 | $16,555 | 22.9% |
| Richard B. Clark | $8,872 | $14,443 | 62.8% |
| Bernard Lewis Kinsey | $21,992 | $12,994 | -40.9% |
| Carol C. Oglesby | $15,227 | $12,011 | -21.1% |
| Trey Mosley Farms, Inc. | $25,059 | $11,911 | -52.5% |
| Patricia M. Usher | $14,843 | $11,575 | -22% |
| George P Lariscey | $23,069 | $10,907 | -52.7% |
| J Cowart, Inc. | $549,795 | $8,266 | -98.5% |
| Ronald G. Powell | $20,503 | $7,898 | -61.5% |
| Glenn Smith Family, LLLP | $7,777 | $7,210 | -7.3% |
| Tara J. Wilkes | $28,000 | $6,801 | -75.7% |
| Jimmie Jermaine Denmark | $13,902 | $6,540 | -53% |
| June M. Collins | $28,527 | $5,919 | -79.3% |
| Linda P. Bishop | $4,917 | $4,917 | 0% |
| Solid Ground Farm, Inc. | $28,369 | $4,850 | -82.9% |
| Mike McKinley | $9,995 | $4,282 | -57.2% |
| Kyle Pittman | $43,582 | $4,044 | -90.7% |
| Mitchell Pittman | $38,266 | $4,044 | -89.4% |
| Donald E. Moore | $0 | $3,791 | -- |
| Linda S. Cook | $3,777 | $3,777 | 0% |
| Susanne Neely | $0 | $3,612 | -- |
| Morgan Bro's Farm, LLC | $151,750 | $3,544 | -97.7% |
| Emory Mixon | $28,410 | $3,480 | -87.8% |
| Bradford Deen | $2,546 | $3,309 | 30% |
| M Kennedy Farms, Inc. | $0 | $3,175 | -- |
| W. L. Wilson Jr. | $5,940 | $2,832 | -52.3% |
| Robin Jody Kemp | $193,600 | $2,809 | -98.5% |
| Tommy Gregg Kirkley | $0 | $2,761 | -- |
| James M. Lynn | $4,064 | $2,650 | -34.8% |
| Margaret S. Holton | $942 | $2,414 | 156.3% |
| Elizabeth Newton Dubberly | $4,114 | $2,360 | -42.6% |
| Stayton L. Kemp | $8,917 | $2,279 | -74.4% |
| Albert J. Collins Jr. | $8,353 | $2,197 | -73.7% |
| Billy Benton | $2,089 | $2,155 | 3.2% |
| Linda J. Maybin | $0 | $1,823 | -- |
| Carl T. Braddy | $2,722 | $1,686 | -38.1% |
| Brent C. Galloway | $8,030 | $1,661 | -79.3% |
| Judy S. Jordan | $1,779 | $1,654 | -7% |
| Fred Underwood | $10,422 | $1,597 | -84.7% |
| Vicki S. Moore | $0 | $1,587 | -- |
| Ben B Neely, M.D. | $5,863 | $1,491 | -74.6% |
| Lloyd Rollins | $5,940 | $1,488 | -74.9% |
| Kerry J. Collins | $5,269 | $1,432 | -72.8% |
| Tommie Williams | $0 | $1,388 | -- |
| Billy Beasley | $1,364 | $1,301 | -4.6% |
| Freddie Hoke Clark | $6,885 | $1,271 | -81.5% |
| Cordy Wilkes | $6,210 | $1,266 | -79.6% |
| Alexander J. McLeod | $1,954 | $1,176 | -39.8% |
| Lee R. Ingram | $215 | $1,104 | 413.5% |
| Darrien Ramsey | $2,500 | $1,073 | -57.1% |
| Michael Q. Powell | $1,019 | $1,019 | 0% |
| Randy L. Usher | $156 | $992 | 535.9% |
| Jacob E. Cleghorn | $308 | $909 | 195.1% |
| Robert R. Swilley | $899 | $899 | 0% |
| Benjie Neely Frost | $3,707 | $788 | -78.7% |
| Rahn Milligan | $4,099 | $788 | -80.8% |
| Curtis Durden | $4,288 | $760 | -82.3% |
| Jess W. Clifton | $1,456 | $659 | -54.7% |
| Ronnie Miller | $1,551 | $657 | -57.6% |
| Ray Cheshire | $3,052 | $574 | -81.2% |
| Marie S. Samples | $4,465 | $567 | -87.3% |
| Betty Martin | $953 | $467 | -51% |
| Terra Dolce Farms, LLC | $1,097 | $413 | -62.4% |
| Robert D. Collins | $0 | $400 | -- |
| Mary Grant Mann | $0 | $377 | -- |
| Edgar Kirkley Jr. | $0 | $361 | -- |
| Terry Collins | $53,681 | $335 | -99.4% |
| Melvin P. McBride | $693 | $326 | -53% |
| Clint Williams | $691 | $323 | -53.3% |
| Granville Morrison | $0 | $316 | -- |
| James Brandenburg | $0 | $289 | -- |
| Donnie Overstreet | $1,177 | $236 | -79.9% |
| Gregg Maybin | $530 | $231 | -56.4% |
| Albert Darley | $0 | $202 | -- |
| John Henry Bass II | $0 | $169 | -- |
| Keith H. Lawson | $539 | $135 | -75% |
| Pat Currie | $287 | $113 | -60.6% |
| Mary Alice Durden | $279 | $95 | -65.9% |
| Linda M. Banks | $183 | $74 | -59.6% |
| R. E. Banks | $183 | $74 | -59.6% |
| James G. Owens Sr. | $0 | $73 | -- |
| Elmer B. Miller | $0 | $57 | -- |
| Wayne B. Kirkley | $104 | $51 | -51% |
| Ryder M. Williams | $1,050 | $14 | -98.7% |
| Stanley Farms, LLC | $101,323 | $4 | -100% |
| Alvin Holton Jr. | $1,647 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew R. Corbitt | $341 | $0 | -100% |
| Bar D Farms, LLC | $3,240 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby J. Gaffney | $1,151 | $0 | -100% |
| Denton Wayne Tapley | $1,484 | $0 | -100% |
| Frederick Taylor | $3,158 | $0 | -100% |
| G & T Farms | $29,837 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorsey H. Hart | $2,314 | $0 | -100% |
| H. D. Sharpe | $2,818 | $0 | -100% |
| J. D. Hart | $927 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernon J. Kennedy | $1,713 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacqueline S. Tiller | $87 | $0 | -100% |
| James K. Head | $166 | $0 | -100% |
| Kirkland Joseph Little | $1,385 | $0 | -100% |
| Marshall Mosley Jr. | $4,256 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Charlisa Mcgahee | $818 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Corbitt | $341 | $0 | -100% |
| Sam McCullough | $1,358 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Cyrus Smith Jr. | $822 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Brantley | $526 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,799,608 | $1,643,958 | -65.7% |
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