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In 2021, 211 farmers in cities within Darlington County received a total of $5.1 million in 473 farm subsidies, a 60.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $12.9 million in 812 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 Darlington County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Brothers Farm | $1,133,612 | $380,840 | -66.4% |
| C & C Poultry, Inc. | $0 | $230,023 | -- |
| Doyle W. Oneal | $447,645 | $214,420 | -52.1% |
| Kelly C. Windham | $437,149 | $175,281 | -59.9% |
| Lawson Farms | $104,278 | $160,751 | 54.2% |
| Thomas G. Chaplin | $398,289 | $144,536 | -63.7% |
| Springville Farms, LLC | $192,216 | $130,985 | -31.9% |
| Woodard Farms, Inc. | $439,132 | $122,505 | -72.1% |
| James B. Johnson Jr. | $196,636 | $106,895 | -45.6% |
| Norris Farms | $222,339 | $97,715 | -56.1% |
| Robert T. Windham | $410,997 | $92,929 | -77.4% |
| Marion C. Stewart III | $0 | $92,158 | -- |
| Les Galloway | $451,516 | $89,165 | -80.3% |
| J. L. Norwood Jr. | $281,553 | $88,645 | -68.5% |
| Ryan Galloway | $435,359 | $80,123 | -81.6% |
| Cody R. Windham | $189,629 | $78,378 | -58.7% |
| Johnson Brothers Farm of Hartsville, School, LLC | $0 | $74,617 | -- |
| Abe Lewis | $238,970 | $74,351 | -68.9% |
| Industrial Properties, Inc. | $5,599 | $70,220 | 1,154.2% |
| Dargan Farms Partnership | $208,586 | $66,313 | -68.2% |
| Ricky James | $212,968 | $66,105 | -69% |
| Oneal Farms | $217,661 | $63,841 | -70.7% |
| Russell Howell | $0 | $62,393 | -- |
| Cynthia A. Oneal | $127,140 | $61,780 | -51.4% |
| Robert E Moore III Farms, LLC | $250,704 | $61,768 | -75.4% |
| Agriservices of the Pee Dee, Inc. | $211,849 | $61,160 | -71.1% |
| Virginia L. Clyburn-Ipock | $79,925 | $59,722 | -25.3% |
| Trey Rogers Farms, LLC | $291,974 | $59,238 | -79.7% |
| Craig Gandy | $208,240 | $58,841 | -71.7% |
| Richard A. Galloway | $335,737 | $58,154 | -82.7% |
| James N Chapman Farms, LLC | $198,706 | $55,202 | -72.2% |
| Chaplin Brothers Farms, LLC | $76,170 | $54,331 | -28.7% |
| Anderson Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Black Land & Timber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Haselden Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $51,878 | -- |
| Robert J. Griggs Sr. | $160,686 | $51,669 | -67.8% |
| Brandon D. Amerson | $3,486 | $50,706 | 1,354.6% |
| Cole Norwood | $207,836 | $50,288 | -75.8% |
| Smith Chicken Ranch, LLC | $0 | $48,993 | -- |
| Elva Gail Wilks | $0 | $47,584 | -- |
| W. W. Kirven III | $145,880 | $46,355 | -68.2% |
| William N Chapman Farms, LLC | $187,213 | $43,525 | -76.8% |
| Sylvia G. Chapman | $166,751 | $42,498 | -74.5% |
| David L. Chaplin | $56,551 | $40,923 | -27.6% |
| Richard J. Young Jr. | $0 | $38,510 | -- |
| William C. Atkinson | $0 | $37,815 | -- |
| Vicki W. Norwood | $101,334 | $37,422 | -63.1% |
| Bell's Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $36,846 | -- |
| Segars Farms | $65,424 | $31,644 | -51.6% |
| Wes Woodard | $126,790 | $31,418 | -75.2% |
| Sugar Hill Acres, LLC | $91,788 | $30,808 | -66.4% |
| Frankie Woodard | $131,810 | $30,654 | -76.7% |
| Dubose Family Farm III, LLC | $86,159 | $29,453 | -65.8% |
| Greg D. Brown | $87,871 | $27,742 | -68.4% |
| Charity Betts | $109,997 | $27,606 | -74.9% |
| Kathy A. Windham | $346 | $27,013 | 7,707.2% |
| Anthony C. Privette | $67,033 | $26,162 | -61% |
| Howle Farms, LLC | $24,699 | $25,851 | 4.7% |
| Jason M. Tyner | $60,604 | $24,859 | -59% |
| Howard M. Watford Jr. | $58,881 | $24,044 | -59.2% |
| Shannon McMillen | $0 | $23,965 | -- |
| Harold Raymond Byrd | $90,330 | $23,921 | -73.5% |
| Eddie Mozingo Farms, LLC | $76,712 | $23,555 | -69.3% |
| Glen E. Weatherford | $70,818 | $23,404 | -67% |
| David W. Howell | $31,546 | $21,848 | -30.7% |
| James Daniel Chaplin | $44,266 | $21,234 | -52% |
| R. D. King III | $122,760 | $20,521 | -83.3% |
| Mike Smith | $109,004 | $20,465 | -81.2% |
| John W. Rogers | $56,629 | $20,287 | -64.2% |
| Bobby M. Norris Jr. | $25,422 | $18,188 | -28.5% |
| Golden Hill Farms, LLC | $30,442 | $17,531 | -42.4% |
| Windham Family Farms Partnership | $17,415 | $17,342 | -0.4% |
| Hoyt R. Campbell | $54,037 | $17,205 | -68.2% |
| Tom Smith Farms, LLC | $29,014 | $17,153 | -40.9% |
| Roblyn's Neck Trophy Club, LLC | $84,451 | $16,497 | -80.5% |
| Winfred Davis | $28,170 | $14,857 | -47.3% |
| James G. Farmer | $39,982 | $14,650 | -63.4% |
| Dearfield Farms, LLC | $0 | $13,320 | -- |
| Galloway Farms | $171,186 | $12,545 | -92.7% |
| Thomas G. Chaplin III | $26,502 | $11,914 | -55% |
| Dorla Lewis | $115,928 | $11,466 | -90.1% |
| Roachel D King IV | $0 | $11,411 | -- |
| Robert C. McCutchen III | $30,392 | $11,086 | -63.5% |
| Benton Farms | $5,571 | $10,782 | 93.5% |
| Jeffrey Plummer | $26,126 | $10,667 | -59.2% |
| Raymond H. Wilkes | $31,848 | $10,621 | -66.7% |
| Ronnie Brand | $57,067 | $10,390 | -81.8% |
| Brent F. Gandy | $29,228 | $10,365 | -64.5% |
| Ryan L. Freeman | $35,466 | $9,955 | -71.9% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $9,735 | -- |
| Cynthia J. Griggs | $6,897 | $8,969 | 30% |
| William Curtis Howle | $21,435 | $7,925 | -63% |
| Robbie Windham | $14,097 | $7,460 | -47.1% |
| James Edward Hough | $8,745 | $7,393 | -15.5% |
| Cynthia L. Galloway | $29,525 | $7,382 | -75% |
| Jayson Oneal | $24,506 | $7,231 | -70.5% |
| Eddie Mozingo | $21,428 | $7,187 | -66.5% |
| MX Breed Dairy, LLC | $91,614 | $6,978 | -92.4% |
| Mitchell E. Tyner | $23,454 | $6,958 | -70.3% |
| Marshall W. Flowers | $24,761 | $6,292 | -74.6% |
| Brian Marshall | $16,853 | $6,226 | -63.1% |
| Johnny W. Tedder | $65,791 | $6,065 | -90.8% |
| Elizabeth Nock | $4,994 | $6,017 | 20.5% |
| Randy T. Graham | $31,265 | $5,863 | -81.2% |
| Paul Farms, Inc. | $22,167 | $5,808 | -73.8% |
| Vickie S. Chaplin | $13,405 | $5,803 | -56.7% |
| Lonzo McClain | $14,590 | $5,560 | -61.9% |
| Grow Farm, LLC | $21,434 | $5,455 | -74.5% |
| Justin C Grooms Crooked Creek Farms | $0 | $5,234 | -- |
| Calvin Woods | $18,748 | $4,294 | -77.1% |
| James L. Woods | $18,905 | $4,294 | -77.3% |
| Sean D. Howell | $6,648 | $4,178 | -37.2% |
| Moree's Farms, LLC | $7,032 | $3,967 | -43.6% |
| Toye B. Stewart Jr. | $46,356 | $3,840 | -91.7% |
| Brian Holland | $8,603 | $3,702 | -57% |
| BRH Farms, LLC | $4,061 | $3,685 | -9.3% |
| Segars Custom Agent, LLC | $10,030 | $3,641 | -63.7% |
| Paul H. Morris | $10,704 | $3,622 | -66.2% |
| Mary E Wirhousky | $9,468 | $3,319 | -64.9% |
| Briceson J Nightingale | $5,261 | $3,162 | -39.9% |
| William P. Norris | $9,310 | $3,111 | -66.6% |
| William W. Kirven IV | $10,768 | $2,907 | -73% |
| Brantley E. Norris | $0 | $2,835 | -- |
| Sharon M. Morgan | $0 | $2,786 | -- |
| Bright T. Williamson | $1,735 | $2,777 | 60.1% |
| Randolph Louis Norment Jr. | $14,133 | $2,771 | -80.4% |
| Michael P. Stewart | $5,697 | $2,643 | -53.6% |
| Caid M. Kirven | $7,647 | $2,596 | -66.1% |
| William Tyler Byrd | $914 | $2,539 | 177.8% |
| Stephen B. Beasley | $2,514 | $2,514 | 0% |
| Julian Nolan | $2,709 | $2,493 | -8% |
| Jacqueline O. Carnell | $7,123 | $2,402 | -66.3% |
| Wayne Howell | $12,304 | $2,195 | -82.2% |
| Estate of Vistula C Shearer | $12,908 | $2,140 | -83.4% |
| Jason R. Creamer | $7,850 | $2,016 | -74.3% |
| James D. Byrd | $5,668 | $1,946 | -65.7% |
| Frank C. Manning Jr. | $8,606 | $1,851 | -78.5% |
| Cecil W. Norris | $2,883 | $1,784 | -38.1% |
| Michael C. Messier | $1,725 | $1,731 | 0.3% |
| Hamilton Farms | $1,660 | $1,660 | 0% |
| Frances S. Kelley | $0 | $1,551 | -- |
| R. D. King IV | $0 | $1,430 | -- |
| Grady F. Skinner | $2,565 | $1,321 | -48.5% |
| Sheila Huggins | $3,055 | $1,300 | -57.4% |
| Zachary J. Windham | $5,673 | $1,253 | -77.9% |
| Paul F. Hoffman Sr. | $1,242 | $1,242 | 0% |
| James Wilson Griggs | $8,559 | $1,198 | -86% |
| John O. Harrelson Jr. | $1,178 | $1,178 | 0% |
| Rodney Byrd II | $3,900 | $1,174 | -69.9% |
| R E Goodson Farms, Inc. | $3,462 | $1,154 | -66.7% |
| Westley G. Peters | $3,759 | $1,147 | -69.5% |
| Swinton Acres, LLC | $1,120 | $1,120 | 0% |
| Joel D. Chapman III | $2,369 | $1,014 | -57.2% |
| William Hendrix | $26,481 | $981 | -96.3% |
| Toye Benjamin Stewart III | $2,415 | $878 | -63.6% |
| Harold R. Wayne | $2,253 | $864 | -61.7% |
| Eugene P. Warr Jr. | $852 | $852 | 0% |
| Four Seasons Farms, Inc. | $1,571 | $825 | -47.5% |
| Joyce H. Davis | $0 | $806 | -- |
| Leona H. Amerson | $2,663 | $782 | -70.6% |
| Richard K. King | $5,247 | $763 | -85.5% |
| Dickerson Farm, Inc. | $12,352 | $725 | -94.1% |
| John C. Brown Jr. | $1,998 | $711 | -64.4% |
| William Amerson | $1,386 | $703 | -49.3% |
| Cattails Tree Farm, LLC | $24,750 | $664 | -97.3% |
| Ronald D. Sellers | $639 | $639 | 0% |
| Barbara Ann Schleiger | $1,869 | $638 | -65.9% |
| Cal Dolford | $594 | $607 | 2.2% |
| Jacqueline Gail Bullard | $3,000 | $604 | -79.9% |
| Linda Faye Fogle | $555 | $555 | 0% |
| Michael G. Johnson Jr. | $1,612 | $530 | -67.1% |
| Keith Symmers Williamson | $0 | $489 | -- |
| Bonnie W. Tedder | $0 | $481 | -- |
| Linda K. Howle | $613 | $465 | -24.1% |
| Robyn K. Beacham | $693 | $462 | -33.3% |
| Frank E. Peshoff | $1,584 | $459 | -71% |
| Wilbur L. Wingate | $1,019 | $428 | -58% |
| Raymond L. Teders | $876 | $400 | -54.3% |
| Tyron Chavis | $1,035 | $392 | -62.1% |
| Raymond Lavan Amerson | $2,753 | $377 | -86.3% |
| Clayton J. Wallace | $354 | $354 | 0% |
| William McCall | $0 | $351 | -- |
| John Tyson Neal | $1,526 | $303 | -80.1% |
| Robin Cassidy | $225 | $300 | 33.3% |
| Rita Andrews Buck | $0 | $268 | -- |
| Roachel Dent King IV | $0 | $251 | -- |
| Hunter Hardwick | $9,536 | $224 | -97.7% |
| Linda W. Stanton | $224 | $224 | 0% |
| Nellie W. Amerson | $0 | $187 | -- |
| Hamer L. Parnell | $516 | $181 | -64.9% |
| Dustin Carnell | $473 | $174 | -63.2% |
| Ruby Dargan | $0 | $168 | -- |
| Sandra R. Kelley | $157 | $157 | 0% |
| Donald Poole | $756 | $150 | -80.2% |
| Juanita Huntley | $144 | $144 | 0% |
| Michael W. Tucker | $329 | $143 | -56.5% |
| Billie G. Stoudemire | $0 | $134 | -- |
| Mid-Lyd | $418 | $131 | -68.7% |
| Anthony McFadden | $264 | $103 | -61% |
| Lindsey M. Tolson | $198 | $102 | -48.5% |
| Anthony E. McManus | $132 | $102 | -22.7% |
| Janice Baker | $0 | $96 | -- |
| James Melvin Tolson III | $231 | $90 | -61% |
| John C. Stoner | $0 | $87 | -- |
| Elizabeth P Coward - Elizabeth P Coward Living Trustee | $0 | $69 | -- |
| Karen R. Johnson | $441 | $53 | -88% |
| Linda B. Parker | $0 | $43 | -- |
| Freda B. Chafin | $0 | $42 | -- |
| Eugene Williams | $0 | $41 | -- |
| Larry A. Garner Sr. | $84 | $37 | -56% |
| Thomas A. Amerson | $132 | $28 | -78.8% |
| Amanda C. Tyner | $10,016 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Adams | $712 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $16,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Franklin R. Gleason | $28,220 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane H. Gunter | $372 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny F. Ross | $29,928 | $0 | -100% |
| Pressley Norris | $922 | $0 | -100% |
| Quiet Brook Farms, Inc. | $3,793 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Benton | $187,848 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol J. Holt | $449 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Coward - P. P. Elizabeth | $85 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Tolson Jr. | $5,173 | $0 | -100% |
| James S. Tedder | $481 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse S. Byrd Jr. | $5,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnson Brothers Farm of Hartsvil | $220,981 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Morris | $13,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade D. Fletcher | $3,307 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris J. Amerson | $101,437 | $0 | -100% |
| J. O. Huggins | $378 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin C Grooms Crooked Creek Far | $14,193 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond Thomy Windham JR | $97 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Pitts | $601 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $12,901,116 | $5,091,387 | -60.5% |
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