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In 2021, 214 farmers in cities within Williamsburg County received a total of $2.9 million in 412 farm subsidies, a 51.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.1 million in 706 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 Williamsburg County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 Farms, LLC | $292,396 | $131,671 | -55% |
| H & R Farms, LLC | $228,389 | $130,533 | -42.8% |
| Martin Ira Easler | $294,103 | $127,340 | -56.7% |
| M3 Farms | $201,713 | $114,496 | -43.2% |
| Mark Binter Scott | $168,363 | $111,622 | -33.7% |
| Jott Mcgill | $54,335 | $95,592 | 75.9% |
| Indiantown Farms, Inc. | $265,360 | $95,339 | -64.1% |
| Mossdale Farms, LLC | $168,579 | $89,429 | -47% |
| John Scott McGill IV | $150,035 | $82,719 | -44.9% |
| Harry M. Easler II | $142,320 | $76,724 | -46.1% |
| Lenton B. McGill | $144,046 | $63,751 | -55.7% |
| Pete Farms, LLC | $111,187 | $63,163 | -43.2% |
| Easler Farms Partnership | $112,563 | $59,677 | -47% |
| Wardie Collins | $134,592 | $58,992 | -56.2% |
| Howard O. McClam | $105,642 | $58,261 | -44.9% |
| Grier Farms, LLC | $161,879 | $57,408 | -64.5% |
| Stuckey Bros Farm, LLC | $141,806 | $53,572 | -62.2% |
| AL Owens Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| J&J Forest Products, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ronnie L. Poston Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Gary Mcclam Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Harry Harrison McKenzie Jr. | $141,215 | $48,600 | -65.6% |
| Martin L. Owens Jr. | $23,225 | $46,938 | 102.1% |
| Velma H. McKenzie | $18,257 | $46,576 | 155.1% |
| Rose G. Easler | $0 | $46,013 | -- |
| Chad E. Owens | $60,791 | $44,979 | -26% |
| Lawrimore Farms, LLC | $164,018 | $42,053 | -74.4% |
| Irwin Mcintosh Farms, Inc. | $102,850 | $40,939 | -60.2% |
| Anthony L. Williamson | $7,188 | $36,544 | 408.4% |
| Williamson Family Farm, LLC | $81,021 | $35,762 | -55.9% |
| Samuel K. Squires | $72,440 | $31,743 | -56.2% |
| Joseph Edell Newell Jr. | $116,398 | $30,877 | -73.5% |
| James J. Dukes | $40,716 | $30,296 | -25.6% |
| Emma Easler | $69,471 | $29,418 | -57.7% |
| G & D Farming, LLC | $39,892 | $28,446 | -28.7% |
| Alton E. Brown Jr. | $57,629 | $27,943 | -51.5% |
| Harry L. Carter Jr. | $66,286 | $27,662 | -58.3% |
| Creel Farms, LLC | $19,703 | $27,067 | 37.4% |
| Shane W. Stuckey | $60,233 | $26,768 | -55.6% |
| Cornelius D. Cooper | $38,417 | $24,729 | -35.6% |
| Matthew M. Powell | $33,789 | $23,993 | -29% |
| Mason Legrand Owens | $52,808 | $22,462 | -57.5% |
| Marian E. Norris | $53,588 | $22,313 | -58.4% |
| David B. Floyd | $32,500 | $21,207 | -34.7% |
| Tony E. Norris | $108,759 | $21,148 | -80.6% |
| Calvin Parrott | $30,083 | $18,433 | -38.7% |
| Phillip O. Owens | $24,305 | $18,279 | -24.8% |
| Mcclam Irrigated | $36,246 | $17,667 | -51.3% |
| Deer Hill, Inc. | $16,272 | $16,792 | 3.2% |
| William D. Gordon | $24,099 | $15,831 | -34.3% |
| Ondra Rodgers Hanna | $38,375 | $15,695 | -59.1% |
| Lawrimore J. R. Farms | $51,562 | $15,173 | -70.6% |
| Michael Edrick Grier | $78,844 | $15,009 | -81% |
| Dale H. McKenzie | $151,692 | $13,864 | -90.9% |
| Jeffrey T. Owens | $19,917 | $13,807 | -30.7% |
| Timothy McKenzie | $44,046 | $13,600 | -69.1% |
| Marti Louise Easler | $14,261 | $12,733 | -10.7% |
| Mildred D. Easler | $12,715 | $11,262 | -11.4% |
| Jason Wayne Hodges | $17,737 | $10,745 | -39.4% |
| Jerry Kevin Mouzon | $15,603 | $9,882 | -36.7% |
| Cs Farms | $6,740 | $9,663 | 43.4% |
| McKnight Brothers | $10,057 | $8,116 | -19.3% |
| Farm Service Agency | $169,154 | $8,054 | -95.2% |
| Gerald Holmes | $0 | $7,460 | -- |
| John Childers | $0 | $7,055 | -- |
| Roslyn E. Nesmith | $53,475 | $6,940 | -87% |
| Troy Harold Lamb Jr. | $59,568 | $6,932 | -88.4% |
| Raymond Fulton | $20,643 | $5,966 | -71.1% |
| Thomas Earl Grier | $68,135 | $5,627 | -91.7% |
| Cockfield Farms, Inc. | $16,143 | $5,608 | -65.3% |
| John C. Timmons | $17,500 | $5,552 | -68.3% |
| James Mclaurin Joy | $6,077 | $5,408 | -11% |
| Charles K. Brown | $14,484 | $5,059 | -65.1% |
| William Edward Timmons | $11,392 | $4,988 | -56.2% |
| Patrick M. Grier | $19,572 | $4,497 | -77% |
| Bobby D. McDaniel Sr. | $3,974 | $4,479 | 12.7% |
| Michael A. Brown II | $13,394 | $4,060 | -69.7% |
| William W. Brown | $13,394 | $4,060 | -69.7% |
| Millwood Land Company, LLC | $7,925 | $3,907 | -50.7% |
| Arthur C. Tisdale | $3,564 | $3,816 | 7.1% |
| Otto F. Williamson | $25,889 | $3,740 | -85.6% |
| William L. Creel Jr. | $4,211 | $3,720 | -11.7% |
| Brice C. Small | $11,011 | $3,592 | -67.4% |
| Newell A. Myers | $3,521 | $3,521 | 0% |
| James E. Wilson | $7,154 | $3,463 | -51.6% |
| Bill Burgess | $15,058 | $3,395 | -77.5% |
| Paul Ervin McKnight | $10,446 | $3,391 | -67.5% |
| Hampton H. Beard | $10,523 | $3,346 | -68.2% |
| Gary Mcclam Land Company, LLC | $4,936 | $3,336 | -32.4% |
| Chasity H. Powell | $716 | $3,210 | 348.3% |
| Atwood I. McIntosh Jr. | $7,828 | $3,164 | -59.6% |
| Bobby D. McDaniel Jr. | $6,557 | $3,137 | -52.2% |
| Thomas Mouzon | $9,863 | $2,978 | -69.8% |
| Joyce G. Braxton | $2,964 | $2,964 | 0% |
| Wilbur D. Ivey | $6,593 | $2,954 | -55.2% |
| Trevor Cleveland Tisdale | $5,647 | $2,887 | -48.9% |
| Elizabeth D. Gordon | $1,023 | $2,582 | 152.4% |
| Travis R. McCutchen | $7,798 | $2,581 | -66.9% |
| Cameron J. Scott | $4,101 | $2,565 | -37.5% |
| Gable Farm, LLC | $2,368 | $2,368 | 0% |
| Edward Wilson | $1,074 | $2,246 | 109.1% |
| Brad Erwin | $761 | $2,193 | 188.2% |
| Barney B. Easterling | $1,905 | $1,905 | 0% |
| Ruth E. Brown | $1,882 | $1,882 | 0% |
| Terry D. Gamble | $0 | $1,831 | -- |
| Alton H. Boyd Jr. | $0 | $1,826 | -- |
| Gary McClam | $3,401 | $1,793 | -47.3% |
| Naomi B. Scott | $0 | $1,778 | -- |
| Benny K. Elliott | $0 | $1,682 | -- |
| Ross Living Trust | $0 | $1,655 | -- |
| William Andrew Lawrimore SR Estate | $0 | $1,646 | -- |
| Rich Williamson Jr. | $0 | $1,597 | -- |
| Charles H. Snowden | $1,704 | $1,530 | -10.2% |
| Louise Webber | $1,418 | $1,418 | 0% |
| Percy B. Lawrimore Jr. | $1,021 | $1,365 | 33.7% |
| Dorothy T. Huggins | $1,332 | $1,332 | 0% |
| Mona R. Boyd | $3,530 | $1,318 | -62.7% |
| James Edward Baxley Jr. | $678 | $1,297 | 91.3% |
| Joshua M Kellahan | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| Abraham McFadden | $0 | $1,204 | -- |
| Thermon Tisdale | $2,706 | $1,138 | -57.9% |
| Anthony Carlisle Culick | $1,134 | $1,134 | 0% |
| Charles R. Barwick | $1,095 | $1,095 | 0% |
| David G. Newman | $1,295 | $1,094 | -15.5% |
| Maceo E. Scott Sr. | $2,265 | $1,067 | -52.9% |
| Ruth Ann Newman | $1,040 | $1,040 | 0% |
| Wayne E. McCutchen | $728 | $971 | 33.4% |
| Marty K. Avant | $3,738 | $970 | -74.1% |
| James Randolph Scott II | $64,479 | $925 | -98.6% |
| Samuel Scott Williamson | $0 | $913 | -- |
| Jimmy V. Capps Jr. | $5,997 | $890 | -85.2% |
| Mable B. Jefferson | $889 | $889 | 0% |
| Gwendolyn H. Lawrimore | $748 | $877 | 17.2% |
| Curtis Othel Samuels | $0 | $830 | -- |
| Vonnie P. Smith | $813 | $813 | 0% |
| Kyle W. Daniel | $1,778 | $806 | -54.7% |
| Claire C. Harrell | $782 | $782 | 0% |
| David Stuckey | $782 | $782 | 0% |
| David A. Jacobs | $765 | $765 | 0% |
| Sheila Smith Clemmons | $741 | $741 | 0% |
| James O. Parsons | $1,302 | $716 | -45% |
| Michael Eric Smith | $716 | $716 | 0% |
| Eva Lacinda Burrows | $934 | $681 | -27.1% |
| Dorothy Lee Snowden | $652 | $652 | 0% |
| Sheryl Belding | $625 | $625 | 0% |
| Carmela S. Jacobs | $610 | $610 | 0% |
| Robert G. Benton | $609 | $609 | 0% |
| Melanie L Nexsen | $0 | $602 | -- |
| Janet O. Cribb | $592 | $592 | 0% |
| Paul B. Benton Jr. | $589 | $589 | 0% |
| Arrowhead Seed Company, LLC | $1,677 | $559 | -66.7% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $508 | -- |
| Joseph Timmons | $6,905 | $499 | -92.8% |
| Kenneth B. Wells | $0 | $492 | -- |
| Frances W. McClary | $489 | $489 | 0% |
| Truitt Owens | $476 | $476 | 0% |
| Frankie E. Reardon | $7,551 | $474 | -93.7% |
| Dean C. McKnight | $469 | $469 | 0% |
| Ervin O. Poston | $445 | $445 | 0% |
| Milton Lawrimore Farms | $612 | $424 | -30.7% |
| Aubrey L. Hedrick | $0 | $414 | -- |
| Kelly L. Atkinson | $409 | $409 | 0% |
| Denise Smith Smith | $398 | $398 | 0% |
| Linda S. Williamson | $566 | $395 | -30.2% |
| William Frazier Jr. | $390 | $390 | 0% |
| David S. Bell Jr. | $793 | $382 | -51.8% |
| H. E. Haselden Jr. | $1,864 | $381 | -79.6% |
| Rubeth Earl Williams | $5,870 | $374 | -93.6% |
| Joanne J. McCollough | $374 | $374 | 0% |
| Gene D. Marsh | $338 | $338 | 0% |
| Old PD Land Investments, LLC | $322 | $322 | 0% |
| Walter W. Rogan | $714 | $313 | -56.2% |
| Stephen R. Squires | $330 | $306 | -7.3% |
| Rodney Poston | $4,400 | $294 | -93.3% |
| Jennifer M. Conway | $290 | $290 | 0% |
| Jody Britton | $266 | $266 | 0% |
| Delbra Ann Evans | $0 | $263 | -- |
| Norton W. Cribb | $242 | $242 | 0% |
| Harry L. Dukes | $244 | $238 | -2.5% |
| Jack M. McCrea | $560 | $238 | -57.5% |
| Sam S. Marsh | $235 | $235 | 0% |
| Warren McClam | $804 | $232 | -71.1% |
| Sherold M Owens | $0 | $222 | -- |
| Kenneth R Kellahan | $189 | $189 | 0% |
| John Carson Willocks | $0 | $187 | -- |
| Kevin H. Lamb | $75,115 | $175 | -99.8% |
| Kenneth L. Burgess Sr. | $2,666 | $157 | -94.1% |
| Eugene Herbert Carmichael III | $120 | $156 | 30% |
| H & H Farms of Hemingway, LLC | $814 | $138 | -83% |
| Willie A. Moore | $135 | $135 | 0% |
| Jimmy T. Lewis | $0 | $125 | -- |
| Andrew M. McClary | $122 | $122 | 0% |
| Dohnree P Cribb | $114 | $114 | 0% |
| Frances T Owens Estate | $0 | $112 | -- |
| John Snow IV | $102 | $102 | 0% |
| Carlos W Bruorton JR | $90 | $90 | 0% |
| Frances T. Owens | $0 | $86 | -- |
| Hope G. Stalvey | $0 | $81 | -- |
| W. B. Strong Jr. | $4,812 | $78 | -98.4% |
| Johnny Reddish | $524 | $56 | -89.3% |
| Patricia C. Miller | $25 | $54 | 116% |
| Gussie Palmer | $217 | $48 | -77.9% |
| Vera W. Cribb | $100 | $45 | -55% |
| Thomas S. Williams | $2 | $42 | 2,000% |
| Marty D. Owens | $90 | $40 | -55.6% |
| Tony R. Baxley | $0 | $39 | -- |
| Wendy M. Cribb | $0 | $39 | -- |
| William A. Lawrimore Jr. | $0 | $38 | -- |
| Malene B Baxley | $125 | $25 | -80% |
| Patricia C. Graham | $0 | $20 | -- |
| W. A. Lawrimore | $0 | $8 | -- |
| Rhae C Cribb | $25 | $4 | -84% |
| Thomas E. Mention | $0 | $3 | -- |
| Charles D. Cook IV | $190 | $1 | -99.5% |
| Thomas L. Mouzon | $869 | $0 | -100% |
| Atlantic Food Products, Inc. | $1,468 | $0 | -100% |
| Bennett Ray Baxley | $156 | $0 | -100% |
| Bethel C. Durant | $388 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Fowler | $8,941 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles B. Altman Jr. | $13,999 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles E. Cuttino | $527 | $0 | -100% |
| Derrick B. Grier | $11,408 | $0 | -100% |
| McLaurin J. Joy | $1,952 | $0 | -100% |
| Judith Ann Owens | $562 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodger L. Lawrimore | $194 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Earl Davis | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Veronica M. Kinder | $1 | $0 | -100% |
| William Andrew Lawrimore SR Estat | $1,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Addie M. McKenzie | $1,207 | $0 | -100% |
| Archie B. Ward | $1,811 | $0 | -100% |
| Bertrand L. Matthews | $1,274 | $0 | -100% |
| Byrdic Tisdale | $409 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles A. Grayson | $1,158 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig A. Bell | $203 | $0 | -100% |
| Ernest M. Atkinson | $9,794 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $48,138 | $0 | -100% |
| FSA | $48 | $0 | -100% |
| Hardy D. Brown | $1,309 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack Scott Estate | $1,778 | $0 | -100% |
| John S. McGill III | $151,817 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Battle | $460 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Jefferson Fleming | $4 | $0 | -100% |
| Professor Conyers | $1,681 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Ryan Foxworth | $432 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah E. Ganes | $882 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyrone McCrea | $713 | $0 | -100% |
| USDA--Farm Service Agency | $1,386 | $0 | -100% |
| Velma McKenzie | $2,326 | $0 | -100% |
| William Hunter Holliday | $1,208 | $0 | -100% |
| Williamsburg County FSA | $8,499 | $0 | -100% |
| Lorenval D Evans | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| May F. Spearman | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,098,589 | $2,937,460 | -51.8% |
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