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In 2021, 207 farmers in cities within Marion County received a total of $3.1 million in 459 farm subsidies, a 46.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.8 million in 692 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 Marion County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael and Tony Poston Partners | $212,546 | $183,242 | -13.8% |
| Drew Farms | $287,512 | $150,976 | -47.5% |
| Kayson T Strickland | $259,446 | $141,467 | -45.5% |
| Jimmy B. Calder | $162,107 | $124,418 | -23.2% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $124,224 | -- |
| Michael G. Gibson | $192,729 | $115,855 | -39.9% |
| Gregory Harold Huggins | $295,191 | $113,995 | -61.4% |
| Jeffrey B. Blanton | $149,811 | $112,934 | -24.6% |
| Atkinson Farms, LLC | $167,851 | $86,325 | -48.6% |
| Duff M. Williams | $104,569 | $82,312 | -21.3% |
| Barry S. Willoughby | $134,060 | $73,823 | -44.9% |
| Kylie D. Strickland | $112,647 | $71,797 | -36.3% |
| Bradley K. Elliott | $124,877 | $67,191 | -46.2% |
| David Boyd Owens | $140,600 | $64,170 | -54.4% |
| Hammond Farm 2 | $142,926 | $60,130 | -57.9% |
| Legette Farms | $103,944 | $58,836 | -43.4% |
| Neal Moore | $100,638 | $55,369 | -45% |
| Shawn M. Causey | $151,451 | $54,655 | -63.9% |
| Aubrey Kevin Elliott | $75,533 | $52,496 | -30.5% |
| Rodney Moore | $129,364 | $49,157 | -62% |
| Keith R. Elliott | $88,597 | $47,641 | -46.2% |
| Timmy R. Elliott | $71,178 | $47,531 | -33.2% |
| Chris W. Elliott | $73,784 | $44,772 | -39.3% |
| Andrew C. Elliott | $96,598 | $43,405 | -55.1% |
| Gregory J. Huggins | $37,686 | $41,613 | 10.4% |
| Clinard Moore | $96,857 | $41,469 | -57.2% |
| Johnny M. Shelley | $28,728 | $40,505 | 41% |
| Edward Baxley | $85,624 | $40,283 | -53% |
| Danny Hammond | $95,185 | $39,788 | -58.2% |
| Stephen Mark Jolly | $73,423 | $38,712 | -47.3% |
| John Cameron Shelley | $18,973 | $36,353 | 91.6% |
| Clay Moore | $30,968 | $32,398 | 4.6% |
| Lawton Shane Drew | $51,904 | $30,488 | -41.3% |
| Chris L. Miller | $79,275 | $29,905 | -62.3% |
| Michael Henry Marlowe | $5,061 | $29,826 | 489.3% |
| Cain Martin | $58,984 | $28,963 | -50.9% |
| Cheryl B. Elliott | $19,015 | $27,563 | 45% |
| Timothy M. Jolly | $61,683 | $26,885 | -56.4% |
| Cody G. Gibson | $109,089 | $25,265 | -76.8% |
| Jimmy Huggins | $0 | $24,742 | -- |
| Lake Swamp Farms, LLC | $62,976 | $24,679 | -60.8% |
| Tony Collins | $14,520 | $23,119 | 59.2% |
| Terry and Teensie's Farms, Inc. | $0 | $21,454 | -- |
| Estate of Derrick M Elliott | $25,132 | $20,106 | -20% |
| Shelley Farms | $4,137 | $18,840 | 355.4% |
| Neal Byrd | $44,088 | $17,128 | -61.2% |
| Milton L. Collins | $25,669 | $16,498 | -35.7% |
| Neal C. Byrd Jr. | $57,741 | $15,492 | -73.2% |
| Carl Morgan Elliott Estate | $9,736 | $14,596 | 49.9% |
| Graylon Carmichael | $18,987 | $13,859 | -27% |
| Smalltown Land Services, LLC | $0 | $12,831 | -- |
| Edward D. Blackburn | $36,038 | $11,686 | -67.6% |
| Ralph S. Mincey | $23,982 | $11,684 | -51.3% |
| Richard T. Seagroves | $33,167 | $11,257 | -66.1% |
| Michael Martin | $9,724 | $10,912 | 12.2% |
| Don H. Atkinson | $43,829 | $10,817 | -75.3% |
| Karen B. Worley | $30,876 | $10,089 | -67.3% |
| Randall Dean Elliott | $10,573 | $9,231 | -12.7% |
| Charles Smith Miller | $24,629 | $9,188 | -62.7% |
| Fenton L. Stephens | $8,571 | $9,173 | 7% |
| Chris Brigman | $20,878 | $8,053 | -61.4% |
| Harold Tanner Jr. | $11,524 | $7,840 | -32% |
| Matthew S. Willoughby | $16,334 | $7,759 | -52.5% |
| Darroll N Collins | $10,688 | $7,724 | -27.7% |
| Terrance Ford | $0 | $7,578 | -- |
| Harold F. Tanner Sr. | $11,276 | $7,303 | -35.2% |
| Ray Faulk | $7,827 | $6,829 | -12.8% |
| James Gary Page III | $19,397 | $6,632 | -65.8% |
| Derrick M. Elliott | $25,083 | $6,479 | -74.2% |
| Elvington Farms, Inc. | $0 | $6,297 | -- |
| Morgan Elliott | $17,232 | $6,195 | -64% |
| Mary Jo Shelley K. Gasque | $5,872 | $5,872 | 0% |
| Sandon Blake Mincey | $3,825 | $5,732 | 49.9% |
| Jeremy Randall Elliott | $11,343 | $5,360 | -52.7% |
| Spear T Cattle, LLC | $24,594 | $5,158 | -79% |
| Henry D. Drew | $10,050 | $4,948 | -50.8% |
| Roth J. Snowden | $10,247 | $4,600 | -55.1% |
| Roger Ryder Hammond | $14,448 | $4,503 | -68.8% |
| Samuel L. Anderson | $5,174 | $4,388 | -15.2% |
| Al McIntyre | $12,233 | $4,116 | -66.4% |
| Milton Edward Baxley III | $3,060 | $4,024 | 31.5% |
| Michael E. Hayes | $20,768 | $3,731 | -82% |
| Carl Morgan Elliott Est | $0 | $3,649 | -- |
| Billy W. Coleman | $14,703 | $3,418 | -76.8% |
| William Lee Strickland | $5,679 | $3,342 | -41.2% |
| James Douglas Hughes | $8,403 | $3,082 | -63.3% |
| Lindia a White | $3,562 | $2,963 | -16.8% |
| Marion County FSA Office | $12,019 | $2,893 | -75.9% |
| Phillip B. Martin | $9,565 | $2,620 | -72.6% |
| Michael L Rodes | $0 | $2,591 | -- |
| Marion County FSA | $5,606 | $2,529 | -54.9% |
| Sadie W. Shoe | $2,726 | $2,475 | -9.2% |
| Leesa C. McRae | $2,891 | $2,421 | -16.3% |
| Kent Williams | $2,563 | $2,358 | -8% |
| James G. Wiggins | $5,857 | $2,204 | -62.4% |
| John Q. Atkinson Jr. | $3,933 | $2,155 | -45.2% |
| William D. Atkinson III | $7,276 | $2,139 | -70.6% |
| Battle Brothers | $0 | $2,131 | -- |
| Ralph A. Atkinson | $0 | $2,121 | -- |
| Ronald P. Elliott | $2,304 | $2,111 | -8.4% |
| Strickland Family Farms, Inc. | $5,077 | $1,974 | -61.1% |
| Julius A. White | $2,933 | $1,960 | -33.2% |
| Joseph Brian Wallace | $7,482 | $1,952 | -73.9% |
| John Paul Williams III | $7,293 | $1,844 | -74.7% |
| Joni H. Elliott | $1,842 | $1,842 | 0% |
| Pressly Hughes | $5,730 | $1,797 | -68.6% |
| Godbold Properties, Inc. | $1,756 | $1,759 | 0.2% |
| Tammy C. Martin | $1,947 | $1,704 | -12.5% |
| Harold R. Elvington | $0 | $1,507 | -- |
| Elizabeth S. Grainger | $2,584 | $1,395 | -46% |
| Jule Conner | $5,396 | $1,335 | -75.3% |
| Sandra Stroud | $0 | $1,313 | -- |
| William E. Gasque III | $1,286 | $1,286 | 0% |
| James F. Huggins Jr. | $9,190 | $1,260 | -86.3% |
| Mary L. Elvington | $1,235 | $1,235 | 0% |
| Nathaniel Hughes Jr. | $4,883 | $1,167 | -76.1% |
| Chadwick Austin Page | $2,492 | $1,156 | -53.6% |
| David Theodore Strickland | $1,086 | $1,086 | 0% |
| Bernice S. Hammond | $1,054 | $1,054 | 0% |
| Vance Rogers | $2,272 | $985 | -56.6% |
| Caitlan Elliott | $5,536 | $924 | -83.3% |
| Martha W. Sarvis | $908 | $908 | 0% |
| William F. Page Jr. | $902 | $902 | 0% |
| Thaddeus Strickland | $1,119 | $790 | -29.4% |
| Stuart R. Page Jr. | $789 | $789 | 0% |
| Jordan Farms, LLC | $1,705 | $744 | -56.4% |
| Eddie Lewis | $1,513 | $723 | -52.2% |
| Inita I Ford | $723 | $723 | 0% |
| First Citizens Bank | $0 | $678 | -- |
| Gerald M. Bane | $2,574 | $599 | -76.7% |
| Joseph O. Page | $597 | $597 | 0% |
| Tracey L. Martin | $549 | $549 | 0% |
| Lloyd V. Page | $543 | $543 | 0% |
| Reida E. Huggins | $4,790 | $531 | -88.9% |
| Lawton G. Drew | $5,834 | $530 | -90.9% |
| Victor Carmichael | $1,848 | $513 | -72.2% |
| Jimmy Ray Hammond | $490 | $490 | 0% |
| Charles R. Grainger | $483 | $483 | 0% |
| Richard Austin Johnson | $924 | $480 | -48.1% |
| Dianne C. Rimer | $457 | $457 | 0% |
| Jamie George | $1,571 | $449 | -71.4% |
| Laura M. Ford | $441 | $441 | 0% |
| Wanda Rabon | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Roderick W. Hayes | $439 | $439 | 0% |
| Kenneth C. Craven | $2,078 | $412 | -80.2% |
| Eva Grey Elvington Anderson | $390 | $390 | 0% |
| Calder Enterprises, LLC | $184 | $366 | 98.9% |
| Herbert Timmons | $1,749 | $366 | -79.1% |
| Wes J. Daniels | $1,684 | $362 | -78.5% |
| Wayne J. George | $0 | $348 | -- |
| Randy Pridgen | $3,533 | $336 | -90.5% |
| Jacky R. Gerrald Jr. | $2,911 | $330 | -88.7% |
| Daniel W. Coward Jr. | $4,352 | $329 | -92.4% |
| Gary L. Dozier | $1,610 | $327 | -79.7% |
| Terry Doran | $1,535 | $315 | -79.5% |
| Heyward C. Sauls | $1,270 | $306 | -75.9% |
| Thomas M. Jones | $8,299 | $304 | -96.3% |
| Blonza Reed III | $198 | $303 | 53% |
| Carmen Maria Grainger | $300 | $300 | 0% |
| Charles R. Grainger Jr. | $300 | $300 | 0% |
| James 'jimmy' A. Owens | $297 | $297 | 0% |
| James David Jordan | $1,221 | $287 | -76.5% |
| Nancy J. Hammond | $273 | $273 | 0% |
| Jackie Hargrove | $403 | $272 | -32.5% |
| Roger Dale Hammond | $265 | $265 | 0% |
| Ronald E. Elliott | $0 | $260 | -- |
| Hoss Farm Hodge, LLC | $721 | $232 | -67.8% |
| Christina V. Lininger | $359 | $225 | -37.3% |
| George W. Lininger II | $359 | $225 | -37.3% |
| Jimmy C. Bailey Sr. | $225 | $225 | 0% |
| Ryan Collins | $1,593 | $220 | -86.2% |
| Randolph F. Lovett | $0 | $220 | -- |
| William Glenn Jackson | $2,059 | $216 | -89.5% |
| Strickland Farms, LLC | $330 | $206 | -37.6% |
| William M. Hargrove | $0 | $201 | -- |
| James Ray Little | $196 | $196 | 0% |
| Richard L. Little | $196 | $196 | 0% |
| Abrom Jack Stroud | $1,518 | $191 | -87.4% |
| Jean H. Griffie | $0 | $187 | -- |
| Sandy H. Cook | $0 | $184 | -- |
| Mary Ann K. Baker | $0 | $179 | -- |
| Terry W. Brown | $0 | $176 | -- |
| FSA Marion County | $0 | $162 | -- |
| Charles L. Fogle | $0 | $156 | -- |
| Franklin McClellan | $671 | $154 | -77% |
| Jason R. King | $1,199 | $141 | -88.2% |
| Christine M. Lord | $41 | $133 | 224.4% |
| Linda Fling-Norfleet | $0 | $132 | -- |
| James Paul Wiggins | $396 | $117 | -70.5% |
| Patsy H. Mincey | $113 | $113 | 0% |
| Phyllis H. Duncan | $113 | $113 | 0% |
| Vincent J. Driggers | $371 | $109 | -70.6% |
| Catherine L. Cummings | $833 | $92 | -89% |
| Crystal S. Bailey | $549 | $90 | -83.6% |
| Jimmy C. Bailey Jr. | $0 | $84 | -- |
| Annie C. Jones | $82 | $82 | 0% |
| Grant W. Paige | $33 | $72 | 118.2% |
| Thomas Larue Harper | $7,432 | $69 | -99.1% |
| Wallace R. Elliott | $0 | $62 | -- |
| Wilma Andrews Hatchell | $0 | $61 | -- |
| Connie Brown | $274 | $26 | -90.5% |
| Phillip Davis | $376 | $26 | -93.1% |
| Carl M. Elliott | $0 | $25 | -- |
| Bertha H. Thomas | $0 | $22 | -- |
| Marjorie Washington | $0 | $19 | -- |
| Edgar R. Stevenson | $477 | $17 | -96.4% |
| Monica Graves | $573 | $1 | -99.8% |
| FSA | $5,821 | $0 | -100% |
| Baxley Farms, LLC | $120,968 | $0 | -100% |
| Buck Creek Investment Group | $932 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Morgan Elliott Estate | $350 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $165,690 | $0 | -100% |
| J P Willilams | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine Jones | $127 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn Graham | $1,569 | $0 | -100% |
| Marion County FDA | $1,747 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Baxley & Sons, LLC | $155,978 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Baxley | $15,732 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Neal Baxley Jr. | $5,946 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Smallwood | $693 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles M. McRae | $556 | $0 | -100% |
| Darren Moses | $186 | $0 | -100% |
| David W. Drew | $16,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce R. Collins | $738 | $0 | -100% |
| William Thomas Bowyer Rouse Sr. | $509 | $0 | -100% |
| Zion Properties of Marion, LLC | $3,028 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony P. McCrackin | $614 | $0 | -100% |
| Battle Brothers | $2,474 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl M Elliott Estate | $18,244 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie L. Bullard | $18 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Willoughby | $7,186 | $0 | -100% |
| Elise H. Caughman | $881 | $0 | -100% |
| Gene Hammond | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Grace H. Stackhouse | $427 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Coleman Huggins | $12,117 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry B. Huggins | $3,719 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry D. Bullard | $18 | $0 | -100% |
| Norman L. Harrelson Jr. | $3,242 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Wayne Elliott | $2,530 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert M. Allen | $1,406 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve R. Grant | $1,947 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,773,396 | $3,089,179 | -46.5% |
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