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In 2021, 120 farmers in cities within Dillon County received a total of $1.7 million in 216 farm subsidies, a 53.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.5 million in 382 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Allen Farms | $343,891 | $182,618 | -46.9% |
| Jack and Walter H Price | $228,553 | $101,516 | -55.6% |
| Floyd Johnson Jr. | $149,969 | $94,001 | -37.3% |
| Bryant Farms, Inc. | $186,644 | $93,748 | -49.8% |
| Little Pee Dee Farms | $177,693 | $72,532 | -59.2% |
| First Citizens Bank | $134,905 | $60,220 | -55.4% |
| Q & Q Farms, Inc. | $35,175 | $58,740 | 67% |
| Weatherford Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Daniel Joyner Nance | $141,824 | $51,631 | -63.6% |
| D L Coleman & Son Farms | $120,679 | $42,463 | -64.8% |
| Baxley & Baxley Farms | $96,938 | $42,256 | -56.4% |
| John M. Gasque Jr. | $119,177 | $41,626 | -65.1% |
| Eric S. Gasque | $95,661 | $41,060 | -57.1% |
| Rhett S. Coleman | $12,226 | $40,373 | 230.2% |
| Danise N Stephens & Janna L Nance | $0 | $39,656 | -- |
| Gasque Brothers | $11,999 | $38,413 | 220.1% |
| Robert Todd Huggins | $0 | $31,738 | -- |
| Justin Lee Price | $106,525 | $31,638 | -70.3% |
| Gaddys Mill Farms | $54,623 | $31,473 | -42.4% |
| John M. Gasque | $101,538 | $30,702 | -69.8% |
| Thomas G. Jones | $60,690 | $30,558 | -49.6% |
| WMA Farms, Inc. | $34,049 | $29,065 | -14.6% |
| Fitzhugh L. Bethea | $64,258 | $27,550 | -57.1% |
| Ace Farms, Inc. | $63,175 | $25,632 | -59.4% |
| Frank Meekins Jr. | $52,967 | $25,277 | -52.3% |
| Thomas McSwain III | $72,068 | $24,745 | -65.7% |
| Phillip W. Sealey | $66,271 | $24,238 | -63.4% |
| Kenneth Long & Sons | $61,761 | $22,322 | -63.9% |
| Robert Smith Jr. | $106,599 | $21,381 | -79.9% |
| Daniel C. Stephens | $33,585 | $20,378 | -39.3% |
| Roger W. Sealey | $38,561 | $20,281 | -47.4% |
| Linda G. Sealey | $44,566 | $18,848 | -57.7% |
| Daniel L Coleman IV | $26,993 | $15,167 | -43.8% |
| David Cox Farms, Inc. | $31,091 | $14,660 | -52.8% |
| Mendel Smith Jr. | $28,499 | $13,437 | -52.9% |
| Harold Gasque | $61,360 | $11,858 | -80.7% |
| James C Allen III - Uncle Jims Southern Honey | $0 | $11,645 | -- |
| Robert Stephens JR Farms, Inc. | $45,074 | $10,571 | -76.5% |
| Floyd Johnson Farms, LLC | $10,665 | $8,572 | -19.6% |
| Michael Ray Page | $15,153 | $7,225 | -52.3% |
| Neal C. Byrd Jr. | $0 | $7,134 | -- |
| Christopher S. Brigman | $8,494 | $6,050 | -28.8% |
| Bray Cole Anders | $8,954 | $5,677 | -36.6% |
| Matthew J. McColl | $15,956 | $5,495 | -65.6% |
| Pate G. McRae | $19,437 | $4,955 | -74.5% |
| Franklin Carlyle Price | $17,004 | $4,637 | -72.7% |
| Danny O. Price | $9,874 | $4,538 | -54% |
| South Butler Road Holdings, LLC | $3,475 | $3,231 | -7% |
| Larry B. Fore | $1,198 | $3,014 | 151.6% |
| Virginia K. Coleman | $6,464 | $2,979 | -53.9% |
| Linda M. Hayes | $3,357 | $2,685 | -20% |
| Kimberly B. Driggers | $19,099 | $2,668 | -86% |
| Lavern C. Brigman | $6,858 | $2,555 | -62.7% |
| Jerry W. Page | $22,199 | $2,518 | -88.7% |
| Richard E. Sherman | $5,770 | $2,490 | -56.8% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $2,454 | -- |
| William Brigman | $12,776 | $2,436 | -80.9% |
| David Lovett | $5,698 | $2,139 | -62.5% |
| Nancy P. Huggins | $6,210 | $2,126 | -65.8% |
| Milton Thomas Coleman III | $4,579 | $2,117 | -53.8% |
| Albert Williams | $1,860 | $1,860 | 0% |
| Gerald D. Rogers | $23,092 | $1,810 | -92.2% |
| Betty C. Price | $0 | $1,572 | -- |
| Sheldon R. Coleman | $3,913 | $1,459 | -62.7% |
| Melissa Thompson | $1,361 | $1,361 | 0% |
| Keith Carter | $1,913 | $1,246 | -34.9% |
| Tony R. Cooke | $4,246 | $1,024 | -75.9% |
| Wright Family IRR Trust | $959 | $959 | 0% |
| Gerald N. Arnette | $3,892 | $958 | -75.4% |
| Joe Hayes | $1,125 | $902 | -19.8% |
| George E. Edwards Jr. | $893 | $893 | 0% |
| Henry C. Quick III | $857 | $857 | 0% |
| Justin Meekins | $664 | $796 | 19.9% |
| William Houston Aston | $774 | $774 | 0% |
| Charles W. Elvington | $705 | $705 | 0% |
| Ronald H. Johnson | $1,008 | $661 | -34.4% |
| Joe Hayes Farms, LLC | $10,483 | $654 | -93.8% |
| AL Williams Enterprise, Inc. | $8,819 | $603 | -93.2% |
| Anthony B. Britt Jr. | $1,188 | $594 | -50% |
| Lester H. Pullie | $758 | $571 | -24.7% |
| Belva F Greene Estate | $0 | $570 | -- |
| William E. Perritt | $548 | $548 | 0% |
| Emily L. Gibbs | $545 | $545 | 0% |
| Robert C. Langley III | $2,420 | $545 | -77.5% |
| Martha A. McIntyre | $1,081 | $518 | -52.1% |
| Trisha D. Hodges | $0 | $490 | -- |
| Teresa A. Miller | $0 | $485 | -- |
| Lafon A. Legette Jr. | $971 | $420 | -56.7% |
| C & S of Lake View, LLC | $49,949 | $416 | -99.2% |
| John D. McInnis Jr. | $982 | $396 | -59.7% |
| Harriett M. Bartlett | $386 | $386 | 0% |
| Larry Frank Meekins | $0 | $319 | -- |
| Gamil G Ibrahim | $6,496 | $285 | -95.6% |
| Jaime W. Deaver | $580 | $283 | -51.2% |
| James Strom Berry | $250 | $250 | 0% |
| Kylie Page McCarthy | $168 | $224 | 33.3% |
| T. F. Finklea Jr. | $199 | $199 | 0% |
| David Carl Smith | $0 | $161 | -- |
| Glenn A. Greene Jr. | $0 | $121 | -- |
| Brenda J. King | $120 | $120 | 0% |
| Jimmy B. King | $288 | $120 | -58.3% |
| Julian Ray White Sr. | $0 | $111 | -- |
| James A. Wallace | $97 | $105 | 8.2% |
| Arnold F. Kinney | $240 | $105 | -56.3% |
| Alex H. Johnson Jr. | $897 | $79 | -91.2% |
| Sylvia Parham Lane | $85 | $69 | -18.8% |
| Joyce K. Wallace | $0 | $66 | -- |
| Bill G. Johnson | $768 | $56 | -92.7% |
| Donna R. Bethea | $0 | $51 | -- |
| Linda P. Dutton | $430 | $35 | -91.9% |
| Linda Morrison | $0 | $30 | -- |
| Judith R. Huggins | $943 | $25 | -97.3% |
| Merle R. Cureton | $943 | $25 | -97.3% |
| W. J. Gadson Jr. | $0 | $18 | -- |
| Ansel Moody Jr. | $53 | $15 | -71.7% |
| Jo Carole C. Dickerson | $354 | $10 | -97.2% |
| Gail G. Bourgoin | $28 | $9 | -67.9% |
| Joe Williams Sr. | $46 | $7 | -84.8% |
| Luverne H Barfield | $150 | $2 | -98.7% |
| William J. Finklea | $0 | $2 | -- |
| Billy B. Pittman | $125 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $137,013 | $0 | -100% |
| Gail B. Snipes | $18,315 | $0 | -100% |
| Heather Moody | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| J a Jones Farms, LLC | $823 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. Jones Jr. | $156 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean A. Moody | $882 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph W. Gasque | $256 | $0 | -100% |
| Audrey Roberts | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Johnson Huggins | $228 | $0 | -100% |
| Darlene P. Rogers | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Gayle Elvington Revocable Trust | $3,818 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenny Wayne Bullock | $352 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Evelyn Elvington | $86 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary G. Strickland | $283 | $0 | -100% |
| Mickey Allen | $746 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia F. Nance | $1,827 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Coburn | $51 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy J. Gardner Jr. | $322 | $0 | -100% |
| Belva F. Greene | $691 | $0 | -100% |
| C & M Hog Farm, LLC | $21,882 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn R Hartley Rev Trust | $552 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn S. Brumble | $46 | $0 | -100% |
| James Earl Ray | $2,729 | $0 | -100% |
| Lula W. Coleman | $191 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Brumble P. Cox | $15 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan H. Smoak | $115 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,544,545 | $1,663,067 | -53.1% |
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