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In 2021, 257 farmers in cities within Wilcox County received a total of $7.7 million in 477 farm subsidies, a 50.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $15.5 million in 780 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 Wilcox County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard E Nutt & Shane Rhodes R & S Farm | $824,335 | $456,638 | -44.6% |
| Arant Farms | $621,032 | $415,456 | -33.1% |
| Christopher Lance Thompson | $266,921 | $216,383 | -18.9% |
| Mickey Lee Stubbs | $361,882 | $194,789 | -46.2% |
| Marty C. Bloodworth Jr. | $345,563 | $176,908 | -48.8% |
| WH Cross Farms, LLC | $45,108 | $173,985 | 285.7% |
| Denise Rhodes Stubbs | $257,746 | $172,691 | -33% |
| Norman Philetus Cohen | $273,312 | $168,135 | -38.5% |
| Teresa B. Thompson | $259,521 | $161,999 | -37.6% |
| Stacy Holliday | $219,558 | $154,806 | -29.5% |
| Logos Farms, LLC | $45,210 | $152,480 | 237.3% |
| Pidyon Farms, LLC | $48,651 | $151,524 | 211.5% |
| Wood Farms, Inc. | $590,536 | $151,410 | -74.4% |
| Ronnie G. Conner | $288,303 | $142,260 | -50.7% |
| Schaapman Holsteins Harry Schaapman MBR, LLC | $527,725 | $141,979 | -73.1% |
| Debbie C. Conner | $336,992 | $139,648 | -58.6% |
| Jad Farms Angelia D Rust MBR, LLC | $11,662 | $129,119 | 1,007.2% |
| Michael D. Selph | $219,287 | $127,579 | -41.8% |
| Tammy T. Selph | $219,287 | $127,579 | -41.8% |
| M & L Farms | $213,206 | $126,712 | -40.6% |
| Arthur Lee Mays | $166,245 | $115,519 | -30.5% |
| Eric Scott Gibbs | $297,910 | $113,925 | -61.8% |
| Jeremy D. Moore | $349,228 | $109,807 | -68.6% |
| Clinton D. Oliver | $173,254 | $106,635 | -38.5% |
| Mark J. Thompson | $228,208 | $104,524 | -54.2% |
| SLY Hill Agent, LLC | $34,316 | $103,127 | 200.5% |
| Wilson K. Keene | $245,041 | $102,418 | -58.2% |
| Larry C. Stubbs | $159,364 | $90,581 | -43.2% |
| Christopher Gene McBryant | $239,978 | $89,499 | -62.7% |
| Jason A. Conner | $269,923 | $88,861 | -67.1% |
| Bradford W. Wood | $293,027 | $88,006 | -70% |
| Nicholas G. Conner | $270,905 | $87,222 | -67.8% |
| Donald K. Keene | $241,115 | $86,340 | -64.2% |
| David Thompson | $163,204 | $86,271 | -47.1% |
| Dennis B. Stone | $0 | $86,225 | -- |
| Ryan Hunter Stubbs | $197,422 | $85,596 | -56.6% |
| Jimmy A. Gibbs | $153,357 | $85,551 | -44.2% |
| Marty C. Bloodworth | $349,568 | $80,084 | -77.1% |
| Edwin H. Clark | $143,120 | $77,999 | -45.5% |
| James Keith Holliday | $133,524 | $77,222 | -42.2% |
| Barrett Peebles | $136,916 | $74,114 | -45.9% |
| Immanuel Farm Group Tin Aung MBR, LLC | $0 | $71,524 | -- |
| Greggory Lanier Keene | $82,601 | $70,617 | -14.5% |
| James V. Wood Jr. | $95,535 | $70,354 | -26.4% |
| Marvin Lanier Keene | $82,049 | $70,350 | -14.3% |
| Guy R. Bullock | $169,086 | $68,091 | -59.7% |
| Cannon Farms, Inc. | $125,252 | $65,867 | -47.4% |
| Dennis J. Rhodes | $158,949 | $65,264 | -58.9% |
| Steven R. Payne | $27,349 | $63,034 | 130.5% |
| Jerry F. Rhodes | $133,463 | $62,216 | -53.4% |
| Ellis Wayne Sangster | $111,100 | $60,134 | -45.9% |
| William C. Hawkins | $126,864 | $59,222 | -53.3% |
| Sharon Jurice N Oliver | $103,639 | $57,372 | -44.6% |
| Nutt Chicken Houses, Inc. | $0 | $49,794 | -- |
| Corey Len Hobbs | $94,814 | $46,570 | -50.9% |
| Blake Farms, LLC | $0 | $45,033 | -- |
| Roy L. Bloodworth | $73,117 | $44,526 | -39.1% |
| Howard T. McGlamory Jr. | $120,206 | $43,743 | -63.6% |
| Cedric Landon Cobb | $69,727 | $43,188 | -38.1% |
| Mitchell G. Willcox Jr. | $28,921 | $42,371 | 46.5% |
| Richard J. Bloodworth | $73,026 | $38,740 | -47% |
| Robert J. Addison Jr. | $162,190 | $38,452 | -76.3% |
| Kem Bloodworth | $0 | $36,506 | -- |
| Ken Vu | $0 | $32,761 | -- |
| Jonathan David Walker | $54,660 | $31,608 | -42.2% |
| Ethan Cole Thompson | $48,851 | $30,840 | -36.9% |
| Joseph W. Studstill | $54,338 | $29,990 | -44.8% |
| Bryce Patrick Cohen | $80,127 | $28,602 | -64.3% |
| Shirley F. Holliday | $33,651 | $27,993 | -16.8% |
| Joel R. Smith | $58,230 | $27,474 | -52.8% |
| Jeffery Bloodworth | $52,704 | $25,922 | -50.8% |
| Michael Forehand | $36,291 | $24,046 | -33.7% |
| Dwane & Ken Braziel | $30,398 | $19,672 | -35.3% |
| Sly Hill Farms | $733,471 | $15,599 | -97.9% |
| Ernestine Braziel Laster | $15,351 | $15,351 | 0% |
| Kenneth H. Keene | $21,648 | $14,882 | -31.3% |
| Tara T. Moore | $438,753 | $14,735 | -96.6% |
| Joshua D. Lamb | $30,475 | $14,709 | -51.7% |
| R & a Poultry, LLC | $0 | $13,743 | -- |
| Kyle Whittle Keene | $11,714 | $13,388 | 14.3% |
| Thinh Hung Pham | $0 | $13,201 | -- |
| Raymond Bloodworth | $25,988 | $13,087 | -49.6% |
| Grover Stone | $10,991 | $10,991 | 0% |
| Rebekah Owens Hawkins | $1,575 | $10,911 | 592.8% |
| D/B/A Hope Farm | $0 | $10,606 | -- |
| Willie Milling N. Farms | $9,704 | $10,025 | 3.3% |
| Timothy K. McGlamory | $3,653 | $9,147 | 150.4% |
| Edward A. Futch | $20,904 | $8,986 | -57% |
| Sue B. Lee | $9,023 | $8,966 | -0.6% |
| Mark R. Harden | $16,842 | $8,956 | -46.8% |
| Jacob Arthur Bloodworth | $3,926 | $8,876 | 126.1% |
| Dennis Moore | $8,614 | $8,614 | 0% |
| Jon L. Bloodworth | $7,285 | $8,483 | 16.4% |
| Samuel Uri McKinney | $0 | $8,440 | -- |
| Stanley L. Copeland | $73,309 | $8,391 | -88.6% |
| Floyd Leroy McElmurray | $24,328 | $8,390 | -65.5% |
| Timothy M. Bloodworth | $16,604 | $8,191 | -50.7% |
| Johnny B. Rhodes | $15,206 | $8,093 | -46.8% |
| Jimie Humphries | $11,249 | $7,615 | -32.3% |
| Ronnie Barentine | $6,978 | $6,978 | 0% |
| Betty Jo Adkinson | $6,666 | $6,666 | 0% |
| Brandon David Waters | $15,011 | $6,226 | -58.5% |
| Vicky Williamson | $12,599 | $5,918 | -53% |
| Mary T. Copeland | $64,427 | $5,614 | -91.3% |
| William J. Bloodworth | $6,778 | $5,508 | -18.7% |
| Clint Voyles | $12,537 | $5,480 | -56.3% |
| Barron A. Peebles | $68,324 | $5,382 | -92.1% |
| Timothy Earl Lott | $82,576 | $4,989 | -94% |
| Robert Clark Rountree | $10,096 | $4,948 | -51% |
| Sharon G Land | $8,764 | $4,842 | -44.8% |
| Billy Joe Milling | $4,458 | $4,817 | 8.1% |
| Delano R. Braziel | $19,504 | $4,587 | -76.5% |
| Patrick Scott Mcguinty | $11,426 | $4,468 | -60.9% |
| Wesley Wayne Blake | $18,774 | $4,413 | -76.5% |
| Pope Farms Judy P Roberts MBR, LLC | $4,344 | $4,344 | 0% |
| Barry D. McKinney | $4,563 | $4,152 | -9% |
| H. D. Titshaw Jr. | $4,120 | $4,120 | 0% |
| Michael McElmurray | $3,278 | $4,119 | 25.7% |
| L. T. McDonald Jr. | $9,638 | $4,088 | -57.6% |
| Sharon D. Reeves | $39,035 | $3,998 | -89.8% |
| George T. Gordon | $2,933 | $3,941 | 34.4% |
| Freddy L. Thompson | $12,573 | $3,858 | -69.3% |
| Norman MacKenzie | $3,980 | $3,650 | -8.3% |
| Robert J. Addison Sr. | $8,519 | $3,554 | -58.3% |
| Roslyn V. Fisher | $4,133 | $3,531 | -14.6% |
| T. W. Cauthen Jr. | $3,514 | $3,514 | 0% |
| Henry J. Troutman | $3,755 | $3,446 | -8.2% |
| Wayne L. Sirmons | $2,152 | $3,371 | 56.6% |
| Cynthia Anita Johnson | $2,247 | $3,351 | 49.1% |
| Mary E. Satterfield | $10,963 | $3,316 | -69.8% |
| Jerome L Sercer | $14,399 | $3,289 | -77.2% |
| S T Battle Estate | $0 | $3,208 | -- |
| Bob & Jim Mcleod | $22,828 | $3,088 | -86.5% |
| Robert S. Hollingsworth | $9,600 | $2,966 | -69.1% |
| Alice Ophelia Folds | $3,974 | $2,962 | -25.5% |
| George W. McWhorter | $3,686 | $2,957 | -19.8% |
| Herbert W. Hopper Jr. | $13,285 | $2,861 | -78.5% |
| Nelda Paramore | $2,798 | $2,798 | 0% |
| Leanne Worley | $396 | $2,753 | 595.2% |
| Trooper Farms, LLC | $233,958 | $2,709 | -98.8% |
| Richard W. Willingham | $7,875 | $2,671 | -66.1% |
| Robert H. McLeod Jr. | $36,651 | $2,637 | -92.8% |
| Jake Daniel Keen | $5,475 | $2,439 | -55.5% |
| Jeff Taunton | $2,314 | $2,328 | 0.6% |
| John R. Cook Jr. | $11,007 | $2,267 | -79.4% |
| James R. Whittle | $3,534 | $2,227 | -37% |
| Sarah Murphy | $0 | $2,120 | -- |
| Luke Brady Lamb | $4,541 | $1,998 | -56% |
| Early G. Stone | $1,962 | $1,962 | 0% |
| Jeffrey K. Harden | $2,313 | $1,935 | -16.3% |
| Scotty A. Jones | $18,058 | $1,919 | -89.4% |
| Emanuel Phillips | $1,907 | $1,907 | 0% |
| Charles W. Clements Jr. | $4,922 | $1,846 | -62.5% |
| Mary L. Clements | $4,867 | $1,846 | -62.1% |
| I J M Partners, LLC | $1,791 | $1,791 | 0% |
| Andrew Tyler Carroll | $1,400 | $1,731 | 23.6% |
| Andrew Tyler Carroll | $1,400 | $1,731 | 23.6% |
| Jenna S. Mashburn | $1,671 | $1,671 | 0% |
| Kenneth Bloodworth | $5,016 | $1,662 | -66.9% |
| Bobby Gibbs Jr. | $5,893 | $1,609 | -72.7% |
| Rhunae H Cross | $1,546 | $1,546 | 0% |
| John J. Coleman Jr. | $0 | $1,490 | -- |
| Kerney E Hair | $2,821 | $1,468 | -48% |
| Johnny L. Walker | $1,688 | $1,447 | -14.3% |
| Andrew Hicks Brown | $1,394 | $1,394 | 0% |
| Jason Michael Addison | $4,909 | $1,374 | -72% |
| Vicky R. McKinney | $1,371 | $1,371 | 0% |
| Herbert Battle Jr. | $2,862 | $1,350 | -52.8% |
| Della S. Hinson | $0 | $1,350 | -- |
| Johnathan Thomas Rhodes | $7,347 | $1,333 | -81.9% |
| Scotty Owens | $5,533 | $1,299 | -76.5% |
| Allen Davidson | $1,295 | $1,295 | 0% |
| James T. Crawford | $1,815 | $1,283 | -29.3% |
| Clay K. Reid | $2,825 | $1,279 | -54.7% |
| Steven L. Harvey Jr. | $0 | $1,262 | -- |
| Timothy S. Worley | $1,226 | $1,226 | 0% |
| William Clinton Branch | $4,769 | $1,184 | -75.2% |
| Jonathan Nathaniel Boney | $3,204 | $1,120 | -65% |
| Carole Comtois Richardson | $1,051 | $1,051 | 0% |
| Melvin Douglas Powell | $19,493 | $1,046 | -94.6% |
| Brandon Keith McDuffie | $1,032 | $1,032 | 0% |
| Longleaf Land, LLC | $0 | $1,030 | -- |
| Michael E. Baker | $5,379 | $1,022 | -81% |
| Henry Loys Thompson | $6,465 | $982 | -84.8% |
| Ashley C. Thompson | $2,406 | $957 | -60.2% |
| Elvin Baker | $915 | $915 | 0% |
| Larry Brown | $3,883 | $907 | -76.6% |
| Mary A. Folds | $4,444 | $890 | -80% |
| Jordan T. McGlamory | $4,232 | $877 | -79.3% |
| Charles C. Taylor | $3,387 | $864 | -74.5% |
| Michael A. Reeves | $0 | $797 | -- |
| Jacob B. Brooks | $3,421 | $762 | -77.7% |
| Joseph Michael Holliday | $3,439 | $747 | -78.3% |
| Betty S. Norris | $802 | $736 | -8.2% |
| Marcus S. Reeves Jr. | $58,552 | $703 | -98.8% |
| Thomas M. Talley | $3,608 | $700 | -80.6% |
| GMG Farms Eric Scott Gibbs MBR, LLC | $3,351 | $686 | -79.5% |
| Linda H. Wilkerson | $681 | $681 | 0% |
| Alonzo Peavy | $673 | $673 | 0% |
| Ricky Jonathon Clark | $3,026 | $660 | -78.2% |
| Jacqueline F. Taylor | $3,487 | $627 | -82% |
| Allen R. Ellicott | $0 | $582 | -- |
| Dora Autlman Isolano | $571 | $571 | 0% |
| Carol W. McKie | $570 | $570 | 0% |
| Richard T. Hargrove | $568 | $568 | 0% |
| William Joseph Brooks | $2,915 | $536 | -81.6% |
| William C. Fisher | $524 | $524 | 0% |
| Rick Edward Hopper | $2,343 | $523 | -77.7% |
| Roy Faircloth | $3,117 | $498 | -84% |
| Carl J. Brokamp | $2,002 | $486 | -75.7% |
| Luke F. Brown | $459 | $459 | 0% |
| Madison D. Brown III | $459 | $459 | 0% |
| Eddie L. Keen | $9,821 | $440 | -95.5% |
| Arthur M. Brown | $4,828 | $403 | -91.7% |
| Steve Haunert | $1,236 | $401 | -67.6% |
| Lydia M. Owens | $373 | $373 | 0% |
| Gary Blake | $519 | $352 | -32.2% |
| John A. Butler | $0 | $325 | -- |
| Juanita H. Bowen | $599 | $320 | -46.6% |
| Colding Slade Brady | $660 | $294 | -55.5% |
| Joseph Ward Brooks | $1,626 | $284 | -82.5% |
| Douglass Randolph Hyde | $555 | $272 | -51% |
| Thomas Jacob Owens | $1,425 | $270 | -81.1% |
| Angela H. Bloodworth | $1,356 | $268 | -80.2% |
| Carla G. Brooks | $1,695 | $266 | -84.3% |
| Betsy Stewart Taunton | $1,416 | $254 | -82.1% |
| Michael A. Guest | $1,045 | $244 | -76.7% |
| Leroy Williams | $462 | $242 | -47.6% |
| Robert Powers Conner Test Trustee of Phil Conner Ttee | $800 | $242 | -69.8% |
| Clarence M. Brown | $235 | $235 | 0% |
| Donald O. Keene | $662 | $229 | -65.4% |
| Linda R. Keene | $662 | $229 | -65.4% |
| Ann B. Titshaw | $502 | $227 | -54.8% |
| Melton A. Powell | $1,207 | $218 | -81.9% |
| Thomas Hall | $0 | $204 | -- |
| Roberto Carrillo | $1,671 | $190 | -88.6% |
| Stephen O. Harden | $437 | $188 | -57% |
| Morris Holloway | $495 | $187 | -62.2% |
| Jason Hollingsworth | $0 | $184 | -- |
| Jessie F. Lamb | $399 | $180 | -54.9% |
| Henry B. Collier | $0 | $175 | -- |
| Larry A. Gibbs | $235 | $169 | -28.1% |
| James White | $183 | $149 | -18.6% |
| Faye F. Gibbs | $148 | $148 | 0% |
| Robert P. Conner | $3,823 | $138 | -96.4% |
| Ralph L. McKinney | $0 | $135 | -- |
| Heather Peacock | $0 | $114 | -- |
| Rachel S. Clements | $114 | $92 | -19.3% |
| John Andrew Rozar | $524 | $77 | -85.3% |
| Sittie S Butts | $0 | $72 | -- |
| Andy Q. Bui | $0 | $68 | -- |
| Ronald Seth Smith | $0 | $63 | -- |
| Cynthia S. Willingham | $151 | $57 | -62.3% |
| Henry W. Rottman Jr. | $0 | $53 | -- |
| Martha E. Sutton | $0 | $38 | -- |
| Melanie Bloodworth | $6,091 | $35 | -99.4% |
| Heather Davis Gibbs | $98,441 | $5 | -100% |
| Aaron Glenn McDuffie | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| B&S Dairy | $7,378 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Lee Davis | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence Dantley | $157 | $0 | -100% |
| Dallas Helms | $135 | $0 | -100% |
| Alison M. Kelley | $258 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W. Dennard | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Holland Wilson | $1,624 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. McLeod | $12,051 | $0 | -100% |
| R & W Farms, LLC | $33,957 | $0 | -100% |
| Grant Joseph Graham | $786 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis O. Peebles Jr. | $1,030 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew James Barnard | $286 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary Allen Owens | $333 | $0 | -100% |
| Bland Brooks | $2,208 | $0 | -100% |
| Brent Peebles | $40,993 | $0 | -100% |
| Brown Farms | $59,493 | $0 | -100% |
| Conner Austin Peebles | $10,740 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald L. Clark | $6,088 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald L Clark Estate Janice L Clark ADM | $8,903 | $0 | -100% |
| Fanilu M Eason | $7,739 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacquelin Rhodes McWhorter | $278 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph M. Rhodes | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawrence Dale Eason | $7,739 | $0 | -100% |
| Leroy Dantley | $152 | $0 | -100% |
| Moore Berries, LLC | $9,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Norma F. Whitley | $90 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Bahnsen | $740 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph E. Wood | $2,507 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Stubbs | $21,548 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert M. Brown | $761 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruben D. Lamb | $1,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Syms Jr. | $4,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $15,498,747 | $7,665,236 | -50.5% |
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