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In 2021, 286 farmers in cities within Turner County received a total of $6.6 million in 534 farm subsidies, a 46.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $12.2 million in 840 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 Turner County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sos Farms | $709,082 | $445,089 | -37.2% |
| Whitehead Farms | $393,713 | $223,903 | -43.1% |
| Dan T. King | $686,570 | $180,272 | -73.7% |
| Mr. Ross Kendrick | $338,473 | $174,213 | -48.5% |
| James Larry Winter Jr. | $243,524 | $156,734 | -35.6% |
| Bennett & Bennett Poultry, LLC | $0 | $152,946 | -- |
| Scotty Raines Farms PTN | $273,498 | $147,208 | -46.2% |
| Bennie Hugh Metcalf | $187,412 | $126,299 | -32.6% |
| Bennie Steven Metcalf | $231,084 | $123,773 | -46.4% |
| Phillip N. Coley | $221,429 | $119,662 | -46% |
| Virgil L. Belflower Jr. | $190,663 | $114,821 | -39.8% |
| Gloria F. Hobby | $160,377 | $113,172 | -29.4% |
| Lillian O. Youngblood | $13,440 | $112,113 | 734.2% |
| Jimmy and Larue Nesmith Farms PTN | $170,669 | $110,580 | -35.2% |
| Morris Andrew Hobby II | $293,720 | $106,725 | -63.7% |
| Marcy H. King | $27,177 | $105,169 | 287% |
| W. F. Hobby | $174,395 | $105,126 | -39.7% |
| Gravitt Produce, LLC | $352,715 | $103,398 | -70.7% |
| Ann Kendrick | $157,179 | $102,469 | -34.8% |
| Superior Farms, LLC | $215,241 | $102,232 | -52.5% |
| Gerald C. Pirkle | $214,642 | $101,838 | -52.6% |
| W and C Farms, LLC | $166,560 | $101,817 | -38.9% |
| Windell L. Hobby | $162,921 | $92,163 | -43.4% |
| Keith Barnette | $115,510 | $91,028 | -21.2% |
| Phil Gilley | $153,330 | $90,806 | -40.8% |
| Jerry W. Wynn | $163,611 | $89,272 | -45.4% |
| Harold A. Hobby | $156,376 | $85,254 | -45.5% |
| Joseph W. Speight | $140,484 | $83,316 | -40.7% |
| Kem R. Gilley | $157,520 | $80,532 | -48.9% |
| Alex Sumner Farms, LLC | $86,360 | $79,832 | -7.6% |
| Wilson Poultry, Inc. | $0 | $78,602 | -- |
| Isaac Benjamin Nesmith | $176,290 | $77,253 | -56.2% |
| Ronald Brad Griffin | $133,019 | $74,495 | -44% |
| David Young | $139,673 | $74,284 | -46.8% |
| Ryan Ireland Farms, LLC | $151,483 | $71,529 | -52.8% |
| Robert D. Rawlins | $148,117 | $70,375 | -52.5% |
| Vickie B Coley Estate | $0 | $68,896 | -- |
| Melanie Raines | $123,424 | $66,267 | -46.3% |
| Glen Keith Story | $103,138 | $64,655 | -37.3% |
| Adam Kyle Montfort | $88,317 | $64,147 | -27.4% |
| William Henry Lumsden | $88,366 | $64,147 | -27.4% |
| MCI Turner, LLC | $0 | $59,444 | -- |
| Delmer Bullington | $127,489 | $58,055 | -54.5% |
| Stephen R. Wilson | $101,547 | $55,174 | -45.7% |
| Matthew H. Metcalf | $86,691 | $55,050 | -36.5% |
| Ronald L. Arant Jr. | $121,910 | $54,515 | -55.3% |
| Murray Russell Irvin | $92,403 | $53,300 | -42.3% |
| Trust U/W John C Rodgers | $80,745 | $51,410 | -36.3% |
| Clay E. Pirkle | $107,398 | $50,926 | -52.6% |
| E. J. Davis | $204,899 | $46,385 | -77.4% |
| Ken Nesmith | $81,726 | $41,981 | -48.6% |
| Michael Will Tanner | $74,804 | $41,249 | -44.9% |
| Jerry Young, LLC | $52,304 | $41,115 | -21.4% |
| Jimmy Clay Alberson | $49,487 | $34,749 | -29.8% |
| Michael Ward | $257,743 | $34,373 | -86.7% |
| Travis Ross Wilson | $41,625 | $33,631 | -19.2% |
| Wray Reid | $93,981 | $31,843 | -66.1% |
| Dustin Clifford Ward | $55,599 | $31,295 | -43.7% |
| Jim Dillon Ward | $55,615 | $31,295 | -43.7% |
| Myers Irrevocable Family Trust | $52,646 | $31,127 | -40.9% |
| David Flake | $71,284 | $29,553 | -58.5% |
| Gary Carter | $56,079 | $26,148 | -53.4% |
| Jimmy Carl Alberson | $32,357 | $25,185 | -22.2% |
| Joseph Clay Alberson | $32,357 | $25,167 | -22.2% |
| Tony E. Nesmith | $37,262 | $25,097 | -32.6% |
| Beth Nesmith | $28,872 | $25,080 | -13.1% |
| Kimberly Dawn Kendrick | $60,639 | $24,965 | -58.8% |
| L R F, LLC | $38,664 | $24,088 | -37.7% |
| Zachary Adam Cromer | $42,913 | $23,097 | -46.2% |
| Henry Patrick Cawley Jr. | $122,965 | $23,081 | -81.2% |
| Vickie B. Coley | $144,227 | $22,040 | -84.7% |
| Wayne Hobbs | $27,188 | $21,665 | -20.3% |
| Gerald Fowler | $28,361 | $21,331 | -24.8% |
| James Delton Bullington | $46,128 | $20,902 | -54.7% |
| James R. Brown III | $38,468 | $20,613 | -46.4% |
| Jerry D. Story | $32,661 | $20,127 | -38.4% |
| Colt Walker Myers | $58,427 | $19,491 | -66.6% |
| Ethan James Myers | $58,452 | $19,491 | -66.7% |
| Ryan K. Griffin | $69,114 | $19,081 | -72.4% |
| Chad W. Gilley | $35,672 | $18,656 | -47.7% |
| David A. Odom | $36,386 | $17,872 | -50.9% |
| First Tifton, LLC | $17,818 | $17,818 | 0% |
| Georgia Lou Kendrick | $17,735 | $17,386 | -2% |
| Jerry Reed | $16,790 | $16,785 | -0% |
| Ward Holdings III, LLC | $15,211 | $16,108 | 5.9% |
| William Bennett Roberts III, LLC | $15,980 | $15,980 | 0% |
| Ponderosa Cattle Company, LLC | $26,668 | $15,104 | -43.4% |
| Charles E. Wiggins Jr. | $27,776 | $14,346 | -48.4% |
| Stephen Hobby | $18,360 | $14,040 | -23.5% |
| James Roy Story Jr. | $19,217 | $13,957 | -27.4% |
| Paul Mckinley Reid | $29,610 | $13,414 | -54.7% |
| Richard R. Reed | $18,385 | $12,887 | -29.9% |
| David G. Borem | $26,874 | $12,804 | -52.4% |
| John E. Paulk Jr. | $19,913 | $12,762 | -35.9% |
| James Roy Story Sr. | $19,406 | $12,737 | -34.4% |
| Donald Gene Collins | $10,734 | $10,734 | 0% |
| William W. Hancock | $10,456 | $10,441 | -0.1% |
| Scotty Raines | $30,935 | $10,326 | -66.6% |
| Aubrey Shane Wynn | $12,274 | $9,896 | -19.4% |
| John E. Paulk III | $13,829 | $9,447 | -31.7% |
| Michael Wilson | $8,646 | $8,646 | 0% |
| Daniel Clint Garrett | $6,142 | $8,421 | 37.1% |
| Mclemore Farms, Inc. | $12,830 | $8,396 | -34.6% |
| Charles H. Wideman III | $7,901 | $7,901 | 0% |
| Hickman Honey Company, LLC. | $0 | $7,660 | -- |
| Dennis M. Kendrick | $14,941 | $7,421 | -50.3% |
| Louise S. Davis | $7,106 | $7,106 | 0% |
| James McHugh | $17,538 | $7,005 | -60.1% |
| Lance E. Alberson | $10,315 | $6,839 | -33.7% |
| Ruth E. Evans | $7,963 | $6,748 | -15.3% |
| Charles H. Wideman Jr. | $6,735 | $6,735 | 0% |
| James A. Lumpkin | $12,428 | $6,433 | -48.2% |
| Alex Sumner | $14,625 | $6,427 | -56.1% |
| Calhoun Produce, Inc. | $51,670 | $6,314 | -87.8% |
| Peach State Cattle, Inc. | $101,054 | $5,871 | -94.2% |
| William Benjamin Whiddon | $18,726 | $5,842 | -68.8% |
| Steve J. Odom | $0 | $5,721 | -- |
| Medford J. Kelley | $5,604 | $5,604 | 0% |
| David L. Gentry | $9,759 | $5,601 | -42.6% |
| George Byron McDaniel | $5,540 | $5,540 | 0% |
| Paul Ray Rogers | $21,244 | $5,508 | -74.1% |
| Michael R. Walker | $5,478 | $5,478 | 0% |
| Williams Young & White Farms, Inc. | $5,930 | $5,208 | -12.2% |
| James S. Barbee | $5,772 | $5,060 | -12.3% |
| John D. Raines Jr. | $24,197 | $5,049 | -79.1% |
| W. B. Roberts Jr. | $10,495 | $4,888 | -53.4% |
| Theron Reed | $3,040 | $4,873 | 60.3% |
| Richard Cawley | $34,910 | $4,843 | -86.1% |
| Michael Thomas Martin Sr. | $5,489 | $4,573 | -16.7% |
| William T. McKenzie | $4,541 | $4,541 | 0% |
| Doris D. Bryan | $10,614 | $4,529 | -57.3% |
| Gregory Kirk Gray | $6,181 | $4,478 | -27.6% |
| Raines Farms, LLC | $21,395 | $4,402 | -79.4% |
| Richard Allen Wiggins | $16,193 | $4,220 | -73.9% |
| Don Troy Pierce | $4,483 | $4,107 | -8.4% |
| Saundra S. Pierce | $4,483 | $4,107 | -8.4% |
| Deep Creek Farms, LLC | $3,937 | $3,937 | 0% |
| Doyle F. Lamb | $7,116 | $3,842 | -46% |
| William Jackson Thompson | $14,759 | $3,743 | -74.6% |
| Reeves Farms, LLC | $7,828 | $3,682 | -53% |
| Jonathan Chadwick Walker | $16,809 | $3,498 | -79.2% |
| Eston Freeman Trust | $3,481 | $3,481 | 0% |
| Alan Odom / Odom Apiaries | $6,953 | $3,452 | -50.4% |
| Nick Denham | $23,202 | $3,385 | -85.4% |
| Johnston Hardy Trust | $3,036 | $3,316 | 9.2% |
| Roberts Poultry, Inc. | $3,290 | $3,290 | 0% |
| Amanda Bullington Arant | $6,508 | $3,277 | -49.6% |
| R. C. Lloyd | $3,254 | $3,254 | 0% |
| Ward Farms | $5,862 | $3,216 | -45.1% |
| Mary Diann Rogers | $4,964 | $3,210 | -35.3% |
| Circle S. Farms | $3,096 | $3,096 | 0% |
| William Allen Tompkins Jr. | $3,402 | $3,081 | -9.4% |
| Ralph H. Denham | $3,520 | $3,071 | -12.8% |
| Weyman Evans | $7,209 | $3,012 | -58.2% |
| Beth Smith Blanton | $6,557 | $2,968 | -54.7% |
| King Ranch Farms | $0 | $2,912 | -- |
| Lynn Tanner Odom | $2,884 | $2,884 | 0% |
| Talbert H Dewitt SR Estate | $0 | $2,785 | -- |
| Claude Brock | $5,664 | $2,750 | -51.4% |
| Barbara Ann Perry | $2,655 | $2,655 | 0% |
| Daisy H. Speight | $2,655 | $2,655 | 0% |
| Vivian B. King | $2,608 | $2,608 | 0% |
| Grady Speight | $12,496 | $2,501 | -80% |
| Thomas M. Whittle Jr. | $2,495 | $2,495 | 0% |
| Roger Barry Whitehead | $4,414 | $2,391 | -45.8% |
| James R. McLean | $2,372 | $2,372 | 0% |
| Bruce J. Wynn | $73,522 | $2,370 | -96.8% |
| Brenda J. Roberson | $3,006 | $2,346 | -22% |
| Johnnie Morris Nipper | $4,046 | $2,306 | -43% |
| Johnna H. Story | $2,255 | $2,255 | 0% |
| Kyle Odom | $3,998 | $2,248 | -43.8% |
| Carson Brooks | $13,344 | $2,234 | -83.3% |
| Robert Todd Stephens | $11,132 | $2,095 | -81.2% |
| Jerry Young | $17,967 | $2,018 | -88.8% |
| Melissa A. Crawford | $9,786 | $2,009 | -79.5% |
| Timothy Faircloth | $2,263 | $2,004 | -11.4% |
| Jeffrey R. McKinney | $1,943 | $1,943 | 0% |
| Michael D. McKinney | $1,943 | $1,943 | 0% |
| Ben Shivers | $832 | $1,801 | 116.5% |
| Gary Oliver | $832 | $1,801 | 116.5% |
| Virginia W. McHugh | $0 | $1,703 | -- |
| Dana H. Cheek | $0 | $1,681 | -- |
| Kerri R Chalon, LLC | $1,674 | $1,674 | 0% |
| Daniel Orozco | $7,616 | $1,669 | -78.1% |
| Dan E. Miller | $2,827 | $1,632 | -42.3% |
| The Purvis Living Trust | $1,672 | $1,590 | -4.9% |
| Julie S. McDuffie | $1,574 | $1,574 | 0% |
| Jan P. Taylor | $1,821 | $1,525 | -16.3% |
| Donald Reed | $2,478 | $1,522 | -38.6% |
| Old Smith Farm, LLC | $1,539 | $1,512 | -1.8% |
| Sheran G. Goff | $1,541 | $1,496 | -2.9% |
| Mildred S. Shepherd | $1,792 | $1,471 | -17.9% |
| Parten Pecan Company | $488 | $1,469 | 201% |
| Carl L. Baldwin Sr. | $1,434 | $1,434 | 0% |
| Julie Clements Latham | $1,399 | $1,399 | 0% |
| James Donovan Godwin | $8,624 | $1,347 | -84.4% |
| Nellie Faye Odom | $1,321 | $1,321 | 0% |
| David Williams | $1,376 | $1,266 | -8% |
| Martha Lanelle Faircloth | $1,062 | $1,237 | 16.5% |
| Louise Smith Cleghorn | $5,522 | $1,212 | -78.1% |
| Alan Keith Cawley | $4,901 | $1,204 | -75.4% |
| William T. Carter | $0 | $1,161 | -- |
| Shirley I. Crawford | $1,149 | $1,149 | 0% |
| Rebecca Moore Katz | $4,135 | $1,128 | -72.7% |
| Alexander James Katz | $4,102 | $1,121 | -72.7% |
| Jonathan Lamar Clements | $1,770 | $1,114 | -37.1% |
| Tommy Day | $5,346 | $1,080 | -79.8% |
| Claire Elizabeth Wynn | $0 | $1,045 | -- |
| Mary Grace Hobby | $1,042 | $1,042 | 0% |
| Dan E. Miller Jr. | $4,235 | $995 | -76.5% |
| Cindy T. Farmer | $0 | $994 | -- |
| Paula Jean McQuaig | $2,929 | $972 | -66.8% |
| Jonathon Evans | $5,116 | $959 | -81.3% |
| Patricia C. Owens | $2,371 | $954 | -59.8% |
| David D. Smith | $928 | $928 | 0% |
| Henry P. Cawley Sr. | $2,027 | $907 | -55.3% |
| R. F. Whiddon | $3,520 | $890 | -74.7% |
| Diane Gorday | $877 | $877 | 0% |
| Marion Jackson Phillips | $877 | $877 | 0% |
| David Phillips | $877 | $877 | 0% |
| Christopher Wray Osborne | $1,321 | $876 | -33.7% |
| Dealva D. Freeman | $1,012 | $865 | -14.5% |
| Phillip Andrew Crawford | $2,857 | $835 | -70.8% |
| Barbara Gail R. Baxter | $808 | $808 | 0% |
| Kevin T. Williams | $3,817 | $792 | -79.3% |
| Jason Johnston | $5,046 | $782 | -84.5% |
| James E. Reeves | $821 | $756 | -7.9% |
| Tyler Wray Reid | $620 | $755 | 21.8% |
| Lamar J. Clements | $1,737 | $751 | -56.8% |
| Keith M. Carter | $2,363 | $734 | -68.9% |
| Albert R. Taylor | $2,563 | $726 | -71.7% |
| Billy Branam | $902 | $724 | -19.7% |
| Jimmy Byrd | $722 | $722 | 0% |
| Charles Watson | $9,200 | $710 | -92.3% |
| Wendy Anissa Soles | $2,534 | $709 | -72% |
| Roy Frank Wiley Sr. | $3,584 | $694 | -80.6% |
| Aubrey Gene Hasty Jr. | $662 | $662 | 0% |
| Wallace Jimmy Freeman | $2,160 | $616 | -71.5% |
| Angie L. McDaniel | $2,993 | $605 | -79.8% |
| Donald R West JR | $0 | $601 | -- |
| Jeremy Michael Johnston | $2,818 | $596 | -78.9% |
| Zollie Donahoo Pavlina Revocable Trust | $589 | $589 | 0% |
| Beverly North | $650 | $582 | -10.5% |
| Clinton Brown | $3,076 | $535 | -82.6% |
| Superior Turf, Inc. | $107,407 | $520 | -99.5% |
| Donald Albert Gilder | $497 | $497 | 0% |
| A. J. Myers | $2,233 | $467 | -79.1% |
| Nick L. Alberson | $1,026 | $464 | -54.8% |
| Luke Nesmith | $1,848 | $463 | -74.9% |
| James Alan Tuck | $426 | $426 | 0% |
| William Robby Royal | $420 | $420 | 0% |
| Reinhardt Family PTN | $414 | $414 | 0% |
| Jeff Allan Lamb | $4,301 | $413 | -90.4% |
| Chisum Cattle Company, LLC | $2,728 | $402 | -85.3% |
| Randy Hardy | $1,606 | $400 | -75.1% |
| Barry Dalrymple | $2,534 | $391 | -84.6% |
| Charles Brantley | $1,540 | $371 | -75.9% |
| Aaron M. Moore | $11,309 | $337 | -97% |
| Ashley Brown Moore | $11,309 | $337 | -97% |
| Delores K. Pope | $337 | $337 | 0% |
| Jimmy Nesmith | $1,223 | $332 | -72.9% |
| Russell Gravitt | $315 | $315 | 0% |
| Marc C. Reed | $506 | $312 | -38.3% |
| Jean D. Hardin | $1,056 | $306 | -71% |
| Thomas Eugene Garren | $305 | $305 | 0% |
| Lois P. Bobo | $599 | $293 | -51.1% |
| Shirley P. Brock | $599 | $293 | -51.1% |
| Merilyn Kay Collins | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Stacy Lasseter | $1,301 | $268 | -79.4% |
| Bill Barbee | $248 | $248 | 0% |
| Jackie Townson | $476 | $233 | -51.1% |
| Douglas Gene Barbee | $230 | $230 | 0% |
| Kevin Tyler Lasseter | $1,166 | $207 | -82.2% |
| Thomas D. Cook | $1,166 | $201 | -82.8% |
| Stuart Patrick Jones | $957 | $200 | -79.1% |
| Charles Jimmy Byrd II | $187 | $187 | 0% |
| Eugenia L. Sparks | $213 | $185 | -13.1% |
| Michael Greg Myers | $5,097 | $182 | -96.4% |
| Jennifer Nichole Daughtrey | $169 | $169 | 0% |
| Mirtie Suzetta Britt | $167 | $153 | -8.4% |
| Donna K. Lumpkin | $316 | $143 | -54.7% |
| Timothy Fowler | $402 | $83 | -79.4% |
| Royce Donahoo | $53 | $71 | 34% |
| Johnny Clyde Nelms | $303 | $37 | -87.8% |
| Sandra R. Hill | $3,619 | $13 | -99.6% |
| Beatrice Benavides Vega | $25 | $5 | -80% |
| Betsy Gayle Carswell | $14,684 | $0 | -100% |
| Dana L Whiddon Tanglewood Trees and Bees | $102 | $0 | -100% |
| Deep Creek Investment Company, LLC | $11,889 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald W. Selph | $429 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank T. Doss | $272 | $0 | -100% |
| Josh Shiver | $7,213 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard H. McNair | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Earl Youngblood | $105,744 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Parten | $1,495 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell John Pankievich | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Sakina McCloud | $2,166 | $0 | -100% |
| Stacy D. Selph | $2,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Z Whiddon Zachs Bees | $102 | $0 | -100% |
| Eugene Milton Reeves | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| First Fruit Farms, LLC | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis J. Rich | $4 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen A. Rogers Sr. | $239 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Michael Evans | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| John C. Hickman III | $1,356 | $0 | -100% |
| Marjorie Freeman | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew S. Wynn | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Newton Duggan Fiveash | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Randi Hickman | $1,356 | $0 | -100% |
| Robbie B. Bullington | $1,853 | $0 | -100% |
| William N. Lumpkin | $2,059 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $12,216,122 | $6,576,256 | -46.2% |
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