Quantcast

South Georgia Times

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Farm subsidies plummet in 2021 across cities in Lowndes County

Webp tractor1

Adobe Stock

Adobe Stock

Farms throughout cities in Lowndes County received $7.5 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 281 farmers in cities within Lowndes County received a total of $3.4 million in 395 farm subsidies, a 68.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $10.9 million in 765 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 Lowndes County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Randal B. Dowdy$409,076$276,215-32.5%
Julius Thomas Southall III$549,621$273,394-50.3%
Danya Drew Miller$279,841$192,839-31.1%
James D. Drew$249,473$187,483-24.8%
Haynes M. Studstill$165,504$139,334-15.8%
Justin D. Studstill$165,384$139,334-15.8%
Danny G. Herring$196,497$107,468-45.3%
Joey Herring$196,497$107,468-45.3%
Melinda H. Lightsey$221,608$102,262-53.9%
Danny Swilley$159,656$80,408-49.6%
Cranford Branch, LLC$96,504$75,976-21.3%
Dell Ryan Highsmith$36,947$70,58091%
Ronald Highsmith$34,160$62,58883.2%
Lake Park Sod, LLC$0$61,814--
Davis Organics, LLC$0$59,508--
Jeffrey L. Tillman$105,018$57,858-44.9%
Lynn Tillman$105,018$57,858-44.9%
GTB Farms, LLC$175,576$57,192-67.4%
Rogers and Son, Inc.$0$52,875--
DMS Trucking, Inc.$0$52,875--
Johnny O. Swilley$97,917$51,831-47.1%
Stanley Corbett Farms, LLC$284,305$38,480-86.5%
Luther J. Cole$72,466$36,516-49.6%
Tim Swilley$95,224$36,419-61.8%
Jim Gay$75,234$34,066-54.7%
Fairacres Farms, Inc.$30,686$31,4122.4%
River Bottom Farms$348,922$27,644-92.1%
Tycor Farms, LLC$538,125$27,370-94.9%
Blackwater Cattle Company, LLC$99,227$25,944-73.9%
Corey Millirons$70,638$21,303-69.8%
Freddy Millirons$69,775$21,120-69.7%
Jennett Farm, LLC$55,706$20,746-62.8%
A & M Plantation, LLC$19,897$19,8970%
Sally Paulk$18,025$19,4638%
John Kevin Swilley$51,592$18,732-63.7%
Coon Creek, LLC$18,460$18,4600%
John E. Fulp$26,143$18,223-30.3%
S W Bell JR Family Trust$15,918$17,64310.8%
Douglas Battle$43,166$16,181-62.5%
HSP, LLC$187,431$15,226-91.9%
Justin Hart$77,616$15,127-80.5%
Bryan Peters$41,655$14,201-65.9%
David Wayne O'Neal$11,224$14,08625.5%
James D. Croft$36,834$13,515-63.3%
Ellis Black$29,768$13,486-54.7%
Bradywood Plantation, LLC$12,149$12,1490%
Wendy Tatum$24,944$11,276-54.8%
Lone Oak, LLLP$11,598$10,558-9%
Bobby E. Exum$16,724$10,295-38.4%
Carolyn Southall$22,567$10,213-54.7%
Drew Young McDaniel$21,818$10,004-54.1%
David Corbett Farms, LLC$189,201$9,512-95%
F & D Farms, LLC$52,953$9,444-82.2%
Jeffery B. Lane$10,680$9,345-12.5%
Grand Bay Company$9,205$9,2050%
Hidden River Farms, LLC$220,400$9,190-95.8%
Deloach Cattle Company, LLC$2,505$9,128264.4%
Dusty Cone Farms, LLC$99,877$8,956-91%
Robert Terry Clark$15,987$8,581-46.3%
Jerry W. Lupo$8,622$8,212-4.8%
TFK, Inc.$16,440$7,905-51.9%
Sandra Daugharty$7,850$7,722-1.6%
WLM Assets, LLLP$7,544$7,5440%
Lamon Farms$18,525$7,353-60.3%
Little River Farms of Hahira, LLC$6,171$7,26417.7%
C Simmie King$18,255$7,259-60.2%
George M. Saliba$7,623$7,229-5.2%
Hutchinson Heritage Farms, LLC$7,128$7,1280%
Roger Dale Weaver$13,231$7,086-46.4%
John H. Cooper Jr.$7,152$7,051-1.4%
Sue C. Chancy$6,702$6,7020%
Brooklen Plantation, LLC$6,466$6,4660%
J. M. Thompson$6,458$5,941-8%
Katherine V. Sims$5,521$5,5210%
F. W. Atkinson III$5,389$5,3890%
Lester S. Taylor$16,914$5,381-68.2%
Brant Lewis McDonald$10,844$5,321-50.9%
Fred M. Wetherington$157,698$5,293-96.6%
Albert Copeland$7,235$5,283-27%
Kevin L. Coggins$73,199$5,106-93%
Danny L. Lowery$4,462$5,08814%
Murray Staten Farms, LLLP$5,051$5,0510%
Dianna A. Vines$7,089$5,009-29.3%
Howard-Wilder, LLC$8,617$4,914-43%
Jeffrey Lee Stalvey$0$4,900--
Santa F. Deas$19,899$4,797-75.9%
Clarence D. Joiner$13,103$4,761-63.7%
Dolores Zipperer$4,697$4,628-1.5%
James L. Respess III$4,304$4,3040%
Michael J. Swails$1,657$4,298159.4%
Mark Vann$15,034$4,216-72%
Danny R. Daugharty$6,662$3,912-41.3%
Killgore Farms, LLC$45,788$3,806-91.7%
Warness Register$7,366$3,784-48.6%
William Q. Touchton Jr.$5,264$3,757-28.6%
Mike J. Coggins$11,836$3,743-68.4%
Raymond J. Folsom$3,720$3,7200%
John P. Rentz$3,702$3,7020%
Shannon Turner$3,624$3,6240%
Christopher Ray Stokes$3,321$3,4955.2%
Felton L. Coggins$6,567$3,433-47.7%
Rodney V. Cain$0$3,410--
Alva Winston Eason$3,391$3,3910%
WCJW Farms, LLC$3,382$3,3820%
Mark S. Rogers$2,172$3,34654.1%
Dean R. Rexroth$4,449$3,339-24.9%
Jimmy Fisher$3,329$3,3290%
Shelton Land Company, Inc.$3,212$3,2120%
Joyce D. Walker$3,205$3,2050%
Kathryn H. Bell$3,198$3,1980%
Wayne R. Bell$3,198$3,1980%
Darius J. Everett$5,013$3,106-38%
Elizabeth Smith Cooper$3,112$3,090-0.7%
Glenn Thomas O'Neal$16,999$3,070-81.9%
Bar H Cattle Company, LLC$8,020$3,019-62.4%
Mattie Sue C Smith - 108 CLD, LLC$3,417$3,009-11.9%
Pineland Farms, LLC$2,968$2,9680%
Kenneth Harbin$2,798$2,7980%
Marshall R. Bennett Jr.$8,600$2,764-67.9%
Turner Family Investments/LP$2,764$2,7640%
Patricia Lester$15,854$2,673-83.1%
Claire M. Knight$0$2,619--
Stephen C. Wood$1,287$2,574100%
James W. Bearden$10,945$2,511-77.1%
Charles F. Flythe$2,488$2,4880%
Laura C. Flythe$2,488$2,4880%
Adam J. Rice$0$2,448--
Sally Mason$2,433$2,4330%
Larry Downing$2,354$2,3540%
Susie Anne Lineberger$0$2,354--
Joel Pitts$5,520$2,334-57.7%
Chester Duane Melton$1,144$2,28699.8%
Donna M. Carmon$1,922$2,23716.4%
Bart Butler$15,956$2,079-87%
Bart Butler$15,956$2,079-87%
Barry Braun, M.D.$7,183$2,074-71.1%
Maston Ware Godwin Jr.$2,510$2,074-17.4%
Larry Wisenbaker$2,040$2,0400%
Keith Bryan Adams$1,992$1,9920%
Herndon & Son Farm, Inc.$21,374$1,979-90.7%
Carter-Kinard, LLLP$1,940$1,9400%
David Wayne Adams$1,934$1,9340%
Derrick L. Dawson Sr.$4,212$1,877-55.4%
William K. Barrett$1,994$1,870-6.2%
Herndon-Lee Farms, LLC$1,860$1,8600%
Thad Heaney$7,756$1,792-76.9%
Dennis A. Tomlinson$6,204$1,781-71.3%
Cristi L. Godwin$2,660$1,718-35.4%
Jesse F. Parker Jr.$7,403$1,700-77%
Bryan L. Sermons$11,206$1,663-85.2%
Doran D. Bland$11,858$1,657-86%
Lpalm, LLC$1,642$1,6430.1%
James White Jr.$0$1,616--
John S. Quarterman$1,614$1,6140%
James R. Miller$2,804$1,567-44.1%
Hugh Byron Cargile$5,467$1,565-71.4%
Donald Culpepper$6,052$1,514-75%
Gainus Carter$5,952$1,450-75.6%
David J. Pike$5,579$1,413-74.7%
Ricky Bennett$10,624$1,384-87%
Laura Catherine Blanton$938$1,35144%
Raymond Blanton$938$1,35144%
Margie Lynn Dasher$0$1,339--
Mickey Dean McMillan$0$1,320--
Bahnsen Fam Trustee Leeanne Bahnsen Ttee$1,882$1,312-30.3%
BC May Farms, LLC$0$1,310--
Katharine W. Owens$1,301$1,3010%
Craig Steven Delk$2,241$1,281-42.8%
Stanley Bo Corbett$15,484$1,279-91.7%
Michael T. Lee$1,275$1,2750%
John K. Stacks$1,264$1,2640%
Richard D. Rogers$6,424$1,263-80.3%
Andy E. Carter$4,246$1,261-70.3%
Double Naught Farms, LLC$1,878$1,219-35.1%
David Sermons$1,497$1,204-19.6%
Sonny Paulk$1,439$1,201-16.5%
Tamara Thomas$1,187$1,1870%
Jackie W. Vann$885$1,18033.3%
William R. McCurdy Jr.$3,644$1,163-68.1%
James D. Carroll Jr.$6,675$1,127-83.1%
Jerry W. Arnold$2,024$1,105-45.4%
Robert O. Zipperer$1,068$1,0680%
Kathy Adkins$0$1,021--
Peggy Love Bennett$1,507$975-35.3%
Edwin L. Lamb$1,096$971-11.4%
Thomas G. Cothron Jr.$5,821$961-83.5%
Janet Hattermann$1,764$953-46%
Thomas D. Newbern$1,948$953-51.1%
Mark T. Stalvey$6,952$944-86.4%
Margaret W. O'Berry$944$9440%
Fletcher Family Trust$1,023$941-8%
Wendell Stephens$2,541$918-63.9%
Shelby K. Corbett$7,375$890-87.9%
Robert W. Davis$0$884--
Ashley Michelle Burkett$880$8800%
John F. Shelton$4,323$866-80%
Alice Marie Carter$3,845$848-77.9%
Chad V. Rogers$4,048$848-79.1%
Jackie Crawford$5,010$848-83.1%
Roscoe James Thornhill$3,806$840-77.9%
Peggy H. Adams$839$8390%
Samantha Jones Mercer$825$8250%
Elizabeth B. Dodds$814$8140%
Delmas Joseph Stalvey$0$797--
Kenneth M. Morey$3,331$778-76.6%
Nell C. Hughes$0$770--
Edgar D. Miles III$5,157$760-85.3%
Arletha Sermons$752$7520%
Kenneth Gerald Coggins$4,334$746-82.8%
South Georgia Farms, Inc.$555$74033.3%
Charles Ward Jr.$1,871$737-60.6%
Michael Lamar Ward$1,101$737-33.1%
Hal Ives Harwell$735$7350%
Newbern Timberland Company, LLC$1,525$724-52.5%
Richard E. Copeland$8,833$724-91.8%
Steven Vandermeid$0$713--
Mary Lou Carter$2,772$686-75.3%
Flythe Real Estate Partners, LLLP$686$6860%
Bonnie Ward$1,289$682-47.1%
Edward R. Cannington$1,881$670-64.4%
Gary O'Neal$3,154$660-79.1%
James Frank Jenkins Jr.$1,188$660-44.4%
Paula W. Willis$8,094$643-92.1%
Collins Girls, LLC$0$626--
Dianna J. Teter$0$616--
Anthony S. Bullard$1,414$611-56.8%
Albert Copeland Jr.$0$581--
William D. Luke Jr.$3,679$580-84.2%
Jerome Turner$578$5780%
Larry Kinsey$2,486$573-77%
Greg B. Kirk$564$5640%
Gayla's Grits, LLC$2,299$560-75.6%
Mary Elaine Southall$2,585$551-78.7%
Pamela G. Summers$47$5491,068.1%
Stephen Zipperer$2,743$549-80%
Vicki M. Crump$2,233$525-76.5%
Paula A. Fricker$1,346$522-61.2%
Deborah C. Whittington$520$5200%
Ken J. Carter$2,607$519-80.1%
John Paul Vickers$3,603$515-85.7%
Buie Jeffery Rowan$2,290$514-77.6%
Glenn D. Rowland$2,956$510-82.7%
Clay Parker$3,242$482-85.1%
Clay Louis Corbett$958$480-49.9%
Cody Moore Corbett$958$480-49.9%
Amanda B. Hiers$1,683$478-71.6%
Ruben Battle$1,309$476-63.6%
Billy Culpepper$2,173$470-78.4%
James Fleming Williams$0$461--
Boone Company, Inc.$1,815$458-74.8%
Christopher Ashley Goolsby$2,277$453-80.1%
Ulysee Williams$2,266$450-80.1%
Ralph and Danny Daugharty$1,264$448-64.6%
Albert L. Stokes Sr.$2,584$405-84.3%
Charles George Newbern$0$385--
Connie M. Williams$1,309$380-71%
Rebecca G. Johnson$1,683$373-77.8%
DRY River Farms, LLC$0$368--
Heath Hingson$720$343-52.4%
John Bush$1,717$333-80.6%
Harry L. Bennett$1,144$325-71.6%
Charles Miley$3,269$322-90.1%
Mary L. Snyder$716$313-56.3%
Laverne S. Carter$3,035$310-89.8%
Edward D. Collier Jr.$770$308-60%
James M. Hutton$314$291-7.3%
Fran M. Upchurch$462$283-38.7%
Bobby Wetherington$1,601$272-83%
Lendy Rogers$3,931$239-93.9%
Marcus Campbell$495$218-56%
Daniel W. Deaver$756$212-72%
Benny North$2,053$188-90.8%
Walton Kirk Lineberger$0$183--
Woodrow Clemons$367$166-54.8%
Cindy Mayers Vedas$213$165-22.5%
Joe Register$597$156-73.9%
Joseph Edwin Stith$2,970$154-94.8%
Fay H Schartel$196$117-40.3%
Caesar Battle$528$83-84.3%
Jerry & Robin Enterprises, Inc.$61$8234.4%
Kimberly C. Fussell$0$38--
Alan D. Taylor$1,598$0-100%
Annie Jane Folsom Revocable Trust$3,117$0-100%
Wetherington B. G. L. P. Farms$199,980$0-100%
Carolyn A. Roddey$663$0-100%
Charles H. Hall$532$0-100%
Cory Oglesby$3,066$0-100%
Don Darby$937$0-100%
EBNJ Investments, LLC$8,235$0-100%
Hahira Nursery, Inc.$73,923$0-100%
Jerry Lane$15,870$0-100%
John E. Cooper$1,318$0-100%
Johnnie B. Sermons III$6,837$0-100%
Kirby E. Tucker$3,840$0-100%
Lee Ann Giles$565$0-100%
Matthew Williams Jr.$80$0-100%
Montine F Wood$1,287$0-100%
Norman Bennett$3,516$0-100%
Robert D Mcmillan Living Trust$6,736$0-100%
Timothy H. Tyson$550$0-100%
Vickers Family Land Company, LLLP$3,664$0-100%
Walter E. Tucker$3,840$0-100%
Barbara C. Coggins$5,390$0-100%
Benjamin Herring$63,581$0-100%
Corbett Brothers Farms, LLC$500,000$0-100%
Courson Farms, LLC$118,270$0-100%
Dee Ritter Jr.$250,000$0-100%
DLC Investments Limited$230,905$0-100%
Devane E. Ritter Sr.$34,373$0-100%
EDR Farms, LLC$47,450$0-100%
Edward A. Carter$30,028$0-100%
Ethan Cole Davis$108$0-100%
G & D Farms, LLC$1,530$0-100%
Herring Farms, Inc.$500,000$0-100%
James M. Coggins II$385$0-100%
Jerry W. Carter$1,155$0-100%
Jimmy M. Carter$550$0-100%
Judy Corbett$498$0-100%
Julie Vickers Ritter$250,000$0-100%
Kameron Coggins-Harwell$385$0-100%
Ken Corbett Farms, LLC$250,000$0-100%
Landon Herring$63,581$0-100%
Marshall Hughes$139$0-100%
Mary Laquita Johnson$13,836$0-100%
John R. Avera$1,732$0-100%
S & S Blueberries, LLC$7,352$0-100%
Samuel D. Herring$63,581$0-100%
Alma Berry's, LLC$180,423$0-100%
Alma Berrys 2, LLC$53,828$0-100%
Ann D. McLain$2,840$0-100%
B. J. Watkins$2,750$0-100%
Big Creek, Inc.$88,014$0-100%
Blues Brothers Farms, LLC$1,893$0-100%
Brenda Mclain Walton$132$0-100%
Carroll Crawford$660$0-100%
Charles Davis$523$0-100%
Charles R. Josey$262$0-100%
Charles W. Foster$1,045$0-100%
CJG Farm, LLC$1,737$0-100%
Daniel Thad Mitchell$2,860$0-100%
Delia C. Arnold$663$0-100%
Demond Wilson$3,025$0-100%
Donald L. Crawford$2,098$0-100%
Eleanor R. Palmer$80$0-100%
Estate of Margie Lineberger Dasher$2,610$0-100%
Evelyn G. Weaver$3,324$0-100%
Gilbert M. Brantley$715$0-100%
Greg L. Prine$27,170$0-100%
Horne Legacy Farms, LLC$1,594$0-100%
Jennifer M. Carter$141,094$0-100%
Jerry Eugene Williams$5,712$0-100%
Joel Hunnicutt$536$0-100%
Loyce Turner$1,486$0-100%
Marilyn D. Willis$360$0-100%
Phillip Feinberg$275$0-100%
R & S Berry's Naylor, LLC$50,176$0-100%
Rackley Farm, LLC$1,305$0-100%
Sephas Craig Craven$68$0-100%
Traycee F Martin$116,699$0-100%
Walton T. Lineberger$2,458$0-100%
Walton T Lineberger Estate$2,758$0-100%
William E. Holland$5,898$0-100%
Willie C. Woods$345$0-100%
Y. F. Carter III$825$0-100%
Total subsidies$10,888,625$3,390,081-68.9%

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS