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In 2021, 270 farmers in cities within Cherokee County received a total of $1.1 million in 290 farm subsidies, a 76.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.4 million in 641 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 Cherokee County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Dyess | $239,163 | $124,612 | -47.9% |
| Cherokee Dairy, LLC | $234,020 | $120,725 | -48.4% |
| William Paul Gates | $11,044 | $55,673 | 404.1% |
| Kynda Annettee Trim | $0 | $50,406 | -- |
| Tarver Trucking | $0 | $35,309 | -- |
| Larrison Creek Farms, L.L.C. | $0 | $32,016 | -- |
| Royce Williams | $401,211 | $26,254 | -93.5% |
| Charlie Fred Wallace | $110,946 | $25,204 | -77.3% |
| Kevin Blackwell | $135,854 | $22,964 | -83.1% |
| Forrest Dyess Jv | $135,344 | $21,552 | -84.1% |
| Doug Hassell | $99,812 | $17,198 | -82.8% |
| Richburg Cattle, LLC | $14,496 | $15,356 | 5.9% |
| Rodney and Cathy Newman Dairy | $95,644 | $14,944 | -84.4% |
| Larry Joe Bailey | $17,778 | $13,162 | -26% |
| Patrick Fonti Reagan | $46,868 | $12,455 | -73.4% |
| Roy G. Walley | $119,779 | $10,883 | -90.9% |
| The Van Vu | $0 | $10,394 | -- |
| Curtis McKnight | $92,470 | $10,050 | -89.1% |
| B & H Cattle | $48,666 | $9,982 | -79.5% |
| Bolton Cattle Company, LLC | $92,317 | $9,017 | -90.2% |
| Rickie R. Sorrell | $51,597 | $7,913 | -84.7% |
| Larry Woodard | $7,577 | $7,577 | 0% |
| West SKY Investments | $16,005 | $7,228 | -54.8% |
| Randy Tennison | $44,581 | $7,058 | -84.2% |
| Tony Langston | $0 | $7,018 | -- |
| Richard H Gresham | $181,734 | $6,834 | -96.2% |
| Frances J. Jeter | $0 | $6,707 | -- |
| 5P Farms, Inc. | $36,432 | $6,581 | -81.9% |
| Todd Travis | $27,626 | $5,590 | -79.8% |
| Kenny L. Derrington | $4,606 | $5,546 | 20.4% |
| James Hayden Newman | $27,394 | $5,384 | -80.3% |
| Harry's Building Materials, Inc. | $23,034 | $5,361 | -76.7% |
| Daniel Moore | $0 | $5,170 | -- |
| Michael Joe Parsley | $39,350 | $4,801 | -87.8% |
| Lisa Cummings | $18,991 | $4,753 | -75% |
| James Michael Tarrant | $24,576 | $4,673 | -81% |
| Randy Low | $18,425 | $4,672 | -74.6% |
| Rocky G. Lankford | $21,816 | $4,669 | -78.6% |
| Boyd Lee Robinson Jr. | $17,446 | $4,596 | -73.7% |
| Larry D. Smith | $37,840 | $4,585 | -87.9% |
| Edward Gary Lewis | $0 | $4,510 | -- |
| James Bates | $17,818 | $4,252 | -76.1% |
| Andrew C. Grammer | $17,842 | $4,055 | -77.3% |
| Joy W. Hammons | $15,532 | $3,906 | -74.9% |
| Mark Welch Dairy | $22,297 | $3,829 | -82.8% |
| Rubenington S Dyess | $20,433 | $3,770 | -81.5% |
| Daniel R. Haggard | $7,458 | $3,753 | -49.7% |
| Justin Matejka | $21,920 | $3,622 | -83.5% |
| Jack Kenneth Richardson Jr. | $3,665 | $3,618 | -1.3% |
| Robert Lance Philbrick | $22,784 | $3,605 | -84.2% |
| Boyd Robinson | $67,590 | $3,586 | -94.7% |
| Mark Ousley | $16,610 | $3,528 | -78.8% |
| Byron Carpenter | $24,860 | $3,508 | -85.9% |
| James T. Hall | $7,491 | $3,506 | -53.2% |
| Simon Richard Womack | $15,422 | $3,406 | -77.9% |
| Brandon Joe Bannister | $26,382 | $3,305 | -87.5% |
| Michael G. Stanley | $14,872 | $3,298 | -77.8% |
| Russell Craig Shuptrine | $20,015 | $3,214 | -83.9% |
| Patrick Ezell | $7,821 | $3,104 | -60.3% |
| Chuck Gabbert | $14,056 | $3,078 | -78.1% |
| 3 S Cattle | $9,625 | $3,019 | -68.6% |
| Rickey L. Brown | $29,524 | $3,002 | -89.8% |
| Bill McKnight | $18,073 | $2,999 | -83.4% |
| Billy J. McCutcheon | $13,806 | $2,978 | -78.4% |
| Weldon Taylor | $2,145 | $2,948 | 37.4% |
| James L. Blankinship | $15,213 | $2,913 | -80.9% |
| James Kris Holman | $25,063 | $2,898 | -88.4% |
| Michael Walley | $11,462 | $2,820 | -75.4% |
| Dustin Gene Kennedy | $20,704 | $2,720 | -86.9% |
| W. C. Hodges | $12,577 | $2,692 | -78.6% |
| Bradley W. Morton | $12,889 | $2,629 | -79.6% |
| Mark Gaylon Hopper | $11,253 | $2,621 | -76.7% |
| Kenneth Hicks | $12,589 | $2,601 | -79.3% |
| Laura Christine Bolinger | $10,300 | $2,508 | -75.7% |
| Joseph D. Davenport | $10,704 | $2,491 | -76.7% |
| Cole Emerson | $13,860 | $2,464 | -82.2% |
| Paul Samuel Nations | $12,325 | $2,462 | -80% |
| Gary Tullis | $11,077 | $2,388 | -78.4% |
| Jim Edward Perry | $8,518 | $2,310 | -72.9% |
| Joe D. Smith | $11,198 | $2,278 | -79.7% |
| Robby Clinton Gunter | $11,745 | $2,255 | -80.8% |
| Justin Holman | $9,801 | $2,202 | -77.5% |
| Glyn A. Dotson | $11,330 | $2,161 | -80.9% |
| Keith Kennedy | $8,029 | $2,142 | -73.3% |
| Steven D. Daniel | $8,481 | $2,130 | -74.9% |
| Jody Lee Dyess | $9,231 | $2,070 | -77.6% |
| Opal Faye Cariker | $11,581 | $2,068 | -82.1% |
| William M. Holland | $3,507 | $2,047 | -41.6% |
| Luke Dement | $12,800 | $2,032 | -84.1% |
| Raymon W Binky Johnson | $5,247 | $2,025 | -61.4% |
| Dominy Farm, Inc. | $68,220 | $1,988 | -97.1% |
| James Scott Munsell | $10,043 | $1,986 | -80.2% |
| Angela Kay Landrum | $13,220 | $1,944 | -85.3% |
| Tony Murray | $8,577 | $1,919 | -77.6% |
| Michael Duane Blackmon | $9,418 | $1,902 | -79.8% |
| Kathleen J. Abbott | $9,930 | $1,889 | -81% |
| Billy Lankford | $8,891 | $1,876 | -78.9% |
| Patrick Tanner Ezell | $4,917 | $1,873 | -61.9% |
| James C. Tennison | $10,350 | $1,849 | -82.1% |
| Jerry Todd | $12,822 | $1,842 | -85.6% |
| Tommy Clinton Gunter | $22,299 | $1,837 | -91.8% |
| Bobbie Simpson | $7,689 | $1,829 | -76.2% |
| Craig R. Weaver | $7,851 | $1,803 | -77% |
| Allan Hawkins | $11,185 | $1,771 | -84.2% |
| Charles L. Jasper | $9,236 | $1,766 | -80.9% |
| Steve R. Killion | $5,287 | $1,743 | -67% |
| Gayle Lynn Parsons | $8,173 | $1,741 | -78.7% |
| Bill Poteet | $4,422 | $1,696 | -61.6% |
| Ross K. Hicks | $4,455 | $1,693 | -62% |
| Jason Wayne Powell | $7,095 | $1,664 | -76.5% |
| Adam Kent Traylor | $1,485 | $1,661 | 11.9% |
| Dallas Michael Robertson | $19,433 | $1,625 | -91.6% |
| Jacksonville College | $3,684 | $1,578 | -57.2% |
| John Barber JR | $7,856 | $1,547 | -80.3% |
| Rodney Williams | $99,054 | $1,527 | -98.5% |
| John Dixon | $3,795 | $1,522 | -59.9% |
| Emil John Nentwig | $3,663 | $1,515 | -58.6% |
| Odis Echols | $4,924 | $1,484 | -69.9% |
| Ira Lee Stephens | $3,326 | $1,481 | -55.5% |
| Dawn E. Russell | $6,516 | $1,417 | -78.3% |
| Kimberly Scott | $25,826 | $1,416 | -94.5% |
| Clint Jenkins | $6,774 | $1,384 | -79.6% |
| Anthony J. Easley | $0 | $1,375 | -- |
| John K. Griffith | $6,438 | $1,372 | -78.7% |
| Michael J. Tarrant | $8,513 | $1,363 | -84% |
| Jerome Hughes | $4,200 | $1,342 | -68% |
| John David Dyess Jr. | $6,529 | $1,332 | -79.6% |
| Jay Jones | $22,633 | $1,331 | -94.1% |
| Herschel W. Garner | $3,531 | $1,323 | -62.5% |
| Theodore Conrad | $0 | $1,320 | -- |
| Garry G. Clem | $10,971 | $1,308 | -88.1% |
| Foster Orin McWhorter | $11,378 | $1,294 | -88.6% |
| Lee Lewis Slider | $3,486 | $1,234 | -64.6% |
| Nicholas Colt McCormack | $6,505 | $1,233 | -81% |
| James Oscar Greenwood | $5,148 | $1,232 | -76.1% |
| Adam Hicks | $8,571 | $1,230 | -85.6% |
| Harold Lea Dement | $5,493 | $1,228 | -77.6% |
| Lewie Orville Lake | $5,933 | $1,221 | -79.4% |
| Roy C. Traylor | $4,384 | $1,200 | -72.6% |
| Darvin L. Collins | $6,092 | $1,192 | -80.4% |
| Roger Taylor | $5,302 | $1,182 | -77.7% |
| Keith Brooks | $5,203 | $1,145 | -78% |
| Rickey Nolan Collins | $2,211 | $1,125 | -49.1% |
| Mike Byrd | $5,610 | $1,122 | -80% |
| David Wayne Gentry | $5,379 | $1,114 | -79.3% |
| Jerry Wayne Lusk | $3,666 | $1,112 | -69.7% |
| Randall L. Chandler | $7,111 | $1,107 | -84.4% |
| Francisco Torres | $6,871 | $1,093 | -84.1% |
| Logan Cook | $5,654 | $1,082 | -80.9% |
| Travis Glover | $4,422 | $1,066 | -75.9% |
| John L. Emerson Jr. | $4,486 | $1,023 | -77.2% |
| Ricki D. Marshall Sr. | $6,070 | $986 | -83.8% |
| Brandon Wade Powell | $5,214 | $976 | -81.3% |
| Charles Ray Flowers | $4,301 | $951 | -77.9% |
| Cynthia Hicks | $1,922 | $922 | -52% |
| Jessie Alvarez | $4,412 | $907 | -79.4% |
| Brad Welch | $6,151 | $892 | -85.5% |
| Barry Craig Autry | $1,947 | $884 | -54.6% |
| Floyd Anthony Franklin | $3,707 | $878 | -76.3% |
| Steve Grimes | $3,953 | $869 | -78% |
| Michael Tugwell | $4,345 | $865 | -80.1% |
| Jordan C. Powell | $4,246 | $858 | -79.8% |
| Jacob Newman | $3,685 | $840 | -77.2% |
| Stuart McAnally | $2,046 | $824 | -59.7% |
| Jimmy Walley | $1,947 | $823 | -57.7% |
| Jane Barrow | $3,697 | $812 | -78% |
| Erin Paige Glover | $7,877 | $805 | -89.8% |
| Leslie Cook | $5,500 | $796 | -85.5% |
| Jeanie L. Swink | $2,871 | $794 | -72.3% |
| Keith Jackson | $3,375 | $792 | -76.5% |
| Larry P. Harmon | $3,487 | $782 | -77.6% |
| Brent Eugene Dickson | $3,916 | $778 | -80.1% |
| Lance Crisp | $5,694 | $776 | -86.4% |
| Gustin Trent Byers | $3,263 | $756 | -76.8% |
| Glenn L. Smith | $2,849 | $744 | -73.9% |
| Clarence W. Williams | $2,904 | $744 | -74.4% |
| Linda F. Skinner | $3,113 | $730 | -76.5% |
| Fred C. George | $1,617 | $722 | -55.3% |
| Wanda B. Choate | $4,041 | $713 | -82.4% |
| James M. Walley | $3,641 | $708 | -80.6% |
| Christopher Lynn Hudnall | $1,985 | $694 | -65% |
| Bruce G. Mehlenbacher | $1,617 | $692 | -57.2% |
| Bobby Tarrant | $5,608 | $689 | -87.7% |
| Barry Gill | $1,749 | $678 | -61.2% |
| James A. McCarty | $3,355 | $672 | -80% |
| Phillip Waldrup | $3,747 | $668 | -82.2% |
| Linda Cotten | $0 | $661 | -- |
| John Michael Mascorro | $3,770 | $658 | -82.5% |
| Johnathan David Hughes | $2,651 | $642 | -75.8% |
| Donna R. Townsend | $2,723 | $638 | -76.6% |
| James E. Slovacek | $3,039 | $630 | -79.3% |
| Connie Foreman | $3,095 | $622 | -79.9% |
| Michael Wayne Batton | $2,706 | $602 | -77.8% |
| Lucas Smith | $4,656 | $596 | -87.2% |
| Shannon O. Ezell | $2,040 | $588 | -71.2% |
| Howard Kline | $3,270 | $588 | -82% |
| Teresa Jane Gibson | $1,221 | $587 | -51.9% |
| Bryan Wade McKinney | $3,421 | $585 | -82.9% |
| Gregory S. Wade | $3,377 | $580 | -82.8% |
| William James Dickson Jr. | $2,277 | $580 | -74.5% |
| Zane Jay McDonald | $2,805 | $561 | -80% |
| Donald E. Elmer Jr. | $1,287 | $560 | -56.5% |
| Gayle Hancock | $1,518 | $558 | -63.2% |
| Kade Logan Griffith | $2,332 | $550 | -76.4% |
| R. H. Slider | $9,526 | $539 | -94.3% |
| Tracy R. Clements | $3,234 | $537 | -83.4% |
| Chad Walley | $2,596 | $530 | -79.6% |
| Karen L. Murray | $990 | $520 | -47.5% |
| Humberto Moreira | $2,244 | $518 | -76.9% |
| Kelly W. Traylor | $2,764 | $515 | -81.4% |
| Anthony Thomas Munsinger Sr. | $2,090 | $501 | -76% |
| Brent Walley | $2,244 | $477 | -78.7% |
| Steve P. Comte | $1,639 | $473 | -71.1% |
| Nina Emerson | $2,514 | $470 | -81.3% |
| Eddie W. Lumpkins | $4,275 | $467 | -89.1% |
| Michael Lance Tugwell | $4,733 | $467 | -90.1% |
| Rodney Paul Wallace | $1,958 | $463 | -76.4% |
| Luis Rico Servin | $1,975 | $460 | -76.7% |
| Paul Traylor | $5,900 | $460 | -92.2% |
| Davalin Eugene Gunter | $4,265 | $450 | -89.4% |
| Bon C. Jackson | $1,089 | $446 | -59% |
| Larry Daniels | $2,634 | $446 | -83.1% |
| Bobby J. Rape | $2,549 | $433 | -83% |
| Klashun Burdett Ragsdale | $1,540 | $431 | -72% |
| Jacob E. Crowley | $2,476 | $422 | -83% |
| Bart C. Bauer | $1,936 | $419 | -78.4% |
| Billy W. Sessions | $891 | $414 | -53.5% |
| Jennifer J. Glover | $2,376 | $414 | -82.6% |
| W. N. Edwards Jr. | $957 | $408 | -57.4% |
| Leo Jarrell Morton | $1,760 | $405 | -77% |
| Cornella Busby | $966 | $375 | -61.2% |
| William L. Kimbrell | $1,551 | $374 | -75.9% |
| James Kenneth McKnight | $1,611 | $370 | -77% |
| Duane Waldrup | $1,331 | $353 | -73.5% |
| Danny M. Dixon | $1,298 | $352 | -72.9% |
| Jessie Johnson | $1,335 | $349 | -73.9% |
| William R. Brooks | $759 | $346 | -54.4% |
| Travis Thompson | $1,335 | $339 | -74.6% |
| Marvin Weeks | $825 | $339 | -58.9% |
| Matthew D. Gunter | $2,361 | $335 | -85.8% |
| James Gilbreth | $0 | $321 | -- |
| Alberta Jones | $1,155 | $314 | -72.8% |
| Elton McCann | $1,012 | $307 | -69.7% |
| Terry L. Arrington | $2,049 | $301 | -85.3% |
| Kristopher C. Holman | $21,133 | $287 | -98.6% |
| Jorge Tavera | $1,239 | $284 | -77.1% |
| Linda Fielhaber | $2,557 | $284 | -88.9% |
| Larry D. Gunter | $1,662 | $280 | -83.2% |
| Derek Lee Arrington | $1,674 | $277 | -83.5% |
| Kevin Wade Arrington | $1,798 | $270 | -85% |
| Benjamin C. Johnson | $1,210 | $263 | -78.3% |
| Kellie S. Wilcox | $831 | $256 | -69.2% |
| Roger L. Boykin | $594 | $249 | -58.1% |
| Floyd H. Couch | $913 | $235 | -74.3% |
| Jarrell Bradley Morton | $1,780 | $235 | -86.8% |
| Peggy Hugghins | $961 | $224 | -76.7% |
| Brian Grogan | $770 | $208 | -73% |
| Edward Jones Jr. | $759 | $202 | -73.4% |
| Gayle Jowell Hancock | $1,650 | $194 | -88.2% |
| Lorenza Deshon McCullough | $902 | $190 | -78.9% |
| Kody R. Killion | $462 | $190 | -58.9% |
| Cody Robert Bolton | $12,621 | $189 | -98.5% |
| Lindsey B. Glover | $704 | $173 | -75.4% |
| Jackie Woody Jr. | $495 | $172 | -65.3% |
| Sandra Elizabeth Fry | $0 | $159 | -- |
| Jason Hopper | $605 | $142 | -76.5% |
| Shanon L. Watson | $13,237 | $140 | -98.9% |
| Luke R. Moore | $201 | $52 | -74.1% |
| Andrew Cobb | $1,194 | $35 | -97.1% |
| Paul W. Shrode | $103 | $31 | -69.9% |
| Georgia Shaw | $196 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Trent Traylor | $1,817 | $0 | -100% |
| Antonio Dejesus Reyes | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Cole Lucien | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Darby Greenhouses and Farms, Inc. | $13,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Wilcox | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesus Villalpando | $3,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Smith Farms, Inc. | $135,694 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry K. Burton Sr. | $3,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip Michael Garrett | $3,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Rowe Farms, Inc. | $11,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie E. Boyd | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Bob Brown Plant Farm, Inc. | $35,240 | $0 | -100% |
| David Watson | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Elbert Jenkins Jr. | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack N. Jeter | $9,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Jody Lee Dyess | $9,781 | $0 | -100% |
| R and W Farm, LLC | $3,850 | $0 | -100% |
| Shanon Dane Ault | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Lance Dement | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Joe Creekmore | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark E. Benton | $11,330 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,417,466 | $1,053,154 | -76.2% |
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