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In 2021, 280 farmers in cities within Ashley County received a total of $6.5 million in 510 farm subsidies, a 49.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $13 million in 834 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 Ashley County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Star Partnership | $548,283 | $262,009 | -52.2% |
| WGP Farms | $512,391 | $259,823 | -49.3% |
| Poole Farms | $376,671 | $237,963 | -36.8% |
| Royal C Farms, LLC | $368,845 | $232,846 | -36.9% |
| Thebes General Partnership | $415,031 | $200,765 | -51.6% |
| Rusty and Shanna Hunnicutt Farms | $231,993 | $173,775 | -25.1% |
| Dogwood Farms | $259,757 | $163,322 | -37.1% |
| Coffee Bayou Planting Company | $388,335 | $162,573 | -58.1% |
| Hartshorn Farms Partnership | $323,211 | $160,305 | -50.4% |
| Newcome MWP General Partnership | $285,171 | $152,857 | -46.4% |
| Wilson Brake Farms, LLC | $260,803 | $142,199 | -45.5% |
| South ARK Farms | $222,805 | $139,820 | -37.2% |
| Bliss Farms, Inc. | $47,931 | $131,009 | 173.3% |
| Johnson Agent, LLC | $176,301 | $126,999 | -28% |
| PTC Production, Inc. | $230,786 | $124,598 | -46% |
| ASH Farms, LLC | $202,526 | $111,621 | -44.9% |
| Dalton Farms | $228,094 | $105,600 | -53.7% |
| Keith Ladd Farms | $186,454 | $99,374 | -46.7% |
| Mccain & Mccain Partnership | $184,501 | $89,981 | -51.2% |
| Lexie Tabor Farm, Inc. | $56,036 | $89,360 | 59.5% |
| Frances Shackelford Trustee | $166,949 | $88,995 | -46.7% |
| Double H Farms of Hamburg, Inc. | $55,051 | $87,427 | 58.8% |
| R & L Farms, Inc. | $141,358 | $87,032 | -38.4% |
| Hale Farms Partnership | $157,598 | $73,429 | -53.4% |
| Jeremy Scott Reynolds | $2,563 | $68,450 | 2,570.7% |
| Newcome Farms, Inc. | $108,808 | $68,048 | -37.5% |
| Gay Farms, Inc. | $82,514 | $64,422 | -21.9% |
| Nancy Pugh Newcome, Inc. | $118,333 | $63,344 | -46.5% |
| R C Farms, Inc. | $103,412 | $62,646 | -39.4% |
| Randy Haynes Farms | $158,513 | $61,547 | -61.2% |
| Windmill Farms | $92,085 | $60,913 | -33.9% |
| Charles R. Smith | $7,187 | $60,628 | 743.6% |
| Fred Cochran, LLLP | $92,365 | $59,587 | -35.5% |
| Boeuftract Farms, LLC | $100,669 | $56,292 | -44.1% |
| Robert D & Joel W Pugh, Inc. | $113,387 | $56,081 | -50.5% |
| Charles F. Robbins | $56,898 | $54,528 | -4.2% |
| Pippen Timber Harvesting, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| R D Jones Logging Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| M & M Trucking of Ashley County, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Rickey Nelms Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Shane Hartley Circle H Trucking of Ashley, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Steve Bolin Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Timber Producers, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Nelms Brothers Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Nelms Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Cannula Farms, LLC | $20,746 | $50,720 | 144.5% |
| CRS Farms, Inc. | $91,600 | $48,102 | -47.5% |
| Allied Farm Partnership | $215,565 | $47,800 | -77.8% |
| Matthew Allen Jones | $36,803 | $45,939 | 24.8% |
| Bond and Son, Inc. | $161,865 | $43,517 | -73.1% |
| Cochran Family Farms | $36,607 | $40,204 | 9.8% |
| Blair Farms, Inc. | $66,021 | $39,702 | -39.9% |
| C & C Wilmot Farms, Inc. | $52,055 | $38,205 | -26.6% |
| Tigershoes Real Estate, LLLP | $43,199 | $38,017 | -12% |
| William B Deyampert Estate JV | $50,141 | $37,586 | -25% |
| Weatherly Rice Farms, Inc. | $55,459 | $37,320 | -32.7% |
| Jack Gibson Family Limited Partnership | $58,596 | $36,667 | -37.4% |
| Brian Young Farms, Inc. | $83,809 | $36,377 | -56.6% |
| GLP Land Company, Inc. | $93,915 | $33,363 | -64.5% |
| Bain Young Farms, Inc. | $80,446 | $33,118 | -58.8% |
| Bodie Trucking, LLC | $0 | $32,578 | -- |
| Rebecca B Shackelford Trust | $53,435 | $32,238 | -39.7% |
| - B. J. Farms | $65,868 | $31,784 | -51.7% |
| Louis Craig Shackelford Trust | $71,950 | $31,494 | -56.2% |
| Shell Farms, Inc. | $51,995 | $28,976 | -44.3% |
| Arrowhead Planting Company, LLC | $0 | $26,856 | -- |
| Bob Young Farms, Inc. | $69,898 | $26,761 | -61.7% |
| Frances W Shackelford Trust | $48,819 | $25,840 | -47.1% |
| Thomas E. Morris | $36,645 | $25,624 | -30.1% |
| R W Richland Farms, Inc. | $35,339 | $25,386 | -28.2% |
| Christopher Chandler Thompson | $21,155 | $23,320 | 10.2% |
| Alex S. Jordan | $0 | $23,237 | -- |
| Lloyd Pierce | $26,372 | $22,879 | -13.2% |
| Barbara J. Harris | $24,400 | $22,706 | -6.9% |
| GPS Gin Company, Inc. | $67,124 | $22,214 | -66.9% |
| Gail D. Doles | $0 | $22,018 | -- |
| Tate Watt | $45,322 | $21,906 | -51.7% |
| Matthew Townley | $33,904 | $21,852 | -35.5% |
| Gladys P Shackelford Trust | $45,960 | $21,265 | -53.7% |
| Richard W. Smith | $5,900 | $19,943 | 238% |
| Joe & Lezlie Foote, LLC | $19,156 | $19,156 | 0% |
| Sumner Place Farm | $38,809 | $18,817 | -51.5% |
| Super C Farms, LLC | $39,466 | $18,605 | -52.9% |
| Randy D. Townley | $27,052 | $17,058 | -36.9% |
| Carpenter Family Irrevocable Trust | $19,317 | $16,976 | -12.1% |
| CC Farm Properties | $21,983 | $16,441 | -25.2% |
| Jim Young Farms, Inc. | $27,715 | $16,229 | -41.4% |
| James Robert Meeks III | $0 | $15,662 | -- |
| Johnson Family Trusts | $44,937 | $14,711 | -67.3% |
| RDJ III Family Limited PTRSP | $14,559 | $13,289 | -8.7% |
| Bruce Johnson | $24,758 | $13,208 | -46.7% |
| Jackie Lauhon | $26,809 | $13,149 | -51% |
| Norsworthy Farm Company, Ltd. | $17,818 | $12,802 | -28.2% |
| Ralph Farms, Inc. | $21,152 | $12,781 | -39.6% |
| Ricky D Leonard | $15,997 | $12,708 | -20.6% |
| Gibson Limited Partnership | $21,351 | $12,595 | -41% |
| John David Grice | $0 | $12,332 | -- |
| Jimmy Porter | $6,477 | $12,317 | 90.2% |
| Tena P. Carter | $12,010 | $12,010 | 0% |
| Thomas F. Carter | $12,010 | $12,010 | 0% |
| Griffin Contracting, Inc. | $60,864 | $11,970 | -80.3% |
| Jason Allison | $0 | $11,887 | -- |
| Willard T. Procell Jr. | $11,095 | $11,095 | 0% |
| James A. Carter Jr. | $18,641 | $10,820 | -42% |
| Scherm Brothers, LLC | $15,969 | $9,968 | -37.6% |
| Jerod Williamson | $33,645 | $9,906 | -70.6% |
| Adange Partnership | $468,872 | $9,689 | -97.9% |
| Maggie E. Hayes | $9,281 | $9,281 | 0% |
| Ronald L. Miller | $14,302 | $8,868 | -38% |
| Nancy Ralph Farms, Inc. | $15,418 | $8,701 | -43.6% |
| Sullivan Family PTRSHP, Ltd. | $9,097 | $8,180 | -10.1% |
| Mary Currie | $15,977 | $7,570 | -52.6% |
| William Jackson Currie | $14,684 | $7,069 | -51.9% |
| Glenda Peacock | $7,047 | $7,047 | 0% |
| CRS Farm Partnership | $10,793 | $6,796 | -37% |
| Jeanette J Jones | $0 | $6,418 | -- |
| RCP Farms, Inc. | $14,300 | $6,401 | -55.2% |
| Ben Carlton Lawrence | $6,904 | $6,298 | -8.8% |
| Saline River Cattle, LLC | $49,073 | $6,124 | -87.5% |
| Saline River Cattle, LLC | $49,073 | $6,124 | -87.5% |
| Crossley Farms | $17,072 | $6,020 | -64.7% |
| Monroe Cope | $0 | $5,876 | -- |
| James W Johnson Trust | $13,633 | $5,671 | -58.4% |
| Johnny Ed Lynn | $5,560 | $5,432 | -2.3% |
| James R. Meeks Sr. | $18,858 | $5,309 | -71.8% |
| Moyers Trust | $0 | $5,010 | -- |
| Johnny Chandler | $4,229 | $4,229 | 0% |
| Griffin Land & Timber, Inc. | $4,086 | $4,086 | 0% |
| Shirley Harriman-Shirley Harriman Revocable Trust | $9,070 | $4,034 | -55.5% |
| Chuck White | $36,350 | $3,858 | -89.4% |
| Ricky Webb | $4,986 | $3,826 | -23.3% |
| Moyers Fish Farm, LLC | $382,023 | $3,780 | -99% |
| Allison Family Revocable Trust | $9,916 | $3,779 | -61.9% |
| Julian Estelle | $17,567 | $3,754 | -78.6% |
| LDW, LLC | $7,498 | $3,735 | -50.2% |
| Mary D. Harrod | $11,232 | $3,658 | -67.4% |
| H3 Cattle Company of Seark, LLC | $21,063 | $3,646 | -82.7% |
| Triple M Farms of Ashley County, LLC | $163,645 | $3,538 | -97.8% |
| Virginia Grice | $1,103 | $3,474 | 215% |
| Robin Howell Barnett | $17,755 | $3,357 | -81.1% |
| H E Farms PTRSHP | $7,990 | $3,190 | -60.1% |
| James C. Ross III | $1,545 | $3,123 | 102.1% |
| Chris Tucker Jr. | $7,096 | $3,046 | -57.1% |
| Billie C. Selby | $5,614 | $2,994 | -46.7% |
| Collins Farm, LLC | $5,021 | $2,909 | -42.1% |
| Travis L. Cope | $54,933 | $2,744 | -95% |
| Milo Tree Farms, LLC | $7,105 | $2,728 | -61.6% |
| Joe Tullos | $2,340 | $2,711 | 15.9% |
| Jerry L. Cruce | $13,861 | $2,695 | -80.6% |
| Ann Collins | $5,657 | $2,672 | -52.8% |
| Floyd Hunnicutt III | $5,415 | $2,672 | -50.7% |
| John B Currie JR Family Trust | $2,645 | $2,657 | 0.5% |
| Gary Keith Long | $2,643 | $2,643 | 0% |
| Maurice G Summers and Cora Mae Summers Family Irre | $4,820 | $2,460 | -49% |
| Danny P. Simms | $3,111 | $2,385 | -23.3% |
| Fred N. Montgomery Jr. | $2,214 | $2,214 | 0% |
| Shirley A. Montgomery | $2,214 | $2,214 | 0% |
| Linda Gail Shiver | $3,529 | $2,202 | -37.6% |
| Wendell Moffatt | $11,216 | $2,006 | -82.1% |
| Mark Bowden | $7,029 | $1,978 | -71.9% |
| Julia M. Barnett | $1,801 | $1,801 | 0% |
| Sonya Barfield | $1,173 | $1,787 | 52.3% |
| Nancy Foote Spivey | $4,192 | $1,736 | -58.6% |
| Margaret Elizabeth Taunton | $8,217 | $1,615 | -80.3% |
| Dan Pevy | $1,551 | $1,551 | 0% |
| Jerry Pahal | $5,720 | $1,535 | -73.2% |
| Mark Blankenship | $5,170 | $1,502 | -70.9% |
| C & W Materials, Inc. | $7,158 | $1,480 | -79.3% |
| Elmer Todd Moffatt | $4,795 | $1,462 | -69.5% |
| Phillip K. Weatherly | $1,439 | $1,439 | 0% |
| Patti J. Harper | $0 | $1,375 | -- |
| Clifton Trigg Trust | $3,127 | $1,364 | -56.4% |
| Willard H. Erwin | $7,259 | $1,342 | -81.5% |
| Ben Lawrence | $6,083 | $1,338 | -78% |
| Double CSW Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,318 | -- |
| Billie C Pippen | $2,706 | $1,272 | -53% |
| Shane Wells | $9,225 | $1,247 | -86.5% |
| D. K. Medders | $1,232 | $1,232 | 0% |
| Mark A. Moffatt | $3,069 | $1,194 | -61.1% |
| Damien K. Moyers | $7,106 | $1,158 | -83.7% |
| Michael D. Martin | $1,417 | $1,132 | -20.1% |
| Reuben Charles Rush | $6,523 | $1,106 | -83% |
| Mary Jane Schueth | $9,276 | $1,068 | -88.5% |
| William Simmons | $3,025 | $1,026 | -66.1% |
| Mark Williams | $4,191 | $1,011 | -75.9% |
| Elizabeth Leigh Hartness | $890 | $988 | 11% |
| Geraldine Crossley Income Trust | $2,672 | $963 | -64% |
| Michael A. Richard | $3,355 | $960 | -71.4% |
| Robert E. Harris Jr. | $2,962 | $949 | -68% |
| Barney E. Allison | $3,729 | $925 | -75.2% |
| L D Myers JR Trust | $2,178 | $904 | -58.5% |
| James A. Carter Sr. | $4,268 | $894 | -79.1% |
| Crystal B. Tabor | $276 | $879 | 218.5% |
| Grady Tabor Jr. | $276 | $879 | 218.5% |
| Douglas Tullos | $0 | $879 | -- |
| Gary C. Barry | $1,016 | $810 | -20.3% |
| Janice Moffatt | $3,263 | $799 | -75.5% |
| Emory Austin | $3,465 | $799 | -76.9% |
| Chase E. Outlaw | $4,048 | $752 | -81.4% |
| John D. Tice | $4,125 | $750 | -81.8% |
| Dana K. Gifford | $4,047 | $750 | -81.5% |
| James E. Corder | $3,234 | $732 | -77.4% |
| R. D. Jones Jr. | $16,515 | $716 | -95.7% |
| Robert C. Rush Sr. | $2,035 | $715 | -64.9% |
| Randy Haynes | $1,846 | $713 | -61.4% |
| Virgil Cross | $3,124 | $712 | -77.2% |
| James W. Johnson | $3,144 | $710 | -77.4% |
| John Richardson | $180 | $706 | 292.2% |
| Croswell Family Trust | $702 | $702 | 0% |
| Kenneth Allbritton Jr. | $1,081 | $702 | -35.1% |
| Clifford Bowden | $4,703 | $654 | -86.1% |
| Thomas E. Knight | $16,289 | $651 | -96% |
| Annie J. Smith | $1,077 | $650 | -39.6% |
| Jonathan Tyler Nelms | $19,326 | $644 | -96.7% |
| Arthur C. Walker | $1,195 | $637 | -46.7% |
| Jackie McCain | $1,347 | $610 | -54.7% |
| Boots M. Stanley | $88,678 | $598 | -99.3% |
| James P. Maglothin | $1,211 | $555 | -54.2% |
| Shane Allen Hartley | $5,161 | $552 | -89.3% |
| Jimmy L. Horn | $551 | $551 | 0% |
| Jerry A. Janes | $1,762 | $539 | -69.4% |
| Sam Land JR | $906 | $537 | -40.7% |
| Sara Cruce | $3,770 | $518 | -86.3% |
| Tony Vincent | $2,310 | $518 | -77.6% |
| William F. Lassiter | $0 | $509 | -- |
| Colvin Shivers | $1,287 | $474 | -63.2% |
| John E & Nita Williamson Irrevocable Family Trust | $1,786 | $473 | -73.5% |
| Harry Keith Ladd | $809 | $464 | -42.6% |
| Alfred Peralta | $2,245 | $436 | -80.6% |
| Patsy Austin | $809 | $429 | -47% |
| Frank W. McMahan | $1,738 | $420 | -75.8% |
| Shelby R. Harrod | $1,103 | $412 | -62.6% |
| Herbert Ray Carpenter Sr. | $75 | $402 | 436% |
| Amy Barfield | $393 | $393 | 0% |
| James E. Outlaw | $1,890 | $391 | -79.3% |
| Colby G. White | $4,478 | $357 | -92% |
| Michael Todd Welch | $542 | $350 | -35.4% |
| Peggy Skender | $820 | $344 | -58% |
| Irene Riley | $3,055 | $344 | -88.7% |
| Patrick Allison | $1,474 | $340 | -76.9% |
| James Land | $776 | $335 | -56.8% |
| James L Land | $0 | $332 | -- |
| Billy Haynes | $329 | $329 | 0% |
| Bobby O. Jenkins | $1,265 | $325 | -74.3% |
| Jerry Ozment | $1,389 | $322 | -76.8% |
| Ronnie Pennington | $1,133 | $315 | -72.2% |
| Ricky Russell | $1,518 | $315 | -79.2% |
| Linda Lee Harvey | $867 | $300 | -65.4% |
| William A. Lassiter Jr. | $1,180 | $294 | -75.1% |
| Henry G. Daniel | $1,197 | $293 | -75.5% |
| Arthur Dale Myers | $380 | $260 | -31.6% |
| Bob Young | $481 | $255 | -47% |
| Bain Young | $481 | $255 | -47% |
| Scott Young | $481 | $255 | -47% |
| Terry a Mclarrin | $1,574 | $242 | -84.6% |
| Timothy G. Craig | $1,199 | $239 | -80.1% |
| Elizabeth P. Thurman | $926 | $238 | -74.3% |
| Matthew J. Stacy | $1,562 | $201 | -87.1% |
| J. W. Brown Jr. | $737 | $190 | -74.2% |
| Jo Taunton | $4,653 | $189 | -95.9% |
| Billy D. Akers | $189 | $189 | 0% |
| Matthew Morgan | $495 | $187 | -62.2% |
| Thomas Lawrence Wright | $1,419 | $161 | -88.7% |
| Savage Farms | $363 | $159 | -56.2% |
| Johnny G. Knight | $353 | $152 | -56.9% |
| Michael Peyton Brockwell | $911 | $152 | -83.3% |
| Phillip E. Barnes Jr. | $1,330 | $152 | -88.6% |
| Larry Dorman | $154 | $134 | -13% |
| Hazel M Watson Trust | $319 | $132 | -58.6% |
| Bernard Burns | $506 | $129 | -74.5% |
| Kay G. Hartshorn | $151 | $126 | -16.6% |
| Marvin E. Duncan | $3,333 | $112 | -96.6% |
| Louis C. Shackelford Jr. | $346 | $104 | -69.9% |
| Rebecca B. Currie | $346 | $104 | -69.9% |
| Michael R. Brockwell | $330 | $76 | -77% |
| William P. Jenkins | $1,618 | $70 | -95.7% |
| James Zachery Goodwin | $1,356 | $68 | -95% |
| Robert Bowden Jr. | $536 | $66 | -87.7% |
| Tamera Sona McLemore | $730 | $59 | -91.9% |
| Frank Davis | $440 | $56 | -87.3% |
| Kim Minor | $302 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky Leonard | $25,990 | $0 | -100% |
| William D. Harris | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Saline River Land & Cattle, LLC | $190,832 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy A Garner Estate | $59,742 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy C. Pippen | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Christal Starling | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie Carpenter | $518 | $0 | -100% |
| John Allen Cruce | $510 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Savage | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Shan S. Streeter | $88,865 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley Sawyer | $3,140 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley Bros Farms | $13,970 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Kyle Harriman | $76,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Sadler | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Catpro, LLC | $903,451 | $0 | -100% |
| Fletcher Lassiter | $1,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Gar Hole Farms | $49,839 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel W. Pugh II | $249 | $0 | -100% |
| John Tipton Pugh Tr | $10,161 | $0 | -100% |
| LMS Ivy Farms | $1,068 | $0 | -100% |
| Tabor 1946, Inc. | $9,460 | $0 | -100% |
| Triple Pugh Farms | $4,149 | $0 | -100% |
| R & B Weatherly, LLC | $11,680 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Weatherly | $7,861 | $0 | -100% |
| Weatherly Enterprises, LLC | $585 | $0 | -100% |
| William B Deyampert, Inc. | $42,464 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie E Tullos Estate | $31,130 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $12,977,208 | $6,509,943 | -49.8% |
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