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In 2021, 164 farmers in cities within Aiken County received a total of $2.1 million in 288 farm subsidies, an 18.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.5 million in 468 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 Aiken County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowden Plantation Farms, LLC | $377,038 | $96,084 | -74.5% |
| Barbara Carole R. Cullom | $0 | $91,331 | -- |
| Shull Farms, LLC | $32,912 | $82,076 | 149.4% |
| Daniel Briggs Salley | $132,041 | $81,114 | -38.6% |
| Ronnie G. Cook | $313,306 | $80,667 | -74.3% |
| Charles Rushton | $0 | $76,203 | -- |
| Junie Greene | $19,501 | $62,750 | 221.8% |
| Phillip T. Storey | $7,875 | $59,104 | 650.5% |
| Van Vu Pham | $0 | $58,875 | -- |
| A&H Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Rocky Grove Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Southern Timber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Mcnair Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Steven Wade Douglas | $47,610 | $47,032 | -1.2% |
| Melissa Buff - Crossroads Poultry Farm | $0 | $46,834 | -- |
| C & C Cattle Company, LLC | $143,890 | $45,740 | -68.2% |
| Tony Wayne Johnson | $5,034 | $42,705 | 748.3% |
| Rocky Grove Farms | $0 | $41,691 | -- |
| Joey Greene | $17,738 | $41,280 | 132.7% |
| JC Poultry, LLC | $0 | $39,390 | -- |
| Wilford T. Smith Jr. | $552 | $39,007 | 6,966.5% |
| Russell L. Walling | $0 | $37,191 | -- |
| Austin Knowlton Burgess | $0 | $36,749 | -- |
| B C Farms of South Carolina, Inc. | $111,904 | $36,340 | -67.5% |
| Colt Farms, Inc. | $111,904 | $36,340 | -67.5% |
| Paige Fallaw Kirkland | $0 | $35,423 | -- |
| Brown Farms, Inc. | $85,534 | $29,069 | -66% |
| Clinton C. Collum | $0 | $28,344 | -- |
| Billy F. Johnson | $6,568 | $26,971 | 310.6% |
| Ted M. Parker | $7,326 | $26,850 | 266.5% |
| John A. Yonce | $102,072 | $26,118 | -74.4% |
| Melissa S. Buff | $0 | $24,586 | -- |
| James M. Golden Jr. | $48,051 | $24,079 | -49.9% |
| Brown & Mclean Farms, LLC | $61,173 | $21,740 | -64.5% |
| Clinton C. Brown | $13,635 | $21,669 | 58.9% |
| Herbert P. Witter II | $0 | $21,071 | -- |
| Simnacher Jones, LLC | $24,533 | $18,209 | -25.8% |
| Roy Hallman Jr. | $35,391 | $17,385 | -50.9% |
| Ricky L. Spradley | $0 | $15,426 | -- |
| Fis Farms, LLC | $22,341 | $15,018 | -32.8% |
| Warren Salley | $17,040 | $12,543 | -26.4% |
| McLane C. Kirkland | $39,402 | $12,382 | -68.6% |
| The Estate of Willa M. Salley | $0 | $11,804 | -- |
| Briggs H. Salley Jr. | $32,383 | $10,495 | -67.6% |
| Maxine L. Underwood | $8,746 | $10,373 | 18.6% |
| Clyde Quince Stewart | $19,133 | $10,167 | -46.9% |
| Luther A. Stewart | $19,133 | $10,167 | -46.9% |
| Fred Plunkett | $46,793 | $9,943 | -78.8% |
| Walling Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $9,890 | -- |
| Flickinger Farm, LLC | $8,360 | $8,360 | 0% |
| Maxine L. Watt | $12,506 | $7,769 | -37.9% |
| Austin L. Jackson | $30,617 | $7,570 | -75.3% |
| Texas Seven Oaks, LLC | $10,028 | $7,479 | -25.4% |
| Thomas Eugene Redd | $0 | $7,296 | -- |
| Leland T. Moore Sr. | $1,159 | $6,764 | 483.6% |
| National Audubon Society, Inc. | $7 | $6,643 | 94,800% |
| W. D. Brannen | $16,889 | $6,641 | -60.7% |
| Timothy C. Johnson | $22,479 | $5,995 | -73.3% |
| Thomas E Hair | $9,225 | $5,921 | -35.8% |
| Andrew L. Olson | $5,745 | $5,717 | -0.5% |
| Colby W. Furtick Jr. | $20,068 | $5,201 | -74.1% |
| Bradley W. Kelly | $12,776 | $4,898 | -61.7% |
| Frank J. Boyd | $14,168 | $4,808 | -66.1% |
| Chavous-Williams Farm, LLC | $6,684 | $4,764 | -28.7% |
| Clifton O. Tennant Jr. | $7,223 | $4,520 | -37.4% |
| Preston M. Hall | $17,595 | $4,094 | -76.7% |
| Roger W. Stephens | $3,792 | $3,792 | 0% |
| Lanny Morris | $10,615 | $3,786 | -64.3% |
| Jason H. Brittain | $12,331 | $3,428 | -72.2% |
| Robert E. Snyder | $7,969 | $3,276 | -58.9% |
| Thomas Swartz | $16,451 | $3,218 | -80.4% |
| Besson Family Land, LLC | $3,175 | $3,175 | 0% |
| Alfred Bush | $8,107 | $3,039 | -62.5% |
| Mariedora T Moore | $29,862 | $2,894 | -90.3% |
| Staples Enterprises, LLC | $3,383 | $2,766 | -18.2% |
| Debro Auvenshine | $2,958 | $2,739 | -7.4% |
| Jerry Holsonback | $8,669 | $2,689 | -69% |
| Saunders Farms, Inc. | $11,220 | $2,609 | -76.7% |
| Thomas E. Tyler | $12,327 | $2,505 | -79.7% |
| P. K. Greene Jr. | $2,571 | $2,468 | -4% |
| Am & L Enterprises, Inc. | $9,647 | $2,389 | -75.2% |
| Elzene P Corbett | $2,339 | $2,339 | 0% |
| Ralph E. Roe Jr. | $7,741 | $2,271 | -70.7% |
| Blake P. Moore Jr. | $5,172 | $2,050 | -60.4% |
| Terry MacY | $3,997 | $1,938 | -51.5% |
| Allen Seigler | $7,663 | $1,910 | -75.1% |
| Woody Hall Jr. | $3,850 | $1,766 | -54.1% |
| Melanie Powers | $1,564 | $1,718 | 9.8% |
| Judy K. Day | $3,086 | $1,706 | -44.7% |
| Michael Chapman | $2,092 | $1,463 | -30.1% |
| Thomas R. Shull | $8,107 | $1,424 | -82.4% |
| William L. Walters | $1,376 | $1,376 | 0% |
| John N. Page III | $6,341 | $1,297 | -79.5% |
| Connie Rule | $0 | $1,288 | -- |
| Hamilton Gene Rhinehart | $10,582 | $1,285 | -87.9% |
| Kyle W. Lucas | $608 | $1,205 | 98.2% |
| Phillip Lockard | $1,167 | $1,167 | 0% |
| James L. Lee | $0 | $1,120 | -- |
| Burnis Coleman III | $3,652 | $1,033 | -71.7% |
| Brad Harmon | $10,787 | $1,030 | -90.5% |
| Joseph K. Kneece | $957 | $998 | 4.3% |
| John R. Belger | $4,212 | $996 | -76.4% |
| Margy R. Beckmeyer | $0 | $987 | -- |
| William H. Tucker | $930 | $950 | 2.2% |
| James Ronald Williamson | $933 | $933 | 0% |
| Deborah C. Cybulski | $1,196 | $902 | -24.6% |
| Douglas Todd Moore | $4,225 | $900 | -78.7% |
| T & J Horse Farms, LLC | $3,130 | $871 | -72.2% |
| Chris J. Ulmer | $2,663 | $856 | -67.9% |
| Russell R. Beckmeyer | $833 | $833 | 0% |
| Anne Elkins | $2,327 | $793 | -65.9% |
| John F. Garrison | $3,003 | $751 | -75% |
| Melvin Kinard | $3,474 | $744 | -78.6% |
| Travis D. Cushman | $2,627 | $736 | -72% |
| Janet J. Caulk | $13,358 | $724 | -94.6% |
| Aubrey Davis Lucas | $3,208 | $704 | -78.1% |
| Leslie Alexander | $1,919 | $690 | -64% |
| Rickie Heath | $632 | $678 | 7.3% |
| Gale S. Munson | $2,609 | $671 | -74.3% |
| Black Water Cattle, LLC | $11,734 | $663 | -94.3% |
| Jimmie R. Willing | $1,450 | $657 | -54.7% |
| Patricia Q. Garvin | $0 | $651 | -- |
| Pamela Klapko | $3,118 | $644 | -79.3% |
| Mack B. Whittle | $573 | $641 | 11.9% |
| Bryan Dorman | $3,223 | $624 | -80.6% |
| Kevin Warner | $10,041 | $621 | -93.8% |
| Anthony H. Wiles | $1,315 | $590 | -55.1% |
| David Poole | $590 | $590 | 0% |
| Jacqueline P. Bartley | $1,908 | $588 | -69.2% |
| Lindy Morris | $2,530 | $585 | -76.9% |
| William T. Brown | $573 | $573 | 0% |
| Herbert Donald Watkins | $401 | $561 | 39.9% |
| Allen H. Lee Jr. | $0 | $553 | -- |
| CT Enterprises, LLC | $1,990 | $493 | -75.2% |
| Paul E. Johns | $4,232 | $473 | -88.8% |
| Brandon L. Hoffman | $252 | $469 | 86.1% |
| Connor Johnson | $736 | $461 | -37.4% |
| Andrew Carter | $1,628 | $448 | -72.5% |
| Mildred B. Yon | $7,582 | $439 | -94.2% |
| Eugene H. Dillon | $1,408 | $425 | -69.8% |
| C. M. Gantt Sr. | $419 | $419 | 0% |
| Yvonne M. Kling | $1,815 | $393 | -78.3% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $362 | -- |
| Charlotte Good M. Talbert | $725 | $345 | -52.4% |
| Gloria W. Allen | $0 | $340 | -- |
| Vonda Adamson | $0 | $323 | -- |
| Jason S. Moore | $1,127 | $303 | -73.1% |
| Kathleen C. Bankston | $276 | $276 | 0% |
| Kristi Marker | $255 | $240 | -5.9% |
| Bernita Johnson | $423 | $207 | -51.1% |
| Clara S. Williams | $728 | $196 | -73.1% |
| Henry Woodward | $1,221 | $176 | -85.6% |
| Mitchell R. Morris | $3,749 | $165 | -95.6% |
| Robert D. Joyner Jr. | $180 | $142 | -21.1% |
| Earl Toole | $137 | $137 | 0% |
| Jacob M. Gue | $357 | $125 | -65% |
| Ray Fulmer | $304 | $99 | -67.4% |
| Patterson W. Foy Jr. | $289 | $98 | -66.1% |
| Stephen C. Youmans | $218 | $87 | -60.1% |
| Ronald J. Maury | $0 | $65 | -- |
| Barbara M. Martin | $202 | $44 | -78.2% |
| Rodney E. Quattlebaum | $7,159 | $40 | -99.4% |
| Alberta P. Wasden | $0 | $23 | -- |
| Georgina Rinehart | $10 | $5 | -50% |
| B & M Farms, LLC | $104 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Pollock | $3,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol J Geisthardt-Harms | $1,195 | $0 | -100% |
| Eldon J. Koch | $1,263 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth C. Spangler | $8,054 | $0 | -100% |
| George L. Raborn | $528 | $0 | -100% |
| Gloria Staples | $1,290 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Gibson Solomons | $281 | $0 | -100% |
| Herb N Berries, LLC | $2,629 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly Hammond | $3,744 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly M Biensen | $1,438 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda D. Ayres | $6,176 | $0 | -100% |
| NS Ranch Egypt, LLC | $3,385 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert K. Abernethy | $485 | $0 | -100% |
| Sam T. Stevens | $957 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie J. Callahan Sr. | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Peeples JR, P L | $1,118 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Tuten | $885 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan M. Trusty | $813 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie Bryant | $3,611 | $0 | -100% |
| Julius E. Thompson | $2,563 | $0 | -100% |
| Junnie G Starnes | $1,599 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Woodward | $407 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy T. Douglas | $2,914 | $0 | -100% |
| Fis Farms, LLC | $2,905 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank S. Wooten | $602 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick W. Jackson | $1,753 | $0 | -100% |
| Simnacher Jones, LLC | $3,404 | $0 | -100% |
| Starrett Wilson Hall Jr. | $8,599 | $0 | -100% |
| Texas Seven Oaks, LLC | $1,324 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeryl Johnson | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Lenordo Scott | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Marshall L. Redd | $673 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,526,437 | $2,050,400 | -18.8% |
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