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In 2021, 231 farmers in cities within Columbia County received a total of $1.6 million in 290 farm subsidies, a 70.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.4 million in 619 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 Columbia County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| I C Terry Farms, Inc. | $142,224 | $137,070 | -3.6% |
| Wayne Moseley | $152,929 | $104,361 | -31.8% |
| Inge Moseley | $104,617 | $95,572 | -8.6% |
| Tifanie Moseley Miller | $133,473 | $79,008 | -40.8% |
| Jeff Willis, LLC | $89,113 | $64,381 | -27.8% |
| MW Maxwell Honey, LLC | $47,567 | $63,813 | 34.2% |
| Delvey Dicks | $41,438 | $52,917 | 27.7% |
| Feagle Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Hunter Ketcham Farming, LLC | $56,886 | $50,443 | -11.3% |
| Joshua E. Gaskins | $7,925 | $42,875 | 441% |
| New Blue Farm, LLC | $0 | $37,439 | -- |
| Gaskins Apiaries, Inc. | $16,037 | $33,159 | 106.8% |
| Travis D. Dicks | $60,932 | $30,918 | -49.3% |
| Simon Watson SR Estate | $34,617 | $27,757 | -19.8% |
| Stephen Allen Williamson | $43,794 | $27,102 | -38.1% |
| Gary Meeks Farms | $29,239 | $26,154 | -10.6% |
| George C Moseley Farms, Inc. | $33,791 | $23,846 | -29.4% |
| Tombstone Cattle Company, LLC | $234,156 | $23,291 | -90.1% |
| Donald B. Spradley Jr. | $25,280 | $23,257 | -8% |
| Russell Wilson | $31,252 | $22,910 | -26.7% |
| Hunter Ketcham Livestock, LLC | $394,097 | $22,718 | -94.2% |
| Claudio Veras Claudio & Lora's Lovely Plants | $0 | $21,027 | -- |
| Mace G. Bauer | $30,288 | $20,185 | -33.4% |
| Kenneth O Dicks Farms, Inc. | $77,225 | $20,129 | -73.9% |
| Willis Family Farms, LLC | $70,872 | $20,016 | -71.8% |
| The Barnes & the Bees, LLC | $26,514 | $19,590 | -26.1% |
| Lamar R. Moseley | $33,108 | $17,212 | -48% |
| Regal Dicks | $80,698 | $15,629 | -80.6% |
| Timothy L. Bussey | $17,158 | $15,359 | -10.5% |
| Roger Davis | $49,676 | $13,146 | -73.5% |
| Aldine Feagle | $14,582 | $13,032 | -10.6% |
| Hal Boyette | $13,616 | $12,527 | -8% |
| Michael Tice | $14,422 | $12,121 | -16% |
| David W. Feagle | $13,087 | $11,769 | -10.1% |
| Blake A. Smith | $8,967 | $11,566 | 29% |
| Garrett L. Miller | $16,617 | $9,989 | -39.9% |
| Arky Rogers | $56,107 | $9,981 | -82.2% |
| McCoy Farms | $16,127 | $9,956 | -38.3% |
| Deborah Ware | $9,673 | $8,900 | -8% |
| Joyce Eudine Bailey | $11,618 | $8,683 | -25.3% |
| Ryan Marlin Feagle | $11,491 | $7,633 | -33.6% |
| B. L. Kirby Jr. | $7,916 | $7,028 | -11.2% |
| Overkill Hill Farms, LLC | $13,766 | $6,038 | -56.1% |
| James R. Wilson | $29,975 | $5,764 | -80.8% |
| Jorge L. Martinez | $33,636 | $5,745 | -82.9% |
| Trent Giebeig | $31,309 | $5,559 | -82.2% |
| Tatisai Management, LLC | $5,665 | $5,479 | -3.3% |
| Drew Wayne Dicks | $6,185 | $5,473 | -11.5% |
| Ronald Graham | $5,060 | $5,060 | 0% |
| Charlie H. Crawford | $107,750 | $4,610 | -95.7% |
| James Feagle | $22,888 | $4,377 | -80.9% |
| H & H Tree Farm, LLC | $5,163 | $4,135 | -19.9% |
| Jeffery C. Crawford | $4,657 | $3,951 | -15.2% |
| Stephen Bailey | $24,309 | $3,687 | -84.8% |
| Donald L. Runyon | $4,669 | $3,672 | -21.4% |
| Dwight Pettyjohn | $15,796 | $3,538 | -77.6% |
| Harvey Faul | $16,071 | $3,472 | -78.4% |
| Emory Bailey | $3,693 | $3,398 | -8% |
| Derrick Williams | $0 | $3,389 | -- |
| Lori Sanchez | $0 | $3,389 | -- |
| Mark Ganskop | $5,280 | $3,311 | -37.3% |
| Mark L Crusaw | $28,224 | $3,233 | -88.5% |
| Michael H. Thomas | $105,403 | $3,225 | -96.9% |
| Wiley Fenton Feagle | $4,548 | $3,181 | -30.1% |
| Dicks Farms, LLC | $5,933 | $3,097 | -47.8% |
| Kevin E. Graham | $5,107 | $3,036 | -40.6% |
| Rufus C. Ogden Jr. | $16,902 | $3,027 | -82.1% |
| Aubrey Bailey | $18,802 | $2,876 | -84.7% |
| Charles Calvin Thomas | $17,429 | $2,858 | -83.6% |
| Daisy Bell Watson | $6,768 | $2,839 | -58.1% |
| Stacie Register | $12,459 | $2,772 | -77.8% |
| Douglas Moseley | $12,049 | $2,750 | -77.2% |
| Troy S. Moseley | $13,521 | $2,738 | -79.8% |
| Wildflower Farms, LLC | $14,064 | $2,728 | -80.6% |
| Donald W. Cox | $13,600 | $2,662 | -80.4% |
| Nevin W. Graham Jr. | $2,555 | $2,635 | 3.1% |
| Clint Pittman | $12,718 | $2,614 | -79.4% |
| Colby Heimbuch | $3,632 | $2,591 | -28.7% |
| Eric A. Langford | $12,549 | $2,578 | -79.5% |
| Dale Roberts Thomas | $14,557 | $2,560 | -82.4% |
| Farrell Feagle | $9,957 | $2,366 | -76.2% |
| Michael Roberts | $8,488 | $2,291 | -73% |
| Spring Head Ranch, LLC | $14,371 | $2,194 | -84.7% |
| Casey Clemons | $9,302 | $2,178 | -76.6% |
| Randall S. Robinson | $5,570 | $2,176 | -60.9% |
| Jeffrey L. Hill | $4,838 | $2,130 | -56% |
| Peter W Giebeig | $9,504 | $2,119 | -77.7% |
| Brenda K. Miller | $8,504 | $1,996 | -76.5% |
| Ellen Dwayne Bestoso | $2,555 | $1,986 | -22.3% |
| Terry A. Thomas | $6,204 | $1,924 | -69% |
| Michael C. Rogers Jr. | $2,047 | $1,883 | -8% |
| Susan Marie Driggers | $8,500 | $1,803 | -78.8% |
| Melvin Towner | $4,988 | $1,743 | -65.1% |
| Gussie L. Jones | $6,380 | $1,712 | -73.2% |
| Jessica Gabbard | $6,721 | $1,711 | -74.5% |
| Daniel Velazquez | $24,894 | $1,673 | -93.3% |
| Larry D. Parnell | $9,251 | $1,606 | -82.6% |
| Ronald Norris | $3,094 | $1,601 | -48.3% |
| Faye T. Hall | $6,006 | $1,498 | -75.1% |
| Christian Figueroa | $47,364 | $1,424 | -97% |
| Leonard Dicks | $8,830 | $1,374 | -84.4% |
| Dwayne W. Feagle | $3,609 | $1,361 | -62.3% |
| Sam Oosterhoudt | $5,964 | $1,357 | -77.2% |
| Dylan Scheider | $5,060 | $1,311 | -74.1% |
| Andrew Riotto Jr. | $3,894 | $1,264 | -67.5% |
| Gary N. Gerke | $3,586 | $1,222 | -65.9% |
| Joe D. Bullard | $8,783 | $1,196 | -86.4% |
| Christopher R. Lowery | $5,735 | $1,186 | -79.3% |
| Ronnie Hughes | $6,215 | $1,184 | -80.9% |
| Rocky D. Ford | $0 | $1,172 | -- |
| Paul Dallas Mattox | $2,574 | $1,151 | -55.3% |
| Hal K. Gatewood | $1,136 | $1,136 | 0% |
| Everett Hicks | $4,004 | $1,132 | -71.7% |
| Martha Sherman | $5,295 | $1,131 | -78.6% |
| Robert Markham | $4,147 | $1,106 | -73.3% |
| Henry Chirino | $6,527 | $1,083 | -83.4% |
| John Gary Wilson | $6,098 | $1,037 | -83% |
| Bill Pettyjohn | $4,884 | $1,028 | -79% |
| Roger E. Weiland | $1,020 | $1,020 | 0% |
| Lemuel Simmons | $2,607 | $1,010 | -61.3% |
| Bryan Jones | $1,432 | $997 | -30.4% |
| Donna C. Whitney | $1,324 | $966 | -27% |
| Walter J. Rentz | $4,880 | $966 | -80.2% |
| Dewy P Gay | $3,938 | $928 | -76.4% |
| Richard D. Hayes | $1,814 | $925 | -49% |
| Timothy Bailey | $2,706 | $830 | -69.3% |
| Jenny S. Morrison | $4,103 | $800 | -80.5% |
| Michael Lee Henderson | $800 | $800 | 0% |
| Kenneth Green | $6,314 | $795 | -87.4% |
| Richard J Kneuper | $4,383 | $789 | -82% |
| Russell Bailey | $3,465 | $779 | -77.5% |
| Michael Herlong | $4,037 | $762 | -81.1% |
| Matthew J. Thomas | $46,174 | $757 | -98.4% |
| Witt Register | $3,670 | $757 | -79.4% |
| Deborah San Inocencio | $9,513 | $727 | -92.4% |
| William C. Dicks | $5,072 | $726 | -85.7% |
| Gary M. Thomas | $3,102 | $720 | -76.8% |
| Elaine Reeves | $3,551 | $716 | -79.8% |
| John Paul Crews | $3,521 | $706 | -79.9% |
| Jonathan Akins | $3,333 | $706 | -78.8% |
| Shelton Feagle | $4,378 | $706 | -83.9% |
| Marsha Moore | $3,859 | $700 | -81.9% |
| Tevis J. Gay | $2,387 | $684 | -71.3% |
| Douglas D. Cartwright | $21,435 | $683 | -96.8% |
| Marvin Brown | $3,007 | $664 | -77.9% |
| William A. Watson | $4,188 | $654 | -84.4% |
| Walter A. Parnell | $3,124 | $644 | -79.4% |
| Joel Barber | $2,963 | $643 | -78.3% |
| Mary W. O'Dell | $634 | $634 | 0% |
| Carolyn D. Kirby | $2,783 | $611 | -78% |
| Russell Davis | $3,733 | $608 | -83.7% |
| Donald Hall | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Franklin D. Nash | $2,321 | $602 | -74.1% |
| Aubrey Daniel Bailey | $3,453 | $588 | -83% |
| Douglas Maxwell Dragonfly Trace Farms | $0 | $583 | -- |
| George Sheppard | $5,112 | $564 | -89% |
| James Carol Law | $2,858 | $555 | -80.6% |
| Anaelys Puig | $3,171 | $553 | -82.6% |
| Donald B. Spradley | $2,794 | $547 | -80.4% |
| David Russell Schwab | $2,172 | $540 | -75.1% |
| Elizabeth P. Horne | $2,171 | $532 | -75.5% |
| Matthew Huesman | $3,238 | $530 | -83.6% |
| Michael E. Rich | $2,112 | $525 | -75.1% |
| Charles Peeler | $2,747 | $523 | -81% |
| Robert E. Evans | $1,254 | $512 | -59.2% |
| Amy Southwell | $2,647 | $493 | -81.4% |
| Billy Williams | $1,903 | $473 | -75.1% |
| Brad Sheppard | $1,095 | $466 | -57.4% |
| Edward Dale Robinson | $1,958 | $463 | -76.4% |
| Jerry Martin | $2,365 | $454 | -80.8% |
| William L. Brown | $2,457 | $453 | -81.6% |
| Jerry Norris | $1,573 | $445 | -71.7% |
| Joan Hart | $901 | $444 | -50.7% |
| Thomas M. Cushman | $436 | $436 | 0% |
| Michael Baker | $1,221 | $435 | -64.4% |
| Jeffrey A. Howell | $2,201 | $432 | -80.4% |
| Thomas W. Witt | $2,013 | $432 | -78.5% |
| Tommy Martin | $1,958 | $432 | -77.9% |
| Joseph Daniel Lee | $1,958 | $430 | -78% |
| Betty T. Sauls | $1,326 | $424 | -68% |
| Pearl Ellzey | $1,023 | $422 | -58.7% |
| David Jones | $2,022 | $421 | -79.2% |
| James Turner | $519 | $409 | -21.2% |
| Roger Ellzey | $2,970 | $405 | -86.4% |
| Ray A. Kennedy | $3,139 | $392 | -87.5% |
| Ronald D & Brenda K Miller Revocable Trust | $1,627 | $383 | -76.5% |
| Kenneth Carr | $1,518 | $375 | -75.3% |
| Andrew Lawerence Mixon Jr. | $1,573 | $366 | -76.7% |
| Dexter Finkley | $1,221 | $363 | -70.3% |
| Jane K. Irby | $1,342 | $363 | -73% |
| Summitt Lamar Witt | $1,847 | $362 | -80.4% |
| Mark J. Diaz | $11,331 | $356 | -96.9% |
| Sherod Keen | $1,481 | $352 | -76.2% |
| George Moultrie | $1,485 | $339 | -77.2% |
| Brenda Delk | $1,837 | $336 | -81.7% |
| Leon McCall | $3,785 | $318 | -91.6% |
| Robin Green | $1,704 | $318 | -81.3% |
| James V. Richardson | $489 | $306 | -37.4% |
| William J. Hardee | $880 | $304 | -65.5% |
| Ellsworth McGuire | $1,298 | $301 | -76.8% |
| James Riley Witt | $869 | $292 | -66.4% |
| Shirley M. Rentz | $660 | $292 | -55.8% |
| Jesse W. Adams | $1,188 | $280 | -76.4% |
| Ormond Gerald Witt Jr. | $957 | $266 | -72.2% |
| Howard L. Blakeley | $262 | $262 | 0% |
| Edna Fennell | $1,023 | $252 | -75.4% |
| Jill Huesman | $561 | $242 | -56.9% |
| Jeanette W. Lee | $1,056 | $240 | -77.3% |
| Gordon W. Cox | $913 | $225 | -75.4% |
| Robert D. Smith | $4,431 | $217 | -95.1% |
| Shawn Daniels | $1,128 | $195 | -82.7% |
| Larry Moore | $968 | $194 | -80% |
| Michael A. Deese | $561 | $186 | -66.8% |
| Byron E. Duce Jr. | $792 | $180 | -77.3% |
| Kimberly Williams | $4,056 | $172 | -95.8% |
| Scarlet Frisina | $707 | $172 | -75.7% |
| Donny E. Griffin | $693 | $167 | -75.9% |
| Johnny L. Dix | $429 | $163 | -62% |
| Ralph L. Bell | $738 | $162 | -78% |
| Rodney Bose | $1,948 | $159 | -91.8% |
| Ronald C. Townsend | $396 | $156 | -60.6% |
| Richard Dale Parrish | $669 | $149 | -77.7% |
| Keith Bell | $429 | $138 | -67.8% |
| Jerry Michael Crosby | $783 | $112 | -85.7% |
| Travis Craig Saunders | $572 | $104 | -81.8% |
| T. D. Jenkins | $0 | $95 | -- |
| Thomas D. Cannon | $512 | $93 | -81.8% |
| Ryan Heath Huesman | $330 | $92 | -72.1% |
| Zimmie Petty | $264 | $87 | -67% |
| Billy E. Amburn | $275 | $66 | -76% |
| Carl Ivey Carter | $735 | $60 | -91.8% |
| 3 Rivers Nursey, Inc. | $404,867 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Cason | $7,005 | $0 | -100% |
| Casey White | $4,488 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody Tripp | $632 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary I. MacManus | $373 | $0 | -100% |
| Lindsey Weddle | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Rogers Livestock & Show Supplies, LLC | $1,704 | $0 | -100% |
| Tania Leiva | $8,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Triwin Properties, LLC | $4,487 | $0 | -100% |
| Wallace H. Cable III | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Arnold J. Hill | $23,574 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Austin Wright | $3,675 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry F. Sessions | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Cracker Land & Cattle Company, Inc. | $659,123 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia D. Graves | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| Duane Richardson | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Emma Robinson | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| Falling Creek Nursery & Trading Company, LLC | $52,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred N. Vining Jr. | $52 | $0 | -100% |
| George Alan Dicks | $57 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald R. Parnell | $87 | $0 | -100% |
| HSK Farms, LLC | $1,876 | $0 | -100% |
| Huntsman Tree Supplier, Inc. | $500,000 | $0 | -100% |
| J. L. Dicks | $82 | $0 | -100% |
| James H Ketcham-4k Cattle Company, LLC | $154,539 | $0 | -100% |
| John F. Cannon | $1,998 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Raulerson | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie L. Williams | $7,885 | $0 | -100% |
| Liesbeth M Schmidt | $779 | $0 | -100% |
| Margie Markham | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick E. Parnell | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Rachel Johnson | $1,578 | $0 | -100% |
| Relma K Faul | $1,086 | $0 | -100% |
| Rickey W. Smith | $23,191 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Rentz | $226 | $0 | -100% |
| Roosevelt Dicks | $672 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon D. Timmons | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| Suwannee Laboratories, Inc. | $25,238 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Ross Tuten | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Wallace Kitchings | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| William L. Black Jr. | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,400,242 | $1,577,381 | -70.8% |
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