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In 2021, 93 farmers in cities within Hamilton County received a total of $1.5 million in 135 farm subsidies, a 39.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.4 million in 241 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deas Brothers Farms, Inc. | $341,515 | $281,082 | -17.7% |
| Gary N. Cone | $240,503 | $152,292 | -36.7% |
| Adams Farm Inc., M.D. | $223,253 | $150,624 | -32.5% |
| Reid Family Partnership | $153,977 | $134,015 | -13% |
| Clarence Adams | $155,816 | $91,733 | -41.1% |
| B & E Hauling, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| G&e Timber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Kevin M. Morgan | $68,962 | $50,441 | -26.9% |
| Richard W. Bennett | $57,229 | $39,632 | -30.7% |
| Jon W. Deas | $60,191 | $32,435 | -46.1% |
| Ethan Cone Farms, LLC | $78,734 | $30,803 | -60.9% |
| David H. Goolsby Jr. | $31,428 | $28,803 | -8.4% |
| Westley Deas | $36,417 | $26,914 | -26.1% |
| Preston H. Tyree | $15,899 | $26,310 | 65.5% |
| Hugh E. Hunter | $27,092 | $21,740 | -19.8% |
| Cleveland R. Selph Jr. | $131,983 | $21,185 | -83.9% |
| Eunice C. Cornelius | $24,650 | $20,900 | -15.2% |
| Clay L. Goolsby | $22,524 | $20,722 | -8% |
| Kenneth Newsome | $31,928 | $17,875 | -44% |
| Larry Newsome | $29,620 | $17,875 | -39.7% |
| Scott Wynn | $34,645 | $17,119 | -50.6% |
| S. M. Deas IV | $25,999 | $16,285 | -37.4% |
| Jerry L. Bullard | $16,739 | $15,399 | -8% |
| Bobby C. Howell | $24,051 | $15,378 | -36.1% |
| Stamps Chandler Jr. | $9,834 | $9,048 | -8% |
| Joe Corbett Mathis | $8,437 | $7,762 | -8% |
| Kevin A. Murphy | $17,165 | $6,831 | -60.2% |
| Bruce Musgrove | $11,008 | $6,831 | -37.9% |
| Robert E. Brown | $12,287 | $6,707 | -45.4% |
| Dorrell C. Combass | $1,518 | $6,325 | 316.7% |
| Jorrie H Mathis | $6,586 | $6,059 | -8% |
| Jimmy Murphy | $8,271 | $5,180 | -37.4% |
| Luke J. Selph | $10,645 | $4,891 | -54.1% |
| H & B Quail Farm, Inc. | $5,305 | $4,882 | -8% |
| John L. Butler Jr. | $17,633 | $4,698 | -73.4% |
| Robert S. Adams III | $22,759 | $4,601 | -79.8% |
| John L. Cloyd | $15,241 | $4,528 | -70.3% |
| Samuel A. Jones | $33,327 | $4,099 | -87.7% |
| Terry K. McCulley | $19,420 | $3,300 | -83% |
| Sandra K. Jones | $0 | $2,895 | -- |
| John A. Adams | $11,596 | $2,708 | -76.6% |
| Cheryl Rebecca Bronson | $17,578 | $2,691 | -84.7% |
| Sharon Gay | $8,045 | $2,689 | -66.6% |
| Pearsall Fouraker Jr. | $13,745 | $2,616 | -81% |
| Ryan K. McCulley | $10,932 | $2,249 | -79.4% |
| Clay G. Lambert | $0 | $2,242 | -- |
| Rodney B. Tyre | $14,575 | $2,186 | -85% |
| Derryl King | $9,416 | $1,975 | -79% |
| Crystal Corbett | $8,210 | $1,950 | -76.2% |
| Richard McCulley | $9,564 | $1,910 | -80% |
| Labarfield Bryant | $3,669 | $1,785 | -51.3% |
| Wade E. Goolsby | $13,136 | $1,757 | -86.6% |
| Mitchell H. Brice | $1,625 | $1,625 | 0% |
| Irvin C. Bembry | $7,334 | $1,551 | -78.9% |
| Svend Dieffenbach | $8,243 | $1,436 | -82.6% |
| Allen P. Bryant | $5,316 | $1,350 | -74.6% |
| Thomas W. Smith | $5,434 | $1,204 | -77.8% |
| Randall H. Beauchamp | $4,752 | $1,121 | -76.4% |
| Gift Majaura | $4,708 | $1,069 | -77.3% |
| Farrell Burnam | $4,048 | $1,030 | -74.6% |
| George L. Roberson | $5,004 | $956 | -80.9% |
| Clifford Adams | $3,586 | $879 | -75.5% |
| Norman Nichols | $3,322 | $878 | -73.6% |
| Madison Hill | $3,872 | $817 | -78.9% |
| Slade T. Bronson | $4,939 | $788 | -84% |
| Nathaniel S. Combass | $3,047 | $712 | -76.6% |
| Stephen A. Curry | $1,452 | $644 | -55.6% |
| Jerome C Law | $1,622 | $610 | -62.4% |
| James Rye | $858 | $571 | -33.4% |
| Wanda Kegley Cribbs | $2,321 | $540 | -76.7% |
| Loretta E. Wagner | $2,924 | $532 | -81.8% |
| Warren S. Soule | $1,907 | $491 | -74.3% |
| Jason W. Jones | $2,244 | $467 | -79.2% |
| Gordon L. Roberts | $963 | $462 | -52% |
| Austin Kenneth Absher | $1,155 | $430 | -62.8% |
| Wayne Crotty | $2,827 | $425 | -85% |
| Mike McCall | $1,584 | $411 | -74.1% |
| Marian Deas | $1,430 | $404 | -71.7% |
| Jesse Carl Law JR | $726 | $378 | -47.9% |
| Misty D. Easler | $1,837 | $342 | -81.4% |
| Michael Wetherington Jr. | $0 | $301 | -- |
| Charles O. Fultz | $1,318 | $276 | -79.1% |
| Gwen Roebuck | $0 | $258 | -- |
| Henry E. Bembry | $1,986 | $256 | -87.1% |
| Alexander Carroll Jr. | $1,826 | $246 | -86.5% |
| Willie Gerald Creech | $792 | $200 | -74.7% |
| David Culpepper | $324 | $159 | -50.9% |
| Wayne Bradshaw | $660 | $140 | -78.8% |
| Byron Coleman | $396 | $90 | -77.3% |
| Nancy C. Cozort | $234 | $77 | -67.1% |
| Jimmie Gardner Crews | $0 | $71 | -- |
| Harriet Johns Ross | $601 | $22 | -96.3% |
| Avis Cason | $12 | $13 | 8.3% |
| Casey S. Crews | $44,114 | $0 | -100% |
| David Goolsby | $6,012 | $0 | -100% |
| Dempsey Allen | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd B. Crews | $272 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary P. Bembry | $1,021 | $0 | -100% |
| Samantha C. Jones | $3,684 | $0 | -100% |
| Cone Farms, Inc. | $116,480 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Selph Jr. | $832 | $0 | -100% |
| Bernice F Law | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse Franklin Harris | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Sheppard | $13,863 | $0 | -100% |
| Suwannee River Valley Farms, Inc. | $8,016 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,447,990 | $1,474,939 | -39.7% |
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