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In 2021, 253 farmers in cities within Cherokee County received a total of $2.1 million in 405 farm subsidies, a 68.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.6 million in 791 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester and Sons Farms | $784,629 | $209,554 | -73.3% |
| Coosa River Land Company | $517,925 | $180,270 | -65.2% |
| Mcmichen Farm | $350,793 | $98,699 | -71.9% |
| James a & Deborah Griffith Partne | $285,711 | $72,881 | -74.5% |
| Kenneth Stanley Free | $255,382 | $69,429 | -72.8% |
| Brotherhood Farms Partnership | $295,201 | $63,941 | -78.3% |
| Jeff Gossett | $183,238 | $60,298 | -67.1% |
| Legacy Forestry and Land, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Moseley Timber Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Stanley R. Lamar | $2,409 | $50,705 | 2,004.8% |
| Dirt Cellar Farms, LLC | $121,199 | $45,922 | -62.1% |
| Caldwell Hopper | $124,717 | $44,921 | -64% |
| Jeff Hincy Farms, LLC | $161,073 | $42,481 | -73.6% |
| Don and Susan Rochester Farm | $119,389 | $40,413 | -66.2% |
| Steve Hardin Hardin W. Farms | $113,072 | $38,467 | -66% |
| John A. Knight | $113,464 | $38,366 | -66.2% |
| Southern Pride Farms, LLC | $0 | $36,098 | -- |
| Mike Flynt & Son Farms, LLC | $120,497 | $34,623 | -71.3% |
| Lowe Farms | $116,006 | $34,345 | -70.4% |
| Robert S. Ray | $101,147 | $34,195 | -66.2% |
| Donald C. Garrett | $118,622 | $33,049 | -72.1% |
| Johnny Williams | $86,083 | $32,505 | -62.2% |
| Jerry G. Lockridge | $31,459 | $32,283 | 2.6% |
| Shane Coley Farms, LLC | $66,451 | $32,209 | -51.5% |
| William Randall Baker | $81,772 | $31,335 | -61.7% |
| Gifford Jennings | $85,514 | $29,778 | -65.2% |
| Thomas H. Young | $86,389 | $27,784 | -67.8% |
| George A. Eubanks | $64,027 | $27,358 | -57.3% |
| Philip James Rochester | $88,958 | $23,732 | -73.3% |
| Bobby L. Hopper | $39,225 | $23,444 | -40.2% |
| Timmy Hugh Westbrook | $62,791 | $22,615 | -64% |
| Jason A. Eubanks | $37,059 | $21,460 | -42.1% |
| Roy C. Reese | $47,936 | $20,424 | -57.4% |
| Hoyt Larry Hurley | $89,537 | $17,896 | -80% |
| John L. Chandler | $68,556 | $17,028 | -75.2% |
| Billy Joe Baker | $15,884 | $16,698 | 5.1% |
| East Farms | $42,825 | $16,572 | -61.3% |
| Rex E. Johnson | $42,152 | $15,305 | -63.7% |
| Thomas B. Wolf | $47,653 | $15,047 | -68.4% |
| James K. Ray | $30,040 | $13,182 | -56.1% |
| William E. Davis | $35,061 | $12,973 | -63% |
| 2young Farms, LLC | $34,382 | $11,466 | -66.7% |
| Paul D. McMichen | $40,608 | $10,647 | -73.8% |
| Mark Grimes | $35,307 | $9,925 | -71.9% |
| Phillip W. Jordan | $39,725 | $9,016 | -77.3% |
| Jed Lockridge | $6,837 | $7,124 | 4.2% |
| Geraldine S. Jordan | $15,304 | $6,761 | -55.8% |
| Thomas G. Garrett | $29,771 | $6,433 | -78.4% |
| Howard Rollins | $0 | $5,952 | -- |
| Don Coley | $5,941 | $5,941 | 0% |
| James H. Grimes | $17,837 | $5,745 | -67.8% |
| Stephen A. Lindsey | $15,137 | $5,406 | -64.3% |
| Dale Le | $0 | $5,248 | -- |
| James H Steele SR Credit Shelter Trust | $14,187 | $5,204 | -63.3% |
| Patricia B. Lockridge | $4,253 | $5,070 | 19.2% |
| Stephen Keith Free | $12,767 | $4,850 | -62% |
| The Ellis Farm, LLP | $10,074 | $4,540 | -54.9% |
| John Douglas Whitten | $4,351 | $4,351 | 0% |
| Freida J. McMichen | $14,165 | $4,273 | -69.8% |
| Kennith Moseley | $6,421 | $4,186 | -34.8% |
| Tandy L West | $16,827 | $4,061 | -75.9% |
| Jerry C. Young | $8,127 | $3,377 | -58.4% |
| Red Oak Farm Service, Inc. | $10,732 | $3,366 | -68.6% |
| Gary D. Gordon | $12,881 | $3,357 | -73.9% |
| Oscar B. Young | $8,156 | $3,349 | -58.9% |
| The Clara Ben Jordan Family Limited Partnership | $9,969 | $3,328 | -66.6% |
| John Eric Ellis | $8,742 | $3,198 | -63.4% |
| Richard J. Lindsey Jr. | $2,863 | $3,083 | 7.7% |
| Max O. Wilson | $8,226 | $3,081 | -62.5% |
| Phillip S. Jordan | $5,511 | $3,012 | -45.3% |
| Paul Jennings Farms, Inc. | $16,477 | $2,875 | -82.6% |
| Edna J. Jennings | $7,967 | $2,853 | -64.2% |
| James L. Robinson | $5,698 | $2,764 | -51.5% |
| Justin E. Culbert | $9,757 | $2,188 | -77.6% |
| Ruth Garner | $4,031 | $2,112 | -47.6% |
| Thomas L. Fitzpatrick Sr. | $10,026 | $2,110 | -79% |
| Joseph M. Walker | $9,619 | $1,960 | -79.6% |
| Jerry Graham | $1,929 | $1,929 | 0% |
| Ancil L. Lindley III | $1,888 | $1,870 | -1% |
| Joseph Michael Garmon | $5,147 | $1,820 | -64.6% |
| Whitt Conner Walker | $4,491 | $1,751 | -61% |
| Edward Harp | $4,951 | $1,687 | -65.9% |
| Isaac D. Hopwood | $4,438 | $1,685 | -62% |
| Mark D. Hopwood | $4,387 | $1,652 | -62.3% |
| Anna L. Lindsey | $976 | $1,643 | 68.3% |
| Nellie Mitchell | $7,111 | $1,641 | -76.9% |
| Betty Nell Burk | $4,315 | $1,614 | -62.6% |
| Benjamin I. McCain | $0 | $1,485 | -- |
| Milus O. Hammett Jr. | $5,874 | $1,470 | -75% |
| Paula J. Chesnut | $5,907 | $1,462 | -75.2% |
| Whippoorwill Trace Properties Trustee | $3,751 | $1,415 | -62.3% |
| Lewis Dale Davis | $3,374 | $1,368 | -59.5% |
| Eric Dwayne Reese | $6,833 | $1,361 | -80.1% |
| Jeffrey A. Ward | $5,819 | $1,344 | -76.9% |
| Franklin Lamar Montgomery | $5,919 | $1,333 | -77.5% |
| Patsy Young Baker | $3,366 | $1,256 | -62.7% |
| Jimmy W. Whorton | $5,478 | $1,221 | -77.7% |
| Rodney L. Acker | $5,284 | $1,219 | -76.9% |
| Donald H. Duff | $6,681 | $1,205 | -82% |
| James van Pelt | $4,406 | $1,201 | -72.7% |
| Frances H. Banister | $1,191 | $1,191 | 0% |
| Caleb Christopher Whorton | $4,532 | $1,189 | -73.8% |
| Pierce Farm | $3,540 | $1,180 | -66.7% |
| James Rodney Jackson | $9,806 | $1,171 | -88.1% |
| Milus Odell Hammett | $2,969 | $1,167 | -60.7% |
| William Mack Garrett | $3,796 | $1,161 | -69.4% |
| John McCleskey | $3,272 | $1,156 | -64.7% |
| Michael Walker | $2,522 | $1,151 | -54.4% |
| John Ward | $4,149 | $1,135 | -72.6% |
| Jeff Hincy | $0 | $1,120 | -- |
| John W. Proctor III | $2,964 | $1,116 | -62.3% |
| Chad E. Maples | $4,642 | $1,100 | -76.3% |
| Sammy C. Frazier | $3,377 | $1,092 | -67.7% |
| Linda A. Compton | $3,055 | $1,084 | -64.5% |
| David M. Coley | $1,068 | $1,068 | 0% |
| John F. Tucker | $6,508 | $1,044 | -84% |
| Joan G. Rosser | $7,606 | $1,038 | -86.4% |
| Jerry Wayne Byram | $4,908 | $996 | -79.7% |
| Bernice Bridges | $2,849 | $995 | -65.1% |
| Rhett H. Walker | $6,696 | $993 | -85.2% |
| Mary C. Cable | $0 | $989 | -- |
| Michael J. Tillery | $5,602 | $972 | -82.6% |
| Harold C. Peek | $1,597 | $947 | -40.7% |
| Timothy L. Canada | $8,331 | $937 | -88.8% |
| Wendell O. Rakestraw | $5,516 | $930 | -83.1% |
| Marty Landon Marks | $4,627 | $917 | -80.2% |
| Barry W. Kerr | $3,707 | $906 | -75.6% |
| Charles B. Barkley | $3,520 | $863 | -75.5% |
| Alton L. Spivey | $3,663 | $862 | -76.5% |
| Ben Hellums | $4,367 | $862 | -80.3% |
| Billy J. Hunter | $5,112 | $817 | -84% |
| Gail R. Hayes | $2,037 | $812 | -60.1% |
| Billy D. Deberry | $4,663 | $799 | -82.9% |
| Rebecca J. McMichen | $1,284 | $790 | -38.5% |
| Barry G. Rogers Jr. | $3,593 | $788 | -78.1% |
| Gary Brent Ransum | $1,915 | $767 | -59.9% |
| Elbert Parker Jr. | $753 | $753 | 0% |
| Gary R. Haggard | $4,194 | $744 | -82.3% |
| Landon Trae Martin | $5,408 | $726 | -86.6% |
| Steven Keith Baldwin | $3,768 | $726 | -80.7% |
| Robert E. Baker | $1,945 | $722 | -62.9% |
| James David Estes | $2,981 | $715 | -76% |
| Israel Lee Selman | $3,366 | $706 | -79% |
| Mark A. Welsh | $3,190 | $703 | -78% |
| Matthew W. McCleskey | $2,028 | $680 | -66.5% |
| Phillip S. Moseley | $3,583 | $678 | -81.1% |
| James Denson Wade | $1,816 | $667 | -63.3% |
| Grover M. Roach | $2,255 | $654 | -71% |
| Carol H. Ellis | $1,692 | $651 | -61.5% |
| Scott B. MacKey | $1,422 | $647 | -54.5% |
| Bobby Allred | $1,972 | $639 | -67.6% |
| Kimberly Davis | $630 | $630 | 0% |
| Robert A. Davis | $1,618 | $613 | -62.1% |
| Jonathan Dale Lockridge | $1,617 | $610 | -62.3% |
| DeWitt Cox | $2,310 | $592 | -74.4% |
| Catherine E. Barnes | $1,554 | $586 | -62.3% |
| David L. Smith | $2,145 | $582 | -72.9% |
| Douglas J. Bankson | $2,585 | $578 | -77.6% |
| Charlotte W. Grimes | $2,134 | $568 | -73.4% |
| Charles N. Moseley | $3,494 | $567 | -83.8% |
| James Jeffery Hammett | $2,431 | $556 | -77.1% |
| Taylor Drake | $997 | $553 | -44.5% |
| Christy Walker | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Robert Winkle Jr. | $2,519 | $547 | -78.3% |
| Terry Don Hawkins | $1,508 | $547 | -63.7% |
| Nancy L. Pollard | $1,508 | $547 | -63.7% |
| Patricia A. Keener | $1,508 | $547 | -63.7% |
| Robert A. Young | $3,464 | $546 | -84.2% |
| Robert M. Mullins | $1,456 | $527 | -63.8% |
| William W. McKinney | $1,903 | $518 | -72.8% |
| Mark Evan Flynt | $1,723 | $515 | -70.1% |
| James Dillon Dodd | $2,189 | $514 | -76.5% |
| Lorene Scarborough | $0 | $512 | -- |
| Barry S. Bailey | $2,305 | $505 | -78.1% |
| David L. Moseley | $1,835 | $500 | -72.8% |
| Gerald T. Benefield | $1,137 | $492 | -56.7% |
| Susan H. MacKey | $1,330 | $479 | -64% |
| David L. Garner | $1,327 | $475 | -64.2% |
| Margaret Frost | $1,206 | $463 | -61.6% |
| Earl Doyle Kerr | $1,848 | $455 | -75.4% |
| Raymond L. Anthony | $1,551 | $442 | -71.5% |
| James D. Jordan | $6,633 | $415 | -93.7% |
| Bruce W. Brown | $1,485 | $401 | -73% |
| Linda Kay Gamble | $2,328 | $398 | -82.9% |
| Andy Robert Odom | $1,518 | $396 | -73.9% |
| Travis Chambers | $1,010 | $392 | -61.2% |
| Kenny S. Gossett | $965 | $384 | -60.2% |
| Roger Gossett | $965 | $384 | -60.2% |
| James Benton Rowe | $190 | $377 | 98.4% |
| Kate Greer Farm | $1,322 | $375 | -71.6% |
| Bobby Laney Doeg | $938 | $371 | -60.4% |
| Betty Ann Lowe | $928 | $368 | -60.3% |
| Timothy J. Willingham | $1,962 | $360 | -81.7% |
| Hugh Lowe Jordan Jr. | $2,098 | $351 | -83.3% |
| Jubileigh, LLC | $1,098 | $341 | -68.9% |
| Wanda N. Loveless | $800 | $335 | -58.1% |
| Brandon Keith Stubbs | $724 | $332 | -54.1% |
| Kelly Jill Helms | $1,650 | $329 | -80.1% |
| Kathleen Y. Anderson | $222 | $323 | 45.5% |
| William T. Lumsden | $2,513 | $318 | -87.3% |
| Dorothy Ann Flynt | $1,009 | $314 | -68.9% |
| Chattokee Farms, LLC | $308 | $308 | 0% |
| David R. Chambers | $777 | $303 | -61% |
| Danny C. Jackson | $1,419 | $302 | -78.7% |
| Larry M. Walker | $1,386 | $298 | -78.5% |
| Ann P Johnson Irrevocable Trust | $730 | $287 | -60.7% |
| Charles A. Young | $1,074 | $286 | -73.4% |
| John C. Rogers | $1,418 | $280 | -80.3% |
| Steve Allen Lumsden | $2,615 | $278 | -89.4% |
| Michael Lee Welsh | $1,221 | $277 | -77.3% |
| Kathy D. Nowak | $712 | $274 | -61.5% |
| Frances S. Trammell | $617 | $259 | -58% |
| Faye Jean McHugh | $584 | $247 | -57.7% |
| Nina M. Walker | $584 | $247 | -57.7% |
| Debra G. Parker | $705 | $246 | -65.1% |
| Bradley Simpson | $2,772 | $235 | -91.5% |
| Seth Lee Dawson | $948 | $234 | -75.3% |
| Tracy Shannon Giles | $561 | $232 | -58.6% |
| Casey Rooks Young | $737 | $225 | -69.5% |
| James M. Peek | $1,023 | $214 | -79.1% |
| Danny Hill | $1,001 | $211 | -78.9% |
| MRS Willia Dean Langston | $465 | $211 | -54.6% |
| Nancy W. Raulerson | $1,409 | $211 | -85% |
| Jeremy J. Jennings | $1,001 | $201 | -79.9% |
| Troy M. Whorton | $394 | $200 | -49.2% |
| Jimmy D. Graham | $968 | $194 | -80% |
| William Gene Walker | $433 | $187 | -56.8% |
| Judy Y. Hopper | $454 | $181 | -60.1% |
| Willie Jo Todd | $455 | $181 | -60.2% |
| David J. Johnson | $543 | $176 | -67.6% |
| Jerry Stan Reynolds | $715 | $172 | -75.9% |
| Gnilma Studdard | $418 | $164 | -60.8% |
| James E. Carver | $935 | $148 | -84.2% |
| Nicholas R. McMichen | $164 | $147 | -10.4% |
| Vernon R. Ponder | $1,055 | $138 | -86.9% |
| Ralph Sentell | $440 | $131 | -70.2% |
| Ellis Sisters, LLC | $1,035 | $129 | -87.5% |
| Glenda Faye McHugh | $277 | $105 | -62.1% |
| Lee D. Gossett | $275 | $94 | -65.8% |
| Louise S. Upton | $208 | $85 | -59.1% |
| Michael W. Whorton | $418 | $83 | -80.1% |
| Rickey Dale Jennings | $363 | $73 | -79.9% |
| Hank C. Richardson | $156 | $71 | -54.5% |
| Apex Properties, LLC | $209 | $62 | -70.3% |
| Matthew G. McMichen | $242 | $59 | -75.6% |
| Sharon K. Abernathy | $216 | $58 | -73.1% |
| Porter B. Snead | $5,262 | $50 | -99% |
| Thomas B. Snead | $5,166 | $43 | -99.2% |
| George R. Higgins | $236 | $42 | -82.2% |
| Janis McCleskey | $100 | $37 | -63% |
| Douglas Scott Walker | $45 | $29 | -35.6% |
| Myron J. Wilson | $54 | $24 | -55.6% |
| James Ray Baker | $398 | $21 | -94.7% |
| David L. Porter | $3,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark D. Pike | $2,042 | $0 | -100% |
| Tammy T. Hosey | $1,051 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Kyle Dyer | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Bob Harrelson | $115 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Gene Bussey | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Conrad W. Bartlett | $54 | $0 | -100% |
| Dana Weeks | $584 | $0 | -100% |
| Davis Fish Farms, LLC | $7,441 | $0 | -100% |
| Dixie Green, Inc. | $258,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Freddie Dempsey | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| Gwendolyn Rowe | $769 | $0 | -100% |
| Harvel Anderson | $628 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Price | $72 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmie Sue Miller | $4,391 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph R. Grimes | $363 | $0 | -100% |
| Joy Harrelson | $595 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce C. Garmon | $400 | $0 | -100% |
| Kerry Lee Roberts | $1,361 | $0 | -100% |
| Law Farms, LLC | $2,641 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph L. Whitten | $2,213 | $0 | -100% |
| Susanne Y. Ray | $864 | $0 | -100% |
| Terrapin Farms, LLC | $4,738 | $0 | -100% |
| Weiss Lake EGG Company, Inc. | $365,661 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald L. Bullard | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas Moseley | $252 | $0 | -100% |
| Myron Daniel Hughes | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Whitefield | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnna K. Lawson | $682 | $0 | -100% |
| Melvin Beard Estate | $813 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,569,879 | $2,069,725 | -68.5% |
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