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Amount of taxpayer-funded subsidies plummet in cities associated with Columbus County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Columbus County received $2.1 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 270 farmers in cities within Columbus County received a total of $4.8 million in 674 farm subsidies, a 30.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.9 million in 1,048 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 Columbus County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Benton Blueberries, LLC$0$362,858--
Byron Fisher$257,426$185,892-27.8%
Double R Farms, Inc.$259,465$158,415-38.9%
Glenn Turbeville$204,824$144,437-29.5%
Melvin T. Ray Jr.$68,177$143,453110.4%
Mark Turbeville$247,556$132,694-46.4%
Foley Farms, LLC$255,381$130,030-49.1%
Caines Charles&edward$146,018$105,964-27.4%
Diana M. Collins$0$93,570--
Bricklyn W Rooks$165,628$92,290-44.3%
Turbeville Farms, LLC$0$87,892--
Judy S. Enzor$83,959$75,950-9.5%
Eka Farms, LLC$108,856$75,429-30.7%
Mcpherson Farms and Agent Solutions, LLC$0$70,881--
Swamp Fox Farms, LLC$83,223$70,059-15.8%
Kyle Cox$53,479$69,54230%
Marshall Green$106,554$64,628-39.3%
Donald Earl Turbeville Estate$15,058$58,154286.2%
Brett Dorsch$69,972$57,976-17.1%
John W. Hardwick$127,008$53,417-57.9%
GNG Logging, LLC$0$52,875--
Long Bay Trucking, Inc.$0$52,875--
M L Dyson Trucking$0$52,875--
Robert C. Butler$0$52,875--
Timothy Kyle Ellis$0$52,875--
TK Timber Services, LLC$0$52,875--
Matt Miller Trucking & Excavation, LLC$0$52,875--
B. R. Ellis Timber, Inc.$0$52,875--
Cecil Shane Barnhill$64,388$52,265-18.8%
Rogers Farms, Inc.$99,057$49,092-50.4%
Ray Farms$56,792$47,830-15.8%
William Donald Britt$50,744$46,078-9.2%
Lennon Colt Hinson$75,388$45,359-39.8%
S & T Ward Farms, LLC$0$45,008--
Buddy Dewayne McPherson$119,889$44,902-62.5%
Sandy Plains Farms, LLC$94,376$42,985-54.5%
Calvin T. Malpass$96,318$42,255-56.1%
Jonathan Kyle Cox$33,603$40,86621.6%
Seth T. Ward$67,831$40,563-40.2%
Clyde Kendall Cartrette$61,634$39,144-36.5%
K & S Farms, LLC$45,318$39,074-13.8%
Cam-Brent, Inc.$57,511$37,755-34.4%
Wayne Davis$88,824$37,322-58%
Johnathan Hunter McPherson$43,275$36,018-16.8%
Matthew Barnes$36,520$34,661-5.1%
Ethan C. Malpass$79,734$33,694-57.7%
William C. Fields Sr.$0$33,413--
William H. Williamson$67,086$32,893-51%
Herman Clyde Moore Jr.$118,438$31,191-73.7%
Jerry L. Sellers$52,033$30,916-40.6%
Harry J. Hart Jr.$36,356$30,719-15.5%
Woodus Hayes$48,222$30,634-36.5%
Garrell Farming and Trucking, Inc.$41,029$30,584-25.5%
Daryl Wayne Garrell$51,998$30,326-41.7%
Roy Craig Rogers$106,583$30,045-71.8%
Kevin Godwin$52,694$29,976-43.1%
Charles Richard Williamson$76,194$29,975-60.7%
Thomas Earl Ward$43,181$27,802-35.6%
Kent Lovett$108,417$27,689-74.5%
Tony Sherwood Hobbs$38,804$26,352-32.1%
Scott A. Collins$39,852$25,123-37%
Floyd Butler$0$24,954--
Dwayne S. Enzor$30,435$24,674-18.9%
Chandler Worley$57,727$23,486-59.3%
Bradley Turbeville$60,416$23,385-61.3%
Mr Farms, Inc.$24,157$22,182-8.2%
David Allen Garrell$28,627$21,331-25.5%
Byrd Family of Lake Waccamaw, LLC$27,990$21,117-24.6%
Christopher L. Batten$22,086$20,820-5.7%
William Nelson Applewhite$37,987$20,679-45.6%
William Anthony Rogers$36,559$20,536-43.8%
Joey Allen Garrell$22,823$20,396-10.6%
Giles Byrd & Son, Inc.$43,192$19,717-54.4%
Garrell Farms, Inc.$22,981$19,091-16.9%
Franklin Clark McPherson$25,736$18,465-28.3%
Liston Mark McPherson$28,063$18,464-34.2%
Gary Simmons$42,061$17,209-59.1%
Harry Hart$46,555$17,057-63.4%
Michael Joel Edwards$31,787$16,991-46.5%
R & B Fisher Farms, LLC$10,976$16,83353.4%
Cameron Byrd$24,860$16,522-33.5%
Drew King$11,785$15,30029.8%
Christine Patrick$31,152$15,058-51.7%
Franklin H. Powell$37,468$14,696-60.8%
Giles Edwin Byrd$32,867$14,017-57.4%
Marcia G. Hobbs$28,547$13,559-52.5%
Keith E. Enzor$32,928$13,475-59.1%
Dalan Allen Hobbs$19,731$13,006-34.1%
Ann F. Hardee$17,132$11,380-33.6%
Donald E. Turbeville$23,043$11,295-51%
Terry G. King$18,104$11,037-39%
Nobles & Son Farms, LLC$13,465$10,662-20.8%
Gene A. Nobles$16,402$10,552-35.7%
Bennett A. Wilder$25,308$10,143-59.9%
Swinging Tail Cattle Company, Inc.$103,451$9,522-90.8%
Brenda W. McPherson$22,752$8,807-61.3%
Kevin Smith$14,650$8,686-40.7%
John Daniel McDuffie$9,387$8,472-9.7%
Howard Reed McLam$3,669$8,428129.7%
Jonathan Hayes$15,621$8,301-46.9%
Brett P. Barnhill$15,918$8,082-49.2%
Brett P. Barnhill$0$8,082--
Winfred Prince$17,746$7,730-56.4%
William D. Clemons$17,719$7,560-57.3%
Rusty Powell$36,400$7,451-79.5%
Carroll F. Johnson$9,857$6,594-33.1%
Kenneth Paul Garrell$8,635$6,377-26.1%
Tony Delane Godwin$16,390$6,294-61.6%
Malcolm Bullock$41,455$5,923-85.7%
Bobby Lane Macon$16,146$5,839-63.8%
Tony B. McPherson$8,887$5,618-36.8%
William G. Worley III$14,116$5,595-60.4%
Terry A. Garrell$14,377$5,374-62.6%
Samuel Carl McPherson$6,456$5,286-18.1%
Robert S. Lashley$6,993$5,248-25%
Charity Worley$4,212$4,5999.2%
Jennifer Hayes$3,349$4,55235.9%
John David Hardwick$2,445$4,36678.6%
Terry W. Thompson$49,641$4,293-91.4%
E. M. Green Jr.$12,765$4,232-66.8%
Jerry D. Mitchell$8,107$3,979-50.9%
Timothy Andrew Kinlaw$9,241$3,571-61.4%
Herman van Hayes$3,069$3,53815.3%
Denise Willoughby Davis$0$3,532--
Mickey Hobbs$11,009$3,416-69%
Frankie Dean Sykes$0$3,362--
Double R. Farms$3,264$3,2640%
William Ray Fowler$5,766$3,244-43.7%
William M. Settlemyre$0$3,151--
William G. Fairfax$5,525$3,144-43.1%
Larry Carl Fowler$8,163$3,134-61.6%
John Paul Dudley Jr.$5,731$3,125-45.5%
David B. Lovett$2,284$3,11636.4%
Frank Galloway$19,488$3,105-84.1%
Christopher W. Shelley$25,351$3,056-87.9%
Dwayne C. Johnson$6,089$3,019-50.4%
Kenneth L. Morris$3,365$3,010-10.5%
Joseph E. Coleman Jr.$7,903$2,976-62.3%
Paige Cartrette Strickland$2,822$2,9564.7%
Hubert D. Godwin$4,423$2,869-35.1%
Jerry Turner$5,358$2,857-46.7%
Nellie P. Macon$4,375$2,825-35.4%
James Edward Benton$11,160$2,790-75%
William Cecil Barnhill$16,101$2,750-82.9%
Nicholas N. Worley$2,644$2,6650.8%
Billy Shipman$2,591$2,5910%
Raymond Hinson$2,589$2,5890%
Richard Wendell Duncan$1,344$2,57691.7%
Worbros$5,114$2,166-57.6%
Chandler French Worley II$5,191$2,163-58.3%
Brian Chestnutt$3,957$2,151-45.6%
Allen L. Smith$8,760$2,122-75.8%
Paul Gerald Jr.$1,990$1,9900%
Craig W. Fisher$4,942$1,957-60.4%
Mark B. Williamson$6,460$1,890-70.7%
Patricia Ann Smith$3,482$1,867-46.4%
Rossie D. Haynes Jr.$4,288$1,852-56.8%
Rupert E. Tatum Jr.$0$1,833--
Brett Godwin$1,777$1,7971.1%
James F. Ward$0$1,792--
Mary Lou Seay$766$1,791133.8%
Phillip Ray Connor$1,789$1,7890%
Danny McPherson$5,295$1,778-66.4%
James Franklin Stevens$11,274$1,775-84.3%
Christopher Devon Norris$0$1,765--
van Pierce$2,644$1,746-34%
Cecil Brent Reaves$1,161$1,74550.3%
Johnny L. Whitehead$4,109$1,735-57.8%
Joseph Wilson$8,036$1,705-78.8%
Warren L. Miller$9,211$1,670-81.9%
Joseph Andrew Edmund$1,210$1,66837.9%
Robert Worley$2,943$1,656-43.7%
Adam J. Worley$0$1,622--
Paul Livingston Fowler$3,987$1,615-59.5%
Robert Edwards$3,092$1,572-49.2%
William Chris Barnhill$4,594$1,562-66%
Dennis Hayes$3,158$1,552-50.9%
Larry Ashley Hinson Jr.$1,543$1,541-0.1%
Texford Strickland$1,254$1,50820.3%
Louis S. Godwin$1,545$1,476-4.5%
Cornel Green$10,186$1,426-86%
James E. Malpass$5,941$1,412-76.2%
James E. Malpass II$2,209$1,412-36.1%
Martha Jenkins Smith$1,408$1,4080%
Daniel Jackson Gore$1,354$1,3540%
Kathryn S. Foley$0$1,348--
Ricky Simmons$1,148$1,31414.5%
Mark C. Lovett$6,434$1,294-79.9%
Timberlake Farms, LLC$1,262$1,2620%
Kenneth W. Spaulding$2,208$1,162-47.4%
Danny Meares$3,637$1,144-68.5%
Ted Mills$1,110$1,1100%
Dinah Register Reaves$2,187$1,096-49.9%
Chad mac Hayes$1,463$1,090-25.5%
Milton Macon$4,250$1,086-74.4%
Charity Mitchell$1,765$1,078-38.9%
Randy Edwards$1,605$1,073-33.1%
Doug L. Palmer$2,022$1,044-48.4%
Theodore Britt$1,350$1,023-24.2%
Thomas Hayes$7,126$1,014-85.8%
Alfred J. Bullard$4,688$998-78.7%
Roby Alan McPherson Sr.$891$98310.3%
Betty G. Fuller$971$9710%
MRS Phyllis Creech-Greene$4,517$943-79.1%
Norman D. Barnes$842$8956.3%
Richard Edwin Stanley$881$8810%
Kathy S. Enzor$868$8680%
Stuart Hayes$1,678$838-50.1%
James B. Enzor$806$8060%
Vernon C. Marlin$1,732$779-55%
Matthew Glenn Turbeville Estate$45,781$772-98.3%
Brian Keith Alsup$717$7170%
Channing Harold Foley$0$714--
Lorena Jordan Soles$2,772$696-74.9%
Phyllis Elliott Elvington$663$6630%
Carlton F. Williamson$661$6610%
Patricia Garrell$0$660--
Memory W. Ward$1,722$646-62.5%
Clay Reaves$632$604-4.4%
Timothy Allen Hinson Jr.$0$592--
Stephen Ray Ward$1,298$585-54.9%
Trevor J. Gore$1,089$582-46.6%
Gary B. Nobles Jr.$4,438$559-87.4%
Rossie H. Ward$2,002$523-73.9%
Wayne Reaves$5,972$513-91.4%
Howard T. Jacobs$870$491-43.6%
Jamie Green$1,872$468-75%
Sybil S. Dralle$468$4680%
Bonnie S. Strickland$83$457450.6%
William B. Herring$484$424-12.4%
Crawford Monroe Enzor III$5,977$421-93%
Dolly Dudney Hayes$343$39013.7%
Linda Hewett$407$384-5.7%
Sandra Britt MCM Floyd$379$3790%
Lane Christopher Shelley$2,651$375-85.9%
Daniel P. Meares$0$367--
Jeanette H. Baxter$362$3620%
Eddie L. Strickland$3,284$301-90.8%
Joshua Jake Seay$551$294-46.6%
Regina Seay Hinson$551$294-46.6%
Sanford N. Hardee$6,393$286-95.5%
Todd Blanton$484$270-44.2%
Peggy Graham Miller$248$2480%
Kenneth Grayson Foley$0$237--
MI Ryung Dickerson$477$234-50.9%
Harry D. Baldwin$222$2220%
James E. Baldwin$222$2220%
Lena R. Baldwin$222$2220%
Bobbie A. Purser$204$2040%
Shelton Wright$1,978$195-90.1%
Gregory Purser$177$1770%
Gregory Barnhill$32,799$170-99.5%
Johnathan Dewayne Webb$148$16813.5%
Gary F. Cox$4,056$162-96%
Ronnie William Faulk$556$153-72.5%
Randolph Thompson$0$146--
James M. Holloman$128$1280%
William Ronnie Green$891$123-86.2%
Hank Williamson$122$1220%
David Lloyd Dutton Jr.$284$121-57.4%
John T. Prince$100$1000%
Patricia P. McGougan$100$1000%
Robert Brandon Cribb$1,428$78-94.5%
Jimmie Rhodes$164$76-53.7%
John Robert Page$145$71-51%
Douglas E. Brown$216$57-73.6%
Edwin Dean Turbeville$219$50-77.2%
Billy Hooks Farms, LLC$1,504$43-97.1%
Dennis T. Worley$93$38-59.1%
Thomas Allen Thompson Jr.$3,896$27-99.3%
Sheila Jacobs$4,400$0-100%
Troy Lee Brooks III$3,380$0-100%
Troy Lee Brooks Jr.$366$0-100%
Alfred James Worley Jr.$2,333$0-100%
Haynes Kellihan$637$0-100%
James H. Hayes$6,039$0-100%
Louise S. Green$522$0-100%
Mary Ann Gowans$1,990$0-100%
O. C. Jenkins Jr.$9,631$0-100%
Wendy Turbeville$85,047$0-100%
Bailey D. Thompson$935$0-100%
Burney Benton$9,675$0-100%
Christopher Hill Nobles$545$0-100%
Columbus County FSA Office$5,215$0-100%
Danny Godwin$2,076$0-100%
David Britt$572$0-100%
David C. Frink$67$0-100%
David L. McPherson$1,515$0-100%
Derick Edwards$220$0-100%
Donna B. Turbeville$22,519$0-100%
Earl C. Stewart$1,100$0-100%
Edmund Farms, Inc.$24,604$0-100%
Farm Service Agency$34,551$0-100%
Rossie H. Bullock$979$0-100%
Hubert T. Godwin$754$0-100%
James M. Bullock$432$0-100%
Mcpherson Farms and Agent Solutions$154,027$0-100%
Mcpherson Greenhouse, Inc.$51,359$0-100%
Pat Faircloth$385$0-100%
Richard Duncan$1,948$0-100%
Scott Hooks$1,176$0-100%
Tommy S. Hobbs$433$0-100%
Andrew Douglas Green Jr.$770$0-100%
Robert Graham$770$0-100%
Austin Lee$2,372$0-100%
Billy Wayne Strickland$514$0-100%
C & M Johnson Farms, LLC$5,387$0-100%
Carey Maxx Douglas$2,145$0-100%
David O. McClary$2,266$0-100%
George Sanderson$3,086$0-100%
Grayson A. Rabon$4,185$0-100%
James Bartley$1,485$0-100%
Jimmy Wayne Jones$1,298$0-100%
Ryan Douglas$1,760$0-100%
Farm Service Agency$5,055$0-100%
Tommi Jo Enzor$4,015$0-100%
Tonia H. Caulder$113$0-100%
Willard D. Small$4,863$0-100%
Bryan W. Fowler$1,013$0-100%
Kenneth R. Bracy$1,792$0-100%
William Scott Bright$1,849$0-100%
Amanda R. Worley$47$0-100%
Farm Service Agency$16,252$0-100%
Heather Amanda Ward$1,435$0-100%
J. E. Pierce Jr.$394$0-100%
Mary Frances Alsup$3,120$0-100%
Patricia Garrell$604$0-100%
S & T Ward Farms, LLC$86,610$0-100%
Lawrence L. Wills$754$0-100%
Oliver L. Sykes$3,415$0-100%
Randolph Keaton$841$0-100%
Cecil Norris$1,870$0-100%
Farm Service Agency$17,574$0-100%
Gary Dale Hilburn$171$0-100%
Matthew Austin Miller$2,085$0-100%
Richard Grainger Estate$1,271$0-100%
Samuel Ashley Wright$1,209$0-100%
Carlton Cartrette$160$0-100%
Christopher D. Clark$20,760$0-100%
Chucky B Fowler$1,628$0-100%
Columbus County FSA$31,700$0-100%
Columbus County FSA Office$16,213$0-100%
David Dutton$343$0-100%
Emith L Gore$923$0-100%
Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE$1,551$0-100%
Hazel H. Jackson$990$0-100%
Jerry W. Batten$8,684$0-100%
Martha West Hawks$139$0-100%
Dwight R. Burleson$45$0-100%
United Community Bank$13,611$0-100%
William Jeffrey Smith$4,424$0-100%
Total subsidies$6,935,031$4,794,425-30.9%

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