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In 2021, 288 farmers in cities within Fulton County received a total of $2.7 million in 598 farm subsidies, a 52.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.6 million in 1,074 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 Fulton County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip & JP Amberg Partners | $390,954 | $142,219 | -63.6% |
| Choctaw Planting, Inc. | $235,489 | $127,688 | -45.8% |
| David R. McClanahan | $24,560 | $102,637 | 317.9% |
| Garland Williams & Son | $208,176 | $93,767 | -55% |
| Hancock Family Farms Partnership | $300,141 | $83,419 | -72.2% |
| Graham Family Partnership | $187,594 | $83,226 | -55.6% |
| Major Bros & Son | $197,575 | $82,466 | -58.3% |
| Walt Goodman Farms, Inc. | $155,736 | $78,416 | -49.6% |
| Mark W. Phipps | $169,176 | $68,523 | -59.5% |
| Sanger Farms, Inc. | $144,437 | $65,041 | -55% |
| Timothy G. Lusk | $71,832 | $61,789 | -14% |
| RR&D Farms, Inc. | $140,414 | $59,963 | -57.3% |
| Jones Grain Farms, LLC | $159,539 | $58,288 | -63.5% |
| Bustle Lumber Company | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Lee Roy Harrison Jr. | $139,564 | $51,908 | -62.8% |
| Thomas E. Hancock Jr. | $49,157 | $46,728 | -4.9% |
| Sanger Children | $124,014 | $45,289 | -63.5% |
| Dixon Farms, Inc. | $147,162 | $42,743 | -71% |
| Bart Goodman Farms, Inc. | $100,440 | $40,269 | -59.9% |
| Gail Roberts | $39,135 | $39,135 | 0% |
| Katie Hancock Farms, LLC | $103,846 | $38,729 | -62.7% |
| Gregory D. Black | $48,484 | $33,483 | -30.9% |
| Teresa Black | $45,117 | $33,482 | -25.8% |
| Joey L. Parker | $63,898 | $33,118 | -48.2% |
| Kentucky-Tennessee American Line, Inc. | $68,260 | $33,032 | -51.6% |
| Williams Bros Farms | $60,450 | $32,295 | -46.6% |
| Moss Farms | $76,427 | $30,862 | -59.6% |
| Rob Garrigan | $93,587 | $30,270 | -67.7% |
| Melissa A. Garrigan | $76,351 | $29,683 | -61.1% |
| Barry G. Cardwell | $65,707 | $29,303 | -55.4% |
| DWG Farms, LLC | $55,832 | $28,251 | -49.4% |
| Ralph Wayne Adams Jr. | $83,082 | $27,083 | -67.4% |
| Parks Farms | $43,086 | $27,012 | -37.3% |
| Dan S. Rice | $53,263 | $24,019 | -54.9% |
| Manford D. Crum IV | $50,582 | $23,967 | -52.6% |
| David Joshua Cherry | $65,069 | $21,889 | -66.4% |
| Hidden Hills Poultry, Inc. | $2,192 | $21,312 | 872.3% |
| Sandra J. Lusk | $50,251 | $21,214 | -57.8% |
| Arturo Rodriguez | $19,807 | $20,106 | 1.5% |
| Joe F. Campbell | $43,712 | $19,785 | -54.7% |
| David Sublette | $51,297 | $18,584 | -63.8% |
| B & G Partnership | $41,638 | $18,368 | -55.9% |
| Aaron Phipps | $43,068 | $18,238 | -57.7% |
| Jordan Hancock Farms, LLC | $40,140 | $17,300 | -56.9% |
| Jordan Hancock | $30,670 | $16,776 | -45.3% |
| Collier-Sublette Farms, LLC | $50,990 | $16,185 | -68.3% |
| Daniel Timothy Lusk | $36,562 | $15,615 | -57.3% |
| Larry Dee Langford | $32,222 | $15,252 | -52.7% |
| Chuck Murphy | $34,463 | $13,912 | -59.6% |
| Kirk Dixon | $43,369 | $12,927 | -70.2% |
| Lusk Farms, Inc. | $37,328 | $12,827 | -65.6% |
| Curtis R. Hancock Jr. | $31,367 | $12,709 | -59.5% |
| Cherry Tobacco Farms, LLC | $13,588 | $12,180 | -10.4% |
| Larry T. Roberts | $14,915 | $12,168 | -18.4% |
| John D. Voorhees | $22,959 | $11,376 | -50.5% |
| Nathan F. Campbell | $24,563 | $10,980 | -55.3% |
| Teresa Lusk Rose | $10,964 | $10,761 | -1.9% |
| Jason W. Elliott | $509 | $10,719 | 2,005.9% |
| Lucas A. Goodman | $26,440 | $10,175 | -61.5% |
| George Cates Test L. Tr Sr. | $16,387 | $10,103 | -38.3% |
| Johnson Linder | $22,421 | $9,962 | -55.6% |
| Robert Brown Poultry, LLC | $0 | $9,666 | -- |
| Mary Jo Lattus | $17,848 | $9,563 | -46.4% |
| Martha Jean Burnette | $9,232 | $9,232 | 0% |
| Nathan W. Carter III | $31,629 | $9,045 | -71.4% |
| Kyle Dixon | $28,914 | $8,619 | -70.2% |
| Benjamin W. Burnette | $23,124 | $8,557 | -63% |
| Tony Blalock | $8,176 | $6,962 | -14.8% |
| William K Grasfeder | $4,941 | $6,776 | 37.1% |
| James Bronaugh Major | $13,923 | $6,569 | -52.8% |
| Larry B. Lewis | $6,132 | $6,306 | 2.8% |
| Glenn N. Howell | $11,756 | $6,199 | -47.3% |
| Richard L. Major Jr. | $5,022 | $5,920 | 17.9% |
| Rosemary Goodwin | $5,081 | $5,906 | 16.2% |
| Mary F. Hancock | $5,087 | $5,822 | 14.4% |
| J. L. Atwill | $6,166 | $5,509 | -10.7% |
| Alfonso Garcia | $0 | $5,493 | -- |
| Margaret Cates | $10,186 | $5,438 | -46.6% |
| Jimmie A. Jones | $10,291 | $5,398 | -47.5% |
| Michael M. Major | $11,020 | $5,335 | -51.6% |
| Richard L. Major | $11,043 | $5,334 | -51.7% |
| Nancy Sue Ingrum | $13,033 | $5,316 | -59.2% |
| Hunter Holdings, LLC | $11,580 | $5,007 | -56.8% |
| Taylor R. Moss | $11,690 | $4,816 | -58.8% |
| James Matthew Moss | $11,742 | $4,816 | -59% |
| Leon Harris Farms, Inc. | $8,596 | $4,742 | -44.8% |
| Gary L. Olive | $8,099 | $4,687 | -42.1% |
| Sue W. Adams | $6,651 | $4,665 | -29.9% |
| Michael Brett Mitchell | $0 | $4,534 | -- |
| Loraine Buckingham | $4,260 | $4,260 | 0% |
| Asbell Heirs, LLC | $0 | $3,840 | -- |
| 3D Farm | $9,263 | $3,794 | -59% |
| Harry Ward Farm, LLC | $18,276 | $3,774 | -79.3% |
| Mark E. Yaussi | $17,307 | $3,648 | -78.9% |
| Jerry Shelton | $8,133 | $3,576 | -56% |
| Randy Adams | $8,876 | $3,456 | -61.1% |
| Whitesell Farms, Inc. | $5,396 | $3,317 | -38.5% |
| Champion Farms, Ltd. | $6,846 | $3,303 | -51.8% |
| Phillip Amberg | $5,738 | $3,291 | -42.6% |
| Amber A. Long | $2,194 | $3,218 | 46.7% |
| Courtney S Copelen | $3,048 | $3,048 | 0% |
| Kent A. Hutchins | $5,861 | $3,034 | -48.2% |
| Nancy S. Nettles | $6,234 | $2,936 | -52.9% |
| Mike Hancock | $3,386 | $2,922 | -13.7% |
| Connie Smith | $2,869 | $2,869 | 0% |
| Robert Todd Biggs | $1,191 | $2,866 | 140.6% |
| Jane B. Voorhees | $4,436 | $2,646 | -40.4% |
| Jeremy A. Jones | $6,070 | $2,607 | -57.1% |
| Susan Major | $8,231 | $2,606 | -68.3% |
| Carole H Lattus | $2,457 | $2,457 | 0% |
| Robert P. Garrigan | $6,936 | $2,456 | -64.6% |
| Jan Ray Baker | $1,042 | $2,443 | 134.5% |
| Varden Farms | $3,907 | $2,428 | -37.9% |
| Brian Pickard | $2,132 | $2,408 | 12.9% |
| Gwen Browder | $5,410 | $2,404 | -55.6% |
| Bobby H. McClain | $6,736 | $2,352 | -65.1% |
| James Coffey & Hal Coffey of Hick | $3,960 | $2,285 | -42.3% |
| John B. Amberg | $5,469 | $2,278 | -58.3% |
| Debra L. Drewry | $4,422 | $2,211 | -50% |
| Bob Anderson | $3,851 | $2,207 | -42.7% |
| Robert H. Burns | $2,169 | $2,169 | 0% |
| Leann Frizzell | $2,241 | $2,116 | -5.6% |
| John Harris | $3,808 | $2,106 | -44.7% |
| John M. Thompson | $6,363 | $2,081 | -67.3% |
| Charles Everett Jr. | $1,981 | $1,940 | -2.1% |
| Rhonda Everett | $1,981 | $1,940 | -2.1% |
| Michael Goodwin | $2,707 | $1,906 | -29.6% |
| Mary Jo Irvine | $0 | $1,867 | -- |
| Gertrude Kimbro Austin | $1,839 | $1,850 | 0.6% |
| Eddie N. Hicks | $1,826 | $1,826 | 0% |
| Judy Roberts | $1,308 | $1,794 | 37.2% |
| Donald H Lattus | $1,742 | $1,742 | 0% |
| Linda Evans | $3,076 | $1,707 | -44.5% |
| Ricky L. Evans | $3,076 | $1,707 | -44.5% |
| Brian K. Cruce | $1,625 | $1,625 | 0% |
| Carl T. Prather | $3,598 | $1,624 | -54.9% |
| Michael Gossum | $2,410 | $1,623 | -32.7% |
| Patrick C Gossum | $2,410 | $1,623 | -32.7% |
| The Amberg Farm Cemetery Trust | $1,833 | $1,607 | -12.3% |
| Dee Anna Garrigan | $4,270 | $1,588 | -62.8% |
| Sherman S. Walker | $3,993 | $1,570 | -60.7% |
| David Wells | $4,939 | $1,497 | -69.7% |
| Larry Lewis Farms, Inc. | $1,383 | $1,383 | 0% |
| Nell Wanda Sellars | $2,249 | $1,376 | -38.8% |
| Doris Weatherly | $2,892 | $1,364 | -52.8% |
| Elizabeth M. Roberts | $1,333 | $1,333 | 0% |
| Mildred Coulson | $2,895 | $1,325 | -54.2% |
| Jeffrey A. Taylor | $2,572 | $1,318 | -48.8% |
| Douglas D. McAlister | $2,409 | $1,283 | -46.7% |
| Buddy Amberg | $2,131 | $1,272 | -40.3% |
| Klint E. Kelley | $1,249 | $1,249 | 0% |
| Nathan L. Wilson | $2,828 | $1,236 | -56.3% |
| Paula H. Garrison | $2,361 | $1,220 | -48.3% |
| Michael Milner | $673 | $1,211 | 79.9% |
| Donna Carol Howell | $2,357 | $1,162 | -50.7% |
| Moon Family Trust | $2,174 | $1,150 | -47.1% |
| Moon Survivors Trust | $2,174 | $1,150 | -47.1% |
| Peggy Hall | $1,104 | $1,142 | 3.4% |
| James H. Matheny | $5,849 | $1,135 | -80.6% |
| Sheldon Wedel | $967 | $1,134 | 17.3% |
| Jo Ann Elks | $2,661 | $1,129 | -57.6% |
| Kathryn Gaskins | $2,657 | $1,129 | -57.5% |
| Lew Jetton | $2,238 | $1,127 | -49.6% |
| Patsy M. Campbell | $1,121 | $1,121 | 0% |
| James Kenneth Maxwell | $968 | $1,107 | 14.4% |
| Mark Alexander Williams | $5,145 | $1,093 | -78.8% |
| Will Rice | $2,266 | $1,075 | -52.6% |
| Timothy a Langford Farm Enterprises, Corp. | $2,028 | $1,074 | -47% |
| James D. Pursell | $1,056 | $1,056 | 0% |
| Warren Combs | $1,666 | $1,044 | -37.3% |
| James Alexander | $2,737 | $1,028 | -62.4% |
| Walter McAlister | $2,563 | $1,025 | -60% |
| Au Fleuve, Inc. | $1,878 | $1,014 | -46% |
| Jerry Hatch | $966 | $966 | 0% |
| Austin Goodman | $3,351 | $961 | -71.3% |
| Robert Hopkins | $2,793 | $931 | -66.7% |
| Wade Adams | $464 | $906 | 95.3% |
| Mary L. Clymer | $1,684 | $883 | -47.6% |
| Larry E. McClure | $2,910 | $878 | -69.8% |
| Betty S. Fields | $1,521 | $877 | -42.3% |
| Deborah L. Lewis | $659 | $871 | 32.2% |
| Samuel J. Hancock | $2,993 | $870 | -70.9% |
| Walter Goodman | $858 | $858 | 0% |
| Judy Wilson | $3,285 | $815 | -75.2% |
| Bonnie R. Jeffress | $808 | $808 | 0% |
| Amanda A. Major | $618 | $754 | 22% |
| van Ellingburg | $1,143 | $743 | -35% |
| Malinda B. Burden | $741 | $738 | -0.4% |
| Dorothy L. Harrison | $721 | $721 | 0% |
| Luther Leon Harris SR Family Trust | $3,048 | $717 | -76.5% |
| Marvin Gilbert | $710 | $710 | 0% |
| Garland Williams | $1,422 | $700 | -50.8% |
| Estele B Rozzell | $0 | $662 | -- |
| Erick Lattus | $2,511 | $641 | -74.5% |
| Tim Guess | $611 | $640 | 4.7% |
| Anita George | $1,398 | $638 | -54.4% |
| Gerald Potts | $636 | $636 | 0% |
| Sylvan Shade Swine Company, LLC | $1,022 | $635 | -37.9% |
| David T. Lusk | $6,348 | $620 | -90.2% |
| Jennifer Lusk | $6,348 | $620 | -90.2% |
| Debbie S. Riley | $1,232 | $602 | -51.1% |
| Harry Ward | $9,497 | $590 | -93.8% |
| Raymond Rushing Jr. | $4,311 | $584 | -86.5% |
| Chad Allen Everett | $517 | $569 | 10.1% |
| Larry Olon Gray | $1,836 | $557 | -69.7% |
| Thomas J. Reed | $452 | $526 | 16.4% |
| Mary B. Harris | $979 | $525 | -46.4% |
| Ralph D. Hardy | $522 | $522 | 0% |
| Fenwick Family Farm, Ltd. | $3,101 | $500 | -83.9% |
| Kenneth Edmaiston | $495 | $497 | 0.4% |
| TW2 Properties, LLC | $946 | $492 | -48% |
| Celia Batts | $653 | $488 | -25.3% |
| Sandra Vaughan | $653 | $488 | -25.3% |
| Deborah S. Fly | $708 | $474 | -33.1% |
| Patricia M. Leppert | $1,196 | $464 | -61.2% |
| Tommy McLeary | $826 | $461 | -44.2% |
| Steven R. Hutchins | $455 | $455 | 0% |
| Deborah G Lattus | $455 | $455 | 0% |
| Catherine Foy | $984 | $454 | -53.9% |
| Jacob Jones | $340 | $454 | 33.5% |
| Bobby Powell | $442 | $438 | -0.9% |
| Christiana L. Harris | $757 | $426 | -43.7% |
| Brenda W. Beard | $422 | $422 | 0% |
| Patricia Collins | $422 | $422 | 0% |
| Jill George Coffey | $821 | $422 | -48.6% |
| Larry L. Laster | $595 | $416 | -30.1% |
| Katie Beck | $413 | $413 | 0% |
| James D. Black | $762 | $405 | -46.9% |
| Jo Margaret Aden | $138 | $403 | 192% |
| Gene McCollum | $1,028 | $400 | -61.1% |
| Scarlet Bennett | $668 | $382 | -42.8% |
| Laura Hall Dodd | $717 | $379 | -47.1% |
| Graham Farm Land, LLC | $368 | $368 | 0% |
| Sammie Carter | $680 | $346 | -49.1% |
| Willis Patrick Myatt Jr. | $6,073 | $326 | -94.6% |
| Bobby Evans | $2,213 | $321 | -85.5% |
| Dorothy S. White | $0 | $319 | -- |
| Johnny McKinney | $1,408 | $305 | -78.3% |
| Tommy Stewart | $305 | $305 | 0% |
| Mark Moon | $989 | $302 | -69.5% |
| Myatt & Myatt Farm | $736 | $287 | -61% |
| Rebecca Turner | $279 | $279 | 0% |
| Stacye L Bolton | $279 | $279 | 0% |
| Helen R. Patrick | $0 | $278 | -- |
| Crutchfield Meth Church | $275 | $275 | 0% |
| Marion Charles Elliott | $468 | $272 | -41.9% |
| Lane T. Copeland | $5,906 | $260 | -95.6% |
| Michael C. Sheehan | $550 | $255 | -53.6% |
| Carolyn Alexander | $246 | $246 | 0% |
| Slayden Family Income Trust | $246 | $246 | 0% |
| Ray Lynn Dowdy | $0 | $242 | -- |
| Mike Alexander | $522 | $231 | -55.7% |
| Mark Bennett | $797 | $215 | -73% |
| Betty J. Austin | $210 | $210 | 0% |
| Martha K. Wood | $535 | $197 | -63.2% |
| Timothy A. Langford | $186 | $194 | 4.3% |
| Bellew Family Farm | $188 | $188 | 0% |
| Everett Farms, LLC | $178 | $178 | 0% |
| Jennifer Goalder Trust | $2,942 | $172 | -94.2% |
| James Turner | $508 | $170 | -66.5% |
| John Wayne Davie | $829 | $168 | -79.7% |
| Laray M Waltmon | $120 | $160 | 33.3% |
| Joan Homra | $0 | $151 | -- |
| Martha Kay Meshew | $852 | $124 | -85.4% |
| Martha Pritchard | $228 | $119 | -47.8% |
| Chonnette G Cagle | $354 | $117 | -66.9% |
| Bobby E. Boyd | $115 | $115 | 0% |
| Jamie L. Alexander | $113 | $113 | 0% |
| Dennis Hibbs | $146 | $110 | -24.7% |
| Betty T Amberg Estate | $0 | $110 | -- |
| Baltic 3, LLC | $293 | $109 | -62.8% |
| James I. Edging | $33 | $105 | 218.2% |
| Billy Griffin | $153 | $102 | -33.3% |
| Robert A. Vincent | $100 | $100 | 0% |
| Timothy Totty | $60 | $96 | 60% |
| Annell F Goodwin | $87 | $87 | 0% |
| Mark Mayo | $83 | $83 | 0% |
| Sue Werner | $41 | $82 | 100% |
| Max K. Wilson | $78 | $78 | 0% |
| Justin Goalder O'Connor Trust | $1,859 | $75 | -96% |
| John M. Caldwell | $0 | $64 | -- |
| Kenneth D. Mathis | $51 | $51 | 0% |
| David Collins | $124 | $48 | -61.3% |
| Sally S. Young | $40 | $40 | 0% |
| Shannon D. Waltmon | $82 | $36 | -56.1% |
| Penney L. Irvin | $0 | $20 | -- |
| James Crosslin | $0 | $11 | -- |
| Kris G. McCormack | $0 | $9 | -- |
| Alecia Brooke Gee-Lowry | $22,913 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara A. Lockard | $265 | $0 | -100% |
| David R. Byrd | $42 | $0 | -100% |
| George Cates Jr. | $62 | $0 | -100% |
| George Lewis Cates | $14,304 | $0 | -100% |
| James P. White | $1,363 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Burnette | $185 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Stover | $99 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce C. Allen | $122 | $0 | -100% |
| Kirk Miles Thomas | $374 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael E Homra | $574 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Batts | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Asbell Heirs | $1,161 | $0 | -100% |
| Rosemary Stroup | $839 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Kay Rudolph | $211 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandy Bellew | $60 | $0 | -100% |
| Sue McClellan | $2,872 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Harrison | $1,612 | $0 | -100% |
| Vincent K. Lowry II | $22,913 | $0 | -100% |
| Wanda Faye Brown | $90 | $0 | -100% |
| William a Homra | $151 | $0 | -100% |
| Amberg & Son Farms | $194 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Hal Shipley | $1,163 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel R. Evans | $1,308 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Coffey | $118 | $0 | -100% |
| Hal Coffey | $60 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob N. Goodman | $1,219 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy Rowland | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Thomas Goalder Trust | $1,463 | $0 | -100% |
| John H. Smith | $29 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn Grace Moore | $148 | $0 | -100% |
| Kentucky-Tennessee American Line | $1,481 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis Kilpatrick | $8,778 | $0 | -100% |
| William Alan Moore | $148 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,579,669 | $2,661,179 | -52.3% |
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