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209 Greenwood County farmers received agricultural subsidies in 2021

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Farms in Greenwood County received $385,256 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 209 subsidies provided, the largest was for Long Cane Logging, Inc., which received $50,875 for the claim of "Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program".

The smallest subsidy provided to a Greenwood County farmer was $4 to Jacob Chandler.

There were 398 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies fell by $766,292.

Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."

USDA data analyzed by the Cato Institute found that "farmers (on net) have derived almost 40% of their income directly from the U.S. government” in recent years.

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.

Subsidies Received by Greenwood County Code Farmers in 2021
Farmer$ ReceivedReason for SubsidyTotal Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($)
Long Cane Logging, Inc.$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Gambrell Logging, Inc.$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
N-B Poultry & Cattle, LLC$26,212Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$26,212
Taylor Logging$17,862Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$19,862
G & a Poultry Farm$14,683Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$17,157
Denton Groves, Inc.$12,861Tree Assistance Program$12,861
James M. Fowler$9,138Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$12,674
E & R Farms$8,824Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$10,136
Sprowl Angus Company$6,009Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$6,609
Floyd Homestead, Inc.$5,928Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$8,676
Kenneth J. Satterfield$5,768Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$5,768
Sandra H. Whelan$5,141Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$5,141
Judith Hodges$4,919Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,919
Gale Ziegenfuss$4,215Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$6,080
Clegg Farms, Inc.$3,988Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,988
Darren T. Carter$3,986Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,986
John S. Sprouse$3,856Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$3,856
Jerry R. Smith$3,802Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,802
Robert Daniel McElrath$3,541Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,541
James M. Fowler$3,536Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$12,674
Tony R. Young$3,261Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,261
Daniel V. Ensz$3,113Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$3,113
Thomas J. Clegg$3,060Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$3,060
Charlene Bailey$2,860Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,860
William G. Henderson$2,825Price Loss Coverage Program$6,061
William G. Henderson$2,705Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$6,061
G & a Poultry Farm$2,475Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$17,157
William Henry Watson III$2,386Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$2,752
Bobby & Warren Johnson$2,339Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,698
Apple Tuck Farms, Inc.$2,263Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,263
Kim A. Turner$2,221Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,221
Linda Ridenour Rev Living Trust$2,214Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,225
Taylor Logging$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$19,862
Long Cane Logging, Inc.$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Gambrell Logging, Inc.$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Virgil W. Wall Jr.$1,953Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,062
Betty C. Crowder$1,784Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,784
Martin R. Turner Jr.$1,753Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,753
Farris C. Parker Jr.$1,725Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,725
Douglas R. Wallace$1,718Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$2,979
Francis M. Werts$1,653Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,653
James R. Darragh Jr.$1,623Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,623
William Lawrence Darragh$1,611Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,611
John Daniel Darragh$1,598Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,598
Stanley B. Vines$1,594Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,594
Andrew Horace Warner$1,570Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,570
Wayne E. Hannah$1,569Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,569
Broadus Timms$1,568Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,568
Sandra A. Orr$1,536Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,809
Robert Watson Jr.$1,482Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,940
Nathan Wood$1,482Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,482
Leland C. Lumley$1,438Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,438
Bobby J. Parker$1,437Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,437
James E. Rowland$1,402Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,402
Gale Ziegenfuss$1,391Price Loss Coverage Program$6,080
James Louden III$1,330Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$1,722
E & R Farms$1,312Price Loss Coverage Program$10,136
Michael Newell$1,309Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,309
Henry B. Teague Jr.$1,302Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,302
James M Balchin$1,265Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,265
Douglas R. Wallace$1,261Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,979
Lezlie Alexandria Dodgen Addison$1,221Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,221
Samuel Godfrey$1,154Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,154
Ernest Wesley Weeks Jr.$1,136Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,136
Catherine S. Hayes$1,110Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,916
Laurie Darragh Fallaw$1,097Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,097
Floyd Homestead, Inc.$1,059Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$8,676
Thomas E. Buzhardt$1,010Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,010
Joe Cee Williams$990Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$990
Sue C. Walker$987Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$987
Charles Warren Neufeld$957Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$1,916
Carolinda Wood$942Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$942
Shane Simmons$933Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$933
Robert E. Larkins$924Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$924
Clark D. Ouzts$908Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$908
Allen J. Epps$906Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$906
Charles Keith Dixon$886Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$886
Floyd Homestead, Inc.$865Price Loss Coverage Program$8,676
Carl Addy$854Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$854
Dewayne Gaskin$844Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$844
William R. Johnston Jr.$812Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$812
Virginia T. Witt$792Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,007
Joseph A. Collins$769Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$769
Tammy Renay Hall$743Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$743
Benjamin M. Wicker$717Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$717
Ken Wells$716Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$716
Bobby L. Hastings Sr.$706Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$706
Floyd Homestead, Inc.$704Price Loss Coverage Program$8,676
Christopher B. Addy$688Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$688
Fred Turner$685Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$685
Wayne Wilson$682Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$682
Robert Watson Sr.$679Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,137
Brenda G. Bishop$671Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$671
Aaron L. Duncan II$668Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) Program$737
Donald M. Lytch$663Price Loss Coverage Program$875
Andy McClinton$655Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$655
Karen Griffin$625Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$1,176
Harold S. Butler$625Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$625
Brenda Jeanne Erwin$618Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$643
Bishop-Balchin, LLC$603Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$603
Roger L. Wood$575Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$575
Joyce G. McWhorter$572Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$858
Ed Rounds$566Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$566
Randy Cardwell$558Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$558
Karen Griffin$551Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,176
George R. Warner$540Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$540
June J. Purkerson$532Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$532
William G. Henderson$530Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$6,061
Julius L. Leary Jr.$527Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$527
Charles Warren Neufeld$524Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,916
Faye F. Johnson$523Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$523
Johnny B. Horne$522Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$522
Terry M. Gibert$519Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$519
Thomas H. Eddy$518Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$518
Darryl K. Robinson$506Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$506
Ezekiel Goode III$506Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$506
Julian J Nexsen JR$486Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$486
Sprowl Angus Company$480Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$6,609
Gale Ziegenfuss$474Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$6,080
Cody Berry$453Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$453
Robert Watson Jr.$452Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$1,940
Robert Watson Sr.$452Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$1,137
James Jerry Turner$440Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$696
Tracy P. Cromer$436Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$436
Charles Warren Neufeld$435Price Loss Coverage Program$1,916
Russell W. Brewer$415Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$415
Edward R. Carmody$415Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$415
Catherine S. Hayes$409Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,916
Curtis H. Hill II$405Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$405
Bobby Johnson$404Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$404
Johnie F. Sprowl$397Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$397
Catherine S. Hayes$397Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,916
James Louden III$392Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,722
David Ouzts$391Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$391
Krystie C Martin$391Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$391
Marcia N. Young$379Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$379
William Henry Watson Jr.$376Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$376
William Henry Watson III$366Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,752
Robert Vines$359Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$359
Peggy P. Brown$357Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$357
Jeremy Michael Smith$356Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$356
Jackson Huskey$332Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$332
Boyd P. Purdy$326Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$326
Claude A. Smith$319Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$319
Robert L. Crowder Jr.$318Price Loss Coverage Program$318
Danny R. Polatty$315Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$315
Richard Alan Boling$314Price Loss Coverage Program$626
Richard Alan Boling$312Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$626
Harold J. Epps Jr.$310Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$310
Jennifer A. Pow$301Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$301
Shana G. Byerly$294Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$294
Sheryl L. Scott$289Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$289
Joyce G. McWhorter$286Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$858
Robin Cole$283Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$573
Michael G. Hilliard$280Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$280
James A. Hughes III$275Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$275
Betty Fuller$273Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$273
Sandra A. Orr$273Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,809
Russell Parris$260Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$260
James Jerry Turner$256Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$696
Jacob Chandler$244Price Loss Coverage Program$248
Christopher Tyler Addy$242Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$242
Jason Lance Addy$228Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$228
Virginia T. Witt$215Price Loss Coverage Program$1,007
Donald M. Lytch$212Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$875
Floyd Donovan Rushton$211Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$211
Don H. Jackson$177Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$177
Joseph Michael Young$176Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$176
Daniel R. Baldwin$173Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$173
Margaret Gardner$172Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$172
Robin Cole$157Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$573
Jake Bartley$153Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$153
James Robert Timmerman$141Price Loss Coverage Program$141
John Kyle Neal$137Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$137
Aaron Lee I. Duncan$136Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$136
Robin Cole$133Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$573
Bobby & Warren Johnson$129Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$2,698
Matthew J. Riddle$128Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$128
William H. Minor$125Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$125
Floyd Homestead, Inc.$120Price Loss Coverage Program$8,676
Sprowl Angus Company$120Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$6,609
Zachary Samuel Hendrix$114Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$114
Fredrick T. McGuire$103Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$103
Linda McDonald$100Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$174
Bobby & Warren Johnson$88Price Loss Coverage Program$2,698
Bobby & Warren Johnson$88Price Loss Coverage Program$2,698
Anthony Lewie King Jr.$75Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$75
Linda McDonald$75Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$174
Aaron L. Duncan II$69Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$737
Rhonda Zelazko$68Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$143
Virgil W. Wall Jr.$64Price Loss Coverage Program$2,062
Jane Blackwell$59Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$59
Bobby & Warren Johnson$54Price Loss Coverage Program$2,698
Rhonda Zelazko$45Price Loss Coverage Program$143
Virgil W. Wall Jr.$35Price Loss Coverage Program$2,062
Linda Coble$34Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$71
Linda Coble$23Price Loss Coverage Program$71
Sherard Family Limited Partnership$15Price Loss Coverage Program$15
Rhonda Zelazko$15Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$143
Rhonda Zelazko$15Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$143
Brenda Jeanne Erwin$13Price Loss Coverage Program$643
Brenda Jeanne Erwin$12Price Loss Coverage Program$643
Linda Ridenour Rev Living Trust$11Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,225
Virgil W. Wall Jr.$10Price Loss Coverage Program$2,062
Linda Coble$7Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$71
Linda Coble$7Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$71
Robert Watson Jr.$6Price Loss Coverage Program$1,940
Robert Watson Sr.$6Price Loss Coverage Program$1,137
Jacob Chandler$4Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$248

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