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In 2021, 189 farmers in cities within Saluda County received a total of $2.6 million in 260 farm subsidies, a 46.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.8 million in 515 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 Saluda County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titan Fruit & Vegetable Company, Inc. | $773,981 | $452,047 | -41.6% |
| Jimmy Forrest Farms, Inc. | $0 | $336,640 | -- |
| Nichols & Longshore | $196,160 | $138,932 | -29.2% |
| Gibson Poultry Farm | $3,455 | $131,990 | 3,720.3% |
| Yon Family Farms, Inc. | $464,163 | $104,602 | -77.5% |
| Double A Farms, LLC | $3,604 | $94,268 | 2,515.6% |
| Jimmy Forrest Farms, Inc. | $380,019 | $92,431 | -75.7% |
| Banks Farms, LLC | $0 | $89,578 | -- |
| Stuart R. Smith | $0 | $88,250 | -- |
| Jason K. Holsomback | $21,453 | $80,724 | 276.3% |
| MCR Farms, LLC | $0 | $68,460 | -- |
| Persimmon Poultry, LLC | $0 | $68,429 | -- |
| S & S and Sons Farm Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $52,178 | -- |
| Kingsnake Farms, LLC | $0 | $47,003 | -- |
| Jason G. Nichols | $0 | $45,498 | -- |
| Marcus B Farms, Inc. | $0 | $44,363 | -- |
| Clinton R. Durst | $8,402 | $44,101 | 424.9% |
| Byron Gunter | $0 | $43,329 | -- |
| Henry R. Hall | $52,998 | $31,768 | -40.1% |
| Forrest Hereford Farm | $17,295 | $26,524 | 53.4% |
| Shore Livestock, Inc. | $240,228 | $24,071 | -90% |
| Jones P. Butler III | $0 | $23,620 | -- |
| Will T. Jones | $0 | $21,898 | -- |
| John Wayne McDowell | $0 | $21,709 | -- |
| Hilltop Farms, LLC | $0 | $21,668 | -- |
| Wheeler Brothers Jerseys, Inc. | $118,773 | $20,646 | -82.6% |
| Riley Farms, LLC | $87,085 | $19,802 | -77.3% |
| 2 B Farms, LLC | $183,235 | $19,280 | -89.5% |
| Rodgers Farms School, LLC | $39,984 | $18,090 | -54.8% |
| Scott Cumbee | $0 | $17,182 | -- |
| Forest Hills Logging, Inc. | $0 | $15,542 | -- |
| Tec Land Holdings, LLC | $12,136 | $14,597 | 20.3% |
| Charles L. Nichols | $22,487 | $11,253 | -50% |
| Brandon S. Gillian | $20,785 | $10,871 | -47.7% |
| Merrywood Farm, LLC | $60,978 | $8,954 | -85.3% |
| Jeffrey Bartley | $8,490 | $8,323 | -2% |
| Anthony D. Rauton | $4,955 | $7,135 | 44% |
| Tommy Riley | $30,769 | $6,767 | -78% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $6,466 | -- |
| Jimmy L. Griffin | $0 | $6,440 | -- |
| Bruce W. Rushton | $22,096 | $6,161 | -72.1% |
| Saluda High Point Farms, LLC | $50,651 | $6,112 | -87.9% |
| Joe C. Yonce | $25,635 | $6,090 | -76.2% |
| Harry S. Bell | $15,193 | $5,925 | -61% |
| David A. Langford | $25,817 | $5,685 | -78% |
| Nan P. Frick | $12,705 | $5,435 | -57.2% |
| John F. Berry | $19,876 | $4,846 | -75.6% |
| Chris Proctor | $5,837 | $4,728 | -19% |
| Frances W. Brown | $24,134 | $4,684 | -80.6% |
| Marti Coleman F. Adams | $24,776 | $4,402 | -82.2% |
| Jon P. Watkins | $7,774 | $4,231 | -45.6% |
| Daryl Buzhardt | $19,052 | $3,988 | -79.1% |
| Travis W. Mitchell | $39,181 | $3,906 | -90% |
| Steve Rodgers | $4,713 | $3,821 | -18.9% |
| Smith Farms | $17,503 | $3,681 | -79% |
| Robert K. Berry | $14,524 | $3,460 | -76.2% |
| Nichols Poultry Farm | $21,275 | $3,408 | -84% |
| David Boone | $3,249 | $3,370 | 3.7% |
| Duane Griffin | $8,231 | $3,355 | -59.2% |
| Joseph R. Coleman | $4,295 | $3,186 | -25.8% |
| Deborah S. Hall | $5,405 | $3,136 | -42% |
| Tony Perry | $10,425 | $2,810 | -73% |
| Shane M. Herron | $10,392 | $2,804 | -73% |
| William B. Forrest | $14,465 | $2,774 | -80.8% |
| Mr. John Durham Hammett Jr. | $100 | $2,759 | 2,659% |
| Jeff Palmer | $3,654 | $2,686 | -26.5% |
| Tina B. Rodgers | $24,121 | $2,631 | -89.1% |
| James R. Nichols | $16,898 | $2,584 | -84.7% |
| Jeffrey B. Forrest | $11,242 | $2,548 | -77.3% |
| James Kenneth Ruff | $4,224 | $2,503 | -40.7% |
| Richard M. Havird | $19,450 | $2,480 | -87.2% |
| Wayne Riddle | $7,100 | $2,455 | -65.4% |
| Broken D Farms, LLC | $11,833 | $2,171 | -81.7% |
| Kevin T. Koon | $8,184 | $2,164 | -73.6% |
| Halleck C. S. Butts | $6,149 | $2,041 | -66.8% |
| Ralph McClendon | $40,720 | $2,010 | -95.1% |
| Michael T. Long | $2,305 | $2,006 | -13% |
| William C. Sawyer | $3,077 | $1,997 | -35.1% |
| Corbin Yon Farms, LLC | $6,180 | $1,984 | -67.9% |
| Keith Turner | $3,380 | $1,911 | -43.5% |
| Wanda J. Mitchell | $7,413 | $1,899 | -74.4% |
| Roger Harmon | $9,272 | $1,854 | -80% |
| Carroll Dorn | $7,114 | $1,781 | -75% |
| Neaf Farm, LLC | $12,069 | $1,706 | -85.9% |
| William L. Bushey | $1,677 | $1,701 | 1.4% |
| Roy Daniel Long | $8,354 | $1,579 | -81.1% |
| George Schumpert III | $12,140 | $1,512 | -87.5% |
| Bobby W. Hipp | $8,111 | $1,502 | -81.5% |
| Baron R. Buzhardt | $7,443 | $1,467 | -80.3% |
| John P. Pou Sr. | $7,590 | $1,433 | -81.1% |
| Sue Mae Johnikin | $1,990 | $1,419 | -28.7% |
| Mark A. Hall Jr. | $5,675 | $1,414 | -75.1% |
| Calvin Duane Griffin | $0 | $1,390 | -- |
| Darrell R. Quarles | $9,282 | $1,390 | -85% |
| Peggy F. Coleman | $6,014 | $1,364 | -77.3% |
| Ted Coleman Jr. | $6,036 | $1,358 | -77.5% |
| Elon Randall Maffett | $7,117 | $1,290 | -81.9% |
| Fletcher C. Winn | $8,709 | $1,288 | -85.2% |
| David Flynn Maffett | $6,890 | $1,272 | -81.5% |
| Luke Berry | $5,485 | $1,269 | -76.9% |
| Joel E. Maffett | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| Benjamin S. Holmes | $9,798 | $1,159 | -88.2% |
| Rodney C. Herlong | $5,797 | $1,156 | -80.1% |
| Charles Long | $6,572 | $1,135 | -82.7% |
| Thomas Ashley Rankin Jr. | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Wade Hipp | $6,950 | $1,095 | -84.2% |
| Brett Long | $8,221 | $1,094 | -86.7% |
| David F. Winn | $4,994 | $1,082 | -78.3% |
| Jeff Hallman | $5,335 | $997 | -81.3% |
| Mark R. Rodgers | $4,853 | $982 | -79.8% |
| Glen A. Robertson | $5,658 | $968 | -82.9% |
| Allen G. McGee Jr. | $4,706 | $933 | -80.2% |
| Franklin Bradley | $6,773 | $923 | -86.4% |
| Al Praylow | $5,423 | $909 | -83.2% |
| Christy Derrick | $5,191 | $898 | -82.7% |
| Sylvan Farms, LLC | $9,061 | $869 | -90.4% |
| Claude Chandler Berry | $4,004 | $845 | -78.9% |
| Jackson William Pou | $5,814 | $837 | -85.6% |
| Noah Hampton Berry | $4,191 | $834 | -80.1% |
| R M Watsons Sons, Inc. | $5,195 | $776 | -85.1% |
| Mr. Thomas Boyd Jacobs Jr. | $3,860 | $754 | -80.5% |
| Michelle D. Shealy | $3,912 | $752 | -80.8% |
| Patrick E. Kirkey | $2,963 | $744 | -74.9% |
| Rolando Perez | $292 | $740 | 153.4% |
| Joshua G. Brown | $3,921 | $736 | -81.2% |
| Oscar J. Stevens | $3,840 | $722 | -81.2% |
| Charles Al Risinger | $2,420 | $719 | -70.3% |
| Charles J. Goodman | $4,398 | $719 | -83.7% |
| Debbie Robertson | $3,036 | $718 | -76.4% |
| Titan Production Company, LLC | $401,597 | $707 | -99.8% |
| Billy L. Rodgers | $3,643 | $706 | -80.6% |
| Darrell Rodgers | $3,800 | $706 | -81.4% |
| Grey Duffie Riley | $3,344 | $702 | -79% |
| Kevin Lake | $2,244 | $683 | -69.6% |
| Angela Workman Bradley | $3,993 | $679 | -83% |
| Mitchell H. Long | $4,487 | $679 | -84.9% |
| Kenneth Bledsoe | $3,861 | $676 | -82.5% |
| Willie Lee Lewis | $2,948 | $622 | -78.9% |
| Mitchell H. Yonce | $2,827 | $620 | -78.1% |
| Grace H. Satcher | $2,380 | $617 | -74.1% |
| Thomas Brooks Bryan Jr. | $2,420 | $592 | -75.5% |
| Devonda J Summers | $3,141 | $539 | -82.8% |
| Jerry Jones | $1,471 | $536 | -63.6% |
| Brandon Erik Padgett | $2,358 | $514 | -78.2% |
| Andrew M. Bodie | $2,815 | $512 | -81.8% |
| Dorothy Mills Coleman | $2,347 | $507 | -78.4% |
| Rodney Corley Herlong Jr. | $2,321 | $495 | -78.7% |
| Jacob V. Schumpert Jr. | $2,288 | $484 | -78.8% |
| Jacob Herman | $2,356 | $483 | -79.5% |
| James Rauton Jr. | $6,287 | $470 | -92.5% |
| Janice C. Gardner | $2,255 | $470 | -79.2% |
| Robert E. Black | $2,629 | $461 | -82.5% |
| Cone's Meat & Farm, Inc. | $2,013 | $448 | -77.7% |
| James T. Miller | $2,355 | $443 | -81.2% |
| Joan L. Shealy | $435 | $434 | -0.2% |
| James Edward Griffin | $2,144 | $422 | -80.3% |
| Al J. Praylow Jr. | $1,920 | $417 | -78.3% |
| Charles O'neal Martin | $2,851 | $405 | -85.8% |
| Samuel Stevens | $1,375 | $392 | -71.5% |
| Tyler Phoenix Riley | $1,518 | $391 | -74.2% |
| Gray Davis | $1,650 | $374 | -77.3% |
| Brenton Lemar Addy | $1,678 | $335 | -80% |
| John Willis | $456 | $317 | -30.5% |
| Earnest Clark | $858 | $311 | -63.8% |
| Thomas R. Shaw | $2,110 | $301 | -85.7% |
| Floyd L. Quattlebaum | $2,094 | $291 | -86.1% |
| Shannon L. Price | $606 | $286 | -52.8% |
| Carl D. Pugh | $1,110 | $247 | -77.7% |
| James V. Riddle | $502 | $246 | -51% |
| Greg M. Coleman | $936 | $243 | -74% |
| J. W. Bradley Jr. | $0 | $240 | -- |
| Jean B. Gibson | $0 | $240 | -- |
| Elizabeth Anne Massey | $1,111 | $232 | -79.1% |
| James D. Dowling | $946 | $222 | -76.5% |
| Penny D. McCoy | $946 | $222 | -76.5% |
| Ridge View Farm, LLC | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Titan Peach Farms, Inc. | $542,801 | $212 | -100% |
| Jonathon Colt McKay | $2,096 | $204 | -90.3% |
| Wallace Werts | $1,219 | $197 | -83.8% |
| Cody Clary | $1,120 | $180 | -83.9% |
| Tonya Marie Koon | $363 | $169 | -53.4% |
| Ralph Grant | $379 | $160 | -57.8% |
| Noah J. Hallman | $858 | $159 | -81.5% |
| Dory C. Whittle | $338 | $142 | -58% |
| Judy F. Long | $272 | $130 | -52.2% |
| Mildred C. Griffith | $98 | $98 | 0% |
| Doris B. Holmes | $306 | $90 | -70.6% |
| Jerrold J. Watson | $227 | $76 | -66.5% |
| Dorothy S. Parkman | $154 | $39 | -74.7% |
| Betty Jean Fallaw | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| Harrison Cattle, LLC | $14,942 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome B. Davis | $279 | $0 | -100% |
| S & S and Sons Farm Enterprises L | $41,211 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Drake Yon | $1,968 | $0 | -100% |
| Yon Family Orchards, LLC | $42,241 | $0 | -100% |
| Alexus N. Blease | $730 | $0 | -100% |
| Ben G. Bradshaw | $2,062 | $0 | -100% |
| Cedric Lamar Anderson | $1,725 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher E. Long | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| David W. Werts Jr. | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris B. Bradley | $2,033 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie Lane Hurt | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $6,881 | $0 | -100% |
| J. R. Clamp | $3,025 | $0 | -100% |
| James Guy Sample | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Ashley | $877 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Daniel Clamp | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine Y. Coleman | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Kerianne E Blease | $730 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda B. Jones | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda L. Padgett | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Lopa Farm, LLC | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn B. Grant | $352 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael P. Rodgers | $24,687 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan E. Black | $5,170 | $0 | -100% |
| Scotty Lamar Black | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Von Crawford | $1,554 | $0 | -100% |
| James T. Gibson | $21,484 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,828,664 | $2,603,646 | -46.1% |
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