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In 2021, 167 farmers in cities within Anson County received a total of $2.3 million in 235 farm subsidies, a 33.3% increase from 2020, when the total was $1.7 million in 409 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 Anson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantuck, LLC | $0 | $173,853 | -- |
| Nathan Spare Hildreth | $0 | $139,821 | -- |
| Jody William Brown | $0 | $116,163 | -- |
| Edmund M. Preslar | $13,056 | $98,361 | 653.4% |
| Griffin Farms | $0 | $97,696 | -- |
| Four C Farms, LLC | $0 | $85,025 | -- |
| Caudle Farms, LLC | $136,784 | $83,847 | -38.7% |
| East Field Farm, LLC | $0 | $72,932 | -- |
| Daniel Dewayne Tolley | $0 | $72,760 | -- |
| James William Caudle | $2,458 | $68,915 | 2,703.7% |
| Fincher Martin Farms, LLC | $80,299 | $57,306 | -28.6% |
| Cecil Sikes Farm, Inc. | $114,143 | $56,120 | -50.8% |
| Scotty L. Allen | $16,580 | $54,761 | 230.3% |
| Goodwin Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Willie T. Rorie III | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Robert Allen Leary | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Loggerhead Farms, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Steve Goodwin Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Phyllis P. Griffin | $0 | $48,547 | -- |
| Spare Sean Hildreth | $9,394 | $47,518 | 405.8% |
| Adam F. Causey Jr. | $77,856 | $45,650 | -41.4% |
| Vanessa Farm, LLC | $0 | $39,777 | -- |
| Robert D. Ross | $99,106 | $37,884 | -61.8% |
| William Herman Waddell III | $56,104 | $35,776 | -36.2% |
| Gerald Alvin Bates Jr. | $0 | $35,427 | -- |
| Dale McRae | $74,281 | $33,208 | -55.3% |
| Adam C. Emrich | $0 | $33,097 | -- |
| Michael S. Ross | $66,350 | $32,709 | -50.7% |
| Billy G. Threatt | $0 | $31,789 | -- |
| West Field Farm, LLC | $0 | $31,228 | -- |
| Brown Creek Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $26,915 | -- |
| Mark A. Thomas | $60,428 | $26,155 | -56.7% |
| Seap Khen | $0 | $23,486 | -- |
| Deep Creek Farms | $40,844 | $23,005 | -43.7% |
| Glenn B. Phifer | $35,819 | $18,835 | -47.4% |
| James Steve Allen | $38,270 | $18,603 | -51.4% |
| John C. Springer | $35,466 | $16,290 | -54.1% |
| SSR Trucking, LLC | $0 | $15,169 | -- |
| Fincher Martin Martin L. Farms | $93,898 | $15,099 | -83.9% |
| Dennis B. Parker | $30,357 | $14,323 | -52.8% |
| James E. Martin III | $24,576 | $11,594 | -52.8% |
| Peggy T. Gaddy | $28,792 | $11,028 | -61.7% |
| Michael Ray Griffin | $17,949 | $10,026 | -44.1% |
| James T. Pate | $27,234 | $9,871 | -63.8% |
| Richard W. Gaddy | $16,707 | $9,579 | -42.7% |
| Stegall Farms, LLC | $0 | $9,441 | -- |
| Keely Causey Williams | $0 | $8,724 | -- |
| Hal F. Canipe Jr. | $9,703 | $7,984 | -17.7% |
| Jo Nelson Martin | $0 | $7,387 | -- |
| Terry W. Drye | $8,781 | $5,797 | -34% |
| Devin B. Sikes | $10,780 | $5,370 | -50.2% |
| Charles E. Caudle | $0 | $4,942 | -- |
| Liles Timber, LLC | $11,260 | $4,812 | -57.3% |
| Margie B. Drye | $13,949 | $4,807 | -65.5% |
| Kevin D Tucker | $9,942 | $4,802 | -51.7% |
| Edison J. Martin | $8,699 | $4,779 | -45.1% |
| Meeks & Meeks Farms, Inc. | $10,841 | $4,171 | -61.5% |
| Edwin B. Shankle II | $15,168 | $3,950 | -74% |
| Ronald V. Mills | $10,920 | $3,377 | -69.1% |
| Bruce D. Cuddy | $0 | $3,296 | -- |
| James Michael Freeman | $15,752 | $3,278 | -79.2% |
| Jason Ryan Blackwelder | $16,397 | $3,058 | -81.4% |
| Joe W. Pryor | $2,811 | $2,811 | 0% |
| Mark Mills | $10,535 | $2,801 | -73.4% |
| Glenn F. Trexler | $18,929 | $2,674 | -85.9% |
| Bobby E. McCollum Jr. | $7,215 | $2,429 | -66.3% |
| Evelyn M. Capel | $2,301 | $2,301 | 0% |
| Peggy T. Beachum | $2,225 | $2,225 | 0% |
| Clifford C. Smith | $2,169 | $2,169 | 0% |
| Pee Dee Orchards, Inc. | $44,023 | $2,076 | -95.3% |
| Marvin T. Canipe | $8,431 | $2,048 | -75.7% |
| Travis Mcrae Lookabill | $11,570 | $1,960 | -83.1% |
| White Store, Inc. | $1,941 | $1,941 | 0% |
| Lavon Lee Tyson | $6,347 | $1,925 | -69.7% |
| Edwards Family Limited Partnership | $0 | $1,872 | -- |
| Ronald M. Morgan | $7,524 | $1,822 | -75.8% |
| David Thomas Bricker | $1,765 | $1,693 | -4.1% |
| Triple J Cattle Company, LLC | $8,198 | $1,604 | -80.4% |
| Brandon R Lee | $6,178 | $1,592 | -74.2% |
| Brent Robert Harrington | $7,700 | $1,569 | -79.6% |
| Betty W. Gaddy | $5,491 | $1,279 | -76.7% |
| Melody J. Harris | $1,230 | $1,230 | 0% |
| Jeffrey Robert Griffin | $3,280 | $1,216 | -62.9% |
| W Keith Crawford | $12,798 | $1,146 | -91% |
| Phyllis Wright Pope | $961 | $1,115 | 16% |
| Robert Briley | $1,081 | $1,089 | 0.7% |
| Ricky R. Carpenter | $1,510 | $1,050 | -30.5% |
| Phillip R. Gaddy | $5,464 | $1,047 | -80.8% |
| Frederick Chambers | $0 | $1,045 | -- |
| Kenneth M. Martin | $6,103 | $1,017 | -83.3% |
| Eugene Walters | $1,075 | $1,008 | -6.2% |
| Billy E. Edwards Jr. | $3,893 | $972 | -75% |
| Holly Leigh Stegall | $1,122 | $970 | -13.5% |
| Michael Leon Greene | $3,389 | $967 | -71.5% |
| Eugene Glenn Jones | $817 | $962 | 17.7% |
| Donald F. Beck | $1,043 | $955 | -8.4% |
| Edward Ray Flake | $942 | $942 | 0% |
| Tanya Dianne Tucker-Hyatt | $941 | $941 | 0% |
| Tania Johnson Austin | $2,430 | $924 | -62% |
| Steve E. Carpenter Jr. | $4,734 | $903 | -80.9% |
| Dewey Sheppard | $823 | $889 | 8% |
| Marvin Eric Canipe | $3,113 | $887 | -71.5% |
| Christopher Chad Horne | $3,380 | $882 | -73.9% |
| Bruce C. Sikes | $877 | $877 | 0% |
| Mary B. Stovall | $843 | $843 | 0% |
| Danny J. Griggs | $4,103 | $836 | -79.6% |
| Doug Thomas | $835 | $835 | 0% |
| Michael Ryan Morgan | $1,386 | $832 | -40% |
| Earl D. Williams | $3,332 | $785 | -76.4% |
| Benjamin E. Martin | $5,947 | $782 | -86.9% |
| R. K. Parker Jr. | $2,367 | $775 | -67.3% |
| Linda W. Harrington | $774 | $774 | 0% |
| Betty M. Lutz | $772 | $772 | 0% |
| Joseph B. Jones Jr. | $4,433 | $767 | -82.7% |
| Neal T. Short | $759 | $759 | 0% |
| Earl A. Huntley | $758 | $758 | 0% |
| Darlene T. Clarkson | $756 | $756 | 0% |
| Peggy W. Hildreth | $649 | $723 | 11.4% |
| Jane C. Brown | $789 | $690 | -12.5% |
| Gregory A. Dirks | $675 | $675 | 0% |
| Larry Williams | $484 | $667 | 37.8% |
| Kim Morris Flake | $650 | $650 | 0% |
| Alan R. Griffin | $837 | $599 | -28.4% |
| Carolina Equine Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $598 | -- |
| Jack D. Porten | $3,120 | $585 | -81.3% |
| Curtis Wayne Laney | $3,749 | $577 | -84.6% |
| Michael A. Williams | $475 | $571 | 20.2% |
| Jeffrey D. Bricken | $2,563 | $529 | -79.4% |
| Norris E. Sheppard | $506 | $524 | 3.6% |
| Jerry Rorie | $2,343 | $508 | -78.3% |
| Michael Edwards | $0 | $501 | -- |
| Jerry W. Miller | $0 | $500 | -- |
| Gary Sikes | $472 | $493 | 4.4% |
| Stephen M. Turner | $566 | $474 | -16.3% |
| Edmund P. Huntley Jr. | $470 | $470 | 0% |
| James A. Huneycutt | $1,091 | $463 | -57.6% |
| Rachel T. Porter | $451 | $451 | 0% |
| Fincher L. Martin | $403 | $403 | 0% |
| William Anthony Martin | $1,760 | $369 | -79% |
| Steven C. Chewning | $1,067 | $320 | -70% |
| Elizabeth T. Nance | $1,657 | $319 | -80.7% |
| Caudle Farm Association | $748 | $314 | -58% |
| Charles Roy Thomas | $291 | $312 | 7.2% |
| Samuel S. Freeman | $2,103 | $287 | -86.4% |
| Hugh R. Trexler Jr. | $1,885 | $284 | -84.9% |
| Brady Harold Rogers | $2,070 | $276 | -86.7% |
| Lannie R. Allen | $719 | $257 | -64.3% |
| Shelton B. Faulkner Jr. | $726 | $256 | -64.7% |
| Cassie W. Cox | $161 | $222 | 37.9% |
| Randy Steele | $1,001 | $222 | -77.8% |
| Herman Todd Parker | $162 | $182 | 12.3% |
| Mark D. Cabrera | $22,016 | $182 | -99.2% |
| Betty H. Huneycutt | $239 | $153 | -36% |
| Thomas S. Edwards | $562 | $152 | -73% |
| Daryl Bruce Griffin | $123 | $145 | 17.9% |
| Joe L. Thomas | $683 | $122 | -82.1% |
| Jeremy D. Taylor | $95 | $95 | 0% |
| Sam D. Pesce | $75 | $88 | 17.3% |
| George Truett Wright | $20 | $87 | 335% |
| Wilbert Cash Jr. | $396 | $82 | -79.3% |
| Betty Sikes Russell | $117 | $61 | -47.9% |
| Tommy M. Parker | $33 | $44 | 33.3% |
| Myron L. Baucom | $235 | $38 | -83.8% |
| James Taylor | $0 | $28 | -- |
| Philip R. James | $0 | $26 | -- |
| Garren B. Brewer | $91 | $20 | -78% |
| Donald P. Scarborough | $1,346 | $3 | -99.8% |
| Edwards Family Limited Partnershi | $1,872 | $0 | -100% |
| N W Sonny Beachum, Inc. | $148 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Claire Johnson | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Jabie Leak Burroughs | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Keely May Causey | $15,731 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryan G. Cash | $1,923 | $0 | -100% |
| Creekside Acres, LLC | $200 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Wall Jr. | $1,763 | $0 | -100% |
| Jose Miguel Mendoza-Perez | $183 | $0 | -100% |
| Lily Bonnie Morgan | $375 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil Brent Stegall | $6,891 | $0 | -100% |
| Elaine Gaddy Thomas | $600 | $0 | -100% |
| George F. Harrington | $80 | $0 | -100% |
| Herbert Taylor | $149 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth B. Johnson | $339 | $0 | -100% |
| Kirby Newton Jr. | $188 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Griffin | $568 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher R. Stinson | $4,028 | $0 | -100% |
| Irene D. Kiker | $81 | $0 | -100% |
| Judith Kiker Moore | $2,001 | $0 | -100% |
| Louise T. Hough | $675 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Dale Horne | $63 | $0 | -100% |
| Emeline Northcutt | $928 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Pope | $328 | $0 | -100% |
| Garrett Snuggs | $376 | $0 | -100% |
| Gayle J. Cole | $2,792 | $0 | -100% |
| James H. Johnson | $108 | $0 | -100% |
| John Max Kendall | $677 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimberly C. Tyner | $1,656 | $0 | -100% |
| Little Family Partnership | $15,486 | $0 | -100% |
| Malvin Harrington Jr. | $3,251 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin Jarman | $1,085 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul B. Little Jr. | $20,951 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul David Marcum | $79 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul L. Turner Jr. | $124 | $0 | -100% |
| Porten Farms, LLC | $6,849 | $0 | -100% |
| Rhonda J. Sessions | $240 | $0 | -100% |
| Shadys Sensation, LLC | $4,720 | $0 | -100% |
| Truby R. Taylor | $187 | $0 | -100% |
| William H. Goodwin | $612 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,743,163 | $2,323,194 | 33.3% |
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