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In 2021, 176 farmers in cities within Fulton County received a total of $401,159 in 188 farm subsidies, an 81.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.2 million in 478 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy W Mccandlis | $87,952 | $101,467 | 15.4% |
| Justin Luther | $119,270 | $21,520 | -82% |
| Darick L Brown | $105,144 | $17,406 | -83.4% |
| G & L Cattle, LLC | $75,654 | $14,234 | -81.2% |
| Jessie W. Guffey | $74,439 | $12,864 | -82.7% |
| Dennis L. Brown | $57,712 | $8,408 | -85.4% |
| Bryan Guffey | $159,140 | $7,969 | -95% |
| Granville P. Howell | $36,926 | $7,430 | -79.9% |
| Lee R. Lester | $42,196 | $5,820 | -86.2% |
| John M. Swartzell | $24,594 | $5,467 | -77.8% |
| Andrew Wood | $22,050 | $5,359 | -75.7% |
| Kelly D. Shrable | $25,626 | $5,186 | -79.8% |
| Rick C. Harber | $21,332 | $5,101 | -76.1% |
| Randal Keith Langston | $17,941 | $5,012 | -72.1% |
| Tena Hart | $13,966 | $5,001 | -64.2% |
| Buddy Andrew Burden | $50,251 | $4,763 | -90.5% |
| Lee J. Campbell | $22,512 | $4,102 | -81.8% |
| Cheyenne Dawn Honeycutt | $82,584 | $3,949 | -95.2% |
| Darla Ann Johnston | $30,801 | $3,891 | -87.4% |
| Devin Lynn Brown | $69,241 | $3,756 | -94.6% |
| Lawrence W. Luther | $16,878 | $3,545 | -79% |
| Mary V. Ragsdale | $3,366 | $3,026 | -10.1% |
| Stephen R. Atkins | $11,396 | $2,982 | -73.8% |
| Doug Johnson | $14,775 | $2,794 | -81.1% |
| Tammy L. Erby | $35,208 | $2,609 | -92.6% |
| Judy A. Byers | $7,839 | $2,552 | -67.4% |
| David Baldridge | $12,234 | $2,529 | -79.3% |
| Vicki Cotter | $135,600 | $2,482 | -98.2% |
| Leta Smoot | $8,308 | $2,392 | -71.2% |
| Dennis R. Williams | $10,330 | $2,372 | -77% |
| Janet Smoot | $10,890 | $2,322 | -78.7% |
| Chance Wayne Roper | $19,457 | $2,320 | -88.1% |
| Judy Washam | $13,404 | $2,288 | -82.9% |
| Brach Hill | $16,290 | $2,234 | -86.3% |
| Blake Nicholson | $9,394 | $2,193 | -76.7% |
| William 'bill' L. Burns | $2,440 | $2,102 | -13.9% |
| Collin Dru Powell | $7,524 | $2,075 | -72.4% |
| Quentin Houghtaling | $27,698 | $2,034 | -92.7% |
| Wade Powell | $9,897 | $2,029 | -79.5% |
| Tricia Guffey | $9,130 | $2,022 | -77.9% |
| Leslie Batterton | $7,579 | $1,934 | -74.5% |
| Leroy Cameron | $16,642 | $1,828 | -89% |
| DC Livestock, LLC | $11,108 | $1,815 | -83.7% |
| Duana Batterton | $11,388 | $1,804 | -84.2% |
| Dawnesea Roper | $7,172 | $1,800 | -74.9% |
| Jackie D. Privett | $15,166 | $1,766 | -88.4% |
| Ronald G. Taylor | $9,609 | $1,684 | -82.5% |
| Jody Dan Pendarvis | $6,510 | $1,616 | -75.2% |
| Gaylon L. Bridges | $78,031 | $1,607 | -97.9% |
| Scotty Carroll | $8,717 | $1,602 | -81.6% |
| Lee Davis | $12,587 | $1,592 | -87.4% |
| Tracey L. Sherman | $9,209 | $1,592 | -82.7% |
| Mark L. Cooper | $6,666 | $1,554 | -76.7% |
| James J. Jackson | $7,161 | $1,553 | -78.3% |
| Tommy L. Trett | $7,986 | $1,517 | -81% |
| Sandra Sue Newberry | $8,085 | $1,464 | -81.9% |
| Marlin Coggins | $7,107 | $1,455 | -79.5% |
| James D. Foster | $7,275 | $1,410 | -80.6% |
| Thurlo Ray Minge | $6,446 | $1,385 | -78.5% |
| Lindy Greene | $7,854 | $1,384 | -82.4% |
| Betty S. Foster | $6,649 | $1,357 | -79.6% |
| John C. Foster | $6,791 | $1,345 | -80.2% |
| Gary Devore | $5,544 | $1,276 | -77% |
| Ronny Richmond | $5,060 | $1,262 | -75.1% |
| Brandon T. Love | $7,975 | $1,254 | -84.3% |
| Terry Gaines | $6,072 | $1,237 | -79.6% |
| Sandra L. Johnson | $4,312 | $1,218 | -71.8% |
| Kelly William Newton | $5,874 | $1,206 | -79.5% |
| Debra K. Perryman | $7,367 | $1,200 | -83.7% |
| Janie Flynn | $4,708 | $1,184 | -74.9% |
| Justin Lingenfelter | $5,793 | $1,168 | -79.8% |
| Judith Robbins | $6,171 | $1,167 | -81.1% |
| Mary Jo Baker | $5,346 | $1,142 | -78.6% |
| Barbara K. Cooper | $5,151 | $1,104 | -78.6% |
| James J. Russell | $4,774 | $1,077 | -77.4% |
| Amy Dillinger | $5,844 | $1,072 | -81.7% |
| Andrew T. Byers | $6,577 | $1,064 | -83.8% |
| Farrell L. Byers | $5,363 | $1,060 | -80.2% |
| Wanda L. Cotter | $4,219 | $1,044 | -75.3% |
| Karla M. Cotter | $4,200 | $1,036 | -75.3% |
| LA Teshia Leeann Blevins | $5,665 | $1,024 | -81.9% |
| Cheryl Walsh | $5,500 | $999 | -81.8% |
| Jacqueline S. Vest | $5,148 | $984 | -80.9% |
| Leveta a Washam | $3,382 | $984 | -70.9% |
| Holly McClaran | $5,632 | $979 | -82.6% |
| J. D. Robinson | $4,202 | $970 | -76.9% |
| Donna Bivins | $4,537 | $942 | -79.2% |
| Terry Gene Brown | $2,959 | $919 | -68.9% |
| Richard E. Mitchell | $5,708 | $901 | -84.2% |
| William Shilvock | $3,223 | $872 | -72.9% |
| Barbara Perryman | $16,795 | $868 | -94.8% |
| Leroy Donald Johnson | $4,675 | $860 | -81.6% |
| Yvonne Burch | $4,725 | $853 | -81.9% |
| Carl R. Beavers III | $4,309 | $851 | -80.3% |
| Clifton D. Foster | $3,928 | $847 | -78.4% |
| Mark Sanders | $4,004 | $841 | -79% |
| Amy Rachelle Love | $4,620 | $819 | -82.3% |
| Karen Earls | $3,796 | $810 | -78.7% |
| Ralph L. Moore | $3,952 | $804 | -79.7% |
| Jay Church | $4,632 | $796 | -82.8% |
| Breann Cowgill | $5,093 | $777 | -84.7% |
| Julia Annette Chance | $3,102 | $758 | -75.6% |
| Garry W. Williams | $7,113 | $758 | -89.3% |
| Michael S. Nooner | $4,984 | $754 | -84.9% |
| Linda Hickman | $3,308 | $750 | -77.3% |
| Freddie Reynolds | $3,773 | $742 | -80.3% |
| Bobby James Dawson | $4,872 | $727 | -85.1% |
| Vicki Hurst | $3,705 | $721 | -80.5% |
| Regina Perryman | $3,454 | $709 | -79.5% |
| Stacy L. Perryman | $3,710 | $699 | -81.2% |
| Gary Mullins | $2,519 | $681 | -73% |
| Aubri Walsh | $3,883 | $664 | -82.9% |
| Coltin Wade Powell | $3,146 | $651 | -79.3% |
| Fredy Linthicum | $1,826 | $628 | -65.6% |
| Brian Hart | $2,695 | $612 | -77.3% |
| Bonita F. Neal | $2,583 | $594 | -77% |
| Steven Hutson | $3,289 | $582 | -82.3% |
| Vernon Hutson | $2,838 | $568 | -80% |
| Tracy L. Clark | $3,836 | $540 | -85.9% |
| Debra Ball | $1,628 | $529 | -67.5% |
| Dwight Neal | $2,277 | $525 | -76.9% |
| Carolina Sanders | $2,519 | $522 | -79.3% |
| Jolie Washam | $2,321 | $519 | -77.6% |
| Kenneth R. Felts | $1,760 | $502 | -71.5% |
| John J. Alexander | $1,485 | $501 | -66.3% |
| Bonita Vaughn | $1,969 | $481 | -75.6% |
| Donald Lee Moore | $2,911 | $481 | -83.5% |
| Kawana Jo White | $1,188 | $478 | -59.8% |
| Gladys G. Stephens | $3,782 | $477 | -87.4% |
| Stephen D. Perryman | $1,859 | $469 | -74.8% |
| Jackie Gooch | $1,496 | $439 | -70.7% |
| Shaun Ellison | $1,738 | $426 | -75.5% |
| Joseph Oberbeck | $7,850 | $418 | -94.7% |
| Wilma J. Rogers | $2,426 | $405 | -83.3% |
| Elwin D. Wray | $1,749 | $405 | -76.8% |
| Timothy M. Thurman | $1,980 | $390 | -80.3% |
| Marty C. Young | $1,295 | $374 | -71.1% |
| James Howell | $1,452 | $367 | -74.7% |
| Van James Garrison | $1,397 | $352 | -74.8% |
| Kohl Wesley Batterton | $1,551 | $351 | -77.4% |
| Joseph M. Tyson Jr. | $3,841 | $343 | -91.1% |
| Carl Langle | $1,971 | $342 | -82.6% |
| Barbara G. Sanders | $1,194 | $329 | -72.4% |
| Joshua Hopper | $748 | $317 | -57.6% |
| Joyce Marvene Mills | $3,506 | $308 | -91.2% |
| Jackie Savage | $2,469 | $304 | -87.7% |
| Norma Rice | $1,971 | $301 | -84.7% |
| Barbara Batterton | $1,945 | $294 | -84.9% |
| Reggie D. Richardson | $1,951 | $287 | -85.3% |
| Shirley June Garner | $990 | $284 | -71.3% |
| Elbert W. Beaubouef | $1,386 | $277 | -80% |
| Cody Hutson | $1,177 | $236 | -79.9% |
| Judy B. Hollabaugh | $1,604 | $236 | -85.3% |
| Addison Luther | $1,616 | $218 | -86.5% |
| Luis A. Covas | $935 | $218 | -76.7% |
| Martin Christopher Young Jr. | $1,384 | $214 | -84.5% |
| Edwin Carlsen | $748 | $202 | -73% |
| Daniel David Lingenfelter | $957 | $198 | -79.3% |
| French Hardin Farms | $1,689 | $194 | -88.5% |
| Sarah Ann Walker | $1,885 | $194 | -89.7% |
| Brenda G. Odom | $1,135 | $190 | -83.3% |
| Gary D. Camp | $814 | $173 | -78.7% |
| Martha Lash | $869 | $173 | -80.1% |
| Freeman Davis | $968 | $169 | -82.5% |
| Jannette L. Neal | $693 | $169 | -75.6% |
| Braxton Eliah Reece | $649 | $163 | -74.9% |
| Larry Burns | $484 | $163 | -66.3% |
| Joseph C. Garner | $1,284 | $159 | -87.6% |
| Jana R. Ford | $894 | $145 | -83.8% |
| Braydon Luke Byers | $880 | $132 | -85% |
| Sarah Alexander | $627 | $124 | -80.2% |
| Robert W. McCarty | $231 | $121 | -47.6% |
| Brett Michael Alexander | $608 | $90 | -85.2% |
| Margaret Walsh | $880 | $70 | -92% |
| Judy A. Dillinger | $2,726 | $69 | -97.5% |
| Kenneth W. Cotter | $245 | $62 | -74.7% |
| Cash Hardin | $241 | $0 | -100% |
| Gabby Hardin | $278 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul D. Smith | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald K. Estes | $49 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobbie Lynn Trett | $4,290 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandyn Batterton | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles L. Roper | $351 | $0 | -100% |
| David Cowgill | $554 | $0 | -100% |
| Deion Sanders | $1,808 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Willett | $2,188 | $0 | -100% |
| Leon Hodges | $162 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Guffey | $195 | $0 | -100% |
| Shaylea Worsham | $4,614 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy David Cameron | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,172,205 | $401,159 | -81.5% |
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