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In 2021, 234 farmers in cities within Cobb County received a total of $619,449 in 336 farm subsidies, a 43.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.1 million in 522 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 Cobb County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Faris Walker III | $26,462 | $48,158 | 82% |
| Ralph Flynt Smith Family, LLC | $48,919 | $45,004 | -8% |
| James F. Mills | $39,205 | $39,205 | 0% |
| Dennis Hoefer | $24,165 | $23,059 | -4.6% |
| Warren A. Lippitt Jr. | $61,969 | $20,483 | -66.9% |
| William McNair | $19,312 | $19,127 | -1% |
| Wilder Lands, Inc. | $17,544 | $17,957 | 2.4% |
| Joyce A. Moreland | $16,825 | $16,825 | 0% |
| Minjun Wang Choi | $16,391 | $16,799 | 2.5% |
| John William O'Banion III | $66,060 | $15,236 | -76.9% |
| Kristi Gibbs | $15,459 | $13,145 | -15% |
| Gary R. Hedrick | $61,049 | $9,609 | -84.3% |
| David O Englehart Trust | $14,387 | $8,869 | -38.4% |
| McNeel Covey Lp | $8,337 | $8,845 | 6.1% |
| Weg Investments, LLLP | $8,526 | $8,528 | 0% |
| Heard Heritage, LLC | $7,538 | $7,538 | 0% |
| Three V Properties, LLC | $7,440 | $7,440 | 0% |
| Betty Cordell Hamrick | $14,705 | $6,338 | -56.9% |
| Jean T Abbott Trust Dated July 9 2009 | $13,566 | $5,994 | -55.8% |
| L&S Ridenour Joint Revocable Trust | $5,821 | $5,821 | 0% |
| SLR Nelson, LLC | $5,336 | $5,647 | 5.8% |
| Dena Merchen | $5,598 | $5,598 | 0% |
| Hubert Harold Sherrill Living Trust | $10,429 | $5,359 | -48.6% |
| Larry Baugh | $6,179 | $5,170 | -16.3% |
| Joann - Aronson Trust Dated Sept 13 2006 K Aronson | $5,143 | $5,143 | 0% |
| Winnie Gafford Estate | $10,086 | $5,043 | -50% |
| Christopher Ryan Marxmiller | $4,784 | $4,784 | 0% |
| Judith A. Carlson | $6,674 | $4,782 | -28.3% |
| Lynn A. Engum | $4,826 | $4,397 | -8.9% |
| John C. Rogers | $0 | $4,122 | -- |
| Vonda C. Rogers | $0 | $4,122 | -- |
| Paulson and Rubin Farms FLP | $4,004 | $4,004 | 0% |
| Kenkel Farm Partnership | $6,242 | $3,927 | -37.1% |
| Whitaker Investment Partnership | $3,870 | $3,870 | 0% |
| Ronald R. Kuntz | $480 | $3,826 | 697.1% |
| Mark Smashey | $3,801 | $3,801 | 0% |
| Ellus Wicks SR, Inc. | $475 | $3,713 | 681.7% |
| Larry W. Lewallen | $14,060 | $3,511 | -75% |
| Dale R. Gilomen | $8,247 | $3,457 | -58.1% |
| JD Wolford, LLC | $6,023 | $3,435 | -43% |
| Benjamin H. Durley | $3,423 | $3,423 | 0% |
| Joel M. Coffman | $3,762 | $3,422 | -9% |
| Linda M. Caldwell | $1,729 | $3,199 | 85% |
| William K. Dodd | $3,169 | $3,169 | 0% |
| Derek Triesenberg | $2,263 | $3,157 | 39.5% |
| Amy Etzler | $3,140 | $3,140 | 0% |
| Howard M. Edwards III | $12,265 | $3,071 | -75% |
| Edna Mae Deal Estate | $3,020 | $3,020 | 0% |
| Tom Oakley | $1,827 | $2,782 | 52.3% |
| Janet Ross | $18,906 | $2,716 | -85.6% |
| Rebecca R. Allen | $0 | $2,715 | -- |
| Las Palomas Ranch, LLC | $2,640 | $2,640 | 0% |
| John W. Graves | $5,800 | $2,636 | -54.6% |
| Wickman Bros Farm | $2,943 | $2,601 | -11.6% |
| Kenneth H. Copeland | $0 | $2,582 | -- |
| John G. Thompson | $6,140 | $2,451 | -60.1% |
| Shipley/Stewart Farm, LLLP | $2,287 | $2,287 | 0% |
| Mark Stephen Shiflett | $11,985 | $2,254 | -81.2% |
| Ken Nunnally | $4,492 | $2,246 | -50% |
| Avona Carroll | $2,194 | $2,194 | 0% |
| Winfred A. Crump | $2,156 | $2,156 | 0% |
| David Michael Kent | $2,154 | $2,154 | 0% |
| Winn Downey | $2,109 | $2,109 | 0% |
| Sandra C. Anderson | $2,081 | $2,096 | 0.7% |
| James C. Englehart | $6,789 | $2,058 | -69.7% |
| Douglas M. Brown | $3,101 | $2,021 | -34.8% |
| Robert R. Mullins | $1,978 | $1,978 | 0% |
| Marianne Wurtele | $0 | $1,958 | -- |
| Freyer Farm Family Partnership | $3,106 | $1,937 | -37.6% |
| Mary Beth Borchardt | $3,231 | $1,911 | -40.9% |
| Hudson Lavon Pierce | $1,905 | $1,905 | 0% |
| Lucia Graham Brown | $1,885 | $1,885 | 0% |
| Todd Farms, Inc. | $6,715 | $1,839 | -72.6% |
| Stephen A. Teague | $6,916 | $1,828 | -73.6% |
| Centennial Grains, LLC | $1,804 | $1,804 | 0% |
| Sterling H. McNeel | $1,759 | $1,759 | 0% |
| Carl Goolsby Jr. | $6,473 | $1,751 | -72.9% |
| Toni Mattson | $1,748 | $1,748 | 0% |
| Lanier Pines Plantation, LLC | $3,496 | $1,748 | -50% |
| James B. Gandy | $1,743 | $1,743 | 0% |
| Paul Eugene Gandy | $1,743 | $1,743 | 0% |
| Triple H South, LLC | $1,949 | $1,700 | -12.8% |
| Jane L. Luther | $4,124 | $1,667 | -59.6% |
| Andrew Martinez | $0 | $1,656 | -- |
| Richard R. Hatcher | $0 | $1,628 | -- |
| Ruth E. Baack | $2,323 | $1,611 | -30.7% |
| Sanderson Cattle Company, LLC | $10,636 | $1,606 | -84.9% |
| Baylor Family Farm | $8,296 | $1,546 | -81.4% |
| Stallman Family Land Trust | $4,094 | $1,539 | -62.4% |
| Faye H Beazly | $2,179 | $1,536 | -29.5% |
| Wesley Adams | $3,038 | $1,507 | -50.4% |
| Donald A. Langley | $17,026 | $1,501 | -91.2% |
| Stephanie Loose | $1,308 | $1,487 | 13.7% |
| Linn Farms, LLC | $307 | $1,466 | 377.5% |
| Donald E Riggs Irrevocable Trust | $0 | $1,437 | -- |
| Jimmy Jordan | $1,437 | $1,437 | 0% |
| R & R Thomas, LLC | $5,502 | $1,396 | -74.6% |
| Ruth Ann Rhodes | $1,602 | $1,329 | -17% |
| Beverly C. McBride | $1,157 | $1,310 | 13.2% |
| Ruth Buehler -Ruth Elanor Buehler Rev Trustee | $2,036 | $1,307 | -35.8% |
| Robert L. Turner III | $2,231 | $1,306 | -41.5% |
| Rose Marie Spires | $3,197 | $1,253 | -60.8% |
| Lynevia C Simmons Trust | $1,248 | $1,248 | 0% |
| Albert Armstrong Trust | $3,577 | $1,218 | -65.9% |
| Thelma L. McClure | $4,285 | $1,208 | -71.8% |
| Beverly Jones Campbell | $1,798 | $1,198 | -33.4% |
| Troy Butler | $1,022 | $1,157 | 13.2% |
| Kenneth Jackson | $0 | $1,118 | -- |
| John R. Williams | $411 | $1,108 | 169.6% |
| Tim Sherrill | $1,282 | $1,106 | -13.7% |
| Jacob R. Johnson | $1,095 | $1,095 | 0% |
| Jonie C. Cason | $1,268 | $1,095 | -13.6% |
| Sam Kee Moss Sr. | $1,068 | $1,068 | 0% |
| Robert H. Collins Jr. | $2,096 | $1,048 | -50% |
| Terry S. Coil | $2,239 | $1,041 | -53.5% |
| Lewis F. Hays | $998 | $998 | 0% |
| Robert Michael King | $979 | $979 | 0% |
| Linda B. Steed | $2,543 | $976 | -61.6% |
| Deborah L. Divver | $1,450 | $971 | -33% |
| Jan S. Russell | $580 | $955 | 64.7% |
| Adkins Holdings, LLC | $945 | $945 | 0% |
| Billy M. Hutson | $4,425 | $944 | -78.7% |
| Julia Lee Nash | $1,038 | $935 | -9.9% |
| Doyle W. Marlow | $909 | $909 | 0% |
| George Butler | $895 | $895 | 0% |
| Ronald L Pizel | $2,319 | $887 | -61.8% |
| Catherine Sartin White | $878 | $878 | 0% |
| Cheryl Lavender | $1,700 | $844 | -50.4% |
| H. A. Cook Jr. | $1,027 | $835 | -18.7% |
| Melissa Wall | $795 | $795 | 0% |
| Arturo Hurtado | $3,278 | $794 | -75.8% |
| Olazyh, LLC | $2,074 | $769 | -62.9% |
| David M. Lee | $3,726 | $766 | -79.4% |
| Vickie Leeman | $4,958 | $762 | -84.6% |
| Donald Thomas Jr. | $4,948 | $748 | -84.9% |
| G. W. Wallace | $738 | $738 | 0% |
| Janelle Kauffman | $0 | $733 | -- |
| Mudrock, LLC | $0 | $714 | -- |
| Lamar D Beavers | $3,256 | $698 | -78.6% |
| Randy Carmichael | $3,300 | $684 | -79.3% |
| Todd E Gorynski | $1,343 | $677 | -49.6% |
| John Johnston | $859 | $668 | -22.2% |
| Sylvia N. Barnes | $1,380 | $644 | -53.3% |
| June L. Holland | $2,333 | $620 | -73.4% |
| Donough C Hammonds | $2,519 | $619 | -75.4% |
| Harriet McDaniel | $5,308 | $571 | -89.2% |
| Linda Keeton Sanford | $1,101 | $566 | -48.6% |
| Lynn Pass | $0 | $552 | -- |
| Charles Edwin Sims | $1,507 | $537 | -64.4% |
| Loretta Sims Trust | $1,503 | $535 | -64.4% |
| Franklin P. McCoy | $510 | $510 | 0% |
| Ryan W Koudele | $1,191 | $505 | -57.6% |
| Teresa Jo Milne | $3,982 | $494 | -87.6% |
| Jane Waters Stoddard | $216 | $486 | 125% |
| Kenneth Dirks | $1,171 | $486 | -58.5% |
| Hickory Lanes Investors, LLC | $1,234 | $483 | -60.9% |
| Traci Leigh Doenitz | $781 | $474 | -39.3% |
| Handy Kennedy Jr. | $4,805 | $458 | -90.5% |
| Anderson Hollow Farms, LLC | $3,200 | $450 | -85.9% |
| Becky Sessions | $1,088 | $439 | -59.7% |
| Tom E. Wheeler | $1,148 | $437 | -61.9% |
| June Linn Holland Estate | $0 | $435 | -- |
| T & W Cattle, LLC | $1,175 | $422 | -64.1% |
| Michelle Roggenbach | $1,006 | $415 | -58.7% |
| J W Adams Trustee No 2 | $802 | $413 | -48.5% |
| Thomas W. Richardson Jr. | $3,486 | $411 | -88.2% |
| Wade Lnenicka | $966 | $407 | -57.9% |
| Dianne Powell | $376 | $376 | 0% |
| Sonya Smith Taylor | $63 | $350 | 455.6% |
| Steven T. Friar | $759 | $346 | -54.4% |
| Kahler Family Trust | $500 | $345 | -31% |
| Susan Coffman | $0 | $340 | -- |
| Leon E. Weaver | $380 | $331 | -12.9% |
| Edwin W. Crapps | $641 | $313 | -51.2% |
| David Anderson | $713 | $312 | -56.2% |
| Carl Bernard | $231 | $308 | 33.3% |
| Doris Grimm | $711 | $305 | -57.1% |
| Charles T. Allen | $1,032 | $296 | -71.3% |
| Charles Bethel | $922 | $295 | -68% |
| Kelly S. Johnson | $274 | $274 | 0% |
| Mary Virginia Lane | $1,109 | $273 | -75.4% |
| Ann Marie Edwards | $924 | $269 | -70.9% |
| Byron Keith Trahan | $315 | $268 | -14.9% |
| Gerald Wilhoyte | $583 | $267 | -54.2% |
| Doyne W. Haley | $260 | $260 | 0% |
| Patricia a Johnson Estate | $3,779 | $256 | -93.2% |
| Hans Theodore Kornfeld | $253 | $253 | 0% |
| Darlene Lorinda Mitchell Estate | $301 | $229 | -23.9% |
| Richard A. Gafford | $220 | $220 | 0% |
| Mary Kay Calvert | $1,468 | $218 | -85.1% |
| Linda G. Maza | $761 | $217 | -71.5% |
| Brent Sutton | $700 | $216 | -69.1% |
| William C. Hepler II | $781 | $209 | -73.2% |
| Robert Roggenbach | $502 | $207 | -58.8% |
| Jo Carol Brooks | $0 | $200 | -- |
| Kay Orr | $0 | $198 | -- |
| Dean N Barber | $446 | $198 | -55.6% |
| Carol Ann Payne-Johnson | $605 | $196 | -67.6% |
| Shelley Crenshaw | $475 | $195 | -58.9% |
| Jett Perry E. Hatch | $0 | $192 | -- |
| Judy Smith | $1,074 | $164 | -84.7% |
| Michela Moore | $131 | $131 | 0% |
| Carla Camp | $0 | $130 | -- |
| Gwynelle Russell | $0 | $130 | -- |
| Donald Cain | $4,387 | $106 | -97.6% |
| Stanley E. Kirk | $0 | $100 | -- |
| Chad L. Clancy | $99 | $99 | 0% |
| James D. Conrod | $177 | $98 | -44.6% |
| John Wayne Lampp | $205 | $89 | -56.6% |
| Nancy Brennan Kean Trust for Caitlin E Lohman | $67 | $87 | 29.9% |
| Nancy Brennan Kean Trust for Michael Lohman | $67 | $87 | 29.9% |
| Jane Kean Lohman | $62 | $80 | 29% |
| Mellichamp Partners L P | $0 | $80 | -- |
| John Snowden Rives II | $137 | $79 | -42.3% |
| Nadine Miller | $0 | $79 | -- |
| David Michael Allen | $207 | $78 | -62.3% |
| Rita Marie Sonnier Rives Testamentary Special Needs Trust | $136 | $78 | -42.6% |
| Denise C. Nichols | $134 | $70 | -47.8% |
| Joseph Michael Cole | $0 | $68 | -- |
| Ellen P. Buckley | $141 | $66 | -53.2% |
| Houston Snavely | $0 | $66 | -- |
| Betty S. Pounds | $143 | $66 | -53.8% |
| The Caitlin Elizabeth Lohman Trust | $46 | $59 | 28.3% |
| Fred Sledd | $15 | $42 | 180% |
| Victoria J. Lennon | $0 | $31 | -- |
| J. T. Crenshaw III | $61 | $30 | -50.8% |
| Sharon Dale Metcalfe | $0 | $28 | -- |
| Jasper Thaxton | $0 | $27 | -- |
| Rita Marie Sonnier Rives Testamentary Trust No. 1 | $46 | $26 | -43.5% |
| Rita Marie Sonnier Rives Testamentary Trust No. 2 | $46 | $26 | -43.5% |
| Rita Marie Sonnier Rives Testamentary Trust No. 3 | $46 | $26 | -43.5% |
| Janet Marquis | $79 | $25 | -68.4% |
| Keon R. Bankhead | $581 | $21 | -96.4% |
| Charles Moore | $87 | $19 | -78.2% |
| Hugh Dancel Phillips | $1,417 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine E. Pike | $1,437 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Karen van Tonder | $6,218 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Joey Pike | $279 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven J. Gordon | $1,686 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Waller | $1,266 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Greenwood | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Harriet L. Williams | $1,423 | $0 | -100% |
| Heather Nolen Clark | $1,059 | $0 | -100% |
| Herlinde M Ayers | $1,757 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Devotie | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael D. Albert | $446 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Speed Richburg | $1,806 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas L. Sparks | $9 | $0 | -100% |
| Ardelle Loose | $179 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W. Hall III | $342 | $0 | -100% |
| Centennial Farming, LLC | $1,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Lamps | $65 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Hudgins | $4,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Eileen M. Englehart | $1,399 | $0 | -100% |
| Evelyn Walker | $448 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Phillips | $1,417 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen H. Hines | $1,709 | $0 | -100% |
| Jackson Riley Graham | $5,360 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Westfall | $646 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry K. Farr | $399 | $0 | -100% |
| John Stanley Bryant | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Berryhill | $1,198 | $0 | -100% |
| King Shaw TST | $317 | $0 | -100% |
| Loretta H. Thurman | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Odegaard | $3,641 | $0 | -100% |
| R. J. Albury | $29,427 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Allen | $2,713 | $0 | -100% |
| Rex Haven Farms Lp | $373 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah Lucile Fant | $1,293 | $0 | -100% |
| Sebring Grove, LLC | $2,001 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheila E. Sylvan | $824 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirah Farms, LLLP | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley Reed Weller | $3,410 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Barton | $128 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Pg Franklin | $395 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade H. Gilbert Jr. | $957 | $0 | -100% |
| Wild Wings Farm, Inc. | $16,507 | $0 | -100% |
| Amel Landgraf Jr. | $2,644 | $0 | -100% |
| Marsha Rae Young | $3,694 | $0 | -100% |
| Tami L. Rehmert | $1,259 | $0 | -100% |
| David T. Bunch | $454 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric Hayes | $21 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane M. MacKenna | $115 | $0 | -100% |
| Joann Bunch | $454 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce M. Eaton | $2,669 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancee Franklin | $3,690 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,089,897 | $619,449 | -43.2% |
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