Quantcast

SE Georgia News

Monday, May 20, 2024

Amount of taxpayer-funded subsidies plummet in cities associated with Tattnall County in 2021

Tractor1

Adobe Stock

Adobe Stock

Farms throughout cities in Tattnall County received $5.8 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 270 farmers in cities within Tattnall County received a total of $3.8 million in 458 farm subsidies, a 60.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.6 million in 794 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 Tattnall County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Ronnie McLeod$454,695$255,119-43.9%
Vidalia Sweet Produce, LLC$287,496$206,123-28.3%
G & R Farms$414,508$150,464-63.7%
Tina J Collins, Inc.$158,611$130,030-18%
Robert E. Dasher$461,636$102,660-77.8%
SJB Farms, Inc.$163,818$96,557-41.1%
Hackle Farms, LLC$225,986$95,919-57.6%
Tina Collins$51,355$92,54580.2%
Benjamin Griffin Hilliard$459,290$91,976-80%
Deep South Farms, Inc.$132,350$91,143-31.1%
Ray Farms, Inc.$414,524$73,562-82.3%
Gerald Rickey Anderson$0$57,542--
Vidalia Plantation, Inc.$202,636$53,626-73.5%
Three a Harvesting, Inc.$0$52,875--
Wilson Brothers, Inc.$0$52,875--
M Jones Trucking, Inc.$0$52,875--
Hodges Brothers Enterprise, Inc.$227,730$52,048-77.1%
Anderson Timber, Inc.$0$51,807--
Joe Folsom$0$46,990--
Circle C Farms Trucking, LLC$0$45,269--
Willie S Durrence, Inc.$0$42,574--
Scott Thompson$12,207$41,536240.3%
Tanner Dutton$572$40,1016,910.7%
Estate of Kennon Tatum$0$40,089--
Purvis Farms, Inc.$85,725$37,494-56.3%
BTS Farms, LLC$0$36,021--
Tootle Spreader Service, Inc.$0$35,380--
RHC Farm, LLC$0$35,139--
Kyle S. Durrence$194,801$34,767-82.2%
Bull Creek Produce, LLC$11,468$34,627201.9%
Mount Venture Farms, LLC$0$33,052--
Crews Poultry Farms, Inc.$0$32,808--
Chase Brannen$190,451$32,000-83.2%
Altamaha Broilers, Inc.$0$31,589--
Lindsay Akins Hodges$16,779$30,43581.4%
GKO Farms, Inc.$0$28,682--
Boyett Farms, Inc.$16,690$28,32269.7%
Jake Durrence$199,343$28,004-86%
Jeff & Jes Construction, Inc.$0$27,305--
Daniel Anderson Trucking, LLC$0$26,251--
Paul E. Dutton$3,582$25,846621.6%
Benjamin Bryant Collins$0$25,533--
Luke Durrence$17,867$25,40742.2%
Jes Rogers$31,541$25,223-20%
Danny C. Durrence$18,866$24,70230.9%
Alfred C. Danner$75,194$24,656-67.2%
Bryan C. Dutton$0$23,951--
Steve K. Durrence$92,245$23,736-74.3%
Par Farms, LLC$0$23,544--
John Renault$0$22,871--
Kevin Weitman$0$22,510--
James Tatum and Dale Tatum J & D Farm$0$21,905--
Kenneth O. Bell$36,198$21,582-40.4%
Newley Halter$0$21,318--
CKT Farms, LLC$17,044$21,25624.7%
Lew Graham$0$20,612--
Onionman Company, LLC$31,542$19,857-37%
Landon Boyett Farm, LLC$0$19,027--
Gregorio Tlacuatl$18,864$18,8640%
Ray James$11,902$18,80058%
Greg Simmons Farms, Inc.$0$18,316--
Timber Ridge Holdings, LLC$0$17,702--
Craig Burkhalter$10,582$17,37464.2%
George F. Holland$44,897$16,343-63.6%
Jesse Keith Stanfield$0$15,822--
Paul Scott Kicklighter$0$15,768--
Thomas A. Holland$42,925$15,612-63.6%
John Luke Shuman$5,307$15,558193.2%
Wayne Durrence Farms$108,789$15,178-86%
Herschel M. Durrence II$370,665$15,020-95.9%
CLB Farms, LLC$0$14,947--
Addis Farms, Inc.$24,011$14,910-37.9%
Lavanda Lynn$41,774$14,601-65%
Tony Kennedy Farms, Inc.$27,993$14,579-47.9%
Five Guys Farms, LLC$102,721$14,274-86.1%
Royce & Rhonda Farms, Inc.$0$13,813--
Bland Farms, LLC$250,000$13,803-94.5%
Wendy Thomas$0$13,427--
Brett Holland$8,777$13,39852.6%
Al Durrence$0$13,156--
VW Dasher Farm, Inc.$0$13,123--
Richard Penn Bradley IV$31,591$12,143-61.6%
Keith Mcleod Poultry, Inc.$0$11,937--
Merriell H Durrence$84,931$11,511-86.4%
Billy Collins Farm, Inc.$0$10,961--
Brent Durrence$481$10,5522,093.8%
Jacob Dasher$18,210$9,603-47.3%
Vernon Dasher Jr.$19,808$9,603-51.5%
Jewel H. Durrence$10,372$9,542-8%
David Holland$0$8,473--
Robert F. Barry$12,803$8,429-34.2%
John T. Durrence$0$8,376--
Lonnie Lightsey Calloway$18,510$8,071-56.4%
Justin Anderson$0$7,509--
Barney M. Durrence$0$7,418--
Alvin J. Harden$15,181$7,357-51.5%
Willie Antonio Scott$21,039$7,263-65.5%
Dana B. Stanfield$0$7,096--
Norma D. Strickland$29,714$6,812-77.1%
Frank Bradley JR$0$6,425--
A. M. Walden$12,177$6,365-47.7%
Kenneth A. Brannen$16,100$6,291-60.9%
Jessie W. Kennedy$35,172$6,266-82.2%
Rocking L Ranch$0$6,254--
Cindy Johnson$0$6,095--
Shuman Pecan Farm, LLC$6,024$5,742-4.7%
Patsy T. Weitman$0$5,114--
William Roger Kirkland$4,950$4,9500%
Fennell Farms, LLC$0$4,897--
Billy J. Durrence$7,966$4,848-39.1%
Winton Johnson$17,765$4,793-73%
Kline C. Tootle$5,325$4,782-10.2%
Larry Lynn$11,540$4,681-59.4%
Robert Keith Anderson$4,186$4,64611%
Allen Strange$11,438$4,460-61%
Bret Caudell$22,753$4,141-81.8%
James Tatum$4,664$4,114-11.8%
Lora C. Williford$4,014$4,0140%
Oliver Farms, Inc.$179,238$3,998-97.8%
Greene Thrift$4,921$3,941-19.9%
Brenda C. Burkhalter$4,043$3,916-3.1%
Chase Purvis$11,674$3,903-66.6%
Wallace David Jarriel$39,403$3,838-90.3%
Willie S. Durrence Jr.$13,475$3,709-72.5%
Charlie Kicklighter$0$3,648--
Bill Durrence & Son$5,639$3,507-37.8%
Dorothy F. Shewmaker$3,467$3,4670%
Delorise Bland, Inc.$0$3,450--
Dean Bland Farm, Inc.$0$3,382--
Michael W. Collins$10,113$3,324-67.1%
Danny Collins$3,267$3,2670%
Kwang Lee$21,524$3,262-84.8%
Jess Purvis$12,412$3,183-74.4%
Iley David Anderson$2,945$2,9450%
Whispering Pines Farm$102,724$2,930-97.1%
Eddie Skeens$11,103$2,920-73.7%
Estate of Mary Sue Scott$10,263$2,864-72.1%
Ty Swindell$2,850$2,8500%
O S O Sweet Farms, LLC$375,008$2,827-99.2%
Gary Brannen$6,256$2,780-55.6%
Phillip Collins$16,384$2,731-83.3%
Jarvis Jermauld Costen$4,520$2,712-40%
Daniel Kennedy$16,124$2,689-83.3%
Louis D. Jones Jr.$15,635$2,685-82.8%
Connie M. Sisson$1,010$2,627160.1%
JTD Farms, LLC$16,000$2,577-83.9%
John L. Conley$1,683$2,55551.8%
Wallace K. Jarriel$11,145$2,547-77.1%
Larry Callaway$4,682$2,490-46.8%
Laura Mae Sapp$4,278$2,444-42.9%
Cornelius Costen Sr.$2,541$2,390-5.9%
Jayne M. Bennett$2,344$2,3440%
Danny Anderson$2,303$2,3030%
Frances G. Cowart$2,255$2,2550%
Clayton Lane Sikes$10,395$2,248-78.4%
Jessie L. Rhodes$8,348$2,240-73.2%
H K Farm, LLC$15,166$2,239-85.2%
Lana C. Lanier$1,229$2,23681.9%
Malcolm C. Coleman$1,138$2,23696.5%
James Ronald Lynn$9,866$2,194-77.8%
Joseph W. Collins$2,176$2,1760%
Timothy C. Jarriel$11,440$2,144-81.3%
Gary Brian Durrence$2,143$2,1430%
James Dean Stanfield$2,139$2,1390%
Danny Harvey$63$2,1003,233.3%
Jim Bland$12,083$2,100-82.6%
Jerry D. Burkhalter$4,785$2,061-56.9%
Chris Creech$9,657$2,010-79.2%
Howard William Stanley Jr.$2,001$2,0010%
Lee Andrew Stanley$2,001$2,0010%
Dan Rogers Jr.$7,867$1,995-74.6%
Stubbs Poultry, LLC$0$1,956--
Mary A. Kauble$1,860$1,8600%
Marilyn M. Lanier$1,851$1,8510%
Joseph Andrew Whiten$6,203$1,828-70.5%
Jeff Rogers$6,655$1,808-72.8%
Matthew Alexander Griner$634$1,795183.1%
Wendell C. Durrence Jr.$4,263$1,673-60.8%
Barry Hackle$1,598$1,5980%
Christopher Ross Johnson$11,624$1,580-86.4%
Richard Larry Lynn$4,421$1,537-65.2%
Bradley Tree Farms, LLC$2,324$1,498-35.5%
Rabun Louis Eason$1,468$1,4680%
Clanton Lane Farms, LLC$5,962$1,440-75.8%
Houston J. Holland$1,432$1,4320%
Charles N. Thomas Jr.$1,984$1,383-30.3%
Robert Dubberly$5,489$1,355-75.3%
Randy A. Strange$4,524$1,334-70.5%
Morris Whiten$7,415$1,328-82.1%
Edd Futch$11,565$1,218-89.5%
Margie T. Coleman$1,202$1,2020%
Betty Sue Smith$4,719$1,198-74.6%
Sybil Thrift$1,196$1,1960%
Catherine C. Barlow$1,602$1,194-25.5%
James D. Callaway$1,191$1,1910%
Lew Durrence$1,175$1,1750%
Juan Driggers$2,593$1,127-56.5%
Roberta Holland$1,092$1,0920%
Birket C Kennedy$0$1,059--
Valerie T. Durrence$1,059$1,0590%
Steve Rush$5,974$1,053-82.4%
Roy Tuttle$3,091$1,030-66.7%
Floyd D. Bland$6,399$1,010-84.2%
Daryl D. Futch$19,941$1,001-95%
J and J Farm Boys, LLC$4,038$1,000-75.2%
Leander L. Berry$1,333$994-25.4%
Roger Jackson$1,081$980-9.3%
Grady M. Collins$975$9750%
Jason B. Cope$9,090$966-89.4%
Ronnie D. Holland$6,647$935-85.9%
Joyce S. Bland$4,405$908-79.4%
Nell K. Tatum$2,455$899-63.4%
Renee F. Dasher$0$880--
Ira M. Monroe$860$8600%
Alex Tootle$257$850230.7%
Eugene Eason$3,421$834-75.6%
Jimmy H. Driggers$2,471$819-66.9%
Keith Branch$2,761$815-70.5%
Gregory Simmons$3,388$806-76.2%
Blair William Driggers$3,058$802-73.8%
Tony Hutcheson$5,166$778-84.9%
Barbara Stubbs$1,595$750-53%
Andrew W. Durrence$722$7220%
Brett Kennedy$3,828$720-81.2%
David Cammack$3,058$679-77.8%
Gary Branch$4,093$670-83.6%
Ricky Elbert Daughtry$0$660--
Marsha W. Bradley$0$640--
Lester Jarriel$2,386$623-73.9%
Randy T. Purvis$2,573$620-75.9%
van Johnson$1,320$616-53.3%
Mark T. Dasher Jr.$4,709$616-86.9%
Lonnie John Johnson$1,535$604-60.7%
Dennis C. Richardson$2,587$594-77%
Jerry C. Jarriel Jr.$549$5490%
Simmie H Driggers JR$2,886$545-81.1%
Anthony Bacon Jr.$3,004$511-83%
Edward Dasher$1,562$509-67.4%
Earl B. Lynn$0$500--
Jan Kennedy$2,352$483-79.5%
Trent Joseph Hart$6,066$447-92.6%
Stephen B. Lynn$950$425-55.3%
Delbert Bland$0$421--
Shelby Hart$3,303$420-87.3%
Trent Wayne Kennedy$6,382$420-93.4%
William J. Kicklighter Jr.$3,317$415-87.5%
Jeff H. Strange$397$3970%
John S. Baxter$388$3880%
Matthew Blocker$2,074$345-83.4%
Harold C. Powell$2,133$328-84.6%
David Christopher Medlock$660$304-53.9%
Candice B. Thompson$0$303--
Michael Eugene Anderson$0$303--
Ben L. Nail$1,565$284-81.9%
Mike Lamb$2,761$277-90%
Wayne E. Brewton$2,598$276-89.4%
Mark Brewton$1,742$266-84.7%
Ronald A. Collins$127,386$256-99.8%
Joe Bradley Tatum$1,067$256-76%
Billy Collins$4,784$234-95.1%
Eric Jackson$165$22033.3%
Franklin Keith Mack$140$21050%
Joy S. Mack$559$210-62.4%
Douglas Jerome Dotson$719$105-85.4%
Wayne Crider$491$102-79.2%
Willis Costen$2,460$81-96.7%
Anthoney Smith$99$76-23.2%
Brad Allen Rogers$605$75-87.6%
Michael L. Thompson$74$740%
Sandra Smith$84$40-52.4%
Brenda Faye S. Wright$2,979$0-100%
Buddy Glynn Nail$2,856$0-100%
Curtis Collins$2,206$0-100%
Donald E. Sikes$1,956$0-100%
Donald R. Morgan$326$0-100%
Harry C. Martin$2,244$0-100%
Jimmy R. Morgan$2,411$0-100%
Keith Harvey$187$0-100%
Royce Mosley$3,251$0-100%
Smith Farms, Inc.$144,375$0-100%
Willard Dale Sikes$737$0-100%
Alan C. Sikes$5,595$0-100%
Christian Landyn Guy$2,960$0-100%
Christopher Ross$265$0-100%
CKT Enterprises, LLC$25,107$0-100%
Neil D. Rogers$363$0-100%
Dale Creech$1,849$0-100%
Donald D. Akins$1,557$0-100%
DRY Branch, Inc.$500,644$0-100%
Harold Lynn Cribbs$825$0-100%
Jimmy Ray Rich$18,382$0-100%
Marjorie S. Jones$155$0-100%
Mark D. Shuman$11,704$0-100%
Phillip W. Jarriel$447$0-100%
Rachel Jarriel$622$0-100%
Robert Dewitt$119$0-100%
Sikes Farms, LLC$309,221$0-100%
Angela Folsom$394$0-100%
Bert S. Oliver$2,075$0-100%
Blake Dasher$86,782$0-100%
Byron Ray Brannen$3,673$0-100%
Carl D. Smith$565$0-100%
Carolyn R. Moore$598$0-100%
Dennis Waters$430$0-100%
Donna K. Tootle$1,215$0-100%
Edsel C. Durrence Jr.$9,543$0-100%
Elisabeth A. Sands$6,665$0-100%
Ellen K. Armstrong$412$0-100%
Felicia Walker$135$0-100%
Gary Banks$233$0-100%
Glen Deloach$535$0-100%
Jackie Dasher$2,839$0-100%
Jerry Branch$1,361$0-100%
Jerry W. Burkhalter$592$0-100%
Joe L. Brewton$2,640$0-100%
John V. Flournoy Jr.$403$0-100%
Ken A. Rogers$8,329$0-100%
Kerry W Waters$124$0-100%
Larry McLeod$1,088$0-100%
Larry Walker$1,078$0-100%
Leigh McLeod$170$0-100%
Lesa Rogers Brannen$366$0-100%
Marie W. Aldridge$4,964$0-100%
Mark E. Dasher$15,301$0-100%
Matthew Ryan Dutton$2,013$0-100%
Mike A. Mulligan$3,514$0-100%
Pam Dasher$124,990$0-100%
Rangers Limited Liability$594$0-100%
Richard C. Deloach$2,502$0-100%
Richard Deloach Jr.$3,402$0-100%
Ricki Wolf Trotter$896$0-100%
Sandra Gayle Deloach - Grimes$819$0-100%
Shane Brannen$150$0-100%
Steve Dreggors$5,753$0-100%
Stoy Martin$45$0-100%
Walt Dasher$247,788$0-100%
Wayne Dasher$2,312$0-100%
Wayne Duchkar$9,117$0-100%
William A. Loyed$330$0-100%
Winton Lee Kennedy$300$0-100%
Ancil Jacques$7,449$0-100%
Brenda Gail Ray$143$0-100%
C & C Ranch, Inc.$1,210$0-100%
Chatel Farms, LLC$250,000$0-100%
Clay Anderson Farms, Inc.$2,226$0-100%
Collins Farms Produce, Inc.$38,480$0-100%
David Herbert Jordan$811$0-100%
Deidra Corbitt$362$0-100%
Dorothy Jane B. Randall$695$0-100%
Dowdy Farms, Inc.$419$0-100%
Duane Harrelson$1,925$0-100%
Estate of Robert a Johnson$1,558$0-100%
Freddie B. Cromer$162$0-100%
Hilda H. Holton$1,102$0-100%
James Corbitt$362$0-100%
Jerome G. Parker$1,487$0-100%
Jim Jordan Farm, Inc.$11,054$0-100%
John V. McCall Jr.$328$0-100%
John V. McCall Sr.$677$0-100%
Linda G. Cowart$631$0-100%
Louie Tietgen Smith$4,966$0-100%
Lyndal T Tatum$1,392$0-100%
Mary Faith McCall$312$0-100%
Rusty K. Collins$3,371$0-100%
Seth Boyett$330$0-100%
Steven D. Kinnett$40$0-100%
Thomas H. Wilkes Jr.$2,198$0-100%
Wayman V. Parker$3,788$0-100%
William J. Griner$1,445$0-100%
Total subsidies$9,561,338$3,783,361-60.4%

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS