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In 2021, 75 farmers in cities within Camden County received a total of $1.1 million in 185 farm subsidies, a 55.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.5 million in 241 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Gold Farms, Inc. | $302,243 | $201,683 | -33.3% |
| Cherry Hill Farms, Inc. | $302,259 | $127,118 | -57.9% |
| K & a Farms, Inc. | $166,179 | $78,979 | -52.5% |
| K & G Farming, Inc. | $174,539 | $75,086 | -57% |
| John E Ferebee Farming, Inc. | $385,093 | $64,608 | -83.2% |
| Albertson Farms, Inc. | $142,949 | $60,838 | -57.4% |
| Swain & Temple, Inc. | $18,950 | $57,535 | 203.6% |
| Williams Brothers Farms | $130,517 | $55,374 | -57.6% |
| Cuthrell Farming, Inc. | $130,204 | $52,999 | -59.3% |
| Renewable Green, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Woodrow McPherson | $106,460 | $51,611 | -51.5% |
| All Season Farms | $130,461 | $43,451 | -66.7% |
| Rountree Farms | $98,102 | $33,295 | -66.1% |
| K & W Farms, LLC | $104,676 | $22,332 | -78.7% |
| Kevin Old | $48,502 | $19,859 | -59.1% |
| Terry L. Noblitt | $36,405 | $16,435 | -54.9% |
| Kenneth Tarkington | $32,965 | $15,435 | -53.2% |
| Butts Farm, Inc. | $21,151 | $12,831 | -39.3% |
| 7 Cousins Land Company | $15,108 | $7,325 | -51.5% |
| C and C Farming | $3,243 | $6,313 | 94.7% |
| Tracy Swain | $13,952 | $4,555 | -67.4% |
| John F. Knowles Jr. | $9,205 | $3,861 | -58.1% |
| Clarann C Mansfield | $5,833 | $3,714 | -36.3% |
| Resource One of Camden, LLC | $2,720 | $3,630 | 33.5% |
| Camden Land and Timber, LLC | $6,661 | $3,294 | -50.5% |
| Everett Sawyer | $4,308 | $2,404 | -44.2% |
| Gilbert Burnham | $5,301 | $2,388 | -55% |
| Quarter Til Farms, LLC | $5,857 | $2,223 | -62% |
| Leon Needham | $2,822 | $1,395 | -50.6% |
| Clarence Ronnie Raper | $1,346 | $1,335 | -0.8% |
| Mcbride United Methodist Church | $2,292 | $1,229 | -46.4% |
| Bess T. Sawyer | $2,593 | $1,223 | -52.8% |
| Lisa Harris | $2,532 | $915 | -63.9% |
| Patricia S. Williams | $476 | $895 | 88% |
| Kathleen Aydlett | $1,021 | $774 | -24.2% |
| Albert J. Bohn Sr. | $1,189 | $734 | -38.3% |
| William W. Stafford | $1,168 | $671 | -42.6% |
| Lankford Lee Hewitt | $1,412 | $651 | -53.9% |
| Marilyn Barker | $1,361 | $637 | -53.2% |
| James T West | $1,366 | $631 | -53.8% |
| Sue Sawyer | $1,503 | $619 | -58.8% |
| Stephen Earl Dail | $2,391 | $598 | -75% |
| Allen Hassell | $817 | $569 | -30.4% |
| Vivian B. Bridgers | $1,194 | $538 | -54.9% |
| Linda Barco Godfrey | $982 | $533 | -45.7% |
| Kenneth L. Winslow Jr. | $1,077 | $502 | -53.4% |
| Bertha M. Gregory | $898 | $440 | -51% |
| Pudding Ridge of South Mills | $751 | $398 | -47% |
| Sandra Barco Jones | $875 | $352 | -59.8% |
| John Gordon | $0 | $254 | -- |
| Joanne W West | $514 | $245 | -52.3% |
| Joyce W. Aydlett | $514 | $245 | -52.3% |
| James W. Burnham Jr. | $373 | $228 | -38.9% |
| Michelle Abbott | $166 | $224 | 34.9% |
| Lois S. Walston | $349 | $193 | -44.7% |
| Joseph Wayne Walston | $395 | $189 | -52.2% |
| Jo Anne Onley Parrish | $376 | $177 | -52.9% |
| Janet S. Inge | $363 | $173 | -52.3% |
| Cornelius McCoy | $233 | $170 | -27% |
| Mary A. Cartwright | $353 | $166 | -53% |
| Carlton T. Forehand | $364 | $157 | -56.9% |
| Herb T. Mullen III | $352 | $128 | -63.6% |
| Robert L. Crain Jr. | $87 | $117 | 34.5% |
| Jeremy Brothers | $0 | $116 | -- |
| Lorraine Oakes | $195 | $109 | -44.1% |
| Willie A. Dozier | $218 | $102 | -53.2% |
| Jason Scott Elmore | $223 | $84 | -62.3% |
| Joseph K. Forbes | $335 | $72 | -78.5% |
| Sarah Forbes Hamilton | $300 | $72 | -76% |
| Robert F. James III | $138 | $66 | -52.2% |
| David Michael Aydlett | $120 | $57 | -52.5% |
| Lois W. McPherson | $0 | $43 | -- |
| Barbara Sawyer | $59 | $37 | -37.3% |
| Betty M. Dunn | $16 | $16 | 0% |
| Winfred Carroll Abbott Jr. | $182 | $5 | -97.3% |
| Jack M. Leary | $325 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny P. Forehand Jr. | $789 | $0 | -100% |
| Tully R. Tarkington Jr. | $30,451 | $0 | -100% |
| John James Gordon | $629 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd T. McCoy | $343 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,472,671 | $1,101,135 | -55.5% |
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