Quantcast

Myrtle Beach Leader

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The state of taxpayer-funded farm subsidies in cities associated with Horry County in 2021

Tractor1

Adobe Stock

Adobe Stock

Farms throughout cities in Horry County received $2.1 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 296 farmers in cities within Horry County received a total of $2.4 million in 565 farm subsidies, a 46.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.5 million in 804 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 Horry County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Squires Brothers Farms$103,180$263,353155.2%
Matt W. Ransom IV$333,067$149,338-55.2%
Daniel B. Winburn$67,549$134,21898.7%
Matthew H. Brown$145,885$73,854-49.4%
Russell J. Tyler$122,654$72,707-40.7%
Steven H. Edge$137,671$70,697-48.6%
Thomas Gregg Bell$90,868$68,883-24.2%
Doyle Family, LLC$121,645$60,443-50.3%
Trenton D. Tyler$103,885$56,578-45.5%
William H. Durant II$147,917$52,362-64.6%
Aaron Dale Tyler$117,212$52,279-55.4%
Dixon Farms$201,300$51,838-74.2%
Brooks Andrew Lewis$93,688$43,847-53.2%
J & N Farms$71,169$43,177-39.3%
Russell M. Wise$131,601$43,049-67.3%
William Forrest Graham$39,516$40,9523.6%
United Community Bank$53,719$39,721-26.1%
Dwight Paul Stevens$117,842$39,425-66.5%
Alan Travis Johnson$38,547$37,194-3.5%
Debra H. Barnhill$0$36,554--
Carolina Sod Farm, LLC$0$34,826--
Johnathan Eric Graham$40,990$30,900-24.6%
Randall Chris Hyman$770$30,2283,825.7%
Sara Johnson F. Ward$19,170$28,21347.2%
Ronald Dock Rabon$33,761$25,306-25%
William Danny Brown$198,007$25,148-87.3%
Cornie L Squires$167,011$25,024-85%
Jag Farm & Hunt, LLC$23,423$24,4144.2%
Toni N. Stevens$41,227$23,493-43%
Jared B. Martin$25,054$21,233-15.3%
Rodney Gene Squires$61,024$19,002-68.9%
Tara Allen Johnson$16,051$18,86117.5%
Jordan Thomas Bell$43,272$18,754-56.7%
Danny L. Cannon$36,618$17,140-53.2%
Dennis G. Martin$19,710$16,433-16.6%
Kenneth E. Squires$27,890$16,233-41.8%
Christopher D. Clark$0$15,174--
Kenneth Lewis II$46,479$14,971-67.8%
Garner Squires$162,483$14,807-90.9%
Blackwater, LLC$9,663$14,41749.2%
James David Hatchell$16,917$13,192-22%
Seagroves Family Farms, LLC$64,986$12,944-80.1%
Patricia A. Johnson$19,008$12,508-34.2%
Steven B. Rabon$34,556$12,469-63.9%
Johnie F. Johnson Jr.$20,523$12,411-39.5%
Clarkson Farms$2,054$10,643418.2%
Charles J. Durant$5,986$10,62577.5%
John Oliver Huggins$16,417$10,193-37.9%
C. M. Winburn Jr.$18,321$9,984-45.5%
Johnny Matthew Winburn$10,910$9,092-16.7%
Thomas Glenn Bell$41,039$8,980-78.1%
Carroll Trent Johnson$17,837$8,624-51.7%
Travis Johnson$909$8,118793.1%
Benjamin A. Powell$6,611$8,08522.3%
Randy Graham Durant$86$7,7228,879.1%
Nathan J. Winburn$34,694$7,265-79.1%
Diane S. Lewis$19,487$7,063-63.8%
Marilyn H. Squires$12,869$7,059-45.1%
Matt Paul Stevens$22,765$6,399-71.9%
Ellen McLaurin$6,275$6,2750%
Kenneth Joe Jordan$4,858$6,19527.5%
Davis-Helm Farms$16,123$6,173-61.7%
Wendell R. Carter$17,158$5,870-65.8%
Daniel Joyner Nance$0$5,860--
Heniford Farm Services, LLC$3,242$5,72576.6%
Dennis Floyd$19,479$5,706-70.7%
Sharon B. Bennett$3,245$5,48569%
Faye Page Hufford$0$5,439--
Kenneth Heath Squires$47,358$5,372-88.7%
Charlie Dow Durant$4,934$5,2566.5%
Wade Jones$1,626$5,237222.1%
Alan Schmidt$0$5,190--
Wilton H. Prince Jr.$12,324$5,165-58.1%
Tammy L Blount-Wright$5,089$5,0890%
Lorrell Lewis$11,938$5,086-57.4%
Frankie Holmes II$13,098$5,001-61.8%
Malcolm Campbell$4,898$4,8980%
Associates IV, LLC$4,895$4,8950%
Spring Hill Farms$17,404$4,738-72.8%
Paul R. Mudd$4,641$4,6410%
Mark A. Gore$14,723$4,630-68.6%
Galivants Ferry Farms, Corp.$7,920$4,539-42.7%
Casey Meekins$9,471$4,498-52.5%
Lavon J. Dorman$4,468$4,4680%
Edward W. Allen$9,218$4,148-55%
Charles L. Cooke Sr.$4,103$4,1030%
Billy W. Todd$0$3,901--
Allene H. Hardee$3,896$3,8960%
Daniel M. Squires$3,171$3,83420.9%
Heath Nobles$5,350$3,659-31.6%
Patricia Winburn$2,472$3,64347.4%
James Christopher Bell$2,681$3,58233.6%
Melissa Johnson$0$3,572--
Coltin Louis Nobles$18,362$3,558-80.6%
Blake D. Stevens$20,336$3,499-82.8%
Harold E. Brown$10,720$3,437-67.9%
Cheryl L. Saba$1,714$3,29292.1%
Jamie Lyn Bell$4,106$3,283-20%
John Marsden Miller$3,182$3,1820%
Russell Jordan$0$3,179--
Morris B. Jordan$15,492$3,047-80.3%
Archie M. Barnhill$1,452$2,972104.7%
Eugene Gerald$3,868$2,863-26%
Carroll Glenn Winburn$73,967$2,846-96.2%
Richard D. Floyd$13,198$2,841-78.5%
H Neyle Wilson$0$2,840--
Ashley Clark Page$5,107$2,801-45.2%
Samuel John Jordan$7,935$2,602-67.2%
Ricky J. Bell$10,520$2,525-76%
Frankie Allen Jordan$1,326$2,50689%
Carol Wayne Cathcart$2,415$2,4762.5%
Larry Winburn$2,769$2,446-11.7%
Causey Farm, LLC$2,399$2,3990%
Warren Drew Graham III$2,305$2,3050%
James Lawris Johnson JR$28,105$2,283-91.9%
Carol Jean L. Holt$2,238$2,2380%
Glenn A. Jordan$6,806$2,215-67.5%
Joann C. Ray$2,185$2,169-0.7%
Robert-the Hill Living Trust E Hill$2,910$2,156-25.9%
Harriett J. Thompkins$2,152$2,1520%
Rodney M. Holmes$2,347$2,141-8.8%
Thomas Odell Rost II$1,971$2,1358.3%
Grady R. Johnson$4,189$2,108-49.7%
Barbara J. Bell$8,474$2,076-75.5%
Bennett Rabon$5,777$2,004-65.3%
Evelyn E. Spears$1,974$1,9740%
Susan Kinkade Underwood$0$1,780--
Sandra S. Todd$5,764$1,726-70.1%
Jay Dee Rabon$1,946$1,721-11.6%
Floyd H. Smith$10,664$1,718-83.9%
Farlen M Lewis$1,344$1,68425.3%
PDE, LLC$1,682$1,6820%
Patricia A. Boyd$2,904$1,636-43.7%
Beulah Mae T. Martin$1,635$1,6350%
Ronnie Dale Jordan$2,987$1,635-45.3%
Ruth Ann Shoaf$0$1,622--
Merle H. Holmes$1,629$1,596-2%
William E. Johnson$1,581$1,5810%
Brian F. Johnson$865$1,57081.5%
Kent B. Merrell$1,527$1,5270%
Hairston Associates$2,354$1,517-35.6%
Jane Martin Blaine$1,483$1,4830%
Hugh Thomas King Jr.$1,991$1,400-29.7%
William Henry Lewis IV$3,249$1,381-57.5%
Katheryn Deeann Rabon$3,097$1,379-55.5%
Nash Farms, LLC$1,365$1,3650%
T J Farm Business, LLC$3,916$1,361-65.2%
Charles Derek Frye$3,198$1,357-57.6%
Alan P. Grainger$1,352$1,3520%
Charles F. Frye Jr.$5,501$1,314-76.1%
Suzanne Council$0$1,283--
Wesley Wade Grainger$1,276$1,2810.4%
Bobby J. Calder$1,271$1,2710%
Irma B. Barker$1,269$1,2690%
Marilynn H. McLeod$3,790$1,227-67.6%
Nancy E. Hoelzeman$7,521$1,190-84.2%
Verlon Matthew Brown$4,868$1,168-76%
Christopher M. Gause$2,197$1,165-47%
Ava Lee A. Roberts$1,164$1,1640%
Patricia H. Stanley$1,163$1,1630%
Gerald Graf$1,105$1,1605%
Denny Carl Rabon$1,650$1,146-30.5%
Helen-Ray Mccormick Bayne$2,051$1,129-45%
Christopher N. Stevens$8,514$1,121-86.8%
John A. Correll$1,103$1,1030%
Brenden C. Lohmeier$3,279$1,044-68.2%
Thomas Speight Jr.$0$1,043--
Charles Greg Snowden$1,034$1,0340%
Larry D. Gathright$2,498$1,034-58.6%
Darren Paul Gore$4,331$1,018-76.5%
M. J. Cox$1,012$1,0120%
Eddie P. Powell$1,149$1,009-12.2%
Benjamin W. Hardee$1,008$1,0080%
Alonzo Jordan$2,937$1,007-65.7%
Wallace Todd$6,282$997-84.1%
Christopher E. Gerald$2,155$992-54%
W. C. Graham Jr.$2,206$986-55.3%
Timothy P. Shank$906$9828.4%
Brenda G. Huggins$2,805$981-65%
W. I. Jones III$7,105$979-86.2%
William Irving Jones IV$7,017$979-86%
Debra Tajalle$1,263$965-23.6%
Wilfred Ray Graham$949$9490%
M. S. Booth$2,511$933-62.8%
Carolyn C. Stevens$1,208$928-23.2%
Eula Mae Durant$65$8661,232.3%
Holly Denise Squires$7,811$817-89.5%
Gwen S. Floyd$816$8160%
Cathleen H. Floyd$815$8150%
Morgan L. Martin$800$8000%
Blon Tim Hardee$794$7940%
Jimmy P. Winburn$793$7930%
Bailey Evans$4,149$784-81.1%
Jason T. Nalley$3,469$784-77.4%
Martin Farms, LLC$0$766--
Shirley S. Bratcher$1,698$755-55.5%
Harold C. Dorsey$754$7540%
Sallie Monroe Averitte Alexander$0$753--
Javier Sandoval Diaz$3,113$748-76%
Clayllene Gore$746$7460%
Anne M. Creel$732$7320%
Indigo Savannahs Family Limited Partnership$0$730--
Nelson Murphy Graham$724$7240%
Daniel Abe Sarvis$6,150$723-88.2%
Julia Clarice Roberts$721$7210%
Jonge Management Company, Inc.$720$7200%
Ester H. Todd$715$7150%
Christine N. Strickland$708$7080%
Russell Skipper$1,746$698-60%
Olin D. Beaty$0$680--
Clyde R. Thomas$0$675--
Joel C. Fox$672$6720%
Patsy N. Buck$669$6690%
Marva Fox Lackey$0$668--
Charles L Heniford JR$624$6626.1%
Vera Merilyn Causey$1,314$657-50%
Verlon L. Brown$1,878$630-66.5%
Randy Calhoun$2,211$559-74.7%
Fletcher Clifton Mincey Jr.$9,527$525-94.5%
Michael W. Brown$511$5110%
Jack M. Jordan Jr.$21,160$490-97.7%
Randy L. Hucks$1,699$468-72.5%
William Devon Blackwell$466$4660%
Kathleen McMillan$1,285$464-63.9%
Lisa Gore$769$460-40.2%
Wayne W. Tyler II$0$455--
Annette B. Sutherland$0$451--
Kathy R. Andreas$449$4490%
Lawrence R. Andreas$449$4490%
Sybelia C Harley$444$4440%
Joan B. Thompson$438$4380%
Ben Hyman$2,795$437-84.4%
Arlene A. Ashburn$860$433-49.7%
Leroy Edward Bell Jr.$792$410-48.2%
Muriel P. Hanna$410$4100%
Danny O. Stevens$2,463$408-83.4%
Georgia K. Baker$888$404-54.5%
Matthew Fogle$300$40033.3%
Charlie D. Nobles$1,035$392-62.1%
Katie L. Bell$388$3880%
William T. Suggs$379$3790%
Roger D. Jordan$1,032$372-64%
Kermit D. Todd$363$3630%
George H. Snowden$1,144$356-68.9%
Elaine L. Gore$328$3280%
James O. Luken$1,284$326-74.6%
Cynthia H. Dunn$324$3240%
Randall F. Cox$323$3230%
Hilda J. Dawsey$0$321--
Myrtle H. Owen$284$2840%
Larry Wayne Hardee Estate$980$272-72.2%
Paul R. Reece$576$258-55.2%
Jenerette Farms, LLC$250$2500%
Gwendolyn B. Coleman$249$2490%
Mary Kimball Davis$245$2450%
Victor Nobles$633$239-62.2%
Benjamin W. Jordan$7,041$236-96.6%
Dennis E. Causey$218$2305.5%
Christopher Lee Haywood$232$208-10.3%
Rick Priebe$0$207--
Hartford Douglas Godbolt$2,973$197-93.4%
John R. Richardson$196$1960%
Sharon E. Little$0$196--
Paul Robbins$626$194-69%
Charles B. Squires$138$18433.3%
Musterfield, LLC$118$18052.5%
Mary T. Dawsey$174$1740%
Betty S. Jordan$656$166-74.7%
Herman P. James$147$1470%
Laymon Charles Mishoe$612$134-78.1%
Kimberly D. Marlowe$0$133--
Corine S. Bridges$158$130-17.7%
Jill A. Peavy$0$128--
Mary Ann J. Adams$0$128--
James Laverne Jordan$127$1270%
Karen Renee Johnson$127$1270%
Christie D. Gore$248$124-50%
William Reece Burns II$11$109890.9%
Martha Ann Wannamaker$275$99-64%
Blanton Family Limited Partnershi$0$97--
John W Menard - John and Leona Menard Living Trust$136$96-29.4%
Sylvia Jean Leviner$0$90--
Charles E. James$0$85--
Burroughs Nobles$804$84-89.6%
Joe E. Johnson$0$81--
Anna Pearl S. Goff$77$770%
Edward R. Johnston$1,115$76-93.2%
Billy Wayne Stalvey Jr.$0$74--
J & R Farms, LLC$3,774$56-98.5%
Craig T. Squires$260$54-79.2%
Robert P. Hucks$76$43-43.4%
Debbra Smith$37$370%
Floyd Lewis$3,150$29-99.1%
Robert Keith Tindal$0$29--
Mary E. Rogers$172$24-86%
Keith Yates$15$2033.3%
Alton Dale Elvis$883$0-100%
Caleb H. Nobles$1,350$0-100%
Jeanne J. Hardee$87$0-100%
Jeffery Rabon$399$0-100%
Judy C. Johnson$6,416$0-100%
Missy Johnson$9,145$0-100%
Richard W. Rabon$19,477$0-100%
Arbor One Aca$15,637$0-100%
Arlyn W. Perkey$616$0-100%
Betty R. Woodward$294$0-100%
Burch A. Harper Jr.$440$0-100%
Charles D. Johnson$767$0-100%
Corban Place Farms, LLC$1,946$0-100%
Dennis W. Johnson$1,045$0-100%
Hyman Farms, Inc.$6,986$0-100%
Indigo Savannahs Family Limited P$730$0-100%
John W. Smith$1,375$0-100%
Lisa Strickland$447$0-100%
Marvadean B Hyman$352$0-100%
Oscar H. Chavez$2,034$0-100%
William Fredrick Johnson$1,113$0-100%
William G. Shoaf$3,676$0-100%
William John Britton$1,155$0-100%
Frank D. Strickland$1,246$0-100%
Bobby L. Nalley$1,951$0-100%
Charles Ray Hemingway$250$0-100%
Deborah a Drew Trust$14,616$0-100%
Harold Hemingway$494$0-100%
Hoyt K. Stevens$415$0-100%
Kevin H Heniford$1,096$0-100%
Elton L. Boyd$440$0-100%
Roger D. Porter$2,760$0-100%
Roger D. Prince$4,452$0-100%
Southern Crest Apiaries, LLC$3,403$0-100%
Eric McGee$261$0-100%
Glenda Jean West$1,307$0-100%
Bobby J. Anderson$7,029$0-100%
Chappell J. Hurst Jr.$1,418$0-100%
John K. King Jr.$2,525$0-100%
Martha E. Stone$2,472$0-100%
Nancy Cook$448$0-100%
Patti Jernigan$331$0-100%
Samuel W. Dawkins$2,162$0-100%
Tim R. Helms$1,671$0-100%
Virginia P. Clemons$745$0-100%
Weldon Cecil Brandon Jr.$191$0-100%
Deborah Lowe Duty$17$0-100%
Marsha West Griffin$143$0-100%
Pamela Kay West$139$0-100%
Sallie Monroe Averitte Alexander$753$0-100%
Calvin Muriel Chidester Jr.$4,196$0-100%
Odessa G. Brown$1,964$0-100%
Storehouse Investments, Inc.$319$0-100%
Total subsidies$4,526,689$2,419,064-46.6%

!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