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Taxpayer-funded subsidies offered to Gadsden County farmers in 2021 reached $1,034,331

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Farms in Gadsden County received $1,034,331 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 104 subsidies provided, the largest was for Harvey R. Sweeney, which received $80,930 for the claim of "ERFM CFS OF".

The smallest subsidy provided to a Gadsden County farmer was $26 to Charles Livingston Sr..

There were 88 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies fell by $1,804,500.

Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."

USDA data analyzed by the Cato Institute found that "farmers (on net) have derived almost 40% of their income directly from the U.S. government” in recent years.

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.

Subsidies Received by Gadsden County Code Farmers in 2021
Farmer$ ReceivedReason for SubsidyTotal Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($)
Harvey R. Sweeney$80,930ERFM CFS OF$80,930
Roger Allen Scott$79,110Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$79,110
William P. Spear$72,895ERFM CFS OF$72,895
Dawn Renee Williams$72,375Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$72,375
Vanlandingham Farms, Inc.$65,845Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$109,118
High Hope Farms, LLC$50,174Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$107,394
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$47,972Price Loss Coverage Program$148,131
Vanlandingham Farms, Inc.$41,351Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$109,118
High Hope Farms, LLC$40,672Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$107,394
Roberta S. Barr$31,944Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$32,616
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$31,712Price Loss Coverage Program$148,131
Lyman Stewart Suber$31,163Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$31,163
Jerry C. Locke$27,167ERFM CFS OF$27,167
Stacey Michelle Rasky$23,573Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$23,817
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$20,514Price Loss Coverage Program$148,131
State Line Farms, Inc.$20,108Emergency Conservation Program - Hurricanes Harvey/Irma/Maria-Cost Share FY18 Program$30,422
George E. Johnson$19,088Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$19,088
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$17,932Price Loss Coverage Program$148,131
G Herb Sheheane$16,704Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$16,704
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$14,825Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$148,131
Walter L. McPherson$13,833ERFM CFS OF$13,833
High Hope Farms, LLC$13,781Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$107,394
William Johnson$11,010Price Loss Coverage Program$11,010
Robert Jackson$10,862Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$10,862
State Line Farms, Inc.$10,314Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program - Plus 3 Assistance Program$30,422
David R. Goethe$10,100Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) Program$18,321
Chris Robison$8,380Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$8,380
Monzell Davis$8,350Price Loss Coverage Program$8,350
David R. Goethe$8,221Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) Program$18,321
Linda H. Polk$8,021Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$8,021
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$7,032Price Loss Coverage Program$148,131
Eugene J. Thomas$5,519Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
Miller L. Butler$4,937Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$4,937
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$4,500Emergency Conservation Program - Hurricanes Harvey/Irma/Maria-Cost Share FY18 Program$148,131
Eugene J. Thomas$4,461Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
James Harold Thompson$4,313Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$8,092
Rudolph Byrd$4,162Price Loss Coverage Program$4,162
Hugh J. Stephens Jr.$3,825Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$3,825
Henry G. Grant$3,800Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$16,825
Henry G. Grant$3,681Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$16,825
Henry G. Grant$3,399Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$16,825
Johnny Cannon$3,290Price Loss Coverage Program$4,965
Dorothy H. C. Brittin$3,239Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$3,883
Rodney S. Moore$2,995ERFM CFS OF$3,192
Crisanto Arellano$2,814Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$3,739
High Hope Farms, LLC$2,767Price Loss Coverage Program$107,394
Calvin B. Cooksey$2,633Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,633
Eugene J. Thomas$2,475Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
David Sterling Cox$2,430Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,430
Eugene J. Thomas$2,355Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
Henry G. Grant$2,300Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$16,825
Henry G. Grant$2,300Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$16,825
James Harold Thompson$2,298Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$8,092
John Drude$2,256Price Loss Coverage Program$6,361
Zaccaria Sperry$2,131Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,131
John Drude$2,123Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$6,361
Providence Farm of North Florida, LLC$2,075Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,075
John Drude$1,982Price Loss Coverage Program$6,361
Eugene J. Thomas$1,961Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
Douglas Croley$1,948Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,948
Vanlandingham Farms, Inc.$1,922Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$109,118
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$1,696Price Loss Coverage Program$148,131
Eugene J. Thomas$1,580Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$1,544Price Loss Coverage Program$148,131
Eugene J. Thomas$1,482Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
James Harold Thompson$1,481Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$8,092
Loretta B. Kingry$1,427Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,427
Lottie Kinnett Trust$1,331Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,440
Eugene J. Thomas$1,329Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
Eugene J. Thomas$1,139Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
Johnny Cannon$994Price Loss Coverage Program$4,965
Shirley Pounsberry$984Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$984
Jack Marcus Wainwright Jr.$968Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$968
Arduster House JR$910Price Loss Coverage Program$910
William L. Parramore$843Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$843
Henry G. Grant$837Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$16,825
Eugene J. Thomas$726Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
Vernon Neal Blount$724Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$724
Mark Anthony Clark$698Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$698
Gerard H. Moore$652Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$652
Dorothy H. C. Brittin$644Price Loss Coverage Program$3,883
Roberta S. Barr$585Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$32,616
Henry G. Grant$508Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$16,825
Crisanto Arellano$464Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$3,739
Crisanto Arellano$397Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,739
Johnny Cannon$391Price Loss Coverage Program$4,965
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$358Price Loss Coverage Program$148,131
Walter Maxwell$345Price Loss Coverage Program$345
Eugene J. Thomas$311Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
Stacey Michelle Rasky$244Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$23,817
Ronnie Jackson$230Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$230
Glenda Joyce Herndon$210Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$210
Mary Carol Ward$204Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$204
Johnny Cannon$200Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$4,965
Eugene J. Thomas$199Price Loss Coverage Program$23,721
Rodney S. Moore$197Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,192
Eugene J. Thomas$184Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$23,721
Lottie Kinnett Trust$109Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,440
Johnny Cannon$90Price Loss Coverage Program$4,965
Roberta S. Barr$87Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$32,616
Crisanto Arellano$64Emergency Conservation Program/Hazard Mitigation Program - Cost Share FY19 Program$3,739
S K Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.$46Price Loss Coverage Program$148,131
Mary Love Rich$44Price Loss Coverage Program$44
Charles Livingston Sr.$26Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$26

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