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In 2021, 261 farmers in cities within Montgomery County received a total of $1.2 million in 321 farm subsidies, a 76.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.9 million in 588 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 Montgomery County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watkins C. Johnston Jr. | $239,762 | $80,683 | -66.3% |
| David C. Garrett | $349,288 | $65,996 | -81.1% |
| HCH Farms, LLC | $55,859 | $35,743 | -36% |
| Parkman Cattle Company, Inc. | $304,209 | $32,361 | -89.4% |
| Outdoors All Americas, Inc. | $33,016 | $31,724 | -3.9% |
| Trotman Brothers Cattle, LLC | $23,100 | $31,237 | 35.2% |
| Jarrod A. Williams | $230,507 | $27,364 | -88.1% |
| Jamie L. Sharpe | $98,709 | $25,396 | -74.3% |
| Milton D. Caldwell | $0 | $24,795 | -- |
| B & D Trucking | $0 | $23,404 | -- |
| Jacqueline H. Martin | $28,366 | $21,596 | -23.9% |
| Jenkins & Jenkins, LLC | $52,118 | $21,406 | -58.9% |
| F. W. Price | $134,891 | $20,661 | -84.7% |
| William Slade Rhodes Jr. | $23,119 | $20,484 | -11.4% |
| Scott Garrett | $72,534 | $20,398 | -71.9% |
| Childers-Jones Timberlands PA, Ltd. | $21,526 | $19,490 | -9.5% |
| Arrington Farms, LLC | $34,864 | $19,115 | -45.2% |
| Ponderosa Cattle Company, Inc. | $124,899 | $18,174 | -85.4% |
| W a Smith Cattle, LLC | $32,057 | $16,206 | -49.4% |
| FMJ Properties, Ltd. | $129,686 | $15,541 | -88% |
| A & D Cattle Company, LLC | $44,220 | $14,290 | -67.7% |
| SMT Farms | $150,757 | $14,260 | -90.5% |
| W. R. Gaston | $101,863 | $14,256 | -86% |
| Albert S. Killingsworth Jr. | $6,464 | $13,839 | 114.1% |
| Gene Nicholson Handey Family Trust | $14,904 | $12,276 | -17.6% |
| I D Mcclurkin & Sons, LLC | $62,437 | $12,216 | -80.4% |
| Charles Mcdowell Crook Jr. | $14,630 | $12,087 | -17.4% |
| Camp Valor, LLC | $10,911 | $10,911 | 0% |
| Newell Farm, LLC | $45,705 | $9,780 | -78.6% |
| Jay Tate Custard | $29,513 | $9,764 | -66.9% |
| Noble Investments, Ltd. | $20,629 | $8,939 | -56.7% |
| Woody Thrasher Cattle Company, Inc. | $39,835 | $8,925 | -77.6% |
| Nell T. Burt | $8,147 | $8,778 | 7.7% |
| Maddox-Screws Partners | $81,181 | $8,540 | -89.5% |
| FNG Investments, LLC | $16,838 | $8,296 | -50.7% |
| Mirenda Tatum | $6,128 | $8,063 | 31.6% |
| Ben Hitch | $33,469 | $7,640 | -77.2% |
| Albert C. Sharpe | $25,862 | $7,576 | -70.7% |
| Todd Meadows Family, LLC | $7,207 | $7,207 | 0% |
| Henry Franklin Thomas III | $25,406 | $6,788 | -73.3% |
| Swearingen Farms, Ltd. | $6,525 | $6,525 | 0% |
| Bob Brooks Jr. | $31,784 | $6,280 | -80.2% |
| Woodley Properties, LLC | $6,198 | $6,198 | 0% |
| Slawson Lands, LLC | $1,253 | $5,989 | 378% |
| Newell Family, LLC | $15,002 | $5,929 | -60.5% |
| Robbins Taylor | $7,175 | $5,618 | -21.7% |
| Kimbrough Farms | $9,405 | $5,617 | -40.3% |
| Edmund C. Warner | $23,342 | $5,508 | -76.4% |
| Raymond C. Boykin Jr. | $56,136 | $5,454 | -90.3% |
| Ronald L. Capel | $5,241 | $5,241 | 0% |
| Paul M. Reynolds | $5,152 | $5,152 | 0% |
| Willis F. Cook | $1,389 | $4,904 | 253.1% |
| Guice Slawson | $12,552 | $4,895 | -61% |
| Northfield Cattle Company, LLC | $23,802 | $4,870 | -79.5% |
| Nathan L. Lipscomb | $34,620 | $4,847 | -86% |
| Stacy L Harris-Stacy Pilgreen Harris Revocable Living Trusts | $4,810 | $4,810 | 0% |
| Ned D. Lee III | $34,446 | $4,774 | -86.1% |
| Edward C. Matthews II | $5,219 | $4,751 | -9% |
| Eldon Tallant Jr. | $51,071 | $4,650 | -90.9% |
| Jessie Faniel | $15,733 | $4,414 | -71.9% |
| Robert White | $4,963 | $4,347 | -12.4% |
| Ladonna W. Casey | $0 | $4,318 | -- |
| Cedar Creek Partners, Ltd. | $4,276 | $4,276 | 0% |
| Patrick A. Little | $11,565 | $4,157 | -64.1% |
| James Thomas Jackson | $10,355 | $4,147 | -60% |
| Kathryn J. Hudgens | $4,091 | $4,091 | 0% |
| Janet L. Maddox | $5,584 | $3,709 | -33.6% |
| Helen R. Rittenour | $12,682 | $3,678 | -71% |
| Shan Norman | $17,131 | $3,654 | -78.7% |
| Randy W. Martin | $534 | $3,611 | 576.2% |
| Mary Jo Hoffman | $48 | $3,473 | 7,135.4% |
| Carey L. Cauthen | $15,169 | $3,421 | -77.4% |
| Irma Christine Philley | $2,223 | $3,335 | 50% |
| Cecil C. Vaughn | $19,069 | $3,242 | -83% |
| Mary Lynn Weil Levy Trust | $3,207 | $3,207 | 0% |
| Mary M. Brown | $9,442 | $3,207 | -66% |
| James D. Reeves | $7,952 | $3,140 | -60.5% |
| George A. Stanaland | $11,825 | $3,006 | -74.6% |
| John H Latham & Patricia W. Latham Rev. Living Trust | $11,286 | $2,902 | -74.3% |
| Jimmy W. Joiner Jr. | $18,713 | $2,901 | -84.5% |
| Andrew P. Hornsby Jr. | $2,235 | $2,890 | 29.3% |
| Parkman Livestock, Inc. | $500,000 | $2,796 | -99.4% |
| Jennifer W. Dawkins | $2,788 | $2,788 | 0% |
| Keith J. Lowery | $3,113 | $2,734 | -12.2% |
| Robert L. Williams | $2,681 | $2,681 | 0% |
| Rusty Graydon | $12,103 | $2,676 | -77.9% |
| Robert Porter | $2,596 | $2,596 | 0% |
| M. C. Gaston Jr. | $12,178 | $2,593 | -78.7% |
| Johnel C Haigler | $2,452 | $2,528 | 3.1% |
| Clarence M. Wood | $13,248 | $2,522 | -81% |
| Richard Holley | $11,341 | $2,502 | -77.9% |
| Triple J Farms | $2,672 | $2,496 | -6.6% |
| Craig L Mckinney & Barbara D Mckinney Living Trust | $4,868 | $2,433 | -50% |
| MRT, LLC | $2,418 | $2,418 | 0% |
| Frederick L. Felder | $1,419 | $2,337 | 64.7% |
| Amy H. Boyd | $15,126 | $2,190 | -85.5% |
| Larry D. Pettway | $8,979 | $2,178 | -75.7% |
| Wiley J. Hartley Jr. | $2,160 | $2,160 | 0% |
| Kenneth M. Boyd | $2,148 | $2,148 | 0% |
| Jimmy Taylor | $2,407 | $2,130 | -11.5% |
| Milicent Beatty Myer | $2,110 | $2,110 | 0% |
| Joe B. Davis | $2,085 | $2,085 | 0% |
| Janice M. Palmer | $5,628 | $2,072 | -63.2% |
| Larry E. Palmer | $16,316 | $2,072 | -87.3% |
| M. E. Richardson III | $15,376 | $2,029 | -86.8% |
| Jack Caraway | $3,110 | $2,027 | -34.8% |
| Terry Green | $12,496 | $2,011 | -83.9% |
| Murray Miller | $8,998 | $2,006 | -77.7% |
| Wanda E. Dour | $1,998 | $1,998 | 0% |
| Leslie Stanfield | $5,181 | $1,980 | -61.8% |
| Thomas R. Kirksey | $7,723 | $1,972 | -74.5% |
| Mark Meriwether | $2,470 | $1,968 | -20.3% |
| Benny H. Sanders | $6,622 | $1,910 | -71.2% |
| Charles A. Wyborny | $1,863 | $1,863 | 0% |
| Gene a Kline Living Trust | $2,914 | $1,856 | -36.3% |
| Reginald Patterson | $4,301 | $1,836 | -57.3% |
| Joy P. Stallings | $1,812 | $1,812 | 0% |
| Malcolm J. Hall | $8,097 | $1,808 | -77.7% |
| Russell B. Taylor | $1,713 | $1,800 | 5.1% |
| Marla A. Gill | $3,514 | $1,797 | -48.9% |
| Susan M. Richardson | $1,494 | $1,767 | 18.3% |
| John Halbrooks | $2,441 | $1,756 | -28.1% |
| Billy J. Weston | $5,615 | $1,754 | -68.8% |
| John L. Tarver | $1,735 | $1,735 | 0% |
| Kim Wingfield Porter | $3,623 | $1,723 | -52.4% |
| Allan G. Stroh | $1,646 | $1,706 | 3.6% |
| K Swanner, L L C | $1,694 | $1,694 | 0% |
| Keith Pettus | $3,169 | $1,685 | -46.8% |
| Debra C. Evans | $2,969 | $1,660 | -44.1% |
| Martin T. Faulkner | $7,524 | $1,650 | -78.1% |
| Laura Ann Griffin | $3,661 | $1,646 | -55% |
| John A. Holleman | $10,939 | $1,642 | -85% |
| Rue P. Brown | $4,818 | $1,634 | -66.1% |
| James Matthew Luster | $8,029 | $1,631 | -79.7% |
| Ricochet Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,616 | -- |
| Billy Hornsby Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,610 | -- |
| Claire H. Austin | $0 | $1,535 | -- |
| John T. Dale | $0 | $1,534 | -- |
| W. D. Flowers Jr. | $8,440 | $1,482 | -82.4% |
| Lyndon Smith | $3,341 | $1,455 | -56.5% |
| Carl Edward Carlson | $6,886 | $1,450 | -78.9% |
| Roland Hester IV | $6,237 | $1,429 | -77.1% |
| Lewis T. Benefield | $7,752 | $1,404 | -81.9% |
| William R. Wible | $2,783 | $1,361 | -51.1% |
| Jean Lane-Dorothy Arrington Trust | $1,344 | $1,344 | 0% |
| Bobbie Carter | $1,328 | $1,328 | 0% |
| Pam Dent | $1,150 | $1,323 | 15% |
| Jackie Sexson | $1,342 | $1,296 | -3.4% |
| James B. Lewis | $3,147 | $1,283 | -59.2% |
| Nan Hudson | $6,127 | $1,267 | -79.3% |
| Emilyn B Wright | $660 | $1,253 | 89.8% |
| Charles W. Kelly | $5,294 | $1,197 | -77.4% |
| Richard L. Sanford Jr. | $3,201 | $1,181 | -63.1% |
| Harvey E Cauthen & Sons, Inc. | $3,975 | $1,123 | -71.7% |
| Ray Irvin Prewitt | $5,613 | $1,117 | -80.1% |
| Eddie McQueen | $2,475 | $1,110 | -55.2% |
| Jesse L. Robinson | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| John L. Jackson | $4,399 | $1,095 | -75.1% |
| Jerry W. Spencer | $1,980 | $1,022 | -48.4% |
| John Sullivan | $3,487 | $1,018 | -70.8% |
| Sue H. McInnish | $1,014 | $1,014 | 0% |
| Jim W. Benefield | $1,244 | $999 | -19.7% |
| David Michael Hall | $0 | $976 | -- |
| J & B Cattle Company, LLC | $7,425 | $962 | -87% |
| Morris Provo Sr. | $2,618 | $958 | -63.4% |
| Sam Early Jr. | $7,426 | $920 | -87.6% |
| Richard Gordon | $5,495 | $914 | -83.4% |
| Stacey Nestor | $5,631 | $913 | -83.8% |
| Randall L Long & Jason R Long | $5,281 | $910 | -82.8% |
| Cleveland Hartman | $1,015 | $896 | -11.7% |
| Paul R. Allen Jr. | $4,356 | $894 | -79.5% |
| Roger B. Ingram | $882 | $882 | 0% |
| Jacqueline Walker-Thomas | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Ronald L. Davis | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Joshua S. Clark | $4,645 | $876 | -81.1% |
| Samuel Orlando Sanders | $3,942 | $874 | -77.8% |
| James Kelley | $2,607 | $854 | -67.2% |
| Christopher Sanders | $4,957 | $850 | -82.9% |
| Charles Warren Rittenour III | $3,919 | $844 | -78.5% |
| William G. McKnight | $838 | $838 | 0% |
| Darrell Hinson | $4,855 | $822 | -83.1% |
| Hettie H. Harrington | $819 | $819 | 0% |
| Leah B. Winston | $816 | $816 | 0% |
| Lottie B. Sharpe | $2,585 | $814 | -68.5% |
| Robert Orr Price III | $0 | $806 | -- |
| Heather H. Slagle | $3,850 | $761 | -80.2% |
| Caffey Irrevocable Trust | $748 | $748 | 0% |
| Hancey Mill Road Farm, LLC | $736 | $736 | 0% |
| Kim H. Adams | $728 | $728 | 0% |
| Denise B. Norris | $723 | $723 | 0% |
| David G. Williams | $6,293 | $722 | -88.5% |
| Solomon Williams Jr. | $5,535 | $702 | -87.3% |
| Gregory Deal | $3,416 | $674 | -80.3% |
| James B. Thomas | $1,452 | $667 | -54.1% |
| Lee Dodson | $663 | $663 | 0% |
| Anderson P. Casey | $3,861 | $661 | -82.9% |
| Larry Thomas | $7,480 | $658 | -91.2% |
| A a White Farm, LLC | $2,640 | $657 | -75.1% |
| Jessica Hill | $3,014 | $638 | -78.8% |
| Travis G. Harris Family Trust | $632 | $632 | 0% |
| Robert G. Arrighi | $3,279 | $612 | -81.3% |
| Chadwick Shields | $604 | $604 | 0% |
| Marjorie Myers Reagan | $666 | $596 | -10.5% |
| Russell Woodlands, L.L.C. | $721 | $594 | -17.6% |
| Ezekiel Washington | $2,517 | $581 | -76.9% |
| Martin T. Faulkner Jr. | $2,717 | $574 | -78.9% |
| Steve Swicord | $990 | $561 | -43.3% |
| Dayle O. Murphy | $555 | $555 | 0% |
| Robert C. Newman Jr. | $1,287 | $552 | -57.1% |
| Winston C. Sheehan Jr. | $633 | $547 | -13.6% |
| Marion Arrol Sheehan | $633 | $547 | -13.6% |
| Charles Moore | $1,980 | $522 | -73.6% |
| Calvinetta Narcisse-Cousar | $519 | $519 | 0% |
| J3 Lands, LLC | $1,740 | $513 | -70.5% |
| Blake Russell Hughes | $2,475 | $512 | -79.3% |
| Jimmie Turner Inscoe | $0 | $502 | -- |
| John M. Bruce III | $2,035 | $501 | -75.4% |
| Daniel Chambliss | $2,596 | $466 | -82% |
| Thomas Norris Jr. | $968 | $463 | -52.2% |
| Christopher A. Bostick | $1,434 | $451 | -68.5% |
| George Herbert Elijah Jr. | $3,240 | $448 | -86.2% |
| Robert J. Hunter | $2,085 | $434 | -79.2% |
| Jason Christopher Joiner | $1,562 | $433 | -72.3% |
| Phyllis Duhon Jackson | $696 | $413 | -40.7% |
| BDN Scott, LLC | $411 | $411 | 0% |
| Judy L. Hughes | $396 | $396 | 0% |
| Sonya Evette Robinson Jackson | $2,614 | $388 | -85.2% |
| Laura Jean Birmingham | $1,059 | $379 | -64.2% |
| Crum Properties, LLC | $378 | $378 | 0% |
| Austin F. Hayes | $1,397 | $369 | -73.6% |
| Jack C. Bushman | $0 | $357 | -- |
| Jean Lowe Alexander | $253 | $343 | 35.6% |
| Carolyn McCollough | $513 | $307 | -40.2% |
| Dan J. Jones | $1,276 | $287 | -77.5% |
| Louise Williamson | $285 | $285 | 0% |
| Royce W. Barron | $793 | $282 | -64.4% |
| Odia Hunter | $1,431 | $276 | -80.7% |
| Deforest Toles | $792 | $256 | -67.7% |
| Andy Hitch | $1,155 | $242 | -79% |
| Libby A. Alford | $239 | $239 | 0% |
| Harvey Means | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Jerald Labovitz | $0 | $217 | -- |
| Samaria O. Early | $2,163 | $200 | -90.8% |
| James H. Gray | $700 | $190 | -72.9% |
| Hugh L. Killian | $187 | $187 | 0% |
| H. M. Dunn | $946 | $166 | -82.5% |
| David Jeffery Wise | $292 | $146 | -50% |
| Marsha K Lushington | $1,515 | $133 | -91.2% |
| William David King | $174 | $126 | -27.6% |
| Hilliard V. Robinson | $429 | $118 | -72.5% |
| Julie S. Kravec | $390 | $118 | -69.7% |
| Johnnie Middlebrooks | $946 | $94 | -90.1% |
| Bonita A. Morrow | $0 | $87 | -- |
| Dr. Robert Coggin | $281 | $87 | -69% |
| Maria L. Demasi | $203 | $76 | -62.6% |
| Sys, Ltd. | $76 | $76 | 0% |
| Leo M. Headley Jr. | $1,247 | $75 | -94% |
| T. van Arrington | $1,622 | $69 | -95.7% |
| David C. McCurdy | $102 | $47 | -53.9% |
| Weldon W. Doe III | $306 | $43 | -85.9% |
| Linda S. Rushing | $461 | $28 | -93.9% |
| Annie Robinson | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry Wood Andrews | $2,363 | $0 | -100% |
| Bayou LA Batre Oyster Company, LLC | $2,169 | $0 | -100% |
| Billie G. Martin | $1,591 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn V. Jeffcoat | $100 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine Leigh Priester Trust | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles D. Williams Jr. | $1,383 | $0 | -100% |
| Cupidean B Hornsby | $1,609 | $0 | -100% |
| Eleanor Williams Cunningham | $4,970 | $0 | -100% |
| Elihu Jones | $3,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Forrest J Priester Trust | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Garrett E. Carstarphen | $13,672 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold B. Wise | $3,754 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Murphy | $6,032 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie M. Parris | $321 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim Rittenour | $6,490 | $0 | -100% |
| John S. Nix | $10 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin R. Morgan | $3,018 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen Mellos | $410 | $0 | -100% |
| Loretta Grant | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Louise Godwin | $1,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Marie Anderson | $27 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha J Priester Trust | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha J. Sanders | $98 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary E. Osten | $3,022 | $0 | -100% |
| Mclane-Garrett Cattle Company, Inc. | $146,661 | $0 | -100% |
| Mr. Leale D. McCall III | $411 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas C Van Elsacker | $347 | $0 | -100% |
| R & C Brown Properties, LLC | $1,495 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond L. Roton | $366 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Elijah | $2,648 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Priester Whitt | $410 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Dewolf | $76 | $0 | -100% |
| The William O Whittle and Mary W Whittle Revocable Trust | $3,901 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Grogan | $5,773 | $0 | -100% |
| Pierce W. Flatt | $2,418 | $0 | -100% |
| Wheeler Greenhouses, LLC | $150,589 | $0 | -100% |
| William M. Stewart | $533 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilsford Properties, Inc. | $1,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Wyncreek Plantation, LLC | $1,091 | $0 | -100% |
| Xikush Apothecary & Herbal Sanctuary | $5,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Allison Seabury GST | $4,306 | $0 | -100% |
| American Sport Fish Hatchery Management Group, LLC | $175,502 | $0 | -100% |
| Chappell Land Company | $11,395 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate of Rosamond Graham | $187 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald F. Brown | $8,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry E. Hoffman | $3,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Wood Lowder | $324 | $0 | -100% |
| Moses N. Freeman | $670 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephan S. Turnipseed | $302 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephan Sidney Turnipseed GST | $2,946 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,882,696 | $1,153,656 | -76.4% |
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