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In 2021, 133 farmers in cities within Elmore County received a total of $751,828 in 184 farm subsidies, a 62.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2 million in 388 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James W. Guy Jr. | $248,566 | $122,834 | -50.6% |
| Industree Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Edgar Farms | $88,265 | $47,507 | -46.2% |
| Jasper Junior Birmingham | $0 | $45,751 | -- |
| William R. Darnell | $123,495 | $36,308 | -70.6% |
| Barry P. Devaughn | $126,498 | $35,554 | -71.9% |
| Bar Neal Farms, LLC | $186,126 | $33,246 | -82.1% |
| Rosa L. Guy | $65,874 | $33,107 | -49.7% |
| Houston J. Gibbons | $66,782 | $29,696 | -55.5% |
| Winford Devaughn | $108,512 | $29,562 | -72.8% |
| John W. Boyd | $72,724 | $25,473 | -65% |
| Geddie Farms | $14,486 | $22,444 | 54.9% |
| T & S Transportation, LLC | $0 | $22,037 | -- |
| Earnest Eugene Woodfin | $50,961 | $19,992 | -60.8% |
| Earnest E. Woodfin Jr. | $52,820 | $16,674 | -68.4% |
| Cruise Farms, LLC | $74,743 | $10,285 | -86.2% |
| Jerry McCloud | $0 | $8,578 | -- |
| Nancy C. Dunn | $40,756 | $7,382 | -81.9% |
| Joe R. Davis | $2,753 | $7,063 | 156.6% |
| Philip Varner | $32,316 | $6,133 | -81% |
| Keith G. McCurdy | $8,424 | $5,678 | -32.6% |
| Brian Darnell | $15,690 | $5,561 | -64.6% |
| Blue Ribbon Dairy, LLC | $13,185 | $5,260 | -60.1% |
| Oakview Farms, LLC | $3,499 | $3,613 | 3.3% |
| James M. Mason | $6,462 | $3,402 | -47.4% |
| Jeana Yvette Huggins | $25,639 | $3,158 | -87.7% |
| Gary W. Mullins | $11,682 | $2,825 | -75.8% |
| Jason Earl Paris | $11,070 | $2,731 | -75.3% |
| Joseph J. Womble | $14,298 | $2,682 | -81.2% |
| Curtis Randall Childers | $10,573 | $2,645 | -75% |
| Andrew F. Paris | $9,625 | $2,637 | -72.6% |
| Robert M. Barrett | $2,634 | $2,634 | 0% |
| Dave Womble | $20,164 | $2,578 | -87.2% |
| Arthur W. Faulkner | $13,517 | $2,554 | -81.1% |
| Travis Varner | $6,017 | $2,463 | -59.1% |
| John Ealum | $3,882 | $2,319 | -40.3% |
| Mary Ann Hatcher | $2,305 | $2,305 | 0% |
| Gerald R. Roper | $2,250 | $2,250 | 0% |
| Phillip Dale Thomas | $10,872 | $2,064 | -81% |
| Edwin Watkins | $9,831 | $2,048 | -79.2% |
| Sarah H. Moore | $2,084 | $2,040 | -2.1% |
| Jesse D. Strock Jr. | $11,463 | $1,944 | -83% |
| Charles R. Chamblee | $15,930 | $1,944 | -87.8% |
| Mary R. Norris | $5,712 | $1,907 | -66.6% |
| Wayne E. Davis | $17,567 | $1,852 | -89.5% |
| Clay Collier | $8,635 | $1,814 | -79% |
| Gary T. Chambliss | $1,803 | $1,803 | 0% |
| Lola Labriola | $0 | $1,795 | -- |
| James L. Tatum | $4,504 | $1,675 | -62.8% |
| Kevin William Tatum | $1,071 | $1,675 | 56.4% |
| Elizabeth Woodfin Coleman | $0 | $1,617 | -- |
| Winona A. Gibbons | $7,784 | $1,562 | -79.9% |
| Andrew Justiss Guy | $1,706 | $1,531 | -10.3% |
| Jerry Blake | $4,290 | $1,461 | -65.9% |
| Thomas R. Hamilton | $8,124 | $1,432 | -82.4% |
| Chelsea M. Bigham | $1,758 | $1,407 | -20% |
| Chase Chapman | $10,093 | $1,400 | -86.1% |
| Warren E. Colley | $5,533 | $1,390 | -74.9% |
| Michael C. Sanders | $13,626 | $1,384 | -89.8% |
| Quentin Claiborne Crommelin Estate | $3,564 | $1,320 | -63% |
| Robert L. Prince | $2,145 | $1,288 | -40% |
| Robert B. Hardin | $1,251 | $1,251 | 0% |
| Thomas R. Adams | $1,196 | $1,196 | 0% |
| John Abrams | $8,586 | $1,152 | -86.6% |
| Shane Dismukes | $4,494 | $1,141 | -74.6% |
| Shipman & Sons, Inc. | $1,264 | $1,123 | -11.2% |
| Hilliard Earl Dismukes | $6,638 | $1,071 | -83.9% |
| Willie L. Barrow | $1,050 | $1,050 | 0% |
| Paul H. Sexton | $1,712 | $1,048 | -38.8% |
| Christopher R. George | $18,562 | $1,018 | -94.5% |
| Doris Griffith | $2,746 | $980 | -64.3% |
| Sherril Wayne Teal | $2,607 | $973 | -62.7% |
| Bill Milton | $4,279 | $952 | -77.8% |
| Chester Sanders | $4,279 | $944 | -77.9% |
| Gilbert T. Long Jr. | $3,255 | $940 | -71.1% |
| Clayton M. Boshell | $2,556 | $896 | -64.9% |
| Reese Davis Jr. | $6,186 | $823 | -86.7% |
| Harold N. Wilson | $2,046 | $813 | -60.3% |
| Wilford Billups | $3,035 | $811 | -73.3% |
| Justin Monk | $3,938 | $810 | -79.4% |
| Kyle A. Dobbs | $4,021 | $788 | -80.4% |
| Bill Franklin | $4,216 | $778 | -81.5% |
| David E Mehearg | $2,461 | $766 | -68.9% |
| Sanford H. Peeples | $2,440 | $759 | -68.9% |
| Jonathan Law Benton | $11,131 | $751 | -93.3% |
| Maynard Lee James Jr. | $5,822 | $748 | -87.2% |
| Joyce Watkins | $1,716 | $738 | -57% |
| Brian Edwin Watkins | $4,976 | $722 | -85.5% |
| Ralph Holley | $1,064 | $721 | -32.2% |
| Larry James Farmer | $4,675 | $718 | -84.6% |
| Kenneth Lazenby | $1,881 | $706 | -62.5% |
| Vinzant Family Trust | $2,447 | $696 | -71.6% |
| Patrick Stack | $1,797 | $646 | -64.1% |
| Allyson A. Andrews | $0 | $640 | -- |
| Charlotte Hartzog | $3,660 | $635 | -82.7% |
| Cynthia Clark | $277 | $612 | 120.9% |
| James Devaughn | $3,652 | $610 | -83.3% |
| Lindsey Daugherty | $2,530 | $592 | -76.6% |
| Birdie Marie Paige | $2,770 | $570 | -79.4% |
| William W. Granberry | $543 | $543 | 0% |
| Wilma Ines Dunnegan | $1,770 | $523 | -70.5% |
| Randy Stubbs | $1,254 | $522 | -58.4% |
| Nancy Grams | $4,781 | $514 | -89.2% |
| William R. Milton | $5,882 | $509 | -91.3% |
| Dana S. Perry | $1,810 | $505 | -72.1% |
| Leon Williford | $1,320 | $495 | -62.5% |
| Bobby Garrison | $455 | $455 | 0% |
| Mark Williams | $2,967 | $433 | -85.4% |
| Dora Sammons | $1,562 | $430 | -72.5% |
| Michael Carter Daniels | $2,024 | $426 | -79% |
| Ronnie L. Young | $891 | $404 | -54.7% |
| Kenneth R. Williamson | $285 | $385 | 35.1% |
| Bernadette Sheflin | $594 | $375 | -36.9% |
| Sylvia Evans Phillips | $0 | $370 | -- |
| Ronald E. Lee | $364 | $364 | 0% |
| Sam W. Stephens III | $1,584 | $360 | -77.3% |
| Buford E. Strength | $1,408 | $358 | -74.6% |
| Stan White | $858 | $346 | -59.7% |
| Greg Grier | $3,818 | $342 | -91% |
| Kynard Adams | $413 | $341 | -17.4% |
| Jimmy O. Mercer | $2,098 | $335 | -84% |
| Craig H. Rowe | $1,763 | $332 | -81.2% |
| Charles Scott Emfinger | $1,690 | $324 | -80.8% |
| Danny Lee Cannon | $1,068 | $284 | -73.4% |
| Laura B. Harris | $221 | $221 | 0% |
| Thomas C. Stubbs | $495 | $218 | -56% |
| Samuel Dewey Sanford | $1,697 | $211 | -87.6% |
| Jerry Ty Rowe | $869 | $183 | -78.9% |
| Joan F. Hickey | $254 | $124 | -51.2% |
| Lucile Pierce | $231 | $106 | -54.1% |
| Melissa Paige Palmer | $665 | $94 | -85.9% |
| John Clayton Chitwood | $0 | $52 | -- |
| Neil Mercer | $36 | $7 | -80.6% |
| Charles Conway Jr. | $982 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane Jackson | $305 | $0 | -100% |
| Dustin Tyler Wendell | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Downs | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Geddie | $13,592 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Lee Edgar | $4,503 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan David Barfoot | $3,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherry Lynn Tatum | $3,433 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Davis | $1,644 | $0 | -100% |
| Sara Ann Turner | $562 | $0 | -100% |
| Cajun Endeavors, LLC | $23,243 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia S. Remacle | $1,624 | $0 | -100% |
| Bena Hethcox | $3,719 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Jason Kujala | $1,336 | $0 | -100% |
| Donny L. Wilkins | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen J Roy IRRV. Trust | $642 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Michael Geddie | $39,448 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcia B Sexton-Bazzell | $367 | $0 | -100% |
| Mardre C Williams | $7,123 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Logan | $1,938 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert D. Robinson | $941 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,984,311 | $751,828 | -62.1% |
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