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In the previous year, there were 569 subsidies provided, equalling $3.2 million.
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 Shelby County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| R & D Farms | $99,868 | $364,419 | 264.9% |
| Brad B Hinton Farms, LLC | $0 | $108,828 | -- |
| 23 Farms, Inc. | $0 | $88,464 | -- |
| George M. Menefee | $7,656 | $83,804 | 994.6% |
| Katrena Leann Sonmor | $0 | $79,675 | -- |
| H4 Farms, LLC | $7,040 | $77,448 | 1,000.1% |
| A & W Farming and Leasing, LLC | $0 | $66,256 | -- |
| Claude Austin Lucas Jr. | $45,402 | $65,765 | 44.9% |
| Jesse Wiggins Farms, LLC | $89,293 | $61,764 | -30.8% |
| Kenneth D. Holmes | $4,230 | $60,597 | 1,332.6% |
| Tommy E. Gray | $0 | $59,254 | -- |
| Thomas Blake Ritter | $7,601 | $58,163 | 665.2% |
| Linda G. Moody | $0 | $58,123 | -- |
| Larry Brandon Cooper | $0 | $57,911 | -- |
| Timothy Haward Bonner | $0 | $56,721 | -- |
| Farmers State Bank | $37,229 | $56,012 | 50.5% |
| Folsom Farm, LLC | $0 | $53,176 | -- |
| 4L Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| J C Mcswain Logging Contractor, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Wilco Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| G & G Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| HLH Timber Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Samford Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jason W. Griffin | $5,544 | $51,720 | 832.9% |
| SKB Trucking, LLC | $0 | $49,130 | -- |
| Darrell Flanagan | $627 | $48,947 | 7,706.5% |
| David M. Gilchrist | $0 | $48,745 | -- |
| Loy Morris Sonmor JR | $0 | $47,388 | -- |
| Darren Blake Whiteside | $0 | $44,588 | -- |
| John Paul Lawson | $22,621 | $41,188 | 82.1% |
| Edaw Enterprises, Inc. | $69,830 | $37,502 | -46.3% |
| Chance David | $228,368 | $34,156 | -85% |
| Trang an, LLC | $0 | $33,416 | -- |
| Sunflower Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $31,752 | -- |
| Belpro Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $31,370 | -- |
| Kenneth Alan Hooper | $0 | $30,354 | -- |
| Lola Farms, LLC | $110,658 | $28,120 | -74.6% |
| Jeffrey M. McDaniel | $0 | $27,817 | -- |
| David C. Wheeler | $22,290 | $25,811 | 15.8% |
| Virgil Ray Hightower | $3,017 | $25,721 | 752.5% |
| Warren out, LLC | $0 | $24,360 | -- |
| Tan van Nguyen | $0 | $23,980 | -- |
| Henry Arthur Hudspeth | $7,387 | $23,306 | 215.5% |
| Brian Horton | $0 | $21,803 | -- |
| William M. Lucas | $7,161 | $20,861 | 191.3% |
| Hung Ngoc Nguyen | $0 | $19,400 | -- |
| Nutt Family Farms, LLC | $0 | $18,613 | -- |
| Shelby L. Johnson | $0 | $18,036 | -- |
| Angela M. McDaniel | $0 | $17,008 | -- |
| Claude A. Lucas | $98,416 | $15,366 | -84.4% |
| Sharon Elaine Box | $0 | $15,285 | -- |
| Billy D. Rodgers | $89,670 | $14,122 | -84.3% |
| SMF Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $13,837 | -- |
| Russell B. Sanford II | $0 | $12,419 | -- |
| Keith E. Kennedy | $54,670 | $12,404 | -77.3% |
| Roy David Klein | $54,725 | $10,984 | -79.9% |
| John Roscoe McSwain | $63,802 | $10,732 | -83.2% |
| Glen Douglas Greathouse | $8,602 | $8,703 | 1.2% |
| Nolan Borders | $0 | $8,690 | -- |
| Morris L. Bell | $6,550 | $8,657 | 32.2% |
| Dora Colette Metcalf | $0 | $8,415 | -- |
| J. B. Raymond | $40,857 | $8,128 | -80.1% |
| Stacy R. Taylor | $30,140 | $8,128 | -73% |
| Dwayne Washington | $0 | $7,821 | -- |
| Joel D Bumback | $5,060 | $7,641 | 51% |
| Tommy Land | $0 | $7,515 | -- |
| Anthony Dinh | $0 | $7,031 | -- |
| NFB Farms, LLC | $0 | $6,879 | -- |
| Dustin Lee Magby | $1,628 | $6,693 | 311.1% |
| Russell T. Barnes | $18,524 | $6,665 | -64% |
| Joe Bill Mettauer | $21,296 | $6,340 | -70.2% |
| DRL Companies, Inc. | $32,073 | $5,915 | -81.6% |
| John H. Leggett | $26,794 | $5,558 | -79.3% |
| Henry Joe Twomey | $35,890 | $5,376 | -85% |
| William Keith Brown | $22,619 | $5,231 | -76.9% |
| Terry Gene Allen | $20,874 | $4,973 | -76.2% |
| John Drue Scull | $0 | $4,924 | -- |
| Terry Scull | $0 | $4,924 | -- |
| Ben J. Webster | $24,738 | $4,718 | -80.9% |
| Kenneth W. Boles | $20,559 | $4,716 | -77.1% |
| J. T. Rhodes | $21,149 | $4,693 | -77.8% |
| Jimmy McCauley | $8,844 | $4,619 | -47.8% |
| Sheila Harris | $18,578 | $4,609 | -75.2% |
| W. R. Cross | $24,828 | $4,574 | -81.6% |
| Stacey G. McSwain | $20,823 | $4,567 | -78.1% |
| Jason Blake Gamble | $17,215 | $4,502 | -73.8% |
| Tommy McMahon | $13,933 | $4,409 | -68.4% |
| Morgan Rabon | $18,998 | $4,380 | -76.9% |
| Patrick Ivan Nichols | $17,006 | $4,014 | -76.4% |
| Jared Wiggins | $0 | $3,983 | -- |
| James Beuford Box JR | $18,819 | $3,675 | -80.5% |
| Scott Matthew Foster | $16,943 | $3,558 | -79% |
| Darin Ray Borders | $0 | $3,510 | -- |
| Keith Alford | $16,626 | $3,376 | -79.7% |
| Jerry Griffin | $14,707 | $3,356 | -77.2% |
| Francis Spruiell | $19,910 | $3,245 | -83.7% |
| Christopher D. Link | $19,857 | $3,193 | -83.9% |
| Jason Harvey | $10,505 | $3,190 | -69.6% |
| Rydaco, LLC | $12,529 | $3,147 | -74.9% |
| Norman Hale | $11,385 | $3,143 | -72.4% |
| Tommy Moody | $16,792 | $3,112 | -81.5% |
| Kevin Harvey | $14,806 | $3,081 | -79.2% |
| Don A. Moody | $15,505 | $3,010 | -80.6% |
| LLLC, LLC | $13,255 | $2,997 | -77.4% |
| Rodney Bass | $13,815 | $2,989 | -78.4% |
| Jay D. Cockrell | $15,261 | $2,950 | -80.7% |
| Jody Lynn Covington | $16,819 | $2,918 | -82.7% |
| Rodney Webb Dean | $10,373 | $2,887 | -72.2% |
| Thelma Hinton | $14,991 | $2,840 | -81.1% |
| Jason L. Gray | $0 | $2,805 | -- |
| Waylon L. Griffith Jr. | $11,792 | $2,796 | -76.3% |
| Lazaro Vega Acuna | $11,462 | $2,722 | -76.3% |
| Shelby G & G Management, LLC | $12,562 | $2,703 | -78.5% |
| Mitchell G. Holloway | $11,824 | $2,625 | -77.8% |
| Jody Lynn Hooper | $10,039 | $2,531 | -74.8% |
| David Graham Fallin | $11,363 | $2,530 | -77.7% |
| William Clayton Thompson | $27,879 | $2,363 | -91.5% |
| Roger L. Balkcom | $10,357 | $2,336 | -77.4% |
| Darren Wiggins | $15,366 | $2,318 | -84.9% |
| Tom Bellmyer | $10,817 | $2,316 | -78.6% |
| Douglas Jackson | $15,184 | $2,315 | -84.8% |
| Mike T. Adams | $7,942 | $2,210 | -72.2% |
| Thomas McLeroy Jr. | $6,336 | $2,206 | -65.2% |
| Richard L. Livingston | $10,916 | $2,179 | -80% |
| Don Wheeler | $8,261 | $2,165 | -73.8% |
| Royce Lynn Johnson | $5,049 | $2,127 | -57.9% |
| Charles O Leflett | $6,732 | $2,116 | -68.6% |
| Larry K. Molloy | $8,899 | $2,082 | -76.6% |
| Jack Armstreet | $10,062 | $2,042 | -79.7% |
| Livingston 5 Farms, LLC | $10,187 | $2,030 | -80.1% |
| Jimmy L. Powers | $8,272 | $2,025 | -75.5% |
| Steve J. Stephens | $10,262 | $2,007 | -80.4% |
| Robert Alton Nichols | $7,492 | $2,006 | -73.2% |
| RPJ Management, LLC | $2,020 | $1,986 | -1.7% |
| Carolyn Flournoy | $8,562 | $1,970 | -77% |
| David L. Martin | $9,588 | $1,967 | -79.5% |
| Betty Jane Parker | $6,556 | $1,961 | -70.1% |
| Sammy A. Jones | $8,470 | $1,932 | -77.2% |
| Bob Dickerson | $0 | $1,925 | -- |
| Edwin Glenn Oates | $9,053 | $1,908 | -78.9% |
| Susan Hairgrove | $15,882 | $1,890 | -88.1% |
| Pat Hairgrove | $6,655 | $1,886 | -71.7% |
| Laurie Ann Perez | $9,814 | $1,884 | -80.8% |
| Robert W. Parker | $11,119 | $1,863 | -83.2% |
| Darrell K. Johnson | $7,788 | $1,862 | -76.1% |
| Charles Hooker | $7,612 | $1,844 | -75.8% |
| Jose Luis Acuna | $8,968 | $1,779 | -80.2% |
| William Huey Britt | $3,996 | $1,748 | -56.3% |
| Phillip Lynn Walker Sr. | $4,521 | $1,748 | -61.3% |
| Billy Todd Jamison | $8,997 | $1,722 | -80.9% |
| John Howell Childs | $8,360 | $1,704 | -79.6% |
| James P. Hagler | $8,569 | $1,679 | -80.4% |
| Vernon Earl Conway | $8,772 | $1,663 | -81% |
| Kevin L Greathouse | $7,480 | $1,634 | -78.2% |
| Waylon George | $7,216 | $1,627 | -77.5% |
| Ronnie Wolfe | $7,764 | $1,612 | -79.2% |
| Larry Solomon | $7,763 | $1,609 | -79.3% |
| Troy Shane Vance | $7,931 | $1,608 | -79.7% |
| Stephen J. Oswalt | $8,812 | $1,598 | -81.9% |
| Tracy Hooper | $9,570 | $1,594 | -83.3% |
| Cecil Jackson | $8,530 | $1,555 | -81.8% |
| Charles Brady Hinton | $6,501 | $1,516 | -76.7% |
| Terry Mike Foster | $6,028 | $1,509 | -75% |
| Buren Levon Lowe | $7,233 | $1,488 | -79.4% |
| Renee Verdine | $1,056 | $1,487 | 40.8% |
| David Bruce Lawrence | $8,349 | $1,466 | -82.4% |
| David C. Fleming | $5,346 | $1,454 | -72.8% |
| James Lane Dunn | $7,747 | $1,448 | -81.3% |
| Tyler D. McSwain | $6,688 | $1,448 | -78.3% |
| Johnathan Kreig Oswalt | $6,303 | $1,423 | -77.4% |
| Patrick E. Hendrick | $3,102 | $1,416 | -54.4% |
| Zack Warr | $6,303 | $1,408 | -77.7% |
| Bryan Edward Dillard | $3,036 | $1,382 | -54.5% |
| Sue Walker | $3,696 | $1,378 | -62.7% |
| Danny R. Tate | $5,181 | $1,368 | -73.6% |
| Cecil Wayne Harkness | $3,333 | $1,353 | -59.4% |
| Jerrell W. Fleming | $6,171 | $1,350 | -78.1% |
| Thomas C. Rinkle | $6,746 | $1,345 | -80.1% |
| Michael Nethery | $6,315 | $1,333 | -78.9% |
| Kenneth Lamar Rash | $8,895 | $1,311 | -85.3% |
| Rex Johnson | $6,171 | $1,308 | -78.8% |
| Donnie A. Moody Jr. | $5,691 | $1,238 | -78.2% |
| Sherryl McGown | $3,135 | $1,229 | -60.8% |
| Larry Michael Warren | $5,830 | $1,218 | -79.1% |
| Jerry G. Green | $5,082 | $1,218 | -76% |
| Lance Hughes | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| Venorah a Mcswain | $15,446 | $1,198 | -92.2% |
| Whitton Carl Thompson | $4,389 | $1,181 | -73.1% |
| Elizabeth Ann Ybarra | $4,911 | $1,151 | -76.6% |
| Larry M. Warren | $5,324 | $1,118 | -79% |
| Brian Dean | $4,860 | $1,104 | -77.3% |
| Patsy R. Peace | $4,037 | $1,096 | -72.9% |
| John Sidney Hooper | $5,104 | $1,083 | -78.8% |
| Rodney Jeff Dean | $5,407 | $1,068 | -80.2% |
| Billy Wyatt | $6,125 | $1,050 | -82.9% |
| James I. Parker | $0 | $1,045 | -- |
| Thomas P. Wedgeworth | $5,907 | $1,042 | -82.4% |
| Todd B. Clark | $4,708 | $1,034 | -78% |
| Edward Richards | $6,488 | $1,023 | -84.2% |
| John David Funk | $2,310 | $1,002 | -56.6% |
| J. P. Corder | $4,576 | $996 | -78.2% |
| Ellen Manning | $2,006 | $958 | -52.2% |
| Jimmy Lee McDonald | $5,618 | $957 | -83% |
| Jeffrey C. Hooker | $5,478 | $948 | -82.7% |
| Ed Johnson | $2,244 | $917 | -59.1% |
| James Russell Miles | $3,938 | $903 | -77.1% |
| Norris R. Taylor | $4,033 | $895 | -77.8% |
| Brannon L. Lowe | $4,202 | $893 | -78.7% |
| Daniel L. Rash | $3,641 | $885 | -75.7% |
| Debbie Golden | $1,815 | $851 | -53.1% |
| Jason Wayne Parker | $3,289 | $847 | -74.2% |
| Billie Jean Kay | $2,178 | $831 | -61.8% |
| Jimmy Dale Metcalf | $1,881 | $788 | -58.1% |
| Blackshear Cattle Company, LLC | $3,498 | $786 | -77.5% |
| Tim Lann McDonald | $3,786 | $785 | -79.3% |
| Georgia Bloodgood | $1,683 | $782 | -53.5% |
| Mark N Jousan | $4,023 | $726 | -82% |
| Kevin Rash | $9,064 | $721 | -92% |
| Ricky Cockrell | $2,365 | $717 | -69.7% |
| Nathaniel Wayne Lynch | $4,489 | $709 | -84.2% |
| Darren Vaughn | $3,188 | $692 | -78.3% |
| Elton Bush | $3,693 | $692 | -81.3% |
| John Ward | $3,289 | $678 | -79.4% |
| David Fred Nettles | $2,948 | $673 | -77.2% |
| James Allen Bell | $3,616 | $657 | -81.8% |
| Jason Bell | $3,616 | $647 | -82.1% |
| John Broussard | $5,436 | $640 | -88.2% |
| Watson McCreary Jr. | $0 | $619 | -- |
| Frank M Jousan JR | $3,180 | $616 | -80.6% |
| James N. Marett | $3,289 | $613 | -81.4% |
| Jimmy Ward | $20,428 | $605 | -97% |
| Cecil Jasen Watlington | $1,155 | $588 | -49.1% |
| Reid Mast Nichols | $2,673 | $578 | -78.4% |
| Marvin Jordan | $1,882 | $576 | -69.4% |
| Ronald W. Barker | $3,873 | $564 | -85.4% |
| Ann Clark Harmon | $3,615 | $549 | -84.8% |
| Michael Darren Bird | $1,353 | $543 | -59.9% |
| Wayne Scott | $2,526 | $540 | -78.6% |
| Sean C. Crouch | $2,486 | $520 | -79.1% |
| Joel James Ackerman | $2,586 | $518 | -80% |
| Tommy Lee Williams | $2,442 | $509 | -79.2% |
| Tommie J. Milford | $2,365 | $491 | -79.2% |
| Joseph Anderson | $1,575 | $481 | -69.5% |
| Charles E. Moore | $2,167 | $474 | -78.1% |
| Tina M. Byrnes | $3,640 | $467 | -87.2% |
| Marceline Crenshaw | $1,980 | $450 | -77.3% |
| John Stacy Mathis | $3,337 | $441 | -86.8% |
| Randie Lee McKnight | $1,804 | $436 | -75.8% |
| Kenneth Wayne Parker | $2,426 | $433 | -82.2% |
| Leigh Anna Williams | $2,693 | $432 | -84% |
| Bryant D. Birdwell | $1,969 | $405 | -79.4% |
| James Chandler | $1,815 | $384 | -78.8% |
| Ricky Lawrence | $1,870 | $384 | -79.5% |
| Collin Mason Byrnes | $2,885 | $363 | -87.4% |
| Leslie G. Anderson | $566 | $353 | -37.6% |
| Landon K. Rash | $1,485 | $318 | -78.6% |
| Cody Burk Clark | $627 | $312 | -50.2% |
| Calvin R. Smith Jr. | $1,331 | $298 | -77.6% |
| Donna D. Vergo | $2,044 | $249 | -87.8% |
| Vincent Lusco | $1,034 | $249 | -75.9% |
| Cynthia Ann Hutchins | $630 | $235 | -62.7% |
| Darron Lynn Holloway | $663 | $232 | -65% |
| Mac Henry McPhearson | $528 | $225 | -57.4% |
| Rebecca Marie Wainright | $1,296 | $224 | -82.7% |
| Robert Clay Hutchins | $699 | $218 | -68.8% |
| Christopher Byrnes II | $1,117 | $114 | -89.8% |
| Justin A. Lee | $4,345 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda Risinger | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Calvin Ruben Smith | $3,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Chant Clark | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Chase West | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Ray Whiteside | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Darren Blake Whiteside | $3,771 | $0 | -100% |
| Debbie Golden | $2,283 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred Borders | $29,061 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald Corbell | $4,290 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Holloway | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerryl Fane Adams | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| JHMM Agent Management, LLC | $22,935 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly McSwain | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Kerry L West | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Marion Gilbert Rains | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Harris | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael A. Smith | $2,530 | $0 | -100% |
| Nellie D. Hicks | $316 | $0 | -100% |
| Rusty Jones | $4,785 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn E. Danley | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas E. Hughes | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Tonia Epperson | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Wiggins Farms, LLP | $250,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Willis Blackwell | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Bo Risinger | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Cora H. Wilburn | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis L. Permenter | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth R. Weeks | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Worsham | $1,342 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Jason Odom | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| David L. Hairgrove | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| David Tate | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Doyle Tomlinson | $3,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Jessica Bush | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe E. Parrish | $4,455 | $0 | -100% |
| Casey D. Milford | $5,225 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles E. Eaden | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie R. McSwain | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Keaton Kyle Bush | $4,015 | $0 | -100% |
| Malcom Harvey | $5,432 | $0 | -100% |
| Orval Miller | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas R. Schubert | $3,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,154,530 | $3,155,031 | 0% |
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