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In 2021, 223 farmers in cities within Montgomery County received a total of $1.2 million in 289 farm subsidies, a 63.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.3 million in 505 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Farms | $363,270 | $107,565 | -70.4% |
| Mills Farms Partnership | $290,069 | $87,703 | -69.8% |
| Jason Michau | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| BP Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Kenneth L. Grant | $132,393 | $46,505 | -64.9% |
| Shirley Dance | $244,339 | $39,743 | -83.7% |
| Fancher Farms | $123,988 | $37,920 | -69.4% |
| Five R Farms | $121,774 | $35,001 | -71.3% |
| T & J Thomas Farms | $95,387 | $30,770 | -67.7% |
| Timber King, LLC | $0 | $30,580 | -- |
| Jerry Stafford | $136,622 | $28,345 | -79.3% |
| J. T. Dulin | $38,482 | $28,019 | -27.2% |
| Bruce Branch | $110,007 | $27,352 | -75.1% |
| David Denton | $102,929 | $26,570 | -74.2% |
| D. W. Clark Jr. | $67,631 | $22,855 | -66.2% |
| Rhett Oliver | $59,608 | $20,651 | -65.4% |
| Keith McGee | $48,796 | $20,268 | -58.5% |
| Jeffrey E. Stafford | $47,157 | $19,186 | -59.3% |
| James B. Middleton | $53,853 | $17,832 | -66.9% |
| David Johnson | $59,239 | $16,935 | -71.4% |
| Guy Johnson | $54,335 | $16,774 | -69.1% |
| Double R Cattle, LLC | $120,688 | $16,514 | -86.3% |
| J & H Farm Partnership | $28,165 | $15,979 | -43.3% |
| Robert C. Oliver | $15,544 | $15,544 | 0% |
| Robert Edwin Taylor | $16,186 | $15,411 | -4.8% |
| Brooks Jones | $43,527 | $13,944 | -68% |
| Paul Whitten | $38,212 | $13,401 | -64.9% |
| Nathan F. Crenshaw | $17,589 | $10,910 | -38% |
| James L. Morrow Jr. | $42,356 | $10,088 | -76.2% |
| Mike Whitfield | $51,056 | $8,627 | -83.1% |
| Lois F. Curtis | $8,490 | $8,490 | 0% |
| Justin T. Eskridge | $9,541 | $7,423 | -22.2% |
| Barry Clark | $0 | $7,284 | -- |
| Daniel-Middleton Family Trust S Middleton | $0 | $7,266 | -- |
| Robert Kent Johnson | $25,173 | $7,071 | -71.9% |
| Thomas M. Caldwell | $6,856 | $6,856 | 0% |
| Teresa C. Barton | $6,208 | $6,209 | 0% |
| Ingram Farms | $11,946 | $5,892 | -50.7% |
| W J Cattle, LLC | $20,299 | $5,743 | -71.7% |
| Billy W. Beckwith Jr. | $9,972 | $5,407 | -45.8% |
| Ronald Robertson | $22,180 | $5,362 | -75.8% |
| D. W. Clark | $12,555 | $5,317 | -57.7% |
| Louis S. Roberts | $6,648 | $5,207 | -21.7% |
| Nina B. Ware | $4,886 | $4,886 | 0% |
| Glenda D. Middleton | $4,270 | $4,270 | 0% |
| Thomas Mills | $14,492 | $4,252 | -70.7% |
| Chance H. Amason | $14,377 | $4,102 | -71.5% |
| Atley R. Mabus | $14,916 | $4,074 | -72.7% |
| Bogue Bottom Investments, LLC | $4,216 | $3,908 | -7.3% |
| Terry Thomas | $3,800 | $3,800 | 0% |
| Shannon Self | $3,769 | $3,769 | 0% |
| Aaron D. Henderson | $16,920 | $3,731 | -77.9% |
| Bobbie Jean Austin | $0 | $3,731 | -- |
| Stephen Abel Marter | $4,552 | $3,636 | -20.1% |
| Robin L. Gaston | $3,544 | $3,544 | 0% |
| John Patrick White Lp | $3,526 | $3,526 | 0% |
| Jimmy Lewis | $14,234 | $3,509 | -75.3% |
| E B Wray Estate | $3,424 | $3,424 | 0% |
| Peggy K. Griffin | $2,001 | $3,410 | 70.4% |
| Mike E. Woods | $22,737 | $3,400 | -85% |
| Michael Kuhn | $3,376 | $3,371 | -0.1% |
| Janice B. Howard | $3,324 | $3,324 | 0% |
| Bruce Caldwell | $3,299 | $3,299 | 0% |
| Barbara Chambley | $3,262 | $3,262 | 0% |
| Jimmy Ware | $1,228 | $3,211 | 161.5% |
| Danny Patterson | $11,973 | $3,206 | -73.2% |
| Laurie Middleton Lockett | $614 | $3,035 | 394.3% |
| Susan Middleton Hoover | $614 | $3,035 | 394.3% |
| Greenlee Tree Farm, LLC | $3,030 | $3,030 | 0% |
| C. T. McCorkle | $2,813 | $2,813 | 0% |
| Annette B. Blaine | $5,006 | $2,803 | -44% |
| Samuel A. Pittman Jr. | $12,265 | $2,704 | -78% |
| Barlo Properties, LLC | $23,298 | $2,579 | -88.9% |
| Murry Greenlee | $2,534 | $2,534 | 0% |
| Thomas V. Johnson | $11,198 | $2,458 | -78% |
| Peggy M. Stoker | $2,453 | $2,449 | -0.2% |
| Billy G. Costilow | $11,913 | $2,444 | -79.5% |
| Randy M. Mills | $7,744 | $2,439 | -68.5% |
| Roy D. Brooks | $2,294 | $2,067 | -9.9% |
| Barbara H. Tompkins | $3,286 | $2,064 | -37.2% |
| Andy McCorkle | $11,108 | $2,062 | -81.4% |
| Brenda B. Card | $2,004 | $2,004 | 0% |
| Dewey Townsend and Olivia M Townsend Family Rev Trust | $2,323 | $1,991 | -14.3% |
| Adams Break, LLC | $1,972 | $1,972 | 0% |
| Glenn P. Amason | $6,688 | $1,938 | -71% |
| Keith William Ware | $6,930 | $1,927 | -72.2% |
| Barrett Johnson | $7,329 | $1,924 | -73.7% |
| Morgan Kirk | $4,811 | $1,900 | -60.5% |
| Patsy Carson Barton | $1,894 | $1,894 | 0% |
| Kent F. McFarland | $1,719 | $1,885 | 9.7% |
| James Ron Wood Jr. | $9,064 | $1,858 | -79.5% |
| B & G Farms | $8,291 | $1,801 | -78.3% |
| William R. Cade Jr. | $1,792 | $1,792 | 0% |
| Michael A. Sims | $1,785 | $1,785 | 0% |
| William E. Chesteen | $6,795 | $1,652 | -75.7% |
| George F. Carwile Jr. | $2,902 | $1,587 | -45.3% |
| Lester Cecil Kirk | $2,986 | $1,563 | -47.7% |
| Jerry D. Hudson | $1,544 | $1,560 | 1% |
| Earl Robinson | $29,148 | $1,530 | -94.8% |
| Kenneth M. Everett | $5,292 | $1,435 | -72.9% |
| Gary Theo Windham | $4,546 | $1,419 | -68.8% |
| Helen F. Gordon | $1,414 | $1,414 | 0% |
| Jonathan Eric Fowler | $0 | $1,410 | -- |
| Jason Morris Timbs | $5,302 | $1,405 | -73.5% |
| Charles Sanders | $13,398 | $1,352 | -89.9% |
| Wade Henson | $4,719 | $1,288 | -72.7% |
| Marvell Vance | $6,391 | $1,278 | -80% |
| Charlie Fisk | $5,148 | $1,217 | -76.4% |
| Frank L. Stewart | $1,203 | $1,203 | 0% |
| LBB Farms, Inc. | $2,170 | $1,170 | -46.1% |
| Charles F. Burrell | $1,155 | $1,155 | 0% |
| Henry J. Allman | $6,204 | $1,153 | -81.4% |
| Dianne S. Adams | $1,648 | $1,134 | -31.2% |
| Stephen Wells Kyle | $1,100 | $1,100 | 0% |
| Robert W. Lanier Jr. | $4,378 | $1,014 | -76.8% |
| Robert W. Lanier Jr. | $4,378 | $1,014 | -76.8% |
| Eddie Flowers | $2,184 | $956 | -56.2% |
| Ricky Rawles | $2,816 | $947 | -66.4% |
| Chandra Lois Eskridge | $470 | $925 | 96.8% |
| John A. Henson Jr. | $3,091 | $897 | -71% |
| Willie K. Roark | $861 | $861 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Cummins | $0 | $853 | -- |
| Lee Marlow | $1,054 | $834 | -20.9% |
| Tommy Rushing | $1,683 | $833 | -50.5% |
| Sanders Montgomery County, LLC | $1,278 | $822 | -35.7% |
| Lawrence Bryant Austin | $0 | $820 | -- |
| Parker Farms, LLC | $803 | $803 | 0% |
| Mike Tompkins | $800 | $800 | 0% |
| Randall N. Schiefer | $759 | $759 | 0% |
| Ralph Kipp Brown | $10,641 | $753 | -92.9% |
| Jeff Ellis | $746 | $746 | 0% |
| Michael K. Taylor | $2,645 | $739 | -72.1% |
| James F. Bibbs | $713 | $713 | 0% |
| Jeanette Minafore Weed | $1,212 | $662 | -45.4% |
| David Raper | $3,578 | $658 | -81.6% |
| Jan Bailey, DVM | $2,827 | $651 | -77% |
| Marsha Cummings | $2,442 | $628 | -74.3% |
| James M. Biggers Jr. | $2,211 | $623 | -71.8% |
| Christopher L. Lea | $3,654 | $608 | -83.4% |
| Cole Pratt | $2,685 | $594 | -77.9% |
| Margaret Watkins Harris | $591 | $591 | 0% |
| Sara Watkins Evans | $591 | $591 | 0% |
| Thomas Samuel Caffey | $575 | $575 | 0% |
| Robert E. Shaw Jr. | $2,308 | $573 | -75.2% |
| Jerald Adams Flowers | $559 | $563 | 0.7% |
| Patsy W. Windham | $552 | $552 | 0% |
| Hattie Flowers Bourne | $502 | $548 | 9.2% |
| Kenneth Loggins | $2,572 | $522 | -79.7% |
| Michael Kenton McGee | $2,241 | $513 | -77.1% |
| Vivian R. Golding | $492 | $492 | 0% |
| Carl R. Blaylock | $2,211 | $491 | -77.8% |
| Charlie Lee Jr. | $1,188 | $478 | -59.8% |
| Doris Johnson | $0 | $469 | -- |
| Tempy D Woods | $466 | $466 | 0% |
| Jackie Ammons | $500 | $464 | -7.2% |
| Jack W. Sykes | $1,100 | $463 | -57.9% |
| Charles L. Flowers | $1,859 | $459 | -75.3% |
| Willie O. Collins | $1,661 | $454 | -72.7% |
| Mamie B. Fowler | $451 | $451 | 0% |
| Charles E. Evans | $2,145 | $450 | -79% |
| Keith Ware | $7,643 | $446 | -94.2% |
| Michael D. Oliver | $688 | $443 | -35.6% |
| Jerry Bates | $1,665 | $430 | -74.2% |
| Raymond V. Bailey | $1,991 | $429 | -78.5% |
| Louis Fancher IV | $2,134 | $426 | -80% |
| Benjamin Kyle Woods | $2,379 | $425 | -82.1% |
| Shelton Roberts Legacy Private Trust | $0 | $418 | -- |
| Michael Brandon Amason | $3,832 | $414 | -89.2% |
| Bill Robertson | $0 | $389 | -- |
| James Daniels | $1,463 | $387 | -73.5% |
| Larry Greenlee | $1,311 | $375 | -71.4% |
| C. W. Peeples | $825 | $370 | -55.2% |
| George Hammond | $1,771 | $363 | -79.5% |
| David McGee | $2,893 | $362 | -87.5% |
| Sidney H. Castle | $1,340 | $362 | -73% |
| Ace Farms, LLC | $2,411 | $349 | -85.5% |
| Louis Dale Ray Jr. | $1,686 | $346 | -79.5% |
| Michael Sinclair Rawson | $627 | $330 | -47.4% |
| Ed Golding | $329 | $329 | 0% |
| Dewey H. Stoker | $1,023 | $327 | -68% |
| Brenda K. Fisackerly | $1,023 | $327 | -68% |
| Clint D. Cooper | $1,111 | $320 | -71.2% |
| The Patty E Henson Family Irrevocable Trust | $4,714 | $320 | -93.2% |
| Joseph C. Evans | $924 | $294 | -68.2% |
| James David Conway | $9,410 | $291 | -96.9% |
| Cory T. Johnson | $1,122 | $283 | -74.8% |
| Jimmie A. Bingham | $0 | $279 | -- |
| Marty Ohlis | $279 | $279 | 0% |
| Richard M. Beck | $829 | $278 | -66.5% |
| Charles A. Davis | $1,012 | $276 | -72.7% |
| Otis Fluker | $0 | $275 | -- |
| James C. Caffey | $243 | $243 | 0% |
| Alton J. Eldridge Jr. | $239 | $239 | 0% |
| Tommy McCoy | $594 | $239 | -59.8% |
| Purvis A. Bibbs Jr. | $229 | $229 | 0% |
| Tommy A. Bibbs | $229 | $229 | 0% |
| Eddie S. Burt | $1,132 | $228 | -79.9% |
| Jerry B. Pyron | $228 | $228 | 0% |
| Gordon Townsend | $865 | $218 | -74.8% |
| Tyler Lee Hollis | $425 | $207 | -51.3% |
| Redell Coffey | $1,117 | $204 | -81.7% |
| Jim I. Davis | $561 | $197 | -64.9% |
| Eddie Young | $880 | $197 | -77.6% |
| Glenda Bennett Harper | $597 | $194 | -67.5% |
| Booker T. Clay Jr. | $191 | $191 | 0% |
| Michael Paul Ratliff | $528 | $190 | -64% |
| Flossie O. Acy | $261 | $183 | -29.9% |
| Willie Earl Townsend | $474 | $182 | -61.6% |
| Jack A. Blakely | $602 | $181 | -69.9% |
| Harry Eugene Hathcock | $770 | $142 | -81.6% |
| Jack Williams | $330 | $132 | -60% |
| Joseph Chadwick Henson | $969 | $121 | -87.5% |
| Deborah Blakely Norman | $249 | $113 | -54.6% |
| Mattie Robinson | $834 | $105 | -87.4% |
| Oliver Wendell Flowers | $105 | $105 | 0% |
| Cameron H. Wright Jr. | $94 | $94 | 0% |
| Clint Tompkins | $213 | $93 | -56.3% |
| Timothy Reed | $186 | $87 | -53.2% |
| Norbert Morgan | $198 | $84 | -57.6% |
| Japhia C Fowler | $92 | $45 | -51.1% |
| Brenda Blaylock | $107 | $31 | -71% |
| Jason D. Simmons | $43 | $14 | -67.4% |
| William Gayle Marlow | $18 | $8 | -55.6% |
| Betty A. Robinson | $593 | $0 | -100% |
| Clifton T. Pyron | $127 | $0 | -100% |
| Juanda Swanson | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Marjorie Morgan | $1,410 | $0 | -100% |
| Mattie M. Bingham | $179 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Newsom | $121 | $0 | -100% |
| Shed Robinson | $187 | $0 | -100% |
| Sidney L. Clark | $7,284 | $0 | -100% |
| Terri Wilson | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Danette Hope Armstrong | $50 | $0 | -100% |
| Debbie Stafford | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| James D. Chesteen | $1,624 | $0 | -100% |
| Napolean Butts | $40 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Harrington Glenn | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| David Ingram | $10,065 | $0 | -100% |
| James T. Dees | $285 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy L. Shurden | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| John J. Phillips | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| John Richard Pratt | $286 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce W. Miller | $865 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimberly R. Shaw | $61 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda K. Parker | $1,409 | $0 | -100% |
| Mickey R. Roberts | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Myron J. Braswell | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela D. Keenum | $285 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Graves | $14,688 | $0 | -100% |
| Roberts Ratliff Charitable Trust | $348 | $0 | -100% |
| Shelton Roberts Properties, LLC | $569 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven R. Mays | $247 | $0 | -100% |
| Vickie Roberts | $707 | $0 | -100% |
| Zebedee Drake | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,283,249 | $1,191,699 | -63.7% |
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