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In 2021, 129 farmers in cities within St. Clair County received a total of $422,276 in 141 farm subsidies, an 82% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.4 million in 340 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| J & N Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Nathaniel P. Buckner | $17,426 | $52,823 | 203.1% |
| Stacy B. Mulvehill | $0 | $44,334 | -- |
| John L. Buckner | $0 | $22,068 | -- |
| Johnny E. Cone | $0 | $17,544 | -- |
| Perry Dodgen Trucking | $0 | $13,532 | -- |
| Bryan Burgess | $12,502 | $12,502 | 0% |
| David S. Evans III | $107,762 | $11,719 | -89.1% |
| Cameron Ty Hazelwood | $0 | $11,231 | -- |
| Carol M. Oakes | $68,169 | $10,876 | -84% |
| Louella Menefee | $16,210 | $8,093 | -50.1% |
| Barnett M. Lawley | $7,125 | $7,125 | 0% |
| Linda Bice | $20,140 | $6,104 | -69.7% |
| Ronald Gene Browning | $0 | $5,280 | -- |
| Paul L. Manning | $39,375 | $5,042 | -87.2% |
| Cinda Tucker | $1,650 | $4,908 | 197.5% |
| Yarbrough Stock Farm | $26,620 | $4,817 | -81.9% |
| Charles G. Shaw | $23,971 | $4,510 | -81.2% |
| Jason Ryan McWhorter | $13,431 | $4,276 | -68.2% |
| Larry Phillip Byram | $13,337 | $4,248 | -68.1% |
| Frank M. Morris | $14,560 | $3,825 | -73.7% |
| Gregory Adam Stansell | $28,779 | $3,636 | -87.4% |
| Christopher Paul Isbell | $14,064 | $3,613 | -74.3% |
| James Harold Whisnant | $14,066 | $3,561 | -74.7% |
| Marcus F. Martin | $3,509 | $3,509 | 0% |
| Garry A. Staples | $14,266 | $3,329 | -76.7% |
| Ray Stevens | $18,892 | $3,255 | -82.8% |
| Stewart Davis | $13,282 | $3,193 | -76% |
| Jerry E. Bice Jr. | $6,232 | $3,002 | -51.8% |
| Matthew Richard Smith | $16,826 | $2,911 | -82.7% |
| MRS Angela Campbell Hazelwood | $10,054 | $2,563 | -74.5% |
| Bobby Isbell | $0 | $2,470 | -- |
| Taylor Oakley | $9,292 | $2,128 | -77.1% |
| Michael Brett McLaren | $8,837 | $2,115 | -76.1% |
| Vince Starling | $8,624 | $2,055 | -76.2% |
| James Warren Mostillo SR | $6,959 | $2,052 | -70.5% |
| Curtis W. McBride | $1,439 | $2,020 | 40.4% |
| Floyd W. Burttram | $9,471 | $2,007 | -78.8% |
| Happy Knoll Livestock, LLC | $4,950 | $1,990 | -59.8% |
| Jennifer Joy St John | $12,127 | $1,946 | -84% |
| Lewis Jeffrey Brown | $7,160 | $1,915 | -73.3% |
| Homer B. Bright | $6,034 | $1,890 | -68.7% |
| Nicholas Ryan Washington | $9,093 | $1,781 | -80.4% |
| Patrick Bryant Shirley | $9,344 | $1,672 | -82.1% |
| Stephen C. Smith | $5,984 | $1,476 | -75.3% |
| Robert D. Smith | $5,522 | $1,449 | -73.8% |
| John Walter Richey | $8,006 | $1,429 | -82.2% |
| Ronald William Smith | $1,602 | $1,392 | -13.1% |
| David W. Hoyle | $10,120 | $1,391 | -86.3% |
| Perry L. Poe | $8,137 | $1,379 | -83.1% |
| Richard Lynn Guffey | $6,171 | $1,364 | -77.9% |
| David Andrew Ray | $6,138 | $1,242 | -79.8% |
| Randall Stewart | $4,178 | $1,224 | -70.7% |
| Kenneth Austin Parker | $7,612 | $1,170 | -84.6% |
| Ricky Doyle Nunn | $4,752 | $1,164 | -75.5% |
| Darlene Reeves Davis | $1,141 | $1,141 | 0% |
| Robert Allen White | $5,846 | $1,137 | -80.6% |
| Thomas R. Coleman | $8,478 | $1,064 | -87.4% |
| Stacy A. Partridge | $4,620 | $1,058 | -77.1% |
| Roland Lewis St John | $6,314 | $1,057 | -83.3% |
| Milford R. Washington | $5,897 | $1,039 | -82.4% |
| Boys and Girls Ranches of Alabama | $3,029 | $1,038 | -65.7% |
| Robert D. McHugh | $4,668 | $1,006 | -78.4% |
| James M. Walker | $4,941 | $932 | -81.1% |
| James Martin Coker | $4,400 | $925 | -79% |
| James T. Evans | $6,965 | $909 | -86.9% |
| John Douglas Woodham III | $8,159 | $900 | -89% |
| Chadwick St L. John | $5,494 | $838 | -84.7% |
| Michael E. Bowling | $3,619 | $810 | -77.6% |
| Thomas Link Satterfield | $3,285 | $799 | -75.7% |
| Denise W. Staples | $776 | $776 | 0% |
| Thomas Mark Banks | $0 | $770 | -- |
| Jimmy D. Tollison Jr. | $4,528 | $765 | -83.1% |
| Pam Hendrick-Kelley | $728 | $728 | 0% |
| Joshua Brett Echols | $3,279 | $723 | -78% |
| Tommy Castleberry | $0 | $715 | -- |
| Dwight G. Rogers | $2,903 | $711 | -75.5% |
| Larry Touart | $4,586 | $710 | -84.5% |
| Christopher D. McGahey | $5,016 | $706 | -85.9% |
| Joshua Kyle Jones | $3,201 | $696 | -78.3% |
| Johnny B. House | $3,518 | $692 | -80.3% |
| Frankie L. Harris | $2,530 | $690 | -72.7% |
| Virgil R. Cash Jr. | $3,281 | $654 | -80.1% |
| Nicholas Bowden | $3,036 | $641 | -78.9% |
| Scott Simpson | $3,755 | $629 | -83.2% |
| James David Countryman | $1,485 | $612 | -58.8% |
| Clifford Wooten | $4,924 | $606 | -87.7% |
| David Scott Countryman | $5,302 | $605 | -88.6% |
| Emmitt James Brand | $5,761 | $598 | -89.6% |
| Earl H. Pearce Jr. | $2,871 | $569 | -80.2% |
| Doris Jeanette Taylor | $559 | $559 | 0% |
| John Etheridge | $1,287 | $536 | -58.4% |
| Darrell Ree Ferguson | $2,671 | $526 | -80.3% |
| Dixie Wilson | $203 | $495 | 143.8% |
| Sara Howard | $2,695 | $485 | -82% |
| Joe Thomas Bice | $2,200 | $477 | -78.3% |
| Philip L. Blue | $2,299 | $469 | -79.6% |
| Robert Austin Smith | $6,756 | $469 | -93.1% |
| Lindsey Jackson | $3,885 | $467 | -88% |
| Terry Wayne Gilliland | $2,365 | $466 | -80.3% |
| Rowena Amerman | $1,039 | $465 | -55.2% |
| Terry L. Castleberry | $2,233 | $457 | -79.5% |
| Mark Tucker | $2,212 | $436 | -80.3% |
| Patricia B. Schultz | $2,650 | $416 | -84.3% |
| David Royce Carroll | $1,364 | $397 | -70.9% |
| Barry Edward Echols | $1,245 | $388 | -68.8% |
| Adam Stephen Manning | $1,980 | $384 | -80.6% |
| Robert T. Limbaugh | $2,467 | $373 | -84.9% |
| Lionel Kelley | $2,288 | $360 | -84.3% |
| Donnie Joe Ferguson | $1,727 | $357 | -79.3% |
| Johnny Ray Simmons | $2,456 | $355 | -85.5% |
| Larry Kelley | $825 | $335 | -59.4% |
| William Bart Peel | $530 | $307 | -42.1% |
| Gary Liverett | $2,189 | $290 | -86.8% |
| Jason Wilburn Harris | $1,617 | $281 | -82.6% |
| Candace Leighann Johnson | $1,232 | $256 | -79.2% |
| Billy R. Butterworth | $2,725 | $232 | -91.5% |
| Willie E. Jones | $528 | $225 | -57.4% |
| Andrew Chapman | $1,309 | $220 | -83.2% |
| Richard Allen Bice | $1,411 | $206 | -85.4% |
| Chad Mayfield | $381 | $201 | -47.2% |
| Kiley Morrison | $1,243 | $197 | -84.2% |
| Joshua T. Bowlin | $396 | $195 | -50.8% |
| Richard Newell | $1,485 | $187 | -87.4% |
| Troy P. Smith | $660 | $162 | -75.5% |
| Mike Edwin Martin | $280 | $142 | -49.3% |
| Troy L Ransum | $1,397 | $98 | -93% |
| Vernon Masters | $198 | $83 | -58.1% |
| Brandon Scott Black | $813 | $48 | -94.1% |
| Donald R. Walker | $1,591 | $0 | -100% |
| Joan Bolton Eubanks | $814 | $0 | -100% |
| Paula Ann Peterson | $11,979 | $0 | -100% |
| Robin Garrison Dollar | $1,206 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Byram | $620 | $0 | -100% |
| Draga Elisa Hill | $2,190 | $0 | -100% |
| Herbert Lindsay | $227 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley Stovall Sanders | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| James R Brunson Farm Trust | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Dillard | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Robinson | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Rich | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob Adam Lang | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey R. Tucker | $2,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse D. Morgan | $4,082 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Walters | $911 | $0 | -100% |
| Atkinson Farms | $33,572 | $0 | -100% |
| Ben Shoup Sr. | $127 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin M Shoup Estate | $11,012 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin M. Shoup Jr. | $4,631 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel W Allman Allman Farms and Orchards | $79,937 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Lee Matthews | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Freddy J. Loggins | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce B. Whitt | $1,695 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul M. Phillips | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Tammy L. Hazelwood | $7,700 | $0 | -100% |
| Trent L. Martin | $3,960 | $0 | -100% |
| Boatwright Farms, LLC | $316,350 | $0 | -100% |
| Chandler Mountain Tomato, LLC | $218,394 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Brown | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Joey M. Bearden | $204,871 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Alexander | $140,957 | $0 | -100% |
| S & S Farms | $190,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Smith Tomato, LLC | $212,193 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,351,271 | $422,276 | -82% |
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