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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Madison County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Madison County received $4.7 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 367 farmers in cities within Madison County received a total of $2.9 million in 644 farm subsidies, a 62.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.6 million in 1,289 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 Madison County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Tate Farms General Partnership$1,017,132$362,457-64.4%
B & G Farms$393,320$137,799-65%
Moon Farms$295,794$133,980-54.7%
Brown Farms$325,418$122,077-62.5%
F & W Farms, Inc.$311,150$120,759-61.2%
Roger Jeffrey Jones$283,971$115,985-59.2%
Butler & Son, LLC$294,844$107,633-63.5%
Harris Farms, LLC$0$79,069--
Lee Lasater$176,178$78,840-55.2%
Hodge Farms$228,708$78,185-65.8%
Carroll Lasater$189,760$75,858-60%
Oak Grove Farms, LLC$0$74,953--
Elvie W. Hunter$177,364$64,758-63.5%
New Market Sod Farm % Gregory W Jones$0$62,250--
Leonard Childers$201,310$62,107-69.1%
Payne Farms$135,669$55,986-58.7%
George K. Campbell$115,876$54,997-52.5%
Wilson Mann III$133,587$47,715-64.3%
Hereford & Sons$163,416$43,942-73.1%
Patterson Farms$149,889$40,353-73.1%
Fanning Farms, LLC$35,737$37,4174.7%
Bentley Walls$114,947$37,015-67.8%
Dana P. Payne$119,701$36,840-69.2%
Dustin R. Hall$38,970$36,765-5.7%
Heritage Farms, Inc.$82,531$30,005-63.6%
Roger W. Bevill$60,999$27,160-55.5%
Paul Wilson$64,432$26,737-58.5%
David Christopher Jones$3,711$26,334609.6%
Roger Renfroe$74,022$23,513-68.2%
Kenneth Ryan Childers$75,016$22,847-69.5%
Len Everett Childers$65,946$22,512-65.9%
Jerry W. Bobo$74,119$19,830-73.2%
Kyle Garrett Davis$57,883$17,597-69.6%
Johnny Dean Moore$59,228$16,304-72.5%
James C. Monroe$32,730$16,243-50.4%
John Lynn Smith$39,530$15,604-60.5%
2M Farms, Inc.$47,555$15,528-67.3%
Deana L. Sublett$49,244$14,264-71%
Sheila K. Moore$43,472$14,090-67.6%
Randall Paul Brown$42,231$12,988-69.2%
Barry M. Mefford Sr.$28,837$12,268-57.5%
Kenneth L. Hubert$44,616$11,957-73.2%
John Davis Mann Jr.$78,365$11,596-85.2%
Tim Milam$21,490$11,505-46.5%
Mccrary Farms, LLC$28,082$10,868-61.3%
Frazier Wilson Mann$15,648$10,534-32.7%
Bradford J. Drake$21,363$9,772-54.3%
John D. Webster$21,485$8,665-59.7%
Bradley M. Boles$40,795$8,431-79.3%
James H. Westmoreland$8,191$8,1910%
Judy Hunter$15,406$7,420-51.8%
Texemm Cattle Company, LLC$28,170$6,983-75.2%
Horace W. Hubbard$21,292$6,702-68.5%
Seth Walker Hubert$15,451$6,615-57.2%
Bobby Shannon Drake$37,454$6,381-83%
Scott Orchard$142,926$6,307-95.6%
Martin Farms, LLC$23,298$6,162-73.6%
Patsy P. Kennedy$6,007$6,0070%
Dick R. Winsett$24,350$5,725-76.5%
Balch Farms, Inc.$26,147$5,616-78.5%
James Patterson Fam E. Tr Jr.$17,208$5,496-68.1%
Connor Scott Bevill$11,072$5,329-51.9%
Davis Farms$13,564$5,237-61.4%
Donald E. Mann$5,185$5,1850%
James H. Vann$18,237$5,076-72.2%
Linda C. Hill$4,914$4,9140%
Chass Howard Bevill$7,900$4,831-38.8%
Plant Farms, LLC$11,888$4,734-60.2%
William G. Davis$44,519$4,406-90.1%
Kory Shannon Moore$10,785$4,343-59.7%
Garry L. King$19,463$4,198-78.4%
Patterson Land Company, LLC$10,621$4,189-60.6%
Shelby Danner$6,024$3,912-35.1%
James Ray Wilbourn$33,267$3,858-88.4%
David W. Martin$14,429$3,843-73.4%
Andrew Louis Allen$9,870$3,825-61.2%
John Wells Johnston$9,514$3,766-60.4%
Johnny Ray Woody$8,733$3,759-57%
J. D. Childers$8,080$3,733-53.8%
Anna Ruth Miller Tr$3,073$3,68019.8%
Berry Mountain Farms, LLC$0$3,661--
Ann B. Deloney$3,963$3,646-8%
Grady Paul Stinnett$4,771$3,621-24.1%
Gene Lee$16,758$3,450-79.4%
Mark Thomas$13,991$3,032-78.3%
Greg Glover$17,827$3,010-83.1%
John M. Scott$3,186$2,955-7.3%
Michael K Johns, DVM$12,409$2,898-76.6%
J. B. Turner Jr.$13,026$2,878-77.9%
Jason Pepper Sims$1,733$2,82763.1%
Eloise G. Bradley$2,809$2,8090%
Norris Properties, LLC$6,993$2,747-60.7%
Vera P. Tipton$8,130$2,651-67.4%
Josh Vandiver$13,303$2,622-80.3%
Jonathan Porter Fanning$19,339$2,596-86.6%
Helen Hesler$3,111$2,582-17%
Stone Family Farm, LLC$7,754$2,522-67.5%
Adam Richard$9,661$2,518-73.9%
Lucas Hubert$5,033$2,495-50.4%
Carlos Powers II$0$2,418--
Blake Martz$0$2,360--
Chris Thomason$11,454$2,344-79.5%
Jo Ellen Whitaker$7,114$2,282-67.9%
Randall Edwards$9,715$2,277-76.6%
Leonard Jarrett$0$2,255--
William E. Taylor Sr.$1,727$2,15124.6%
Susan Smith$2,142$2,1420%
Rita Ferguson$2,604$2,138-17.9%
Russell E. Reid$5,074$2,091-58.8%
Charles H. Clardy$12,162$2,079-82.9%
Steve Sanderson$4,067$2,078-48.9%
Red Land Farm, LLC$3,469$2,062-40.6%
Greg Sharpe$5,142$2,041-60.3%
Merle E Trich$3,176$2,023-36.3%
Mark Cothren$13,844$1,967-85.8%
Mary Hicks$6,116$1,914-68.7%
Betty H. Esslinger$6,039$1,904-68.5%
Mary Esslinger Thomas$6,006$1,887-68.6%
Janet H. Thayer$282$1,844553.9%
Jamie Elkins$9,070$1,830-79.8%
Melba Toon$5,049$1,825-63.9%
Terrell D. Wells$3,366$1,823-45.8%
Buford Sargent$3,342$1,813-45.8%
David Benjamin Lee$12,017$1,811-84.9%
William David Howard$2,336$1,789-23.4%
Robert Barry Thompson$4,049$1,784-55.9%
Carol A. Roach$1,772$1,7720%
Jeff Hunter$0$1,758--
Billie A. Miller$7,048$1,711-75.7%
Jo T. Logan$3,806$1,711-55%
Steve Shockley$8,584$1,702-80.2%
Ophelia Glover$5,630$1,696-69.9%
Mcmullen Farms, LLC$4,673$1,626-65.2%
Sam McElroy$2,365$1,625-31.3%
Will Colton Hunter$2,059$1,617-21.5%
Bryan Todd Mann$8,184$1,571-80.8%
Joe Ben Mann$2,844$1,555-45.3%
Turner Farms$2,528$1,539-39.1%
Sona D. Harbin$5,202$1,510-71%
Lane W. Hicks$4,643$1,507-67.5%
William Wesley Neighbors Jr.$6,483$1,452-77.6%
Stan A. Bice$3,828$1,448-62.2%
Sherree Jones$1,445$1,4450%
Carol L. Carroll$5,420$1,424-73.7%
John Craig Tuck$2,321$1,372-40.9%
Bonnie Smith Walker$1,155$1,36017.7%
Carol Dambman$1,451$1,358-6.4%
Wilma J. Smith$1,866$1,340-28.2%
Rhonda R. Sanderson$1,409$1,318-6.5%
Paul T. Ragland$6,114$1,314-78.5%
Ricky B. Underwood$4,318$1,310-69.7%
Billy N. Mullins$24,588$1,304-94.7%
Willa D. Campbell$768$1,29668.8%
Robert W. Wells$4,656$1,271-72.7%
Thomas V. Burkett$1,688$1,219-27.8%
Bobby J. Balch$4,526$1,216-73.1%
David J. Young$1,210$1,2100%
Gregory D. Moody$2,922$1,208-58.7%
Andrew Brent Scott$3,887$1,194-69.3%
David B. Jacks III$4,213$1,154-72.6%
Joe L. Dooley$3,843$1,134-70.5%
Shawn Perry$5,335$1,126-78.9%
J. M. Loomis III$1,425$1,092-23.4%
Steve Buford Smith Sr.$1,949$1,092-44%
Frederick Patterson$4,981$1,081-78.3%
Alexander Haas$0$1,063--
Bobby Hillis$6,704$1,062-84.2%
Danny R. Hubbard$4,223$1,059-74.9%
Clifton O. Mann III$8,370$1,042-87.6%
Charlie M. Britton$5,776$1,038-82%
Kathryn J. Crawford$1,029$1,0290%
Matthew D. Wagner$4,213$1,026-75.6%
Jason Satterfield$4,180$1,025-75.5%
Brenda Morrison$1,983$1,020-48.6%
Mark D. Teet$4,159$1,016-75.6%
David W. Ballance Jr.$2,063$996-51.7%
Gerry Satterfield$3,128$983-68.6%
Johnny W. Perry$3,949$983-75.1%
Cullene V Sanders$968$9680%
Mountain Spring Farm$6,868$967-85.9%
Carlos R. Powers$3,565$930-73.9%
Ruth C. Cook$2,280$923-59.5%
Hilda Knowles$2,759$922-66.6%
Martha J. Carroll$2,158$902-58.2%
Keith Griffin$1,667$887-46.8%
Donald Hereford$3,575$878-75.4%
Fred C. Forst$5,207$872-83.3%
Todd Tabor$2,663$832-68.8%
Jerry L. Carter$3,537$812-77%
R a D Farms, LLC$1,292$802-37.9%
Gregory Charles Koger$5,119$786-84.6%
Demetra Cooper$2,422$763-68.5%
James E. Holder$1,931$755-60.9%
Eric Lee$3,198$724-77.4%
Chad Underwood$3,729$724-80.6%
Adams Harbaugh Farms, LLC$3,484$714-79.5%
Hardie Keel$711$7110%
E. C. Hunt Jr.$2,767$701-74.7%
John David Honea$2,570$694-73%
James Darren Maples$3,790$678-82.1%
THA Butler, LLC$2,498$675-73%
Geneva Andrews$357$66987.4%
Patsy Poole$1,368$668-51.2%
Jane Dye$5,164$656-87.3%
Ramsey Prince$5,129$655-87.2%
Timothy P. Howard$1,433$642-55.2%
Phillip Kirby$3,046$609-80%
Roy Franklin Roberts Jr.$1,310$601-54.1%
Gary Bentley$1,105$590-46.6%
Toney E. Pitts$2,738$584-78.7%
Jon M. Carpenter$1,047$568-45.7%
Claydis Bradley$1,122$566-49.6%
Timothy R. Hall$530$5656.6%
John Ben Hawkins$0$555--
James W. Scott$1,053$553-47.5%
Benny Berry$2,982$548-81.6%
Billy Dean Walker$5,218$545-89.6%
James George$857$542-36.8%
James G. York$1,308$540-58.7%
Jo A. White$1,484$534-64%
David W. Campbell$2,214$525-76.3%
Jeremy David Hyatt$2,112$525-75.1%
Bobby Ledbetter$2,117$520-75.4%
William S. Lau III$7,164$520-92.7%
Pamela Anne Cole$990$516-47.9%
Stephen Campbell$1,034$504-51.3%
George Kelly$2,254$488-78.3%
Janice L. Brady$440$4788.6%
Welkin, LLC$1,673$475-71.6%
Jeffrey G. Martin$2,217$474-78.6%
Jerry N. Wallace$1,038$470-54.7%
Kenneth R. Schrimsher$2,280$470-79.4%
Agnes Britton$316$46848.1%
Nathan Bryn Butler$1,980$462-76.7%
Sherry Jacks$1,283$459-64.2%
Greg Hopper$729$457-37.3%
Ronald G. Swaim$0$450--
Clay Cummings Mann$474$444-6.3%
Trey Mann$444$4440%
Ricky I. Underwood$1,019$443-56.5%
Adalene K Bledsoe$1,247$442-64.6%
North Alabama Bank$1,367$439-67.9%
Russell Merryman$3,408$436-87.2%
David Pinkerton Jr.$1,136$432-62%
Splawn Development, LLC$854$429-49.8%
Tillman Griggs$2,345$419-82.1%
E. H. Hatcher Jr.$986$407-58.7%
Charles A. Patrick Jr.$1,320$407-69.2%
Johnnie Briggs$1,595$405-74.6%
Daniel B. Poole Sr.$1,410$402-71.5%
Elbert Lee Drake$1,892$398-79%
William L. Simmons$2,446$398-83.7%
Kenneth Williamson$1,082$398-63.2%
Micky Darryl Quick$1,292$388-70%
Eric Leon Jones$0$383--
Suzanna Stevens$382$3820%
Walter Smithwick$1,613$382-76.3%
Amos Benjamin Bryant$1,659$378-77.2%
Edwin Childers$3,481$375-89.2%
Charles E. Battle$1,590$374-76.5%
David F. Darnell$905$371-59%
Anthony D. Humphrey$542$371-31.5%
Sammy White Jr.$660$359-45.6%
Chris Cambron$1,161$351-69.8%
Tyler Drake Smith$920$347-62.3%
Opal Warren Roberts$0$346--
Judi Ann Godsey$0$345--
Jessica Young$348$343-1.4%
Leslie Michelle Edwards$594$340-42.8%
Nancy Butler$674$337-50%
Thomas E. Butler Jr.$674$337-50%
William E. Taylor Jr.$1,701$337-80.2%
Donny Ray Miller$693$334-51.8%
Jim Davis$2,211$328-85.2%
Maryann Schnur$349$316-9.5%
Donald Z. Lyles$1,282$315-75.4%
James E. Raby$1,536$313-79.6%
Blake Evan Smith$0$310--
Lovell A. Whisenant$551$309-43.9%
Jerry V. Hillis$2,875$309-89.3%
James Rodney Hillis$990$307-69%
Thomas D. Tipton$618$307-50.3%
James R. L. Carroll$757$306-59.6%
Joseph M. Carroll$757$306-59.6%
Annette L. Joens$305$3050%
Suzanne L. Bryer$1,937$302-84.4%
Brenda B. Vaughn$857$300-65%
Lee Lawson$1,575$294-81.3%
Margaret E. Coffey$876$291-66.8%
Joe T. Smith$1,419$281-80.2%
Freddie Ricketts$475$272-42.7%
Emily Hoffman$578$265-54.2%
Benjamin Luke Martin$3,772$262-93.1%
Tonya Nicole Allen$177$25644.6%
Marion N. Hodges$764$256-66.5%
Phillip D. Martin$1,087$250-77%
Brenda J. Underwood$803$242-69.9%
Howard G. Cowley$666$242-63.7%
Roberta G. Pendergrass$399$241-39.6%
Jeremy Allen Edwards$594$239-59.8%
Carlos Ray Davis$1,334$237-82.2%
Janice Anita Perrigin$0$236--
Christopher L. Williams$528$230-56.4%
Joyce H. Thompson$877$228-74%
Gregory R. Brooks$664$226-66%
Brian K. Bailey$972$221-77.3%
Joshua Steven Hyatt$0$220--
Winfred Stayton$601$217-63.9%
Curtis W. McCollum$530$213-59.8%
Janice C. Hunter$959$208-78.3%
Sandra K. Gorney$516$207-59.9%
Tommy Whitaker$583$204-65%
Pat Tipton$331$200-39.6%
Charles Neely Vandiver Jr.$538$196-63.6%
Tuck Family Cemetery$398$193-51.5%
James W. Butler$902$190-78.9%
Veleria B Driggers$1,245$189-84.8%
Anita Clark$493$175-64.5%
Omer Ahmed$0$172--
Clinton Martin$320$172-46.3%
Marvin Davenport$0$168--
Beverly U. Mason$363$167-54%
Whitt H Hirlston$629$164-73.9%
Wayne Henderson$749$160-78.6%
Mitchell Woodfin$0$160--
Jerry Lance Toon$363$159-56.2%
Bryon H. Quick$863$147-83%
Larry L Law$146$1460%
Ricky Welch$1,063$144-86.5%
Lorna C. Light$937$144-84.6%
Sara R. Martinec$141$1410%
Mark D. Wade$416$136-67.3%
Patricia Smartt$239$135-43.5%
David E. Howard$1,584$126-92%
Jimmie L. Wheeler$530$126-76.2%
Gary A. Hudson$305$125-59%
William Odie Jones Jr.$264$124-53%
Grant Todd Gaines$362$115-68.2%
David Williamson$442$114-74.2%
Linda C. Linville$206$107-48.1%
Powell Shockley$534$99-81.5%
Laura B. Conwell$109$98-10.1%
Sylvia S. Flakes$188$96-48.9%
Barry D. Glover$184$90-51.1%
Patsy Ricketts Steakley$167$89-46.7%
Cynthia Y. Scruggs$154$81-47.4%
Deborah A. Jordan$153$81-47.1%
Mervice Denise Erskine$153$81-47.1%
Clay Jacks$256$68-73.4%
Buford R. Davis$212$68-67.9%
Jerry G. Campbell$13,297$62-99.5%
Angelen Hochberger$1,865$57-96.9%
Barbara V. Florence$659$56-91.5%
Cheryl Campbell$176$56-68.2%
Carol Annette Johnson$374$53-85.8%
Zachary W. York$695$43-93.8%
Wilma Earlene Tyson Management Trust-Wilma Earlene Tyson$504$42-91.7%
Bryan Salyers$0$38--
Don M. Wimberly$513$37-92.8%
Thomas Allen-Alton Hawke$128$32-75%
Sharon D. Hunter$113$31-72.6%
Garlin Stephens$93$28-69.9%
Miranda W. Kelley$76$25-67.1%
Imogene Preston$194$14-92.8%
Henry E. Yeldell Jr.$48$9-81.3%
William R. Adams$193$8-95.9%
Connie Atchley$142$5-96.5%
James Cyr$381$0-100%
Jim B. Tipton$989$0-100%
Jimmy W. Stephens$67$0-100%
Martha H. Barnett$244$0-100%
Peggy Hawkins$555$0-100%
Rickey J. Isbell$277$0-100%
Robert Wayne Smith$470$0-100%
Talley E. Fanning$81,742$0-100%
Timothy Lee Knickerbocker$188$0-100%
Belinda R Creasser$405$0-100%
James L. Abercrombie Jr.$289$0-100%
John W Finney Estate$306$0-100%
Larry C. Dejarnett Sr.$24,328$0-100%
Mchalffey Farms, L L C$2,187$0-100%
Carolyn F. Phillips$555$0-100%
Edgar T. Parker$881$0-100%
Eric Haugtvedt$38$0-100%
Jeffrey Stewart$2,035$0-100%
Ruby H. Campbell$2,275$0-100%
William Marcus Hunter$862$0-100%
Amy Marie Lucas$644$0-100%
Christopher Ivan Wilchcombe$29,871$0-100%
Steven D. Phillips$1,375$0-100%
Corey Nathaniel Honea$220$0-100%
Daniel E. Spears$1,946$0-100%
James H. Stephens Jr.$159$0-100%
Jimmy F. Stapler$330$0-100%
Troy Blackwell$385$0-100%
Kenneth T. Mills$550$0-100%
Linda McCord$528$0-100%
Lynn Kirksey$129$0-100%
Mildred Orlene Ricketts$460$0-100%
Monte V. Davis$1,540$0-100%
Nell S. Lawler$2,867$0-100%
Paul Tunstill$1,210$0-100%
Richard D. Calendine$1,540$0-100%
HPR Farms, LLC$4,340$0-100%
Megan Elizabeth Simpson$77$0-100%
Rebecca Colvin$710$0-100%
Richard Keith Payne$370$0-100%
Robert L. Grimes$1,778$0-100%
Total subsidies$7,625,834$2,891,854-62.1%

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