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In 2021, 120 farmers in cities within Chilton County received a total of $1 million in 144 farm subsidies, a 49.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2 million in 330 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parnell, Inc. | $223,353 | $123,685 | -44.6% |
| Stanley Roper | $0 | $56,790 | -- |
| Gibson Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| T & B Chipping, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Gary L. Smith | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Going Broke Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Harrison & Sons Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Harrison Leasing Corporation | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Stewart Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| TML Freight Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Tree Haulers, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Talley Timber Company, LLC | $0 | $50,521 | -- |
| Linda Louise Smith | $0 | $43,880 | -- |
| 4way Trucking, LLC | $0 | $30,986 | -- |
| Thomas M. Cox | $16,731 | $12,246 | -26.8% |
| James M. McGee | $2,827 | $10,724 | 279.3% |
| Boozer Farms | $13,331 | $9,672 | -27.4% |
| Ellison Farms Partnership | $22,545 | $9,596 | -57.4% |
| Jamal L. Johnson | $0 | $9,134 | -- |
| Adele Wallace | $8,917 | $8,917 | 0% |
| Charlette Binion | $0 | $8,728 | -- |
| Vivian Satterwhite | $6,248 | $8,726 | 39.7% |
| Jarrett K. Parker | $0 | $8,662 | -- |
| Jeff Carroll | $18,012 | $8,240 | -54.3% |
| Christopher D. Ford | $0 | $7,928 | -- |
| Lloyd's Green Acres Farm | $7,296 | $7,296 | 0% |
| Rodney Allen Payton | $4,060 | $6,866 | 69.1% |
| Nancy Jones | $43,381 | $6,036 | -86.1% |
| Hershell F Little | $25,568 | $4,730 | -81.5% |
| Jeffrey Dewayne Baker | $17,347 | $4,391 | -74.7% |
| Dwayne Lowery | $11,979 | $4,169 | -65.2% |
| J and J Trucking II, LLC | $0 | $3,939 | -- |
| Jason Frederick Headley | $37,814 | $3,828 | -89.9% |
| Pam Kelley | $12,023 | $3,643 | -69.7% |
| Warren D. Ford | $110,745 | $3,488 | -96.9% |
| Gerald Cooedy | $8,862 | $3,041 | -65.7% |
| Irby Deramus Heflin | $15,954 | $3,016 | -81.1% |
| Barney L. Chandler | $15,649 | $2,741 | -82.5% |
| Wise Vegetation Management, LLC | $49,465 | $2,670 | -94.6% |
| Timothy W. Minor | $79,892 | $2,650 | -96.7% |
| Wayne M. Headley | $11,536 | $2,611 | -77.4% |
| Roman Jarrell Nix | $0 | $2,600 | -- |
| Shannon Calfee | $14,000 | $2,590 | -81.5% |
| Timothy J. Porter | $12,045 | $2,544 | -78.9% |
| Allen E Cooedy | $10,035 | $2,317 | -76.9% |
| T & B Charolais, Inc. | $4,602 | $2,091 | -54.6% |
| Clay Bentley | $3,694 | $2,024 | -45.2% |
| Cindy Pierce | $33,239 | $1,925 | -94.2% |
| Bruce A. Keller | $10,188 | $1,860 | -81.7% |
| Michael R. Ratliff | $7,182 | $1,853 | -74.2% |
| Howard Porter | $7,742 | $1,780 | -77% |
| Taylon J Simpson | $9,755 | $1,750 | -82.1% |
| Karen E. Voss | $3,060 | $1,620 | -47.1% |
| William Dale Mims | $8,650 | $1,616 | -81.3% |
| Ralph Edwards | $7,205 | $1,511 | -79% |
| Jerry L. Rasberry | $1,302 | $1,302 | 0% |
| Elvin Porter | $10,396 | $1,292 | -87.6% |
| Larry J. Rasberry | $1,267 | $1,267 | 0% |
| David Hayes | $4,631 | $1,218 | -73.7% |
| Ronnie Knight | $4,609 | $1,211 | -73.7% |
| Jimmy Dale Ray | $12,353 | $1,162 | -90.6% |
| Tina M. Hollis | $3,657 | $1,122 | -69.3% |
| Bridgett Porter Smith | $4,026 | $1,109 | -72.5% |
| Hazel Price | $3,377 | $1,104 | -67.3% |
| Estate of Maxwell Ray Jones | $5,391 | $1,092 | -79.7% |
| Goodlowe Green JR | $5,267 | $1,084 | -79.4% |
| Mark Rasco | $4,521 | $1,068 | -76.4% |
| Rosha Nix-Ford | $6,264 | $1,035 | -83.5% |
| Christopher B. Adams | $8,008 | $1,024 | -87.2% |
| Kendall Williams | $1,604 | $1,006 | -37.3% |
| Rex A. Cleckler | $4,024 | $1,004 | -75% |
| Wilbur C. Hayes Jr. | $5,511 | $986 | -82.1% |
| Billy J. Rasberry | $985 | $985 | 0% |
| Timmy D. Gibson | $2,836 | $948 | -66.6% |
| Jimmie Lee Worthey | $5,247 | $932 | -82.2% |
| Shannon E. McMinn | $3,849 | $889 | -76.9% |
| James T. Stewart | $4,706 | $867 | -81.6% |
| Ryan M. Cox | $7,018 | $862 | -87.7% |
| Don Roy Rasberry | $2,331 | $846 | -63.7% |
| Matthew D. Price | $10,035 | $839 | -91.6% |
| Seth Knight | $7,067 | $830 | -88.3% |
| Audrey Jill Crocker | $3,883 | $816 | -79% |
| Phillip Price | $4,155 | $813 | -80.4% |
| George Richburg | $3,120 | $807 | -74.1% |
| William Nelson Wyatt | $7,278 | $796 | -89.1% |
| Jeremy Cantrell | $5,391 | $778 | -85.6% |
| Edward B. Hale | $1,468 | $776 | -47.1% |
| Smith and White Farms, LLC | $4,070 | $754 | -81.5% |
| Douglas Collins | $3,834 | $734 | -80.9% |
| Thomas Keener | $29,246 | $715 | -97.6% |
| Richard Scott Mullins | $3,120 | $694 | -77.8% |
| Michael D. Price | $2,511 | $684 | -72.8% |
| John H. Smith | $5,188 | $682 | -86.9% |
| Wendell P. Powell | $3,392 | $671 | -80.2% |
| Larry Willis | $1,947 | $663 | -65.9% |
| Jeffery J. Higgins | $3,223 | $634 | -80.3% |
| Rex Alan Littleton | $4,208 | $632 | -85% |
| Jimmy F. Mims | $3,029 | $623 | -79.4% |
| Dennis Carl Ellison | $2,717 | $586 | -78.4% |
| Phillip Douglas Rachels II | $3,185 | $585 | -81.6% |
| Paul E. Keener | $3,056 | $574 | -81.2% |
| Janet Porter | $564 | $564 | 0% |
| Joseph Wayne Looney | $4,288 | $557 | -87% |
| Phillip Clackler | $3,143 | $547 | -82.6% |
| Samuel A. Mims Jr. | $2,936 | $540 | -81.6% |
| Henry Aubrey Brown | $2,299 | $479 | -79.2% |
| Frances A. Breslin | $2,178 | $466 | -78.6% |
| Terry G. Hicks | $2,159 | $464 | -78.5% |
| Ronnie Carmichael | $1,892 | $433 | -77.1% |
| Floyd Wayne Franklin | $176 | $417 | 136.9% |
| Hubert Fisher | $3,092 | $397 | -87.2% |
| Helen Edwards Lewis | $2,383 | $384 | -83.9% |
| Deane Metcalf | $1,672 | $301 | -82% |
| Ralph A. Hayes | $2,232 | $290 | -87% |
| Clayshane Knight Mims | $834 | $276 | -66.9% |
| Charles J. McMinn | $1,488 | $242 | -83.7% |
| Johnny L Cooedy | $1,177 | $236 | -79.9% |
| Harlon D. Carroll | $2,404 | $210 | -91.3% |
| Steve V. Frederick | $183 | $183 | 0% |
| William P. Trahan | $118 | $129 | 9.3% |
| Abelardo Enriquez | $49,050 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen Bavar | $15,510 | $0 | -100% |
| Crayton Derick Patterson | $3,306 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn Fraser | $4,162 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold L. Hayes | $133,331 | $0 | -100% |
| James Wesley Hale | $29,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Jared M. Burnette | $13,439 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy W. Durbin | $45,631 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy W Durbin Estate | $226,050 | $0 | -100% |
| Josh Lee Smitherman | $7,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua N Bavar | $3,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Juan P. Enriquez | $49,050 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Wise | $57,954 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Easterling | $3,946 | $0 | -100% |
| Kowosky T Christian | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Loretta Cooedy | $54 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Frances Mims | $174 | $0 | -100% |
| Northwest Materials, Inc. | $1,561 | $0 | -100% |
| Patterson Farms | $76,508 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul M. Knight | $26,510 | $0 | -100% |
| Paulette Pettway | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert R. Binion | $1,343 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Smitherman | $13,808 | $0 | -100% |
| Slate Cody Knight | $6,466 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Clyde McCraw | $34,746 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy Kendrick | $1,149 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Clark | $3,476 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles F. Hawkins | $1,140 | $0 | -100% |
| George H. Free | $328 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimberly Martin Robinson | $817 | $0 | -100% |
| Petals from the Past | $8,127 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy N. Crumpton | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Bartley A. Giles | $4,894 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric H. Ellison | $6,240 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric Wallace Ellison | $2,225 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn Bernice McCraw | $5,943 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall D. Hand | $565 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Tanner Hunter | $1,110 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas S. Roper | $522 | $0 | -100% |
| David Landon Lowery | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Green Leaf Vegetation Management, LLC | $2,882 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry C. Williams Jr. | $22,564 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,027,325 | $1,025,722 | -49.4% |
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