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Amount of taxpayer-funded subsidies plummet in cities associated with Houston County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Houston County received $6.7 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 324 farmers in cities within Houston County received a total of $10.3 million in 675 farm subsidies, a 39.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $17 million in 1,122 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 Houston County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Pitchford Farms$668,718$412,638-38.3%
George Jeffcoat Farms-03$332,167$348,0764.8%
Jerry Danford$250,772$269,4227.4%
Colby Willoughby Farms$604,054$254,415-57.9%
Holloman Farm$294,448$254,075-13.7%
River Road Farms, Inc.$128,364$236,61584.3%
Bristow Farms Partnership$589,307$230,194-60.9%
Bobby D. Dillard$188,257$218,84016.2%
Ingalls Farms$354,878$200,669-43.5%
Christopher V. Granger$286,229$187,565-34.5%
Amanda Pate Linn$172,011$186,2938.3%
Circle W. Farms$381,788$170,059-55.5%
Glenn D. Meadows$212,359$162,984-23.3%
Tracy Taylor$364,389$161,956-55.6%
Andy Wells$153,544$156,2961.8%
Dennis McCord$192,684$150,638-21.8%
James Granger$290,638$137,620-52.6%
Colby Willoughby$0$132,943--
Connor Pate$154,354$132,925-13.9%
Mitch Danford Farms, Inc.$286,997$130,276-54.6%
Barton Willoughby$281,607$127,652-54.7%
Arnold D. Forrester$118,663$126,9177%
Lynn M. Forrester$118,663$126,9177%
Jay McCallister$215,920$126,303-41.5%
Jeffery Shelley$9,133$125,8601,278.1%
Hudson T. Shelley$20,525$121,337491.2%
Scott Shelley Farms, Inc.$160,310$118,205-26.3%
Mitchell Danford$138,010$112,593-18.4%
Chris J. Love$161,745$111,998-30.8%
Jimmy Stewart$142,346$111,834-21.4%
Andrea Holloman$122,055$108,996-10.7%
Glenn Pate$150,549$103,301-31.4%
Karen D. Willoughby$39,317$100,586155.8%
David E. Holloman$160,815$98,412-38.8%
Josh Taylor$173,878$90,836-47.8%
Lindsay Holloman$132,560$89,014-32.9%
Scotty Cobb$103,889$86,575-16.7%
Yj Farms, LLC$192,898$86,411-55.2%
Forrester Peanut Company, LLC$0$82,604--
Plowshares & Swords, LLC$0$79,480--
Charles McCord$85,262$76,600-10.2%
Jonathan K. Taylor$111,455$74,131-33.5%
Kaylyn K. Stewart$98,239$72,695-26%
Ginger P. Douglas$120,500$72,312-40%
Brenda Wells$103,720$71,979-30.6%
Double a Hay Farms, LLC$86,130$70,603-18%
Scott B. Shelley$0$69,088--
Danny Joe Kirkland$86,614$66,343-23.4%
Meadows Creek Farm$155,250$65,786-57.6%
Kenneth Wayne Brackin$96,252$65,658-31.8%
Jared Etress$71,807$63,822-11.1%
Rebecca McCorkel$66,119$63,307-4.3%
Jamie Henderson$11,058$62,899468.8%
Kevin Jerome Traylor$0$62,836--
Payton Dillard$37,166$61,59265.7%
Joe J. Summerford II$56,942$59,9825.3%
Joshua S. Roney$63,122$59,357-6%
Chad Wells$36,587$59,20161.8%
Guy Goodson$75,456$58,604-22.3%
George R. Jeffcoat$125,174$55,839-55.4%
Madison Dillard$89,690$55,274-38.4%
Lamond Wells$94,123$52,611-44.1%
Serah Hall$125,466$51,554-58.9%
CP Farms, LLC$68,968$50,803-26.3%
Forrester Seed, Inc.$57,368$50,181-12.5%
Bonnie Shelley$125,947$49,950-60.3%
Michael W. Shelley$164,629$49,950-69.7%
B C Dillard, Inc.$251,822$47,780-81%
Phillip E. Douglas$43,611$47,1598.1%
Edwin J. Glover$39,632$47,15319%
Charles Jeff McCallister$140,698$47,109-66.5%
Eugene Kirkland$69,966$44,818-35.9%
T & R Farms, LLC$226,093$43,955-80.6%
Stanley Nowell Farms$73,099$43,289-40.8%
Gloria Jeffcoat$139,162$41,299-70.3%
Gambletown Farm, Inc.$76,262$39,530-48.2%
Amy T. Fitch$524$38,0697,165.1%
Laken Pitchford$33,535$36,1727.9%
Debbie S. Kirkland$59,993$35,641-40.6%
Johnnie Womack$30,459$35,58316.8%
Mule Shoe Family Land and Timber, LLC$13,166$34,711163.6%
Panacea Poultry, Inc.$0$33,757--
Good Hope Farms$30,330$33,61910.8%
Nick Dillard$57,348$33,556-41.5%
Buren McArdle$34,597$33,306-3.7%
Carol M. Sims$61,569$33,130-46.2%
Hunter Wells$85,210$32,904-61.4%
Best Farms Partnership$91,676$32,828-64.2%
Tony Taylor$42,142$31,988-24.1%
Joseph Dewayne Womack$146,002$31,627-78.3%
Donald Meadows$41,831$31,044-25.8%
Kevin Granger Farms, LLC$49,458$29,786-39.8%
Timothy R. Hopkins$46,389$29,233-37%
Stacy Shane McCardle$92,993$29,064-68.7%
Caden Love$42,043$29,028-31%
Caleb Lewis$516,222$28,888-94.4%
David Sellers$44,056$28,885-34.4%
Charles Osmond North Estate$0$27,843--
William M. Dyson$18,209$27,57751.4%
John Remah Mcdaniel$54,676$27,150-50.3%
Roger Long$36,310$26,657-26.6%
Jason W. Thomas$106,871$26,200-75.5%
DD Farms, LLC$22,454$25,22412.3%
Omussee Creek Farms, LLC$3,922$24,336520.5%
B. C. Dillard$118,035$24,028-79.6%
Kevin Granger$187,630$22,916-87.8%
Lee F. Fitch$49,622$22,414-54.8%
Michael Watford$23,721$21,491-9.4%
Robert Keith Watford$53,568$21,144-60.5%
Jason H. Whitehead$0$20,958--
Natalie McCord$33,462$20,420-39%
Robert Mark Kirkland$39,935$20,204-49.4%
Robert Michael Best$68,585$20,130-70.6%
Sarah M. Hughes$0$19,330--
Edwin K. Glover$25,819$18,497-28.4%
James E. McSwain$44,179$18,165-58.9%
Douglas Sinquefield$22,913$17,931-21.7%
Robert C. Rudder Jr.$24,197$17,618-27.2%
Timothy Tolar$21,510$17,504-18.6%
Benjamin H. Lewis$43,003$17,090-60.3%
Ronnie Crawford$31,766$16,345-48.5%
Danny Bonner$19,437$16,239-16.5%
Addison Sellers$19,515$16,173-17.1%
Ouida Duke$12,771$15,66222.6%
Thomas D. Pitchford$0$14,893--
Coleman T. Walker$10,971$14,37631%
Bennie Floyd McNeill$22,471$13,732-38.9%
Keith White$105,116$13,699-87%
Forrester Produce, Inc.$435,589$13,614-96.9%
Scott Danford$27,649$13,603-50.8%
Lisa McCord$17,567$13,487-23.2%
Delores Murphy$0$13,053--
Shea Strickland Shelley$17,659$12,776-27.7%
Ronnie Jackson$17,346$12,726-26.6%
R. D. Wright Jr.$25,340$12,524-50.6%
B. J. McCardle$18,787$12,030-36%
H. H. Elliott$16,690$11,982-28.2%
Don Murray Parmer Jr.$24,076$11,612-51.8%
Robert Reynolds$15,040$11,097-26.2%
Charles Ashley Ingram$43,737$11,013-74.8%
Timothy C. Love$15,227$10,962-28%
James E. Love$40,144$10,535-73.8%
Mark Ingram Jr.$16,886$10,428-38.2%
Braxton C. Elliott$17,032$10,237-39.9%
Cedar Creek Ranch$0$10,116--
Easterwood Farms$14,405$9,653-33%
Pat Wells$22,978$9,634-58.1%
Larry Forrester$17,014$9,540-43.9%
Eddie Gerald Smith$9,196$9,1960%
Reuben J. Womack$7,120$8,64921.5%
Robert Gamble$8,576$7,890-8%
Wayne Holland$13,787$7,768-43.7%
Dennis George Ingalls$9,657$7,448-22.9%
Daniel Love$10,968$7,149-34.8%
Ray Lewis$452,035$6,883-98.5%
Bobby G. Maloy$2,684$6,726150.6%
Jacob Womack$28,924$6,685-76.9%
Mallie C. Sellers$5,998$6,60310.1%
John W. King Jr.$14,887$6,583-55.8%
Sandra D. Beasley$7,040$6,477-8%
Rex D. Granberry$6,797$6,226-8.4%
Knighton Land Holding, LLC$5,995$5,9950%
Michael Brian Crawford$5,021$5,93818.3%
Gary J. Paulk$0$5,647--
Joanne Raley Decker$0$5,645--
Rhett Stevens$6,428$5,612-12.7%
Brooks Silcox$14,125$5,608-60.3%
Thomas B. Shirah$30,333$5,532-81.8%
Paul M. Hughes$7,433$5,526-25.7%
Keith Harper$8,840$5,443-38.4%
Beth Cain$7,495$5,422-27.7%
Joseph N. Garrett$62,171$5,411-91.3%
Albright Trull$8,365$5,407-35.4%
Emily J. Hunter$6,687$5,319-20.5%
Virgil Jordan$15,054$5,298-64.8%
Edwin M. Glover$11,474$5,283-54%
Harold E. Raley Jr.$0$5,282--
Stephen E. Mathis$5,257$5,234-0.4%
J&J Farms$112,108$5,095-95.5%
Junior Carroll$0$5,080--
GMS Farms, LLC$1,762$4,942180.5%
William Womack Family Trust$534$4,897817%
Kevin A. Murphy$3,833$4,83526.1%
Sylvia W. Norton$3,212$4,77848.8%
Sarah Douglas$13,744$4,703-65.8%
Carl Jackson$6,054$4,566-24.6%
Gayla M. Kramer$715$4,500529.4%
Michael Pelham$9,982$4,474-55.2%
Nick E. Green$13,254$4,352-67.2%
Ronald Devane$4,314$4,3140%
Ivey & Ivey Farms, Inc.$10,890$4,165-61.8%
Charles E. McGriff$5,548$4,119-25.8%
Mary Helms$39,890$4,017-89.9%
Lamar Lamp$34,168$3,826-88.8%
David B. Childs$1,791$3,809112.7%
Hugh D. Bedsole Jr.$3,691$3,6910%
Harry Earl Duke$16,814$3,630-78.4%
James D. Thompson$6,146$3,440-44%
Billy Zachariah Johnston$13,090$3,410-73.9%
Calumet Cattle Company$29,654$3,400-88.5%
Khristi L Jones$12,176$3,259-73.2%
James Gary Hughes$21,314$3,243-84.8%
Emily S. Mathis$3,222$3,2220%
Lloyd T. Rich$0$3,150--
Frances N. Moore$0$3,088--
Calumet Management Company, LLC$3,012$3,0120%
Tony E. McCraney$3,418$3,006-12.1%
Shelly Goocher$3,004$2,982-0.7%
Romella Mcrory$0$2,903--
Cindy D. Kelley$0$2,875--
Michael Craig Askew$0$2,854--
Justin Carroll$3,791$2,840-25.1%
Marrion Bass$5,882$2,829-51.9%
Myra J. Bell$2,627$2,8167.2%
Charlotte C. Doster$2,795$2,7950%
Eddy R. Hinson$3,409$2,780-18.5%
Robert Perry$11,220$2,745-75.5%
Clarkie Adair Whatley Gilbert$2,684$2,6840%
Emmie Lee Waters$6,301$2,631-58.2%
Rachel Jean Exum$0$2,592--
Cary G. Hughes$14,691$2,551-82.6%
Lawrence McCallister$2,547$2,513-1.3%
Rebecca M. Sellers$2,969$2,291-22.8%
Gerutha Love$0$2,209--
Stephen Myers$10,907$2,190-79.9%
Ridge Clenon Cooley$1,643$2,06525.7%
Kelly Willoughby$0$1,901--
Jo Ann Preston$1,719$1,7190%
Teya M Ordway$0$1,712--
The Cheryl B Etheredge Family Trust$1,672$1,6720%
Cliffton B. Wells$8,822$1,671-81.1%
Amy Michelle Campbell$3,106$1,639-47.2%
Shelby Rogers$1,633$1,6330%
Cody Shane McCardle$1,210$1,62834.5%
Wesley J. Marshall$10,032$1,565-84.4%
Sarah Jo Shirley Family Trust$3,106$1,553-50%
John & Lovie Lawrence, Inc.$2,680$1,550-42.2%
Bryan Wiggins$3,032$1,544-49.1%
Penny S. Graddy$1,206$1,52026%
Karen Fanaro$1,148$1,49330.1%
Nila B. Johnson$1,485$1,4850%
Crystal Trull$1,484$1,4840%
William C. Preston$1,452$1,4520%
David L. Sewell$1,379$1,3790%
Angel Shelley$1,766$1,338-24.2%
Trevor M. Barnes$1,265$1,3214.4%
Terry Pitchford$1,283$1,2830%
William Dustin Granberry$0$1,275--
Nellie L. Moore$1,739$1,273-26.8%
James Miles Scott$1,184$1,1840%
Dot Bristow$1,578$1,158-26.6%
Charles Vince Wade$3,057$1,145-62.5%
Charles Exum$2,923$1,133-61.2%
Fred A. Helms$0$1,127--
Brian T. McCraney$4,169$1,122-73.1%
Tonja B. Summerlin$1,115$1,1150%
Warren M. Faulk$1,443$1,050-27.2%
John David Lewis$4,486$1,035-76.9%
Oris Byron Harper$3,872$1,031-73.4%
Justin Garrett Herring$595$1,01370.3%
Michael L. Douglas$9,959$984-90.1%
Jack Meadows$2,417$962-60.2%
Lucas James Hughes$0$961--
William Cory Hughes$0$961--
Walter Ted Forrester$949$9490%
Mary A. Glover$935$9350%
Brenda Ivey Hendrix$934$9340%
Nancy Stembridge$934$9340%
Harold E. Raley$0$932--
S & S Development Company$921$9311.1%
Mary Bruner$920$9200%
Martha J. Paramore$892$8920%
Anita Harrell Calano$2,079$860-58.6%
Harold E. Harper$16,183$839-94.8%
Lacrecia J Williams$0$819--
Mark Fairris$810$8100%
Eric Walker$0$801--
Era D. Womack$5,146$789-84.7%
Patsey E. Smith$629$78124.2%
Donna M. Frank$771$761-1.3%
Amanda Meadows$700$7182.6%
L. J. Barley$3,840$686-82.1%
James R. Fuller$684$6840%
H. B. Hasty$659$6590%
Sylvia Brown Forrester I Estate$0$624--
Teresa Mixon Massey$2,488$608-75.6%
Cosper Tharpe$3,230$595-81.6%
Andy Williams$594$5940%
Sammy Williams$594$5940%
Felton Lee Ready$9,516$585-93.9%
Sherrill K. Holloman$570$5700%
Charles R. Waller$567$5670%
Shirley Y. Smith$543$5430%
Rhonda Cole$0$534--
Jason Harper$2,354$523-77.8%
Rusty Taylor$1,050$510-51.4%
Linda K. Evans$493$4930%
Harry Dewayne Conyers$450$4500%
Jeffery Charles Justice$3,410$440-87.1%
Demarcus Williams$30,041$426-98.6%
Kristi L. Pogue$1,083$393-63.7%
Jimmy R. Snellgrove$390$3900%
Jane S. Pitchford$374$3740%
Joyce P. Ballard$402$372-7.5%
Travis Tice$1,452$338-76.7%
Thomas Andress$3,960$315-92%
Anna Wells$0$298--
Hunter Troy Johnson$313$289-7.7%
Jessica L. Meadows$592$244-58.8%
Billy W. Hataway$594$239-59.8%
Kenneth L. Newell$1,089$239-78.1%
Stanley Leon Jackson$1,785$217-87.8%
Clint Granger$179$20816.2%
Paige Chambers$1,406$204-85.5%
Michael McNeill$779$190-75.6%
Rose M. Cannon$188$1880%
James A. McSween$1,827$185-89.9%
Charles H. Brunson$0$182--
Gary Clements$145$1450%
Kelvin Anderson$0$143--
Sylvia Brown Forrester$3,090$138-95.5%
Jenifer Wyatt$1,656$132-92%
Larry McArdle$850$98-88.5%
Todd Moore$1,997$48-97.6%
Charles Osmond North$31,481$0-100%
Earnest Floyd Hamm$1,100$0-100%
Jason Campbell$2,002$0-100%
Joseph N. Harper$836$0-100%
Laura Sims$34,646$0-100%
Mark Deese$17,718$0-100%
Michael T. Hester$2,125$0-100%
Miguel Otero Jr.$6,640$0-100%
Parmer Farms$36,623$0-100%
R. Q. Taylor$935$0-100%
Rena Eldridge$13,783$0-100%
Roy L Habron$13,917$0-100%
Samuel L. Taylor$3,041$0-100%
Stephen A. Hall$68$0-100%
Angus M. Scott III$3,306$0-100%
Brandon Crew$1,689$0-100%
David Lee Richardson$1,094$0-100%
Forrester Grass Seed, Inc.$133,057$0-100%
Jim Frank Powell Estate$37$0-100%
Leslie J. Spivey$888$0-100%
Maurice Gilbert$11,160$0-100%
Ray A. McQuain$25,060$0-100%
William Kenneth Bryan$991$0-100%
Jillian J Etress$3,641$0-100%
Kelley Fleming$2,475$0-100%
William J. Hughes$3,885$0-100%
Thomas Allen Shirley$8,051$0-100%
Fitch Farms, Inc.$5,222$0-100%
Oswald W. Peters$2,611$0-100%
Rusty Nowell$935$0-100%
Terry Everett$3,725$0-100%
Bobby E. Searcy$3,574$0-100%
Bobby Earle Searcy III$1,810$0-100%
Dwan Ellenburg$2,514$0-100%
Michael E. Duke$3,575$0-100%
Pamela E. Woodham$355$0-100%
Robert Dowie$2,538$0-100%
Total subsidies$16,979,922$10,320,749-39.2%

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