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In 2021, 237 farmers in cities within Madison County received a total of $1.6 million in 297 farm subsidies, a 53.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.5 million in 677 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
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Dairy Farm, Inc. | $1,083,484 | $300,476 | -72.3% |
| Minh Le | $0 | $87,951 | -- |
| Frederick J. Hall | $0 | $54,911 | -- |
| Enterprise Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Fordham Trucking Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ken Callaway Farms, LLC | $0 | $45,949 | -- |
| Moon Farms & Cattle, Inc. | $93,145 | $43,345 | -53.5% |
| Moon Farms & Cattle, Inc. | $93,145 | $43,345 | -53.5% |
| Ralph L. McCay Jr. | $16,631 | $41,416 | 149% |
| Tran Bao | $0 | $41,401 | -- |
| George A. Chandler | $40,176 | $40,530 | 0.9% |
| Andy Ray Saxon | $4,224 | $30,919 | 632% |
| Cody Alexander Legg | $0 | $28,849 | -- |
| Troy D. Chandler | $66,027 | $28,720 | -56.5% |
| Keith B. Lord | $0 | $28,455 | -- |
| Adams Poultry Farms, LLC | $0 | $28,230 | -- |
| Jones Creek Farm, LLC | $0 | $26,327 | -- |
| Nguyen Family, LLC | $0 | $26,039 | -- |
| Michael H. Seagraves | $0 | $23,803 | -- |
| Brennan P. Haley | $0 | $23,393 | -- |
| Jackson Ranch Livestock, LLC | $79,127 | $23,200 | -70.7% |
| Happy EGGS Farm, LLC | $0 | $22,945 | -- |
| Saxon Logging | $0 | $22,127 | -- |
| Robert L. Williams | $63,613 | $19,684 | -69.1% |
| Timothy Daniel Phillips | $3,417 | $19,509 | 470.9% |
| Nam Thanh Duong | $0 | $18,109 | -- |
| Leslie K. Thrasher | $7,381 | $17,732 | 140.2% |
| Brian Patrick Martin | $9,238 | $17,712 | 91.7% |
| Rockin'h Farm & Ranch, LLC | $0 | $17,024 | -- |
| Keith Addison | $0 | $15,167 | -- |
| Douglas B. Patton | $0 | $15,151 | -- |
| Duong van Nguyen | $0 | $14,966 | -- |
| Kendall N. Callaway | $0 | $13,964 | -- |
| Wm Thomas Russell | $67,880 | $13,430 | -80.2% |
| Smith Land & Cattle, Inc. | $52,943 | $12,446 | -76.5% |
| Christopher Cody Threlkeld | $0 | $12,122 | -- |
| Melissa W. Yarbrough | $20,854 | $11,423 | -45.2% |
| Dustin Jacob Graham | $0 | $11,358 | -- |
| Willowdale Farms, Inc. | $21,821 | $9,926 | -54.5% |
| C & a Huynh, LLC | $0 | $7,910 | -- |
| Partisover Ranch, Inc. | $29,848 | $7,376 | -75.3% |
| My Friendship Farm, Inc. | $0 | $7,084 | -- |
| Terry Chandler | $15,082 | $6,742 | -55.3% |
| David Whitehead | $32,022 | $6,696 | -79.1% |
| Christopher Donald Jones | $46,014 | $6,006 | -86.9% |
| Dennis Burroughs | $26,367 | $5,740 | -78.2% |
| Oak Hill Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $5,608 | -- |
| James Cory Clements | $13,493 | $5,539 | -58.9% |
| John Pierce Marlowe | $31,147 | $5,539 | -82.2% |
| Theresa H. Bao | $2,957 | $4,613 | 56% |
| Jason Fortson | $13,410 | $4,404 | -67.2% |
| Double J Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $4,269 | -- |
| Ford Winfred Carey | $15,704 | $4,260 | -72.9% |
| James M. Blackmon | $0 | $4,121 | -- |
| Derek Jay Cronic | $12,296 | $3,996 | -67.5% |
| David R. Adams | $26,682 | $3,915 | -85.3% |
| Peggy P. Jones | $17,551 | $3,687 | -79% |
| Travis David Legg | $23,638 | $3,328 | -85.9% |
| Tracy Fowler | $17,592 | $3,275 | -81.4% |
| Donald W. Simmons | $15,458 | $3,088 | -80% |
| Tony Russell | $9,449 | $3,027 | -68% |
| Jerry S. Brown | $12,996 | $3,013 | -76.8% |
| Chandler Farm, LLC | $3,328 | $2,990 | -10.2% |
| Paul Jefferson McQuaig | $12,255 | $2,665 | -78.3% |
| Nelson Nash | $13,204 | $2,635 | -80% |
| Don Chandler | $9,379 | $2,622 | -72% |
| Tran Gia Trang, LLC | $0 | $2,603 | -- |
| Ellis Rhoden | $12,961 | $2,560 | -80.2% |
| Bobby J. Hardy Jr. | $10,153 | $2,539 | -75% |
| Kimberly D. Chastain | $14,851 | $2,530 | -83% |
| Donald G. Smith | $7,136 | $2,463 | -65.5% |
| Tony L. Brown Jr. | $13,405 | $2,343 | -82.5% |
| Charles M. Alewine | $10,951 | $2,318 | -78.8% |
| Jerry Brown | $8,851 | $2,260 | -74.5% |
| Charles Gordon | $2,086 | $2,161 | 3.6% |
| William Lamar Chandler | $14,370 | $2,105 | -85.4% |
| William L. Sartain | $12,573 | $2,046 | -83.7% |
| Bradley K. Johns | $2,573 | $1,988 | -22.7% |
| Bewis W Summers | $10,106 | $1,977 | -80.4% |
| Weldon J. Hardman | $6,135 | $1,956 | -68.1% |
| William R. Hix | $8,650 | $1,927 | -77.7% |
| Joshua Morgan Adams | $12,170 | $1,808 | -85.1% |
| Edna S West | $1,918 | $1,800 | -6.2% |
| Mary S. Allen | $8,591 | $1,783 | -79.2% |
| Albert L. Stone Jr. | $3,630 | $1,755 | -51.7% |
| Marc Edward Rankin | $9,437 | $1,751 | -81.4% |
| James Howard Patton | $6,743 | $1,733 | -74.3% |
| James L. McCay | $6,676 | $1,730 | -74.1% |
| Paul Prather | $0 | $1,723 | -- |
| Angie F. McGinnis | $6,007 | $1,717 | -71.4% |
| Scott B. Bradley | $12,452 | $1,683 | -86.5% |
| Gary S. Harvin Jr. | $6,259 | $1,656 | -73.5% |
| Thomas H. McCurley | $10,035 | $1,652 | -83.5% |
| Charles Hart Farms, LLLP | $10,117 | $1,642 | -83.8% |
| Timothy L. Sykes | $4,723 | $1,636 | -65.4% |
| Troy Seagraves | $7,896 | $1,634 | -79.3% |
| Robert W. Caudell | $5,214 | $1,610 | -69.1% |
| Stephen C. Austin | $2,077 | $1,570 | -24.4% |
| Joseph J. Thomason | $8,806 | $1,553 | -82.4% |
| David Patrick Echols | $7,707 | $1,542 | -80% |
| Patsy W Hughes | $11,964 | $1,536 | -87.2% |
| Charles G. Martin | $3,195 | $1,532 | -52.1% |
| Timothy W. Clark | $7,225 | $1,485 | -79.4% |
| Robert E. Dixon Jr. | $10,297 | $1,471 | -85.7% |
| Wilbur Dale Ledford | $0 | $1,471 | -- |
| Kyle P. Knight | $10,225 | $1,455 | -85.8% |
| Clifford J. Pruitt | $6,134 | $1,413 | -77% |
| Byron J. Lee | $11,500 | $1,402 | -87.8% |
| Daniel W. Morris | $5,155 | $1,397 | -72.9% |
| Charles Scott McCarty | $5,622 | $1,325 | -76.4% |
| Sheila P. Buffington | $1,254 | $1,254 | 0% |
| Robert W. Pendleton | $6,710 | $1,238 | -81.5% |
| David C. Whitehead | $1,188 | $1,188 | 0% |
| Nelms Family Farm, LLC | $4,630 | $1,176 | -74.6% |
| Randy Saye | $5,335 | $1,171 | -78.1% |
| Barry E. Sartain | $7,666 | $1,154 | -84.9% |
| Ronnie E. Moon | $9,757 | $1,126 | -88.5% |
| Larry Mike Booth | $8,890 | $1,126 | -87.3% |
| Bobby Jason Hanley | $5,799 | $1,101 | -81% |
| Herman Guest Sr. | $8,326 | $1,089 | -86.9% |
| James H. Blackmon | $5,677 | $1,087 | -80.9% |
| Shiloh Creek Farms, Inc. | $4,231 | $1,087 | -74.3% |
| Wayne Chandler | $5,502 | $1,084 | -80.3% |
| Stacey Burden | $3,159 | $1,044 | -67% |
| Dannie Hattaway | $6,585 | $1,042 | -84.2% |
| James R. Coker | $6,043 | $1,018 | -83.2% |
| Brandy Nicole Echols | $10,946 | $1,000 | -90.9% |
| Casey Alan Cooper | $5,214 | $976 | -81.3% |
| Regina E. Childs | $3,048 | $956 | -68.6% |
| Benjamin William Russell | $3,630 | $944 | -74% |
| Hoai Pham | $660 | $921 | 39.5% |
| Wayne C. Melton | $2,888 | $920 | -68.1% |
| Braxton Garrett Legg | $5,834 | $909 | -84.4% |
| Lewis Cochran Jr. | $4,367 | $903 | -79.3% |
| Sonya Gillespie | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Thomas James Lackey | $4,856 | $853 | -82.4% |
| Steve J. Bond | $2,833 | $848 | -70.1% |
| Anthony Hewitt Smith | $12,333 | $819 | -93.4% |
| George A. Allen | $3,333 | $816 | -75.5% |
| Gary D. Roberts | $4,894 | $813 | -83.4% |
| Blaine Little | $3,509 | $812 | -76.9% |
| Charlie F. Compton | $5,456 | $776 | -85.8% |
| Patti Laurette Paul | $792 | $772 | -2.5% |
| Gerry E. Burdette | $4,444 | $750 | -83.1% |
| Garry L. Shaw | $40,528 | $749 | -98.2% |
| Mary P. Simmons | $0 | $738 | -- |
| Wm F. Hitchcock | $725 | $725 | 0% |
| Byron S. Bates | $4,075 | $724 | -82.2% |
| Stanley L. Dove | $2,596 | $717 | -72.4% |
| Mark Leon Allen | $3,190 | $717 | -77.5% |
| Kenneth Frances Ross Jr. | $4,907 | $716 | -85.4% |
| Robert V. Miller Jr. | $4,104 | $706 | -82.8% |
| SB Rural Properties, LLC | $815 | $704 | -13.6% |
| James D. Horne | $3,385 | $700 | -79.3% |
| Roy N. Callaway | $3,455 | $694 | -79.9% |
| Sam Gordon | $3,090 | $693 | -77.6% |
| Murray G. Brett | $4,070 | $692 | -83% |
| Willis H. Welborn | $5,317 | $682 | -87.2% |
| Leslie Trumpower Brown | $1,483 | $676 | -54.4% |
| Carlton Sanders | $4,112 | $670 | -83.7% |
| Maurice D. Mathews | $3,201 | $667 | -79.2% |
| James Franklin Wheeler | $4,589 | $664 | -85.5% |
| Strickland Family Trust | $4,744 | $642 | -86.5% |
| Betty Lou Callaway | $2,552 | $630 | -75.3% |
| Lynn Kyle Norman | $1,920 | $625 | -67.4% |
| Kathryn Renee Shirley | $4,392 | $613 | -86% |
| Randy Lackey | $3,421 | $605 | -82.3% |
| Randy Holloway | $1,914 | $604 | -68.4% |
| Herman Nation | $3,763 | $602 | -84% |
| Danny W. Lord | $3,898 | $598 | -84.7% |
| Timothy Frank Poole | $3,557 | $594 | -83.3% |
| Thomas Lenn Hawks | $3,617 | $592 | -83.6% |
| Howard T. Threlkeld | $7,485 | $591 | -92.1% |
| James W. Saxon | $3,230 | $580 | -82% |
| Donald G. Chandler | $2,186 | $574 | -73.7% |
| Kayla Christine Legg | $3,718 | $570 | -84.7% |
| Robert E. Derry Jr. | $3,886 | $561 | -85.6% |
| Charles Kidd Jr. | $1,529 | $553 | -63.8% |
| Robert Marcus Jones | $22,481 | $552 | -97.5% |
| Donald L. Braswell | $2,706 | $544 | -79.9% |
| Harland J. Bartlett | $3,068 | $539 | -82.4% |
| Terry D. Wood | $2,584 | $539 | -79.1% |
| William Andrew Bradley | $2,450 | $530 | -78.4% |
| Robert Vincent Smith | $1,452 | $513 | -64.7% |
| Joann J. Beusse | $1,334 | $501 | -62.4% |
| Barbara Nix | $1,312 | $497 | -62.1% |
| Angela O. Myers | $2,357 | $486 | -79.4% |
| Amanda Leann Hall | $2,378 | $463 | -80.5% |
| Jonathan Mark Cronic | $2,794 | $460 | -83.5% |
| Billy B. Culbertson | $1,656 | $424 | -74.4% |
| Hewatt L. Fleming | $1,569 | $418 | -73.4% |
| Abby Cooper | $858 | $398 | -53.6% |
| Renee Parham | $1,937 | $387 | -80% |
| Thomas E. Flowers | $0 | $385 | -- |
| Ted A. Adams | $693 | $383 | -44.7% |
| Terry Herring | $1,772 | $377 | -78.7% |
| Jerry L. Fitzpatrick | $2,013 | $371 | -81.6% |
| Lee Mitchell | $1,474 | $346 | -76.5% |
| Andrew S. Fielding | $0 | $338 | -- |
| David C. Hawkins | $2,123 | $332 | -84.4% |
| Sarah E. Pass | $703 | $329 | -53.2% |
| Walter W. Trotter | $1,588 | $324 | -79.6% |
| David Dixon | $2,078 | $315 | -84.8% |
| Linda H. Fortson | $561 | $314 | -44% |
| Carolyn A. Sparks | $310 | $310 | 0% |
| Shanon Kimsey Hayes | $1,496 | $293 | -80.4% |
| Riley M. Goss | $1,507 | $281 | -81.4% |
| Cody David Seagraves | $1,525 | $267 | -82.5% |
| Tracie G. Callaway | $1,729 | $266 | -84.6% |
| Broughton C. Paul | $561 | $262 | -53.3% |
| Cody Martin | $1,052 | $262 | -75.1% |
| Daniel Martin | $1,939 | $262 | -86.5% |
| Clay Tyner Strickland | $1,023 | $260 | -74.6% |
| Danny E. Baker | $913 | $256 | -72% |
| Larry U. Johnson | $2,987 | $249 | -91.7% |
| Tommy Hunter | $0 | $248 | -- |
| Jerald Dean Zwak | $1,452 | $245 | -83.1% |
| Linda Ledford | $757 | $242 | -68% |
| Jesse A. Compton | $990 | $236 | -76.2% |
| Ralph Edwin Miller | $1,403 | $229 | -83.7% |
| Roger K. Thomason | $396 | $224 | -43.4% |
| Steven R. Allen | $1,111 | $222 | -80% |
| Robert A. Tucker | $594 | $218 | -63.3% |
| John I. Bragg | $896 | $203 | -77.3% |
| Charles D. Lawson | $462 | $190 | -58.9% |
| Kathy Lynn Russell | $848 | $190 | -77.6% |
| Simone Jenkins | $1,023 | $180 | -82.4% |
| Benton Bancroft Ruzowicz | $4,393 | $178 | -95.9% |
| Stacy B. Chandler | $1,012 | $156 | -84.6% |
| Thornton Lamar Harris | $374 | $154 | -58.8% |
| Marie B. Anderson | $531 | $142 | -73.3% |
| Charles P. Gordon | $626 | $142 | -77.3% |
| Daniel Joel Lampe | $1,824 | $138 | -92.4% |
| Janet McHenry | $704 | $138 | -80.4% |
| William Taylor | $286 | $119 | -58.4% |
| Thomas R. Luther | $1,097 | $104 | -90.5% |
| Mike H. Reynolds | $279 | $94 | -66.3% |
| Jeremy Allen Legg | $786 | $0 | -100% |
| Kayci Prince Wade | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Kendall Ryan Strickland | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence Michael Patman | $3,313 | $0 | -100% |
| Cornel L. Kittell | $4,265 | $0 | -100% |
| David W. Russell | $8,294 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin Baker | $3,347 | $0 | -100% |
| Gwendolyn Fields | $3,354 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane D. Jones | $141 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Milton Lord | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Nila Thiel | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Stapleton Oaks Farm | $4,538 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd M. Stephens | $500,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Wm D. Holloway | $160 | $0 | -100% |
| 3 Porch Farm, Inc. | $35,899 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles N. Smith | $72 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth M. Wood | $164 | $0 | -100% |
| Mindy Epps | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy L. Graham | $3,997 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia A. Stuedemann | $343 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Michelle Kellum | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Golden | $1,110 | $0 | -100% |
| Dayspring Farms GA, LLC | $2,122 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Jane Bartlett | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Janosik | $5,879 | $0 | -100% |
| Erin Braswell | $1,277 | $0 | -100% |
| Jenny H. Parham | $392 | $0 | -100% |
| Jessie McClure | $627 | $0 | -100% |
| Manuel Robledo | $5,114 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Elizabeth Warner | $972 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Pass | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Clement Warner | $869 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy E. Griffeth | $10,569 | $0 | -100% |
| Alex B. Allen | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Scott Buice | $250 | $0 | -100% |
| Hayden Patrick Echols | $2,583 | $0 | -100% |
| John A. Means | $6,894 | $0 | -100% |
| Ladybird Farm | $4,905 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry N. Bond | $490 | $0 | -100% |
| Mell Smith | $1,254 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Graham | $2,950 | $0 | -100% |
| Starla Rutledge | $14 | $0 | -100% |
| Power Family Trust | $320 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,504,022 | $1,636,039 | -53.3% |
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