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In 2021, 282 farmers in cities within Morgan County received a total of $1.4 million in 333 farm subsidies, a 47.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.6 million in 726 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 Morgan County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamon Farm | $400,732 | $134,163 | -66.5% |
| Shannon T. Brown | $21,895 | $106,006 | 384.2% |
| Ashley William Alexander | $45,886 | $80,955 | 76.4% |
| Robert J. Lee | $0 | $79,770 | -- |
| Phillip Owens | $0 | $78,502 | -- |
| Ms. Ivy Farms | $8,789 | $54,379 | 518.7% |
| Morrow Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Max Mccord Compton | $18,426 | $52,531 | 185.1% |
| G & G Farms | $135,953 | $47,013 | -65.4% |
| Chris G. Friedrich | $6,833 | $39,473 | 477.7% |
| Michael G. Childers | $13,431 | $36,169 | 169.3% |
| Kenneth Golden K and B Poultry Farm | $0 | $28,490 | -- |
| Barry Defoor | $5,825 | $25,779 | 342.6% |
| Garry Maurice Davis | $54,200 | $24,935 | -54% |
| Jacob E. Miller | $87,728 | $19,667 | -77.6% |
| Kenneth R. Anders | $67,793 | $18,104 | -73.3% |
| Delane E. Golden | $51,370 | $18,027 | -64.9% |
| Holmes Farm, LLC | $0 | $16,121 | -- |
| Jerry R. Overton | $5,858 | $15,848 | 170.5% |
| Roy L. Watts | $16,073 | $13,823 | -14% |
| Ricky Holmes | $51,318 | $12,542 | -75.6% |
| Ras Land and Cattle Company, LLC | $14,382 | $12,106 | -15.8% |
| Robert Alan Summerford | $44,191 | $11,684 | -73.6% |
| Seogkyun Jeon Farm, Inc. | $0 | $10,790 | -- |
| Michael L. Hamilton | $22,642 | $9,639 | -57.4% |
| Kenneth W. Golden | $0 | $9,403 | -- |
| Adston Mccord Compton | $5,577 | $9,301 | 66.8% |
| Robert H. Crawford | $12,530 | $8,904 | -28.9% |
| Jason Stanley Fields | $36,356 | $8,663 | -76.2% |
| Sammy Alan Anders | $29,018 | $8,155 | -71.9% |
| Jeremy Wayne Johnson | $21,350 | $8,151 | -61.8% |
| Sammy H. Nelson | $20,478 | $7,752 | -62.1% |
| David Hall Glasscock | $84,840 | $7,498 | -91.2% |
| Ferrell Runge | $27,185 | $6,476 | -76.2% |
| Terry S. Hall | $5,961 | $5,961 | 0% |
| James S. Henderson | $22,275 | $5,624 | -74.8% |
| Tom Summerford | $20,336 | $5,548 | -72.7% |
| Vona B. Elkins | $6,028 | $5,404 | -10.4% |
| M & S Farm | $0 | $5,148 | -- |
| Montz Golden | $21,644 | $5,094 | -76.5% |
| Gary Anders | $9,424 | $4,550 | -51.7% |
| Gerald W. Turner | $1,686 | $4,537 | 169.1% |
| Ricky D. Hardin | $33,682 | $4,528 | -86.6% |
| Forrest James Anders | $10,849 | $4,500 | -58.5% |
| Paul Gregory Prince | $4,459 | $4,459 | 0% |
| Joe Douglas Wigginton | $27,613 | $4,174 | -84.9% |
| Teresa D. Abercrombie | $4,146 | $4,146 | 0% |
| Robert Michael Patterson | $16,570 | $4,118 | -75.1% |
| Calvin James Chapman | $8,737 | $4,105 | -53% |
| Jerry D. Jones | $5,616 | $3,826 | -31.9% |
| Dustin Lane Gullion | $16,917 | $3,476 | -79.5% |
| Cynthia A. Jackson | $3,464 | $3,464 | 0% |
| Candace J. Martin | $3,464 | $3,464 | 0% |
| Donald Paul Holmes | $9,146 | $3,413 | -62.7% |
| Carol P. Howard | $3,359 | $3,359 | 0% |
| Marlin H. Pitman | $3,317 | $3,204 | -3.4% |
| Milford Sandy Fields | $21,774 | $3,180 | -85.4% |
| Jimmy Shadden | $13,734 | $3,115 | -77.3% |
| Gerry D. Holmes | $7,835 | $3,041 | -61.2% |
| Hal F. Lee | $8,206 | $2,932 | -64.3% |
| Julie Ford Mooney | $12,883 | $2,918 | -77.3% |
| Tommy J. Little | $12,155 | $2,894 | -76.2% |
| Joe Neal Drake | $20,141 | $2,860 | -85.8% |
| Shelba T. Laney | $4,304 | $2,842 | -34% |
| Paul Thompson | $7,704 | $2,787 | -63.8% |
| Mark Harrison | $14,107 | $2,768 | -80.4% |
| Brenda C. Hendrix | $3,301 | $2,719 | -17.6% |
| Matthew K. Frost | $8,884 | $2,709 | -69.5% |
| Tune Farm, Inc. | $2,580 | $2,580 | 0% |
| Tami J. Galloway | $0 | $2,568 | -- |
| Tracy van Ryan | $10,483 | $2,564 | -75.5% |
| Mark Shane Morrow | $3,718 | $2,551 | -31.4% |
| Paul Albert Rowe IV | $6,885 | $2,480 | -64% |
| Pruitt Livingston | $6,923 | $2,469 | -64.3% |
| David Friedrich | $10,557 | $2,467 | -76.6% |
| Charlie G. Prince | $130,434 | $2,416 | -98.1% |
| James Jim H. Stephenson Jr. | $8,085 | $2,413 | -70.2% |
| Joshua E. Summerford | $13,829 | $2,375 | -82.8% |
| Stuart R. Nesmith | $10,921 | $2,170 | -80.1% |
| Donald Heaps | $7,513 | $2,037 | -72.9% |
| Lavon Johnson | $14,688 | $1,985 | -86.5% |
| Matthew Bentley | $9,273 | $1,970 | -78.8% |
| Richard G. Williams | $1,918 | $1,965 | 2.5% |
| Jonathan V. Moore | $11,141 | $1,941 | -82.6% |
| Angela E. Moody | $1,902 | $1,902 | 0% |
| Steven D. Gullion Jr. | $8,297 | $1,900 | -77.1% |
| Maurice D. Thompson | $1,897 | $1,897 | 0% |
| Kevin D. Cartee | $9,524 | $1,863 | -80.4% |
| Johnny M. Rowe | $7,683 | $1,814 | -76.4% |
| Lonnie S. Hampton | $6,683 | $1,814 | -72.9% |
| Gilmer L. Ellis | $10,066 | $1,812 | -82% |
| C. A. Blevins | $1,797 | $1,797 | 0% |
| Billy Tillman | $8,960 | $1,778 | -80.2% |
| Charles Wayne Crowe | $6,116 | $1,771 | -71% |
| Todd Boyer | $3,780 | $1,769 | -53.2% |
| Mark B. Hovater | $6,970 | $1,720 | -75.3% |
| Burgess Smith | $8,876 | $1,714 | -80.7% |
| Johnnie M. Brown | $9,055 | $1,712 | -81.1% |
| Dwight Lamon | $7,125 | $1,689 | -76.3% |
| Doyle G. Whitlow | $8,016 | $1,676 | -79.1% |
| Deverl Lamon | $4,956 | $1,671 | -66.3% |
| Franklin E. Ellis | $8,372 | $1,597 | -80.9% |
| Frank D. Summerford | $8,413 | $1,574 | -81.3% |
| Ronald L. Shryock | $5,549 | $1,544 | -72.2% |
| Morris Burchell | $2,578 | $1,528 | -40.7% |
| Martha J. Reynolds | $1,839 | $1,501 | -18.4% |
| Grantland Family Limited Partners | $2,993 | $1,454 | -51.4% |
| Dwane Bowen | $0 | $1,430 | -- |
| Joel D. Holmes | $5,885 | $1,426 | -75.8% |
| Geremy G Segars | $6,926 | $1,406 | -79.7% |
| Ray L. Vest | $7,008 | $1,395 | -80.1% |
| James Edward Quattlebaum | $1,389 | $1,389 | 0% |
| Jerry M. Childers | $17,751 | $1,384 | -92.2% |
| James T. Moses | $5,444 | $1,380 | -74.7% |
| Troy Puckett | $4,015 | $1,372 | -65.8% |
| Amanda Letson | $2,239 | $1,365 | -39% |
| Mark E. Vincent | $9,321 | $1,362 | -85.4% |
| Charles C. Hardin | $5,819 | $1,346 | -76.9% |
| Kevin Amon McLemore | $5,362 | $1,346 | -74.9% |
| Charles Stanley Hall | $6,366 | $1,317 | -79.3% |
| Noil A. Holmes | $5,964 | $1,311 | -78% |
| Jonathan Sparks | $6,094 | $1,301 | -78.7% |
| Jeffery A. Garner | $3,588 | $1,295 | -63.9% |
| William Kennedy | $4,807 | $1,279 | -73.4% |
| Lance Ezelle | $7,095 | $1,276 | -82% |
| Annette Horton Dean | $5,709 | $1,248 | -78.1% |
| Steven Allen Lee | $5,687 | $1,228 | -78.4% |
| Tristan Heath Sandlin | $1,760 | $1,211 | -31.2% |
| Robert L. Dotson | $6,295 | $1,210 | -80.8% |
| Dock Abercrombie | $1,195 | $1,195 | 0% |
| Marjorie Faye Williams | $1,175 | $1,175 | 0% |
| Wanda B. Haley | $1,162 | $1,162 | 0% |
| Billy W. Bryan | $4,642 | $1,158 | -75.1% |
| Larry Ray Sparkman | $6,201 | $1,146 | -81.5% |
| Tommy Dwain Fowler | $4,488 | $1,139 | -74.6% |
| Robert A. Holland | $5,112 | $1,138 | -77.7% |
| Donald P. Smith | $7,375 | $1,108 | -85% |
| Greg Dobbs | $5,651 | $1,108 | -80.4% |
| G. F. Knop | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Barbara C. Frost | $7,448 | $1,086 | -85.4% |
| Keaton Bennich | $6,407 | $1,080 | -83.1% |
| Blake Hensley | $3,960 | $1,080 | -72.7% |
| Whitney L. Weaver | $5,710 | $1,062 | -81.4% |
| Charles K. McClellan | $4,466 | $1,044 | -76.6% |
| Ricky L. Knighten | $5,336 | $1,038 | -80.5% |
| Rickey Coffey | $6,370 | $1,036 | -83.7% |
| Jimmy M. Maddox | $4,566 | $1,034 | -77.4% |
| Jarred Puckett | $3,190 | $1,028 | -67.8% |
| John Y. Glasscock | $4,708 | $1,028 | -78.2% |
| Billy Marlar | $5,215 | $1,014 | -80.6% |
| Howard Jenkins | $6,791 | $990 | -85.4% |
| Charles V. Sandlin | $4,850 | $982 | -79.8% |
| Michael C. Jenkins | $6,758 | $982 | -85.5% |
| Janis Dean Lipscomb Garner | $974 | $974 | 0% |
| Paul Holmes | $4,861 | $959 | -80.3% |
| Shelby Alexander Moses | $3,300 | $949 | -71.2% |
| Mark A. Smith | $2,298 | $945 | -58.9% |
| Jeffrey S. Hanners | $4,883 | $929 | -81% |
| Ronnie Halbrooks | $3,489 | $928 | -73.4% |
| Fred Evans | $3,269 | $926 | -71.7% |
| Oliver E. Townson | $5,191 | $924 | -82.2% |
| Phillip Brian Thomason | $903 | $903 | 0% |
| Alexander Ryan Childers | $4,324 | $879 | -79.7% |
| John E. Holley | $3,498 | $868 | -75.2% |
| Wayne Turner | $4,271 | $866 | -79.7% |
| D. D. Wallace | $3,864 | $845 | -78.1% |
| Freddie R. Holmes | $4,076 | $838 | -79.4% |
| Terry K. Standridge | $816 | $816 | 0% |
| Kathleen Spivey Gaston | $4,114 | $800 | -80.6% |
| Henry A. Crowden | $4,015 | $793 | -80.2% |
| Sidney Hamilton | $792 | $792 | 0% |
| Clyde L. Brown | $3,981 | $780 | -80.4% |
| Thomas Doyle Fowler | $3,387 | $744 | -78% |
| Terry L. Morris | $6,456 | $741 | -88.5% |
| Paul Macklin Dewberry | $3,600 | $695 | -80.7% |
| Gerald Norris | $2,211 | $692 | -68.7% |
| E. F. Bond | $2,328 | $689 | -70.4% |
| William L. Hill | $3,190 | $688 | -78.4% |
| Horace Ray Long | $2,310 | $650 | -71.9% |
| Lucy Winton | $4,403 | $635 | -85.6% |
| Michael McKelvey | $2,838 | $621 | -78.1% |
| Betty Kelso Clough | $2,390 | $615 | -74.3% |
| Kelly Paul | $2,592 | $604 | -76.7% |
| Anthony Brooks | $2,508 | $597 | -76.2% |
| Charles E. Ford | $2,717 | $595 | -78.1% |
| Darwin N. Clark | $2,018 | $584 | -71.1% |
| Ramona Garner James | $583 | $583 | 0% |
| Abigail Kate McHenry | $2,908 | $579 | -80.1% |
| Kenneth B. Thomas | $2,351 | $571 | -75.7% |
| Patricia Holifield | $1,289 | $565 | -56.2% |
| Jimmie F. Brindley | $2,695 | $551 | -79.6% |
| James Kevin Baldwin | $1,727 | $535 | -69% |
| John Patrick Appleton | $2,860 | $522 | -81.7% |
| Lynn A. Wigginton | $3,025 | $516 | -82.9% |
| Luel B Shaneyfelt JR | $2,529 | $512 | -79.8% |
| Ronald K. Lewis | $2,970 | $505 | -83% |
| Mickey K. Brown | $0 | $495 | -- |
| Dalton Green | $0 | $495 | -- |
| Farrell G. Williams | $3,113 | $495 | -84.1% |
| Blake Lynn Garner | $1,914 | $492 | -74.3% |
| Mark A. Clark | $2,319 | $486 | -79% |
| Timothy R. Flannagin | $1,628 | $480 | -70.5% |
| Heath Legg | $0 | $476 | -- |
| Jana Tucker | $0 | $476 | -- |
| Fred Wesley Motes Jr. | $2,180 | $476 | -78.2% |
| Keith Ozbolt | $2,184 | $471 | -78.4% |
| MRS Billy Mccaghren | $3,774 | $471 | -87.5% |
| Steven Lyle Poteet | $4,631 | $471 | -89.8% |
| Carrington Juran Bibb | $1,095 | $466 | -57.4% |
| David Roberts | $2,635 | $461 | -82.5% |
| Mtthew Terry | $1,980 | $460 | -76.8% |
| Richardson, N A | $460 | $460 | 0% |
| Frank Murphy | $1,804 | $456 | -74.7% |
| Virgil L. Vest | $3,447 | $456 | -86.8% |
| Jerry W. Letson Jr. | $3,568 | $452 | -87.3% |
| Charles R. Smith | $2,204 | $446 | -79.8% |
| Joshua Dwayne Couey | $2,167 | $443 | -79.6% |
| Harvey D. Williams | $3,259 | $443 | -86.4% |
| Bobby Stinnett | $2,178 | $442 | -79.7% |
| Equator Black | $6,175 | $436 | -92.9% |
| Roger K. Speegle | $1,573 | $436 | -72.3% |
| William C. Hodgin | $1,881 | $433 | -77% |
| Mildred A. Richardson | $432 | $432 | 0% |
| Jeremy G. Shaddix | $2,066 | $431 | -79.1% |
| Samuel Dale Cartee | $2,996 | $419 | -86% |
| Malcolm Kirby Jr. | $1,804 | $416 | -76.9% |
| Joel Calhoun | $2,606 | $416 | -84% |
| Don Turney | $1,628 | $410 | -74.8% |
| Clinton Cameron | $2,508 | $410 | -83.7% |
| Marvin E. Shaddix | $1,705 | $394 | -76.9% |
| Jerry L. Thompson | $2,317 | $390 | -83.2% |
| Rita G. Hanners | $3,141 | $382 | -87.8% |
| Perry Holmes | $2,414 | $374 | -84.5% |
| Jimmy Wayne Roberts | $790 | $371 | -53% |
| Jason H. Jenkins | $1,386 | $370 | -73.3% |
| Gregory Graham | $1,868 | $367 | -80.4% |
| Tambra Cochran Gullion | $1,785 | $366 | -79.5% |
| Jason Todd Holmes | $364 | $364 | 0% |
| Tommy D. Sandlin | $1,629 | $357 | -78.1% |
| Randy Tucker | $2,555 | $345 | -86.5% |
| Richard N. Martin III | $2,211 | $338 | -84.7% |
| Robert Bradley Mcreath | $1,843 | $330 | -82.1% |
| James D. Bailey | $792 | $330 | -58.3% |
| William Charles Morgan | $0 | $327 | -- |
| Cody Lane Frost | $858 | $326 | -62% |
| Fredrick White | $2,067 | $318 | -84.6% |
| Jonathan Collett | $1,709 | $304 | -82.2% |
| Kelvin Callahan | $1,573 | $301 | -80.9% |
| Jeffrey Lea | $561 | $293 | -47.8% |
| Greg Alred | $1,276 | $287 | -77.5% |
| Christopher Baldwin | $726 | $277 | -61.8% |
| Kelli J. Russell | $1,419 | $274 | -80.7% |
| Billy Hue Humphries | $924 | $270 | -70.8% |
| Glen R. Hunt | $1,524 | $259 | -83% |
| Bonnie Lamon | $1,305 | $224 | -82.8% |
| Jan Sanders | $879 | $215 | -75.5% |
| William E. James | $1,395 | $214 | -84.7% |
| Ricky C. Driver | $396 | $207 | -47.7% |
| John M. Cooper | $847 | $198 | -76.6% |
| Charles Driver | $880 | $197 | -77.6% |
| Frances Dry | $900 | $194 | -78.4% |
| James Leonard Ary | $455 | $190 | -58.2% |
| Miss Adrienne B. Lawrimore | $583 | $190 | -67.4% |
| Lynn Thompson | $1,693 | $186 | -89% |
| Earl Greenwell | $180 | $180 | 0% |
| Timothy Renfroe | $174 | $174 | 0% |
| Phillip Free | $517 | $155 | -70% |
| Matthew Boyce Kelly | $825 | $152 | -81.6% |
| Tatum F. Terry | $1,028 | $149 | -85.5% |
| James H. Moon | $726 | $146 | -79.9% |
| Doris Smith | $931 | $145 | -84.4% |
| Dan Wise | $284 | $142 | -50% |
| Aaron Fletcher | $1,077 | $123 | -88.6% |
| Kenneth Free | $231 | $121 | -47.6% |
| James W. Marks | $198 | $120 | -39.4% |
| Charles E. Hanvey Sr. | $947 | $118 | -87.5% |
| Bennie R. Acreman | $297 | $114 | -61.6% |
| Patsy Bramlett | $0 | $113 | -- |
| Silas Randall Dutton | $198 | $104 | -47.5% |
| Michael Newton | $712 | $86 | -87.9% |
| Dana L. Summerford | $84 | $84 | 0% |
| Ronnie Dale Baker | $228 | $40 | -82.5% |
| James V. Duskin | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Aaron Bryan | $1,713 | $0 | -100% |
| Rick Voyles | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy M. Lewis | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Dana Dugger | $4,010 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin Hunter Francis | $525 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Miller | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Lynn Lee | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy Joiner | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Thompson | $88 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny W. Ferguson | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Lane Sparkman | $4,004 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn Champion | $6,344 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas Allen Stewart | $571 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray McClellan | $1,796 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray A. Lee | $748 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Ritch | $10,403 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W. Atkins | $333 | $0 | -100% |
| Cherie Lea | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Rice Haynes | $2,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane Legg | $952 | $0 | -100% |
| Garrett Properties | $694 | $0 | -100% |
| James D. Bradley | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald A. Davidson | $7,623 | $0 | -100% |
| Sidney Mills Jr. | $7,590 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen C. Lewis | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Stewart Land Development, LLC | $5,653 | $0 | -100% |
| Sylvia Rice Mote | $2,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Triple S Farms | $3,795 | $0 | -100% |
| Walton a Ashwander | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| David Lee Turner | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Ray Rolfe | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Elsie E. Chatman | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Melissa Martin | $1,776 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. Patterson | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin McLemore | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,642,152 | $1,395,105 | -47.2% |
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