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In 2021, 282 farmers in cities within Monroe County received a total of $9.3 million in 627 farm subsidies, a 44.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $16.8 million in 1,077 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 Monroe County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medford & Sons | $579,897 | $482,225 | -16.8% |
| Leslie Brown T. Farms | $643,312 | $322,068 | -49.9% |
| Jennifer & Samuel Medford Farms | $373,505 | $288,732 | -22.7% |
| Oxner Agent Partnership | $655,150 | $264,236 | -59.7% |
| Lammers Brothers Farming | $443,362 | $252,424 | -43.1% |
| Arrowhead Farms II | $402,759 | $240,104 | -40.4% |
| Wilson Farming Partnership | $408,914 | $228,842 | -44% |
| Dean Lindley Farms | $327,498 | $215,390 | -34.2% |
| Calloway Brothers | $467,241 | $197,487 | -57.7% |
| Mason Farming | $246,690 | $194,382 | -21.2% |
| Gerlach Farming | $460,970 | $192,492 | -58.2% |
| Longshot Farms of Brinkley | $235,342 | $184,953 | -21.4% |
| Demo Road Farms | $256,012 | $176,045 | -31.2% |
| W & H Agent Partners | $80,413 | $172,283 | 114.2% |
| Curtis and Dena Nash | $203,549 | $156,441 | -23.1% |
| Anniversary Farms Partnership | $243,962 | $154,201 | -36.8% |
| Timothy Gannon Farms | $190,609 | $141,006 | -26% |
| T & J Smith Farms Partnership | $225,257 | $135,412 | -39.9% |
| Kirkpatrick Farming | $201,353 | $130,338 | -35.3% |
| Hopson Farming | $233,108 | $127,801 | -45.2% |
| Wayne Loewer Farms | $279,332 | $126,916 | -54.6% |
| Keith Wilkison Farms Partnership | $267,078 | $123,948 | -53.6% |
| William E. Oxner III | $596,830 | $116,954 | -80.4% |
| Gary & Lorrie Skinner Farm | $179,998 | $112,981 | -37.2% |
| John T. Pettigrew | $300,716 | $110,720 | -63.2% |
| Waterfowl Farms, Inc. | $196,816 | $109,465 | -44.4% |
| Kot Farms A. Jv | $204,999 | $107,290 | -47.7% |
| Roger Wilkison Farms | $194,402 | $106,675 | -45.1% |
| RSB Farming | $125,970 | $106,426 | -15.5% |
| David & Lalain Wilkison Farms Partnership | $174,530 | $105,109 | -39.8% |
| Reid & Lynn Grizzle Partnership | $182,387 | $105,011 | -42.4% |
| Bennett Agco | $162,290 | $104,428 | -35.7% |
| Double K. Farms | $186,524 | $103,709 | -44.4% |
| Pettigrew Farming Partnership | $328,346 | $99,002 | -69.8% |
| Swindle Farms | $154,586 | $94,588 | -38.8% |
| William E. Oxner II | $174,330 | $94,044 | -46.1% |
| Donnie Wilkison Farms Partnership | $160,855 | $93,959 | -41.6% |
| S & a Farms | $154,798 | $84,030 | -45.7% |
| SKT Farms | $95,795 | $82,594 | -13.8% |
| Kyle Brann Farms Partnership | $126,098 | $81,194 | -35.6% |
| J & B Farms Partnership | $123,403 | $81,138 | -34.2% |
| Lynlee Wilkison | $118,502 | $79,683 | -32.8% |
| JTR Farms | $124,580 | $76,253 | -38.8% |
| R & K Burrow Farm | $78,604 | $73,745 | -6.2% |
| Fargo Farms | $116,251 | $72,692 | -37.5% |
| Carlos Nash | $118,597 | $72,099 | -39.2% |
| Calvin Wayne Chastain | $86,129 | $71,514 | -17% |
| Ethan J. Spratlin | $127,060 | $70,706 | -44.4% |
| Gadwal Farms, Inc. | $102,926 | $70,118 | -31.9% |
| Triple M Farms | $164,201 | $69,387 | -57.7% |
| Super G Farms, Inc. | $66,443 | $68,254 | 2.7% |
| Double G Farming | $210,852 | $67,064 | -68.2% |
| JRC Partners | $108,842 | $65,042 | -40.2% |
| LA Farms, Inc. | $83,473 | $64,396 | -22.9% |
| Donald Wilkison Farms Partnership | $90,142 | $63,061 | -30% |
| Booker Farms | $101,447 | $62,841 | -38.1% |
| Nicholas Gray | $105,732 | $61,584 | -41.8% |
| Jay Farming, Inc. | $170,378 | $60,935 | -64.2% |
| Meacham Farms | $91,962 | $60,426 | -34.3% |
| Adam L. Chastain | $77,376 | $53,481 | -30.9% |
| Timber Management & Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jarrett L. Gurley | $87,305 | $48,981 | -43.9% |
| Blake Wilkison | $61,831 | $47,153 | -23.7% |
| C C Grizzle Family Partnership | $80,674 | $47,042 | -41.7% |
| Travis Hackelton | $70,875 | $44,010 | -37.9% |
| Chad Hornsby | $55,481 | $41,883 | -24.5% |
| Gayle Kinsey | $57,543 | $38,947 | -32.3% |
| Williamson Brothers, Inc. | $68,370 | $38,210 | -44.1% |
| Chris Hodge | $61,104 | $37,920 | -37.9% |
| Sherell Hodge | $61,104 | $37,920 | -37.9% |
| Megan Wilkison | $85,261 | $37,345 | -56.2% |
| Joe Jackson | $67,705 | $36,378 | -46.3% |
| Steve Meacham | $48,444 | $31,111 | -35.8% |
| Big Cypress Plantation | $48,313 | $29,294 | -39.4% |
| Walter E. McCombs | $40,897 | $27,532 | -32.7% |
| Phillip Jackson | $44,819 | $27,254 | -39.2% |
| Gage Farms, LLC | $43,619 | $26,920 | -38.3% |
| Kirk Brann Farms | $46,480 | $26,735 | -42.5% |
| Geisler Family, LLC | $35,146 | $25,286 | -28.1% |
| W & H Planting Company | $266,674 | $25,267 | -90.5% |
| Dorothy Wilks | $35,782 | $25,195 | -29.6% |
| Rollan R. Kemmer | $34,742 | $24,941 | -28.2% |
| Armstrong & Young Farm Services, LLC | $44,067 | $24,787 | -43.8% |
| Scott Griffith Partnership LP | $40,968 | $24,052 | -41.3% |
| Kathleen Lee | $24,430 | $23,992 | -1.8% |
| Joshua Keith Vanderburg | $28,248 | $23,405 | -17.1% |
| Coleman Hunter Wilson | $29,708 | $22,954 | -22.7% |
| Kirby Meacham Farm | $31,851 | $22,661 | -28.9% |
| Randy Weaver | $30,098 | $21,101 | -29.9% |
| Sharon Green | $27,650 | $20,850 | -24.6% |
| Farm 306, LLC | $34,773 | $20,275 | -41.7% |
| S and L Land, LLC | $32,694 | $18,688 | -42.8% |
| William Matthew Dunavan | $22,592 | $18,470 | -18.2% |
| Davis Farm | $20,856 | $18,365 | -11.9% |
| P and P Farm/Hurlee Palmer SR Gen PTR | $25,827 | $18,044 | -30.1% |
| Jewel Minnis Trust | $25,507 | $15,490 | -39.3% |
| Beadles Enterprises | $24,143 | $15,060 | -37.6% |
| V W Williams Company, LLC | $18,741 | $14,763 | -21.2% |
| Odell Poston | $23,696 | $13,810 | -41.7% |
| Hunter Farms Woodruff, LLC | $20,329 | $13,708 | -32.6% |
| Suzanne Poston | $13,216 | $13,216 | 0% |
| Carl E. Burnett | $243 | $12,993 | 5,246.9% |
| Frein Farms, LLC | $0 | $12,896 | -- |
| Ewan Johnson, Inc. | $28,081 | $12,332 | -56.1% |
| Lawson-Trotter, LLC | $17,034 | $10,250 | -39.8% |
| Dorothy Wilks Revocable Trust | $14,472 | $9,646 | -33.3% |
| Russell Alan Bonner | $14,656 | $9,394 | -35.9% |
| Decatur B. Jackson | $22,348 | $9,384 | -58% |
| Mark Hopson Farms, Inc. | $13,806 | $8,895 | -35.6% |
| Roy G Bennett Farms, Inc. | $14,138 | $8,816 | -37.6% |
| Dickson Investment, LLC | $17,372 | $8,747 | -49.6% |
| Gray Farms, LLC | $15,089 | $8,676 | -42.5% |
| Foreman Farms, Inc. | $14,141 | $8,659 | -38.8% |
| Marian Kay Booker | $12,344 | $8,416 | -31.8% |
| Indian Bay Holdings Company, LLC | $8,414 | $8,414 | 0% |
| Billy D. Reynolds | $12,619 | $8,387 | -33.5% |
| Hunter Farms, Inc. | $12,345 | $8,326 | -32.6% |
| Meacham Sisters PTRN | $11,023 | $8,291 | -24.8% |
| Wayne Louis Kellar | $16,451 | $7,892 | -52% |
| John Burton Moore III | $21,223 | $7,791 | -63.3% |
| Raymond Abramson | $15,282 | $7,703 | -49.6% |
| Pedo & Mabel, LLC | $11,247 | $7,382 | -34.4% |
| Melvin Land, Inc. | $11,057 | $7,357 | -33.5% |
| Ellis Farms | $11,200 | $7,220 | -35.5% |
| Gene W. Miller | $12,263 | $6,858 | -44.1% |
| Rodger Bennett | $12,537 | $6,299 | -49.8% |
| Tony Moorehead | $9,266 | $6,207 | -33% |
| John Gilbert Bonner | $10,615 | $6,138 | -42.2% |
| Lonnie Medford | $9,576 | $6,070 | -36.6% |
| Ronnie P. George II | $0 | $6,048 | -- |
| Charles S. Walker | $8,783 | $5,929 | -32.5% |
| Keflo Bennett, LLC | $8,962 | $5,616 | -37.3% |
| Gary W. Haynes | $8,137 | $5,586 | -31.4% |
| Matthew Meacham | $6,187 | $5,564 | -10.1% |
| Geisler Farms, Inc. | $8,527 | $5,531 | -35.1% |
| Jerry Bennett | $5,707 | $5,447 | -4.6% |
| Terry Reynolds | $8,160 | $5,044 | -38.2% |
| Baxter J. Sharp III | $6,523 | $4,691 | -28.1% |
| J. C. Hall | $4,966 | $4,684 | -5.7% |
| Jacobs Trust | $13,169 | $4,644 | -64.7% |
| Betty A. Cruthis | $7,067 | $4,530 | -35.9% |
| John E. Cruthis | $7,068 | $4,530 | -35.9% |
| Claude William Cruthis SR Estate | $6,275 | $4,526 | -27.9% |
| Kevin Wayne Gerlach | $15,947 | $4,487 | -71.9% |
| Howard Fitts | $8,760 | $4,444 | -49.3% |
| Mayo Farms | $9,730 | $4,282 | -56% |
| Joseph S. Griffith | $6,766 | $4,271 | -36.9% |
| Blake Geisler | $6,438 | $4,246 | -34% |
| Michael L. Walker | $6,284 | $4,120 | -34.4% |
| William E. Lanning | $7,714 | $4,068 | -47.3% |
| Tommy W Smith Irrevocable Trust | $8,722 | $3,978 | -54.4% |
| B&e Smith Land, LLC | $3,961 | $3,961 | 0% |
| Larry Dean Nash | $5,710 | $3,846 | -32.6% |
| Gladys D Skinner Family Trust | $6,005 | $3,813 | -36.5% |
| DCD Properties, LLC | $4,065 | $3,747 | -7.8% |
| Davis Farms | $5,871 | $3,710 | -36.8% |
| Elmer Wayne Sutton | $3,747 | $3,610 | -3.7% |
| Prine Family Trust | $7,668 | $3,574 | -53.4% |
| Jimmy Kirkpatrick | $6,174 | $3,569 | -42.2% |
| Boyce Hill | $5,037 | $3,492 | -30.7% |
| Leslie Kipp Williams | $5,701 | $3,486 | -38.9% |
| BBJ Land Company, LLC | $5,316 | $3,484 | -34.5% |
| 123, Inc. | $6,020 | $3,468 | -42.4% |
| Louise Miller | $5,467 | $3,400 | -37.8% |
| Ozella Chastain | $5,724 | $3,303 | -42.3% |
| A. L. Kelly Jr. | $7,028 | $3,281 | -53.3% |
| Sarah A. Hayes | $3,272 | $3,272 | 0% |
| Grizzle Bros, Inc. | $3,099 | $3,099 | 0% |
| George Family Trust | $8,705 | $3,021 | -65.3% |
| Caldwell Allen Lindley | $3,521 | $2,975 | -15.5% |
| Pruett Family Partnership | $5,103 | $2,957 | -42.1% |
| Jane E. Gray | $3,119 | $2,898 | -7.1% |
| Boyle Living Trust | $2,603 | $2,887 | 10.9% |
| Gary Francis Smith | $5,752 | $2,606 | -54.7% |
| Wavil Hill | $4,472 | $2,517 | -43.7% |
| Jimmy D. Gannon | $4,070 | $2,497 | -38.6% |
| Jackie L. Dobson | $2,848 | $2,451 | -13.9% |
| Dennis Geisler | $3,231 | $2,262 | -30% |
| Randy Bennett | $2,813 | $2,085 | -25.9% |
| William E. Lanning | $3,857 | $2,034 | -47.3% |
| Coty Bones | $2,583 | $1,998 | -22.6% |
| Donna Wilkison | $1,915 | $1,915 | 0% |
| SSW Farms, LLC | $3,114 | $1,762 | -43.4% |
| Carolyn S. Miller | $7,196 | $1,761 | -75.5% |
| W K Mccastlain JR | $3,258 | $1,697 | -47.9% |
| Gray Fam IRRV Trustee | $504 | $1,631 | 223.6% |
| Margie L. Curtis | $2,377 | $1,617 | -32% |
| Kenneth L. Files | $2,367 | $1,613 | -31.9% |
| David Carruth | $3,047 | $1,594 | -47.7% |
| G. C. Knoll | $2,812 | $1,556 | -44.7% |
| Kasey Caudle | $2,331 | $1,527 | -34.5% |
| Eisadore C Branch | $535 | $1,513 | 182.8% |
| Louise Walls Dearing | $1,504 | $1,504 | 0% |
| Joyce Greenfield Salley | $2,400 | $1,491 | -37.9% |
| Mary Ellen Andrews | $3,260 | $1,456 | -55.3% |
| Thomas E. Watts III | $3,224 | $1,405 | -56.4% |
| Tiffany Denson | $1,405 | $1,405 | 0% |
| Floyd Jones | $9,881 | $1,403 | -85.8% |
| Kenneth Simpson | $1,399 | $1,399 | 0% |
| Kaleb Ferebee | $245 | $1,324 | 440.4% |
| John & Georgia Woods Living Trust | $2,598 | $1,291 | -50.3% |
| Jack Stokes Family Trust | $4,929 | $1,288 | -73.9% |
| Frank Goodman | $1,770 | $1,275 | -28% |
| Blake Tefteller | $6,353 | $1,269 | -80% |
| Breylan Dai'quon Portwood | $945 | $1,261 | 33.4% |
| Roy Robert Gray | $2,061 | $1,243 | -39.7% |
| Charles Keith Bennett Trust | $1,907 | $1,194 | -37.4% |
| Dennis Crain | $1,860 | $1,186 | -36.2% |
| B & E Coleman Family PTN | $1,764 | $1,143 | -35.2% |
| Ewan Family Trustee | $310 | $1,130 | 264.5% |
| Terry Mason | $2,259 | $1,050 | -53.5% |
| Tommy Simpson | $1,582 | $1,032 | -34.8% |
| John Nunn | $2,165 | $1,032 | -52.3% |
| D & G Haynes Farm, LLC | $611 | $1,004 | 64.3% |
| Andrew C. Weaver | $372 | $1,003 | 169.6% |
| Curtis Floyd | $1,051 | $995 | -5.3% |
| Jack Ford | $962 | $962 | 0% |
| Ernest G. Gurley | $1,103 | $920 | -16.6% |
| Harold Coburn | $1,291 | $905 | -29.9% |
| Bobbie R. Gannon | $1,935 | $898 | -53.6% |
| Larry G. Johnson II | $1,757 | $892 | -49.2% |
| David Rodgers | $1,439 | $872 | -39.4% |
| Lana K. Joshlin | $1,122 | $860 | -23.4% |
| Alice B. Mitchell | $2,293 | $779 | -66% |
| Virginia Beach Coleman | $2,293 | $779 | -66% |
| Everett H. Mason III | $1,149 | $772 | -32.8% |
| Katie L. Mason | $1,149 | $772 | -32.8% |
| Joan C. Kilpatrick | $973 | $735 | -24.5% |
| Aaron Tyvone Grayson | $522 | $696 | 33.3% |
| Gary Gerlach | $4,123 | $660 | -84% |
| Janice Nicholson | $1,012 | $652 | -35.6% |
| Lynn Nicholson Jones | $1,012 | $652 | -35.6% |
| Shelby Ray | $1,111 | $649 | -41.6% |
| Michael D. Williams | $1,183 | $636 | -46.2% |
| Ulysses Medford | $881 | $582 | -33.9% |
| Deborah Leann Scheiderer | $244 | $579 | 137.3% |
| G W Miller Farms, Inc. | $1,307 | $553 | -57.7% |
| Harry Mayo | $671 | $459 | -31.6% |
| Anna Grizzle Townsend | $2,288 | $448 | -80.4% |
| Rickey D. Patrick | $638 | $425 | -33.4% |
| William Stone | $643 | $411 | -36.1% |
| Willie Jean Haywood | $1,197 | $402 | -66.4% |
| Roosevelt Fulton | $1,859 | $381 | -79.5% |
| Tommy V. Lawrence | $918 | $366 | -60.1% |
| Larry E. Plumlee | $1,670 | $366 | -78.1% |
| 1530, LLC | $939 | $354 | -62.3% |
| Nelma Hallum | $602 | $348 | -42.2% |
| Renee Shaw Spurlock | $1,114 | $332 | -70.2% |
| Christopher Boughton | $664 | $325 | -51.1% |
| Virginia Walker | $581 | $297 | -48.9% |
| Janice Everett | $927 | $283 | -69.5% |
| Betty Mason | $285 | $278 | -2.5% |
| Harold Mason Jr. | $285 | $278 | -2.5% |
| Lori Bailey | $414 | $273 | -34.1% |
| Piney Creek Ducks, Inc. | $423 | $259 | -38.8% |
| Thomas N. Miller | $1,525 | $227 | -85.1% |
| Alice M. Harris | $667 | $224 | -66.4% |
| Stephen P. Gray | $354 | $221 | -37.6% |
| Alice M. Simmons | $395 | $187 | -52.7% |
| Ford Family Rovc Trust | $594 | $184 | -69% |
| Karen Gray | $404 | $177 | -56.2% |
| Deborah Dobson | $259 | $156 | -39.8% |
| Ferlon Mccoy | $243 | $153 | -37% |
| Lonnie McCoy | $243 | $153 | -37% |
| Judy Sherman | $113 | $149 | 31.9% |
| Mark London | $113 | $149 | 31.9% |
| Ronald London | $113 | $149 | 31.9% |
| Betty Skinner | $241 | $139 | -42.3% |
| David B. Skinner | $241 | $139 | -42.3% |
| Stephen B. Skinner | $241 | $139 | -42.3% |
| Tony Skinner | $241 | $139 | -42.3% |
| Jacqueline E. Rogers | $307 | $111 | -63.8% |
| Jerry Ellis | $307 | $111 | -63.8% |
| Johnny A. Ellis | $307 | $111 | -63.8% |
| Lula Tyler | $858 | $107 | -87.5% |
| Hurlee Palmer | $453 | $81 | -82.1% |
| Franklin H. Davis | $121 | $70 | -42.1% |
| J. T. Davis III | $121 | $70 | -42.1% |
| Patricia A. Davis | $121 | $70 | -42.1% |
| Henrietta Morris | $140 | $67 | -52.1% |
| Trenton Gerlach | $94 | $27 | -71.3% |
| Melissa G. Mitchell | $94 | $27 | -71.3% |
| Albert D Grizzle Revocable Trust | $7,809 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Frein | $3,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Cc Farms | $82,379 | $0 | -100% |
| Dunns Fish Farms, Inc. | $500,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry F. Frein | $3,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Lorrie Skinner | $5,636 | $0 | -100% |
| Reid Grizzle | $7,809 | $0 | -100% |
| Anna Marie Woodell | $920 | $0 | -100% |
| Ewan Family Trust | $1,474 | $0 | -100% |
| Mcclure & Hardin Partnership | $16,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard 0 Hayes | $407 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenny Gray | $2,204 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $16,765,933 | $9,344,818 | -44.3% |
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