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In 2021, 167 farmers in cities within Lauderdale County received a total of $697,587 in 178 farm subsidies, a 62.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.9 million in 323 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 Lauderdale County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Lyle Irby | $115,888 | $56,413 | -51.3% |
| Harris Trucking | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ralph Morgan Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| M & M Timber Harvesting Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Carter's Way Logistics | $0 | $41,552 | -- |
| Global Commerce Management, LLC | $0 | $32,551 | -- |
| Les Farms, LLC | $318,395 | $31,954 | -90% |
| A a Trucking, LLC | $0 | $25,284 | -- |
| Larry Hopson Trucking | $0 | $23,163 | -- |
| Charles W. Wright Jr. | $27,740 | $19,813 | -28.6% |
| Irby Family, LLC | $24,579 | $18,982 | -22.8% |
| Halltree, Inc. | $0 | $18,900 | -- |
| Anthony Wooten | $0 | $17,844 | -- |
| Williams Brothers Land and Timber, LLC | $120,446 | $16,135 | -86.6% |
| Haynes Transportation, LLC | $0 | $13,859 | -- |
| Benjamin S. Hammond | $80,293 | $12,140 | -84.9% |
| J Phillips Trucking, LLC | $0 | $8,820 | -- |
| Plantation Land & Timber Company | $6,627 | $6,627 | 0% |
| Chris Lauderdale | $7,205 | $6,551 | -9.1% |
| Bobby Barrett | $12,692 | $6,299 | -50.4% |
| Chad Thornhill | $11,588 | $5,702 | -50.8% |
| Edwin J. Butts | $5,590 | $5,590 | 0% |
| Al C. Covington | $22,853 | $5,158 | -77.4% |
| Keith Evans | $0 | $4,840 | -- |
| Bobby Pritchett | $27,555 | $4,791 | -82.6% |
| Thomas Bennie Jolly | $18,561 | $4,354 | -76.5% |
| Clinton Groves | $2,479 | $4,280 | 72.7% |
| Charles Bud Brown | $6,849 | $4,241 | -38.1% |
| James D. Wilson | $18,566 | $3,944 | -78.8% |
| Thomas Leon Harris | $6,073 | $3,922 | -35.4% |
| Francis Marion Phillippi III | $3,591 | $3,591 | 0% |
| Johney Reeves | $9,043 | $3,576 | -60.5% |
| Eula B. Neal | $5,192 | $3,551 | -31.6% |
| Betty S. Jones | $3,461 | $3,461 | 0% |
| Monroe Farm, LLC | $3,315 | $3,315 | 0% |
| Hermalinda Shirley | $16,423 | $2,990 | -81.8% |
| Joseph C. Bass | $13,816 | $2,893 | -79.1% |
| James T. Harris Jr. | $9,706 | $2,805 | -71.1% |
| Donald Lewis - Lewis Family Trust | $8,759 | $2,710 | -69.1% |
| Joseph S. Covington | $13,127 | $2,670 | -79.7% |
| George C. Clayton III | $11,495 | $2,632 | -77.1% |
| Scott Johnson | $2,553 | $2,606 | 2.1% |
| William Gregory Thaggard | $8,355 | $2,533 | -69.7% |
| Vicki P. Mathis | $9,042 | $2,523 | -72.1% |
| Henry David Burns III | $9,893 | $2,405 | -75.7% |
| Jane E. Haney | $2,280 | $2,363 | 3.6% |
| Johnny R. Morgan | $6,094 | $2,332 | -61.7% |
| Nell S. Goodman | $2,467 | $2,262 | -8.3% |
| Raymond B. Denton | $2,617 | $2,226 | -14.9% |
| Kent A. Darsey | $4,740 | $2,220 | -53.2% |
| Ralph Morgan | $10,444 | $2,156 | -79.4% |
| William Steve Duncan | $25,521 | $2,100 | -91.8% |
| Mr. Ronald Lafayette Hayes | $0 | $2,035 | -- |
| Ryan W. Evans | $0 | $1,965 | -- |
| Bonnie Hamner | $1,960 | $1,960 | 0% |
| Kyron Crenshaw | $6,762 | $1,836 | -72.8% |
| Dawn C. Dial | $1,700 | $1,700 | 0% |
| Sondra Luke | $1,697 | $1,697 | 0% |
| William Mark Mayerhoff | $7,496 | $1,666 | -77.8% |
| Jeffry H. Davis | $5,313 | $1,525 | -71.3% |
| Glaniece Mccarty Roberts | $2,476 | $1,439 | -41.9% |
| David C. Newell Jr. | $6,802 | $1,400 | -79.4% |
| Lee Graham Keeton | $6,754 | $1,368 | -79.7% |
| Elizabeth L. Vance | $2,261 | $1,325 | -41.4% |
| Glynn L. Boardman | $2,261 | $1,325 | -41.4% |
| Jill Mclemore Gilmore | $6,304 | $1,319 | -79.1% |
| James L. Russell | $4,818 | $1,301 | -73% |
| James R. White | $4,206 | $1,210 | -71.2% |
| Gary Pickett | $288 | $1,184 | 311.1% |
| Chickasawhay Farms, LLC | $8,993 | $1,180 | -86.9% |
| Prentis Mark McDonald | $4,914 | $1,134 | -76.9% |
| Micky Howard | $5,562 | $1,092 | -80.4% |
| Joann McElroy | $1,063 | $1,063 | 0% |
| James Dwayne Psencik | $1,478 | $1,034 | -30% |
| Ervis Dale Godfrey | $0 | $1,024 | -- |
| Barbara A. McDonald | $2,079 | $1,013 | -51.3% |
| Patrick Cade Carson | $3,179 | $1,000 | -68.5% |
| Nehi Hills, LLC | $977 | $977 | 0% |
| Zane D. Neal | $975 | $975 | 0% |
| Winstead Investments | $966 | $966 | 0% |
| Van Martin Goodman | $1,481 | $938 | -36.7% |
| Shontonia Willis | $0 | $935 | -- |
| James Charlie Mathis Jr. | $1,672 | $929 | -44.4% |
| Mike Calvert | $3,223 | $926 | -71.3% |
| Billy Adam Calvert | $4,069 | $893 | -78.1% |
| RMP Properties LP | $827 | $827 | 0% |
| Robert Edward Miles Jr. | $2,794 | $809 | -71% |
| Pamela A. Burns | $3,212 | $800 | -75.1% |
| Justin C. Walley | $3,102 | $778 | -74.9% |
| Brandon Morgan | $5,035 | $765 | -84.8% |
| Gerald W. George | $2,585 | $760 | -70.6% |
| Edward P. Tureaud | $3,627 | $759 | -79.1% |
| Jason Archie | $4,238 | $742 | -82.5% |
| Dara M. Dominici | $3,080 | $734 | -76.2% |
| Tommy C Potate | $2,211 | $724 | -67.3% |
| Kristi Voss | $5,638 | $719 | -87.2% |
| Kenneth Moulds | $2,508 | $704 | -71.9% |
| Byron Keith McGraw | $3,009 | $691 | -77% |
| Jane H. Gibson | $688 | $688 | 0% |
| Arlen Mabry | $2,431 | $682 | -71.9% |
| Brian Bosarge | $2,558 | $671 | -73.8% |
| Robert D. Napp | $4,242 | $656 | -84.5% |
| Shani Michele Hay | $2,377 | $638 | -73.2% |
| Phillip Dewitt Robinson | $2,966 | $621 | -79.1% |
| Marvin Floyd | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Winston Johnson | $2,247 | $604 | -73.1% |
| Johnnie L. Roberts | $0 | $596 | -- |
| Jared M. Farrar | $2,222 | $595 | -73.2% |
| Keith Everett | $0 | $591 | -- |
| John McRae | $560 | $560 | 0% |
| Rebecca D. Higginbotham | $962 | $554 | -42.4% |
| Marcus A. McMillan | $2,352 | $552 | -76.5% |
| John Paul Darnell | $1,659 | $523 | -68.5% |
| Parker J. Shannon | $1,694 | $522 | -69.2% |
| Korey W. Harris | $509 | $509 | 0% |
| Michael G. McCarter | $1,972 | $456 | -76.9% |
| Daniel Allen Burns | $1,430 | $454 | -68.3% |
| John B. Keely | $1,318 | $437 | -66.8% |
| Robert E. Payne Jr. | $436 | $436 | 0% |
| Triple D Harrison Farms, LLC | $1,192 | $425 | -64.3% |
| Deborah M Fryery | $888 | $406 | -54.3% |
| V. E. Bosarge Jr. | $1,221 | $398 | -67.4% |
| Stanley A. Shannon | $2,014 | $382 | -81% |
| Nathan Shadwick | $2,651 | $380 | -85.7% |
| Timothy Kyle Rutledge | $1,793 | $377 | -79% |
| Kenneth Ray Butler | $1,804 | $366 | -79.7% |
| Terry L. Shirley | $2,076 | $353 | -83% |
| Jason Shannon | $1,477 | $339 | -77% |
| Gloria Brock Shirley | $689 | $337 | -51.1% |
| Marcus Patrick | $1,199 | $330 | -72.5% |
| Jerry Watson | $1,078 | $321 | -70.2% |
| David G. Miller | $2,419 | $318 | -86.9% |
| Billy W. Shirley | $1,496 | $316 | -78.9% |
| Ed Welch | $1,715 | $313 | -81.7% |
| Ann A. Compton | $1,031 | $312 | -69.7% |
| Ronnie B. Null | $1,452 | $291 | -80% |
| Jason Daniel Belk | $561 | $277 | -50.6% |
| Chad Dean Copeland | $1,089 | $276 | -74.7% |
| Thomas F. Stokes | $275 | $275 | 0% |
| Charles Edward Mayerhoff | $1,505 | $270 | -82.1% |
| Heather C. Irby | $255 | $255 | 0% |
| Marcus Irby | $847 | $242 | -71.4% |
| Terry Lynn Fleming | $594 | $239 | -59.8% |
| Eddie Brown | $1,133 | $231 | -79.6% |
| Phillip R. Dearman | $572 | $221 | -61.4% |
| Henry Morgan | $2,154 | $208 | -90.3% |
| Johnnie K. Ford | $421 | $208 | -50.6% |
| Margaret P. Keller | $704 | $204 | -71% |
| Lisa Everett Lucovich | $397 | $194 | -51.1% |
| Anthony W. Creel | $506 | $186 | -63.2% |
| Ronald C. Doyle | $186 | $186 | 0% |
| Waters Brothers | $184 | $184 | 0% |
| John V. Tate | $290 | $158 | -45.5% |
| Eugene W. Raley | $305 | $148 | -51.5% |
| Linda Goodman | $136 | $136 | 0% |
| Lorene Leder | $231 | $136 | -41.1% |
| Betty G. Young | $96 | $133 | 38.5% |
| Mary Leigh Freeman | $117 | $117 | 0% |
| Nancy Blakely Clark | $249 | $113 | -54.6% |
| Charlotte Mckee Coulter | $304 | $110 | -63.8% |
| Susan B. McDonald | $109 | $109 | 0% |
| Randy Miller Jr. | $0 | $101 | -- |
| Deborah D. Farrar | $594 | $97 | -83.7% |
| Cleo Gaddis | $275 | $86 | -68.7% |
| Allyson King Cagle | $231 | $76 | -67.1% |
| Marilyn Cooper | $59 | $59 | 0% |
| Paul N. Bird | $0 | $38 | -- |
| Larry M. Rogers | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim W. Stephens | $3,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Denney | $516,416 | $0 | -100% |
| Miller Cattle Company, Inc. | $100,125 | $0 | -100% |
| Amy M. Pigott | $3,930 | $0 | -100% |
| Angela Hales | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Anne L. Adams | $669 | $0 | -100% |
| Cathy Reeves | $2,215 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles D. Smith | $981 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel R. Johnson | $1,368 | $0 | -100% |
| Deanna A. Wilbourn | $986 | $0 | -100% |
| Herman L. Denton | $1,893 | $0 | -100% |
| Imogene S. Ford | $678 | $0 | -100% |
| J Vance Grantham Family LP | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Jammie Rivas | $6,937 | $0 | -100% |
| John Keller | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Lester Ray Reed | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley Goldman | $1,717 | $0 | -100% |
| Wallace & Wallace Consortium, LLC | $1,224 | $0 | -100% |
| William Corey Godwin | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,878,161 | $697,587 | -62.9% |
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