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In 2021, 198 farmers in cities within Marion County received a total of $1.3 million in 251 farm subsidies, a 19.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.6 million in 474 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 Marion County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottomland Farms, LLC | $295,792 | $79,984 | -73% |
| B Miller Farms, LLC | $168,001 | $62,671 | -62.7% |
| Thompson & Duke Farms, LLC | $172,122 | $57,059 | -66.8% |
| Blue Harbor Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Harbor and Harbor Timber Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Howard Raymond Cantrell | $0 | $50,864 | -- |
| Benjamin Edward Burleson | $48,040 | $50,277 | 4.7% |
| Anthony A. McCalpin | $0 | $49,951 | -- |
| George Byron Enlow | $33,419 | $42,164 | 26.2% |
| Randy Davis | $0 | $41,525 | -- |
| Daryl Stidham | $2,781 | $38,239 | 1,275% |
| Kristopher B. Vickery | $495 | $36,176 | 7,208.3% |
| Eddy Earl Vickery | $0 | $35,075 | -- |
| Lenord Kent Ledbetter | $5,379 | $34,805 | 547.1% |
| Randy Robbins | $3,135 | $34,764 | 1,008.9% |
| Misty L. Frederick | $0 | $33,368 | -- |
| Scott Farms, LLC | $0 | $33,248 | -- |
| Brent Fincher | $0 | $27,165 | -- |
| Rodney Wayne Hudson | $9,988 | $27,022 | 170.5% |
| Grand Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $26,711 | -- |
| Devin Albert Bruns | $0 | $24,480 | -- |
| Bryan Casey | $19,679 | $23,731 | 20.6% |
| Danny Mac Mcclellan Trucking, LLC | $0 | $20,215 | -- |
| Ronnie Stidham | $0 | $19,138 | -- |
| Hulsey Forestry Consultants, Inc. | $0 | $18,741 | -- |
| Brandon Lee Robinson | $0 | $18,172 | -- |
| Chad R. Stidham | $0 | $17,490 | -- |
| Connie Cantrell | $6,547 | $17,273 | 163.8% |
| Christopher Dion Cleveland | $1,623 | $16,848 | 938.1% |
| David E. Cantrell | $0 | $14,465 | -- |
| Carl Lucas | $27,056 | $12,139 | -55.1% |
| Tim Cantrell | $37,776 | $11,338 | -70% |
| Shawn Randolph | $14,189 | $11,093 | -21.8% |
| Jeffie Burleson, LLC | $0 | $10,850 | -- |
| Wayne Fincher Farms, LLC | $40,597 | $10,617 | -73.8% |
| Biak Peng Lian | $0 | $10,037 | -- |
| Delmo Payne | $32,636 | $9,986 | -69.4% |
| Joel Carson Hubbert | $15,324 | $9,133 | -40.4% |
| Robert D. McCarley | $22,339 | $8,323 | -62.7% |
| Pamila Annette Lynn Hyde | $0 | $7,649 | -- |
| Wayne Prescott | $4,521 | $6,614 | 46.3% |
| Larry L. Fincher | $22,935 | $5,886 | -74.3% |
| Andy Skinner | $0 | $5,494 | -- |
| Minga Irrevocable Trust | $0 | $5,240 | -- |
| Ira Jason Taylor | $35,910 | $5,196 | -85.5% |
| Anthony Mark Raper | $19,039 | $4,132 | -78.3% |
| Chris Raper | $19,196 | $4,122 | -78.5% |
| Eddie Fleming | $8,794 | $3,495 | -60.3% |
| Timothy Lynn Raper | $18,503 | $3,204 | -82.7% |
| Desiree Cicale | $7,123 | $3,131 | -56% |
| Casey Derrick Raper | $15,871 | $3,093 | -80.5% |
| Gary Wayne Scott | $12,060 | $2,992 | -75.2% |
| Greg Carter | $12,606 | $2,910 | -76.9% |
| Brad J. Nichols | $20,520 | $2,795 | -86.4% |
| Phil Fowler | $12,632 | $2,610 | -79.3% |
| Anthony Cummings | $10,017 | $2,468 | -75.4% |
| Johnnie Ruth Edrington | $260 | $2,227 | 756.5% |
| Ronnie Palmer | $12,354 | $2,152 | -82.6% |
| Jonathan May | $10,369 | $1,984 | -80.9% |
| Lance H. Junkin | $883 | $1,776 | 101.1% |
| John H. White | $7,810 | $1,728 | -77.9% |
| Bobby G. Burgett | $9,566 | $1,678 | -82.5% |
| Mike Grissom | $1,628 | $1,628 | 0% |
| Cody Yarber | $11,511 | $1,622 | -85.9% |
| Sandra G. Wilson | $7,211 | $1,606 | -77.7% |
| Patsy J. Ray | $1,578 | $1,578 | 0% |
| Jason B. Wilds | $10,262 | $1,549 | -84.9% |
| Robin Hardin | $4,489 | $1,542 | -65.6% |
| John D. Kasberg | $2,241 | $1,513 | -32.5% |
| Mr. Christopher Daryle Barnwell | $8,058 | $1,496 | -81.4% |
| Jimmy D. Walker | $5,388 | $1,388 | -74.2% |
| Frank Mitchell | $8,540 | $1,382 | -83.8% |
| Jeffrey Allen Rudicell | $7,789 | $1,359 | -82.6% |
| Duel B. Williams | $6,023 | $1,354 | -77.5% |
| Thurmond Harris | $7,051 | $1,342 | -81% |
| Ricky Smith | $1,576 | $1,322 | -16.1% |
| Thomas H. Coleman | $5,988 | $1,252 | -79.1% |
| Craig Kennedy | $6,023 | $1,246 | -79.3% |
| Norman L. Carter | $5,842 | $1,221 | -79.1% |
| Thomas G. McRae | $5,830 | $1,209 | -79.3% |
| Keith Nichols | $6,718 | $1,188 | -82.3% |
| Phillip Swinney | $10,257 | $1,157 | -88.7% |
| Keith Brumley | $6,846 | $1,139 | -83.4% |
| Mark Black | $9,507 | $1,139 | -88% |
| Casey Nichols | $6,780 | $1,114 | -83.6% |
| Jerry L. Davis | $2,896 | $1,011 | -65.1% |
| David W. Crow | $1,200 | $987 | -17.8% |
| Mary Lou Mann | $5,972 | $986 | -83.5% |
| Amelia M. Batchelder | $953 | $953 | 0% |
| Billy Gene Palmer | $3,707 | $895 | -75.9% |
| James E. Brown | $876 | $876 | 0% |
| Steven Thomas Sutherland | $5,956 | $872 | -85.4% |
| Joseph Burleson | $3,641 | $860 | -76.4% |
| Lawrence Bonman | $4,114 | $844 | -79.5% |
| David W. Shotts | $3,234 | $826 | -74.5% |
| Nathan Hulsey | $1,650 | $822 | -50.2% |
| Hope Elizabeth Hudson | $3,212 | $780 | -75.7% |
| J. T. Pharr | $3,981 | $778 | -80.5% |
| Alonzo E. Graves Jr. | $3,707 | $772 | -79.2% |
| Wayne Hill | $3,377 | $747 | -77.9% |
| Kevin Coleman | $1,688 | $712 | -57.8% |
| James Dow Brown | $3,179 | $691 | -78.3% |
| Rollins Farm, LLC | $690 | $690 | 0% |
| Maurice Truelove | $3,388 | $676 | -80% |
| Patrick Sutton | $3,157 | $675 | -78.6% |
| Christopher D. Robbins | $3,576 | $664 | -81.4% |
| Ervin E. Holland | $2,844 | $658 | -76.9% |
| Hubert McCullar | $2,750 | $658 | -76.1% |
| James Donald Collier | $2,970 | $658 | -77.8% |
| Betty Jo Harper | $1,024 | $656 | -35.9% |
| Gary G. King | $3,373 | $648 | -80.8% |
| Kenneth C. Moore | $1,650 | $647 | -60.8% |
| Kenny Vickery | $3,446 | $639 | -81.5% |
| Ray Cooper | $3,113 | $634 | -79.6% |
| James Allen Weeks | $2,608 | $594 | -77.2% |
| Donald Daryl Brooks | $3,725 | $590 | -84.2% |
| Mack Brown | $590 | $590 | 0% |
| Austin Price | $2,371 | $580 | -75.5% |
| Jamie Palmer | $4,915 | $573 | -88.3% |
| Larry J. Vaughn | $2,478 | $571 | -77% |
| Kevin Williams | $2,629 | $557 | -78.8% |
| Stephen Ennis | $2,376 | $550 | -76.9% |
| John Richard Franks | $2,793 | $532 | -81% |
| Philip H. Garrison | $2,257 | $529 | -76.6% |
| Jared Wates | $2,750 | $522 | -81% |
| Garret Trey George | $4,746 | $518 | -89.1% |
| Buddy Junior Edwards | $3,741 | $498 | -86.7% |
| Billy Moore | $1,731 | $477 | -72.4% |
| Jamie Hubbert Gilmer | $1,513 | $474 | -68.7% |
| Steve Vaughn | $3,010 | $474 | -84.3% |
| Bill Tesney | $3,911 | $464 | -88.1% |
| Roger Powell | $2,432 | $432 | -82.2% |
| Valley R Vickery | $2,211 | $429 | -80.6% |
| Lowell Rudicell | $990 | $425 | -57.1% |
| Todd Galbreath | $2,530 | $415 | -83.6% |
| Jesse Emerson | $1,650 | $405 | -75.5% |
| Tabatha Lolley | $2,695 | $394 | -85.4% |
| Ned McDonald | $0 | $385 | -- |
| James W. Loden | $2,682 | $384 | -85.7% |
| Rodney Anglin | $1,606 | $384 | -76.1% |
| Sheila B. Casey | $380 | $380 | 0% |
| William D. Cotton | $2,705 | $374 | -86.2% |
| Neal Childers | $782 | $371 | -52.6% |
| Wayne Williams | $1,936 | $368 | -81% |
| Harry D. Williams | $1,302 | $363 | -72.1% |
| Charles Hamilton | $1,529 | $360 | -76.5% |
| Mike Peoples | $1,386 | $353 | -74.5% |
| Barry T. Gunnin | $2,149 | $350 | -83.7% |
| Andrew Lindsey | $2,036 | $346 | -83% |
| Ricky S. Harris | $10,684 | $343 | -96.8% |
| Louie G. Stidham | $1,584 | $335 | -78.9% |
| Robert Kevin Dulaney | $1,144 | $325 | -71.6% |
| Jamey Bozeman | $314 | $314 | 0% |
| James Roy Williams | $1,551 | $308 | -80.1% |
| Joseph Williams | $1,653 | $308 | -81.4% |
| Richard L. Stewart | $1,243 | $305 | -75.5% |
| Bradley Hill | $2,152 | $294 | -86.3% |
| Phillip E. Wesson III | $1,540 | $288 | -81.3% |
| Elvis Cochran | $1,564 | $287 | -81.6% |
| Patricia Vickery | $836 | $287 | -65.7% |
| John T. Goggans | $286 | $286 | 0% |
| Tina Cochran | $1,375 | $284 | -79.3% |
| Rhonda Miller | $1,727 | $276 | -84% |
| Ronald McDonald | $847 | $272 | -67.9% |
| Raymond Derek Bruns | $1,445 | $270 | -81.3% |
| Kenneth Watts | $1,461 | $263 | -82% |
| Deanna Carol Weeks | $260 | $260 | 0% |
| Seth Wilkinson | $1,815 | $257 | -85.8% |
| Beth Yoakum | $1,430 | $253 | -82.3% |
| Eric Loden | $1,799 | $237 | -86.8% |
| Cheryl C. Connell | $1,279 | $236 | -81.5% |
| Richard D. Vining | $228 | $228 | 0% |
| Kyle Crown | $1,034 | $224 | -78.3% |
| Shirley Crabtree | $545 | $223 | -59.1% |
| Willie W. Fikes | $633 | $223 | -64.8% |
| Vina Lou Swinney | $1,594 | $218 | -86.3% |
| James Atkinson | $759 | $212 | -72.1% |
| Douglas E. Swann Jr. | $1,441 | $211 | -85.4% |
| Mary Ann Shotts | $282 | $206 | -27% |
| Zach Holmes | $1,422 | $187 | -86.8% |
| Jeff Davis | $1,244 | $186 | -85% |
| Christopher P. Cothrum | $869 | $173 | -80.1% |
| Richard F. Cantrell | $781 | $156 | -80% |
| Jonathan Oliver | $1,034 | $152 | -85.3% |
| Christy M. Mobley | $583 | $149 | -74.4% |
| Larry Anglin | $143 | $143 | 0% |
| Justin Mackey Copeland | $660 | $139 | -78.9% |
| Alan Swinney | $465 | $138 | -70.3% |
| Melissa Sims | $1,609 | $138 | -91.4% |
| Kevin D. Emerson | $156 | $122 | -21.8% |
| Chris Franks | $451 | $121 | -73.2% |
| Gordon F. Green | $391 | $120 | -69.3% |
| John C. Langley | $1,055 | $104 | -90.1% |
| Bryan Wates | $198 | $83 | -58.1% |
| Hunter Garrard | $308 | $73 | -76.3% |
| Joshua A. Fincher | $177 | $73 | -58.8% |
| Richard L. Lucas | $57 | $70 | 22.8% |
| Raymond L. Bruns | $528 | $62 | -88.3% |
| Bob Webster | $11 | $0 | -100% |
| Gail Burleson | $20 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall Edward Bryant | $6,408 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Edgeworth | $73 | $0 | -100% |
| Ninnie L Robertson | $711 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah Childers Smith | $299 | $0 | -100% |
| Denny J. Sweeney | $7,412 | $0 | -100% |
| I. V. Hudson | $2,132 | $0 | -100% |
| Karl Lv George | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Lonnie Oldag | $8,915 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry Frederick | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Beulah Armstrong | $286 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis Riner | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Taylor | $1,173 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald D. Crow | $1,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Terrell | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie Gann | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy B. Isom | $1,978 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Rye | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Jane Gann | $248 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodney Owen | $216 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilbur C. Shotts | $301 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,624,266 | $1,313,557 | -19.1% |
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