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In 2021, 213 farmers in cities within Tuscaloosa County received a total of $1.2 million in 261 farm subsidies, a 51.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.4 million in 411 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 Tuscaloosa County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobo Farms | $143,096 | $63,214 | -55.8% |
| Moon Lake Farm, LLC | $146,712 | $58,905 | -59.8% |
| G & R Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jerry Sullivan | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| RW Land & Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Sexton Logging Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Alawood Chip & Biomass, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Joshua J. Redd | $0 | $42,909 | -- |
| Ingram Cattle Farm | $149,196 | $39,977 | -73.2% |
| Dunbrook Farms, LLC | $124,975 | $38,381 | -69.3% |
| Michael Ballard | $35,407 | $35,407 | 0% |
| James Amond Herndon | $169,424 | $32,127 | -81% |
| Lawrence A. Keel | $0 | $26,637 | -- |
| Brockway J. Jones | $35,261 | $23,916 | -32.2% |
| Barrentine Logging, LLC | $0 | $22,999 | -- |
| Patsy Ballard | $600 | $21,962 | 3,560.3% |
| Cecile O. Horton | $4,642 | $15,963 | 243.9% |
| McCoy Booth | $15,687 | $15,936 | 1.6% |
| Glennette Taylor | $0 | $15,760 | -- |
| Gregg Hahn Properties, LLC | $23,468 | $14,793 | -37% |
| John C. Pearson | $14,999 | $13,580 | -9.5% |
| Jerome B. Ramey | $15,453 | $12,665 | -18% |
| Epes, LLC | $12,306 | $12,306 | 0% |
| Stella B. Sykes | $13,340 | $11,568 | -13.3% |
| Anna B Mckibbens | $349,972 | $11,227 | -96.8% |
| Mae B. Murray | $12,946 | $11,227 | -13.3% |
| Anders Enterprises, Inc. | $26,991 | $11,073 | -59% |
| Little Family, LLC | $51,263 | $10,853 | -78.8% |
| Tombigbee Properties, LLC | $10,852 | $10,852 | 0% |
| Louis N. Lambert | $15,079 | $10,354 | -31.3% |
| Noxubee River Farms, LLC | $10,024 | $10,024 | 0% |
| Averette Farms, LLC | $9,720 | $9,508 | -2.2% |
| Ridge Farm, LLC | $10,179 | $7,764 | -23.7% |
| Greg Patterson | $7,772 | $7,752 | -0.3% |
| Hood Bottom, LLC | $15,152 | $7,576 | -50% |
| Paula D. Evans | $7,819 | $7,444 | -4.8% |
| Tom Lavender | $6,530 | $6,530 | 0% |
| Ann Arnold | $14,227 | $6,282 | -55.8% |
| Phillip Herndon | $19,448 | $5,763 | -70.4% |
| Stacey Enterprises, LLC | $2,113 | $5,446 | 157.7% |
| Rogers Family, LLC | $4,894 | $4,894 | 0% |
| James L. White | $4,497 | $4,497 | 0% |
| Martha W Nevin Timberlands, LLC | $4,219 | $4,476 | 6.1% |
| Wilkes Creek Plantation, LLC | $8,315 | $4,372 | -47.4% |
| Donna Jackson | $24,607 | $4,268 | -82.7% |
| Johnson Family Investments, Ltd. | $4,429 | $4,247 | -4.1% |
| Goodson Girls, LLC | $32,078 | $4,228 | -86.8% |
| James A. Adams | $6,988 | $4,172 | -40.3% |
| Meredith Lillian Lavender Trust | $4,157 | $4,157 | 0% |
| Braxton Brion Hardin | $4,211 | $4,100 | -2.6% |
| Elebash Properties, L L C | $4,149 | $4,094 | -1.3% |
| Roberta Compton | $3,911 | $4,067 | 4% |
| Harold Jacobs | $4,984 | $4,048 | -18.8% |
| Joel F. Dorroh | $3,991 | $3,991 | 0% |
| Augusta C. Robinson | $3,541 | $3,824 | 8% |
| Robert Wiest | $1,706 | $3,729 | 118.6% |
| Marvin Gregory | $14,129 | $3,674 | -74% |
| William Barry Hughes | $10,861 | $3,633 | -66.6% |
| Cousin's Properties, LLC | $3,572 | $3,572 | 0% |
| Rengrow, Inc. | $0 | $3,497 | -- |
| Billy Ray Ball | $3,483 | $3,483 | 0% |
| William A. Hughes | $3,475 | $3,475 | 0% |
| Duncan Farm Trust | $3,322 | $3,322 | 0% |
| Jeffrey Rice | $17,166 | $3,026 | -82.4% |
| William T. Bostick | $21,902 | $2,960 | -86.5% |
| Stephen Staub | $2,957 | $2,957 | 0% |
| Monument, LLC | $2,929 | $2,929 | 0% |
| Hale Plantation, Inc. | $4,325 | $2,830 | -34.6% |
| John Lang | $3,465 | $2,678 | -22.7% |
| Carolyn Bellamy | $6,144 | $2,551 | -58.5% |
| Joe T. Taylor | $2,522 | $2,522 | 0% |
| Cora B. Patterson | $5,220 | $2,503 | -52% |
| Hal N. Dabbs Jr. | $2,458 | $2,458 | 0% |
| Perrigin Farms, LLC | $2,445 | $2,445 | 0% |
| Mark Landers | $11,820 | $2,414 | -79.6% |
| Big Sandy Farms, Inc. | $5,333 | $2,321 | -56.5% |
| Sharon S Pilsch | $2,316 | $2,316 | 0% |
| Micheal B. Hardy | $27,446 | $2,244 | -91.8% |
| Stanley V. Skelton | $12,221 | $2,095 | -82.9% |
| Sizemore Farms, LLC | $3,993 | $2,087 | -47.7% |
| Kenneth Lee | $1,474 | $1,922 | 30.4% |
| Anne Vincent | $4,306 | $1,902 | -55.8% |
| Prout, LLC | $7,529 | $1,896 | -74.8% |
| Carol Lea Hoffman | $973 | $1,842 | 89.3% |
| John A. Gooden | $8,982 | $1,829 | -79.6% |
| Gary Junkin | $1,922 | $1,799 | -6.4% |
| Porter Farms, LLC | $138 | $1,796 | 1,201.4% |
| Yantley Cattle Farm, LLC | $6,897 | $1,791 | -74% |
| Roger E. Sayers | $4,124 | $1,753 | -57.5% |
| Oliver Farms, LLC | $553 | $1,702 | 207.8% |
| Kenneth W. Swindle | $860 | $1,678 | 95.1% |
| Angela Thomas | $1,672 | $1,672 | 0% |
| Crawford Nixon Jr. | $0 | $1,647 | -- |
| Ann Rosen | $7,414 | $1,634 | -78% |
| Arden Hollingsworth | $5,116 | $1,569 | -69.3% |
| Robert L. Wilson | $1,525 | $1,525 | 0% |
| Nancy T. Kirk | $1,487 | $1,487 | 0% |
| Clair Matthews | $5,225 | $1,463 | -72% |
| Cole Allen Kimbrell | $7,369 | $1,414 | -80.8% |
| Clarence Linwood Hendrix II | $5,142 | $1,366 | -73.4% |
| Danny Sexton | $2,310 | $1,322 | -42.8% |
| Meriwether Farm, LLC | $222 | $1,297 | 484.2% |
| Candace Orona | $3,039 | $1,282 | -57.8% |
| Grace B Sneed, LLC | $1,280 | $1,280 | 0% |
| S. Y. Tutwiler III | $6,565 | $1,259 | -80.8% |
| James Kenneth Hall | $1,252 | $1,252 | 0% |
| Roland Pugh | $3,333 | $1,250 | -62.5% |
| Jeremy Roy Bambarger | $4,477 | $1,244 | -72.2% |
| Deborah Crawford | $1,958 | $1,199 | -38.8% |
| Jimmy M. Woods | $1,500 | $1,190 | -20.7% |
| Triple a Farms | $4,092 | $1,190 | -70.9% |
| Christian C. Harris | $5,841 | $1,190 | -79.6% |
| April W. Redd | $4,774 | $1,136 | -76.2% |
| John R. Oneal | $5,179 | $1,109 | -78.6% |
| Bradley Almon Bailey | $1,291 | $1,097 | -15% |
| Robert N. Almon III | $1,291 | $1,097 | -15% |
| Carl Lemmerbrock | $2,384 | $1,084 | -54.5% |
| James B Dollar Testamentary Trust | $1,068 | $1,068 | 0% |
| W. C. Walton Jr. | $4,935 | $1,039 | -78.9% |
| Fast and Easy Food Stores, Inc. | $3,676 | $1,008 | -72.6% |
| David Ben Hydrick | $990 | $990 | 0% |
| Lucasta M Manning | $4,268 | $913 | -78.6% |
| Troy Hinton | $2,141 | $903 | -57.8% |
| George Patton | $3,162 | $896 | -71.7% |
| Bobby Dyer Jr. | $3,411 | $880 | -74.2% |
| Clarence T. Hellums Jr. | $879 | $879 | 0% |
| J. O. Gay Jr. | $1,732 | $848 | -51% |
| Carol R. Snider | $3,133 | $815 | -74% |
| Chuck Hollingshead | $1,551 | $811 | -47.7% |
| Aaron Rice | $4,378 | $800 | -81.7% |
| Isaac Oneal | $1,545 | $798 | -48.3% |
| Melody Lunceford | $462 | $794 | 71.9% |
| Mary Lynn Shirley | $0 | $788 | -- |
| James W. Sterling III | $2,871 | $773 | -73.1% |
| Charles Greene Jr. | $3,180 | $764 | -76% |
| George Mitchell | $1,848 | $761 | -58.8% |
| Belinda S. Jones | $3,102 | $741 | -76.1% |
| Patrick C. Franklin | $1,993 | $737 | -63% |
| Paulette L. Jones | $4,780 | $716 | -85% |
| CM Farms, LLC | $3,113 | $714 | -77.1% |
| William Minges | $708 | $708 | 0% |
| Garrett W. McKone | $5,005 | $703 | -86% |
| Woody H. Reynolds | $1,019 | $690 | -32.3% |
| Emma Laws | $0 | $664 | -- |
| Starlight Farms, LLC | $1,400 | $654 | -53.3% |
| Debora H. Hallman | $648 | $648 | 0% |
| Robert F. Glass Jr. | $645 | $645 | 0% |
| Dennis P. Crocker | $637 | $637 | 0% |
| Johnny Grammer | $2,222 | $608 | -72.6% |
| Pentran Properties, LLC | $2,410 | $590 | -75.5% |
| Kenneth Tyler Duckworth | $4,004 | $584 | -85.4% |
| Suzanne Wallis Powell | $573 | $573 | 0% |
| David Lee Hinton | $573 | $573 | 0% |
| Leonard Ray Perry | $1,673 | $566 | -66.2% |
| Cynthia Darlene Reese | $550 | $550 | 0% |
| Garry B. Rice | $2,840 | $543 | -80.9% |
| Don Sexton | $533 | $533 | 0% |
| Jessie Riggs | $2,350 | $521 | -77.8% |
| Anna Oneal | $1,840 | $503 | -72.7% |
| Elen Oneal | $1,840 | $503 | -72.7% |
| Don Groves | $500 | $500 | 0% |
| Antonio Long | $2,200 | $491 | -77.7% |
| D o. Roger 'Bryant | $1,838 | $476 | -74.1% |
| Constance W. Presley | $451 | $451 | 0% |
| Rachel Hughes | $912 | $437 | -52.1% |
| Jeffery W. Bump | $337 | $434 | 28.8% |
| Robert L Johnston Family Trust | $414 | $414 | 0% |
| Willie Rice | $1,401 | $394 | -71.9% |
| Eugene P. Brittain | $1,668 | $392 | -76.5% |
| Clarence Gary | $1,102 | $376 | -65.9% |
| Marlon Dunn | $884 | $359 | -59.4% |
| Beau Wicks | $721 | $353 | -51% |
| Myra Faye Hughes | $352 | $352 | 0% |
| Walter Melton | $1,727 | $336 | -80.5% |
| Mike L. Jones | $726 | $326 | -55.1% |
| William R. Foster | $825 | $308 | -62.7% |
| Jeff Thomas | $1,760 | $308 | -82.5% |
| Daniel M. Riggs | $2,041 | $301 | -85.3% |
| Madelene L. Hollingsworth | $614 | $301 | -51% |
| James B. Bolton | $1,769 | $294 | -83.4% |
| Tyrone Garner | $660 | $293 | -55.6% |
| James C. Bailey | $556 | $272 | -51.1% |
| Sammy H. Gray III | $666 | $264 | -60.4% |
| Gina M. Wilson | $0 | $261 | -- |
| Betty J. Lunceford | $931 | $256 | -72.5% |
| Jason W. Greene | $0 | $254 | -- |
| Joseph Edward Rice | $1,155 | $253 | -78.1% |
| Clyde D. Scott | $683 | $243 | -64.4% |
| Jerry H. Carpenter | $1,394 | $243 | -82.6% |
| Ruth F. Dailey | $674 | $238 | -64.7% |
| Jeffery Thomas | $982 | $228 | -76.8% |
| Mark Dedmon | $296 | $206 | -30.4% |
| Whit F. Rutland | $0 | $202 | -- |
| Ron Henderson | $264 | $199 | -24.6% |
| Homer D. Warren Jr. | $402 | $196 | -51.2% |
| Beth Winston Roberts | $182 | $182 | 0% |
| Brandon a West | $1,419 | $181 | -87.2% |
| Susanne Stoutz Nasir | $481 | $177 | -63.2% |
| Mary Lucy Murphy | $0 | $135 | -- |
| Philip T Dedmon Estate | $0 | $114 | -- |
| B. B. Rogers III | $230 | $112 | -51.3% |
| John Bostic | $3,801 | $108 | -97.2% |
| Mary Abrams | $165 | $103 | -37.6% |
| Nicole Whitfield Champion | $990 | $101 | -89.8% |
| Patsy Hobson | $207 | $96 | -53.6% |
| Malcolm Abrams | $165 | $94 | -43% |
| Beverly S. Williamson | $169 | $82 | -51.5% |
| Charlene L. Bolton | $298 | $70 | -76.5% |
| Tony Laws | $724 | $60 | -91.7% |
| Verber Lee Keith | $87 | $42 | -51.7% |
| Elden Willingham | $91 | $39 | -57.1% |
| Scott Lawrence | $318 | $35 | -89% |
| BDL Farms, LLC | $132 | $24 | -81.8% |
| Anthony W. Phillips | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Forrest Lee Wiggins Jr. | $3,399 | $0 | -100% |
| Dara Crain | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Delmos Lynwood Springer | $9,522 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd Hughes Jr. | $111 | $0 | -100% |
| Ginger L. Gibson | $13 | $0 | -100% |
| Jan Nell Butler | $321 | $0 | -100% |
| Lyle Grant Mann | $527 | $0 | -100% |
| Owens Brown | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Adrian Dexter Watters | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew Kesterson | $17,690 | $0 | -100% |
| Boone Ballistics, LLC | $2,508 | $0 | -100% |
| David C. Turnipseed | $1,729 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles F Horton Family Trust | $3,376 | $0 | -100% |
| David Snow | $34,580 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth D. Wright | $1,044 | $0 | -100% |
| J Burns Properties, LLC | $4,313 | $0 | -100% |
| James E Gunnells Trust | $1,535 | $0 | -100% |
| James W. Martin | $98 | $0 | -100% |
| King Properties, LLC | $1,649 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Woodfin Nevin | $257 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Jo Huey Estate | $3,895 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Collin Billings | $703 | $0 | -100% |
| Partlow Catfish, LLC | $245,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Phifer, Inc. | $4,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall Keith | $95 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Leslie Moore | $11,573 | $0 | -100% |
| Searcy Farms, LLC | $2,538 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven R. Burdette | $54 | $0 | -100% |
| Teresa C. Prewitt | $37 | $0 | -100% |
| Wam Family, LLC | $12,623 | $0 | -100% |
| William J. Gardner | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,388,726 | $1,156,774 | -51.6% |
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