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In 2021, 271 farmers in cities within Randolph County received a total of $1.1 million in 300 farm subsidies, a 63.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.1 million in 980 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 Randolph County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Traylor | $128,080 | $96,023 | -25% |
| Greg S. Adams | $1,931 | $66,974 | 3,368.4% |
| Southern Grown Turf | $0 | $53,155 | -- |
| Seth Reeves Walker | $0 | $52,882 | -- |
| David Jordan | $0 | $45,862 | -- |
| Donna N. Striblin | $0 | $44,386 | -- |
| Richard R. Lovvorn | $0 | $39,999 | -- |
| Eric L. Payne | $21,348 | $38,276 | 79.3% |
| Blake Whaley | $1,727 | $33,237 | 1,824.6% |
| Murphy Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $32,450 | -- |
| Little Pines Farm, LLC | $0 | $30,835 | -- |
| Keith H. Nelson Jr. | $0 | $25,896 | -- |
| Sunbelt of Alabama, LLC | $170,198 | $24,210 | -85.8% |
| Gyu H Choi | $0 | $18,896 | -- |
| Jamie Heard | $5,522 | $17,910 | 224.3% |
| Ruby J. Bailey | $0 | $16,525 | -- |
| Joseph K. Marable | $27,527 | $13,335 | -51.6% |
| Stephanie Baldwin Daniel | $0 | $10,821 | -- |
| Gene A. Laws | $91,730 | $10,348 | -88.7% |
| Victor L. Rowe | $0 | $10,303 | -- |
| Stephen Lamar Henderson | $0 | $10,120 | -- |
| Little River Farms, Inc. | $60,279 | $10,062 | -83.3% |
| Homestead Farms, LLC | $81,241 | $9,746 | -88% |
| Larry F. Brown | $63,737 | $9,191 | -85.6% |
| James H. Allen | $52,897 | $9,176 | -82.7% |
| Benjamin D. Johnson | $47,562 | $9,095 | -80.9% |
| James W. Fincher | $80,202 | $9,074 | -88.7% |
| John Dwight Hall | $42,526 | $9,030 | -78.8% |
| Robbie B. Ussery | $1,241 | $8,862 | 614.1% |
| Michael B. Heard | $2,034 | $8,222 | 304.2% |
| Richard M. Parrish | $17,434 | $8,061 | -53.8% |
| Daniel W. McEachern Jr. | $29,138 | $7,514 | -74.2% |
| Sherri A. Owen | $25,616 | $7,319 | -71.4% |
| Wendell Shelton | $60,292 | $6,350 | -89.5% |
| Harold Harmon | $41,165 | $5,852 | -85.8% |
| Joe H. Mote | $30,955 | $5,839 | -81.1% |
| Wayne Lovvorn | $39,404 | $5,748 | -85.4% |
| Roger A. Chambers | $0 | $5,738 | -- |
| Charles H. May | $4,969 | $5,688 | 14.5% |
| Mcmanus Farm | $44,474 | $5,413 | -87.8% |
| Johnathon W. Wood | $0 | $5,013 | -- |
| Rodney Smith | $29,574 | $4,708 | -84.1% |
| John Byron Lovvorn | $42,766 | $4,460 | -89.6% |
| Roger E. Arnett | $37,663 | $4,426 | -88.2% |
| Leon E. Mote | $28,636 | $4,417 | -84.6% |
| Mitchell J. Sutton | $25,576 | $4,308 | -83.2% |
| Chad Green | $44,205 | $4,031 | -90.9% |
| Andy Bailey | $22,579 | $3,829 | -83% |
| Sandy Creek Ranch | $27,800 | $3,768 | -86.4% |
| Jerry A. Noles | $20,694 | $3,582 | -82.7% |
| Michael Parker | $2,295 | $3,535 | 54% |
| Walter L. Stewart | $5,396 | $3,534 | -34.5% |
| W. J. Clark | $21,419 | $3,447 | -83.9% |
| Candie N. Ward | $7,073 | $3,447 | -51.3% |
| William Leaveston Wortham | $0 | $3,424 | -- |
| Dale Meadows | $20,449 | $3,366 | -83.5% |
| William B. Green | $37,117 | $3,320 | -91.1% |
| Cal Green | $35,982 | $3,307 | -90.8% |
| Tim Holloway | $23,260 | $3,232 | -86.1% |
| James V. Lashley | $17,283 | $3,195 | -81.5% |
| Ted H. Strain | $19,628 | $3,121 | -84.1% |
| Donald W. Fussell | $1,588 | $3,026 | 90.6% |
| MA CHI Hiko | $0 | $2,968 | -- |
| Bobby Ray Green | $9,180 | $2,960 | -67.8% |
| Gunney Waters | $16,398 | $2,956 | -82% |
| Deidra E. McGraw | $22,309 | $2,714 | -87.8% |
| Walter J. Huddleston | $14,650 | $2,606 | -82.2% |
| Tommie L. Strain | $20,347 | $2,591 | -87.3% |
| Strain Farms, LLC | $23,485 | $2,586 | -89% |
| Mark Head | $27,350 | $2,512 | -90.8% |
| K Farms, Inc. | $16,782 | $2,435 | -85.5% |
| Ramon S. Pasillas | $15,754 | $2,398 | -84.8% |
| Danny C. Baldwin | $15,531 | $2,336 | -85% |
| Robert O. Bugg | $19,380 | $2,330 | -88% |
| Fred Lovvorn | $16,411 | $2,324 | -85.8% |
| Zack S. Baggett | $14,952 | $2,300 | -84.6% |
| Joe Lee Messer | $28,976 | $2,282 | -92.1% |
| John Terry Lovvorn | $14,149 | $2,197 | -84.5% |
| Don G. Mitchell | $3,195 | $2,170 | -32.1% |
| Roger White | $16,902 | $2,136 | -87.4% |
| Robert Alton Joiner | $12,901 | $2,126 | -83.5% |
| Joe T. Bradley | $9,952 | $2,085 | -79% |
| Cynthia A. Johnson | $11,860 | $1,946 | -83.6% |
| Jeffery C. Heard | $11,098 | $1,940 | -82.5% |
| Greg Norred | $12,737 | $1,883 | -85.2% |
| Greg Norred | $12,737 | $1,883 | -85.2% |
| Douglas L. Oliver | $10,053 | $1,862 | -81.5% |
| Irene Bailey | $12,984 | $1,862 | -85.7% |
| Rachel H. Spratlin | $12,613 | $1,856 | -85.3% |
| Kenneth Roger Arrington | $13,948 | $1,816 | -87% |
| Terry Gay | $16,375 | $1,810 | -88.9% |
| Danny Hall | $11,902 | $1,800 | -84.9% |
| Patrick K. Laws | $9,114 | $1,768 | -80.6% |
| Jonathan C. Jones | $12,754 | $1,764 | -86.2% |
| Joe Carroll Jordan | $8,658 | $1,760 | -79.7% |
| Mr. Alan C. Gibbs | $9,551 | $1,742 | -81.8% |
| Betty S. Daugherty | $4,552 | $1,718 | -62.3% |
| Wayne Wortham | $13,968 | $1,678 | -88% |
| Scott B. Butler | $11,201 | $1,668 | -85.1% |
| Chad Norred | $12,402 | $1,622 | -86.9% |
| Donald T. Anthony | $5,676 | $1,580 | -72.2% |
| Bobby Neal Harrington | $13,332 | $1,548 | -88.4% |
| Tony Ray Messer Jr. | $23,732 | $1,544 | -93.5% |
| Jack Bradney Johnson | $6,861 | $1,524 | -77.8% |
| Gerald W. Romine | $7,298 | $1,523 | -79.1% |
| Wiley K. Benefield | $11,609 | $1,511 | -87% |
| Adam B. Lovvorn | $9,046 | $1,494 | -83.5% |
| Nelson Farm, LLC | $2,665 | $1,485 | -44.3% |
| Mr. Larry W. Bowen | $12,332 | $1,484 | -88% |
| Curtis Dean Wysner | $15,928 | $1,448 | -90.9% |
| Tommy Herren | $7,961 | $1,440 | -81.9% |
| Jerry Wayne Lindley | $11,392 | $1,434 | -87.4% |
| Ralph C. Haynes | $12,035 | $1,424 | -88.2% |
| Roy L. Whaley | $4,400 | $1,391 | -68.4% |
| J. L. Rollins | $10,147 | $1,365 | -86.5% |
| Teddy Wayne Strain | $9,416 | $1,363 | -85.5% |
| Timothy B. Coe | $12,057 | $1,358 | -88.7% |
| Don Green | $25,454 | $1,327 | -94.8% |
| William D. Olds | $9,286 | $1,308 | -85.9% |
| Gary Abbott | $726 | $1,263 | 74% |
| Sherman Eugene Wortham | $12,509 | $1,252 | -90% |
| James S. Noles | $5,999 | $1,246 | -79.2% |
| Michael G. Lovvorn | $13,340 | $1,242 | -90.7% |
| Moody AA Farms, LLC | $7,528 | $1,224 | -83.7% |
| Johnny B. Futral | $0 | $1,219 | -- |
| Jeanette L. Rollins | $9,770 | $1,205 | -87.7% |
| James David Hall | $8,376 | $1,187 | -85.8% |
| Donnie Knight | $6,049 | $1,147 | -81% |
| Donnie Knight | $6,049 | $1,147 | -81% |
| Gary Holloway | $5,941 | $1,121 | -81.1% |
| Sarah E. Phillips | $6,716 | $1,119 | -83.3% |
| Lula J. Merrill | $1,840 | $1,117 | -39.3% |
| Derrick Huey | $7,417 | $1,045 | -85.9% |
| David Daniel | $5,836 | $1,035 | -82.3% |
| William L. Henderson | $6,576 | $1,028 | -84.4% |
| Jeff Evans | $5,271 | $1,020 | -80.6% |
| Matthew O. Shelton Sr. | $5,361 | $1,019 | -81% |
| Thomas P. Sheppard | $6,387 | $1,018 | -84.1% |
| Harold Wilson | $9,977 | $993 | -90% |
| Emily Wilson | $6,698 | $992 | -85.2% |
| Blair L. Parker | $7,304 | $966 | -86.8% |
| Rudolph Blanks | $7,332 | $928 | -87.3% |
| Jeremy D. Cummings | $9,951 | $920 | -90.8% |
| Alendia P Mcmanus | $6,300 | $918 | -85.4% |
| Gerry McManus | $4,553 | $912 | -80% |
| Larry H. Raughton | $5,002 | $904 | -81.9% |
| Tyler L. Rollins | $8,109 | $899 | -88.9% |
| Richard K. Yates | $4,419 | $895 | -79.7% |
| David M. Gray | $8,776 | $881 | -90% |
| Christopher M. Potts | $3,801 | $868 | -77.2% |
| Jimmy R. Sims Jr. | $5,671 | $856 | -84.9% |
| James Keith Yerta | $3,916 | $854 | -78.2% |
| Phillip J. Welsh | $6,442 | $851 | -86.8% |
| Christopher Cliff Phillips | $7,022 | $851 | -87.9% |
| Calvin Ellis Estes Jr. | $3,729 | $841 | -77.4% |
| Magnolia Hills Farm, LLC | $15,167 | $839 | -94.5% |
| Willie Frank Royston | $4,935 | $827 | -83.2% |
| Arnold Dean Henderson | $6,098 | $806 | -86.8% |
| Theresa D. Lovvorn | $4,343 | $801 | -81.6% |
| David Fisher | $5,119 | $798 | -84.4% |
| Thomas E. Green Jr. | $5,927 | $793 | -86.6% |
| Samuel Stephen Herren | $2,690 | $777 | -71.1% |
| Billy Damen Earl | $4,244 | $748 | -82.4% |
| Larry Hugh Clark | $4,591 | $740 | -83.9% |
| William H. Bishop | $5,757 | $740 | -87.1% |
| Jody E. Melton | $3,740 | $738 | -80.3% |
| Paul Gay | $5,956 | $732 | -87.7% |
| Gregory D. Mask | $3,712 | $718 | -80.7% |
| Ricky F. McCain | $3,224 | $717 | -77.8% |
| Sybil Chappell | $3,650 | $714 | -80.4% |
| L. C. Henderson | $6,527 | $710 | -89.1% |
| James Trent Meadows | $4,646 | $705 | -84.8% |
| Gregory W. Mitchell | $1,320 | $700 | -47% |
| Tracy Eason | $3,589 | $683 | -81% |
| David Rampy | $7,238 | $679 | -90.6% |
| Brock Butts | $3,359 | $670 | -80.1% |
| Kimberly J. Smith | $1,584 | $660 | -58.3% |
| Samantha Dalrymple | $726 | $660 | -9.1% |
| Alice B. Butler | $2,321 | $643 | -72.3% |
| Gerry Burke | $6,358 | $638 | -90% |
| Darby J. Head | $4,412 | $626 | -85.8% |
| Jacob M. Hodnett | $4,381 | $626 | -85.7% |
| H. E. Daniel | $4,733 | $622 | -86.9% |
| John R. Stewart Jr. | $1,620 | $617 | -61.9% |
| Jacob T. Gay | $6,821 | $613 | -91% |
| Brandon Colby Stewart | $4,062 | $602 | -85.2% |
| Joe Mack Stewart | $2,695 | $578 | -78.6% |
| Willis J. Beck Jr. | $5,421 | $566 | -89.6% |
| Jerry R. Mitchell Jr. | $4,001 | $561 | -86% |
| Paul Romine | $6,176 | $557 | -91% |
| Brenda B. Mattox | $2,299 | $557 | -75.8% |
| Anthony Pike | $543 | $543 | 0% |
| Dauson Ward | $3,256 | $540 | -83.4% |
| Steven P. Wier | $5,834 | $525 | -91% |
| Teddy W. Strain Jr. | $4,831 | $522 | -89.2% |
| Eddie Lindley | $4,128 | $509 | -87.7% |
| Jack W. Rollins | $5,834 | $501 | -91.4% |
| Jeffery W. Murphy | $3,289 | $500 | -84.8% |
| Francis Nicholas Walther | $3,147 | $493 | -84.3% |
| Patrick R. Conger | $2,233 | $484 | -78.3% |
| Steven Greg Williams | $3,174 | $483 | -84.8% |
| John C. Rochester | $3,230 | $478 | -85.2% |
| Hayden Edwards | $3,188 | $473 | -85.2% |
| Curtis A. Eiland Jr. | $2,990 | $472 | -84.2% |
| Toby R. Stitcher | $3,069 | $466 | -84.8% |
| David Huckabee | $3,959 | $460 | -88.4% |
| Darius Robert Joiner | $1,994 | $453 | -77.3% |
| Demarcus A. Joiner | $1,994 | $453 | -77.3% |
| Anthony C. Hodnett | $3,504 | $452 | -87.1% |
| James W. Potter Sr. | $2,952 | $447 | -84.9% |
| Terry C. Byrd | $3,245 | $440 | -86.4% |
| David W. Heigl | $3,283 | $439 | -86.6% |
| Jack Shelton | $2,916 | $438 | -85% |
| Jerry M. Henderson | $2,458 | $434 | -82.3% |
| Nancy Wix | $3,215 | $423 | -86.8% |
| Phillip G. Daniel | $6,277 | $414 | -93.4% |
| Robert F. Garrett Sr. | $759 | $409 | -46.1% |
| Esther Kay Reaves | $2,098 | $405 | -80.7% |
| Brandon Charles Davis | $3,119 | $404 | -87% |
| Janet Bailey | $1,122 | $404 | -64% |
| William K. Langley Jr. | $2,790 | $402 | -85.6% |
| Robert A. Perry II | $1,574 | $390 | -75.2% |
| Kenneth James Burks | $2,339 | $372 | -84.1% |
| James J. Prestridge Jr. | $2,631 | $360 | -86.3% |
| Richard T. Whelan | $8,077 | $357 | -95.6% |
| Stephen L. Welsh | $1,628 | $356 | -78.1% |
| Robert H. Hodges | $3,957 | $354 | -91.1% |
| Aleah L. Hopper | $1,030 | $353 | -65.7% |
| Richie Rollins | $4,284 | $349 | -91.9% |
| Otha Jerome Barber | $2,367 | $347 | -85.3% |
| Willis Smith | $2,799 | $346 | -87.6% |
| J. R. Key | $2,703 | $342 | -87.3% |
| Brian Floyd Brown | $1,056 | $336 | -68.2% |
| Michael J. Rampy | $4,928 | $335 | -93.2% |
| John K. Gurr | $2,133 | $329 | -84.6% |
| Ralph Windsor | $3,939 | $328 | -91.7% |
| Joseph T. Hodnett | $4,469 | $321 | -92.8% |
| Clayton Tyler Strain | $1,177 | $312 | -73.5% |
| Randall W. Kellum | $309 | $294 | -4.9% |
| Tabatha Wier | $3,420 | $285 | -91.7% |
| Ella L Smith-Rodriguez | $1,697 | $278 | -83.6% |
| Patrick L. Prestridge | $1,839 | $277 | -84.9% |
| John William Tennant | $1,239 | $276 | -77.7% |
| Robbie Lynn Williams | $1,667 | $274 | -83.6% |
| Willard Woodgett | $2,534 | $262 | -89.7% |
| Gary McDaniel | $1,687 | $248 | -85.3% |
| Shelia J. Brown | $1,835 | $247 | -86.5% |
| Kathleen Hickey | $2,160 | $237 | -89% |
| John F. Hendon | $1,766 | $236 | -86.6% |
| Rita Young | $2,305 | $232 | -89.9% |
| Cynthia B. Thomas | $1,736 | $232 | -86.6% |
| James C. Fetner Jr. | $8,343 | $230 | -97.2% |
| Patrick Wayne Waldrep | $1,824 | $219 | -88% |
| Thomas Glenn Green | $1,386 | $211 | -84.8% |
| Theresa Beightol | $450 | $209 | -53.6% |
| Alvin E. Denney Jr. | $1,124 | $187 | -83.4% |
| Neil Smith | $583 | $186 | -68.1% |
| Gregory Todd Huey | $792 | $180 | -77.3% |
| Mack E. Henley | $1,549 | $180 | -88.4% |
| William S. Norred | $1,221 | $176 | -85.6% |
| Perry Joe Sudduth | $1,094 | $173 | -84.2% |
| Shirley Ann Knight | $1,190 | $149 | -87.5% |
| Mark Knight | $638 | $138 | -78.4% |
| Ricky Keith Murphy | $132 | $133 | 0.8% |
| Bert D. Jones | $1,152 | $124 | -89.2% |
| David Sears | $1,946 | $121 | -93.8% |
| Lena B. Noles | $1,287 | $121 | -90.6% |
| Jeremy Render Gosdin | $737 | $114 | -84.5% |
| Shean Christopher Bradley | $363 | $83 | -77.1% |
| Jessica N. White | $3,430 | $73 | -97.9% |
| Margie K. Adams | $132 | $69 | -47.7% |
| Christina Warren | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy Hill | $1,787 | $0 | -100% |
| R. S. Smith | $4,880 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy E. Cosper | $1,666 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry L. Bozeman | $18,876 | $0 | -100% |
| Burrell C. Jones IV | $2,642 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Knight | $3,131 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd Simundson | $737 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory R. Guizar | $2,056 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Scott | $1,615 | $0 | -100% |
| Hilton Jeremy Adams | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| John Kingston Tennant | $1,118 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Smith | $1,488 | $0 | -100% |
| Megan Busby | $477 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul J. Swisher | $384 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy C. Hall | $1,951 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Hall | $1,454 | $0 | -100% |
| Trevenio V Mccray SR | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryan Kevin Ogilvie | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Cory R. Howe | $1,589 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe L. Blanks | $407 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Ned Wright | $1,152 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle Y Waters | $319 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Landon Teal | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy Lipham | $1,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernon Lipham | $929 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann Scharko | $6,381 | $0 | -100% |
| Bo C. Scott | $1,007 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon Benjamin Earl | $79 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Bailey | $1,279 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy S. Smith | $2,389 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Twain Edwards | $2,915 | $0 | -100% |
| Marshall Alan Williamson | $150 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Bailey | $1,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Heath Geter | $1,826 | $0 | -100% |
| Teresa Burge | $2,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Larry Wilson | $3,345 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy R. King | $2,127 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,055,652 | $1,117,811 | -63.4% |
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