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In 2021, 191 farmers in cities within Marengo County received a total of $902,599 in 225 farm subsidies, a 69% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.9 million in 433 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 Marengo County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etheridge Farms | $396,256 | $85,142 | -78.5% |
| Cotton Wood Farms, LLC | $114,952 | $57,814 | -49.7% |
| T P Young Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Pritchett Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Bridges & Sons II Empire, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Shelia Sharp | $0 | $40,137 | -- |
| Rentz S Lewis, Inc. | $0 | $37,103 | -- |
| Doug McAlpine | $81,018 | $31,483 | -61.1% |
| Ronnie Campbell | $26,477 | $30,963 | 16.9% |
| Eric W. Fetzer | $39,152 | $24,226 | -38.1% |
| Rafter E Cattle, LLC | $76,746 | $19,458 | -74.6% |
| James R. Rankin | $30,765 | $18,587 | -39.6% |
| Fredrick Aldridge Trucking | $0 | $16,576 | -- |
| Alan Martin | $122,089 | $16,510 | -86.5% |
| Mitchell Hall | $77,805 | $13,684 | -82.4% |
| Roy Etheridge Jr. | $57,122 | $12,192 | -78.7% |
| Sims Farms, LLC | $170,240 | $12,178 | -92.8% |
| Reginald Williams | $9,449 | $12,111 | 28.2% |
| Marty J. Broussard | $88,532 | $11,919 | -86.5% |
| Karl Bruno Trucking | $0 | $11,687 | -- |
| Rentz Miller Lewis | $31,211 | $11,429 | -63.4% |
| Troy McPherson | $34,439 | $8,992 | -73.9% |
| Compton Charolais | $10,087 | $8,812 | -12.6% |
| Mitchel J. Hale | $76,456 | $8,120 | -89.4% |
| Frank Clifford Cole III | $37,549 | $7,770 | -79.3% |
| Margaret H. Moorer | $7,639 | $7,639 | 0% |
| Miller Family Limited Partnership | $7,582 | $7,582 | 0% |
| Meador Land & Timber | $15,403 | $6,984 | -54.7% |
| Gabe Drinkard | $24,905 | $6,730 | -73% |
| Claude Albert Moseley | $21,597 | $6,566 | -69.6% |
| Arthur R. Taylor Jr. | $6,261 | $6,261 | 0% |
| Gerome A. Burrell | $18,150 | $5,175 | -71.5% |
| Allen F. Lewis | $0 | $5,075 | -- |
| William L. York Jr. | $39,527 | $5,045 | -87.2% |
| Myles W. Mayberry Jr. | $5,011 | $5,011 | 0% |
| Roy Etheridge III | $42,836 | $4,893 | -88.6% |
| Edward O. Eddins III | $21,458 | $4,777 | -77.7% |
| Joseph Lewis | $16,089 | $4,597 | -71.4% |
| George McKee | $15,541 | $4,239 | -72.7% |
| George H. Norris | $20,966 | $4,174 | -80.1% |
| Leslie T. Parker | $0 | $4,052 | -- |
| Eddie Walker | $19,937 | $4,025 | -79.8% |
| Lynn Crocker Sr. | $17,873 | $3,999 | -77.6% |
| Wilson Hamrick | $17,479 | $3,889 | -77.8% |
| Susie B. Drinkard | $7,770 | $3,618 | -53.4% |
| Lipscomb Family Partnership | $3,558 | $3,558 | 0% |
| Pat Young | $11,220 | $3,278 | -70.8% |
| Jack Olen Kerby Jr. | $11,442 | $3,260 | -71.5% |
| Ras Fitzhugh | $20,767 | $3,142 | -84.9% |
| Reynolds Livestock, LLC | $15,268 | $3,100 | -79.7% |
| Leonard Holt Moseley | $3,579 | $3,062 | -14.4% |
| G and M Cattle Company, LLC | $10,593 | $2,893 | -72.7% |
| Glenn Dunn | $7,832 | $2,788 | -64.4% |
| Triple R Ranch | $10,230 | $2,764 | -73% |
| James H. Mitchell | $11,341 | $2,697 | -76.2% |
| Robert Tutwiler Summerville | $2,256 | $2,547 | 12.9% |
| Bruce Etheredge | $15,740 | $2,268 | -85.6% |
| Stratton F. Lewis Jr. | $2,268 | $2,268 | 0% |
| Jessie Lee Phillips | $5,916 | $2,144 | -63.8% |
| Pamela Acoff | $9,245 | $2,107 | -77.2% |
| Clarence Burrell | $6,886 | $2,079 | -69.8% |
| Joseph W. Lewis | $8,019 | $2,007 | -75% |
| Franklin Skinner | $3,521 | $2,001 | -43.2% |
| Melanie M. Hale | $3,981 | $1,957 | -50.8% |
| Nell T. Barkley | $1,965 | $1,903 | -3.2% |
| John Brame | $5,973 | $1,889 | -68.4% |
| Jim Allen Jr. | $8,536 | $1,834 | -78.5% |
| Nedra Goodwin | $1,510 | $1,786 | 18.3% |
| Carter Allen Naisbett | $35,891 | $1,742 | -95.1% |
| James M. Lewis | $5,852 | $1,708 | -70.8% |
| Roosevelt Bates | $5,343 | $1,696 | -68.3% |
| Lee E. Koehn | $13,125 | $1,607 | -87.8% |
| Jessie Frank McGilberry | $7,238 | $1,600 | -77.9% |
| Zelly D Aldridge | $4,785 | $1,599 | -66.6% |
| Garry Hopkins | $7,929 | $1,591 | -79.9% |
| Alan Sharpe | $5,973 | $1,579 | -73.6% |
| C. C. Mitchell | $2,601 | $1,523 | -41.4% |
| Taylor T. Perry | $5,210 | $1,463 | -71.9% |
| Ricky L. Vice | $4,961 | $1,432 | -71.1% |
| Alex W. Brame | $6,138 | $1,318 | -78.5% |
| Laura F. Kirkham | $2,690 | $1,316 | -51.1% |
| Douglas Peteet Jr. | $2,497 | $1,191 | -52.3% |
| Pamela S. Moore | $6,611 | $1,169 | -82.3% |
| John Stokes | $4,268 | $1,168 | -72.6% |
| Ford Lewis III | $3,641 | $1,156 | -68.3% |
| Lynn H. Crocker Jr. | $5,621 | $1,152 | -79.5% |
| Amzi Mckee | $6,996 | $1,150 | -83.6% |
| Tony E. Croom | $5,929 | $1,142 | -80.7% |
| John B. Scales | $1,079 | $1,101 | 2% |
| Eugene Seabron | $5,808 | $1,088 | -81.3% |
| Ted Stuedeman | $5,302 | $1,070 | -79.8% |
| 2P Cattle, LLC | $3,773 | $1,048 | -72.2% |
| J. L. Patterson Jr. | $3,608 | $1,046 | -71% |
| James Tensley | $3,366 | $1,040 | -69.1% |
| Jimmy Robinson | $1,716 | $1,037 | -39.6% |
| Detron L Essex | $3,052 | $1,029 | -66.3% |
| Emma L. Davis | $4,378 | $1,022 | -76.7% |
| Wayne Langley | $4,103 | $1,012 | -75.3% |
| James Henry Sims | $1,009 | $1,009 | 0% |
| Casey Goldman | $4,697 | $973 | -79.3% |
| Dennis Barkley | $4,400 | $956 | -78.3% |
| Robert B. McCants III | $2,063 | $951 | -53.9% |
| Laurie O. Young | $2,374 | $936 | -60.6% |
| Miriam J. Wideman | $3,102 | $872 | -71.9% |
| Christopher Burrell | $3,025 | $862 | -71.5% |
| Eddie C. Hayes | $3,069 | $847 | -72.4% |
| Wade A. Jones | $1,650 | $838 | -49.2% |
| John R. Teel | $830 | $830 | 0% |
| Jerry Ray Dunn | $3,824 | $823 | -78.5% |
| Christopher Glass | $3,850 | $789 | -79.5% |
| James Johnson | $3,531 | $788 | -77.7% |
| Leopolean Peterson JR | $2,985 | $781 | -73.8% |
| Leonard Cowling | $1,572 | $769 | -51.1% |
| Gary Smyly | $3,344 | $767 | -77.1% |
| Marie J. Harriell | $3,377 | $747 | -77.9% |
| Tommie Lee Essex | $3,201 | $737 | -77% |
| Earnest Coleman | $2,559 | $735 | -71.3% |
| Sunni Dahl | $3,493 | $730 | -79.1% |
| Robert C. Miller | $6,616 | $716 | -89.2% |
| Leander Hinton | $3,553 | $707 | -80.1% |
| Darren Hudson | $6,820 | $690 | -89.9% |
| Jarod Bennett | $2,703 | $690 | -74.5% |
| Clarence Allen | $2,409 | $687 | -71.5% |
| Hightower Investments, LLC | $0 | $668 | -- |
| Wade Sheffield | $847 | $663 | -21.7% |
| Lester McKinley | $0 | $660 | -- |
| Gary Barr | $2,607 | $655 | -74.9% |
| Nancy M. Cobb | $655 | $655 | 0% |
| Warrene Hall | $655 | $655 | 0% |
| James E. Lindsay | $0 | $642 | -- |
| John S. Robertson | $2,360 | $638 | -73% |
| Charlie B. Williams | $2,399 | $636 | -73.5% |
| Michael Roland Robertson | $2,299 | $629 | -72.6% |
| Sherry L. Murphy | $620 | $620 | 0% |
| Drulah Crocker | $3,612 | $604 | -83.3% |
| Charles Pritchett | $2,552 | $594 | -76.7% |
| Fredrick D. Aldridge | $2,750 | $588 | -78.6% |
| John Cox Webb IV | $1,189 | $582 | -51.1% |
| Henry Morgan | $2,955 | $574 | -80.6% |
| Tommy Jones | $1,969 | $569 | -71.1% |
| Calvin Martin | $3,153 | $552 | -82.5% |
| Lemuel Deon Lewis | $2,189 | $526 | -76% |
| Loyd Dale Eaton | $2,355 | $525 | -77.7% |
| Jonathan Matthew Tucker | $1,925 | $516 | -73.2% |
| Bryan W. Compton | $474 | $502 | 5.9% |
| Marjorie S. Overmyer | $1,892 | $501 | -73.5% |
| Carl Nathan | $2,222 | $500 | -77.5% |
| Earnest Russell | $2,388 | $471 | -80.3% |
| Curtis Gates | $1,912 | $466 | -75.6% |
| Lazy T Farms, LLC | $2,969 | $456 | -84.6% |
| Johnny D. Lockett | $2,684 | $454 | -83.1% |
| Charles Boykin | $6,325 | $431 | -93.2% |
| Clifton McKnight | $420 | $420 | 0% |
| James Monroe Williams | $3,715 | $412 | -88.9% |
| Tracy Johnson | $3,267 | $402 | -87.7% |
| Donald A. Thrash | $2,160 | $400 | -81.5% |
| Andrew Brown | $0 | $385 | -- |
| Randy Parker | $1,474 | $368 | -75% |
| Jim Washington | $693 | $366 | -47.2% |
| William M. Robinson | $1,705 | $364 | -78.7% |
| Eugene Rowser | $726 | $351 | -51.7% |
| Travis L. Vincent | $1,430 | $345 | -75.9% |
| Dent Lowrey | $705 | $342 | -51.5% |
| Dannie Eaves | $548 | $327 | -40.3% |
| Floy Mayberry | $759 | $315 | -58.5% |
| Jason C. Abrams | $1,397 | $301 | -78.5% |
| Stanford Glass | $4,691 | $294 | -93.7% |
| Tommy Mullen | $282 | $280 | -0.7% |
| van Collins III | $2,816 | $280 | -90.1% |
| Robert Jones | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Gregory James Dansby | $1,087 | $271 | -75.1% |
| Richy Naisbett | $303,198 | $266 | -99.9% |
| Jay Russell | $309 | $265 | -14.2% |
| Ronnie C. Glass | $1,122 | $246 | -78.1% |
| James Rhone | $1,177 | $242 | -79.4% |
| Clyde Collins Duke | $1,230 | $239 | -80.6% |
| Thomas Boggs Jr. | $553 | $235 | -57.5% |
| Barry S. Phillips Jr. | $467 | $229 | -51% |
| Hammond Farm, LLC | $431 | $211 | -51% |
| Judy Ramsey Etheredge | $0 | $206 | -- |
| Richard Gayes Harris JR | $880 | $197 | -77.6% |
| Robert Henton | $381 | $172 | -54.9% |
| Eddie Jones Jr. | $979 | $163 | -83.4% |
| Jeremy Inge | $330 | $126 | -61.8% |
| Evelyn Boykins | $2,871 | $121 | -95.8% |
| Jimmie Rembert | $198 | $104 | -47.5% |
| Muriel Brown | $5,148 | $104 | -98% |
| Dorothy M. Raby | $2,398 | $104 | -95.7% |
| Wynne Echols | $234 | $95 | -59.4% |
| Diane E. Allen | $348 | $22 | -93.7% |
| Barbara E. Hill | $256 | $16 | -93.8% |
| Brenda H. Miller | $412 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarke Lewis Kerby | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Hudgens III | $142 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerome Grover | $1,918 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary K Stuedeman | $1,092 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard B. Hudgens | $142 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry J. Bates | $10,031 | $0 | -100% |
| Cedarcrest Farms | $3,329 | $0 | -100% |
| Dave Wenger | $42,886 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate of Terry Wendell | $33,471 | $0 | -100% |
| Leroy McGhee Jr. | $127 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry M. Wendell | $62,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Miller | $14,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Buford Golden | $5,060 | $0 | -100% |
| Felecia Marie Tate | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregg Singleton | $198 | $0 | -100% |
| Mitchell Goodwill | $2,781 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Tate Rembert | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara B. Compton | $6,211 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia H. Ott | $17 | $0 | -100% |
| Real Dunning | $5,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Keith Anderson | $37,077 | $0 | -100% |
| Teddy L. Nelson | $203 | $0 | -100% |
| William G. Rentz | $204 | $0 | -100% |
| Jarod Barber | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Sheffield | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Chad Martin | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Johnson | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| W. A. Parker | $400 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter V. Tutt | $14,160 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,908,979 | $902,599 | -69% |
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