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In 2021, 178 farmers in cities within Morgan County received a total of $275,487 in 210 farm subsidies, a 68.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $870,556 in 538 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 Morgan County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Cantrell Logging, LLC | $0 | $36,228 | -- |
| Timothy Scott Holbrook | $90,578 | $34,467 | -61.9% |
| Lewis Logging, Inc. | $0 | $33,389 | -- |
| Mike Patrick | $0 | $14,126 | -- |
| Ashley Rose Oldfield | $24,167 | $7,938 | -67.2% |
| Robert Brown | $27,525 | $6,757 | -75.5% |
| Jeffrey K. Lewis | $31,961 | $5,350 | -83.3% |
| Mike Amyx | $24,502 | $4,691 | -80.9% |
| Robert Dean Cantrell | $16,340 | $3,958 | -75.8% |
| Larry E. Wright | $0 | $3,948 | -- |
| Larry Cantrell | $13,422 | $3,728 | -72.2% |
| Cassie Cantrell | $9,404 | $3,612 | -61.6% |
| Kenneth Whitt | $15,675 | $3,393 | -78.4% |
| Beverly G. Mays | $12,835 | $2,945 | -77.1% |
| Kelly J. Wright | $6,125 | $2,762 | -54.9% |
| John A. Collins | $5,390 | $2,737 | -49.2% |
| Ronnie Cole | $12,229 | $2,582 | -78.9% |
| Kenneth Kelly Bowman | $8,855 | $2,398 | -72.9% |
| Dale Cantrell | $10,256 | $2,152 | -79% |
| CJJ Company, LLC | $9,301 | $1,914 | -79.4% |
| Woodrow Adkins | $6,919 | $1,894 | -72.6% |
| Richard Ray Rednour II | $18,211 | $1,854 | -89.8% |
| Henry R. Cole | $8,525 | $1,843 | -78.4% |
| David Rudd | $6,446 | $1,804 | -72% |
| Jerry Allen Murphy | $6,226 | $1,804 | -71% |
| Paul D. Kidd | $11,909 | $1,769 | -85.1% |
| David Ward | $8,243 | $1,711 | -79.2% |
| David Duane Leach | $3,981 | $1,643 | -58.7% |
| Allan Scott Cole | $8,815 | $1,617 | -81.7% |
| Betty Jo Kidd | $8,518 | $1,539 | -81.9% |
| George Williams | $7,089 | $1,530 | -78.4% |
| Matthew Hal Cassity | $6,412 | $1,520 | -76.3% |
| Leslie C. Cantrell | $6,727 | $1,461 | -78.3% |
| Matthew Vest | $9,853 | $1,456 | -85.2% |
| Stephen Andrew Lacy | $2,838 | $1,442 | -49.2% |
| Greg Havens | $12,266 | $1,377 | -88.8% |
| Arlena Wells Bailey | $8,127 | $1,338 | -83.5% |
| Gary P. McCarty | $5,657 | $1,324 | -76.6% |
| Nathan O. Keaton | $11,509 | $1,301 | -88.7% |
| Wade Cantrell | $12,179 | $1,296 | -89.4% |
| Phillip Dehaven | $4,517 | $1,292 | -71.4% |
| Larry R. Easterling | $7,102 | $1,263 | -82.2% |
| David L. Phipps | $8,243 | $1,210 | -85.3% |
| Jack Howard | $4,351 | $1,178 | -72.9% |
| Johnny D. Cantrell | $5,954 | $1,176 | -80.2% |
| Charles M. Cantrell | $9,350 | $1,160 | -87.6% |
| Dana Kidd | $10,172 | $1,116 | -89% |
| Henry Heston Lacy | $4,928 | $1,094 | -77.8% |
| Drexel Patrick | $4,994 | $1,092 | -78.1% |
| William H. Vest | $6,056 | $1,049 | -82.7% |
| Cheryl J. McGraw | $3,619 | $995 | -72.5% |
| Ralph Cooper | $7,309 | $990 | -86.5% |
| Phillip Wayne Byrd | $6,338 | $981 | -84.5% |
| Dexter Brian Evans | $4,488 | $958 | -78.7% |
| Dennis Norman Perry | $5,189 | $952 | -81.7% |
| Clifford H. Wright | $6,977 | $945 | -86.5% |
| Justin Dean Young | $3,256 | $944 | -71% |
| Brian Munn | $6,001 | $914 | -84.8% |
| Joyce Caroldene Mcguire | $5,063 | $908 | -82.1% |
| Phillip Leach | $3,652 | $884 | -75.8% |
| John E. Beasley Jr. | $1,958 | $798 | -59.2% |
| Brian Lindon | $3,894 | $795 | -79.6% |
| C. J. Tackett | $4,901 | $784 | -84% |
| Elmore Lewis | $2,937 | $774 | -73.6% |
| James R. Vance | $3,007 | $764 | -74.6% |
| Travis Cantrell | $4,454 | $758 | -83% |
| Kimberly Ann Lane | $3,179 | $728 | -77.1% |
| Christopher Harlow Cantrell | $5,296 | $716 | -86.5% |
| Gordon Henry | $3,252 | $710 | -78.2% |
| Scotty Fugate | $3,560 | $708 | -80.1% |
| Cecil G. Cole | $3,749 | $703 | -81.2% |
| Jerry Lee Howard | $3,016 | $696 | -76.9% |
| Michelle Ranee Vance | $1,386 | $686 | -50.5% |
| Alan Lewis | $6,130 | $638 | -89.6% |
| Paul D. Howard | $3,447 | $636 | -81.5% |
| Parley Cantrell | $2,648 | $622 | -76.5% |
| William C. Terrill | $2,112 | $591 | -72% |
| Joe Michael Lewis | $3,400 | $578 | -83% |
| Jimmy A. Justice | $2,597 | $576 | -77.8% |
| Guy Reynolds | $2,772 | $574 | -79.3% |
| Ralph E. Cantrell | $7,666 | $571 | -92.6% |
| Frankie L. Collett | $1,881 | $561 | -70.2% |
| Phillip Ferguson | $2,178 | $560 | -74.3% |
| Everett Gibbs | $5,013 | $550 | -89% |
| Adam Michael Amyx | $5,569 | $549 | -90.1% |
| Larry Reynolds | $4,846 | $533 | -89% |
| Bradley Eugene Lawson | $2,751 | $531 | -80.7% |
| Chad Henry Brooks | $2,971 | $527 | -82.3% |
| Ernest Carter | $2,768 | $525 | -81% |
| Ronald E. Keaton | $3,729 | $525 | -85.9% |
| Jay Leach | $2,024 | $520 | -74.3% |
| John E. Williams | $2,944 | $519 | -82.4% |
| Vernon Lewis | $1,747 | $519 | -70.3% |
| Olen G. Lewis | $2,235 | $506 | -77.4% |
| Drexel Williams | $1,617 | $504 | -68.8% |
| Shannon W. Yerian | $3,231 | $503 | -84.4% |
| Jerry Elam | $2,632 | $502 | -80.9% |
| Christopher Wayne Craft | $3,512 | $498 | -85.8% |
| Melissa Alyce Adkins | $2,200 | $497 | -77.4% |
| Earl Dean Wright | $1,565 | $494 | -68.4% |
| Harlow F. Cantrell | $1,622 | $480 | -70.4% |
| Teresa Gay Reynolds | $2,233 | $478 | -78.6% |
| Manuel Ward | $2,125 | $471 | -77.8% |
| Kevin D. Cantrell | $1,914 | $467 | -75.6% |
| Brian K. Vance | $3,070 | $466 | -84.8% |
| Roy Collett | $3,154 | $464 | -85.3% |
| Jerry Dale Murphy | $0 | $455 | -- |
| Walter Henry | $4,290 | $426 | -90.1% |
| Marilyn Lykins | $1,309 | $424 | -67.6% |
| Lonnie M. Luke | $1,543 | $423 | -72.6% |
| Gail Perry | $1,727 | $394 | -77.2% |
| Marvin Gamble | $1,892 | $388 | -79.5% |
| Honna Cole | $859 | $382 | -55.5% |
| Charles Masters | $1,661 | $380 | -77.1% |
| Joshua Elwood Keeton | $3,232 | $380 | -88.2% |
| Rita Watson Allen | $1,628 | $379 | -76.7% |
| John H. Wright | $3,441 | $377 | -89% |
| Henry W. Adkins | $1,733 | $366 | -78.9% |
| Brian V. Kidd | $1,941 | $349 | -82% |
| Lowell E. Cantrell | $979 | $346 | -64.7% |
| John A. Oldfield III | $1,004 | $343 | -65.8% |
| David W. Bowman | $1,544 | $328 | -78.8% |
| Pauletta Keeton | $1,243 | $328 | -73.6% |
| Chelsea Cantrell | $519 | $325 | -37.4% |
| Ben T. Montgomery | $3,899 | $318 | -91.8% |
| Darren R. Montgomery | $1,548 | $318 | -79.5% |
| Linda C. Nickell | $880 | $318 | -63.9% |
| Robin Brooks | $1,485 | $308 | -79.3% |
| Phillip D. Harper | $3,856 | $302 | -92.2% |
| Richard Sexton | $2,470 | $282 | -88.6% |
| Grant Robert Sorrell | $1,638 | $266 | -83.8% |
| Anthony Dwayne Gullett | $2,022 | $261 | -87.1% |
| James G. Lane | $1,243 | $260 | -79.1% |
| Betty Helton | $1,243 | $260 | -79.1% |
| Chester Hitch Jr. | $594 | $259 | -56.4% |
| Kenneth L. Williams | $1,898 | $259 | -86.4% |
| Thomas W. Peak | $1,155 | $253 | -78.1% |
| Larry Helton | $1,155 | $253 | -78.1% |
| Brenda Jenkins | $1,298 | $250 | -80.7% |
| Justin Roy Gibbs | $1,991 | $246 | -87.6% |
| David Wright | $2,084 | $242 | -88.4% |
| Jamie Law | $495 | $242 | -51.1% |
| Laymen Williams | $869 | $239 | -72.5% |
| Shannon Bowman | $1,544 | $228 | -85.2% |
| Christopher Dewayne Harvey | $2,411 | $222 | -90.8% |
| Keith Allen Sherman | $1,344 | $222 | -83.5% |
| Gary L. Williams | $1,533 | $214 | -86% |
| Angela Ferguson | $1,348 | $198 | -85.3% |
| Kathie Ann Keaton | $968 | $194 | -80% |
| Jason D. Sargent | $814 | $190 | -76.7% |
| Keith Williams | $2,059 | $190 | -90.8% |
| Keith R. Hall | $638 | $178 | -72.1% |
| Joshua Seth Blair | $1,127 | $173 | -84.6% |
| Lindsay Wright | $1,287 | $163 | -87.3% |
| Byron K. Holbrook | $861 | $163 | -81.1% |
| Joshua Adkins | $770 | $162 | -79% |
| John H. Rose | $1,203 | $159 | -86.8% |
| Manda McCarty | $350 | $159 | -54.6% |
| Marcus Jay Jenkins | $3,167 | $153 | -95.2% |
| Paris Cantrell Jr. | $484 | $152 | -68.6% |
| Paul E. Mays | $781 | $146 | -81.3% |
| Rex N. Helton | $638 | $138 | -78.4% |
| Lonnie Meeks | $572 | $133 | -76.7% |
| Robert L. Howard | $2,039 | $126 | -93.8% |
| Bryan K. Hampton | $572 | $124 | -78.3% |
| Linda Laws | $572 | $124 | -78.3% |
| John Standafer | $0 | $119 | -- |
| Raymond L. Williams | $517 | $114 | -77.9% |
| Lisa Allen Heinze | $655 | $110 | -83.2% |
| Cortis Jenkins | $823 | $93 | -88.7% |
| John E. Aragon | $396 | $90 | -77.3% |
| Eddie Barker | $567 | $73 | -87.1% |
| Bethany R. Allen | $99 | $50 | -49.5% |
| Patricia Kelly | $352 | $46 | -86.9% |
| Billy R. Fannin | $528 | $42 | -92% |
| Charles W. Bailey | $242 | $28 | -88.4% |
| Ronald Keeton Jr. | $2,208 | $24 | -98.9% |
| Rebecca S. Bailey | $0 | $4 | -- |
| Barbara Lawson | $11 | $0 | -100% |
| Carla Cole | $20 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny G. Mays | $12,588 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Pieratt | $8 | $0 | -100% |
| Opal Cole | $50 | $0 | -100% |
| Ora Elizabeth Lykins | $43 | $0 | -100% |
| Shelia Henry | $94 | $0 | -100% |
| Theresa Salyer | $70 | $0 | -100% |
| Alice H. Franklin | $101 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Paul Davis | $27 | $0 | -100% |
| Darris Hammons | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| David Ison | $234 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Hollon Leach | $23 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin L. Brown | $407 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Hammonds | $98 | $0 | -100% |
| Genoa L Byrd | $36 | $0 | -100% |
| Georgia B Cheek-Frisby | $15 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Vaughan | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Hester Peters | $1,350 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Standafer | $148 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe D. Stacy | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| John A. Jenkins | $217 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Cole | $46 | $0 | -100% |
| Julia Ferguson | $100 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Anthony Holbrook | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Lara Vest | $88 | $0 | -100% |
| Leon Russell | $177 | $0 | -100% |
| Letha Cantrell | $58 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Gilliam | $22 | $0 | -100% |
| Marvin Lafferty | $23 | $0 | -100% |
| Morris Patrick | $54 | $0 | -100% |
| Neal Jenkins | $306 | $0 | -100% |
| Nina Stacy | $8 | $0 | -100% |
| Oneida Haney | $14 | $0 | -100% |
| Pam Cooper | $5 | $0 | -100% |
| Patsy Pendleton Cantrell | $34 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Lykins | $132 | $0 | -100% |
| Randell Cantrell | $2,790 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Cantrell | $48 | $0 | -100% |
| Rhonda L. Branham | $294 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky Phipps | $82 | $0 | -100% |
| Shamel Whitt | $34 | $0 | -100% |
| Sidney Gevedon | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Sue Ison | $93 | $0 | -100% |
| Teresa B. Litteral | $407 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy J. Conley | $108 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy Phipps | $82 | $0 | -100% |
| Tonda Cottle | $11 | $0 | -100% |
| William Scott Wells | $126 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $870,556 | $275,487 | -68.4% |
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