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Farm subsidies plummet in 2021 across cities in Giles County

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Farms throughout cities in Giles County received $2.8 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 413 farmers in cities within Giles County received a total of $1.3 million in 526 farm subsidies, a 68.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.1 million in 1,184 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 Giles County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Wales Station Farms, LLC$302,643$102,246-66.2%
Brian J. Flowers$131,886$98,836-25.1%
Jordan Cannon Farms, LLC$86,861$82,820-4.7%
Charles S. Goode$198,303$79,533-59.9%
Curry Farms, LLC$160,597$68,113-57.6%
Stephen Gordon$26,020$61,802137.5%
Journey Logging, LLC$0$52,875--
Sulcer Farms, LLC$161,504$49,904-69.1%
James W. McCormack$130,470$34,193-73.8%
Samuel Denton Curry$38,357$26,907-29.9%
Phil Hewitt$150,120$25,356-83.1%
Droptine Farms, LLC$20,694$20,6940%
Ed T. Petty III$62,352$19,044-69.5%
J. H. Mayes$57,258$15,821-72.4%
C & C Farms$31,947$10,875-66%
Wade Edde$10,333$10,3330%
Donald S & Donald R Owens, Inc.$22,876$9,483-58.5%
James Michael Mayfield$31,973$8,923-72.1%
Briant D. Cheek$31,722$8,593-72.9%
Brad Bolden$2,312$8,424264.4%
Sherilyn K. Hay$12,118$7,966-34.3%
William Fagan Morris$7,720$7,7200%
Roger D. Reedy$13,554$7,564-44.2%
Jeff Officer$132,621$7,395-94.4%
Ryan Gilland$14,354$7,348-48.8%
Jeremy S. Hickman$22,486$7,057-68.6%
Thomas C. Wallace$1,673$6,843309%
Samuel L. Sneed$35,037$6,760-80.7%
Arnold Williams$18,718$6,686-64.3%
Tony Townsend$22,183$6,365-71.3%
Slawomir Kossakowski$12,527$6,216-50.4%
Russ Underwood$98,181$6,201-93.7%
Tex Tucker$22,628$6,121-72.9%
Brad Mayo$21,123$6,018-71.5%
Wakefield Realty, LLC$5,986$5,859-2.1%
Derek Black$25,722$5,093-80.2%
Thomas D. Hyatt$22,967$5,052-78%
John F. Worthman$15,158$4,949-67.4%
Dwight Watson$14,134$4,706-66.7%
W & G Farm$20,849$4,688-77.5%
Thomas Edward Burns Jr.$21,516$4,671-78.3%
Gene Barnickle$16,604$4,486-73%
Maria Parr$15,947$4,390-72.5%
Greg McNeese$26,635$4,335-83.7%
Jason W. Williams$22,431$4,324-80.7%
Brandon Jones$12,929$4,083-68.4%
William M. Mayfield$13,987$4,020-71.3%
Brandon Fitzgerald$713$3,898446.7%
George Lanier Witt$10,747$3,776-64.9%
John C. Baker$15,510$3,711-76.1%
Hay Properties, L L C$5,626$3,699-34.3%
Delmas Fagan Sneed$19,565$3,657-81.3%
James Robert Tomlin$13,605$3,595-73.6%
Michael Goode$12,496$3,531-71.7%
Harry D. Hobbs III$13,666$3,506-74.3%
Bill Dunavant$17,042$3,488-79.5%
Allen Neal Aymett$8,800$3,410-61.3%
Wayne Minatra$17,263$3,364-80.5%
Ray C. Jordan$12,164$3,361-72.4%
Harry Burns$16,539$3,210-80.6%
William P. Wallace$27,827$3,108-88.8%
James B. Erwin$17,787$2,972-83.3%
Brenda Burch$10,145$2,915-71.3%
Joseph L. McKay Jr.$10,593$2,864-73%
James Donald Lanier$14,036$2,844-79.7%
Robert Wilburn Sands$17,202$2,808-83.7%
Charles L. Owens$12,509$2,758-78%
Frank H. Busby$14,439$2,681-81.4%
Jeff Warren$12,331$2,669-78.4%
Phillip S. Trimble$12,278$2,657-78.4%
Jeremy D. Faulkner$1,199$2,636119.8%
David Merritt$16,137$2,574-84%
Howard Hays$22,512$2,553-88.7%
David Adams$18,569$2,530-86.4%
Terry Locke$10,747$2,482-76.9%
Donnie Roy Appleton Jr.$9,393$2,467-73.7%
Jason A. Wheeler$8,892$2,450-72.4%
Derrick Garrett$13,338$2,405-82%
Ray Burch$9,614$2,304-76%
Robert Edward Braly$10,399$2,230-78.6%
Jeff Braly$10,366$2,205-78.7%
Mark E. Jones$10,694$2,124-80.1%
Larry W. Johnson$8,480$2,083-75.4%
Nathan K. Nelson$5,742$2,053-64.2%
James David Hicks$7,579$2,042-73.1%
Mary Ann Mize$4,078$2,038-50%
Ritchie Sands$6,616$2,035-69.2%
Bobby Ervin$5,374$2,008-62.6%
Tony Roberts$8,898$1,983-77.7%
Shawn Kinlaw$7,386$1,966-73.4%
Daryl Williamson$8,478$1,930-77.2%
Jason Barnett$12,095$1,884-84.4%
Jackie Brewer$6,941$1,878-72.9%
Ben Whiddon$0$1,870--
Benita Briggs$6,290$1,868-70.3%
Mary Louise Wolaver$8,568$1,858-78.3%
Dennis Walden Pierce$4,829$1,832-62.1%
Victor Whitt$8,439$1,797-78.7%
Joe L. Christopher$8,085$1,765-78.2%
John E. Adams$8,798$1,764-79.9%
Rocky N. Burns$8,821$1,756-80.1%
Kevin Garner$7,649$1,755-77.1%
Lane E. Rose$7,623$1,725-77.4%
Jack E. Woodard$7,813$1,717-78%
Whitt Family Trust$2,525$1,713-32.2%
Thom Hyatt$9,584$1,710-82.2%
Charles A. Hartsfield$5,940$1,698-71.4%
Gary Sumners$8,001$1,694-78.8%
Michael L. Hasting$1,669$1,6690%
Greg Galloway$7,051$1,664-76.4%
Herman L. Gilmore Jr.$3,148$1,652-47.5%
Edgar Sumners$7,645$1,648-78.4%
Marvin Solomon$8,111$1,648-79.7%
Roger Townsend$7,704$1,648-78.6%
William B. Simpson Jr.$8,251$1,618-80.4%
Michael Paul Dunavant$5,874$1,609-72.6%
Steve Savage, M.D.$6,369$1,606-74.8%
Lawrence C. Bischoff$7,605$1,606-78.9%
Jerry W. Prince$5,154$1,603-68.9%
Karen Howell$9,163$1,596-82.6%
Eddie Brown$7,051$1,592-77.4%
Phillip Brasfield$2,923$1,587-45.7%
Kay Gibbons$1,615$1,573-2.6%
Roger Thompson$6,578$1,560-76.3%
David Dwight Harris$5,874$1,560-73.4%
Michael Cesarini$7,304$1,558-78.7%
Charles R. Brewer Jr.$1,534$1,5340%
Dickie Ray Davis$5,049$1,532-69.7%
Joe Wade Hobbs$8,041$1,520-81.1%
Gregg Foster$4,708$1,510-67.9%
Dwight Myers$6,039$1,500-75.2%
Jonathan B. Young$7,665$1,490-80.6%
Shela Carpenter$2,717$1,474-45.7%
Johnny Mize$6,809$1,457-78.6%
Jerry P. Hewitt$8,840$1,440-83.7%
Mickey Doggett$8,727$1,438-83.5%
James W. Locker Jr.$4,510$1,436-68.2%
Robert W. Dunnavant$6,839$1,432-79.1%
Tracy Lovell$7,291$1,425-80.5%
Larry D. Moore$6,251$1,384-77.9%
Chad E. Usherwood$8,008$1,372-82.9%
Jim Yancey$9,328$1,364-85.4%
Joshua Helton$9,055$1,359-85%
Lonny Dunning$1,327$1,3401%
Thomas B. Walls Jr.$7,576$1,332-82.4%
Steven C. Hickman$6,530$1,315-79.9%
Ronald D. Jones$4,829$1,293-73.2%
Charles E. Motter$4,917$1,290-73.8%
Charlotte Lee Mitchell$6,127$1,289-79%
John K. Rayburn Jr.$8,043$1,286-84%
Kevin Walker$6,499$1,276-80.4%
Bradshaw Creek Farms$4,424$1,271-71.3%
Jerry W. Flowers$5,497$1,265-77%
Preston Archer$7,675$1,260-83.6%
Edwin Mark Lovell$9,169$1,254-86.3%
Preston W. Murrey III$4,411$1,246-71.8%
Beverly Hazelwood$3,688$1,245-66.2%
Scott M. Williamson$4,466$1,238-72.3%
W. G. Parsons$7,396$1,238-83.3%
Daniel Justice Marchant$6,368$1,212-81%
Verlyn T. Ernst$7,564$1,211-84%
Gerrod Shirey$6,684$1,207-81.9%
S Hutson Hay Trust$1,790$1,177-34.2%
James Christopher Thorpe$4,961$1,173-76.4%
Jason P. Doggett$4,292$1,173-72.7%
William Justin Whitley$6,012$1,156-80.8%
Ronald R. Cristan$4,356$1,156-73.5%
George D. Storey$3,938$1,144-70.9%
Jordan Chambers Cannon$3,816$1,140-70.1%
Jeffery W. Williams$3,275$1,139-65.2%
Cameron Winterburn$4,532$1,138-74.9%
Michael A. Winborn$5,222$1,106-78.8%
Brad McMasters$6,778$1,102-83.7%
David L. Jones$307$1,102259%
David Cheek$4,870$1,087-77.7%
Jack E Parks JR$5,038$1,086-78.4%
Danny Vaughn$4,615$1,085-76.5%
Stephanie Ann Mitchell Miller$5,687$1,083-81%
Bobbie J Barshears$5,233$1,080-79.4%
Kevin Kirk$2,470$1,078-56.4%
Doyle R. Christian$7,269$1,074-85.2%
Jack H. Yokley$5,925$1,056-82.2%
Kenneth Bass$4,982$1,052-78.9%
Wendell T. Sims$5,370$1,028-80.9%
Richard E. Long Jr.$4,052$1,006-75.2%
Brent K. Lewis$5,692$1,004-82.4%
Corey Thorne$4,029$1,003-75.1%
Sara Boatright$3,091$1,000-67.6%
David P. Bolden$7,946$999-87.4%
Michael B. Carter$3,435$994-71.1%
Kenny McAfee$6,779$993-85.4%
John C. Officer$2,508$973-61.2%
Wayne Bee$3,662$973-73.4%
Nathaniel Bass$3,885$968-75.1%
Paul D. Kersey$5,527$965-82.5%
Thomas A. Gatlin$5,310$954-82%
Wesley D. Wilburn$4,085$949-76.8%
Melanie Cook$4,556$944-79.3%
Larry L. Parsons$4,749$916-80.7%
Clayton Haehl$4,466$914-79.5%
Devin R. Vaughn$6,848$910-86.7%
Willard McElhiney$9,291$907-90.2%
Roy Griggs$5,767$899-84.4%
Gary Thomas McClure$3,788$887-76.6%
Danny Hanson$3,785$884-76.6%
Jerry Journey$0$880--
William T. Young$3,418$880-74.3%
Colby Emerson$4,272$876-79.5%
David P. McDow$3,995$860-78.5%
Mary Jane Cardin$4,435$852-80.8%
Greg Tinnon$2,085$849-59.3%
Joe Oliver$1,749$845-51.7%
Barry Smith$3,945$840-78.7%
Jerry Stephen Beasley$5,934$837-85.9%
Paul W. Kelley$4,451$837-81.2%
Bret Allan McNeil$4,334$829-80.9%
Barbara Fry$2,860$828-71%
Josh Bass$3,163$828-73.8%
Douglas M. Jett$4,158$821-80.3%
Mike R. Cherry$5,454$818-85%
Charles R. Smith$2,893$815-71.8%
Robert Kenneth Bass$3,201$811-74.7%
James M. Dunnavant$2,073$805-61.2%
Donnie Moore$3,245$795-75.5%
Roger Ivy$2,464$794-67.8%
James Michael Hargrove$6,603$789-88.1%
Samuel Alton Parks$4,561$779-82.9%
Billy Kennedy$3,729$771-79.3%
Stanley Harwell$4,043$757-81.3%
Gary M. Christopher$5,594$751-86.6%
Richard E. Long$3,019$747-75.3%
Faye B. Bell$2,332$732-68.6%
Barry Alsup$5,677$730-87.1%
Andrew C. Abernathy$3,713$720-80.6%
Stacey McConnell$3,485$709-79.7%
Joel R. Slaton$3,300$703-78.7%
Phillip Maxwell$3,465$703-79.7%
Joey Oliver$3,487$702-79.9%
Thelma Jones$2,926$698-76.1%
Mike Barnett$3,016$697-76.9%
Joe H. Scheffer$4,093$692-83.1%
David Wilson$3,532$689-80.5%
Ronnie Williams$5,145$689-86.6%
North Alabama Bank$27,551$684-97.5%
Tommy Price$3,612$682-81.1%
Allen Robinson$1,881$680-63.8%
Richard L. Vaughn$0$660--
Dwayne Randolph$1,155$651-43.6%
Thomas D. Oliver$3,653$650-82.2%
Robert Cross$3,495$643-81.6%
Thomas B. Walls Sr.$3,965$640-83.9%
Ralph W. Rochelle$2,772$638-77%
Kelly Durham$2,297$638-72.2%
John William Cox III$4,367$638-85.4%
John M. Holt$3,378$637-81.1%
Kenny Fralix$5,894$633-89.3%
Johnnie Holley$3,390$630-81.4%
John M. Burns$2,868$623-78.3%
Grady L. Storey$3,652$620-83%
Victoria Layne McWilliams$3,701$616-83.4%
James B. Stovall$868$615-29.1%
Billy Jenkins$3,519$606-82.8%
Adam M. Grayson$2,536$595-76.5%
Edward Everly$2,343$594-74.6%
Albert M. Morris Jr.$2,655$589-77.8%
Mary R. Hunt$2,948$588-80.1%
David Mize$2,706$587-78.3%
Robert H. Wynne Jr.$4,236$585-86.2%
Larry G. Pressnell$3,252$576-82.3%
Jeremy M. Brewer$0$573--
H. G. Demastus Jr.$2,112$570-73%
Benjamin Dale Briscoe$3,546$569-84%
Empty Pockets Farm, LLC$858$566-34%
Charles Thornton$3,201$561-82.5%
David S. Thurman$1,948$557-71.4%
Eugenia Schuhmacher$3,244$557-82.8%
John Yokley Jr.$3,086$553-82.1%
Barry Yuhas$3,629$550-84.8%
Brandon Beard$1,989$545-72.6%
Tammy B. Helton$2,519$537-78.7%
William A. Parker$7,944$535-93.3%
Robert Sentz$2,363$532-77.5%
Jack Dupree$2,706$530-80.4%
Jason Clark Hobbs$4,532$529-88.3%
Richie Norwood$2,613$522-80%
Eddie Jones$1,925$518-73.1%
Dickie L. Archer$3,942$518-86.9%
Maurice Woodard$1,639$508-69%
Timothy Howard Riggins$10,382$506-95.1%
Archie M. Williams$2,478$501-79.8%
Edna E. McCall$6,214$498-92%
Phillip D. Journey$2,222$498-77.6%
William Paul Davis$2,315$496-78.6%
Henry Alvin Starling$3,621$495-86.3%
Robert Gibbons$2,112$492-76.7%
Lynn Escott$492$484-1.6%
Gary Underwood$1,923$479-75.1%
William F. Birdsong$2,389$478-80%
David Kersey$2,178$467-78.6%
Madonna T. Osborne$4,454$466-89.5%
Debbie Pryor Rose$1,771$460-74%
Charles E. Pipkin$1,355$457-66.3%
Donny Locke$4,299$457-89.4%
Connie M. Barnett$3,036$456-85%
Phil Hamlett$2,125$454-78.6%
Gary Hamlett$1,822$453-75.1%
Terrell Angus$1,666$445-73.3%
Jay J. Beam$1,749$443-74.7%
Barry Letson$1,969$442-77.6%
Tim Curry$0$441--
David W. Stutsman$0$440--
Arthur Shane Woodard$3,024$436-85.6%
Dillard L. Reed$2,145$430-80%
Donnie Appleton$2,071$426-79.4%
James Allen$2,112$422-80%
Patricia McDougal$1,199$420-65%
Robert E. McGill$1,859$418-77.5%
Jerry Heard$1,969$416-78.9%
Steven Putnam$3,049$408-86.6%
Kenneth Wayne Lollar Jr.$2,058$405-80.3%
W. E. Clifton$2,001$405-79.8%
Virginia Le Doux$2,014$394-80.4%
Jill Fitzgerald$2,569$391-84.8%
David Clark$2,148$389-81.9%
Samuel Lee Dickey$2,008$381-81%
Blake Aaron Byrd$1,995$380-81%
Joe Warren$2,383$380-84.1%
Owen Foster$2,248$380-83.1%
Johnny Vickers$2,088$377-81.9%
William W. Britton$759$376-50.5%
John P. Wells$1,155$362-68.7%
Robert Wayne Hamlett$1,741$360-79.3%
Blake Haywood Wolaver$1,694$360-78.7%
Michael Zachary Adams$1,786$360-79.8%
Janice R. Tate$1,422$354-75.1%
Carl E. Conner$907$353-61.1%
Leisa Chapman Mize$7,602$350-95.4%
Taylor Roberts$20,910$350-98.3%
Charles T. Owens$2,136$349-83.7%
Richard W. Bilyeu$1,320$347-73.7%
Danny Collins$2,601$346-86.7%
David E. Cagle$2,375$343-85.6%
Cliff Journey$1,735$338-80.5%
Brooklynn Young$2,171$332-84.7%
Foster Garrett$2,434$328-86.5%
Robert E. Barnhill$354$325-8.2%
Ronny Lee$0$324--
Shane Creecy$4,348$301-93.1%
Ray Doggett$1,470$295-79.9%
Gary Johnson$1,309$294-77.5%
Jeremy Hayes$792$291-63.3%
Ronnie Kimbrough$1,659$283-82.9%
Jerry Yant$990$278-71.9%
Rex Crabtree$1,441$277-80.8%
Thomas L. Owen$1,364$274-79.9%
Sherri Powell$1,298$270-79.2%
Harry Gilbert Demastus III$1,331$267-79.9%
Daryl Walls$1,210$263-78.3%
Chadrick Ryan Estes$583$262-55.1%
Ritchie Rose$1,045$259-75.2%
Tom McCormack$1,714$256-85.1%
Donald K. Collins$1,210$253-79.1%
Daniel Ray Davis$1,562$250-84%
John A. Starling$1,617$249-84.6%
Joya Thompson Edwards$0$248--
Rita D. Dobbs$1,214$244-79.9%
Linda D. Foree$1,078$239-77.8%
Carol Wade$1,056$232-78%
Brad Clark$1,144$228-80.1%
Billy Gordon$1,615$228-85.9%
Billy W. Adams$1,312$228-82.6%
Russell Fox$1,379$228-83.5%
James David Hagood$963$224-76.7%
Ella Janice Bailey$406$221-45.6%
Randy D. Britton$0$220--
Charles Bruerd$704$208-70.5%
Kandis Kay Bates$1,233$206-83.3%
Dexter Collins$974$197-79.8%
Tony Wells$982$197-79.9%
John S. Yokley$1,188$194-83.7%
Joseph W. Matt$594$194-67.3%
Whitney Nicole Jackson$1,089$194-82.2%
William Hugh Chaney$187$1870%
Brent Thompson$1,081$183-83.1%
Roy P. Felty$1,255$180-85.7%
David C. Cagle$817$172-78.9%
Terrell Pitts$1,045$164-84.3%
Carson Noah Eubank$825$162-80.4%
Kristopher Boyd Burton$472$160-66.1%
Danny Simmons$2,695$160-94.1%
Michael Reinhart$638$157-75.4%
Ronnie Johnson$1,215$155-87.2%
Willis Wayne Johnson$2,209$146-93.4%
Betty Foster$758$142-81.3%
Connie D. Moates$716$136-81%
Jason Thornton$385$128-66.8%
Ricky M. Stout$93$12534.4%
Willie Carole Garner$1,105$107-90.3%
Danny Cummins$638$104-83.7%
Wendell Phillips$655$100-84.7%
Burl Hill$444$91-79.5%
Metta Nell Gillespie$165$86-47.9%
John Aymett Perkins$264$76-71.2%
Carnelia Rutherford$232$74-68.1%
Thompson H. Stevens$0$71--
Taylor Davis Dill$330$66-80%
Dan Lindsey$0$62--
Michael Shannon Davis$1,023$42-95.9%
Alfred Stacey$791$38-95.2%
Roger Dale Reedy II$3,442$24-99.3%
Richard M. Sulcer$873$24-97.3%
Lyn Alves$49$21-57.1%
Allison R. Neal$0$11--
Debbie C. Briggs$1,430$0-100%
Dorothy Brasfield$592$0-100%
James W. McCormack$33,903$0-100%
Joyce Pipkin$36$0-100%
Michael Coleman$825$0-100%
Patrick Demastus$726$0-100%
Paul B. Neely$550$0-100%
Steven Smith$1,836$0-100%
Susan Angus$660$0-100%
Wanda Hicks$205$0-100%
Yancey Farms, Inc.$617$0-100%
Ginger H. Hopper$83$0-100%
Glen King$1,265$0-100%
Jay Barnett$1,745$0-100%
Mary M. Gatlin$1,485$0-100%
Patsy Davis$167$0-100%
Anthony Wielicki$2,038$0-100%
Arden A. Miller$33,887$0-100%
Caleb Briggs$204$0-100%
Carol Gordon$449$0-100%
Charles Wolfe$1,221$0-100%
Christopher Bo Ingram$782$0-100%
Christopher Lee McCormack$275$0-100%
David Kirkpatrick$12,373$0-100%
Donald Owens$10,100$0-100%
Donald Parr$2,666$0-100%
Farrell Patterson$281$0-100%
Garland Moore$138$0-100%
Jackie L. Goosby$1,210$0-100%
James Aaron$660$0-100%
James E. Miller$660$0-100%
Karen Walasek$515$0-100%
Larry Wayne Johnson$422$0-100%
Lauren Bishop$1,674$0-100%
Lauris Gillespie$2,267$0-100%
Marie Watkins$107$0-100%
Muscadine Farms, LLC$495$0-100%
Robert Brindley Jr.$2,530$0-100%
Robert L. Bue$2,884$0-100%
Sanderlan C Smith$1,000$0-100%
Todd Foster$385$0-100%
Todd Mize$3,135$0-100%
William C. Butler III$450$0-100%
Total subsidies$4,149,232$1,318,359-68.2%

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