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In 2021, 293 farmers in cities within DeKalb County received a total of $636,026 in 389 farm subsidies, an 86.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.6 million in 846 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 DeKalb County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| H & H Farms | $188,632 | $63,325 | -66.4% |
| Lewis Riley Trust | $39,211 | $40,958 | 4.5% |
| Richard Close | $69,111 | $25,251 | -63.5% |
| Danny F. Hildreth | $65,663 | $25,036 | -61.9% |
| Matthew Herndon | $48,657 | $21,531 | -55.7% |
| Bart K. Griffin | $37,603 | $14,244 | -62.1% |
| Wayne G. Cantrell Jr. | $47,656 | $13,033 | -72.7% |
| Bruce Parsley | $16,870 | $12,112 | -28.2% |
| D and D Farms | $47,415 | $12,002 | -74.7% |
| Ronnie Earl Cantrell | $16,511 | $11,229 | -32% |
| J. C. Wall Jr. | $28,190 | $10,137 | -64% |
| Larry Knowles | $0 | $10,124 | -- |
| John T. Harney | $40,740 | $10,052 | -75.3% |
| Frank D. Colwell | $28,910 | $9,259 | -68% |
| Jimmy Davis | $20,626 | $8,920 | -56.8% |
| Bobby Shehane | $2,348 | $7,944 | 238.3% |
| Hershel Dwayne Ashford | $26,825 | $7,856 | -70.7% |
| James D. Lattimore | $14,978 | $7,355 | -50.9% |
| Stefan Cantrell | $17,242 | $7,123 | -58.7% |
| Carl Douglas Cantrell | $13,083 | $7,116 | -45.6% |
| Bruce Lewis | $3,410 | $6,788 | 99.1% |
| Anthony L. Black | $0 | $6,601 | -- |
| Timmie Adcock | $14,675 | $6,159 | -58% |
| Barry Pearsall | $14,796 | $6,018 | -59.3% |
| Wendell Bailiff | $4,534 | $5,822 | 28.4% |
| Johnny Quinn Ford | $13,454 | $5,513 | -59% |
| Deloy Kirby | $25,782 | $5,284 | -79.5% |
| Billy D. Nokes | $12,522 | $5,250 | -58.1% |
| Michael Talley | $5,842 | $5,163 | -11.6% |
| Beverly Jones | $8,686 | $4,863 | -44% |
| Douglas A. Cantrell | $6,535 | $4,831 | -26.1% |
| Derreck Colwell | $37,262 | $4,806 | -87.1% |
| Tony Davis | $10,242 | $4,754 | -53.6% |
| Marshall Ferrell | $7,019 | $4,506 | -35.8% |
| Sue E. McCormack | $4,324 | $4,324 | 0% |
| Michael Lee Adcock | $12,863 | $4,012 | -68.8% |
| Burnace Vandergriff | $21,150 | $3,971 | -81.2% |
| William Leonard Tallent | $2,912 | $3,877 | 33.1% |
| Jerry B. Cantrell | $4,268 | $3,743 | -12.3% |
| Taylor Ford | $10,143 | $3,702 | -63.5% |
| Danny McGinnis | $6,045 | $3,522 | -41.7% |
| Jack Patterson | $7,405 | $3,442 | -53.5% |
| Hugh R. Turner | $8,119 | $3,250 | -60% |
| Gary Lynn Gunter | $0 | $3,216 | -- |
| Gentry Barnes | $8,995 | $3,090 | -65.6% |
| Jeff Cantrell | $9,372 | $3,018 | -67.8% |
| John L. Turner | $238,480 | $3,006 | -98.7% |
| John David Foutch | $4,131 | $2,856 | -30.9% |
| Rick G. Lattimore | $8,990 | $2,748 | -69.4% |
| Larry Summers | $11,660 | $2,604 | -77.7% |
| David L. Cripps | $11,539 | $2,444 | -78.8% |
| Justin Knowles | $28,142 | $2,413 | -91.4% |
| Scotty Phipps | $14,134 | $2,410 | -82.9% |
| Greg Cripps | $11,294 | $2,368 | -79% |
| Ricky Arnold | $11,359 | $2,355 | -79.3% |
| Eugene Haley | $6,353 | $2,264 | -64.4% |
| Ron Paschal | $9,526 | $2,244 | -76.4% |
| Larry H. Coleman | $0 | $2,191 | -- |
| Tony Cantrell | $10,073 | $2,170 | -78.5% |
| Ridgetop Farms, LLC | $13,257 | $2,038 | -84.6% |
| Robert H. Hale | $3,784 | $2,029 | -46.4% |
| Jonathan Graham Bradley | $5,619 | $2,007 | -64.3% |
| Jerry W. Adcock | $8,943 | $1,920 | -78.5% |
| Phillip S. McCoy | $7,227 | $1,912 | -73.5% |
| Charles Ritchey | $6,712 | $1,816 | -72.9% |
| Glen Page | $8,756 | $1,755 | -80% |
| Zach Fuson | $9,566 | $1,737 | -81.8% |
| Lou Ann White | $6,569 | $1,737 | -73.6% |
| Billy House | $8,230 | $1,698 | -79.4% |
| Kyle M. Cantrell | $4,110 | $1,653 | -59.8% |
| William D. Ohlrich | $0 | $1,626 | -- |
| Jonathan Foutch | $7,512 | $1,616 | -78.5% |
| Clark Adcock | $45,659 | $1,590 | -96.5% |
| Hugh P. Washer | $6,906 | $1,586 | -77% |
| Jimmy Womack | $10,977 | $1,580 | -85.6% |
| Jason C. Walker | $7,145 | $1,568 | -78.1% |
| Shaun W. Slager | $1,145 | $1,554 | 35.7% |
| Jeff Barnes | $7,758 | $1,550 | -80% |
| Johnny W. Barnes | $271,618 | $1,526 | -99.4% |
| Juana Rodrigues M. Salazar | $0 | $1,525 | -- |
| Jeanette France | $2,278 | $1,516 | -33.5% |
| Dale Roberts | $5,647 | $1,478 | -73.8% |
| Bart Lay | $4,676 | $1,436 | -69.3% |
| Donnie Kelly | $2,184 | $1,430 | -34.5% |
| Jared Hendrix | $6,999 | $1,400 | -80% |
| Thomas Vickers | $6,983 | $1,394 | -80% |
| Phillip Hendrix | $6,247 | $1,373 | -78% |
| Bennie Curtis | $6,964 | $1,364 | -80.4% |
| Patrick Crook | $5,722 | $1,342 | -76.5% |
| Marty Williams | $4,613 | $1,329 | -71.2% |
| Suzette Barnes | $2,475 | $1,322 | -46.6% |
| Gloria Webb | $2,937 | $1,300 | -55.7% |
| Gordon K. Evans | $5,182 | $1,299 | -74.9% |
| Gregory Allen Moss | $6,278 | $1,292 | -79.4% |
| Jerald Cripps | $3,094 | $1,276 | -58.8% |
| Thomas P. Close | $6,230 | $1,260 | -79.8% |
| Eddie Malone | $8,035 | $1,250 | -84.4% |
| Randy Campbell | $7,923 | $1,235 | -84.4% |
| Gene A. Young | $0 | $1,235 | -- |
| Trey Jared | $7,064 | $1,220 | -82.7% |
| Kathy Hendrix | $6,421 | $1,206 | -81.2% |
| William Frazier | $7,084 | $1,198 | -83.1% |
| Josh S. Love | $5,786 | $1,167 | -79.8% |
| Travis W. Hancock | $4,521 | $1,156 | -74.4% |
| Jessie Turner | $1,120 | $1,120 | 0% |
| Dianne Ashford | $2,310 | $1,116 | -51.7% |
| Ace Gonzalez | $2,200 | $1,111 | -49.5% |
| Henry B. Roberson Jr. | $4,587 | $1,096 | -76.1% |
| Vester Parsley Jr. | $7,368 | $1,085 | -85.3% |
| Chris Reynolds | $4,182 | $1,084 | -74.1% |
| Tim France | $10,037 | $1,072 | -89.3% |
| Randall West | $4,513 | $1,066 | -76.4% |
| Edward C. Sandlin | $5,463 | $1,062 | -80.6% |
| Benjamin Hugh Chapman | $4,356 | $1,058 | -75.7% |
| Donald Eddie Ray Jr. | $5,586 | $1,052 | -81.2% |
| Ralph Hall | $5,613 | $1,046 | -81.4% |
| Adam Raymond | $4,145 | $1,033 | -75.1% |
| Charles Howard Johnson | $4,675 | $1,023 | -78.1% |
| Danny R. Parkerson Jr. | $4,675 | $1,017 | -78.2% |
| Genrose Davis | $3,922 | $1,011 | -74.2% |
| Kenneth Cantrell | $9,036 | $1,010 | -88.8% |
| Geraldine Blankenship | $4,367 | $1,006 | -77% |
| W. J. Poss | $7,015 | $996 | -85.8% |
| Jim M. Judkins | $3,718 | $985 | -73.5% |
| Doyle Harrison Keaton | $4,557 | $937 | -79.4% |
| Garry L. Hildreth | $43,678 | $923 | -97.9% |
| Pete W. Love | $4,334 | $921 | -78.7% |
| Manuel Ramirez Grimaldo | $4,414 | $915 | -79.3% |
| Jeffery Carter | $4,246 | $914 | -78.5% |
| Roger Griffith | $4,554 | $911 | -80% |
| Harold Ashford | $4,582 | $897 | -80.4% |
| Wayne Cripps | $4,499 | $884 | -80.4% |
| Reba Fuson | $3,971 | $874 | -78% |
| James Randy Slager | $3,586 | $862 | -76% |
| James Edward Keaton | $3,591 | $858 | -76.1% |
| Judy Williams | $3,146 | $858 | -72.7% |
| Chris Griffith | $3,380 | $833 | -75.4% |
| Tommie Joe Adcock | $16,069 | $832 | -94.8% |
| Jayma Holcomb | $3,272 | $831 | -74.6% |
| Terry Blair | $25,631 | $819 | -96.8% |
| Ronnie Arnold | $2,585 | $817 | -68.4% |
| John L. Atnip | $5,900 | $799 | -86.5% |
| Jeff Nokes | $2,805 | $772 | -72.5% |
| Dennis D. Montgomery | $3,599 | $762 | -78.8% |
| Jimmy Self | $3,487 | $762 | -78.1% |
| Ronnie Evans | $2,992 | $743 | -75.2% |
| Frank Herman | $3,399 | $734 | -78.4% |
| Don Crook | $2,486 | $727 | -70.8% |
| Dave W. Lawrence | $2,779 | $724 | -73.9% |
| Ricky Cassity | $3,894 | $724 | -81.4% |
| David Pitman | $3,810 | $720 | -81.1% |
| Loyce Holcomb | $3,447 | $700 | -79.7% |
| Ken Griffith | $2,975 | $695 | -76.6% |
| Mark Willoughby | $5,116 | $690 | -86.5% |
| Joe L. Agee | $2,269 | $665 | -70.7% |
| Tracy Foutch | $2,728 | $658 | -75.9% |
| Richard Prince | $2,310 | $649 | -71.9% |
| Grant Williams | $3,179 | $644 | -79.7% |
| Brian Partridge | $2,719 | $617 | -77.3% |
| Cordell Chapman | $2,475 | $616 | -75.1% |
| Kent Cripps | $2,849 | $613 | -78.5% |
| Stephen Brown | $3,183 | $597 | -81.2% |
| Mickey Davenport | $2,251 | $595 | -73.6% |
| Harwood Adcock | $3,444 | $590 | -82.9% |
| Pam Huddleston | $2,651 | $581 | -78.1% |
| John Cain | $2,596 | $577 | -77.8% |
| Jason Brian Hall | $314 | $575 | 83.1% |
| Kenneth Magness | $3,231 | $574 | -82.2% |
| Tommy W. House | $1,804 | $568 | -68.5% |
| Donald Puckett | $2,574 | $568 | -77.9% |
| George S. Allen | $2,810 | $553 | -80.3% |
| Phillip W. Willoughby | $2,409 | $553 | -77% |
| Danny B. Jones | $4,896 | $551 | -88.7% |
| George B. Taylor | $2,702 | $543 | -79.9% |
| Gary W. Prater | $2,420 | $536 | -77.9% |
| Tracy Cannon | $2,809 | $535 | -81% |
| Shawn Puckett | $2,903 | $533 | -81.6% |
| Mike Foster | $5,867 | $526 | -91% |
| Robert Roy Atnip | $2,761 | $520 | -81.2% |
| Brandon Cole Taylor | $334 | $518 | 55.1% |
| Leland Carter House | $2,169 | $515 | -76.3% |
| Justin Barnes | $2,418 | $509 | -78.9% |
| Evan T. Pearsall | $4,554 | $502 | -89% |
| Gary Anderson | $2,043 | $492 | -75.9% |
| Lanny Sandlin | $1,232 | $484 | -60.7% |
| Jason C. Taylor | $2,288 | $482 | -78.9% |
| Timothy Foutch | $3,704 | $481 | -87% |
| Luke Prichard | $4,866 | $476 | -90.2% |
| Teddy D. Mathis | $2,379 | $472 | -80.2% |
| Ronnie Hawkins | $2,533 | $470 | -81.4% |
| Bill Fowler | $1,760 | $468 | -73.4% |
| Paul Blair | $2,782 | $467 | -83.2% |
| Rickie Turner | $2,090 | $466 | -77.7% |
| Larry Hancock | $2,433 | $464 | -80.9% |
| Doug Stephens | $2,165 | $463 | -78.6% |
| Dwayne Cantrell | $1,782 | $462 | -74.1% |
| Jacob Ashford | $2,310 | $458 | -80.2% |
| Mary Campbell Clark | $2,233 | $457 | -79.5% |
| Ronald Rhoady | $2,134 | $452 | -78.8% |
| Frank Buck | $1,617 | $449 | -72.2% |
| Barry Poss | $1,870 | $446 | -76.1% |
| Faye George Morse | $4,275 | $441 | -89.7% |
| Tony Clevenger | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Wayne Pack | $2,705 | $433 | -84% |
| Randy Bouldin | $1,837 | $426 | -76.8% |
| Chris Crook | $2,188 | $419 | -80.9% |
| Shane Cook | $1,969 | $416 | -78.9% |
| Ronald Edwin Stringer | $1,716 | $408 | -76.2% |
| Darrin Barnes | $2,066 | $405 | -80.4% |
| Jake Pyburn | $1,331 | $394 | -70.4% |
| Kenneth Eastes Jr. | $1,793 | $391 | -78.2% |
| George Christian | $4,424 | $390 | -91.2% |
| Joe Truitt Foutch | $1,540 | $384 | -75.1% |
| Jason B. Fuson | $1,782 | $384 | -78.5% |
| Douglas House | $1,221 | $380 | -68.9% |
| Shirley Dennis | $1,794 | $380 | -78.8% |
| Cassie Tripp | $1,023 | $377 | -63.1% |
| Patsy Ray | $957 | $377 | -60.6% |
| John E Keyser III Trust | $276 | $369 | 33.7% |
| Terry Bess Malone | $2,022 | $364 | -82% |
| John W. Womack Jr. | $1,661 | $343 | -79.3% |
| Michael L. Nordhaus | $1,573 | $336 | -78.6% |
| Jeffrey Poteete | $1,254 | $335 | -73.3% |
| Shields Reeder | $1,420 | $332 | -76.6% |
| David W. Phillips | $564 | $325 | -42.4% |
| Jimmy Pack | $1,771 | $322 | -81.8% |
| Montie Edward Lawrence | $1,485 | $318 | -78.6% |
| Calvin R. Martin | $1,562 | $312 | -80% |
| Daniel D. Cripps | $2,070 | $304 | -85.3% |
| Larry Sykes | $2,774 | $303 | -89.1% |
| Ross Talley | $1,397 | $301 | -78.5% |
| Jean A. Cook | $0 | $299 | -- |
| Kenneth Derting | $1,166 | $298 | -74.4% |
| Gary Dyer | $2,841 | $287 | -89.9% |
| Estill Clark Goodwin | $2,119 | $283 | -86.6% |
| Jerrell Hall | $1,696 | $280 | -83.5% |
| John Reynolds | $814 | $276 | -66.1% |
| Tommy Clayborn | $1,155 | $273 | -76.4% |
| Cody Griffith | $1,221 | $267 | -78.1% |
| Nathan Kyle Cook | $1,496 | $267 | -82.2% |
| Keith Farler | $1,243 | $266 | -78.6% |
| Dallas Johnson | $1,012 | $260 | -74.3% |
| Bobby R Barber | $3,664 | $259 | -92.9% |
| Sheldon Butler | $1,482 | $258 | -82.6% |
| Doyle Wayne Fuson | $1,089 | $257 | -76.4% |
| Ethan Michael Patterson | $1,239 | $256 | -79.3% |
| Bobby Washer | $3,099 | $249 | -92% |
| Melvin Ray | $2,308 | $248 | -89.3% |
| Dennis Trapp | $1,621 | $242 | -85.1% |
| Eldon Vanatta | $1,133 | $235 | -79.3% |
| James Edward Cantrell | $494 | $223 | -54.9% |
| Danny A. France | $1,122 | $217 | -80.7% |
| Larry Redmon | $1,023 | $214 | -79.1% |
| John M. David | $1,608 | $212 | -86.8% |
| Nathan Thomason | $902 | $209 | -76.8% |
| Brenda Washer Shields | $1,158 | $208 | -82% |
| Darrell Russell | $1,215 | $208 | -82.9% |
| Charles P. Tramel | $968 | $204 | -78.9% |
| Rebecca Ervin | $968 | $204 | -78.9% |
| Lyndon Darrol Powell | $616 | $203 | -67% |
| Era Mai Underwood | $1,431 | $198 | -86.2% |
| Jerry D. Scott | $902 | $190 | -78.9% |
| Carl Byford Jr. | $814 | $181 | -77.8% |
| Audrey Turner Webb | $379 | $180 | -52.5% |
| Aaron W. Young | $869 | $171 | -80.3% |
| Shannon Patterson | $1,778 | $166 | -90.7% |
| Charles Lawrence | $704 | $163 | -76.8% |
| Matthew Boss | $759 | $163 | -78.5% |
| Geraldine Fuson | $2,948 | $163 | -94.5% |
| Tommy W. Culwell | $113,251 | $154 | -99.9% |
| Eugene Waggoner | $528 | $153 | -71% |
| Ryan Magness | $505 | $139 | -72.5% |
| Tommy Crips | $638 | $138 | -78.4% |
| Carl Brent Russell | $517 | $135 | -73.9% |
| William Heath Womack | $1,672 | $133 | -92% |
| Brandon Barnes | $1,584 | $126 | -92% |
| Robert B. Bailiff Jr. | $660 | $121 | -81.7% |
| David J. Burks | $473 | $120 | -74.6% |
| Tim Rowland | $259 | $101 | -61% |
| Ralph Agee Jr. | $506 | $100 | -80.2% |
| David J. Cripps | $528 | $93 | -82.4% |
| Theodore J Pryjma | $600 | $90 | -85% |
| Wanda Sue Vickers | $234 | $69 | -70.5% |
| Wesley Garrison | $528 | $60 | -88.6% |
| Jacquelyn R. Lowe | $558 | $55 | -90.1% |
| James Bert Driver | $105,667 | $55 | -99.9% |
| Young's Nursery and Greenhouses | $482 | $38 | -92.1% |
| Ricky Atnip | $406 | $37 | -90.9% |
| Bradley Hendrix | $142 | $23 | -83.8% |
| Mitchell Rowland | $288 | $18 | -93.8% |
| Tonya Hattaway | $176 | $14 | -92% |
| Rose M. Guinn | $545 | $13 | -97.6% |
| Linda M. Hawkins | $43 | $12 | -72.1% |
| Deona Lee Thomas | $590 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Reynolds | $322 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan L. Griffin | $589 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Starnes | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Crook | $3,395 | $0 | -100% |
| Thermon N Harrison | $253 | $0 | -100% |
| Jill Harris | $2,395 | $0 | -100% |
| Butch Agee | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Frances W. Mayfield | $218 | $0 | -100% |
| Gloria Hale | $758 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Cripps | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Crook | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Anita Hendrix | $1,202 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Shawn Washer | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Brad Adcock | $1,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon W. Locke | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Carlton L. Jones | $27,563 | $0 | -100% |
| Center Hill Nursery, LLC | $340,389 | $0 | -100% |
| David Crowe | $83,204 | $0 | -100% |
| David Kilgore | $7,018 | $0 | -100% |
| Dewey Duke | $1,702 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris Cantrell | $187 | $0 | -100% |
| Duke & Sons Family LP | $497 | $0 | -100% |
| Edith Elizabeth Evins | $184,380 | $0 | -100% |
| Erasmo Godinez Soto | $12,083 | $0 | -100% |
| Flora Mai Adcock | $5,225 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Driver | $78,108 | $0 | -100% |
| Harmony Lane Farm and Creamery, L | $17,657 | $0 | -100% |
| Hayden Hildreth | $6,316 | $0 | -100% |
| James Calvin Jones | $11,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Miller | $13,763 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey C. Scurlock | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry C. Greene | $69,533 | $0 | -100% |
| John Denton Duke | $73 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Hendrixson | $8,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith L. Randolph | $3,630 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawton Brown | $3,307 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Jeanette Smithson | $152 | $0 | -100% |
| Mack Harney III | $188,600 | $0 | -100% |
| Melissa Oliver | $1,414 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas D. Pelham | $11,589 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick Lee Duke | $73 | $0 | -100% |
| Pirtle Nursery, Inc. | $458,212 | $0 | -100% |
| Priscilla Foster | $775 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall Vaughn | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Randel Knowles | $103 | $0 | -100% |
| Rick Cantrell | $10,124 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Merriman | $8,483 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy A. Foster | $21,513 | $0 | -100% |
| Simpson Nurseries of Tennessee | $111,771 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Officer | $815 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy D. Faulk | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| W. J. Evins III | $231,243 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,640,880 | $636,026 | -86.3% |
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