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In 2021, 289 farmers in cities within Crenshaw County received a total of $2.2 million in 395 farm subsidies, a 42.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.8 million in 655 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 Crenshaw County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jd Farms | $381,381 | $248,461 | -34.9% |
| Steven H. Williams | $531,897 | $239,889 | -54.9% |
| Morgan Family Farms, LLC | $8,101 | $111,015 | 1,270.4% |
| Jason T. Holladay | $81,982 | $75,238 | -8.2% |
| Darrin Sanders Farm, LLC | $0 | $65,641 | -- |
| Bagents Farm, Inc. | $125,408 | $58,622 | -53.3% |
| Wade Mcneil Jones | $99,485 | $54,612 | -45.1% |
| Kennedy Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Partner's 5 Hauling, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Glenwood Forest Products, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Mathews Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $51,334 | -- |
| Burnout Farms, LLC | $0 | $51,152 | -- |
| MC Booty Farms, LLC | $155,993 | $50,454 | -67.7% |
| H & K Williams Farms, LLC | $80,861 | $42,065 | -48% |
| Brooke W. Williams | $323,485 | $40,183 | -87.6% |
| Ward Farms, LLC | $118,099 | $38,802 | -67.1% |
| Lonnie H. Lester | $20,517 | $36,485 | 77.8% |
| Joseph E. Carpenter | $74,978 | $32,312 | -56.9% |
| J & a Haulers, Inc. | $0 | $28,419 | -- |
| Danny C. Mount | $47,268 | $27,445 | -41.9% |
| Stephanie Ann Green | $0 | $25,266 | -- |
| Larry Lester | $27,310 | $23,744 | -13.1% |
| Elmer Thomas Burbage | $0 | $23,554 | -- |
| John C West | $32,620 | $23,150 | -29% |
| Russell Lawrence | $0 | $22,961 | -- |
| Larry Phillip McDougald | $99,652 | $22,008 | -77.9% |
| Samuel M. Noblin | $0 | $21,512 | -- |
| Ronnie D. Hudson | $24,937 | $21,199 | -15% |
| Edna S. Richburg | $20,859 | $19,230 | -7.8% |
| Sharon L. Pettus | $20,302 | $18,606 | -8.4% |
| Rhump Farms, LLC | $0 | $18,174 | -- |
| Southern Country Farms | $19,919 | $17,716 | -11.1% |
| Walter T. Grimes | $22,330 | $17,688 | -20.8% |
| Ricky J. Jeffcoat | $9,482 | $14,529 | 53.2% |
| Anthony J. Edwards | $22,359 | $13,313 | -40.5% |
| Michael Fox Hughes | $16,655 | $12,898 | -22.6% |
| Michael R Bagents | $47,279 | $12,885 | -72.7% |
| Heath Mills | $40,476 | $12,863 | -68.2% |
| Trent Thomas | $0 | $12,579 | -- |
| Gregory H. Lester | $14,957 | $12,138 | -18.8% |
| Wyvonne Elizabeth Lester | $33,062 | $12,001 | -63.7% |
| Brandon Helms | $7,180 | $11,824 | 64.7% |
| Joe C Bagents | $34,999 | $10,906 | -68.8% |
| Joseph Brock Flynn | $46,641 | $10,889 | -76.7% |
| Jonathan Bagents | $13,357 | $8,967 | -32.9% |
| Charles Keith Bailey Estate | $37,394 | $8,152 | -78.2% |
| James R. Sexton | $8,325 | $7,976 | -4.2% |
| Keith E. Fowler Sr. | $24,751 | $7,712 | -68.8% |
| mac Walden | $6,987 | $6,987 | 0% |
| Sondra Jean Richardson | $4,344 | $6,905 | 59% |
| Dwight Layton | $14,747 | $6,856 | -53.5% |
| Gary L. Moore | $12,594 | $6,665 | -47.1% |
| Stephens Construction and Concrete, Inc. | $6,706 | $6,369 | -5% |
| James G. Wyrosdick | $27,794 | $6,326 | -77.2% |
| Kennedy Forest Products, Inc. | $0 | $5,828 | -- |
| Jace Morgan | $5,918 | $5,696 | -3.8% |
| Joseph Martin West | $18,799 | $5,559 | -70.4% |
| Retha D. Hand | $8,962 | $5,551 | -38.1% |
| Janice B. Hall | $5,441 | $5,441 | 0% |
| William J. Schofield | $6,216 | $5,409 | -13% |
| Gloria M. Sanders | $4,683 | $4,683 | 0% |
| Kenneth A. Nelson | $11,840 | $4,442 | -62.5% |
| Ivy Creek Poultry Farms, LLC | $0 | $4,360 | -- |
| Courtney Bailey Dewrell | $990 | $4,341 | 338.5% |
| James M. Hester | $15,764 | $4,314 | -72.6% |
| Tony W. Beck | $18,983 | $3,966 | -79.1% |
| Richard Matthew Hammett | $20,146 | $3,954 | -80.4% |
| Edward E. Walker | $3,927 | $3,927 | 0% |
| Richard D. Horn | $15,046 | $3,421 | -77.3% |
| Charles R. Trotter | $9,204 | $3,386 | -63.2% |
| Stallion Sasser | $16,355 | $3,340 | -79.6% |
| Brian L. Salter | $21,740 | $3,333 | -84.7% |
| Edwin G. Mitchell | $11,913 | $3,286 | -72.4% |
| James S. Defee | $15,719 | $3,286 | -79.1% |
| William Alfred Bozeman | $3,303 | $3,284 | -0.6% |
| Donna I. Ward | $0 | $3,120 | -- |
| Jerry Ward | $0 | $3,120 | -- |
| Robert C. Mount | $11,844 | $3,092 | -73.9% |
| James M. Peebles | $3,032 | $3,032 | 0% |
| Grady Wheeler | $0 | $3,004 | -- |
| Billy Joe Evans | $3,179 | $2,935 | -7.7% |
| Tabitha S. Weeks | $0 | $2,866 | -- |
| Todd Inabinett | $7,736 | $2,865 | -63% |
| Brandon Coots | $11,212 | $2,865 | -74.4% |
| Bennie L. Moore | $7,402 | $2,851 | -61.5% |
| Richard S Bagents | $8,124 | $2,848 | -64.9% |
| Willie Hayward Smith | $2,733 | $2,733 | 0% |
| Christopher A. Hilburn | $12,729 | $2,714 | -78.7% |
| L & N Farms, Inc. | $11,363 | $2,710 | -76.2% |
| Robert E. Boyd Jr. | $2,989 | $2,660 | -11% |
| Robert Kilcrease Jr. | $2,621 | $2,621 | 0% |
| Brantley Gin Company, LLC | $2,591 | $2,591 | 0% |
| Dennis Dauphin | $2,440 | $2,440 | 0% |
| Emmett L. Speed Jr. | $4,066 | $2,355 | -42.1% |
| Lamon Killough | $2,391 | $2,340 | -2.1% |
| Kris L. Rhodes | $11,247 | $2,312 | -79.4% |
| Leah T. Moses | $2,312 | $2,312 | 0% |
| Gary Kelley | $2,136 | $2,303 | 7.8% |
| Billy W. Moses | $14,270 | $2,266 | -84.1% |
| Susan G. Baker | $2,175 | $2,175 | 0% |
| Debbie Lester | $10,956 | $2,144 | -80.4% |
| James W. Crowe | $11,304 | $2,116 | -81.3% |
| Tamela Leigh Kilcrease | $2,300 | $2,115 | -8% |
| Charles A. Sipper | $2,084 | $2,084 | 0% |
| Chad A. Kilcrease | $2,633 | $2,035 | -22.7% |
| William R. King | $2,178 | $2,035 | -6.6% |
| John T. Saunders | $2,015 | $2,015 | 0% |
| Helen J. Swanner | $1,999 | $1,999 | 0% |
| John Bryce Smith | $8,212 | $1,987 | -75.8% |
| Joe T. Knox | $7,997 | $1,863 | -76.7% |
| Hinton M. Walden | $1,392 | $1,834 | 31.8% |
| Carl Mathews | $1,878 | $1,820 | -3.1% |
| Darren R. Bolling | $2,356 | $1,694 | -28.1% |
| Mary Frances M. Cataldi | $2,328 | $1,627 | -30.1% |
| Anthony Hugh Eiland | $8,682 | $1,606 | -81.5% |
| Loyce M. Henagan | $1,596 | $1,596 | 0% |
| Ulysse Preston Babin | $7,964 | $1,562 | -80.4% |
| John A. Carr | $7,098 | $1,516 | -78.6% |
| James Donald Paul | $3,879 | $1,503 | -61.3% |
| Heather Yates | $5,033 | $1,502 | -70.2% |
| Walden Farms, LLC | $102,551 | $1,454 | -98.6% |
| Amy C. Paul | $1,981 | $1,434 | -27.6% |
| Daniel J. Wright II | $5,904 | $1,433 | -75.7% |
| Jeffery Welch | $1,420 | $1,420 | 0% |
| Maurice E. Little | $1,415 | $1,415 | 0% |
| Kenneth J. Mitchell | $6,231 | $1,400 | -77.5% |
| Andrew Joseph West | $6,823 | $1,395 | -79.6% |
| Janet L. Weeks | $8,000 | $1,357 | -83% |
| Robert P. Burgans | $7,128 | $1,357 | -81% |
| Jerry Stricklin | $7,645 | $1,320 | -82.7% |
| Taisha Mitchell Dunn | $6,887 | $1,318 | -80.9% |
| Robert T. Mount | $3,396 | $1,315 | -61.3% |
| Terri L. Dewrell | $0 | $1,313 | -- |
| Richard D. Rabren | $1,302 | $1,302 | 0% |
| Janice W. Driver | $8,916 | $1,301 | -85.4% |
| Richard W. Swanner | $5,009 | $1,292 | -74.2% |
| Kevin S. Kennedy | $1,076 | $1,250 | 16.2% |
| Adam Michael Davis | $5,538 | $1,242 | -77.6% |
| Alan Currie | $5,929 | $1,231 | -79.2% |
| Billy L. Leverette | $4,191 | $1,215 | -71% |
| Klarissa Dale Stubbs | $1,210 | $1,210 | 0% |
| John M. Wilson | $1,203 | $1,203 | 0% |
| Nicholas Trey Johnson | $0 | $1,200 | -- |
| Carldon Grant | $9,739 | $1,184 | -87.8% |
| James B. Hogg Jr. | $2,701 | $1,175 | -56.5% |
| Peggy B. Horn | $5,214 | $1,170 | -77.6% |
| Nannie Louise Fox | $1,150 | $1,150 | 0% |
| Thomas J. Petrey | $10,669 | $1,145 | -89.3% |
| Jason Green | $4,741 | $1,144 | -75.9% |
| Randy Grant | $9,483 | $1,134 | -88% |
| Jared Cecil Shirley | $4,455 | $1,117 | -74.9% |
| Roy P Barber | $11,080 | $1,105 | -90% |
| Cooper Blackman | $2,112 | $1,098 | -48% |
| Ferrell Weant | $5,502 | $1,089 | -80.2% |
| Neil S. Murphy | $3,652 | $1,058 | -71% |
| Ronnie Bozeman | $4,026 | $1,032 | -74.4% |
| Carl Ham | $4,470 | $1,022 | -77.1% |
| Lisa L. Holmes | $0 | $1,016 | -- |
| Tony J. Wood | $5,940 | $1,007 | -83% |
| Marlin Jeffcoat | $3,696 | $1,002 | -72.9% |
| Edward M. Marshall | $4,301 | $1,000 | -76.7% |
| Kay Mathews | $955 | $955 | 0% |
| Phillip M. Norman | $4,389 | $934 | -78.7% |
| Phyllis J. Norman | $4,465 | $934 | -79.1% |
| Tommy Beasley | $3,932 | $933 | -76.3% |
| John A. Jones | $4,334 | $923 | -78.7% |
| Benjamin H. Sanders | $4,935 | $916 | -81.4% |
| Jimmy W. Williams | $6,935 | $909 | -86.9% |
| Joseph Bailey | $1,053 | $900 | -14.5% |
| Perry A. Catrett | $4,362 | $887 | -79.7% |
| Terry F. Turner | $3,278 | $884 | -73% |
| Camden Reeves | $2,277 | $883 | -61.2% |
| Kara L. McCarty | $4,136 | $869 | -79% |
| Donald Andrew Thomas | $3,531 | $869 | -75.4% |
| Douglas Davis | $3,553 | $858 | -75.9% |
| Clyde Walker | $3,782 | $847 | -77.6% |
| David Lester | $4,048 | $821 | -79.7% |
| John Daniel Jones | $3,234 | $810 | -75% |
| Jerry Hudson | $2,871 | $809 | -71.8% |
| Ronald W. Thomas | $802 | $802 | 0% |
| James M. Tranum | $3,861 | $799 | -79.3% |
| Kris Shane Owens | $5,881 | $790 | -86.6% |
| Jason Lester | $3,107 | $780 | -74.9% |
| Virginia S. Murry | $772 | $772 | 0% |
| Richard Kimbro | $2,112 | $768 | -63.6% |
| Dwanis L Sasser | $2,791 | $744 | -73.3% |
| William J. Edson | $3,853 | $737 | -80.9% |
| Martha F. Boyd | $733 | $733 | 0% |
| Colter Poole | $24,447 | $718 | -97.1% |
| Mary Beth Thrash | $697 | $697 | 0% |
| Charles Wayne Franklin | $2,068 | $685 | -66.9% |
| Edward Fowler Timber Company, Inc. | $2,459 | $673 | -72.6% |
| Travis Johnson | $4,758 | $671 | -85.9% |
| Charles E. Weant | $670 | $670 | 0% |
| Jo Ann W. Dorman | $3,318 | $668 | -79.9% |
| Blakly Ray Castleberry | $1,386 | $663 | -52.2% |
| Larry Randall Laird | $2,871 | $663 | -76.9% |
| John B. Catrett | $2,145 | $654 | -69.5% |
| Harper A. Grant Jr. | $3,664 | $646 | -82.4% |
| Karen W. Watts | $646 | $646 | 0% |
| Patricia T. Gafford | $638 | $638 | 0% |
| Laura P. Elliott | $634 | $634 | 0% |
| Billy R. Jeffcoat | $2,266 | $634 | -72% |
| Annie Merle Hall | $1,571 | $622 | -60.4% |
| Darrin Sanders | $606 | $606 | 0% |
| Randy Ray Hall | $2,398 | $603 | -74.9% |
| Charles E. Hall | $2,684 | $602 | -77.6% |
| James A. Howard Jr. | $3,007 | $602 | -80% |
| Daniel Kidd | $3,466 | $578 | -83.3% |
| Todd Broderway | $2,695 | $571 | -78.8% |
| Lee Beasley | $3,306 | $560 | -83.1% |
| Kyle A. Richburg | $3,496 | $557 | -84.1% |
| MT. Gilead Baptist Church | $555 | $555 | 0% |
| Joshua Schofield | $1,771 | $554 | -68.7% |
| Samuel Steven Taylor | $1,452 | $535 | -63.2% |
| James K. Meredith | $534 | $534 | 0% |
| Carolyn Sipper | $2,473 | $529 | -78.6% |
| Terry T. Fuller | $1,705 | $524 | -69.3% |
| Janice M. Hollis | $520 | $520 | 0% |
| Steven B. Boswell | $2,362 | $518 | -78.1% |
| Judy G. Wilson | $2,429 | $488 | -79.9% |
| James H. McGhee | $2,325 | $471 | -79.7% |
| Kim B. Tomlin | $2,170 | $457 | -78.9% |
| Irene Fowler | $2,951 | $450 | -84.8% |
| James Marion Carlile | $438 | $438 | 0% |
| Lavaughn Carpenter | $773 | $437 | -43.5% |
| Kennedy-Walden Investments, LLC | $174 | $436 | 150.6% |
| Joshua S. Wilson | $561 | $434 | -22.6% |
| Walter L. Brewer | $2,159 | $433 | -79.9% |
| Jasper Crittenden | $1,793 | $432 | -75.9% |
| James L. Hall | $1,807 | $425 | -76.5% |
| Charlotte Ann Ballard | $1,408 | $424 | -69.9% |
| James R. Grant | $2,437 | $419 | -82.8% |
| Charles Hunter Devoss | $2,068 | $412 | -80.1% |
| Cubert Beasley | $1,529 | $397 | -74% |
| Ronald Petrey | $2,200 | $394 | -82.1% |
| Lloyd Odom Jr. | $387 | $387 | 0% |
| Juddston Bowers | $1,683 | $381 | -77.4% |
| David Ammons | $1,507 | $373 | -75.2% |
| Michael E. Jones | $373 | $373 | 0% |
| Joan B. Stephens | $402 | $372 | -7.5% |
| Janice B. Edwards | $402 | $372 | -7.5% |
| Judith B. Cosby | $402 | $372 | -7.5% |
| Keith E. Fowler Jr. | $2,913 | $371 | -87.3% |
| David Pippin | $2,923 | $367 | -87.4% |
| Jack M. Holmes | $1,672 | $367 | -78.1% |
| Paul Ayers | $1,891 | $342 | -81.9% |
| Cody Moses | $1,331 | $318 | -76.1% |
| James B. Faison | $468 | $316 | -32.5% |
| Larry Holmes | $138 | $315 | 128.3% |
| Theron L. Pettis | $312 | $312 | 0% |
| Jerry R. Sanders | $1,397 | $301 | -78.5% |
| Betty S Sport | $293 | $293 | 0% |
| Myrtle B. Day | $648 | $287 | -55.7% |
| Q-Tide, L L C | $284 | $284 | 0% |
| Edna Sipper | $1,439 | $280 | -80.5% |
| Scottie Ricky Powell | $1,619 | $277 | -82.9% |
| Johnny F. Knighten | $847 | $270 | -68.1% |
| Nick D. Dawkins | $990 | $259 | -73.8% |
| Doris Thomas | $979 | $259 | -73.5% |
| Lonnie Mitchell | $682 | $258 | -62.2% |
| Lomax Kimbro | $1,552 | $249 | -84% |
| Linda T. Kelley | $546 | $247 | -54.8% |
| Linda T. Pierce | $1,595 | $242 | -84.8% |
| George M. Bryan Jr. | $528 | $225 | -57.4% |
| Scott Wade Harrison | $701 | $222 | -68.3% |
| D. F. Jackson Jr. | $502 | $221 | -56% |
| Lisa N. Harris | $495 | $214 | -56.8% |
| William E. Nathe | $903 | $208 | -77% |
| Waylon L. Catrett | $451 | $191 | -57.6% |
| Curtis Boswell | $1,111 | $191 | -82.8% |
| Charles Steven Carr | $528 | $182 | -65.5% |
| Roy Mills | $1,045 | $177 | -83.1% |
| Walter W. Wyatt | $363 | $159 | -56.2% |
| Sherrel L. Bees | $325 | $159 | -51.1% |
| Ron Scott | $980 | $145 | -85.2% |
| Stephen L. Battle | $974 | $142 | -85.4% |
| Summerlin & Ward Farms | $0 | $129 | -- |
| Richard Eugene Tolbert | $240 | $125 | -47.9% |
| Avery D. Driver | $1,805 | $121 | -93.3% |
| Jesse L. Salter Jr. | $263 | $116 | -55.9% |
| Robert D. Foreman II | $291 | $115 | -60.5% |
| Yvonne S. Noble | $179 | $75 | -58.1% |
| Charles Bradley Gorey | $165 | $74 | -55.2% |
| James W. Johnson | $691 | $61 | -91.2% |
| Peggy Stephens | $0 | $61 | -- |
| Compton, P L | $1,003 | $28 | -97.2% |
| Rosalie Alonsabe Finkley | $0 | $19 | -- |
| J. M. McGhee | $214 | $13 | -93.9% |
| Bobby L. Powell | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecelia Lynn Jeffcoat | $583 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Bailey | $5,319 | $0 | -100% |
| Hanna W. Mitchell | $878 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard L. Compton | $25,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Austin Bozeman Jr. | $670 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Ann Grimes | $790 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul W. Grant | $1,103 | $0 | -100% |
| Ted Sanders | $5,033 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann M. Davis | $6,689 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald W. Bodiford | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Ed Beasley | $394 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean Sims | $475 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn C. Tomlin | $2,802 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicki Page | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall N. Parker | $996 | $0 | -100% |
| Robbie Weeks | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley M. Goodwin | $446 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommie Faye P. Sasser | $396 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia Maxine Sikes | $1,503 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin Sims | $509 | $0 | -100% |
| Dustin Jordan | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry T. Holladay | $38,788 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy J. Graddy | $6,630 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Traver | $6,599 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,830,176 | $2,201,477 | -42.5% |
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