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In 2021, 171 farmers in cities within Butler County received a total of $807,207 in 202 farm subsidies, a 23.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.1 million in 398 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 Butler County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Edward Grant | $0 | $95,846 | -- |
| Whiddon Farms, Inc. | $167,887 | $85,678 | -49% |
| Tanner Farms | $182,141 | $60,847 | -66.6% |
| Gene Ballard Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Burkett Timber Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Georgiana Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jack Callen Jr. Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Mathews Logging Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Austin T. Jones | $5,027 | $33,418 | 564.8% |
| James Britt Grayson | $5,390 | $32,397 | 501.1% |
| Justin Alan Lowery | $3,432 | $24,173 | 604.3% |
| Terrill W. Rigsby | $21,978 | $14,732 | -33% |
| Steve Rogers | $12,809 | $11,030 | -13.9% |
| Dusty Brogden | $0 | $10,770 | -- |
| Charles E. Wright Jr. | $10,026 | $6,630 | -33.9% |
| Jerry O. Stinson | $15,818 | $6,285 | -60.3% |
| Jeffery M. Allen Sr. | $0 | $6,197 | -- |
| Joseph M. Norwood Jr. | $22,010 | $6,014 | -72.7% |
| Thomas S. Duncan | $20,901 | $4,844 | -76.8% |
| Wayne J. Butts | $4,409 | $4,409 | 0% |
| Daniel S Branum Irrevocable Trust | $4,612 | $4,059 | -12% |
| Russell A. Stringer | $3,580 | $3,580 | 0% |
| Jack Callen Jr. | $15,505 | $3,132 | -79.8% |
| Albert W. Powell | $14,628 | $3,088 | -78.9% |
| Brenda S. Jones | $3,087 | $3,087 | 0% |
| James M. Kilpatrick | $15,586 | $2,841 | -81.8% |
| Joshua Randell Waller | $12,422 | $2,649 | -78.7% |
| Jason B. Rogers | $19,964 | $2,582 | -87.1% |
| Charles W. Sexton | $12,934 | $2,543 | -80.3% |
| Billy F. Skipper | $10,230 | $2,474 | -75.8% |
| Richard C. Crenshaw Jr. | $12,937 | $2,319 | -82.1% |
| Michelle K. Perdue | $9,522 | $2,228 | -76.6% |
| Billy Sellers | $9,130 | $2,202 | -75.9% |
| Jimmy W. Hanks | $9,876 | $2,088 | -78.9% |
| Percy M. Thompson | $11,618 | $2,042 | -82.4% |
| Kent McNaughton | $8,132 | $2,036 | -75% |
| Bonnie R. Henderson | $2,134 | $2,033 | -4.7% |
| Terry Lee Williams | $14,220 | $1,928 | -86.4% |
| Joshua C. Gardner | $7,458 | $1,850 | -75.2% |
| Billy Johnson Estate | $0 | $1,824 | -- |
| Larry R. Lowery | $8,216 | $1,776 | -78.4% |
| Jason E. Ealum | $8,483 | $1,704 | -79.9% |
| Michael Eugene Smith | $0 | $1,650 | -- |
| William H. Wilkerson | $6,985 | $1,625 | -76.7% |
| J. D. Middleton | $6,094 | $1,621 | -73.4% |
| Arthur L. Taylor | $7,733 | $1,600 | -79.3% |
| Lloyd Shell III | $7,644 | $1,573 | -79.4% |
| Hannah R. Brogden | $6,372 | $1,475 | -76.9% |
| Cody R. Murphy | $3,498 | $1,460 | -58.3% |
| Randy B. Black | $6,827 | $1,430 | -79.1% |
| Troy R. Casey | $7,365 | $1,428 | -80.6% |
| Ralph B. Thompson | $5,974 | $1,421 | -76.2% |
| Gene C. Gibson | $5,089 | $1,405 | -72.4% |
| Earnie F Lewis | $5,632 | $1,384 | -75.4% |
| Stephen Gafford | $4,015 | $1,380 | -65.6% |
| David E. Burkett | $5,275 | $1,344 | -74.5% |
| David A. Crenshaw Jr. | $2,871 | $1,327 | -53.8% |
| Judy S. Tindal | $7,395 | $1,319 | -82.2% |
| Roger A. Nicholas | $5,500 | $1,315 | -76.1% |
| Jason Gregory | $4,950 | $1,294 | -73.9% |
| Kenneth E. Harden | $6,955 | $1,284 | -81.5% |
| Bryon L. Stinson | $5,027 | $1,275 | -74.6% |
| Danny McNeil | $4,950 | $1,212 | -75.5% |
| Lester Hanks Jr. | $4,566 | $1,202 | -73.7% |
| William L. Davenport | $4,851 | $1,200 | -75.3% |
| Lynn Harold Watson | $7,219 | $1,196 | -83.4% |
| Donald W. Mathews | $6,138 | $1,175 | -80.9% |
| Roosevelt Ball | $5,937 | $1,152 | -80.6% |
| Eddie P. Frazier | $3,454 | $1,128 | -67.3% |
| Cameron Blake Bagents | $3,545 | $1,125 | -68.3% |
| Jimmy L. Jones | $3,564 | $1,087 | -69.5% |
| Malcolm Thompson | $1,079 | $1,083 | 0.4% |
| Brad Ballew | $4,585 | $1,080 | -76.4% |
| Terry C. Moseley | $1,157 | $1,078 | -6.8% |
| Rex A. Smith Jr. | $4,093 | $1,058 | -74.2% |
| Joseph E. Rigsby | $1,033 | $1,033 | 0% |
| Rebecca A. Bozeman | $1,013 | $1,013 | 0% |
| Ealum Land & Cattle, LLC | $4,763 | $1,008 | -78.8% |
| Shannon K. Killough | $3,674 | $1,003 | -72.7% |
| Andrew Smith | $6,240 | $983 | -84.2% |
| John Schofield | $3,685 | $962 | -73.9% |
| Patricia C. Cook | $3,586 | $908 | -74.7% |
| Willie C. White Sr. | $1,015 | $896 | -11.7% |
| Betty T. McGough | $3,927 | $838 | -78.7% |
| Robert A. Bowen | $3,454 | $806 | -76.7% |
| Arturo Hurtado | $3,278 | $794 | -75.8% |
| James E. Bozeman | $790 | $790 | 0% |
| Rex N. Blackburn | $3,727 | $768 | -79.4% |
| Justin P. Pierce | $3,806 | $762 | -80% |
| Johnny Lee | $2,805 | $746 | -73.4% |
| Milton G. Luckie | $1,848 | $732 | -60.4% |
| James A. Stinson | $13,833 | $711 | -94.9% |
| Henry E. Yeldell | $2,002 | $706 | -64.7% |
| Evelyn G. Duke | $2,684 | $690 | -74.3% |
| Harold E. Bush | $3,244 | $678 | -79.1% |
| James Ronald Seale | $2,794 | $662 | -76.3% |
| Johnny L. Carpenter | $2,464 | $642 | -73.9% |
| John A. Fuller | $2,970 | $627 | -78.9% |
| Brett Tyson Jones | $3,223 | $624 | -80.6% |
| Adam H. Mathews | $3,665 | $615 | -83.2% |
| James W. Thagard III | $2,805 | $604 | -78.5% |
| Ulysis Black | $2,503 | $598 | -76.1% |
| Mary A. Burt | $3,611 | $581 | -83.9% |
| Carey Thompson | $2,135 | $576 | -73% |
| Boyce M. Lowery | $2,398 | $568 | -76.3% |
| Willie Moorer | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Brad Heartsill | $3,726 | $546 | -85.3% |
| Robert F. Bennett | $2,176 | $543 | -75% |
| David Wayne Harper | $2,343 | $523 | -77.7% |
| Will Henderson | $2,415 | $505 | -79.1% |
| Charles Winfred Ballard | $2,057 | $500 | -75.7% |
| Eddie Quates | $2,074 | $485 | -76.6% |
| David A. Jones | $2,387 | $484 | -79.7% |
| Walter C. Johnson | $3,006 | $474 | -84.2% |
| Payne R. Meadows | $1,815 | $448 | -75.3% |
| John G. Bush | $449 | $445 | -0.9% |
| Daniel E. Moorer | $1,672 | $441 | -73.6% |
| Bonnie Stokes | $1,474 | $434 | -70.6% |
| Howard W. Meadows | $1,815 | $419 | -76.9% |
| Rogers A. Till | $1,793 | $412 | -77% |
| David L. Smith | $3,795 | $411 | -89.2% |
| Allen Blackburn | $1,529 | $391 | -74.4% |
| Barry V. Alford Jr. | $2,026 | $390 | -80.8% |
| Justin H. Peavy | $2,821 | $374 | -86.7% |
| Carrie J. Nix | $1,082 | $361 | -66.6% |
| John W. Henderson | $1,791 | $349 | -80.5% |
| Garry Palmer | $3,839 | $335 | -91.3% |
| Gary D. Glass | $3,390 | $332 | -90.2% |
| Renny D. McNaughton | $1,573 | $332 | -78.9% |
| Lester Reeves | $825 | $329 | -60.1% |
| Lavon E. Clark | $1,166 | $318 | -72.7% |
| Terry Hinson | $1,254 | $315 | -74.9% |
| Eddie Roy Gregory | $1,210 | $314 | -74% |
| Thomas E. Gilbert | $1,397 | $312 | -77.7% |
| Mark Lee Hawkins | $2,240 | $311 | -86.1% |
| Bradley M. Shows | $1,441 | $298 | -79.3% |
| Winston English | $1,298 | $297 | -77.1% |
| Jackie S. Thompson | $1,486 | $290 | -80.5% |
| Melvin Owens | $1,353 | $288 | -78.7% |
| James D. Harrison | $847 | $287 | -66.1% |
| Keith Meridith | $2,109 | $280 | -86.7% |
| Richard A. Ballard | $1,408 | $276 | -80.4% |
| Sandra T. Jones | $1,884 | $269 | -85.7% |
| Allin Whittle | $1,628 | $260 | -84% |
| Lisa B. Stinson | $1,687 | $246 | -85.4% |
| Debora E. Hotard | $1,362 | $242 | -82.2% |
| Janice Thagard | $632 | $242 | -61.7% |
| Tambri L Shows | $2,131 | $228 | -89.3% |
| Donna Stallworth | $245 | $225 | -8.2% |
| Ashford Rudolph | $704 | $224 | -68.2% |
| James Foster | $429 | $214 | -50.1% |
| George Earl Patton | $1,056 | $207 | -80.4% |
| Thelma Williams | $1,174 | $205 | -82.5% |
| Royce Lynch | $1,311 | $204 | -84.4% |
| Robert Johnson | $1,100 | $197 | -82.1% |
| Phillip L. Pierce | $880 | $187 | -78.8% |
| Garrick O. Peagler | $814 | $183 | -77.5% |
| Gary K. Gibson | $675 | $183 | -72.9% |
| Diana P. Heathcock | $1,977 | $170 | -91.4% |
| Charleston J. Lyman | $550 | $152 | -72.4% |
| Shannon R. Betterton | $660 | $142 | -78.5% |
| Christy Hicks | $696 | $138 | -80.2% |
| Robert W. Turner | $919 | $126 | -86.3% |
| John B. Autrey | $253 | $106 | -58.1% |
| Kenneth D. Womack | $363 | $93 | -74.4% |
| Sammy Lee Hawkins Sr. | $308 | $93 | -69.8% |
| Robert L. Powell Sr. | $396 | $90 | -77.3% |
| Harold Turner | $581 | $66 | -88.6% |
| Brown Roots, Inc. | $0 | $52 | -- |
| Rodney H. Jones | $0 | $25 | -- |
| Lambert Bennett Jr. | $39 | $19 | -51.3% |
| Charles E. Covan | $1,011 | $0 | -100% |
| Cory K. Willis | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Dungan | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Kervin | $595 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon E. Smith | $303 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Newton | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny E. Taylor | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Kendre Lesean Bullard | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Leroy Johnson | $1,616 | $0 | -100% |
| Lorenza M. Bedgood | $86 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Elrod | $20 | $0 | -100% |
| Phil McArthur | $375 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Newton | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Will Crenshaw | $164 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,054,567 | $807,207 | -23.5% |
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