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In 2021, 153 farmers in cities within Morgan County received a total of $1.4 million in 189 farm subsidies, a 69.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.6 million in 526 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godfrey Dairy Farms, Inc. | $886,389 | $232,453 | -73.8% |
| W Dairy, LLC | $903,285 | $134,941 | -85.1% |
| B & B Dairy, Inc. | $261,050 | $124,243 | -52.4% |
| Samuel Lee Nunn | $132,134 | $80,559 | -39% |
| Ruark Farms | $64,691 | $60,601 | -6.3% |
| James W. Moon | $81,911 | $59,098 | -27.9% |
| Tommy Cathey | $6,165 | $52,311 | 748.5% |
| Robert Frank Glosson Jr. | $19,569 | $48,513 | 147.9% |
| Sarah H. Porter | $0 | $47,718 | -- |
| Deborah Whitlock | $0 | $45,444 | -- |
| Rodney Wade Whitaker | $52,950 | $37,378 | -29.4% |
| John S. Benkoski Jr. | $18,798 | $28,921 | 53.9% |
| DMW Poultry Farm | $0 | $26,540 | -- |
| Ainslie Scott Porter | $14,291 | $24,268 | 69.8% |
| Shepherd Farms, LLC | $65,434 | $20,341 | -68.9% |
| PHR Partners, LLC | $7,612 | $17,789 | 133.7% |
| Woods Ranches Company, Ltd. | $15,489 | $15,489 | 0% |
| MJ2 Ranch, LLC | $16,842 | $15,410 | -8.5% |
| Malcolm Cattle Company, Inc. | $0 | $15,345 | -- |
| Thomas E. Whitlock | $22,733 | $14,631 | -35.6% |
| Carolyn Belle Copelan | $0 | $14,225 | -- |
| Academy Street Partners LP | $37,163 | $12,121 | -67.4% |
| Kansas & Missouri, LLC | $20,561 | $10,859 | -47.2% |
| Philipp Von Hanstein | $34,889 | $9,851 | -71.8% |
| Doris P Schmelzer Irrevocable Trust | $9,712 | $9,712 | 0% |
| John R. Wilson Sr. | $14,788 | $9,486 | -35.9% |
| Barnett H. Malcom III | $33,676 | $9,244 | -72.6% |
| Greg Alliston | $0 | $7,933 | -- |
| Coppedge Farms, LLC | $7,243 | $7,243 | 0% |
| Richardson Farms, LLC | $17,466 | $6,048 | -65.4% |
| Thomas William Blackburn | $0 | $5,744 | -- |
| Ben Bruce | $35,325 | $5,474 | -84.5% |
| Daniel Rutland Pike | $45,239 | $5,454 | -87.9% |
| Phillip C. McHugh III | $24,941 | $5,267 | -78.9% |
| Darrell E. Mullins | $10,004 | $5,090 | -49.1% |
| Cooks Cattle Service, Inc. | $33,465 | $5,034 | -85% |
| Abney and Abney Farms, Inc. | $3,540 | $4,959 | 40.1% |
| Michael Wakenigg | $18,111 | $4,902 | -72.9% |
| Roger Bruce | $41,575 | $4,842 | -88.4% |
| Timothy M. Duvall | $42,833 | $4,678 | -89.1% |
| Michael Shane Boyer | $12,437 | $4,662 | -62.5% |
| Ashley C. Burt | $0 | $4,636 | -- |
| Megan Clark Bell | $0 | $4,636 | -- |
| Jackson L. Copelan | $0 | $4,570 | -- |
| James M Sidwell and Son, Inc. | $35,761 | $4,188 | -88.3% |
| Horace J. Malcom Jr. | $32,506 | $4,061 | -87.5% |
| Willie H. Cook | $8,890 | $4,052 | -54.4% |
| Lowry Hunt Jr. | $32,433 | $3,948 | -87.8% |
| Rickey Glosson | $30,621 | $3,642 | -88.1% |
| Todd W. Trice | $17,553 | $3,372 | -80.8% |
| Lewis Cronic | $34,229 | $3,346 | -90.2% |
| William Lewis Hanson | $12,347 | $3,003 | -75.7% |
| Erin Tewksbury | $9,631 | $2,990 | -69% |
| Joe E. Hayes | $22,037 | $2,972 | -86.5% |
| Andrew Ainslie Jr. | $0 | $2,970 | -- |
| Mack B. Bohlen Sr. | $6,560 | $2,878 | -56.1% |
| William Harry Hanson | $21,546 | $2,717 | -87.4% |
| Larry Bruce | $14,178 | $2,622 | -81.5% |
| Andy Wheat | $14,321 | $2,609 | -81.8% |
| Christopher A. Lowe | $8,582 | $2,606 | -69.6% |
| David A. Hilsman | $13,590 | $2,494 | -81.6% |
| Scott Carey | $20,535 | $2,404 | -88.3% |
| James Goodwin Wilson Jr. | $10,903 | $2,360 | -78.4% |
| Amos Bernard Jones | $16,423 | $2,263 | -86.2% |
| James F. Holman | $6,445 | $2,225 | -65.5% |
| Charles O. Chappelear | $12,857 | $2,171 | -83.1% |
| Ansley H. Alexander | $0 | $2,110 | -- |
| Brian M. Harper | $9,704 | $2,106 | -78.3% |
| Walter J. Johnson | $10,381 | $2,072 | -80% |
| Charles W. Bradley | $9,270 | $1,901 | -79.5% |
| Bruce Harper | $59,851 | $1,888 | -96.8% |
| William Ronald Stovall | $11,409 | $1,816 | -84.1% |
| Franklin Edward Heusser Sr. | $12,095 | $1,730 | -85.7% |
| Robert L. Duvall | $13,821 | $1,688 | -87.8% |
| Ronnie Long | $9,211 | $1,596 | -82.7% |
| Franklin E West | $5,981 | $1,519 | -74.6% |
| Robert J. Benkoski | $16,394 | $1,474 | -91% |
| Donna Castleberry | $1,441 | $1,441 | 0% |
| Lloyd R. Pittman | $8,470 | $1,387 | -83.6% |
| Ann Stephens | $7,134 | $1,384 | -80.6% |
| K and R Cattle Farm, LLC | $13,287 | $1,377 | -89.6% |
| Jonathan P. Dyar IV | $8,227 | $1,369 | -83.4% |
| Harold M. Wilson | $14,351 | $1,338 | -90.7% |
| Nathan John Harper | $6,558 | $1,328 | -79.7% |
| Robert Frank Glosson | $5,929 | $1,267 | -78.6% |
| Willie Frank Smith Jr. | $4,801 | $1,242 | -74.1% |
| Michael Jay Moss Jr. | $5,522 | $1,191 | -78.4% |
| J D Cattle Company, LLC | $4,047 | $1,190 | -70.6% |
| Dennis A. Huff | $8,255 | $1,151 | -86.1% |
| Jack H. Lindsey | $7,493 | $1,142 | -84.8% |
| I. V. Henry | $3,601 | $1,084 | -69.9% |
| Douglas A. Harper | $6,833 | $1,064 | -84.4% |
| Horace Jones Sr. | $3,179 | $1,061 | -66.6% |
| Ivey Lakes Farm, LLLP | $5,455 | $1,058 | -80.6% |
| Ervin Farms, LLC | $1,958 | $1,031 | -47.3% |
| Jason Sidwell | $6,941 | $1,017 | -85.3% |
| Jason Sidwell | $6,941 | $1,017 | -85.3% |
| Michael L. Lankford | $6,672 | $980 | -85.3% |
| Edwin Prior | $5,878 | $931 | -84.2% |
| G. L. Smith | $9,193 | $931 | -89.9% |
| Harold Grail Malcom | $3,071 | $895 | -70.9% |
| Gussie Tompkins Knight Living Trust | $4,128 | $854 | -79.3% |
| David A. Montgomery | $4,164 | $849 | -79.6% |
| David Mark Schaffer | $5,157 | $840 | -83.7% |
| Nicholas Dumas | $5,428 | $830 | -84.7% |
| Rhett Goodman | $3,959 | $820 | -79.3% |
| John Matson Guy | $6,009 | $813 | -86.5% |
| John Henry Wyatt | $5,021 | $788 | -84.3% |
| Merrill Carter | $4,452 | $788 | -82.3% |
| Scott Youngblood | $6,521 | $771 | -88.2% |
| Full Circle Farm | $3,591 | $764 | -78.7% |
| Christopher James Ogden | $4,259 | $759 | -82.2% |
| Terry E. Mitchell | $3,850 | $735 | -80.9% |
| Alexandria Allgood Vaughan | $2,805 | $715 | -74.5% |
| Paul Knight | $4,412 | $644 | -85.4% |
| Donald H. Walker | $2,744 | $634 | -76.9% |
| Edward David Fitzpatrick | $2,350 | $633 | -73.1% |
| Mack B. Bohlen Jr. | $1,452 | $628 | -56.7% |
| Sally W. Stephens | $4,240 | $620 | -85.4% |
| Charles W. Tankersley | $3,602 | $597 | -83.4% |
| Kay McLeod | $585 | $585 | 0% |
| Sandra Moss | $3,804 | $584 | -84.6% |
| Suellen H. Sheppard | $569 | $569 | 0% |
| G. L. Bailey | $4,747 | $564 | -88.1% |
| James Dennis Beam | $3,262 | $562 | -82.8% |
| Matthew M. Carter | $2,308 | $559 | -75.8% |
| Nunn Lane Cattle, LLC | $3,948 | $523 | -86.8% |
| Nunn Lane Cattle, LLC | $3,948 | $523 | -86.8% |
| Glenn Mathews | $2,219 | $504 | -77.3% |
| Henry Anthony Harris | $1,806 | $498 | -72.4% |
| Alfred Murray | $2,492 | $472 | -81.1% |
| Marvin Ingalsbe | $431 | $431 | 0% |
| James E. Nix Jr. | $2,656 | $430 | -83.8% |
| Andy Long | $316 | $316 | 0% |
| Mark C. Long | $316 | $316 | 0% |
| Susie Long | $316 | $316 | 0% |
| Orenthal Sanders | $1,429 | $314 | -78% |
| Laverne Ogletree | $3,046 | $304 | -90% |
| Jonathan Brad Moon | $2,677 | $269 | -90% |
| Michael Nabors | $3,304 | $260 | -92.1% |
| Katherine A. Naftel | $258 | $258 | 0% |
| Frances Busenitz | $893 | $213 | -76.1% |
| Leslie Welborn | $0 | $203 | -- |
| Christopher Reed | $964 | $190 | -80.3% |
| Larry J. Taylor | $0 | $185 | -- |
| James Charles McCord | $1,664 | $178 | -89.3% |
| John Cotton Cummings | $0 | $165 | -- |
| Earl Nunn | $1,653 | $153 | -90.7% |
| Timothy David Blalock | $395 | $111 | -71.9% |
| Ralph Sheese | $2,208 | $63 | -97.1% |
| Dean F. Morrison | $706 | $56 | -92.1% |
| J. B. Long | $0 | $44 | -- |
| Ronny Maxwell | $0 | $42 | -- |
| Damon P. Malcom | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert B. Chandler Jr. | $474,007 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley M. Hayes | $4,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Gwendolin Ivie Alliston | $5,610 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucius William Harvey | $734 | $0 | -100% |
| Robin B Park | $669 | $0 | -100% |
| Wheat's Patch Dairy, Inc. | $7,952 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl W. Malcom Jr. | $1,019 | $0 | -100% |
| Claude Ray Cruce | $6,153 | $0 | -100% |
| Dianne Yearwood | $3,443 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy C. Pederson | $327 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas Frank Mundrick | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Ellen Warren | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Gralan Farms, LLC | $72,914 | $0 | -100% |
| Gussie T. Knight | $2,027 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold E. Malcom | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean H. Wood | $426 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff W. Peters | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Levity Farms, LLC | $4,578 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Morris | $1,316 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda S. Bohlen | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn E. Hall | $2,440 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Ponder Thurmond | $742 | $0 | -100% |
| Marvin C. Newsome | $1,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Jaramillo | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Devon Lavengood III | $675 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul H. Trulock | $61,893 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph David Smith | $104 | $0 | -100% |
| Richards Flowers and Mulch | $12,350 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert James Sieg | $497 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Foster | $214 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert William Shannon III | $2,352 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald E. Woodson | $519 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel J. Hester | $2,082 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Wallace | $4,267 | $0 | -100% |
| Tamplin Livestock Company, LLC | $8,988 | $0 | -100% |
| William B. Moon Jr. | $15 | $0 | -100% |
| C & J Orchards, Inc. | $6,275 | $0 | -100% |
| C and C Pecan Farm, Inc. | $16,218 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Cepuran | $1,842 | $0 | -100% |
| Clements Properties, Inc. | $28,891 | $0 | -100% |
| James K. Arnold | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Josephine M. Kaufman | $14,730 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,600,040 | $1,407,174 | -69.4% |
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