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In 2021, 306 farmers in cities within Clinton County received a total of $1.1 million in 397 farm subsidies, a 54.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.5 million in 888 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 Clinton County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Hicks | $30,301 | $102,012 | 236.7% |
| Joey Brown | $26,838 | $77,191 | 187.6% |
| Orville Freeman | $178,561 | $55,844 | -68.7% |
| Rocky Beaty | $15,629 | $51,864 | 231.8% |
| Bartley W. Parrigin | $0 | $46,803 | -- |
| Ricky H. Hunter | $0 | $45,013 | -- |
| Mims Incorporated | $120,493 | $41,883 | -65.2% |
| Brent J. Smith | $8,885 | $39,476 | 344.3% |
| Chester Donald Poore | $82,678 | $39,178 | -52.6% |
| James R. Gray | $8,720 | $35,336 | 305.2% |
| Jason Ferguson | $2,921 | $33,973 | 1,063.1% |
| Cole Gordon Nelson | $770 | $33,200 | 4,211.7% |
| Sawyer Travis Stalcup | $0 | $26,679 | -- |
| Shelby Ethan Denney | $3,410 | $26,506 | 677.3% |
| Johnny D. Ferguson | $4,658 | $25,139 | 439.7% |
| W. L. Sawyer | $148,685 | $22,950 | -84.6% |
| Robert R. Hicks | $19,667 | $22,396 | 13.9% |
| Wade R. Gilbert | $0 | $19,921 | -- |
| Marty Marcum | $13,723 | $19,632 | 43.1% |
| John David Mullins Jr. | $8,074 | $18,069 | 123.8% |
| Randall W. Beaty | $36,387 | $12,767 | -64.9% |
| Jim Sawyers | $70,371 | $11,590 | -83.5% |
| Lyle Huff | $44,552 | $9,816 | -78% |
| Charlie Brown | $55,838 | $7,254 | -87% |
| Tony A. Beaty | $21,253 | $7,175 | -66.2% |
| Greg Beard | $32,292 | $7,089 | -78% |
| Guffey Farm, LLC | $35,302 | $7,020 | -80.1% |
| Jimmy R. Lawrence | $18,896 | $6,586 | -65.1% |
| Lester A. Wallace | $26,586 | $6,031 | -77.3% |
| Timothy Brown | $0 | $6,016 | -- |
| Perry C. Hay | $35,517 | $5,944 | -83.3% |
| James Harvey Dicken | $0 | $5,790 | -- |
| Tanner L. Neal | $17,719 | $5,236 | -70.4% |
| Vic Upchurch | $34,178 | $4,852 | -85.8% |
| Greg M. Smith | $23,209 | $4,088 | -82.4% |
| Paul G. Conner | $44,447 | $3,978 | -91.1% |
| Stephen W. Young | $18,607 | $3,955 | -78.7% |
| Carter H. Maupin | $21,981 | $3,844 | -82.5% |
| Robert Hay | $14,369 | $3,789 | -73.6% |
| Wendell B. Irwin | $13,363 | $3,762 | -71.8% |
| Gene E. Latham | $19,551 | $3,673 | -81.2% |
| William Allen Flowers | $10,437 | $3,436 | -67.1% |
| William D. Warinner | $51,774 | $3,414 | -93.4% |
| Bobby Sawyers | $10,479 | $3,082 | -70.6% |
| James E. Brown | $28,024 | $2,924 | -89.6% |
| David R. Irwin | $21,087 | $2,832 | -86.6% |
| Roger D. Beard | $9,832 | $2,730 | -72.2% |
| Barbara Jarvis Savage | $8,727 | $2,705 | -69% |
| Nathan S. Groce | $15,707 | $2,645 | -83.2% |
| Sandra L. Smith | $11,893 | $2,582 | -78.3% |
| Eddie D. Luttrell | $10,114 | $2,455 | -75.7% |
| Jackie Stonecipher | $7,073 | $2,344 | -66.9% |
| Ray C. Neal | $13,172 | $2,341 | -82.2% |
| Dean Edwards | $11,258 | $2,326 | -79.3% |
| Michial Hesson Conner | $8,410 | $2,285 | -72.8% |
| Loretta Cravens | $5,826 | $2,177 | -62.6% |
| Dustin Lee Marcum | $8,787 | $2,093 | -76.2% |
| Phillip Crockett | $0 | $2,090 | -- |
| Hershel Key | $14,748 | $2,078 | -85.9% |
| Gary E. Koger | $7,592 | $1,980 | -73.9% |
| Tyler G. Reneau | $7,406 | $1,956 | -73.6% |
| Harold E. Littrell | $9,348 | $1,940 | -79.2% |
| James Leon Denney | $9,593 | $1,931 | -79.9% |
| Doug Lowhorn | $7,810 | $1,904 | -75.6% |
| Ermel C. Burchett | $6,930 | $1,868 | -73% |
| Jeffrey Lewis Lee | $10,084 | $1,842 | -81.7% |
| Steve Cooksey | $10,230 | $1,826 | -82.2% |
| Clint Donald Poore | $7,298 | $1,807 | -75.2% |
| Rex A. Thrasher | $8,619 | $1,787 | -79.3% |
| Lou G. Latham II | $22,893 | $1,780 | -92.2% |
| Sandra Kaye Denney | $6,358 | $1,737 | -72.7% |
| Pamela W. Hay | $1,664 | $1,664 | 0% |
| Denver H. Flowers | $8,529 | $1,658 | -80.6% |
| Jason York | $8,706 | $1,653 | -81% |
| Ronnie Cowan | $10,145 | $1,615 | -84.1% |
| Norman Asberry | $6,182 | $1,561 | -74.7% |
| Reba D. Gilbert | $7,699 | $1,561 | -79.7% |
| Steve Peddicord | $8,194 | $1,561 | -80.9% |
| Anthony Clark | $9,804 | $1,513 | -84.6% |
| Sammy M. Sheffield | $8,872 | $1,495 | -83.1% |
| David Armstrong | $10,871 | $1,432 | -86.8% |
| Johnny R. Derossett | $5,602 | $1,425 | -74.6% |
| Letha Boils | $6,574 | $1,382 | -79% |
| James R. Delk | $4,385 | $1,362 | -68.9% |
| Cornelius W. Conner | $5,659 | $1,347 | -76.2% |
| Tony Boils | $6,610 | $1,339 | -79.7% |
| Kathryn Brown | $8,014 | $1,332 | -83.4% |
| Dennis Larry Hurst | $9,279 | $1,314 | -85.8% |
| Christopher Eddie Goodman | $8,894 | $1,284 | -85.6% |
| Sheldon Harlan | $8,259 | $1,284 | -84.5% |
| Nicholas Wayne Spears | $16,335 | $1,281 | -92.2% |
| James G. Abston | $5,354 | $1,268 | -76.3% |
| Colby L. Guffey | $6,776 | $1,257 | -81.4% |
| Patricia Beard | $1,251 | $1,251 | 0% |
| Calvin Melton | $4,292 | $1,214 | -71.7% |
| Larry W. Cole | $8,167 | $1,210 | -85.2% |
| Wayne Beaty | $4,510 | $1,202 | -73.3% |
| James Pierce | $4,944 | $1,200 | -75.7% |
| Eric Lyn Latham | $7,739 | $1,199 | -84.5% |
| Ima Ruth Thrasher | $7,215 | $1,156 | -84% |
| Jay L. Garner | $6,393 | $1,146 | -82.1% |
| Tommy Guffey | $6,772 | $1,138 | -83.2% |
| Ralph Cross | $6,917 | $1,123 | -83.8% |
| Larry Koger | $4,400 | $1,110 | -74.8% |
| Gay Garner | $4,977 | $1,098 | -77.9% |
| Linda Flowers | $4,334 | $1,089 | -74.9% |
| Ronnie Stinson | $4,620 | $1,083 | -76.6% |
| Michial L Conner | $10,432 | $1,066 | -89.8% |
| Oral Wayne Riddle | $4,864 | $1,048 | -78.5% |
| David Birdwell | $4,834 | $1,041 | -78.5% |
| David Honeycutt | $9,042 | $1,003 | -88.9% |
| Eddie Clark | $4,015 | $984 | -75.5% |
| Allen W. Angel | $3,707 | $976 | -73.7% |
| Randall E. Neal | $4,167 | $976 | -76.6% |
| Billy Kirby Gray | $4,025 | $970 | -75.9% |
| Brian Casada | $2,596 | $964 | -62.9% |
| Allen Glidewell | $5,575 | $957 | -82.8% |
| Gayle Upchurch | $4,499 | $952 | -78.8% |
| Ned McWhorter | $3,674 | $942 | -74.4% |
| Ralph E. Neal | $1 | $938 | 93,700% |
| Eddie Tompkins | $4,344 | $928 | -78.6% |
| Jesse Collins | $5,622 | $916 | -83.7% |
| Jessica S. Gibson | $2,128 | $909 | -57.3% |
| Marilyn Anita Lowhorn | $5,602 | $903 | -83.9% |
| Freddy Gale Bowlin | $9,784 | $898 | -90.8% |
| Hazel Noreen Sell | $3,921 | $879 | -77.6% |
| Jerry L. York | $5,979 | $879 | -85.3% |
| Tommy Wood | $5,253 | $876 | -83.3% |
| Donald McGill | $3,652 | $864 | -76.3% |
| Fredrick H. Honeycutt | $5,032 | $861 | -82.9% |
| Mitchell P. Dalton | $2,574 | $853 | -66.9% |
| Joseph Lee Stockton | $4,480 | $850 | -81% |
| Johnny H. Cash | $7,586 | $841 | -88.9% |
| Lila Dot Delk | $2,708 | $838 | -69.1% |
| Tony Tompkins | $3,138 | $826 | -73.7% |
| Mitchell Staton | $5,223 | $809 | -84.5% |
| Mary Shelley | $3,780 | $798 | -78.9% |
| Jerry Lowhorn | $4,708 | $796 | -83.1% |
| Ray Perdue | $3,081 | $794 | -74.2% |
| Steven F. Dickerson | $3,726 | $789 | -78.8% |
| Gay Davis | $3,201 | $788 | -75.4% |
| Dewayne Crockett | $4,958 | $782 | -84.2% |
| Jerry Lee Ridge | $990 | $765 | -22.7% |
| O. W. Crouch | $3,284 | $754 | -77% |
| Randall Ray McFall | $3,830 | $750 | -80.4% |
| Billy W. Asberry | $4,466 | $744 | -83.3% |
| Bobby R. Reneau | $2,497 | $739 | -70.4% |
| Jordan G. Hunter | $3,992 | $730 | -81.7% |
| Larry K. Thrasher | $4,075 | $729 | -82.1% |
| David A. Thrasher | $2,691 | $726 | -73% |
| Tim C. Ayers | $3,327 | $726 | -78.2% |
| Mark Coop | $3,585 | $723 | -79.8% |
| Ronald McGill | $2,585 | $715 | -72.3% |
| Steve Jones | $3,465 | $703 | -79.7% |
| Adam W. Bertram | $3,586 | $702 | -80.4% |
| Cyrus Vance Guthrie | $3,094 | $702 | -77.3% |
| Kevin J. Cook | $3,179 | $699 | -78% |
| Jimmy K. Brown | $4,552 | $698 | -84.7% |
| Robert Reneau Jr. | $3,899 | $692 | -82.3% |
| William Bart Bertram | $4,395 | $682 | -84.5% |
| Donnie S. Cross | $3,663 | $679 | -81.5% |
| Jerry W. Branham | $1,771 | $674 | -61.9% |
| Jerry Lee Tallent | $6,811 | $673 | -90.1% |
| Betty Rains | $5,057 | $650 | -87.1% |
| John Keith Riddle | $3,161 | $650 | -79.4% |
| Curtis Steven York | $3,342 | $627 | -81.2% |
| Anthony Wilson | $2,750 | $618 | -77.5% |
| Dewayne Riddle | $3,083 | $617 | -80% |
| Jimmy J. Beaty | $3,986 | $616 | -84.5% |
| Sammy Craig | $17,428 | $614 | -96.5% |
| Kenneth Hestand | $2,585 | $602 | -76.7% |
| Egan Reneau Latham | $2,944 | $593 | -79.9% |
| Lucas H. Thacker | $3,862 | $588 | -84.8% |
| Joe F. Summers | $2,782 | $584 | -79% |
| Jeff Vincent | $3,333 | $578 | -82.7% |
| James Odell Riddle | $4,173 | $575 | -86.2% |
| Bobbie Ann Stone | $4,459 | $571 | -87.2% |
| Larry Craig | $4,609 | $571 | -87.6% |
| Troy Stearns | $2,894 | $568 | -80.4% |
| Christopher M. Asberry | $2,596 | $560 | -78.4% |
| Jim R. McWhorter | $2,798 | $554 | -80.2% |
| James A. Hicks | $2,519 | $547 | -78.3% |
| Patsy Smith | $2,288 | $543 | -76.3% |
| Dillard F. Shelton | $3,274 | $542 | -83.4% |
| Raymond B. Speck | $2,442 | $540 | -77.9% |
| Ricky D. Albertson | $2,037 | $533 | -73.8% |
| Aaron Stockton | $2,823 | $532 | -81.2% |
| Ricky Duvall | $3,568 | $532 | -85.1% |
| Brian R. Neal | $2,541 | $512 | -79.9% |
| Donnie Stinson | $2,629 | $512 | -80.5% |
| Richard Braswell | $1,969 | $512 | -74% |
| Randell Harlan | $2,632 | $510 | -80.6% |
| Barney J. Latham | $3,592 | $505 | -85.9% |
| Christopher A. Neal | $3,353 | $500 | -85.1% |
| Gary McWhorter | $2,661 | $498 | -81.3% |
| James Kenneth Lee | $4,668 | $498 | -89.3% |
| Bryan Conner | $1,975 | $490 | -75.2% |
| William N. Stockton | $3,873 | $476 | -87.7% |
| Mark Shelton | $3,453 | $473 | -86.3% |
| Ned T. Sloan Jr. | $2,193 | $470 | -78.6% |
| Jackie York | $2,156 | $464 | -78.5% |
| Miller Tallent | $2,563 | $457 | -82.2% |
| Stuart Reed Vitatoe | $2,178 | $457 | -79% |
| Gavin Chance McWhorter | $2,288 | $456 | -80.1% |
| Lloyd Stockton | $5,439 | $446 | -91.8% |
| Seven G Properties II, Inc. | $2,079 | $446 | -78.5% |
| Chad Stuart Irwin | $3,585 | $444 | -87.6% |
| David Mann | $1,970 | $443 | -77.5% |
| James David Bookout | $2,222 | $443 | -80.1% |
| Kenneth L. Riddle | $2,091 | $432 | -79.3% |
| Michael S. Creekmore | $2,083 | $432 | -79.3% |
| Gary Ray Wallace | $825 | $425 | -48.5% |
| David W. Duvall | $1,867 | $420 | -77.5% |
| Dana Riddle Duvall | $2,352 | $419 | -82.2% |
| Ben Armstrong | $2,428 | $406 | -83.3% |
| Jackie R. Duvall | $1,540 | $405 | -73.7% |
| Samantha Michelle Anaya | $1,540 | $398 | -74.2% |
| Ernie Albertson | $2,255 | $394 | -82.5% |
| Randy Claborn | $3,108 | $394 | -87.3% |
| Dennis Hickman | $1,430 | $390 | -72.7% |
| Eugenia Finkbeiner | $2,276 | $386 | -83% |
| Rick Stonecipher | $1,529 | $385 | -74.8% |
| Mervin G. Daniel | $1,694 | $380 | -77.6% |
| Gary Latham | $1,351 | $378 | -72% |
| Thomas W. Davis | $1,606 | $363 | -77.4% |
| Willie Ralph Lee | $1,716 | $363 | -78.8% |
| Gary H. Bertram | $2,024 | $360 | -82.2% |
| Lance York | $12,391 | $360 | -97.1% |
| James Eddie Lee | $2,887 | $350 | -87.9% |
| Beaty Farm, LLC | $1,450 | $346 | -76.1% |
| Benjamin Michael Roberts III | $792 | $342 | -56.8% |
| Justin D. Duvall | $1,513 | $315 | -79.2% |
| James Paul Brown | $1,942 | $314 | -83.8% |
| Joshua van Cowan | $1,727 | $312 | -81.9% |
| Barry D. Thrasher | $880 | $308 | -65% |
| Jeffery Brown | $1,584 | $304 | -80.8% |
| Gabriel Garner | $2,052 | $301 | -85.3% |
| Glenn Jones | $1,699 | $298 | -82.5% |
| James Holsapple | $990 | $294 | -70.3% |
| Toby S. Conner | $2,376 | $287 | -87.9% |
| Barry Tompkins | $1,642 | $286 | -82.6% |
| Jackie Ayers | $1,375 | $286 | -79.2% |
| Jeremiah J. Shelton | $1,992 | $281 | -85.9% |
| Joseph D. Jones | $2,013 | $280 | -86.1% |
| Tony Bertram | $2,020 | $280 | -86.1% |
| Brandon Shane Matthews | $1,584 | $274 | -82.7% |
| Roger F Barber | $979 | $274 | -72% |
| Billy Joe Jones | $5,966 | $273 | -95.4% |
| Jason T. Parrigin | $1,045 | $273 | -73.9% |
| Bobby Wells | $1,122 | $272 | -75.8% |
| Roger Grider | $1,290 | $270 | -79.1% |
| Amanda Rich | $3,803 | $261 | -93.1% |
| James Bray | $990 | $259 | -73.8% |
| John Roberts | $1,646 | $259 | -84.3% |
| Mitchell Neal | $1,567 | $259 | -83.5% |
| Freddy Smith | $1,627 | $253 | -84.4% |
| Terry Buster | $1,375 | $253 | -81.6% |
| Sam W. Hadley | $7,714 | $247 | -96.8% |
| Shelby Lee Guffey | $1,426 | $246 | -82.7% |
| Rodney Aaron Thrasher | $946 | $242 | -74.4% |
| Paul Tompkins | $1,243 | $235 | -81.1% |
| David Stockton | $990 | $232 | -76.6% |
| Jereme Hill | $1,222 | $232 | -81% |
| Ricky Lee Norris | $2,210 | $222 | -90% |
| Ms. Sharon C. Matthews | $1,437 | $218 | -84.8% |
| Brad Stockton | $902 | $217 | -75.9% |
| Mark E. Maupin | $5,148 | $217 | -95.8% |
| Dana Allen Spears | $1,208 | $211 | -82.5% |
| Menford Derossett | $1,226 | $205 | -83.3% |
| Gary Speck | $1,349 | $200 | -85.2% |
| Stephen R. Guthrie | $957 | $193 | -79.8% |
| Rebecca Stockton | $1,083 | $190 | -82.5% |
| Michael Derossett | $1,048 | $186 | -82.3% |
| Larry Dale Kempton | $429 | $183 | -57.3% |
| Chas McIver | $1,221 | $180 | -85.3% |
| Kenton L. Shearer | $1,760 | $170 | -90.3% |
| Bethel Williams | $2,636 | $166 | -93.7% |
| Barry T. Cross | $289 | $159 | -45% |
| Donna C. Cross | $744 | $159 | -78.6% |
| Justin Ryan Parrigin | $897 | $159 | -82.3% |
| Kody L. Dicken | $1,828 | $159 | -91.3% |
| Brandon Allen Ferguson | $726 | $156 | -78.5% |
| Wayne Glover | $1,848 | $147 | -92% |
| Danny I. Brown | $16,197 | $140 | -99.1% |
| Destinee Starr Neal | $605 | $132 | -78.2% |
| Raymond Lee Jones | $605 | $121 | -80% |
| Seth Allen Key | $484 | $118 | -75.6% |
| Charles McIver | $517 | $114 | -77.9% |
| David Kenneth McIver | $484 | $97 | -80% |
| Stephen Anderson | $264 | $76 | -71.2% |
| Ethan Cook | $693 | $73 | -89.5% |
| Everett Lee Polson | $206 | $72 | -65% |
| Ferguson Brothers of Albany, Inc. | $0 | $62 | -- |
| Springhaven Farm, Inc. | $621 | $54 | -91.3% |
| Kenneth Myers | $909 | $48 | -94.7% |
| Scottie Stockton | $933 | $46 | -95.1% |
| Greg Wells | $99 | $42 | -57.6% |
| Delora Ann McGuire | $440 | $35 | -92% |
| Jason P. Warinner | $66 | $24 | -63.6% |
| MRS Stacy Michelle Smith | $86 | $21 | -75.6% |
| Rita Sparks | $0 | $18 | -- |
| Donnie Lee Pruitt Jr. | $1,008 | $14 | -98.6% |
| Maupin Cattle Company, LLC | $2,293 | $14 | -99.4% |
| Linda C. Shelton | $0 | $13 | -- |
| Jonathan Cravens | $10,134 | $10 | -99.9% |
| Stanley Odell Key | $83 | $2 | -97.6% |
| Amy Gibson | $348 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony Dalton | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Payton Cross | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Buddy R. Owens | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Lukas Ferguson | $4,844 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie M. Riddle | $104 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Latham | $14,882 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny J. Thomas | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald K. Craft | $1,919 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorlene Page | $71 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie K. Jarvis | $8,376 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Stockton | $111 | $0 | -100% |
| Ernest Guffey | $737 | $0 | -100% |
| Frankie Ayers | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Herbert M. Guffey | $322 | $0 | -100% |
| James Douglas Sell | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Ann Glidewell | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry D. Mason | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy L. Campbell | $716 | $0 | -100% |
| Landon Matthew Smith | $559 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin Poore | $68 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Earl Smith | $117 | $0 | -100% |
| Morris Smith | $347 | $0 | -100% |
| Norman Pierce | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia A. Sawyers | $2,958 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia F. Riddle | $31 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Norris | $357 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert O. Key | $84 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Starnes | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie K. Neal | $881 | $0 | -100% |
| Scarlett Latham | $1,965 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheila K. Neal | $40 | $0 | -100% |
| Tate A. Ferguson | $4,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Vanessa F. Gray | $331 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,490,338 | $1,123,371 | -54.9% |
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