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In 2021, 273 farmers in cities within Coffee County received a total of $5.8 million in 502 farm subsidies, a 31.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $8.5 million in 905 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 Coffee County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumblin Farm | $1,073,349 | $538,197 | -49.9% |
| William M. Nobles | $130,835 | $297,836 | 127.6% |
| Frank E. Albright | $451,906 | $275,299 | -39.1% |
| Anne S. Sumblin | $101,568 | $249,648 | 145.8% |
| Hayden Nobles | $274,191 | $214,448 | -21.8% |
| Adriane Carter | $281,748 | $151,356 | -46.3% |
| Ryan McKenzie | $233,108 | $140,665 | -39.7% |
| Clinton H. Patterson | $188,311 | $137,140 | -27.2% |
| Andy Blackstock | $110,473 | $121,152 | 9.7% |
| Coy C. Patterson | $171,821 | $120,102 | -30.1% |
| Wesley D. Wise | $162,341 | $118,469 | -27% |
| Dennis Hawthorne | $11,791 | $106,581 | 803.9% |
| James W. Stephens Jr. | $204,055 | $103,864 | -49.1% |
| Glenn Rhoades | $97,971 | $103,081 | 5.2% |
| Henry O. Patterson | $218,799 | $101,950 | -53.4% |
| Adrian Carnley | $118,455 | $96,474 | -18.6% |
| Jerimy R Carnley | $134,452 | $95,486 | -29% |
| Martin Andy Sumblin | $180,120 | $92,919 | -48.4% |
| Bret M. Nobles | $99,260 | $86,935 | -12.4% |
| David Carnley | $84,385 | $86,342 | 2.3% |
| Allen Weeks | $111,797 | $74,616 | -33.3% |
| Kenneth Carnley | $98,247 | $73,316 | -25.4% |
| Gary Tim Sumblin | $145,027 | $71,323 | -50.8% |
| Steven B. Wyrosdick | $36,591 | $66,044 | 80.5% |
| Christy Weeks | $78,423 | $62,332 | -20.5% |
| SJW, LLC | $92,199 | $62,092 | -32.7% |
| Nickolas A. Weeks | $66,955 | $61,189 | -8.6% |
| Ray Davis | $97,513 | $58,134 | -40.4% |
| Max Bozeman Jr. | $85,784 | $58,128 | -32.2% |
| James A. Wyrosdick | $55,099 | $56,966 | 3.4% |
| DRY Creek Forest Products, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| DRY Creek Loggers, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| DRY Creek Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Joe Ed Donaldson | $104,422 | $52,184 | -50% |
| Darryl Wilkerson | $12,964 | $51,583 | 297.9% |
| James D. McKinney | $58,411 | $51,383 | -12% |
| Jeff McKinney | $58,356 | $51,383 | -11.9% |
| A & a Farm, LLC | $0 | $41,940 | -- |
| Larry Parker Jr. | $73,381 | $40,970 | -44.2% |
| William Ander Paulk Jr. | $74,228 | $40,914 | -44.9% |
| Harold Rhoades | $24,310 | $40,482 | 66.5% |
| Lauren Donaldson | $11,425 | $36,962 | 223.5% |
| James R. Nicholson | $55,449 | $35,503 | -36% |
| Sara Reynolds | $64,214 | $35,499 | -44.7% |
| Dawson J. Farris | $6,892 | $35,308 | 412.3% |
| Beau Y. Nobles | $81,883 | $34,441 | -57.9% |
| Mark A. Ward | $17,097 | $33,127 | 93.8% |
| Susan Parker Blackstock | $33,522 | $32,520 | -3% |
| Charlie Clark | $6,124 | $32,391 | 428.9% |
| Michael McCart | $48,695 | $29,275 | -39.9% |
| Bric H Rhoades | $37,150 | $28,023 | -24.6% |
| William Jason Farris | $5,074 | $27,976 | 451.4% |
| Reynolds Farms | $84,843 | $27,599 | -67.5% |
| Dowe Clark | $40,441 | $25,850 | -36.1% |
| Jerry C. Mack | $28,045 | $23,653 | -15.7% |
| Kenneth A. Walls | $330 | $23,236 | 6,941.2% |
| Hung V. Phan | $0 | $23,192 | -- |
| Redmon Farms, LLC | $41,597 | $22,937 | -44.9% |
| Ellis J. Wise | $24,217 | $21,509 | -11.2% |
| Phil Farris | $22,749 | $21,417 | -5.9% |
| Claude R. Nicholson | $45,930 | $20,601 | -55.1% |
| Powell Timber Properties, LLLP | $0 | $19,677 | -- |
| Kenneth Y. Baker | $49,088 | $19,564 | -60.1% |
| Kyle Windham | $31,772 | $19,237 | -39.5% |
| Philip N. Cardwell | $41,405 | $19,132 | -53.8% |
| Dwain Rhoades | $15,021 | $19,024 | 26.6% |
| James C. Rhoades | $15,021 | $19,016 | 26.6% |
| Eric Windham | $0 | $18,102 | -- |
| Mike Hines Farms, Inc. | $37,905 | $17,126 | -54.8% |
| Country Boy Farm, LLC | $0 | $16,817 | -- |
| Mixon Farms II, LLC | $46,962 | $16,163 | -65.6% |
| L. A. Boyd IV | $30,958 | $15,549 | -49.8% |
| Markie P. Howell | $16,246 | $15,252 | -6.1% |
| Wesley Reynolds | $20,834 | $14,822 | -28.9% |
| Dennis Smith | $43,957 | $14,741 | -66.5% |
| Caleb Dierksheide | $14,965 | $13,968 | -6.7% |
| Billy Rhodes | $19,573 | $13,765 | -29.7% |
| Clifford G. Patterson | $13,507 | $12,370 | -8.4% |
| Claude Bartlett Bowdoin | $15,177 | $12,226 | -19.4% |
| Johnny G. Foley | $10,838 | $12,220 | 12.8% |
| Brian William Stephens | $5,171 | $11,575 | 123.8% |
| Jeff Cowen | $0 | $10,756 | -- |
| Jonathan Mark Weeks | $19,443 | $10,580 | -45.6% |
| Steven R. Bozeman | $11,093 | $10,567 | -4.7% |
| Sharon D. Caylor | $17,920 | $10,326 | -42.4% |
| Robin Dierksheide | $0 | $9,528 | -- |
| Joshua Curtis Seal | $6,834 | $9,403 | 37.6% |
| van McCall | $8,414 | $8,604 | 2.3% |
| Jessie Alan Sessions | $92,076 | $8,404 | -90.9% |
| Avant Farms | $18,058 | $8,390 | -53.5% |
| Grayson T. Sessions | $88,264 | $8,361 | -90.5% |
| James Toyal Jackson | $11,909 | $8,172 | -31.4% |
| Alex Nobles | $8,825 | $7,718 | -12.5% |
| R & P Powell Properties, LLLP | $2,138 | $7,657 | 258.1% |
| Joseph Scott Foley | $14,114 | $7,653 | -45.8% |
| Dennis Griffin | $18,804 | $7,375 | -60.8% |
| Douglas S. Johnson | $5,116 | $7,356 | 43.8% |
| Kelly a Adkison | $0 | $7,296 | -- |
| Hubert Ray Bryan | $22,330 | $7,187 | -67.8% |
| Martha L. Early | $6,562 | $6,562 | 0% |
| Glen P. Jones | $10,036 | $6,546 | -34.8% |
| Sherri B. Nobles | $2,194 | $6,522 | 197.3% |
| Straight Rows Farms, LLC | $0 | $6,369 | -- |
| John N. Holley | $12,771 | $6,133 | -52% |
| Louie L. Watson Jr. | $14,919 | $6,019 | -59.7% |
| Shane Uhlry | $1,324 | $6,007 | 353.7% |
| Third Day Farm, LLC | $0 | $5,964 | -- |
| Colin G. Morris | $12,457 | $5,940 | -52.3% |
| Chris A. Sessions | $385,063 | $5,907 | -98.5% |
| Anthony K. Rhodes | $17,042 | $5,775 | -66.1% |
| Carlton J. Wallace | $12,423 | $5,253 | -57.7% |
| Betty Sue Boutwell | $8,686 | $4,860 | -44% |
| Darren Smith | $6,201 | $4,797 | -22.6% |
| Bobby Courson | $13,074 | $4,617 | -64.7% |
| Larry D. Davis | $20,872 | $4,448 | -78.7% |
| Glenn Rogers | $9,149 | $4,337 | -52.6% |
| Roy Glenn Barlow | $22,545 | $4,249 | -81.2% |
| James Wilton Snell | $6,488 | $4,237 | -34.7% |
| Dianne Windham | $6,918 | $4,210 | -39.1% |
| Keith Boswell | $12,116 | $4,079 | -66.3% |
| Brad Sullivant | $12,000 | $3,907 | -67.4% |
| Jimmy D. Harrison | $7,077 | $3,905 | -44.8% |
| Ronnie L. Hammond | $10,096 | $3,878 | -61.6% |
| Lower Alabama Beef Company, LLC | $13,024 | $3,774 | -71% |
| Trace J. Archie | $6,860 | $3,722 | -45.7% |
| Jesse Wayne Reynolds | $3,843 | $3,712 | -3.4% |
| Lewis Wilks Jr. | $16,790 | $3,684 | -78.1% |
| J & C Farms, Inc. | $43,260 | $3,583 | -91.7% |
| Richard Brian Norris | $0 | $3,546 | -- |
| Charles D. Patterson II | $3,899 | $3,542 | -9.2% |
| Danny Phillips | $7,534 | $3,421 | -54.6% |
| John R. Perrett | $14,914 | $3,324 | -77.7% |
| Joseph H. Windham | $0 | $3,318 | -- |
| Joseph W. Bess | $3,308 | $3,308 | 0% |
| James R. Hughes | $25,180 | $3,276 | -87% |
| Timothy Braxton Blackmon | $2,159 | $3,266 | 51.3% |
| David E. Patterson | $9,947 | $3,157 | -68.3% |
| Dorothy F. Wilkins | $3,090 | $3,090 | 0% |
| Kimberly D. Wallace | $6,734 | $2,915 | -56.7% |
| Cindy C. Windham | $5,824 | $2,912 | -50% |
| Kevin F. Wyatt | $16,717 | $2,888 | -82.7% |
| Jack B. Windham Jr. | $5,540 | $2,770 | -50% |
| Billy R. Caylor | $14,962 | $2,732 | -81.7% |
| Barbara Jo A. Howell | $2,665 | $2,665 | 0% |
| Donald W. Bradshaw | $7,010 | $2,648 | -62.2% |
| Mickey A. Hutto | $2,540 | $2,641 | 4% |
| Bruce Grice | $13,028 | $2,603 | -80% |
| Mikel R. Weeks | $2,594 | $2,594 | 0% |
| Alice Moore Trust | $0 | $2,580 | -- |
| Ricky Turner | $18,504 | $2,471 | -86.6% |
| Roselyn Jenkins | $9,218 | $2,446 | -73.5% |
| Mary B. Wicker | $1,821 | $2,426 | 33.2% |
| James S. Reeves | $3,682 | $2,280 | -38.1% |
| Wendell R. Moore | $6,831 | $2,211 | -67.6% |
| Wallace K. Weeks | $2,390 | $2,192 | -8.3% |
| Johnny P. McInnis | $3,284 | $2,157 | -34.3% |
| Kay J. Mack | $2,143 | $2,143 | 0% |
| John D. Stokes | $13,599 | $2,081 | -84.7% |
| Glorianne S Stewart | $3,481 | $2,002 | -42.5% |
| GA Bradley Farms, LLC | $2,484 | $1,974 | -20.5% |
| Shane Kevin Smith | $2,389 | $1,957 | -18.1% |
| Paul Carnley | $3,746 | $1,908 | -49.1% |
| Kimberly Davis McKenzie | $0 | $1,873 | -- |
| Sibyl C. Wise | $1,871 | $1,871 | 0% |
| Carroll Farms | $1,856 | $1,856 | 0% |
| Mack F. Lott | $2,022 | $1,844 | -8.8% |
| Ronald R. Windham | $2,128 | $1,786 | -16.1% |
| Barbara Stinson | $4,938 | $1,745 | -64.7% |
| Mildred Bryan Helms Family Trust | $1,890 | $1,675 | -11.4% |
| James Arthur Helms Testamentary T | $3,367 | $1,645 | -51.1% |
| Roger Pridgen | $1,764 | $1,597 | -9.5% |
| Harold B. Hudson | $11,337 | $1,570 | -86.2% |
| Mulhaven, Inc. | $5,570 | $1,551 | -72.2% |
| Teresa C. Campbell | $1,619 | $1,490 | -8% |
| Joe M. Prior | $2,828 | $1,414 | -50% |
| Edward Lamont Day | $0 | $1,410 | -- |
| Danny Nobles | $5,001 | $1,402 | -72% |
| Bobby Baker | $1,399 | $1,399 | 0% |
| Sally Ann Danford | $2,387 | $1,399 | -41.4% |
| Rocky D. Sumblin | $2,759 | $1,374 | -50.2% |
| Kenneth E. English | $9,835 | $1,331 | -86.5% |
| Foyle Wayne Bryan | $2,943 | $1,328 | -54.9% |
| Christopher M. Hunter | $1,628 | $1,298 | -20.3% |
| Wendy A. Robbins | $0 | $1,297 | -- |
| Chad F. Sessions | $1,969 | $1,289 | -34.5% |
| Buck Jackson | $2,496 | $1,262 | -49.4% |
| Milford Johnson | $0 | $1,236 | -- |
| Donny Hardy | $5,792 | $1,216 | -79% |
| Ralph D. Moody | $7,855 | $1,201 | -84.7% |
| Rickey A. Catrett | $5,875 | $1,182 | -79.9% |
| Charles C. Marler | $5,064 | $1,179 | -76.7% |
| Johnny Reynolds | $1,178 | $1,178 | 0% |
| Charles C. Marler II | $4,357 | $1,172 | -73.1% |
| The English Family Trust | $1,582 | $1,164 | -26.4% |
| Louie Grimes Jr. | $9,821 | $1,148 | -88.3% |
| Jason G. Williams | $5,594 | $1,135 | -79.7% |
| Paul Folmar | $10,281 | $1,102 | -89.3% |
| Ben McKee | $3,866 | $1,058 | -72.6% |
| Thomas Carpenter | $1,050 | $1,050 | 0% |
| Cynthia Adams Hataway | $2,364 | $1,048 | -55.7% |
| Robert L. Kimble | $4,412 | $1,047 | -76.3% |
| Thomas Lavon Cauley | $8,205 | $1,028 | -87.5% |
| Justin Kenneth York | $4,916 | $1,016 | -79.3% |
| Jessica Bowers | $583 | $990 | 69.8% |
| Joseph H. Thomas III | $978 | $978 | 0% |
| Marcus Alan Taylor | $7,517 | $970 | -87.1% |
| Ken York | $4,317 | $960 | -77.8% |
| Earl J. Taylor Jr. | $6,904 | $952 | -86.2% |
| Jennine B. Caylor | $929 | $929 | 0% |
| Jerry Wayne Mooney | $7,536 | $928 | -87.7% |
| Elma L Morrow Estate | $903 | $903 | 0% |
| Double R Industries | $5,125 | $890 | -82.6% |
| Paula M. Jordan | $6,387 | $890 | -86.1% |
| Mitchell Brunson | $7,340 | $886 | -87.9% |
| Tommy P. Rogers | $4,062 | $848 | -79.1% |
| Samuel J. Windham | $1,682 | $841 | -50% |
| Abner J. Sanders | $3,750 | $839 | -77.6% |
| Royce Chamblee | $6,117 | $836 | -86.3% |
| William Thomas Mathis | $1,139 | $820 | -28% |
| Danny Weeks | $4,299 | $779 | -81.9% |
| Tommy Brooks | $833 | $766 | -8% |
| Edward W. Ballard | $5,502 | $740 | -86.6% |
| Ricky Wilks | $3,507 | $738 | -79% |
| Brad P. Lee | $3,278 | $736 | -77.5% |
| Bill G. Lockwood | $724 | $724 | 0% |
| Cecil E. Pope Jr. | $4,525 | $716 | -84.2% |
| Ralph Medley Jr. | $712 | $712 | 0% |
| Sandra Harrison | $710 | $710 | 0% |
| Mike Medley | $710 | $710 | 0% |
| Danny Jernigan | $709 | $705 | -0.6% |
| Owen Patterson | $0 | $693 | -- |
| Charles Lance Baldree | $4,128 | $684 | -83.4% |
| Lee Boutwell | $4,975 | $668 | -86.6% |
| Leo Brown | $4,247 | $648 | -84.7% |
| James Scott Cain | $1,419 | $639 | -55% |
| William Brock Hawthorne | $11,746 | $639 | -94.6% |
| Marilyn Smith | $1,148 | $574 | -50% |
| Cody Davis | $4,304 | $535 | -87.6% |
| Clifton Eugene Mock Jr. | $4,416 | $530 | -88% |
| Mark Vaughan | $1,730 | $526 | -69.6% |
| Terrance F. Calhoun | $2,491 | $482 | -80.7% |
| Ashton McKelvy | $4,460 | $481 | -89.2% |
| Charles Boswell | $3,431 | $481 | -86% |
| Sue Ellen H. Weeks | $1,122 | $474 | -57.8% |
| Deborah Damon | $472 | $472 | 0% |
| Dwayne Rushing | $472 | $472 | 0% |
| Gail King Cawthon | $472 | $472 | 0% |
| Keith Rushing | $472 | $472 | 0% |
| Shelly Davis Jr. | $0 | $435 | -- |
| Roland Powell | $1,089 | $415 | -61.9% |
| Chase Hendrix | $3,198 | $405 | -87.3% |
| Richard Wayne Hendrix | $3,220 | $388 | -88% |
| Donnie McCart | $3,050 | $380 | -87.5% |
| Charles D. Patterson | $0 | $374 | -- |
| Ann K. Foley | $373 | $373 | 0% |
| Chris Martin | $264 | $358 | 35.6% |
| Joe Michael Hughes | $2,196 | $346 | -84.2% |
| Abraham Wesley Allen | $0 | $339 | -- |
| Lukas Clayton Taylor | $1,287 | $316 | -75.4% |
| Dennis Dean | $2,345 | $297 | -87.3% |
| Nathan E. Pierce | $2,583 | $284 | -89% |
| Kelly L. Dean | $1,067 | $254 | -76.2% |
| Ricky Alton Carlile | $2,291 | $246 | -89.3% |
| Ann B. Morris | $394 | $243 | -38.3% |
| Larry F. Taylor | $267 | $226 | -15.4% |
| Heflin C. Smith | $408 | $157 | -61.5% |
| Jason Currie | $748 | $153 | -79.5% |
| Paula Seretha Catrett | $529 | $104 | -80.3% |
| Harold A. Dyess | $3,651 | $60 | -98.4% |
| Kyra S. Hughes | $50 | $50 | 0% |
| Larry F. Reeves | $91 | $23 | -74.7% |
| Trudie H. Bryan | $654 | $16 | -97.6% |
| Jane Burkett | $75 | $13 | -82.7% |
| Charles C. Donaldson | $2,804 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane F. Smith | $458 | $0 | -100% |
| Dylan Reese McCollough | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddy R. Disotell | $331 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Hall | $2,574 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Holley | $26,676 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim Parker Bowdoin | $10,301 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy Tillis | $805 | $0 | -100% |
| Jo E. Spainhoward | $2,974 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy M. Bozeman | $16 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Adcock | $279 | $0 | -100% |
| Laura Womack- D. Rowell | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Raleigh Sellers | $399 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard L. Collier | $398 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra G. Danford | $681 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry W. Weeks | $2,827 | $0 | -100% |
| William Harold Peters | $2,926 | $0 | -100% |
| Zenobia E. Baker | $1,570 | $0 | -100% |
| Baucom Family Limited Liability Lim Part | $98,484 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil Hall | $5,509 | $0 | -100% |
| Cheryl A. Bailey | $6,751 | $0 | -100% |
| Earl Johnson | $19,594 | $0 | -100% |
| Jill J. Whigham | $1,702 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim Jones | $1,374 | $0 | -100% |
| Joan Stephens | $1,900 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly R. Moody | $2,695 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth David Schnepp | $1,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Archie | $4,426 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald D. Avant | $436 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruby K. Davis | $1,873 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Paul Martin | $1,776 | $0 | -100% |
| Tiffany McKinney | $805 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy C. Archie | $2,187 | $0 | -100% |
| Arthur Estrada III | $1,257 | $0 | -100% |
| Benny Ellis | $1,028 | $0 | -100% |
| C. S. Ivie | $313 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald M Vosel | $809 | $0 | -100% |
| Huey Atlas Pittman | $3,282 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheila Ann Taylor | $700 | $0 | -100% |
| Stan Windham | $866 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $8,490,461 | $5,787,245 | -31.8% |
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