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In 2021, 238 farmers in cities within Coffee County received a total of $1.1 million in 353 farm subsidies, a 72.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.2 million in 865 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Shelton | $147,918 | $88,722 | -40% |
| Willis Farms, Inc. | $296,418 | $82,475 | -72.2% |
| Meadow Branch Farm, LLC | $229,420 | $81,564 | -64.4% |
| James Kevin Woodall | $212,683 | $55,985 | -73.7% |
| H & F Farms, LLC | $145,193 | $48,808 | -66.4% |
| Jerry B. Hackett | $140,445 | $46,871 | -66.6% |
| John Christopher Davis | $98,734 | $36,180 | -63.4% |
| Mr. Michael E. Wells | $101,526 | $35,015 | -65.5% |
| Bradley and Zachary Keele Farms | $93,992 | $32,103 | -65.8% |
| Philip E. Anderson | $97,951 | $25,531 | -73.9% |
| Roger W. Bynum | $68,533 | $24,250 | -64.6% |
| Douglas Willis | $75,963 | $22,459 | -70.4% |
| Sammy Morton | $62,065 | $21,855 | -64.8% |
| Joel H. Taylor | $73,489 | $20,422 | -72.2% |
| Jones Bros | $77,263 | $19,785 | -74.4% |
| Gilley Farms | $48,970 | $19,005 | -61.2% |
| John D. Jones | $50,725 | $15,504 | -69.4% |
| Monroe Rigney | $34,085 | $14,653 | -57% |
| Mickey L. Crick | $36,162 | $14,629 | -59.5% |
| Anderson Family Partnership | $64,940 | $13,899 | -78.6% |
| Earl E. Bryan | $38,091 | $12,730 | -66.6% |
| Bennie L. Roberts | $45,348 | $11,731 | -74.1% |
| Brent Willis | $37,386 | $11,270 | -69.9% |
| Charles F. Willis | $37,420 | $11,266 | -69.9% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $10,945 | -- |
| Stuart Myers | $37,687 | $10,842 | -71.2% |
| Holly Frances Woodside | $24,250 | $10,184 | -58% |
| Allen Sherrill | $36,968 | $9,786 | -73.5% |
| Dwight Lee Sherrill | $36,707 | $9,786 | -73.3% |
| Whit L. Willis | $26,943 | $8,938 | -66.8% |
| Reggie H. Johnson | $21,284 | $8,899 | -58.2% |
| Jeremy J. Hill | $8,661 | $8,635 | -0.3% |
| Steven C. Cunningham | $17,346 | $8,600 | -50.4% |
| Barry Sain | $12,807 | $8,433 | -34.2% |
| James Derek McKee | $36,435 | $8,113 | -77.7% |
| Michael Carr | $21,938 | $8,099 | -63.1% |
| Brown Farm, LLC | $24,092 | $7,794 | -67.6% |
| Jeffery D. Giles | $26,290 | $7,689 | -70.8% |
| Lance S. Willis | $21,157 | $7,609 | -64% |
| David P. Rhea | $19,795 | $7,604 | -61.6% |
| Neal Vickers | $27,594 | $7,296 | -73.6% |
| Allen Lee Gilmer | $16,911 | $6,742 | -60.1% |
| Stephen K. Duncan | $21,223 | $6,736 | -68.3% |
| John D. Deberry | $14,324 | $6,270 | -56.2% |
| Fred C. Willis | $18,163 | $5,854 | -67.8% |
| Ryan Armer | $14,411 | $5,817 | -59.6% |
| Dexter Roberts | $19,658 | $5,647 | -71.3% |
| Jean McCoy | $6,289 | $4,986 | -20.7% |
| Sherrill Brothers - Jackie & Bobby | $0 | $4,868 | -- |
| John Myers | $21,777 | $4,684 | -78.5% |
| Jimmy Clark Millraney | $12,934 | $4,618 | -64.3% |
| Patsy J. Manning | $19,305 | $4,128 | -78.6% |
| Bobby Joe Jones | $9,324 | $4,118 | -55.8% |
| Mark D. McBride | $18,395 | $4,099 | -77.7% |
| Lucas E. Wells | $8,243 | $3,681 | -55.3% |
| Joe K. Pedigo | $11,029 | $3,642 | -67% |
| Stephan H. Taylor | $14,131 | $3,300 | -76.6% |
| Fred Dewayne Finney | $4,620 | $3,048 | -34% |
| Douglas H. Patton Jr. | $7,202 | $2,966 | -58.8% |
| Dewayne Roberts | $9,747 | $2,949 | -69.7% |
| Donald Tucker Jr. | $8,319 | $2,815 | -66.2% |
| John A. Duke | $16,976 | $2,673 | -84.3% |
| Barbara Sullivan | $10,274 | $2,643 | -74.3% |
| David A. Newman | $7,661 | $2,555 | -66.6% |
| Wesley L. Bryan Jr. | $11,489 | $2,362 | -79.4% |
| Jimmy Hollandsworth II | $7,645 | $2,308 | -69.8% |
| Jack M. Shofner | $11,387 | $2,241 | -80.3% |
| Keith Pippenger | $10,258 | $2,239 | -78.2% |
| Harry E. Shelton | $525,668 | $2,178 | -99.6% |
| Rita S. Young | $6,273 | $2,126 | -66.1% |
| Benny Casteel | $3,859 | $2,119 | -45.1% |
| Michelle Cantrell | $8,520 | $1,870 | -78.1% |
| Charles W. Wright | $6,259 | $1,832 | -70.7% |
| Greta A. Dajani | $10,753 | $1,827 | -83% |
| Nona Henley | $8,646 | $1,804 | -79.1% |
| Joseph Metcalf | $12,945 | $1,783 | -86.2% |
| Joe Travis Roper | $3,813 | $1,744 | -54.3% |
| James L. Trail | $5,830 | $1,590 | -72.7% |
| Jared Clark Willis | $0 | $1,568 | -- |
| Joel W. Trail | $5,635 | $1,554 | -72.4% |
| Dan W. Henson | $11,774 | $1,543 | -86.9% |
| Rusty Heatherly | $12,958 | $1,537 | -88.1% |
| Daniel Mead Brown | $4,988 | $1,535 | -69.2% |
| Larry Turner | $7,050 | $1,498 | -78.8% |
| Donna M. Barnes | $1,489 | $1,489 | 0% |
| Cora Woods Trust I | $3,606 | $1,488 | -58.7% |
| Ricky a Parks | $9,530 | $1,406 | -85.2% |
| Gary P. Nester | $5,630 | $1,350 | -76% |
| Glenn B. Reynolds | $5,445 | $1,325 | -75.7% |
| Joe M. Keele | $3,778 | $1,285 | -66% |
| Paul H. Elam | $2,623 | $1,285 | -51% |
| Andy Scott | $1,998 | $1,280 | -35.9% |
| Ralph A. Elam | $4,386 | $1,245 | -71.6% |
| Virginia M Hullett Family Limited | $5,898 | $1,235 | -79.1% |
| James Alter | $4,268 | $1,232 | -71.1% |
| Ryan Dale Gilliam | $0 | $1,215 | -- |
| Robert A. Wiser | $6,939 | $1,188 | -82.9% |
| Fred Rhoton Jr. | $9,748 | $1,159 | -88.1% |
| Al D. Kendrick | $3,971 | $1,156 | -70.9% |
| William Adam Bryan | $7,639 | $1,149 | -85% |
| Sammy Young | $6,166 | $1,123 | -81.8% |
| David Welch | $2,827 | $1,111 | -60.7% |
| Jimmy A. Jones | $5,227 | $1,079 | -79.4% |
| Morris Kennedy | $1,889 | $1,071 | -43.3% |
| Christine W Deadman Family Real Estate Trust-Chris | $0 | $1,063 | -- |
| Timothy R. Morris | $3,263 | $1,054 | -67.7% |
| Jim Thomas | $2,790 | $1,041 | -62.7% |
| Phillip D. Hastings | $4,338 | $1,038 | -76.1% |
| Jill Johnson | $4,389 | $1,035 | -76.4% |
| Charles Williams | $4,081 | $1,029 | -74.8% |
| Daniel Anderson | $4,092 | $1,018 | -75.1% |
| Matthew Cory Dziadkowiec | $14,694 | $1,010 | -93.1% |
| Shay Devin Turner | $2,211 | $1,006 | -54.5% |
| Markum Family Farm | $2,499 | $997 | -60.1% |
| Edward E. Henley | $2,509 | $995 | -60.3% |
| Eric Scott Welch | $2,066 | $968 | -53.1% |
| Kevin Lane Woodall | $4,041 | $954 | -76.4% |
| Ricky Lowe | $3,307 | $943 | -71.5% |
| Billy R. Lawson | $4,048 | $901 | -77.7% |
| Jeff Keele | $3,157 | $888 | -71.9% |
| Circle K. Dairy | $3,937 | $875 | -77.8% |
| Robert Henley | $2,067 | $850 | -58.9% |
| Ira Allan Howard | $5,828 | $846 | -85.5% |
| Jackie A. Sherrill | $3,692 | $832 | -77.5% |
| Bennett D. Blair | $3,795 | $814 | -78.6% |
| Karen Kendrick Baker | $2,636 | $805 | -69.5% |
| Vickers Farm | $3,933 | $790 | -79.9% |
| Ann Bryan | $2,262 | $763 | -66.3% |
| Aaron L. Jones | $4,385 | $757 | -82.7% |
| Rodney C. Harwell | $2,936 | $755 | -74.3% |
| Paul C. Langford | $1,262 | $747 | -40.8% |
| Buford Brown Jr. | $4,774 | $747 | -84.4% |
| Northfork Dairy | $1,281 | $739 | -42.3% |
| Mitchell Christian | $6,120 | $727 | -88.1% |
| Mike Neel | $4,896 | $698 | -85.7% |
| Josh Barnard | $2,211 | $688 | -68.9% |
| Tim Green | $2,706 | $670 | -75.2% |
| Cantrell Carden | $1,319 | $669 | -49.3% |
| Cindy J. Nowlin | $1,492 | $661 | -55.7% |
| David L. Banks | $2,629 | $650 | -75.3% |
| David A. Lewis | $4,642 | $641 | -86.2% |
| John Dimitri | $1,427 | $640 | -55.2% |
| Wendall Williams | $3,353 | $640 | -80.9% |
| Raymond Campbell | $2,882 | $616 | -78.6% |
| Jerry Caylor | $3,603 | $613 | -83% |
| David Duane Meadows | $1,848 | $595 | -67.8% |
| Helen Merrill | $540 | $573 | 6.1% |
| Brandon D. Tomberlin | $2,450 | $560 | -77.1% |
| Kenneth Ray Spry | $3,019 | $554 | -81.6% |
| Bobby Bryan | $1,110 | $553 | -50.2% |
| Paul D. Bryan | $1,425 | $541 | -62% |
| Kelvin Shores | $3,825 | $537 | -86% |
| Wesley J. Parker Jr. | $5,022 | $519 | -89.7% |
| Justin Darrell Floyd | $4,297 | $518 | -87.9% |
| Ray Kennedy | $2,311 | $502 | -78.3% |
| Wayland Broyles | $2,208 | $498 | -77.4% |
| Adam Clark | $1,100 | $494 | -55.1% |
| Dale Grosch | $1,804 | $494 | -72.6% |
| Christopher A. Shores | $2,188 | $489 | -77.7% |
| Phillip Clark Martin Jr. | $2,923 | $460 | -84.3% |
| Kenneth Anderson Jr. | $2,523 | $454 | -82% |
| James S. Vincent | $1,859 | $450 | -75.8% |
| John Darroll Myers | $1,749 | $446 | -74.5% |
| Billy Freeze | $864 | $446 | -48.4% |
| Chad Hampton | $2,687 | $440 | -83.6% |
| Mountain View Family, LLC | $1,282 | $436 | -66% |
| Carolyn Duke | $2,093 | $427 | -79.6% |
| Jonathan W. Tosh | $1,782 | $424 | -76.2% |
| Patrick William Bowles | $2,383 | $422 | -82.3% |
| Tony Buchanan | $2,607 | $408 | -84.3% |
| Joe M. Franks | $1,089 | $405 | -62.8% |
| William M. Franks | $1,089 | $405 | -62.8% |
| Joy H. Miller | $715 | $400 | -44.1% |
| Sharon Holmes | $1,598 | $399 | -75% |
| Richard Keith Shelton | $3,005 | $395 | -86.9% |
| Shellie Beth Duncan | $2,816 | $370 | -86.9% |
| Eric H. Elwell | $1,650 | $358 | -78.3% |
| Jason Scott Brown | $462 | $357 | -22.7% |
| Kevin Sipe | $2,122 | $353 | -83.4% |
| Lula Long | $869 | $349 | -59.8% |
| Donald Eugene Anderson | $1,524 | $341 | -77.6% |
| Tammy Adams | $1,078 | $338 | -68.6% |
| Belinda M. Black | $941 | $336 | -64.3% |
| Matthew P. Evans | $2,438 | $334 | -86.3% |
| William Rhoton | $1,511 | $334 | -77.9% |
| David Hartin | $333 | $333 | 0% |
| Larry Wayne Keele | $548 | $325 | -40.7% |
| Joseph Michael Hodge | $242 | $322 | 33.1% |
| Bobbie F. Jones | $639 | $308 | -51.8% |
| Joseph E. Capps | $1,540 | $308 | -80% |
| Derek Adam Hodge | $9,244 | $306 | -96.7% |
| Dwight J. Bryan | $1,629 | $302 | -81.5% |
| Michael A. Sartain | $3,498 | $294 | -91.6% |
| Doris H. Buchanan | $783 | $279 | -64.4% |
| Justin Ray Gault | $1,342 | $276 | -79.4% |
| Mike Tillman | $704 | $274 | -61.1% |
| Peggy Warren | $716 | $272 | -62% |
| Mark Moore | $1,799 | $268 | -85.1% |
| Jonathan Lewis | $1,004 | $254 | -74.7% |
| Billy W. Smith | $1,001 | $248 | -75.2% |
| Gary Gesell | $1,210 | $242 | -80% |
| Dustin O. Dotson | $792 | $230 | -71% |
| Sherman Wiser | $1,089 | $228 | -79.1% |
| Clyde Threlkeld | $579 | $215 | -62.9% |
| Eric W. Frantz | $205 | $215 | 4.9% |
| Delania Davis | $1,331 | $211 | -84.1% |
| Steve Dickerson | $368 | $203 | -44.8% |
| Stan Phillips | $335 | $202 | -39.7% |
| Jason Trussell | $726 | $199 | -72.6% |
| Charles Willis Perry | $2,860 | $196 | -93.1% |
| James L. Bramblett | $891 | $195 | -78.1% |
| John G. Oakley | $1,801 | $190 | -89.5% |
| Stanley W. Keele | $657 | $189 | -71.2% |
| Sarah Sherrouse | $219 | $188 | -14.2% |
| Paul Howard Elam | $0 | $173 | -- |
| Abagayle Rose Gault | $1,647 | $169 | -89.7% |
| Martin Johnson | $612 | $156 | -74.5% |
| Ann Wells | $263 | $156 | -40.7% |
| Janette Tidwell | $229 | $132 | -42.4% |
| Joanne Myers | $220 | $130 | -40.9% |
| Mike England | $278 | $130 | -53.2% |
| Teal Realty, Inc. | $279 | $130 | -53.4% |
| Clinton Doug Shipley | $348 | $126 | -63.8% |
| Bobbie C. Hodge | $182 | $108 | -40.7% |
| Brenda Bickel Lewis | $0 | $101 | -- |
| Bryan Scott Williams | $1,041 | $90 | -91.4% |
| Jimmy Harmon | $440 | $86 | -80.5% |
| Luther Neal Jr. | $3,917 | $80 | -98% |
| Tommy Anderson | $96 | $73 | -24% |
| Jimmy Partin | $0 | $68 | -- |
| William R. Parker | $107 | $54 | -49.5% |
| Edward S. Holland | $405 | $38 | -90.6% |
| Craig Hafer | $342 | $30 | -91.2% |
| Joe Sherrill | $317 | $28 | -91.2% |
| Kevin Reed | $42 | $25 | -40.5% |
| Christopher Sherrill | $272 | $22 | -91.9% |
| Freda K. Jones | $210 | $9 | -95.7% |
| Cleta Jenkins | $209 | $5 | -97.6% |
| Aaron Hawkins | $35 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty L. Jones | $47 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles J. Westmoreland | $3,435 | $0 | -100% |
| Christine W Deadman Family Real E | $4,582 | $0 | -100% |
| Clyde Matthews | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna N. Finney | $534 | $0 | -100% |
| Elsie P. Dotson | $138 | $0 | -100% |
| Evelyn Bryan | $259 | $0 | -100% |
| Granville Gann | $760 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen M. Wheeler | $107 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen Merrill | $750 | $0 | -100% |
| James H. McKelvey | $2,352 | $0 | -100% |
| James Sherrill | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Jared C. Willis | $7,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Roper | $200 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnnie Bonner M. Baker | $211 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Keith Floyd | $463 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Newman | $387 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca B. Langford | $224 | $0 | -100% |
| Rodney Hess | $138 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan D. Gilliam | $3,894 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherrill Brothers - Jackie & Bobb | $12,946 | $0 | -100% |
| Thelma Sherrill | $182 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Clark | $924 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen Lynn Wiser | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Benton David Shipley | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Brent Hollis | $2,566 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine Ring | $181 | $0 | -100% |
| Ceresia Cummings | $204 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles K. Bickel | $456 | $0 | -100% |
| Dan G. Rhea | $56 | $0 | -100% |
| Dewayne Finney | $7,031 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Morton Giles | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Ewin S. Davis | $244 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $13,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn Davis | $448 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen Pinegar | $187 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Franklin | $39,939 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy R. Farless | $1,006 | $0 | -100% |
| John Michael Taylor | $262 | $0 | -100% |
| Jon Spears | $17 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy W. Coke | $53 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Kuhn | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark A. Smith | $2,757 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Taylor | $262 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Williams | $128 | $0 | -100% |
| Maureen Schultz | $413 | $0 | -100% |
| Mickey Rhea | $69 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond J. Duke | $597 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard D. Parsley | $67 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky Arp | $938 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Hansert | $54 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon 'sherry' Gibson | $267 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley Vaughn | $41 | $0 | -100% |
| Treva Shelton Swift | $666 | $0 | -100% |
| Troy Taylor | $3,347 | $0 | -100% |
| Wanda D. Floyd | $155 | $0 | -100% |
| William Wright Hickerson | $32 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,164,769 | $1,138,210 | -72.7% |
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