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In 2021, 239 farmers in cities within Mobile County received a total of $3.6 million in 351 farm subsidies, a 46.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.6 million in 570 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 Mobile County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driskell Cotton Farms | $1,282,326 | $741,603 | -42.2% |
| Big Creek Farms | $630,767 | $377,442 | -40.2% |
| Driskell Brothers Farms | $601,343 | $235,875 | -60.8% |
| Driskell Turf Farm | $0 | $174,338 | -- |
| Sessions Farm | $533,458 | $173,088 | -67.6% |
| Springdale Stores, Inc. | $220,508 | $107,830 | -51.1% |
| Middleton Farms | $126,615 | $105,299 | -16.8% |
| Cannon Farms | $304,243 | $81,532 | -73.2% |
| Delaney Development, Inc. | $425,822 | $77,210 | -81.9% |
| Environment, Inc. | $0 | $58,500 | -- |
| Faye Roberts | $79,567 | $53,828 | -32.3% |
| Nichols Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| J & J Logging & Trucking Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| 4-P Timber Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Legacy Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Magnolia Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| M Lofton and Son Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| J J Rivers Timber, LLC | $0 | $51,057 | -- |
| The Nature Conservancy | $48,297 | $50,000 | 3.5% |
| TLC Liners Nursery, LLC | $0 | $48,565 | -- |
| Boggy Bayou Land, LLC | $42,930 | $42,930 | 0% |
| Gary A. Boje | $0 | $37,715 | -- |
| Ryan Gaston Turner | $70,895 | $36,827 | -48.1% |
| Boje Farms, Inc. | $0 | $35,173 | -- |
| American Farm & Pasture, LLC | $0 | $35,089 | -- |
| Charles Reese | $46,509 | $33,137 | -28.8% |
| R & R Farms, LLC | $58,264 | $27,365 | -53% |
| Frank V. Turner | $78,165 | $20,935 | -73.2% |
| Penny S. Turner | $78,175 | $20,910 | -73.3% |
| Felps Farm | $58,768 | $19,160 | -67.4% |
| Lyman M. Ramsay | $37,038 | $18,458 | -50.2% |
| Jeff L. McFarland | $203,068 | $15,280 | -92.5% |
| Ann B. Magee | $15,999 | $15,100 | -5.6% |
| J F B Lowrey Trust | $15,100 | $15,097 | -0% |
| Oscar C Rivers | $0 | $13,079 | -- |
| Bridgeview Oyster Company, LLC | $0 | $12,414 | -- |
| Alton E. Hatchett Jr. | $18,172 | $12,023 | -33.8% |
| Jennifer Reese | $31,336 | $11,615 | -62.9% |
| The Eichold Family, LLC | $12,048 | $11,613 | -3.6% |
| Mary Lou - the Mary Lou Bavousett Revocable Trust - Bavouset | $11,387 | $11,340 | -0.4% |
| Shauna Lee Labo | $0 | $11,292 | -- |
| Bedsole Farms, LLC | $44,895 | $10,598 | -76.4% |
| Phillip Broadus Wittner | $31,250 | $9,495 | -69.6% |
| Jeffrey H. May | $9,442 | $9,442 | 0% |
| Freeland Farms | $34,360 | $9,231 | -73.1% |
| Hardwood and Wings Farms and Outfitters, LLC | $9,048 | $9,048 | 0% |
| Michael S. Eubanks Jr. | $9,003 | $9,003 | 0% |
| William N. Stuckey | $5,126 | $8,797 | 71.6% |
| Elizabeth Ball Brevard | $8,664 | $8,664 | 0% |
| G & G Farms, LLC | $8,075 | $8,075 | 0% |
| John T Mostellar Family, LLC | $10,871 | $7,928 | -27.1% |
| Warden Farms | $79,270 | $7,818 | -90.1% |
| Roger Zirlott | $38,406 | $7,771 | -79.8% |
| Mhroad, LLC | $905 | $7,425 | 720.4% |
| Black Bear, LLC | $7,381 | $7,381 | 0% |
| Windie Knowle Properties, LLC | $7,213 | $7,094 | -1.6% |
| Thierry Farms, LLC | $7,022 | $7,022 | 0% |
| T. Keith King Family, LLC | $6,786 | $6,786 | 0% |
| R E Vickers Land, LLC | $9,293 | $6,519 | -29.9% |
| Bryan M. Woodham | $25,852 | $6,506 | -74.8% |
| Ringhoffer Family, LLC | $8,047 | $6,416 | -20.3% |
| Hinson Family Trust of 2004 | $4,528 | $6,336 | 39.9% |
| Larry L. Busby | $8,220 | $5,843 | -28.9% |
| Barnhill Family Properties, LLC | $14,376 | $5,745 | -60% |
| Randy Pridgen | $20,916 | $5,701 | -72.7% |
| William J. Pearce Jr. | $774 | $5,663 | 631.7% |
| Lucy C. Wiggs | $12,076 | $5,624 | -53.4% |
| Amy Hataway | $5,553 | $5,553 | 0% |
| Hilton L. Turner | $10,725 | $5,285 | -50.7% |
| Michael W. Pridgen | $14,929 | $5,227 | -65% |
| Clinton Flynn | $0 | $5,201 | -- |
| Mary Anne Meredith, LLC | $2,601 | $5,153 | 98.1% |
| Ireater B East | $0 | $4,980 | -- |
| Timothy M. Jemison | $5,370 | $4,940 | -8% |
| Coastal Cow Company, LLC | $28,962 | $4,776 | -83.5% |
| Ernestine C. Murrill | $4,771 | $4,771 | 0% |
| Sandra F. Busby | $4,758 | $4,758 | 0% |
| James A. Landers | $2,393 | $4,640 | 93.9% |
| David K. Osborn | $12,188 | $4,607 | -62.2% |
| Leland T. Moore Sr. | $3,165 | $4,550 | 43.8% |
| Anthony J. Faggard | $27,052 | $4,531 | -83.3% |
| Triple X Oyster Company, LLC | $0 | $4,445 | -- |
| James P. Poiroux | $8,608 | $4,306 | -50% |
| Norman Burch | $10,132 | $4,169 | -58.9% |
| Yvonne N. Holladay | $4,482 | $4,116 | -8.2% |
| Leslie Elaine Greer | $15,020 | $3,810 | -74.6% |
| Marc H. Yeoman | $14,648 | $3,773 | -74.2% |
| Carlton Tipp | $12,765 | $3,623 | -71.6% |
| Albert Miller | $5,473 | $3,620 | -33.9% |
| Thomas Root | $9,331 | $3,584 | -61.6% |
| Andrea P. Cain | $3,810 | $3,428 | -10% |
| David Robert Besh | $3,423 | $3,423 | 0% |
| Robert W. Coaker | $19,330 | $3,213 | -83.4% |
| William H. Coaker Jr. | $19,330 | $3,213 | -83.4% |
| Simpson Limited Partnership | $10,135 | $3,113 | -69.3% |
| Carl R Sassaman Irrevocable Trust | $6,036 | $2,810 | -53.4% |
| Mary Ann Brabner | $6,036 | $2,810 | -53.4% |
| James Earl Thomas Jr. | $5,578 | $2,759 | -50.5% |
| Thomas R. Turner | $4,140 | $2,738 | -33.9% |
| Carson Strickland | $13,917 | $2,589 | -81.4% |
| Terry A. Miller | $0 | $2,502 | -- |
| Joseph Robb Brannan | $6,556 | $2,488 | -62.1% |
| William David Bowman | $4,043 | $2,412 | -40.3% |
| Donald D. Cook | $2,412 | $2,412 | 0% |
| Ray Earl Stringfellow | $9,741 | $2,379 | -75.6% |
| Bernice Elizabeth Malone | $2,310 | $2,310 | 0% |
| Joseph W. Meador | $2,300 | $2,300 | 0% |
| Anne M. Inge | $2,299 | $2,299 | 0% |
| Richard S. Meador | $2,299 | $2,299 | 0% |
| Ira Andrew Turner | $5,200 | $2,249 | -56.8% |
| Allen L. Cronier | $0 | $2,200 | -- |
| Vernon Allen Turner | $6,236 | $2,196 | -64.8% |
| Dwayne E. Clark | $2,196 | $2,196 | 0% |
| Clay Douglas Lewis | $12,396 | $2,184 | -82.4% |
| Earl Phillip Rolls | $8,790 | $2,134 | -75.7% |
| Jacquelene S Malone | $2,777 | $2,114 | -23.9% |
| Susan Minus Tait Estate | $9,581 | $2,046 | -78.6% |
| Whispering Pine Farms, LLC | $5,689 | $1,960 | -65.5% |
| Lynda C. Blough | $5,697 | $1,899 | -66.7% |
| Carol D. Pittman | $2,811 | $1,878 | -33.2% |
| Marcus Kennedy | $4,418 | $1,872 | -57.6% |
| James C. Maples | $1,740 | $1,740 | 0% |
| Dennis Martin Lewis | $5,995 | $1,738 | -71% |
| Scarlet A. Tatum | $825 | $1,734 | 110.2% |
| Miss Josies Hay and Cattle Company, LLC | $6,390 | $1,722 | -73.1% |
| George A. Hultz | $4,290 | $1,628 | -62.1% |
| Patricia W. Hall | $1,597 | $1,597 | 0% |
| Vivian Sue St Cyr | $0 | $1,565 | -- |
| Billy Ferguson | $10,171 | $1,541 | -84.8% |
| Patrick Stewart Williams | $1,539 | $1,539 | 0% |
| John H. Hayford | $4,224 | $1,478 | -65% |
| James R. Tillman | $1,470 | $1,470 | 0% |
| Steven Bedgood | $9,271 | $1,444 | -84.4% |
| Sharron Upton | $2,888 | $1,444 | -50% |
| Patricia Woodard | $15,609 | $1,438 | -90.8% |
| Mejcl, LLC | $0 | $1,434 | -- |
| Barbara H. Wilson | $1,429 | $1,429 | 0% |
| Ralph Pfeiffer Jr. | $0 | $1,379 | -- |
| Roy Hill | $0 | $1,320 | -- |
| Clyde Neal Ellis Jr. | $1,275 | $1,275 | 0% |
| Richard E. King | $2,844 | $1,246 | -56.2% |
| Frank M. Bell III | $2,994 | $1,238 | -58.7% |
| Lee Fore | $6,209 | $1,232 | -80.2% |
| Marian Haughton Talley | $1,573 | $1,216 | -22.7% |
| Joe Byrum | $1,281 | $1,178 | -8% |
| Garry E. Dewrell | $5,544 | $1,153 | -79.2% |
| Joel Shields | $1,116 | $1,116 | 0% |
| Zach Keith | $6,949 | $1,103 | -84.1% |
| John Gentry | $1,980 | $1,096 | -44.6% |
| Carol Garrett Burge | $2,660 | $1,062 | -60.1% |
| John William Barnickel III | $7,197 | $1,057 | -85.3% |
| Leah Dailey | $1,027 | $1,027 | 0% |
| James W Wesley Living Trust | $1,022 | $1,022 | 0% |
| William H. Williams Jr. | $1,020 | $1,020 | 0% |
| Texel D Johnson | $1,009 | $1,009 | 0% |
| Chad Edward Craig | $4,373 | $1,000 | -77.1% |
| Christine M. Dickinson | $6,877 | $954 | -86.1% |
| Robert D. Earle | $2,211 | $951 | -57% |
| Glenn L. Phillips | $5,107 | $931 | -81.8% |
| Pitts Management, Inc. | $900 | $900 | 0% |
| Peter Ray Pogue | $0 | $885 | -- |
| Linda Smith Hampton | $2,287 | $870 | -62% |
| Margie B. Crawford | $857 | $857 | 0% |
| Jerry Hudson | $2,145 | $824 | -61.6% |
| Sandra H. Rutledge | $1,291 | $824 | -36.2% |
| Keith R. Mullenax | $3,638 | $794 | -78.2% |
| Thomas Paul Hopkins | $4,327 | $788 | -81.8% |
| Edward F. Everett Jr. | $1,881 | $737 | -60.8% |
| Ricky W. Turner | $3,773 | $731 | -80.6% |
| Charles Poiroux | $3,062 | $707 | -76.9% |
| James P. Jones | $3,024 | $702 | -76.8% |
| Johnathan H. May | $670 | $670 | 0% |
| Christopher Esfeller SR | $661 | $661 | 0% |
| Jonathan Walt Turner | $3,256 | $632 | -80.6% |
| Bert O'Berry Jr. | $1,188 | $632 | -46.8% |
| Robert L. Simmons II | $3,731 | $626 | -83.2% |
| Bobby J. Holifield | $2,403 | $622 | -74.1% |
| Ellen M. Davis | $618 | $618 | 0% |
| James Douglas Robertson | $2,218 | $608 | -72.6% |
| Bobby G. Wood Jr. | $1,448 | $604 | -58.3% |
| Bettie Jo T. Woods | $592 | $592 | 0% |
| Staci L. Bark | $554 | $554 | 0% |
| Chester E. Hatchett Jr. | $3,294 | $543 | -83.5% |
| Ernest G. Smith | $0 | $541 | -- |
| Audrey Collier | $1,013 | $535 | -47.2% |
| Ruthie W Spreen-Nichols | $957 | $532 | -44.4% |
| James Clifton Battle | $1,185 | $530 | -55.3% |
| Willie A. Bush | $2,835 | $518 | -81.7% |
| Douglas M. Franklin | $5,038 | $511 | -89.9% |
| Mildred S. Crabtree | $2,196 | $511 | -76.7% |
| Lance Stanley | $2,508 | $502 | -80% |
| Katrina Busby | $493 | $493 | 0% |
| Steve Allen Reed | $1,881 | $486 | -74.2% |
| Mcgregor Farms, LLC | $26,315 | $476 | -98.2% |
| Janet Breland | $20 | $476 | 2,280% |
| Anna K. Jones | $553 | $455 | -17.7% |
| Ethen Dean Tunstall | $2,240 | $439 | -80.4% |
| Mary Lou Bavousett | $783 | $429 | -45.2% |
| Carol Pitchford Haas | $416 | $416 | 0% |
| Beverely Jewel Hubbell | $414 | $414 | 0% |
| Franklin Booth | $2,648 | $389 | -85.3% |
| Felix Davis III | $1,584 | $376 | -76.3% |
| Sparkie Spell | $373 | $373 | 0% |
| Elaine Barbour | $799 | $362 | -54.7% |
| Carly King | $487 | $359 | -26.3% |
| Codi King | $487 | $359 | -26.3% |
| Albert a Greniuk JR | $354 | $354 | 0% |
| Darlene M. Gibson | $1,496 | $349 | -76.7% |
| Cynthia Payne Byrd | $0 | $321 | -- |
| Van Gerald Byrd | $0 | $321 | -- |
| Donald J. Moore | $1,238 | $310 | -75% |
| Bernard H Eichold II | $1,099 | $292 | -73.4% |
| Mary Elizabeth Sayer | $323 | $291 | -9.9% |
| Kieran Jacob Landers | $564 | $286 | -49.3% |
| Daniel A. McMillan Sr. | $363 | $280 | -22.9% |
| Reita Johnston | $944 | $266 | -71.8% |
| Thomas W. Hewitt | $1,128 | $266 | -76.4% |
| Brenda L. Ross | $510 | $253 | -50.4% |
| Debra a Botsis | $435 | $253 | -41.8% |
| Darrell A. Payne | $738 | $242 | -67.2% |
| Christopher B. Chastang | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Mark S. Newhouse | $373 | $217 | -41.8% |
| Bobby F. Nobles | $2,670 | $208 | -92.2% |
| Thomas E. Cowart Jr. | $1,067 | $204 | -80.9% |
| Jean McFadden | $0 | $203 | -- |
| James R. Spires | $0 | $193 | -- |
| Paul V. Bowers Jr. | $372 | $168 | -54.8% |
| Kathy D. Barnes | $167 | $167 | 0% |
| Brittian Arnold Schultz | $759 | $163 | -78.5% |
| Ted Strange | $869 | $161 | -81.5% |
| Bobby R Merchant | $1,002 | $146 | -85.4% |
| Claire R. Harmon | $282 | $135 | -52.1% |
| William L. Smith | $231 | $121 | -47.6% |
| Gregory R. Holberg | $240 | $98 | -59.2% |
| Glenda Gail Lee | $192 | $94 | -51% |
| Weaks Farms, LLC | $4,875 | $78 | -98.4% |
| John Henry Jarvis | $3,559 | $49 | -98.6% |
| Sanford Rhett Gray | $126 | $21 | -83.3% |
| Ms. Beth Griffin Overton | $36 | $8 | -77.8% |
| Chuck Allen Edmonds | $2,433 | $0 | -100% |
| John Cieutat | $2,105 | $0 | -100% |
| John Timothy Risner II | $1,338 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall Weaver | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron Koskela | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| G & S Farms | $2,680 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael L. Caine | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Oak Hill Tree Farm, LLC | $72,866 | $0 | -100% |
| R. L. Switzer | $752 | $0 | -100% |
| Taylor F. Harper | $68,309 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Dwayne Hamilton | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Brad Graves | $2,409 | $0 | -100% |
| Byrum Family, LLP | $128 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn B Roberts | $583 | $0 | -100% |
| Chasley Land and Timber, LLC | $9 | $0 | -100% |
| Christian L. McFarland | $13,871 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher P. Boudreaux | $466 | $0 | -100% |
| Clarence Lee Jones | $195 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Leigh Delaney-Tucker | $462 | $0 | -100% |
| Dairyland Nursery, LLC | $19,747 | $0 | -100% |
| David R. Battiste | $1,065 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Lagman | $349 | $0 | -100% |
| Edith G. Roberts | $1,608 | $0 | -100% |
| Hugh F. Pickett III | $1,840 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. McFarland | $9,416 | $0 | -100% |
| John P. McCall | $413 | $0 | -100% |
| Kermit Jefferson McGilvray | $227 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy W. Jamison | $240 | $0 | -100% |
| Reta Sharp | $565 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy M. Davis Jr. | $144 | $0 | -100% |
| Trina Nicholson | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Warren E Neiden | $12,799 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Wayne Stanley | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Jessica B. Franks | $1,884 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Enochs Sayer | $186 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Jackson Rodgers II | $717 | $0 | -100% |
| Lori R. Knight | $717 | $0 | -100% |
| Ankers Subsea, LLC | $39,507 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawrence P. Landry Jr. | $5,653 | $0 | -100% |
| Shore Acres Plant Farm | $260,477 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,635,672 | $3,570,470 | -46.2% |
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