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In 2021, 164 farmers in cities within Escambia County received a total of $1.2 million in 250 farm subsidies, a 49.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.3 million in 363 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 Escambia County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley A. Wiggins | $347,891 | $240,637 | -30.8% |
| Godwin Family Farms | $388,796 | $165,862 | -57.3% |
| McElhaney Farms | $291,260 | $117,634 | -59.6% |
| Melvin J. Bush | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Paxton Cattle and Pecan, LLC | $392,516 | $45,010 | -88.5% |
| Ronald D. Schneider | $95,842 | $44,613 | -53.5% |
| Tracey G. Schneider | $95,842 | $44,613 | -53.5% |
| Sugarfoot Farms | $60,395 | $36,013 | -40.4% |
| Gary Tholen | $33,749 | $34,791 | 3.1% |
| Hah Trust | $4,765 | $30,397 | 537.9% |
| John Harold Eck | $42,631 | $28,626 | -32.9% |
| Robert E. Jackson Sr. | $25,624 | $24,775 | -3.3% |
| David G. White | $11,937 | $19,092 | 59.9% |
| Joshua J. McElhaney | $52,946 | $16,635 | -68.6% |
| Old South Blueberries, LLC | $0 | $14,446 | -- |
| Florida Pond Farms, Inc. | $21,803 | $14,330 | -34.3% |
| Horace R. Williams | $0 | $9,325 | -- |
| M Hanson Desc Gift Trustee for Amy JR | $0 | $9,138 | -- |
| William R. Langford | $12,257 | $8,722 | -28.8% |
| M Hanson Desc Gift Trustee for Jessica | $0 | $6,441 | -- |
| Lanara Southard | $10,081 | $6,190 | -38.6% |
| Diane D Rickman-Buckalew | $6,176 | $6,176 | 0% |
| Estate of Calvin L Todd JR | $0 | $5,746 | -- |
| Henry W. Campbell | $5,344 | $5,344 | 0% |
| Gizmo Angus Farm, Ltd. | $19,520 | $5,012 | -74.3% |
| Nathan Scott Schneider | $11,153 | $4,779 | -57.2% |
| Patrick S. Sullivan | $4,943 | $4,548 | -8% |
| Theresa Tholen | $4,510 | $4,510 | 0% |
| Randall Scott Gibson | $1,045 | $4,473 | 328% |
| Stephen J. Zimmerly | $18,201 | $4,283 | -76.5% |
| Rives Family Trust | $1,999 | $4,240 | 112.1% |
| Lisa D. Gilbert | $4,354 | $4,238 | -2.7% |
| Dale R. Gibson | $19,331 | $3,954 | -79.5% |
| Ann King | $3,778 | $3,778 | 0% |
| Jack & Yvonne Parsons Trust | $3,651 | $3,688 | 1% |
| Second Amended and Restated Joseph P Dubose and Sy | $0 | $3,659 | -- |
| Marsha Stanton | $4,571 | $3,653 | -20.1% |
| William A. Peterson | $3,505 | $3,536 | 0.9% |
| Daniel C. Starkey | $4,052 | $3,344 | -17.5% |
| Rev James Krapf | $3,298 | $3,298 | 0% |
| Charles R. Mitchell | $5,750 | $3,209 | -44.2% |
| Galen Harms | $15,645 | $3,163 | -79.8% |
| E Merle Larson Revocable Trust | $0 | $3,131 | -- |
| M. J. Lorenz Jr. | $3,036 | $3,036 | 0% |
| Dolores R. Vest | $2,989 | $2,989 | 0% |
| Carl Living Trust | $10,899 | $2,808 | -74.2% |
| Connie Glover Hitchcock | $1,786 | $2,782 | 55.8% |
| Lewis Jay Parker | $2,684 | $2,684 | 0% |
| Gregory A. Kaiser | $2,285 | $2,515 | 10.1% |
| Tyson Harms | $15,274 | $2,492 | -83.7% |
| Jerry L. Gibson | $1,557 | $2,447 | 57.2% |
| Oliver Slaton Woollard III | $6,873 | $2,356 | -65.7% |
| Patricia F. Clark | $7,681 | $2,310 | -69.9% |
| Mansfield Farms, LLC | $7,481 | $2,248 | -70% |
| Maynard J. Koehn | $4,413 | $2,237 | -49.3% |
| Hilda Little Jones | $2,173 | $2,173 | 0% |
| Deluna Oyster Company | $0 | $2,121 | -- |
| Judith L. Smythe | $2,003 | $2,003 | 0% |
| Charles W. Solari Jr. | $827 | $1,968 | 138% |
| Phyllis Boys & Brian E Boys | $0 | $1,928 | -- |
| Clara V. Kelly | $1,902 | $1,902 | 0% |
| Wesley Gunter | $5,699 | $1,870 | -67.2% |
| Janet M. Maddox | $0 | $1,826 | -- |
| Jacqueline Sue Grear Revocable Trust | $1,852 | $1,803 | -2.6% |
| Paul J. Langford | $4,928 | $1,703 | -65.4% |
| Gilbert Unruh | $6,435 | $1,701 | -73.6% |
| Michael K. Morgan | $1,673 | $1,673 | 0% |
| Berkley Warnick | $1,658 | $1,658 | 0% |
| Cunningham Farms | $10,573 | $1,629 | -84.6% |
| Donald A. Dickman | $2,234 | $1,559 | -30.2% |
| Evie Parker | $1,519 | $1,519 | 0% |
| The Ellis Family Trust | $1,512 | $1,512 | 0% |
| Jonathan E. Scharf | $959 | $1,503 | 56.7% |
| Charles L. Tinker | $4,632 | $1,470 | -68.3% |
| David Rainey | $1,465 | $1,465 | 0% |
| Ronald C. Day | $933 | $1,410 | 51.1% |
| Jordan Corley Moorer | $1,759 | $1,407 | -20% |
| Ward R. Meador Jr. | $2,778 | $1,383 | -50.2% |
| Robert Ephraim Jr. | $110 | $1,356 | 1,132.7% |
| Ben Kelly Jones | $2,052 | $1,340 | -34.7% |
| Michael E. Childress | $3,003 | $1,300 | -56.7% |
| James R. Justice | $0 | $1,300 | -- |
| Allen Frank | $737 | $1,270 | 72.3% |
| Caleb Charles Gindl | $1,688 | $1,266 | -25% |
| Nancy Gindl Perry | $4,460 | $1,266 | -71.6% |
| Julia Franklin | $0 | $1,191 | -- |
| Robin Phillips | $1,175 | $1,175 | 0% |
| Teresa West | $1,175 | $1,175 | 0% |
| Florene Tucker | $3,536 | $1,170 | -66.9% |
| Arlene S. Heard | $1,685 | $1,160 | -31.2% |
| Alice B. Woodward | $1,258 | $1,157 | -8% |
| Michael O. Thomas | $0 | $1,073 | -- |
| Marcia M. Bevins | $204 | $1,059 | 419.1% |
| Austin Family Investments LP | $6,642 | $1,039 | -84.4% |
| Almon Monday | $976 | $976 | 0% |
| Jeff Killam | $3,344 | $902 | -73% |
| Connie K. Cantrell | $0 | $887 | -- |
| David E. Shehadi | $252 | $833 | 230.6% |
| William B. Tisdale | $829 | $829 | 0% |
| Marion Mannon Douglas | $809 | $809 | 0% |
| Betty D. Woods | $3,162 | $788 | -75.1% |
| Ronnie Braun | $1,631 | $738 | -54.8% |
| Frank Stuart III | $1,363 | $729 | -46.5% |
| Brian Boys & Phyllis Boys Rev Trustee | $0 | $726 | -- |
| Charles W. MacDonald | $1,907 | $702 | -63.2% |
| Marion Doyne Clark | $1,754 | $687 | -60.8% |
| Dorothy Kay Crocker | $2,162 | $661 | -69.4% |
| Angela S. Stevens | $648 | $648 | 0% |
| Rosemary's Babies, LLC | $749 | $629 | -16% |
| Donald W. Reid | $573 | $573 | 0% |
| Tamika Desha Ussery-Freeman | $564 | $564 | 0% |
| Tory Kelvin Freeman | $564 | $564 | 0% |
| Anne B. Peterson | $0 | $556 | -- |
| Scott L. Smith | $554 | $554 | 0% |
| Kent Schrader - Schrader Holdings, LLC | $0 | $548 | -- |
| Jonathan-the Jonathan P. Dubose and Vick P Dubose | $0 | $546 | -- |
| Juana Bell | $1,047 | $530 | -49.4% |
| Rick J. Wenzel | $1,209 | $512 | -57.7% |
| Jana L. Sheckler | $1,277 | $500 | -60.8% |
| Posey Investments I, Ltd. | $497 | $497 | 0% |
| Andrew Jay Mccreary JR Trust | $490 | $490 | 0% |
| Mccreary Farm, LLC | $490 | $490 | 0% |
| Brenda Siverio | $0 | $447 | -- |
| Manuel F. Siverio | $0 | $447 | -- |
| Sammy Peebles | $443 | $443 | 0% |
| Matthew T. Carter | $1,091 | $438 | -59.9% |
| Dana Zielke | $527 | $431 | -18.2% |
| Edward Little | $1,599 | $426 | -73.4% |
| Stephanie J. Kendrick | $0 | $414 | -- |
| Jean Horn | $1,313 | $407 | -69% |
| Ellis Living Trust Dated 5/10/2012 | $400 | $400 | 0% |
| Charles F. Kelly | $395 | $395 | 0% |
| Stephen C. Zimmerly | $1,764 | $390 | -77.9% |
| Kevin N. Groom | $374 | $374 | 0% |
| Lana F. Elzy | $976 | $371 | -62% |
| Grace B. Gipson | $340 | $340 | 0% |
| Michelle A. White | $326 | $326 | 0% |
| Julia G. Crews | $612 | $305 | -50.2% |
| Mark Alan Frellsen | $822 | $302 | -63.3% |
| William F. Thorsen | $614 | $300 | -51.1% |
| Wood D. Waits | $490 | $272 | -44.5% |
| Bennie R. O'Neal Jr. | $256 | $256 | 0% |
| Wanda G. Fridman | $435 | $253 | -41.8% |
| Stephen Stone | $432 | $227 | -47.5% |
| Jeremy E. Grimes | $935 | $215 | -77% |
| Vicki Belson | $502 | $207 | -58.8% |
| Chris Jones | $487 | $203 | -58.3% |
| Lomax Miller | $580 | $199 | -65.7% |
| Billy C. Parrish | $599 | $186 | -68.9% |
| Brenda Foreman | $513 | $185 | -63.9% |
| Melvin Johnson | $0 | $179 | -- |
| Eddie Clyde Smith | $573 | $168 | -70.7% |
| James M. Sullivan Jr. | $131 | $131 | 0% |
| David Sampson Revocable Trust | $987 | $117 | -88.1% |
| Diane L. Ohlendorf | $282 | $115 | -59.2% |
| Jerilyn A. Rader | $282 | $115 | -59.2% |
| Wayne Booth | $375 | $103 | -72.5% |
| Bouchelle-Trice Family Partnership, Ltd. | $2,502 | $102 | -95.9% |
| Marian E. Hendrix | $98 | $98 | 0% |
| William J. Warren Jr. | $191 | $59 | -69.1% |
| Charlie Faye Wilson | $300 | $54 | -82% |
| Anna Leigh Carmack | $602 | $42 | -93% |
| Thomas Scott Braden | $159 | $36 | -77.4% |
| Thomas Dale Richey | $0 | $11 | -- |
| Harms Dairy | $801 | $0 | -100% |
| Luke Brown | $1,641 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Earl Godwin | $1,979 | $0 | -100% |
| Alma Catherine Hendrix | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamey Kahalley | $3,876 | $0 | -100% |
| Jayne Gindl | $2,120 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Parker | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Alex Newman | $16,914 | $0 | -100% |
| Angel Trust, LLC | $3,804 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann Quinley | $1,565 | $0 | -100% |
| April Dunning | $178 | $0 | -100% |
| Celeste S. Bell | $419 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale T. Zorn | $1,856 | $0 | -100% |
| Debbie Morrison | $1,074 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis E. Bailey Jr. | $64 | $0 | -100% |
| Ellis Peach | $966 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald D. Marlay | $361 | $0 | -100% |
| Grace H. Henderson | $95 | $0 | -100% |
| Josephine Winell Gibson | $19,909 | $0 | -100% |
| Julia Karen Bailey | $1,492 | $0 | -100% |
| Julie Jernigan | $348 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn Y. Whittington | $791 | $0 | -100% |
| Kent Schrader - Schrader Holdings | $3,792 | $0 | -100% |
| Lianne L. Cunningham | $1,899 | $0 | -100% |
| Lillian S Balkon | $6 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark K. Sprigg | $181 | $0 | -100% |
| Pensacola Bay Oyster Company, Inc. | $12,834 | $0 | -100% |
| Reggie Bartkowski | $4,793 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard T. Parmley | $10,871 | $0 | -100% |
| Second Amended and Restated Josep | $3,657 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn A. Andrews | $2,166 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherri Leigh | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| The Jonathan P. Dubose and Vickie | $546 | $0 | -100% |
| Velma Seay | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,333,704 | $1,180,271 | -49.4% |
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