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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Alachua County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Alachua County received $8.4 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 319 farmers in cities within Alachua County received a total of $3.4 million in 443 farm subsidies, a 71.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $11.8 million in 862 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 Alachua County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Colvin Farms, LLC$238,024$222,752-6.4%
3D Land & Farm, LLC$143,512$191,82133.7%
Bass Farms, Inc.$558,631$187,371-66.5%
Triple-a-Farm, LLC$32,783$165,875406%
23 Farms, LLC$703,332$137,190-80.5%
Tina A. Langford$102,809$134,94931.3%
Shaw & Shaw Farms Partnership, LLC$267,929$134,010-50%
Lussier Dairy, Inc.$415,727$120,508-71%
Santa Fe Queens, LLC$177,544$120,268-32.3%
E. D. Norfleet Jr.$305,470$94,524-69.1%
C & V Custom Agent Service, Inc.$471,611$91,560-80.6%
Trevor W. Bass$0$85,613--
Amanda J Nobs Borek$68,334$83,05921.5%
Natural Bridge Honey Farm, LLC$1,044$56,0125,265.1%
Hines Cattle Company, LLC$130,255$55,859-57.1%
Warren K. McGehee$82,046$53,700-34.5%
Sol Valley Farms, LLC$76,456$45,208-40.9%
Leif C. Jensen$3,364$43,1041,181.3%
Craig C. Tisher$37,353$36,626-1.9%
Boyd and Son, Inc.$0$35,071--
Santa Fe Ranch Holdings, LLC$167,983$34,298-79.6%
Hodge Farms, Inc.$165,206$32,576-80.3%
M and H Farms, LLC$120,052$32,054-73.3%
Sleepy G's Bees, LLC$52,819$32,015-39.4%
Thomas W. Williams Jr.$2,508$31,7531,166.1%
Robert Andrew Crane$230,139$31,159-86.5%
Amanda M. Moore$356,773$27,574-92.3%
Jennifer McConnell$231,011$24,637-89.3%
Ed Norfleet III$332,994$24,532-92.6%
R & C of Alachua County, Inc.$26,196$24,100-8%
Hines Farms, LLC$101,579$23,999-76.4%
Charles Davis$124,465$23,892-80.8%
Cindy G. Bass$37,150$23,688-36.2%
William E. McGehee$34,634$22,825-34.1%
Billy Alligood$33,317$22,630-32.1%
Bruce Alligood$33,281$22,611-32.1%
Floyd Hunt$25,131$19,735-21.5%
Henrietta L Logan Revocable Trustee$27,700$19,036-31.3%
Simply Southern Bees, LLC$23,538$18,844-19.9%
King Tut, Corp.$0$18,661--
Victoria L. Mohr$19,315$18,537-4%
Kayla R. Crum$18,300$18,3000%
Jared B. Williams$66,983$15,872-76.3%
Linda Faye Watson Jonas$0$14,743--
Uf-Ifas$16,182$14,450-10.7%
J. F. Boyd$20,976$13,251-36.8%
Travis J. Wilson$15,878$13,041-17.9%
LCD Farms, Inc.$89,468$12,778-85.7%
Robinson & Robinson$21,484$12,477-41.9%
Ramsey Stock Farm, Inc.$57,858$11,936-79.4%
Russell Taylor III$43,319$11,770-72.8%
Triple J Ranch Rescue and Rehab, Inc.$0$11,734--
Juanita Futch$16,534$11,607-29.8%
Nola D. Boyd$12,407$11,415-8%
Rafter 4L, LLC$15,654$10,742-31.4%
Vera Darlene Bass$252,120$10,438-95.9%
Mark D. Colson$42,806$10,312-75.9%
Jerry Alligood$11,071$10,186-8%
Kathleen L Tomson Estate$18,638$10,009-46.3%
Ann Bromley Eastwood Revocable Inter Vivos Trust$0$9,860--
Daniel O. Marvel$15,733$9,649-38.7%
Ethel Palmer Trust$9,317$9,4761.7%
Raymond H. Wilt$9,173$9,1730%
Amos Penny$7,845$9,10716.1%
Donald L/ June F Carlson Revocable Trust$0$8,526--
Mildred Copeland$8,983$8,264-8%
Lewis Clayton$31,889$8,049-74.8%
Byron T. French$14,159$7,861-44.5%
Douglas James Johnson$0$7,698--
Teigen Honey, LLC$26,172$7,512-71.3%
E & N Schneider Farm, Inc.$7,511$7,5110%
William 'billy' Dampier$8,075$7,428-8%
Thomas B. Hamilton III$37,338$7,245-80.6%
William P. Douberly Jr.$48,705$7,075-85.5%
John H. Collins$7,747$6,966-10.1%
Hoosier Heritage, LLC$4,380$6,84056.2%
Square a Farms, LLC$27,473$6,773-75.3%
John W. Stark Jr.$8,477$6,738-20.5%
EWH Ranch, LLC$25,674$6,538-74.5%
Tom Stevens$5,621$6,35813.1%
B. E. Richardson$11,525$5,930-48.5%
Rufus H. Roland$23,735$5,720-75.9%
Dr. Richard King$5,589$5,5890%
Virgil K. Baker$6,046$5,562-8%
Gene a Wealing$16,430$5,535-66.3%
Doug Goddard$38,540$5,327-86.2%
Warren H Reysen Trust$5,288$5,2880%
William B. Deas$23,023$4,879-78.8%
Edwin Douglas$13,315$4,816-63.8%
Thomas R. Routh Jr.$22,220$4,728-78.7%
Mark Hodge$25,155$4,682-81.4%
George F. Baker III$5,073$4,666-8%
Caldwell and Williams Family Farms, LLLP$11,515$4,662-59.5%
Derek G. Gonsoulin$4,614$4,6140%
Elizabeth Brown Fudge$4,445$4,4450%
Floyd Tillman$25,953$4,441-82.9%
Roger West$19,580$4,280-78.1%
Gary McMillan$4,524$4,208-7%
David C. Spencer$18,078$4,110-77.3%
Julie L. Wall$19,349$4,085-78.9%
Paul Kevin Coleman$16,823$4,050-75.9%
Joe Hunt$16,940$4,048-76.1%
Norah Berchtold-Norah Gernand Berchtold Rev Trustee$10,340$4,038-60.9%
Robert C. Newman Living Trust$3,974$3,9740%
Donald R. Green$0$3,816--
Kenneth Wayne Moon$33,547$3,723-88.9%
Edward G. Scholtz$19,560$3,668-81.2%
Mary D. Atwell$0$3,626--
Julie S. Flanegan$5,561$3,623-34.8%
Joan E. Coleman$3,925$3,611-8%
Ann Bromley Eastwood Rev Intervivos$0$3,570--
Booker T. Hunt$3,820$3,515-8%
CDV 505, Inc.$2,735$3,50328.1%
David E. Hodge$12,199$3,482-71.5%
Billy White$15,968$3,360-79%
Simmons Cattle Company, LLC$15,642$3,262-79.1%
Michael David McFarland$3,519$3,238-8%
Dr. Melvin C. Dace$8,967$3,189-64.4%
Charles Palmer$3,106$3,1591.7%
Herbert Marlowe Jr.$14,949$3,038-79.7%
Ronald E. Arnold$21,911$3,016-86.2%
Mark Brown$14,441$3,006-79.2%
Ray Langford$15,857$2,985-81.2%
John Wayne Mishoe$2,948$2,9480%
Barbara J. Jordan$0$2,945--
Barbara Johnston$11,570$2,926-74.7%
Forbus Qualified Spousal Trust$10,094$2,886-71.4%
Jesse D. Savell$15,377$2,844-81.5%
William L. Jordan$5,068$2,841-43.9%
Don Kimbrell$2,580$2,8259.5%
Peggy Malphurs$5,153$2,804-45.6%
Gerald L Waters$11,086$2,775-75%
Jeff Hardesty$5,801$2,758-52.5%
Lisa Rohan$7,236$2,656-63.3%
Carl Malphurs$6,584$2,504-62%
Annie L. Owens$10,722$2,462-77%
Ronald Spencer$10,381$2,443-76.5%
Lillian J. Woodard$0$2,433--
Robert J. Pekala$2,321$2,318-0.1%
Crossroads Honey, LLC$11,514$2,264-80.3%
Jerry Hollingsworth$2,438$2,242-8%
Lamar Malphurs$2,392$2,200-8%
John Harvey Gladney III$0$2,200--
Jack R. Williams$10,992$2,180-80.2%
Jay Tyler Blankenfeld$2,165$2,1650%
Lizabeth Faldtz Rev Trust Agreement$2,137$2,1370%
Michael W. Cassels$6,068$2,125-65%
Edgar Allen Langford III$4,983$2,116-57.5%
Gaylin L Olson$0$2,100--
Robert L. Degner$7,233$2,071-71.4%
Tobie Turlington$9,966$2,042-79.5%
Marie Webb$2,197$2,021-8%
Kevin S. Emerson$8,155$2,018-75.3%
Graham Cattle, LLC$58,697$2,016-96.6%
Wade Emerson$8,734$1,970-77.4%
William C. Pleiman$0$1,958--
Timothy D. Burnett$2,114$1,945-8%
P3 Ranch, Inc.$0$1,925--
Heritage Horses & Cattle, LLC$7,480$1,907-74.5%
Norma Wood$1,671$1,89613.5%
Dayla Thrift$9,579$1,874-80.4%
T. A. Imler$4,029$1,828-54.6%
Anthony G. Boggess$1,806$1,8060%
Vernon Vinzant$8,954$1,787-80%
Peggy D. Williams$1,780$1,7800%
R F Labisky$4,023$1,741-56.7%
Terry Malphurs$1,822$1,676-8%
Russell Johnson$11,964$1,664-86.1%
Robert A. Martin$5,065$1,664-67.1%
Sandra A. Christmann$1,636$1,6360%
Sanford Yates$7,227$1,635-77.4%
Lynna Shirk$5,525$1,626-70.6%
Robert Presley Jr.$8,572$1,608-81.2%
Larry B. Williams$6,622$1,574-76.2%
Ichaway Timber Company, LLC$1,506$1,5060%
Jacquelyn C. Hill$7,916$1,457-81.6%
Joey D. Langford II$3,960$1,456-63.2%
Joey D. Langford$113,174$1,450-98.7%
Steve Rogers$8,224$1,446-82.4%
Danny Holder$13,794$1,400-89.9%
Kevin Frederic Lussier$13,522$1,388-89.7%
Waymon McMillan$0$1,375--
Terry Bohannon$4,578$1,374-70%
Rex Run Farm, Inc.$8,517$1,366-84%
Richard Evans$7,195$1,364-81%
Richard J. English$6,028$1,362-77.4%
Jerry G. Wasdin$10,157$1,347-86.7%
R. J. Hogan$5,720$1,305-77.2%
Buck & Strut Ranches, LLC$5,709$1,301-77.2%
Fletcher F. Stephens Jr.$6,875$1,288-81.3%
Fletcher F. Stephens Jr.$6,875$1,288-81.3%
William B. Geiger$4,888$1,232-74.8%
Matthew Bailey$6,507$1,193-81.7%
Hawthorne Creek Creamery, LLC$26,743$1,191-95.5%
Michael R. Bubb$1,178$1,1780%
C & B Family Farm, LLC$2,463$1,173-52.4%
Tam F. Cato III$3,630$1,160-68%
James J. Thomas$1,434$1,157-19.3%
William I Soash$1,394$1,152-17.4%
William I Soash$1,394$1,152-17.4%
Mark T. Rock$6,674$1,140-82.9%
Sean Kopman$4,565$1,140-75%
Robert D. Hunsaker$4,884$1,108-77.3%
Chester A. Patterson$5,097$1,100-78.4%
Jesse E. Ward$4,110$1,082-73.7%
Pauline T. Robertson$1,786$1,080-39.5%
William Leo Roland$4,598$1,080-76.5%
Crane & Emerson Farms, LLC$5,335$1,056-80.2%
Donald G. Brown$5,301$1,051-80.2%
Jessica Lynn Markham$4,994$1,042-79.1%
Thomas J. Walker$3,016$1,026-66%
Charles Thomas Lapradd$7,975$1,022-87.2%
Brenda Ellison$3,586$1,002-72.1%
Swallowtail Biodynamic Farm, LLC$27,350$996-96.4%
Pinner Farms, Inc.$3,454$989-71.4%
Sweet Roots Farm, LLC$0$975--
Rosemary A. Johnson$2,370$959-59.5%
Marvin Lamar Simmons$25,890$954-96.3%
Joe M. Smith Jr.$4,224$946-77.6%
Troy J. Alligood$4,081$933-77.1%
Barbara D. McElroy$3,234$914-71.7%
Robert David Collins$3,443$913-73.5%
Carol Lee Leppla$1,116$908-18.6%
Norman C. Leppla$1,116$907-18.7%
Christopher D. Decubellis$4,925$896-81.8%
VB Cattle & Hay, LLC$8,523$894-89.5%
James E. Vaughn Jr.$4,938$886-82.1%
George Ashby Green$11,538$883-92.3%
John Sand$4,308$876-79.7%
John Nix$3,135$867-72.3%
Cindy K. Shanks$4,232$845-80%
Amy Dawn Sweeney$1,020$832-18.4%
James & Zella Thomas Family Trust$0$828--
Thomas E. Simmons Jr.$3,564$810-77.3%
Thorsen Farm Trust$3,202$795-75.2%
Tommy Skipper$3,531$782-77.9%
Robert A. Capote$5,706$779-86.3%
Larry W. Cobb$4,901$774-84.2%
Amanda Huber$3,630$717-80.2%
Alex Payne$3,234$699-78.4%
Margaret U. Fields$4,767$697-85.4%
James H. Willis Jr.$3,313$682-79.4%
William D. Montgomery$676$6760%
Wanita Owen$675$6750%
Cody Langford$3,480$640-81.6%
Chris Steven Payne$2,860$631-77.9%
Nina O. Salmi$5,748$629-89.1%
Jannie C. Rollins$652$599-8.1%
Falling Creek Ranch, LLC$3,913$595-84.8%
Charles Duane Holder$3,125$595-81%
Jarrett L. Kenyon$4,066$592-85.4%
Mary L. Allee$1,491$584-60.8%
Gail Wells$571$5710%
Douglas L. Myers$3,736$570-84.7%
Anthony Fralick$1,936$557-71.2%
MO-AL Farms, Inc.$3,289$553-83.2%
Henry A. Hines$5,262$535-89.8%
Rose Petals Nursery, Inc.$5,473$519-90.5%
Welford D. Ransone$2,373$511-78.5%
On Point Land & Timber, LLC$719$511-28.9%
Hatcher Farms, LLC$53,990$500-99.1%
Hawthorne Farm Products, LLC$33,329$500-98.5%
Heather Michelle Boyd$1,848$498-73.1%
Steve K. Smith$2,723$492-81.9%
Bernice F. Baker$521$480-7.9%
James E. Deason Jr.$2,854$476-83.3%
Summer M. Hester$2,464$471-80.9%
Richard Larry Haines$2,661$471-82.3%
Woodrow James Jr.$2,767$467-83.1%
Larry Twiehaus$1,152$454-60.6%
David C. Lindsey$924$442-52.2%
Peggi Bockman$795$442-44.4%
William W. Tharp$1,639$442-73%
Brandon T. Overstreet$1,771$419-76.3%
Rosemary Bakker$1,153$407-64.7%
Michael Cromarty$2,165$397-81.7%
Eric D. Harris$2,035$394-80.6%
Rudolph J. Chisholm Jr.$1,507$381-74.7%
Lester L. Linscott$369$3690%
Karen Gail Oxford$1,079$368-65.9%
David D. Knabb Jr.$1,161$367-68.4%
Gus Washington Jr.$1,629$360-77.9%
Leslie B. Bovay$358$3580%
Hannah & Hannah Land, LLC$2,215$345-84.4%
Johnny S. McLean$938$344-63.3%
Ruth Josephine Popp$1,024$323-68.5%
Geoffrey C. Patterson$1,434$312-78.2%
Kim Stidham$1,376$311-77.4%
Leslie Ann Frost$0$310--
James E. McKibben$1,331$308-76.9%
HK Cattle & Farms, LLC$3,851$306-92.1%
Arthur H. Johnson$2,012$290-85.6%
Nancy Frank$172$28465.1%
Amy E. Perryman$1,512$281-81.4%
Frank Smith Jr.$0$275--
Gregory Lee$1,100$273-75.2%
Gussie M. Lee$1,100$263-76.1%
Sue Conerly$1,696$260-84.7%
Ronald Wilcox$979$239-75.6%
Elizabeth Anne Auerbach$238$2380%
Bobby Dixon$1,040$232-77.7%
Glen Banks Jr.$495$228-53.9%
Laura Teague$836$207-75.2%
Clinton W. Bryan$968$204-78.9%
Curtis Phillips III$1,254$204-83.7%
Frank R. Ketcham$1,039$199-80.8%
Robin B. Odom$935$197-78.9%
Charna Banks$731$190-74%
Clarence Gaskin$704$183-74%
Thomas Crossman$704$183-74%
Ronald W. Clark$465$180-61.3%
Thomas Hulett$638$165-74.1%
James C. Reynolds$117$1170%
Wendy Lynn Graham$2,929$100-96.6%
Irving Miranda Feliciano$1,144$91-92%
John A. Davis$778$61-92.2%
Andrew M. Alligood$0$40--
Trudy Slagg$0$32--
Joann B. Campbell$86$17-80.2%
Anthony Malphurs$1,155$0-100%
BCW Groves, Inc.$27,147$0-100%
Curtis Davis$32,570$0-100%
Edna R. Watson$16,025$0-100%
Florida Farms, Inc.$250,000$0-100%
Helen M. Lackey$3$0-100%
James Lawrence Davis$25,619$0-100%
Joseph L. Malphurs Jr.$1,155$0-100%
Judith L Holder-Hillhouse$440$0-100%
Larry B. Lewis$495$0-100%
Robert F. Crane Jr.$4,290$0-100%
Robert Sand$935$0-100%
Santa Fe Tree Company$57,798$0-100%
Seventeen Romeo, LLC$2,690$0-100%
Steven Davis$121,730$0-100%
The Old Fashioned Farmstead, LLC$777$0-100%
Wesley Lewis Jr.$8,236$0-100%
David Roger Williams$25,247$0-100%
Janice Wilcox$7,029$0-100%
Nancy McCullough$22,167$0-100%
Alvera - Alvera Adeline Saucerman Trust Saucerman$18,229$0-100%
Anita Gahwiler Trust$4,539$0-100%
Ann Bromley Eastwood Revocable in$20,682$0-100%
Browns Organic Farm, LLC$50,725$0-100%
Constance Smith$321$0-100%
David S. Kirby$1,100$0-100%
Donald L/ June F Carlson Revocabl$8,529$0-100%
Emily Smith Schwartz$439$0-100%
Frank Jenkins$16,932$0-100%
Functional Food Systems, Inc.$500$0-100%
Future Trees, Inc.$55,243$0-100%
Gregory S. Wood$43,786$0-100%
Hatchett Creek Farms, LLC$69,008$0-100%
Hipp Farms, LLC$147,979$0-100%
Jeffrey S. Tomlin$1,210$0-100%
Kathleen L. Tomson$9,319$0-100%
Leslie Straub$9,625$0-100%
Michael Wendell Williamson$2,387$0-100%
Michelle Clingan$922$0-100%
Philip N. Chaney$392$0-100%
Poser Family, LLC$81$0-100%
Siembra Farm, Inc.$11,431$0-100%
Southeastern Trees, LLC$200,166$0-100%
Streiff Family Farm Trust$166$0-100%
Thomas Wesley Williams III$33,603$0-100%
Todd Hester$101$0-100%
William S. Middleton Jr.$2,725$0-100%
Dorothy D. Blackwell$1,265$0-100%
Frog Song Organics, LLC$109,216$0-100%
Logan's Way Organic, LLC$105,289$0-100%
Ornamental Plants and Trees, Inc.$48,072$0-100%
Roy Brown$113,319$0-100%
Steven Strickland$440$0-100%
Charles J. Rolling$577$0-100%
Duane C. Spears$880$0-100%
Eliza Jones Steffee$2,530$0-100%
Eugene P. McGehee$11,208$0-100%
Frances Watson$64$0-100%
James B Nobs$160,755$0-100%
Lucy O'Steen$2,805$0-100%
Melvin R. Hall$2,726$0-100%
Slade Williams$4,565$0-100%
Slay's Trees, LLC$47,812$0-100%
Liners, LLC$76,270$0-100%
Reba Wilson$550$0-100%
Dimitris Warren Evans$15,368$0-100%
Paladin Partners$956$0-100%
Big Trees Plantation, Inc.$16,838$0-100%
Ernesto Morales$2,585$0-100%
Fawzy A. Ebrahim$6,843$0-100%
Lois Solly$422$0-100%
Todd J. Eberst$4,433$0-100%
Tropic Traditions, Inc.$250,000$0-100%
Florida Blue Farms, Inc.$106,506$0-100%
Lloyd Dugger$825$0-100%
Shongaloo Fisheries, Inc.$26,707$0-100%
Straughn Farms, LLC$821,680$0-100%
Total subsidies$11,822,188$3,403,992-71.2%

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