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In 2021, 211 farmers in cities within Yazoo County received a total of $5.3 million in 299 farm subsidies, a 51.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $10.9 million in 471 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 Yazoo County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy M. White | $114,346 | $247,561 | 116.5% |
| Clay Farms | $401,463 | $234,949 | -41.5% |
| Haynes Farms Partnership | $418,330 | $222,144 | -46.9% |
| Fouche Farms II | $369,208 | $203,795 | -44.8% |
| Cypress Brake Farms | $420,222 | $202,747 | -51.8% |
| Denny Paul Farms | $352,544 | $184,553 | -47.7% |
| Pillow Farms | $385,693 | $154,868 | -59.8% |
| Simmons Farms | $580,910 | $150,309 | -74.1% |
| Fair Hope Farms | $516,544 | $149,017 | -71.2% |
| Choate Farms | $363,751 | $138,581 | -61.9% |
| Eagle Bend Farms, LLC | $81,230 | $119,025 | 46.5% |
| M W B Farms, Inc. | $65,467 | $119,024 | 81.8% |
| Jordan Farms | $369,594 | $118,925 | -67.8% |
| Whitaker Farms | $295,382 | $109,651 | -62.9% |
| Cottonhill Farms | $349,952 | $107,780 | -69.2% |
| Tyler Clay Farms | $259,960 | $104,680 | -59.7% |
| Harris Farms | $235,922 | $98,827 | -58.1% |
| Oak Valley Partners | $154,096 | $95,382 | -38.1% |
| Yazoo Sod, LLC | $0 | $87,614 | -- |
| Wildy Lp | $26,509 | $87,098 | 228.6% |
| Somvang Sodachanh | $0 | $83,877 | -- |
| Horton Farms | $213,553 | $79,217 | -62.9% |
| Scott E. Collins | $58,983 | $79,134 | 34.2% |
| Tindall Properties LP | $71,882 | $77,183 | 7.4% |
| Billy J. Ragland | $268,936 | $73,670 | -72.6% |
| Eldorado Farms | $183,127 | $68,397 | -62.7% |
| Thomas Devin Ledlow | $259,654 | $61,335 | -76.4% |
| Deborah K Ragland | $129,270 | $58,631 | -54.6% |
| Deerfield Partners | $140,919 | $58,513 | -58.5% |
| KBS Farms | $118,674 | $54,155 | -54.4% |
| Bienville Farms, LLC | $38,025 | $53,002 | 39.4% |
| MMJ Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Link Lp | $95,145 | $51,605 | -45.8% |
| Val Neel | $106,247 | $51,227 | -51.8% |
| Phillips Planting Company | $113,211 | $49,619 | -56.2% |
| Larry A. King | $49,509 | $49,509 | 0% |
| Bobby Ragland Jr. | $125,179 | $48,595 | -61.2% |
| Tcheva Land, LLC | $48,046 | $48,046 | 0% |
| William David Ellzey Irrevocable Credit Trust | $42,268 | $42,268 | 0% |
| Morrissey Resources, Inc. | $41,175 | $41,174 | 0% |
| Hamaka Company, LLC | $480 | $39,563 | 8,142.3% |
| Sharp Place, LLC | $34,600 | $38,675 | 11.8% |
| Alexander Webb Lampley | $22,630 | $38,081 | 68.3% |
| John Murry Greenlee | $67,471 | $37,622 | -44.2% |
| Barbara Bowie Neel | $83,957 | $36,444 | -56.6% |
| Lisa K. Barker | $95,691 | $35,299 | -63.1% |
| BJW, LLC | $32,518 | $32,518 | 0% |
| Jones B. B. Lp | $26,931 | $31,383 | 16.5% |
| Pennabaker Bottom LP | $9,448 | $26,834 | 184% |
| Jordan Land & Timber, LLC | $24,886 | $24,772 | -0.5% |
| William C. Dorris III | $65,863 | $24,377 | -63% |
| Chesterfield Land Company, LLC | $19,168 | $22,179 | 15.7% |
| Marcus G. Nixon Sr. | $22,069 | $22,069 | 0% |
| Bobby Ragland III | $65,439 | $21,390 | -67.3% |
| Willow Edge Timber Management, LLC | $32,176 | $21,376 | -33.6% |
| Steve Coody | $28,608 | $20,727 | -27.5% |
| Carolyn W. Washington | $20,130 | $20,130 | 0% |
| James M. Washington | $20,130 | $20,130 | 0% |
| Sandra H. Shipp | $15,120 | $19,571 | 29.4% |
| Delta Cottonland, Inc. | $35,531 | $18,175 | -48.8% |
| Mitchell Place LP | $17,767 | $17,767 | 0% |
| Brett C. Robinson | $17,739 | $17,739 | 0% |
| Connie J. Robinson | $17,739 | $17,739 | 0% |
| Richard Larry Johnston | $28,397 | $17,521 | -38.3% |
| Charles Davis | $16,686 | $16,686 | 0% |
| Rodney S. Brooks | $22,484 | $15,368 | -31.6% |
| Alfort Davis | $40,596 | $15,224 | -62.5% |
| Kircow L P | $5,197 | $12,191 | 134.6% |
| James Posey Campbell | $11,972 | $11,972 | 0% |
| Beverly S. Ragland | $21,254 | $11,688 | -45% |
| Frances Dozier | $11,517 | $11,517 | 0% |
| J. R. Peaster III | $11,373 | $11,373 | 0% |
| Holly Bend Lp | $30,723 | $11,103 | -63.9% |
| Sandy L. Ragland | $25,227 | $10,551 | -58.2% |
| Charles E. Scott | $10,516 | $10,516 | 0% |
| Benford F. Adcock | $13,690 | $10,039 | -26.7% |
| Jack Landrum | $10,505 | $9,985 | -5% |
| Sandra Jean Lavender Jones | $9,900 | $9,900 | 0% |
| James T. Shipp III | $8,106 | $9,748 | 20.3% |
| Louis W. Shipp | $8,106 | $9,748 | 20.3% |
| Elaine G. Fuller | $9,544 | $9,544 | 0% |
| Anchor Planting Company, Inc. | $9,714 | $8,628 | -11.2% |
| Nickel Land Management, LLC | $0 | $8,589 | -- |
| Frances B. Pierce | $12,208 | $8,517 | -30.2% |
| Max P. Sanders | $8,702 | $8,510 | -2.2% |
| Jeffrey L. Alexander | $8,337 | $8,337 | 0% |
| Elizabeth V. Ables | $9,966 | $7,548 | -24.3% |
| Timothy L. Davis | $7,298 | $7,298 | 0% |
| Gloria M. Kirk | $6,552 | $7,155 | 9.2% |
| Robert H. Cato | $6,941 | $6,941 | 0% |
| Amelia Capri Lowery | $6,715 | $6,715 | 0% |
| Michael Peyton | $27,584 | $6,709 | -75.7% |
| Rob and Vicki Coker Land, LLC | $6,546 | $6,546 | 0% |
| R. E. Coleman | $6,500 | $6,500 | 0% |
| The Frances Reed Dixon Revocable Trust | $6,392 | $6,392 | 0% |
| Susie Robinson Greer | $20,122 | $6,070 | -69.8% |
| Leon C. Brown Jr. | $13,529 | $5,439 | -59.8% |
| Coles Creek Farms, LLC | $14,663 | $5,329 | -63.7% |
| Michael Bates | $18,778 | $5,175 | -72.4% |
| Jackie L. Alexander | $5,080 | $5,080 | 0% |
| David C. Droge | $22,055 | $5,044 | -77.1% |
| Frank W. Webb | $5,044 | $5,044 | 0% |
| Rudy K. Irwin | $4,735 | $4,940 | 4.3% |
| Norman A. Powell | $4,709 | $4,892 | 3.9% |
| Dayle G. Powell | $4,709 | $4,892 | 3.9% |
| Gil Waters | $24,862 | $4,882 | -80.4% |
| Heidel Farms, Inc. | $11,036 | $4,837 | -56.2% |
| Rodney C. Davis | $9,764 | $4,736 | -51.5% |
| Ricky Hilderbrand | $7,850 | $4,730 | -39.7% |
| Roger L. Hancock Jr. | $14,872 | $4,645 | -68.8% |
| Bart Carter | $20,758 | $4,513 | -78.3% |
| Stacy D. King | $14,376 | $4,306 | -70% |
| Ridge Runner Land Company, LLC | $4,214 | $4,214 | 0% |
| Margaret Ann Robertson | $7,591 | $4,143 | -45.4% |
| H Hancock SR H Hancock JR Partnership | $98,928 | $3,837 | -96.1% |
| Alexander Bros Farm Partnership | $6,006 | $3,755 | -37.5% |
| Bobbie R. Ehrhardt | $11,489 | $3,683 | -67.9% |
| Parker Mckay Evans | $16,005 | $3,638 | -77.3% |
| Travis H. Johnston | $4,587 | $3,584 | -21.9% |
| Maudine H Trammell | $3,213 | $3,213 | 0% |
| Joyce A. Sadler | $3,194 | $3,194 | 0% |
| Mary C. Douglas | $2,905 | $2,905 | 0% |
| Irwin Farms | $2,828 | $2,828 | 0% |
| Charles Long | $15,593 | $2,713 | -82.6% |
| Nancy T. Henderson | $2,690 | $2,690 | 0% |
| van Ray | $2,676 | $2,676 | 0% |
| Alice A. Anderson | $1,619 | $2,579 | 59.3% |
| Greylin J Mcmaster | $2,525 | $2,525 | 0% |
| John Lake Clay | $3,117 | $2,324 | -25.4% |
| Chris White | $0 | $2,302 | -- |
| Jimmy L. Johnson | $1,784 | $2,284 | 28% |
| Earnest Foreman | $6,311 | $2,246 | -64.4% |
| Phillip Vandevere | $4,257 | $2,225 | -47.7% |
| Brenda K. Paul | $2,061 | $2,061 | 0% |
| Dennis A. Paul | $2,061 | $2,061 | 0% |
| Thomas Posey Fisher | $0 | $2,023 | -- |
| Timothy Trammell | $2,916 | $2,011 | -31% |
| John Nathan Trammell | $24,190 | $2,000 | -91.7% |
| Aubrey Williams | $6,054 | $1,942 | -67.9% |
| Roger F. Burton III | $8,938 | $1,940 | -78.3% |
| Lamar Chisolm Jr. | $4,422 | $1,920 | -56.6% |
| Five Mile Fisheries, Inc. | $180,580 | $1,915 | -98.9% |
| Wallace T. Manor | $7,520 | $1,869 | -75.1% |
| Donald Ray Ketchum | $1,839 | $1,839 | 0% |
| Donna L. Walker | $1,518 | $1,799 | 18.5% |
| Francis William Regan Jr. | $5,115 | $1,796 | -64.9% |
| Roy Hancock | $1,753 | $1,753 | 0% |
| F & F Farms, LLC | $9,984 | $1,729 | -82.7% |
| Toehead LP | $1,674 | $1,639 | -2.1% |
| John D. Sadler | $1,631 | $1,631 | 0% |
| Ava A. Hale | $1,609 | $1,496 | -7% |
| John M. Anderson | $1,609 | $1,496 | -7% |
| U B & F Society | $1,480 | $1,480 | 0% |
| Donald Keith Martin | $7,271 | $1,454 | -80% |
| John F. Phillips IV | $2,028 | $1,398 | -31.1% |
| James W. Dixon Jr. | $0 | $1,395 | -- |
| Robert L. Dixon | $0 | $1,395 | -- |
| Carolyn H. Vandevere | $1,160 | $1,393 | 20.1% |
| 3G Land Company, LLC | $0 | $1,209 | -- |
| Richard Creel | $0 | $1,155 | -- |
| Dew Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,155 | -- |
| Paul Milner | $1,654 | $1,152 | -30.4% |
| Catherine M. Ashley | $5,114 | $1,110 | -78.3% |
| Caleb M. Kellum | $4,961 | $1,070 | -78.4% |
| Joy K. Boyd | $1,018 | $1,018 | 0% |
| Wyatt Land, LLC | $1,008 | $1,008 | 0% |
| Kyle H. Sudbeck | $4,753 | $931 | -80.4% |
| Y. T. Gray | $4,189 | $918 | -78.1% |
| Paul M. McGraw | $940 | $895 | -4.8% |
| Charles L. Adams | $6,525 | $889 | -86.4% |
| Marie C. Cato | $867 | $867 | 0% |
| Thomas J. Trammell | $865 | $865 | 0% |
| Hugh Jace Creel | $1,980 | $779 | -60.7% |
| Steve Cheatham | $3,695 | $751 | -79.7% |
| Dalton S. Burton | $3,432 | $741 | -78.4% |
| Donald L. Martin Jr. | $3,256 | $723 | -77.8% |
| Helen Alexander | $673 | $673 | 0% |
| Monterey Plantation, Inc. | $647 | $647 | 0% |
| Jae O. Young | $2,233 | $619 | -72.3% |
| Billy R. Jenkins Jr. | $2,002 | $583 | -70.9% |
| Steve M. Brister | $3,586 | $581 | -83.8% |
| Viven J Douglas | $2,277 | $500 | -78% |
| Jd Cresswell Farms | $2,426 | $488 | -79.9% |
| Alney C Mclean III | $476 | $476 | 0% |
| Thomas J. Milner | $1,848 | $476 | -74.2% |
| Deborah K. Ragland | $0 | $459 | -- |
| Carol R. Parrett | $459 | $459 | 0% |
| Luther Jackson Jr. | $453 | $453 | 0% |
| Deborah N. Buckley | $452 | $452 | 0% |
| Rebecca Peterman | $452 | $452 | 0% |
| Adam Brooks | $891 | $437 | -51% |
| James R. Robinson | $414 | $414 | 0% |
| William Russell Jr. | $258 | $384 | 48.8% |
| Macklyn Austin | $2,384 | $366 | -84.6% |
| Charline Killebrew | $473 | $359 | -24.1% |
| Tim W. Saxton | $327 | $327 | 0% |
| Jennifer Kraft | $1,966 | $248 | -87.4% |
| Reid Hale | $1,966 | $248 | -87.4% |
| Stuart Hale | $1,966 | $248 | -87.4% |
| John A. Hogue | $1,408 | $214 | -84.8% |
| Martin Jerry Dunn | $792 | $211 | -73.4% |
| Jewell Aden Vandevere | $726 | $207 | -71.5% |
| Peter Powell | $761 | $207 | -72.8% |
| Garrett Henry Vandevere | $638 | $190 | -70.2% |
| David Lewis Ashley III | $396 | $186 | -53% |
| Kathleen L. Nolan | $168 | $168 | 0% |
| Bobby Passons | $2,107 | $163 | -92.3% |
| Mark A. Williams | $449 | $116 | -74.2% |
| Kent Montgomery | $181 | $81 | -55.2% |
| John A. Hogue Jr. | $1,025 | $34 | -96.7% |
| BW Beckwith Farms, LLC | $0 | $11 | -- |
| Anita W. Moore | $367 | $0 | -100% |
| Carmen E. Foster | $1,014 | $0 | -100% |
| Gene Ellett Martin | $153 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Fisher | $2,023 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet E. Whittington | $3,855 | $0 | -100% |
| Sara J. Laura | $1,147 | $0 | -100% |
| 2C Cattle Company | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Board of Education of Yazoo Company | $10,691 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Allen Paul Jr. | $608 | $0 | -100% |
| Dixon Brothers Properties, LLC | $4,186 | $0 | -100% |
| Dutch Brake Fisheries, LLC | $26,184 | $0 | -100% |
| E a G, Inc. | $5,489 | $0 | -100% |
| George F. Woodliff III | $228 | $0 | -100% |
| Simmons H. D. Fish | $106,749 | $0 | -100% |
| Kendall O. Lee | $2,776 | $0 | -100% |
| Money Sunk Partners | $89,031 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Monroe Vandevere Jr. | $1,541 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillips Brothers Farms, LLC | $788,851 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillips Brothers Land, LLC | $2,519 | $0 | -100% |
| R D Hines, Inc. | $6,956 | $0 | -100% |
| Rocky Bayou, Inc. | $10,455 | $0 | -100% |
| Shonda Robinson Hughes | $1,598 | $0 | -100% |
| Vince A. Dantone | $479 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $10,906,294 | $5,263,101 | -51.7% |
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