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In 2021, 170 farmers in cities within Warren County received a total of $2.1 million in 234 farm subsidies, a 29.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.9 million in 319 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 Warren County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Farms Partnership | $509,988 | $173,863 | -65.9% |
| Red Birds Farms Partnership | $237,573 | $159,183 | -33% |
| J & J Farms | $248,516 | $107,531 | -56.7% |
| Strick's Harvesting, LLC | $94,593 | $65,844 | -30.4% |
| David S. Wansley | $51,923 | $62,954 | 21.2% |
| R & J Farms General Partnership | $81,937 | $58,941 | -28.1% |
| T B Henry & Sons | $53,000 | $53,002 | 0% |
| Charles Donald Pulpwood, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Cheap Country Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| New Don Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Walton Logging of MS, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Steven M. Bryan | $14,977 | $50,027 | 234% |
| Purvis Grange Foundation, Inc. | $46,903 | $49,647 | 5.9% |
| Strick Farms, LLC | $34,471 | $49,210 | 42.8% |
| The Fowler Plantation | $46,275 | $43,236 | -6.6% |
| MJK Property | $62,680 | $41,705 | -33.5% |
| Timberwolves, LLC | $0 | $40,615 | -- |
| Kenneth M. Mason | $36,587 | $36,587 | 0% |
| Clifton Burroughs Jr. | $36,106 | $36,106 | 0% |
| Lou Parker | $32,386 | $32,386 | 0% |
| Edward R. McKnight IV | $62,448 | $28,321 | -54.6% |
| Ronald S. Muirhead | $58,465 | $26,468 | -54.7% |
| Shane S. Upshaw | $42,981 | $26,342 | -38.7% |
| Camille Sanders Thomas | $33,987 | $26,249 | -22.8% |
| CST Property LP | $65,704 | $26,104 | -60.3% |
| E R Mcknight & Sons | $50,687 | $25,731 | -49.2% |
| James M. Chaney Jr. | $20,851 | $24,331 | 16.7% |
| Tillotson Enterprises, Inc. | $18,834 | $23,615 | 25.4% |
| Michael D. Strickland | $0 | $21,126 | -- |
| Jimmy G. Gouras | $0 | $20,408 | -- |
| Golding Land Company, LLC | $12,266 | $18,458 | 50.5% |
| Marsha D. Bridgers | $17,565 | $17,565 | 0% |
| Palmetto Vale Family Limited Partnership | $17,058 | $17,058 | 0% |
| Silver Phin Holdings, LLC | $16,916 | $16,916 | 0% |
| Palmetto Plantation FLP | $15,925 | $15,925 | 0% |
| Kerry F. Pitts | $0 | $15,647 | -- |
| Belle Meade Plantation, Inc. | $45,684 | $14,605 | -68% |
| Martin V. Chaney | $13,766 | $13,509 | -1.9% |
| Ronald K. Jacobson | $11,417 | $13,281 | 16.3% |
| Sydney W Johnston Farms, LLC | $39,540 | $13,278 | -66.4% |
| Brent Hopkins | $13,497 | $12,933 | -4.2% |
| Michael L. Bailey | $11,711 | $11,711 | 0% |
| Jones Trucking, LLC | $0 | $11,213 | -- |
| Mildred Rone | $10,824 | $10,824 | 0% |
| Loosa Yokena LP | $13,553 | $10,314 | -23.9% |
| Bobbie H. Beard | $10,121 | $10,121 | 0% |
| Ernest G. Thomas | $18,725 | $10,040 | -46.4% |
| Williams Farms, Inc. | $19,399 | $9,987 | -48.5% |
| Hopkins Ranch, Inc. | $9,792 | $9,792 | 0% |
| Sally S. Dare | $9,414 | $9,414 | 0% |
| K P S Holdings, LLC | $20,295 | $9,128 | -55% |
| Danny W. Lynn | $15,915 | $8,195 | -48.5% |
| Ashford Acres Lp | $17,841 | $7,873 | -55.9% |
| Capital Investment Corporation | $7,718 | $7,718 | 0% |
| Mott Roland Headley III | $38,175 | $7,374 | -80.7% |
| Albert Gullett JR | $6,986 | $6,986 | 0% |
| Rita Fowler | $6,986 | $6,986 | 0% |
| Blue Lake Plantation, Inc. | $6,055 | $6,055 | 0% |
| Dabeel, LLC | $14,108 | $5,818 | -58.8% |
| Robert Houston Jarvis | $11,881 | $5,602 | -52.8% |
| Joseph Lyons | $5,537 | $5,537 | 0% |
| Chilhowie Farm, LLC | $12,692 | $5,362 | -57.8% |
| Dedra A. Henley | $5,338 | $5,338 | 0% |
| Robert O. Henley | $5,338 | $5,338 | 0% |
| Calvin R. Ashley | $13,847 | $5,157 | -62.8% |
| James E Harper SR Testamentary Trust | $0 | $5,035 | -- |
| Virginia Blonzell Herndon | $4,892 | $4,892 | 0% |
| John Oakes | $4,673 | $4,673 | 0% |
| H & H Acres LP | $15,264 | $4,565 | -70.1% |
| Patricia B. Theriot | $4,563 | $4,563 | 0% |
| Michael the Trust of Michael E Dunn Dunn | $4,464 | $4,464 | 0% |
| Charles J. Henry III | $4,449 | $4,449 | 0% |
| 4 J Properties LP | $10,562 | $4,401 | -58.3% |
| Long Lake Club, Inc. | $4,319 | $4,319 | 0% |
| Lorinc Family Trust | $6,331 | $4,222 | -33.3% |
| Fred T. Tracy | $4,198 | $4,198 | 0% |
| James E. Harper Sr. | $0 | $3,999 | -- |
| Elsie Mcgehee T. Buchanan | $3,986 | $3,986 | 0% |
| Michael A. Brown | $0 | $3,884 | -- |
| Archie L. Cain | $3,682 | $3,682 | 0% |
| Sherwood W. Lyons Jr. | $9,669 | $3,527 | -63.5% |
| Stephanie Lynn | $2,608 | $3,478 | 33.4% |
| Grassy Lake, LLC | $3,339 | $3,339 | 0% |
| Larry V. Carpenter | $3,303 | $3,303 | 0% |
| Robert G. Ulmer | $2,372 | $3,261 | 37.5% |
| Robert E. Pharr | $3,251 | $3,251 | 0% |
| Jimmy F. Vessell | $2,973 | $2,973 | 0% |
| Orlando L. Duncan | $2,973 | $2,973 | 0% |
| Gregory Gene Hawkins | $0 | $2,856 | -- |
| Sandra Morrison Hawkins | $0 | $2,856 | -- |
| Mark J. Chaney | $7,367 | $2,720 | -63.1% |
| Rita R. Pugh | $2,655 | $2,650 | -0.2% |
| Lee Embry | $0 | $2,585 | -- |
| Raymond B. May | $6,605 | $2,584 | -60.9% |
| James E. Hearn | $2,544 | $2,544 | 0% |
| Frank A. Ferguson Jr. | $2,442 | $2,442 | 0% |
| Lorne Craig Williamson | $2,324 | $2,324 | 0% |
| John E. Bell | $2,322 | $2,322 | 0% |
| Tracye M. Prewitt | $2,496 | $2,129 | -14.7% |
| Morningside Drive, Inc. | $4,001 | $2,086 | -47.9% |
| Charles Chisley | $1,989 | $1,989 | 0% |
| Larry A. Chisley | $1,989 | $1,989 | 0% |
| Jean Marie Smith | $1,920 | $1,906 | -0.7% |
| Jerry L. Smith | $1,920 | $1,906 | -0.7% |
| Pete B. Buford | $9,428 | $1,845 | -80.4% |
| Jerry W. Ferguson | $1,818 | $1,816 | -0.1% |
| Robert Frank Gorman | $5,210 | $1,814 | -65.2% |
| Thurman Nelson Jr. | $1,811 | $1,811 | 0% |
| Kent T. Danielson | $7,228 | $1,768 | -75.5% |
| Robert S. Bernard | $1,733 | $1,733 | 0% |
| James Flagg Jr. | $2,233 | $1,729 | -22.6% |
| Conway & Craig, LLC | $1,970 | $1,680 | -14.7% |
| J Carvel Childs Irrevocable Trust | $1,650 | $1,650 | 0% |
| Loomis Childs Giles Irrevocable Trust | $1,650 | $1,650 | 0% |
| Thomas Eddie Henry | $1,636 | $1,636 | 0% |
| The Trust of John B Cook SR | $3,767 | $1,630 | -56.7% |
| Richard George | $5,928 | $1,614 | -72.8% |
| Judith B. Buys | $1,610 | $1,610 | 0% |
| David L. Chaney Sr. | $5,995 | $1,594 | -73.4% |
| M & M Property L P | $1,649 | $1,530 | -7.2% |
| Alan Danielson | $7,300 | $1,483 | -79.7% |
| Jeffrey J. Riggs | $4,785 | $1,454 | -69.6% |
| Bernard Powell | $1,442 | $1,442 | 0% |
| Chris D. Dixon | $0 | $1,395 | -- |
| Curtis B. James | $2,378 | $1,337 | -43.8% |
| Eddie T. Smith Jr. | $7,051 | $1,323 | -81.2% |
| Joseph Farrar | $1,273 | $1,273 | 0% |
| Ernest Clark McNair Jr. | $2,532 | $1,266 | -50% |
| Clifford Tolliver | $4,246 | $1,245 | -70.7% |
| Martha Mobley | $1,186 | $1,186 | 0% |
| Fred Griffin Peyton | $1,316 | $1,164 | -11.6% |
| Joe L. Lemons | $6,289 | $1,111 | -82.3% |
| James B. Bingham | $1,992 | $1,108 | -44.4% |
| Johnny Kiser | $5,192 | $937 | -82% |
| W & B Canal Farms, LLC | $2,038 | $922 | -54.8% |
| Calvin Walker | $882 | $882 | 0% |
| Barbara M. Morgan | $859 | $859 | 0% |
| Tom Gilbert | $1,937 | $849 | -56.2% |
| Maurice C. Winston | $2,838 | $835 | -70.6% |
| Mary Jane Plett | $4,064 | $813 | -80% |
| Ted Frisbee | $812 | $812 | 0% |
| Joan M. Priddy | $807 | $807 | 0% |
| Lanny B. Barfield | $753 | $753 | 0% |
| Mary George | $3,399 | $689 | -79.7% |
| Will Hubert | $636 | $636 | 0% |
| Alva D. Cook | $581 | $583 | 0.3% |
| David E Speyerer | $2,431 | $546 | -77.5% |
| Kathryn Osborn | $1,921 | $525 | -72.7% |
| Michael K. Ouzts | $1,130 | $521 | -53.9% |
| Margie C. Johnson | $1,909 | $486 | -74.5% |
| Thomas C. Hamilton | $13,524 | $469 | -96.5% |
| William F. Neal Jr. | $452 | $452 | 0% |
| Jerry Lynn Stroud | $812 | $434 | -46.6% |
| Mary Jane Plett Estate | $0 | $423 | -- |
| Harry J. Ferguson | $1,969 | $411 | -79.1% |
| Lindsey Phillips Gilliland | $1,248 | $406 | -67.5% |
| James Straughter Jr. | $2,915 | $374 | -87.2% |
| Lower Deer Creek Properties, LLC | $567 | $335 | -40.9% |
| James Allen Bodron | $1,713 | $324 | -81.1% |
| Marie D. Pitre | $277 | $277 | 0% |
| Donald P. Sibley | $429 | $259 | -39.6% |
| Calvin Allen | $669 | $247 | -63.1% |
| Clara Willis | $190 | $204 | 7.4% |
| Frank Holifield | $169 | $169 | 0% |
| Evelyn Carter | $363 | $149 | -59% |
| Cynthia Milton | $95 | $95 | 0% |
| Ethel Renee Smith | $95 | $95 | 0% |
| Albert Watts Jr. | $0 | $85 | -- |
| Edwin G. Boleware | $201 | $70 | -65.2% |
| Pam Portwood McFerrin | $9 | $12 | 33.3% |
| Alfred Brown III | $2,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann Thomas Stovall Trust | $7,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Atwood Partners LP | $10,895 | $0 | -100% |
| Ben H Thomas Trust | $7,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Billie R. Morse | $6,614 | $0 | -100% |
| Claiborne County Farm, LLC | $16,202 | $0 | -100% |
| Claiborne County Farm T, LLC | $16,202 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris Sanderson Lee | $1,853 | $0 | -100% |
| Elijah Wilson | $1,535 | $0 | -100% |
| George K Mihalyka | $1,762 | $0 | -100% |
| Hester Pitts | $15,647 | $0 | -100% |
| James L. Marble | $17,930 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse Willis Farms Jr. | $35,193 | $0 | -100% |
| John M. Price | $20,337 | $0 | -100% |
| Kings Point Properties LP | $20,675 | $0 | -100% |
| Marty Kittrell | $391 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert P. McConnell | $4,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Shelia Kittrell Moudy | $391 | $0 | -100% |
| Silver Creek Equestrian Club, LLC | $998 | $0 | -100% |
| William K. Ray | $650 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,923,576 | $2,073,057 | -29.1% |
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