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Amount of taxpayer-funded subsidies plummet in cities associated with Washington County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Washington County received $19.3 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 333 farmers in cities within Washington County received a total of $19.2 million in 685 farm subsidies, a 50.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $38.5 million in 1,102 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 Washington County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Southern Planting Company$985,859$789,427-19.9%
Steele Farms$1,185,826$768,492-35.2%
Gypsy Farms$1,539,137$609,589-60.4%
Smythe & Sons$750,499$417,226-44.4%
Patrick Smith$192,276$412,555114.6%
Bretlind Farms Partners$709,333$407,192-42.6%
Bruton Farms Partnership$1,142,028$391,893-65.7%
Lakeland Planting Company$1,528,521$374,280-75.5%
JLS Farms Partnership$413,671$347,653-16%
Lagniappe Planting Company$755,207$339,862-55%
Greenland Planting Company$582,471$326,734-43.9%
Fratesi Planting Company II$687,044$311,059-54.7%
Pantera Partners$309,881$309,8820%
Huddleston Planting Company$730,904$302,158-58.7%
Double B. Farms$571,049$291,810-48.9%
Three D Farms$464,005$288,059-37.9%
Simmons Planting Company$1,149,956$282,421-75.4%
Wood Land Farms Partnership$490,662$265,836-45.8%
Opossum Ridge Planting Company$631,101$263,755-58.2%
Prather Farms$302,599$262,280-13.3%
Theunissen Farms Partnership$450,843$242,443-46.2%
Promise Land Farms$401,205$241,636-39.8%
Hollingsworth & Company$638,370$230,478-63.9%
Azlin Planting Company$341,523$226,309-33.7%
C C & B Farms$600,728$221,561-63.1%
G T & T Farms$512,660$217,907-57.5%
B & H Farms Partnership$589,500$217,364-63.1%
Vanlandingham Farms$658,518$215,417-67.3%
Delta Farms Partnership$293,982$212,446-27.7%
Palasini Farms$404,725$196,401-51.5%
Gracewood Farms$452,120$182,624-59.6%
R & S Rice Farms$436,843$181,560-58.4%
Crowe & Furr Farms$523,954$180,360-65.6%
BTT, LLC$158,194$180,17813.9%
Forrest City Farms$430,872$175,061-59.4%
Triple C Farms$357,184$163,067-54.3%
Bourbon Plantation$406,199$161,657-60.2%
Raising Cain Farms Partnership$362,046$156,247-56.8%
David Zepponi$179,078$153,887-14.1%
TJ Richard Farms Partnership$187,810$150,854-19.7%
Wade Mccollum Farms Partnership$259,043$147,679-43%
Oglesby Farms Partnership$258,815$147,455-43%
Timothy Zepponi$237,879$146,630-38.4%
Isola Plantation$338,171$143,822-57.5%
Vanlandingham Farms II$415,270$136,459-67.1%
Baggett Farms$486,611$132,822-72.7%
Daybreak Farming Partners$270,202$128,988-52.3%
F J Smythe & Sons$248,546$124,777-49.8%
Coon Rod Farms$112,941$122,9318.8%
Mike Theunissen Farms, Inc.$230,748$118,734-48.5%
Ross Plantation Partnership$300,447$115,005-61.7%
B & R Farms$324,792$112,129-65.5%
Ganier Planting Company$197,576$109,605-44.5%
Smyly Planting Company$214,671$102,962-52%
TRI Delta Farms Partnership$59,812$102,73671.8%
Avondale Farms$275,803$100,987-63.4%
Weissinger Wynn & Association$114,855$100,944-12.1%
John M. Lewis$163,697$97,150-40.7%
Hugh French$160,697$94,061-41.5%
Looney Farms Partnership$273,422$90,814-66.8%
Billy J. Jimson$156,958$90,189-42.5%
Ohare Farms$210,662$84,942-59.7%
Torrey Wood and Son, Inc.$162,532$84,932-47.7%
William A. Hester Jr.$144,941$84,732-41.5%
Triple C Planting Company$207,571$84,331-59.4%
Hobart Brothers Farm$249,357$81,941-67.1%
Jenkins Farms$147,825$79,701-46.1%
Tony Zepponi$220,821$77,473-64.9%
William C. Skates III$166,934$74,673-55.3%
H & W Farms$70,642$74,2025%
Lone Pine Land & Timber, LLC$55,938$73,73031.8%
Macon Lake Partnership$72,062$71,113-1.3%
Edwin Thomas Farm Partnership$120,381$70,435-41.5%
Mills Bayou Farms, LLC$153,900$70,419-54.2%
Hankins and Hankins$170,771$69,917-59.1%
Powers Farms$191,284$68,824-64%
Deer River Planting Company, LLC$62,827$64,1762.1%
Bill Hester Farms, Inc.$171,942$63,772-62.9%
EMT, LLC$132,243$62,740-52.6%
Deloach Cope JR$138,016$60,739-56%
Denaro Farms$112,208$59,946-46.6%
Lake Knox Planting Company$283,286$58,981-79.2%
Homewood Farms, Inc.$145,395$58,737-59.6%
Greenlee Farms$154,159$58,416-62.1%
V C Johnson Farms, Inc.$173,166$58,207-66.4%
Ralph W Mcgee$127,109$57,641-54.7%
Highland Plantation$186,703$55,124-70.5%
S and R Fish Farm, Inc.$65,196$54,550-16.3%
Mileston Farms II, LLC$53,866$52,992-1.6%
Goldrush Farms, Inc.$122,050$50,242-58.8%
Will Fratesi Farms, LLC$59,771$49,387-17.4%
Lee Brackeen$38,664$48,92926.5%
MS Delta Organics, LLC$252,417$47,996-81%
Nerren Farms$0$47,391--
Unruh Farms, LLC$98,318$45,281-53.9%
Riley Chandler Weaver$39,887$45,18013.3%
Little Panther Plantation$106,340$44,713-58%
Panther Creek Plantation$106,340$44,713-58%
Whiskey River Farms$83,524$44,647-46.5%
Jeg Farms, LLC$114,571$44,436-61.2%
Black Bayou Properties, LLC$120,232$43,812-63.6%
Jeremy Theunissen Farms, Inc.$63,783$43,437-31.9%
Magruder Farms$106,884$43,274-59.5%
Triple L Farms & Livestock, LLC$67,749$42,816-36.8%
Pot Luck Farm & Agent Services, Inc.$106,286$42,666-59.9%
William A. Hester Sr.$0$42,365--
Blackland Farms, LLC$45,458$42,206-7.2%
Cole Burns$34,717$42,20521.6%
Early Riser Investment, Inc.$0$41,876--
Huntington Point Land Company LP$41,640$41,6400%
Wilmont Wildlife Partnership$40,562$40,5620%
Frankel Farms$102,701$40,557-60.5%
Bogue Planting Company$183,015$39,847-78.2%
Bastion Grain, Inc.$38,908$38,820-0.2%
C & D Smyly Farms$0$38,609--
Russell W. Stigall III$62,205$38,317-38.4%
Dan Branton & Sons, LLC$78,269$37,876-51.6%
Hilliard Plantation, Inc.$92,214$36,506-60.4%
TRI Delta Farms, Inc.$159,743$34,808-78.2%
J P Farms, LLC$54,996$34,429-37.4%
A & B Land Company, LLC$116,842$34,370-70.6%
Alessandro Zepponi III$36,494$33,955-7%
Montgomery McGee$33,727$33,7270%
Chicot CRP Enterprises, Inc.$22,138$33,03749.2%
Learther Jackson JR$62,130$32,001-48.5%
Bob Burnett Farms, Inc.$76,280$31,849-58.2%
Glen D Bowlin$58,333$30,704-47.4%
Hyer Farms$69,526$29,512-57.6%
Branco, Inc.$78,659$29,475-62.5%
Ceres Land Company, LLC$120,094$29,049-75.8%
Payne Planting Company$31,768$29,026-8.6%
Davis Bayou Company, Inc.$28,631$28,584-0.2%
Helm Plantation Partnership$42,057$28,169-33%
B & L Planting Company, LLC$50,987$27,317-46.4%
James W. McCollum Jr.$29,715$26,891-9.5%
Arlo, Inc.$71,149$25,724-63.8%
Cameron Nightingale$54,204$25,603-52.8%
Scotty L. Smyly$48,235$25,091-48%
Leroy V. Frey$16,849$25,03348.6%
J. R. Nunnery Jr.$24,696$24,6960%
Eugene Farms, LLC$69,949$23,420-66.5%
Refuge Land Company, LLC$0$23,120--
Robert Holland$23,042$23,0420%
Martin P. Myers IV$56,647$22,504-60.3%
Kinlock Farms, LLC$16,785$22,34733.1%
Bloomfield Farms, LLC$0$22,049--
W W Farms, Inc.$6,262$21,380241.4%
Wade A. Giesbrecht$40,926$20,604-49.7%
Elisha Hinton Jr.$31,708$20,168-36.4%
Harper Ross Farms$0$19,373--
Carson V. Johnson$20,356$18,725-8%
Bordeaux Land & Timber, LLC$35,245$18,629-47.1%
Chad Zepponi$30,185$18,628-38.3%
Caney Bayou, LLC$18,564$18,332-1.2%
Nell Livingston - Nell Livingston Revocable Trust$8,384$18,157116.6%
Guido a Palasini$37,197$18,086-51.4%
Waters Edge Wildlife, LLC$18,004$18,0040%
Delta Mudd, LLC$56,108$17,948-68%
Livingston Farms Partnership, LLC$47,031$17,866-62%
Pritchett Farms, LLC$55,090$17,583-68.1%
Life Is Good Farm, LLC$17,532$17,416-0.7%
Robert Loper$6,889$17,376152.2%
Nightingale Planting$35,744$17,179-51.9%
John Michael Lewis$84,078$17,144-79.6%
Guessford Agricultural Properties, LLC$17,034$17,0340%
Greer Greer & Son Partnership$56,879$16,535-70.9%
Corbin Dill$7,833$15,21194.2%
R. M. Hough$17,102$15,190-11.2%
Kincade Girls, LLC$16,108$15,106-6.2%
Turkey Creek Farms of MS, LLC$16,238$15,045-7.3%
Pittman Farms$33,331$14,767-55.7%
Frey Frey & Frey$122,722$14,451-88.2%
Fredrick Formigoni II$33,939$14,296-57.9%
Genesis Farms, LLC$23,904$14,287-40.2%
Neff Planting Company, Inc.$9,760$13,96943.1%
Bryan Thomas$33,640$13,917-58.6%
Myresville a Mississippi Partnership$13,821$13,8210%
Break Land Company$14,286$13,548-5.2%
Glenbar Plantation, LLC$27,677$12,881-53.5%
Heath Millwood$20,824$12,861-38.2%
KJR Properties, LLC$7,894$12,56259.1%
Everitt Spells$20,284$12,165-40%
Gary Ellis$27,572$12,018-56.4%
Livingston Farms, Inc.$11,520$11,5200%
Unruh Agent, LLC$30,042$11,157-62.9%
Isaac Stone Trotter$10,765$10,7650%
Stringfellow Land Company, LLC$10,516$10,5160%
O'Reilly & Sons, LLC$14,154$10,314-27.1%
Aj Enterprises of Greenville MS, Inc.$9,900$9,9000%
Doolittle Ranch, Inc.$10,344$9,726-6%
Mentone Farms, LLC$20,567$9,668-53%
Skelton Planting Company$5,468$9,36071.2%
Jack's Slough Hunting Club, Inc.$22,464$9,188-59.1%
Frances Booth$8,596$8,5960%
Floyd Trammell$8,156$8,1560%
Thomas Hassett$10,166$8,030-21%
Loren Koehn$17,086$7,882-53.9%
Jimmie D. Box$21,985$7,314-66.7%
Essie F. Patterson$17,140$7,310-57.4%
Nolan Branton$7,363$7,218-2%
Chip Morgan$5,466$7,06429.2%
C Mccoy, LLC$38,831$7,033-81.9%
Wilmont Land Company, LLC$6,814$6,8140%
Joseph Barron Fontenot$6,748$6,7480%
Samuel Patterson Sr.$15,555$6,737-56.7%
William A. Walker Jr.$6,568$6,5680%
Camp Coleman, LLP$9,280$6,088-34.4%
Estate of William a Hester, SR$3,265$5,95982.5%
Joyce Formigoni$16,236$5,774-64.4%
Dillard & Company, Inc.$5,533$5,5330%
Nichole Smith Smyly$1,984$5,510177.7%
Jessica Kay F. Prather$1,727$5,354210%
Betty Brent Boyd$5,239$5,2390%
Shaifer Bell$25,601$5,098-80.1%
Six Mile Farms, LLC$2,023$4,937144%
Al Bryan Lim$5,666$4,895-13.6%
Opossum Ridge Farms, Inc.$4,568$4,5680%
Eric Albert Nichols$6,842$4,465-34.7%
Roy Schilling$4,438$4,4380%
Carl Fried Mangrum SR Estate$2,682$4,41364.5%
Patsy Turner$4,127$4,1270%
Huntington Plantation$19,388$4,100-78.9%
Smythe Lands, LLC$5,352$4,086-23.7%
James Santucci$12,824$3,991-68.9%
Carlies Fields$13,065$3,967-69.6%
Nipper, LLC$14,113$3,962-71.9%
Hump Company Land, LLC$11,838$3,954-66.6%
Opossum Ridge Partnership$3,834$3,8340%
Thomas B. Freeland Jr.$5,298$3,784-28.6%
Thomas N. Price$12,955$3,703-71.4%
John Laike Lewis$12,629$3,617-71.4%
Karen Coppage Skelton$3,605$3,6050%
William L. Coppage$3,605$3,6050%
Richard S. Taylor$12,226$3,584-70.7%
Alex Z and Eh Oneal PTR$4,981$3,505-29.6%
Shamrock Farm, Inc.$3,307$3,3070%
J C Morgan, LLC$3,284$3,2840%
Cap Management, LLC$3,216$3,2160%
Carl Frazier$3,148$3,1480%
Gus Pieralisi JR$1,862$3,00961.6%
Loretha Wright$8,946$2,962-66.9%
Ricky Lavon Boston Sr.$5,937$2,952-50.3%
John M. Read Jr.$12,519$2,914-76.7%
Clayton Land Company, LLC$7,837$2,886-63.2%
Goodrich Livestock Company$1,018$2,775172.6%
Dillard Family Trust$2,649$2,6490%
C. M. Montgomery Jr.$5,016$2,632-47.5%
Tony Wiggs$2,126$2,62823.6%
Kaye C. Buchanan$4,210$2,494-40.8%
Joan - JTH Property T Henderson, LLC$2,474$2,4740%
Debra D. Peden$2,402$2,4020%
Sammy L. Woods$2,372$2,3720%
Calvin Leslie$5,969$2,312-61.3%
Delton M. Clanton$2,041$2,0410%
Kathleen E. Stovall$6,068$1,992-67.2%
Thomas Stigall Jr.$1,987$1,9870%
Larry Hinton$1,089$1,97981.7%
Fred Hyer$4,230$1,926-54.5%
Willie E. Harper$4,334$1,820-58%
Joe Patterson$3,824$1,762-53.9%
Donald A. Adams$1,750$1,7500%
Curtis Howard$3,948$1,736-56%
Ganier Livestock, Inc.$2,838$1,734-38.9%
Rhonda Wingfield Looney$3,623$1,723-52.4%
Joseph Dan Theunissen III$1,704$1,7040%
Harold C. Jennings$3,625$1,701-53.1%
Robert W Price$4,087$1,692-58.6%
Chalmers E. Hobart III$697$1,670139.6%
John David Frith$2,625$1,572-40.1%
Hal L. Towles$2,524$1,563-38.1%
Willie L. Smith$2,304$1,528-33.7%
Lutken Farms, Inc.$1,524$1,5240%
Jonathan Holley$1,054$1,51944.1%
Alton Boehs$11,668$1,477-87.3%
Jerry D. Redmond Sr.$3,932$1,454-63%
Jane M. Tindall$1,433$1,4330%
Alcott Banks Farm$3,529$1,426-59.6%
Odis Emery$6,813$1,406-79.4%
Sydney S. Stallings$1,702$1,382-18.8%
Leon Booker$3,093$1,301-57.9%
M and J Powers Farms, LLC$3,962$1,296-67.3%
Billy Fontenot$1,284$1,2840%
Larry Davis$2,274$1,226-46.1%
Andrew N. Alexander III$0$1,210--
Anne E. Alexander$6,048$1,210-80%
Mary Margaret Schenk$0$1,210--
Merrill A. Greenlee$0$1,210--
Ranch 179, LLC$5,170$1,208-76.6%
H a K Farms, LLC$947$1,13119.4%
Diane Oltremari Towles$0$1,096--
Ricky Pierce$1,081$1,0810%
Charles Tindall III$1,067$1,0670%
Wesley Washington$707$1,03346.1%
Thomas G. Stigall$3,492$1,014-71%
James Don Stallings$1,194$973-18.5%
Joseph Dan Theunissen$890$8900%
BCH Farm, LLC$868$8680%
Ethel Davis W. Nunnery$783$7830%
Jane Elliott$753$7530%
Bobby Wayne Neal$752$7520%
George Reynolds$519$74543.5%
Betty Slater Terney$743$7430%
Randy Dobbins$707$7080.1%
Mississippi Mudd, Inc.$688$6880%
Clifton R. Bradford$0$681--
Matthew C. Azlin$1,452$655-54.9%
Christopher H. Holliman$633$6330%
Shearer R. Aldridge$1,333$625-53.1%
Billy Johnson$624$6240%
James Carroll Jr.$1,471$619-57.9%
Harvey L. Parrish$586$5860%
Thomas F Stampley SR$1,229$585-52.4%
Matt Weissinger$494$4940%
Jim Nichols$486$4860%
Marcus E. Hooker Sr.$860$421-51%
Morean Donley$336$40921.7%
Mark Keith King Jr.$0$383--
Linda D. Horton$1,117$380-66%
John D. Nichols$649$370-43%
Southern Cross Farming Company$1,256$361-71.3%
Lamar Stone$293$35521.2%
Joyce E. Frankel$262$2620%
Leo E Frankel Residuary Trust$262$2620%
Melanie S. Brooks$258$2580%
Curtis Amos$612$231-62.3%
Julie Mosow$225$2250%
Lucy W. Hines$189$1890%
Parker B. Nichols$792$180-77.3%
Robert Hendrix$0$167--
Eric Schuster$253$125-50.6%
Eric W. Schuster Jr.$253$125-50.6%
John D. Wiggs$0$91--
Roy Rogers Hawkins$0$70--
Allen Dwayne Beckwith$19,563$0-100%
Carl Mangrum$1,971$0-100%
David L. Montague$417$0-100%
Dudley Stewart$72$0-100%
George Bryan Oakes Sr.$3,189$0-100%
Jane S. Rounsavall$1,186$0-100%
Milams Green Grow-Cery, LLC$45,900$0-100%
Paul Brantley$783$0-100%
Stanley Saulter$644$0-100%
William S. Burns$567$0-100%
B & T Farms$25,544$0-100%
James Domino$93,316$0-100%
Nunnery Planting & Gin Company$14,218$0-100%
Garden Market, LLC$8,110$0-100%
Rex Livingston - Rex Livingston Revocable Trust$9,773$0-100%
Samuel A. Franklin$1,294$0-100%
Steve Prather$3,627$0-100%
Total subsidies$38,488,912$19,153,513-50.2%

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