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In 2021, 144 farmers in cities within Sharkey County received a total of $8.2 million in 291 farm subsidies, a 47.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $15.7 million in 445 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 Sharkey County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Plantation Limited | $905,719 | $382,695 | -57.7% |
| B L Lamensdorf Farms | $848,824 | $349,709 | -58.8% |
| Shipland Farms | $276,146 | $294,929 | 6.8% |
| Patterson & Sons Partnership | $293,837 | $292,447 | -0.5% |
| Magnolia Plantation Partners | $556,245 | $289,248 | -48% |
| Howle Planting Company | $357,712 | $262,273 | -26.7% |
| Durst & Durst | $437,925 | $254,713 | -41.8% |
| Lynndale Partners | $431,993 | $248,510 | -42.5% |
| Nipper Farms Partnership | $598,371 | $244,490 | -59.1% |
| Evans Planting Company | $431,548 | $209,708 | -51.4% |
| Cary Associates | $296,265 | $201,903 | -31.9% |
| Jacks Farm Partnership | $282,554 | $194,660 | -31.1% |
| B & R Farms | $305,670 | $193,634 | -36.7% |
| Helena Partners | $579,207 | $182,353 | -68.5% |
| T. K. Farms | $307,976 | $172,829 | -43.9% |
| Kin Growers | $421,953 | $166,240 | -60.6% |
| G. M. Farms | $639,657 | $160,941 | -74.8% |
| Nicholson Farms Partnership | $132,348 | $156,031 | 17.9% |
| C & J Smith Farms, Inc. | $228,831 | $144,872 | -36.7% |
| Sandy Bayou Farms | $327,096 | $141,812 | -56.6% |
| RKB Farms Partnership | $285,966 | $139,263 | -51.3% |
| Moore Company | $215,540 | $138,335 | -35.8% |
| Holly Grove Partnership | $256,695 | $133,405 | -48% |
| Martin Plantation | $272,604 | $128,344 | -52.9% |
| Willette Farms Partnership | $297,056 | $119,476 | -59.8% |
| B & C Farms | $254,531 | $108,168 | -57.5% |
| Ewing Planting Company | $440,081 | $108,020 | -75.5% |
| C & B Farms | $120,260 | $103,338 | -14.1% |
| Delta City Planting Company | $231,389 | $102,554 | -55.7% |
| Flatland Planting Company, LLC | $27,855 | $96,987 | 248.2% |
| Hollis Farms | $301,195 | $89,358 | -70.3% |
| Albert Mahalitc | $197,938 | $87,850 | -55.6% |
| Ewing Farms | $233,981 | $87,323 | -62.7% |
| Joe D. King | $82,664 | $81,979 | -0.8% |
| Marlon Nichols | $83,806 | $79,929 | -4.6% |
| Sharpe O. J. Farms | $208,358 | $77,279 | -62.9% |
| Peyton King | $77,926 | $69,277 | -11.1% |
| Todd Heigle Farms, Inc. | $125,444 | $65,370 | -47.9% |
| Ashers Acres, Inc. | $26,213 | $64,785 | 147.1% |
| L & R Farms | $106,879 | $62,826 | -41.2% |
| Clark and Clark Partnership | $136,048 | $59,905 | -56% |
| Triple R Farms | $17,770 | $57,203 | 221.9% |
| Edwards Farms, Corp. | $201,761 | $57,074 | -71.7% |
| Wits END Farm, LLC | $32,179 | $56,815 | 76.6% |
| Waye Windham Farms | $129,643 | $53,684 | -58.6% |
| Durst Farms, Inc. | $15,722 | $52,776 | 235.7% |
| Avery Howell | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0% |
| Garrett Howell | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0% |
| Halzac Farms | $104,387 | $49,672 | -52.4% |
| Heigle Farms Jr. | $102,469 | $49,025 | -52.2% |
| B & B Farms | $109,283 | $46,017 | -57.9% |
| Kenneth Hendrix Farm | $98,161 | $45,923 | -53.2% |
| Clark Planting Partnership | $87,992 | $45,167 | -48.7% |
| Fisher Partnership | $143,359 | $44,014 | -69.3% |
| Valewood Plantation, LLC | $43,760 | $43,760 | 0% |
| Kerr & Kerr Farms, LLC | $66,952 | $38,677 | -42.2% |
| Wilda Grace Mcdonald Janes | $38,035 | $38,035 | 0% |
| Cannonwall Plantation, Inc. | $93,919 | $35,502 | -62.2% |
| P & J Farms Partnership | $61,944 | $34,875 | -43.7% |
| S & R Farms | $64,786 | $33,848 | -47.8% |
| Ouachita Land, LLC | $31,008 | $31,008 | 0% |
| JKM Farms | $78,201 | $30,749 | -60.7% |
| Johnson Brothers Farms, Inc. | $63,245 | $30,237 | -52.2% |
| Allicat Farms, Inc. | $29,471 | $29,471 | 0% |
| M. C. Ewing III | $47,567 | $28,701 | -39.7% |
| Flamingo Farms, LLC | $27,959 | $28,390 | 1.5% |
| CCA Properties, LLC | $54,292 | $27,567 | -49.2% |
| Panther Refuge, LLC | $9,233 | $27,500 | 197.8% |
| Jimmie Howell | $26,290 | $26,290 | 0% |
| Paula Howell | $26,290 | $26,290 | 0% |
| William T. Barnette | $29,276 | $24,379 | -16.7% |
| John Crawford | $22,728 | $23,465 | 3.2% |
| Ellen F. Durst | $51,658 | $18,419 | -64.3% |
| Straight Bayou Fish Farms, Inc. | $18,316 | $18,316 | 0% |
| Sarah Cutoff, LLC | $34,850 | $17,425 | -50% |
| Sharron K. Stigall | $17,305 | $17,305 | 0% |
| Clinkscales Farms Lp | $0 | $16,688 | -- |
| Clinkscales Associates | $11,120 | $16,682 | 50% |
| Paul King Harvesting | $142,735 | $16,596 | -88.4% |
| Rooster Farms, LLC | $0 | $15,845 | -- |
| Kalama Plantation, LLC | $14,403 | $14,403 | 0% |
| Lorenzen Farms, LLC | $35,247 | $12,776 | -63.8% |
| Denon's Flying Service, Inc. | $0 | $12,414 | -- |
| Big Slough Hunting Club, LLC | $13,622 | $11,504 | -15.5% |
| Gloria Herman | $10,336 | $10,336 | 0% |
| Charles J. Janes Jr. | $9,709 | $9,709 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Montgomery Trust | $23,124 | $9,659 | -58.2% |
| W G Boykin Lands, Inc. | $8,062 | $8,062 | 0% |
| Russell W. Stigall Jr. | $8,019 | $8,019 | 0% |
| Patsy B. Harris | $28,072 | $7,600 | -72.9% |
| Martin Agent, LLC | $4,515 | $6,815 | 50.9% |
| Frank P. Stuart Jr. | $6,521 | $6,522 | 0% |
| Top Dog Farms | $15,750 | $6,458 | -59% |
| Mary Kerr | $4,464 | $6,430 | 44% |
| Kenneth K. Hendrix III | $15,647 | $5,864 | -62.5% |
| Janet Danell Stuart Whitfield | $5,793 | $5,793 | 0% |
| Rod Brown | $5,691 | $5,691 | 0% |
| Kerr Farms, Inc. | $13,899 | $5,588 | -59.8% |
| Cool Cat | $16,916 | $5,469 | -67.7% |
| Melinda Rutherford | $4,815 | $5,256 | 9.2% |
| William M. Rutherford Sr. | $4,815 | $5,256 | 9.2% |
| R & C Farms, LLC | $7,610 | $5,209 | -31.6% |
| Herman & Herman | $4,842 | $4,842 | 0% |
| Patsy Johnson | $4,736 | $4,736 | 0% |
| Greg Henderson | $0 | $4,708 | -- |
| Dabne King Hedrick | $2,282 | $4,649 | 103.7% |
| Clarence B Newman & Elizabeth P Newman Fam Trust | $4,363 | $4,363 | 0% |
| Pamela Hengst | $4,060 | $4,060 | 0% |
| Earl B. Perry Jr. | $4,031 | $4,031 | 0% |
| South Delta School District | $3,960 | $3,960 | 0% |
| Joe W. Ford | $3,912 | $3,912 | 0% |
| Chloe L. Darden | $0 | $3,401 | -- |
| C. B. Darden Jr. | $0 | $3,401 | -- |
| Valley Park Farms | $0 | $3,171 | -- |
| Northlake, LLC | $3,003 | $3,003 | 0% |
| Margie Faye Scott | $293 | $2,434 | 730.7% |
| Scott A. Chick | $6,577 | $2,409 | -63.4% |
| Jimmy Ben Walker | $2,371 | $2,371 | 0% |
| Hazel Ann Sandifer | $4,221 | $2,234 | -47.1% |
| George Mahalitc | $2,014 | $2,014 | 0% |
| Fitler Farms, Inc. | $4,747 | $1,898 | -60% |
| David Tilghman | $1,825 | $1,825 | 0% |
| Theresa Tilghman | $1,825 | $1,825 | 0% |
| Jackie L Henne-Kerr | $628 | $1,782 | 183.8% |
| Jerry Martin | $1,575 | $1,575 | 0% |
| Abney Farms, LLC | $1,631 | $1,558 | -4.5% |
| April Stevens Nicholson | $1,537 | $1,537 | 0% |
| Arthur Bradley Nicholson | $13,210 | $1,537 | -88.4% |
| Peckerwood Farms, LLC | $1,534 | $1,534 | 0% |
| Raymond Russell Stigall | $1,112 | $1,112 | 0% |
| Roy B. Sias | $1,863 | $1,026 | -44.9% |
| Caselli Farms | $3,177 | $966 | -69.6% |
| Elizabeth A. Stuart | $728 | $729 | 0.1% |
| Ronnie D. Kerr | $628 | $628 | 0% |
| Patsy Sharpe | $518 | $518 | 0% |
| Charles H. Weissinger Jr. | $494 | $494 | 0% |
| Boll Planting Company, Inc. | $2,539 | $361 | -85.8% |
| Howard E Martin Family Trust | $328 | $328 | 0% |
| James B. Marshall | $754 | $328 | -56.5% |
| Thomas W. Davis | $325 | $325 | 0% |
| Warren T. Davis | $325 | $325 | 0% |
| Bobby T. McDuff | $581 | $284 | -51.1% |
| Becky Diffey | $1,017 | $273 | -73.2% |
| James & Katherine Tankson Farms, Inc. | $98 | $38 | -61.2% |
| Debra K Eifling | $5,146 | $0 | -100% |
| Garry Eifling | $5,146 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin T. Ewing | $14,662 | $0 | -100% |
| Joy Crawford Estate | $21,633 | $0 | -100% |
| W H Crawford Estate | $18,250 | $0 | -100% |
| W W M Company | $37,138 | $0 | -100% |
| Anderson Jones | $154 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Mac Catfish Company | $209,891 | $0 | -100% |
| John B. Britton | $903 | $0 | -100% |
| John T. Kerr | $8,324 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Ross | $127,503 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard E. Lee | $1,999 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Scott | $1,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $15,678,595 | $8,162,496 | -47.9% |
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