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

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Farms throughout cities in Leflore County received $19.1 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 335 farmers in cities within Leflore County received a total of $13.2 million in 584 farm subsidies, a 59.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $32.3 million in 992 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 Leflore County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
New Hope Farms$1,721,690$534,028-69%
Bare Bones Farms$902,284$512,552-43.2%
Ashley Selman Farms Partnership$1,156,346$460,578-60.2%
William Dunn Farms II$948,742$299,840-68.4%
Killebrew Cotton Company$837,094$297,762-64.4%
Garry Makamson Farms$717,503$259,662-63.8%
Scott Farms$377,040$243,228-35.5%
Prestidge Farms II$467,925$227,814-51.3%
James Osborn Farms$615,049$225,592-63.3%
Triple Run Farms$443,276$205,265-53.7%
D & T Farms$669,431$203,113-69.7%
Tackett Planting Company II$388,254$192,978-50.3%
Dodson Planting Company$211,618$190,386-10%
Sunnyside Farms$135,948$183,32834.9%
Lakeside Planting Company$765,023$175,899-77%
Saunders Farms II$421,645$170,808-59.5%
Four Farms$394,452$170,149-56.9%
Archer Farms$405,249$165,588-59.1%
River Bend Plantation$450,407$164,278-63.5%
Wildwood Farms$420,963$159,098-62.2%
Porter Planting Company$406,623$158,783-61%
K and M Farms$477,388$158,068-66.9%
Makamson Planting Company$332,561$151,826-54.3%
Idlewood Plantation$439,602$151,323-65.6%
Itta Bena Plantation III$507,340$150,477-70.3%
Dunn Farms$403,353$150,318-62.7%
O F Bledsoe PLTN$416,346$149,944-64%
Poe Planting Company$351,522$147,602-58%
Bright Farms$363,821$147,320-59.5%
M & E Farms$384,426$145,928-62%
Michael Martin P. Farms$601,446$142,529-76.3%
Deloach Farms$372,827$141,137-62.1%
Highlandale Planting$389,917$140,479-64%
Andy Braswell Farms$223,353$136,287-39%
Buckhorn Farms Partners$337,380$132,535-60.7%
Bradley R Hausner Farm$348,560$129,534-62.8%
Delta's Edge Planting Company, LLC$186,751$126,016-32.5%
Bc Farms$340,324$122,749-63.9%
Dunn Farms III$454,790$121,574-73.3%
Christopher M. Killebrew$290,459$120,102-58.7%
Brad Tackett Farms$0$119,824--
Seek Farms$295,805$118,251-60%
Dunn Farms II$414,785$118,181-71.5%
Big Sandy Planting Company Partnership$339,176$112,055-67%
GS Farms, Inc.$131,590$107,797-18.1%
Black Dog Farms$55,633$107,55493.3%
Shoestring Planting Company$266,068$107,393-59.6%
Farms, D.D.S.$213,953$104,012-51.4%
Ashland Plantation$152,987$102,677-32.9%
Fulgham Farms$165,105$101,518-38.5%
Wolf Run Farms$81,829$97,62519.3%
3 & 1 Farms$182,726$97,303-46.7%
DLH Farms$221,500$95,329-57%
Circle B. Farms$124,905$87,994-29.6%
Ronnie Moss Farms$257,220$85,995-66.6%
George Galey & Son$194,943$84,852-56.5%
Herbert Harris Lee Revocable Trust$0$79,259--
T G Farms, Inc.$136,600$77,577-43.2%
Rosalie Farms Partnership$202,083$76,874-62%
Ridgecrest Farms$221,564$72,966-67.1%
Bariola Farms, Inc.$213,586$72,227-66.2%
Long & Long Farms$71,364$71,3640%
Whittington and Sumner Farms, LLC$140,719$64,983-53.8%
Craigside Farms, Inc.$119,760$64,581-46.1%
P. M. Farms$171,684$63,963-62.7%
Ray Makamson Farms$175,368$62,191-64.5%
Taylor Farms$136,639$60,628-55.6%
Beulah Planting Company$140,181$59,862-57.3%
G L Farms, Inc.$105,295$59,661-43.3%
GT Farms, Inc.$112,755$59,404-47.3%
West Bank Planting Company$174,179$58,335-66.5%
Drew Howard Farms$86,090$56,538-34.3%
Ar Farms$149,515$51,158-65.8%
Brooks Farms, Inc.$100,204$50,199-49.9%
Mike Turner$48,764$48,7640%
NS Farms, Inc.$89,394$47,401-47%
Lochleven II$138,272$46,501-66.4%
Third Bridge Wildlife Plantation, LLC$44,356$44,3560%
Hardeman-Steele Farms LP$44,341$44,3410%
Backwater Brake Timber Company, Inc.$41,701$43,2673.8%
Reece Makamson$55,565$42,992-22.6%
Delta Wildlife & Forestry, Inc.$50,719$42,427-16.3%
F Stewart Kimmel JR Trust$32,094$42,20731.5%
Jerry G Steen JR Estate$71,861$41,042-42.9%
David E. Bratton$90,698$40,659-55.2%
GCMC Farms, LLC$91,939$38,083-58.6%
J Lake Lindsey$91,068$37,842-58.4%
Lindsey Planting Company, LLC$90,784$37,479-58.7%
Hurricane Bend Farms$121,559$37,358-69.3%
Melton Properties, LLC$47,355$36,513-22.9%
William G. Carpenter$85,277$35,185-58.7%
49-82 Farms, LLC$95,459$34,766-63.6%
Casey Alderman$102,681$34,713-66.2%
Murdock Crossing$67,419$34,616-48.7%
Sweethome Farm, LLC$34,333$34,3330%
June Evans$125,279$33,190-73.5%
David Kelly$51,903$32,594-37.2%
Buck Ridge Timber Company, LLC$31,874$31,8740%
Mary Ann Sharp Revocable Trust$32,863$31,691-3.6%
Fair Farms, LLC$10,086$30,908206.4%
Fort Loring$102,904$30,519-70.3%
R. T. Hardeman$29,974$29,9740%
David Lyons Hey Jr.$47,518$29,826-37.2%
Richard B Sharp Marital Trust$35,280$29,332-16.9%
Heath Killebrew$60,973$28,852-52.7%
Elmwood Plantation, LLC$43,947$28,646-34.8%
Holt J. Lowe Jr.$10,891$28,107158.1%
W B Farms, LLC$50,146$27,303-45.6%
Miller King Consulting & Agent Services, Inc.$54,118$26,976-50.2%
W M Jennings & Sons$73,857$26,562-64%
Fred J. Poindexter$49,255$26,550-46.1%
D & S Farms, LLC$59,652$26,282-55.9%
John Bariola$33,929$26,179-22.8%
Ann W. Litton$0$25,645--
Intrepid, Inc.$34,679$24,373-29.7%
Keath Killebrew$87,398$24,028-72.5%
Geneva B Allison Family Trust$22,693$22,6930%
Gary Land, LLC$22,638$22,6380%
Sally S. Howard$21,502$21,5020%
Becca, LLC$28,455$21,069-26%
Lakeview Plantation, LLC$39,027$20,890-46.5%
Belle Chase, LLC$53,480$20,410-61.8%
WTF Planting Company$5,062$20,061296.3%
T H Gann Farms, LLC$12,931$19,61551.7%
Redditt Valley Farms, Inc.$18,473$18,4730%
The Roebuck Plantation, LLC$0$18,420--
Bear Creek Farms, Inc.$59,569$18,176-69.5%
Jubillee Company, Inc.$20,968$17,758-15.3%
Tyler Kirk$18,347$15,574-15.1%
Marsh Bayou Planting Company$25,384$15,379-39.4%
Jimmy Patridge$15,213$15,2130%
Betty C. Killebrew$15,190$15,1900%
Walter R Pillow III Farms, Inc.$14,796$14,7960%
Ran Company, Inc.$31,609$14,764-53.3%
Teoc Farms, LLC$2,792$14,724427.4%
Adam Weems Enterprises, LLC$14,614$14,612-0%
William Poindexter Kimbrough III Family Trust$14,020$14,018-0%
Ann Gerard Stewart$6,433$13,909116.2%
Mickey L. Black$13,746$13,7460%
Jerry L. Smith$21,075$12,573-40.3%
Little River Farms, LLC$40,450$12,497-69.1%
Wayne B. Poe$25,993$12,410-52.3%
North Fork Farms, LLC$16,422$12,158-26%
Hooker Lands, Inc.$39,627$12,028-69.6%
Leflore County Hunting & Fishing$7,016$11,90369.7%
Bailey Mckenzie Farms, LLC$11,900$11,9000%
Allen Barry$11,254$11,2540%
Rabbit Run, LLC$11,139$11,1390%
Kenneth L. Alderman$24,598$10,698-56.5%
William Alexander Mccain Irrevocable Trust$27,164$10,628-60.9%
Whitewater Farms, Inc.$26,151$10,622-59.4%
Flautt Farms, LLC$10,605$10,6050%
South Side Farms II$17,358$10,379-40.2%
James M. Vail$10,212$10,2120%
Sims Farms, LLC$47,985$10,165-78.8%
Mary Ann M. Smith$10,064$10,0640%
Martha K. Barnwell$15,066$9,954-33.9%
Roma B. Alford$9,756$9,7560%
Curtis E. Jolly III$27,565$9,737-64.7%
Heirs of J M Howard, LLC$18,224$9,162-49.7%
Raymond M. Banks Jr.$24,280$8,866-63.5%
Marion Young$8,411$8,4110%
William G. Carpenter Jr.$12,352$8,247-33.2%
James C. Bassie Jr.$7,815$7,8150%
James Locke IV$16,813$7,701-54.2%
T & R Partnership$16,798$7,203-57.1%
Henry C. Osborne$14,373$7,153-50.2%
Muddy Bayou Land Company, Inc.$0$7,081--
Goldberg Farms, LLC$0$7,004--
Ann S. Barron$6,902$6,9020%
JBS Farms, LLC$6,809$6,8090%
Catherine K. Alderman$14,871$6,392-57%
Caleb Dodson$6,197$6,1970%
Amanda G. Hardin$6,100$6,1000%
Charles Harold Moor Family Trust$17,952$5,945-66.9%
H & H Construction, Inc.$5,902$5,9020%
Lewis H. Buford III$5,589$5,6030.3%
Mark A. Kimmel$2,973$5,59488.2%
JWH LP$2,538$5,511117.1%
Murry Farms$11,601$5,425-53.2%
David B. Mitchell$5,428$5,198-4.2%
Larry Bennett$9,309$5,195-44.2%
Andy Holliday$0$5,139--
Harold J. Fiore$5,130$5,1300%
James T. Nason Jr.$5,039$5,0390%
William R. Gilliland$5,007$5,0070%
W. L. Kellum III$4,988$4,9880%
Bobby L. Poe$10,113$4,866-51.9%
James P. Cole III$4,862$4,8620%
Betty van Meek$4,804$4,8040%
John D. Moor$4,680$4,6800%
Joel C. Moor$4,679$4,6790%
Richard J. Moor$4,679$4,6790%
Murphey Brothers$11,653$4,677-59.9%
Eva R. Ford$4,526$4,5260%
Colby Galey$8,405$4,430-47.3%
Jennings Planting Company, LLC$1,889$4,403133.1%
Barrett Daugherty$2,557$4,33169.4%
BJM Properties, LLC$9,884$4,291-56.6%
Ronald Ussery$9,162$4,259-53.5%
Makamson Properties, LLC$4,215$4,2150%
Teoc Company, Inc.$28,263$4,163-85.3%
Erwyn Freeman Ira Rollover$8,684$4,114-52.6%
Joseph Asa S. Bennett$2,195$4,04984.5%
Elizabeth A. Crenshaw$16,533$3,987-75.9%
Rena C. Buchanan$3,858$3,8580%
Portadown, LLC$3,856$3,8560%
Patricia Crick$3,836$3,8360%
Jo Ann G. Britt$3,777$3,7770%
Patricia Palmer Brock$2,823$3,77033.5%
Stephens J. Scott$3,748$3,7480%
Wildwood Farm Partnership$9,364$3,734-60.1%
Carolyn Gore$3,705$3,7050%
Robert S. Cole$3,644$3,6440%
Craig L. Brown$3,636$3,6360%
W. P. Brown III$3,636$3,6360%
Steve W. Harris$3,447$3,4470%
Cam Auerswald$43,600$3,309-92.4%
Toris Williams$3,101$3,2946.2%
Lindsey Land Trust$3,280$3,2800%
Jerry Galey$0$3,179--
Gene Ellis Crick Family Trust$3,120$3,1200%
Edward Larry Howze$3,059$3,0590%
Michael J. Mims$7,332$2,928-60.1%
Walter Pillow & Sons Planting Company$668,871$2,836-99.6%
William S. Randle$18,114$2,791-84.6%
Dunn Investments, LLC$2,682$2,6820%
Mae Pang Lou$2,672$2,6720%
Judy Patsy Spell$2,598$2,5980%
Bobby E. Everett Jr.$2,580$2,5800%
Walter Ware$6,570$2,565-61%
Lance Gregory$2,538$2,5380%
Ralph Bardin Redditt$2,500$2,5000%
Raymond Tedford$5,235$2,491-52.4%
Ralph L. Prestidge$2,013$2,49023.7%
Matt Freeland$2,430$2,4300%
Garry S. Makamson$2,411$2,4110%
John J. Fraiser Jr.$2,407$2,4070%
Eleanor T. Hardeman$2,378$2,3780%
Billy Ussery$6,352$2,351-63%
Charles L. Houston$2,261$2,2610%
Green Thumb Farm, LLC$2,223$2,2230%
Six and One Half Drakes, LLC$2,148$2,1480%
Shellmound Farms$4,696$2,103-55.2%
James L Locke$4,955$2,078-58.1%
Terry Whitfield$10,599$2,058-80.6%
Robert Sims Jr.$1,381$2,02746.8%
Margie Norwood$1,963$1,9630%
Bobby H. Mason II$2,140$1,907-10.9%
L P Brock Cattle, LLC$4,117$1,863-54.7%
Belmont Farms, LLC$5,212$1,795-65.6%
Danny Wynne$1,731$1,7310%
Barbara M. Fields$0$1,708--
Mary M. Joseph$0$1,708--
Peggy P. Jennings$1,696$1,6960%
R. A. Norris$1,654$1,6540%
Frances Elizabeth Mooneyham Estate$1,612$1,6120%
John Pat Richardson$5,820$1,598-72.5%
Bread and Butter, LLC$1,488$1,4880%
Scott Mitchell$637$1,476131.7%
Pelucia Pastures, LLC$1,452$1,4520%
Thomas B. Hodges$1,452$1,4520%
Billy Dunn$4,798$1,416-70.5%
W. W. Hooker$1,236$1,39713%
Charles A. McCluskey$5,709$1,391-75.6%
John Kevin Richardson$3,631$1,360-62.5%
William David Howard$1,286$1,2860%
Mr. James Lee Brewer$0$1,094--
Leland H. Jones III$5,137$1,076-79.1%
Stribling Properties, LLC$2,076$1,038-50%
Jean Kelly$1,633$1,034-36.7%
Vivian L Mclemore Irrev Trust$1,027$1,0270%
Itta Bena Grain, LLC$9,759$1,018-89.6%
CHM, Corp.$3,292$1,008-69.4%
Charles Kimble$2,880$945-67.2%
Glenn R. Kimble$2,880$945-67.2%
Sandra G. Malloy$2,699$863-68%
Mark Peeples$3,190$861-73%
David E Danehower$1,751$850-51.5%
T D Farms, LLC$950$829-12.7%
Darryl Barrett$4,551$824-81.9%
Hunter Alderman$1,791$819-54.3%
Peter Thompson$2,349$815-65.3%
Mary Jennings$804$8040%
Katharine Cole$739$7390%
Annie Williams Johnson$1,549$715-53.8%
Charles Clayton Cooper$714$7140%
James L. Locke III$3,674$714-80.6%
Johnny H. Barrett$1,238$690-44.3%
James Bailey$2,024$676-66.6%
Katherine S. Barbour$602$6558.8%
George W Mcclee$2,618$642-75.5%
Nathan L. Oneal$633$6330%
Nicholas H. Oneal$633$6330%
Joe Harris$629$6290%
Roy Blane Cooper$3,223$628-80.5%
Lucille Sullivan$616$6160%
Richie Fulgham$0$615--
Billy Gardner$1,922$613-68.1%
Jimmy Tackett$890$590-33.7%
James Sandling$3,360$574-82.9%
Ewin F. Henson$1,362$536-60.6%
Charles W. Mims$3,319$492-85.2%
Minnie C. Parham$492$4920%
Percy Boyd$1,046$473-54.8%
James A. Mims Jr.$1,056$470-55.5%
Clements Brothers, LLC$920$460-50%
Loyce Dykes$0$444--
Earnest Andy Johnson$2,057$422-79.5%
Judy Swilley$0$416--
Holly Springs Tree Farm, LLC$0$382--
William L. Leflore Jr.$1,682$370-78%
Frank Leflore$1,679$369-78%
Larry J. Matthews$365$3650%
Leslie B. Barlow$0$347--
Henry Bubba Fraiser III$1,375$345-74.9%
Lloyd Overly$0$325--
Samer Y. Rustom$318$3180%
Daryl Bush$1,144$310-72.9%
Boler Holdings, LLC$308$3080%
Samuel J. Overley$0$222--
Emily A. Long$221$2210%
Todd Fincher$1,022$204-80%
Willie Albert Shepard$264$204-22.7%
Myra S. Coleman$194$1940%
Nancy Holliday$0$191--
Billy Daves$792$190-76%
Margaret Carl$270$151-44.1%
Wendy Benz Selman$3,312$147-95.6%
John Schoefer Mims$334$118-64.7%
James Bennett$484$107-77.9%
Code Alford Whitfield$859$66-92.3%
Pam O. Tackett$88$61-30.7%
Kay Hull Kimmel$583$38-93.5%
Jack R. Hodges Jr.$14$5-64.3%
Adrian Smoote$275$0-100%
Billy Ray Mitchell$2,515$0-100%
Charlene G. Johnson$989$0-100%
Charles J. Montgomery$1,338$0-100%
Delta Land & Development, LLC$1,282$0-100%
Ellen Mitchell$6,834$0-100%
Empire Rock & Mineral Company, Inc.$10,685$0-100%
Erick L. Rodgers$5,660$0-100%
Helen K Clarke Estate$4,593$0-100%
Helen Miller Clarke$5,569$0-100%
Henry D. Brock$948$0-100%
James Carlisle Carr Irrevocable Trust$8,609$0-100%
Jerry Hovas$2,179$0-100%
John Carl Taylor$268$0-100%
John D Ashcraft JR Family Trust$18,418$0-100%
Judy B. Nail$620$0-100%
Lisa Cookston$810$0-100%
Longshot Investments, LLC$4,436$0-100%
Merritt B. Harris$2,464$0-100%
Neely Farms L /O Regions Trust, P C$37,004$0-100%
Paula S Bariola$354$0-100%
Regina G. Freeman$430$0-100%
Robert A. Montgomery Jr.$1,335$0-100%
Robert T. Buck$2,092$0-100%
Sam H. Buck Jr.$277$0-100%
Sam N. Fonda$9$0-100%
Shirley Chambley Curtis$650$0-100%
Thomas Glenn Taylor$268$0-100%
America's Catch Catfish Farms, Inc.$500,000$0-100%
David C. Branham Jr.$3,440$0-100%
H & H Farms, Inc.$16,836$0-100%
Reginald L. Henderson$84$0-100%
Mary Annette M. Smith$75$0-100%
Carty Tillman$116,585$0-100%
Gregory L. Carr$119$0-100%
M & P Farms$23,295$0-100%
Tackett Fish Farms$1,000,000$0-100%
John W. Lindsey Jr.$2,423$0-100%
Total subsidies$32,270,461$13,196,985-59.1%

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