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In 2021, 133 farmers in cities within Humphreys County received a total of $6.2 million in 273 farm subsidies, a 57.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $14.6 million in 428 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seward & Son Planting Company | $2,113,113 | $1,150,299 | -45.6% |
| Silent Shade Planting Company | $1,453,122 | $582,337 | -59.9% |
| Braswell Enterprises | $812,765 | $264,773 | -67.4% |
| Van Buren Farms II | $615,660 | $262,244 | -57.4% |
| Consolidated Catfish Processors, LLC | $0 | $227,050 | -- |
| Peboca Hairston Partnership | $458,629 | $183,600 | -60% |
| Brent Rodgers Farms | $334,568 | $165,875 | -50.4% |
| TNT Farms | $567,847 | $141,971 | -75% |
| Driii Farm, Inc. | $252,020 | $136,141 | -46% |
| A N & K Farms | $310,794 | $134,651 | -56.7% |
| Rodgers Farms | $379,565 | $132,947 | -65% |
| DC&P Planting Company | $207,886 | $123,781 | -40.5% |
| Melvin & Mary Farms | $226,825 | $122,248 | -46.1% |
| Little J. Farms | $166,896 | $119,864 | -28.2% |
| Champion Farms | $323,879 | $102,638 | -68.3% |
| Johnson Farms | $59,678 | $97,876 | 64% |
| Chase Pearson | $162,018 | $94,769 | -41.5% |
| Cole Lake Plantation, LLC | $257,540 | $91,637 | -64.4% |
| Green Land Planting Company, LLC | $185,476 | $91,194 | -50.8% |
| Spencer & Diedre Barret Daybreak Farms | $208,268 | $81,302 | -61% |
| Nerren Brothers Planting Company, LLC | $231,852 | $79,684 | -65.6% |
| Parks Planting, LLC | $131,559 | $77,186 | -41.3% |
| R & a Farms | $177,320 | $71,532 | -59.7% |
| H & H Farms | $176,164 | $69,133 | -60.8% |
| Gumbo Ridge Farms, LLC | $117,097 | $61,038 | -47.9% |
| VSB Farms, LLC | $12,451 | $59,578 | 378.5% |
| H & H Farms | $141,892 | $59,015 | -58.4% |
| Riverland Farms, LLC | $59,067 | $54,276 | -8.1% |
| William J. Braswell | $183,600 | $52,408 | -71.5% |
| Jane Volkart | $90,277 | $50,693 | -43.8% |
| Thomas R. Smith | $96,374 | $50,235 | -47.9% |
| Pruden Farms Partnership | $131,947 | $47,796 | -63.8% |
| Preston R. Aust IV | $99,193 | $44,067 | -55.6% |
| Mackceo Woods | $51,766 | $42,872 | -17.2% |
| H & N Planting Company | $87,661 | $42,070 | -52% |
| Linda Jill Smith | $78,201 | $39,732 | -49.2% |
| J & T Sandifer Farms Partnership | $86,356 | $37,756 | -56.3% |
| Linda D. Pearson | $36,962 | $36,962 | 0% |
| Trentis P Allen | $36,984 | $33,323 | -9.9% |
| Britt Prewitt Farms | $157,152 | $33,098 | -78.9% |
| Rowland Farms, LLC | $81,879 | $32,752 | -60% |
| Tiger Farms, Inc. | $96,432 | $31,358 | -67.5% |
| Russell Ray Wise Jr. | $59,819 | $29,938 | -50% |
| J & J Partners Company | $23,050 | $29,680 | 28.8% |
| 4G Farms, LLC | $48,017 | $28,625 | -40.4% |
| Pugh Farms Lp | $27,779 | $27,779 | 0% |
| Claude R. Pinson | $55,305 | $25,952 | -53.1% |
| Mary Carolyn Pugh | $25,453 | $25,453 | 0% |
| Walter S. Pugh | $25,453 | $25,453 | 0% |
| Charles W Hill | $69,705 | $23,915 | -65.7% |
| Porlands, LLC | $23,505 | $23,505 | 0% |
| Michael Haynes | $51,395 | $20,867 | -59.4% |
| Robert McLendon | $18,702 | $19,710 | 5.4% |
| Steve N. Grisham | $40,719 | $17,586 | -56.8% |
| Norman Clark III | $49,532 | $16,715 | -66.3% |
| Bill a Parks | $36,881 | $16,268 | -55.9% |
| Japhlet L P | $15,492 | $15,492 | 0% |
| Richard D. Stevens | $15,459 | $15,290 | -1.1% |
| Highball Farms | $15,333 | $15,208 | -0.8% |
| BC Land Company, LLC | $30,396 | $15,198 | -50% |
| Dalton E Ducrest | $15,021 | $15,021 | 0% |
| Edmond Clark | $35,625 | $14,466 | -59.4% |
| Belzoni Gin Company, Inc. | $14,346 | $14,346 | 0% |
| Michael L. Pruden | $72,277 | $14,188 | -80.4% |
| Patrick Bridgers | $39,641 | $13,942 | -64.8% |
| Circle P Planting | $20,597 | $13,531 | -34.3% |
| Mabel M. Smith | $12,969 | $12,969 | 0% |
| Edward L. Nerren Jr. | $12,956 | $12,956 | 0% |
| Macnealy Investments LP | $12,516 | $12,516 | 0% |
| Marcia Hale | $27,424 | $11,805 | -57% |
| Easy Money Hunt Club | $11,504 | $11,504 | 0% |
| Mal Mar Partners, L. P. | $11,376 | $11,376 | 0% |
| Kate Halbrook | $10,905 | $10,905 | 0% |
| Eva Pugh Champion | $10,053 | $10,053 | 0% |
| Black Creek Farms Property, LLC | $0 | $9,932 | -- |
| Bradly S Macnealy JR | $187,831 | $9,875 | -94.7% |
| Michael Johnson, Inc. | $131,851 | $9,485 | -92.8% |
| Dusty Parks | $10,330 | $8,782 | -15% |
| Frances Booth | $8,596 | $8,596 | 0% |
| Steve D. Keith Jr. | $7,211 | $8,445 | 17.1% |
| Eric H. Tirey | $8,440 | $8,440 | 0% |
| Herbert Allen Jr. | $8,123 | $7,835 | -3.5% |
| Briley Lp | $7,510 | $7,510 | 0% |
| Helen Vining | $13,247 | $6,838 | -48.4% |
| John H. Fulton | $14,023 | $6,747 | -51.9% |
| Shirley McIntyre | $6,706 | $6,706 | 0% |
| Carosell Farms, LLC | $3,339 | $6,150 | 84.2% |
| Herbert W. Hill | $5,610 | $5,610 | 0% |
| Terry J. Hill | $5,610 | $5,610 | 0% |
| Wayne Holloway | $0 | $5,586 | -- |
| Joe C. Coker III | $12,801 | $5,337 | -58.3% |
| Payton Pearson | $0 | $5,180 | -- |
| Roberts Farms, Inc. | $0 | $4,815 | -- |
| Kenneth Scott Kiker | $9,826 | $4,722 | -51.9% |
| John T. Shelton Jr. | $4,147 | $4,434 | 6.9% |
| Lauris Edwin Shelton | $4,147 | $4,434 | 6.9% |
| Velmarie S Burton | $4,147 | $4,434 | 6.9% |
| Edward Pinkston | $1,949 | $4,170 | 114% |
| Betty Turner | $4,004 | $4,004 | 0% |
| Jimmy Duke | $13,095 | $3,894 | -70.3% |
| El Shaddai, Inc. | $13,063 | $3,891 | -70.2% |
| Fred Champion III | $3,539 | $3,539 | 0% |
| Arthur C. Lamkin | $3,271 | $3,271 | 0% |
| Bennie M Breazeale JR | $0 | $3,258 | -- |
| Sandra Cunningham | $3,208 | $3,208 | 0% |
| Jacoby G Parks | $5,299 | $3,072 | -42% |
| Day Break Plantation | $310 | $2,966 | 856.8% |
| Larry Joe McLendon | $0 | $2,875 | -- |
| The Oltremari Trust for Nicholas Adam Oltremari | $2,835 | $2,835 | 0% |
| Willie E. Love | $2,690 | $2,690 | 0% |
| Willie C. Johnson | $7,041 | $2,686 | -61.9% |
| Gregory Hughes | $5,716 | $2,601 | -54.5% |
| Mary Pinkerton | $1,418 | $2,599 | 83.3% |
| Lois Eaton | $3,395 | $2,420 | -28.7% |
| Ryan Ferrell | $1,677 | $2,199 | 31.1% |
| David a Mcmorrough | $2,012 | $2,012 | 0% |
| T. L. Reed IV | $1,702 | $1,702 | 0% |
| Jeffrey Langston | $2,746 | $1,625 | -40.8% |
| Milton Mitchell | $3,495 | $1,419 | -59.4% |
| Ralph Pearce | $1,384 | $1,384 | 0% |
| David W. Jones | $9,954 | $1,360 | -86.3% |
| Homer Baker | $1,620 | $1,016 | -37.3% |
| Roy Broomfield | $0 | $930 | -- |
| Elizabeth A. Barret | $582 | $582 | 0% |
| Spencer H. Barret III | $582 | $582 | 0% |
| Oscar S. Griffin | $539 | $567 | 5.2% |
| John Brannon Purvis | $61,292 | $508 | -99.2% |
| Bobbie G. Miller | $612 | $499 | -18.5% |
| Woodyard Cattle Company, LLC | $3,670 | $470 | -87.2% |
| David Holloway | $0 | $450 | -- |
| Earl Shanklin | $2,415 | $411 | -83% |
| Louis S. McCauley III | $1,117 | $380 | -66% |
| Boyd Bridgers | $42,149 | $358 | -99.2% |
| Admiral Liddell JR | $644 | $0 | -100% |
| Beckwith Farms, LLC | $9,374 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy T. Rodgers | $6,423 | $0 | -100% |
| Byron S. Donahoo | $3,196 | $0 | -100% |
| Castle Brothers Fish Farms | $87,321 | $0 | -100% |
| Donahoo Fish Farm, LLC | $423,790 | $0 | -100% |
| Elissa Rodgers | $5,660 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean McLendon | $2,875 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Harold Kornegay Jr. | $1,117 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa E. Rodgers | $5,660 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcus Johnson | $7,153 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Liddell | $575 | $0 | -100% |
| Pat Pearson Fish Farm | $23,800 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick R. Pearson | $37,571 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul L. Beckwith | $7,769 | $0 | -100% |
| US Catfish Farms, LLC | $418,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Maureen D Johnson, Inc. | $5,741 | $0 | -100% |
| Rufus Langston | $490 | $0 | -100% |
| Foul R Fish | $107,968 | $0 | -100% |
| Lil J. Farms | $25,174 | $0 | -100% |
| Riven Oak Farm, Inc. | $322,748 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Lee Harris | $3,607 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $14,566,472 | $6,213,909 | -57.3% |
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