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In 2021, 79 farmers in cities within Tunica County received a total of $7.8 million in 195 farm subsidies, a 49.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $15.5 million in 305 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bcf-09 | $1,190,875 | $622,504 | -47.7% |
| Cypress Brake Planting Company | $1,237,828 | $596,108 | -51.8% |
| Battle Associates | $541,891 | $403,870 | -25.5% |
| A & J Planting Company | $502,687 | $375,442 | -25.3% |
| The Bibb Company | $596,126 | $345,999 | -42% |
| Perry Farms | $678,199 | $343,749 | -49.3% |
| Michael E Johnson & Son | $472,125 | $326,593 | -30.8% |
| Longino Planting Company | $867,841 | $314,165 | -63.8% |
| Woolfolk Farm & Land Company | $610,833 | $311,122 | -49.1% |
| Canon Farms | $690,566 | $307,919 | -55.4% |
| Beaver Dam Planting Company | $714,702 | $297,883 | -58.3% |
| Navillus Farms | $413,292 | $262,476 | -36.5% |
| Limerick Farms II | $797,635 | $246,525 | -69.1% |
| Nab Farms | $571,722 | $221,847 | -61.2% |
| Whitten Farms | $616,132 | $208,930 | -66.1% |
| Cow Oak Farms | $289,036 | $195,377 | -32.4% |
| Linville Farms | $319,846 | $186,106 | -41.8% |
| Fyfe Farms | $388,721 | $183,615 | -52.8% |
| Southpaw Farms | $262,113 | $173,302 | -33.9% |
| Lonesome Dove Farms | $229,756 | $164,229 | -28.5% |
| Totelow Planting Company | $228,077 | $150,100 | -34.2% |
| Blackbird Farms | $0 | $142,849 | -- |
| White & White | $234,811 | $120,291 | -48.8% |
| Jim Pegram Farms | $218,640 | $117,161 | -46.4% |
| McLean Grain | $85,245 | $96,422 | 13.1% |
| Black Sheep Farms, Inc. | $131,343 | $85,683 | -34.8% |
| Three Pak | $127,242 | $79,312 | -37.7% |
| M. P. Farms | $99,582 | $76,137 | -23.5% |
| James A. Pegram III | $89,110 | $71,414 | -19.9% |
| Whiteoak Farms, Inc. | $11,224 | $67,528 | 501.6% |
| 247 Farms, Inc. | $224,215 | $65,043 | -71% |
| Ed White Farms III | $20,285 | $63,010 | 210.6% |
| Horseshoe Bottom Farms, LLC | $62,871 | $59,168 | -5.9% |
| Jim Pegram Farms III | $338,362 | $54,922 | -83.8% |
| Buddy & Michael, LLC | $101,862 | $49,729 | -51.2% |
| Pea Patch Road Farms | $157,118 | $48,975 | -68.8% |
| James E. Daniel Jr. | $45,581 | $47,558 | 4.3% |
| Home Place Partners | $120,980 | $40,867 | -66.2% |
| Mcclintock Companies | $29,639 | $36,660 | 23.7% |
| David Melton | $74,158 | $32,243 | -56.5% |
| Harrison Farms | $3,197 | $21,913 | 585.4% |
| William Joe Moore and Jane Allen Moore Trust | $16,576 | $16,576 | 0% |
| Buckeye, Inc. | $40,079 | $15,422 | -61.5% |
| Zarlon S Woodard | $4,946 | $11,267 | 127.8% |
| Edwin L. White III | $115,838 | $10,744 | -90.7% |
| Norma R. Smith | $18,461 | $9,619 | -47.9% |
| John Nolen Canon Jr. Family Trust | $0 | $6,144 | -- |
| Darrell Owen Bibb | $9,579 | $6,037 | -37% |
| Jon Koehler Bibb | $9,579 | $6,037 | -37% |
| Charles Dean N. Farms | $11,574 | $5,760 | -50.2% |
| Home Place Farms, LLC | $49,109 | $5,540 | -88.7% |
| Mitzi S. Boyd | $5,488 | $5,488 | 0% |
| Erica Cobb Garrett | $5,567 | $5,342 | -4% |
| Clarence Hunter Pegram | $5,090 | $5,090 | 0% |
| Thomas C. Harrison | $4,869 | $4,869 | 0% |
| Kenneth A. Whittington Jr. | $4,804 | $4,804 | 0% |
| James D. Whittington | $4,804 | $4,804 | 0% |
| GHO Family 2015 Trust | $3,496 | $3,496 | 0% |
| Georganne S. Perry | $8,745 | $3,174 | -63.7% |
| Lina S. Rodgers | $8,745 | $3,174 | -63.7% |
| Michael E. Johnson | $3,112 | $3,112 | 0% |
| Susan Rushton Mangum | $3,010 | $3,010 | 0% |
| Estate of Robert I. Mangum Jr. | $2,922 | $2,922 | 0% |
| Douglas B. McLean | $4,121 | $2,769 | -32.8% |
| Clack Cattle, LLC | $0 | $2,530 | -- |
| Delta Hills Farms II | $5,197 | $2,524 | -51.4% |
| William E Pegram Family, LLC | $1,845 | $1,845 | 0% |
| Scott A. Arnold III | $1,556 | $1,556 | 0% |
| Janet Flowers | $1,530 | $1,530 | 0% |
| William C. McLean Jr. | $1,202 | $1,202 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Marie Mangum | $974 | $974 | 0% |
| Thomas Craig Mangum Jr. | $974 | $974 | 0% |
| Tobin Campbell Mangum | $974 | $974 | 0% |
| Marilyn D. Williams | $887 | $778 | -12.3% |
| Campbell Flowers Melton | $510 | $510 | 0% |
| Stephanie Latimer Mancill | $694 | $407 | -41.4% |
| Shawn Lake Graves | $1,004 | $241 | -76% |
| Elisha Y. Roberts | $0 | $117 | -- |
| Dennis M. Daniel | $0 | $69 | -- |
| Andrew T. Dulaney | $3,494 | $0 | -100% |
| Battle Fish North | $726,789 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Chandler | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| James Knox Eddlemon | $1,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth S Sawyer Estate | $2,881 | $0 | -100% |
| Vickie C. Eddlemon | $1,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $15,489,162 | $7,776,177 | -49.8% |
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