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In 2021, 142 farmers in cities within Quitman County received a total of $4.8 million in 240 farm subsidies, a 46.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9 million in 379 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Farms AJV | $999,871 | $428,477 | -57.1% |
| Bryant Farms | $815,353 | $275,868 | -66.2% |
| M & P Planting | $573,865 | $261,285 | -54.5% |
| Old Yocona River Planting Company | $77,851 | $225,040 | 189.1% |
| Ray Crawford Farms | $714,677 | $224,849 | -68.5% |
| Workman Farm | $274,126 | $175,194 | -36.1% |
| Jam Farms | $207,556 | $168,733 | -18.7% |
| C2 Farms | $167,191 | $166,243 | -0.6% |
| Willow Lake Farms | $441,226 | $146,873 | -66.7% |
| 5K and J Farms II | $257,489 | $140,259 | -45.5% |
| L & a Farms | $250,211 | $132,281 | -47.1% |
| Charles Walker Farms | $388,896 | $123,933 | -68.1% |
| M. R. Mills | $169,551 | $122,181 | -27.9% |
| Double B Planting Company | $219,318 | $114,576 | -47.8% |
| Mills T. A. Farms | $160,445 | $112,268 | -30% |
| Mitchell Planting Company | $32,382 | $101,721 | 214.1% |
| Corbin Farms | $238,103 | $96,633 | -59.4% |
| BD73 Planting Company | $24,936 | $91,720 | 267.8% |
| Yocona River Farms, LLC | $252,834 | $87,412 | -65.4% |
| T & L Farms | $36,106 | $83,706 | 131.8% |
| Max Schiele Farms II | $80,674 | $63,269 | -21.6% |
| Arrowhead Farms Partnership | $118,923 | $59,884 | -49.6% |
| Jesse Rotenberry | $110,808 | $53,143 | -52% |
| Mcarthur-Patterson Farms | $51,960 | $51,960 | 0% |
| Carolyn C. Cobb | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0% |
| Layton & Letha Phelps Farms, LLC | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0% |
| Frank Gurley | $48,492 | $49,290 | 1.6% |
| Harrison Brothers Land Company, LLC | $48,909 | $48,909 | 0% |
| Green Planting Company | $63,383 | $48,507 | -23.5% |
| Graeber Gibbes and Pitts Enterprises | $44,291 | $44,291 | 0% |
| Jacob White | $53,936 | $43,086 | -20.1% |
| Robert B. Carter | $40,556 | $40,556 | 0% |
| Tedford Pang | $87,804 | $39,953 | -54.5% |
| Alec Brooks Earnest | $76,023 | $39,768 | -47.7% |
| James H. Mitchell | $38,079 | $38,079 | 0% |
| Graeber Caledonia Trust | $22,914 | $31,978 | 39.6% |
| David Chris Crawford | $29,422 | $31,218 | 6.1% |
| Ray Crawford | $29,422 | $31,218 | 6.1% |
| Bob Schiele | $96,864 | $30,340 | -68.7% |
| Muddy River Delta Farm, LLC | $72,765 | $30,280 | -58.4% |
| CMB Farm, LLC | $51,140 | $30,066 | -41.2% |
| Margie A. McArthur | $28,510 | $28,510 | 0% |
| Christian M. Bland | $54,341 | $28,270 | -48% |
| Dmills, LLC | $33,454 | $27,366 | -18.2% |
| Harold D. Wiggs | $46,470 | $25,372 | -45.4% |
| B H C Corporation | $25,230 | $25,230 | 0% |
| Jerry Mixon | $213,597 | $24,530 | -88.5% |
| Robert Andrews | $34,694 | $21,002 | -39.5% |
| Buckskin Plantation | $21,370 | $20,410 | -4.5% |
| Edith Catherine Mills | $20,374 | $20,374 | 0% |
| Ginger C. Harrison | $17,022 | $17,022 | 0% |
| Bayou View Land Company, LLC | $16,070 | $16,070 | 0% |
| Alice R. Shields | $21,331 | $15,350 | -28% |
| Robert Edward Aldison JR | $14,394 | $15,059 | 4.6% |
| Judy W Macknally | $14,710 | $14,710 | 0% |
| Locke Farms II | $21,672 | $14,466 | -33.3% |
| Evelyn R. Gardner | $14,373 | $14,373 | 0% |
| Spradling Brothers Farms, Inc. | $13,527 | $13,527 | 0% |
| Shane C. Mitchell | $169,863 | $12,421 | -92.7% |
| James T Aldison III | $10,762 | $10,762 | 0% |
| James D. Bryant | $9,908 | $9,908 | 0% |
| Tommy R. Mills III | $128,192 | $9,604 | -92.5% |
| James Goldman Jr. | $9,539 | $9,539 | 0% |
| Clarence Pritchard Savage | $0 | $9,279 | -- |
| Mehrle Hunts, LLC | $8,424 | $8,424 | 0% |
| Michael B. Emison | $8,181 | $8,181 | 0% |
| River Acres Land Company, LLC | $6,183 | $7,835 | 26.7% |
| Jack Butler Jr. | $5,019 | $7,207 | 43.6% |
| Thomas H Scipper | $6,929 | $6,929 | 0% |
| Shirley A. Heffner | $6,820 | $6,820 | 0% |
| Billy C. Steen | $6,802 | $6,802 | 0% |
| James R. Sink | $6,728 | $6,728 | 0% |
| Polly C. Coe | $2,995 | $6,327 | 111.3% |
| Enos Gee | $5,864 | $6,235 | 6.3% |
| James H. Aldridge | $6,098 | $6,098 | 0% |
| Howze Land Company, LLC | $6,056 | $6,056 | 0% |
| Helen P. Corbin | $12,068 | $5,766 | -52.2% |
| Samuel Davis | $7,251 | $5,274 | -27.3% |
| John Howard Corbin III | $2,225 | $5,125 | 130.3% |
| Beautex Farms, LLC | $10,475 | $4,730 | -54.8% |
| Larry O. Lewis | $4,648 | $4,648 | 0% |
| Jerry W. Roy | $14,822 | $4,577 | -69.1% |
| Josephine B. Fleming | $4,511 | $4,511 | 0% |
| Gerald T. White | $1,339 | $4,484 | 234.9% |
| Thella Matthews | $9,645 | $4,394 | -54.4% |
| Far Distant Farms LP | $10,573 | $4,364 | -58.7% |
| Rickey A. Hawkins | $4,261 | $4,261 | 0% |
| Ottis Long Jr. | $913 | $3,839 | 320.5% |
| Thomas Layton Scipper | $3,704 | $3,704 | 0% |
| Reginald Griffin | $3,672 | $3,672 | 0% |
| Joan C. Bailey | $3,670 | $3,670 | 0% |
| Wadlington Land Company, LLC | $3,556 | $3,556 | 0% |
| Taylor Pang | $10,112 | $3,507 | -65.3% |
| Charles Mack Young | $3,438 | $3,438 | 0% |
| Billy Rae Fowler | $3,361 | $3,361 | 0% |
| Robert A. Denton | $6,520 | $3,153 | -51.6% |
| Sheridan W. Boyd | $3,112 | $3,112 | 0% |
| Carl Handy | $7,143 | $3,105 | -56.5% |
| Shelby W. Bland | $2,830 | $2,830 | 0% |
| Thomas E. Clayton | $655 | $2,788 | 325.6% |
| C. W. McCullar III | $2,765 | $2,765 | 0% |
| Elizabeth I. Ratliff | $2,531 | $2,531 | 0% |
| Willie French Jr. | $2,456 | $2,456 | 0% |
| Mary B. Mitchell | $2,274 | $2,274 | 0% |
| Jerry Goode | $7,814 | $2,161 | -72.3% |
| Annette P. Caffey | $1,833 | $1,833 | 0% |
| Thomas Corbin Fowler | $1,791 | $1,791 | 0% |
| Rose H. Davis | $3,579 | $1,757 | -50.9% |
| Renny L. Gordon | $265 | $1,648 | 521.9% |
| James Bland Jr. | $1,637 | $1,637 | 0% |
| Sammie Lee Smiley | $2,454 | $1,619 | -34% |
| Katherine Jackson | $605 | $1,491 | 146.4% |
| Waller Real Property Holdings, LLC | $1,323 | $1,323 | 0% |
| Willie B. Smiley | $1,286 | $1,300 | 1.1% |
| James Richard Mcarthur SR Trust | $1,227 | $1,227 | 0% |
| Clifford Baird Cobb Jr. | $1,886 | $1,213 | -35.7% |
| Kevin Thompson Sr. | $1,093 | $1,200 | 9.8% |
| Mary M. Wright | $1,010 | $1,010 | 0% |
| Jewel Killebrew | $1,004 | $1,004 | 0% |
| Bessie Taper | $1,001 | $1,001 | 0% |
| Carey Hoskins | $699 | $949 | 35.8% |
| J. N. Tullos | $1,748 | $788 | -54.9% |
| Robert A. Carson Jr. | $2,315 | $777 | -66.4% |
| Anderson Hunts, LLC | $737 | $737 | 0% |
| Henry M. Barringer | $687 | $687 | 0% |
| Green River Farms, LLC | $1,457 | $655 | -55% |
| Pamela M. King | $2,013 | $605 | -69.9% |
| Donald S. Respess | $571 | $571 | 0% |
| Jeremy R. Davis | $1,094 | $554 | -49.4% |
| Mark Mitchell | $517 | $517 | 0% |
| J. N. Tullos Jr. | $1,080 | $464 | -57% |
| Betty B. Malone | $1,194 | $416 | -65.2% |
| Judi Michelle Bamberg | $0 | $406 | -- |
| Johnny E. Davis | $276 | $405 | 46.7% |
| Dwayne Leon Booker | $323 | $323 | 0% |
| Danny Pierce | $216 | $317 | 46.8% |
| Mary T. Young | $350 | $305 | -12.9% |
| Judy Green | $522 | $275 | -47.3% |
| Wayne Moore | $791 | $251 | -68.3% |
| Christopher Shea Rodgers | $0 | $201 | -- |
| David L. Black | $447 | $155 | -65.3% |
| Deborah D. Johns | $299 | $104 | -65.2% |
| J. B. Fortner | $3,166 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael S. Walton | $55,743 | $0 | -100% |
| Milton Williams | $303 | $0 | -100% |
| Pambula Hentz Pryor | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Dip Farm, LLC | $149,189 | $0 | -100% |
| Estella M. Long | $1,576 | $0 | -100% |
| Estella M Long Estate | $3,486 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Reed | $2,229 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Brown | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua James Bamberg | $406 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Cody Alford | $4,607 | $0 | -100% |
| MRS Joan Gee | $371 | $0 | -100% |
| Sue Reed | $2,229 | $0 | -100% |
| Whiting Plantation, LLC | $2,555 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie L. Hentz | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| James O. Jackson | $27,021 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $9,029,309 | $4,811,415 | -46.7% |
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