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In 2021, 290 farmers in cities within Marshall County received a total of $2 million in 441 farm subsidies, a 60.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.1 million in 782 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 Marshall County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrix Company Partners | $367,360 | $210,579 | -42.7% |
| P & N Farms | $239,022 | $128,954 | -46% |
| D and J Farms | $288,975 | $128,016 | -55.7% |
| Woods Cattle Company | $317,645 | $91,432 | -71.2% |
| ACH & Son | $193,881 | $89,342 | -53.9% |
| Charles M. Wilson Jr. | $187,289 | $71,449 | -61.9% |
| Shawn Hudspeth Farms | $224,972 | $69,935 | -68.9% |
| Phillip E. Malone | $104,834 | $61,694 | -41.2% |
| Jody McMinn | $141,435 | $56,677 | -59.9% |
| Mid South Log and Pulp, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| P & B Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Randy Walker | $173,669 | $49,686 | -71.4% |
| K & S Logging | $0 | $43,774 | -- |
| Raymond P. Anthony | $97,799 | $39,833 | -59.3% |
| H & B Farms | $63,627 | $38,862 | -38.9% |
| Alan C. Hurdle | $57,326 | $37,292 | -34.9% |
| Keith Taylor | $91,809 | $36,191 | -60.6% |
| Keith Cooper Farms, LLC | $109,141 | $35,135 | -67.8% |
| Heritage Dairy Farm, LLC | $691,320 | $32,371 | -95.3% |
| Daniel Bolden | $32,912 | $28,323 | -13.9% |
| Alexander B Wittjen | $6,326 | $25,164 | 297.8% |
| Robert L. Woods | $36,787 | $23,377 | -36.5% |
| Robert W. Woods | $4,064 | $20,161 | 396.1% |
| William Garrett Hudspeth Farms | $37,985 | $18,731 | -50.7% |
| Donald D. Hunsucker Jr. | $66,007 | $18,470 | -72% |
| Clark McFerrin | $22,353 | $16,768 | -25% |
| Raymond Smith | $82,841 | $16,051 | -80.6% |
| W. D. Fitts III | $21,405 | $14,774 | -31% |
| Cooper Cattle | $80,449 | $13,242 | -83.5% |
| Rodney Whaley | $10,904 | $12,969 | 18.9% |
| Charles Thomas | $44,054 | $12,853 | -70.8% |
| Fox Den Plantation LP | $6,886 | $12,278 | 78.3% |
| Thompson Brothers | $34,391 | $12,060 | -64.9% |
| L. E. Malone | $49,016 | $11,517 | -76.5% |
| Robin Lynne Jack | $18,019 | $10,937 | -39.3% |
| Egwha, LLC | $21,069 | $10,536 | -50% |
| Hendrix Farming, LLC | $10,008 | $10,008 | 0% |
| Robert P. Bowen | $15,187 | $9,808 | -35.4% |
| Kenneth Tomlinson | $4,682 | $9,252 | 97.6% |
| W. O. Fitch | $29,673 | $9,137 | -69.2% |
| Bolin Farms, LLC | $8,436 | $8,436 | 0% |
| Larry Hutchens II | $9,395 | $7,713 | -17.9% |
| Kenneth Edwards | $48,174 | $7,692 | -84% |
| Dan Cooper Farms, LLC | $16,052 | $7,137 | -55.5% |
| David K. Whaley Jr. | $14,311 | $7,096 | -50.4% |
| Faye B. Devore | $5,064 | $6,699 | 32.3% |
| National Audubon Society, Inc. | $7 | $6,643 | 94,800% |
| Sloan Brothers Farm | $21,157 | $6,599 | -68.8% |
| Jackson H Wittjen | $0 | $6,154 | -- |
| Matthew Palmer | $17,351 | $6,128 | -64.7% |
| Paul Hurdle | $6,048 | $6,048 | 0% |
| Brett Whaley | $2,204 | $6,004 | 172.4% |
| Keel Farms | $26,889 | $5,704 | -78.8% |
| Guess Who's Wright LP | $5,274 | $5,632 | 6.8% |
| Jerry W. Dodson | $4,204 | $5,428 | 29.1% |
| Lonnie T. Cook | $9,043 | $5,304 | -41.3% |
| Mark McKinnon | $11,062 | $5,113 | -53.8% |
| Dick S. Sanders | $6,700 | $5,077 | -24.2% |
| Tommy Hewlett | $4,843 | $4,843 | 0% |
| Tharp Enterprise, LLC | $12,283 | $4,768 | -61.2% |
| Davie Seldon | $13,552 | $4,705 | -65.3% |
| Jesse J. Holland | $19,495 | $4,643 | -76.2% |
| Southern Pride Sod Farm, LLC | $0 | $4,609 | -- |
| Andrew H. Buchanan | $12,286 | $4,548 | -63% |
| Elion Murphree | $4,504 | $4,504 | 0% |
| Guy B. Hendrix Sr. | $5,291 | $4,447 | -16% |
| Frank S. Elgin | $28,064 | $4,090 | -85.4% |
| Steven Gresham | $4,114 | $4,030 | -2% |
| John Marshall Tomlinson | $27,414 | $3,621 | -86.8% |
| Anita G. Barnett | $3,607 | $3,607 | 0% |
| Bryan Perkins | $11,929 | $3,203 | -73.1% |
| Chris Teel | $30,295 | $3,156 | -89.6% |
| Harold B. Jeffries | $8,613 | $3,091 | -64.1% |
| Lottie N. Wade | $3,189 | $3,056 | -4.2% |
| Nancy Sargent Yagar Trust | $0 | $3,012 | -- |
| Gary L. Anderson | $8,547 | $2,903 | -66% |
| Andrew H. Buchanan Jr. | $10,780 | $2,889 | -73.2% |
| James H. Jackson | $2,828 | $2,828 | 0% |
| Daniel Whaley | $7,557 | $2,808 | -62.8% |
| Larry Hall | $10,576 | $2,752 | -74% |
| Dennis Jones | $2,871 | $2,627 | -8.5% |
| Donna Leigh Livingston | $1,485 | $2,601 | 75.2% |
| Charlotte R Detillo | $2,558 | $2,558 | 0% |
| Cothern Ranch | $11,149 | $2,532 | -77.3% |
| SKE Farms, GP | $0 | $2,438 | -- |
| JJ&T Cattle, LLC | $11,242 | $2,403 | -78.6% |
| Larry Thomas | $2,376 | $2,376 | 0% |
| 5 W Farms, LLC | $2,373 | $2,373 | 0% |
| Marcus Hicks | $4,930 | $2,245 | -54.5% |
| C4 Farms, LLC | $8,008 | $2,226 | -72.2% |
| Emily L. Hendrix | $3,345 | $2,152 | -35.7% |
| Barry Thomas | $7,821 | $2,105 | -73.1% |
| Kenneth Jones | $8,588 | $2,099 | -75.6% |
| Honey Ridge | $8,735 | $2,019 | -76.9% |
| Carl Richard Stewart | $6,969 | $2,002 | -71.3% |
| Roosevelt Gage | $11,028 | $1,859 | -83.1% |
| Barrett Ash | $15,706 | $1,820 | -88.4% |
| George Goodman | $4,340 | $1,780 | -59% |
| Todd A. Carpenter | $1,777 | $1,777 | 0% |
| Neil S. Whaley | $6,676 | $1,665 | -75.1% |
| Bobby J. Cowan | $7,519 | $1,652 | -78% |
| Bradley J. Carpenter | $7,591 | $1,638 | -78.4% |
| Jessie E. Sloan III | $2,965 | $1,635 | -44.9% |
| Diane Allison | $2,860 | $1,633 | -42.9% |
| Sybil C. Russom | $1,506 | $1,506 | 0% |
| Everitt Jones | $1,372 | $1,372 | 0% |
| Rodney Work | $6,751 | $1,370 | -79.7% |
| Phillip Hughes | $0 | $1,369 | -- |
| Malcolm Poole | $3,938 | $1,264 | -67.9% |
| Joseph Cunningham | $5,605 | $1,253 | -77.6% |
| Jesse L. Lucas | $5,106 | $1,223 | -76% |
| Kevin Thomas | $5,680 | $1,194 | -79% |
| William B. Martin | $2,882 | $1,186 | -58.8% |
| William J. Gurley | $5,872 | $1,152 | -80.4% |
| Byron Hill | $1,709 | $1,144 | -33.1% |
| Carolyn Murphree | $4,947 | $1,138 | -77% |
| Marie Palmer | $1,531 | $1,133 | -26% |
| Carl Strickland | $3,850 | $1,096 | -71.5% |
| Michael L. Thomas | $3,245 | $1,096 | -66.2% |
| Antjuan Lester | $4,693 | $1,084 | -76.9% |
| Charlie E. Taylor Jr. | $2,882 | $1,083 | -62.4% |
| Deanna A. Edwards | $7,152 | $1,074 | -85% |
| Jim McGarrh | $1,145 | $1,073 | -6.3% |
| James Terry Melton | $2,537 | $1,059 | -58.3% |
| Lance Stanley McCallum | $4,780 | $1,056 | -77.9% |
| Robert and Mary Floyd Fam Trustee | $3,098 | $1,038 | -66.5% |
| Floyd Hobbs Jr. | $5,255 | $1,010 | -80.8% |
| James Reed | $1,719 | $1,004 | -41.6% |
| Jason Petrowski | $4,778 | $1,003 | -79% |
| Willie Carter Jones Jr. | $3,113 | $986 | -68.3% |
| Spencer B. Robertson | $1,782 | $959 | -46.2% |
| Scott Seale | $3,190 | $925 | -71% |
| Richard Novarese | $5,275 | $924 | -82.5% |
| Gerald Falkner | $3,656 | $886 | -75.8% |
| Woods Farms | $2,602 | $884 | -66% |
| Kurtis Sanders | $3,847 | $856 | -77.7% |
| Gregory B. Gresham | $76 | $854 | 1,023.7% |
| Michael T Botruff | $5,425 | $847 | -84.4% |
| Joseph Graham | $4,129 | $843 | -79.6% |
| Donnal Benton Ash | $2,082 | $841 | -59.6% |
| Patrick Fry | $2,750 | $830 | -69.8% |
| Nick D. Nance | $814 | $814 | 0% |
| Brian Allison | $4,070 | $814 | -80% |
| Charles Cathey | $627 | $806 | 28.5% |
| Clay B. Byers | $3,166 | $794 | -74.9% |
| Martha B. Jones | $2,528 | $789 | -68.8% |
| Henry Busby | $3,534 | $788 | -77.7% |
| Robert Harper | $3,388 | $784 | -76.9% |
| Lorenzo Grimes | $3,177 | $782 | -75.4% |
| Joe T. Lester | $2,211 | $778 | -64.8% |
| Philip L. Campbell | $737 | $737 | 0% |
| Tyrone Moore Smith | $2,875 | $726 | -74.7% |
| Rodney G. Cothern | $1,914 | $724 | -62.2% |
| Terry J. Henderson | $4,607 | $716 | -84.5% |
| Marital Trust of C L Robison JR | $1,495 | $714 | -52.2% |
| James B. McKinney | $3,143 | $704 | -77.6% |
| Clyde Nevels | $1,716 | $687 | -60% |
| Charles C. Thomas | $2,145 | $684 | -68.1% |
| Lincoln Martin | $2,178 | $683 | -68.6% |
| Corey A. Lesueur Sr. | $3,333 | $680 | -79.6% |
| Eric G. Ross | $2,156 | $678 | -68.6% |
| Danny R. Morris | $676 | $676 | 0% |
| John Westmoreland | $2,904 | $654 | -77.5% |
| Anthony C. McKinnon | $2,616 | $653 | -75% |
| Jimmy Holland | $3,112 | $640 | -79.4% |
| Calvin James | $3,212 | $637 | -80.2% |
| Jerry Wayne Rhea | $0 | $637 | -- |
| Linda Sue Rhea | $0 | $637 | -- |
| Danny Mills | $2,835 | $634 | -77.6% |
| George Waldrop | $633 | $633 | 0% |
| Bobby T. Sims | $5,629 | $632 | -88.8% |
| Jerry Martin | $2,512 | $626 | -75.1% |
| Charles A. King | $613 | $613 | 0% |
| Kenneth H. Brown | $0 | $611 | -- |
| Patricia M. Gildea | $2,167 | $579 | -73.3% |
| James F. Gurley | $0 | $578 | -- |
| Bramlett Ken Cox | $7,989 | $574 | -92.8% |
| Kathy L. Duffin | $336 | $565 | 68.2% |
| Terry McCallum | $511 | $560 | 9.6% |
| Richard E. Sims | $3,326 | $558 | -83.2% |
| Charles Boren | $2,288 | $554 | -75.8% |
| Larry Cox | $554 | $554 | 0% |
| Peggy Clifton | $554 | $554 | 0% |
| Jeremiah Lesueur Jr. | $5,217 | $543 | -89.6% |
| Thomas E. Bundy | $923 | $537 | -41.8% |
| Carl D. Smith | $535 | $535 | 0% |
| James D. Pittman | $531 | $531 | 0% |
| Randall Nixon | $2,541 | $530 | -79.1% |
| Brussel Martin | $1,090 | $526 | -51.7% |
| Shirley Woodson | $523 | $523 | 0% |
| Myron Powers | $3,130 | $510 | -83.7% |
| Steven J. Brandon | $1,463 | $504 | -65.6% |
| James Milan | $0 | $495 | -- |
| Aubrey Skelton | $1,254 | $492 | -60.8% |
| Janet L. Ward | $478 | $478 | 0% |
| Jerome Lesueur | $4,626 | $473 | -89.8% |
| James Brooks | $1,057 | $469 | -55.6% |
| Odessa Royston | $467 | $467 | 0% |
| Desmond R. Howell | $1,672 | $464 | -72.2% |
| Randy Beckworth | $1,881 | $464 | -75.3% |
| Jeffrey David McAlexander | $3,274 | $456 | -86.1% |
| Willie Lewis Lesure | $995 | $452 | -54.6% |
| Jodi Marie Scruggs | $3,198 | $451 | -85.9% |
| Michael S. Coffman | $2,012 | $438 | -78.2% |
| Gary L Hundhausen | $2,035 | $430 | -78.9% |
| Cedric Falkner | $1,166 | $429 | -63.2% |
| Willie Campbell | $1,309 | $426 | -67.5% |
| John D. Burton | $1,023 | $424 | -58.6% |
| Naomi Thomas Taylor | $1,309 | $418 | -68.1% |
| Joe G. Dunning Jr. | $2,358 | $408 | -82.7% |
| Henderson Thigpen Jr. | $1,881 | $408 | -78.3% |
| George Thomas Rodgers Jr. | $891 | $400 | -55.1% |
| Donald Cash | $990 | $394 | -60.2% |
| Robert R. Simpson | $886 | $393 | -55.6% |
| Carolyn Hewlett | $0 | $392 | -- |
| Gene Stewart | $2,035 | $390 | -80.8% |
| Johnny Jeffries | $1,430 | $380 | -73.4% |
| Devore Management Company LP | $378 | $378 | 0% |
| Kenneth R. Tramel Jr. | $825 | $376 | -54.4% |
| Jerry T. Kelley | $792 | $363 | -54.2% |
| Willie McPherson III | $660 | $354 | -46.4% |
| Debra J. House | $661 | $353 | -46.6% |
| Ricky Rhodes | $1,353 | $352 | -74% |
| Byron L. Harris Jr. | $1,980 | $342 | -82.7% |
| Richard W. Alderson | $2,731 | $342 | -87.5% |
| Sadie Washington | $0 | $339 | -- |
| Kenneth Limburg | $429 | $332 | -22.6% |
| Elizabeth Bierly | $755 | $321 | -57.5% |
| Howard R. Smith | $825 | $318 | -61.5% |
| Jerry N. Schell | $708 | $317 | -55.2% |
| Philip a Troskey | $951 | $316 | -66.8% |
| Adam Conway | $0 | $307 | -- |
| Oliver Finley Jr. | $671 | $302 | -55% |
| Ben T. Cole II | $1,243 | $301 | -75.8% |
| Joan McAlexander | $941 | $298 | -68.3% |
| Hubert Dean | $1,212 | $290 | -76.1% |
| Charlie Tallie | $845 | $287 | -66% |
| Edward M. Craft | $1,197 | $283 | -76.4% |
| George Fesmire | $913 | $280 | -69.3% |
| Anthony Royston | $1,223 | $276 | -77.4% |
| Wilma P. Bolden | $602 | $272 | -54.8% |
| Greg Leezer | $1,290 | $264 | -79.5% |
| Henry Wilson Winders III | $263 | $263 | 0% |
| Robert Richmond | $660 | $253 | -61.7% |
| Thomas E Heineke Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $250 | -- |
| Greg A. Jones | $6,440 | $242 | -96.2% |
| Catharine T. Woods | $561 | $232 | -58.6% |
| Donnal Ash | $528 | $223 | -57.8% |
| Edgar Wilkinson | $1,056 | $222 | -79% |
| Yakisha Thompson | $2,507 | $211 | -91.6% |
| William F. Schneller | $204 | $204 | 0% |
| Ashton Gandy | $1,332 | $204 | -84.7% |
| Derek Byrd | $462 | $200 | -56.7% |
| Leon Tucker | $982 | $197 | -79.9% |
| Lavern Jones | $924 | $194 | -79% |
| Barbara Norton | $620 | $184 | -70.3% |
| Henry Martin Jr. | $814 | $183 | -77.5% |
| Bobby Joe Adkins | $919 | $178 | -80.6% |
| Judith Burnett | $330 | $172 | -47.9% |
| Adolphus Shipp III | $550 | $168 | -69.5% |
| Jacquelyn Clark | $167 | $167 | 0% |
| Melvin Lawernce Coleman | $900 | $167 | -81.4% |
| William Ernest Hampton Jr. | $363 | $157 | -56.7% |
| Quincell Hubbard | $396 | $156 | -60.6% |
| Richard Gandy | $1,124 | $156 | -86.1% |
| Etherlene Jones Estate | $572 | $152 | -73.4% |
| Sandra K. Ash | $363 | $149 | -59% |
| Deborah Langston Betterton | $548 | $141 | -74.3% |
| Mark Anthony Jones | $886 | $141 | -84.1% |
| Glen Darrell Warren | $1,233 | $138 | -88.8% |
| Thomas Shead | $627 | $135 | -78.5% |
| D. E. Pogue Sr. | $133 | $129 | -3% |
| Carl W. Sanders | $496 | $119 | -76% |
| Danny Stanton | $1,161 | $104 | -91% |
| David L. Cook | $559 | $104 | -81.4% |
| Anthony Jones | $704 | $97 | -86.2% |
| Kurt Sanders | $29 | $95 | 227.6% |
| Jasper Hughes | $165 | $94 | -43% |
| Patricia Griggs | $811 | $87 | -89.3% |
| Melvin Deberry | $162 | $81 | -50% |
| Kitty S. King | $167 | $67 | -59.9% |
| Freddie Coleman | $1,146 | $66 | -94.2% |
| Yvonne I. Burns | $60 | $60 | 0% |
| Laverne Jones | $343 | $51 | -85.1% |
| Lewis E. Bailey | $90 | $44 | -51.1% |
| Kathleen I. Worthy | $77 | $40 | -48.1% |
| Eugene H. McCoy | $77 | $38 | -50.6% |
| Brandon Powell Scruggs | $161 | $32 | -80.1% |
| Jason Allen | $1,078 | $19 | -98.2% |
| Larry Miller | $0 | $10 | -- |
| Arthur Waymire | $43,895 | $0 | -100% |
| Evie Yvette Fletcher | $51 | $0 | -100% |
| James W. Alberson Jr. | $2,483 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy Ray Casey | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Leeroy A. Holmes | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Murphy Clayton | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Roosevelt Yarbrough | $218 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas D. Perry | $28 | $0 | -100% |
| Zeela Stewart | $248 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy J. Smith | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Churchill | $556 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Ash | $492 | $0 | -100% |
| Devon Thrash | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy H. Tomlinson | $3,913 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred L. Holland | $70 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Hall | $890 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory McClure | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Hamberlin Farm, Inc. | $29,272 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry Gillespie | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Rhea | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Allison | $2,470 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa B. Harris | $180 | $0 | -100% |
| Mardamiyn Sellers | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary H. Skelton | $32 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary W. Hurdle | $1,110 | $0 | -100% |
| Mozell Strong | $91 | $0 | -100% |
| Sammie Eddie Greer | $666 | $0 | -100% |
| Teresa Morton | $42 | $0 | -100% |
| William Quinn | $1,266 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony D. Stanton | $1,038 | $0 | -100% |
| Bethlehem Poultry, LLC | $81,708 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel J. Hoskins | $1,696 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Lee Green | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Jo Whaley | $2,213 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan M. Frayser | $2,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Nick Sanders | $1,946 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,091,147 | $1,988,548 | -60.9% |
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