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Did farm subsidies in cities associated with Lafayette County rise or fall in 2021?

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Farms throughout cities in Lafayette County received $1 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 369 farmers in cities within Lafayette County received a total of $1.8 million in 515 farm subsidies, a 36.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.8 million in 833 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 Lafayette County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Briscoe & Sons Farms$521,488$189,042-63.7%
Punkin Creek LP$160,911$125,763-21.8%
Edward K. Rockette$2,468$53,9722,086.9%
Webb Trucking, LLC$0$47,168--
Andrew W Callicutt Family LP$24,231$45,73788.8%
Delta Marsh, Ltd.$42,500$43,8163.1%
Crowe Farms, LLC$115,075$43,661-62.1%
Fornea Farms, LLC$40,712$40,590-0.3%
Felix T. Mills$76,562$37,233-51.4%
Bruce A. Patterson$32,598$32,5980%
Willow Flat Farms, LLC$32,514$32,5140%
Billy Joe Plunk$37,178$31,097-16.4%
Gary Coleman$0$28,407--
James Davis E. Lp$27,197$27,009-0.7%
Rushbrook Farms, Inc.$30,525$25,110-17.7%
Norris W. Faust Jr.$24,310$24,3100%
West Oxford Properties, LLC$7,954$24,078202.7%
Gary Nash$23,886$23,8860%
Peteet Farms, LLC$21,998$21,9980%
Christy M. Larson$24,409$21,796-10.7%
Tony Montgomery$20,257$20,2570%
Lee H. Chrestman$103,414$19,751-80.9%
Rebecca Smith Brown Estate$12,309$17,99546.2%
W. P. Wright & Sons, LLC$0$17,320--
Donald W. Medley$17,011$17,0110%
William A. Westbrook$16,973$16,9730%
Old Coot's Hunting Club, LLC$1,217$16,8861,287.5%
Stovall Farms, LLC$20,015$16,664-16.7%
Donald Lee Dearing$33,207$16,016-51.8%
PTF Farms, LLC$14,316$15,1395.7%
F F Veazey Limited Partnership$14,474$14,4740%
Lisa B. Reed$28,800$14,400-50%
William L. Rogers$18,407$13,951-24.2%
Samuel B. Savage$0$12,963--
Keith Kerby$28,277$12,870-54.5%
Joseph S. Huggins$32,862$12,849-60.9%
M J M Romkens$12,329$12,227-0.8%
Wayburn & Jane Callicutt Family LP$792$12,0671,423.6%
David E. Harkins Jr.$6,205$10,59570.7%
Blackacre Properties, LLC$10,477$10,4770%
Charles G. Perkins$10,869$10,202-6.1%
Ingram Farms, LLC$15,181$10,084-33.6%
Forrest Hinton$16,189$10,055-37.9%
Elizabeth Pugh Halford$10,053$10,0530%
Scot H. Spragins$9,536$9,5360%
John A. Mortimer$8,897$8,8970%
Larry Little$17,675$8,269-53.2%
Earl H. Grissinger$9,921$7,865-20.7%
Douglass Farms$0$7,679--
Ferguson Brothers, LLC$9,508$7,578-20.3%
Daphne R. Oneill$7,458$7,4580%
David E. Rozier Jr.$7,266$7,2660%
Abbeville Forest Products, Inc.$7,250$7,2500%
Larry Deweese$9,366$7,209-23%
Michael T. Lewis$7,026$7,0720.7%
Pauline Shuler Lewis$7,026$7,0720.7%
Burla, LLC$6,900$6,9000%
Bond Family Farm, LLC$7,441$6,853-7.9%
Sidney K. Pace$6,735$6,7350%
Sarah T. Lacy$6,702$6,7020%
Emmie Lou Brunson$6,503$6,5030%
Miranda Bennett$0$6,300--
James E. Russell$6,403$6,128-4.3%
Thomas H. Nichols$5,094$5,86215.1%
Jimmy G. Wilson$5,972$5,839-2.2%
Joshua Allen Moore$6,003$5,838-2.7%
Danny F. Cox$4,283$5,81635.8%
Nancy A. Easley$10,679$5,771-46%
Wiley Charles Prewitt Jr.$8,222$5,754-30%
Robert J. Bruss$0$5,699--
Hiram Wylie Farms, LLC$30,092$5,625-81.3%
Jimmie White$34,594$5,523-84%
Mac Construction, LLC$6,202$5,500-11.3%
Joe Jim Hogan Jr.$14,257$5,452-61.8%
Myra F. Crill$5,524$5,319-3.7%
Brown Family Dairy, LLC$30,385$5,172-83%
Joan Allen$4,929$4,9290%
Barr Family Farm, LLC$12,292$4,820-60.8%
Harriet-Musgray Road D Roberts, LLC$4,690$4,6900%
Sally Bell Scott$1,241$4,662275.7%
James O. Durham$17,081$4,627-72.9%
Mike Pickens$16,335$4,392-73.1%
Julie A. Wilson$7,276$4,267-41.4%
Patricia S. Freeman$15,706$4,261-72.9%
Ruth Simmons$4,247$4,2470%
Callicutt & Son$20,342$4,195-79.4%
Edith Morgan Hayles$4,068$4,039-0.7%
Ricky Wilson$7,307$3,883-46.9%
Arthur W. Frierson$4,469$3,876-13.3%
Jane S. Wicker$3,851$3,8510%
Deloach Real Estate, LLC$27,897$3,822-86.3%
James a Travillo$3,749$3,7490%
Lewis M Wood Revocable Living Trust$7,960$3,748-52.9%
Kathy P Wood-Kathy P Wood Rev Living Trust$6,439$3,433-46.7%
Leon McMinn$10,820$3,375-68.8%
Three Oaks Waterfowl Club, LLC$4,160$3,264-21.5%
John Mason Bennett$6,855$3,243-52.7%
Section E Cattle Company, LLC$2,541$3,22927.1%
Mark Baker$11,698$3,210-72.6%
Harwell Family Holdings, LLC$8,338$3,173-61.9%
Woodforest Capital, LLC$5,615$3,172-43.5%
Warner D. Brines$3,124$3,1240%
Bon Mark McElreath$3,123$3,1230%
Barbara R. Ward$3,119$3,1190%
Christopher L. Suber$3,090$2,938-4.9%
Creekstand Holdings, LLC$7,733$2,890-62.6%
Richard Odell Johnson$4,080$2,809-31.2%
William H. Coker$2,801$2,8010%
David Hughes McElreath$2,696$2,6960%
Jack P. Adams$2,606$2,6060%
LHT Holding, LLC$2,550$2,5500%
Byron Taylor$3,047$2,535-16.8%
Margaret Ann Sneed$2,511$2,5110%
Christy Knapp$389$2,466533.9%
Marie Therese Hartmangruber$389$2,466533.9%
Evan L Parks$2,462$2,4620%
Loye J. Costner$2,450$2,4500%
Mae Shelby$2,376$2,342-1.4%
Martha R. Lane$2,323$2,3230%
William L. Tatum$7,475$2,277-69.5%
Dillard E. King$12,799$2,240-82.5%
Jimmy Gates$3,687$2,200-40.3%
Robert J. Mims$2,160$2,1600%
Phil Harrison Trust$2,550$2,068-18.9%
Cecil Burns$2,057$2,0570%
Celeste Jordan$2,046$2,0460%
Faye C. Lokey$2,044$2,0440%
Karen S. Morris$6,110$2,036-66.7%
Ashley Stairs$2,424$2,010-17.1%
Ronald L. Beckham$5,437$1,949-64.2%
Bill C Zieren$7,171$1,946-72.9%
Orchard Creek Land and Timber, LLC$2,538$1,926-24.1%
Curlie Threlkeld$1,633$1,92417.8%
James M. Hudson$1,965$1,921-2.2%
Pamela C. Easterling$1,920$1,9200%
Marvelyn Greer$2,285$1,882-17.6%
Kathy Ford Carnes$3,332$1,868-43.9%
Nancy M. Rogers$1,866$1,8660%
James D. Nail$6,314$1,852-70.7%
Willie E. Dennis$1,287$1,80240%
Martha L. Hinton$1,713$1,7130%
Black Water Properties, LLC$1,705$1,7050%
Stephen W. Crowe$6,808$1,690-75.2%
John Norris$1,654$1,6540%
Lewis Childrens General Real Esta$1,647$1,6470%
William Keith Lawrence Retirement Holding, LLC$1,646$1,6460%
Frank L Tatum Estate$2,650$1,578-40.5%
Carol N. Alderman$778$1,54999.1%
Clifford E. Harwell$4,698$1,537-67.3%
Janice S Parks Heard$1,636$1,528-6.6%
The Roy D and Helen J Doss Revocable Trust$1,521$1,5210%
Debra Helms$1,507$1,5070%
William H. Garrard III$1,486$1,4860%
Elizabeth B. Webb$1,644$1,418-13.7%
Tommy Roy Phillips$7,005$1,382-80.3%
Mary L. Martin$2,640$1,380-47.7%
Hurricane Bayou, LLC$1,372$1,3720%
Val S. Cuthbert$2,175$1,371-37%
Roger Graham$1,339$1,3390%
Barbara Baine$1,333$1,3330%
Thomas J. Young$3,736$1,324-64.6%
Hurt Farm, LLC$1,256$1,3043.8%
Susan S. McClelland$1,217$1,2815.3%
Davis Ridge, LLC$4,377$1,280-70.8%
Vickie M. Cook$1,257$1,2580.1%
David W. Houston$12,202$1,224-90%
John Belk$0$1,219--
Larry Mardis PHD$1,190$1,1900%
Mary C. Morse$1,187$1,1870%
Ricky King$7,456$1,179-84.2%
Dwain K. Acker$2,693$1,143-57.6%
Ann Phillippi$1,138$1,1380%
Rhonda Cook$1,116$1,1160%
Marsha Fortner$1,396$1,108-20.6%
Jim Q. Tatum Jr.$6,144$1,104-82%
Wade Wortham Jr.$495$1,098121.8%
Benjamin C. Hellums$1,091$1,0910%
Frank L. Tindall Jr.$1,067$1,0670%
Joseph Klepzig$2,601$1,065-59.1%
Joseph T. McFadden$6,711$1,032-84.6%
James I Leeton$2,684$1,031-61.6%
Tim Sullivan$4,794$1,022-78.7%
James G. Treloar Jr.$1,174$1,017-13.4%
Eugene C. Trussell$996$9960%
Steven E. Ferrell$1,049$983-6.3%
Marty A. Daniels$1,574$972-38.2%
Lloyd N. Oliphant$971$9710%
Ruth Sanders Foster$386$967150.5%
Mary E. Lowrey$962$9620%
James M. Howell$0$944--
James W. Redding$6,736$934-86.1%
Robert W. Pritchard Jr.$2,063$933-54.8%
Bryan D. Vandevender$924$9240%
Lawrence E. Chandler$3,476$914-73.7%
Reggie Mize$887$8870%
Leslie C. Kitchens$885$8850%
Neal Toles$4,774$883-81.5%
Jarvie Holman$2,563$876-65.8%
Brad D. Peters$1,029$875-15%
Jeannie McCoy$863$8630%
Willis Lamar Gardner$4,329$850-80.4%
Joyce L. Littlejohn$846$8460%
John O'Dell$845$8450%
Samuel E. Knight Jr.$1,002$843-15.9%
Donna T. Barnes$0$836--
Frances P. Dempsey$3,110$823-73.5%
Martha Stairs$624$82131.6%
Donald Coleman$3,999$818-79.5%
Linda Daniels$924$818-11.5%
David Brummett$4,129$810-80.4%
Orville G. Robertson$3,850$799-79.2%
Allen Cook$2,365$774-67.3%
Charles Ellis$4,091$773-81.1%
Joseph Blake Hemphill$0$773--
Robert Taylor Sawyer$767$7670%
Ligon Properties, LLC$763$7630%
Bessie Livingston$756$7560%
Whitney W. Drewrey$2,059$754-63.4%
Quay Daniels$901$744-17.4%
Ley Falkner$3,446$736-78.6%
Dan Rowsey$721$7210%
James W. Webb Jr.$1,503$721-52%
Rebecca Kelley$698$6980%
Leah Arrington$698$6980%
Sallie Jean Ellis$0$694--
Sidney F. Johnson$1,510$678-55.1%
Shannon W. Brown$675$6750%
Richard C. Shivers$3,558$650-81.7%
Omega Hills Joint Venture$2,739$648-76.3%
Rhonda Hickman$636$6360%
Chris Roy$3,245$633-80.5%
la Arboleda$1,006$622-38.2%
Jerry Gardner$620$6200%
Dorothy Gardner$614$6140%
Rick Mize$1,533$612-60.1%
Ashbrooke Farms, LLC$604$6040%
John Monty Horne$602$6020%
Keith Depriest$3,629$597-83.5%
Robert D. Short$595$5950%
Leslie Wayne Mills$3,439$592-82.8%
Tim Bridges$579$5790%
Jennifer Cole Riley$1,392$573-58.8%
Merrill M. Willis$612$573-6.4%
Bradley Paul Jenkins Jr.$0$570--
Larry Hipps$1,650$567-65.6%
Bettye Ahmed$566$5660%
Elaine H. McAnally$566$5660%
Jan Champion$1,545$564-63.5%
Sherwin Haynie$2,359$560-76.3%
Caleb Terrell$2,517$557-77.9%
Leslie Scott Mills$2,964$555-81.3%
Elizabeth A. Callicoat$2,911$533-81.7%
Dean Varner$2,596$530-79.6%
Robert S. Hamblin$528$5280%
WRF, LLC$2,673$519-80.6%
Breck Tyler$794$510-35.8%
James R. Livingston$503$5030%
Frank Vaughn$1,353$502-62.9%
Jerry D. Johnson$502$5020%
Mitchell O. Winstead$501$5010%
Paul Edward Luker$487$4870%
Linda Kisner$1,936$474-75.5%
Derrick L. Burgess$792$472-40.4%
Elihue Burt$2,131$464-78.2%
Anne N. Ketchum$452$4520%
Dale Garner$1,224$452-63.1%
Bruce S. Reynolds$0$449--
Louise Cizmar$1,056$449-57.5%
William E. Meisenheimer$892$449-49.7%
Robin B. Miller$1,137$445-60.9%
Harry S. Vaughn$1,563$440-71.8%
Zack Mills$2,074$430-79.3%
Leolia Eggerson$1,586$428-73%
Charles R. Waller$1,320$424-67.9%
Bonnie B. Threlkeld$374$41912%
W C Certion$1,650$415-74.8%
Michael J. Danford$1,023$412-59.7%
Joseph L. Varner$1,815$409-77.5%
R. E. Crawford$407$4070%
Joe Phillips$1,248$406-67.5%
Delon Price$2,989$405-86.5%
Belinda S. Norris$0$401--
Hal P. Staten$2,049$401-80.4%
Johnny Brown$1,309$397-69.7%
B C Land Company, Inc.$0$378--
Dock Price$3,651$376-89.7%
Cinco DE Mayo, LLC$375$3750%
Gerald Martin$1,628$375-77%
William Nicks Jr.$1,760$374-78.8%
MacKie A. Riddle$480$365-24%
Sue H. Cook$797$365-54.2%
Mary Glynn Wright$954$362-62.1%
Joel Owens$2,097$360-82.8%
Peaches Austin$2,348$336-85.7%
Jeffrey McClure$2,889$332-88.5%
Lon Weaver$1,969$329-83.3%
Thomas Sartor$768$316-58.9%
Glen Baggett$1,364$294-78.4%
Ruben Devon Jones$713$293-58.9%
John C. Cole$1,043$291-72.1%
Perry L. Ivy$0$291--
Lady Margaret Redd$290$2900%
Sallie Pennebaker Wilkerson$632$289-54.3%
James L. Tatum$286$2860%
Jamie Hollowell$2,924$284-90.3%
William I. McEwen$847$283-66.6%
Joe Pace$693$280-59.6%
Janet B. Briscoe$258$2756.6%
Kenneth Kohrs$0$270--
Demetrius Howell$1,260$264-79%
Shirley Ivy$1,419$258-81.8%
Judy A. Hudson$251$2510%
Jamie Scott King$246$2460%
Stephen R. Redding$4,895$245-95%
Ray Nicholas$1,320$242-81.7%
Charles Johnson$1,238$239-80.7%
Roy L Norphlet$561$234-58.3%
Kent Howell$611$233-61.9%
Leevi Trull Haas$2,301$232-89.9%
Robert L. Howard$1,400$225-83.9%
Michael Stewart$495$208-58%
C. W. White$447$205-54.1%
Helen Grey Weatherly$423$192-54.6%
Allen Pegues$770$187-75.7%
Jimmy Lee Smith$633$181-71.4%
Susan Luker$441$181-59%
Gonnie S Dorris JR$612$180-70.6%
Thomas Murphey$493$180-63.5%
Bobby Toles$1,186$172-85.5%
Albert L. Willingham$748$169-77.4%
Melba F. Cox$166$1660%
Stubblefield Properties, LLC$0$166--
Chad A. Threlkeld$181$161-11%
George A. Castle$803$159-80.2%
Gary R. Mize$646$158-75.5%
Veazey Timber Company, LLC$311$153-50.8%
Janice Martin$473$152-67.9%
Lynnette Williams$473$152-67.9%
Frances Clark$150$1500%
Robert L. Worthem$498$148-70.3%
Michael Travis Hunt$146$1460%
Roy B. Mixon$330$142-57%
Stephanie G. Young$958$142-85.2%
Dux 4 Life, LLC$0$136--
Jody Mayfield$878$133-84.9%
James R. Windham$131$1310%
Donald H. Roy$113$1130%
Cary A. Sallis$399$110-72.4%
Michael Stewart$258$106-58.9%
Ann Whitehead$206$90-56.3%
F&B Family Farms, LLC$1,005$88-91.2%
Joel M. Bryan$86$860%
Marc Bryan$84$840%
Matthew Clay Britt$606$83-86.3%
Fudgetown Farms, LLC$128$77-39.8%
Aaron Burns$203$75-63.1%
Brian Yarbrough$203$75-63.1%
Dora E. Phillips$272$68-75%
Don Locke$349$65-81.4%
Luther L. Gray$178$55-69.1%
Edward Bruce Williston$52$520%
Timothy Gordon$686$34-95%
Steve W. Threlkeld$181$16-91.2%
Gerald Patrick Coleman$0$12--
James Ralph Coleman$0$12--
Litittia M Robertson$26$11-57.7%
Linda Bryant$1,416$10-99.3%
Calvin D. Buchanan$172$7-95.9%
Thomas Mckee Landrum$518$5-99%
Jonathan Paul King Sr.$8,534$0-100%
Billy Ray Brown$25,467$0-100%
Brittany Cox$767$0-100%
Carolyn F. Bond$603$0-100%
Cecil Locke$58$0-100%
Charles E Penick Testamentary Trust$6,565$0-100%
Charles Lucuis Waller$1,204$0-100%
Charles M. Bowen$1,925$0-100%
Christian Stewart$4,222$0-100%
Cornelia P. Mason$2,402$0-100%
Daniel Cox$767$0-100%
Daryl G South$257$0-100%
Dawn S. Larson$1,930$0-100%
Donald A. Waller$13,159$0-100%
Donald C. Edwards$151$0-100%
Douglas H. Ferrell$70$0-100%
Elizabeth Fox$120$0-100%
Estate of Mable Williams Hurt$532$0-100%
Gerald Stanford$8$0-100%
Hattie Davidson$52$0-100%
Henry L. Stewart Jr.$3,355$0-100%
Henry Simmons$68$0-100%
James Callahan$10,932$0-100%
Jerry F. Tuttle$149$0-100%
Jimmy Bramlett$4,003$0-100%
John C. King Jr.$4,375$0-100%
John M. Reed$2,534$0-100%
John Powers Kirk$3,113$0-100%
Johnnie Ruth Ramage$638$0-100%
Kathy E. Vaughn$5,470$0-100%
Kevin L. Vanlandingham$1,131$0-100%
Larry Kirk$92$0-100%
Lloyd B. McManus$472$0-100%
M a Hartmangruber$10,777$0-100%
Mariamne P Council$12,500$0-100%
Martha M. Cofer$9,427$0-100%
Melanie J. Foster$103$0-100%
Michael David Edwards$126$0-100%
Michael T. Gooch$244$0-100%
MO-Ark Pecans & Honey, LLC$13,792$0-100%
Olivia Cooper$79$0-100%
Pauline Beard$123$0-100%
Rebecca S. Brown$9,073$0-100%
Ricky Cooper$656$0-100%
Robert E. Briscoe$1,811$0-100%
Sandra B. Roy$24$0-100%
Sarah Broom Weir$883$0-100%
Sharron M. Pennington$49$0-100%
Theda R. Tatum$216$0-100%
Thomas B. Ferrell$81$0-100%
Triple B, LLC$1,260$0-100%
Walker Byars$220$0-100%
Whitney Byars$13$0-100%
Ronald Edward Bartlett$770$0-100%
Total subsidies$2,842,231$1,800,897-36.6%

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