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In 2021, 306 farmers in cities within Yalobusha County received a total of $2.3 million in 429 farm subsidies, a 55.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.2 million in 719 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 Yalobusha County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| C & E Farms Partnership | $1,027,647 | $384,430 | -62.6% |
| Moore Farms | $563,592 | $226,649 | -59.8% |
| Cypress Creek Farming Company, Inc. | $387,077 | $170,912 | -55.8% |
| Williamson Family Farms | $301,816 | $80,341 | -73.4% |
| Justin Brooks Farms | $50,034 | $78,554 | 57% |
| C & J Sod Farm, LLC | $284 | $71,741 | 25,160.9% |
| Kevin Kimzey | $183,114 | $70,922 | -61.3% |
| John G Brower JR Farm | $329,247 | $63,890 | -80.6% |
| Mills Planting Company Partnership | $130,955 | $61,624 | -52.9% |
| Andy Massey Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Anderson & Son Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Lori Dunn | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Gregory Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Zachery C Brower, LLC | $82,916 | $51,175 | -38.3% |
| Trey Brower Farms, LLC | $184,970 | $49,078 | -73.5% |
| Larry W. Kimzey Jr. | $138,759 | $48,848 | -64.8% |
| John Ingram R. Farms | $117,294 | $35,907 | -69.4% |
| William Gary Chambers | $0 | $34,193 | -- |
| Brooks Farms | $116,653 | $33,613 | -71.2% |
| Brandon Neil Box | $1,670 | $31,635 | 1,794.3% |
| Scottye Chambers | $0 | $26,370 | -- |
| Obie Woods, LLC | $19,256 | $19,256 | 0% |
| Charles D. Sullivan | $7,867 | $15,599 | 98.3% |
| William L. Brewer Jr. | $36,709 | $15,246 | -58.5% |
| Jimmie S. Hill III | $109,632 | $13,776 | -87.4% |
| Keli Lindsey | $13,518 | $13,518 | 0% |
| Hillcrest - Bryant Farms, LLC | $23,094 | $12,509 | -45.8% |
| W. F. Clark | $12,084 | $11,943 | -1.2% |
| Mark Hartley | $8,889 | $9,691 | 9% |
| William C. Pullen | $24,969 | $9,366 | -62.5% |
| Lottie I. Morris | $8,407 | $8,903 | 5.9% |
| Sylvia M. Grant | $12,223 | $8,334 | -31.8% |
| Stephanie Chambers | $0 | $8,154 | -- |
| Gene Standridge | $10,691 | $8,054 | -24.7% |
| Harry Barefoot | $7,887 | $7,887 | 0% |
| Kenzie Reese Farms, LLC | $19,572 | $7,522 | -61.6% |
| Daryl G. Burney | $588 | $6,758 | 1,049.3% |
| Ray Boxx | $6,753 | $6,753 | 0% |
| Deborah Benson Dungan | $6,495 | $6,495 | 0% |
| Kenneth Harmon | $21,131 | $6,494 | -69.3% |
| Dorris H. Crawford | $6,178 | $6,178 | 0% |
| Desoto Sod Farm, Inc. | $2,304 | $5,875 | 155% |
| Clinton A. Mabus | $0 | $5,509 | -- |
| Alice Virginia Hatley | $6,523 | $5,494 | -15.8% |
| Yvonne E. Vance | $6,154 | $5,282 | -14.2% |
| J. L. Crawford III | $5,146 | $5,146 | 0% |
| Lee Pullen, D.M.D. | $8,858 | $5,145 | -41.9% |
| Donald Edwards | $6,992 | $4,813 | -31.2% |
| Zachery C. Brower | $142,420 | $4,801 | -96.6% |
| Jean B. Arrington | $4,750 | $4,747 | -0.1% |
| Tipton Land Company, LLC | $7,564 | $4,685 | -38.1% |
| James Derek Adams | $4,144 | $4,678 | 12.9% |
| James B. Caulfield Jr. | $0 | $4,621 | -- |
| Mike Coleman | $21,040 | $4,430 | -78.9% |
| Carol O. Howell | $3,163 | $4,310 | 36.3% |
| Dave Few | $5,390 | $4,064 | -24.6% |
| John R. Wood Sr. | $19,837 | $4,034 | -79.7% |
| Justin A. Brooks | $175,471 | $4,024 | -97.7% |
| Ronald G. Ray | $800 | $3,897 | 387.1% |
| John L. Hartley | $3,855 | $3,854 | -0% |
| Deborah E. McGehee | $17,503 | $3,809 | -78.2% |
| Jerry W. Smith | $8,298 | $3,806 | -54.1% |
| William E. Jeffreys III | $2,323 | $3,769 | 62.2% |
| Claude N. Vanlandingham | $9,456 | $3,702 | -60.9% |
| Paul Burney | $0 | $3,466 | -- |
| Charles Brigg Brasher | $5,247 | $3,352 | -36.1% |
| John Christopher Carvan | $4,945 | $3,105 | -37.2% |
| Bryce Farms, LLC | $3,322 | $2,972 | -10.5% |
| Michael G. Fly | $2,343 | $2,945 | 25.7% |
| W. D. Benoist | $2,929 | $2,929 | 0% |
| Walter A. Kuykendall | $2,917 | $2,917 | 0% |
| Roy L. Phillips | $8,830 | $2,860 | -67.6% |
| Lee Ann Howe | $10,659 | $2,856 | -73.2% |
| James Smith Jr. | $5,632 | $2,844 | -49.5% |
| Robert Earl Upchurch | $2,844 | $2,735 | -3.8% |
| Angela G. Taylor | $8,613 | $2,706 | -68.6% |
| Seburn Brasher | $10,818 | $2,659 | -75.4% |
| Virginia M. Vanlandingham | $2,670 | $2,619 | -1.9% |
| Jeff H. Tillman | $5,894 | $2,598 | -55.9% |
| James E. Warren | $2,541 | $2,541 | 0% |
| Howell Land Company, Inc. | $2,541 | $2,541 | 0% |
| John R. Pullen | $5,592 | $2,526 | -54.8% |
| Joel E. Rogers | $17,379 | $2,459 | -85.9% |
| George S. Yeager Jr. | $3,515 | $2,352 | -33.1% |
| William Rowsey Jr. | $12,732 | $2,284 | -82.1% |
| Larry C. Pass | $9,124 | $2,269 | -75.1% |
| Robert Lee Callahan | $0 | $2,238 | -- |
| Troy Campbell | $11,868 | $2,226 | -81.2% |
| Mike Williamson | $2,301 | $2,210 | -4% |
| Monroe R. Edwards Jr. | $12,226 | $2,198 | -82% |
| Wesley Bradford | $5,127 | $2,169 | -57.7% |
| Ross M. Burney | $16,180 | $2,162 | -86.6% |
| Randy Sanders | $7,271 | $2,104 | -71.1% |
| Rodney Kim Hollowell | $2,661 | $2,045 | -23.1% |
| Marie Hill | $1,723 | $2,004 | 16.3% |
| Trey Brower | $23,681 | $1,965 | -91.7% |
| Steve Sanders | $7,392 | $1,953 | -73.6% |
| Jamie Shook | $3,208 | $1,951 | -39.2% |
| James E. Booth Jr. | $1,948 | $1,948 | 0% |
| Peggy Slaughter | $1,945 | $1,945 | 0% |
| Justin Rowland | $1,930 | $1,930 | 0% |
| Sherry Sue Carter | $1,866 | $1,866 | 0% |
| Jackie Bowman | $4,978 | $1,842 | -63% |
| Don Bowman | $9,469 | $1,838 | -80.6% |
| George E. Liles | $1,924 | $1,837 | -4.5% |
| Bradley S. Wood | $11,234 | $1,795 | -84% |
| Jerilou J Moore | $1,738 | $1,738 | 0% |
| Joseph Larry Holloway | $1,718 | $1,717 | -0.1% |
| Josh James | $5,610 | $1,705 | -69.6% |
| Danny Bailey Farms, LLC | $1,687 | $1,686 | -0.1% |
| Betty W. Pullen | $1,675 | $1,675 | 0% |
| Debra Ann Beckwith | $2,364 | $1,657 | -29.9% |
| Becky Haley | $3,566 | $1,631 | -54.3% |
| William G. Waller | $2,440 | $1,598 | -34.5% |
| Gerald Meeks | $2,641 | $1,594 | -39.6% |
| Emma D. Hovey | $1,569 | $1,569 | 0% |
| Connie N. Toole | $1,554 | $1,554 | 0% |
| Gordon Stanford | $2,058 | $1,537 | -25.3% |
| Martha L. Williamson | $1,524 | $1,524 | 0% |
| Carolyn Billingsley | $2,026 | $1,516 | -25.2% |
| Alma S. Moorman | $1,510 | $1,510 | 0% |
| Robert L. McCain Jr. | $2,579 | $1,509 | -41.5% |
| Mike G. McPhail | $9,968 | $1,493 | -85% |
| Mildred H. Fulks | $1,469 | $1,469 | 0% |
| Charlie M. Shaw Sr. | $3,822 | $1,465 | -61.7% |
| Don Allison | $4,675 | $1,450 | -69% |
| M. Y. Terrell Jr. | $7,739 | $1,428 | -81.5% |
| Terry Jones | $6,083 | $1,414 | -76.8% |
| Jeremy H. Tillman | $1,686 | $1,414 | -16.1% |
| Gordon L. Andrews | $1,406 | $1,406 | 0% |
| April J. Holliman | $1,816 | $1,391 | -23.4% |
| W. W. Dew III | $3,151 | $1,372 | -56.5% |
| Emily Childs | $2,724 | $1,369 | -49.7% |
| Steve Dickey | $5,071 | $1,368 | -73% |
| Donna Jean Sullivan | $1,331 | $1,331 | 0% |
| Margaret D. Ross | $1,322 | $1,322 | 0% |
| Leslie Buford | $5,605 | $1,309 | -76.6% |
| Richard H. Stanford | $1,281 | $1,281 | 0% |
| Doyle J. Varner Jr. | $1,548 | $1,274 | -17.7% |
| Jason French | $4,465 | $1,269 | -71.6% |
| Steve Cummings | $5,047 | $1,248 | -75.3% |
| Calvin D. Edlin | $1,223 | $1,223 | 0% |
| Leslie Wicker | $1,004 | $1,167 | 16.2% |
| Matthew Mabus | $2,684 | $1,166 | -56.6% |
| Triple R Farm | $1,160 | $1,160 | 0% |
| Ramona M. Brewer | $2,112 | $1,156 | -45.3% |
| Mack Wilbourn | $5,874 | $1,143 | -80.5% |
| Dalton Rogers | $6,712 | $1,128 | -83.2% |
| Wade W. Holland | $5,005 | $1,120 | -77.6% |
| Horace E. Hardy | $3,795 | $1,118 | -70.5% |
| Lewis Langdon | $5,255 | $1,110 | -78.9% |
| Frank E. Hyde | $5,028 | $1,103 | -78.1% |
| William C. Callaway Jr. | $1,097 | $1,097 | 0% |
| Thomas Bell | $1,631 | $1,092 | -33% |
| Billy D. Fielder | $2,805 | $1,077 | -61.6% |
| John Henry Keeler | $5,223 | $1,077 | -79.4% |
| Ben G. Wright | $2,792 | $1,065 | -61.9% |
| Karen E. Person | $1,941 | $1,065 | -45.1% |
| Sidney McCain | $1,063 | $1,063 | 0% |
| M. H. Surrette | $5,554 | $1,042 | -81.2% |
| Terry McBrayer | $3,465 | $1,032 | -70.2% |
| Gary G. Potts | $3,049 | $1,025 | -66.4% |
| Guy D. Shaw | $1,284 | $1,022 | -20.4% |
| Eddie Hyde | $1,258 | $985 | -21.7% |
| Earnest Goliday | $3,719 | $972 | -73.9% |
| Anderson Bradford Jr. | $5,415 | $965 | -82.2% |
| Jerry D. Wilbourn | $5,503 | $958 | -82.6% |
| Ouida Few | $2,567 | $954 | -62.8% |
| Gaylon Gray | $4,321 | $951 | -78% |
| Richard Brian Bowman | $9,288 | $917 | -90.1% |
| Johnnie L. Reed | $8,542 | $906 | -89.4% |
| Martha Frances Byers | $4,627 | $906 | -80.4% |
| Patricia Hawkins | $872 | $889 | 1.9% |
| Mccallum Cox Land Company, Inc. | $658 | $888 | 35% |
| W. E. Meek Jr. | $3,466 | $886 | -74.4% |
| Michael Eubanks | $2,464 | $882 | -64.2% |
| Anthony D. Harbour | $4,125 | $871 | -78.9% |
| Delain Green | $3,894 | $855 | -78% |
| Delice H. Reese | $856 | $854 | -0.2% |
| Martin G. Langston Jr. | $4,492 | $849 | -81.1% |
| Jimmy D. Hood | $841 | $841 | 0% |
| Scott McKibben | $1,915 | $828 | -56.8% |
| Randy N. Coleman | $3,450 | $816 | -76.3% |
| Thomas L. Hensley | $3,223 | $808 | -74.9% |
| Leonard E. Brown | $3,600 | $806 | -77.6% |
| Betty I. Schurr | $805 | $805 | 0% |
| James H. Ivy | $805 | $805 | 0% |
| Jerry N. Murdock | $801 | $801 | 0% |
| Earlene Townes | $2,805 | $795 | -71.7% |
| Jessica Norwood | $2,042 | $794 | -61.1% |
| John G. Brower Jr. | $397 | $794 | 100% |
| Doyle Macwade Tubb | $792 | $792 | 0% |
| Danny T. Baxley Jr. | $1,007 | $783 | -22.2% |
| Dylan Pipkin | $4,469 | $768 | -82.8% |
| Patsy L. Sharp | $768 | $768 | 0% |
| James B. Butts | $745 | $745 | 0% |
| Cora B. Foxx | $673 | $711 | 5.6% |
| Fred Shirley Jr. | $1,419 | $711 | -49.9% |
| Stephen Edwards | $704 | $704 | 0% |
| Joe C. Davis | $615 | $691 | 12.4% |
| J. M. White | $1,485 | $662 | -55.4% |
| Milton Hervey | $0 | $661 | -- |
| Michael K. Brown | $3,774 | $653 | -82.7% |
| Patsy Camp Schroyer | $2,508 | $650 | -74.1% |
| Jeff Adams | $658 | $638 | -3% |
| Mike Thornton | $3,743 | $613 | -83.6% |
| Quintin Tanner Thornton | $2,959 | $613 | -79.3% |
| Henry H. Jackson III | $608 | $608 | 0% |
| Cameron Anderson | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Chryl Goodwin | $599 | $599 | 0% |
| Trent Howell | $598 | $598 | 0% |
| Kody Gilley | $2,217 | $594 | -73.2% |
| Jeremy Mills | $1,276 | $589 | -53.8% |
| Robert A. Novak | $2,013 | $587 | -70.8% |
| Christopher Andrew Jenkins | $0 | $570 | -- |
| Frank Kendrick | $1,056 | $565 | -46.5% |
| Andrea S. Pullen | $554 | $554 | 0% |
| Brenda K. Joiner | $552 | $552 | 0% |
| Larry Carr | $1,551 | $540 | -65.2% |
| Fred E. Moorman Jr. | $3,834 | $523 | -86.4% |
| Elvis Camp | $1,375 | $489 | -64.4% |
| Robert Blount | $924 | $483 | -47.7% |
| Kevin Lynn Camp | $0 | $474 | -- |
| Chase Barron Dudley | $457 | $457 | 0% |
| Opal W. Wright | $1,209 | $453 | -62.5% |
| Timothy A. Crocker | $6,382 | $452 | -92.9% |
| Ray Haynes | $2,506 | $450 | -82% |
| Lisa Schaffer | $0 | $448 | -- |
| Cecil Foxx | $2,588 | $439 | -83% |
| Ellett Caulder | $1,670 | $436 | -73.9% |
| Bobby J. Cook Jr. | $1,143 | $434 | -62% |
| Ralph W. Hughes | $429 | $429 | 0% |
| Raymond L. Brasher | $1,617 | $428 | -73.5% |
| Christopher Shaw | $1,837 | $413 | -77.5% |
| Braxton B. Coleman | $1,683 | $412 | -75.5% |
| Lee McMinn Jr. | $1,220 | $407 | -66.6% |
| Taylor Farms, LLC | $406 | $406 | 0% |
| Sammy Haley | $1,089 | $405 | -62.8% |
| Charles McCullough | $1,584 | $401 | -74.7% |
| Rodney D. Childress | $1,848 | $387 | -79.1% |
| Edwin L. Lott | $385 | $385 | 0% |
| Billy J. Rotenberry | $381 | $381 | 0% |
| Johnny White | $1,408 | $373 | -73.5% |
| Tyler Wortham | $403 | $371 | -7.9% |
| Mary P. Chandler | $360 | $360 | 0% |
| James Robert Dukes III | $1,601 | $352 | -78% |
| Larry Gray | $1,727 | $352 | -79.6% |
| Henry Johnson | $1,276 | $351 | -72.5% |
| Johanna M. Logan | $0 | $350 | -- |
| Steve Box | $50,000 | $350 | -99.3% |
| Ramona Williams | $0 | $346 | -- |
| Steven W. Novak | $1,139 | $345 | -69.7% |
| Wayne Coleman | $1,760 | $345 | -80.4% |
| Brandon P. Brooks | $5,707 | $345 | -94% |
| Mack Suggs | $1,496 | $338 | -77.4% |
| Kathryn Buchanan Parsons Resident Trust | $1,761 | $337 | -80.9% |
| Dennis Harper | $548 | $333 | -39.2% |
| Charlie Lowell Edwards | $632 | $332 | -47.5% |
| Norma Clark | $333 | $324 | -2.7% |
| Anna Claire Sykes | $0 | $307 | -- |
| Cedric D. Jones | $1,114 | $302 | -72.9% |
| Arthur D. Hawkins | $642 | $289 | -55% |
| Lee M. Eubanks | $2,685 | $284 | -89.4% |
| Allen Dickey | $1,042 | $280 | -73.1% |
| Jason Gregory | $1,180 | $276 | -76.6% |
| Larry E. Bland | $803 | $274 | -65.9% |
| D. C. Hughes | $265 | $265 | 0% |
| Carl Ray Upchurch | $628 | $263 | -58.1% |
| Lawrence Leigh | $495 | $259 | -47.7% |
| William A. Avant Jr. | $1,144 | $259 | -77.4% |
| Chandra Tackett | $638 | $254 | -60.2% |
| Eldrege Coleman | $1,309 | $249 | -81% |
| Dennis E. McMinn | $283 | $238 | -15.9% |
| Freda Weir | $232 | $232 | 0% |
| Joshua Stegall | $561 | $232 | -58.6% |
| Marjorie E. Reid | $231 | $231 | 0% |
| Jennifer A. Martin | $820 | $230 | -72% |
| Jesse Woodard | $717 | $217 | -69.7% |
| W. F. Hawkins | $495 | $197 | -60.2% |
| Mattie Pinkerton | $401 | $195 | -51.4% |
| Patrick Williamson | $188 | $189 | 0.5% |
| Michael R. Tipton | $1,123 | $187 | -83.3% |
| John Noel Adams | $1,388 | $186 | -86.6% |
| Clifton Gardiner | $41 | $174 | 324.4% |
| Terry D. Davis | $350 | $170 | -51.4% |
| James E. Hickman | $347 | $160 | -53.9% |
| Connie S. Jenkins | $167 | $158 | -5.4% |
| James R. Perkins | $434 | $145 | -66.6% |
| Joe W. Jenkins | $627 | $135 | -78.5% |
| James Edwards Farms | $0 | $126 | -- |
| Lena F. Jones | $226 | $118 | -47.8% |
| Jim Parker | $297 | $114 | -61.6% |
| Gregory Davis | $205 | $104 | -49.3% |
| Janet Dickey | $346 | $93 | -73.1% |
| Delta Community Farms, Inc. | $505 | $80 | -84.2% |
| Randle Thomas McCain | $0 | $78 | -- |
| J. V. Benson | $297 | $75 | -74.7% |
| Donna B. Longest | $215 | $72 | -66.5% |
| Bill Forsyth | $204 | $62 | -69.6% |
| Danny Forsyth | $204 | $62 | -69.6% |
| Nell Kay Gholson | $0 | $61 | -- |
| Carolyn K. Brower | $44 | $33 | -25% |
| Charles W. Parker | $1,100 | $22 | -98% |
| Christopher Hand | $463 | $21 | -95.5% |
| Robert McKell | $0 | $10 | -- |
| Susan Newman | $10 | $3 | -70% |
| Christine Fielder | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Clint R. Howell | $2,698 | $0 | -100% |
| Cotton White | $596 | $0 | -100% |
| D. E. Waller | $245 | $0 | -100% |
| David L. Simpson | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Deshon Polk | $668 | $0 | -100% |
| Fae M. Summers | $827 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd Boyle Jr. | $2,130 | $0 | -100% |
| James Bolen | $1,194 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean M. Scobey | $554 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Ann Crocker | $86 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Ray Boleware | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Fly | $111 | $0 | -100% |
| Paula Staten Barnette | $95 | $0 | -100% |
| Shelby G. Brower | $229 | $0 | -100% |
| W. E. Rowsey | $2,008 | $0 | -100% |
| Beverly W. Jackson | $2,287 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Ray Jackson Jr. | $1,748 | $0 | -100% |
| Diamond M. Sibley | $653 | $0 | -100% |
| George M. Worsham | $3,536 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacquelin H Tennyson Living Trust | $4,914 | $0 | -100% |
| James T. Stennett | $423 | $0 | -100% |
| John G. Whitsett | $211 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Ann Price | $981 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael W. Gray | $174 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Adams Williams Jr. | $904 | $0 | -100% |
| Wanda G. Jackson | $3,083 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Adams | $1,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobbie C. Hartley | $3,016 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Treat | $316 | $0 | -100% |
| Relious Lewis Wrenn | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Seth Sturdivant | $418 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty M. Fulwood | $319 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda S. Keen | $8 | $0 | -100% |
| Callie R. Woodard | $49 | $0 | -100% |
| Forrest Eric Green | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| J. E. Coleman | $328 | $0 | -100% |
| Lettie R. Blackwood | $584 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Davis | $63 | $0 | -100% |
| Otha Coffey | $82 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia W. Brooks | $3,536 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy M. Davis | $325 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Edwards | $174 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,169,417 | $2,281,490 | -55.9% |
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