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In 2021, 221 farmers in cities within Jackson County received a total of $1.3 million in 258 farm subsidies, a 48.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.6 million in 587 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 Jackson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donny Ingram Farms, LLC | $0 | $81,963 | -- |
| Charles L. Perry | $6,414 | $70,878 | 1,005.1% |
| River Acres Farm, Inc. | $0 | $64,173 | -- |
| Marty W. Clark | $11,070 | $60,604 | 447.5% |
| Gemstone Farm, LLC | $0 | $55,129 | -- |
| Ronnie Wilson, Inc. | $0 | $53,660 | -- |
| Cherokee Forest, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jeff Potts | $159,426 | $45,461 | -71.5% |
| Paul Terry Stephenson | $17,798 | $45,034 | 153% |
| Gregory Scott Allen | $0 | $40,117 | -- |
| John Caleb Humphries | $346,003 | $38,379 | -88.9% |
| Chris Martin | $0 | $37,835 | -- |
| McDonald Farms | $5,665 | $32,987 | 482.3% |
| Jimmy T. Dodd | $0 | $32,832 | -- |
| Taylor B. Adams | $9,891 | $31,612 | 219.6% |
| Peachstate Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $29,485 | -- |
| Korrell Farms, LLC | $0 | $28,482 | -- |
| Shoal Creek Farms, LLC | $0 | $26,695 | -- |
| Daniel T. Varner | $3,512 | $26,622 | 658% |
| Attaway Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $25,699 | -- |
| Jones Farms, LLC | $0 | $23,859 | -- |
| Duck Kentucky Farms, LLC | $1,301 | $22,848 | 1,656.2% |
| Double T Blackstock Farm, LLC | $0 | $21,879 | -- |
| Darrell T. Williamson | $35,474 | $21,347 | -39.8% |
| Jacky L. Buice | $0 | $15,642 | -- |
| Mr. Nhat Minh Pham | $0 | $14,589 | -- |
| Samuel David Strickland | $5,312 | $12,482 | 135% |
| Melvin S. Porter Jr. | $28,509 | $9,582 | -66.4% |
| Donna Ledford | $47,162 | $7,957 | -83.1% |
| Joseph B. McMullan | $29,959 | $7,420 | -75.2% |
| David N. Seagraves | $0 | $7,190 | -- |
| Robin Q. Wilson | $32,074 | $6,745 | -79% |
| James K. Hayes | $8,397 | $6,427 | -23.5% |
| Dennis Howington | $21,681 | $6,299 | -70.9% |
| Cole Elrod | $22,736 | $6,159 | -72.9% |
| Darrell J. Chaisson | $0 | $5,733 | -- |
| Phillip Merk | $11,436 | $5,471 | -52.2% |
| Donald R. Brooks | $23,347 | $5,013 | -78.5% |
| Casey B. Drinkard | $37,392 | $4,998 | -86.6% |
| Johnson Angus Farm, LLC | $16,370 | $4,906 | -70% |
| Ric W. Holland | $4,865 | $4,865 | 0% |
| Carlos Ruiz | $0 | $4,844 | -- |
| Dianne Mize | $0 | $4,494 | -- |
| Douglas Martin | $3,999 | $4,452 | 11.3% |
| Rucker Brothers Farm, LLC | $0 | $4,348 | -- |
| Gail Weeks | $12,207 | $4,172 | -65.8% |
| Perry Dodd | $0 | $4,165 | -- |
| Gerald R. Mitchell Jr. | $24,498 | $4,100 | -83.3% |
| Philip A. Page | $18,255 | $3,717 | -79.6% |
| Ola Ruth Mitchell | $0 | $3,666 | -- |
| Augustus Eugene Ayers | $4,277 | $3,632 | -15.1% |
| Lua T. Vu | $14,797 | $3,506 | -76.3% |
| David Hawks | $3,944 | $3,459 | -12.3% |
| Anita Duck | $4,355 | $3,457 | -20.6% |
| Virginia David | $19,793 | $3,441 | -82.6% |
| Ricky Garrett | $8,514 | $3,431 | -59.7% |
| Jim Halley | $14,632 | $3,204 | -78.1% |
| A. A. Rogers III | $10,318 | $3,118 | -69.8% |
| K Phillips & L Meadows PTR | $18,981 | $2,830 | -85.1% |
| Josephine Ellen Duggan | $7,040 | $2,758 | -60.8% |
| Nancy B. J. Solie | $9,251 | $2,740 | -70.4% |
| Steve Mize | $13,881 | $2,726 | -80.4% |
| Jerry Paul Pittman | $12,001 | $2,578 | -78.5% |
| Thomas S. Blackstock | $7,854 | $2,567 | -67.3% |
| Diamond Hill Service, Inc. | $14,061 | $2,530 | -82% |
| Wayne Miller | $28,903 | $2,513 | -91.3% |
| Donald Childs | $7,527 | $2,485 | -67% |
| Donald Roberts | $14,823 | $2,480 | -83.3% |
| Sam Thurmond | $10,332 | $2,430 | -76.5% |
| Danny J. Bond | $8,415 | $2,429 | -71.1% |
| Clayton Douglas Wilson | $10,691 | $2,425 | -77.3% |
| Briceson Fletcher Wilson | $11,831 | $2,404 | -79.7% |
| Steven Thomason | $12,426 | $2,392 | -80.8% |
| Melvin G. Tolbert | $5,970 | $2,366 | -60.4% |
| Joel Davis | $9,581 | $2,359 | -75.4% |
| 4W Valley Farm, LLC | $11,366 | $2,334 | -79.5% |
| Dave H. Davis | $6,270 | $2,299 | -63.3% |
| Larry R. Bramblett | $9,683 | $2,273 | -76.5% |
| Zane Stringer | $11,519 | $2,263 | -80.4% |
| Bobby Lewallen | $7,810 | $2,256 | -71.1% |
| Joe Thomas | $7,956 | $2,184 | -72.5% |
| James J. Chandler Jr. | $10,367 | $2,176 | -79% |
| Chadwick J. Bridges | $6,089 | $2,079 | -65.9% |
| Brannon Wilkinson | $11,318 | $2,046 | -81.9% |
| Lucy Holliman Byers | $12,177 | $2,027 | -83.4% |
| Todd Clayton Brooks | $8,351 | $1,924 | -77% |
| Penniseault Pastures, LLC | $8,638 | $1,892 | -78.1% |
| Matthew Dean Shirley | $11,012 | $1,887 | -82.9% |
| Carla G. Fowler | $1,873 | $1,873 | 0% |
| Courtney Franks McElroy | $16,112 | $1,852 | -88.5% |
| Jimmy R. Minish | $1,806 | $1,806 | 0% |
| David Sanders | $11,708 | $1,690 | -85.6% |
| John M. Palmer | $9,809 | $1,636 | -83.3% |
| W. B. Carlyle | $7,638 | $1,612 | -78.9% |
| Jeffrey M. Tolbert | $7,634 | $1,605 | -79% |
| Terry K. Maddox | $11,782 | $1,595 | -86.5% |
| Elizabeth Brooks Hays | $27,359 | $1,556 | -94.3% |
| Tom Venable | $6,083 | $1,532 | -74.8% |
| Sam W. Bird | $5,445 | $1,459 | -73.2% |
| Joseph F. Fife | $5,742 | $1,420 | -75.3% |
| JC Hill Family Property, LLC | $1,392 | $1,392 | 0% |
| John Barrett | $10,296 | $1,375 | -86.6% |
| Thomas A. Martin | $7,711 | $1,362 | -82.3% |
| Deborah T. Williams | $5,199 | $1,345 | -74.1% |
| William Dan Morris | $5,390 | $1,323 | -75.5% |
| Marvin E. Burroughs | $4,262 | $1,304 | -69.4% |
| James D. Baxter | $5,313 | $1,299 | -75.6% |
| Terrance R. Wardlaw | $4,994 | $1,299 | -74% |
| William J. Smith | $5,216 | $1,295 | -75.2% |
| James H. Bailey | $8,967 | $1,287 | -85.6% |
| Zachary Kyle Hightower | $6,293 | $1,247 | -80.2% |
| Nicholas Nabors Potts | $9,771 | $1,244 | -87.3% |
| Alfred N. Cain | $5,408 | $1,240 | -77.1% |
| Michael J. Pruitt | $8,018 | $1,165 | -85.5% |
| Aubrey Ledford | $7,302 | $1,125 | -84.6% |
| Sidney Williams | $6,056 | $1,121 | -81.5% |
| William C. Sims | $3,234 | $1,118 | -65.4% |
| Debra Beck | $1,848 | $1,113 | -39.8% |
| William D. Allen | $3,696 | $1,106 | -70.1% |
| Betty L. Craven | $4,103 | $1,096 | -73.3% |
| Douglas A. Burroughs | $6,147 | $1,084 | -82.4% |
| Larry E. Weldon | $4,609 | $1,082 | -76.5% |
| Madison Mackenzie Abbs | $2,552 | $1,064 | -58.3% |
| Marty Seagraves | $4,763 | $1,057 | -77.8% |
| Gary W. Black | $3,190 | $1,028 | -67.8% |
| Justin Keith Whitfield | $3,432 | $1,026 | -70.1% |
| Jerry E. Childs | $8,874 | $1,004 | -88.7% |
| Clelle Kinney | $4,334 | $1,001 | -76.9% |
| Christopher E. Ashworth | $5,436 | $992 | -81.8% |
| Aaron Lee Justice | $2,046 | $957 | -53.2% |
| Rickey S. Cain | $7,216 | $954 | -86.8% |
| Tim Taffar | $2,838 | $922 | -67.5% |
| Stacey Shawn O'Brien | $3,949 | $906 | -77.1% |
| James L. Allen Jr. | $4,240 | $904 | -78.7% |
| Jerry Lee Culpepper | $3,628 | $868 | -76.1% |
| Bradley Wilson | $4,467 | $865 | -80.6% |
| Walter Barnett | $4,798 | $858 | -82.1% |
| Thomas C. Harrell | $2,145 | $840 | -60.8% |
| Bradley L. Duck | $3,586 | $820 | -77.1% |
| James Darrell Seagraves | $6,082 | $808 | -86.7% |
| Marvin James Bradford | $8,511 | $803 | -90.6% |
| Clarence G. Simmons Jr. | $3,498 | $782 | -77.6% |
| Newell Thomas Finch | $4,760 | $774 | -83.7% |
| Pamela Q. Moore | $910 | $766 | -15.8% |
| Troy L. Looney | $3,300 | $766 | -76.8% |
| Dennis R. McNabb | $1,551 | $758 | -51.1% |
| Matthew Mark Ledford | $4,340 | $754 | -82.6% |
| Wilbur Schnelle Jr. | $1,320 | $753 | -43% |
| Kari Krick Turner | $2,485 | $753 | -69.7% |
| James Paul Murphy | $4,618 | $740 | -84% |
| William Tim Finch | $5,297 | $732 | -86.2% |
| James K. Kennedy | $7,635 | $726 | -90.5% |
| Timothy O. Pittman | $5,060 | $726 | -85.7% |
| Kinsey L. Phillips | $1,254 | $710 | -43.4% |
| William Joseph Cook | $4,309 | $699 | -83.8% |
| Sharon Lea Barnett | $1,375 | $696 | -49.4% |
| L Danny Waters | $7,074 | $692 | -90.2% |
| Mary H. Matuszak | $1,660 | $692 | -58.3% |
| E. W. Barnett Jr. | $5,212 | $684 | -86.9% |
| Timothy S. Ingram | $3,146 | $672 | -78.6% |
| Ethridge Chaisson | $2,541 | $663 | -73.9% |
| George Conrad Lavender | $3,311 | $651 | -80.3% |
| Berry G. Hart | $5,675 | $638 | -88.8% |
| Justin Weeks | $2,654 | $632 | -76.2% |
| Ann T. Griffeth | $3,074 | $622 | -79.8% |
| William Palmer | $4,474 | $578 | -87.1% |
| Randy Kesler | $4,039 | $578 | -85.7% |
| Cathy G. Carithers | $532 | $532 | 0% |
| Dan Chandler | $2,200 | $514 | -76.6% |
| F. M. Bird Jr. | $1,837 | $500 | -72.8% |
| Heather Sparks | $1,326 | $494 | -62.7% |
| Justin Blackburn | $1,287 | $488 | -62.1% |
| David Jackson | $2,431 | $474 | -80.5% |
| Clinton Childs | $3,534 | $458 | -87% |
| Michael Lloyd Wheeler | $2,670 | $453 | -83% |
| John W. Farmer | $2,145 | $446 | -79.2% |
| Brenda Blair | $2,155 | $436 | -79.8% |
| James D. Pethel | $1,540 | $436 | -71.7% |
| David S. Eisner | $0 | $423 | -- |
| Robert H. Griffeth | $1,958 | $412 | -79% |
| Malcolm Vest | $2,182 | $402 | -81.6% |
| Jacob Stephenson | $2,997 | $397 | -86.8% |
| Judy L. Gilstrap | $1,969 | $397 | -79.8% |
| Randy Seagraves | $3,150 | $394 | -87.5% |
| Milton Lee Branton | $2,046 | $380 | -81.4% |
| Ken Bray | $1,716 | $353 | -79.4% |
| Myron M. Ingram | $891 | $343 | -61.5% |
| Ernest Martin | $2,283 | $340 | -85.1% |
| Janet W. Brungardt | $211 | $338 | 60.2% |
| George A. Davis | $1,700 | $338 | -80.1% |
| Lori Suzanne Seagraves | $2,305 | $332 | -85.6% |
| Kenneth R. Bridges | $1,917 | $331 | -82.7% |
| Terri Camille Parker | $2,509 | $329 | -86.9% |
| Michael Gordon | $3,475 | $328 | -90.6% |
| Steven G. Arnold | $1,122 | $322 | -71.3% |
| Blake D Elston Trust | $132 | $311 | 135.6% |
| Marcus Lingerfelt | $1,410 | $310 | -78% |
| Tim Garmon | $2,759 | $308 | -88.8% |
| Shannon Jackson | $1,277 | $298 | -76.7% |
| Steve Hale | $1,760 | $294 | -83.3% |
| William David Power Sr. | $1,988 | $287 | -85.6% |
| Lydia Kate Baxter | $1,067 | $272 | -74.5% |
| Terry Swain | $1,312 | $263 | -80% |
| William B. Adams | $1,023 | $262 | -74.4% |
| Martin Eugene Wilson Jr. | $0 | $260 | -- |
| C. H. Campbell Jr. | $1,243 | $260 | -79.1% |
| Edward Adams | $2,167 | $258 | -88.1% |
| Stan W. Davis | $1,111 | $252 | -77.3% |
| Kimberly McGhee | $528 | $243 | -54% |
| Leon Harold Pettyjohn | $1,287 | $235 | -81.7% |
| Cain Finch | $732 | $204 | -72.1% |
| Gloria Guest | $213 | $186 | -12.7% |
| Cutler Finch | $886 | $180 | -79.7% |
| Holly Suzanne Mock | $24 | $176 | 633.3% |
| Diana Ross | $1,166 | $169 | -85.5% |
| Adam Murphy | $704 | $169 | -76% |
| Tony Embrick | $775 | $160 | -79.4% |
| Bert Carithers | $1,212 | $156 | -87.1% |
| Jack Harrison | $925 | $155 | -83.2% |
| Jackie Laverne Allen | $825 | $142 | -82.8% |
| Samuel A. Edwards | $1,060 | $59 | -94.4% |
| Bret Wilkinson | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia D. Beck | $11,892 | $0 | -100% |
| Horace P. Minish | $3,591 | $0 | -100% |
| J & S Cattle Farms, LLC | $3,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Jann M. Turner | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry J. Beck | $595 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny R. Minish | $5,032 | $0 | -100% |
| Kay Ayers | $218 | $0 | -100% |
| Manuel Huizar | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Ledford | $13,141 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha A. Floyd | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| Melanie Ingram | $24 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Todd Haagen | $1,130 | $0 | -100% |
| Moira McCallister | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert H. Rogers | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Royce Brown | $496 | $0 | -100% |
| Royce M. Cash | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| The Veggie Patch at Bouchard Farms, LLC | $724 | $0 | -100% |
| W. A. Barnett | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Wretha Nell Wheeler | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Annie R. Millick | $771 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Gail Wallace Wright | $268 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory A. Millick | $771 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Pearson | $376 | $0 | -100% |
| Angela Crews | $1,488 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn Ault | $777 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Roncadori | $3,355 | $0 | -100% |
| Marsha Fields | $2,509 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert O. Wilkins Jr. | $596 | $0 | -100% |
| Stacey Hanley | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Benton | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Mathis | $3,445 | $0 | -100% |
| Heather Hart | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Owen Burdette | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily F. Lyle | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Lathem Family Farms | $654,395 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Montgomery | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel R. Chapman | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,580,530 | $1,337,622 | -48.2% |
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