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In 2021, 244 farmers in cities within Grenada County received a total of $1.8 million in 333 farm subsidies, a 59.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.5 million in 548 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 Grenada County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey & Sons | $623,242 | $212,046 | -66% |
| Bailey & Sons West | $420,066 | $104,344 | -75.2% |
| Sunnyside Planting Company | $180,364 | $101,576 | -43.7% |
| Tommy & David Hayward Partnership | $494,922 | $101,172 | -79.6% |
| Thomas S. Usry | $109,394 | $77,748 | -28.9% |
| Robinson Farms Partnership | $169,871 | $67,636 | -60.2% |
| Bobo Farms | $148,743 | $66,110 | -55.6% |
| Rusty Mims | $100,191 | $56,281 | -43.8% |
| Harrison Logging, Inc. | $2,773 | $55,869 | 1,914.7% |
| Thomas Steven Stoker | $122,256 | $53,489 | -56.2% |
| Ligon Farms PTR | $40,166 | $39,086 | -2.7% |
| Robert Gary Clanton | $122,676 | $37,636 | -69.3% |
| Bradley Kyle Mills | $216,419 | $37,376 | -82.7% |
| Jack T. Willis Jr. | $56,343 | $37,253 | -33.9% |
| Kimberly H. McWhorter | $34,296 | $31,506 | -8.1% |
| Deloach Brothers Farms | $68,227 | $31,457 | -53.9% |
| Cannon Kirk | $338,591 | $29,439 | -91.3% |
| Thomas Land and Conservation, LLC | $0 | $22,638 | -- |
| Triple S Farms | $0 | $21,520 | -- |
| First Ditch Farm | $13,676 | $20,853 | 52.5% |
| Brent Brasher | $29,651 | $19,730 | -33.5% |
| Marvin T. Mims | $76,858 | $18,612 | -75.8% |
| Wanda Deloach | $16,047 | $16,047 | 0% |
| THT Farms, LLC | $48,357 | $15,544 | -67.9% |
| Dubard Farm, Inc. | $14,064 | $14,064 | 0% |
| Biddy Land Management Company, LLC | $13,931 | $13,931 | 0% |
| Ricky Fly | $13,774 | $13,774 | 0% |
| Linda M. Deloach | $13,629 | $13,629 | 0% |
| Alex Holland | $9,024 | $12,691 | 40.6% |
| Harry Lott | $12,594 | $12,559 | -0.3% |
| Shirley C. Gillon | $4,053 | $12,337 | 204.4% |
| Tara C. Deloach | $10,701 | $10,701 | 0% |
| Eva F. Clanton | $22,513 | $10,607 | -52.9% |
| Karl Juchheim | $10,994 | $10,567 | -3.9% |
| Timothy S. McCullough | $1,789 | $9,427 | 426.9% |
| Beaver Hut Properties | $9,385 | $9,385 | 0% |
| Rebecca S. Hobgood | $11,261 | $9,353 | -16.9% |
| Regions Bank | $35,298 | $9,261 | -73.8% |
| Mccurdy Riverside Farms, LLC | $9,182 | $9,182 | 0% |
| Vance Farms | $8,562 | $8,559 | -0% |
| Sweethome Planting LP | $50,086 | $8,270 | -83.5% |
| Security Investment Trust | $11,683 | $8,038 | -31.2% |
| Grass Field Farm | $7,647 | $7,647 | 0% |
| Dale Deloach | $6,848 | $6,848 | 0% |
| Daniel K. Plunkett | $18,791 | $6,576 | -65% |
| FLY Timber Company | $6,400 | $6,354 | -0.7% |
| Dennie K. Spence | $27,159 | $6,327 | -76.7% |
| Ed Crook | $7,113 | $6,313 | -11.2% |
| David Hartley | $15,405 | $5,999 | -61.1% |
| DDH, LLC | $5,533 | $5,535 | 0% |
| Laura E. Adkins | $5,457 | $5,457 | 0% |
| Billy F. Collins | $5,059 | $5,062 | 0.1% |
| Lyle V. Corey Jr. | $5,144 | $4,911 | -4.5% |
| Ray Branscome | $18,579 | $4,807 | -74.1% |
| Ronald G. Selby | $4,752 | $4,753 | 0% |
| Kathy Ann Branscome Nipper | $7,444 | $4,712 | -36.7% |
| Gene Farris | $4,032 | $4,706 | 16.7% |
| Andrew P and Patricia N Smith Revocable Trust | $8,064 | $4,496 | -44.2% |
| Robert Taylor Gordon III | $270 | $4,277 | 1,484.1% |
| Ez Ice, LLC | $4,213 | $4,213 | 0% |
| Hubert D. Anderson | $19,789 | $4,171 | -78.9% |
| William G. Branscome Jr. | $3,300 | $3,854 | 16.8% |
| Terry L. Welch | $15,392 | $3,817 | -75.2% |
| Barbara A. Campbell | $5,302 | $3,816 | -28% |
| Paul L. Gray | $14,186 | $3,734 | -73.7% |
| James B. Taylor Jr. | $8,222 | $3,699 | -55% |
| Hayes Branscome | $476 | $3,672 | 671.4% |
| Julian Scott Kirk Sr. | $3,614 | $3,614 | 0% |
| David Chandler | $7,035 | $3,553 | -49.5% |
| Richard Dean Cash | $3,465 | $3,465 | 0% |
| Patricia Ann Morgan | $3,378 | $3,378 | 0% |
| Jerry Windham | $15,057 | $3,360 | -77.7% |
| William Michael Barr | $11,356 | $3,185 | -72% |
| Brenda D. Bankston | $3,024 | $3,024 | 0% |
| James P. Vance | $2,988 | $2,988 | 0% |
| Carrie B. Clark | $3,538 | $2,981 | -15.7% |
| Lewis J. Morgan | $18,554 | $2,916 | -84.3% |
| Susan McGilvra | $2,883 | $2,883 | 0% |
| Robert L. Jenkins | $3,356 | $2,820 | -16% |
| Cindy McCoy | $2,148 | $2,817 | 31.1% |
| Donald R. Lea | $2,230 | $2,777 | 24.5% |
| Haley P. Biddy | $2,587 | $2,755 | 6.5% |
| Thomas Massey Jr. | $9,702 | $2,741 | -71.7% |
| Margaret M. Davis | $2,703 | $2,703 | 0% |
| Chad Gray | $12,073 | $2,658 | -78% |
| Debra M. Bailey | $2,615 | $2,615 | 0% |
| Claude D. Dorris Jr. | $2,605 | $2,605 | 0% |
| Kenneth Frank Weir | $2,207 | $2,519 | 14.1% |
| Robert L. Andrews Jr. | $7,440 | $2,497 | -66.4% |
| Hubert B. Liles | $2,355 | $2,447 | 3.9% |
| John Allen | $2,426 | $2,426 | 0% |
| Young Brothers, LLC | $0 | $2,354 | -- |
| Benjy Howard | $2,294 | $2,294 | 0% |
| Sultan Farms, LLC | $5,058 | $2,174 | -57% |
| Irene E. Ferguson | $6,439 | $2,172 | -66.3% |
| Charles Pyron | $2,167 | $2,167 | 0% |
| William B. James | $2,791 | $2,117 | -24.1% |
| Bobby Vance | $10,494 | $2,094 | -80% |
| Glen N. Taylor | $7,311 | $2,089 | -71.4% |
| Darren Harrison | $9,823 | $2,080 | -78.8% |
| Lori Hodges | $0 | $2,072 | -- |
| James Ray Mitchell | $3,841 | $1,950 | -49.2% |
| Melvin L. Ross | $1,909 | $1,909 | 0% |
| Lee Harrison | $1,900 | $1,900 | 0% |
| Kyle Wilson | $19,488 | $1,880 | -90.4% |
| Lloyd B. Sivley | $6,620 | $1,869 | -71.8% |
| Samuel W. Massey | $10,660 | $1,828 | -82.9% |
| Tyler Crouch | $5,115 | $1,794 | -64.9% |
| June P. Sultan | $1,786 | $1,786 | 0% |
| Spencer Williams | $1,735 | $1,735 | 0% |
| Charles D. Blakely | $1,720 | $1,720 | 0% |
| ERS, Inc. | $1,677 | $1,677 | 0% |
| John M. King | $1,677 | $1,677 | 0% |
| Jane P. Love | $2,291 | $1,608 | -29.8% |
| Colby Heath Sultan | $6,160 | $1,578 | -74.4% |
| Marshall Estes | $6,985 | $1,558 | -77.7% |
| Purvis Lane | $1,555 | $1,555 | 0% |
| Celeste Goodson | $1,545 | $1,545 | 0% |
| James R. Bowers | $7,337 | $1,544 | -79% |
| Donnie Sultan | $6,116 | $1,527 | -75% |
| Melanie S Gousset | $1,516 | $1,516 | 0% |
| Jean S. Shaw | $1,511 | $1,511 | 0% |
| Steve Clark | $5,429 | $1,507 | -72.2% |
| John D. Sivley | $0 | $1,504 | -- |
| Ann N. Woods | $5,677 | $1,502 | -73.5% |
| Richard L. Mabry | $8,866 | $1,454 | -83.6% |
| Jean B. Fly | $0 | $1,445 | -- |
| Terry W. Hutchins | $2,013 | $1,421 | -29.4% |
| Mallory C. Tilghman | $1,404 | $1,403 | -0.1% |
| Edgar Austin II | $1,912 | $1,401 | -26.7% |
| C. W. Rose | $1,398 | $1,397 | -0.1% |
| Adam B. Harbin | $1,331 | $1,331 | 0% |
| Tommie Burkhalter | $5,677 | $1,290 | -77.3% |
| Philip G. Poovey | $1,298 | $1,258 | -3.1% |
| David Campbell | $3,137 | $1,252 | -60.1% |
| Judy McRee | $0 | $1,246 | -- |
| William Jason Hames | $4,301 | $1,227 | -71.5% |
| Karen Watkins Plunkett | $1,220 | $1,220 | 0% |
| Benji Hayward | $5,472 | $1,177 | -78.5% |
| Melinda T. Allen | $0 | $1,148 | -- |
| Jacob A. Crouch | $679 | $1,109 | 63.3% |
| Mitchell Farms | $0 | $1,108 | -- |
| Joshua Bradley Branscome | $7,236 | $1,100 | -84.8% |
| Melissa S. Swearengen | $1,086 | $1,086 | 0% |
| Robert T. Harris | $5,668 | $1,066 | -81.2% |
| Patrick Myrell Yates | $3,839 | $1,044 | -72.8% |
| W B Hunt Farms, LLC | $1,011 | $1,011 | 0% |
| Michael L. Lott | $4,994 | $1,000 | -80% |
| Ramon Pierce | $92 | $959 | 942.4% |
| Patti Howard | $937 | $937 | 0% |
| Beatrice T. Collins | $684 | $923 | 34.9% |
| Lethal H Voyles | $632 | $913 | 44.5% |
| Charlotte Howell | $913 | $913 | 0% |
| Willie C. Liddell | $2,915 | $910 | -68.8% |
| Lucretia P. Gillon | $879 | $879 | 0% |
| Wayne A. Stoker | $7,534 | $871 | -88.4% |
| Harrison Farm, LLC | $858 | $858 | 0% |
| Geraldine P. Wells | $2,767 | $835 | -69.8% |
| Don Pyron | $704 | $831 | 18% |
| Andrew Nobile | $6,101 | $827 | -86.4% |
| Teresa Fansler | $817 | $817 | 0% |
| Jeremy McCormick | $4,175 | $809 | -80.6% |
| Sam Gillon | $0 | $804 | -- |
| Paxton King | $4,081 | $772 | -81.1% |
| Myra Tims | $769 | $769 | 0% |
| Darren Clayton Hood | $742 | $742 | 0% |
| Archie T. England | $562 | $729 | 29.7% |
| Fred Ruth | $727 | $727 | 0% |
| Napoleon Woodson | $3,212 | $716 | -77.7% |
| Leland G. Neely III | $2,453 | $707 | -71.2% |
| Jimmy Peeples | $3,410 | $698 | -79.5% |
| Jema Properties, LLC | $694 | $694 | 0% |
| W. E. McAdams | $668 | $668 | 0% |
| Kathryn F. Allen | $828 | $659 | -20.4% |
| Donald Crouch | $2,574 | $654 | -74.6% |
| Michael Albert Leflore | $4,870 | $653 | -86.6% |
| Charles Larry Patton | $2,697 | $651 | -75.9% |
| Charles L. Miles Jr. | $2,160 | $645 | -70.1% |
| Jackie Worsham | $644 | $644 | 0% |
| Donald Vance | $0 | $636 | -- |
| Gary R. Little | $625 | $625 | 0% |
| Francis Williams | $2,811 | $622 | -77.9% |
| Nyree Jarrell | $608 | $608 | 0% |
| Charles E. Hitt Jr. | $43,738 | $586 | -98.7% |
| Terry H. Toole Sr. | $4,834 | $584 | -87.9% |
| Julie C. Mixon | $572 | $572 | 0% |
| David W. Love | $0 | $566 | -- |
| Marty Ohlis | $558 | $558 | 0% |
| Carolyn M. Pierce | $36 | $554 | 1,438.9% |
| Armstrong Investments, LLC | $546 | $546 | 0% |
| John G. Green | $0 | $541 | -- |
| Billy Brasher | $29,074 | $539 | -98.1% |
| Sheree G. Taylor | $526 | $526 | 0% |
| Earnest C. Gadd | $990 | $518 | -47.7% |
| Christine S. Howe | $510 | $510 | 0% |
| Carolyn Case | $507 | $507 | 0% |
| Alesia Shields | $492 | $492 | 0% |
| Brandon C. Simmons | $2,224 | $492 | -77.9% |
| Chris McClain | $2,167 | $488 | -77.5% |
| Steve Durham | $0 | $476 | -- |
| Scott Moss | $2,357 | $466 | -80.2% |
| Stephen A. Marter Jr. | $1,331 | $462 | -65.3% |
| Vicki Moreland Gray | $459 | $459 | 0% |
| Dorothy Clark | $447 | $447 | 0% |
| James Dinkelacker | $1,705 | $436 | -74.4% |
| Gloria H. Gatlin | $462 | $432 | -6.5% |
| Stan Ferguson | $1,747 | $422 | -75.8% |
| Joyce England | $562 | $417 | -25.8% |
| Monroe McCormick Jr. | $417 | $417 | 0% |
| Pamela Rounsaville | $417 | $417 | 0% |
| Leresa L Prewitt | $396 | $396 | 0% |
| Johnny L. Winters | $389 | $389 | 0% |
| Foursuns Enterprises, LLC | $1,485 | $370 | -75.1% |
| Steve Fowler | $1,782 | $367 | -79.4% |
| Loyd E. Smart | $2,235 | $353 | -84.2% |
| Paul W. Harrison | $224 | $351 | 56.7% |
| Alisha Marie Grantham-Villasenor | $337 | $337 | 0% |
| Brandon Lee Haley | $2,571 | $332 | -87.1% |
| Arma Glyn Martin | $837 | $319 | -61.9% |
| Amos Jeffrey Johnson | $1,568 | $315 | -79.9% |
| William G. Haley | $2,538 | $315 | -87.6% |
| James R. Graves | $2,516 | $312 | -87.6% |
| Varna Duranne Parr | $312 | $312 | 0% |
| Sylvia B. White | $973 | $300 | -69.2% |
| Sandra J. Yates | $186 | $294 | 58.1% |
| Katharine Pratt | $0 | $286 | -- |
| James H. Young | $1,199 | $280 | -76.6% |
| Patti Smith | $280 | $280 | 0% |
| Matthew S Ohlis | $279 | $279 | 0% |
| Joe E. Cobbs | $267 | $267 | 0% |
| Charles H. Vance | $847 | $254 | -70% |
| Kenneth W. Campbell | $154 | $245 | 59.1% |
| Maxine E. Hayes | $562 | $209 | -62.8% |
| Janice M. Godbold | $198 | $198 | 0% |
| Stephan W. Howell | $592 | $190 | -67.9% |
| Alice F Marascalco | $170 | $187 | 10% |
| Ben McElwrath Jr. | $130 | $130 | 0% |
| Elmer Grant Blakely | $249 | $113 | -54.6% |
| Dianne Turner | $227 | $105 | -53.7% |
| Delores B. Scarborough | $178 | $77 | -56.7% |
| Deborah P. Montgomery | $213 | $74 | -65.3% |
| Joel D. Branscome Jr. | $998 | $73 | -92.7% |
| Shirley Hendricks | $122 | $52 | -57.4% |
| Alfred Riley Lindsey | $237 | $4 | -98.3% |
| Andrea B. Davis | $543 | $0 | -100% |
| B & W Trading, LLC | $3,520 | $0 | -100% |
| Brad Kilgore | $72 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W. Jones | $688 | $0 | -100% |
| Felecia King | $173 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard R. Harrell | $2,804 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack S. McRee | $1,248 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean S. Moss | $293 | $0 | -100% |
| John S. Renfro | $2,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy W. Carroll | $418 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Harrison | $1,700 | $0 | -100% |
| Kirk Clements | $769 | $0 | -100% |
| Lattra C Britt | $420 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewis Creek Farms | $3,110 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynda Clements | $448 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael D. McKibben | $151 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Miles | $636 | $0 | -100% |
| Queda Denley | $485 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne McPhail | $670 | $0 | -100% |
| William J. Woods | $1,481 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Frazier | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Alyne P Mcdaniel | $600 | $0 | -100% |
| Andy White | $1,115 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin Charles Brasher | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Claudie E. Williams | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Gene Scott Horton | $1,391 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Braswell | $508 | $0 | -100% |
| Rose Marie Caulder | $1,696 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,478,158 | $1,805,273 | -59.7% |
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