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Farm subsidies plummet in 2021 across cities in Holmes County

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Farms throughout cities in Holmes County received $7.9 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 329 farmers in cities within Holmes County received a total of $6 million in 483 farm subsidies, a 57% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $13.9 million in 846 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 Holmes County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Egypt Planting Company III$849,018$306,265-63.9%
Little Omega Farms$868,930$288,693-66.8%
Wyatt Farms$337,774$241,540-28.5%
K and K Farms$506,263$213,950-57.7%
Triple D Planting Company II$505,183$198,838-60.6%
Buck Harris Planting Company$542,350$180,310-66.8%
Bryant Parrish Farms PTNR$432,578$169,951-60.7%
Horseshoe Joint Venture$493,898$165,152-66.6%
R & T Hutton$358,007$164,807-54%
Thomas Farms$498,546$152,839-69.3%
Oneal Planting Company$448,777$142,828-68.2%
T & K Farms$307,194$133,444-56.6%
Larry Killebrew Farms$348,049$132,932-61.8%
Ashton Planting Company$414,433$124,403-70%
Humphrey Farms$122,032$122,0320%
Chenoah Planting$319,561$118,572-62.9%
G & M Biggers Farm$259,087$101,571-60.8%
Waye Farms$248,918$97,181-61%
George Allen Dodd$64,662$81,16025.5%
Murtagh Farms$150,995$77,809-48.5%
Jay Mcbride Planting Company$33,800$76,959127.7%
Donald Farms$209,250$76,592-63.4%
Cotton Creek Farms$167,041$73,486-56%
P & S Farms Partnership$212,935$70,211-67%
Howard Farms$173,032$68,939-60.2%
W & S Farms$214,651$68,083-68.3%
Logan Planting Company$170,957$66,868-60.9%
Allen Jerome Farms$223,687$66,607-70.2%
Ronnie Brown Farm, LLC$155,927$62,564-59.9%
T & P Agriculturalist$162,978$61,189-62.5%
Seneasha Planting Company$177,327$57,404-67.6%
Darrell Green$143,864$56,343-60.8%
R M E Logging, Inc.$0$52,875--
Tri-T Trucking, LLC$0$52,875--
Terry Wilson Logging, LLC$0$52,875--
Woods and Long Trucking, LLC$100,431$52,683-47.5%
Gregory Ragland$50,000$50,0000%
Lehman Land & Timber North, LLC$50,000$50,0000%
Robert Lee Thompson III$110,316$49,712-54.9%
Lehman Land & Timber East, LLC$49,663$49,6630%
Lehman Land & Timber South, LLC$46,965$46,9650%
Nolan H. Oreilly III$152,600$44,981-70.5%
Clanton and Diggs Partners$267,242$43,885-83.6%
Double J. Farms$81,231$43,175-46.8%
Pierce Farms$124,708$43,163-65.4%
Bryant Parrish$54,880$42,377-22.8%
Glenn D. Miller$41,686$41,144-1.3%
Edwards Trucking, LLC$0$40,801--
Hayes Oreilly$145,765$40,291-72.4%
Seth Hutton$81,062$38,693-52.3%
Lonnie B. Meeks Sr.$0$38,041--
Johnny T. Murtagh$86,088$34,166-60.3%
Eddy Murtagh$86,097$34,166-60.3%
Walter E. Diggs III$35,066$30,256-13.7%
4 P Cattle, LLC$146,042$29,774-79.6%
Head of the Island, LLC$28,520$28,5200%
Elizabeth K. Padgett$25,644$27,5587.5%
Marvin O'reilly Farms$80,990$26,755-67%
H. L. Nichols III$24,543$24,5430%
Waye Watkins$41,568$23,132-44.4%
Joseph W. Guess$8,154$22,830180%
Nancy K. Lowe$22,652$22,6520%
Zeigler Brothers$77,039$21,344-72.3%
Shannon Greer$46,631$18,889-59.5%
Milton Parrish$21,368$18,843-11.8%
John W Barrett Legacy Trust$0$15,719--
Virginia B. Branch$24,266$15,499-36.1%
S. D. G. Hutton Jr.$10,292$15,06746.4%
Frederick H. Branch$26,272$14,882-43.4%
Clara Ann Bufkin$14,763$14,7630%
Mary Elizabeth Diggs$14,664$14,6640%
Kelvin Smith$38,523$14,453-62.5%
Louise E. Hutton$10,292$13,70633.2%
Webb Oreilly$41,252$13,264-67.8%
Romeo Delta Planting Company, LLC$32,422$13,158-59.4%
David T. Slack Jr.$6,804$12,93090%
Herman Williams$24,144$11,773-51.2%
Jay Murtagh$30,433$11,740-61.4%
Willie B. McCrory Jr.$11,626$11,223-3.5%
Betty M. Carroll$10,950$10,9500%
Little Bee Lake Farms, LLC$24,773$10,035-59.5%
Paul Marshall McCain$22,154$9,213-58.4%
Barrett Brothers$9,165$9,1650%
Suzanne Cade$9,148$9,1480%
Sam D. Sample$11,335$8,832-22.1%
Thomas E. Barrentine$18,737$8,696-53.6%
J & P Farms$51,304$8,312-83.8%
Sheryll M. Murtagh$7,785$7,7850%
Ann P. Long$7,670$7,6700%
James T. Harmon$13,443$7,660-43%
Phillip Jerome Fouche' Jr.$7,346$7,3460%
Dennis K. Dean$28,336$7,332-74.1%
Jerry Crawford$19,628$7,189-63.4%
William Frankie Hughes$10,412$7,161-31.2%
Anfernee D Meeks$0$7,132--
Jamie T. Moore$7,017$6,963-0.8%
Calvin Steven Suggs$6,733$6,7330%
Carlton Aldridge$6,649$6,6490%
John Mark O'Neal Logging$0$6,648--
Cleveland D. Dixon$11,432$6,385-44.1%
Otis Anderson$14,734$6,050-58.9%
Marvin G. Oreilly$10,844$6,046-44.2%
Dewayne Cade$2,407$5,929146.3%
William F. Tate$6,047$5,784-4.3%
Ann Cotten Davis$6,499$5,651-13%
Cleveland A. Hart$19,694$5,543-71.9%
Lynn T. Hathcock$5,811$5,381-7.4%
Sara T. McLellan$5,811$5,381-7.4%
Rashard Brown$1,431$5,362274.7%
Gaul, Inc.$5,338$5,3380%
Marshall Holt Smith$7,647$5,301-30.7%
Sylvia J. Montgomery$5,301$5,3010%
Pamela H. Collins$5,299$5,2990%
Matthew B. Meeks$14,389$5,217-63.7%
Steven K. Edwards$6,733$5,043-25.1%
Jimmie Leigh Chisolm$5,306$4,889-7.9%
Faye Wilson$3,021$4,86561%
Patrick Audrey Blanden$3,058$4,66852.6%
Patsy Rogers$5,634$4,646-17.5%
Nancy Spell$4,719$4,620-2.1%
Henry Anderson$2,079$4,521117.5%
Robert F. Hammett$4,000$4,51913%
Jason Weeks$14,191$4,447-68.7%
Beth W. Ramage$4,445$4,4450%
Jerome Farms$4,140$4,1400%
Odell Randle$0$4,073--
A&M Stevens LP$4,051$4,0510%
Todd Wilson$4,694$3,741-20.3%
Phillip Chisolm$13,607$3,692-72.9%
Jacqueline M. Holleman$3,629$3,6290%
Don A. Wynne$3,599$3,5990%
John H. Emrich III$2,886$3,57523.9%
Wanda W. Henderson$3,493$3,4930%
Andy Nail$6,315$3,474-45%
Juanita S. Parkinson$4,785$3,360-29.8%
David Bufkin$12,943$3,359-74%
Mark W. Havens$14,264$3,279-77%
John Henderson$3,378$3,272-3.1%
Peggy W. Killebrew$2,977$3,2338.6%
Calvin Brownlow$19,272$3,220-83.3%
Howard Roberts Jr.$8,547$3,128-63.4%
Glencoe & Murphy, LLC$3,101$3,1010%
William B. Russell$3,048$3,030-0.6%
Hood's High Hopes Farm, LLC$10,584$3,010-71.6%
Carol Ratliff$4,194$2,997-28.5%
Thomas G. Griffin$2,970$2,9700%
Michael E. Campbell$2,940$2,9400%
Smithson Farms, LLC$2,904$2,9040%
Elaine Flemming$2,775$2,7750%
Carol H. Barton$2,775$2,7750%
Brenard Mckinney SR$11,624$2,730-76.5%
Derrick L. Scott$4,947$2,703-45.4%
James A. Boyette$10,494$2,664-74.6%
Winnie J. Everhart$15,461$2,574-83.4%
Jessie & Ollie Mae Harmon Family Land Trust$2,400$2,4000%
John F. McCrory$10,889$2,309-78.8%
Hart Foundation Farms, Inc.$9,713$2,297-76.4%
W. S. Billingslea$4,648$2,273-51.1%
Edsel Fisher$0$2,151--
Sid Upshaw$2,095$2,0950%
Barry Bridgforth$0$2,056--
Tommy Watkins$3,789$2,055-45.8%
Danny Holt$9,944$2,034-79.5%
Dennis H. Ratliff Jr.$2,022$2,0220%
Pat Hood$7,533$1,990-73.6%
Sanford Randle$7,205$1,940-73.1%
Hammett Development Partnership, LLC$1,839$1,8390%
Larry W. Killebrew$7,623$1,811-76.2%
Stephen T. Diggs$1,713$1,8095.6%
Sidney L. Sheppard$7,403$1,792-75.8%
Mansfield Greer$13,215$1,765-86.6%
Hugh William Floyd Jr.$5,983$1,747-70.8%
H. B. Lacy$7,058$1,741-75.3%
Jerry Fisher$275$1,734530.5%
Jerry Fisher$275$1,734530.5%
Carla D. Garrett$6,281$1,701-72.9%
Franklin Haywood$4,995$1,656-66.8%
Willie Dudley$1,654$1,640-0.8%
John B. McBride$1,628$1,6280%
R. L. Burrell$0$1,585--
Jonathan C. Tate$0$1,584--
Byron C. Porter$3,861$1,580-59.1%
Homer Troy Miller$1,561$1,5610%
Robert L. Glover$6,897$1,550-77.5%
James H. Arnold Jr.$1,545$1,5450%
Travis Putnam$1,966$1,544-21.5%
Vaiden-West Farm Company, LLC$12,430$1,517-87.8%
Bruce G. Courts$9,163$1,493-83.7%
Mary E. Partain$4,826$1,477-69.4%
Randy Langford$5,868$1,466-75%
Jimmy M. Bruce$6,466$1,460-77.4%
Janawa Mccaskill$6,600$1,399-78.8%
E. W. Hooker Jr.$1,236$1,39713%
O. H. Hooker$1,236$1,39713%
Tammie J. Burrell$5,986$1,331-77.8%
Paul R. Padgett$7,681$1,306-83%
Double K. Ranch$7,013$1,300-81.5%
Colereginald Patton$3,784$1,294-65.8%
Cody Gene Giles$4,950$1,268-74.4%
Travis Burrell$4,612$1,232-73.3%
Ronnie Whitfield$6,742$1,199-82.2%
William Aaron Snell$1,172$1,1720%
Wayne Watkins$1,156$1,1560%
Antoine J. Helm$3,542$1,104-68.8%
Derrick Deon Washington$6,782$1,087-84%
Danny J. Johnson$4,081$1,080-73.5%
J. M. Drennan III$3,091$1,070-65.4%
Leslie Lewis$3,443$1,057-69.3%
Nan W. Copeland$1,040$1,0400%
Lenard D. Anderson$2,145$1,025-52.2%
Kelvin Jordan$4,695$1,018-78.3%
L. C. Williams$5,094$1,006-80.3%
Prentiss I. Guyton$7,403$972-86.9%
Frederick Benson$2,046$967-52.7%
James K. Cobbins$7,727$951-87.7%
Jessica Lepard$4,222$951-77.5%
Frank Weems$5,934$951-84%
Arthur Saffold$4,004$927-76.8%
Jack Leathers$3,828$912-76.2%
John Eddie Meeks Jr.$627$89242.3%
Lee A. Manning$0$880--
Richard Dickard$3,518$872-75.2%
Tanda S. Saxton$4,800$834-82.6%
Nancy F. Barrett$808$8080%
Elton Williams$2,992$792-73.5%
Edward E. Coats$2,684$791-70.5%
Dale R. McBride$1,958$778-60.3%
Eddie Smith Jr.$1,518$765-49.6%
Daniel E. Gove$1,347$728-46%
Marcea E Green$3,003$722-76%
Jimmy Rigby$721$7210%
Kenneth A. Killebrew$2,992$702-76.5%
Carmon L. Gill$2,926$702-76%
Patricia Ann Slack$698$6980%
Limuel Dixon$2,101$690-67.2%
Earline W. Malone$2,794$689-75.3%
Matthew L. Riley$5,870$666-88.7%
Terry Moore$2,398$654-72.7%
Ronnie E. Herod$2,541$645-74.6%
Cham Blain$616$6160%
Shirley Neal III$2,420$612-74.7%
Cobbins Boyz Farm, LLC$3,322$611-81.6%
Horace L. Anderson$33,941$606-98.2%
Thomas C. Adams$601$6010%
Frankie B. Farmer$592$5920%
Joe E. Evans$2,420$588-75.7%
Billy R. Jenkins Jr.$2,002$583-70.9%
Charlyne Jones$0$581--
Don P. Garrison$2,387$574-76%
Alfredo Randle$2,266$571-74.8%
Terry K. Wade$3,351$569-83%
David Dillon$2,770$561-79.7%
Christopher S. Coats$2,768$552-80.1%
Joey T. Netherland Jr.$3,457$543-84.3%
Jessie J. Wilson$521$5210%
Tony Anderson$1,650$518-68.6%
William David Ratliff$2,772$500-82%
Robert Alexander$2,420$495-79.5%
Howard Price Jr.$1,441$490-66%
Jason Blake$1,584$484-69.4%
Reese McCain$2,431$484-80.1%
Jon Scott Garrett$1,848$465-74.8%
Willie Rule Jr.$2,370$464-80.4%
Timothy Stewart$2,629$456-82.7%
Lem R. Bufkin$1,543$438-71.6%
Jerry W. Burrell$1,592$433-72.8%
Louis Ferrell$1,463$432-70.5%
Terrance D. Wade$4,252$432-89.8%
Lynda Irby$429$4290%
William L. Alexander$209$418100%
Ralph Alexander$209$418100%
Lillie C. Melton$1,782$414-76.8%
Julius C. Sample$1,452$408-71.9%
Jennifer Jordan-Blanden$1,034$403-61%
Carolyn S. Tate$235$40271.1%
William L. Spell Jr.$1,705$394-76.9%
Sammy Harrell$1,100$386-64.9%
Leon C. Greer$0$385--
Bobby Burrell$2,046$384-81.2%
Helen F. Pierce$1,364$380-72.1%
Arthur Dixson$1,287$363-71.8%
Thad Killebrew$1,243$362-70.9%
Chriss H. Howard$359$3590%
Bryan W. Killebrew$1,782$357-80%
Gayvelle Redmond$240$34845%
Wilna B. Geans$231$34750.2%
William B. Davis$1,375$345-74.9%
James Young$1,155$345-70.1%
James Grady Ables$0$342--
Robert R. Dickard$2,623$339-87.1%
William Terry Ables$2,530$337-86.7%
John B. Allen$1,298$334-74.3%
Walter Jordan Jr.$1,122$328-70.8%
Jeremy Curtis Floyd$1,639$315-80.8%
Trent Fleming$979$300-69.4%
Walter Randle Jr.$1,309$290-77.8%
Ann Edwards$594$284-52.2%
Randy C. Henderson$0$278--
Robert G. Clark$891$269-69.8%
Edward Saffold$968$262-72.9%
Dedrick Dawson$2,415$259-89.3%
J. D. Harmon$825$259-68.6%
Maurice Washington$1,320$259-80.4%
Anthony T. Cook$891$252-71.7%
W. T. Roby$817$236-71.1%
Rodger Russell$1,276$235-81.6%
Richard Fisher Sr.$759$214-71.8%
James L. Cowans III$748$190-74.6%
Drennan Word$1,647$187-88.6%
John A. Branch$913$186-79.6%
Eddie L. Johnson$642$185-71.2%
Roy Anderson$864$172-80.1%
Eduardo Delaney Jr.$982$166-83.1%
Perry Earl Harris$462$162-64.9%
Barbara S. Gray$158$1580%
Walter Jordan$770$142-81.6%
Ja'quel Price$330$132-60%
Michael H. Robinson$513$126-75.4%
Brenard Mckinney JR$880$121-86.3%
Justin D. Smith$880$121-86.3%
Lillie V. McKinney$880$121-86.3%
Rosie Lee Neal$396$121-69.4%
Leroy Gibson$0$110--
Sidney Randle$706$108-84.7%
Sallie R. Brooks$220$86-60.9%
Lenwood Genous JR$165$86-47.9%
Jay McBride$80,760$73-99.9%
Sharon Denice Garvis$3,474$66-98.1%
Mike Meeks$2,066$30-98.5%
Wayne Self$3,060$0-100%
Glyen Holmes$36,342$0-100%
Patti C. Hardacre$2,090$0-100%
Anthony Sean Hester$212$0-100%
Darius Randle$1,259$0-100%
Fannie M. Johnson$1,920$0-100%
Francine Jefferson$1,228$0-100%
J. J. Pritchard$1,320$0-100%
John W Barrett Spousal Trust$15,719$0-100%
Juanita P. Smith$3,205$0-100%
Justin D. Word$184$0-100%
Kimberly Clayton$660$0-100%
Vivian Ferrell$330$0-100%
Williams Family Investments LP$327$0-100%
Charles T. Branch$3,600$0-100%
Earnest U. Greer$1,265$0-100%
Earnestine Davis$48$0-100%
Eddie Upshaw$11,407$0-100%
Frances C. Jones$1,553$0-100%
George Anthony Cato$48$0-100%
John Landfair$2,376$0-100%
John Sellers$3,338$0-100%
Michael Sims$825$0-100%
Peter E. Pingrey Jr.$294$0-100%
Richard L. Warren Jr.$935$0-100%
Calvin Head$9,416$0-100%
Cardell Mitchell Sr.$393$0-100%
Jerry Slack$6,126$0-100%
Joseph Anderson$1,960$0-100%
Larry Clanton$8,019$0-100%
Michael Mitchell$1,870$0-100%
Robert Hutton Jr.$8,808$0-100%
Roy L. Brown$19,085$0-100%
Theodore Hudson$3,046$0-100%
Wyatt Farms, LLC$22,897$0-100%
Danny R. Rosamond$825$0-100%
Elaine W. Cade$3,617$0-100%
Samuel Elton and Lynn Alexander Wright Revocable Trust$1,160$0-100%
Stanley E. Ellis$1,592$0-100%
Tyler Shane Giles$1,251$0-100%
Westbank Farms Partnership$7,163$0-100%
William R. Cade$813$0-100%
Total subsidies$13,898,528$5,983,170-57%

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