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In 2021, 285 farmers in cities within Attala County received a total of $1.4 million in 331 farm subsidies, a 15.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.6 million in 533 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 Attala County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldy Farms2 | $223,550 | $105,963 | -52.6% |
| James N. Dunn | $0 | $57,667 | -- |
| Mid MS Land and Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Olive Brothers Timber Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ricky Hill | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Docher Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Granger Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Lenny Sudduth | $0 | $46,967 | -- |
| H & H Farm | $118,007 | $38,481 | -67.4% |
| H E Turnipseed & Sons | $68,161 | $32,191 | -52.8% |
| Veasley Trucking, LLC | $0 | $30,723 | -- |
| Lawrence Farms, LLC | $98,452 | $28,700 | -70.8% |
| Kenneth Truss | $0 | $27,743 | -- |
| Willie C. Winters | $0 | $26,880 | -- |
| Judy W. Crowder | $29,651 | $26,157 | -11.8% |
| George Wesley Hester | $25,170 | $25,170 | 0% |
| Fredrick Cross | $0 | $24,945 | -- |
| Byron C. Nowell | $1,207 | $22,391 | 1,755.1% |
| Henderson Green | $0 | $20,015 | -- |
| Glyn A. Dickerson Jr. | $27,643 | $19,730 | -28.6% |
| Levi Olive | $0 | $19,658 | -- |
| Tony W. Aldy | $19,059 | $19,631 | 3% |
| Sarah S. Wasson | $18,555 | $17,652 | -4.9% |
| Mark P. Atwood | $17,943 | $16,363 | -8.8% |
| John C. Love Jr. | $11,979 | $15,815 | 32% |
| Donald T. Miller | $14,439 | $14,439 | 0% |
| Hudgins Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $13,874 | -- |
| Patricia T. Dodd | $2,977 | $13,130 | 341% |
| James Harland and Fonya Shawn Massey Revocable Trust | $12,378 | $12,378 | 0% |
| W M Whittington Trucking, LLC | $0 | $12,204 | -- |
| Jeremy N. Bell | $11,034 | $11,034 | 0% |
| Hunt II Limited Partnership | $10,902 | $10,902 | 0% |
| Novice M Adams JR | $10,021 | $10,021 | 0% |
| Mcshan Trucking, LLC | $0 | $9,271 | -- |
| Matthew Deon Cade | $3,634 | $9,109 | 150.7% |
| Pamela S. Sills | $14,495 | $9,098 | -37.2% |
| James Travis McBride | $9,075 | $9,075 | 0% |
| Melinda A. McCool | $10,885 | $8,586 | -21.1% |
| R Squared Farm, LLC | $17,185 | $8,297 | -51.7% |
| Dustin Johnson | $67,123 | $7,472 | -88.9% |
| Arthur L. Cook | $7,372 | $7,068 | -4.1% |
| Jeanette Oakes | $11,158 | $6,921 | -38% |
| Eugene P. Windham | $6,631 | $6,631 | 0% |
| Sheri L. Burrell | $6,554 | $6,554 | 0% |
| Daniel Aaron McMillan | $6,728 | $6,532 | -2.9% |
| Maydeen Lee | $6,344 | $6,344 | 0% |
| Murtagh Tree Farms, LLC | $6,318 | $6,318 | 0% |
| Harris E. Turnipseed Jr. | $43,451 | $5,849 | -86.5% |
| Richard Grant Lowe Jr. | $28,966 | $5,788 | -80% |
| Johnny H. R. Sides Jr. | $15,146 | $5,783 | -61.8% |
| Larry Joe Moyer | $14,122 | $5,772 | -59.1% |
| Katherine Black | $5,827 | $5,704 | -2.1% |
| Louis P. Gowan | $5,704 | $5,704 | 0% |
| Roy E. Oliver | $5,381 | $5,381 | 0% |
| Nona M. Horne | $4,906 | $4,906 | 0% |
| Bobby D. Bell | $17,666 | $4,773 | -73% |
| Dwight Roberts | $4,856 | $4,700 | -3.2% |
| Brian K. Cain | $4,732 | $4,652 | -1.7% |
| Richard I. Gowan | $7,164 | $4,634 | -35.3% |
| Patricia H. Aldy | $4,530 | $4,530 | 0% |
| Clifford F Barber JR | $4,464 | $4,464 | 0% |
| William Dwayne Cochran | $4,421 | $4,421 | 0% |
| John R. Wynne | $4,306 | $4,306 | 0% |
| R. N. Gilliland | $4,285 | $4,285 | 0% |
| Clanton Lindsay | $23,922 | $4,058 | -83% |
| Patrick H. Black | $2,913 | $3,748 | 28.7% |
| Ollie Jamison Estate | $0 | $3,728 | -- |
| Barbara C. Alston | $3,763 | $3,691 | -1.9% |
| Janie Buford | $13,029 | $3,607 | -72.3% |
| Galen W. Shumaker | $6,732 | $3,424 | -49.1% |
| Paul H. Therrell Jr. | $0 | $3,423 | -- |
| Bobby Mathews | $6,237 | $3,383 | -45.8% |
| Shirley H. Crowder | $3,314 | $3,314 | 0% |
| Robert R Sullivan Estate | $3,309 | $3,309 | 0% |
| Timothy J. Alford | $3,309 | $3,309 | 0% |
| Nat V. Blaylock | $3,117 | $3,117 | 0% |
| Willie P. McDaniel | $25,487 | $3,060 | -88% |
| Danny M. Grubbs | $2,908 | $2,908 | 0% |
| William Dee Ferguson | $1,749 | $2,832 | 61.9% |
| Sarah P. Dickens | $2,802 | $2,802 | 0% |
| Anna W. Miller | $2,424 | $2,749 | 13.4% |
| Rhonda B. Mink | $5,860 | $2,709 | -53.8% |
| Archie A. Burchfield | $2,675 | $2,675 | 0% |
| John W. Trussell | $8,455 | $2,651 | -68.6% |
| Danny J. Casey | $12,876 | $2,528 | -80.4% |
| Patricia W. Dickerson | $2,585 | $2,500 | -3.3% |
| Richard Brian Rone | $0 | $2,495 | -- |
| Jack Nowell | $6,611 | $2,336 | -64.7% |
| Pattie Lowe | $2,168 | $2,168 | 0% |
| Michael Shannon Allen | $7,292 | $2,098 | -71.2% |
| Billy L. Cullen | $2,060 | $2,060 | 0% |
| Michael C. Steele | $9,742 | $2,040 | -79.1% |
| Eva Rebecca Buford Killebrew | $0 | $2,018 | -- |
| Leah Joy Buford Trehern | $0 | $2,018 | -- |
| Humberto Garcia | $3,379 | $2,000 | -40.8% |
| Ronny Estes | $1,945 | $1,945 | 0% |
| LDT Investments, LLC | $1,896 | $1,896 | 0% |
| Audean Gelston | $0 | $1,802 | -- |
| Larry M. Johnson | $9,513 | $1,785 | -81.2% |
| John Wiggers | $2,041 | $1,723 | -15.6% |
| Chris W. Stevenson | $9,710 | $1,691 | -82.6% |
| Catherine Stewart | $1,687 | $1,661 | -1.5% |
| Ruth E. Burrell | $1,645 | $1,645 | 0% |
| Don W. Burrell | $9,352 | $1,592 | -83% |
| David Anthony Black | $1,580 | $1,580 | 0% |
| Joe Cheek | $8,750 | $1,543 | -82.4% |
| Michael Ellington | $5,566 | $1,501 | -73% |
| Anthony D. Ellington | $5,533 | $1,484 | -73.2% |
| Jeffrey W. Kyle | $1,461 | $1,461 | 0% |
| Greta Shumaker-Temple | $3,304 | $1,436 | -56.5% |
| John N Barber | $3,363 | $1,428 | -57.5% |
| Myles N. Branch | $0 | $1,412 | -- |
| Linda Hutchison | $1,404 | $1,404 | 0% |
| Charles P. Fancher | $4,454 | $1,373 | -69.2% |
| Ben F. Pinkard | $5,863 | $1,365 | -76.7% |
| Robert R. Killebrew | $8,026 | $1,350 | -83.2% |
| Ronnie Wayne Bennett | $5,448 | $1,324 | -75.7% |
| William K. Taylor | $1,288 | $1,288 | 0% |
| Jeff H. Burrell | $7,000 | $1,265 | -81.9% |
| R. B. Ashford | $6,028 | $1,246 | -79.3% |
| Gloria Cotton Vance | $1,298 | $1,237 | -4.7% |
| John A. Gordon | $1,384 | $1,216 | -12.1% |
| Francisco Galvan | $4,422 | $1,203 | -72.8% |
| Leon Stevenson | $6,460 | $1,176 | -81.8% |
| David R. Jones | $5,571 | $1,160 | -79.2% |
| Steven Allen | $0 | $1,159 | -- |
| William F. McFadden | $6,285 | $1,134 | -82% |
| Martha T. McGee | $1,296 | $1,120 | -13.6% |
| Herbert O. Jones | $3,358 | $1,116 | -66.8% |
| Rayborn White | $1,079 | $1,079 | 0% |
| Anthony Moore | $1,125 | $1,078 | -4.2% |
| Thelma T. Mitchell | $1,567 | $1,061 | -32.3% |
| Linney C. Dyson | $5,588 | $1,034 | -81.5% |
| Sandra Ray | $4,367 | $1,018 | -76.7% |
| John Morris Ward | $1,004 | $1,004 | 0% |
| James Floyd Morgan | $4,345 | $996 | -77.1% |
| James A. Moore | $5,460 | $986 | -81.9% |
| Michael B. Bell | $4,499 | $966 | -78.5% |
| Cory Levi Chamblee | $960 | $960 | 0% |
| Harvey A. Warrington Sr. | $3,776 | $942 | -75.1% |
| Gerald B. Jones | $3,752 | $932 | -75.2% |
| Jeffrey S. Dean | $3,839 | $931 | -75.7% |
| Reuben W. Fleming | $3,509 | $923 | -73.7% |
| Rickey D. Myers | $914 | $914 | 0% |
| Joe Simpson | $2,607 | $903 | -65.4% |
| Goodman Land Company, Inc. | $880 | $880 | 0% |
| Jonathan Black | $7,356 | $872 | -88.1% |
| Julie Aldy King Roberts | $872 | $872 | 0% |
| Herbert A. Dickerson Jr. | $3,826 | $866 | -77.4% |
| Thomas D. Trussell | $865 | $865 | 0% |
| Michael J. Trussell | $865 | $865 | 0% |
| James M. Allen | $852 | $852 | 0% |
| John W. Allen | $852 | $852 | 0% |
| Rick Witcher | $3,070 | $845 | -72.5% |
| Martha S. Weaver | $889 | $841 | -5.4% |
| James D. Hudgins Jr. | $3,168 | $812 | -74.4% |
| William S. McKinney | $2,574 | $796 | -69.1% |
| Eli Ellard Shumaker | $1,914 | $775 | -59.5% |
| Betty C. Hutchison | $765 | $765 | 0% |
| Clifford Wayne Bishop Jr. | $2,827 | $760 | -73.1% |
| Dennis R. Brock | $3,417 | $742 | -78.3% |
| Shelton Whitmire | $834 | $731 | -12.4% |
| Mary J. Kyle | $730 | $730 | 0% |
| Ray K. Smith | $3,168 | $671 | -78.8% |
| Fred A. Bell | $1,596 | $669 | -58.1% |
| John C. White | $2,211 | $662 | -70.1% |
| Christopher S. McMullin | $1,914 | $652 | -65.9% |
| Glennis Nowell | $2,178 | $647 | -70.3% |
| David G. Hutchison | $2,596 | $646 | -75.1% |
| Jesse J. Fleming | $3,135 | $637 | -79.7% |
| Karen M Barber | $3,568 | $636 | -82.2% |
| Anthony W. Bennett | $0 | $634 | -- |
| Betty H. Davis | $633 | $633 | 0% |
| Jack Holmes | $633 | $633 | 0% |
| Jose Luis Garcia | $2,651 | $628 | -76.3% |
| Penny Hobson | $0 | $616 | -- |
| Chad Farrell | $2,463 | $615 | -75% |
| Don Hutchison | $2,068 | $615 | -70.3% |
| Donna Michelle H Chennault-Maraman | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Pramod Erasani | $0 | $603 | -- |
| Roosevelt Hines | $4,249 | $598 | -85.9% |
| Brandon Keith Hodges | $495 | $581 | 17.4% |
| Lucious C. Cross Jr. | $2,270 | $562 | -75.2% |
| Gary Arnold McGee | $555 | $556 | 0.2% |
| Guadalupe J. Rodriguez | $2,774 | $554 | -80% |
| Dorothy Nail | $2,805 | $550 | -80.4% |
| Sidney S. Owen Jr. | $2,404 | $543 | -77.4% |
| Edward M. Duncan | $2,644 | $526 | -80.1% |
| Brent Rhinewalt | $2,321 | $520 | -77.6% |
| James S. Mitchell | $2,387 | $515 | -78.4% |
| Jeffery Perteet | $1,320 | $504 | -61.8% |
| Hal Dean Jr. | $2,522 | $502 | -80.1% |
| Micah T. Harris | $800 | $500 | -37.5% |
| Earnest Lee Lawrence | $2,721 | $495 | -81.8% |
| Willie Carlton Rockford Perteet | $1,584 | $494 | -68.8% |
| Horace G. McMillan Jr. | $3,919 | $490 | -87.5% |
| Brenda M. Pinkard | $2,541 | $474 | -81.3% |
| Jill Suzanne Sanders | $858 | $469 | -45.3% |
| Frank M. Montague | $460 | $460 | 0% |
| Angela C. Atwood | $2,409 | $436 | -81.9% |
| Kristi S. Pinkard | $0 | $427 | -- |
| Edward M. Lepard | $2,022 | $419 | -79.3% |
| Robert D. Lindsay | $2,193 | $397 | -81.9% |
| Michael C. Dean | $1,353 | $388 | -71.3% |
| Billy D. Comfort Jr. | $385 | $385 | 0% |
| Ronald M. Bain | $1,760 | $380 | -78.4% |
| Kenneth L. Scott | $1,562 | $377 | -75.9% |
| Donna R. Myers | $2,826 | $360 | -87.3% |
| Steven Holland Myers | $1,973 | $360 | -81.8% |
| Suzanne T. Pinkard | $3,448 | $358 | -89.6% |
| Roy G. McCrory | $1,653 | $353 | -78.6% |
| Claudie M. Pinkard | $1,332 | $350 | -73.7% |
| Robert L. Scott | $1,848 | $341 | -81.5% |
| Kenneth Dale Bain | $1,243 | $338 | -72.8% |
| Cynthia M. Casey | $758 | $331 | -56.3% |
| James E. Burrell | $328 | $328 | 0% |
| Larry Bennett | $0 | $323 | -- |
| Todd L. Cross | $1,683 | $316 | -81.2% |
| Charles T. England | $371 | $312 | -15.9% |
| Allen McReynolds | $1,692 | $306 | -81.9% |
| Annie P. Jones | $968 | $302 | -68.8% |
| John R. Johnson Jr. | $3,888 | $302 | -92.2% |
| William S. Black | $1,012 | $297 | -70.7% |
| Frank Y. Gowan Jr. | $1,474 | $294 | -80.1% |
| Jody Kelley | $1,056 | $287 | -72.8% |
| Richard Maddox | $2,026 | $284 | -86% |
| Melvin S. Chunn | $1,133 | $280 | -75.3% |
| Roberto C. Perteet | $770 | $276 | -64.2% |
| Hosie Derwood Pettit | $2,036 | $270 | -86.7% |
| Virginia Clark | $1,419 | $262 | -81.5% |
| Cheryl Westbrook | $1,574 | $260 | -83.5% |
| Ralph Simmons | $1,265 | $253 | -80% |
| Leora Wigley | $495 | $248 | -49.9% |
| Kenneth Carby | $1,232 | $246 | -80% |
| Shawn Pee | $1,001 | $242 | -75.8% |
| Michael D. Reyes | $293 | $239 | -18.4% |
| Freddie Hill | $1,620 | $235 | -85.5% |
| Arnold Harris | $814 | $231 | -71.6% |
| Gabriel L. Kennard | $594 | $228 | -61.6% |
| James W. Malone | $228 | $228 | 0% |
| RGS Miller Properties, LLC | $224 | $224 | 0% |
| Hillary Hobby Whittington | $1,054 | $223 | -78.8% |
| L. B. Winters | $1,056 | $222 | -79% |
| Mark Stewart Jr. | $1,045 | $218 | -79.1% |
| Holly Tanner Rosamond | $847 | $217 | -74.4% |
| McKinley Thompson | $770 | $214 | -72.2% |
| Randy Clark | $1,056 | $211 | -80% |
| Murray Burrell | $847 | $200 | -76.4% |
| Ellie H. Dotson | $638 | $198 | -69% |
| Ami Catherine Summers | $363 | $190 | -47.7% |
| Larry Moody | $363 | $186 | -48.8% |
| William G. Wilson Jr. | $184 | $184 | 0% |
| Bruce Harmon | $429 | $183 | -57.3% |
| Haile S. Hill | $935 | $177 | -81.1% |
| Kayla Ellis | $814 | $167 | -79.5% |
| Leon Dees | $968 | $159 | -83.6% |
| Will Riley Jr. | $616 | $156 | -74.7% |
| Lloyd P. Robinson | $484 | $142 | -70.7% |
| George Lee Smith | $572 | $141 | -75.3% |
| Richard R. Sisney | $704 | $138 | -80.4% |
| Tosha Gooden Mitchell | $858 | $138 | -83.9% |
| Annabelle Dunlap | $133 | $133 | 0% |
| Benjamin T. Carter | $550 | $132 | -76% |
| Kevin Arnett | $132 | $132 | 0% |
| Tayler Danielle Stewart | $704 | $130 | -81.5% |
| James Trevor Moore | $517 | $124 | -76% |
| Mary B. Turnipseed | $266 | $121 | -54.5% |
| Bessie D. Kennedy | $292 | $117 | -59.9% |
| Denise Perteet | $429 | $116 | -73% |
| Urbaneisha Cross | $550 | $111 | -79.8% |
| Timothy Jenkins | $839 | $110 | -86.9% |
| Jonathan P. Massey | $484 | $107 | -77.9% |
| Bennie Ray Adams | $292 | $101 | -65.4% |
| Quamon Andarius Newsom | $473 | $93 | -80.3% |
| Dickerson Realty L P | $90 | $90 | 0% |
| Dave C. Dunlap | $90 | $90 | 0% |
| Tyrone Perteet | $515 | $86 | -83.3% |
| Amanda Rasberry Crawford | $594 | $68 | -88.6% |
| Talmadge Levi Doty | $759 | $56 | -92.6% |
| Jo Anna Agent | $45 | $45 | 0% |
| Lisha Hopkins Ingram | $45 | $45 | 0% |
| Cindy Carol Cheek | $45 | $45 | 0% |
| Charles W. Ritter Jr. | $81 | $35 | -56.8% |
| Betty E. Hutchison | $29 | $29 | 0% |
| Daniel Teague | $643 | $17 | -97.4% |
| Ralph M. Rone | $15,014 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendenlyn T Walters | $805 | $0 | -100% |
| Annette Weaver | $2,309 | $0 | -100% |
| C & R Catfish, Inc. | $3,594 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W. Bain | $119 | $0 | -100% |
| Courtney Lepard | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| David S. Alexander | $179 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth T. Horne | $1,308 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawana P. Culpepper | $134 | $0 | -100% |
| Mickey Russell III | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Sam Hudson | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Tina Cheek | $1,223 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Burrell | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley Brent Beckham | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane Milner | $14 | $0 | -100% |
| J. W. Black | $1,490 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Glen Black | $1,239 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilbur L. Brunt | $1,273 | $0 | -100% |
| Choyce Stanfield Diffey | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Young | $357 | $0 | -100% |
| James P. Horne | $281 | $0 | -100% |
| John T. Alston | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Velma Jones | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,647,651 | $1,385,619 | -15.9% |
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