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In 2021, 283 farmers in cities within Prentiss County received a total of $1.2 million in 415 farm subsidies, a 54.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.5 million in 732 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 Prentiss County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy O. Spain | $199,812 | $70,712 | -64.6% |
| William L. Spain | $192,369 | $66,560 | -65.4% |
| Pro South, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Larry Cagle | $0 | $50,726 | -- |
| James A. Huddleston | $109,219 | $48,487 | -55.6% |
| Walden Farms PTR | $32,784 | $45,479 | 38.7% |
| Spain Farm, Inc. | $112,050 | $45,179 | -59.7% |
| George A. Waddell | $41,112 | $42,964 | 4.5% |
| Taylor Jersey Farm, Inc. | $64,966 | $39,626 | -39% |
| Roy Clay Green | $153,736 | $35,003 | -77.2% |
| Randy Walden | $101,048 | $32,145 | -68.2% |
| Christopher L. Davidson | $28,558 | $28,558 | 0% |
| Eaton Farms Partnership | $110,399 | $26,825 | -75.7% |
| Bradley Pounds | $83,439 | $26,243 | -68.5% |
| John Bishop | $63,204 | $23,906 | -62.2% |
| Justin K. Taylor | $36,432 | $20,139 | -44.7% |
| Wendy's Valley, LP | $40,924 | $20,049 | -51% |
| Rollins Farms | $67,953 | $19,587 | -71.2% |
| Anthony Baggett | $26,202 | $17,410 | -33.6% |
| Frank Holley | $35,893 | $16,377 | -54.4% |
| Mike Huddleston | $41,338 | $16,153 | -60.9% |
| Thomas Guin | $37,522 | $14,430 | -61.5% |
| Billy Massey | $12,044 | $12,044 | 0% |
| Tyler Dickson | $61,798 | $11,406 | -81.5% |
| Jerry R. Harber | $36,844 | $11,017 | -70.1% |
| William Terry Davis | $56,606 | $9,713 | -82.8% |
| Ralph G. Smith | $9,151 | $9,151 | 0% |
| Lynn Caveness | $9,110 | $8,921 | -2.1% |
| Huddleston Properties, LLC | $8,820 | $8,820 | 0% |
| Douglas Jumper | $8,360 | $8,360 | 0% |
| Carla McKinney | $15,243 | $8,069 | -47.1% |
| Randy Vandevander | $10,824 | $7,485 | -30.8% |
| Patricia Rowland | $6,660 | $5,986 | -10.1% |
| Michael McAlpin | $5,264 | $5,241 | -0.4% |
| Barnett Enterprises LP | $5,936 | $4,990 | -15.9% |
| Robert Botts | $4,931 | $4,931 | 0% |
| Ava Nell Worley | $4,857 | $4,857 | 0% |
| Imogene Hardon | $5,768 | $4,781 | -17.1% |
| Betty Fay Wells | $11,145 | $4,749 | -57.4% |
| Charles Melvin Geno | $6,281 | $4,471 | -28.8% |
| Ronnie Champion | $41,932 | $4,359 | -89.6% |
| Jimmie Whitehead | $3,934 | $3,934 | 0% |
| Fulper Farms, LLC | $3,855 | $3,886 | 0.8% |
| Linda Shirley | $3,757 | $3,757 | 0% |
| Jane A. Preston | $3,752 | $3,752 | 0% |
| Jerad Alan Sims | $15,586 | $3,533 | -77.3% |
| John C. Fulper | $17,702 | $3,516 | -80.1% |
| Carroll W Parks | $3,667 | $3,341 | -8.9% |
| James H. Worley | $6,132 | $3,236 | -47.2% |
| Tammy F. Smith | $4,338 | $3,224 | -25.7% |
| Charlie D. Spearman | $3,220 | $3,176 | -1.4% |
| Gregory W. Young | $3,146 | $3,146 | 0% |
| Robert E. Jennings | $15,840 | $3,102 | -80.4% |
| Bill Caver | $3,101 | $3,101 | 0% |
| Jeff Long | $4,500 | $3,044 | -32.4% |
| Freida W. Lambert | $2,934 | $2,934 | 0% |
| Rolf Rinehart | $2,802 | $2,802 | 0% |
| Sammy J. McCoy | $16,746 | $2,767 | -83.5% |
| Greg Geno | $4,549 | $2,714 | -40.3% |
| Shelia W. Holley | $2,705 | $2,705 | 0% |
| Cristin Ivy | $2,662 | $2,662 | 0% |
| Wanda Anderson | $4,802 | $2,639 | -45% |
| James T. Moore Jr. | $2,616 | $2,616 | 0% |
| Mitch Devaughn | $13,288 | $2,546 | -80.8% |
| John A. Johnson | $2,959 | $2,544 | -14% |
| Drew T. Noe | $3,063 | $2,540 | -17.1% |
| Virginia Lambert | $2,533 | $2,533 | 0% |
| Rodney Rollins | $2,511 | $2,511 | 0% |
| Walden Enterprises, LLC | $2,362 | $2,362 | 0% |
| Betty L. Geno | $2,328 | $2,328 | 0% |
| Marie Spain | $857 | $2,236 | 160.9% |
| Terry Wayne Glidewell | $10,614 | $2,200 | -79.3% |
| Terry Caver | $5,151 | $2,180 | -57.7% |
| Eugene B. Gifford Jr. | $2,319 | $2,174 | -6.3% |
| James E. Barron | $4,381 | $2,163 | -50.6% |
| Marty Barron | $4,381 | $2,163 | -50.6% |
| Gwen Gentry | $2,139 | $2,139 | 0% |
| L. C. Taylor Jr. | $8,273 | $2,116 | -74.4% |
| Charles Googe | $2,111 | $2,111 | 0% |
| Luther Moorman | $2,110 | $2,110 | 0% |
| Jeffery M. Smith | $2,036 | $2,036 | 0% |
| Kenneth P. Geno Jr. | $2,033 | $2,033 | 0% |
| Joseph A. Clegg | $1,973 | $1,973 | 0% |
| Robert Lawson | $8,086 | $1,940 | -76% |
| Marie C. Holley | $8,661 | $1,876 | -78.3% |
| John W. Yarber Jr. | $1,848 | $1,848 | 0% |
| Berry Moore | $12,773 | $1,838 | -85.6% |
| Amanda Murphy | $2,653 | $1,837 | -30.8% |
| George Massey | $2,071 | $1,833 | -11.5% |
| Joseph Don Holley | $5,437 | $1,832 | -66.3% |
| Ricky Holley | $1,832 | $1,832 | 0% |
| Douglas H. Knight | $1,317 | $1,821 | 38.3% |
| Delisa Pruitt | $3,286 | $1,821 | -44.6% |
| Wayne Grimes | $7,216 | $1,754 | -75.7% |
| Cheryl Green | $1,749 | $1,749 | 0% |
| Vickie Chaffin | $1,749 | $1,749 | 0% |
| Lucas Christoper Chittom | $10,246 | $1,730 | -83.1% |
| Joe Reed | $5,340 | $1,725 | -67.7% |
| Harmon Davis | $1,716 | $1,716 | 0% |
| Blaine Chapman | $9,009 | $1,679 | -81.4% |
| Mascle S Bullard | $1,679 | $1,679 | 0% |
| Matthew Locke Murphy | $1,668 | $1,668 | 0% |
| James Gargus | $1,630 | $1,630 | 0% |
| Ray W. Davis | $36,147 | $1,615 | -95.5% |
| Eleshia Geno Jumper | $1,594 | $1,594 | 0% |
| Christopher M. Murphy | $1,579 | $1,579 | 0% |
| Eloise Wilson | $1,538 | $1,538 | 0% |
| J. W. Jacobs | $1,496 | $1,496 | 0% |
| Bradley D. Tennison | $3,577 | $1,489 | -58.4% |
| Helen Glover Greenhill | $1,489 | $1,489 | 0% |
| Latricia Moore | $10,230 | $1,488 | -85.5% |
| Terry Nix | $5,118 | $1,488 | -70.9% |
| Gregory Alan Burns | $4,288 | $1,483 | -65.4% |
| Craig Cleveland | $1,674 | $1,410 | -15.8% |
| Michelle Clement | $1,406 | $1,406 | 0% |
| Angela Deaton Mott | $1,920 | $1,386 | -27.8% |
| Tim Hood | $2,855 | $1,341 | -53% |
| Rocky Perrigo | $1,284 | $1,284 | 0% |
| Robert H. Guin | $4,389 | $1,250 | -71.5% |
| Jo Ellen Dodds | $1,221 | $1,221 | 0% |
| Karen Vaughn | $8,748 | $1,165 | -86.7% |
| Tommy Nix | $1,293 | $1,158 | -10.4% |
| Robbie Caveness | $1,280 | $1,155 | -9.8% |
| Stanley Wright | $2,238 | $1,154 | -48.4% |
| James Benny Eaton | $9,882 | $1,132 | -88.5% |
| Terry Hester | $1,130 | $1,130 | 0% |
| David Brumley | $1,114 | $1,114 | 0% |
| Bennie Sidney Gilley Jr. | $2,783 | $1,107 | -60.2% |
| Lu Jumper | $1,106 | $1,106 | 0% |
| Stanley L. Perry | $1,078 | $1,078 | 0% |
| Dwight Brown | $1,073 | $1,073 | 0% |
| Charles E. Rowland | $4,188 | $1,045 | -75% |
| Vance M. Green | $5,016 | $1,031 | -79.4% |
| James D. Smart | $2,398 | $1,022 | -57.4% |
| Zac Barnes | $4,850 | $1,020 | -79% |
| Bronson David Fugitt | $9,242 | $1,012 | -89% |
| David Chase, M.D. | $1,002 | $1,002 | 0% |
| George E. Houston | $980 | $980 | 0% |
| Troy Stevens | $3,113 | $966 | -69% |
| Brandon Burcham | $952 | $952 | 0% |
| Helen L. Guin | $2,156 | $926 | -57.1% |
| Marilyn Kelly | $1,489 | $913 | -38.7% |
| Roger Rhodes | $912 | $912 | 0% |
| Harold Cagle | $908 | $908 | 0% |
| Harry Allen | $3,993 | $897 | -77.5% |
| Terry Bruff | $897 | $897 | 0% |
| Linda T. Ledbetter | $893 | $893 | 0% |
| Ricky Huddleston | $1,412 | $860 | -39.1% |
| Dwain Brown | $2,449 | $849 | -65.3% |
| James Melville Hill Jr. | $1,810 | $831 | -54.1% |
| Dannie Waddle | $466 | $817 | 75.3% |
| Jody Thompson | $3,366 | $799 | -76.3% |
| MacKie Don Smith | $1,900 | $789 | -58.5% |
| Joe L. Wilburn | $1,888 | $782 | -58.6% |
| Cayson Tyler Kesler | $3,641 | $754 | -79.3% |
| Joseph C. Stephens | $1,200 | $752 | -37.3% |
| Billy D. Stroupe | $2,866 | $738 | -74.2% |
| Dewey Wilemon | $736 | $736 | 0% |
| William D. White | $734 | $734 | 0% |
| Vicki Stephens | $1,011 | $728 | -28% |
| James D. Deaton | $710 | $710 | 0% |
| Clifford Lee Kendrick | $2,365 | $690 | -70.8% |
| Craig Breedlove | $2,915 | $684 | -76.5% |
| Cody Ryan McGee | $21,524 | $679 | -96.8% |
| Timothy Ashmore | $2,453 | $677 | -72.4% |
| Robert L. Honeycutt | $675 | $675 | 0% |
| Edward Smith | $2,805 | $670 | -76.1% |
| Michael Hughes | $667 | $667 | 0% |
| Steven Champion | $3,047 | $659 | -78.4% |
| Larry O. Sims | $653 | $653 | 0% |
| Marlis Hall | $2,574 | $646 | -74.9% |
| Ellis H. Smith | $2,453 | $640 | -73.9% |
| Ray Evelyn Barber | $898 | $619 | -31.1% |
| Trevin H. Moore | $2,343 | $615 | -73.8% |
| Ronald Chase | $613 | $613 | 0% |
| Donald McKinney | $603 | $603 | 0% |
| Kenneth Nicholson | $603 | $603 | 0% |
| Linda N. Wilemon | $603 | $603 | 0% |
| Alan Kennedy | $1,056 | $594 | -43.8% |
| Gerald Wayne Neeley | $419 | $590 | 40.8% |
| Charles Johnson | $2,915 | $582 | -80% |
| James Whitmire | $570 | $570 | 0% |
| Stewart Hodge | $1,639 | $566 | -65.5% |
| Webber Isbell | $532 | $532 | 0% |
| Brian D. Kuykendall | $2,432 | $529 | -78.2% |
| Phil Purvis | $1,287 | $520 | -59.6% |
| Ricky Chittom | $2,365 | $512 | -78.4% |
| Chris Goff | $2,893 | $506 | -82.5% |
| Joel Nunley | $504 | $504 | 0% |
| Randy Crabb | $1,815 | $498 | -72.6% |
| Wade N. Wilson | $1,641 | $495 | -69.8% |
| Sarah Duncan | $620 | $494 | -20.3% |
| William Miller | $2,980 | $480 | -83.9% |
| Jerry Smart | $477 | $477 | 0% |
| Leary M. Lindsey | $885 | $475 | -46.3% |
| Gerald Johnson | $1,122 | $453 | -59.6% |
| David Abbott | $1,288 | $432 | -66.5% |
| Tommy Estes | $326 | $427 | 31% |
| Terry Fraiser | $1,887 | $416 | -78% |
| Maris Reece | $413 | $413 | 0% |
| Mike A. Beasley | $3,309 | $405 | -87.8% |
| Joseph Mark Kelly | $2,570 | $402 | -84.4% |
| David T. Huddleston | $400 | $400 | 0% |
| Kenneth W. Gardner | $1,131 | $399 | -64.7% |
| David Yates | $393 | $393 | 0% |
| Tamera Hankins | $377 | $393 | 4.2% |
| Clayton Eugene Gilley | $1,504 | $383 | -74.5% |
| Scott Guin | $380 | $380 | 0% |
| Kevin Woodruff | $379 | $379 | 0% |
| Bonnie Pittman | $375 | $375 | 0% |
| Jerry M. Hester | $368 | $368 | 0% |
| Mack L. Guin | $711 | $364 | -48.8% |
| Glen D. Pounds | $362 | $362 | 0% |
| Jimmy Whitehead | $693 | $362 | -47.8% |
| Peggy Wroten | $510 | $361 | -29.2% |
| Debbie Cowart | $624 | $357 | -42.8% |
| Stanley Dewayne Thornton Revocable Trust | $301 | $354 | 17.6% |
| Freddie Rutherford | $1,485 | $318 | -78.6% |
| Mike Kelley | $825 | $318 | -61.5% |
| Timothy G. Fraiser | $908 | $310 | -65.9% |
| James C. Olive | $1,364 | $309 | -77.3% |
| William L. McKinney | $548 | $309 | -43.6% |
| Michael Shea Lambert | $308 | $308 | 0% |
| Kenneth Floyd | $1,529 | $303 | -80.2% |
| Wanda Ashmore | $298 | $298 | 0% |
| William Preston Jones | $294 | $296 | 0.7% |
| Tai Grove | $2,086 | $270 | -87.1% |
| Randle Guin | $522 | $263 | -49.6% |
| Joshua Anthony Davis | $968 | $260 | -73.1% |
| Jimmy W. Sims | $1,100 | $259 | -76.5% |
| Mikel Ray Sims | $1,045 | $259 | -75.2% |
| Betty Gale Geno | $258 | $258 | 0% |
| Ronny L. Johnson | $531 | $258 | -51.4% |
| Victor Parrish | $257 | $257 | 0% |
| Chris Blevins | $253 | $253 | 0% |
| Bettie Akers | $239 | $239 | 0% |
| Billy T. Ledbetter | $235 | $235 | 0% |
| Joseph Kyle Murphy | $843 | $231 | -72.6% |
| Dorothy Thomas | $724 | $231 | -68.1% |
| A. C. Nix | $896 | $225 | -74.9% |
| Glen Williams | $649 | $224 | -65.5% |
| James R. Martin | $222 | $222 | 0% |
| Sherron H. Barron | $1,225 | $218 | -82.2% |
| Joyce Pounders | $171 | $215 | 25.7% |
| Rebecca J. Elliott | $414 | $214 | -48.3% |
| Graham Crafton | $220 | $214 | -2.7% |
| Janice Peters | $214 | $214 | 0% |
| Clay McCurley | $528 | $212 | -59.8% |
| David Beasley | $387 | $201 | -48.1% |
| James A. Stennett | $200 | $200 | 0% |
| Tommy A. Brewer | $376 | $194 | -48.4% |
| Bill Morgan | $328 | $177 | -46% |
| William Garner Chaffin | $1,364 | $175 | -87.2% |
| Kerry Dale Lambert | $259 | $164 | -36.7% |
| Holly Beazley | $316 | $146 | -53.8% |
| Terry W. Todd | $258 | $145 | -43.8% |
| Cindy Layman | $120 | $142 | 18.3% |
| Gerald Jacobs | $732 | $141 | -80.7% |
| Dalton G. Garner | $264 | $138 | -47.7% |
| Karen Burcham | $138 | $138 | 0% |
| Tommy Harris | $99 | $132 | 33.3% |
| Scotty Enis | $594 | $116 | -80.5% |
| Dan Crabb | $196 | $111 | -43.4% |
| Tony R. Brown | $80 | $106 | 32.5% |
| Kaylee Elizabeth Sims | $473 | $104 | -78% |
| Jimmy Doss Keele | $101 | $101 | 0% |
| Alfred Timothy McCoy | $231 | $100 | -56.7% |
| Barry Rinehart | $202 | $88 | -56.4% |
| Helen Green | $308 | $84 | -72.7% |
| Gale Yates Jr. | $0 | $76 | -- |
| Pattie B. Gardner | $77 | $69 | -10.4% |
| William H. Green | $177 | $66 | -62.7% |
| Scott Slack | $0 | $56 | -- |
| Scotty Lang Downs | $1,001 | $49 | -95.1% |
| Richard Bullock Jr. | $0 | $46 | -- |
| Carolyn Downs | $84 | $45 | -46.4% |
| Wade Culver | $149 | $41 | -72.5% |
| Tommy Gerald Mooney | $820 | $35 | -95.7% |
| Andrew Calvin Brown | $132 | $28 | -78.8% |
| Cody D. Farrar | $115 | $24 | -79.1% |
| Denson Scott | $1,954 | $24 | -98.8% |
| Dale Woodruff | $267 | $21 | -92.1% |
| Seth Lewis | $0 | $19 | -- |
| Allen Feazell | $315 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Alderson | $70 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin Heath Pannell | $76 | $0 | -100% |
| Billie G. Hare | $986 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Brumley | $477 | $0 | -100% |
| Blake Moss | $133 | $0 | -100% |
| Carroll C. Newby | $207 | $0 | -100% |
| Charley McMillan Jr. | $286 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlotte O. Whitehead | $503 | $0 | -100% |
| Cheryl L. Shelton | $2,079 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie Garner | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Coy Perrigo | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| David Wayne Breedlove | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean English | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Dylan Herring | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Earnest Franklin Gambill | $258 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily Copeland | $493 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily Green Pollard | $503 | $0 | -100% |
| Ferrell Duane Rinehart | $374 | $0 | -100% |
| Geraldine C. Whitmire | $342 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Cummings | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Harvey L. Green | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Herbert Ashmore | $507 | $0 | -100% |
| Iline Lauderdale | $69 | $0 | -100% |
| Ivonia M Stacy | $780 | $0 | -100% |
| Jackie Akers | $1,529 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Arnold | $608 | $0 | -100% |
| Joan Kelton | $719 | $0 | -100% |
| Joey Lawayne Wilder | $45 | $0 | -100% |
| John Wroten | $1,953 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny Lee Allen Jr. | $1,414 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Devin Greene | $3,173 | $0 | -100% |
| Lana J. Devaughn | $38 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Brumley | $751 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Gambill | $1,390 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Louise Padgett | $539 | $0 | -100% |
| Oscar Lee McGee | $199 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond Huguley | $33 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Cummings | $2,749 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Davis | $312 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheila Lauderdale | $164 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley O. Cole | $503 | $0 | -100% |
| Terressia Miles | $68 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas R. Hendricks | $426 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy Brewer | $71 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy Coker | $423 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony Christian | $1,170 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Gene Pannell | $76 | $0 | -100% |
| Vera G. Ford | $304 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Jones | $658 | $0 | -100% |
| Zu Ann King | $4,639 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Joe Barnes | $463 | $0 | -100% |
| Buddy G. Neeley | $411 | $0 | -100% |
| Dyann Bishop | $105 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason McKay | $340 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Waddle | $284 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn D. Johnson | $303 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda P. Warren | $520 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Pitts | $105 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Burns | $1,086 | $0 | -100% |
| William Benard Scott | $742 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,549,775 | $1,152,110 | -54.8% |
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