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In 2021, 232 farmers in cities within Itawamba County received a total of $902,812 in 304 farm subsidies, an 18% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.1 million in 483 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 Itawamba County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yielding Farms | $127,957 | $85,808 | -32.9% |
| Clarence R. South | $0 | $54,875 | -- |
| Bennett & Sons Logging Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Summerford Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Thomas Land & Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Thomas Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Beasley Logging | $0 | $42,213 | -- |
| Phillip Marlin | $60,255 | $40,321 | -33.1% |
| Eric Dickinson | $72,839 | $32,655 | -55.2% |
| Nolan Bennett Trucking Company, Inc. | $0 | $32,477 | -- |
| Ralph Marlin | $75,337 | $30,414 | -59.6% |
| Shelby Blanton | $39,101 | $20,618 | -47.3% |
| Summerford Trucking, LLC | $0 | $20,495 | -- |
| M & M Dickinson Farms, LLC | $30,497 | $19,314 | -36.7% |
| Holley Farm, LLC | $52,621 | $19,170 | -63.6% |
| Keith Norton Farms, LLC | $23,786 | $18,280 | -23.1% |
| Brian Johnson | $68,111 | $11,798 | -82.7% |
| Andy Spradling | $45,465 | $11,050 | -75.7% |
| Mary Lee O'Neal | $9,047 | $9,047 | 0% |
| Cecil W. Johnson Jr. | $13,913 | $7,873 | -43.4% |
| Dorothy Farris | $7,567 | $7,567 | 0% |
| David Reese | $5,340 | $5,340 | 0% |
| Thomas H. Kline Jr. | $0 | $5,269 | -- |
| Randy P. Boyd | $6,172 | $5,095 | -17.4% |
| W. C. Comer Jr. | $5,087 | $5,087 | 0% |
| Spradling Farms, LLC | $0 | $4,506 | -- |
| James M. Steele | $4,472 | $4,448 | -0.5% |
| Hal Kelso | $4,104 | $4,081 | -0.6% |
| Kathryn Franks | $12,999 | $4,011 | -69.1% |
| Joyce Dickinson | $2,887 | $4,003 | 38.7% |
| Wallace Family Farms, LLC | $3,789 | $3,789 | 0% |
| William Reynolds | $3,784 | $3,784 | 0% |
| Ken Spradling | $19,312 | $3,676 | -81% |
| Jackie D. Riley | $3,986 | $3,633 | -8.9% |
| Wesson Farm | $3,511 | $3,511 | 0% |
| Wiley Lance Bean | $1,586 | $3,325 | 109.6% |
| Southern Cypress Land Company, LLC | $0 | $3,260 | -- |
| Clifford Murphree | $3,165 | $3,165 | 0% |
| Bobby Cooley | $2,969 | $2,969 | 0% |
| Larry Alan Moore | $10,251 | $2,895 | -71.8% |
| Johnny Crane | $2,856 | $2,856 | 0% |
| David Sumners | $3,662 | $2,631 | -28.2% |
| D. D. Pitts | $2,810 | $2,592 | -7.8% |
| Johnnie Holley Pittman | $2,577 | $2,577 | 0% |
| Canup, LLC | $3,685 | $2,475 | -32.8% |
| Billy South | $10,384 | $2,452 | -76.4% |
| Franklin Nichols | $2,472 | $2,444 | -1.1% |
| Selma Beane | $9,296 | $2,239 | -75.9% |
| Brenda Hill Johnson | $0 | $2,230 | -- |
| Gayre Pounders | $2,183 | $2,183 | 0% |
| Mark Andrew Tigner | $8,778 | $2,152 | -75.5% |
| Rod McFerrin | $1,991 | $2,132 | 7.1% |
| Millie Wood | $2,131 | $2,087 | -2.1% |
| Nicky Nichols | $3,699 | $2,007 | -45.7% |
| Bronson Prochaska | $2,251 | $1,967 | -12.6% |
| Garry McFerrin | $1,948 | $1,948 | 0% |
| Margaret Spigner | $9,037 | $1,929 | -78.7% |
| Stacy Russell | $5,346 | $1,917 | -64.1% |
| David Brown | $8,523 | $1,859 | -78.2% |
| Joe A. Rutledge | $2,019 | $1,830 | -9.4% |
| Robert Carson Kirksey | $1,897 | $1,786 | -5.9% |
| Christopher S. Gillentine | $1,776 | $1,776 | 0% |
| David Morris | $3,456 | $1,764 | -49% |
| Jeffery Blake McMillen | $13,400 | $1,731 | -87.1% |
| Gary Donald Powell | $8,560 | $1,726 | -79.8% |
| Joe B. Mears Jr. | $1,655 | $1,655 | 0% |
| Tim Pearce | $1,731 | $1,614 | -6.8% |
| Ken Brown | $8,118 | $1,517 | -81.3% |
| Ricky C. Bennett | $1,478 | $1,478 | 0% |
| Darrell Harp Sr. | $1,474 | $1,474 | 0% |
| Harold Christian | $4,328 | $1,450 | -66.5% |
| Phillip Morrow | $1,999 | $1,438 | -28.1% |
| Stephens Properties, LLC | $1,435 | $1,435 | 0% |
| David Eaton | $3,007 | $1,417 | -52.9% |
| Tony Edwards | $1,409 | $1,409 | 0% |
| William Randy Aycock | $1,407 | $1,407 | 0% |
| Judith Schumpert | $1,351 | $1,371 | 1.5% |
| Nolan G. Bennett | $5,423 | $1,359 | -74.9% |
| Jeanne K. Wesson | $1,343 | $1,343 | 0% |
| Wanda Grimes | $1,905 | $1,343 | -29.5% |
| J H Stephens Family Trust | $1,317 | $1,317 | 0% |
| Cathy Neaves | $1,303 | $1,303 | 0% |
| Douglas Wade Hopkins | $1,301 | $1,301 | 0% |
| Sherry Boyd | $1,260 | $1,260 | 0% |
| Bart Bevill | $1,251 | $1,251 | 0% |
| Will Webb | $6,364 | $1,223 | -80.8% |
| Donnie Bell | $1,219 | $1,219 | 0% |
| Randall & Linda Craft Family LP | $1,216 | $1,216 | 0% |
| Bobby J. McFerrin | $1,168 | $1,168 | 0% |
| Bobbie N. Jamerson | $1,467 | $1,166 | -20.5% |
| Bobby D. Wallace | $4,103 | $1,153 | -71.9% |
| Dixie Russell | $1,149 | $1,149 | 0% |
| Mitchell Wheeler | $4,433 | $1,145 | -74.2% |
| James P. Bowen | $6,105 | $1,126 | -81.6% |
| Marcia Eaton | $1,065 | $1,066 | 0.1% |
| Daniel Morgan | $5,152 | $1,052 | -79.6% |
| Michael Shumpert | $5,357 | $1,045 | -80.5% |
| W. M. Jamieson Jr. | $1,034 | $1,034 | 0% |
| Steven Mark Holley | $895 | $1,030 | 15.1% |
| Rodney Forrest | $4,587 | $1,024 | -77.7% |
| Kelcy L Shields | $2,809 | $993 | -64.6% |
| David Beane | $5,405 | $978 | -81.9% |
| Vikki R. Stanphill | $966 | $966 | 0% |
| Joe Wigginton | $961 | $961 | 0% |
| Forrest Williams | $4,708 | $917 | -80.5% |
| Rickie Comer | $4,073 | $906 | -77.8% |
| Eddie Moore | $3,938 | $898 | -77.2% |
| Matthew Prestage | $914 | $894 | -2.2% |
| Terry Collier | $890 | $890 | 0% |
| Scottie Thompson | $822 | $876 | 6.6% |
| Bill H. Grubbs | $857 | $857 | 0% |
| Hollis Wayne Thomas | $852 | $852 | 0% |
| Frankie J. Lindsey | $4,437 | $834 | -81.2% |
| Doice W Dulaney | $2,838 | $827 | -70.9% |
| Paul Bunch | $807 | $807 | 0% |
| Jimmy Turner | $4,461 | $791 | -82.3% |
| Reid Gann | $516 | $771 | 49.4% |
| Jimmy Russell | $3,279 | $766 | -76.6% |
| Jonathon Austin Loague | $4,434 | $737 | -83.4% |
| Robert Don Whitehead | $4,116 | $733 | -82.2% |
| Mike Petree | $4,313 | $706 | -83.6% |
| Tammy Benefield | $4,622 | $705 | -84.7% |
| David Kelso | $674 | $674 | 0% |
| John David Pearce | $656 | $656 | 0% |
| Robert Pearce | $656 | $656 | 0% |
| Gerald Jetton | $655 | $655 | 0% |
| Hodges Holdings, LLC | $714 | $638 | -10.6% |
| Angela Dulaney | $979 | $628 | -35.9% |
| Shane Dulaney | $979 | $628 | -35.9% |
| Wayne Spencer | $3,537 | $623 | -82.4% |
| Roger J. Lidtke | $948 | $621 | -34.5% |
| Michael Wade Frederick | $4,126 | $591 | -85.7% |
| Jimmy Wilemon | $578 | $578 | 0% |
| Michael Montgomery | $3,164 | $574 | -81.9% |
| Grant Beane | $3,883 | $568 | -85.4% |
| Joel Nichols | $566 | $566 | 0% |
| Gladys Holland | $566 | $566 | 0% |
| James Mackie Grimes II | $0 | $562 | -- |
| Michael Wayne Calloway | $127 | $560 | 340.9% |
| Randy E. Wilemon | $555 | $555 | 0% |
| Michael Stanford | $2,706 | $532 | -80.3% |
| Danny Wilburn | $522 | $522 | 0% |
| Perry Franks | $1,991 | $507 | -74.5% |
| Barry Todd | $486 | $486 | 0% |
| Nancy C. Whitehead | $481 | $481 | 0% |
| L. P. Ramey | $2,784 | $464 | -83.3% |
| Larry Digby | $1,320 | $456 | -65.5% |
| Tommy Schumpert | $1,496 | $450 | -69.9% |
| Dedra Leonard | $437 | $437 | 0% |
| Ann Wheeler | $432 | $432 | 0% |
| Joseph Andrew Loague | $7,005 | $420 | -94% |
| Sharion R Aycock | $416 | $416 | 0% |
| Clarence Darrell Harp Jr. | $416 | $416 | 0% |
| John Lee Dickinson | $1,525 | $409 | -73.2% |
| Kayla Lynn Comer | $2,266 | $404 | -82.2% |
| Shelia Hogue | $849 | $398 | -53.1% |
| Mark Funderburk | $2,572 | $392 | -84.8% |
| Charles A. Thompson | $382 | $382 | 0% |
| Shirley H. Cooper | $830 | $379 | -54.3% |
| Robert Holder | $1,573 | $371 | -76.4% |
| Leon Hayes | $363 | $363 | 0% |
| Donald Turner | $360 | $360 | 0% |
| Robert Sheffield | $2,179 | $360 | -83.5% |
| Patrick K. Brown | $357 | $357 | 0% |
| Tony McDaniel | $343 | $343 | 0% |
| Jimmy R. McCrimon | $428 | $334 | -22% |
| W. D. Baker | $1,347 | $334 | -75.2% |
| Rick Collier | $328 | $328 | 0% |
| Scott Collier | $328 | $328 | 0% |
| Jody Berryhill | $240 | $320 | 33.3% |
| Francis Smothers | $320 | $320 | 0% |
| Norma S. Frederick | $319 | $319 | 0% |
| William R. Brown | $430 | $315 | -26.7% |
| John H. Wilson | $333 | $312 | -6.3% |
| Dale Kennedy | $696 | $310 | -55.5% |
| Bobby Mills | $1,772 | $304 | -82.8% |
| Lori Payne | $303 | $303 | 0% |
| Michael Robinson | $1,243 | $301 | -75.8% |
| Kenneth W. Pounders | $299 | $299 | 0% |
| Jennifer Sheffield | $1,496 | $298 | -80.1% |
| Tommy Poole | $898 | $286 | -68.2% |
| James T. Weatherford | $562 | $277 | -50.7% |
| Barbara Guinn | $268 | $268 | 0% |
| David Pearce | $268 | $268 | 0% |
| Andrew Brandt Nichols | $1,632 | $262 | -83.9% |
| Shawn Ellis | $1,318 | $256 | -80.6% |
| Kenneth Pollock | $0 | $250 | -- |
| Wm Harold Martin | $1,049 | $244 | -76.7% |
| Mary K. Bennett | $176 | $238 | 35.2% |
| Derek Thompson | $233 | $233 | 0% |
| Jay Duncan | $1,210 | $232 | -80.8% |
| Hilda Bennett | $228 | $228 | 0% |
| Sybil L. Thompson | $154 | $224 | 45.5% |
| Bobby White | $3,662 | $218 | -94% |
| Shane Satterwhite | $1,065 | $202 | -81% |
| Jerry McBride | $352 | $199 | -43.5% |
| Christopher Allen Franks | $1,067 | $198 | -81.4% |
| Inez Lollar | $436 | $195 | -55.3% |
| Randy Burleson | $194 | $194 | 0% |
| Carl Brown | $407 | $193 | -52.6% |
| Nina Ruth House | $441 | $192 | -56.5% |
| Kathy G. Jetton | $184 | $184 | 0% |
| Keary D. Jetton | $0 | $184 | -- |
| John William Love Jr. | $891 | $176 | -80.2% |
| Tommy Guinn | $167 | $167 | 0% |
| Shawn Matthew Lucas | $566 | $166 | -70.7% |
| Terry Buse | $162 | $162 | 0% |
| Frankie Brown | $155 | $155 | 0% |
| Tim Nichols | $1,826 | $154 | -91.6% |
| Michael D. Horton | $150 | $150 | 0% |
| Addie Belle Knight | $1,070 | $145 | -86.4% |
| Johnny L. Guntharp | $138 | $138 | 0% |
| Roy Douglas Dulaney | $63 | $122 | 93.7% |
| Wayne Edge | $605 | $121 | -80% |
| Don Clayton | $114 | $114 | 0% |
| Jason Grissom | $107 | $107 | 0% |
| Grant Jenkins | $572 | $104 | -81.8% |
| Robert Wouldridge | $239 | $101 | -57.7% |
| Darrell Pitts | $98 | $98 | 0% |
| Pitts Family Trust | $98 | $98 | 0% |
| Jerry Pitts | $98 | $98 | 0% |
| Vernell Barber | $200 | $98 | -51% |
| Halbert Pitts | $98 | $98 | 0% |
| John C. Moore | $484 | $97 | -80% |
| Lydia McIntosh | $316 | $97 | -69.3% |
| Dan McCrimon | $0 | $94 | -- |
| Martha Sheffield | $172 | $82 | -52.3% |
| Dudley Strickland | $0 | $71 | -- |
| Wayne Guin | $880 | $70 | -92% |
| Harvey Stuart Weaver | $231 | $49 | -78.8% |
| Steven Rushing | $34 | $46 | 35.3% |
| Rebecca June Bowling | $0 | $13 | -- |
| Annie Pearl Dulaney | $677 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Kitchens | $1,409 | $0 | -100% |
| Casey Clayton | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Bowen | $1,389 | $0 | -100% |
| David D. Schumpert | $860 | $0 | -100% |
| David Dulaney | $1,331 | $0 | -100% |
| Ernie L. Wilemon | $2,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Ferrell Hayes | $445 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Gann | $1,537 | $0 | -100% |
| Hubert H. Coker | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Jana Sue Orear | $315 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry D. Wheeler | $614 | $0 | -100% |
| Patti Umfress | $30 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall E. Craft Jr. | $2,133 | $0 | -100% |
| Rickey Wallace | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony Wallace | $465 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Comer | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Dulaney | $266 | $0 | -100% |
| David Sheffield | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Desha Miller Tolleson | $217 | $0 | -100% |
| Franks Family Holding, LLC | $1,403 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. Frederick | $1,141 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Franks | $34 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Adams | $1,313 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Cooper | $310 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Farris | $293 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Wilson Wesson Jr. | $662 | $0 | -100% |
| Vicki Anne Wesson | $662 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,101,345 | $902,812 | -18% |
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