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In 2021, 166 farmers in cities within Pearl River County received a total of $455,828 in 203 farm subsidies, a 65.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.3 million in 398 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 Pearl River County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| T Mizell Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Tyler Mizell LD Trucking, LLC | $0 | $33,574 | -- |
| Terri Lynn Anderson | $10,366 | $18,851 | 81.9% |
| Newt Ladner | $55,947 | $16,337 | -70.8% |
| Patrick J. Lee | $14,946 | $14,296 | -4.3% |
| Peter A. Tims Jr. | $16,078 | $12,490 | -22.3% |
| Ronnie Penton | $11,253 | $12,289 | 9.2% |
| Pine Vista Plantation, LLC | $29,863 | $10,633 | -64.4% |
| Kelly M. Johnson | $101,751 | $10,488 | -89.7% |
| Hubbard Sod Company, LLC | $0 | $8,313 | -- |
| Jess W. Brown | $37,690 | $8,130 | -78.4% |
| Horizon Timber, LLC | $7,958 | $7,958 | 0% |
| Clarence Steven Lee | $18,018 | $7,233 | -59.9% |
| The Lavern W & Vienna C Snodgrass Revocable Trust Dated This | $7,869 | $5,779 | -26.6% |
| Jerald Duane Long | $0 | $5,261 | -- |
| James E. Clark | $17,424 | $5,176 | -70.3% |
| Rudy Michael Peterson | $8,514 | $5,145 | -39.6% |
| Leo S. Gentry | $22,244 | $4,973 | -77.6% |
| Bernie Rudy Peterson | $8,514 | $4,815 | -43.4% |
| Carl A. Hodge | $11,633 | $4,803 | -58.7% |
| Gaynell Moran | $14,931 | $4,683 | -68.6% |
| Mark S. Moran | $17,914 | $4,629 | -74.2% |
| Jimmy L. Smith | $20,514 | $4,370 | -78.7% |
| Ronnie Brown | $20,958 | $4,354 | -79.2% |
| Russell E. Foster | $4,471 | $4,068 | -9% |
| Kevin T. Smith | $7,568 | $3,884 | -48.7% |
| James R. Ladner | $16,759 | $3,883 | -76.8% |
| Richard S. Dossett | $25,236 | $3,838 | -84.8% |
| Dossett Farms, LLC | $23,178 | $3,634 | -84.3% |
| Louis E. Brodie | $14,575 | $3,474 | -76.2% |
| Roland Raymond Lee III | $1,730 | $3,387 | 95.8% |
| Denver A. Ladner | $16,931 | $3,364 | -80.1% |
| Ben Solomon Moody | $21,253 | $3,258 | -84.7% |
| Timothy G. Anderson | $4,068 | $3,072 | -24.5% |
| J. W. Varnado | $5,984 | $2,974 | -50.3% |
| Jerry Todd | $2,876 | $2,876 | 0% |
| Pete Moran | $8,030 | $2,818 | -64.9% |
| Byron Ladner | $25,722 | $2,812 | -89.1% |
| Seal Farms, LLC | $9,427 | $2,705 | -71.3% |
| Prentis Ladner | $14,742 | $2,703 | -81.7% |
| Tony A. Wilson | $17,748 | $2,697 | -84.8% |
| Benjamin J. Cross | $1,881 | $2,665 | 41.7% |
| Kyle M. Kirkland | $9,924 | $2,629 | -73.5% |
| Rafe L Smith | $25,619 | $2,620 | -89.8% |
| Oswald Moran Jr. | $6,512 | $2,594 | -60.2% |
| Ronal E. Wallace | $2,673 | $2,516 | -5.9% |
| Janice C. Bickham | $6,072 | $2,456 | -59.6% |
| Michael R. Kirkland | $6,633 | $2,375 | -64.2% |
| David Earl Johnson | $9,559 | $2,348 | -75.4% |
| Douglas Dale | $14,837 | $2,332 | -84.3% |
| Johnnie Bounds | $8,848 | $2,269 | -74.4% |
| Lavonne K. Stringer | $5,038 | $2,260 | -55.1% |
| Jared Lewis Lee | $12,437 | $2,194 | -82.4% |
| Johnny F. Williams | $4,048 | $2,078 | -48.7% |
| Beryl J. Collins | $7,315 | $2,055 | -71.9% |
| David G. Miller | $4,955 | $2,051 | -58.6% |
| Joe Wesley | $2,020 | $2,020 | 0% |
| Triple C Cattle Farm | $6,770 | $2,020 | -70.2% |
| Regenia Davis | $7,645 | $1,988 | -74% |
| Bruce Burge | $10,142 | $1,942 | -80.9% |
| Aaron A. Smith | $8,995 | $1,870 | -79.2% |
| Scott David Armstrong | $7,777 | $1,849 | -76.2% |
| Black Creek Farm, LLC | $20,094 | $1,828 | -90.9% |
| Jerry Smith | $7,919 | $1,828 | -76.9% |
| Dennis C. Barnett | $17,287 | $1,813 | -89.5% |
| Norman Al Tynes | $8,569 | $1,742 | -79.7% |
| Jeremy Stilwell | $0 | $1,722 | -- |
| Frank W. Graves Jr. | $21,069 | $1,645 | -92.2% |
| James B. Whitfield | $6,358 | $1,592 | -75% |
| Vernon J. Culpepper | $5,962 | $1,582 | -73.5% |
| Herman R. Necaise | $4,488 | $1,570 | -65% |
| Charles Shuff | $3,081 | $1,536 | -50.1% |
| Sandra Smith | $7,084 | $1,502 | -78.8% |
| Lewis Moseley & Raley | $4,113 | $1,496 | -63.6% |
| William D. Norris III | $4,829 | $1,469 | -69.6% |
| Bar W Cattle Farm, LLC | $6,373 | $1,450 | -77.2% |
| Alvin Wayne Cuevas | $4,236 | $1,322 | -68.8% |
| Jim Whipple | $5,599 | $1,322 | -76.4% |
| Deborah A. Albritton | $0 | $1,320 | -- |
| Frank W. Lagarde Jr. | $902 | $1,320 | 46.3% |
| J. B. Hodge | $4,807 | $1,302 | -72.9% |
| Clayton Ellis Rouse | $6,039 | $1,272 | -78.9% |
| Cody W. Cuevas | $5,244 | $1,266 | -75.9% |
| Cynthia P. Weathersby | $1,240 | $1,240 | 0% |
| Chad Ladner | $0 | $1,211 | -- |
| Dean L. Cuevas | $2,741 | $1,209 | -55.9% |
| Marie Burge | $1,205 | $1,205 | 0% |
| Elvis Williamson | $7,653 | $1,162 | -84.8% |
| Eugene Meier | $6,309 | $1,142 | -81.9% |
| J Edward May Estate | $0 | $1,130 | -- |
| Byron Skipper | $2,901 | $1,084 | -62.6% |
| John Tank Herring | $4,323 | $1,059 | -75.5% |
| Lance Ladner | $8,278 | $1,056 | -87.2% |
| Houston Allen Galloway | $4,785 | $1,052 | -78% |
| John Clayton Smith | $4,719 | $1,046 | -77.8% |
| John H. Watts | $1,033 | $1,033 | 0% |
| Savanna Madisen Wells | $5,228 | $1,028 | -80.3% |
| Billy Frank Brown | $6,109 | $1,018 | -83.3% |
| Sharon Odom | $0 | $990 | -- |
| Samuel Wesley Gentry | $4,550 | $964 | -78.8% |
| Roxann W. Gort | $2,919 | $962 | -67% |
| David M. Smith | $4,623 | $930 | -79.9% |
| Hershel Ladner | $6,697 | $907 | -86.5% |
| Mark Anthony Philyaw | $4,114 | $896 | -78.2% |
| Ellis Cuevas | $2,178 | $892 | -59% |
| Terry L. Davis | $3,897 | $884 | -77.3% |
| Jerry Foxworth | $4,642 | $884 | -81% |
| Scott J Hariel | $4,532 | $883 | -80.5% |
| James H. Amacker | $4,677 | $848 | -81.9% |
| Heather S. Benoit | $4,840 | $826 | -82.9% |
| Donald R. Abram | $2,585 | $814 | -68.5% |
| Jeffrey A. Hodge | $4,137 | $803 | -80.6% |
| Wendall Pigott | $3,916 | $778 | -80.1% |
| Carolyn S. Pullens | $6,628 | $778 | -88.3% |
| Ross H. Barnett | $24,651 | $774 | -96.9% |
| William B. Janes | $4,138 | $770 | -81.4% |
| Lawerence Guchereau JR | $2,882 | $756 | -73.8% |
| Richard Dustin Wells | $3,417 | $744 | -78.2% |
| Jennie B. Smith | $4,443 | $734 | -83.5% |
| John Branum | $3,684 | $729 | -80.2% |
| Jade Allen Sumpter | $2,932 | $726 | -75.2% |
| Lenore S. Ladner | $2,959 | $720 | -75.7% |
| Jesse R. Fowler | $683 | $683 | 0% |
| David M. Allison | $4,853 | $678 | -86% |
| Luther Ladner Bennett | $3,598 | $662 | -81.6% |
| Roger C. Graeber | $3,566 | $660 | -81.5% |
| Steve D. Meadows | $4,366 | $644 | -85.2% |
| Randall K. Lee | $2,481 | $640 | -74.2% |
| Mark G. Smith | $1,451 | $604 | -58.4% |
| William Thomas McGill | $1,793 | $562 | -68.7% |
| Webster E. Brown | $557 | $557 | 0% |
| Christopher T. Smith | $1,659 | $522 | -68.5% |
| Eric J. Bradley | $514 | $514 | 0% |
| Christopher G. Hoelzel | $3,647 | $512 | -86% |
| Ernest E. Clark | $2,288 | $502 | -78.1% |
| Artis Joseph Garcia | $2,376 | $500 | -79% |
| William B. Gibson | $2,178 | $498 | -77.1% |
| Evelyn S. Hudson | $3,750 | $479 | -87.2% |
| Hickory Knoll, Limited Liability Company | $1,926 | $477 | -75.2% |
| Keri B. Peterson | $15,714 | $438 | -97.2% |
| Starlene Cobb Page | $1,595 | $431 | -73% |
| RJA Solutions, LLC | $960 | $418 | -56.5% |
| Milton E. Stogner | $2,552 | $410 | -83.9% |
| Bosworth Children's Trust | $1,628 | $400 | -75.4% |
| Hank A. Spiers | $2,912 | $384 | -86.8% |
| Cynthia S. Lee | $3,055 | $374 | -87.8% |
| Willis A. Knight | $1,609 | $365 | -77.3% |
| Derek Schrader | $2,844 | $362 | -87.3% |
| Jerry W. Cuevas | $1,507 | $352 | -76.6% |
| Trent K. Necaise | $1,023 | $332 | -67.5% |
| Mae E. Foster | $0 | $325 | -- |
| Gary L. Odom | $1,081 | $315 | -70.9% |
| James Saucier | $1,386 | $314 | -77.3% |
| Angie Kay Bedwell | $1,045 | $284 | -72.8% |
| Charles Sidock Jr. | $4,067 | $248 | -93.9% |
| Glenda Lynn Anderson | $1,310 | $232 | -82.3% |
| Braden Paul Ladner | $3,667 | $228 | -93.8% |
| Robert Lewis Allen | $1,045 | $218 | -79.1% |
| David Wayne Credeur | $0 | $212 | -- |
| Georgia Bales | $1,866 | $210 | -88.7% |
| Kermit Allen | $561 | $201 | -64.2% |
| Connie O'Berry | $990 | $172 | -82.6% |
| Amanda L. Ladner | $671 | $121 | -82% |
| Clayford H Lewis | $1,232 | $98 | -92% |
| James T. Fowler | $207 | $56 | -72.9% |
| Agnes L. Cuevas | $330 | $35 | -89.4% |
| Carolyn F. Lee | $690 | $0 | -100% |
| Compostella Farm, LLC | $11,523 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald B. Goss | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy C. Whitley | $528 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Tyler Burge | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Kimberly Adam-Boushie | $1,826 | $0 | -100% |
| Lindy Garrard | $1,689 | $0 | -100% |
| Annette M. Couture | $1,377 | $0 | -100% |
| Crystal Jean Ladner | $204 | $0 | -100% |
| Eileen - Kenneth & Eileen Keller Rev. Trustee E Keller | $7,569 | $0 | -100% |
| J & D Blueberry Farm | $3,776 | $0 | -100% |
| John S. Moody | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph R. Theriot Sr. | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Scott Campbell | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Manuella a Mccormick | $10,858 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Kevin Barrett | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Poplarville Special Mun Sep School D | $6,160 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard A. Hebert | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,308,399 | $455,828 | -65.2% |
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