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The state of taxpayer-funded farm subsidies in cities associated with Leake County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Leake County received $444,808 more in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 369 farmers in cities within Leake County received a total of $2.7 million in 437 farm subsidies, a 19.5% increase from 2020, when the total was $2.3 million in 752 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 Leake County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Double D & T, LLC$0$124,165--
Thong N. Nguyen$0$115,144--
Wooten Farms, LLC$31,944$104,090225.9%
Estes Farm, Inc.$0$102,555--
Ray C. Martin$0$97,338--
Mcmillon Farms, Inc.$0$92,193--
Tony Savell$58,461$90,91255.5%
Felicia G. Chipley$13,087$84,071542.4%
Watkins Farms, LLC$0$79,058--
Johnny M. Fisher II$0$77,054--
Tammy Keen$0$68,244--
Wilbanks Poultry, LLC$0$67,526--
Glenda A. Pickel$0$66,055--
Donald R. Gunn$11,301$66,020484.2%
Carmen R. Moore$0$60,421--
Michael B. Wilder$156,914$57,327-63.5%
Michael Green$0$56,570--
Jeff Roberts Logging$0$52,875--
Jeffry Layne Gowan$4,229$52,1961,134.2%
Matthew D. Johnson$4,591$48,138948.5%
Kevin Kemp$101,638$45,824-54.9%
Joey B. Langston$0$45,205--
Toya Dee Moss$4,290$39,022809.6%
Robert M. Myers$0$37,847--
Patti B. Sistrunk$0$36,105--
Kirby Glenn Nazary$4,785$31,882566.3%
Ep & P Farms, LLC$0$31,396--
Jerry Greenlee$0$30,820--
Don Wooten Farm, LLC$0$29,834--
Randy Watkins$0$29,696--
Savanna Valley, LLC$0$28,273--
Mark D. Johnson$11,433$27,591141.3%
Greenridge Farm, LLC$0$21,575--
Michael Alford$10,540$20,88498.1%
Crosby McDonald$0$20,813--
Dewanye Breazeale$0$20,126--
Steve H. Pope$0$19,704--
Brian D. Burns$8,228$19,691139.3%
Jerry A. Corkern$36,839$19,117-48.1%
Jerry Watkins$6,021$17,281187%
Clay T. Wright$16,657$16,6570%
Donald Earl McDill$12,972$16,24525.2%
Bell Farms, Inc.$72,616$15,994-78%
Rodney S. Rasco$84,374$15,744-81.3%
Preston Stewart Jr.$52,170$14,880-71.5%
James A. Carter$48,444$13,504-72.1%
Frank Wilcher$0$12,760--
Eddie Wooten$101,246$12,737-87.4%
Bell Livestock, Inc.$58,564$12,408-78.8%
Jerry Whittington$19,224$10,265-46.6%
Mitchell Johnston$6,787$8,61026.9%
Tommy C. Chipley$10,197$8,321-18.4%
Millard Brock Farms, LLC$0$7,740--
Thomas Michael R Merchant$10,942$7,710-29.5%
Justin R. Wooten$8,189$7,527-8.1%
Kenneth Ray Thrash$0$7,442--
J. W. Shepard$13,542$7,140-47.3%
James G. Pickel$0$7,104--
Annie S. Wade$7,573$6,899-8.9%
R & B Cattle, LLC$25,729$6,883-73.2%
Mikey Keen$0$6,514--
Snow Farms, Inc.$0$6,265--
Charles Latham and Sons LP$19,565$6,099-68.8%
James L. Freeny$13,766$5,972-56.6%
Larry M. Kea$29,896$5,810-80.6%
Stacy B. Sessums$5,648$5,543-1.9%
James Austin Alford Farms, LLC$0$5,510--
Dwain McBeth$7,196$5,398-25%
Thien Nguyen$0$5,300--
Isaiah Cochran$19,888$5,170-74%
Michael Rawson$21,087$4,868-76.9%
Billy D. Sistrunk$4,726$4,7260%
James S. Stewart$19,226$4,323-77.5%
Joseph Wayne Lathem$19,261$4,308-77.6%
Dale and Mary Ann Limited Partnership$5,845$4,124-29.4%
Karen L. Johnson$0$4,013--
Patricia H. Thrash$18,104$4,006-77.9%
Karen M. Wooten$0$3,988--
Phillip D Rhinewalt Farm, LLC$0$3,907--
Thomas S. Faulkner$17,398$3,900-77.6%
Actual Perception, LLC$11,832$3,795-67.9%
Billy J. Pogue$3,263$3,69913.4%
George Whitten$34,986$3,622-89.6%
Larry D. Thrash$17,446$3,550-79.7%
Charles R. Latham$17,515$3,508-80%
Danny McGivney$10,622$3,461-67.4%
Sammy Ray Evans$12,435$3,329-73.2%
Eddie L. Harrell$23,409$3,234-86.2%
Ernie F. Chennault$13,288$3,200-75.9%
Ralph Franklin Sessums$15,334$3,004-80.4%
Michael W. Thornton$0$2,991--
James A. Alford$12,681$2,813-77.8%
Shannon Cattle, LLC$13,364$2,735-79.5%
Donald C. McDill$12,067$2,718-77.5%
Helen M. Sanford$9,702$2,486-74.4%
Donald Coleman$10,150$2,412-76.2%
Truitt Phillips$6,811$2,350-65.5%
William L. McBeth$8,360$2,318-72.3%
Joseph W. Langford$5,643$2,298-59.3%
Shelley Land & Timber, LLC$1,525$2,28750%
Aubry - Ac Land K Cox, LLC$2,285$2,2850%
Kirby G. Watkins Jr.$9,713$2,275-76.6%
Raymond L. Wilbanks$0$2,272--
Millard F. Brock$13,239$2,245-83%
Robert D. Barnes$10,131$2,233-78%
Jimmy D. Edwards$9,152$2,225-75.7%
Kaleb C. Kemp$0$2,105--
Christopher Minshew$2,247$2,089-7%
James W. O'Mara$7,345$2,070-71.8%
Waymon Ellis$13,880$2,016-85.5%
Jim Anderson$10,032$2,001-80.1%
Ned Rushing Jr.$9,878$1,987-79.9%
Yancy Martin$0$1,983--
Jimmie D. Arthur$8,646$1,941-77.6%
Charles Evans$0$1,925--
Dustin T. Shannon$9,068$1,906-79%
Donna M. Gilmer$10,631$1,896-82.2%
Jerry L. Rawson$11,066$1,867-83.1%
Billy M. Boyd$6,226$1,846-70.4%
Leon Stewart$9,218$1,836-80.1%
Steve O. Lyle$1,832$1,8320%
Rheef Farms, LLC$4,892$1,815-62.9%
W. B. Jones$5,195$1,803-65.3%
Larry Brantley$9,504$1,796-81.1%
Raymond Lyn Latham$7,909$1,788-77.4%
William M. Penn$4,363$1,764-59.6%
Jody Reyer$12,585$1,750-86.1%
Clara J. Thaggard$8,959$1,744-80.5%
Seth Waggoner$6,413$1,742-72.8%
Edith V. Watkins$6,424$1,690-73.7%
Bernard P. Lindsay$0$1,637--
Tommy W. Jones$10,006$1,637-83.6%
Mary R. McMillon$2,016$1,607-20.3%
Annie C. Coleman$2,720$1,603-41.1%
Sara Shannon$7,040$1,580-77.6%
Nguyen Brothers, LLC$6,868$1,572-77.1%
Billy Ray Young$5,500$1,562-71.6%
Jean Martinez$7,937$1,557-80.4%
John Nolan McCann$6,944$1,555-77.6%
Phillip Grimes$7,087$1,553-78.1%
Wayne Ebeling$5,900$1,552-73.7%
Jane W. Crane$1,552$1,5520%
Christopher T. Vowell$5,951$1,520-74.5%
George Raymond Triplett$1,474$1,4740%
Jason Stewart$6,567$1,466-77.7%
Samuel E. Hoye$6,944$1,454-79.1%
Jerry Dwayne Pigg$5,361$1,452-72.9%
Ricky Turner$6,061$1,428-76.4%
Danny J. Freeny$6,490$1,412-78.2%
Joe R. Sanders$3,070$1,390-54.7%
Philip T. Young$1,999$1,368-31.6%
W & M Investment Partners L P$1,367$1,3670%
Thomas A. Shannon$6,479$1,356-79.1%
Terry W. Carpenter$0$1,339--
Kim L. Caldwell$6,094$1,332-78.1%
Joseph and Sarah Langford Properties, LLC$0$1,328--
Gary Winstead$5,819$1,326-77.2%
Margaret Mann$1,319$1,3190%
Susan R. Kinton$1,782$1,300-27%
Amy C. Ingram$1,258$1,2580%
Sessums & Son's Farms, LLC$3,784$1,251-66.9%
James Earl Estes Jr.$5,137$1,212-76.4%
Eliza H. Thomas$4,642$1,174-74.7%
Ben Johnson$5,764$1,159-79.9%
Robert V. Gill Jr.$3,793$1,131-70.2%
Aubrey Phillips$6,453$1,124-82.6%
James M. Alford$5,508$1,110-79.8%
Robert L. Kinard$3,740$1,101-70.6%
Jonathan E. Allen$0$1,100--
Travis Dwight Cooper$4,873$1,090-77.6%
Johnny A. Smith$2,524$1,087-56.9%
Lamar Sanders$4,224$1,087-74.3%
Virginia Harrell$4,454$1,087-75.6%
Johnny Barfield$2,706$1,086-59.9%
Glenn E. Crawford$3,782$1,070-71.7%
Johnnie Nell O. Brock$1,069$1,0690%
Gary M. McPhail$4,158$1,047-74.8%
Dottie T. Sistrunk$4,208$1,044-75.2%
Michael Peden$1,033$1,0330%
Harmon R. Stovall$1,032$1,0320%
Danny G. Watkins$5,054$1,025-79.7%
Claudia L. Waggoner$1,019$1,0190%
Lisa Rushing$4,191$1,006-76%
Daniel Danny Cochran$992$9920%
Larry W. Sims$4,488$989-78%
Laverne Monroe$4,204$966-77%
Don Wooten$4,345$962-77.9%
Debbie E. Bennett$5,674$962-83%
Paul D. Frasier Jr.$4,554$937-79.4%
Milton S. Adams$924$9240%
Mitchell J. Wooten$4,347$921-78.8%
Mitchell Crouther$3,850$912-76.3%
Joseph Freeny$5,324$900-83.1%
Charles L. Sessums$885$8850%
Don Shepard$2,910$866-70.2%
Troy P. Wilcher$1,778$856-51.9%
Jackie Houston$5,275$851-83.9%
Kathy C. Taylor$851$8510%
Jean Ann Forbes$1,842$826-55.2%
Truman Fortune$4,317$826-80.9%
Timmy W. Walker$2,761$822-70.2%
Wayne Scott$5,352$821-84.7%
Daniel Jones$3,630$820-77.4%
Joey Michael McCann$2,968$816-72.5%
Wyatt Walter McCann$5,743$816-85.8%
Daniel C. Sanders Jr.$2,834$800-71.8%
William A. Bryan$5,698$796-86%
Matthew W. Hall$3,883$796-79.5%
Jason C. Wade$791$7910%
Michael Harrell$3,621$776-78.6%
Houston Ealy$3,072$774-74.8%
Nicky Johnson$3,421$768-77.6%
James W. Smith$990$765-22.7%
Richard E. Nazary$760$7600%
Ty Colter Adams$2,112$759-64.1%
Chad Parker$2,860$756-73.6%
Chris Jones$3,718$751-79.8%
James Travis Cain$4,416$745-83.1%
Marshall Gray$2,629$744-71.7%
Brian Turner$742$7420%
Jim S. Kemp$5,164$740-85.7%
Cynthia Palmer$3,608$740-79.5%
Caleb Cochran$4,455$726-83.7%
Boyd T. Burns$3,201$717-77.6%
Betsy D. Stewart$1,353$707-47.7%
Billy Ray Lomax$2,765$703-74.6%
Larry Pope$3,201$692-78.4%
David R. Carpenter$722$682-5.5%
Bobby Wilbanks$3,896$678-82.6%
Eric Griffin$1,518$670-55.9%
Jerry Powers$642$6420%
Phillip Greer$2,431$638-73.8%
Wesley Myrick$1,936$638-67%
Debbie T. Blocker$2,684$633-76.4%
Dale J. Scott$2,926$626-78.6%
Harvey E. King$2,363$621-73.7%
Darrell Foch Dickens JR$3,260$616-81.1%
Jackie Quick$2,816$612-78.3%
Otis C. Thames$1,457$612-58%
Roger P. Cullen$609$6090%
Bobby Boone$1,854$604-67.4%
Aaron Tyler Gaylord$3,329$595-82.1%
Don W. Howell$692$588-15%
Jimmy Howell$692$588-15%
James O. Ingram Jr.$2,783$588-78.9%
Sara Lea Rasco$4,573$582-87.3%
Jonathan Spears$2,651$575-78.3%
Jimmy Russell$2,850$574-79.9%
Charles McLaurin$2,398$564-76.5%
Conner D. Herrington$560$5600%
Danny Thornton$560$5600%
Todd Turner$2,596$560-78.4%
Connie M. Crawford$555$5560.2%
James Ricky Shannon$2,101$556-73.5%
Eileen Sessums$555$5550%
Jerry Stewart$2,919$543-81.4%
Louann H. Bricker$3,153$540-82.9%
Brandon Moore$2,774$535-80.7%
Michael Carpenter$0$526--
Raymond A. Alford$3,987$526-86.8%
John Keith Carter$1,543$524-66%
John Thomas$2,607$519-80.1%
Melissa Ann Denson$2,387$519-78.3%
Frances Cockroft$2,629$516-80.4%
Philip Bolton$1,815$512-71.8%
Robert C. Ware$2,558$512-80%
Lance James$2,332$509-78.2%
Mitchell W. Smith$2,134$508-76.2%
Chester L. Carpenter$2,299$502-78.2%
Carrie Boydston$2,882$500-82.7%
Paul D. Long$2,968$494-83.4%
Mary A. Gee$489$4890%
Clavis Thornton$2,123$478-77.5%
Pat Hardage$479$478-0.2%
Willie C. Harris$1,419$477-66.4%
Bobby J. Thornton$467$4670%
Pam B. Trippe$2,754$467-83%
Franklin G. Lewis$2,294$460-79.9%
Ryan C. Anderson$2,927$456-84.4%
William G. Lindsay$0$455--
Clyde Turner$2,398$447-81.4%
Bernard Denson$2,285$447-80.4%
Arthur Townsend$1,804$446-75.3%
Mark T. Dye$3,557$442-87.6%
Thomas W. Reeves Jr.$1,980$436-78%
James Cary$1,914$436-77.2%
Jack Jason Johnston$2,630$422-84%
Grady Lee Abel$2,094$422-79.8%
Bill Hutchins$1,749$416-76.2%
Adam Chipley Edgar$1,958$412-79%
Lyndon Kelly$1,386$408-70.6%
Jimmy Wilcher$1,749$405-76.8%
Terry Ray$1,375$392-71.5%
J. C. Lepard$1,890$391-79.3%
Alfred Johnson$453$390-13.9%
Paul Wayne Moore$1,320$382-71.1%
Christopher Dale Thomas$1,308$381-70.9%
Dale Denise Triplett Dowell$381$3810%
Earnest Cheeks Jr.$726$380-47.7%
Kenneth James$726$380-47.7%
Carl Sistrunk$379$3790%
Patrick W. Patterson$1,782$377-78.8%
Glendale Kennedy$2,387$377-84.2%
James Lamar Turner$2,974$374-87.4%
Kelon S Wilbanks$1,650$374-77.3%
Andrew Barton$1,221$371-69.6%
Annetra Greenwood$1,529$370-75.8%
George L. Gill$1,573$366-76.7%
Richey Thrash$1,272$362-71.5%
Thomas Scott Freeny$416$354-14.9%
Toy L Burks-Spivey$1,507$352-76.6%
Trace Dylan Thrash$1,705$349-79.5%
Brianna Gabrielle Bell$1,210$345-71.5%
Deborah D. Moore$1,078$342-68.3%
James E. Barton Jr.$1,507$342-77.3%
Anna H. Shannon$1,551$338-78.2%
Taylor William Reeves$1,942$336-82.7%
Martha C. Crain$0$319--
Danny Wayne Weaver$2,173$315-85.5%
Lisa J. Wilbanks$305$3050%
Jace Dylan Harris$1,309$304-76.8%
Lois Cockroft$342$303-11.4%
J. B. Burkes$1,549$301-80.6%
Manuel W. Sanders$288$2880%
Eddie N. Crawford$1,485$284-80.9%
Joanna Meadows Mayfield$658$282-57.1%
Robert A. Alford$1,320$273-79.3%
Kevin M. Smith$759$264-65.2%
Tristan Howell$880$259-70.6%
Billy Cary$1,100$253-77%
Frank Grimes$249$2490%
John Boler$594$249-58.1%
Jeanette Greenwood$1,067$246-76.9%
Julia Fay Alderman$238$2380%
Jacob Frasier$1,078$235-78.2%
Jason D. Rawson$1,265$232-81.7%
Joe B. Leflore$946$232-75.5%
Paul Ronnie Ingram$2,267$228-89.9%
Joe Andy Helton$922$217-76.5%
David T. Jones$913$214-76.6%
Beverly M. Shelton$792$209-73.6%
Jackie Lee Whittington$1,048$197-81.2%
Ollie Crouther$396$197-50.3%
Angela Ruth Gilliam$195$1950%
Mitchell Skipper Sprayberry$1,344$187-86.1%
Henry Lee Boone$1,351$173-87.2%
James Lucas Brown$249$170-31.7%
Patricia G. Stokes$297$155-47.8%
Travis Banks$297$155-47.8%
Scott Daugherty$550$152-72.4%
Bobby Spivey$550$152-72.4%
Betty Clark$429$138-67.8%
Bubba Moss$7,946$138-98.3%
Reggie Evans$282$128-54.6%
Dung Le$127$1270%
Robby James$517$124-76%
Clay Polk$341$110-67.7%
Daniel Cohill$0$110--
Gerry L. White$198$104-47.5%
Sharon T. Latham$4,164$97-97.7%
Bevela D Johnson$1,047$93-91.1%
James W. Sessums$0$82--
Addie Grace Weaver$363$73-79.9%
Kay Lucovich$96$59-38.5%
Ollie R. Johnston$1,087$56-94.8%
Dannon Lyle Weaver$297$48-83.8%
Matthew Freeny$69$34-50.7%
Darrin C. Pickett$17$8-52.9%
James E. Johnson$488$8-98.4%
Ashley S. Strength$581$0-100%
Crystal Howell Martin$503$0-100%
David Wayne Hayes$142$0-100%
Herman Louis Goolsby$2,200$0-100%
Hilltop L P$160$0-100%
James O Ganann$216$0-100%
Jimmie Crain$319$0-100%
John Kendall Carpenter$1,265$0-100%
Keith Carpenter$331$0-100%
Kevin Carpenter$331$0-100%
Mabry Lang$4,785$0-100%
Margaret E. Carpenter$331$0-100%
Marilyn H. Bonney$1,796$0-100%
Mary H. Carpenter$526$0-100%
The James O and Dora M Mills Revocable Trust$472$0-100%
Tommy Ganann$216$0-100%
Travis Stewart$1,965$0-100%
W E Ganann$2,785$0-100%
William P. Crosby$168$0-100%
Bobby R. Thomas$612$0-100%
Gary Cary$110$0-100%
Henry Alexander Parrott Jr.$37$0-100%
Joe L. Bell$876$0-100%
Johnny Beckham$2,915$0-100%
Nettie S. Reid$3,878$0-100%
Sarah Langford$1,327$0-100%
Tommy L. Gunn$3,135$0-100%
William Parker Lindsay and Katherine Myers Lindsay Irrevocab$6,948$0-100%
Brantley Ingram$1,265$0-100%
Carolyn J. Thomas$1,699$0-100%
Charles L. Thames$825$0-100%
Mary A. Shuler$3,300$0-100%
Total subsidies$2,283,037$2,727,84519.5%

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