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In 2021, 115 farmers in cities within Panola County received a total of $389,698 in 118 farm subsidies, a 70.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.3 million in 285 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert T. Boren | $14,261 | $54,689 | 283.5% |
| Logging Technician Forestry, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| 4-D Poultry, LLC | $0 | $18,226 | -- |
| Terri Lyn Williams | $0 | $16,028 | -- |
| Russell Whitaker | $78,163 | $14,462 | -81.5% |
| Jeffrey D. Crooks | $70,221 | $13,423 | -80.9% |
| Joe Dan Wedgeworth | $50,820 | $13,028 | -74.4% |
| 6 Mile Cattle Company, LLC | $55,030 | $10,463 | -81% |
| Thomas Keith Adams | $53,449 | $9,224 | -82.7% |
| Terry Holland | $37,543 | $8,322 | -77.8% |
| Virgil Wedgeworth | $73,843 | $6,797 | -90.8% |
| James David Bush | $90,324 | $6,176 | -93.2% |
| Trey Harvey | $20,607 | $6,038 | -70.7% |
| Dunn Farms, LLC | $24,849 | $5,939 | -76.1% |
| Frankie Aaron | $43,346 | $5,724 | -86.8% |
| Val B. Evans Jr. | $23,397 | $5,362 | -77.1% |
| Troy Don Davis | $40,119 | $5,270 | -86.9% |
| Tyler Langford | $21,450 | $4,995 | -76.7% |
| Steven D. Hobbs | $16,181 | $4,441 | -72.6% |
| Jerry L. Hudson | $18,293 | $3,868 | -78.9% |
| William L. Gatewood | $14,784 | $3,710 | -74.9% |
| Johnny F. Williams | $14,883 | $3,628 | -75.6% |
| Billy Wayne Reed | $20,442 | $3,578 | -82.5% |
| Patsy Nan Waldrop | $16,819 | $3,541 | -78.9% |
| Richard C. Bagley | $12,265 | $3,498 | -71.5% |
| Larry N. Gill Jr. | $11,244 | $3,465 | -69.2% |
| Dale R. Pope | $14,432 | $3,389 | -76.5% |
| Sam L. Allison | $18,612 | $3,347 | -82% |
| Bobby L. Anderson | $16,535 | $3,220 | -80.5% |
| Tommy J. Jones | $9,691 | $3,166 | -67.3% |
| William R. Alexander | $10,040 | $3,052 | -69.6% |
| Thomas Andrew Chamness | $15,050 | $2,793 | -81.4% |
| Robert E. Morris III | $6,412 | $2,488 | -61.2% |
| Roy D. Langford | $9,850 | $2,414 | -75.5% |
| Grady Heath Nutt | $9,922 | $2,340 | -76.4% |
| Ronny Harris | $8,730 | $2,306 | -73.6% |
| John D. Rittenberry | $11,045 | $2,220 | -79.9% |
| Danny Ray Ivy | $10,098 | $2,182 | -78.4% |
| Nora K. Conroy | $5,165 | $2,098 | -59.4% |
| James Robert Kneipp | $0 | $2,078 | -- |
| Sammy L. Peace | $5,115 | $2,008 | -60.7% |
| Dustin Williams | $9,570 | $1,991 | -79.2% |
| James W. Crawford | $8,337 | $1,987 | -76.2% |
| James H. Browning Jr. | $8,173 | $1,957 | -76.1% |
| Grady B. Wedgeworth | $9,105 | $1,921 | -78.9% |
| Matthew Wayne Comer | $6,798 | $1,901 | -72% |
| Dean Royal Yates | $12,675 | $1,848 | -85.4% |
| Bobby L. Anderson II | $9,482 | $1,793 | -81.1% |
| Paul L. Harvey | $6,952 | $1,768 | -74.6% |
| Charles Eric Pellham | $12,756 | $1,766 | -86.2% |
| Troy Lance Jones | $7,872 | $1,702 | -78.4% |
| Steven Brent Coleman | $9,183 | $1,692 | -81.6% |
| Michael Stone Edens | $6,567 | $1,491 | -77.3% |
| Michael Shane Anthony | $6,327 | $1,397 | -77.9% |
| Michael Phil Harris | $7,714 | $1,284 | -83.4% |
| Hugh Henry Shahan | $2,772 | $1,203 | -56.6% |
| Salin Roxann Reed | $5,823 | $1,197 | -79.4% |
| Henry T. Spann Jr. | $5,346 | $1,193 | -77.7% |
| Randy Dwayne Barron | $18,709 | $1,185 | -93.7% |
| Galen R. Williams | $4,807 | $1,172 | -75.6% |
| Mike Ross | $7,444 | $1,165 | -84.3% |
| Robert D. Green Jr. | $11,658 | $1,159 | -90.1% |
| Debbra C. Shahan | $0 | $1,111 | -- |
| Patsy Hamilton | $4,038 | $1,106 | -72.6% |
| Charles F. Humphries | $5,947 | $1,069 | -82% |
| Terry Douglas Goodwin | $3,806 | $1,058 | -72.2% |
| James R. Ivy | $4,762 | $1,000 | -79% |
| Carolyn M. Coleman | $4,400 | $970 | -78% |
| Kimberly A. Fowler | $3,466 | $954 | -72.5% |
| Bradley Keith Price | $5,000 | $896 | -82.1% |
| Jacob Whitsett | $5,172 | $883 | -82.9% |
| Kevin Lynn Whitsett | $4,574 | $866 | -81.1% |
| Keith P. Brady | $3,751 | $813 | -78.3% |
| Jonathan Paul Porter | $4,103 | $806 | -80.4% |
| W. A. Wedgeworth Jr. | $3,696 | $782 | -78.8% |
| William Reedy Coleman | $3,510 | $774 | -77.9% |
| Emily Ann Laforce | $3,679 | $754 | -79.5% |
| John Wayne Bryan | $4,227 | $723 | -82.9% |
| Steve Holland | $3,003 | $685 | -77.2% |
| William Gregory Morris | $2,750 | $658 | -76.1% |
| Adam Scott Rogers | $2,946 | $653 | -77.8% |
| Charles Worley | $2,508 | $650 | -74.1% |
| Christopher James Graham | $2,262 | $650 | -71.3% |
| Bobby T. Williams | $6,276 | $639 | -89.8% |
| Jackie Soape | $2,409 | $613 | -74.6% |
| Kevin Tory Sheffield | $1,881 | $608 | -67.7% |
| Rondal R. Briggs | $2,794 | $602 | -78.5% |
| Denise W. Murphy | $2,068 | $584 | -71.8% |
| Michael G. Lagrone | $3,060 | $553 | -81.9% |
| Brian N. Reed | $1,485 | $530 | -64.3% |
| Daniel L. Allred | $2,588 | $530 | -79.5% |
| Tanya Carroll | $2,365 | $526 | -77.8% |
| Rusty Lynn Coleman | $2,517 | $515 | -79.5% |
| Bruce Kyle Johnson Jr. | $2,710 | $506 | -81.3% |
| John Charles Dewitt | $3,630 | $495 | -86.4% |
| Brenda Holland | $1,491 | $488 | -67.3% |
| Danny Joe Coleman | $3,183 | $484 | -84.8% |
| Rural Reverie, LLC | $3,576 | $445 | -87.6% |
| Nathan Lee Taylor | $1,518 | $436 | -71.3% |
| Gary G. Kelley | $2,486 | $429 | -82.7% |
| Mark W. Davis | $1,540 | $411 | -73.3% |
| James Earl Hicks | $1,155 | $384 | -66.8% |
| Wayne Elliott | $957 | $357 | -62.7% |
| Cynthia Denese Powell | $2,024 | $355 | -82.5% |
| Jeffrey R. Ivy | $1,584 | $350 | -77.9% |
| Marlin Parker | $1,474 | $350 | -76.3% |
| John T. Spradley | $1,907 | $301 | -84.2% |
| Cleon Douglas Williams Sr. | $1,200 | $294 | -75.5% |
| Micheal Shaun Harris | $2,220 | $284 | -87.2% |
| Mary Kathy Napier | $627 | $262 | -58.2% |
| Dennis Rougely | $1,552 | $249 | -84% |
| Drew D. Jackson | $0 | $246 | -- |
| Terry Michael Harris | $759 | $208 | -72.6% |
| Mark D. Williams | $205 | $101 | -50.7% |
| Dustin Lee Harris | $132 | $59 | -55.3% |
| Brenda Reed Blackwell | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Darren Jay Oliphant | $967 | $0 | -100% |
| James Eddie Pride | $3,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Myron L. Minten | $524 | $0 | -100% |
| Nita Wilson | $3,905 | $0 | -100% |
| Clayton Hunt Williams | $4,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Dutcher | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Debbie C. Shahan | $3,486 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Wayne Dyer | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Rogerson | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Boyd | $5,885 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Pope | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth E. Langford | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Larin Z. Wallace | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Mayes | $802 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicky Lee Parker | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Rusty Kneipp | $1,749 | $0 | -100% |
| Shaun David Kemp | $2,148 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,329,634 | $389,698 | -70.7% |
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