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In 2021, 200 farmers in cities within Walthall County received a total of $1.9 million in 240 farm subsidies, a 20.9% increase from 2020, when the total was $1.6 million in 466 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 Walthall County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald A. Robertson | $363 | $250,196 | 68,824.5% |
| Malcolm Brent Bracey | $0 | $165,313 | -- |
| Mack H Hobgood Farms, LLC | $66,253 | $126,444 | 90.9% |
| Brian D. McLaughlin | $0 | $117,619 | -- |
| Jason D. McLaughlin | $0 | $116,643 | -- |
| Holmes Logging, LLC | $0 | $105,750 | -- |
| A's Farm, LLC | $0 | $101,105 | -- |
| James Popwell | $136,416 | $86,528 | -36.6% |
| Bradley Reid, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Live Oak Farms, LLC | $0 | $47,241 | -- |
| Rocking R Dairy, Inc. | $291,400 | $44,759 | -84.6% |
| Larry Martin | $40,914 | $43,719 | 6.9% |
| Jason Lee Trucking, LLC | $0 | $38,501 | -- |
| Patsy Quinn | $0 | $38,004 | -- |
| Hai Sy Nguyen | $0 | $29,802 | -- |
| Anchor P Ranch, Inc. | $38,921 | $29,582 | -24% |
| Patten Farms, LLC | $2,747 | $29,179 | 962.2% |
| Raynes Farms, LLC. | $770 | $28,229 | 3,566.1% |
| K & B Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $22,540 | -- |
| T & J Farms, LLC | $33,819 | $22,267 | -34.2% |
| Kathy B. Bracey | $0 | $21,444 | -- |
| James A. Magee | $0 | $21,441 | -- |
| Triple M Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $17,404 | -- |
| James J. Denman II | $33,033 | $15,329 | -53.6% |
| Walter Keith Brock | $23,009 | $15,082 | -34.5% |
| James E. Magee | $49,339 | $14,640 | -70.3% |
| Willis Dillon | $0 | $14,491 | -- |
| Theresa A. Williams | $0 | $12,152 | -- |
| Wright Duncan | $40,408 | $11,739 | -70.9% |
| Persimmon Hill Poultry, LLC | $0 | $11,408 | -- |
| Jbar Land & Cattle, LLC | $32,359 | $7,484 | -76.9% |
| Wayne Dilon | $0 | $7,254 | -- |
| Jonathon Randall Johnson | $8,094 | $7,225 | -10.7% |
| Alton Overland Harvey | $12,061 | $7,221 | -40.1% |
| Marie J. Clark | $7,128 | $7,128 | 0% |
| Mark R. Holmes | $41,693 | $6,888 | -83.5% |
| Jimmy Lowery | $21,167 | $5,909 | -72.1% |
| Walter Dewayne Rand | $5,563 | $5,563 | 0% |
| Charles W. Boyd | $20,240 | $4,904 | -75.8% |
| Joe David Roberts | $1,738 | $4,864 | 179.9% |
| Jewell D Thomas Family Trust | $4,718 | $4,718 | 0% |
| Marcus Buel Boyd | $22,791 | $4,627 | -79.7% |
| Robert O. Jones | $7,821 | $4,425 | -43.4% |
| Robert A. Bond | $23,897 | $4,413 | -81.5% |
| Arlen W. Patten | $4,762 | $4,381 | -8% |
| Popwell Dairy Farm | $16,195 | $3,877 | -76.1% |
| Bob Allen Bracey | $16,957 | $3,768 | -77.8% |
| Larry V. Holland | $13,343 | $3,391 | -74.6% |
| Benny O. King | $13,671 | $3,144 | -77% |
| Jason Benton Mallette | $13,814 | $3,134 | -77.3% |
| Sidney Singley | $4,630 | $3,100 | -33% |
| C & S, Inc. | $3,088 | $3,088 | 0% |
| Stacy Culver | $0 | $3,025 | -- |
| Albert D. Caire Jr. | $2,805 | $2,805 | 0% |
| Jay E. Bacot | $11,450 | $2,747 | -76% |
| Jesse L. Andrews | $10,797 | $2,652 | -75.4% |
| Lyndell and Frances Rushing Living Trust | $4,285 | $2,634 | -38.5% |
| Martha Herring Morris | $2,616 | $2,616 | 0% |
| Stephen W. Pigott Jr. | $11,583 | $2,600 | -77.6% |
| Bruce Stogner | $8,888 | $2,388 | -73.1% |
| Keith May | $10,419 | $2,329 | -77.6% |
| Robert W. Ratliff | $2,045 | $2,206 | 7.9% |
| Thomas H. Lee | $9,130 | $2,123 | -76.7% |
| Faye Graves Packwood | $2,147 | $2,082 | -3% |
| Howard Taylor | $7,502 | $1,808 | -75.9% |
| Byran Martin | $9,221 | $1,786 | -80.6% |
| Amos Newman Jr. | $8,910 | $1,732 | -80.6% |
| Lorinda Himes | $5,610 | $1,732 | -69.1% |
| Mark L. Hobgood | $12,803 | $1,700 | -86.7% |
| Vince Buddy Martin | $6,149 | $1,688 | -72.5% |
| Charles E. Bounds | $7,837 | $1,662 | -78.8% |
| Dina Duncan Burns | $5,687 | $1,641 | -71.1% |
| Charles Ray Polk | $14,115 | $1,630 | -88.5% |
| Stacy Ann Smith | $1,155 | $1,589 | 37.6% |
| Robert I. Lee | $18,546 | $1,494 | -91.9% |
| Roy Joseph Shubert III | $7,589 | $1,492 | -80.3% |
| Michael Dalton Laird | $5,186 | $1,485 | -71.4% |
| Shelton T. Stogner | $1,474 | $1,474 | 0% |
| David E. Lee | $1,439 | $1,439 | 0% |
| W. R. McElveen Jr. | $9,926 | $1,415 | -85.7% |
| Delbert S. Wood | $5,879 | $1,373 | -76.6% |
| Sheila Brock | $4,359 | $1,368 | -68.6% |
| Michael R. Pigott | $6,314 | $1,346 | -78.7% |
| Nathan A. Bond | $3,014 | $1,329 | -55.9% |
| Jeffrey Ellis | $5,610 | $1,315 | -76.6% |
| Jimmy Neil Stinson | $1,303 | $1,303 | 0% |
| Josh Brandon Herring | $5,126 | $1,292 | -74.8% |
| Channon A. Brown | $6,018 | $1,270 | -78.9% |
| Brian R. Guy | $6,094 | $1,262 | -79.3% |
| James Estus Magee | $3,445 | $1,249 | -63.7% |
| Paul Edward Dillon | $4,604 | $1,222 | -73.5% |
| Jason Eric Vince | $3,870 | $1,196 | -69.1% |
| Tony Breland | $5,141 | $1,172 | -77.2% |
| Earnest P. Pittman | $4,844 | $1,152 | -76.2% |
| Grover Cleveland Conerly | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Bobby E. Pope | $4,535 | $1,080 | -76.2% |
| James Kemp | $6,546 | $1,075 | -83.6% |
| Joshua B. Troxler | $1,308 | $1,068 | -18.3% |
| J. W. Wood | $4,473 | $1,047 | -76.6% |
| Dale Brock | $4,922 | $1,002 | -79.6% |
| Cornelia Morris Dillon | $951 | $951 | 0% |
| Henry S. Kennedy | $4,345 | $951 | -78.1% |
| Jimmy L. Graves | $977 | $922 | -5.6% |
| Russell McNeil | $3,689 | $899 | -75.6% |
| James A. Johnson | $3,740 | $890 | -76.2% |
| Doyle Youngblood | $960 | $876 | -8.8% |
| Mary Helen Ladner Fortenberry | $853 | $853 | 0% |
| Eleanor P. Burch | $0 | $841 | -- |
| Charles Elton Bowman | $4,982 | $831 | -83.3% |
| Roy M. Ginn | $2,501 | $808 | -67.7% |
| Gilbert Bullock | $3,960 | $784 | -80.2% |
| Glenis Brooks | $3,593 | $765 | -78.7% |
| Chad Hilton | $3,920 | $762 | -80.6% |
| Clifton Carr | $2,212 | $756 | -65.8% |
| Randall Ray Pigott | $1,576 | $743 | -52.9% |
| Karen C Pierce | $2,937 | $729 | -75.2% |
| Larry Q. Bridges | $3,567 | $721 | -79.8% |
| Clark Blackwell | $3,489 | $692 | -80.2% |
| Patsy L. Hightower | $1,412 | $691 | -51.1% |
| James C Kitaif | $8,800 | $690 | -92.2% |
| Jay Lee Jackson | $2,933 | $687 | -76.6% |
| Mary Nell Brumfield | $1,120 | $684 | -38.9% |
| Greg Ellzey | $3,435 | $675 | -80.3% |
| Joe S. Andrews | $5,213 | $656 | -87.4% |
| Derek Blackwell | $2,893 | $654 | -77.4% |
| Robert E. Lenard | $4,093 | $651 | -84.1% |
| Adrian L. Wood | $1,158 | $644 | -44.4% |
| Clennel Brown | $3,069 | $633 | -79.4% |
| Jane ARD Properties, LLC | $627 | $627 | 0% |
| Johnathan J. Stewart | $2,904 | $623 | -78.5% |
| Wayne Foil | $2,998 | $623 | -79.2% |
| Glen Earl Pigott | $3,775 | $609 | -83.9% |
| Jerry R. Johnson | $2,255 | $600 | -73.4% |
| James W. Bracey Jr. | $7,291 | $592 | -91.9% |
| Harold D. Crain | $2,817 | $582 | -79.3% |
| Joe L. Pigott | $7,885 | $582 | -92.6% |
| Ralph Stinson | $2,486 | $571 | -77% |
| Dorneail Magee | $2,541 | $569 | -77.6% |
| George Earl Dillon | $2,684 | $568 | -78.8% |
| Chadwick Charles Matthews | $2,952 | $562 | -81% |
| Harry E. Foxworth | $2,376 | $556 | -76.6% |
| Joshua Paul Huhn | $0 | $550 | -- |
| James Frank Delancey | $1,485 | $542 | -63.5% |
| Steven Magee | $2,016 | $532 | -73.6% |
| Debbie Beard Saebo | $521 | $521 | 0% |
| Sylvester Magee | $1,056 | $520 | -50.8% |
| Jimmie R. Foil | $506 | $506 | 0% |
| Sylvia Bossert | $504 | $504 | 0% |
| Wilbert Vaughn | $2,167 | $494 | -77.2% |
| Timothy A. Morris | $2,280 | $486 | -78.7% |
| Danny L. Andrews | $826 | $464 | -43.8% |
| Dean Ray Greer | $432 | $432 | 0% |
| Macarthur McClinton | $1,980 | $432 | -78.2% |
| Aloysius Henning | $1,914 | $426 | -77.7% |
| Lawrence E. Henning | $867 | $424 | -51.1% |
| Daniel Ray Nelson | $1,869 | $414 | -77.8% |
| Chad Parish | $2,072 | $408 | -80.3% |
| Robert Lynn Alford | $2,452 | $408 | -83.4% |
| Robert Kaigler | $1,095 | $384 | -64.9% |
| Donald Ray Coker | $1,917 | $382 | -80.1% |
| Billie R. Fortenberry | $792 | $363 | -54.2% |
| Kathleen B. Whittington | $1,287 | $363 | -71.8% |
| Zeeb D. Carr | $1,353 | $356 | -73.7% |
| Eddie James Dillon | $2,624 | $346 | -86.8% |
| Kelly Cally May | $1,266 | $346 | -72.7% |
| Brandy Raquel McDaniel | $1,320 | $345 | -73.9% |
| Thermon Bearden JR | $1,566 | $343 | -78.1% |
| Jane A. Seals | $334 | $334 | 0% |
| David Wayne Smith | $1,236 | $300 | -75.7% |
| Danny C. McCallum | $299 | $299 | 0% |
| Lloyd C. Bullock | $1,912 | $287 | -85% |
| Michael Justin Magee | $1,441 | $287 | -80.1% |
| Everrett Thornton | $825 | $253 | -69.3% |
| Linda T. Lowrance | $248 | $248 | 0% |
| Henderson Pittman | $2,258 | $218 | -90.3% |
| Corinthus Pittman | $1,015 | $214 | -78.9% |
| Dannie G. McKee | $1,808 | $208 | -88.5% |
| Bonette Pigott Hughes | $974 | $204 | -79.1% |
| Clinton Dillon | $1,378 | $204 | -85.2% |
| Duane W. McKenzie | $1,277 | $194 | -84.8% |
| Joe Dale Fortinberry Jr. | $446 | $180 | -59.6% |
| Richard Hay | $1,521 | $167 | -89% |
| Sandra P. Foxworth | $726 | $166 | -77.1% |
| Brian Andrews | $770 | $160 | -79.2% |
| Lance Gregory Ellzey | $1,320 | $159 | -88% |
| Dwight B. Bridges | $583 | $149 | -74.4% |
| Lawrence R. Warren | $0 | $145 | -- |
| Carolyn J. Reagan | $287 | $140 | -51.2% |
| Jonathan R. Bridges | $501 | $133 | -73.5% |
| Sharfield Mark | $621 | $132 | -78.7% |
| Jerry W. Turner | $204 | $91 | -55.4% |
| Inez S. Harris | $418 | $83 | -80.1% |
| Frank Holmes | $234 | $79 | -66.2% |
| Bobbie Jean Conerly | $132 | $69 | -47.7% |
| Bytha Magee II | $288 | $66 | -77.1% |
| James O. Bridges | $224 | $59 | -73.7% |
| Shannon R. Fish | $507 | $52 | -89.7% |
| Max W. Stinson | $4,162 | $36 | -99.1% |
| Judy W. Bond | $97 | $29 | -70.1% |
| Cynthia H. Cowart | $33 | $3 | -90.9% |
| Anna Ruth H Brumfield Revocable Trust | $1,271 | $0 | -100% |
| Bonnie B. Kirkpatrick | $50 | $0 | -100% |
| Chester C. Thornton | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis Lee Brister | $6,435 | $0 | -100% |
| Frances M. Smith | $718 | $0 | -100% |
| James H. Landry | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Oquin | $124 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry D. Jamison | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Sorrell | $1,488 | $0 | -100% |
| Lea T. Barkley | $580 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee R. Green | $45 | $0 | -100% |
| Milton L. Kinler | $85 | $0 | -100% |
| Nam N. Nguyen | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Osborne Debrunska Holmes | $1,632 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul M. Wilson | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Piney Woods Investments, LLC | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard W. Foil | $2,532 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Charles Courtney | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert J. Accardo | $80 | $0 | -100% |
| Rosemary S. Ginn | $705 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Ray Schnegg | $4,235 | $0 | -100% |
| T. J. Burch | $1,233 | $0 | -100% |
| Telly Christopher Bourg | $2,200 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy B Brumfield Irrevocable Trust | $1,271 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie F. Seals | $854 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,561,699 | $1,887,869 | 20.9% |
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