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How much did farmers in Choctaw County receive in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021?

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Farms in Choctaw County received $835,179 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 108 subsidies provided, the largest was for Grice Logging and Trucking, LLC, which received $50,875 for the claim of "Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program".

The smallest subsidy provided to a Choctaw County farmer was $28 to Brannon Calvin Rowe.

There were 103 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies rose by $511,191.

Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."

USDA data analyzed by the Cato Institute found that "farmers (on net) have derived almost 40% of their income directly from the U.S. government” in recent years.

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.

Subsidies Received by Choctaw County Code Farmers in 2021
Farmer$ ReceivedReason for SubsidyTotal Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($)
Grice Logging and Trucking, LLC$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
L Meador Forest Enterprises, Inc.$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Byron Coleman$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
C & L Pulpwood, LLC$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Campbell Timber Company, LLC$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Greg Goines$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$54,486
Mid Star Timber Harvesting, Inc.$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Mid-Star Wood Haulers, Inc.$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Mason Trucking$47,600Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$49,600
K T Trucking, LLC$38,682Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$40,682
C & a Timber Compay, LLC$37,535Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$39,535
Teresa Ladner$28,397Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1$28,397
Rodney Dailey$25,335Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$27,335
Rodney Howard$24,736Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$26,736
Mclaughlin Trucking$20,796Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$22,796
Danny R Lindsey$16,763Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$18,763
Willie Causey$16,555Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$18,555
Sheldon Causey$13,172Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$15,172
P&K Trucking, LLC$12,031Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$14,031
James Clyde Grace$9,000Emergency Conservation Program FY17 Program$22,217
James Clyde Grace$9,000Emergency Conservation Program FY17 Program$22,217
Pushmataha Plantation, LLC$7,382Price Loss Coverage Program$12,537
Ronald Oneal$6,976Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$8,976
Houston Cunningham$6,300Emergency Conservation Program Cost Share$6,384
Pushmataha Plantation, LLC$4,769Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$12,537
Lassiter Farm, LLC$4,468Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$4,468
James Cecil Chadwick$3,485Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,485
Lanier Meador$3,132Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,132
Johnny Grice$2,974Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,974
The Trimar Partnership, Ltd.$2,196Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$2,196
Grice Logging and Trucking, LLC$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
L Meador Forest Enterprises, Inc.$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Rodney Howard$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$26,736
Byron Coleman$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
C & a Timber Compay, LLC$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$39,535
K T Trucking, LLC$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$40,682
C & L Pulpwood, LLC$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Danny R Lindsey$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$18,763
Mason Trucking$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$49,600
Mclaughlin Trucking$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$22,796
P&K Trucking, LLC$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$14,031
Rodney Dailey$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$27,335
Ronald Oneal$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$8,976
Sheldon Causey$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$15,172
Willie Causey$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$18,555
Campbell Timber Company, LLC$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Greg Goines$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$54,486
Mid Star Timber Harvesting, Inc.$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Mid-Star Wood Haulers, Inc.$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Jonathan Luke Phillips$1,950Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,950
William Lassiter$1,816Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,861
Leroy Ladner$1,753Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,753
Arnold Joseph Singley$1,676Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,676
Willie Franklin Sykes$1,673Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,673
James Robert Moody$1,641Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,641
Greg Goines$1,611Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$54,486
Robert Fonde Littlepage$1,565Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,565
Steve Jenkins$1,448Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,448
Gary B. Cooper$1,430Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) Program$1,479
Leo Allen$1,389Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,389
Richard Grice Sr.$1,383Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,383
Gregory Robert Moody$1,374Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,374
Walter R. Williams$1,357Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$1,357
Steven K. Presley$1,301Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,301
James Clyde Grace$1,283Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$22,217
James Clyde Grace$1,283Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$22,217
Kerry S. Cornett$1,269Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,269
Steven H. Giles$1,247Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,247
Riley J. Ezell$1,140Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,140
Robert D. McIlwain$1,121Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,121
Sunny South Farm$1,101Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,101
William Lassiter$1,045Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$2,861
Joseph Samuel Futral$1,021Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,021
Belinda Hearn$990Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$990
Phillip Lyles$878Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$878
William T. Clark$828Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$828
James Clyde Grace$825Emergency Conservation Program FY17 Program$22,217
James Clyde Grace$825Emergency Conservation Program FY17 Program$22,217
Earlrae Nealey$742Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$742
Wade Hampton$713Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$713
O. M. Becton$713Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$713
James Clay Norwood$698Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$698
Johnny L. Thompson$640Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$640
Randy McInnis$605Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$605
Jane W. Green$583Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$583
Thomas Lee Allen Jr.$568Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$568
Jerry G. Phillips$462Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$462
Tonya E. Johnson$458Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$458
Ryan Allen Richardson$412Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$412
Alexie Deshotels III$405Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$405
Sammie Moss$400Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$400
Pushmataha Plantation, LLC$386Price Loss Coverage Program$12,537
Howard Edwards$359Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$359
Debra W. Bell$342Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$342
Sylvester Elaine Portis$339Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$339
Michael Lee Hearn$312Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$312
Jeffery Darrin Robinson$292Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$292
Ashley Brooke Beasley$283Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$283
Jerry Lee Robinson$275Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$275
Jtal Partnership, Ltd.$142Price Loss Coverage Program$220
Althea Roberts$110Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$110
Richard Curtis Abston$86Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$86
Houston Cunningham$84Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$6,384
Jtal Partnership, Ltd.$78Price Loss Coverage Program$220
Len Rowe Jr.$69Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$69
Gary B. Cooper$49Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,479
Len Autry Rowe III$38Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$38
Brannon Calvin Rowe$28Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$28

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