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In 2021, 183 farmers in cities within Sumter County received a total of $1.2 million in 204 farm subsidies, a 58.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3 million in 376 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 Sumter County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Brown | $9,878 | $55,818 | 465.1% |
| Warren Brown | $6,490 | $54,853 | 745.2% |
| Quality Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Quality Plus Forest Services, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Little Brown Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Hutch Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Tombigbee Timber Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Harwell Timber Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Tyrone Burton | $0 | $52,457 | -- |
| Christopher Bell | $0 | $45,471 | -- |
| Luther Allen Dial | $259,309 | $39,294 | -84.8% |
| Delaney Development, Inc. | $212,911 | $38,605 | -81.9% |
| Diamond Livestock & Cole Cattle | $178,393 | $38,504 | -78.4% |
| Marilyn C Besh Family Trust | $33,455 | $36,805 | 10% |
| T L Plott Trucking | $0 | $32,164 | -- |
| Faye W. Waddell | $117,726 | $31,572 | -73.2% |
| Michael E. Larkin | $214,408 | $23,200 | -89.2% |
| Justin Holdeman | $91,455 | $21,634 | -76.3% |
| Peter D. M. Dial | $54,342 | $17,614 | -67.6% |
| John R. Besh | $17,383 | $17,235 | -0.9% |
| Parker Lang Place, LLC | $14,298 | $14,298 | 0% |
| Jonathan Wood | $194,884 | $13,886 | -92.9% |
| Thomas B. Smith III | $49,400 | $13,189 | -73.3% |
| Allen Waddell | $53,784 | $12,293 | -77.1% |
| Jimmy Edmonds | $59,316 | $11,746 | -80.2% |
| Mary Goldman | $14,006 | $11,232 | -19.8% |
| Micky Smith | $11,174 | $11,063 | -1% |
| Terry Dill | $20,799 | $10,987 | -47.2% |
| Larry Dial | $43,981 | $10,265 | -76.7% |
| Kevin M. Dial | $33,469 | $9,935 | -70.3% |
| Larkin Properties, LLC | $9,750 | $9,750 | 0% |
| Michael Hutchins | $35,946 | $9,622 | -73.2% |
| William D. Johnston III | $31,520 | $8,474 | -73.1% |
| S&H Logging, Inc. | $0 | $8,237 | -- |
| Craig Ryan Holdeman | $40,970 | $8,234 | -79.9% |
| Ernest Dew | $21,563 | $8,207 | -61.9% |
| Dan D. Campbell | $13,882 | $7,978 | -42.5% |
| C & B Contractors, Inc. | $28,534 | $7,512 | -73.7% |
| Dalen Holdeman | $43,619 | $7,051 | -83.8% |
| Agape Trucking Service, LLC | $0 | $6,355 | -- |
| Carlos David Larkin Jr. | $26,158 | $5,932 | -77.3% |
| Penala Farms, LLLP | $267,449 | $5,638 | -97.9% |
| Samuel A. Ozment | $34,995 | $5,364 | -84.7% |
| Louis R. Watt Jr. | $30,271 | $5,161 | -83% |
| Sara C. Buck | $5,105 | $5,034 | -1.4% |
| Tommy Plott | $5,097 | $4,657 | -8.6% |
| Wayne Holdeman | $4,608 | $4,608 | 0% |
| Donald J. Ward | $4,600 | $4,600 | 0% |
| John T. Watt | $24,050 | $4,520 | -81.2% |
| Jack Warbington | $4,450 | $4,450 | 0% |
| Mr. Christopher A. Ozment | $20,903 | $4,110 | -80.3% |
| Paradise, LLC | $3,982 | $3,982 | 0% |
| Margie Campbell | $3,850 | $3,850 | 0% |
| Frank A. Boyd Jr. | $3,844 | $3,844 | 0% |
| Drayton Pruitt IV | $17,096 | $3,806 | -77.7% |
| Edward J. Pratt | $16,126 | $3,572 | -77.8% |
| N Bar Cattle Company, LLC | $14,508 | $3,396 | -76.6% |
| Federation of Southern Cooperation | $3,275 | $3,275 | 0% |
| Panola Land Buyers Association in | $3,275 | $3,275 | 0% |
| Ben L. Hailey | $6,950 | $3,260 | -53.1% |
| Joe L. Wright | $12,503 | $3,255 | -74% |
| Poole's Farm | $3,087 | $3,087 | 0% |
| Thomas B. Smith Jr. | $2,943 | $2,943 | 0% |
| Velinda Smith Wood | $2,818 | $2,818 | 0% |
| Daniel Frank Poole | $14,068 | $2,806 | -80.1% |
| Fayette Campbell Jr. | $12,107 | $2,626 | -78.3% |
| Rodney Whitcomb | $15,198 | $2,554 | -83.2% |
| Matthew J. Stephens | $8,283 | $2,516 | -69.6% |
| Freda Brown | $9,587 | $2,406 | -74.9% |
| Ellis Levy Family Trust | $10,607 | $2,362 | -77.7% |
| George Hale | $6,182 | $2,317 | -62.5% |
| Paul Sparkman Jr. | $0 | $2,270 | -- |
| Matthew V. Murray | $4,517 | $2,228 | -50.7% |
| Jane Smith Wooldridge | $10,263 | $2,202 | -78.5% |
| Guido Alvarez | $4,576 | $2,091 | -54.3% |
| Double B of Geiger Corporation | $6,687 | $2,071 | -69% |
| Ira Pruitt Jr. | $1,982 | $1,982 | 0% |
| Bored Well Properties, LLC | $1,964 | $1,964 | 0% |
| Wallace G. Vaughan | $8,836 | $1,928 | -78.2% |
| Pat Buck | $9,743 | $1,907 | -80.4% |
| Robert J. Hurst | $8,250 | $1,882 | -77.2% |
| Steve D. Dial | $9,033 | $1,826 | -79.8% |
| Gambrel Boyd | $7,902 | $1,819 | -77% |
| Katherine M. Smith | $1,804 | $1,804 | 0% |
| George Tillery | $5,742 | $1,773 | -69.1% |
| Ray Hamrick JR Family Trust | $1,652 | $1,652 | 0% |
| Roy Brown | $3,256 | $1,550 | -52.4% |
| James K. Hutcheson | $6,331 | $1,510 | -76.1% |
| Archie Yarbrough Jr. | $6,443 | $1,490 | -76.9% |
| Whitney Brown | $5,775 | $1,490 | -74.2% |
| Michael J. Davis | $6,083 | $1,437 | -76.4% |
| Martha Buchanan | $4,939 | $1,367 | -72.3% |
| David S. Castleberry | $8,132 | $1,291 | -84.1% |
| William Michael Gould | $6,050 | $1,264 | -79.1% |
| Lydia L. Powell | $7,266 | $1,246 | -82.9% |
| Bobby Walker Jr. | $1,958 | $1,199 | -38.8% |
| Ezzard Jackson | $4,312 | $1,170 | -72.9% |
| Will T. Jones | $241 | $1,156 | 379.7% |
| Larry E. Yates | $4,103 | $1,120 | -72.7% |
| Tory Bates | $4,411 | $1,064 | -75.9% |
| Denzil O'brian Dees | $2,046 | $1,059 | -48.2% |
| Andrew Walker | $4,330 | $1,047 | -75.8% |
| Andrew Walker | $4,330 | $1,047 | -75.8% |
| Elbert Brown | $5,332 | $969 | -81.8% |
| Jacob T. Watt | $4,642 | $969 | -79.1% |
| Simon Harrison Jr. | $4,928 | $942 | -80.9% |
| Thomas M. McDaniel | $3,872 | $928 | -76% |
| Peggy N. Hawley | $910 | $910 | 0% |
| John J. Boyd | $4,103 | $899 | -78.1% |
| Stephen D. Boyd | $1,782 | $885 | -50.3% |
| Alphonso Henderson Jr. | $3,586 | $875 | -75.6% |
| Marcus T. Spidle Jr. | $5,773 | $875 | -84.8% |
| Caine Conway | $6,534 | $845 | -87.1% |
| Mack Edward Fuller | $3,300 | $840 | -74.5% |
| Sylvester Pratt | $7,509 | $832 | -88.9% |
| Ruby A. Campbell | $3,971 | $813 | -79.5% |
| Sue Gandy Barnes | $795 | $795 | 0% |
| Henry Marchand | $3,729 | $754 | -79.8% |
| Pierce Boyd | $750 | $750 | 0% |
| Smith Delos Boyd | $750 | $750 | 0% |
| Michael Howard Sr. | $1,881 | $748 | -60.2% |
| William C. Collins | $1,485 | $748 | -49.6% |
| Craig S. Jones | $3,569 | $747 | -79.1% |
| Cal L. Guy | $2,607 | $739 | -71.7% |
| Vonceil Marchand | $2,871 | $692 | -75.9% |
| Sara H. Walker | $3,444 | $632 | -81.6% |
| Antonio Miller | $1,419 | $631 | -55.5% |
| Ben Taylor Broaden | $3,373 | $596 | -82.3% |
| Patrick W. McGahey | $2,332 | $589 | -74.7% |
| Jerry Watt | $587 | $587 | 0% |
| Terry Johnson | $4,356 | $576 | -86.8% |
| Barbara D. Tidmore | $1,815 | $574 | -68.4% |
| Demos Jones | $1,892 | $574 | -69.7% |
| Leroy Bedwell | $3,078 | $564 | -81.7% |
| James Patrick Hutcheson | $2,431 | $560 | -77% |
| Bonnie R. Vaughan | $543 | $543 | 0% |
| Joe Nathan Eason | $1,089 | $541 | -50.3% |
| Patricia T. Minus | $3,091 | $520 | -83.2% |
| Charles Williams | $2,274 | $516 | -77.3% |
| Kendrick Price | $2,277 | $509 | -77.6% |
| Gerard Delaine | $1,584 | $484 | -69.4% |
| Alan Hall | $477 | $477 | 0% |
| Eddie Green | $1,023 | $449 | -56.1% |
| Joe Branson Fant Jr. | $2,804 | $446 | -84.1% |
| Kenneth Turner | $1,914 | $446 | -76.7% |
| Temple Ennis | $924 | $446 | -51.7% |
| Wesley Winston | $1,194 | $436 | -63.5% |
| Herbert L. Saelens | $1,606 | $426 | -73.5% |
| Elizabeth J. Ware | $1,422 | $419 | -70.5% |
| Lieutenant Yarbrough | $1,782 | $398 | -77.7% |
| Sylvester Isaac | $825 | $397 | -51.9% |
| Eric Wright | $1,727 | $373 | -78.4% |
| David Smith | $1,826 | $372 | -79.6% |
| J. M. Reed Jr. | $1,947 | $367 | -81.2% |
| Marshall Turner Sr. | $792 | $363 | -54.2% |
| Leon R. Fitch | $1,835 | $361 | -80.3% |
| Willie J. Lewis | $1,804 | $360 | -80% |
| Glen E. Jones II | $2,057 | $332 | -83.9% |
| J. M. Kuykendall | $819 | $328 | -60% |
| Clarence N. Dial | $328 | $328 | 0% |
| Dekendrick D. Randolph | $1,287 | $322 | -75% |
| Austin B. Robinson | $957 | $295 | -69.2% |
| Romey Johnson Jr. | $1,673 | $294 | -82.4% |
| Delrecho Lawayne Hutchins | $1,529 | $294 | -80.8% |
| Steven Bruce Dill | $563 | $276 | -51% |
| Winston S. Roswell | $595 | $263 | -55.8% |
| Johnny Mack Hale | $693 | $260 | -62.5% |
| Henry Clark | $1,155 | $253 | -78.1% |
| B. A. Castleberry | $1,389 | $246 | -82.3% |
| Robert L. Webb | $0 | $245 | -- |
| Wade T. Williams | $891 | $242 | -72.8% |
| Edward J. Jones | $946 | $242 | -74.4% |
| Marcus L. Campbell | $902 | $242 | -73.2% |
| Anglee C Sledge | $561 | $232 | -58.6% |
| John C. Evans Jr. | $986 | $209 | -78.8% |
| Michael S. Schmidt | $1,759 | $187 | -89.4% |
| Clady Jones | $913 | $180 | -80.3% |
| Lakeondria L Epes | $781 | $121 | -84.5% |
| Gregory Bryant | $264 | $107 | -59.5% |
| Glen Harris Sr. | $520 | $93 | -82.1% |
| Beatrice Jones | $344 | $92 | -73.3% |
| Samantha Dial | $135 | $70 | -48.1% |
| Roosevelt Clark | $99 | $42 | -57.6% |
| Yawah a Awolowo | $391 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara McCullers | $3,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Darnell Sparks | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane J. Williams | $374 | $0 | -100% |
| Oakhurst Farm | $71,961 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas M. Long Jr. | $14,445 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Louis Watt | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Castle Family Legacy Trust | $5,366 | $0 | -100% |
| Charline Limerick | $3,422 | $0 | -100% |
| Percy Hale | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Vaughan Harnish | $16,768 | $0 | -100% |
| Thad Goldman | $6,325 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Grimes | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,961,631 | $1,229,352 | -58.5% |
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