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In 2021, 249 farmers in cities within Lee County received a total of $9.8 million in 547 farm subsidies, a 49.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $19.6 million in 938 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 Lee County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soudan Farming Company | $1,732,140 | $941,886 | -45.6% |
| Hill and Hill PTR | $1,199,470 | $585,474 | -51.2% |
| Larry Mcclendon J. Farms V | $730,494 | $485,032 | -33.6% |
| Stiles J. Farms V | $610,263 | $280,719 | -54% |
| Higginbothom PTNSHP | $405,709 | $271,740 | -33% |
| Billy Hinkle Farms | $816,554 | $265,370 | -67.5% |
| Holly Hickman Farms | $417,783 | $263,359 | -37% |
| JLB Farms | $469,099 | $225,912 | -51.8% |
| T & M Farms | $470,229 | $225,912 | -52% |
| Jeff Hickman Farms | $384,669 | $213,698 | -44.4% |
| Christopher Whitehead Farms Partnership | $449,105 | $208,985 | -53.5% |
| K & N Farms | $315,915 | $208,511 | -34% |
| Russell Company | $516,657 | $201,645 | -61% |
| Borderline Farms | $379,697 | $168,719 | -55.6% |
| N & K Reed Farms | $322,433 | $167,769 | -48% |
| Charlie Burress | $122,434 | $164,814 | 34.6% |
| Lanny Bosnick & Sons PTR | $325,651 | $163,549 | -49.8% |
| Double G. Farms | $332,728 | $162,993 | -51% |
| J & N Farms | $373,272 | $159,004 | -57.4% |
| Dennis Brock Farms | $284,318 | $157,656 | -44.5% |
| Chad Russell Farms PTR | $341,008 | $150,938 | -55.7% |
| Betterway Plantation | $336,354 | $147,284 | -56.2% |
| Matt Keown Farms Jv | $354,202 | $140,851 | -60.2% |
| Mark Gerrard Farms | $305,790 | $140,292 | -54.1% |
| Darrow C. Linn | $232,150 | $136,960 | -41% |
| Eldon Reed Farms, Inc. | $184,725 | $125,634 | -32% |
| Zachary D. Northcutt | $289,255 | $125,445 | -56.6% |
| Aubrey Planting Company | $211,413 | $117,238 | -44.5% |
| Stepp Farms Jv | $146,350 | $115,581 | -21% |
| Rocking W Farms Partnership | $235,473 | $113,590 | -51.8% |
| Circle W Farms, Inc. | $225,594 | $99,878 | -55.7% |
| Palmreed Incorporated | $247,451 | $89,214 | -63.9% |
| Keown Farms II | $57,655 | $86,266 | 49.6% |
| Gerrard Farms | $53,172 | $84,062 | 58.1% |
| Tyler Thomas Bennett | $102,915 | $83,801 | -18.6% |
| D & L Loewer | $169,863 | $81,060 | -52.3% |
| Waldrip Lands, LLC | $152,442 | $78,567 | -48.5% |
| Carter Farms Gen PTR | $241,893 | $76,554 | -68.4% |
| Jerrod S Anderson Revocable Trust | $235,860 | $72,539 | -69.2% |
| Patrick Carter | $240,880 | $67,827 | -71.8% |
| Mark Hurt | $0 | $65,173 | -- |
| JJC Partners | $108,864 | $65,042 | -40.3% |
| Betterway Plantation, LLC | $0 | $63,208 | -- |
| Ivory Neely | $138,888 | $61,291 | -55.9% |
| Troy Cody | $128,500 | $60,570 | -52.9% |
| Jimel Farms, Inc. | $106,084 | $57,723 | -45.6% |
| Enola Planting, Inc. | $193,165 | $53,084 | -72.5% |
| Alfred L & Wanda J Brock | $93,290 | $52,545 | -43.7% |
| Madison Bend Planting, Inc. | $171,249 | $48,024 | -72% |
| Four Sister Management Group, Inc. | $81,758 | $45,325 | -44.6% |
| C & C South Farms, Inc. | $72,430 | $45,181 | -37.6% |
| Bennett Family Limited Partnership | $72,090 | $44,252 | -38.6% |
| Angela W. Russell | $85,162 | $40,484 | -52.5% |
| Charlie Burress Farms, LLC | $98,500 | $38,280 | -61.1% |
| Walter Wooten III | $115,516 | $37,896 | -67.2% |
| Jimmie F Manley JR | $0 | $37,352 | -- |
| Russell Evans Sr. | $169,668 | $35,984 | -78.8% |
| Daggett Farms PTR, Ltd. | $15,621 | $35,581 | 127.8% |
| Harvey Farms Partnership | $69,686 | $35,098 | -49.6% |
| Oxbow Farming, LLC | $109,299 | $31,703 | -71% |
| 2 & 3 Farms | $12,613 | $30,989 | 145.7% |
| Egypt Planting Company - Gen PTR | $29,073 | $30,494 | 4.9% |
| SJC, Inc. | $157,245 | $30,138 | -80.8% |
| Jonathan W. Corder | $117,904 | $29,825 | -74.7% |
| ERW 1 Management, Inc. | $48,988 | $29,442 | -39.9% |
| Zachary Northcutt | $862 | $27,479 | 3,087.8% |
| LMD Farms Limited Partnership | $16,875 | $26,458 | 56.8% |
| 2KH2K Farms, LLC | $19,903 | $23,700 | 19.1% |
| Chad Glass | $72,195 | $22,671 | -68.6% |
| Northcutt Farms Partnership | $35,559 | $22,424 | -36.9% |
| Frank Scott | $59,607 | $22,352 | -62.5% |
| CNA Farms | $8,509 | $22,342 | 162.6% |
| Bosnick Family Trust | $34,002 | $20,321 | -40.2% |
| LKZ, Inc. | $40,492 | $20,317 | -49.8% |
| Northside Farms, Inc. | $21,504 | $19,925 | -7.3% |
| William J. Bennett | $46,971 | $19,893 | -57.6% |
| Doug Bennett | $40,818 | $19,855 | -51.4% |
| BCJ Land Company | $33,070 | $19,564 | -40.8% |
| M-Real Estate, LLC | $44,179 | $19,415 | -56.1% |
| Barely Farming, Inc. | $21,081 | $19,212 | -8.9% |
| Ballard Bypass Trust | $22,285 | $18,227 | -18.2% |
| Andrew Bosnick | $36,724 | $18,211 | -50.4% |
| Gary Bennett | $38,431 | $17,765 | -53.8% |
| Dan Felton JR Family PTR, Ltd. | $30,640 | $17,680 | -42.3% |
| J N Bickerstaff Rev Trust | $35,780 | $17,635 | -50.7% |
| Twin Peaks, LLC | $27,271 | $17,303 | -36.6% |
| RTF Farms, LLC | $50,206 | $17,127 | -65.9% |
| Walter Buford Jr. | $38,729 | $15,584 | -59.8% |
| James Keasler | $29,751 | $15,387 | -48.3% |
| John Hinkle | $29,499 | $14,569 | -50.6% |
| Mark Gerrard | $28,503 | $14,408 | -49.5% |
| Ulysses Hargraves | $11,856 | $14,299 | 20.6% |
| W C Reynolds Bypass Trust | $29,313 | $14,052 | -52.1% |
| Eugene Mitchell | $23,179 | $13,403 | -42.2% |
| Angela E Waldrip GST Exempt Trust | $26,235 | $12,996 | -50.5% |
| Walter JR & Donna Wooten JV | $15,145 | $12,642 | -16.5% |
| D & a Short Farm, LLC | $0 | $12,579 | -- |
| Neal French MRTL Deduction Trustee | $27,381 | $12,293 | -55.1% |
| Neal French Bypass Trust | $27,379 | $12,292 | -55.1% |
| Angela E Waldrip Revocable Trust | $23,624 | $11,795 | -50.1% |
| Woodrome Bypass Trust | $15,334 | $11,724 | -23.5% |
| Helen L Croft Revocable Trust | $30,295 | $11,551 | -61.9% |
| C R West PTN, Ltd. | $30,498 | $11,388 | -62.7% |
| Bennett Family Farms, LLC | $24,432 | $11,382 | -53.4% |
| W F Curtis JR Revocable Trust | $22,072 | $11,318 | -48.7% |
| River Front Farms, Ltd. | $63,532 | $11,238 | -82.3% |
| Billy D. Hinkle | $12,714 | $10,611 | -16.5% |
| Estate of Irene Marie Rutledge Herron | $20,798 | $10,167 | -51.1% |
| Thomas Gerrard | $11,919 | $9,781 | -17.9% |
| Pickard Farms PTR | $9,252 | $9,630 | 4.1% |
| David Gerrard | $28,485 | $9,499 | -66.7% |
| Whiskey Island Land & Timber Company, LLC | $11,616 | $9,383 | -19.2% |
| The Dairy Place | $9,266 | $9,261 | -0.1% |
| James T Wheeler Revocable Trust | $18,070 | $8,514 | -52.9% |
| Terrye Northcutt | $13,831 | $8,476 | -38.7% |
| Lee Brothers | $7,563 | $8,224 | 8.7% |
| W. H. Gerrard Jr. | $35,268 | $8,097 | -77% |
| W. E. Jones Jr. | $21,859 | $8,050 | -63.2% |
| Marcia Graham | $15,307 | $7,949 | -48.1% |
| Bernard F. Whitehead | $10,745 | $7,720 | -28.2% |
| Martha D. Manley | $59,556 | $6,946 | -88.3% |
| Matthew Gerrard | $13,919 | $6,690 | -51.9% |
| Larry Higgins | $6,320 | $6,353 | 0.5% |
| Christopher Stanley JR Farm, LLC | $8,458 | $6,323 | -25.2% |
| Elizabeth G. Walker | $14,730 | $6,009 | -59.2% |
| Norris R. Aunspaugh | $13,347 | $5,929 | -55.6% |
| Martez Wilkins | $3,996 | $5,853 | 46.5% |
| Juston L. Billingsley | $0 | $5,668 | -- |
| Don Parks Estate | $12,422 | $5,413 | -56.4% |
| Danny Russell | $11,796 | $5,258 | -55.4% |
| Russell Crump | $9,738 | $5,245 | -46.1% |
| David B. Waldrip | $7,403 | $5,018 | -32.2% |
| Rickey McClurg | $8,587 | $4,961 | -42.2% |
| DHF Farms, LLC | $10,489 | $4,871 | -53.6% |
| 2017 Keith Howton Family Trust | $8,346 | $4,812 | -42.3% |
| Dab Farm Partnership | $10,282 | $4,809 | -53.2% |
| Charles R. Burress | $3,320 | $4,427 | 33.3% |
| Clara Bosnick | $14,701 | $4,346 | -70.4% |
| Curtis & Briley, LLC | $17,339 | $4,203 | -75.8% |
| Wesley Hart | $7,373 | $4,046 | -45.1% |
| Traylor Bypass Trust | $7,283 | $3,989 | -45.2% |
| Junious L. Pruett | $12,096 | $3,958 | -67.3% |
| Nathan Waldrip | $7,905 | $3,683 | -53.4% |
| Ruth Ann M Mcclain Trust | $2,101 | $3,665 | 74.4% |
| Richard Trent Felton Trust | $3,792 | $3,632 | -4.2% |
| Lee R. Dukes | $6,689 | $3,275 | -51% |
| Kimberly Webb | $15,150 | $3,227 | -78.7% |
| Walter N. Calaway III | $15,150 | $3,227 | -78.7% |
| O'Mell and O'Mell | $7,728 | $3,192 | -58.7% |
| Trent Felton Jr. | $7,554 | $3,156 | -58.2% |
| Walter A. Wooten Jr. | $8,037 | $3,071 | -61.8% |
| Tammy Gerrard | $10,339 | $3,038 | -70.6% |
| Carol Gerrard | $9,076 | $2,955 | -67.4% |
| Floyd Family Rvoc Trustee | $5,188 | $2,640 | -49.1% |
| Sandralea Anderson Revocable Trust | $10,388 | $2,585 | -75.1% |
| JRM Land Company, LLC | $6,119 | $2,578 | -57.9% |
| Wilbur T. Peer Sr. | $1,715 | $2,479 | 44.5% |
| Robert Mooney Jr. | $9,862 | $2,406 | -75.6% |
| Robert L. Ferrell | $5,433 | $2,329 | -57.1% |
| Heath A. Bowman | $5,892 | $2,322 | -60.6% |
| George M. Hinkle | $3,953 | $2,307 | -41.6% |
| Diann Keown Keown Farms | $131,215 | $2,163 | -98.4% |
| Lanny Bosnick Farms | $0 | $1,998 | -- |
| Leslie Lansdale | $8,107 | $1,968 | -75.7% |
| Paul David Graham | $3,331 | $1,933 | -42% |
| Ocie L. Trice | $1,563 | $1,908 | 22.1% |
| King Cattle Ranch | $13,494 | $1,875 | -86.1% |
| Alfred L. Brock | $1,745 | $1,745 | 0% |
| Wanda J. Brock | $1,745 | $1,745 | 0% |
| Jesse B. Daggett | $1,537 | $1,711 | 11.3% |
| Petrus Jacob Putter | $1,276 | $1,702 | 33.4% |
| Kathryn C. Jacks | $0 | $1,695 | -- |
| Billy Frederick | $3,061 | $1,682 | -45.1% |
| L & S Bosnick Trustee | $0 | $1,650 | -- |
| Freda Reece | $3,603 | $1,592 | -55.8% |
| Dave Caffey | $1,073 | $1,567 | 46% |
| Jared Williams | $4,960 | $1,531 | -69.1% |
| Thomas H Gist Rvoc Trust | $32,041 | $1,449 | -95.5% |
| Abraham Huling | $2,465 | $1,448 | -41.3% |
| Betty Wheeler | $2,824 | $1,437 | -49.1% |
| Dallas and Carrie Eddleman Fam Trustee | $3,577 | $1,360 | -62% |
| Steve Edwards | $3,039 | $1,358 | -55.3% |
| Manley Farms, Inc. | $8,196 | $1,332 | -83.7% |
| Bearden Family Farms, LLC | $2,483 | $1,331 | -46.4% |
| Jimmie F. Manley Jr. | $3,941 | $1,318 | -66.6% |
| Eloise Bosnick Family Trust | $5,479 | $1,305 | -76.2% |
| Stanley Bosnick | $5,479 | $1,305 | -76.2% |
| Delois Forney Amerine | $3,758 | $1,288 | -65.7% |
| Rachel Webb | $4,576 | $1,245 | -72.8% |
| Rocky Dilks | $1,941 | $1,228 | -36.7% |
| Glynn L. Jones | $2,635 | $1,151 | -56.3% |
| Doddridge M. Daggett | $2,148 | $1,100 | -48.8% |
| Joey Bowman | $1,997 | $1,033 | -48.3% |
| Johnson Williams | $5,280 | $974 | -81.6% |
| Mary Bohannon Tr | $0 | $972 | -- |
| Thomas Webb Jr. | $2,816 | $964 | -65.8% |
| Danny Odle | $6,641 | $879 | -86.8% |
| Bennett Tractor Parts | $2,328 | $792 | -66% |
| Harlis E Wilson | $1,375 | $784 | -43% |
| Jerry Anderson Family Trust | $1,968 | $771 | -60.8% |
| Anna Parker | $1,180 | $741 | -37.2% |
| Virginia Ann Boyer | $1,312 | $670 | -48.9% |
| Arnold Farm and Contracting Corporation | $3,930 | $655 | -83.3% |
| Bosnick Farms, Inc. | $1,316 | $654 | -50.3% |
| Eula Mae Caery | $1,151 | $622 | -46% |
| Lonnie W. Reynolds | $1,153 | $622 | -46.1% |
| Philip Best | $1,188 | $621 | -47.7% |
| Richard E. Hall | $614 | $614 | 0% |
| Eula Mae Caery Trust | $1,039 | $548 | -47.3% |
| Kathryne Jane Harvey Trust | $1,040 | $548 | -47.3% |
| Lonnie Reynolds Trust | $1,737 | $548 | -68.5% |
| Norma Jean Mefford Trust | $1,736 | $548 | -68.4% |
| Ottaline Wilson Fam Trustee | $2,698 | $542 | -79.9% |
| Charles Odle | $2,243 | $483 | -78.5% |
| Tommy Harris | $4,048 | $447 | -89% |
| Kathryn Poynor | $876 | $431 | -50.8% |
| Katie Waldrip Branscum | $1,347 | $431 | -68% |
| Lauren Waldrip | $1,347 | $431 | -68% |
| Mark Hill | $769 | $419 | -45.5% |
| Auby T May | $1,168 | $415 | -64.5% |
| Gillenwater Family Trust | $2,465 | $397 | -83.9% |
| Knoxylene Bosnick | $0 | $396 | -- |
| Bobby W. Byrd | $1,891 | $358 | -81.1% |
| Michael Kenneth Duren | $2,119 | $325 | -84.7% |
| Conner Gerrard | $729 | $314 | -56.9% |
| D & M Smith, LLC | $986 | $310 | -68.6% |
| Terry L Simpson Revocable Trust | $807 | $290 | -64.1% |
| Aaron Traylor | $451 | $289 | -35.9% |
| Highway 357 Farms, LLC | $0 | $288 | -- |
| Thomas Webb III | $1,908 | $288 | -84.9% |
| Roosevelt Daniels | $715 | $255 | -64.3% |
| James L. Pruett | $443 | $242 | -45.4% |
| Ramey Stiles | $728 | $234 | -67.9% |
| Christopher Whitehead | $560 | $222 | -60.4% |
| Edmond Millard Lee | $468 | $210 | -55.1% |
| Gist Farms, LLC | $16,763 | $184 | -98.9% |
| Rebecca Flowers | $1,144 | $167 | -85.4% |
| Bennett Brothers Rentals | $121 | $162 | 33.9% |
| Martin E. Bradshaw | $516 | $162 | -68.6% |
| Peggy Evans | $482 | $121 | -74.9% |
| Virgil Bowman | $243 | $121 | -50.2% |
| Jamie Lee Flowers | $1,023 | $116 | -88.7% |
| Albert Brady | $242 | $102 | -57.9% |
| Larry McClendon | $0 | $94 | -- |
| 1996 Stephen W Higginbothom Trust | $3,096 | $84 | -97.3% |
| Melvin Nicholas | $1,134 | $84 | -92.6% |
| Michael W. Traylor | $0 | $84 | -- |
| Donzil B. Wilson Rvoc Trustee | $567 | $81 | -85.7% |
| Judy Bellamy | $109 | $52 | -52.3% |
| Ann Hinkle | $977 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil McCoy | $1,380 | $0 | -100% |
| Davison Farms, LLC | $7,077 | $0 | -100% |
| Egypt Planting Company | $61,031 | $0 | -100% |
| Gist Farms Limited PTR | $1,054 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry L. Carlock | $337 | $0 | -100% |
| John Mcclendon R. Farms | $37,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenny Vansandt | $1,701 | $0 | -100% |
| Kim S. Benson | $4,971 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Bohannon Estate | $2,619 | $0 | -100% |
| Max Ray Freeman | $3,068 | $0 | -100% |
| Melinda K. Huff | $153 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael D. Osburn | $2,908 | $0 | -100% |
| Micheal C. McClendon | $8,773 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Washington | $35 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom Gist Farms | $114 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyson Family Trust | $2,910 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyson Farms PTR | $17,076 | $0 | -100% |
| Albert Bosnick | $1,852 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack A. Parker | $1,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Lanny Bosnick | $1,839 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $19,596,337 | $9,824,355 | -49.9% |
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