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In 2021, 233 farmers in cities within Holmes County received a total of $2.1 million in 395 farm subsidies, a 37.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.4 million in 736 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 Holmes County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| John L. Ulrich Jr. | $111,340 | $99,884 | -10.3% |
| Robert E. Ward | $126,574 | $91,507 | -27.7% |
| Stacy C. Ward | $129,522 | $91,417 | -29.4% |
| RWE Farms, LLC | $108,784 | $82,372 | -24.3% |
| Wayne D. Paulk | $70,599 | $79,597 | 12.7% |
| Tyler Ryan Walker | $4,639 | $74,228 | 1,500.1% |
| Kenneth L. Barton | $100,754 | $63,783 | -36.7% |
| Gregory Lynn Pope | $0 | $60,960 | -- |
| Casey R. Carroll | $61,981 | $58,901 | -5% |
| Dennis Franklin Coatney DC Hauling | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| DRK Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Randall Birge | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Trammell Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Heath T. Ulrich | $30,011 | $49,810 | 66% |
| Robert Brooks Newsom | $143,130 | $49,487 | -65.4% |
| David B. Carroll | $52,682 | $48,509 | -7.9% |
| Marty Majors | $56,116 | $47,146 | -16% |
| Carl Gillman | $92,554 | $46,708 | -49.5% |
| Gregory B. Gillman | $91,599 | $46,708 | -49% |
| Kenneth C. Barton | $75,252 | $43,904 | -41.7% |
| Wesley Miller | $61,703 | $41,512 | -32.7% |
| Austin O. Stafford | $74,262 | $37,690 | -49.2% |
| Carlos Alberto Hernandez | $0 | $36,632 | -- |
| Circle a Farm | $47,300 | $35,100 | -25.8% |
| Ronald Stafford | $33,022 | $33,343 | 1% |
| Donalray B Morrison | $20,166 | $30,900 | 53.2% |
| Jim Landers | $54,164 | $30,174 | -44.3% |
| Rachel Hatcher | $113,864 | $29,477 | -74.1% |
| Charlie Alred | $56,797 | $23,195 | -59.2% |
| M & M Farms & Feed, LLC | $58,308 | $21,621 | -62.9% |
| Joseph Paulk | $13,369 | $20,468 | 53.1% |
| Rodney Dewayne Pope | $0 | $20,399 | -- |
| Dwight D. Rich | $10,333 | $19,560 | 89.3% |
| Justin T. Peel | $51,596 | $18,939 | -63.3% |
| K L K Farms, Inc. | $35,787 | $18,241 | -49% |
| Joseph Arrant | $19,798 | $16,459 | -16.9% |
| Jack Commander | $13,842 | $15,362 | 11% |
| Foy Reynolds Cattle Company, LLC | $127,094 | $13,880 | -89.1% |
| Virginia A. Hewett | $14,329 | $13,182 | -8% |
| James E. Alred | $23,632 | $12,486 | -47.2% |
| Jeremiah J. Rolling | $25,517 | $12,034 | -52.8% |
| Mistie Alford Newsom | $5,465 | $11,537 | 111.1% |
| Bar W Farm and Ranch, LLC | $61,804 | $10,920 | -82.3% |
| Mark Wilson | $0 | $10,838 | -- |
| Douglas Dewan Harris | $8,936 | $9,434 | 5.6% |
| Wilburn G. Baker | $19,433 | $9,384 | -51.7% |
| Herbert H. Owens | $9,661 | $8,783 | -9.1% |
| Silas D. Lee | $7,161 | $8,722 | 21.8% |
| Johnny Quattlebaum | $0 | $8,681 | -- |
| Joshua Hodge | $38,052 | $7,604 | -80% |
| Douglas Mixon | $18,809 | $7,241 | -61.5% |
| Matthew H. Arrant | $8,085 | $6,757 | -16.4% |
| James A. Clemmons | $0 | $6,650 | -- |
| John L. Ulrich Sr. | $45,656 | $6,027 | -86.8% |
| Rayburn Craig Pitts | $9,279 | $5,984 | -35.5% |
| Rodney Dylan Pope | $0 | $5,982 | -- |
| Lewis Dale Powell | $27,897 | $5,537 | -80.2% |
| Terre Chad Brown | $17,773 | $5,376 | -69.8% |
| Bailey Weston Miller | $2,798 | $5,375 | 92.1% |
| Charles Eugene Anderson | $3,869 | $5,353 | 38.4% |
| Richard G. Kirkland | $38,144 | $5,190 | -86.4% |
| Larue Vanlandingham | $24,826 | $5,106 | -79.4% |
| Gil Anderson | $8,723 | $4,991 | -42.8% |
| John Mark Gatling | $4,877 | $4,953 | 1.6% |
| Charles R. Anderson | $5,720 | $4,768 | -16.6% |
| Howard W. Tate | $7,394 | $4,710 | -36.3% |
| Clinton C. Long | $23,265 | $4,509 | -80.6% |
| William B. Long | $23,334 | $4,491 | -80.8% |
| Connie Moore | $4,003 | $4,003 | 0% |
| Carroll Farms of Northwest Florida, LLC | $3,844 | $3,910 | 1.7% |
| H. R. Harrison | $6,516 | $3,896 | -40.2% |
| Olen L. English | $12,964 | $3,818 | -70.5% |
| Daniel A. Hilbert | $0 | $3,764 | -- |
| Rhett Bowers | $27,560 | $3,705 | -86.6% |
| William Larry Petty | $10,780 | $3,622 | -66.4% |
| Tina M. Peters | $3,743 | $3,444 | -8% |
| Robert Wilkerson | $3,767 | $3,221 | -14.5% |
| Daniel R. Bell | $10,696 | $3,186 | -70.2% |
| Albert Edward Warren III | $16,553 | $3,134 | -81.1% |
| Johnny R. Gilmore | $21,858 | $3,120 | -85.7% |
| Frazier Anderson | $10,351 | $3,019 | -70.8% |
| Garrett T. Miller | $18,095 | $3,017 | -83.3% |
| John Kevin Amerson | $6,146 | $2,923 | -52.4% |
| Robby Ammons | $7,370 | $2,846 | -61.4% |
| Jason Powell | $12,551 | $2,794 | -77.7% |
| Mary Jeane Davis | $2,770 | $2,770 | 0% |
| Paul Anderson | $5,089 | $2,737 | -46.2% |
| Ronald W. Williams | $8,442 | $2,720 | -67.8% |
| John Willard Williams | $8,409 | $2,702 | -67.9% |
| Jason Carnley | $5,261 | $2,699 | -48.7% |
| Wilmer Byrd | $11,447 | $2,665 | -76.7% |
| Frank G. Araneo | $9,240 | $2,664 | -71.2% |
| Robert G. Wilkerson | $4,249 | $2,664 | -37.3% |
| Donald Morrison | $5,753 | $2,625 | -54.4% |
| John C. Edwards | $6,486 | $2,484 | -61.7% |
| Winston J. Jones | $11,462 | $2,461 | -78.5% |
| Alton Earl Wells | $2,635 | $2,424 | -8% |
| Earl Sellers | $5,397 | $2,394 | -55.6% |
| Nellie C. Pryor | $2,695 | $2,374 | -11.9% |
| Tammy D. King | $11,718 | $2,363 | -79.8% |
| Reade J Bomann | $27,265 | $2,348 | -91.4% |
| Travis E. Brooks | $11,055 | $2,269 | -79.5% |
| Clayton Blake Ward | $4,713 | $2,157 | -54.2% |
| Bret E. Alford | $7,502 | $2,139 | -71.5% |
| John S. Edwards | $30,446 | $2,122 | -93% |
| Kelsey D. Pitts | $7,348 | $2,087 | -71.6% |
| Chris O. Lewis | $13,137 | $1,973 | -85% |
| Coleman Weeks | $5,816 | $1,970 | -66.1% |
| Ray Lewis | $11,273 | $1,952 | -82.7% |
| M. G. Huggins | $1,755 | $1,755 | 0% |
| Alex Elias Vaughan | $7,286 | $1,752 | -76% |
| Jimmy W. Owen | $7,568 | $1,688 | -77.7% |
| Dewey Johnson | $6,221 | $1,622 | -73.9% |
| Roland Bowers | $6,171 | $1,617 | -73.8% |
| Waverly A. Padgett | $3,564 | $1,605 | -55% |
| Robert D. Adams | $7,823 | $1,595 | -79.6% |
| Lyndon L. Cook | $12,860 | $1,592 | -87.6% |
| Keaton Locke | $5,445 | $1,570 | -71.2% |
| Iris E. Wells | $1,569 | $1,569 | 0% |
| Jessica R. Glover | $5,181 | $1,555 | -70% |
| David E. Spears | $3,108 | $1,554 | -50% |
| Doug Nolin | $1,500 | $1,500 | 0% |
| Blake Majors | $1,787 | $1,473 | -17.6% |
| Brooks Davis Jr. | $1,569 | $1,443 | -8% |
| Tammy R. Beck | $1,434 | $1,434 | 0% |
| Peggy J. Newman | $1,546 | $1,422 | -8% |
| F. D. Chesnut | $6,530 | $1,369 | -79% |
| Mary S. Nolen | $4,905 | $1,361 | -72.3% |
| Wyatt Bowen Parish | $27,770 | $1,343 | -95.2% |
| James C. Martin | $7,506 | $1,330 | -82.3% |
| Lamont Ennis | $3,366 | $1,328 | -60.5% |
| Michael Curry | $7,794 | $1,319 | -83.1% |
| Edna Knight | $1,683 | $1,312 | -22% |
| Marcy L. Dixon | $2,018 | $1,281 | -36.5% |
| Bonnie L. Jefferson | $5,291 | $1,208 | -77.2% |
| Scotty Suggs | $10,373 | $1,184 | -88.6% |
| Cecil E. Evers | $5,711 | $1,173 | -79.5% |
| Nathan Morrow | $2,178 | $1,138 | -47.8% |
| Henry Alford | $17,190 | $1,138 | -93.4% |
| Kathryn E. Worthing | $0 | $1,125 | -- |
| Ike Steverson | $7,731 | $1,121 | -85.5% |
| Larry Miller | $5,552 | $1,098 | -80.2% |
| Joann M. Baker | $1,188 | $1,093 | -8% |
| Amy L. Chitty | $2,593 | $1,092 | -57.9% |
| Hilton Byrd | $5,672 | $1,052 | -81.5% |
| Billy J. Brock | $0 | $1,022 | -- |
| Georgia Keen | $5,199 | $1,006 | -80.7% |
| Wendell Mitchem | $3,652 | $952 | -73.9% |
| Joshua Webb Jackson | $4,677 | $932 | -80.1% |
| Ardis Hightower III | $2,343 | $928 | -60.4% |
| Ginger Spivey | $3,744 | $914 | -75.6% |
| James H. Faircloth | $4,469 | $900 | -79.9% |
| Carl Sherrouse | $4,512 | $893 | -80.2% |
| Scott Curry | $1,964 | $886 | -54.9% |
| Gary Tinsley | $2,915 | $862 | -70.4% |
| Gerald R. Padgett | $17,654 | $857 | -95.1% |
| Eric Garison Wells | $4,694 | $816 | -82.6% |
| Micah K. Redmon | $3,488 | $794 | -77.2% |
| Steve Dewees | $4,021 | $794 | -80.3% |
| Maxine Weber | $1,523 | $785 | -48.5% |
| Teresa D. Mitchell | $3,237 | $776 | -76% |
| Circle T Ranch, LLC | $0 | $770 | -- |
| Tom Hayford | $3,381 | $707 | -79.1% |
| A. J. Paulk | $1,914 | $701 | -63.4% |
| Joshua D. Thompson | $4,797 | $699 | -85.4% |
| Vance Cauley | $3,498 | $688 | -80.3% |
| Jimmie C. Landers | $2,563 | $677 | -73.6% |
| Navonee Cherie Wenrich | $2,937 | $676 | -77% |
| Linard Edwards | $3,069 | $658 | -78.6% |
| Thomas Q. Anderson | $3,696 | $654 | -82.3% |
| Juanita Saunders | $624 | $624 | 0% |
| Albert M. Johnson | $2,233 | $619 | -72.3% |
| Dannice Williams | $4,102 | $616 | -85% |
| Hazel Pauline Tison | $612 | $612 | 0% |
| Jimmy E. Stafford | $1,485 | $610 | -58.9% |
| Chad B. Beagles | $2,807 | $604 | -78.5% |
| Sherwood Leavins | $2,200 | $604 | -72.5% |
| Elsie M. Pryor | $4,251 | $597 | -86% |
| Frank L. Pilcher Jr. | $3,790 | $593 | -84.4% |
| Joel J. Byrd | $1,320 | $588 | -55.5% |
| Rodney K. Bowers | $20,009 | $586 | -97.1% |
| Timmy Lewis | $2,340 | $577 | -75.3% |
| Tammy S. Free | $2,307 | $552 | -76.1% |
| Zeke Griffin | $2,709 | $546 | -79.8% |
| Kalyn Marie Waters | $2,300 | $518 | -77.5% |
| David L. McAnelly | $3,659 | $500 | -86.3% |
| Rodney K. Higgins | $1,584 | $496 | -68.7% |
| Gabriel Boyett | $2,090 | $487 | -76.7% |
| Michael Fisanick | $4,593 | $484 | -89.5% |
| David L. Brown | $1,639 | $483 | -70.5% |
| Justin S. Sconiers | $2,157 | $471 | -78.2% |
| Bernice Cook | $2,354 | $471 | -80% |
| Brady Gilmore | $2,512 | $454 | -81.9% |
| Will Whitfield | $1,837 | $453 | -75.3% |
| M & W Ranch | $1,981 | $448 | -77.4% |
| Merissa L. Alford | $2,316 | $448 | -80.7% |
| Willie J. Curry | $1,408 | $448 | -68.2% |
| Charles L. Armstrong | $2,674 | $447 | -83.3% |
| Benny Gill | $1,529 | $442 | -71.1% |
| Dewayne E. Johnson | $1,056 | $439 | -58.4% |
| Mark J. Leavins | $2,097 | $431 | -79.4% |
| Kenneth W. Harrison | $1,089 | $414 | -62% |
| Ted F. Pryor | $957 | $386 | -59.7% |
| William S. Lee | $1,606 | $384 | -76.1% |
| Jeff Commander | $1,678 | $360 | -78.5% |
| Angela Hathaway | $1,823 | $346 | -81% |
| Stephen C. Woodham | $0 | $330 | -- |
| John A. Morris II | $389 | $310 | -20.3% |
| Douglas D. Alford Sr. | $2,995 | $298 | -90.1% |
| Betty J. Watson | $1,839 | $287 | -84.4% |
| Kenneth Burkert | $2,444 | $276 | -88.7% |
| Nicolas Adam Guettler | $1,703 | $273 | -84% |
| Hunter Gage Lowe | $1,397 | $242 | -82.7% |
| Travis L. Adams | $1,012 | $242 | -76.1% |
| James H. Faircloth II | $1,480 | $232 | -84.3% |
| Kurt S. Hritz | $429 | $224 | -47.8% |
| Sidney Leeann Grantham | $1,232 | $219 | -82.2% |
| Ronnie Dale Harris | $363 | $190 | -47.7% |
| Frank Ward | $386 | $190 | -50.8% |
| John F. Burney | $358 | $182 | -49.2% |
| Helen Moore | $167 | $167 | 0% |
| Kenneth R. Nolin | $264 | $146 | -44.7% |
| John Mccloud Powers | $358 | $121 | -66.2% |
| Rhonda G. Harrison | $704 | $118 | -83.2% |
| Wanda Huggins | $116 | $116 | 0% |
| Circle C Farms & Cattle, LLC | $600 | $100 | -83.3% |
| Mavis H. Oliver | $114 | $75 | -34.2% |
| Clay O. Mitchell | $2,187 | $74 | -96.6% |
| Bruce Frankie Townsend | $1,034 | $72 | -93% |
| William E. White Jr. | $1,152 | $69 | -94% |
| Clint Steven Bruner | $534 | $66 | -87.6% |
| Caleb M. Sherrouse | $242 | $65 | -73.1% |
| Carson Matthew Sherrouse | $242 | $65 | -73.1% |
| Brenda L. Wilkerson | $984 | $0 | -100% |
| Burt Worthing | $162 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil Clark | $1,273 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlie David Dykes II | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Cornelius Crawford | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale Black | $299 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Shafer | $700 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie Gilbert | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Gene Sullivan | $327 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Ryan Pope | $4,675 | $0 | -100% |
| Harrell Kenny Hammond | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Max Messer | $40 | $0 | -100% |
| James K. Jefferson | $16 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry D. Stotler | $3,876 | $0 | -100% |
| Leroy D. Powell | $5,541 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie Mears | $3,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis R Farring | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Maureen Kirkland | $9,911 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph H. Harris | $37 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca K. Miller | $1,314 | $0 | -100% |
| Ryan W. Hood | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley O. Carnley | $3,586 | $0 | -100% |
| Tanner J. Smith | $1,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Ted Wilson | $2,927 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry L. Richards | $1,582 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Watkins | $1,885 | $0 | -100% |
| U S Dream Dairy | $113 | $0 | -100% |
| Wolter Prikken | $2,924 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian K. West | $3,379 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian W. Schultz | $3,051 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles A. Brazile | $1,640 | $0 | -100% |
| John Howard Lawson | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Parson | $1,157 | $0 | -100% |
| The King's Table Farm, LLC | $1,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Dallas L. Brooks | $1,014 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeanne Hand | $6,105 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Hand | $1,849 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny L. Galloway | $4,776 | $0 | -100% |
| Marshall Holmes | $968 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy Kenneth Gainey | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,422,276 | $2,140,208 | -37.5% |
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