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In 2021, 231 farmers in cities within Tensas Parish received a total of $8 million in 505 farm subsidies, a 57.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $18.7 million in 696 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 Tensas Parish, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balmoral Farming Partnership | $1,149,241 | $446,446 | -61.2% |
| Perritt Farms Partnership | $783,880 | $324,733 | -58.6% |
| Franklin Farms | $616,140 | $313,917 | -49.1% |
| Mize Farms | $735,637 | $281,097 | -61.8% |
| Island Farming Partnership | $1,313,260 | $279,020 | -78.8% |
| Lee Farms Partnership | $535,167 | $258,460 | -51.7% |
| Leake Farms | $514,813 | $251,396 | -51.2% |
| Hardwick Planting Company | $584,305 | $243,850 | -58.3% |
| Maryland Plantation | $808,204 | $227,489 | -71.9% |
| Somerset Plantation | $251,749 | $219,285 | -12.9% |
| Vandeven Farms | $733,526 | $216,995 | -70.4% |
| JCM Farms Partnership | $481,885 | $176,436 | -63.4% |
| Donegal Farms | $117,820 | $170,759 | 44.9% |
| Crigler Planting | $566,557 | $168,041 | -70.3% |
| Russell Y Ratcliff JR PTSHP | $369,741 | $165,759 | -55.2% |
| N' Tucker C. G. Farms | $362,061 | $151,725 | -58.1% |
| Powell & Newman Partnership | $344,880 | $150,825 | -56.3% |
| E R Mcdonald & Son Farming Partnership | $90,057 | $146,790 | 63% |
| H & K Farms Partnership | $387,365 | $146,218 | -62.3% |
| Russell Family Farms | $405,232 | $135,774 | -66.5% |
| Wanda Mims Adams | $170,626 | $116,118 | -31.9% |
| Cypress Grove | $164,064 | $108,134 | -34.1% |
| Ratcliff Agent, LLC | $201,537 | $103,875 | -48.5% |
| John Day Farms Partnership | $161,253 | $102,447 | -36.5% |
| Gregory Farms Partnership | $335,067 | $90,316 | -73% |
| E R Mcdonald & Sons, Inc. | $0 | $88,116 | -- |
| K and B Planting Company | $130,401 | $87,496 | -32.9% |
| Elkridge Farms | $131,565 | $85,330 | -35.1% |
| James R. Fortenberry Jr. | $182,350 | $82,175 | -54.9% |
| L & J Farms | $166,254 | $82,024 | -50.7% |
| Patricia S. Rabb | $212,837 | $78,910 | -62.9% |
| Steel Gang Farms Partnership | $278,754 | $78,156 | -72% |
| Needmore Planting Company | $176,101 | $76,801 | -56.4% |
| Calvin Harold Rabb JR Estate | $172,402 | $73,999 | -57.1% |
| Linwood Partnership | $70,137 | $70,137 | 0% |
| Matthews Farms | $420,811 | $68,628 | -83.7% |
| Alan Doyle Farms Partnership | $130,920 | $60,161 | -54% |
| Barclay Tullos | $64,073 | $56,732 | -11.5% |
| Kristina R. Tullos | $64,073 | $56,732 | -11.5% |
| Matthew Lynn Vinson | $85,554 | $51,902 | -39.3% |
| Martha Sanderson | $50,000 | $50,809 | 1.6% |
| Jon David Mceacharn | $51,198 | $50,508 | -1.3% |
| Britt Keahey Farms Partnership | $187,901 | $47,304 | -74.8% |
| Lake Place Land Company | $51,668 | $46,486 | -10% |
| Austin Emfinger | $128,124 | $46,010 | -64.1% |
| William T. Gregory | $148,935 | $43,559 | -70.8% |
| W & W Farm Partnership of Newellton | $144,421 | $40,720 | -71.8% |
| B and H Planting Company | $90,717 | $39,775 | -56.2% |
| Canebrake Partners | $58,063 | $39,167 | -32.5% |
| W. A. Guthrie Jr. | $43,674 | $38,584 | -11.7% |
| Daryl L. Head | $105,543 | $38,185 | -63.8% |
| Choat Farms, Inc. | $61,339 | $36,984 | -39.7% |
| Blanche Farms, LLC | $131,956 | $36,543 | -72.3% |
| Glenda Jones | $35,943 | $35,943 | 0% |
| Ralph J. Bass Jr. | $68,132 | $33,378 | -51% |
| Gold Water Partners | $28,658 | $33,342 | 16.3% |
| Jimmy D. White | $29,637 | $30,244 | 2% |
| ELK Ridge, LLC | $41,316 | $27,857 | -32.6% |
| Allison M. Head | $27,190 | $27,190 | 0% |
| Anthony L. Amos | $55,791 | $26,659 | -52.2% |
| Bettye Jo Amos | $55,790 | $26,659 | -52.2% |
| James M. McVay | $83,584 | $26,284 | -68.6% |
| Franklin Huff | $26,210 | $26,210 | 0% |
| Edwin G. Blanche III | $25,172 | $25,172 | 0% |
| Linda K. Watson | $23,248 | $24,999 | 7.5% |
| W. E. Hawkins Jr. | $24,672 | $23,912 | -3.1% |
| SK and Big H, LLC | $30,124 | $23,654 | -21.5% |
| Bobby Powell | $23,331 | $23,331 | 0% |
| Leake Family Partnership, Ltd. | $22,812 | $22,812 | 0% |
| Richard & Brenda Mize | $24,671 | $22,144 | -10.2% |
| Crigler Farms, Inc. | $21,570 | $21,570 | 0% |
| Locustland PLTN | $26,952 | $21,478 | -20.3% |
| Cypress Bayou Agent, LLC | $7,608 | $20,999 | 176% |
| Charles Tullos | $22,676 | $20,630 | -9% |
| WMH Farms | $45,887 | $20,409 | -55.5% |
| James Frazier | $48,389 | $19,382 | -59.9% |
| Watson Brothers Farms | $19,310 | $19,349 | 0.2% |
| Big Captain Properties, LLC | $31,455 | $19,060 | -39.4% |
| Charles Howard Merriett | $67,818 | $19,026 | -71.9% |
| James R. Walton | $18,944 | $18,944 | 0% |
| Charles Tucker | $21,547 | $18,944 | -12.1% |
| John M. Daves | $48,396 | $18,448 | -61.9% |
| Loretta Daves | $48,396 | $18,448 | -61.9% |
| Troy Partnership | $17,656 | $17,656 | 0% |
| Helena Plantation | $39,573 | $16,012 | -59.5% |
| Waterproof Plantaion, LLC | $16,007 | $16,005 | -0% |
| Pat Mabray Farms, LLC | $0 | $15,202 | -- |
| B Oliver Berry Family PTSHP, Ltd. | $17,723 | $14,981 | -15.5% |
| Robert O. Pearson | $14,834 | $14,834 | 0% |
| Marcella G. Vinson | $29,044 | $14,189 | -51.1% |
| Michael W. Vinson | $29,044 | $14,189 | -51.1% |
| Jon W. Hardwick | $29,455 | $13,414 | -54.5% |
| Bagley Trust | $16,891 | $13,008 | -23% |
| Nan K. Huff | $13,078 | $12,756 | -2.5% |
| Mary Lou Miller | $27,001 | $12,235 | -54.7% |
| Craig E. Neuroth | $12,175 | $12,175 | 0% |
| Gail Waters | $12,839 | $11,237 | -12.5% |
| Dorothy Craft | $11,138 | $11,138 | 0% |
| Cross Keys PLTN | $11,198 | $9,473 | -15.4% |
| Elis Farm, LLC | $23,565 | $9,345 | -60.3% |
| Kenneth E Mceacharn | $9,582 | $9,182 | -4.2% |
| Connie Kifer | $25,978 | $9,132 | -64.8% |
| Lee Kifer | $25,978 | $9,132 | -64.8% |
| Locust Ridge Plantation, LLC | $33,405 | $8,866 | -73.5% |
| Harry T. Goldman III | $2,875 | $8,477 | 194.9% |
| Holden Hunter Vallee | $12,481 | $8,424 | -32.5% |
| Kelsey D. Vallee | $12,481 | $8,424 | -32.5% |
| Hazel McClung | $8,144 | $8,144 | 0% |
| Mary T. Rushing | $7,967 | $7,967 | 0% |
| Charles D. Merriett | $21,106 | $7,865 | -62.7% |
| James Kiley Sanders | $8,076 | $7,734 | -4.2% |
| Ellen E. Gholston | $7,664 | $7,664 | 0% |
| Richard M. Hale | $19,919 | $7,586 | -61.9% |
| Monticello, LLC | $6,404 | $7,439 | 16.2% |
| Choat Family LP | $8,551 | $7,363 | -13.9% |
| Sandra Lee | $14,665 | $7,208 | -50.8% |
| The Netterville Company | $18,934 | $7,154 | -62.2% |
| Janet M. Ragsdale | $8,787 | $7,153 | -18.6% |
| William G. Ragsdale | $8,787 | $7,153 | -18.6% |
| Shelia Washington | $14,601 | $6,500 | -55.5% |
| Columbus Brooks | $13,632 | $6,293 | -53.8% |
| Billa Faye Smith | $13,728 | $6,227 | -54.6% |
| Roy G. Smith | $13,728 | $6,227 | -54.6% |
| Jack O. Merritt | $0 | $6,206 | -- |
| Olivia A. Mills | $0 | $6,184 | -- |
| Pecano Plantation Limited Partner | $19,816 | $6,170 | -68.9% |
| D & V Property Management, LLC | $5,710 | $5,964 | 4.4% |
| Jack D. Morgan | $6,530 | $5,433 | -16.8% |
| Hallie Fay Fife | $11,544 | $5,383 | -53.4% |
| Benjamin M. Watson | $5,172 | $5,171 | -0% |
| Scott Harkey Watson | $5,172 | $5,171 | -0% |
| Larry E. May | $5,138 | $5,138 | 0% |
| Mary B. May | $5,138 | $5,138 | 0% |
| Cody E. Rushing | $7,520 | $4,947 | -34.2% |
| Cody E. Rushing | $7,520 | $4,947 | -34.2% |
| Wbmii, LLC | $15,521 | $4,864 | -68.7% |
| John C. Kitchen | $4,827 | $4,827 | 0% |
| Curtis Leake | $4,751 | $4,751 | 0% |
| Traci Leake | $4,751 | $4,751 | 0% |
| Vera Goldman | $19,320 | $4,679 | -75.8% |
| Robert J. Rushing | $4,524 | $4,524 | 0% |
| Charlton Plantation | $9,860 | $4,238 | -57% |
| Russell Y. Ratcliff Jr. | $11,197 | $4,112 | -63.3% |
| Steven R. Skipper | $4,003 | $4,003 | 0% |
| Edith D. Sandoz | $4,338 | $3,947 | -9% |
| Deloris Bell | $2,566 | $3,842 | 49.7% |
| Michael James Arceneaux | $4,358 | $3,819 | -12.4% |
| David Ross Lee | $7,870 | $3,767 | -52.1% |
| Kellon and Morgan Lee Irrevocable Trust-2011 | $7,333 | $3,605 | -50.8% |
| Enola Quarters, LLC | $8,667 | $3,432 | -60.4% |
| Janis B. Burnside | $58,936 | $3,386 | -94.3% |
| Joyce H. Lancaster | $4,066 | $3,193 | -21.5% |
| Burn Gin Company, Inc. | $3,368 | $3,136 | -6.9% |
| Dawn B. Barfield | $3,076 | $3,076 | 0% |
| Sandra R. White | $3,071 | $3,071 | 0% |
| Parnell Barfield | $3,026 | $3,026 | 0% |
| Lynn Planting | $182,147 | $3,016 | -98.3% |
| Theda W. Collins | $7,861 | $2,986 | -62% |
| Kenneth J. Ricard | $2,870 | $2,870 | 0% |
| Testa and Company | $3,416 | $2,863 | -16.2% |
| Bonye Joanna Sanderson | $0 | $2,765 | -- |
| Jim Thomas Sanderson | $0 | $2,765 | -- |
| Linda Hammons Hollis | $0 | $2,733 | -- |
| Helena Planting Company Partnership | $4,410 | $2,725 | -38.2% |
| Mary Ann Norris | $2,226 | $2,698 | 21.2% |
| Rosetta W. Jordan | $8,780 | $2,698 | -69.3% |
| Lynne H. Williams | $2,624 | $2,624 | 0% |
| William E. McDonald | $6,056 | $2,522 | -58.4% |
| Ralph Guthrie | $4,355 | $2,416 | -44.5% |
| Ashely Craft | $2,416 | $2,416 | 0% |
| Sylvester Davis | $1,268 | $2,411 | 90.1% |
| Clara Evans | $2,303 | $2,303 | 0% |
| Clarence Evans | $2,303 | $2,303 | 0% |
| Alan Doyle | $5,118 | $2,232 | -56.4% |
| Doyle Farm Income | $6,321 | $2,114 | -66.6% |
| Kasey R. Matthews | $0 | $2,089 | -- |
| Randy James Matthews | $2,647 | $2,089 | -21.1% |
| Debbie R. Lentz | $1,928 | $2,030 | 5.3% |
| Patrick C. Glass | $1,976 | $1,976 | 0% |
| Claudia K. Doyle | $4,277 | $1,911 | -55.3% |
| Hazel Emfinger | $0 | $1,820 | -- |
| Timothy M. Emfinger | $11,189 | $1,820 | -83.7% |
| Jarrell Godfrey Jr. | $3,465 | $1,811 | -47.7% |
| Terry Mize Jr. | $2,487 | $1,793 | -27.9% |
| Kathy Ann McMahon | $0 | $1,704 | -- |
| Eulas Foster | $2,158 | $1,615 | -25.2% |
| Louis Stockstill Jr. | $1,611 | $1,611 | 0% |
| Virginia B. Stockstill | $1,611 | $1,611 | 0% |
| Parks Family Partnership | $1,482 | $1,482 | 0% |
| Touchdown Holdings, LLC | $1,811 | $1,476 | -18.5% |
| George Foster | $1,443 | $1,443 | 0% |
| Lorna Foster | $1,443 | $1,443 | 0% |
| Kimberly S. Rogers | $3,501 | $1,346 | -61.6% |
| William G. Emfinger | $1,338 | $1,338 | 0% |
| David Miller | $3,330 | $1,322 | -60.3% |
| Aimee McDonald | $3,028 | $1,261 | -58.4% |
| Randy E. R. McDonald III | $3,028 | $1,261 | -58.4% |
| Susan McDonald | $3,028 | $1,261 | -58.4% |
| James Danley | $4,972 | $1,224 | -75.4% |
| James T. Lentz | $5,293 | $1,134 | -78.6% |
| Avondale Plantation, LLC | $3,823 | $1,114 | -70.9% |
| Richland Cattle Company, LLC | $1,848 | $1,114 | -39.7% |
| Lisa D. Mize | $2,487 | $1,030 | -58.6% |
| Elizabeth A. James | $1,029 | $1,029 | 0% |
| Mcdonald and Mcdonald | $282,843 | $972 | -99.7% |
| Hazel K. Goodwin | $1,782 | $932 | -47.7% |
| Joseph T III and Roxanne James | $161,512 | $918 | -99.4% |
| Warren Ratcliff | $2,221 | $905 | -59.3% |
| Patty Vandeven | $1,117 | $839 | -24.9% |
| Annice A. Miller | $1,960 | $780 | -60.2% |
| Bryan Audrick Davis | $2,213 | $662 | -70.1% |
| Mercedes Williams | $660 | $660 | 0% |
| John Day | $1,491 | $625 | -58.1% |
| Mary A. Sadler | $1,489 | $623 | -58.2% |
| Jacqueline Day Schauf | $1,489 | $623 | -58.2% |
| Henry Carroll | $1,675 | $501 | -70.1% |
| William Johnny Hall | $2,199 | $466 | -78.8% |
| Henry J Mascagni JR | $1,482 | $393 | -73.5% |
| Jason Ryals | $337 | $297 | -11.9% |
| Jason Ryals | $337 | $297 | -11.9% |
| Jennifer Ryals | $337 | $297 | -11.9% |
| Susan Carpenter | $494 | $257 | -48% |
| Circle J Ranch, LLC | $735 | $224 | -69.5% |
| Nancy A. Smith | $0 | $182 | -- |
| Arthur L. Neal | $330 | $152 | -53.9% |
| Eric J. Walker | $181 | $131 | -27.6% |
| June P. Fortenberry | $350 | $130 | -62.9% |
| Donald Pollard | $132 | $102 | -22.7% |
| Edward C. Walker | $229 | $82 | -64.2% |
| Lionel Williams | $300 | $53 | -82.3% |
| Jon Marshall Hardwick | $39,741 | $23 | -99.9% |
| Alberta W. Smith | $113 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Capdepon | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| C Keith Capdepon JR | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles D. Jenkins II | $1,517 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles K Capdepon | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| Clyde J. Williams | $113 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra L. Foster | $473 | $0 | -100% |
| Lesley a Capdepon | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Lizzie Gross | $1,135 | $0 | -100% |
| P & S Farms | $21,505 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Vernon Capdepon | $51 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanton D. Arnold | $868 | $0 | -100% |
| Calvin Rabb Jr. | $3,376 | $0 | -100% |
| Donis Duncan | $2,170 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn R. Hall | $1,308 | $0 | -100% |
| M-Ray, LLC | $20,231 | $0 | -100% |
| Monie Barfield | $17,928 | $0 | -100% |
| William Mike Benoit | $1,025 | $0 | -100% |
| David L. Hollis | $2,733 | $0 | -100% |
| Monticello Farms | $152,462 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade M. Tinson | $3,774 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $18,745,679 | $8,023,123 | -57.2% |
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