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In 2021, 267 farmers in cities within Madison Parish received a total of $7.9 million in 574 farm subsidies, a 55.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $17.7 million in 987 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 Madison Parish, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| J & L Farm Partnership 1 | $405,939 | $282,378 | -30.4% |
| GLS Planting Company, LLP | $569,507 | $196,354 | -65.5% |
| Halehay Planting Company, LLC | $167,761 | $194,324 | 15.8% |
| Collins Agent Partnership | $460,476 | $185,096 | -59.8% |
| Dave Collins Farms | $321,152 | $178,611 | -44.4% |
| Pete Norris Farm | $434,438 | $154,964 | -64.3% |
| Ronnie Todd Kennedy | $324,323 | $141,962 | -56.2% |
| Curt Collins Farms | $346,385 | $140,779 | -59.4% |
| Oliver Farming Partnership | $423,026 | $139,118 | -67.1% |
| Donald Collins Farms | $167,895 | $125,063 | -25.5% |
| Denco Farms Partnership | $371,122 | $122,005 | -67.1% |
| L H Planting, LLP | $0 | $108,665 | -- |
| Shariden Farms Partnership | $245,308 | $106,761 | -56.5% |
| Adams Planting Company, Inc. | $161,842 | $102,910 | -36.4% |
| Y & L Farms | $271,266 | $95,423 | -64.8% |
| Lance Marsh Farms | $298,329 | $93,079 | -68.8% |
| Robert Adams | $142,040 | $90,955 | -36% |
| Brody Ray | $182,960 | $90,612 | -50.5% |
| Paxton Farms Partnership | $222,239 | $89,236 | -59.8% |
| Chase Noland | $168,811 | $87,612 | -48.1% |
| Circle H Farm | $248,900 | $85,979 | -65.5% |
| Big Bend Plantation, Inc. | $83,114 | $83,114 | 0% |
| B & B Farms of Tallulah, LLC | $152,844 | $81,742 | -46.5% |
| Chad D. Morgan | $220,422 | $79,323 | -64% |
| Carter Moberley Farms, LLP | $54,586 | $78,539 | 43.9% |
| IN-Law Farms, LLC | $193,571 | $73,873 | -61.8% |
| Blessed Day Farms | $156,461 | $73,457 | -53.1% |
| Charles L. Vining III | $204,752 | $72,771 | -64.5% |
| Bobbie L. Vining | $204,809 | $72,713 | -64.5% |
| Kristie H. Morgan | $212,478 | $69,124 | -67.5% |
| West-King Farms Partnership | $172,219 | $68,450 | -60.3% |
| B & N Farm Partnership | $233,950 | $67,717 | -71.1% |
| GB Farm Partnership | $160,943 | $67,458 | -58.1% |
| C & L Farm Partnership | $178,270 | $64,989 | -63.5% |
| Cape Plantation, LLC | $91,643 | $63,074 | -31.2% |
| Jason A. Yerger | $118,050 | $63,040 | -46.6% |
| John & Teresa Hopkins Farm Partnership | $173,448 | $60,052 | -65.4% |
| Richard C. Todd | $124,562 | $59,985 | -51.8% |
| Islington Plantation | $263,961 | $58,482 | -77.8% |
| Tensas 2, LLC | $0 | $57,471 | -- |
| James K. Collins | $216,095 | $57,313 | -73.5% |
| Ted Busby | $160,742 | $57,242 | -64.4% |
| Barbara S. Busby | $160,740 | $57,223 | -64.4% |
| Billy Ray Hodge Farms, Inc. | $139,030 | $56,359 | -59.5% |
| Hilderbrand Farms | $134,784 | $55,392 | -58.9% |
| V & V Farms | $109,654 | $54,130 | -50.6% |
| David C. Norris | $166,001 | $53,961 | -67.5% |
| Noland Planting Company, LLC | $16,009 | $53,861 | 236.4% |
| BLC Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Susanna Farms Partnership | $116,173 | $52,684 | -54.7% |
| Bryan Ashley | $96,709 | $52,427 | -45.8% |
| Charles E. Fondren | $88,901 | $51,796 | -41.7% |
| Jamie MacHen | $149,420 | $51,666 | -65.4% |
| Paul Stewart MacHen | $149,428 | $51,625 | -65.5% |
| S & L Farms | $140,344 | $50,962 | -63.7% |
| Golden Sunshine, Inc. | $159,579 | $48,905 | -69.4% |
| Elizabeth Hill | $131,392 | $48,622 | -63% |
| Dahlia Plantation, Inc. | $100,706 | $48,549 | -51.8% |
| Clark H. Hill | $131,359 | $48,489 | -63.1% |
| Jor Dax, LLC | $48,180 | $48,180 | 0% |
| Sprague PLTN, Inc. | $47,496 | $47,496 | 0% |
| Tensas 1, LLC | $92,694 | $46,474 | -49.9% |
| Evergreen Plantation of Tallulah | $146,016 | $46,364 | -68.2% |
| ABC Farming Partnership | $184,309 | $45,780 | -75.2% |
| X-Bar Ranch, Inc. | $45,184 | $45,184 | 0% |
| Judy M. Fortenberry | $78,469 | $44,971 | -42.7% |
| Robert Dalton Fortenberry | $78,469 | $44,971 | -42.7% |
| Dana B. Dukes | $103,577 | $44,122 | -57.4% |
| William Randy Dukes | $103,577 | $44,122 | -57.4% |
| W. N. T. Properties, LLC | $82,820 | $42,576 | -48.6% |
| Rolling Ridge Farm Partnership | $138,232 | $42,574 | -69.2% |
| Derek R. Busby | $108,687 | $41,080 | -62.2% |
| Cypress Farms Partnership | $120,806 | $38,540 | -68.1% |
| Wayne J. McKnight | $50,102 | $38,453 | -23.3% |
| Ronnie R. Bedgood Jr. | $80,069 | $38,126 | -52.4% |
| Stacie W. Bedgood | $80,069 | $38,126 | -52.4% |
| Stephen M. Gustafson | $90,740 | $37,138 | -59.1% |
| James M. Cummins Jr. | $93,864 | $37,076 | -60.5% |
| Delta Farm Partnership | $89,855 | $35,977 | -60% |
| Tensas Crossing Partnership | $72,677 | $35,159 | -51.6% |
| Kiley H. King | $90,091 | $34,679 | -61.5% |
| Carpenter PLTN, Inc. | $61,137 | $33,692 | -44.9% |
| Maxwell Plantation, Inc. | $54,413 | $32,494 | -40.3% |
| Kolan D. Ray | $32,261 | $32,261 | 0% |
| ELT, Inc. | $71,833 | $31,930 | -55.5% |
| 2-B Farms, Inc. | $103,055 | $30,411 | -70.5% |
| Robert R. Fortenberry | $147,807 | $30,386 | -79.4% |
| Michal A. Fortenberry | $147,807 | $30,376 | -79.4% |
| X-Bar Island LP | $28,709 | $28,709 | 0% |
| Faye L. Holloway | $0 | $28,034 | -- |
| Ted E. Oliver | $50,000 | $27,594 | -44.8% |
| Alyssa B. Oliver | $50,000 | $27,585 | -44.8% |
| Charles L. Roberson | $77,626 | $26,688 | -65.6% |
| Lake One Plantation, LLC | $26,537 | $26,324 | -0.8% |
| KBM Farms Partnership | $16,301 | $26,192 | 60.7% |
| Taylor Partners, LLC | $28,908 | $25,344 | -12.3% |
| RHA Farms, LLC | $40,049 | $24,882 | -37.9% |
| Flora Y. Tucker | $43,186 | $24,367 | -43.6% |
| Audrea L. Kennedy | $37,082 | $23,958 | -35.4% |
| Cole Grissom | $67,723 | $23,402 | -65.4% |
| Austin Michael Collins | $129,581 | $23,395 | -81.9% |
| Clayton Holmes | $58,201 | $22,903 | -60.6% |
| Whitetail Farms, Inc. | $56,148 | $22,723 | -59.5% |
| Jackie Haddox | $47,232 | $22,340 | -52.7% |
| Sandra F. Haddox | $47,232 | $22,340 | -52.7% |
| Teresa Ezell | $90,376 | $22,129 | -75.5% |
| Larry Ezell | $90,379 | $22,126 | -75.5% |
| Marsh Place, LLC | $20,415 | $21,630 | 6% |
| Donna A. Mobley | $76,275 | $21,489 | -71.8% |
| Doyle L. Mobley | $76,276 | $21,449 | -71.9% |
| David Richardson | $21,379 | $21,379 | 0% |
| Lauren Brown Grissom | $65,159 | $20,854 | -68% |
| Christopher Michael Mobley | $12,343 | $19,948 | 61.6% |
| Billy N Querrey | $52,344 | $19,253 | -63.2% |
| Jerry King | $47,647 | $19,201 | -59.7% |
| Melba King | $47,647 | $19,201 | -59.7% |
| Wesley D. Pippen | $18,912 | $18,912 | 0% |
| Joe C. Hargrave | $53,634 | $18,751 | -65% |
| Georgia King | $43,076 | $18,464 | -57.1% |
| William L. King | $43,076 | $18,464 | -57.1% |
| Benny R. Bedgood | $43,085 | $18,429 | -57.2% |
| Daniel W. Bedgood | $44,510 | $17,575 | -60.5% |
| Dennis Grissom | $20,262 | $17,510 | -13.6% |
| Spencer Sevier | $16,682 | $16,682 | 0% |
| Jeannie L. Butts | $43,435 | $16,442 | -62.1% |
| Rodney W. Butts | $43,435 | $16,442 | -62.1% |
| Laurie Marsh | $48,659 | $16,167 | -66.8% |
| Cade Marsh | $48,692 | $16,134 | -66.9% |
| Gary H. Vogel | $29,879 | $16,133 | -46% |
| Cason S. Delap | $5,296 | $15,953 | 201.2% |
| Hargrave Brothers Farms | $23,355 | $15,941 | -31.7% |
| R & R Flying of Lake Providence, Inc. | $45,936 | $15,797 | -65.6% |
| Brandon Harris Intervivios Trust | $15,656 | $15,656 | 0% |
| William L. Rolfe | $14,460 | $15,123 | 4.6% |
| Bonnie H. McDaniel | $3,980 | $14,864 | 273.5% |
| David E. Olvey | $14,849 | $14,849 | 0% |
| Hard Bargain Farms, Inc. | $22,309 | $14,798 | -33.7% |
| Lakegrove Plantation, Inc. | $28,664 | $14,772 | -48.5% |
| Bobby W. Gipson | $19,819 | $14,551 | -26.6% |
| Walter Thomas James | $28,040 | $14,453 | -48.5% |
| Howard W. Carney Jr. | $31,786 | $13,901 | -56.3% |
| Warren S. Patrick JR | $62,438 | $13,716 | -78% |
| Claude T. Collins | $44,400 | $13,648 | -69.3% |
| James L. Tucker Jr. | $13,326 | $13,326 | 0% |
| Paul C. MacHen | $23,570 | $12,792 | -45.7% |
| Clifford Calvin Adams III | $16,350 | $12,032 | -26.4% |
| Crafty Grady, LLC | $50,832 | $11,388 | -77.6% |
| Cooter Ridge Farms, Inc. | $52,242 | $11,280 | -78.4% |
| Copes Farms, LLC | $5,310 | $11,120 | 109.4% |
| Katherine B. Schaufele | $6,557 | $11,059 | 68.7% |
| Tucker Bishop Farms | $36,025 | $10,941 | -69.6% |
| Debra G. MacHen | $21,419 | $10,641 | -50.3% |
| Arneson Farms, Inc. | $32,931 | $10,595 | -67.8% |
| John E. Baker Jr. | $19,909 | $10,181 | -48.9% |
| Robyn Christine Yerger | $21,419 | $10,131 | -52.7% |
| Brian Richardson | $9,608 | $9,608 | 0% |
| John D. Richardson | $9,608 | $9,608 | 0% |
| Varner Farms | $117,554 | $9,237 | -92.1% |
| Agent - Value, Inc. | $23,566 | $9,093 | -61.4% |
| Sparta Plantation, LLC | $82,495 | $8,682 | -89.5% |
| Danny Collins Farms | $8,492 | $8,492 | 0% |
| Jesse Lee Oliver | $12,117 | $8,130 | -32.9% |
| Paul A. Fortenberry | $28,688 | $8,021 | -72% |
| Isaac E. Guy | $14,877 | $7,958 | -46.5% |
| Carolyn Y. Bishop | $7,636 | $7,872 | 3.1% |
| Audrey S. Ogden | $7,687 | $7,687 | 0% |
| Mark Justin Averett | $15,619 | $7,454 | -52.3% |
| Bayberry Land Company, LLC | $20,921 | $7,362 | -64.8% |
| Barry Russell | $7,055 | $7,265 | 3% |
| Pete & Carol Rolfe Farms, LLC | $18,527 | $7,231 | -61% |
| Betty Taylor Marsh | $7,120 | $7,120 | 0% |
| Nathan C. Lee | $44,660 | $7,059 | -84.2% |
| Anthony R. Bridgewater | $6,753 | $6,753 | 0% |
| Lyndall Wortham Seymour Grandchildren's Trust | $6,568 | $6,568 | 0% |
| Glynn Averett | $6,894 | $6,416 | -6.9% |
| Louise T. Magoun | $1,670 | $6,350 | 280.2% |
| John F Gaumnitz | $6,274 | $6,274 | 0% |
| Eula J. Melton | $6,030 | $6,030 | 0% |
| Marilyn Gail Byrd | $19,433 | $5,861 | -69.8% |
| Jonathan W. Hopkins | $25,020 | $5,816 | -76.8% |
| Brenda H. Lee | $20,435 | $5,562 | -72.8% |
| William C. Lee | $20,435 | $5,562 | -72.8% |
| Nelson Eddie Hargrave | $89,360 | $5,526 | -93.8% |
| Ann G. Laird | $23,890 | $5,518 | -76.9% |
| James R. Laird | $23,890 | $5,518 | -76.9% |
| Killarney Plantation, Inc. | $0 | $5,432 | -- |
| Kivett's Electrical Heating Cooling, LLC | $5,390 | $5,390 | 0% |
| James L. Grady Jr. | $5,788 | $5,389 | -6.9% |
| Jerome K. Post III | $0 | $5,226 | -- |
| Marlin G. Evans | $4,971 | $4,971 | 0% |
| The 4 NGS, Inc. | $6,568 | $4,679 | -28.8% |
| Karen W. Collins | $4,604 | $4,604 | 0% |
| TRY N Farms, Inc. | $4,586 | $4,586 | 0% |
| Lancaster Farms, Inc. | $13,685 | $4,495 | -67.2% |
| Education and Margaret Yerger Farms | $6,028 | $4,460 | -26% |
| Walter M. Scott III | $4,196 | $4,196 | 0% |
| Ronnie Holloway | $24,239 | $4,159 | -82.8% |
| John C. Hopkins Jr. | $5,220 | $4,104 | -21.4% |
| Martha R. Warren | $4,034 | $4,034 | 0% |
| Joseph Jefferson Marsh | $4,711 | $4,025 | -14.6% |
| Home Place Trust | $5,756 | $3,975 | -30.9% |
| Vivian C. Scott | $8,563 | $3,896 | -54.5% |
| Stephen H. Carney | $9,454 | $3,859 | -59.2% |
| Randy Morgan | $6,329 | $3,699 | -41.6% |
| Leronis Hilderbrand | $9,162 | $3,687 | -59.8% |
| Charles D. Grady | $6,247 | $3,575 | -42.8% |
| Robert J. Purvis | $3,379 | $3,379 | 0% |
| Stephen T. Collins | $1,919 | $3,236 | 68.6% |
| Bradford M. Gustafson | $9,489 | $3,013 | -68.2% |
| William Yerger Jr. | $5,603 | $2,986 | -46.7% |
| Clifford Calvin Adams Jr. | $2,793 | $2,793 | 0% |
| Florence C. Kennedy | $7,441 | $2,774 | -62.7% |
| George M. Hopkins | $2,768 | $2,768 | 0% |
| Nelson Eddie Hargrave | $44,680 | $2,763 | -93.8% |
| Bean2beene Investments, LLC | $9,521 | $2,756 | -71.1% |
| John M. Goss | $8,388 | $2,753 | -67.2% |
| Elizabeth E. Parker | $3,656 | $2,642 | -27.7% |
| Larry Marsh | $7,068 | $2,558 | -63.8% |
| Rose Farms, Inc. | $0 | $2,430 | -- |
| W. M. Foster | $2,078 | $2,078 | 0% |
| Jim D. Sevier | $2,022 | $2,022 | 0% |
| Charlotte M. Dukes | $4,677 | $2,004 | -57.2% |
| Warren Patrick Jr. | $1,991 | $1,991 | 0% |
| Kenneth Joel Barrett | $4,012 | $1,865 | -53.5% |
| George S. Shepherd Jr. | $6,633 | $1,822 | -72.5% |
| Quimby Farms, LLC | $7,231 | $1,748 | -75.8% |
| Carney and Carney | $3,814 | $1,736 | -54.5% |
| Carrie M. Holmes | $3,446 | $1,572 | -54.4% |
| Lawson J. Adams | $1,558 | $1,558 | 0% |
| Paul Harrop | $2,741 | $1,494 | -45.5% |
| Tyland Investments, LLC | $966 | $1,288 | 33.3% |
| Ed Hodges III | $0 | $1,213 | -- |
| Toby S Waters | $0 | $1,034 | -- |
| Byron S. Vining | $1,104 | $1,004 | -9.1% |
| Harmon Stockman | $2,541 | $996 | -60.8% |
| Elbert Carlos Glass | $3,245 | $905 | -72.1% |
| Ronald W. Parker | $886 | $886 | 0% |
| John H. Wilkins | $834 | $834 | 0% |
| Phillip Keith Powers | $2,167 | $793 | -63.4% |
| T & K Cattle, LLC | $1,495 | $774 | -48.2% |
| Molly S Waters | $0 | $759 | -- |
| Billy D. Frith | $653 | $653 | 0% |
| Hunter W. Rogan | $145 | $646 | 345.5% |
| William B. Rogan | $145 | $646 | 345.5% |
| Rusty D. Bedgood | $0 | $614 | -- |
| L. L. Harvey Farms, LLC | $1,124 | $600 | -46.6% |
| Chester H. Morgan Jr. | $1,791 | $581 | -67.6% |
| Samuel H. Hill Estate | $177 | $569 | 221.5% |
| Richard M. Hopkins | $2,427 | $560 | -76.9% |
| MCCG Farms, Inc. | $1,613 | $537 | -66.7% |
| Christian M. Boyett | $994 | $465 | -53.2% |
| Longshot Land Company, LLC | $993 | $452 | -54.5% |
| Ashely S. Halterman | $105 | $433 | 312.4% |
| Tyrel L. Jacobs | $452 | $362 | -19.9% |
| Andrew Hunter | $1,184 | $353 | -70.2% |
| Dan M. Copes | $1,619 | $306 | -81.1% |
| Shirley B. Hopkins | $1,821 | $273 | -85% |
| Billy Marsh | $217 | $217 | 0% |
| Donnie R Remore | $0 | $191 | -- |
| Kenneth Wayne Simms | $406 | $136 | -66.5% |
| Todd E. Knight | $262 | $119 | -54.6% |
| Angela Brewer | $240 | $107 | -55.4% |
| Donald R. Butler | $200 | $72 | -64% |
| Richard L. Harris | $12,893 | $52 | -99.6% |
| Steve Bedgood | $30,112 | $47 | -99.8% |
| B&J Farms Partnership, Inc. | $9,837 | $21 | -99.8% |
| Dan B. Copes | $3,908 | $6 | -99.8% |
| Aubrey Dale Magoun | $1,670 | $0 | -100% |
| Ellen H. Roper | $3,619 | $0 | -100% |
| Ellison E. Brown Jr. | $2,857 | $0 | -100% |
| J. A. McDaniel | $10,884 | $0 | -100% |
| JM Avery Farms, LLC | $26,239 | $0 | -100% |
| Lloyd W. Rogan Jr. | $1,003 | $0 | -100% |
| Mitchell G. Haddox | $21,997 | $0 | -100% |
| Pak Plantation Properties, LLC | $7,450 | $0 | -100% |
| Rob C. Moberley | $73,374 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert B. Todd | $1,239 | $0 | -100% |
| The Earl and Dorothy Taylor Family Partnership, LLP | $12,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Varner Family Farms Partnership | $297 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $17,737,064 | $7,879,430 | -55.6% |
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