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In 2021, 177 farmers in cities within East Carroll Parish received a total of $7.2 million in 330 farm subsidies, a 56.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $16.3 million in 624 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 East Carroll Parish, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condrey Farms | $2,125,651 | $849,725 | -60% |
| Westco Partnership II | $430,867 | $253,569 | -41.1% |
| Panola Farming Partnership | $667,904 | $225,695 | -66.2% |
| W-E Martin Farms | $421,188 | $204,297 | -51.5% |
| C & C Farms Partnership | $594,463 | $201,846 | -66% |
| Schneider Farming Partnership | $530,790 | $189,289 | -64.3% |
| Ark-LA Farms | $94,989 | $185,189 | 95% |
| Larche Farm Partnership | $319,932 | $169,688 | -47% |
| Matt and Lisa Fortenberry Joint Venture | $305,690 | $150,486 | -50.8% |
| Parker Farms Partnership | $447,183 | $149,563 | -66.6% |
| Michael Brown & Sons | $456,072 | $145,483 | -68.1% |
| Patrick Farms Partnership | $417,107 | $143,980 | -65.5% |
| John Wesley Clement Jr. | $234,072 | $140,226 | -40.1% |
| County Line Partnership II | $240,558 | $134,404 | -44.1% |
| Let It Ride Farms, LLC | $215,397 | $129,887 | -39.7% |
| Frith Farms Partnership | $309,432 | $128,516 | -58.5% |
| Bahia Wyly Brown | $123,501 | $123,501 | 0% |
| DRY Prong Planting Company | $369,863 | $118,891 | -67.9% |
| Timothy K. Holt | $186,360 | $116,680 | -37.4% |
| III Finger Farm Partnership | $288,478 | $109,978 | -61.9% |
| Robbie Howard Farms | $175,784 | $100,766 | -42.7% |
| 3-B Farms Partnership | $281,921 | $99,527 | -64.7% |
| Oswalt Farms Partnership | $194,325 | $83,877 | -56.8% |
| Doefield Plantation, Inc. | $198,338 | $83,831 | -57.7% |
| H & H Farm Partnership | $232,509 | $83,001 | -64.3% |
| Stephen R. Lensing Jr. | $216,159 | $72,588 | -66.4% |
| Bo Holt Farms, Inc. | $152,504 | $71,726 | -53% |
| B & K Planting Company | $102,679 | $69,864 | -32% |
| Ark-LA Farms, LLC | $157,759 | $64,569 | -59.1% |
| Dusty A. Myers | $145,171 | $63,074 | -56.6% |
| Luke W. Clement | $127,472 | $57,081 | -55.2% |
| Kenneth Gardner, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Martin Gardner Trucking | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Rick and Emily Batton Farms | $134,621 | $50,797 | -62.3% |
| North Providence Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $50,585 | -- |
| Jeff D. Batton | $126,516 | $50,213 | -60.3% |
| Lee Ann Clement | $143,432 | $50,100 | -65.1% |
| Roger Clement | $131,192 | $50,100 | -61.8% |
| Thom Enterprises, Inc. | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0% |
| Matthew and Mallory Muse | $94,684 | $49,932 | -47.3% |
| Zach S. Payne | $115,736 | $49,444 | -57.3% |
| Ryan Crymes | $83,689 | $49,281 | -41.1% |
| Cypress Chute Farms | $26,425 | $48,873 | 84.9% |
| Crow Bayou Meadows Farm | $111,124 | $48,603 | -56.3% |
| Lamar Perry | $110,978 | $48,561 | -56.2% |
| Rhonda Perry | $109,232 | $48,548 | -55.6% |
| Keith S. Howard | $98,020 | $47,395 | -51.6% |
| Shelia D. Howard | $98,020 | $47,395 | -51.6% |
| Terral Farms, Inc. | $50,000 | $46,064 | -7.9% |
| Zacapa, Inc. | $109,502 | $45,768 | -58.2% |
| Anthony Lensing | $21,850 | $45,436 | 107.9% |
| Rickie Arledge | $70,256 | $44,882 | -36.1% |
| Double R-B Farms, Inc. | $24,857 | $43,138 | 73.5% |
| Panola-Rose Farm | $93,840 | $41,506 | -55.8% |
| Ronald L. Pippin | $83,487 | $39,981 | -52.1% |
| Sheri W. Pippin | $83,487 | $39,981 | -52.1% |
| Three Rivers Farm, Inc. | $70,955 | $36,915 | -48% |
| SKL Farms, Inc. | $49,209 | $33,774 | -31.4% |
| Irving Arledge | $90,280 | $33,697 | -62.7% |
| Bunches Bend Planting Company | $100,302 | $32,876 | -67.2% |
| Browns Farm & Ranch | $288,735 | $32,377 | -88.8% |
| Mildred M. Hughes | $31,368 | $31,368 | 0% |
| Charles R. Tate | $101,211 | $31,157 | -69.2% |
| Hollywood Partnership | $31,063 | $31,063 | 0% |
| Bearwallow Farm, LLC | $29,640 | $29,640 | 0% |
| Frith Family, LLC | $28,633 | $28,633 | 0% |
| Arledge Farms Partnership | $131,417 | $28,099 | -78.6% |
| Black Gold Farms, Inc. | $26,285 | $27,336 | 4% |
| Nicholas Andrew van Mol | $20,408 | $27,217 | 33.4% |
| Freddy W. Payne | $57,495 | $27,114 | -52.8% |
| Olivia Payne | $57,305 | $27,107 | -52.7% |
| Holt and Martin Planting Company, Inc. | $61,468 | $26,695 | -56.6% |
| Goat Road Farms, LLC | $54,156 | $26,487 | -51.1% |
| M2 Farms, LLC | $97,137 | $26,279 | -72.9% |
| Darrel Wayne Ensz | $60,413 | $25,824 | -57.3% |
| Colt Oswalt | $56,660 | $24,919 | -56% |
| Billie H. Bryant | $24,467 | $24,467 | 0% |
| Larry Arledge | $49,223 | $22,422 | -54.4% |
| Lee M. Fairchild | $53,822 | $22,387 | -58.4% |
| Robert L. Lebeau | $50,065 | $22,160 | -55.7% |
| Vic-Berry Farms, Inc. | $53,446 | $21,322 | -60.1% |
| Walker Cottonwood Farms, LLC | $75,733 | $20,132 | -73.4% |
| Brian A. Howard | $47,813 | $19,896 | -58.4% |
| Sara E. Howard | $47,813 | $19,896 | -58.4% |
| 4-F Farms of Louisiana, Inc. | $44,199 | $19,149 | -56.7% |
| Kathy Lebeau | $45,515 | $18,134 | -60.2% |
| Raymond Bell | $27,394 | $17,301 | -36.8% |
| Monticello Farms, Inc. | $17,290 | $17,290 | 0% |
| Daniel T Morara | $66,765 | $16,370 | -75.5% |
| Frederick H. Schneider V | $23,404 | $15,694 | -32.9% |
| Jennifer L. Gilfoil | $22,266 | $15,518 | -30.3% |
| Carol A. Vickery | $27,488 | $13,462 | -51% |
| Larry Vickery Jr. | $27,488 | $13,462 | -51% |
| Tom Forsse | $29,442 | $13,402 | -54.5% |
| East Carroll Woodyard, Inc. | $12,700 | $12,700 | 0% |
| Maxie Brown | $12,061 | $12,177 | 1% |
| Christopher T. Walters | $35,346 | $12,091 | -65.8% |
| Billy L. Calhoun | $11,500 | $11,494 | -0.1% |
| B S Farms of East Carroll | $47,522 | $11,454 | -75.9% |
| Rowdy Sanderson | $30,535 | $11,100 | -63.6% |
| Bobkat Land Company, LLC | $9,152 | $10,600 | 15.8% |
| J a M Farms, LLC | $31,814 | $10,531 | -66.9% |
| James P. Brown | $10,197 | $10,197 | 0% |
| David Coody | $10,006 | $10,006 | 0% |
| H H Howington Enterprises, Inc. | $30,434 | $9,780 | -67.9% |
| Rickie R. Arledge Jr. | $24,679 | $9,592 | -61.1% |
| Erline W. Vickery | $22,252 | $9,144 | -58.9% |
| Larry Vickery | $22,252 | $9,144 | -58.9% |
| WBP Farms, LLC | $1,497 | $8,988 | 500.4% |
| Michael Brown | $8,514 | $8,514 | 0% |
| Bonnie Travis | $13,109 | $7,830 | -40.3% |
| Roberta Planting Company | $128,621 | $7,575 | -94.1% |
| Thomas A. Parker | $7,381 | $7,486 | 1.4% |
| Louis Alamond | $6,710 | $6,710 | 0% |
| Harvey F. Elliott | $13,620 | $6,393 | -53.1% |
| Trick or Treat, Inc. | $6,314 | $6,314 | 0% |
| Edward Hampton | $14,961 | $5,959 | -60.2% |
| Bert G. Pearson | $5,655 | $5,655 | 0% |
| Hamilton Farms, LLC | $8,170 | $5,654 | -30.8% |
| East Carroll Timber Company, Inc. | $4,922 | $4,922 | 0% |
| JHF, LLC | $5,345 | $4,379 | -18.1% |
| The Marty and Cindy Capers Children Trust | $4,350 | $4,350 | 0% |
| James B. Cook Jr. | $4,179 | $4,179 | 0% |
| Paul J. Lebeau | $4,026 | $4,026 | 0% |
| Bridges Brothers, LLC | $11,694 | $4,006 | -65.7% |
| Charles J Lebrija | $3,723 | $3,723 | 0% |
| Leroy Hendrix | $8,709 | $3,695 | -57.6% |
| Michael Brown Family Limited Partnership | $3,657 | $3,657 | 0% |
| Neil D. Martin | $8,083 | $3,559 | -56% |
| Clifford D. Griffin | $3,864 | $3,362 | -13% |
| Barbara E. Titone | $1,001 | $3,273 | 227% |
| Robert W. Driver | $3,011 | $3,011 | 0% |
| Mary M. Arledge | $7,844 | $2,985 | -61.9% |
| Cherie M. Winters | $1,005 | $2,376 | 136.4% |
| Donna B. Winters | $1,005 | $2,376 | 136.4% |
| Morris Alton Coody | $2,914 | $2,328 | -20.1% |
| Louise Martin | $2,321 | $2,321 | 0% |
| Jeannie Ramsey | $2,311 | $2,311 | 0% |
| Cathy M. Brown | $3,034 | $2,299 | -24.2% |
| Jerry Bell | $6,892 | $2,280 | -66.9% |
| Tweet & Tap, Inc. | $2,177 | $2,177 | 0% |
| Linda Ikerd Myers | $0 | $2,147 | -- |
| Elaine Bell | $2,111 | $1,977 | -6.3% |
| Lynn Thom | $2,992 | $1,686 | -43.6% |
| Mark Brown | $1,648 | $1,648 | 0% |
| John David Frith | $2,625 | $1,572 | -40.1% |
| Joseph G. Martin | $1,496 | $1,496 | 0% |
| Elizabeth B. Lensing | $3,116 | $1,480 | -52.5% |
| Micheal Petoskey | $3,055 | $1,472 | -51.8% |
| Marilyn K. Allen | $1,232 | $1,329 | 7.9% |
| Willie Harvey | $3,510 | $1,291 | -63.2% |
| Glenn Frith | $1,160 | $1,160 | 0% |
| Janice F. Riggs | $1,160 | $1,160 | 0% |
| Donovan Loop, Inc. | $5,158 | $1,120 | -78.3% |
| Fair SKY Land Company, LLC | $801 | $1,120 | 39.8% |
| Ray Harden | $1,931 | $1,066 | -44.8% |
| Richard Millikin | $14,108 | $1,007 | -92.9% |
| T M Gattle JR | $0 | $982 | -- |
| Floyd Frith | $3,238 | $967 | -70.1% |
| Henry Allen Jr. | $2,282 | $955 | -58.2% |
| Sebron Neil Wise | $921 | $921 | 0% |
| David M. Robertson | $3,496 | $855 | -75.5% |
| Cindy Capers Shelton | $3,978 | $751 | -81.1% |
| Dustin T. Parker | $633 | $717 | 13.3% |
| Matthew Batton | $3,004 | $650 | -78.4% |
| W. L. Payne | $2,564 | $606 | -76.4% |
| Toby Frith | $580 | $580 | 0% |
| Connie Braswell Farms, Inc. | $1,062 | $483 | -54.5% |
| Mary Helen Tschabold | $726 | $446 | -38.6% |
| Brenton Jay Ensz | $788 | $442 | -43.9% |
| Virginia S. McKenzie | $621 | $378 | -39.1% |
| Gary Newton | $1,458 | $337 | -76.9% |
| Kincaide W. Key | $322 | $254 | -21.1% |
| J P Brown SR, Inc. | $177 | $216 | 22% |
| Linda Kay Wise | $369 | $210 | -43.1% |
| Julius Plunkett | $111 | $99 | -10.8% |
| Kathryn R. Schneider | $171 | $77 | -55% |
| Bellaire Dynamik Partnership | $349,701 | $0 | -100% |
| Beta Plantation, Inc. | $73,323 | $0 | -100% |
| Brown Groves | $22,981 | $0 | -100% |
| David E Tschabold | $142 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Kirkland | $20,492 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Crnkovic | $1,223 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph G. Titone | $6,324 | $0 | -100% |
| Lensing & Harris Partnership | $87,816 | $0 | -100% |
| Michelle Shepherd | $316 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Chappel | $39,546 | $0 | -100% |
| South Panola, LLC | $137,093 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter P. Tomlinson III | $162 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $16,345,631 | $7,166,511 | -56.2% |
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