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In 2021, 309 farmers in cities within Crittenden County received a total of $14 million in 689 farm subsidies, a 41.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $23.9 million in 1,094 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.
Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
---|---|---|---|
H & H Farm Partnership | $582,839 | $453,768 | -22.1% |
Vincent Farms | $876,893 | $444,899 | -49.3% |
Fogleman Farms No 2 | $666,642 | $439,010 | -34.1% |
Pacco, Inc. | $620,314 | $370,870 | -40.2% |
Benwood Farms | $522,799 | $367,514 | -29.7% |
St. Clair Planting Company | $477,420 | $365,665 | -23.4% |
Big Earl Farms | $374,847 | $364,327 | -2.8% |
Ryan Carey Farm | $383,459 | $329,407 | -14.1% |
Stuckey Farms Partnership | $732,073 | $318,846 | -56.4% |
Nugenco, Inc. | $365,376 | $299,022 | -18.2% |
Allen and Tina Rains Farms | $409,509 | $291,813 | -28.7% |
Driver Farms | $661,476 | $286,591 | -56.7% |
Hood Brothers Farms a Partnership | $507,086 | $286,029 | -43.6% |
Spence Held Farm Partnership | $465,655 | $264,850 | -43.1% |
Morrison Partners | $399,780 | $261,650 | -34.6% |
C L Williams & Son | $526,329 | $255,626 | -51.4% |
ABC Partnership | $534,032 | $253,902 | -52.5% |
S and L Farms Partnership | $291,802 | $252,037 | -13.6% |
Bramucci & Son | $262,358 | $242,244 | -7.7% |
Smokey Alley Farms Partnership | $344,620 | $212,006 | -38.5% |
Helms Family Farms G P | $656,611 | $207,679 | -68.4% |
JTM Farm | $411,926 | $200,531 | -51.3% |
Twist Agent Partners | $207,705 | $200,398 | -3.5% |
Rogers Farms | $331,596 | $190,661 | -42.5% |
T Pirani Farms, GP | $347,274 | $184,998 | -46.7% |
P & R Partners | $194,149 | $182,222 | -6.1% |
Richard Wright | $227,792 | $180,890 | -20.6% |
Paul Driver JR & Sons | $370,878 | $176,869 | -52.3% |
Eva Dan Farms Partnership | $170,752 | $173,222 | 1.4% |
Felker & Felker | $281,918 | $163,864 | -41.9% |
Suemac Farms, LLC | $293,139 | $151,913 | -48.2% |
Heritage Farms | $364,463 | $144,807 | -60.3% |
Bramucci Farms | $216,068 | $138,640 | -35.8% |
Watson Partners | $167,330 | $138,313 | -17.3% |
PBM Farms, LLC | $179,100 | $137,396 | -23.3% |
A Pirani Partnership | $382,460 | $131,264 | -65.7% |
Phil Pirani Farms, Inc. | $169,275 | $128,595 | -24% |
John Baioni P. Farms | $289,738 | $128,353 | -55.7% |
NSW Farms | $230,437 | $125,031 | -45.7% |
Critt Farms, Inc. | $224,690 | $116,791 | -48% |
O'Neal Partnership | $231,087 | $113,704 | -50.8% |
P & J Pirani Farms | $251,912 | $113,544 | -54.9% |
Amore' Farms | $246,084 | $108,510 | -55.9% |
Ninety-Six Farms, Inc. | $139,735 | $105,509 | -24.5% |
Eric Driver II | $19,056 | $100,874 | 429.4% |
Buckskin Farms Partnership | $109,536 | $100,006 | -8.7% |
James Long Farms, LLC | $119,050 | $99,789 | -16.2% |
John Allen | $190,835 | $97,999 | -48.6% |
Mike Carlson Farms Partnership | $214,509 | $93,413 | -56.5% |
William Bart Turner | $154,824 | $91,723 | -40.8% |
South Creek Farms, Inc. | $118,421 | $88,769 | -25% |
Arrowhead Farms | $182,667 | $86,867 | -52.4% |
Mark Pirani Farms | $164,572 | $85,425 | -48.1% |
PPF Farms, LLC | $317,439 | $84,309 | -73.4% |
Curtis L. Tate | $162,586 | $83,002 | -48.9% |
Island 40 Farms | $210,368 | $82,647 | -60.7% |
Shelby Farms | $165,367 | $81,577 | -50.7% |
Faith-Grace Farms, LLC | $140,765 | $81,107 | -42.4% |
Blue Lake Farms, Inc. | $188,742 | $80,640 | -57.3% |
Cypress Slough Farms | $0 | $78,770 | -- |
R. E. Pollard Jr. | $125,304 | $76,996 | -38.6% |
Marconi & Sons | $296,273 | $75,366 | -74.6% |
Dennis J. Pirani | $157,421 | $75,326 | -52.1% |
Lexibro Farms, LLC | $137,492 | $73,970 | -46.2% |
Newparco Farms, GP | $124,527 | $69,880 | -43.9% |
Future Farms, Inc. | $83,186 | $67,214 | -19.2% |
James D. Fraley | $125,550 | $64,780 | -48.4% |
Proctor Farms | $106,554 | $63,497 | -40.4% |
Brothers Planting Company | $98,265 | $61,672 | -37.2% |
Keith A. Holt | $170,279 | $60,031 | -64.7% |
MDE Farms, LLC | $146,886 | $59,356 | -59.6% |
Whitney Farms, LLC | $102,693 | $58,255 | -43.3% |
Long Grain Farms, Inc. | $92,098 | $58,192 | -36.8% |
Courtney Sharpe | $71,850 | $55,059 | -23.4% |
June Ivy, LLC | $0 | $54,009 | -- |
Scott Farms, LLC | $14,117 | $53,217 | 277% |
MJP Farms, LLC | $38,952 | $51,671 | 32.7% |
DLD Farms, Inc. | $12,096 | $48,146 | 298% |
Angel Farms Partnership | $170,551 | $47,944 | -71.9% |
David Oprey | $148,138 | $47,235 | -68.1% |
T. M. Falkner Jr. | $35,565 | $44,920 | 26.3% |
Scion Farms, LLC | $13,117 | $41,707 | 218% |
Janus Farming Company, Inc. | $68,354 | $40,042 | -41.4% |
Scanlon Landing Trust | $34,896 | $39,591 | 13.5% |
Connie Hale | $2,031 | $38,787 | 1,809.7% |
CRD Farms, LLC | $10,305 | $34,603 | 235.8% |
Robert Hood | $62,025 | $33,887 | -45.4% |
BHY Farms, LLC | $8,864 | $33,162 | 274.1% |
Sam Pirani Farms | $87,312 | $31,438 | -64% |
Bond Family, LLC | $30,797 | $30,797 | 0% |
Michael Baioni | $75,359 | $30,509 | -59.5% |
McAuley Farms | $55,363 | $28,166 | -49.1% |
David S. Wallace | $27,229 | $27,229 | 0% |
Foxfire, LLC | $58,818 | $26,169 | -55.5% |
Bur Oak Farms, LLC | $20,706 | $25,217 | 21.8% |
Bickham Bros, Inc. | $75,462 | $24,942 | -66.9% |
Stuckey Farms, Inc. | $49,708 | $23,702 | -52.3% |
Fogleman Family, LLC | $49,063 | $21,429 | -56.3% |
Primo Baioni | $38,749 | $20,862 | -46.2% |
Lalman, Inc. | $38,758 | $20,219 | -47.8% |
Boyce Johnson | $51,427 | $19,808 | -61.5% |
Pugh Partnership LP | $26,186 | $19,720 | -24.7% |
Benjamin D. Allen | $44,089 | $18,872 | -57.2% |
Caryl Sorrells | $23,805 | $18,104 | -23.9% |
Rieves Family, LLC | $34,244 | $17,767 | -48.1% |
Louis Wayne Walker | $28,016 | $17,026 | -39.2% |
Joann C. Bloodworth | $15,917 | $15,934 | 0.1% |
Ba & a, LLC | $15,898 | $15,898 | 0% |
Cory Michael Scarbrough | $26,180 | $15,845 | -39.5% |
Johnny B. Boykin | $0 | $15,540 | -- |
Mclemore Farms, LLC | $62,069 | $15,191 | -75.5% |
Jimmy Williams | $28,645 | $15,086 | -47.3% |
Michael Hood | $33,893 | $14,974 | -55.8% |
Cromer Trusts | $54,088 | $14,929 | -72.4% |
Ray H Pulliam Living Trust | $38,264 | $14,775 | -61.4% |
Jan B. Young III | $22,998 | $14,626 | -36.4% |
Buffington Farms, LLLP | $27,591 | $13,953 | -49.4% |
Jamey Boney | $23,160 | $13,606 | -41.3% |
Harry E. Kearney Jr. | $23,633 | $12,785 | -45.9% |
Danner PLTG Company, Inc. | $11,946 | $11,947 | 0% |
Scott D. Fraley | $13,084 | $11,164 | -14.7% |
Llana Y. Smith | $25,562 | $11,081 | -56.7% |
Jesse J Smith | $23,112 | $10,868 | -53% |
Monroe Boyd III | $23,055 | $10,659 | -53.8% |
Curtis L. Tate Jr. | $30,897 | $10,516 | -66% |
Koma Farms | $0 | $10,482 | -- |
Stokes & Wilson, LLC | $18,655 | $10,431 | -44.1% |
James R. Burkett | $17,670 | $10,349 | -41.4% |
Robert Warren Scott II | $137,155 | $10,256 | -92.5% |
Carey Gammon | $23,959 | $10,236 | -57.3% |
Duck Lake Hunting Club, LLC | $0 | $9,210 | -- |
Bollinger Bros, Inc. | $22,353 | $9,092 | -59.3% |
Leon Price Farm, LLC | $22,905 | $8,731 | -61.9% |
Joe & Joe's Farming, LLC | $6,282 | $8,361 | 33.1% |
Browning Holt | $3,524 | $8,232 | 133.6% |
Nancy J. Clinton | $7,844 | $7,844 | 0% |
Marlena Gee | $0 | $7,722 | -- |
Long Rows, Inc. | $16,828 | $7,182 | -57.3% |
Phillip M. Marconi | $24,979 | $7,111 | -71.5% |
Barbara Williams | $6,767 | $6,767 | 0% |
D & J, Inc. | $6,646 | $6,646 | 0% |
Hall Segraves PTR Segraves Brothers, ET AL | $11,407 | $6,277 | -45% |
John P. Jenkins Jr. | $6,911 | $5,771 | -16.5% |
H L Bennett Farm, LLC | $6,391 | $5,767 | -9.8% |
James G. Buffington | $5,721 | $5,721 | 0% |
Barbara M. Stokes | $7,736 | $5,499 | -28.9% |
James Houston | $5,274 | $5,254 | -0.4% |
Joe Black Jr. | $4,774 | $4,774 | 0% |
Henry W. Marconi | $27,324 | $4,766 | -82.6% |
Jamie Pugh Farm Partnership | $60,666 | $4,671 | -92.3% |
Trey Tacker | $14,563 | $4,628 | -68.2% |
Gail Reeves Harlow | $7,743 | $4,516 | -41.7% |
Elizabeth A. Burroughs | $4,573 | $4,413 | -3.5% |
Rowena B. Stuckey | $12,923 | $4,143 | -67.9% |
MHM Farms, LLC | $8,158 | $4,118 | -49.5% |
Alligator Lake Farm, LLC | $11,812 | $3,859 | -67.3% |
Ann Wildy Carpenter | $13,247 | $3,781 | -71.5% |
Kay S. Rogers | $1,862 | $3,386 | 81.8% |
Richard H. Rogers | $1,862 | $3,386 | 81.8% |
Jeff Thomas | $8,897 | $3,368 | -62.1% |
Robert Williams Revocable Trust | $6,748 | $3,334 | -50.6% |
Michael Stephens | $3,209 | $3,209 | 0% |
Albert Marconi Farms, LLC | $4,843 | $3,169 | -34.6% |
Goldsby Farms, LLC | $2,615 | $3,161 | 20.9% |
Debra Jane Wallace | $1,918 | $3,086 | 60.9% |
Frances R. Wallace | $6,335 | $3,083 | -51.3% |
John M. Greer | $2,884 | $3,019 | 4.7% |
Irma Evelyn Sharp Estate | $4,281 | $3,002 | -29.9% |
Albert Ray Taylor | $10,264 | $2,988 | -70.9% |
Charlie Farr Farms | $1,550 | $2,929 | 89% |
Velma Thomas | $2,854 | $2,854 | 0% |
Duck U, LLC | $4,325 | $2,845 | -34.2% |
Imogene Burrows | $5,020 | $2,837 | -43.5% |
Alvalu Thompson Sides | $6,383 | $2,778 | -56.5% |
Irma Lee Shipley Irrev Trustee | $0 | $2,668 | -- |
Sandra Whistle Rev Trust | $5,763 | $2,552 | -55.7% |
Michael T. Marconi | $775 | $2,532 | 226.7% |
East Land Company | $616 | $2,499 | 305.7% |
Howard Howard & Tipton, LLC | $0 | $2,487 | -- |
Howard Green | $2,481 | $2,481 | 0% |
Rita Scott | $5,867 | $2,478 | -57.8% |
Louis Harold Aston Family IRRV Trustee | $1,551 | $2,367 | 52.6% |
Kevin Northcutt | $9,251 | $2,321 | -74.9% |
Dorothy Wilson | $4,033 | $2,304 | -42.9% |
Walter Stokes | $4,033 | $2,304 | -42.9% |
Tanner Bratton | $7,412 | $2,157 | -70.9% |
Charles W. Farr | $2,250 | $2,082 | -7.5% |
Isaiah Wells | $4,743 | $2,033 | -57.1% |
Joshua Edward Mcgruder | $3,512 | $1,969 | -43.9% |
David Foret | $1,950 | $1,950 | 0% |
Marcus K. Felker | $1,932 | $1,932 | 0% |
Richie Gill III | $1,123 | $1,905 | 69.6% |
Dennie Stokes | $3,575 | $1,872 | -47.6% |
Fratelli Campana, LLC | $3,028 | $1,847 | -39% |
Kandi Hopwood | $8,730 | $1,778 | -79.6% |
Molly Paudert Trust | $5,086 | $1,756 | -65.5% |
Barbara Joyce Owens | $3,307 | $1,755 | -46.9% |
G and L Partners | $85,062 | $1,695 | -98% |
Thomas Ralph Pierce JR, D.D.S. | $5,173 | $1,675 | -67.6% |
W&S Rogers Farms, LLC | $4,152 | $1,601 | -61.4% |
Linda K Stundahl | $522 | $1,584 | 203.4% |
Charlette A. Wamble | $2,211 | $1,555 | -29.7% |
Moore Farms Family Partnership | $2,671 | $1,555 | -41.8% |
Mary Jane Utley | $5,900 | $1,506 | -74.5% |
Christine H. Shoemake | $6,487 | $1,478 | -77.2% |
William E. Boon | $5,372 | $1,469 | -72.7% |
Dawn Brenner | $1,430 | $1,430 | 0% |
John A. Brenner Jr. | $1,430 | $1,430 | 0% |
Mollie H. Jackson | $1,890 | $1,429 | -24.4% |
Betty Sue Tiner | $4,007 | $1,384 | -65.5% |
Larry A. Sharpe | $2,651 | $1,379 | -48% |
Jerry W. Rogers | $3,762 | $1,378 | -63.4% |
Jay W. Hale | $3,260 | $1,353 | -58.5% |
Martha J Mcclanahan Trust | $1,856 | $1,288 | -30.6% |
Daniel Kearney | $2,078 | $1,285 | -38.2% |
Roy O. Taylor | $0 | $1,237 | -- |
Zach Brinton | $2,025 | $1,221 | -39.7% |
Pigweed Farm, LLC | $697 | $1,169 | 67.7% |
L'Anguille Club, LLC | $23,657 | $1,142 | -95.2% |
Corine R. Miller | $1,112 | $1,112 | 0% |
James M. Carpenter | $3,674 | $1,058 | -71.2% |
Interstate Property Development | $1,050 | $1,050 | 0% |
Harold L. Carpenter | $3,729 | $1,042 | -72.1% |
Virginia Hardesty | $3,347 | $1,038 | -69% |
Robert Wacaster S. Tr | $2,068 | $1,014 | -51% |
Sandra C. Gurley | $2,539 | $986 | -61.2% |
Oscar Adaway | $2,519 | $965 | -61.7% |
Donald Smith | $928 | $928 | 0% |
Tena Lynn Allensworth | $3,717 | $840 | -77.4% |
Lindsey-Lindsey P Burroughs Rev Trust P Burroughs | $804 | $804 | 0% |
Murray Patton Butler Brown Family, LLC | $592 | $780 | 31.8% |
Cathy Cochran Smith | $755 | $755 | 0% |
Debbie C. Holmes | $755 | $755 | 0% |
Nathaniel Porterfield | $1,011 | $708 | -30% |
Earnestine English | $699 | $699 | 0% |
Amelia W. Stuckey | $1,926 | $688 | -64.3% |
Joe Rogers | $964 | $678 | -29.7% |
Helen Richardson | $1,482 | $640 | -56.8% |
Billie J. Williams | $1,320 | $618 | -53.2% |
Turk-Pugh Properties | $608 | $608 | 0% |
Steve Sullivan | $1,287 | $599 | -53.5% |
Jess N. Bonds II | $1,083 | $587 | -45.8% |
Ruth Annette Bailey Walker | $997 | $582 | -41.6% |
Samuel H. Stuckey Jr. | $580 | $580 | 0% |
Baylus S East | $580 | $580 | 0% |
Fred G. Stuckey | $580 | $580 | 0% |
Eddie Dean Allen | $949 | $560 | -41% |
Garrett Trust | $3,531 | $557 | -84.2% |
Arthur Smith III | $1,863 | $544 | -70.8% |
Christopher M Gairhan | $948 | $536 | -43.5% |
Debbie D. Greer | $506 | $506 | 0% |
Gladys Brown | $0 | $481 | -- |
Judy Evans James, ET AL | $830 | $477 | -42.5% |
James R. Sample | $1,111 | $465 | -58.1% |
Joy Faye Sample | $1,111 | $465 | -58.1% |
Amber Heigle | $1,064 | $458 | -57% |
Nancy H. Banks | $175 | $451 | 157.7% |
Allen B. Helms Jr. | $1,082 | $446 | -58.8% |
Cory J. Morgan | $423 | $423 | 0% |
Susan J. Burkett | $421 | $421 | 0% |
Jerry R. Welch | $780 | $405 | -48.1% |
Inez Reavis | $1,087 | $366 | -66.3% |
Johnny Marotti II | $317 | $317 | 0% |
Steven Meyers | $739 | $310 | -58.1% |
Gloria Hardy | $309 | $309 | 0% |
Vivian R. Ashley | $506 | $305 | -39.7% |
Edgar Scott Ferguson | $733 | $302 | -58.8% |
James Moore | $677 | $284 | -58.1% |
Fredda Mae Naylor | $888 | $260 | -70.7% |
Jimmy A. Millikin | $726 | $248 | -65.8% |
George M. Murphree | $333 | $237 | -28.8% |
Don Threet | $543 | $235 | -56.7% |
Natalie S. Gunter | $729 | $234 | -67.9% |
James M. Jennings | $728 | $234 | -67.9% |
Stacey Morris | $0 | $229 | -- |
Patsy A. Rains | $523 | $225 | -57% |
Jennifer C. Crossett | $245 | $200 | -18.4% |
Jamie Pugh IV | $95 | $194 | 104.2% |
Sara Turner | $0 | $188 | -- |
Shawn Turner | $0 | $188 | -- |
Rita D. Nelson | $0 | $187 | -- |
Kathi Bramucci | $574 | $187 | -67.4% |
Cindy Teague | $585 | $184 | -68.5% |
Donald Whatley | $457 | $183 | -60% |
Betty Lane | $448 | $178 | -60.3% |
Don M. Underwood II | $354 | $173 | -51.1% |
Kirk L. Haggard | $255 | $163 | -36.1% |
Rosetta L. Catt | $529 | $153 | -71.1% |
Rodney D. Doby | $272 | $134 | -50.7% |
Willie A. Gammon | $703 | $131 | -81.4% |
Donna A. Stewart | $1,285 | $114 | -91.1% |
Kathleen R. Williams | $350 | $109 | -68.9% |
Shirley Grady | $463 | $109 | -76.5% |
Clayton D. Stone | $215 | $108 | -49.8% |
Alison H. Merritt | $119 | $101 | -15.1% |
Elizabeth Lackey Mills | $119 | $101 | -15.1% |
Laurel Helms | $119 | $101 | -15.1% |
Stephanie L. Bynum | $119 | $101 | -15.1% |
Cherry Forrest | $0 | $97 | -- |
Ginger Kay Pittman | $1,339 | $95 | -92.9% |
Thagnes Bailey | $108 | $90 | -16.7% |
James Shackleford | $332 | $88 | -73.5% |
Varnell White | $2,719 | $86 | -96.8% |
Melissa Cassidy | $303 | $85 | -71.9% |
Robert Cassidy | $303 | $85 | -71.9% |
David W. Moore | $86 | $66 | -23.3% |
Joda T Jones | $253 | $57 | -77.5% |
Barbara Welch | $260 | $44 | -83.1% |
Timothy Fetcho | $37 | $4 | -89.2% |
Helms Family Trust | $382 | $0 | -100% |
David Boykin | $13,245 | $0 | -100% |
Casa Bean, LLC | $23,281 | $0 | -100% |
Delta Valley Farms, LLC | $16,906 | $0 | -100% |
Mary O. Wood | $15,087 | $0 | -100% |
John Tyler Goldy | $503 | $0 | -100% |
Barbara Jane Rhoads | $378 | $0 | -100% |
Bradley Blankenship | $928 | $0 | -100% |
Charles A. Goldy | $519 | $0 | -100% |
Jon Payne | $40 | $0 | -100% |
Mark Bell | $2,683 | $0 | -100% |
Melba Jo Coke | $378 | $0 | -100% |
Pamela Goldy | $503 | $0 | -100% |
Priscilla Telesford | $424 | $0 | -100% |
Rex Rogers | $62 | $0 | -100% |
Robert E. Thorne Jr. | $110 | $0 | -100% |
Robert E. Thorne Sr. | $110 | $0 | -100% |
Sharon K. Boon | $3,796 | $0 | -100% |
Wood Services, LLC | $541 | $0 | -100% |
Barbara Morley Dodge | $1,971 | $0 | -100% |
Betty Sue Nall | $269 | $0 | -100% |
Doris B. Brady | $891 | $0 | -100% |
Goldsby-Matthews Trust | $24,159 | $0 | -100% |
Irma E. Sharp | $1,490 | $0 | -100% |
Jackie D. Avery | $398 | $0 | -100% |
Lezkirchen Jackson | $958 | $0 | -100% |
Three a's, Inc. | $1,731 | $0 | -100% |
Tobia M. Fuller | $2,061 | $0 | -100% |
Total subsidies | $23,861,776 | $14,017,529 | -41.3% |