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In 2021, 183 farmers in cities within Lincoln Parish received a total of $2.9 million in 244 farm subsidies, a 130.1% increase from 2020, when the total was $1.3 million in 387 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 Lincoln Parish, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Tyler | $0 | $750,000 | -- |
| Michael T. Reeves | $9,581 | $223,778 | 2,235.6% |
| Young & Lueg Farm, LLC | $0 | $128,891 | -- |
| David L. Manuel | $54,183 | $123,673 | 128.3% |
| Danny Pool | $0 | $121,137 | -- |
| Brady Hill | $0 | $104,941 | -- |
| Wetlands, Inc. | $71,056 | $98,273 | 38.3% |
| Sam D Reeves | $0 | $84,507 | -- |
| Mike Franklin | $0 | $72,677 | -- |
| Spillers Poultry Farm, LLC | $5,478 | $72,178 | 1,217.6% |
| Trull Farm, LLC | $0 | $58,850 | -- |
| Michael Shane Otwell | $0 | $54,800 | -- |
| Whites Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Tall Timbers of LA, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Grillot Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Punkin Center Chip Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jeremy W. Gantt | $0 | $52,374 | -- |
| Houston D. Sanderson | $1,881 | $48,586 | 2,483% |
| Roy Malcolm Echols | $40,711 | $42,985 | 5.6% |
| RM Transportation, LLC | $0 | $41,770 | -- |
| John Shell Logging | $0 | $39,826 | -- |
| Roy M. Echols | $4,345 | $38,970 | 796.9% |
| Russell B. Barfield | $0 | $30,834 | -- |
| Luther Roberts | $0 | $29,299 | -- |
| Andrew Lee Halbrook | $310 | $29,242 | 9,332.9% |
| Kevin Whiteside Farms, LLC | $0 | $28,395 | -- |
| Charles J. Williams | $4,554 | $25,046 | 450% |
| James H. Hall | $24,238 | $24,167 | -0.3% |
| Stanzel Ranch, LLC | $0 | $20,888 | -- |
| Penny Lee, Inc. | $27,374 | $19,737 | -27.9% |
| Pilgreen Poultry, LLC | $0 | $17,003 | -- |
| Gurtna Mora, LLC | $20,390 | $15,686 | -23.1% |
| Creek Farms, Inc. | $28,972 | $14,908 | -48.5% |
| Natie C. Johnson | $51,975 | $13,831 | -73.4% |
| K J K Ventures, LLC | $0 | $13,430 | -- |
| Justin Murphey | $70,934 | $11,115 | -84.3% |
| J & M O'Neal LP | $10,800 | $8,220 | -23.9% |
| Richard K. Canterbury | $26,379 | $7,517 | -71.5% |
| KBC Farms, LLC | $4,928 | $7,244 | 47% |
| Ronald Miller | $0 | $6,922 | -- |
| Durrett Farms, LLC | $0 | $6,648 | -- |
| Donald Lee Robbins Jr. | $17,914 | $6,513 | -63.6% |
| Coulee Bayou Farms, LLC | $0 | $6,418 | -- |
| T & G Enterprises, LLC | $2,258 | $5,858 | 159.4% |
| JBR Holdings, LLC | $5,812 | $5,812 | 0% |
| Wynn Family Farms, LLC | $13,077 | $5,808 | -55.6% |
| D & B Farms | $30,690 | $5,482 | -82.1% |
| Crazy G Land and Cattle Company, LLC | $20,130 | $5,261 | -73.9% |
| Wesley W. McConnell | $6,148 | $5,188 | -15.6% |
| H H Hanks & Company, LLC | $18,206 | $5,012 | -72.5% |
| Johnny M. Caraway | $22,271 | $4,884 | -78.1% |
| Sarah Davis Walsworth Tr | $8,156 | $4,748 | -41.8% |
| Jennifer Rawle GST Trust | $1,753 | $4,682 | 167.1% |
| Angela G. Tyler | $30,201 | $4,360 | -85.6% |
| Davis Creek Farms | $7,893 | $4,322 | -45.2% |
| Tyler Cattle Company | $10,954 | $4,169 | -61.9% |
| Joseph P. Brown | $14,256 | $4,106 | -71.2% |
| Michael Soignier | $4,752 | $3,591 | -24.4% |
| Barnett Farms | $16,335 | $3,409 | -79.1% |
| Sarah D. Walsworth | $5,337 | $3,392 | -36.4% |
| Curtis Dowling | $13,946 | $3,316 | -76.2% |
| Charlie M. Pippen | $3,251 | $3,251 | 0% |
| Charles David Scott | $0 | $3,236 | -- |
| John L. Chennault | $0 | $3,177 | -- |
| Terry L. Williams | $14,931 | $3,148 | -78.9% |
| Carnal, Inc. | $20,091 | $3,033 | -84.9% |
| Curtis T. Dugdale | $16,633 | $2,976 | -82.1% |
| Lone Oak Farm of Choudrant, LLC | $14,206 | $2,958 | -79.2% |
| Jeffrey Scott Foster | $11,767 | $2,928 | -75.1% |
| Richard A. White | $2,920 | $2,920 | 0% |
| Charles Williams | $7,898 | $2,780 | -64.8% |
| Brent Edward Bernard | $0 | $2,628 | -- |
| Clark Canterbury | $10,659 | $2,520 | -76.4% |
| James E. Frasier | $10,851 | $2,502 | -76.9% |
| Mmos, Inc. | $0 | $2,469 | -- |
| Daniel B. Durrett | $9,548 | $2,430 | -74.5% |
| Maribel McKinney | $4,104 | $2,428 | -40.8% |
| Maxwell Brothers Farms, LLC | $5,297 | $2,380 | -55.1% |
| William Douglas Durrett | $9,042 | $2,311 | -74.4% |
| Warren A. Bryan | $10,176 | $2,180 | -78.6% |
| Michael A. Roberson | $7,359 | $1,970 | -73.2% |
| Terry L. McNabb | $4,389 | $1,940 | -55.8% |
| Samuel Cooper | $7,942 | $1,932 | -75.7% |
| Southeastern Properties, LLC | $4,702 | $1,919 | -59.2% |
| Randy Aaron | $6,490 | $1,777 | -72.6% |
| Mary Louise Wilson Long | $1,678 | $1,678 | 0% |
| Morton Land Company | $1,572 | $1,572 | 0% |
| Leonard M. Dunbar | $2,332 | $1,525 | -34.6% |
| William H. Green | $6,646 | $1,501 | -77.4% |
| Tyrone G. Harris | $957 | $1,473 | 53.9% |
| Lloyd D. Snow | $4,941 | $1,417 | -71.3% |
| Duane H. Dugdale | $6,523 | $1,382 | -78.8% |
| Allan K. Leachman | $5,852 | $1,258 | -78.5% |
| R. B. Gipson | $3,362 | $1,246 | -62.9% |
| Carol D. Coyle | $5,744 | $1,242 | -78.4% |
| Tommy Doss | $5,551 | $1,174 | -78.9% |
| Buckbranch, LLC | $2,322 | $1,161 | -50% |
| E L Joynor JR | $5,941 | $1,133 | -80.9% |
| Harold Parnell | $6,083 | $1,070 | -82.4% |
| Stormy Christine Maxwell | $1,056 | $1,056 | 0% |
| Kenneth Slocum | $6,015 | $1,035 | -82.8% |
| Jamie McCullin | $2,893 | $1,014 | -64.9% |
| Walter McElduff | $2,717 | $1,002 | -63.1% |
| Timothy Smith | $4,301 | $996 | -76.8% |
| Donald W. Cain | $1,955 | $993 | -49.2% |
| Dale O. Williams | $2,376 | $978 | -58.8% |
| Darrell L. Richardson | $4,162 | $972 | -76.6% |
| Dennis Byrnes | $5,542 | $957 | -82.7% |
| Jennifer Pesnell | $2,112 | $946 | -55.2% |
| Hiram B. Waller | $5,554 | $925 | -83.3% |
| Chad Tolar | $4,422 | $920 | -79.2% |
| Bobby Dowling | $3,916 | $906 | -76.9% |
| Larry Crawford | $5,212 | $850 | -83.7% |
| Donel R. Scott | $2,724 | $834 | -69.4% |
| Mari D. Aswell | $4,242 | $830 | -80.4% |
| Franklin S. Walpole | $2,948 | $804 | -72.7% |
| Robert D. Dowling | $2,728 | $771 | -71.7% |
| Elizabeth G. Thomas | $2,061 | $770 | -62.6% |
| Ashley Ambrose | $2,834 | $760 | -73.2% |
| William M. Hanks | $3,168 | $753 | -76.2% |
| Douglas C. Davidson | $3,355 | $744 | -77.8% |
| Max King | $3,542 | $731 | -79.4% |
| Savannah Scarborough | $3,614 | $684 | -81.1% |
| Scott Family Farms, LLC | $3,355 | $652 | -80.6% |
| Matthew W. Nelson | $3,018 | $651 | -78.4% |
| Gerald W. Nelson | $3,077 | $644 | -79.1% |
| Roy D. Glover | $4,345 | $637 | -85.3% |
| Rocky Lane Crawford | $4,366 | $636 | -85.4% |
| Bobby R. Smith | $7,277 | $633 | -91.3% |
| Barry Mardis | $664 | $620 | -6.6% |
| Matt Hamblin | $2,310 | $602 | -73.9% |
| Lancaster Anesthesia, LLC | $1,423 | $569 | -60% |
| Dale A. Carroll | $2,112 | $554 | -73.8% |
| Sherwood Payne | $1,694 | $535 | -68.4% |
| George Michael Corley | $2,409 | $532 | -77.9% |
| Henry R. Wood | $1,644 | $528 | -67.9% |
| Dwight Lamkin | $1,221 | $522 | -57.2% |
| Elgin Dewayne Ginn | $1,589 | $515 | -67.6% |
| Terry L. Lofton | $4,828 | $505 | -89.5% |
| Jimmie Hanna | $1,441 | $504 | -65% |
| Preston O. Jones | $470 | $498 | 6% |
| Larry Creed | $2,321 | $474 | -79.6% |
| Elizabeth Monk | $984 | $472 | -52% |
| Susan H. Boothe | $1,080 | $456 | -57.8% |
| Thomas A. Hollis | $1,080 | $456 | -57.8% |
| Christopher Brister | $482 | $451 | -6.4% |
| Dustin B. Brister | $482 | $451 | -6.4% |
| Louis K. Smith | $0 | $443 | -- |
| Johnnie Dyes | $2,002 | $424 | -78.8% |
| Charles R. Scriber | $948 | $424 | -55.3% |
| Glenn A. Scriber | $948 | $424 | -55.3% |
| William T. Burt | $714 | $424 | -40.6% |
| Cherie Jurgensen | $1,314 | $405 | -69.2% |
| Mary Jane Cochran | $402 | $402 | 0% |
| James M. Belue | $5,295 | $398 | -92.5% |
| Patricia T. Ensminger | $0 | $392 | -- |
| Brian Ward Hindman | $196 | $375 | 91.3% |
| Anthony Lynn Russell | $1,480 | $359 | -75.7% |
| James R. Taylor | $1,683 | $356 | -78.8% |
| Donald R. Howard | $508 | $325 | -36% |
| Adron Hester | $1,914 | $315 | -83.5% |
| Jennifer Tucker Patterson | $1,029 | $308 | -70.1% |
| Max Otwell | $726 | $287 | -60.5% |
| William M. McIntyre | $832 | $287 | -65.5% |
| Jacob Jeffery Duke | $561 | $273 | -51.3% |
| John O. McLain | $913 | $254 | -72.2% |
| Jackie E. Frazier | $1,210 | $242 | -80% |
| Joseph Jones | $1,034 | $223 | -78.4% |
| Amy Sanders | $156 | $218 | 39.7% |
| Willie C Bissic | $561 | $211 | -62.4% |
| Maverick J. Steward | $462 | $170 | -63.2% |
| Margaret Richardson | $588 | $142 | -75.9% |
| Jo Ann Simms Gilmore | $406 | $136 | -66.5% |
| Michelle Garner | $148 | $121 | -18.2% |
| David W. Carnal | $932 | $84 | -91% |
| Patricia M. Denier Revocable Trust | $0 | $70 | -- |
| Lavelle Aycock | $19,438 | $69 | -99.6% |
| Rebecca Rogers Crawford | $131 | $44 | -66.4% |
| Thomas Wynn Rogers | $131 | $44 | -66.4% |
| Mervin Trull | $8,875 | $32 | -99.6% |
| Vaskell Carter | $0 | $30 | -- |
| Elena A. Parker | $189 | $24 | -87.3% |
| Harold N. Parker | $189 | $24 | -87.3% |
| Daniel E. Oneal III | $4,640 | $0 | -100% |
| William A. Patton | $2,818 | $0 | -100% |
| Leslie Diane Frasier | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Connor Evan Mays | $1,604 | $0 | -100% |
| Herman J. Manuel | $513 | $0 | -100% |
| Jedco Properties, LLC | $7,752 | $0 | -100% |
| John Estes | $2,905 | $0 | -100% |
| K-J-K Ventures, LLC | $26,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth L. Cox | $915 | $0 | -100% |
| Lovenia M Willis | $2,425 | $0 | -100% |
| Organic Acres, LLC | $74,597 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia M. Denier Revocable Trus | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,268,739 | $2,919,891 | 130.1% |
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