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In 2021, 177 farmers in cities within Miller County received a total of $1.7 million in 247 farm subsidies, a 55.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.9 million in 467 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 Miller County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agri Ventures | $551,175 | $291,136 | -47.2% |
| Sed Farms | $703,722 | $188,176 | -73.3% |
| Varner Farms | $241,939 | $121,842 | -49.6% |
| Koller Farms, LLC | $6,819 | $91,081 | 1,235.7% |
| Wren Land & Cattle Company, Inc. | $233,995 | $62,630 | -73.2% |
| Wesley Alan Hindman | $99,674 | $56,228 | -43.6% |
| Slam'n Timber Management, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Triple M Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Mark Pipkin Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Texarkana J&D Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Twin City Land and Timber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Garry D. Heigle | $108,619 | $44,164 | -59.3% |
| John Turner Jr. | $64,799 | $41,868 | -35.4% |
| Ken Cullipher | $112,447 | $40,032 | -64.4% |
| Hope Livestock Auction | $105,026 | $38,561 | -63.3% |
| Hunter and Coffman | $87,216 | $36,742 | -57.9% |
| Williams and Son Farms, LLC | $18,260 | $25,576 | 40.1% |
| Bryan Wayne Powell | $64,234 | $19,435 | -69.7% |
| Joyce P. Stevens | $19,171 | $19,171 | 0% |
| The Greg Bennett Company | $35,762 | $14,760 | -58.7% |
| Kenneth Heigle | $1,111 | $13,937 | 1,154.5% |
| Connie Mason | $13,510 | $13,510 | 0% |
| Noel Davis III | $57,621 | $12,746 | -77.9% |
| Texana Bank, N A | $0 | $12,688 | -- |
| Dustin Gene Hughes | $103,426 | $11,312 | -89.1% |
| Russell Heigle | $45,223 | $9,732 | -78.5% |
| Monroe Scoggins | $26,859 | $9,695 | -63.9% |
| Blake J. Mason | $48,091 | $9,606 | -80% |
| Micah Shane Cutchall | $31,868 | $9,074 | -71.5% |
| Kenneth Sanders | $25,384 | $9,068 | -64.3% |
| Glenda L. Cross | $37,746 | $8,061 | -78.6% |
| Larry Ray Roberts | $21,228 | $7,555 | -64.4% |
| Deborah L. Ferguson | $27,741 | $7,318 | -73.6% |
| W. V. Boyce | $32,564 | $7,110 | -78.2% |
| Bryan Clinton | $19,039 | $7,108 | -62.7% |
| Roper Family Trust | $8,129 | $6,957 | -14.4% |
| Chaddrick R Richardson | $32,256 | $6,420 | -80.1% |
| Saul A. Ochoa | $3,905 | $6,140 | 57.2% |
| William Cullipher | $0 | $5,775 | -- |
| Harold D. Griffin | $3,768 | $5,735 | 52.2% |
| Rayland Cutchall | $31,371 | $5,638 | -82% |
| Silk Purse, LLC | $18,323 | $5,541 | -69.8% |
| Frank Woolfley | $5,621 | $5,459 | -2.9% |
| Randall K. Heigle | $101,226 | $5,414 | -94.7% |
| Humphrey Farms | $21,628 | $5,399 | -75% |
| Robert W. Holden | $27,288 | $5,370 | -80.3% |
| Felicia M. Carmony | $0 | $5,183 | -- |
| Ricky A. Rushing | $9,174 | $4,681 | -49% |
| Charles O. Daniel | $19,420 | $4,182 | -78.5% |
| Red River Cattle Company, LLC | $31,250 | $4,156 | -86.7% |
| Bobby Duhon | $0 | $4,148 | -- |
| Jose Perez | $0 | $3,975 | -- |
| Vernon Dean Bowman Jr. | $15,858 | $3,834 | -75.8% |
| Rodney Watkins | $6,941 | $3,604 | -48.1% |
| Jeremy Lynn Jeane | $12,298 | $3,425 | -72.1% |
| Bottom Lands Ranch, LLC | $13,508 | $3,382 | -75% |
| Gold Ranch | $18,337 | $3,333 | -81.8% |
| Jean Terry Maxwell | $9,777 | $3,247 | -66.8% |
| Verdo H Powell JR | $15,213 | $3,151 | -79.3% |
| Avery C. Vanderbilt | $12,449 | $3,019 | -75.7% |
| Eddie L. Sammons | $7,368 | $3,008 | -59.2% |
| Carl Brent Bohn | $7,086 | $2,740 | -61.3% |
| Neil Carmony | $21,891 | $2,608 | -88.1% |
| Doug Larey | $0 | $2,601 | -- |
| Joe Rice | $3,696 | $2,401 | -35% |
| Diane Adcock | $8,416 | $2,396 | -71.5% |
| Danny J. Prewitt | $18,897 | $2,311 | -87.8% |
| Shellie N. Rayburn | $10,499 | $2,277 | -78.3% |
| Robert A. Hudson | $8,628 | $2,144 | -75.2% |
| Richard B. Smith | $2,108 | $2,108 | 0% |
| Buddy Boyce | $4,884 | $2,106 | -56.9% |
| Mike Smith | $7,374 | $2,076 | -71.8% |
| Stanley M Bull Bull Logging Contractor | $0 | $2,021 | -- |
| Phillip Liverett | $8,394 | $1,978 | -76.4% |
| Terry Langdon | $19,593 | $1,922 | -90.2% |
| Larry Vanover | $0 | $1,888 | -- |
| Stanley Royce Eaves | $9,108 | $1,873 | -79.4% |
| Peyton Stephen Brown | $7,535 | $1,726 | -77.1% |
| Terry W. Sloan | $5,577 | $1,708 | -69.4% |
| Joseph W. Cox | $6,201 | $1,702 | -72.6% |
| James A. Yingling | $0 | $1,604 | -- |
| Paul Hardy Jr. | $2,278 | $1,594 | -30% |
| Bobby Hensley | $10,452 | $1,525 | -85.4% |
| Margie M. McKnight | $5,787 | $1,510 | -73.9% |
| Willie Bassett | $4,851 | $1,501 | -69.1% |
| Cheryl A. Harrison | $6,308 | $1,482 | -76.5% |
| BDR Land & Cattle Company, LLC | $6,545 | $1,461 | -77.7% |
| John Wade | $5,764 | $1,453 | -74.8% |
| Steve Claborn | $4,536 | $1,412 | -68.9% |
| Jeffrey Scott Daugherty | $7,604 | $1,383 | -81.8% |
| Charles Joshua Mudford | $4,865 | $1,379 | -71.7% |
| Sue Cutchall | $3,905 | $1,272 | -67.4% |
| Laura Bassett | $4,510 | $1,258 | -72.1% |
| Matthew Howard Simpson | $5,115 | $1,258 | -75.4% |
| Michael D. McQuerrey | $2,442 | $1,253 | -48.7% |
| Samuel D. Dickens II | $5,061 | $1,247 | -75.4% |
| Roy D. Hyman | $5,764 | $1,229 | -78.7% |
| Rushing Farms, LLC | $11,556 | $1,190 | -89.7% |
| Kevin Jay Mattson | $4,235 | $1,182 | -72.1% |
| Donny R. Cutchall | $3,135 | $1,146 | -63.4% |
| Russell Sanders | $5,073 | $1,092 | -78.5% |
| Steve Mason | $9,899 | $1,087 | -89% |
| Harless Carver | $3,751 | $1,070 | -71.5% |
| Marcia Peavy | $3,575 | $1,051 | -70.6% |
| Debra Peterson | $0 | $1,041 | -- |
| Estate of Marshall Bohn | $5,760 | $1,027 | -82.2% |
| Anthony E. Thomason | $4,345 | $1,011 | -76.7% |
| Tim Bohn | $6,788 | $995 | -85.3% |
| Vince Coker | $1,980 | $982 | -50.4% |
| Lisa Tater | $3,185 | $964 | -69.7% |
| Robert S. McGinnis | $2,114 | $956 | -54.8% |
| Curtis Mudford | $2,349 | $947 | -59.7% |
| John Nix | $3,113 | $921 | -70.4% |
| Elizabeth A. Purifoy | $1,749 | $914 | -47.7% |
| Ricky M. Coker | $3,465 | $906 | -73.9% |
| Roy John McNatt | $1,980 | $881 | -55.5% |
| Dustin Garrett Rayburn | $4,471 | $880 | -80.3% |
| Robert Crittenden Jr. | $3,871 | $875 | -77.4% |
| Elywnn Watkins | $4,209 | $874 | -79.2% |
| David Slater - Slater Family Trust | $1,155 | $867 | -24.9% |
| Gena Humphrey | $2,761 | $866 | -68.6% |
| David A. Lagrone | $3,190 | $862 | -73% |
| Byron W. Myers | $5,350 | $847 | -84.2% |
| Mary Ellen Prewitt | $6,400 | $833 | -87% |
| Clovis S. Easley | $3,630 | $832 | -77.1% |
| Cory S. Easley | $2,904 | $828 | -71.5% |
| Sam F. Rose | $1,584 | $828 | -47.7% |
| Clay McMaster | $4,800 | $776 | -83.8% |
| Marcia Peeples | $3,402 | $768 | -77.4% |
| Joshua Shane Corbit | $2,530 | $728 | -71.2% |
| Peggy Guyton | $3,498 | $700 | -80% |
| Kobie Clinton Sanders | $3,433 | $698 | -79.7% |
| Yolo Land and Cattle, LLC | $1,882 | $684 | -63.7% |
| Christopher T. Hobson | $1,947 | $669 | -65.6% |
| Parsons Organic Ranch | $881 | $666 | -24.4% |
| Ronald Richardson | $4,745 | $633 | -86.7% |
| Collin Kuhn | $3,733 | $630 | -83.1% |
| David W. Conner | $2,882 | $620 | -78.5% |
| Jacqueline L. Miller | $0 | $590 | -- |
| Randy E. Thomason | $2,387 | $585 | -75.5% |
| Ben Lomond Farms, LLC | $2,725 | $581 | -78.7% |
| John S. Alexander | $1,309 | $551 | -57.9% |
| Marvin J. Shirley | $1,320 | $506 | -61.7% |
| John Crow | $18,786 | $490 | -97.4% |
| Hazel E. Coker | $1,774 | $480 | -72.9% |
| HLH Farms, LLC | $1,188 | $478 | -59.8% |
| David Wesley Johnson | $1,975 | $450 | -77.2% |
| Gregory White | $858 | $447 | -47.9% |
| Glenn M. Greenwell | $1,994 | $443 | -77.8% |
| Jameson Deen | $1,842 | $442 | -76% |
| Robert B. Jackson | $1,029 | $431 | -58.1% |
| Nathan Hyman | $1,978 | $428 | -78.4% |
| Steve Johnson | $893 | $420 | -53% |
| Bruce Ward | $1,925 | $384 | -80.1% |
| Lonnie Hughes | $1,716 | $380 | -77.9% |
| M & M Farms | $920 | $350 | -62% |
| Mark Maxwell Tr | $0 | $319 | -- |
| Charles Rogers | $1,133 | $309 | -72.7% |
| Dennis G. Fowler | $1,527 | $287 | -81.2% |
| Laura A. Peavy | $1,516 | $286 | -81.1% |
| Michael Ryan Sikes | $905 | $266 | -70.6% |
| Martin A. Thomas Jr. | $759 | $243 | -68% |
| Omar Khan | $2,029 | $222 | -89.1% |
| Kenneth Heady Sr. | $858 | $212 | -75.3% |
| Laquinta Howard | $734 | $210 | -71.4% |
| Milton A. Shannon | $2,050 | $210 | -89.8% |
| Jared Brown | $1,383 | $180 | -87% |
| Nora Sterling | $572 | $156 | -72.7% |
| Lawrence E Cursh SR | $330 | $144 | -56.4% |
| Shawn Martin | $0 | $141 | -- |
| Naomi Starks | $506 | $100 | -80.2% |
| Urian Henry | $1,885 | $90 | -95.2% |
| Curtis C. Dibrell | $1,540 | $86 | -94.4% |
| Camille McGinnis | $296 | $70 | -76.4% |
| Remica Gray | $296 | $70 | -76.4% |
| Mark Humphrey | $2,042 | $28 | -98.6% |
| Beverly A. Briscoe | $30 | $19 | -36.7% |
| Paul D. Burgess | $3,850 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert W. Bohn | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| 1st Bank | $33,451 | $0 | -100% |
| Anne Formby | $312 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall D. Hughes | $16,775 | $0 | -100% |
| David Haak | $4,010 | $0 | -100% |
| Eston W. McGee II | $855 | $0 | -100% |
| Jewell W. Hickerson | $225 | $0 | -100% |
| Margie K. Higgins | $141 | $0 | -100% |
| Merle Hill | $1,816 | $0 | -100% |
| Phil N. Smith | $4,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Sanderson | $312 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Whitehead | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Lee Medley | $326 | $0 | -100% |
| Stacy McDonald | $190 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Eugene Whitehead | $13,589 | $0 | -100% |
| Turkey Creek Company | $10,880 | $0 | -100% |
| William Mark Maxwell Estate | $2,218 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,916,516 | $1,737,291 | -55.6% |
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