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In 2021, 140 farmers in cities within Bossier Parish received a total of $1.2 million in 206 farm subsidies, a 55% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.7 million in 353 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broken R, LLC | $246,842 | $116,387 | -52.8% |
| Bundrick Farm Partnership | $73,058 | $56,630 | -22.5% |
| Scopena Lefler Farms, Inc. | $125,748 | $54,670 | -56.5% |
| Aaron Jorden Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Beaty Logging Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Haughton Trucking Company, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Hershel Malone Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| H & H Farms, LLC | $21,505 | $40,552 | 88.6% |
| James D. Viola | $77,692 | $36,802 | -52.6% |
| Tina Marie C. Viola | $77,249 | $36,802 | -52.4% |
| Danny D. Grisham | $100,442 | $35,882 | -64.3% |
| Marvis R. Grisham | $102,652 | $35,882 | -65% |
| Johnnie Edward Jorden Jr. | $62,922 | $34,727 | -44.8% |
| Maness Enterprises, Inc. | $109,271 | $31,038 | -71.6% |
| Hummer & Son Honey Farm, LLC | $20,450 | $29,042 | 42% |
| Benton Farm Supply, Inc. | $50,103 | $28,999 | -42.1% |
| Russell L. Lewis | $22,800 | $22,800 | 0% |
| Steve Jetton | $75,272 | $20,346 | -73% |
| D&D Partnership | $114,513 | $18,424 | -83.9% |
| Robert D Leflett | $0 | $17,476 | -- |
| Oak Water, LLC | $19,343 | $17,133 | -11.4% |
| Foster L. Campbell Jr. | $70,442 | $16,996 | -75.9% |
| Sligo Road Circle M Ranch, LLC | $27,251 | $16,824 | -38.3% |
| John E. Viola | $29,815 | $14,202 | -52.4% |
| Loyd W. Dodson | $30,984 | $13,490 | -56.5% |
| Herbert T. Jeane | $18,061 | $12,250 | -32.2% |
| Roy F. Oneal | $11,357 | $11,357 | 0% |
| Don M Whittington Farm, Inc. | $71,694 | $10,474 | -85.4% |
| William E. Taylor | $9,875 | $9,875 | 0% |
| L. G. Hassell Jr. | $41,372 | $8,893 | -78.5% |
| Alan Lane Loosley | $8,800 | $8,800 | 0% |
| 3D Farms, LLC | $25,522 | $8,398 | -67.1% |
| William A. Lucky IV | $37,785 | $8,088 | -78.6% |
| Peter N. Gunter | $9,219 | $7,631 | -17.2% |
| Judith Nugent | $28,918 | $7,065 | -75.6% |
| Leavy Nugent | $31,668 | $7,065 | -77.7% |
| JLM2 Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $6,555 | -- |
| Fred M. Lucky | $18,524 | $6,441 | -65.2% |
| Bradford L. Gore | $0 | $5,916 | -- |
| Thomas Clay Myers | $0 | $5,885 | -- |
| Stewart Wayne Mudge Jr. | $12,040 | $5,833 | -51.6% |
| Jason Vaughan | $21,164 | $5,710 | -73% |
| Brian McGuffee | $39,062 | $5,707 | -85.4% |
| Spencer Smith | $22,591 | $5,445 | -75.9% |
| Winde Chambers | $29,950 | $5,422 | -81.9% |
| Hugh M. Vick Testamentary Trust | $0 | $5,343 | -- |
| Jacqueline N. Gore | $17,094 | $4,987 | -70.8% |
| Marty Strickland | $17,776 | $4,951 | -72.1% |
| James Scott Dickson | $4,944 | $4,944 | 0% |
| S. M. Colvin | $13,431 | $4,538 | -66.2% |
| Ronald A. Griggs | $13,025 | $4,425 | -66% |
| Cowen Farms, Inc. | $5,779 | $4,416 | -23.6% |
| Caren C. Procter | $4,294 | $4,294 | 0% |
| Metzler Farms, LLC | $7,103 | $4,287 | -39.6% |
| William T. Johnston | $12,258 | $3,928 | -68% |
| Karen C. Lee | $1,415 | $3,919 | 177% |
| Rossini Farms, LLC | $5,466 | $3,482 | -36.3% |
| Mohamed Shamsie | $4,554 | $3,363 | -26.2% |
| Bobby D Leflett | $14,894 | $3,349 | -77.5% |
| Johnnie E. Jorden | $7,208 | $3,300 | -54.2% |
| Tom Coday | $3,151 | $3,151 | 0% |
| CGS Farms, LLC | $16,482 | $3,082 | -81.3% |
| John Michael Dyson | $10,415 | $2,984 | -71.3% |
| Michael Jacob Howell | $5,811 | $2,947 | -49.3% |
| Sonja J. Vice | $8,811 | $2,881 | -67.3% |
| Joel L. Nail | $1,871 | $2,843 | 52% |
| Jerry W. Carter | $7,722 | $2,398 | -68.9% |
| Willie Mccullough Vick | $5,335 | $2,251 | -57.8% |
| River 8 Farms, LLC | $6,857 | $2,236 | -67.4% |
| Kolton J. Vaughan | $0 | $2,200 | -- |
| Allen Land and Timber Company, LLC | $5,874 | $2,190 | -62.7% |
| George D. McLemore | $9,016 | $2,178 | -75.8% |
| Linda A. Merritt | $2,060 | $2,060 | 0% |
| Ross Hardcastle | $5,140 | $2,044 | -60.2% |
| Danny R. Bounds | $5,478 | $2,001 | -63.5% |
| Robert Samuel Causey | $0 | $1,897 | -- |
| James D. McCoy | $7,029 | $1,861 | -73.5% |
| Lucas Seth Rains | $6,391 | $1,754 | -72.6% |
| Michael Miles | $0 | $1,375 | -- |
| Evan H. Dunn | $5,269 | $1,346 | -74.5% |
| Sidney G. McCullin | $2,305 | $1,317 | -42.9% |
| Joe D. Fowler | $3,376 | $1,283 | -62% |
| Whittington Family Investment Company, LLC | $0 | $1,280 | -- |
| Jennete M Fenton | $1,382 | $1,210 | -12.4% |
| Vivian Furr Boyd | $0 | $1,160 | -- |
| Dan R. McClellan | $3,549 | $990 | -72.1% |
| Henry W. Cantrell | $4,026 | $983 | -75.6% |
| Vincent B. Lococo | $6,796 | $962 | -85.8% |
| Jeffrey Lynn Taylor | $896 | $896 | 0% |
| Sarah E. Hamer | $2,519 | $896 | -64.4% |
| Joseph E. Caplis Jr. | $3,586 | $820 | -77.1% |
| Annette C. Skaggs | $1,115 | $817 | -26.7% |
| G. M. Coker Jr. | $2,838 | $794 | -72% |
| Willie L. Davis | $3,644 | $766 | -79% |
| Michael H. Long | $3,982 | $760 | -80.9% |
| William W. Green | $1,813 | $739 | -59.2% |
| Jessica Lynn Stanley | $2,145 | $690 | -67.8% |
| Mavis D. Winfree | $902 | $676 | -25.1% |
| R Dilton Emerson | $3,212 | $673 | -79% |
| Melissa Miller | $2,299 | $673 | -70.7% |
| Jessica R. Normand | $3,003 | $671 | -77.7% |
| Heather Bowman | $0 | $642 | -- |
| Mike Mulkey | $1,350 | $601 | -55.5% |
| Michelle Olinger | $724 | $571 | -21.1% |
| Calvin Roberson | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Hawg Branch Cattle Company, LLC | $2,068 | $535 | -74.1% |
| Jon Rhynard | $1,644 | $474 | -71.2% |
| George K. Winham | $0 | $470 | -- |
| Carolyn R. Rider | $254 | $429 | 68.9% |
| Timothy Y. Miller | $1,562 | $414 | -73.5% |
| Allison L. Jones | $0 | $386 | -- |
| Herman Pyle 2015 Trust F/B/O Karen P White | $356 | $356 | 0% |
| Douglas A. Fowler | $931 | $352 | -62.2% |
| Doris Sue Barnhill | $1,122 | $328 | -70.8% |
| Vernon D. Simon | $721 | $289 | -59.9% |
| Richard Wayne Adams | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Mattie L. Cox | $1,004 | $264 | -73.7% |
| Jamie Smith | $617 | $254 | -58.8% |
| Larry Wise | $1,145 | $242 | -78.9% |
| Misty D. Montgomery | $220 | $220 | 0% |
| Tammy S. Thomas | $686 | $216 | -68.5% |
| Herman R. Lejeune | $220 | $199 | -9.5% |
| Pattie S. Wilbourn | $193 | $193 | 0% |
| Robert S. Bryson | $115 | $174 | 51.3% |
| Barbara Cantrell | $550 | $152 | -72.4% |
| Phillip Matthew Baker Jr. | $0 | $146 | -- |
| John Bell | $435 | $144 | -66.9% |
| Barry Hamiter | $539 | $138 | -74.4% |
| Vanessa W. Coleman | $305 | $137 | -55.1% |
| Nell L New | $575 | $132 | -77% |
| Calvin W. Mangum Jr. | $287 | $130 | -54.7% |
| Jeffery Hollenshead | $231 | $121 | -47.6% |
| Elizabeth Marie Sison | $19 | $115 | 505.3% |
| James Larry Byrd Jr. | $3,222 | $112 | -96.5% |
| Adalee W Jenkins | $191 | $87 | -54.5% |
| Eugene C. Rowe | $152 | $69 | -54.6% |
| David S. Thompson | $52 | $52 | 0% |
| David Kurt Parks | $68 | $48 | -29.4% |
| Donna Bush | $147 | $27 | -81.6% |
| Ellis Richard | $481 | $9 | -98.1% |
| Bundy Farms, Inc. | $2,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Highland Commodities, Inc. | $636 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael T. White | $805 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Allen Iblings | $4,895 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia K. Murphy | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Arnold L. Colvin | $1,726 | $0 | -100% |
| Claire Mcmillan Curtis | $85 | $0 | -100% |
| Donnie Leflett, Inc. | $411,254 | $0 | -100% |
| Gale H Good Irrevocable Trust | $717 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry V. Guillot | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael L. Marceaux | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Monica T. Sias | $27 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Project, LLC | $5,989 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon L. Thompson | $228 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Chrisman | $3,626 | $0 | -100% |
| Jewell O. McMurry | $1,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Tessa H. Albritton | $5,625 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim B. Albritton | $5,625 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Dewayne Downs | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,663,408 | $1,197,728 | -55% |
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