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In 2021, 209 farmers in cities within Crittenden County received a total of $1.6 million in 326 farm subsidies, a 45.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.9 million in 606 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 Crittenden County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip a Parish Farm | $581,558 | $204,276 | -64.9% |
| HP River Bottom Farms, LLC | $192,014 | $174,331 | -9.2% |
| Randell Lanham | $203,459 | $79,023 | -61.2% |
| James A. Hunt | $147,632 | $65,109 | -55.9% |
| Sutton Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Tinsley Agriculture Operations | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Phillip van Hunt | $109,552 | $43,272 | -60.5% |
| John C. May | $49,638 | $37,952 | -23.5% |
| Dietra Paris | $33,450 | $33,292 | -0.5% |
| William Ralph Paris Jr. | $30,892 | $29,891 | -3.2% |
| Judy Belt | $27,788 | $27,788 | 0% |
| Cody A. Hunt | $73,771 | $27,709 | -62.4% |
| F & W Farms, LLC | $0 | $26,806 | -- |
| Jimmie R. Thurman | $26,075 | $25,832 | -0.9% |
| Debra Hearell | $21,824 | $25,508 | 16.9% |
| Jeffrey H. Rich | $65,597 | $24,903 | -62% |
| Shaun a Wesmoland | $59,744 | $22,538 | -62.3% |
| Baron David Guess | $70,648 | $21,771 | -69.2% |
| Paul Lowery | $21,703 | $20,958 | -3.4% |
| Stephen H. Hill | $22,139 | $20,723 | -6.4% |
| John William Boyd | $18,506 | $18,506 | 0% |
| Jerry Ray Belt | $14,797 | $14,797 | 0% |
| William Roy Belt | $14,797 | $14,797 | 0% |
| James C. Driskill | $57,333 | $14,460 | -74.8% |
| Gregory, Inc. | $14,443 | $14,443 | 0% |
| Jeremy Montalta | $15,721 | $13,970 | -11.1% |
| Donald Newman Spurrier | $25,020 | $13,778 | -44.9% |
| Evelyn Faye Crider | $18,740 | $12,820 | -31.6% |
| Chris Evans | $12,496 | $12,496 | 0% |
| Tolu Land & Cattle Company | $38,882 | $12,417 | -68.1% |
| Kyle Newcom | $23,124 | $11,717 | -49.3% |
| Cody Wayne Travis | $17,260 | $11,382 | -34.1% |
| Lera Virgie Collins | $11,737 | $11,354 | -3.3% |
| Beverly Don Herrin, LLC | $9,243 | $11,203 | 21.2% |
| Jason Wallace | $11,664 | $11,179 | -4.2% |
| Marianne T. Roper | $10,066 | $10,066 | 0% |
| Donna Belt | $13,095 | $10,031 | -23.4% |
| Anna J. Simpson | $9,696 | $9,696 | 0% |
| Tamara L. McConnell | $11,595 | $9,277 | -20% |
| Harold F. Woodside | $8,993 | $8,836 | -1.7% |
| John T. Travis | $13,728 | $8,831 | -35.7% |
| Dustin G. Lanham | $26,697 | $8,078 | -69.7% |
| George H Mcmican and Doris a Mcmican IRRV Trust | $7,964 | $7,964 | 0% |
| Edward F. Piper | $0 | $7,808 | -- |
| John Thomas Croft | $54,563 | $7,591 | -86.1% |
| Donnie W. Corley | $7,440 | $7,440 | 0% |
| Linda L. Easley | $7,301 | $7,301 | 0% |
| Shawn G. Lanham | $22,066 | $7,004 | -68.3% |
| Michael Allen Crider | $0 | $6,914 | -- |
| Tyler Guess | $10,948 | $6,543 | -40.2% |
| Ronald D. Riley | $6,445 | $6,445 | 0% |
| J T May Farms, Inc. | $5,616 | $6,164 | 9.8% |
| Garry T. Croft | $19,598 | $6,090 | -68.9% |
| Matthew L. Hardesty | $18,369 | $6,060 | -67% |
| Wed Investments, LLC | $9,522 | $5,992 | -37.1% |
| Sheila Karen Maddux Trust | $5,955 | $5,955 | 0% |
| Russell W. Herrin | $9,385 | $5,836 | -37.8% |
| Kathy James | $0 | $5,673 | -- |
| Teddy Randall Hodge | $10,458 | $5,372 | -48.6% |
| Mark Raby | $5,173 | $5,173 | 0% |
| Darrin Tabor | $4,848 | $4,848 | 0% |
| Cindy Miller | $4,799 | $4,799 | 0% |
| Daniel Kemper | $4,656 | $4,656 | 0% |
| Anthony W. Easley | $28,494 | $4,318 | -84.8% |
| Gregory Bogusky | $4,248 | $4,248 | 0% |
| Rhett Parish | $8,231 | $4,109 | -50.1% |
| Chandler & Vaughan | $30,622 | $4,101 | -86.6% |
| Charles D. Cruce | $3,964 | $3,964 | 0% |
| Brian Penn | $10,356 | $3,834 | -63% |
| Danny Cronin | $3,745 | $3,732 | -0.3% |
| Ronald J. Henderson | $3,666 | $3,666 | 0% |
| Jonathan Kemper James | $3,588 | $3,588 | 0% |
| Jody D. Herrin | $0 | $3,575 | -- |
| David Winn II | $11,235 | $3,538 | -68.5% |
| Barkley Hughes | $4,226 | $3,510 | -16.9% |
| Bryan G. Guess | $3,790 | $3,503 | -7.6% |
| Frank K. Papineau | $13,271 | $3,440 | -74.1% |
| Perry Ray Hunt | $4,271 | $3,384 | -20.8% |
| Evelyn Fuller | $3,362 | $3,362 | 0% |
| Jason Curnel | $5,159 | $3,264 | -36.7% |
| Gary V. James | $15,264 | $3,194 | -79.1% |
| Jessica Cummins | $14,165 | $3,111 | -78% |
| Margaret A. Belt | $10,896 | $3,080 | -71.7% |
| Donald N. Knowlton | $3,063 | $3,063 | 0% |
| Steve Tinsley | $1,914 | $3,029 | 58.3% |
| Donald L. Orr | $3,275 | $2,851 | -12.9% |
| Larry Johnson | $3,736 | $2,835 | -24.1% |
| Troy M. Gobin | $2,498 | $2,551 | 2.1% |
| Donna K. Workman | $998 | $2,494 | 149.9% |
| Orville Truitt | $2,414 | $2,414 | 0% |
| Charles D. Deboe | $6,358 | $2,345 | -63.1% |
| Thomas Hawthorne | $2,423 | $2,318 | -4.3% |
| Paul Ingram | $2,291 | $2,291 | 0% |
| Joshua Orr | $2,254 | $2,254 | 0% |
| Karen Maddux | $16,081 | $2,204 | -86.3% |
| John Bryant Hayes | $3,354 | $2,186 | -34.8% |
| Herbert Alexander Jr. | $3,795 | $2,173 | -42.7% |
| Dustin W. Wheeler | $7,374 | $2,172 | -70.5% |
| Fred Stubblefield | $8,184 | $2,006 | -75.5% |
| Edwin Shewcraft | $6,190 | $1,965 | -68.3% |
| Bennett Smith | $1,850 | $1,922 | 3.9% |
| David L. Haire | $10,607 | $1,893 | -82.2% |
| Kevin O. Myatt | $14,025 | $1,814 | -87.1% |
| Tony H. Roper | $7,844 | $1,800 | -77.1% |
| Brian Croft | $4,731 | $1,742 | -63.2% |
| Donald M. Phillips | $8,527 | $1,734 | -79.7% |
| Preston L. Driskill | $4,352 | $1,728 | -60.3% |
| Roy D. Phillips | $8,527 | $1,724 | -79.8% |
| Jacob Mcmican | $7,283 | $1,686 | -76.9% |
| Nathan Boone | $1,676 | $1,676 | 0% |
| Gay Ann Priest | $1,624 | $1,624 | 0% |
| Ronnie Thomas | $4,421 | $1,607 | -63.7% |
| Teddy Joe Workman | $5,630 | $1,607 | -71.5% |
| George E. Crawford Jr. | $1,447 | $1,559 | 7.7% |
| Steven Ross Atwell | $2,252 | $1,551 | -31.1% |
| Terry W. Hill | $2,743 | $1,524 | -44.4% |
| Patricia Collins | $1,502 | $1,502 | 0% |
| Sharon R. Riley | $1,502 | $1,502 | 0% |
| Carol D. Hendrix | $4,328 | $1,453 | -66.4% |
| Ronald M. Kirk | $6,468 | $1,360 | -79% |
| Dennis Thomas | $4,191 | $1,358 | -67.6% |
| Bernice L. Guess | $1,356 | $1,356 | 0% |
| Elbert Kirk | $12,671 | $1,346 | -89.4% |
| Steven W. Haire | $8,093 | $1,339 | -83.5% |
| Jeremy M. Wheeler | $5,236 | $1,284 | -75.5% |
| Mindy Withrow | $2,310 | $1,278 | -44.7% |
| Kenneth Myatt | $6,298 | $1,240 | -80.3% |
| Roger D. Simpson | $1,208 | $1,208 | 0% |
| Cole Easley | $7,639 | $1,206 | -84.2% |
| Mary E. Denton | $1,189 | $1,202 | 1.1% |
| Donna K. Matthews | $5,360 | $1,201 | -77.6% |
| Edward D. Wright | $2,409 | $1,044 | -56.7% |
| Eddie Joe Herrin, LLC | $1,557 | $1,035 | -33.5% |
| David R. Collins | $1,029 | $1,029 | 0% |
| William McDowell Jr. | $1,286 | $956 | -25.7% |
| Charles Barron | $1,044 | $918 | -12.1% |
| Steve Rogers | $5,295 | $892 | -83.2% |
| Charles T. Brooks | $2,651 | $884 | -66.7% |
| Jeremy Poindexter | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Tony Allan Alexander | $3,795 | $879 | -76.8% |
| Brian D Hearell | $0 | $850 | -- |
| Kyle Myatt | $4,059 | $835 | -79.4% |
| Bonita Poindexter | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Denis C. Hodge | $6,504 | $798 | -87.7% |
| Timmy Byarley | $4,498 | $779 | -82.7% |
| Kasey Hale | $3,147 | $778 | -75.3% |
| Ray James | $2,156 | $690 | -68% |
| David S. Gregory | $7,746 | $684 | -91.2% |
| Barbara Butler | $2,574 | $644 | -75% |
| David Murphy | $1,262 | $644 | -49% |
| Robert Stephens | $637 | $637 | 0% |
| Richard T. Gardner | $1,920 | $631 | -67.1% |
| Helen Hunt, LLC | $1,394 | $582 | -58.2% |
| David Fornear | $1,334 | $568 | -57.4% |
| Paul E. Crowell | $666 | $566 | -15% |
| Stephen Cale Minton | $2,337 | $557 | -76.2% |
| Brigham L. Kirk | $2,563 | $539 | -79% |
| Patrick Lee Guess | $2,516 | $537 | -78.7% |
| Jim Vaughan | $3,338 | $526 | -84.2% |
| Bobby Wayne Padgett | $774 | $500 | -35.4% |
| John Martin | $998 | $499 | -50% |
| Tony Martin | $998 | $499 | -50% |
| Deborah Crider | $735 | $490 | -33.3% |
| Jerry W. Jackson | $3,490 | $426 | -87.8% |
| Alex M. Summers | $2,805 | $405 | -85.6% |
| Evan F. Head | $1,953 | $394 | -79.8% |
| William J. Asbridge | $1,595 | $392 | -75.4% |
| Donald Rogers | $2,812 | $376 | -86.6% |
| Shirley Jent | $1,679 | $376 | -77.6% |
| Kenneth R. Champion | $1,573 | $371 | -76.4% |
| Jimmy D. Watson | $1,777 | $346 | -80.5% |
| Johnny Watson | $1,777 | $346 | -80.5% |
| Steve Dickerson | $1,782 | $345 | -80.6% |
| David Mark Jackson | $2,111 | $342 | -83.8% |
| Jet Farms, LLC | $502 | $340 | -32.3% |
| David W. Greenwell | $1,430 | $308 | -78.5% |
| Larry Layton Turner | $1,441 | $287 | -80.1% |
| John R. Newcom | $1,651 | $242 | -85.3% |
| Tim Baker | $470 | $231 | -50.9% |
| Winona Woodside | $217 | $217 | 0% |
| Dennis Stinnett | $306 | $207 | -32.4% |
| Shawn Stinnett | $306 | $207 | -32.4% |
| Danny Shuecraft | $1,236 | $200 | -83.8% |
| John Edward Pierson | $816 | $193 | -76.3% |
| Gary Hardesty | $188 | $188 | 0% |
| Newman R. Travis | $676 | $181 | -73.2% |
| William W. Schneckloth | $726 | $164 | -77.4% |
| William Graham McCaslin | $297 | $159 | -46.5% |
| Steven W. Stallion | $1,122 | $155 | -86.2% |
| Charles A. Tinsley Jr. | $246 | $150 | -39% |
| Irena J. Robison | $628 | $142 | -77.4% |
| Linda C. Hudson | $392 | $135 | -65.6% |
| Wayne West | $604 | $127 | -79% |
| Stephen Brown | $346 | $118 | -65.9% |
| Austin W. Smith | $267 | $113 | -57.7% |
| Carla D Byarley | $321 | $111 | -65.4% |
| Timothy G. Hodge | $245 | $106 | -56.7% |
| Keith D. Young | $271 | $87 | -67.9% |
| Connie Gabehart | $354 | $77 | -78.2% |
| Greg Hodge | $232 | $74 | -68.1% |
| Lajean Quisenberry | $221 | $74 | -66.5% |
| Jerry Fuller | $176 | $68 | -61.4% |
| John Dunn | $227 | $59 | -74% |
| David O. Sisco | $361 | $41 | -88.6% |
| Bobby Conditt | $185 | $24 | -87% |
| Thomas E. Guess | $662 | $24 | -96.4% |
| Jeremy Riley | $897 | $21 | -97.7% |
| Alma Kathryn Clark | $800 | $12 | -98.5% |
| Wade Buntin | $258 | $5 | -98.1% |
| Barbara A. Dewitt | $291 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry L. Workman | $261 | $0 | -100% |
| Carlos W. Travis | $146 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn Belt | $161 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles R. Curnel | $58 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis A. Knox | $5,394 | $0 | -100% |
| Denver L. Robertson | $150 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna L. Tedford | $2,092 | $0 | -100% |
| Dustin Hillyard | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Ed Jewell | $135 | $0 | -100% |
| Eugene Franklin Head | $270 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd R. Turley | $344 | $0 | -100% |
| Gleneth R James | $646 | $0 | -100% |
| Gleneth Reed James Estate | $5,520 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory S. Gerard | $2,837 | $0 | -100% |
| James Daniel Fornear | $12 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Bennett Jr. | $6,703 | $0 | -100% |
| James Euell Guess | $228 | $0 | -100% |
| James H. Berry | $4,274 | $0 | -100% |
| James Ray Smith | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| James T. Little | $1,289 | $0 | -100% |
| James Todd Riley | $1,905 | $0 | -100% |
| Karla Bumpus | $2,111 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine F. Champion | $207 | $0 | -100% |
| Lanell Drury | $8 | $0 | -100% |
| Leroy Hodge | $6,393 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha A. Kares | $283 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary E. Ordway | $525 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary E Ordway Estate | $1,937 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia P. Gilbert | $227 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca A. McGlone | $198 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca X. McKinzie | $318 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Lee White | $4,579 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Asher | $229 | $0 | -100% |
| Shewmaker & Sons Farming, LLC | $3,115 | $0 | -100% |
| Sue Wring | $197 | $0 | -100% |
| Vivian L. Workman | $34 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley Paul Hagan | $10,652 | $0 | -100% |
| William O. Carrigan | $469 | $0 | -100% |
| William O. Switzer | $2,837 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,948,316 | $1,606,033 | -45.5% |
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