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In 2021, 131 farmers in cities within Orleans Parish received a total of $4.8 million in 203 farm subsidies, a 24.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.4 million in 275 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern US Trade Association | $5,257,624 | $4,141,267 | -21.2% |
| Anne P. Kennedy | $47,085 | $47,184 | 0.2% |
| Conery, LLC | $71,118 | $44,157 | -37.9% |
| Brushy Bayou PLTN, Inc. | $55,941 | $28,969 | -48.2% |
| Hogan Plantation Trust 2 | $24,762 | $27,924 | 12.8% |
| Hogan Plantation Trust | $24,760 | $27,912 | 12.7% |
| Moss Grove Farms, LLC | $8,986 | $27,564 | 206.7% |
| Margaret B. Epstein | $27,226 | $27,226 | 0% |
| Flower Town Bonanza, LLC | $0 | $26,981 | -- |
| Monterey Delta Farm, LLC | $22,337 | $22,337 | 0% |
| Amen Corner, LLC | $20,380 | $20,380 | 0% |
| P E H, LLC | $20,292 | $20,292 | 0% |
| J C Gilbert Farms, LLC | $53,782 | $19,845 | -63.1% |
| Linda Costello Silmon | $17,958 | $17,958 | 0% |
| Robert C. Cleveland | $0 | $17,581 | -- |
| Jude P. Hebert | $0 | $17,133 | -- |
| Beard Farm, Inc. | $19,595 | $16,120 | -17.7% |
| Angele M Parlange | $13,196 | $13,196 | 0% |
| Estate of J P Gueno, Inc. | $15,293 | $10,703 | -30% |
| Hampton M. Carver | $7,968 | $7,968 | 0% |
| Moones Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $7,597 | -- |
| Caroline B. Drumm | $7,735 | $7,426 | -4% |
| Elizabeth B. Wagner | $7,417 | $7,229 | -2.5% |
| William H. Seligman | $6,806 | $6,806 | 0% |
| Blum Class Trust | $16,820 | $6,486 | -61.4% |
| Mckeithen Properties II, LLC | $0 | $6,276 | -- |
| Madison Timber Holdings, LLC | $38,979 | $5,847 | -85% |
| Martha L. Sartor | $14,100 | $5,831 | -58.6% |
| Elder & Elder Enterprises, Ltd. | $8,475 | $5,700 | -32.7% |
| Kim Thanh II, Inc. | $0 | $5,578 | -- |
| Stonewall Farms, LLC | $8,563 | $5,300 | -38.1% |
| Kim NHI, Inc. | $0 | $5,278 | -- |
| Franklin D. Beahm | $7,235 | $5,106 | -29.4% |
| The Harold Dean & Sidna Sue St. Clair Family Trust | $0 | $4,990 | -- |
| Macdonell Plantation | $3,959 | $4,636 | 17.1% |
| Veggi Farmers Cooperative, Inc. | $0 | $4,465 | -- |
| Darin B. Anderson | $4,344 | $4,344 | 0% |
| Stephen L. Collins | $4,338 | $4,338 | 0% |
| Lawton C. Callihan | $4,066 | $4,066 | 0% |
| William E. Callihan | $4,066 | $4,066 | 0% |
| Settoon Tree Farm, LLC | $3,902 | $3,902 | 0% |
| Robert H. Holland Jr. | $3,840 | $3,840 | 0% |
| Fat River Farm | $0 | $3,800 | -- |
| Ward Howard | $541 | $3,403 | 529% |
| Freeda Parrent Trust | $12,442 | $3,342 | -73.1% |
| J Vance Foster GST | $10,660 | $3,331 | -68.8% |
| Virginia Taylor | $3,149 | $3,066 | -2.6% |
| Mary Ann Lindberg | $2,140 | $3,013 | 40.8% |
| Sharon Farms, LLC | $5,614 | $2,892 | -48.5% |
| Carma Holdings, LLC | $2,506 | $2,506 | 0% |
| Anita Marie Geraci | $2,428 | $2,428 | 0% |
| Deborah C. Blancher | $3,166 | $2,337 | -26.2% |
| Hollis C. Martin | $5,310 | $2,321 | -56.3% |
| Kristi Jo Brian | $5,119 | $2,298 | -55.1% |
| HTJ Interests, LLC | $2,843 | $2,212 | -22.2% |
| Scriber Land Company, LLC | $5,204 | $2,147 | -58.7% |
| Steven F. Rueb | $3,929 | $2,091 | -46.8% |
| Helen Werum | $1,852 | $1,852 | 0% |
| Elsie Stockbarger Trust | $979 | $1,850 | 89% |
| Soat Thi Nguyen | $0 | $1,797 | -- |
| Showalter A. Knight Jr. | $2,944 | $1,713 | -41.8% |
| Oko Vue Produce Company, LLC | $0 | $1,698 | -- |
| Marilyn Knaus | $1,652 | $1,652 | 0% |
| Laurence W Arend, M.D. | $1,241 | $1,469 | 18.4% |
| Joann Wienstroer | $1,521 | $1,351 | -11.2% |
| Gregory A. Ruppert | $5,908 | $1,328 | -77.5% |
| Darrell K. Cherry | $804 | $1,287 | 60.1% |
| William N. Cherry | $804 | $1,287 | 60.1% |
| Linton W. Carney | $2,714 | $1,237 | -54.4% |
| Jean White | $1,236 | $1,236 | 0% |
| Anne S. Bradburn | $1,211 | $1,211 | 0% |
| C & C Fishery, LLC | $0 | $1,211 | -- |
| B & K of Louisiana, Inc. | $0 | $1,146 | -- |
| Andrew Jackson Smithart IV | $1,604 | $977 | -39.1% |
| Joseph B. Pipes | $941 | $941 | 0% |
| Jane V. McDow | $1,756 | $827 | -52.9% |
| Lee M. Alexander | $2,445 | $790 | -67.7% |
| Stone Ranch, LLC | $3,168 | $778 | -75.4% |
| Too Tall Farms, LLC | $0 | $745 | -- |
| Boudreauxs PTR | $587 | $743 | 26.6% |
| Vicmar, LLC | $0 | $686 | -- |
| Michael W. Hartman | $0 | $660 | -- |
| Emmitt S. Lockard Jr. | $0 | $641 | -- |
| Jackie R. Kern | $1,257 | $615 | -51.1% |
| BLF Farms, LLC | $2,266 | $575 | -74.6% |
| Margaret R. Rota | $1,158 | $565 | -51.2% |
| Bonin Andrew Farms, LLC | $639 | $495 | -22.5% |
| Cal K. Johnson | $2,460 | $453 | -81.6% |
| Ruth Stoecker | $708 | $448 | -36.7% |
| David Myrick Langlois | $0 | $447 | -- |
| John W. Colbert | $6,934 | $424 | -93.9% |
| Michelle B. Villere | $1,316 | $417 | -68.3% |
| William D. McCully | $697 | $407 | -41.6% |
| Russell G. Bittermann | $1,068 | $391 | -63.4% |
| Bill Hindman | $196 | $375 | 91.3% |
| Kelsy Yeargain | $480 | $363 | -24.4% |
| Ellinor G Howard | $1,744 | $357 | -79.5% |
| Wanda M Reese Estate | $731 | $342 | -53.2% |
| Mandi Rebecca Frank Lopes | $518 | $338 | -34.7% |
| Maureen B Gershanik | $832 | $327 | -60.7% |
| Alfred A. Picou Jr. | $1,992 | $325 | -83.7% |
| Sharon Elizabeth McDaniel | $471 | $303 | -35.7% |
| Marie Ford Horne | $280 | $280 | 0% |
| Irene H. Burrus | $518 | $251 | -51.5% |
| Nita G. Putnam | $453 | $249 | -45% |
| Jill M. Holland | $232 | $232 | 0% |
| Marilyn W. Burch | $301 | $188 | -37.5% |
| T. R. Wartelle | $301 | $188 | -37.5% |
| Roosevelt Jackson | $182 | $182 | 0% |
| Sue Bringle Williamson | $0 | $157 | -- |
| Alice Ama, LLC | $1,044 | $150 | -85.6% |
| Lynn C. Jenkins | $99 | $147 | 48.5% |
| Raymond Leon Hayes & Victorine Hayes Rev Liv Trust | $0 | $119 | -- |
| John Edward Deloach | $243 | $106 | -56.4% |
| Andrew B. Gilly | $27 | $82 | 203.7% |
| David D. Whiddon | $196 | $81 | -58.7% |
| Susan B. Johnson | $88 | $77 | -12.5% |
| Theresa Kay Bonin | $88 | $77 | -12.5% |
| Neil Touchet | $95 | $73 | -23.2% |
| Thelma Armstrong | $126 | $71 | -43.7% |
| Carolyn Ruth Trahan | $277 | $66 | -76.2% |
| John S. Bonin | $71 | $55 | -22.5% |
| Eric Gordon | $202 | $53 | -73.8% |
| Michael Russell | $0 | $44 | -- |
| Kelly Ardoin | $761 | $43 | -94.3% |
| Rebecca Purcell Brandao | $224 | $30 | -86.6% |
| Rob Jones | $9,657 | $29 | -99.7% |
| Mechelle Adele Lea | $59 | $24 | -59.3% |
| Kathleen J. Dickey | $36 | $13 | -63.9% |
| Karen Carbo | $1,035 | $8 | -99.2% |
| Monsour Realty I, LLC | $15 | $2 | -86.7% |
| Ardyn C Smith | $200 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Ann Peterson | $809 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill Hindman and Brian Hindman | $488 | $0 | -100% |
| David Michael Smith | $7,829 | $0 | -100% |
| Gaea Consulting, LLC | $1,479 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald S. Berenson | $13,707 | $0 | -100% |
| Gulf States Aquaculture, LLC | $219,040 | $0 | -100% |
| Harriet Swift | $22 | $0 | -100% |
| Jah Hawk Enterprises, LLC | $11,834 | $0 | -100% |
| Kappa Loyal, LLC | $88,258 | $0 | -100% |
| Marjorie Godwin | $376 | $0 | -100% |
| Marsha S. Louviere | $105 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary W. Colbert | $1,309 | $0 | -100% |
| Myrna Knight Meyer | $1,601 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond Leon Hayes & Victorine Ha | $483 | $0 | -100% |
| Shelly Studer Breaux | $1,715 | $0 | -100% |
| St. Clair Family Trust | $586 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Creel | $2,929 | $0 | -100% |
| The Harold Dean & Sidna Sue St. CL | $4,087 | $0 | -100% |
| Tookies Property III, LLC | $2,539 | $0 | -100% |
| West Nairne A153 | $769 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,353,608 | $4,785,148 | -24.7% |
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