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In 2021, 267 farmers in cities within Tangipahoa Parish received a total of $1.6 million in 305 farm subsidies, a 68.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.1 million in 702 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 Tangipahoa Parish, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge Farm, LLC | $109,160 | $162,567 | 48.9% |
| 2 F Dairy Farm, LLC | $94,460 | $93,182 | -1.4% |
| Oak Hill Dairy Farm -Paul B Alford SR, LLC | $16,613 | $72,736 | 337.8% |
| Aubrey Dale Cooper | $71,319 | $71,761 | 0.6% |
| Kirby L. Varnado | $82,426 | $65,234 | -20.9% |
| Leblanc Dairy Farm, LLC | $96,545 | $52,335 | -45.8% |
| James V. Travis | $27,809 | $52,127 | 87.4% |
| Robert N. Hutchinson Jr. | $68,903 | $51,792 | -24.8% |
| Green Gold Company | $47,516 | $51,628 | 8.7% |
| Justin Graham | $34,910 | $50,660 | 45.1% |
| Miller Dairy Farm, Inc. | $56,680 | $46,317 | -18.3% |
| Susie S. Sharkey | $69,111 | $46,135 | -33.2% |
| Hubert Reeves Yarborough Jr. | $46,722 | $43,735 | -6.4% |
| Shelby Lane Miller | $41,305 | $38,749 | -6.2% |
| Wanda A. Bridges | $45,512 | $38,321 | -15.8% |
| Irving's Branch Farms, Inc. | $22,501 | $35,607 | 58.2% |
| Darrell S. Jones | $64,622 | $34,972 | -45.9% |
| S J Williams & Company, LLC | $37,001 | $33,326 | -9.9% |
| Justin D. Thibodeaux | $25,018 | $30,244 | 20.9% |
| Mendez Produce, LLC | $0 | $22,775 | -- |
| Charles M. Wagner | $65,179 | $22,698 | -65.2% |
| Larry Mccoy McDaniel | $23,195 | $22,637 | -2.4% |
| Black Gold Production Services, LLC | $21,316 | $21,316 | 0% |
| Golden H Dairy, LLC | $12,680 | $18,918 | 49.2% |
| Bankston Udder-Wise Dairy, Inc. | $42,655 | $16,517 | -61.3% |
| Edward W. Lopinto | $75,619 | $16,104 | -78.7% |
| Jarrell Brothers Dairy | $39,551 | $13,739 | -65.3% |
| Terry L. Calmes | $3,332 | $12,389 | 271.8% |
| Hard Earned Acres Dairy Farm, Inc. | $24,851 | $10,550 | -57.5% |
| Supervisor Properties, LLC | $7,209 | $10,365 | 43.8% |
| Grace B. Williams | $4,036 | $8,331 | 106.4% |
| Charles E. Kaigler | $8,134 | $8,134 | 0% |
| Chris A. Wisecarver | $7,828 | $7,828 | 0% |
| Southeast Cattle, LLC | $33,341 | $7,216 | -78.4% |
| Travis W. Day | $32,263 | $6,888 | -78.7% |
| Billy Ray Bankston | $31,175 | $6,508 | -79.1% |
| Paul F. Fussell | $26,995 | $6,334 | -76.5% |
| David M. McDaniel | $6,796 | $5,736 | -15.6% |
| Alvin A. O'Connor Jr. | $5,265 | $5,606 | 6.5% |
| Lynn A. Loyd | $24,711 | $4,718 | -80.9% |
| Philip Verberne III | $19,778 | $4,587 | -76.8% |
| Anthon Six Pack, LLC | $5,628 | $4,441 | -21.1% |
| J & J Dairy Farm | $19,826 | $4,362 | -78% |
| Clark Brothers, LLC | $5,492 | $4,200 | -23.5% |
| Harold L. Morton | $6,498 | $3,946 | -39.3% |
| Jimmie R. Strickland | $3,234 | $3,798 | 17.4% |
| Brandon Ray Ridgedell | $16,071 | $3,721 | -76.8% |
| Suzanne Travis | $15,576 | $3,676 | -76.4% |
| Clarence E. Zahn Jr. | $11,248 | $3,554 | -68.4% |
| John Hinson | $16,413 | $3,553 | -78.4% |
| Kenneth H. Williams | $11,121 | $3,288 | -70.4% |
| Heath Landon Faust | $0 | $3,126 | -- |
| Blake Justin Graham | $10,021 | $2,954 | -70.5% |
| Smith Brothers Cattle Farm, LLC | $16,259 | $2,930 | -82% |
| Fred D. McCarter Jr. | $11,737 | $2,913 | -75.2% |
| Randolph Michael Howes | $7,095 | $2,868 | -59.6% |
| Bryan L. Schisler | $6,096 | $2,825 | -53.7% |
| Reginald V. Blades | $13,838 | $2,800 | -79.8% |
| Anna C. Blackwell | $15,113 | $2,776 | -81.6% |
| Jack Colt Painting | $891 | $2,666 | 199.2% |
| Rebecca M. Wilkes | $12,232 | $2,654 | -78.3% |
| Brister Tyrone Blades | $13,713 | $2,620 | -80.9% |
| Rebel Boast Land Company | $8,451 | $2,619 | -69% |
| Rick C. Durham | $2,510 | $2,510 | 0% |
| City Girl Farms, LLC | $0 | $2,468 | -- |
| Michael E. Miller | $11,596 | $2,459 | -78.8% |
| James K. Casanova | $1,388 | $2,454 | 76.8% |
| Dallas M. Strickland Jr. | $12,664 | $2,453 | -80.6% |
| Potts Farm | $10,000 | $2,440 | -75.6% |
| Ernest D. Milton | $8,844 | $2,344 | -73.5% |
| Lyna Jean Jarldane | $0 | $2,279 | -- |
| Marshall G Desouge | $11,976 | $2,246 | -81.2% |
| Dickie R. Henry | $8,052 | $2,214 | -72.5% |
| Preston Day | $10,461 | $2,199 | -79% |
| Glenda W. Nelson | $5,115 | $2,169 | -57.6% |
| Jonathan Anthony Ernst | $10,701 | $2,117 | -80.2% |
| Willie Earl Imes | $2,561 | $2,114 | -17.5% |
| James E. Davis | $4,785 | $2,112 | -55.9% |
| Forrest Hill Dairy | $8,283 | $2,064 | -75.1% |
| Richard B. Kea | $9,590 | $2,030 | -78.8% |
| Toby Lenton Strickland | $7,755 | $1,992 | -74.3% |
| Don E. Kinchen | $11,690 | $1,986 | -83% |
| Aubrey Leigh Jarrell | $25,129 | $1,982 | -92.1% |
| Bryce B. Blades | $7,612 | $1,941 | -74.5% |
| Joan P. Travis | $1,878 | $1,878 | 0% |
| Lisa Vicknair | $11,022 | $1,805 | -83.6% |
| David W. Brabham | $6,556 | $1,799 | -72.6% |
| Kenneth C. Stevens | $7,931 | $1,794 | -77.4% |
| Richard Hein | $2,740 | $1,770 | -35.4% |
| Charlie Thomas Day | $9,419 | $1,733 | -81.6% |
| Colton Jennings Terrell | $8,558 | $1,733 | -79.7% |
| William C. Birch Jr. | $7,011 | $1,729 | -75.3% |
| Mark W. Varnado | $7,426 | $1,712 | -76.9% |
| William R. Pittman | $7,491 | $1,707 | -77.2% |
| Dwayne Roberts | $1,782 | $1,692 | -5.1% |
| George W. Simpson | $5,757 | $1,651 | -71.3% |
| Schiro Farms, LLC | $8,613 | $1,634 | -81% |
| Joann Smith | $7,879 | $1,555 | -80.3% |
| Clent B Travis | $3,639 | $1,548 | -57.5% |
| Chase Brent Kraft | $6,314 | $1,542 | -75.6% |
| Donald R. Nichols | $7,703 | $1,531 | -80.1% |
| Homer Linton Alford | $8,382 | $1,507 | -82% |
| Deborah Rodriguez Pittman | $4,889 | $1,489 | -69.5% |
| Johnnie C. Santangelo Jr. | $5,753 | $1,445 | -74.9% |
| G J F Properties, LLC | $1,443 | $1,443 | 0% |
| Jeannie R. McCoy | $6,787 | $1,413 | -79.2% |
| Dawn T. Wales | $5,863 | $1,404 | -76.1% |
| Martha Ebrecht | $2,871 | $1,380 | -51.9% |
| Dale A. Holton | $0 | $1,375 | -- |
| 4th Quarter Ranch, LLC | $6,842 | $1,358 | -80.2% |
| Jonathan J. M. Welch | $5,998 | $1,350 | -77.5% |
| Dennis O. Hunt | $4,587 | $1,326 | -71.1% |
| Marshall Harper | $2,970 | $1,306 | -56% |
| Claude L. Harper Jr. | $6,108 | $1,300 | -78.7% |
| Michael Shaun Houeye | $6,792 | $1,281 | -81.1% |
| Clinton S. Spears | $3,858 | $1,275 | -67% |
| Daniel Gill | $6,665 | $1,266 | -81% |
| Brett S. Frazier | $4,865 | $1,242 | -74.5% |
| Christopher Adam Petitto | $3,333 | $1,240 | -62.8% |
| Connie S. Butler | $6,528 | $1,220 | -81.3% |
| Marlon E. Milton | $5,543 | $1,152 | -79.2% |
| Justin C. Roberts | $10,797 | $1,149 | -89.4% |
| Earl B. Kyzar | $4,873 | $1,139 | -76.6% |
| Marilyn B. Phillips | $6,521 | $1,117 | -82.9% |
| Patricia Smith Bennett | $9,876 | $1,108 | -88.8% |
| Raymond Rabalais | $4,103 | $1,107 | -73% |
| Lauren Long | $2,108 | $1,090 | -48.3% |
| Dennis W. Finch | $4,598 | $1,088 | -76.3% |
| Colton L. Newman | $2,732 | $1,083 | -60.4% |
| Michael Robert Hurst | $3,762 | $1,082 | -71.2% |
| Harold M. Parker Jr. | $5,137 | $1,045 | -79.7% |
| Larry B. Culbreath | $2,409 | $1,044 | -56.7% |
| Troy J. Gulotta | $2,889 | $1,036 | -64.1% |
| James G. Hulsey Jr. | $5,069 | $1,024 | -79.8% |
| Richard L. Lindsey | $3,608 | $997 | -72.4% |
| Marleen Lerch | $2,046 | $992 | -51.5% |
| Barry Winsel Blades | $4,455 | $982 | -78% |
| Patrick L. Hendry | $5,372 | $981 | -81.7% |
| Leon Leonard Jr. | $3,945 | $931 | -76.4% |
| Eric L. Jackson | $6,182 | $928 | -85% |
| Sheila C Pitarro | $1,130 | $924 | -18.2% |
| Bruce Fortenberry | $4,444 | $911 | -79.5% |
| David R. Hoover | $4,015 | $906 | -77.4% |
| Kernan R. Lea | $2,739 | $902 | -67.1% |
| Khris Bridges | $3,597 | $899 | -75% |
| David Charles Davis Sr. | $6,820 | $879 | -87.1% |
| Herman E. Newman | $3,762 | $879 | -76.6% |
| Roy V. Blades | $3,784 | $849 | -77.6% |
| Ruby L. Graham | $3,432 | $846 | -75.3% |
| Charlotte V. Hoover | $2,089 | $843 | -59.6% |
| Larry R. Harmon | $1,505 | $840 | -44.2% |
| Daniel Wall Jr. | $630 | $832 | 32.1% |
| Dennis Daugereaux | $677 | $831 | 22.7% |
| Mathew P. Dillon | $4,213 | $806 | -80.9% |
| Bo Ott Travis | $4,297 | $800 | -81.4% |
| Owen E. Wood | $3,553 | $786 | -77.9% |
| Michael Simmons | $3,531 | $778 | -78% |
| Jimmie Hatcher | $6,754 | $776 | -88.5% |
| Bernard a Trappey | $3,342 | $775 | -76.8% |
| Ray L. Bergin | $5,186 | $764 | -85.3% |
| Victor M. Aguilar | $13,236 | $764 | -94.2% |
| Harold W. Harter | $3,476 | $739 | -78.7% |
| Christopher Bryan McDaniel | $3,209 | $713 | -77.8% |
| Karen Ellsworth Parent | $0 | $711 | -- |
| Wyatt L. Hughes | $77,899 | $700 | -99.1% |
| John A. Santangelo | $3,547 | $694 | -80.4% |
| Jeremy Daniel Raborn | $2,088 | $686 | -67.1% |
| Barry K. McNabb | $3,977 | $679 | -82.9% |
| Melvin Jennings | $1,828 | $678 | -62.9% |
| J & S Farms, Inc. | $4,042 | $668 | -83.5% |
| Kent Luther Blackwell | $663 | $663 | 0% |
| Justin Jeremiah McCoy | $3,124 | $658 | -78.9% |
| Nicholas T. Girgenti | $3,272 | $651 | -80.1% |
| Ricky L. Brumfield | $2,893 | $644 | -77.7% |
| James E. Blades | $3,212 | $640 | -80.1% |
| Jerry L Sadden | $2,761 | $639 | -76.9% |
| Rodney E. Davis | $2,904 | $633 | -78.2% |
| Michael L. Phelps | $1,485 | $631 | -57.5% |
| Fitzhugh Farms, L.L.C. | $1,551 | $626 | -59.6% |
| Charles J. Ciampa Jr. | $2,501 | $619 | -75.2% |
| Ashley H. Marciante | $0 | $612 | -- |
| Sherry Gill Simpson | $1,302 | $604 | -53.6% |
| William G Schliegelmeyer | $3,533 | $595 | -83.2% |
| Shannon Coleman | $2,750 | $592 | -78.5% |
| Tony Beaubouef | $2,997 | $571 | -80.9% |
| John Jackson | $2,365 | $567 | -76% |
| Rangle Coy Pittman | $8,475 | $566 | -93.3% |
| Dustin W. Purvis | $2,530 | $560 | -77.9% |
| James F. Selders | $1,978 | $550 | -72.2% |
| Louis Grant McMichael | $3,740 | $545 | -85.4% |
| Carolyn F. Smith | $187 | $539 | 188.2% |
| Dorothy Cyprian | $3,494 | $530 | -84.8% |
| Arnel Ray Cutrer Sr. | $2,256 | $529 | -76.6% |
| Sonya W. Newman | $4,531 | $526 | -88.4% |
| Rodney McDaniel | $2,706 | $516 | -80.9% |
| Hugh J. Magee | $1,716 | $507 | -70.5% |
| Carrie H. Parker | $2,974 | $502 | -83.1% |
| Thomas Daniel Raborn | $1,155 | $501 | -56.6% |
| Larry Wayne Raborn | $1,155 | $501 | -56.6% |
| Harold L. Fussell | $0 | $495 | -- |
| Audrey Y. Milton | $2,567 | $482 | -81.2% |
| William L. Knight | $2,552 | $478 | -81.3% |
| Joseph P. Matassa | $2,244 | $471 | -79% |
| Darrel A. Anderson | $3,025 | $468 | -84.5% |
| Michael B. Herrington | $2,457 | $464 | -81.1% |
| Alphonse Baker Jr. | $1,056 | $450 | -57.4% |
| Sonja K. McCann | $2,414 | $450 | -81.4% |
| Justin Blake Hatcher | $1,562 | $439 | -71.9% |
| Lane B. Richard | $0 | $436 | -- |
| James M. Finch | $2,076 | $414 | -80.1% |
| Jonathan Ramon Foster II | $2,273 | $411 | -81.9% |
| John P. Dyer | $1,991 | $408 | -79.5% |
| Kevin Scott McDaniel | $2,347 | $408 | -82.6% |
| Perry L. Newman | $1,023 | $402 | -60.7% |
| Mr. Brad Allen Purvis | $1,837 | $398 | -78.3% |
| MacKie A. Leblanc | $1,221 | $384 | -68.6% |
| Francis Ray Miller | $614 | $381 | -37.9% |
| Vernon O. Wagner Jr. | $924 | $380 | -58.9% |
| Wilson Dairy, LLC | $12,610 | $348 | -97.2% |
| Mr. Kevin Scott McDaniel Jr. | $1,408 | $346 | -75.4% |
| Gary T. Howard | $727 | $345 | -52.5% |
| Dalton P. Simpson | $792 | $342 | -56.8% |
| Duane M. Rougeau | $469 | $325 | -30.7% |
| Brice N. Hutchinson | $825 | $324 | -60.7% |
| Mildred C. Howard | $830 | $313 | -62.3% |
| Randy John Mire | $693 | $311 | -55.1% |
| Jimiyu Vernon | $726 | $308 | -57.6% |
| Denise M. Brumfield | $785 | $301 | -61.7% |
| Frederick C. Booker | $798 | $298 | -62.7% |
| Jason Ripley Waller | $1,331 | $298 | -77.6% |
| George L. Wall | $1,320 | $296 | -77.6% |
| Ginger S. Simmons | $1,639 | $294 | -82.1% |
| Thomas L. Kennedy II | $1,166 | $294 | -74.8% |
| Richard S. Simmons | $2,301 | $292 | -87.3% |
| Andrew D. Hatchell | $1,408 | $290 | -79.4% |
| Christopher D. Allen | $693 | $290 | -58.2% |
| Creig Conrad | $693 | $290 | -58.2% |
| Dustin M. Hartman | $1,529 | $270 | -82.3% |
| Thomas S. Davis | $1,423 | $267 | -81.2% |
| Thomas S. Simmons Jr. | $1,265 | $253 | -80% |
| Norman C. Hyde | $1,513 | $249 | -83.5% |
| Jeffery Bryan Roy | $594 | $247 | -58.4% |
| Bobby R. James | $1,605 | $242 | -84.9% |
| Matthew C. Frazier | $1,838 | $239 | -87% |
| Sidra L. Moneyhun | $968 | $225 | -76.8% |
| Jimmy L. Wall | $462 | $207 | -55.2% |
| Justin Phillip Vicknair | $2,176 | $194 | -91.1% |
| Lawrence Jenkins | $2,627 | $194 | -92.6% |
| Dennis Wilcox | $1,023 | $190 | -81.4% |
| James McGovern | $528 | $184 | -65.2% |
| Leroy Nicholes Sr. | $397 | $176 | -55.7% |
| Charles B. Welch | $436 | $135 | -69% |
| Kenneth Hopkins | $134 | $134 | 0% |
| Brady James Seals | $550 | $132 | -76% |
| Kenneth W. Milton | $440 | $128 | -70.9% |
| Nathan T. Sticker | $264 | $126 | -52.3% |
| Seth Graham | $484 | $118 | -75.6% |
| Matthew T. Myers | $1,067 | $116 | -89.1% |
| Brandon T. Holmes | $297 | $114 | -61.6% |
| Alan Lelleck | $418 | $110 | -73.7% |
| Johanna H. Hudspeth | $1,056 | $104 | -90.2% |
| Circle G Farms, Inc. | $7,336 | $102 | -98.6% |
| Enoch Sims | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| Quincy N. Walker | $352 | $66 | -81.3% |
| Anita N Miaoulis | $32 | $22 | -31.3% |
| Jules Andrew Simoneaux | $51 | $22 | -56.9% |
| Brody Dwayne Roberts | $645 | $17 | -97.4% |
| Bruce Allen Keirnan | $7,311 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn S. Long | $11,318 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank E. Fekete Jr. | $29,693 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Henchy, M.D. | $996 | $0 | -100% |
| William E Gottschalck | $1,085 | $0 | -100% |
| Alton Harrison | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Baglio Farms, LLC | $78,022 | $0 | -100% |
| Carona Farms, LLC | $148,536 | $0 | -100% |
| Charise Ives Poche | $8,229 | $0 | -100% |
| Kay P. Gersch | $5,680 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark and Charlynn Liuzza Farms, LLC | $636,904 | $0 | -100% |
| Barrett Bridges | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon H. Travis | $1,041 | $0 | -100% |
| David W. Spears | $6,732 | $0 | -100% |
| Hoffstadt Farms, LLC | $36,256 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob A. Graham | $2,387 | $0 | -100% |
| James Matthew Travis | $19,883 | $0 | -100% |
| Kentwood Company-Op | $500 | $0 | -100% |
| Lacroix Nursery, Inc. | $118,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee A. Ross | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph and Randy Wilson | $390 | $0 | -100% |
| T U Willow Farm, LLC | $2,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Covington | $4,840 | $0 | -100% |
| Dale H. Robertson | $89,422 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric M. Morrow | $147,554 | $0 | -100% |
| Milton Brothers, LLC | $628 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip N. Kelly | $94 | $0 | -100% |
| Super Natural Organic Farms of America | $494 | $0 | -100% |
| William E. Fletcher | $93,938 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Courtney | $2,346 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel G. York | $3,445 | $0 | -100% |
| Liuzza Produce Farm, Inc. | $1,000,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Rosalyn L. Cimino | $483 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,088,216 | $1,585,161 | -68.8% |
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