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In 2021, 196 farmers in cities within St. Tammany Parish received a total of $777,243 in 285 farm subsidies, a 62.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.1 million in 459 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 St. Tammany Parish, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| T Ranch, Inc. | $111,022 | $42,576 | -61.7% |
| Vaucluse, LLC | $41,462 | $41,462 | 0% |
| Huhn Huntingcamp, LLC | $34,462 | $34,462 | 0% |
| G & W Farm, LLC | $38,113 | $31,332 | -17.8% |
| Martha Currie Green | $42,547 | $29,829 | -29.9% |
| Nicholas Milazo | $28,394 | $28,394 | 0% |
| Dominick J. Bruno II | $25,425 | $25,425 | 0% |
| Duckport Plantation, LLC | $8,418 | $24,996 | 196.9% |
| Main Pass, LLC | $20,806 | $20,806 | 0% |
| Bocage Farms, LLC | $27,330 | $20,495 | -25% |
| Harrison Family Holdings, LLC | $2,685 | $20,036 | 646.2% |
| W H Cary SR Estate, LLC | $40,313 | $16,667 | -58.7% |
| R. J. Lancaster Jr. | $22,500 | $15,603 | -30.7% |
| Pleasant Lake Plantation, LLC | $22,611 | $15,319 | -32.2% |
| Daniel L. McNeil | $12,174 | $15,146 | 24.4% |
| Cruise Farms, LLC | $64,055 | $14,505 | -77.4% |
| Carl Rewerts | $45,379 | $13,745 | -69.7% |
| Hawkins Trusts Farms, LLC | $12,496 | $12,496 | 0% |
| Emily S Garner Estate | $0 | $11,681 | -- |
| Arthur David Aymond | $11,143 | $10,695 | -4% |
| Strain Cattle Company, LLC | $46,501 | $10,393 | -77.6% |
| Thomas L. Marlar | $19,842 | $9,666 | -51.3% |
| WKM Investments, LLC | $0 | $9,624 | -- |
| Cher Levis Hunt | $9,258 | $9,258 | 0% |
| John L. Taunton | $9,047 | $9,047 | 0% |
| John M. Sikes | $8,810 | $8,810 | 0% |
| William Henry Von Eberstein Jr. | $11,471 | $8,778 | -23.5% |
| Wendell H. Miller | $1,580 | $8,635 | 446.5% |
| Vicki J. White | $7,891 | $7,891 | 0% |
| Brice G. Jones | $8,318 | $7,352 | -11.6% |
| Paul Emenes | $28,793 | $6,451 | -77.6% |
| Glendon J. Rewerts | $5,587 | $6,429 | 15.1% |
| Lydia C. Rewerts | $5,587 | $6,429 | 15.1% |
| Hosmer Mill Woodlands, LLC | $6,396 | $6,396 | 0% |
| Gregory D. Sharp | $25,432 | $6,295 | -75.2% |
| Gary M. Greene | $29,128 | $5,911 | -79.7% |
| Elizabeth Pasquesi | $5,582 | $5,582 | 0% |
| Radford Place Farm | $11,967 | $5,472 | -54.3% |
| Cathie Carolin | $5,400 | $5,400 | 0% |
| Jeanne Stangle | $5,504 | $5,297 | -3.8% |
| Jeffrey Rollins | $9,405 | $5,198 | -44.7% |
| Kelly J. Whitehead | $0 | $5,140 | -- |
| SNR, LLC | $10,909 | $4,487 | -58.9% |
| Young Family Trust | $6,441 | $4,301 | -33.2% |
| Cashion Real Estate Holdings, LLC | $14,270 | $4,293 | -69.9% |
| Delos A. Thompson Jr. | $14,546 | $4,186 | -71.2% |
| Sally Namie | $3,048 | $4,141 | 35.9% |
| David Sheely | $0 | $3,875 | -- |
| Northshore Land Barons | $7,660 | $3,840 | -49.9% |
| Louise Ware Stringer | $3,811 | $3,811 | 0% |
| Genesis 27-3, LLC | $12,325 | $3,531 | -71.4% |
| Katherine Pruitt | $3,487 | $3,487 | 0% |
| Mildred W. Dickard | $3,341 | $3,341 | 0% |
| Mary L. Capouch | $12,369 | $3,180 | -74.3% |
| Pamela Daniel | $0 | $3,060 | -- |
| April P. Williamson | $7,887 | $3,046 | -61.4% |
| Charlie Hurston Cattle, LLC | $0 | $3,025 | -- |
| Anne David Resweber and Carl Bernard Resweber Family Trust | $3,952 | $2,876 | -27.2% |
| Blair A. Cottingham | $0 | $2,794 | -- |
| Griffin Land Management, LLC | $4,142 | $2,750 | -33.6% |
| Crescent Plantation of Louisiana, LLC | $11,020 | $2,742 | -75.1% |
| Bass Construction, LLC | $11,484 | $2,614 | -77.2% |
| Taylor Steven Chunn | $0 | $2,565 | -- |
| Marilyn Alane Campbell | $2,564 | $2,564 | 0% |
| Richard R. Streets | $5,931 | $2,135 | -64% |
| Rawhide Livestock Company, LLC | $8,107 | $2,119 | -73.9% |
| Rachel E Hurdle Trust | $6,658 | $2,104 | -68.4% |
| Paul J. Springer | $5,939 | $2,058 | -65.3% |
| Robert Wayne Esteves Sr. | $1,877 | $1,877 | 0% |
| Donald & Helen Link Trust | $2,828 | $1,867 | -34% |
| Randy S. Dawsey | $9,150 | $1,828 | -80% |
| James N. Saxton | $1,815 | $1,815 | 0% |
| C & S Montgomery, LLC | $13,205 | $1,742 | -86.8% |
| Buroc, Inc. | $1,633 | $1,633 | 0% |
| Janie C. Moore | $1,619 | $1,619 | 0% |
| Joseph Pieri Jr. | $13,664 | $1,614 | -88.2% |
| Steven Chunn | $1,575 | $1,575 | 0% |
| Kevin Paul Chunn | $1,575 | $1,575 | 0% |
| Marcia Craddock Frank | $1,516 | $1,515 | -0.1% |
| Roy W. Pierre | $5,725 | $1,505 | -73.7% |
| Mildred J. Harper | $1,491 | $1,491 | 0% |
| Emil L. Lloyd | $1,486 | $1,486 | 0% |
| Annie Smith, LLC | $1,752 | $1,451 | -17.2% |
| Donald L Schaneville | $7,307 | $1,420 | -80.6% |
| Jane O. Alonzo | $2,646 | $1,415 | -46.5% |
| Ned Plaisance | $5,918 | $1,342 | -77.3% |
| Andres Mullet | $1,338 | $1,338 | 0% |
| Otis Lenwood Welsh Jr. | $1,296 | $1,296 | 0% |
| Cat Partners | $3,073 | $1,290 | -58% |
| Philip A. Cherry | $804 | $1,287 | 60.1% |
| Jane - Nelson Family Trust Nelson | $0 | $1,263 | -- |
| Kevin A. Martin | $5,426 | $1,255 | -76.9% |
| A. C. Liles III | $0 | $1,226 | -- |
| Lee P Mauberret | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| Kimberly Jean Core | $7,450 | $1,186 | -84.1% |
| Jason Paul Jarrell | $4,877 | $1,174 | -75.9% |
| Yundrela Thompson | $1,165 | $1,165 | 0% |
| The Walter Baudoin and Mary F Baudoin Revocable Living Trust | $3,908 | $1,147 | -70.6% |
| Mike McInteer | $3,588 | $1,125 | -68.6% |
| Gary W. Core Sr. | $4,730 | $1,095 | -76.8% |
| Scott Cascio | $1,088 | $1,088 | 0% |
| Kimberly D. McLemore | $1,041 | $1,087 | 4.4% |
| Troy Loyd | $6,684 | $1,086 | -83.8% |
| Amanda M. Lee | $3,592 | $1,084 | -69.8% |
| Garlick Hugh Bagby III | $0 | $1,075 | -- |
| Gerald Brown | $1,073 | $1,073 | 0% |
| Alexis G. Lutz | $0 | $1,045 | -- |
| Ann C. Shaw | $2,949 | $1,027 | -65.2% |
| Terry C. Hanes Sr. | $0 | $1,026 | -- |
| Alice Parma LA Londe Trust | $2,369 | $999 | -57.8% |
| Wayne Earl Munlin Jr. | $1,083 | $960 | -11.4% |
| Christine T Querner | $903 | $944 | 4.5% |
| Joseph O. Stennett | $4,147 | $924 | -77.7% |
| J. R. Turner | $0 | $923 | -- |
| Debbie F. Walters | $950 | $922 | -2.9% |
| Rebecca F. Whittington | $950 | $922 | -2.9% |
| Karen Shales | $984 | $908 | -7.7% |
| Kenneth Baham | $3,960 | $900 | -77.3% |
| Martha J Junca | $0 | $888 | -- |
| William F. Munn | $1,646 | $857 | -47.9% |
| Willie Ray Core | $3,366 | $824 | -75.5% |
| Vincent D. Williams | $4,512 | $820 | -81.8% |
| Donald Sharp | $4,868 | $810 | -83.4% |
| Raymond Mariche | $0 | $719 | -- |
| Thomas G. Mire | $3,336 | $666 | -80% |
| Carl Edward James Sr. | $2,783 | $640 | -77% |
| Fred Birmingham | $1,033 | $632 | -38.8% |
| Jerry J. Lagrange | $2,097 | $625 | -70.2% |
| Nathan Everette Sanders | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Walter L. Copes | $0 | $588 | -- |
| Dennis Glass | $2,046 | $581 | -71.6% |
| Ann Forster | $898 | $565 | -37.1% |
| Kathleen R. Engel | $0 | $551 | -- |
| Jared A. Allen | $4,282 | $544 | -87.3% |
| Kenneth W. Thurman | $1,119 | $479 | -57.2% |
| Steve H. Anderson | $1,815 | $470 | -74.1% |
| Julian B. Foreman | $559 | $459 | -17.9% |
| Michele A. Osborne | $317 | $457 | 44.2% |
| Jacquelyn H. Spiers | $653 | $457 | -30% |
| Paul Alexander Myers IV | $1,040 | $434 | -58.3% |
| Raymond Richard Delgado III | $433 | $433 | 0% |
| Gerald R. Moise Jr. | $1,834 | $411 | -77.6% |
| Karen Landers | $810 | $409 | -49.5% |
| Lori Guerdett | $566 | $409 | -27.7% |
| Houston Anthony | $1,738 | $402 | -76.9% |
| Jimmy Kohn | $2,135 | $398 | -81.4% |
| Stacy Bittermann Danford | $1,068 | $391 | -63.4% |
| Richwood Properties, LLC | $388 | $388 | 0% |
| Todd S. Masson | $0 | $387 | -- |
| Sally A. Crow | $381 | $337 | -11.5% |
| Scott Hooker | $1,080 | $337 | -68.8% |
| Glen E. Harris | $1,320 | $333 | -74.8% |
| Gerald Holden | $1,551 | $332 | -78.6% |
| Troy E. Price | $889 | $313 | -64.8% |
| Benjamin H Motion | $446 | $306 | -31.4% |
| Willie Robert Richard Jr. | $2,168 | $300 | -86.2% |
| Wilder Place Farm | $653 | $285 | -56.4% |
| Kevin A. Fry | $1,090 | $283 | -74% |
| James C. Atkins Jr. | $1,023 | $278 | -72.8% |
| Evelyn C. Boutte | $202 | $270 | 33.7% |
| Stephen D. Faucheux | $1,716 | $268 | -84.4% |
| Jeff Seaver | $267 | $267 | 0% |
| Dan Robin | $2,005 | $264 | -86.8% |
| Danny Michael Chachere | $65 | $247 | 280% |
| Becky P. Graham | $1,140 | $245 | -78.5% |
| Gladys J. Couvillion | $1,948 | $232 | -88.1% |
| Cynthia Clark | $0 | $231 | -- |
| Pamela Stephens Wilkinson | $328 | $230 | -29.9% |
| Ronald Clark | $0 | $217 | -- |
| George Gwaltney | $324 | $195 | -39.8% |
| Dorothy J. Moore | $850 | $192 | -77.4% |
| Billie Frantz | $255 | $178 | -30.2% |
| Charles T. Harrell | $431 | $175 | -59.4% |
| Scott Armstrong | $481 | $173 | -64% |
| Ashley B. Rickman | $317 | $172 | -45.7% |
| David L. Morgan | $380 | $162 | -57.4% |
| Margaret Alice Cassisa | $223 | $159 | -28.7% |
| Brian G. Saucier | $132 | $158 | 19.7% |
| Nell L. Guillot | $0 | $114 | -- |
| John and Sandra Travis Rev Trust | $2,783 | $107 | -96.2% |
| Charles Wartelle | $151 | $94 | -37.7% |
| Brenda Faye Nugier | $110 | $76 | -30.9% |
| Paul B. Benoit | $112 | $75 | -33% |
| Edward E. Lively | $168 | $66 | -60.7% |
| Angela Marks Martin | $132 | $61 | -53.8% |
| Melinda M. Hebert | $157 | $58 | -63.1% |
| Arnold A. Angelo III | $0 | $55 | -- |
| Sean M. Eppinette | $59 | $42 | -28.8% |
| Joseph M. Fereday | $188 | $40 | -78.7% |
| Marc E. Landrum | $34 | $34 | 0% |
| Patricia A. Richardson | $0 | $31 | -- |
| Frances S. Price | $153 | $31 | -79.7% |
| Bridget Lynette Lea-Thompson | $59 | $24 | -59.3% |
| Jacob David Roberts | $14 | $23 | 64.3% |
| Adrian S. Lee | $56 | $4 | -92.9% |
| Gerald C. Sciacca | $108 | $1 | -99.1% |
| Lelia L Nugier | $370 | $0 | -100% |
| Byron J. Guidry | $41 | $0 | -100% |
| Circle H. Farms | $3,287 | $0 | -100% |
| Clifford Monaghan | $1,947 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin Lanclos | $32 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald J. Miller | $184 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane P. Piper | $1,820 | $0 | -100% |
| Levere C. Montgomery | $145 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia a Buie Estate | $2,967 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky A. Hansen | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Sembera Holding, LLC | $18,806 | $0 | -100% |
| Alvin Anthony Satches JR | $16,946 | $0 | -100% |
| Blackwell's Nursery | $24,132 | $0 | -100% |
| Brumfield Nursery, Inc. | $15,816 | $0 | -100% |
| C J's Nursery, Inc. | $36,051 | $0 | -100% |
| Folsom Nursery, Inc. | $4,983 | $0 | -100% |
| Ken Lee Matherne | $12,270 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael H. Thompson | $10,690 | $0 | -100% |
| Mizell's of Folsom, Inc. | $15,652 | $0 | -100% |
| Norris Nursery | $10,968 | $0 | -100% |
| Pretty Trees, Inc. | $19,039 | $0 | -100% |
| Windmill Nursery of Louisiana, LLC | $535,900 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Maness | $255 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn M. Prickett | $732 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily McRae | $34 | $0 | -100% |
| Glendon J Rewerts IRRV Trustee | $10,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Ival C Hesser | $1,088 | $0 | -100% |
| J. L. Oliphant | $2,188 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Anthony Spencer | $106 | $0 | -100% |
| Lon Burnett | $4,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Lydia C Rewerts IRRV Trustee | $10,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon M. Moore | $34 | $0 | -100% |
| Ellen J. Gordon | $881 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Stephen Johnson Jr. | $42,766 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Turner Bourgeois | $143 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,055,843 | $777,243 | -62.2% |
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