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Farms in Kemper County received $258,876 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 127 subsidies provided, the largest was for Owen & Payne Timber Company, LLC, which received $50,875 for the claim of "Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program".

The smallest subsidy provided to a Kemper County farmer was $52 to Elnora Spencer.

There were 226 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies fell by $628,065.

Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."

USDA data analyzed by the Cato Institute found that "farmers (on net) have derived almost 40% of their income directly from the U.S. government” in recent years.

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	$ Received	Reason for Subsidy	Total Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($)
Owen & Payne Timber Company, LLC	$50,875	Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program	$52,875
Derrick Rhodes	$37,651	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Cares 2.1	$37,651
Ernest T. Watt	$13,338	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$19,502
Mary Jane Daws	$8,984	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$9,071
George Adams	$8,687	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$8,687
Ann M. Fleming	$8,247	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$8,312
Michael E. Gully	$7,760	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$7,760
William P. Brown	$6,294	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$7,820
Ben Dudley	$6,050	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act	$10,022
Shane Koehn	$4,730	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act	$8,693
Tommy Kingery	$4,647	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$9,518
Tommy Kingery	$3,708	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$9,518
Shane Koehn	$3,335	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$8,693
Ben Dudley	$3,235	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$10,022
Chad Davis	$2,913	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$2,913
Ray Davis	$2,891	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$2,891
David Sorrels	$2,470	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$3,766
William Clay	$2,441	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$5,747
Bobby Goss	$2,404	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$2,404
Evelyn Moore	$2,140	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$2,140
Ernest T. Watt	$2,026	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$19,502
Nellie W. Mosley	$2,011	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$2,011
Owen & Payne Timber Company, LLC	$2,000	Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program	$52,875
Ryan Heath Clay	$1,996	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,996
William Clay	$1,956	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$5,747
Barbara A. Brown	$1,731	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$1,918
Danny Cherry	$1,688	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,688
Barnette Timberland, LLC	$1,679	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$2,639
Jimbo Mosley	$1,651	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,651
Stephen A. McRae	$1,646	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$1,929
Tommy Gully	$1,636	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$2,356
William Brock Clay	$1,636	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,636
Marvin Bryan	$1,600	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,600
Clifton D. Eakes	$1,548	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,548
Jim Vandevender	$1,529	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,529
Ernest T. Watt	$1,528	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$19,502
Ernest T. Watt	$1,488	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$19,502
Lee Aust	$1,484	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,484
Lena McRae	$1,336	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,336
Melissa Rush	$1,326	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,326
Vicki Adams	$1,230	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$1,230
Payton Perrett	$1,187	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,187
Tommy Kingery	$1,163	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$9,518
Mark A. Fleming	$1,161	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$1,161
Ernest T. Watt	$1,122	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$19,502
James T. Bryan	$1,045	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act	$1,475
Bill McClanahan	$998	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$998
William Clay	$980	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$5,747
Barnette Timberland, LLC	$960	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$2,639
Dave Waters	$917	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$917
William P. Brown	$854	Price Loss Coverage Program	$7,820
W. L. Calvert	$803	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$803
Mae R. Davis	$797	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$797
Willie M. McIntosh	$789	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$789
Michael Dudley	$782	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$782
David Sorrels	$766	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$3,766
Mabron Bud Hailey	$738	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$738
Ben Dudley	$737	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$10,022
Curtis Ray Creer	$734	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$734
Andrew Dabbs	$734	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$734
Tommy Gully	$720	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$2,356
James Elton Wilson	$715	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act	$1,427
James Elton Wilson	$712	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,427
Daniel M. Allen	$710	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$710
Alice Beaty	$706	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$706
Freddie Dial	$687	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$687
William P. Brown	$672	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$7,820
Dwight D. McIntosh	$657	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$657
Shane Koehn	$628	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$8,693
Wayne Eldridge	$615	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$615
Rickey Rigdon	$615	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$615
Christopher Cole	$612	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$612
Ralph Womack	$612	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$612
Ella Mae Mumphard	$567	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$567
Jackie Sparkman	$557	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$557
James Granger	$556	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$556
Robinson D Benoman	$554	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$554
David Sorrels	$530	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$3,766
Rudolph Bounds	$459	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$459
Miriam Watson	$440	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act	$755
James T. Bryan	$430	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$1,475
Barrett Dudley	$429	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$429
Randy D. Gully	$394	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$394
Alfred Love	$382	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$382
Tyrone Steele	$377	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$377
Henry Warren	$374	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$374
William Clay	$370	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$5,747
Brian T. Smith	$356	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$356
Allen Beaty III	$345	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$345
Larry Blanks	$332	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$332
Marion Breckenridge	$332	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$332
James W. Williams	$332	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$332
Kevin R. Boren	$330	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act	$563
T. J. McKee	$315	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$315
Miriam Watson	$315	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$755
Chris Collins	$308	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$308
Joe Vandevender	$294	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$294
Vincent Griffin	$294	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$294
Linzer Grant	$287	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$287
Stephen A. McRae	$283	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$1,929
Austin C. Dudley	$280	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$280
Jessie Lee McIntosh	$270	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$270
Linda S. Wright	$266	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$494
Suzy Thomas	$265	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$265
Frankie Russell	$265	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$265
Billy Joe Hedgepeth	$249	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$249
Kevin R. Boren	$233	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$563
Linda S. Wright	$228	Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental	$494
Betty A. Haggard	$220	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act	$386
David W. Trosclair	$211	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$211
R. E. McDade	$201	Price Loss Coverage Program	$201
Ransom Brown	$201	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$201
Lee Arthur Gale	$197	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$197
John M. Smith	$194	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$194
Barbara A. Brown	$187	Price Loss Coverage Program	$1,918
Wallace C. Coleman	$183	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$183
Arlies Roberts	$183	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$183
Betty A. Haggard	$166	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$386
Fredrick McIntosh	$166	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$166
Elijah Ellington	$138	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$138
Myrd Mcintosh	$121	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$121
Jarvis E. Cole	$94	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$94
Dustin L. Rigdon	$90	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$90
Mary Jane Daws	$87	Price Loss Coverage Program	$9,071
Catherine Eldridge	$69	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$69
Ann M. Fleming	$65	Price Loss Coverage Program	$8,312
Elnora Spencer	$52	Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry	$52