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In 2021, 153 farmers in cities within Pointe Coupee Parish received a total of $4.7 million in 285 farm subsidies, a 0.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.7 million in 441 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 Pointe Coupee Parish, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Oaks Farms | $476,753 | $674,384 | 41.5% |
| Beaud Farms | $780,232 | $522,732 | -33% |
| GNL Farm, LLC | $173,309 | $502,230 | 189.8% |
| Canezaro Brothers Farms, LLC | $179,275 | $355,285 | 98.2% |
| Joe Beaud III Farms, LLC | $65,085 | $285,486 | 338.6% |
| Graham Farms Crop & Cattle, LLC | $148,801 | $235,604 | 58.3% |
| T & M Farms, LLC | $122,197 | $213,662 | 74.9% |
| Lone Oak Ag | $346,009 | $185,129 | -46.5% |
| GNG Farm Partnership | $347,388 | $183,373 | -47.2% |
| Damian Glaser Farms, LLC | $178,045 | $157,214 | -11.7% |
| Bayou Barre' Farms, LLC | $62,112 | $144,765 | 133.1% |
| Ricky Rivet J. Farms | $146,686 | $141,978 | -3.2% |
| Paul Schexnayder Farms | $100,499 | $116,901 | 16.3% |
| Donald J. Hadley | $36,842 | $101,860 | 176.5% |
| Mark D Frey, LLC | $50,863 | $77,892 | 53.1% |
| Bobby Landry Farms, LLC | $166,196 | $68,467 | -58.8% |
| Karl a Glaser Farm, LLC | $47,582 | $66,563 | 39.9% |
| Spillway Farm & Cattle, LLC | $80,403 | $48,031 | -40.3% |
| Jimmy Jarreau Jr. | $8,095 | $46,773 | 477.8% |
| Soprano Timber Company, LLC | $36,233 | $36,233 | 0% |
| Donald James Hadley Jr. | $15,664 | $32,045 | 104.6% |
| Fem, LLC | $17,546 | $24,869 | 41.7% |
| C-B Neal Cattle, LLC | $84,843 | $21,888 | -74.2% |
| Castle Farms, LLC | $35,217 | $21,046 | -40.2% |
| James H. Fontaine | $17,455 | $20,800 | 19.2% |
| Idlewild, LLC | $4,726 | $19,231 | 306.9% |
| Jeffery S. Bergeron | $86,948 | $19,012 | -78.1% |
| Claude C. Jumonville | $17,626 | $16,940 | -3.9% |
| Wyatt Land Company, LLC | $3,083 | $16,839 | 446.2% |
| Dmmerr, LLC | $7,022 | $16,183 | 130.5% |
| Quad M Investors, LLP | $34,269 | $16,119 | -53% |
| R a C Farms, LLC | $10,156 | $15,411 | 51.7% |
| Ajmerr, LLC | $3,903 | $15,280 | 291.5% |
| Ponderosa Ranch of Pointe Coupee, Inc. | $59,499 | $13,752 | -76.9% |
| Craig Neal and Sons Farm, LLC | $46,629 | $11,855 | -74.6% |
| Merrick Farms | $32,937 | $11,749 | -64.3% |
| Madison Farmland, LLC | $6,794 | $10,274 | 51.2% |
| Arnold Hess Jr. | $50,871 | $10,241 | -79.9% |
| Longwood Cattle Company, LLC | $43,406 | $9,294 | -78.6% |
| Ascension Commerce Center, LLC | $0 | $8,913 | -- |
| Live Oak Cattle of Pointe Coupee, LLC | $44,734 | $8,528 | -80.9% |
| Jesse Darrel Fairchild | $9,675 | $7,969 | -17.6% |
| Ida Belle, LLC | $15,080 | $5,874 | -61% |
| Carson Coulon Jumonville | $18,084 | $5,271 | -70.9% |
| Security Workforce, LLC | $0 | $5,246 | -- |
| Brett Robillard | $24,607 | $5,130 | -79.2% |
| Joe G & Nelda Beaud JR | $5,748 | $5,124 | -10.9% |
| Midsouth Cattle, LLC | $19,349 | $5,001 | -74.2% |
| Edward J. Merrick Jr. | $3,164 | $4,849 | 53.3% |
| Fontaine Farms, LLC | $6,049 | $4,846 | -19.9% |
| Koral Patch Farms, LLC | $13,155 | $4,801 | -63.5% |
| Bayou State Cattle, LLC | $18,227 | $4,343 | -76.2% |
| Cotten Brothers, LLC | $10,346 | $4,011 | -61.2% |
| Tim Marionneaux | $17,457 | $3,983 | -77.2% |
| Liveoak Plantation, LLC | $5,701 | $3,763 | -34% |
| Micheal B. Hurst | $17,358 | $3,692 | -78.7% |
| James F. Chenevert Jr. | $13,277 | $3,592 | -72.9% |
| Jane Galbo, Inc. | $9,010 | $3,482 | -61.4% |
| Gary W. Jewell Jr. | $11,192 | $2,774 | -75.2% |
| Stephen Bergeron | $12,819 | $2,720 | -78.8% |
| John Michael Beatty | $5,445 | $2,590 | -52.4% |
| David R. Doyle | $9,790 | $2,502 | -74.4% |
| Thomas Chris Langlois | $11,314 | $2,334 | -79.4% |
| Bergeron Family, LLC | $3,253 | $2,308 | -29.1% |
| G M D F, LLC | $7,631 | $2,290 | -70% |
| Paul Bergeron Farms, LLC | $10,406 | $2,137 | -79.5% |
| Melissa K. Merrick | $3,146 | $1,948 | -38.1% |
| Frank E. Merrick | $3,144 | $1,947 | -38.1% |
| Anthony W. Jarreau | $11,859 | $1,790 | -84.9% |
| Rickie Montelaro | $7,996 | $1,778 | -77.8% |
| Poydras Farms, LLC | $3,505 | $1,744 | -50.2% |
| Perry G. Gustin | $1,157 | $1,594 | 37.8% |
| E W J Farms, LLC | $6,435 | $1,580 | -75.4% |
| Jude R Grezaffi | $1,723 | $1,576 | -8.5% |
| Luke J Grezaffi | $1,723 | $1,576 | -8.5% |
| Delmayne L Lacour JR | $0 | $1,538 | -- |
| Patrice A. Aguillard | $3,821 | $1,370 | -64.1% |
| Webb Interest, LLC | $1,264 | $1,264 | 0% |
| John D. Cannon Jr. | $7,165 | $1,244 | -82.6% |
| Clementine P. Bergeron | $1,537 | $1,198 | -22.1% |
| Andre Bergeron | $5,599 | $1,194 | -78.7% |
| Delta Farmland, LLC | $4,857 | $1,177 | -75.8% |
| Clifford S. Nelson | $5,060 | $1,091 | -78.4% |
| Thomas C. Damico Jr. | $4,367 | $1,055 | -75.8% |
| Elward G. Davis II | $5,032 | $1,042 | -79.3% |
| Cornelia Hess Cazayoux | $1,629 | $1,015 | -37.7% |
| Martha H. Jewell | $1,629 | $1,015 | -37.7% |
| Ascension Commerce Center 401K, LLC | $0 | $996 | -- |
| John a Montelaro | $4,411 | $970 | -78% |
| Emily Merrick King | $3,562 | $889 | -75% |
| Kees Place | $177 | $888 | 401.7% |
| Micheal St Romain | $2,166 | $864 | -60.1% |
| Bellelo Family Land, LLC | $718 | $814 | 13.4% |
| Chenal Land Company, LLC | $1,228 | $804 | -34.5% |
| Mary A. Goodyear | $1,642 | $773 | -52.9% |
| Jon Weil | $2,982 | $742 | -75.1% |
| J & J Agent, LLC | $3,454 | $714 | -79.3% |
| Tyler Lawrence Falcon | $1,837 | $686 | -62.7% |
| Kelly J. Rivet | $3,344 | $614 | -81.6% |
| Stanley C. Lewis | $835 | $524 | -37.2% |
| August Leonards III | $582 | $484 | -16.8% |
| J. W. Chenevert Sr. | $754 | $441 | -41.5% |
| Nicole P Bellelo Irrevocable Trust | $767 | $413 | -46.2% |
| Roy J. Robillard | $2,558 | $408 | -84.1% |
| Louis Smith Sr. | $1,072 | $360 | -66.4% |
| Barbara Paul Saizon | $633 | $351 | -44.5% |
| Wallace Dorgan | $6,295 | $345 | -94.5% |
| William C. Hess | $2,288 | $336 | -85.3% |
| Charles Aubin Bergeron | $1,573 | $315 | -80% |
| Teri Fisher Ducote | $356 | $307 | -13.8% |
| Michael Keith Bergeron | $11,106 | $303 | -97.3% |
| Danva L Orillion | $518 | $302 | -41.7% |
| Shirley G. Soprano | $385 | $289 | -24.9% |
| Latanache Homestead, LLC | $626 | $237 | -62.1% |
| Anna Belle Davis | $411 | $210 | -48.9% |
| Stephen H. Marionneaux | $463 | $189 | -59.2% |
| Mark A. Major | $977 | $166 | -83% |
| Cecil Mark Hymel | $219 | $164 | -25.1% |
| William L. Davis | $0 | $160 | -- |
| George G. Lacour Jr. | $272 | $150 | -44.9% |
| Gertrude L. Hawkins | $272 | $150 | -44.9% |
| John E. Fisher | $152 | $132 | -13.2% |
| Charlotte Leblanc Dickinson | $146 | $125 | -14.4% |
| Lionel Horner | $239 | $122 | -49% |
| Dolores L. Guidroz | $246 | $114 | -53.7% |
| Douglas B. Fulmer | $0 | $111 | -- |
| Francis Fulmer Russell | $0 | $111 | -- |
| Robert Eugene Fulmer | $0 | $111 | -- |
| Joe P Bellelo | $74 | $99 | 33.8% |
| Roberta Bellelo | $74 | $99 | 33.8% |
| Glenn J. Gueho | $172 | $95 | -44.8% |
| Francis Toussaint Richard | $52 | $83 | 59.6% |
| Linn Cox | $158 | $79 | -50% |
| Anthony Facione | $153 | $76 | -50.3% |
| Mary Morgan | $146 | $72 | -50.7% |
| Nancy Buriege Hafford | $146 | $72 | -50.7% |
| Lynnell Bourgeois Ransome | $125 | $62 | -50.4% |
| Leniel Kimble | $180 | $45 | -75% |
| Mary Leblanc Horner | $48 | $41 | -14.6% |
| Derek Moreau | $892 | $40 | -95.5% |
| Kim Gremillion Verzwyvelt | $76 | $38 | -50% |
| Thomas Joseph Verzwyvelt | $76 | $38 | -50% |
| Charles M. Lejeune | $45 | $30 | -33.3% |
| Cindy L. Johnson | $45 | $30 | -33.3% |
| Joseph R. Lejeune Jr. | $45 | $30 | -33.3% |
| Russell B. Lejeune | $45 | $30 | -33.3% |
| Kiptyn Dale Jarreau | $352 | $28 | -92% |
| Arleen Pizzolato Zito | $40 | $22 | -45% |
| Gary A. Zito | $17 | $22 | 29.4% |
| Daryl Donway Cox | $39 | $20 | -48.7% |
| James Stacy Cox | $40 | $20 | -50% |
| Ruth L. Oliver | $43 | $17 | -60.5% |
| Justin Kyle Cox | $26 | $2 | -92.3% |
| Danna J. Glaser | $343 | $0 | -100% |
| Davy Canezaro | $141 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate Theo Dreyfus, Inc. | $23,956 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerry Damico | $59 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark A. Jarreau | $5,304 | $0 | -100% |
| Leblanc's Processing, LLC | $7,112 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn Hess | $1,655 | $0 | -100% |
| Myra Leblanc Theriot | $26 | $0 | -100% |
| Bergeron Brothers | $8,741 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby G. Fulmer | $908 | $0 | -100% |
| David L. Breidenbach | $424 | $0 | -100% |
| Ernest Jewell Jr. | $1,566 | $0 | -100% |
| Ingleside Pecan Farm, LLC | $2,093 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen C. Miller | $79 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynelle S. Gay | $3,603 | $0 | -100% |
| Madeline J. Breidenbach | $424 | $0 | -100% |
| Pecan Acres Farm, LLC | $3,241 | $0 | -100% |
| Swindler Farms, LLC | $673 | $0 | -100% |
| Wagley Properties, LLC | $1,187 | $0 | -100% |
| William Garrett Wagley | $350 | $0 | -100% |
| Bee & Rbello, LLC | $7,930 | $0 | -100% |
| Hilary J. Langlois Jr. | $1,913 | $0 | -100% |
| Jordan Canezaro | $134 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela Walton Managam | $871 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth May | $810 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,672,636 | $4,653,573 | -0.4% |
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