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In 2021, 310 farmers in cities within Barbour County received a total of $6.4 million in 526 farm subsidies, an 18.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.9 million in 845 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 Barbour County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liikatchka Plantation General Partnership | $1,218,760 | $767,197 | -37.1% |
| Westover Planting Company | $877,543 | $486,654 | -44.5% |
| Cooper Planting Company | $486,996 | $287,436 | -41% |
| Cooper Farm | $471,001 | $270,795 | -42.5% |
| Andy McRae | $133,714 | $174,230 | 30.3% |
| Tarleton R. Beaty | $6,704 | $167,474 | 2,398.1% |
| Wylaunee Farms, LLC | $261,044 | $153,553 | -41.2% |
| Tommy R. Horne III | $82,362 | $148,706 | 80.6% |
| Lee Fenn | $137,549 | $141,311 | 2.7% |
| James Michael Beaty | $30,777 | $126,370 | 310.6% |
| Chad Tyler | $55,403 | $103,981 | 87.7% |
| Jason Greene | $230,800 | $102,087 | -55.8% |
| Laura Bracewell Caraway | $0 | $97,999 | -- |
| Darren Hartzog | $164,894 | $94,376 | -42.8% |
| JLS Farms, LLC | $200,670 | $94,280 | -53% |
| Julian Abercrombie | $159,664 | $93,255 | -41.6% |
| Mark Andrews | $31,317 | $92,492 | 195.3% |
| Todd Allen Sconyers | $20,475 | $85,372 | 317% |
| Gregory C. Faulk | $35,389 | $84,427 | 138.6% |
| Parsons Farms, LLC | $0 | $83,487 | -- |
| Jeffery Dykes | $110,790 | $77,010 | -30.5% |
| Charles K. Cooper | $88,883 | $74,844 | -15.8% |
| Douglas Faircloth | $13,072 | $74,778 | 472% |
| Max Shaw | $9,169 | $73,219 | 698.5% |
| Braxton Green | $14,775 | $70,137 | 374.7% |
| Wylaunee Farms General Partnership | $248,248 | $68,852 | -72.3% |
| Jeremy Daniel Brown | $150,959 | $68,802 | -54.4% |
| Circle a Farm, Inc. | $0 | $67,300 | -- |
| Douglas Hartzog | $96,837 | $59,651 | -38.4% |
| Lacretia Boyd | $61,441 | $56,286 | -8.4% |
| D'Andre M. Boykin | $4,891 | $56,119 | 1,047.4% |
| H. C. Renfroe Jr. | $108,126 | $53,787 | -50.3% |
| Billy M. Gulledge Jr. | $69,293 | $52,937 | -23.6% |
| Echo Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| John Pitt Williams Jr. | $155,552 | $51,554 | -66.9% |
| West Choctawhatchee Poultry, LLC | $0 | $50,528 | -- |
| Justin Cooper Farms, LLC | $66,032 | $46,623 | -29.4% |
| Neil Parker | $57,610 | $46,616 | -19.1% |
| Craig Long | $11,600 | $46,167 | 298% |
| Carpenter Farms, LLC | $0 | $42,631 | -- |
| Pea Patch Poultry Farms, LLC | $0 | $42,197 | -- |
| Russell E. Danner | $5,031 | $40,217 | 699.4% |
| Craig Hawkins | $1,196 | $40,187 | 3,260.1% |
| Paul E. Hartzog | $43,174 | $39,676 | -8.1% |
| Karen Greene | $97,727 | $36,503 | -62.6% |
| On Track Farms, LLC | $0 | $36,214 | -- |
| Lawrence Strickland | $22,866 | $35,985 | 57.4% |
| William G. Fleming | $45,257 | $35,933 | -20.6% |
| Larry Robert Self | $36,960 | $35,803 | -3.1% |
| Southern Pride Farms, Inc. | $0 | $35,622 | -- |
| Heath Fisher | $220 | $34,334 | 15,506.4% |
| Trinity Hill Farms | $0 | $33,727 | -- |
| River Hill Poultry, LLC | $0 | $32,709 | -- |
| William J Adams Family Partnershi | $31,512 | $30,518 | -3.2% |
| Albert H. Adams Jr. | $43,406 | $30,058 | -30.8% |
| Chaney Branch Farms | $0 | $29,932 | -- |
| Larry G. Key | $0 | $28,812 | -- |
| Martha McKenzie | $8,684 | $25,299 | 191.3% |
| Max Helms | $53,150 | $24,474 | -54% |
| Janice L. Clark | $16,886 | $24,392 | 44.5% |
| James A. Griffin | $35,925 | $24,154 | -32.8% |
| Larry M. Dykes | $42,107 | $23,948 | -43.1% |
| Tommy W. Abercrombie | $73,006 | $23,588 | -67.7% |
| Kenneth A. Sconyers | $5,375 | $22,924 | 326.5% |
| Jeff McCoy | $62,738 | $22,575 | -64% |
| Thomas Richard Beaty | $36,054 | $22,131 | -38.6% |
| David Abercrombie | $17,688 | $20,759 | 17.4% |
| Roy Howard Glover | $26,093 | $20,633 | -20.9% |
| Jonathan Cade Easterling | $127 | $17,836 | 13,944.1% |
| Anthony L. Helms | $23,584 | $16,673 | -29.3% |
| Daniel Caraway | $46,540 | $16,214 | -65.2% |
| Patricia Farms, LLC | $15,643 | $15,643 | 0% |
| Hill and Hill Trucking | $0 | $15,322 | -- |
| Tonya L. Ross | $0 | $14,439 | -- |
| Andy Long | $26,410 | $14,202 | -46.2% |
| Jerry E. Abercrombie | $15,113 | $14,079 | -6.8% |
| Keith F. Wade | $0 | $13,834 | -- |
| Lightered Knot Farms, LLC | $0 | $12,997 | -- |
| Michael McCraney | $12,276 | $11,774 | -4.1% |
| Wingwood Farms, Inc. | $9,031 | $11,319 | 25.3% |
| Michael C. Abercrombie | $12,061 | $11,096 | -8% |
| William D. Strickland | $12,218 | $10,580 | -13.4% |
| Joel Drawdy | $7,588 | $10,463 | 37.9% |
| F Griffin & Griffins, LLC | $16,854 | $10,410 | -38.2% |
| Arguta Resources, LLC | $0 | $10,312 | -- |
| Glenn Haywood Bracewell | $11,960 | $10,178 | -14.9% |
| Glenna Hartzog | $17,812 | $9,745 | -45.3% |
| Michael L. Spivey | $12,926 | $9,742 | -24.6% |
| Tim Ryals | $34,210 | $9,700 | -71.6% |
| Kevin Oneil Helms | $10,307 | $9,418 | -8.6% |
| Keith Shirah | $33,945 | $9,073 | -73.3% |
| Kelvin Jermaine Rumph | $0 | $8,604 | -- |
| John Reid Shehane | $5,786 | $8,030 | 38.8% |
| Charles H. Hartzog | $7,650 | $7,622 | -0.4% |
| Johnnie P. Helms | $6,450 | $7,531 | 16.8% |
| Brent Smith | $7,830 | $7,273 | -7.1% |
| Jessie Erkins Jr. | $8,713 | $7,024 | -19.4% |
| Billy F. Price | $6,979 | $6,979 | 0% |
| Tommy R. Horne Jr. | $9,911 | $6,792 | -31.5% |
| Charles R. Caraway | $33,528 | $6,711 | -80% |
| Cathy Long Cox | $11,853 | $6,594 | -44.4% |
| Andrew L. Johnson | $15,240 | $6,511 | -57.3% |
| James A. Lockwood | $0 | $6,381 | -- |
| Parmer Farms, Inc. | $24,426 | $6,326 | -74.1% |
| James Richard McGilvary | $13,254 | $6,138 | -53.7% |
| Jill Seaborn | $6,081 | $6,081 | 0% |
| Samuel Corbitt Jr. | $12,923 | $6,023 | -53.4% |
| Richard E. Martin | $6,621 | $5,843 | -11.8% |
| Tim Bowden | $0 | $5,813 | -- |
| Ronald C. Woodham | $0 | $5,730 | -- |
| Lesli Turner Vance | $6,208 | $5,709 | -8% |
| Jerry Taylor | $6,201 | $5,700 | -8.1% |
| Grant Farms | $16,705 | $5,670 | -66.1% |
| Elizabeth J. Green | $14,149 | $5,632 | -60.2% |
| Ethan C. Simmons | $924 | $5,621 | 508.3% |
| Joe Carpenter | $19,225 | $5,591 | -70.9% |
| Anita Fenn | $0 | $5,574 | -- |
| Cathy Caraway | $5,831 | $5,266 | -9.7% |
| Stan Adams | $21,909 | $5,248 | -76% |
| Johnny D. Clark | $6,518 | $5,185 | -20.5% |
| Doris Green | $12,644 | $4,962 | -60.8% |
| Wayne Ryals | $5,008 | $4,782 | -4.5% |
| Chris Baker | $5,182 | $4,768 | -8% |
| Larry Moates | $21,360 | $4,671 | -78.1% |
| Joe B. Andrews | $8,522 | $4,567 | -46.4% |
| Barbara E. Carpenter | $11,268 | $4,553 | -59.6% |
| Thomas Allen Self | $5,702 | $4,542 | -20.3% |
| Martha B. Greene | $4,385 | $4,519 | 3.1% |
| Thelma C. Lane | $4,476 | $4,476 | 0% |
| Tommy Danford | $4,856 | $4,467 | -8% |
| Elyon Farms, LLC | $0 | $4,422 | -- |
| Dimple B. Zorn | $5,512 | $4,325 | -21.5% |
| Cynthia Wise Mitchell | $4,293 | $4,293 | 0% |
| Bermuda Farms, LLC | $4,250 | $4,250 | 0% |
| Eric Tyler | $4,466 | $4,109 | -8% |
| William Baker Creel | $14,801 | $3,971 | -73.2% |
| Dwain Hamm | $6,341 | $3,905 | -38.4% |
| Jean Key | $4,947 | $3,787 | -23.4% |
| Aaron A. Knight | $6,707 | $3,780 | -43.6% |
| Trust Uw Janie D Dixon FBO Michael C Dixon SR ADM | $3,646 | $3,646 | 0% |
| Barbara J. Scroggins | $3,914 | $3,601 | -8% |
| Jane G. McPherson | $7,353 | $3,570 | -51.4% |
| Greg Howerton | $7,468 | $3,547 | -52.5% |
| Charles A. Beaty | $11,834 | $3,414 | -71.2% |
| Thomas E. Crossley | $7,227 | $3,407 | -52.9% |
| James H. Roberson | $3,051 | $3,051 | 0% |
| Corcoran Farms Partnership | $2,889 | $2,889 | 0% |
| John Carroll | $5,657 | $2,720 | -51.9% |
| Levi Cunningham Jr. | $4,770 | $2,711 | -43.2% |
| Roger D. Green | $2,912 | $2,710 | -6.9% |
| Roy S. Johnson | $2,603 | $2,603 | 0% |
| Andy Littlefield | $5,609 | $2,578 | -54% |
| Bernard L. Norton | $16,776 | $2,558 | -84.8% |
| Doris Annabell Threatt | $0 | $2,475 | -- |
| Ronnie Threatt | $0 | $2,475 | -- |
| Barret D. Stephenson | $10,646 | $2,465 | -76.8% |
| Elisha Marshall | $1,812 | $2,438 | 34.5% |
| Josh Abercrombie | $9,256 | $2,394 | -74.1% |
| Steve McLendon | $13,200 | $2,361 | -82.1% |
| John Collin McWhorter | $10,474 | $2,360 | -77.5% |
| James Robert Pittman | $3,906 | $2,307 | -40.9% |
| Aaron S. Daniels | $2,636 | $2,303 | -12.6% |
| Logan Shirah | $4,343 | $2,263 | -47.9% |
| Homer E. Henson | $2,253 | $2,229 | -1.1% |
| Cecil Clarence Loftin | $11,902 | $2,192 | -81.6% |
| Ronald Mike Stell | $8,437 | $2,165 | -74.3% |
| Allen Lane Jr. | $6,338 | $2,137 | -66.3% |
| Gardner & Elsea Investments Bobby Anne Gardner MBR, LLC | $0 | $2,128 | -- |
| Hilda J. Smith | $5,517 | $2,056 | -62.7% |
| Netum Ivey | $2,251 | $2,025 | -10% |
| Ida Agee | $5,443 | $2,023 | -62.8% |
| Sallie W. Bell | $2,166 | $1,993 | -8% |
| Allen David Brown III | $820 | $1,902 | 132% |
| Terrell Lance Rhymes | $2,047 | $1,876 | -8.4% |
| Benjamin Chase Fleming | $11,307 | $1,871 | -83.5% |
| Edward Wise | $2,068 | $1,865 | -9.8% |
| Mitchell Family Partnership | $1,854 | $1,854 | 0% |
| Robert O. Price Jr. | $0 | $1,818 | -- |
| Gerald Carroll | $4,071 | $1,807 | -55.6% |
| Stacy Carpenter | $8,599 | $1,730 | -79.9% |
| Jean K. Price | $5,794 | $1,724 | -70.2% |
| Dean G. Johnson | $0 | $1,717 | -- |
| Winfred Max Price | $1,916 | $1,712 | -10.6% |
| Sam K Adams & Sons, LLC | $2,278 | $1,708 | -25% |
| Malcolm Strickland Jr. | $3,575 | $1,695 | -52.6% |
| Robert Thomas | $4,884 | $1,667 | -65.9% |
| Russell Bean | $1,768 | $1,627 | -8% |
| Rupert Shirah | $1,608 | $1,608 | 0% |
| Lynn Currie | $10,407 | $1,603 | -84.6% |
| Joe Mack McCraney Jr. | $892 | $1,600 | 79.4% |
| Mitchell N. Griffin | $4,912 | $1,591 | -67.6% |
| Clay Strickland | $8,166 | $1,564 | -80.8% |
| Backyard Orchards, LLC | $29,532 | $1,534 | -94.8% |
| Audrey T. Ivey | $1,815 | $1,529 | -15.8% |
| Sam Faniel Jr. | $8,685 | $1,523 | -82.5% |
| Tim Price | $1,963 | $1,484 | -24.4% |
| John Bruce Sconyers | $1,431 | $1,431 | 0% |
| Charles R. Sewell | $9,416 | $1,418 | -84.9% |
| Preston C. Clayton | $1,410 | $1,410 | 0% |
| Charles F. Bowden | $0 | $1,375 | -- |
| Jacob Whitfield | $5,425 | $1,323 | -75.6% |
| George Russaw | $10,055 | $1,312 | -87% |
| John F. Beaty | $1,308 | $1,308 | 0% |
| Wayne McGilvary | $7,392 | $1,296 | -82.5% |
| Lane Carpenter | $8,088 | $1,280 | -84.2% |
| Harold Currie | $3,470 | $1,240 | -64.3% |
| Denise Waddell Corcoran | $1,231 | $1,231 | 0% |
| William J. Waddell | $1,231 | $1,231 | 0% |
| Quincey Banks | $0 | $1,224 | -- |
| April Nicole Tew | $1,960 | $1,179 | -39.8% |
| Patricia Elaine Fortune | $12,674 | $1,148 | -90.9% |
| Bryan Steve Strickland | $4,277 | $1,144 | -73.3% |
| James Vickers | $3,619 | $1,122 | -69% |
| Jamie Daniel Dykes | $5,315 | $1,096 | -79.4% |
| Jason Pickett | $1,202 | $1,061 | -11.7% |
| Al Peak | $4,664 | $1,028 | -78% |
| Jason Scott Moeller | $5,182 | $981 | -81.1% |
| Flat Rock Resources, LLC | $976 | $976 | 0% |
| Phillip R. Shelley Jr. | $4,400 | $976 | -77.8% |
| Mary S. Renfroe | $3,311 | $918 | -72.3% |
| Romona McLaughlin | $1,230 | $881 | -28.4% |
| John K. Rush | $682 | $868 | 27.3% |
| Robert James Hunter | $4,861 | $862 | -82.3% |
| Jerry Martin | $2,739 | $861 | -68.6% |
| Terry Lee Carter | $2,464 | $860 | -65.1% |
| William W. Cullifer | $4,453 | $848 | -81% |
| Tony Legrand Baxley | $933 | $842 | -9.8% |
| Desmond A. Johnson | $2,631 | $826 | -68.6% |
| Roger D. Green Jr. | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Amy Price Griffin | $0 | $806 | -- |
| Christopher Clark Price | $0 | $806 | -- |
| Mary Diane Williams | $918 | $805 | -12.3% |
| Robert E. Coleman | $3,482 | $791 | -77.3% |
| Rustin Keith Clark | $4,582 | $747 | -83.7% |
| Bruce Burks | $3,000 | $740 | -75.3% |
| Chase Adams | $4,630 | $729 | -84.3% |
| Kendall Vincent Smith | $4,226 | $726 | -82.8% |
| Richard Mitchell | $2,496 | $715 | -71.4% |
| Vivian Erkins | $691 | $691 | 0% |
| Verna Smith Scroggins | $682 | $682 | 0% |
| Jonathon Matthew Horne | $3,797 | $680 | -82.1% |
| Joseph B. Grier | $6,635 | $643 | -90.3% |
| Lee Darrow Sells | $3,476 | $639 | -81.6% |
| Robert S. Whaley | $667 | $635 | -4.8% |
| Carol R. Hogan | $2,736 | $626 | -77.1% |
| Coleman's Cattle, LLC | $3,724 | $625 | -83.2% |
| Billy Forrest Faulk | $2,060 | $623 | -69.8% |
| Lisa Rico | $6,766 | $617 | -90.9% |
| Ruth Ledbetter Morris | $2,035 | $569 | -72% |
| Lonnie D. Shehane | $2,651 | $560 | -78.9% |
| Kenneth Dale Ludlam | $858 | $548 | -36.1% |
| Monroe McCall | $1,320 | $546 | -58.6% |
| Roy Lee Baker | $602 | $546 | -9.3% |
| Wesley Greene | $2,519 | $537 | -78.7% |
| Marshall J. Williams Jr. | $2,475 | $506 | -79.6% |
| Thomas McGuire | $449 | $496 | 10.5% |
| Kenneth Johnson | $1,428 | $492 | -65.5% |
| Cody Watson Eiland | $3,968 | $484 | -87.8% |
| Ronny Baxley | $2,471 | $478 | -80.7% |
| Thomas Collin Woodham | $1,639 | $473 | -71.1% |
| Bennie J. Baxley | $6,134 | $444 | -92.8% |
| Billy Wayne Clark | $1,286 | $442 | -65.6% |
| Robert D. Beaty | $440 | $440 | 0% |
| Robert Cochran Molette III | $1,174 | $438 | -62.7% |
| David L. Adams Sr. | $1,879 | $432 | -77% |
| David Gulledge | $1,023 | $418 | -59.1% |
| James Jones | $340 | $414 | 21.8% |
| Nettie Boykin | $413 | $413 | 0% |
| Benjamin F. Garrison | $934 | $393 | -57.9% |
| Rachel Dawn Williams | $1,694 | $391 | -76.9% |
| Chris Goff | $1,357 | $378 | -72.1% |
| Charlie Thomas Green | $1,718 | $360 | -79% |
| Mary Ann Britt | $737 | $328 | -55.5% |
| James R. Zorn | $328 | $328 | 0% |
| Terry V. Bishop | $322 | $322 | 0% |
| Jeanette Ivey Smith | $315 | $315 | 0% |
| Nicholas Chasteen | $1,640 | $312 | -81% |
| Betty Jane Roberts | $328 | $281 | -14.3% |
| Shawn Phelan Pugh | $279 | $279 | 0% |
| Barbara C. Welborn | $323 | $279 | -13.6% |
| Janet Campbell | $278 | $278 | 0% |
| Jane Robinson | $275 | $275 | 0% |
| Tyler Lane Ryals | $350 | $256 | -26.9% |
| Robert Kent McKinnes | $1,089 | $249 | -77.1% |
| Russell White | $561 | $242 | -56.9% |
| Adelia Griffin | $1,401 | $232 | -83.4% |
| Wayde Bratcher | $1,714 | $229 | -86.6% |
| Curtis Leon Hawkins | $825 | $228 | -72.4% |
| Danny Jimmerson | $1,122 | $225 | -79.9% |
| Jane I. Langford | $215 | $215 | 0% |
| J. L. Houston III | $0 | $202 | -- |
| Ronald Jernigan | $429 | $194 | -54.8% |
| Mathew Lance Williamson | $2,320 | $190 | -91.8% |
| J. Miller | $363 | $180 | -50.4% |
| Jimmy C. Bryant | $330 | $172 | -47.9% |
| Don Olen Dykes Jr. | $681 | $169 | -75.2% |
| Eleanor B. Hinton | $385 | $164 | -57.4% |
| John Robert Watson | $638 | $149 | -76.6% |
| Kendall Hunter | $748 | $149 | -80.1% |
| Robert M. Williams | $399 | $124 | -68.9% |
| James Clark | $231 | $121 | -47.6% |
| Mary G. Hartzog | $253 | $109 | -56.9% |
| Bill Nolin | $264 | $107 | -59.5% |
| Deborah A. Countryman | $102 | $102 | 0% |
| Darryl Smith | $165 | $86 | -47.9% |
| Jerry A. McGilvray | $352 | $59 | -83.2% |
| James L. Cooper | $16,700 | $41 | -99.8% |
| Horne Properties, LLC | $133 | $39 | -70.7% |
| Robert O'neal Cox | $241 | $33 | -86.3% |
| Norman T. Krause | $112 | $22 | -80.4% |
| Adam Evans | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Betty Hartzog | $2,591 | $0 | -100% |
| Cayla Michelle Snell | $260 | $0 | -100% |
| John Boyd Jr. | $9,824 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael P. Pugh | $114 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall Baxley | $3,592 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald E. Cooper | $2,790 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherry McGuire | $47 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Bennett | $2,168 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian T. Cook | $659 | $0 | -100% |
| James Price | $3,905 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Mancuso Jr. | $97 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Taylor | $739 | $0 | -100% |
| Edd Morrison | $3,624 | $0 | -100% |
| Eva W. Godfrey | $730 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Scott Smith | $5,712 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim Frank Bush | $2,368 | $0 | -100% |
| Jones Timberlands, LLC | $510 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph N. Hunter | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Junie W. Threatt | $4,165 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Hardy Bryan | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcus Parrish | $879 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael C. Dixon Sr. | $1,152 | $0 | -100% |
| Mila Weems Dewberry | $67 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Riley Hudson | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Sidney Simmons | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Earl Dykes | $910 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. Morrison | $598 | $0 | -100% |
| Lafe Dacona Allen | $2,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Reginald B. Campbell | $283 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Derek Sasser | $4,908 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $7,921,355 | $6,445,495 | -18.6% |
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