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In 2021, 315 farmers in cities within Covington County received a total of $4.9 million in 379 farm subsidies, a 46.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.2 million in 602 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 Covington County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| K & H Farms, LLC | $0 | $392,769 | -- |
| Rhonda L. Runnels | $0 | $214,697 | -- |
| Hillside Farm, LLC | $0 | $205,896 | -- |
| Triple Creek Farms, Inc. | $0 | $174,470 | -- |
| S H & M, Inc. | $0 | $155,172 | -- |
| Cheryl McQueen | $3,300 | $150,925 | 4,473.5% |
| Klug Poultry Farm, LLC | $0 | $132,016 | -- |
| N & P Chic Farms | $0 | $119,234 | -- |
| Timothy Lee Sanford | $294,543 | $118,563 | -59.7% |
| Mitchell Rogers | $164,423 | $96,805 | -41.1% |
| Chad Trigg | $154,518 | $95,482 | -38.2% |
| Mitchell Farms, LLC | $126,167 | $93,678 | -25.8% |
| Richard L. Klug Jr. | $0 | $93,062 | -- |
| Carter Family Farm, Inc. | $0 | $86,146 | -- |
| Bar BR Cattle Company, LLC | $440,543 | $71,247 | -83.8% |
| Harlan Bernie Rogers Jr. | $0 | $69,385 | -- |
| John C. Logan | $0 | $66,412 | -- |
| Alfred L. Bogue II | $0 | $66,130 | -- |
| Jennifer E. Odom | $0 | $63,035 | -- |
| Lien Thi Ngo | $0 | $55,510 | -- |
| 4MS Farms, LLC | $0 | $55,320 | -- |
| Richard B. Boleware Sr. | $0 | $55,049 | -- |
| Sunrise Poultry, Inc. | $0 | $54,680 | -- |
| Brian Pack | $0 | $54,209 | -- |
| John Phillip Ponder | $10,999 | $53,527 | 386.7% |
| Okatoma Logging Company, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Patricia Morgan | $0 | $48,768 | -- |
| Garrett Scott McClure | $2,009 | $47,277 | 2,253.3% |
| Craig Napier | $0 | $46,911 | -- |
| Steven L. Sanford Sr. | $321,500 | $46,909 | -85.4% |
| Robert Bryce Magee | $0 | $46,676 | -- |
| Easterling Poultry Farm, Inc. | $0 | $46,329 | -- |
| M&D Logging, LLC | $0 | $44,920 | -- |
| Shannon R. Atwood | $0 | $42,656 | -- |
| Keith Bullock | $10,607 | $42,594 | 301.6% |
| Roger T. Sanford | $7,260 | $39,528 | 444.5% |
| Mark P. Rogers | $149,588 | $37,433 | -75% |
| D & H Cattle, LLC | $374,062 | $36,075 | -90.4% |
| Bobby J. McGowen | $0 | $34,763 | -- |
| Loyis Graves | $0 | $33,113 | -- |
| Kate Vo | $0 | $31,350 | -- |
| Lanny M Cooley Farms, Inc. | $0 | $30,828 | -- |
| Dykes Farms, LLC | $0 | $30,143 | -- |
| Ponder Farms, Inc. | $0 | $28,773 | -- |
| Stacy Humphrey | $3,209 | $27,372 | 753% |
| Randall M. Adcox | $8,342 | $25,701 | 208.1% |
| Barbara Knight | $16,254 | $25,280 | 55.5% |
| Linda Jones | $0 | $23,307 | -- |
| Nguyen T's Farm, LLC | $0 | $22,818 | -- |
| Kristie Allen | $0 | $22,609 | -- |
| M&T Kim Pham, LLC | $0 | $22,374 | -- |
| James R. Beach | $8,486 | $21,638 | 155% |
| Charlotte C. Ware | $0 | $21,523 | -- |
| Gent Taylor Parker | $174,491 | $21,522 | -87.7% |
| Mike Campbell | $0 | $21,394 | -- |
| Barbara W. Harris | $5,982 | $20,331 | 239.9% |
| Dewey L. Sullivan Jr. | $26,942 | $19,703 | -26.9% |
| Donna Dykes | $0 | $19,551 | -- |
| James Christopher Aycock | $0 | $18,906 | -- |
| L. C. Firle | $8,019 | $18,751 | 133.8% |
| Dale Mitchell | $19,846 | $18,613 | -6.2% |
| DB Cattle, LLC | $555,332 | $18,238 | -96.7% |
| Harper Poultry, Inc. | $0 | $17,806 | -- |
| Cold Springs Cattle Company, LLC | $116,227 | $17,697 | -84.8% |
| Craig Thames | $0 | $17,657 | -- |
| Carl Dempsey Sullivan | $43,222 | $17,226 | -60.1% |
| The Nguyen, LLC | $0 | $16,852 | -- |
| Don Hardin | $50,627 | $16,793 | -66.8% |
| Carl Davis Parker | $129,421 | $16,550 | -87.2% |
| Christopher L. Sanford | $34,331 | $16,506 | -51.9% |
| Neal Campbell | $0 | $16,156 | -- |
| Rogers Land and Cattle, LLC | $111,919 | $16,040 | -85.7% |
| Earl Milton Buckley Jr. | $5,797 | $15,879 | 173.9% |
| T & M Poultry, Inc. | $0 | $15,767 | -- |
| BR Cattle Company, LLC | $667,281 | $15,584 | -97.7% |
| MC Bar Cattle Company, LLC | $103,345 | $15,288 | -85.2% |
| Robert H. Dykes | $427,045 | $14,325 | -96.6% |
| Lyle E. Hubbard | $2,167 | $14,242 | 557.2% |
| Tommy Culpepper | $0 | $14,053 | -- |
| Po-Well Trucking | $0 | $13,758 | -- |
| Brett J. Sanford | $25,188 | $13,294 | -47.2% |
| Darrell Lightsey | $1,650 | $13,265 | 703.9% |
| Linda Burnham | $24,739 | $12,797 | -48.3% |
| Sharplin Farms, LLC | $0 | $12,493 | -- |
| Wilton G. Rogers Jr. | $0 | $12,320 | -- |
| Bobby Dykes Properties, Inc. | $12,082 | $12,082 | 0% |
| Arthur Stringer | $0 | $11,709 | -- |
| Dennis Mitchell | $11,470 | $10,758 | -6.2% |
| Shona Holifield | $0 | $10,453 | -- |
| Xoan Dinh Vu | $0 | $10,022 | -- |
| Steven Sanford Jr. | $20,582 | $9,956 | -51.6% |
| Johnny R. Hart | $9,026 | $9,817 | 8.8% |
| Christian Brister | $3,311 | $9,651 | 191.5% |
| William T. Allen | $211,830 | $9,639 | -95.4% |
| Laci Leigh Sanford | $7,597 | $9,627 | 26.7% |
| Christopher Lee Taylor | $0 | $9,375 | -- |
| Brian Beasley | $45,936 | $9,004 | -80.4% |
| Ronald Ray Keyes | $0 | $9,000 | -- |
| Max Randy Adcox | $2,530 | $8,566 | 238.6% |
| Charles Jeffery Sanford | $0 | $8,348 | -- |
| Clem Cattle Company, Inc. | $36,931 | $8,192 | -77.8% |
| James R. Blackwell | $0 | $8,162 | -- |
| Frank Allen Suchy Jr. | $2,255 | $7,916 | 251% |
| SD Farms, LLC | $0 | $7,457 | -- |
| Jack Moss | $27,197 | $7,452 | -72.6% |
| Pamela Blackwell | $0 | $7,308 | -- |
| Walter P. Barr | $8,624 | $7,201 | -16.5% |
| Roy Phillips | $7,371 | $7,093 | -3.8% |
| Charles D. Herring | $7,689 | $6,884 | -10.5% |
| Grady Windham | $19,707 | $6,783 | -65.6% |
| Marson Trigg | $21,923 | $6,528 | -70.2% |
| Henry Shores | $3,223 | $6,358 | 97.3% |
| Garrick, Inc. | $0 | $6,235 | -- |
| Do Nguyen, LLC | $0 | $6,204 | -- |
| Sammy Herrin | $6,192 | $6,192 | 0% |
| Jason Lane McDonald | $0 | $6,079 | -- |
| James Duran Runnels | $3,443 | $6,041 | 75.5% |
| Joel Graber | $8,661 | $5,578 | -35.6% |
| Louis E. Norman III | $19,569 | $5,433 | -72.2% |
| I. H. Abercrombie | $0 | $5,429 | -- |
| Jimmy Dale Yawn | $0 | $5,418 | -- |
| Sylvia Buckley | $6,186 | $5,358 | -13.4% |
| George L. Magee | $24,853 | $5,243 | -78.9% |
| Michael Shawn Duckworth | $15,576 | $5,218 | -66.5% |
| Barry D. Mayfield | $1,320 | $5,139 | 289.3% |
| Trent Hanegan | $22,257 | $5,094 | -77.1% |
| Bailey Folkes Barton | $19,755 | $4,950 | -74.9% |
| Stanley Williams | $6,441 | $4,800 | -25.5% |
| Henry Jones | $0 | $4,756 | -- |
| Darrell Chancellor | $15,988 | $4,606 | -71.2% |
| Jerry C. Sanford | $0 | $4,600 | -- |
| George Quick | $17,116 | $4,576 | -73.3% |
| Donald Pittman | $16,005 | $4,482 | -72% |
| Shari Tillson | $12,681 | $4,475 | -64.7% |
| Herston Wade | $0 | $4,468 | -- |
| Larry C. Davis | $4,173 | $4,371 | 4.7% |
| Matthew Gray | $1,441 | $4,318 | 199.7% |
| Danny C. King | $15,125 | $4,056 | -73.2% |
| Jack Graham Knight | $0 | $3,958 | -- |
| Roger G. Sullivan | $0 | $3,691 | -- |
| Jimmy Wayne Pierce | $17,413 | $3,686 | -78.8% |
| Terrible Creek Cattle, LLC | $12,320 | $3,655 | -70.3% |
| Sam Whitehead | $0 | $3,483 | -- |
| Terry W. Price | $9,955 | $3,340 | -66.4% |
| Angela B. Duckworth | $0 | $3,339 | -- |
| Dwight Easterling | $11,701 | $3,291 | -71.9% |
| Lowell N. Rogers | $13,512 | $2,933 | -78.3% |
| Humphrey Holdings, LLC | $3,623 | $2,931 | -19.1% |
| James E. Clark Jr. | $5,508 | $2,781 | -49.5% |
| Glenn A. Harvey | $6,424 | $2,774 | -56.8% |
| Charlie Easterling Jr. | $2,761 | $2,761 | 0% |
| Alice W. Malley | $2,962 | $2,757 | -6.9% |
| Dang Farms, LLC | $0 | $2,684 | -- |
| George Larry Magee Jr. | $12,881 | $2,673 | -79.2% |
| Cliff Kelly | $8,239 | $2,639 | -68% |
| William Walter Knight | $9,108 | $2,472 | -72.9% |
| Stringer Farms, LLC | $166,677 | $2,436 | -98.5% |
| Elnoel L Funches JR | $7,777 | $2,389 | -69.3% |
| Michael D. Faler | $10,064 | $2,388 | -76.3% |
| Walter T. Pope | $5,300 | $2,359 | -55.5% |
| Laura Crosby | $9,497 | $2,339 | -75.4% |
| John B. Pope Jr. | $9,290 | $2,288 | -75.4% |
| Beverly Ann Quick | $0 | $2,256 | -- |
| Jeffery A. Batte | $7,777 | $2,222 | -71.4% |
| Michael L. Pickering | $11,870 | $2,189 | -81.6% |
| Charles Gaines Reynolds | $0 | $2,183 | -- |
| CB Cattle, LLC | $135,750 | $2,168 | -98.4% |
| Tracy M. Firle | $11,132 | $2,119 | -81% |
| Richard Johnson | $6,138 | $2,037 | -66.8% |
| Charlotte F. Mitchell | $2,028 | $2,028 | 0% |
| Danny Kash Miller | $84,034 | $1,960 | -97.7% |
| Everett C. Morgan | $6,688 | $1,957 | -70.7% |
| Gleen Fairley | $6,875 | $1,902 | -72.3% |
| Billy Dale Shoemake | $10,120 | $1,811 | -82.1% |
| Ronald C. Kelly | $11,199 | $1,777 | -84.1% |
| Douglas Ray Harper | $0 | $1,775 | -- |
| Owen J. Miller | $8,147 | $1,690 | -79.3% |
| William E. Beasley | $5,665 | $1,682 | -70.3% |
| Tanya E. Magee | $6,443 | $1,673 | -74% |
| Joshua Tyler Sanford | $5,144 | $1,648 | -68% |
| Nellie G. Smith | $0 | $1,643 | -- |
| Larry D. Gray | $6,287 | $1,588 | -74.7% |
| Arthur L. Keys | $4,862 | $1,552 | -68.1% |
| Johnathan C. Williams | $8,195 | $1,552 | -81.1% |
| Robert Johnson | $5,258 | $1,546 | -70.6% |
| Thomas Richard Lott | $0 | $1,519 | -- |
| Ike S. Sanford Jr. | $4,466 | $1,499 | -66.4% |
| Mark E. Young | $4,125 | $1,434 | -65.2% |
| Johnny Norris | $5,697 | $1,414 | -75.2% |
| Dmitri Payton | $1,023 | $1,400 | 36.9% |
| Lydia Brooks | $5,812 | $1,385 | -76.2% |
| Bianca Fairley | $0 | $1,375 | -- |
| Sylvester Cooley Jr. | $4,356 | $1,370 | -68.5% |
| David Norris | $4,193 | $1,363 | -67.5% |
| Woodie Wilson | $0 | $1,360 | -- |
| Timothy Howard Eavenson | $2,634 | $1,326 | -49.7% |
| Cathey Aultman | $1,289 | $1,289 | 0% |
| Irma M. McInnis | $1,282 | $1,282 | 0% |
| Hoan M. Dang | $4,796 | $1,281 | -73.3% |
| James H. Stuard | $1,256 | $1,256 | 0% |
| Richard N Goddard, DVM | $5,188 | $1,250 | -75.9% |
| Dr. Matthew Rex Burnham | $10,161 | $1,243 | -87.8% |
| Fred R. Harwell | $9,636 | $1,242 | -87.1% |
| Jeremy C. Davis | $5,655 | $1,242 | -78% |
| Bobby G. Atwood Sr. | $5,093 | $1,225 | -75.9% |
| Glenn Madden | $10,453 | $1,211 | -88.4% |
| Terry R. Davis | $3,135 | $1,208 | -61.5% |
| Monroe Strickland Jr. | $4,158 | $1,172 | -71.8% |
| Mose L. Weary | $3,949 | $1,160 | -70.6% |
| Bryson Lavelle Haden | $3,905 | $1,160 | -70.3% |
| John B. Ingram | $3,555 | $1,148 | -67.7% |
| Keith Ponder | $3,100 | $1,128 | -63.6% |
| Charles G. Crosby | $4,015 | $1,121 | -72.1% |
| William Elton Daniels III | $0 | $1,104 | -- |
| Stanley D. Windham | $4,587 | $1,104 | -75.9% |
| June Travis | $6,984 | $1,090 | -84.4% |
| Katie Mae Runnels | $4,554 | $1,087 | -76.1% |
| Harold Aultman | $6,940 | $1,046 | -84.9% |
| Mason Stringer | $5,323 | $1,046 | -80.3% |
| Albert C. Knight | $1,044 | $1,044 | 0% |
| Carl H. Cole | $0 | $1,031 | -- |
| Michael Craft | $3,190 | $998 | -68.7% |
| Morgan Chain | $3,135 | $998 | -68.2% |
| Andrew C. Reeves | $5,498 | $996 | -81.9% |
| Joseph Kenneth Sullivan | $6,508 | $976 | -85% |
| Marshal B. Trigg | $3,344 | $969 | -71% |
| Darrin Landon Campbell | $12,243 | $952 | -92.2% |
| Charles V. Walker | $3,718 | $938 | -74.8% |
| Chanda Rowell | $4,290 | $934 | -78.2% |
| Barbara S. Campbell | $1,038 | $916 | -11.8% |
| Matthew Quick | $2,739 | $893 | -67.4% |
| James A. Garrick | $3,421 | $864 | -74.7% |
| Luke Coye McQueen | $2,277 | $863 | -62.1% |
| George David Atwood | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Rebecca Grace Sullivan | $3,399 | $796 | -76.6% |
| Hinton Owens | $1,650 | $765 | -53.6% |
| Lillian S. Thomas | $738 | $738 | 0% |
| Paul Leavell Little | $4,319 | $726 | -83.2% |
| Isaac Hawthorn Jr. | $2,013 | $725 | -64% |
| Joe C. Evans | $2,343 | $720 | -69.3% |
| David J. Ware | $3,410 | $713 | -79.1% |
| John D. Barton | $3,350 | $700 | -79.1% |
| Charles Michael Buckley | $2,943 | $699 | -76.2% |
| Lydia Elise Sullivan Westbrook | $3,201 | $692 | -78.4% |
| Virgil Walker | $2,310 | $685 | -70.3% |
| Paul David Little | $2,585 | $682 | -73.6% |
| John C. Anglin | $3,168 | $675 | -78.7% |
| Timothy Joshua Ellzey | $8,385 | $665 | -92.1% |
| Dwayne Rutland | $2,387 | $662 | -72.3% |
| Joel Michael Pridgen | $662 | $662 | 0% |
| Pamela Pridgen | $662 | $662 | 0% |
| Karry Kim Windham | $2,707 | $656 | -75.8% |
| Fred S. Barnes | $2,152 | $654 | -69.6% |
| Henry F. Ramage | $0 | $643 | -- |
| Walter Barnes | $1,818 | $638 | -64.9% |
| Lacey Drennan Lancaster | $2,354 | $592 | -74.9% |
| Wiley Nicholson | $2,731 | $574 | -79% |
| Kenny Pickering | $2,024 | $564 | -72.1% |
| Rudolph Sims | $2,610 | $561 | -78.5% |
| Colton Stanley Knight | $2,068 | $552 | -73.3% |
| Bradford L. Woods | $2,555 | $544 | -78.7% |
| Thomas J. McDonald | $1,071 | $539 | -49.7% |
| John L. Griffith | $3,190 | $532 | -83.3% |
| Oscar J. Moore | $2,965 | $524 | -82.3% |
| Sidney Arrington | $1,441 | $522 | -63.8% |
| Marvin O. King Sr. | $2,310 | $506 | -78.1% |
| Daniel W. Burrell | $1,142 | $502 | -56% |
| Charles V. Magee | $2,882 | $500 | -82.7% |
| Teresa S. Hollowell | $496 | $496 | 0% |
| Thomas Beasley | $2,332 | $494 | -78.8% |
| Jordan D. Ham | $2,310 | $491 | -78.7% |
| Ronald Clayton | $1,518 | $480 | -68.4% |
| Jim R. Hamilton | $2,119 | $470 | -77.8% |
| Augustus S. Magee | $4,026 | $434 | -89.2% |
| William Mark Leonard | $1,914 | $418 | -78.2% |
| Stacy Gandy | $1,905 | $417 | -78.1% |
| Christopher Shane Knight | $5,698 | $406 | -92.9% |
| Daniel Brent Wade | $1,113 | $406 | -63.5% |
| Larry Wheeler | $2,270 | $399 | -82.4% |
| Madison Larisa Weary | $4,928 | $392 | -92% |
| Javin Gleen Fairley | $1,045 | $382 | -63.4% |
| Paul L. Woods Jr. | $13,511 | $380 | -97.2% |
| Anselina G Dial | $2,880 | $371 | -87.1% |
| Harvey Lowery Jr. | $4,903 | $364 | -92.6% |
| Wesley Slocum | $1,285 | $362 | -71.8% |
| Mark David McFerren | $1,521 | $357 | -76.5% |
| Carroll Pierce | $1,386 | $351 | -74.7% |
| Joey Mayfield | $21,250 | $338 | -98.4% |
| Willie Henry Holloway | $1,703 | $324 | -81% |
| Juan A. Magee | $1,999 | $306 | -84.7% |
| Sam Felton Sanford | $1,401 | $280 | -80% |
| Mary R. Johnston | $1,404 | $266 | -81.1% |
| Jimmy James | $561 | $242 | -56.9% |
| James Earl Holloway | $1,266 | $235 | -81.4% |
| Darrell May | $1,467 | $232 | -84.2% |
| Wilbert Cobb Jr. | $2,163 | $232 | -89.3% |
| G. W. Booth | $462 | $228 | -50.6% |
| Matthew McNair | $561 | $222 | -60.4% |
| Chelsea N. Speed | $0 | $217 | -- |
| Dock Booth | $1,263 | $209 | -83.5% |
| Jerome Flowers Jr. | $1,023 | $206 | -79.9% |
| Earl Flowers | $1,232 | $201 | -83.7% |
| Paul Shirk | $19,996 | $198 | -99% |
| Judy M. Leonard | $186 | $186 | 0% |
| Lynn Mayfield | $185 | $185 | 0% |
| John Mitchell Riles | $370 | $178 | -51.9% |
| Jacob Mcalister Jordan | $627 | $174 | -72.2% |
| Walter Lee Moore | $1,500 | $172 | -88.5% |
| Andrew Nathaniel Collins | $2,463 | $161 | -93.5% |
| Tyrease D Jones | $3,825 | $133 | -96.5% |
| Jacquelyn Dearman | $743 | $107 | -85.6% |
| Celia A. Armstrong | $1,021 | $94 | -90.8% |
| William R. Magee | $1,290 | $92 | -92.9% |
| Covington County School District | $80 | $31 | -61.3% |
| Paulette W. Harwell | $21 | $7 | -66.7% |
| Big Pine Cattle, LLC | $594,160 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Easterling | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Crosby | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Dogwood Farms, LLC | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Elbert McLaurin | $495 | $0 | -100% |
| Franklin Hughes | $2,673 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard McGee | $144 | $0 | -100% |
| Jackie Faler | $434 | $0 | -100% |
| Jaclyn Lee Rogers | $387,555 | $0 | -100% |
| Red Oak Cattle, LLC | $570,636 | $0 | -100% |
| Shelton Powe Jr. | $3,060 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley Fautner | $532 | $0 | -100% |
| Troy Guylon Gregory | $3,208 | $0 | -100% |
| Arthur Leon Eaton | $3,583 | $0 | -100% |
| Dewayne Hall Sr. | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Dixie Duckworth | $721 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph L. Warren | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth A. Smith | $3,245 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth R. Hall | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary B. Hollingsworth | $31 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy C. Magee | $739 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Trigg Cattle Company, LLC | $220,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul G. Sumrall Jr. | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Smith | $97 | $0 | -100% |
| Ted Parker Cattle, LLC | $1,000,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy L. Hancock | $3,447 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $9,179,798 | $4,876,417 | -46.9% |
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