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In 2021, 143 farmers in cities within Angelina County received a total of $753,588 in 167 farm subsidies, a 45% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.4 million in 351 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 Angelina County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2B Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Keith Carrell Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Darian Hunt | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Delwin E Burgess Trucking, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| L3 Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ernest R. Bryan | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Patricia Ann Saxon | $62,327 | $33,197 | -46.7% |
| Carnelius Thomas | $0 | $32,274 | -- |
| 4W Cattle Company, LLC | $74,064 | $23,015 | -68.9% |
| Owen Family Farms | $39,039 | $21,446 | -45.1% |
| Chris Prewitt | $88,539 | $19,323 | -78.2% |
| Rockin P Resources, LLC | $0 | $17,464 | -- |
| Lacolina Cattle Company | $115,469 | $13,132 | -88.6% |
| Joseph M. Wilson | $12,808 | $12,808 | 0% |
| Charlotte Hendricks | $12,472 | $12,494 | 0.2% |
| RTMC | $0 | $10,592 | -- |
| Simon Tsai Pino Madera Ranch | $0 | $9,728 | -- |
| Daniel Duren | $10,924 | $8,834 | -19.1% |
| Benjamin Mecham | $0 | $8,537 | -- |
| Harold F Shelton Estate | $0 | $7,440 | -- |
| Rodney Moore | $56,096 | $7,129 | -87.3% |
| Chance Cattle Company, Inc. | $32,099 | $6,833 | -78.7% |
| Matthew Woodward | $18,480 | $5,157 | -72.1% |
| Simon Winston | $58,668 | $5,010 | -91.5% |
| Kenley Properties, Ltd. | $28,268 | $4,932 | -82.6% |
| Daniel G. Pfluger | $2,221 | $4,892 | 120.3% |
| Michael Lane Davis | $24,547 | $4,853 | -80.2% |
| John Cobb | $0 | $4,840 | -- |
| Ray Polk | $9,834 | $4,329 | -56% |
| Melvin Lowe | $21,898 | $4,185 | -80.9% |
| Lyndal Hurst | $20,877 | $4,104 | -80.3% |
| Joe Andrew Shupak | $3,504 | $4,020 | 14.7% |
| Brannon Chad Ward | $17,171 | $3,966 | -76.9% |
| Ann Margaret Henderson | $10,934 | $3,837 | -64.9% |
| NJ Lufkin Properties, LLC | $21,038 | $3,791 | -82% |
| Joan E. White | $9,245 | $3,642 | -60.6% |
| Jeremiah Austin Jones | $18,152 | $3,510 | -80.7% |
| Kyle Douglas Hay | $16,747 | $3,420 | -79.6% |
| Julus O Grimes JR | $14,456 | $3,374 | -76.7% |
| Keeter Farms, LLC | $9,621 | $3,179 | -67% |
| Clay Powell | $0 | $3,025 | -- |
| Harold F. Shelton | $0 | $2,819 | -- |
| Robinson Lewis Thomas | $5,580 | $2,790 | -50% |
| Romelle Cleveland | $4,302 | $2,749 | -36.1% |
| Charles Colwell | $12,416 | $2,647 | -78.7% |
| Griffith-Stodghill Farm, LLC | $7,026 | $2,632 | -62.5% |
| Jeff D. Pinner Jr. | $10,446 | $2,474 | -76.3% |
| Joe Ed Eddings | $11,011 | $2,360 | -78.6% |
| Griffith Farms, LLC | $5,351 | $2,357 | -56% |
| Timothy Chambers | $10,843 | $2,253 | -79.2% |
| Donnah Crater | $3,274 | $2,248 | -31.3% |
| Willie B. Castleberry Jr. | $7,619 | $2,237 | -70.6% |
| Martha O Jones and Harold Jones Partners | $0 | $2,121 | -- |
| Allen Loggins Jr. | $4,764 | $2,072 | -56.5% |
| David Flowers | $8,624 | $2,071 | -76% |
| Billy Wayne Seale | $7,104 | $1,958 | -72.4% |
| Ian Richard Dunbar | $6,512 | $1,893 | -70.9% |
| Kevin Swor | $7,584 | $1,864 | -75.4% |
| Pete L. Johnson | $8,404 | $1,856 | -77.9% |
| Tommy Havard | $11,829 | $1,846 | -84.4% |
| Jason Heith Garcia | $0 | $1,705 | -- |
| James Kevin Smith | $8,952 | $1,700 | -81% |
| Rex V. Womack | $6,822 | $1,629 | -76.1% |
| Malcolm Arnold | $5,229 | $1,615 | -69.1% |
| Lucy Richardson | $10,726 | $1,592 | -85.2% |
| Claudia Ebeler | $4,063 | $1,560 | -61.6% |
| Lawson J. Adams | $1,558 | $1,558 | 0% |
| B-N-L Cattle Company | $4,028 | $1,446 | -64.1% |
| James D. Kirkland | $5,588 | $1,439 | -74.2% |
| Adam Nerren | $6,512 | $1,384 | -78.7% |
| Roger P. Elliott | $5,411 | $1,358 | -74.9% |
| Kevin Shane Nerren | $8,130 | $1,350 | -83.4% |
| Glen Shivers | $5,687 | $1,333 | -76.6% |
| Steven Glenn Evans | $0 | $1,320 | -- |
| Ralph M. Kirkland Jr. | $7,515 | $1,304 | -82.6% |
| Charlie B. Caver | $8,147 | $1,302 | -84% |
| Mr. Douglas Childers | $5,555 | $1,266 | -77.2% |
| Keith Mixon | $3,187 | $1,232 | -61.3% |
| Gloria S. Eakin | $1,747 | $1,223 | -30% |
| Peggy Williford | $5,379 | $1,215 | -77.4% |
| Darren Roberts | $0 | $1,211 | -- |
| Todd Lowery | $3,003 | $1,190 | -60.4% |
| Joel Pinner | $5,390 | $1,184 | -78% |
| Robert C. Burrous Jr. | $5,577 | $1,176 | -78.9% |
| Charles T. Ferguson | $3,597 | $1,162 | -67.7% |
| Gregory C. Korn | $7,796 | $1,147 | -85.3% |
| Betty Miller | $7,685 | $1,118 | -85.5% |
| Michael R. Hamilton | $4,213 | $1,110 | -73.7% |
| Dorothy Bingham C. Draper | $0 | $1,073 | -- |
| Lonnie Nerren | $4,906 | $1,035 | -78.9% |
| Revocable Trust of Madge Lahey Berthelot | $1,814 | $1,011 | -44.3% |
| Sherry P. Rast | $4,504 | $964 | -78.6% |
| Clyde M. Herrington | $3,905 | $910 | -76.7% |
| Dorris Jean Collmorgen | $4,345 | $910 | -79.1% |
| Busbee Cattle, LLC | $3,311 | $906 | -72.6% |
| John Henry Brown Jr. | $3,960 | $892 | -77.5% |
| Clara Elizabeth Ross | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Charles W. Hudnall | $2,761 | $878 | -68.2% |
| Timothy P. Womack | $5,024 | $875 | -82.6% |
| Zeb Childers | $3,685 | $840 | -77.2% |
| Jacob Steven Harris | $2,563 | $831 | -67.6% |
| Gary B. Chamblee | $2,717 | $829 | -69.5% |
| Larry W. Joiner | $1,782 | $829 | -53.5% |
| Adrian Bernard Shepherd | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Joe M. Deason | $3,036 | $813 | -73.2% |
| Hiliary Cheyenne Swor | $3,223 | $792 | -75.4% |
| Mr. Robert Jumper | $3,636 | $772 | -78.8% |
| John I. Roberts | $3,630 | $768 | -78.8% |
| Gina Jones | $736 | $736 | 0% |
| Danny Berry | $2,563 | $718 | -72% |
| Perry N. Fenley | $3,095 | $674 | -78.2% |
| Hal Hunt | $5,296 | $668 | -87.4% |
| Delwin Burgess | $1,452 | $667 | -54.1% |
| Donnie Kent Taylor | $3,701 | $660 | -82.2% |
| Joe D. Holland | $2,847 | $647 | -77.3% |
| Anna Colwell Lamb | $1,969 | $615 | -68.8% |
| Robert Kelly | $1,657 | $609 | -63.2% |
| Maureen Hafernik-Franks | $1,293 | $569 | -56% |
| Esther Castle Cockrell Irrev Trust | $478 | $561 | 17.4% |
| Trae Trevathan | $3,380 | $532 | -84.3% |
| Melody A. Lowery | $1,353 | $523 | -61.3% |
| Johnny Due | $2,898 | $508 | -82.5% |
| Vernon Swor | $5,130 | $499 | -90.3% |
| Lavonne D. Justice | $796 | $499 | -37.3% |
| Chayce Holcombe | $2,101 | $484 | -77% |
| Malcolm J. Deason | $2,365 | $470 | -80.1% |
| Lonnie R. Crawford | $2,347 | $439 | -81.3% |
| Paul E. MacHac | $2,200 | $405 | -81.6% |
| Rosemary Smith | $1,063 | $404 | -62% |
| Charles Ray Anthony | $1,115 | $391 | -64.9% |
| John Kristin Greene | $2,525 | $388 | -84.6% |
| Ralph W. Rose | $858 | $377 | -56.1% |
| Joni T. Johnson | $1,719 | $376 | -78.1% |
| Roger A. Sanders | $2,267 | $349 | -84.6% |
| Rhonda Williams | $792 | $322 | -59.3% |
| Larry C. Brazil | $792 | $312 | -60.6% |
| Lauren Bass | $1,470 | $202 | -86.3% |
| Joe H. Davis Jr. | $660 | $152 | -77% |
| Charles Tucker Westerman | $139 | $139 | 0% |
| Sandra Kraemer | $749 | $131 | -82.5% |
| Roger Alan Officer | $531 | $118 | -77.8% |
| John Sloan | $2,528 | $105 | -95.8% |
| Richard Nicolas | $147 | $68 | -53.7% |
| Bobby Jimaviche Lee | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Hileory Pouland | $2,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Allen | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Andy Grimes | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Joe Innerarity | $3,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Linvell C Price | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha O Jones and Harold Jones P | $10,917 | $0 | -100% |
| William G. Conner | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Ray Polk Jr. | $21,835 | $0 | -100% |
| Clayton Wallace | $7,700 | $0 | -100% |
| Esther Castle Cockrell Irrev Trus | $398 | $0 | -100% |
| Gail Kettelkamp | $3,465 | $0 | -100% |
| George E. Wing | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Griffin Family Farm, Ltd. | $1,649 | $0 | -100% |
| Hulen Squyres | $34,213 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry W. Grimes | $5,140 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy E. Feaster | $3,524 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy Elizabeth Feaster | $1,325 | $0 | -100% |
| Karry W. Luce | $14,190 | $0 | -100% |
| Kirk Mathis | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Lois Ann McCurry | $4,510 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary J. Quick | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Nellie Kay Walker | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Norma U. Braden | $1,202 | $0 | -100% |
| Pat Crooks | $2,900 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul D. Wright | $6,435 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul McCurry | $5,005 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Flournoy | $4,032 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Luna | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Royce W. Oliver | $3,575 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen W. Walker | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven E. Lightfoot | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas G. Flournoy | $2,008 | $0 | -100% |
| W B Shelton Farm & Ranch, Ltd. | $3,344 | $0 | -100% |
| William Harold Lambert | $5,336 | $0 | -100% |
| Woodrow Doyle | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| John Grubbs | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,369,891 | $753,588 | -45% |
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