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In 2021, 301 farmers in cities within Houston County received a total of $1.2 million in 338 farm subsidies, a 79% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.7 million in 731 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.
Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
---|---|---|---|
Kenley's Mustang Prairie Ranch | $422,491 | $91,916 | -78.2% |
Wade Pennington & Sons | $206,580 | $66,326 | -67.9% |
John W. Klein Estate | $202,596 | $62,374 | -69.2% |
Tommy Byrd | $256,464 | $60,421 | -76.4% |
John L Billingsley Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
Lundy Ranch & 3L Cattle, LLC | $178,747 | $43,409 | -75.7% |
Gary Taylor | $87,802 | $23,402 | -73.3% |
Rodney Taylor | $143,688 | $21,970 | -84.7% |
David L. Noble | $448,130 | $18,956 | -95.8% |
Michael G. Brown | $70,246 | $18,619 | -73.5% |
Joe E. Robinson | $101,032 | $17,912 | -82.3% |
Grady Grounds Jr. | $44,426 | $15,817 | -64.4% |
Perry Corder | $75,199 | $14,836 | -80.3% |
Heath Kyle Woodford | $101,890 | $14,762 | -85.5% |
Mike Rothrock | $67,071 | $13,910 | -79.3% |
Mark A. Fullerton | $4,958 | $12,980 | 161.8% |
William W. Shotwell | $85,564 | $12,237 | -85.7% |
Matt Anderson | $232,426 | $11,863 | -94.9% |
Wanda G. Keepers | $31,715 | $11,662 | -63.2% |
Kyle R. Craycraft | $138,551 | $11,165 | -91.9% |
Jack Vickers | $48,618 | $11,037 | -77.3% |
James H. Barksdale III | $17,738 | $11,025 | -37.8% |
Barrett Riess | $35,400 | $10,315 | -70.9% |
William F. Cawley | $43,849 | $9,866 | -77.5% |
Mike Curry | $43,875 | $9,666 | -78% |
Ray Blair | $8,712 | $9,523 | 9.3% |
W. F. Kitchen | $81,472 | $8,946 | -89% |
John Michael Allen | $29,700 | $8,815 | -70.3% |
Paul Huff | $55,982 | $8,374 | -85% |
Charles L. Spellman | $17,358 | $8,229 | -52.6% |
Chad Michael Arbuckle | $0 | $8,181 | -- |
Johnny Ray Wynne | $6,567 | $8,008 | 21.9% |
Perry Little | $48,021 | $7,727 | -83.9% |
Keith Krenek | $6,385 | $7,405 | 16% |
Stacie Rodgers | $0 | $7,217 | -- |
Gerald Thomas Yeager | $74,539 | $7,168 | -90.4% |
Bobby Shoemake | $41,729 | $7,124 | -82.9% |
Corrie Ainsworth | $7,095 | $7,095 | 0% |
Ronald G. Larue | $33,842 | $6,741 | -80.1% |
Tommy Lundy | $27,753 | $6,528 | -76.5% |
Cody Wheeler | $14,355 | $6,335 | -55.9% |
Amy Wilder | $0 | $6,050 | -- |
Michael J. McDanel | $11,858 | $5,808 | -51% |
Marty Hyde | $17,864 | $5,658 | -68.3% |
Justin C. Baker | $22,258 | $5,393 | -75.8% |
Broken C Ranch, LLC | $14,490 | $5,338 | -63.2% |
Jim E. Richmond | $28,375 | $5,313 | -81.3% |
Noble S. Lawrence | $0 | $5,225 | -- |
Jim L. Lovell | $57,752 | $5,186 | -91% |
Sonny Rollo | $19,613 | $4,725 | -75.9% |
S. E. Denman | $18,656 | $4,704 | -74.8% |
Jeremy Ray Bobbitt | $17,805 | $4,698 | -73.6% |
Jason Bridges | $20,185 | $4,658 | -76.9% |
Don Paul Carter | $18,307 | $4,618 | -74.8% |
David Perry | $20,328 | $4,422 | -78.2% |
Billy M. Little | $13,948 | $4,416 | -68.3% |
Renea Lopez | $0 | $4,400 | -- |
Charles M. Brown | $23,689 | $4,391 | -81.5% |
4M Partners, LLC | $21,249 | $4,365 | -79.5% |
Johnny Patrick | $21,024 | $4,276 | -79.7% |
Joe Taylor | $15,897 | $4,123 | -74.1% |
Mitchell Huff | $17,138 | $4,034 | -76.5% |
Carl Brown | $22,838 | $3,966 | -82.6% |
Andy Nathaniel Hodge | $1,023 | $3,952 | 286.3% |
Jack Patton | $17,963 | $3,881 | -78.4% |
Ricky & Randy Johnston | $15,928 | $3,853 | -75.8% |
Larry Shupak | $3,795 | $3,839 | 1.2% |
John H. Young | $14,203 | $3,828 | -73% |
Robin R. Robinson | $16,038 | $3,762 | -76.5% |
Brandon Ryan Bridges | $2,739 | $3,726 | 36% |
Joseph A. Baker | $16,880 | $3,721 | -78% |
Reuben Joseph O'Berry | $29,983 | $3,692 | -87.7% |
Christopher Dean Starns | $16,000 | $3,655 | -77.2% |
Stevie L. Womack | $18,658 | $3,643 | -80.5% |
Todd C. Baker | $18,490 | $3,606 | -80.5% |
Donald G. Cunningham Jr. | $0 | $3,319 | -- |
Donna Mobley | $2,577 | $3,265 | 26.7% |
Carl Dale Harrelson Jr. | $15,880 | $3,250 | -79.5% |
Broxson Farms | $14,136 | $3,230 | -77.2% |
Dan Huff | $12,826 | $3,038 | -76.3% |
George M. Crowson Jr. | $23,276 | $2,986 | -87.2% |
Stanley Brent Pennington | $12,936 | $2,948 | -77.2% |
Jimmie Kinsey Beavers | $11,176 | $2,808 | -74.9% |
Billy Gauer | $31,915 | $2,807 | -91.2% |
Dennis Baker | $15,668 | $2,780 | -82.3% |
Robbie Hollingsworth | $8,318 | $2,756 | -66.9% |
Ronald L. Larue | $18,948 | $2,687 | -85.8% |
Mary E. Walker | $2,995 | $2,615 | -12.7% |
David W. Baker | $14,563 | $2,610 | -82.1% |
Bob Charlton | $7,642 | $2,558 | -66.5% |
Joshua David Castleberry | $15,598 | $2,528 | -83.8% |
David Paul Craycraft | $5,742 | $2,520 | -56.1% |
Lucas Stapleton | $6,780 | $2,519 | -62.8% |
Garry Holcomb | $14,782 | $2,447 | -83.4% |
Guy Yates | $0 | $2,420 | -- |
Janel K. Winborne | $0 | $2,420 | -- |
James V. Anderson | $9,901 | $2,415 | -75.6% |
Callie A. Little | $11,963 | $2,394 | -80% |
Jack Cordell Woodford | $0 | $2,310 | -- |
Carl A. Murphy | $8,580 | $2,307 | -73.1% |
Dan Lee Craven | $10,197 | $2,288 | -77.6% |
Terry R. Oates | $7,227 | $2,279 | -68.5% |
Lynda Crowson | $12,433 | $2,241 | -82% |
Sheryl Patton | $3,121 | $2,236 | -28.4% |
C. D. Langham | $18,762 | $2,232 | -88.1% |
Eugene Taylor | $12,969 | $2,209 | -83% |
David Driskell | $14,160 | $2,209 | -84.4% |
Jessie Brothers Coleman IV | $0 | $2,200 | -- |
Cochino Creek Ranch | $6,325 | $2,174 | -65.6% |
Danny Glenn Holmes | $9,757 | $2,163 | -77.8% |
Isaiah Tommy Taylor | $0 | $2,145 | -- |
Jonathan M. Lowery | $5,115 | $2,110 | -58.7% |
Gary Kley | $8,415 | $2,106 | -75% |
Pridgen Cattle Company | $7,326 | $2,104 | -71.3% |
James Henry Kitchen | $0 | $2,090 | -- |
Scott Lucas | $5,966 | $2,076 | -65.2% |
Travis Carter | $14,125 | $2,061 | -85.4% |
H. F. Bean III | $10,006 | $2,040 | -79.6% |
Michael J. Larue | $9,782 | $1,976 | -79.8% |
Doris Wooten | $8,438 | $1,916 | -77.3% |
Case Craycraft | $20,162 | $1,914 | -90.5% |
Ronnie Goolsby | $8,580 | $1,911 | -77.7% |
Damon Rush Carnes | $8,074 | $1,899 | -76.5% |
John C. Rich Jr. | $62,056 | $1,835 | -97% |
Brian Shupak | $8,932 | $1,806 | -79.8% |
Michael Cutshaw | $6,985 | $1,785 | -74.4% |
Kent A. Willis | $4,851 | $1,730 | -64.3% |
Wesley L. Beddo | $5,918 | $1,729 | -70.8% |
James Arthur Bright | $6,957 | $1,726 | -75.2% |
Joe J. Clonts | $7,843 | $1,721 | -78.1% |
Hunter Watson | $3,663 | $1,718 | -53.1% |
Troy R. Driskell | $8,582 | $1,700 | -80.2% |
Joyce Adams | $16,480 | $1,692 | -89.7% |
Rutherford C. Wooten Jr. | $5,664 | $1,683 | -70.3% |
Dr. Edward G. Cutshaw | $9,158 | $1,673 | -81.7% |
Clint Wheeler | $7,647 | $1,668 | -78.2% |
John Michael Brannen | $8,206 | $1,662 | -79.7% |
Mark Anthony Currie | $6,435 | $1,660 | -74.2% |
Stephen W. Allen | $6,391 | $1,608 | -74.8% |
James David McLeod | $10,384 | $1,605 | -84.5% |
James C. Welch | $7,563 | $1,593 | -78.9% |
Kristy James | $9,923 | $1,572 | -84.2% |
Franklin Hamman Jr. | $8,832 | $1,503 | -83% |
Michael Broxson | $3,861 | $1,496 | -61.3% |
Lionell Williams | $7,194 | $1,494 | -79.2% |
Gary Lynn Larue | $10,157 | $1,484 | -85.4% |
Grady Davis Turner Jr. | $9,202 | $1,466 | -84.1% |
Patricia Seeley | $6,632 | $1,457 | -78% |
Franklin D. Wagner Sr. | $6,963 | $1,453 | -79.1% |
Madison Davis | $4,038 | $1,423 | -64.8% |
Clifford D. Beeson | $4,446 | $1,406 | -68.4% |
Ty Richards | $7,034 | $1,388 | -80.3% |
Travis C. Brown | $7,509 | $1,384 | -81.6% |
Neva Yarbrough | $6,611 | $1,382 | -79.1% |
Cheryl B. Wright | $0 | $1,379 | -- |
Donald Cade Boyd | $5,286 | $1,374 | -74% |
Starley Mcguyre | $5,423 | $1,353 | -75.1% |
Donald E. Wooten | $6,029 | $1,343 | -77.7% |
Wallace Mark Adams | $7,308 | $1,334 | -81.7% |
Bruce Monk | $7,206 | $1,314 | -81.8% |
Stephen Parrish | $4,642 | $1,299 | -72% |
David G. Castleberry | $3,300 | $1,294 | -60.8% |
Gary Dial | $9,052 | $1,284 | -85.8% |
Primrose Landscape & Design Services, LLC | $0 | $1,276 | -- |
Patricia M. Lucas | $8,365 | $1,254 | -85% |
William Dale Dykes | $5,234 | $1,250 | -76.1% |
Joe A. Jones | $3,210 | $1,231 | -61.7% |
George M. Crowson Sr. | $5,720 | $1,218 | -78.7% |
Joe E. Martin | $5,643 | $1,217 | -78.4% |
Pat G. Perry | $6,603 | $1,215 | -81.6% |
Gary D. Graham | $3,476 | $1,180 | -66.1% |
Sheldon Huff | $5,035 | $1,167 | -76.8% |
Bryan Culpepper | $3,003 | $1,160 | -61.4% |
Johnny D. Kilian Jr. | $3,261 | $1,144 | -64.9% |
Mark J. Parker | $5,591 | $1,139 | -79.6% |
Reginald R. Berry | $3,993 | $1,139 | -71.5% |
Cole Samuel Allen | $5,074 | $1,121 | -77.9% |
Jerri Bobbitt Lively | $5,126 | $1,103 | -78.5% |
Arthur William Carr | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
James S. Irvin | $3,482 | $1,094 | -68.6% |
Jeremy Byrd | $189,367 | $1,085 | -99.4% |
Don R. Knight | $5,269 | $1,077 | -79.6% |
Jimmy R. Shaw | $5,450 | $1,073 | -80.3% |
Shane Allen Dreher | $2,932 | $1,058 | -63.9% |
Jerry Morgan | $4,543 | $1,049 | -76.9% |
Terry Jordan | $2,871 | $1,043 | -63.7% |
Tyson Easterling | $4,319 | $1,040 | -75.9% |
Paul R. Oliver | $8,414 | $1,026 | -87.8% |
Jerry Broxson | $2,904 | $1,026 | -64.7% |
Port Arthur Colter | $3,804 | $1,010 | -73.4% |
Jerry D. Green | $2,541 | $1,000 | -60.6% |
Gene M. Musick | $1,914 | $1,000 | -47.8% |
George Sarver Jr. | $5,094 | $1,000 | -80.4% |
Burtis C. Wooten | $4,037 | $1,000 | -75.2% |
Elouise Wooten | $3,190 | $996 | -68.8% |
Klay Davis Currie | $1,749 | $982 | -43.9% |
Larry N. Reed | $5,353 | $969 | -81.9% |
Broxson Lp | $3,737 | $958 | -74.4% |
George Hodges | $3,537 | $951 | -73.1% |
Cloyse Woolley | $5,346 | $937 | -82.5% |
Randy Allee | $0 | $935 | -- |
Dovie K. Turner | $1,782 | $932 | -47.7% |
Phase Line Investments, LLC | $4,782 | $930 | -80.6% |
Pipp Gillette | $2,442 | $928 | -62% |
Kevin Michael Zehnder | $4,641 | $924 | -80.1% |
W. W. Adams | $10,256 | $923 | -91% |
James L. Waldrop | $1,749 | $912 | -47.9% |
Jesse Lomax | $2,691 | $912 | -66.1% |
Gene Ray McComb | $3,971 | $898 | -77.4% |
Gordon T. Parker | $3,553 | $886 | -75.1% |
Loyd E. Nicholson | $4,234 | $867 | -79.5% |
Ronnie Omelina | $3,446 | $854 | -75.2% |
Lawrence Wells | $3,344 | $851 | -74.6% |
Bennett McMullen | $5,561 | $843 | -84.8% |
Donald E. Nettles | $2,739 | $828 | -69.8% |
Joel L. Shoemaker | $2,013 | $827 | -58.9% |
Leonard Pruitt | $4,704 | $813 | -82.7% |
James W. Allison | $2,288 | $802 | -64.9% |
Susan A. Steel | $5,109 | $788 | -84.6% |
Gary Don Griffin | $2,975 | $776 | -73.9% |
Bobby Harris Stack | $1,848 | $761 | -58.8% |
Johnson Lundy Jr. | $1,782 | $743 | -58.3% |
Denise Marie Wellington | $4,572 | $740 | -83.8% |
Barbara Holcomb | $0 | $739 | -- |
4-W Trust | $3,914 | $736 | -81.2% |
Luther W. Berry | $3,808 | $735 | -80.7% |
Richard D. Abshire | $5,184 | $729 | -85.9% |
Cornelia Norsworthy | $1,561 | $707 | -54.7% |
Tommy Dillard | $3,047 | $706 | -76.8% |
Horace McQueen | $3,333 | $700 | -79% |
Phillip Watson | $2,818 | $698 | -75.2% |
Jerry L Zlebis | $3,251 | $693 | -78.7% |
Kyle L. Monk | $3,334 | $672 | -79.8% |
Cindy Richards | $4,953 | $668 | -86.5% |
Donna R. Blakeley | $5,318 | $666 | -87.5% |
Brad Riemenschneider | $4,092 | $655 | -84% |
J. R. Duhon | $2,668 | $648 | -75.7% |
Terry Lynn Gibson | $2,486 | $647 | -74% |
Joseph R Ubernosky | $2,967 | $645 | -78.3% |
Joe D. Driskell | $1,452 | $636 | -56.2% |
Dustin D. Perry | $2,918 | $628 | -78.5% |
Terri Goss | $2,706 | $626 | -76.9% |
Goodman Cattle Company, LLC | $4,100 | $619 | -84.9% |
Cather Marie Woods | $2,563 | $615 | -76% |
Carrie Ann Franklin | $3,336 | $600 | -82% |
Gerald B. Colter | $3,591 | $578 | -83.9% |
Robert G Kageler | $2,211 | $577 | -73.9% |
Jerrell Montgomery | $2,228 | $567 | -74.6% |
Tiffany Harrison Brown | $2,136 | $567 | -73.5% |
Jerry Don Manning | $4,456 | $553 | -87.6% |
Vonda Harrelson Whisman | $2,321 | $550 | -76.3% |
Douglas F. Skaggs | $0 | $544 | -- |
J. T. McConnell | $1,584 | $538 | -66% |
Keith Driskell | $3,244 | $536 | -83.5% |
Jamie Hoyt Hogan | $2,585 | $526 | -79.7% |
Gregory Brown | $3,228 | $516 | -84% |
Jimmy Donell Fisher | $1,848 | $498 | -73.1% |
Mardell White | $2,453 | $498 | -79.7% |
Elbert Lomax | $1,530 | $484 | -68.4% |
Johnny Thomas Pigford | $3,288 | $481 | -85.4% |
Walter Grant McLaughlin | $28,766 | $480 | -98.3% |
Troy Pennington | $0 | $474 | -- |
Joseph Edward Baggett | $8,095 | $457 | -94.4% |
Jason E. Word | $1,490 | $436 | -70.7% |
Beatrice M. Shelly | $1,837 | $435 | -76.3% |
Christopher T. Fischer | $1,712 | $430 | -74.9% |
Ennis A. McKnight | $1,848 | $415 | -77.5% |
Jason E. Price | $1,886 | $414 | -78% |
Gene Ellisor | $2,783 | $408 | -85.3% |
Coy Price | $1,331 | $406 | -69.5% |
Truman Lamb Jr. | $1,760 | $405 | -77% |
Shasta Lynne Stagner | $792 | $404 | -49% |
James L. Burleson | $1,793 | $394 | -78% |
Theron Dale Walling | $2,499 | $391 | -84.4% |
Cory M. Tucker | $1,540 | $380 | -75.3% |
Stephen P. Lewis Sr. | $1,551 | $380 | -75.5% |
Shawn G. Logan | $726 | $355 | -51.1% |
Russell J. Baker | $1,215 | $352 | -71% |
Brian Townsend | $1,642 | $332 | -79.8% |
Brandon Mason | $2,035 | $323 | -84.1% |
Jonathan Price | $1,529 | $315 | -79.4% |
Charles L. Tucker | $1,813 | $312 | -82.8% |
Forrester Baker | $828 | $298 | -64% |
Deborah Porth Blackwell | $1,989 | $293 | -85.3% |
Jerry Harrison | $1,397 | $290 | -79.2% |
Gary Tickner | $1,979 | $283 | -85.7% |
R. E. Jackson | $627 | $266 | -57.6% |
Daniel Batres | $1,463 | $236 | -83.9% |
David Paul Davenport | $2,604 | $224 | -91.4% |
Henry F. Reece II | $1,496 | $222 | -85.2% |
Alan S. Hanes | $0 | $219 | -- |
Triple D Ranch | $1,759 | $212 | -87.9% |
Larry L. Rooney | $891 | $211 | -76.3% |
William James Reavis | $0 | $181 | -- |
Michael D. Allen | $0 | $173 | -- |
Cynthia Hartt Cook | $0 | $153 | -- |
Frances Lee | $330 | $142 | -57% |
Zachary Holton Jones | $165 | $128 | -22.4% |
Arthur Hartt | $48 | $105 | 118.8% |
Steven Fielder | $201 | $104 | -48.3% |
Steven Richardson | $0 | $90 | -- |
Bobbie Easterling | $75 | $0 | -100% |
Bobby Freeman | $2,530 | $0 | -100% |
C. L. Barrier | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
Chad Michael Arbuckle | $18,618 | $0 | -100% |
Charlie Cobbs | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
Clorse E Bowens SR | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
Donald Omelina | $825 | $0 | -100% |
Frank Wilson | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
James Barrier | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
James Earl Berry | $330 | $0 | -100% |
Jimmy Gardner | $1,606 | $0 | -100% |
Jimmy L. Terry | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
Lois Dominy | $4,026 | $0 | -100% |
Michael Clay Smith | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
Nathinel Mcknight | $770 | $0 | -100% |
Paul W. Robbins | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
Peggy A. Scruggs | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
Primrose Landscape & Design Servi | $3,542 | $0 | -100% |
Randy Dewayne Jones | $1,980 | $0 | -100% |
Ronnie Sims | $605 | $0 | -100% |
Three M Ranch | $10,033 | $0 | -100% |
Balis E. Dailey | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
Bobby G. Cunningham | $74 | $0 | -100% |
Brandon Richburg | $8,800 | $0 | -100% |
Carl David Keiffer | $110 | $0 | -100% |
Curtis Don Ferguson | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
Dale L. Turner | $5,415 | $0 | -100% |
Darrell E. Bobbitt | $8,233 | $0 | -100% |
Dennis Keith Brunson | $3,338 | $0 | -100% |
James R. Dailey | $990 | $0 | -100% |
Jerry Bobbitt | $28,146 | $0 | -100% |
Jerry McLeod | $3,630 | $0 | -100% |
Josh Goolsby | $6,600 | $0 | -100% |
Lee T. Nicol | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
Mitchell Louis Clark | $3,190 | $0 | -100% |
Ohtis Ivey | $660 | $0 | -100% |
Preston G. Lively | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
Ronald G. Chilcoat | $9,845 | $0 | -100% |
Shawnna Wolf | $660 | $0 | -100% |
Suvella Walker | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
Wayne Bogan | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
William Emmons | $1,891 | $0 | -100% |
Winston Whitehead | $1,245 | $0 | -100% |
Austin D. Mooneyham | $11,013 | $0 | -100% |
Dewey Ashworth | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
James Shepard | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
Rodney Steed | $990 | $0 | -100% |
L. G. Hathorn | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
Richard Gunnels | $330 | $0 | -100% |
W. A. Adams | $5,830 | $0 | -100% |
Alan Hanes, Executor | $39 | $0 | -100% |
Total subsidies | $5,711,475 | $1,196,924 | -79% |