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In 2021, 150 farmers in cities within Rusk County received a total of $341,913 in 159 farm subsidies, a 70% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.1 million in 365 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Few Land & Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Sylvia C. Jones | $13,487 | $13,487 | 0% |
| Bebay Van Lam | $0 | $11,690 | -- |
| Dean E. Tennis | $12,511 | $11,345 | -9.3% |
| Delbert Goss | $53,503 | $10,656 | -80.1% |
| Chequest River, LLC | $7,835 | $9,172 | 17.1% |
| Wayne Holland | $24,645 | $8,818 | -64.2% |
| John M. Dawson | $38,819 | $8,060 | -79.2% |
| Dorothy F Woods Estate | $0 | $6,052 | -- |
| Dead Dog Creek, LLC | $5,560 | $5,932 | 6.7% |
| Cody Shelton | $0 | $5,280 | -- |
| Glen Alewine | $24,621 | $5,192 | -78.9% |
| Galan M. White | $23,859 | $5,131 | -78.5% |
| Jason C. Taylor | $21,676 | $4,905 | -77.4% |
| Matt Turner | $11,517 | $4,893 | -57.5% |
| Bennie Mark Whitworth | $13,104 | $4,586 | -65% |
| Joel V. Black | $20,611 | $4,190 | -79.7% |
| Michael R. Moores | $0 | $4,180 | -- |
| Lloyd R. Spence | $22,445 | $4,152 | -81.5% |
| Andrew C. Jordan | $18,146 | $4,079 | -77.5% |
| Hunt Livestock Exchange, LLC | $46,480 | $3,546 | -92.4% |
| Dallas Woods | $0 | $3,502 | -- |
| Roy A. Davis | $15,385 | $3,280 | -78.7% |
| Richard J. Hacker III | $17,276 | $3,250 | -81.2% |
| Brad Smith | $19,193 | $3,063 | -84% |
| Isaac Niven Bach | $14,502 | $3,044 | -79% |
| Randy Weatherford | $13,024 | $3,034 | -76.7% |
| Todd Smith | $14,436 | $2,881 | -80% |
| John Rickey Chapman | $12,818 | $2,778 | -78.3% |
| Casey T. Ashmore | $8,477 | $2,766 | -67.4% |
| Alexi Len Bagley | $6,501 | $2,722 | -58.1% |
| Richard Damon Bassett | $12,309 | $2,647 | -78.5% |
| Haley Dawn Goss | $6,600 | $2,548 | -61.4% |
| Benjamin Keith Goss | $6,303 | $2,464 | -60.9% |
| Jacob Mark Prior | $14,102 | $2,462 | -82.5% |
| Cal Goss | $6,072 | $2,436 | -59.9% |
| Mike Brightwell | $12,338 | $2,428 | -80.3% |
| Matt F. Fowler | $13,543 | $2,393 | -82.3% |
| Marcus J. Green | $11,356 | $2,344 | -79.4% |
| Lloyd E. Beavers | $8,988 | $2,216 | -75.3% |
| Bobby L. Lee | $5,907 | $2,206 | -62.7% |
| Bobby A. Ross | $9,152 | $2,125 | -76.8% |
| Richard Don Keeling | $11,332 | $2,101 | -81.5% |
| Todd Craig | $9,306 | $2,093 | -77.5% |
| Jody L. White | $9,207 | $2,076 | -77.5% |
| John Anthony | $11,146 | $2,046 | -81.6% |
| Tony Sanders | $10,391 | $2,011 | -80.6% |
| Joshua Few | $28,795 | $2,008 | -93% |
| Roger B. Richmond | $11,426 | $1,946 | -83% |
| David W. Corley | $7,566 | $1,893 | -75% |
| Denna B. Brightwell | $6,996 | $1,862 | -73.4% |
| William L. Lanius | $12,667 | $1,837 | -85.5% |
| Robert D. Harris | $8,470 | $1,825 | -78.5% |
| Keith Barton | $8,206 | $1,718 | -79.1% |
| Jay Wilder | $8,786 | $1,694 | -80.7% |
| Lloyd R. Kee | $1,584 | $1,678 | 5.9% |
| Jacob Mims | $7,342 | $1,639 | -77.7% |
| Jimmy R. Watson | $6,666 | $1,623 | -75.7% |
| Bryan Kelly Blanton | $6,477 | $1,534 | -76.3% |
| Ross Neill | $8,000 | $1,522 | -81% |
| Kenneth K. Kauk | $3,696 | $1,522 | -58.8% |
| Raymond A. Lair Jr. | $3,564 | $1,453 | -59.2% |
| Brad S. Lee | $3,597 | $1,440 | -60% |
| David Clifton | $7,154 | $1,336 | -81.3% |
| David E. Cates | $5,829 | $1,332 | -77.1% |
| Larry R. Martin | $6,795 | $1,321 | -80.6% |
| Jerry Busher Sr. | $6,161 | $1,240 | -79.9% |
| Gary Wayne Davis | $6,875 | $1,236 | -82% |
| Carl Kent Little | $6,395 | $1,217 | -81% |
| Hubbard H. Linthicum | $7,770 | $1,158 | -85.1% |
| Klint Andrew Powell | $5,320 | $1,150 | -78.4% |
| Sonny Simmons | $4,774 | $1,139 | -76.1% |
| Freddy D. Swann | $3,515 | $1,095 | -68.8% |
| Bryan Frazer | $9,296 | $1,082 | -88.4% |
| Gyce C Butler | $5,319 | $1,056 | -80.1% |
| Jackie W. Risinger | $4,895 | $1,052 | -78.5% |
| Sid E. Ashby | $2,541 | $1,041 | -59% |
| Joshua Ramey Chapman | $4,455 | $1,032 | -76.8% |
| Curtis S. Jones | $4,818 | $1,028 | -78.7% |
| Kyle Lynn Brown | $3,983 | $998 | -74.9% |
| Kenneth E. Lock | $4,572 | $976 | -78.7% |
| Julie Lepelley | $4,708 | $973 | -79.3% |
| Thomas Marvin Vaught | $3,850 | $962 | -75% |
| Michael Shane Krajewski | $4,996 | $947 | -81% |
| Pamela J. Hanson | $2,748 | $938 | -65.9% |
| Lee J. Wills | $4,699 | $934 | -80.1% |
| Betty L. Philbrick | $5,180 | $927 | -82.1% |
| Henry Hart Jr. | $5,062 | $920 | -81.8% |
| Dylan Owens | $4,801 | $910 | -81% |
| Roger Grounds | $2,093 | $889 | -57.5% |
| Pedro Louis Sanchez | $3,983 | $886 | -77.8% |
| Kenny Waggoner | $4,039 | $885 | -78.1% |
| Hilmer H. Lindemann III | $4,224 | $876 | -79.3% |
| Charles Metcalf | $3,995 | $873 | -78.1% |
| Jimmy R. Simmons | $2,970 | $836 | -71.9% |
| Ronald Keith Smith | $2,816 | $830 | -70.5% |
| Cheryl Annette Bennett | $3,391 | $822 | -75.8% |
| Kenneth S. Tillison | $2,670 | $780 | -70.8% |
| Andrew Victor Lagrone | $2,992 | $778 | -74% |
| Dorothy F. Woods | $9,128 | $761 | -91.7% |
| Mack Pool | $35,145 | $760 | -97.8% |
| Rex Neill | $5,049 | $750 | -85.1% |
| Jimmy Shelton Owens | $3,711 | $748 | -79.8% |
| Mary Lajune Eastland | $1,518 | $742 | -51.1% |
| Walter Lee Whitaker | $4,542 | $720 | -84.1% |
| Ashley Brian Little | $3,604 | $686 | -81% |
| Charles Graham | $2,400 | $684 | -71.5% |
| Todd Darin Greer | $2,538 | $650 | -74.4% |
| Hunter Austin Heim | $2,951 | $644 | -78.2% |
| Smith County FSA | $1,452 | $636 | -56.2% |
| Clay Freeman | $3,215 | $634 | -80.3% |
| Don Howard Arnold | $1,620 | $630 | -61.1% |
| William A. Doerge | $3,260 | $630 | -80.7% |
| Kenneth Earl Davis | $3,288 | $629 | -80.9% |
| Howard Korff | $2,478 | $616 | -75.1% |
| Timothy E. Akin | $2,882 | $601 | -79.1% |
| Warren Marr | $2,502 | $594 | -76.3% |
| Jack E. Powers | $2,887 | $564 | -80.5% |
| Edward R. Brooks | $1,353 | $554 | -59.1% |
| Jim Reese | $1,511 | $547 | -63.8% |
| Sherward Tillison | $3,339 | $542 | -83.8% |
| Edward A. Russell | $2,538 | $480 | -81.1% |
| Mckinzie a Turner Trust | $1,056 | $470 | -55.5% |
| Brett Dalme | $1,480 | $466 | -68.5% |
| Seth Hancock | $1,188 | $457 | -61.5% |
| Donald Paul Reeves Jr. | $2,112 | $443 | -79% |
| Timothy Will Brady | $3,648 | $436 | -88% |
| Ronald L Tubbe | $2,528 | $433 | -82.9% |
| Steven M. Cramer | $1,217 | $427 | -64.9% |
| Randy Clint Creel | $3,391 | $405 | -88.1% |
| Bobby J. Walters | $9,163 | $394 | -95.7% |
| Vannoy Ranch, LLC | $1,755 | $378 | -78.5% |
| Dustin P. Patterson | $676 | $360 | -46.7% |
| Larry R. Cates | $1,167 | $335 | -71.3% |
| Randy P. Creel | $1,872 | $315 | -83.2% |
| Mark D. Dowden | $1,483 | $312 | -79% |
| Phillip D. Mahaffey | $726 | $298 | -59% |
| Steven Glenn Ponder | $1,169 | $287 | -75.4% |
| Tammy Brightwell | $1,007 | $256 | -74.6% |
| Teresa S. Griffin | $1,279 | $256 | -80% |
| Greg Shirley | $2,610 | $249 | -90.5% |
| Colter Lee Ferguson | $1,452 | $208 | -85.7% |
| David Morales | $462 | $190 | -58.9% |
| John P. Baker | $902 | $190 | -78.9% |
| Bryan S. Lee | $429 | $173 | -59.7% |
| Justin Claude Deen | $814 | $163 | -80% |
| Charity Ellis | $660 | $152 | -77% |
| Johnny L. Tillison | $958 | $152 | -84.1% |
| Gregory Roberts | $358 | $61 | -83% |
| Miles Swenson | $2,107 | $59 | -97.2% |
| Barney S. Heim Jr. | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny E. Davis | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Elwood Jimerson Farms, LLC | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| James D. Sugg Jr. | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry D. Prior | $8,910 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth L. Russell | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Loie Kevin Stevens | $635 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew J. Strong | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. Trahan | $2,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Baker | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra R. Lara | $1,005 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy Alan Moore | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig H. Cooley | $4,950 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Michael Casaday | $2,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith W. Brightwell | $10,186 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda Chastain | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna L. Wilder | $3,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark D. Moore | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,139,666 | $341,913 | -70% |
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