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In 2021, 123 farmers in cities within Harrison County received a total of $445,033 in 205 farm subsidies, a 66.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.3 million in 399 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asaph Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Westover Land, LLC | $30,160 | $25,001 | -17.1% |
| Trust U/W/O Mary Starr Niendorff FBO Barry Starr N | $0 | $22,006 | -- |
| Willoughby, Ltd. | $86,930 | $19,148 | -78% |
| Elizabeth M Menke Trustee Ua Elizabeth Menke GST Trustee | $0 | $18,790 | -- |
| Kenneth D. Hill | $77,994 | $17,010 | -78.2% |
| William M. Bradbury | $76,121 | $16,572 | -78.2% |
| John P. Ellis | $30,731 | $13,649 | -55.6% |
| Coastal Bend Community Foundation | $23,522 | $12,528 | -46.7% |
| Merble O Bellin | $16,402 | $12,038 | -26.6% |
| Michael Wayne Nash | $43,892 | $11,671 | -73.4% |
| Beverly Swift Harris Inheritance Trust | $0 | $9,329 | -- |
| Jeremy S Niendorff Trustee | $10,445 | $7,846 | -24.9% |
| Debbie Lynn Caudle | $11,240 | $7,279 | -35.2% |
| Howell Ranch Lp | $30,096 | $6,538 | -78.3% |
| Douglas R. Floyd III | $48,932 | $5,990 | -87.8% |
| John M. Sinclair | $10,508 | $5,956 | -43.3% |
| Elizabeth Menke M. Tr | $3,431 | $5,703 | 66.2% |
| Jerry T. Woodley | $24,134 | $5,378 | -77.7% |
| Dare Westmoreland | $7,005 | $5,050 | -27.9% |
| Susan W. Bliss | $7,322 | $5,027 | -31.3% |
| Sallie W. Rogers | $7,486 | $5,003 | -33.2% |
| Robert M. Adams Jr. | $20,634 | $4,904 | -76.2% |
| Paj Joint Venture | $3,158 | $3,963 | 25.5% |
| Cheryl Neel | $5,336 | $3,879 | -27.3% |
| Edward S. Willoughby | $6,158 | $3,792 | -38.4% |
| Russell K. Neel | $3,971 | $3,751 | -5.5% |
| Ray W. Willoughby III | $6,149 | $3,735 | -39.3% |
| Jennifer W Hirschbrich | $6,390 | $3,734 | -41.6% |
| RBK Interests, LLC | $12,155 | $3,716 | -69.4% |
| TLW and PPW Land & Minerals, LLC | $35,687 | $3,477 | -90.3% |
| Casey Lee Evans | $38,176 | $3,460 | -90.9% |
| Harry W Mcgee IV Trust | $4,791 | $3,179 | -33.6% |
| John Cody Anderson | $51,657 | $2,977 | -94.2% |
| Byron Paul Ford | $15,528 | $2,938 | -81.1% |
| H & W Hughes Family PTR, Ltd. | $16,980 | $2,761 | -83.7% |
| Frank S Mcgee JR Trustee 011092 | $7,251 | $2,722 | -62.5% |
| Trust Uwo Joseph W Mcgee | $7,278 | $2,722 | -62.6% |
| Sue R. Price | $11,693 | $2,652 | -77.3% |
| Brandon T. Bradbury | $15,258 | $2,646 | -82.7% |
| William Pierce Robbins | $15,453 | $2,622 | -83% |
| James H S Pierson Family Trustee | $6,971 | $2,517 | -63.9% |
| Terrell Coleman | $45,704 | $2,514 | -94.5% |
| Buster M. Gribble | $11,869 | $2,492 | -79% |
| Joseph Bennett Mauldin | $10,285 | $2,436 | -76.3% |
| Nathan Nicholson | $8,140 | $2,350 | -71.1% |
| Linda D. Mullins | $2,305 | $2,305 | 0% |
| Claude Gulley | $9,713 | $2,126 | -78.1% |
| Timothy Johnson | $2,553 | $2,070 | -18.9% |
| Cynthia K Mcgee Trust U/A | $8,604 | $2,043 | -76.3% |
| James Gotcher III Trust U/A | $8,604 | $2,043 | -76.3% |
| Pamela S Gotcher Trust U/A | $8,604 | $2,043 | -76.3% |
| Kenneth Lee Volk | $6,894 | $2,019 | -70.7% |
| Robert D. Tolar Sr. | $7,920 | $1,918 | -75.8% |
| Terence D. Helton | $8,919 | $1,800 | -79.8% |
| Thomas Glen Oden | $6,816 | $1,788 | -73.8% |
| Wyndewood Acres, Inc. | $4,076 | $1,782 | -56.3% |
| Kimberly Suann Jones | $6,974 | $1,766 | -74.7% |
| Henry H. Woodley | $7,601 | $1,748 | -77% |
| Robert Frazier III | $7,644 | $1,743 | -77.2% |
| Joseph H. Arnold | $7,976 | $1,738 | -78.2% |
| Craig A. Fletcher | $8,250 | $1,728 | -79.1% |
| Ronnie Buchanan | $5,802 | $1,675 | -71.1% |
| Larry W. Garrison | $6,017 | $1,548 | -74.3% |
| Jason Matthew Garrett | $5,698 | $1,544 | -72.9% |
| Jeffrey Scott Lovelace | $8,051 | $1,521 | -81.1% |
| Randal Clark Plaschke | $6,369 | $1,502 | -76.4% |
| Lance Labouve | $5,566 | $1,485 | -73.3% |
| Rhonda Sinclair | $0 | $1,468 | -- |
| Dorthie Craig | $6,501 | $1,442 | -77.8% |
| Ross D. Brown | $5,610 | $1,436 | -74.4% |
| Stephen S. Buckner | $5,988 | $1,432 | -76.1% |
| Ann S. Dennington | $7,306 | $1,414 | -80.6% |
| Capital One, Trustee Under the Will of Peggy, N.A. | $0 | $1,335 | -- |
| Diane P. Matsui | $3,645 | $1,257 | -65.5% |
| Judith P. Allen | $3,554 | $1,257 | -64.6% |
| Mark A. Dickard | $6,116 | $1,158 | -81.1% |
| James W. Wedgeworth | $5,302 | $1,156 | -78.2% |
| John T. Roden | $4,444 | $1,106 | -75.1% |
| Pete McCarty | $4,598 | $952 | -79.3% |
| Dana N. Satterwhite | $594 | $950 | 59.9% |
| Dennis Thompson | $16,615 | $949 | -94.3% |
| James Eric Davis Jr. | $0 | $935 | -- |
| Thomas H. Richardson | $2,582 | $929 | -64% |
| James A. Mize | $1,914 | $890 | -53.5% |
| Jack D. Martin | $2,310 | $859 | -62.8% |
| John B. Holliday | $266 | $855 | 221.4% |
| Trust U W O Harry W Mcgee III | $3,913 | $835 | -78.7% |
| Ryan V. Garrison | $3,597 | $827 | -77% |
| Daniel Lee Mauldin | $3,828 | $786 | -79.5% |
| Stanley W. Spence | $3,404 | $738 | -78.3% |
| Julius H. Bennett | $3,767 | $695 | -81.6% |
| Randy Chumley | $4,565 | $688 | -84.9% |
| Ernest Paul Bruechner JR Trust | $1,713 | $682 | -60.2% |
| Joseph a Bruechner Trustee | $1,713 | $682 | -60.2% |
| Sallie Starr Bruechner Trustee | $1,655 | $680 | -58.9% |
| Susan Wenonah Bruechner Caruthers Ua Trustee | $0 | $680 | -- |
| Lori Ellen Martina | $1,089 | $679 | -37.6% |
| Richard Kent Ford | $1,683 | $634 | -62.3% |
| Wilburt L Hall SR | $2,981 | $630 | -78.9% |
| Christopher Donell Frazier | $2,024 | $606 | -70.1% |
| Suzanne K. Carter | $1,024 | $565 | -44.8% |
| Christopher David McClendon | $2,167 | $562 | -74.1% |
| Christopher David Wood | $2,930 | $550 | -81.2% |
| Chad Ellis | $4,850 | $534 | -89% |
| Micheal James Henigan | $1,056 | $486 | -54% |
| Randall Bart Allen | $2,123 | $447 | -78.9% |
| George Rangel | $1,155 | $430 | -62.8% |
| Larry McCathran | $1,452 | $418 | -71.2% |
| Olen McElhaney | $1,573 | $344 | -78.1% |
| Jess R. Newsom | $1,360 | $343 | -74.8% |
| Robert D. Ross | $911 | $316 | -65.3% |
| Jared M. Clements | $1,144 | $302 | -73.6% |
| Jenny L. Leist | $708 | $269 | -62% |
| Daniel Sidney Martin Jr. | $330 | $255 | -22.7% |
| Wes Caudle | $807 | $241 | -70.1% |
| Adolphus Lee Davenport Sr. | $792 | $225 | -71.6% |
| Suenell Carlson | $515 | $224 | -56.5% |
| Jack R. Harris Jr. | $1,845 | $172 | -90.7% |
| Cindy Mayfield | $355 | $168 | -52.7% |
| Robert E. Lister | $880 | $142 | -83.9% |
| Antonio R. Persley | $484 | $97 | -80% |
| Brown Family Partnership | $128 | $60 | -53.1% |
| Gregg Allen Greer | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Sydney Kenneth Keasler | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Beverly Swift Harris Inheritance | $9,329 | $0 | -100% |
| Capital One, Trustee Under, N.A. | $5,002 | $0 | -100% |
| Cathy W. Plemmons | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth A. Hill | $183 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Menke Tr Ua M. Elizabeth | $32,317 | $0 | -100% |
| Isaac Vladimil Alvarado | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| John Oliver Holliday Jr Estate | $1,586 | $0 | -100% |
| Lori A. Henricks | $574 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynda G. Lawrence | $27 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul L. Whaley | $3,245 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond C. Christmas | $2,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca J. Nickerson | $1,040 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Nickerson | $80 | $0 | -100% |
| Sedric Charles Love | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Sonya R. McClendon | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Wenonah Bruechner Caruthers | $1,704 | $0 | -100% |
| Trust U/W/O Mary Starr Niendorff | $25,883 | $0 | -100% |
| William A. Neel Jr. | $477 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell K. Neel | $1,688 | $0 | -100% |
| Boone Cattle Company | $17,748 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey K. Crutcher | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,320,038 | $445,033 | -66.3% |
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