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In 2021, 145 farmers in cities within Washington County received a total of $811,373 in 194 farm subsidies, a 73.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3 million in 393 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 Washington County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles L. Rolph | $74,729 | $95,999 | 28.5% |
| Riverbend Pecan Company | $64,012 | $63,687 | -0.5% |
| Joe a Jeter Agent, Inc. | $73,540 | $54,244 | -26.2% |
| Harvest Rd 28, LLC | $56,149 | $34,275 | -39% |
| Sumner Cattle Company, LLC | $179,824 | $31,809 | -82.3% |
| Roecker Brothers, LLC | $398,093 | $28,460 | -92.9% |
| John Strom | $179,916 | $27,596 | -84.7% |
| Melvin D. Mattix | $15,393 | $26,456 | 71.9% |
| Clayton Dale Ullrich | $77,651 | $24,174 | -68.9% |
| Lynn H. Coulter | $16,851 | $20,331 | 20.7% |
| Russell J and Norita F Martin Trust | $55,974 | $19,259 | -65.6% |
| Jacob Ryan Blum | $15,819 | $18,717 | 18.3% |
| Bobby Joe Chaney | $50,563 | $16,351 | -67.7% |
| Lester Gagan | $20,097 | $15,406 | -23.3% |
| Gerald R. Rowe II | $21,617 | $13,825 | -36% |
| Kyle C. Rowe | $37,642 | $13,409 | -64.4% |
| Kent Arthur Jeter | $38,973 | $10,613 | -72.8% |
| Ernest E. Blum | $93,999 | $10,544 | -88.8% |
| Dan Adcock | $312,239 | $10,239 | -96.7% |
| Raymond Lee Gagan | $78,666 | $10,163 | -87.1% |
| John Chaney Sr. | $32,965 | $9,298 | -71.8% |
| Elwood J. Gagan | $98,537 | $8,699 | -91.2% |
| Lance Aaron Brown | $16,063 | $8,408 | -47.7% |
| Christopher Kole Sellmeyer Begley | $42,160 | $8,203 | -80.5% |
| Tommy Joe Morgan | $27,544 | $7,982 | -71% |
| David Thomas Barker | $15,957 | $7,693 | -51.8% |
| Raul O. Rodriguez | $25,047 | $7,540 | -69.9% |
| Tracy Darin Turner | $14,487 | $6,933 | -52.1% |
| Rogers Woolfolk Cattle, LLC | $10,329 | $6,714 | -35% |
| Bruce E. Hinkle | $29,412 | $6,588 | -77.6% |
| Diamond K Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $5,741 | -- |
| Crown H Cattle Company | $6,497 | $5,664 | -12.8% |
| Johnny J. Morgan | $18,304 | $5,304 | -71% |
| Stephen Donald Gregory | $25,766 | $5,095 | -80.2% |
| Stuart T. Lewis | $3,531 | $4,886 | 38.4% |
| Wegener Family Farms, LLC | $19,921 | $4,804 | -75.9% |
| Steve S. Trotter | $12,892 | $4,490 | -65.2% |
| Howard Herren | $27,522 | $4,461 | -83.8% |
| Elizabeth A. Moore | $20,427 | $4,232 | -79.3% |
| Jw's Agent Products, LLC | $14,773 | $4,188 | -71.7% |
| Renee Allen Farms | $1,148 | $4,154 | 261.8% |
| Brad L. Ball | $14,630 | $4,010 | -72.6% |
| Adam D. Gourley | $12,364 | $3,944 | -68.1% |
| Larry Cain | $6,754 | $3,907 | -42.2% |
| Nick Lay | $4,840 | $3,893 | -19.6% |
| Benne J. Allen Jr. | $16,569 | $3,830 | -76.9% |
| William L Chew and Mary B Chew Revocable Trust | $0 | $3,433 | -- |
| Johnson Legacy Trust | $4,341 | $3,235 | -25.5% |
| John Stanley Scott | $25,740 | $3,104 | -87.9% |
| Helen Denise Holloway | $10,549 | $2,882 | -72.7% |
| Tanner Lee Braden | $27,120 | $2,835 | -89.5% |
| Stephen Timothy Gregory | $12,705 | $2,769 | -78.2% |
| Mark William Spencer | $16,454 | $2,685 | -83.7% |
| Clinton W. Donaho | $11,492 | $2,488 | -78.4% |
| Adcock/Gagan Partnership, LLC | $16,390 | $2,359 | -85.6% |
| Fred Robert Hinkle II | $10,879 | $2,322 | -78.7% |
| Kelli White | $11,154 | $2,264 | -79.7% |
| Heidi Lynn Burger | $3,663 | $2,253 | -38.5% |
| Jeff Joslen | $9,925 | $2,242 | -77.4% |
| Armando Rodriguez | $8,229 | $2,114 | -74.3% |
| Roecker Beef, LLC | $10,625 | $2,020 | -81% |
| Brent E. Hawkins | $3,531 | $1,884 | -46.6% |
| Moore Custom Grazing, LLC | $0 | $1,846 | -- |
| Rick Shipley | $8,854 | $1,828 | -79.4% |
| Jerry Polasek | $0 | $1,798 | -- |
| Gene Wiles | $5,841 | $1,796 | -69.3% |
| James W. Holland | $7,973 | $1,794 | -77.5% |
| Elwood K. Eden | $5,659 | $1,673 | -70.4% |
| Estate of John Dennis Howard, SR. | $7,062 | $1,598 | -77.4% |
| Anthony C Sydebotham | $3,366 | $1,596 | -52.6% |
| Danny Lemmons | $3,729 | $1,589 | -57.4% |
| Preston Ray Dean | $6,278 | $1,570 | -75% |
| Dorothy Ann Fanning | $7,018 | $1,522 | -78.3% |
| Larry Pruett | $5,071 | $1,473 | -71% |
| Billy R. Eden | $7,885 | $1,466 | -81.4% |
| Curtis E. Hinkle | $7,051 | $1,434 | -79.7% |
| Cody Ray Harper | $5,632 | $1,333 | -76.3% |
| Half Circle L Ranch, LLC | $10,274 | $1,326 | -87.1% |
| Paul Moses | $4,974 | $1,326 | -73.3% |
| Clint Britton Jones | $6,160 | $1,289 | -79.1% |
| Michael Dewayne Enloe | $7,480 | $1,244 | -83.4% |
| John Allen | $5,709 | $1,235 | -78.4% |
| Matthew W. Bell | $2,937 | $1,228 | -58.2% |
| Casper May | $6,666 | $1,192 | -82.1% |
| Ann Holliday Adcock | $2,211 | $1,156 | -47.7% |
| Edward L. Patterson | $5,054 | $1,148 | -77.3% |
| Carl Sumpter | $4,125 | $1,122 | -72.8% |
| Michael Cox | $5,906 | $1,115 | -81.1% |
| Matthew S. Gailey | $3,641 | $1,070 | -70.6% |
| Agustus J Hollingback | $2,640 | $1,042 | -60.5% |
| James W. Rowe | $0 | $1,022 | -- |
| Lawrence Dewayne King | $2,697 | $1,012 | -62.5% |
| Three and One Farms, LLC | $3,470 | $1,008 | -71% |
| Kyle W. Fielding | $4,253 | $982 | -76.9% |
| Jason Ray Dean | $2,508 | $973 | -61.2% |
| Victor H. Severin | $971 | $958 | -1.3% |
| Jesse Lee Lowrey | $5,699 | $952 | -83.3% |
| Charles Dale Stites | $3,465 | $949 | -72.6% |
| Kasi Ann, Inc. | $4,022 | $949 | -76.4% |
| Mary Jane Steeler | $4,807 | $948 | -80.3% |
| Steven Wayne Tilley | $0 | $928 | -- |
| Quentin Schaper | $7,125 | $881 | -87.6% |
| Paul Woodward | $2,783 | $876 | -68.5% |
| Caleb J. Rovenstine | $4,202 | $872 | -79.2% |
| Ed E. Brown | $2,971 | $855 | -71.2% |
| James N. Epperson | $1,617 | $828 | -48.8% |
| Brian Lawrence | $8,971 | $828 | -90.8% |
| Margaret Atkins | $2,035 | $816 | -59.9% |
| Gary Davidson | $1,683 | $802 | -52.3% |
| Charles Jackson | $5,688 | $802 | -85.9% |
| Keith Willcox | $3,036 | $798 | -73.7% |
| Larry D. Watt | $0 | $755 | -- |
| Nathaniel L. Gotwalt | $3,360 | $745 | -77.8% |
| Leslie R. Reynolds | $2,552 | $713 | -72.1% |
| James D. Berlin | $2,541 | $672 | -73.6% |
| Virginia F. Hamilton | $1,914 | $672 | -64.9% |
| Bobby Ray Stamps | $1,551 | $659 | -57.5% |
| Jess W. Leard | $4,798 | $658 | -86.3% |
| Troy A. Trimble | $1,826 | $638 | -65.1% |
| Benne J. Allen Sr. | $1,854 | $637 | -65.6% |
| Michael Henry Rainey | $1,602 | $636 | -60.3% |
| Dale Christenson | $5,381 | $598 | -88.9% |
| Caleb Case | $1,240 | $592 | -52.3% |
| Joe Thomas | $2,618 | $592 | -77.4% |
| Kyle H. Schmitt | $4,514 | $558 | -87.6% |
| Timothy C. Sydebotham | $1,023 | $548 | -46.4% |
| P & L Beefalo | $3,644 | $540 | -85.2% |
| Timothy Wayne Catron | $2,137 | $533 | -75.1% |
| Thelma May Grimes | $1,925 | $518 | -73.1% |
| Chad Crawford | $2,134 | $518 | -75.7% |
| Rebecca J. Lawson | $1,485 | $431 | -71% |
| James C. White | $1,441 | $380 | -73.6% |
| Matthew T. Haberly | $1,639 | $350 | -78.6% |
| David Allen Jacobs | $2,378 | $345 | -85.5% |
| D. P. Lay | $1,848 | $295 | -84% |
| Jay Lynn Hurt | $999 | $290 | -71% |
| Bobby J. Powell | $248 | $241 | -2.8% |
| William Lee Pittman Revocable Living Trust | $229 | $229 | 0% |
| Keith A. Steeley | $792 | $217 | -72.6% |
| Craig Yocham | $207 | $207 | 0% |
| Steven Ray Dean | $597 | $197 | -67% |
| Donald Jerry Street | $759 | $173 | -77.2% |
| Raymond G. Tompkins | $1,720 | $168 | -90.2% |
| Natalie Herring | $1,047 | $64 | -93.9% |
| Fred Kreder | $9,642 | $49 | -99.5% |
| Johnson Family Trust-Dolores E Jo | $4,014 | $0 | -100% |
| Tylen J Layton | $54,804 | $0 | -100% |
| David Austin Nicholas | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Dixie F. Allen | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacqueline Gallery | $2,479 | $0 | -100% |
| John R. Glass | $1,156 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony R. McMurtrey | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen Carlson | $1,327 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Fugate | $12,673 | $0 | -100% |
| Bernard Dell Bennett | $728 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris Conley | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Clifton F. Miller | $1,053 | $0 | -100% |
| Clint Sumner | $16,995 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Tyson Kincaide | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Gene A. Hasting III | $6,039 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Duane Hall | $1,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Irvin Glasgow | $102 | $0 | -100% |
| Mr. Milton Darrell Bell | $2,001 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Gagan | $34,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Roecker Cattle Company, LLC | $32,391 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter Lynn Prather | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Ward Kevin | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| William L Chew and Mary B Chew Re | $12,144 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,048,315 | $811,373 | -73.4% |
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