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In 2021, 206 farmers in cities within Mills County received a total of $1.1 million in 398 farm subsidies, a 75.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.8 million in 561 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 Mills County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSM Dairy Farms, Inc. | $432,264 | $132,984 | -69.2% |
| Sam W. Watson | $176,703 | $105,232 | -40.4% |
| Ryon Dunlap | $199,725 | $66,711 | -66.6% |
| Rodney Carlisle | $45,831 | $34,545 | -24.6% |
| Pigfoot Ranch, LLC | $25,590 | $30,966 | 21% |
| John A. Clifton | $229,928 | $21,504 | -90.6% |
| Dennis E. Bishop | $19,452 | $21,364 | 9.8% |
| Wade Dellis | $40,401 | $18,366 | -54.5% |
| Robert L. Long Jr. | $15,229 | $18,233 | 19.7% |
| Inderman Schaffner, LLC | $86,436 | $17,362 | -79.9% |
| 2 Feathers Ranch LP | $16,386 | $16,348 | -0.2% |
| Sam Campbell | $8,139 | $16,007 | 96.7% |
| Richard Brown | $380,937 | $14,909 | -96.1% |
| Keith G. Brooks | $9,772 | $13,505 | 38.2% |
| J C Livestock, LLC | $0 | $13,114 | -- |
| Betty Ussery | $15,022 | $13,048 | -13.1% |
| Ennis D. Massey Jr. | $14,646 | $12,825 | -12.4% |
| Michael Dalrymple | $10,639 | $12,806 | 20.4% |
| Sleepy Hollow Ranch, LLC | $26,043 | $12,058 | -53.7% |
| Tommy Ethridge | $12,222 | $11,530 | -5.7% |
| Charles, Barry and Randal Miles Three-M Ranch | $0 | $11,038 | -- |
| Sheral M Rainbolt | $28,687 | $10,798 | -62.4% |
| Don Watson | $13,542 | $9,961 | -26.4% |
| Joy & Del Barnett Family Limited Partnership | $0 | $9,718 | -- |
| Vireta N Parker | $18,321 | $9,693 | -47.1% |
| Keith Lane Harper | $21,317 | $9,543 | -55.2% |
| Neta Geeslin | $12,265 | $9,539 | -22.2% |
| James B. McCoy | $12,654 | $9,312 | -26.4% |
| H & J Cattle Company | $7,037 | $9,137 | 29.8% |
| Russell McCoy | $32,582 | $9,037 | -72.3% |
| Lee Owens | $19,177 | $8,623 | -55% |
| Robert Dudley Jordan Trust | $12,232 | $8,473 | -30.7% |
| XTC Family Limited Partnership | $22,006 | $8,056 | -63.4% |
| Glen Stegemoller | $77,654 | $7,748 | -90% |
| Sammy Jay Smith | $62,061 | $7,607 | -87.7% |
| Billy W. Borho | $6,654 | $7,433 | 11.7% |
| Code Ables | $0 | $7,239 | -- |
| Larry Alexander | $65,334 | $7,161 | -89% |
| Culley P. Carr | $0 | $7,087 | -- |
| Elam Miles | $43,118 | $7,030 | -83.7% |
| Chester Berry | $8,857 | $6,967 | -21.3% |
| Rocky Berry | $8,721 | $6,967 | -20.1% |
| Pamela Jean Carey | $7,381 | $6,883 | -6.7% |
| Wilburn W. Jonas | $15,676 | $6,626 | -57.7% |
| Rocky Welch | $11,901 | $6,521 | -45.2% |
| Peggy Sanders | $20,405 | $6,470 | -68.3% |
| Gary G. House | $11,849 | $6,364 | -46.3% |
| Ronald D. Calder | $9,481 | $6,208 | -34.5% |
| William G. Bishop Jr. | $12,401 | $6,190 | -50.1% |
| Mike Howard | $9,368 | $6,032 | -35.6% |
| Jett Johnson | $6,700 | $6,014 | -10.2% |
| Jed E. Garren | $5,694 | $5,951 | 4.5% |
| Darrell Wayne Head | $12,987 | $5,828 | -55.1% |
| Charles Knight | $3,117 | $5,800 | 86.1% |
| Carylon Earl Wall | $5,798 | $5,748 | -0.9% |
| Cristi Laine Choat-Horton | $1,641 | $5,745 | 250.1% |
| Priddy Plants | $31,464 | $5,324 | -83.1% |
| Bill Winton | $3,328 | $5,240 | 57.5% |
| Randy Perry | $36,259 | $5,163 | -85.8% |
| Chad B. Beavers | $10,428 | $5,155 | -50.6% |
| Gerald Hale | $4,504 | $5,117 | 13.6% |
| Roger Horton | $9,393 | $5,084 | -45.9% |
| Glenn Dale Duncan | $17,248 | $5,050 | -70.7% |
| Donna C. Sanders | $7,407 | $4,835 | -34.7% |
| Nathan Carothers | $14,663 | $4,660 | -68.2% |
| Randall Leonhard | $0 | $4,649 | -- |
| Tommy C. Head | $1,068 | $4,643 | 334.7% |
| Dale R. Miles | $2,252 | $4,462 | 98.1% |
| H & F Family Limited Partnership | $2,728 | $4,375 | 60.4% |
| Rickie L. Smith | $10,051 | $4,349 | -56.7% |
| Michael V. Williams | $20,559 | $4,348 | -78.9% |
| Mark Major | $4,653 | $4,251 | -8.6% |
| Lamar Johanson | $14,466 | $4,120 | -71.5% |
| Tommy Dale Watson | $9,204 | $4,048 | -56% |
| Doug Spinks | $4,748 | $3,984 | -16.1% |
| Leonda Smith | $0 | $3,955 | -- |
| Marilyn Treadaway | $8,846 | $3,955 | -55.3% |
| Lewis Hodges | $7,045 | $3,914 | -44.4% |
| Dayton House | $3,330 | $3,651 | 9.6% |
| Mark Geeslin | $7,911 | $3,578 | -54.8% |
| Carroll Gaylon Jernigan | $4,191 | $3,571 | -14.8% |
| Adaline H Bufe | $9,101 | $3,407 | -62.6% |
| Jason Allen | $17,311 | $3,270 | -81.1% |
| Dolores Humphries | $3,573 | $3,132 | -12.3% |
| Martin Hughes | $14,147 | $3,068 | -78.3% |
| Jerry E. Welch | $1,485 | $3,001 | 102.1% |
| Artie Hilliard Jr. | $7,114 | $2,994 | -57.9% |
| Leslie Plagens | $3,993 | $2,949 | -26.1% |
| Melynn Hunt | $8,381 | $2,872 | -65.7% |
| Angeline Jo Hermesmeyer | $0 | $2,800 | -- |
| Eugene E. Norwood | $3,091 | $2,789 | -9.8% |
| Michael Stifflemire | $1,428 | $2,784 | 95% |
| Alva B. Watson | $4,930 | $2,725 | -44.7% |
| William H. Blackwell Jr. | $0 | $2,614 | -- |
| Darrell Hunt | $12,657 | $2,595 | -79.5% |
| Vickye O Drury | $1,232 | $2,533 | 105.6% |
| Rex Williams | $2,377 | $2,519 | 6% |
| Marla G. Watson | $1,760 | $2,508 | 42.5% |
| Lake Z Hite | $5,181 | $2,496 | -51.8% |
| Jimmy Jewel McCoy | $4,611 | $2,477 | -46.3% |
| Ronnie Head | $4,644 | $2,397 | -48.4% |
| Luke L. Harper | $12,133 | $2,380 | -80.4% |
| Tyler G. Williams | $0 | $2,348 | -- |
| Robert T. Hoyer | $2,153 | $2,329 | 8.2% |
| Jimmy D. Hicks | $454 | $2,246 | 394.7% |
| Joe Murray Leverett | $1,799 | $2,221 | 23.5% |
| Regency Feeders | $15,312 | $2,218 | -85.5% |
| Dr. Keith C. Hudson | $2,365 | $2,212 | -6.5% |
| Brian Kent Geeslin | $1,821 | $2,204 | 21% |
| Joe L. Balencia | $5,934 | $2,117 | -64.3% |
| James G. Crumley | $4,048 | $2,072 | -48.8% |
| Andrew D. Baumeister | $31,507 | $2,040 | -93.5% |
| Craig L. Seward | $5,326 | $1,989 | -62.7% |
| Gregory B. Raschke | $1,639 | $1,798 | 9.7% |
| James Roger Horton | $5,247 | $1,755 | -66.6% |
| Bobby Z. Duren | $74,004 | $1,705 | -97.7% |
| Jeffrey Dean Shelton | $8,642 | $1,684 | -80.5% |
| Rick L. Benningfield | $6,243 | $1,676 | -73.2% |
| Clark T. Campbell | $7,227 | $1,666 | -76.9% |
| Stephen L. Fogle | $2,387 | $1,624 | -32% |
| Tom Duren | $0 | $1,575 | -- |
| Robert W. Head | $926 | $1,556 | 68% |
| Marion Ferguson | $0 | $1,522 | -- |
| Dwayne Jonas | $1,232 | $1,494 | 21.3% |
| Stephen M. Patrick | $7,300 | $1,491 | -79.6% |
| Tommy Green | $3,784 | $1,471 | -61.1% |
| Ella Ruth Morgan | $6,020 | $1,432 | -76.2% |
| Wyatt Inderman | $2,763 | $1,429 | -48.3% |
| John W Roohms | $1,930 | $1,370 | -29% |
| Chase Love | $9,350 | $1,364 | -85.4% |
| Monty D. Carlisle | $7,281 | $1,363 | -81.3% |
| William L. Fisher | $4,543 | $1,363 | -70% |
| Thomas H. Hoyer | $2,358 | $1,339 | -43.2% |
| Highway 84 Pecan Shop | $3,486 | $1,333 | -61.8% |
| Barry W. Mashburn | $0 | $1,329 | -- |
| Derrick Head | $4,805 | $1,314 | -72.7% |
| Michael Don Geeslin | $1,854 | $1,291 | -30.4% |
| Jackie Boykin | $0 | $1,278 | -- |
| Chad Seward | $737 | $1,255 | 70.3% |
| Lester W. Clary | $4,133 | $1,242 | -69.9% |
| Jason Nowell | $877 | $1,225 | 39.7% |
| G & H Livestock | $2,740 | $1,187 | -56.7% |
| Jimmy G. Johnson | $7,823 | $1,150 | -85.3% |
| Christopher Allen Biehl | $12,963 | $1,103 | -91.5% |
| Billy Miller | $3,967 | $1,060 | -73.3% |
| Dean Humphries | $2,267 | $1,031 | -54.5% |
| Jason Garlick | $5,616 | $1,021 | -81.8% |
| Jeremy Seider | $5,456 | $1,016 | -81.4% |
| Ryan Lee Hurst | $3,942 | $1,004 | -74.5% |
| Elizabeth Hearn Keese | $5,206 | $982 | -81.1% |
| Glenda Kay Bailey | $0 | $977 | -- |
| Gary M. Bradbury | $1,859 | $964 | -48.1% |
| Michael B. Wagner | $5,051 | $946 | -81.3% |
| David L. Thomison | $8,453 | $915 | -89.2% |
| Shan D. Seward | $737 | $915 | 24.2% |
| Wayne Cash | $1,733 | $893 | -48.5% |
| James Schunke | $6,286 | $885 | -85.9% |
| Jeffery A. Norwood | $9,404 | $871 | -90.7% |
| Bobby Rountree | $0 | $867 | -- |
| Michael R. Welch | $8,542 | $858 | -90% |
| Cole Sealy | $1,263 | $851 | -32.6% |
| Felton Wright | $9,874 | $793 | -92% |
| Larry Ezell | $4,059 | $785 | -80.7% |
| A. L. Ussery | $1,799 | $762 | -57.6% |
| Jerry King | $0 | $749 | -- |
| Michael F. Hunt | $5,135 | $706 | -86.3% |
| Jana Ann Edington | $3,333 | $700 | -79% |
| Sheri R. Montalvo | $3,611 | $649 | -82% |
| Goldthwaite Dairy Lp | $780,370 | $645 | -99.9% |
| Corbyn Kye Darden | $2,706 | $634 | -76.6% |
| Barbara L. Jernigan | $2,673 | $589 | -78% |
| Shawn Mangham | $0 | $588 | -- |
| Glenda Bailey | $1,185 | $580 | -51.1% |
| Carl Johnson | $1,045 | $555 | -46.9% |
| Charles L. Slaughter | $13,086 | $490 | -96.3% |
| Johnnie Martinez | $1,799 | $483 | -73.2% |
| Francis Harvey Tubb | $1,101 | $458 | -58.4% |
| Edward Wilcox | $5,245 | $456 | -91.3% |
| Darla Turley | $17,956 | $413 | -97.7% |
| Harold Dean Krueger | $1,049 | $382 | -63.6% |
| Vernon J. Hurst | $0 | $378 | -- |
| Robert Hall | $10,022 | $370 | -96.3% |
| William Howard Brooks | $946 | $352 | -62.8% |
| Lee Roy Niemann | $1,787 | $339 | -81% |
| Varnell Wilkey | $554 | $291 | -47.5% |
| Linda L. Garcia | $1,353 | $287 | -78.8% |
| Shawn W. Calder | $2,901 | $262 | -91% |
| Don Seward | $2,381 | $256 | -89.2% |
| John A. Head | $0 | $234 | -- |
| Roy W Wollgast | $1,056 | $222 | -79% |
| Charlee Roberts Griffin | $3,274 | $214 | -93.5% |
| Janeva Evans | $5,910 | $214 | -96.4% |
| Robert Earl Hunt | $4,904 | $213 | -95.7% |
| Phil Duren | $913 | $204 | -77.7% |
| Darin W. Carr | $2,420 | $197 | -91.9% |
| Tommy Mangham | $0 | $195 | -- |
| Mary A. Sides | $0 | $157 | -- |
| Janie W. Bennett | $6,081 | $139 | -97.7% |
| Russell Dean Humphries | $0 | $127 | -- |
| David Lee Fletcher | $3,743 | $119 | -96.8% |
| Pamela Greer | $1,111 | $111 | -90% |
| Lori Falcon | $468 | $107 | -77.1% |
| Joanne Correll | $484 | $97 | -80% |
| J. D. Hunt | $3,784 | $77 | -98% |
| Bruce W. Gillan | $181 | $61 | -66.3% |
| Krystal D. Bolt | $156 | $37 | -76.3% |
| Allen Wayne Mills | $1,579 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolann W. Degraffenried | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles, Barry and Randal Miles T | $22,350 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig Smith | $71 | $0 | -100% |
| Cristi Laine Choat - Horton | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Head | $1,578 | $0 | -100% |
| Don Massey | $7,040 | $0 | -100% |
| Fred W. Keese Jr. | $613 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon Lane Dyer | $743 | $0 | -100% |
| H & D Mccasland Farms, Inc. | $284,236 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Rountree | $2,310 | $0 | -100% |
| John L. Mann | $159 | $0 | -100% |
| Joy & Del Barnett Family Limited | $11,902 | $0 | -100% |
| Julie Early | $2,429 | $0 | -100% |
| Marjorie V. Alexander | $150 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Norwood | $1,214 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin Vaquera | $9,250 | $0 | -100% |
| Mills County Meat Company, Inc. | $160,503 | $0 | -100% |
| Norwood Cattle Leasing LP | $30,370 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard P. Wiesman | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky D. Hurst | $1,363 | $0 | -100% |
| Wade A. Clifton | $17,887 | $0 | -100% |
| Walt R. Clifton | $222,845 | $0 | -100% |
| William Allensworth | $7,326 | $0 | -100% |
| William Hall | $5,342 | $0 | -100% |
| Matt Kyle | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharifah K Smith | $3,693 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,770,776 | $1,148,868 | -75.9% |
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