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In 2021, 199 farmers in cities within Hamilton County received a total of $1.1 million in 348 farm subsidies, a 73.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4 million in 704 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 Hamilton County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lasater Dairy, LLC | $561,158 | $128,823 | -77% |
| Ralph J. Lee | $313,733 | $107,947 | -65.6% |
| C & D Pecans | $241,055 | $78,512 | -67.4% |
| Steven Watson & Sons, Inc. | $146,910 | $57,642 | -60.8% |
| David Melde | $97,150 | $47,117 | -51.5% |
| Stephen P. Schrank | $38,946 | $27,163 | -30.3% |
| Oscar R. Melde | $71,760 | $26,499 | -63.1% |
| James W. Blackwell | $169,268 | $24,117 | -85.8% |
| William E. Craig | $100,898 | $24,057 | -76.2% |
| Darrell Melde | $48,381 | $23,624 | -51.2% |
| Lundberg Farms | $78,383 | $22,663 | -71.1% |
| Lane's Green Oaks, Inc. | $87,714 | $22,213 | -74.7% |
| Wm L. Melde | $52,322 | $22,119 | -57.7% |
| Jason McGregor | $60,983 | $15,682 | -74.3% |
| Leonard Buffe | $64,830 | $15,145 | -76.6% |
| Robert Reich | $45,353 | $14,440 | -68.2% |
| Brandon S. Haile | $41,126 | $13,234 | -67.8% |
| Mark Melde | $24,599 | $11,666 | -52.6% |
| Jay Coker | $80,037 | $10,251 | -87.2% |
| Nicolas L Bottlinger | $66,602 | $9,561 | -85.6% |
| Jill Walton | $35,774 | $9,254 | -74.1% |
| Randy R. Klatt | $33,504 | $9,049 | -73% |
| D & R Livestock | $76,712 | $8,578 | -88.8% |
| Dan Raibourn | $36,993 | $8,419 | -77.2% |
| Will R Hale, LLC | $10,200 | $8,087 | -20.7% |
| Robert Keith Rogers | $29,761 | $7,143 | -76% |
| Milton Bottlinger | $35,544 | $7,086 | -80.1% |
| Larry R. Eilers | $28,488 | $7,050 | -75.3% |
| Bradly Batla Farms, Inc. | $23,895 | $6,604 | -72.4% |
| Karen D. Krueger | $5,255 | $6,156 | 17.1% |
| Don Tyson | $12,504 | $6,106 | -51.2% |
| Ramon L. Haile | $0 | $6,038 | -- |
| Raymond Krueger Jr. | $15,499 | $5,941 | -61.7% |
| Billy mac Newton | $33,999 | $5,900 | -82.6% |
| Fredrich M. Schrank | $8,801 | $5,553 | -36.9% |
| Everett Vandiver | $0 | $5,108 | -- |
| Barry W. Lamb | $0 | $4,950 | -- |
| Connie Shamburger | $12,452 | $4,929 | -60.4% |
| Stephen C. Bruce | $10,769 | $4,907 | -54.4% |
| Marcus Shamburger | $3,437 | $4,837 | 40.7% |
| Travis Meissner | $39,477 | $4,824 | -87.8% |
| Steve Dunn | $13,215 | $4,759 | -64% |
| Fuqua Livestock | $41,402 | $4,568 | -89% |
| Marvin Schrank | $23,881 | $4,549 | -81% |
| Joshua Bauman | $13,073 | $4,157 | -68.2% |
| Martin Wenzel | $13,683 | $4,116 | -69.9% |
| Kelly Jurek | $2,885 | $4,111 | 42.5% |
| Bob Wright Livestock | $15,271 | $4,054 | -73.5% |
| Mark Drewes | $24,621 | $4,016 | -83.7% |
| Justin Mauney | $16,714 | $4,003 | -76.1% |
| Scott Weatherford | $15,972 | $3,899 | -75.6% |
| Jon Mark Jester | $13,420 | $3,738 | -72.1% |
| James W. Ivey | $14,696 | $3,643 | -75.2% |
| Amado D. Delagarza | $11,563 | $3,302 | -71.4% |
| Billy C. Lawson | $17,607 | $3,157 | -82.1% |
| Josh Mehaffey | $15,439 | $3,138 | -79.7% |
| J & S Angus Ranch, LLC | $14,031 | $3,016 | -78.5% |
| Brandi Lane Murphree | $14,041 | $3,008 | -78.6% |
| Susan Martin | $10,857 | $2,994 | -72.4% |
| Jimmy D. Sommerfeld | $16,308 | $2,982 | -81.7% |
| Brad Whitehead | $14,795 | $2,928 | -80.2% |
| Anna Hansen | $13,118 | $2,686 | -79.5% |
| Larry Weaver | $17,360 | $2,669 | -84.6% |
| R. A. Layne | $10,395 | $2,610 | -74.9% |
| Sawyer & Wilson Partnership | $3,417 | $2,551 | -25.3% |
| Darrell Wagner | $11,301 | $2,541 | -77.5% |
| Shirley Lewis | $8,049 | $2,402 | -70.2% |
| David C. Tyson | $3,635 | $2,385 | -34.4% |
| Armand Martell - Armand R. Martell Rev Trust | $9,674 | $2,380 | -75.4% |
| Jack D. Graham | $11,453 | $2,374 | -79.3% |
| Lillian Wilhelm | $9,152 | $2,366 | -74.1% |
| Dwight Bullington | $6,253 | $2,332 | -62.7% |
| Habert Hopper | $3,968 | $2,311 | -41.8% |
| Jake Alan Murphree | $8,954 | $2,208 | -75.3% |
| Lee Baird | $10,634 | $2,184 | -79.5% |
| Michael Hopper | $8,529 | $2,179 | -74.5% |
| Calvin H. Friedrich | $7,926 | $2,142 | -73% |
| Gary Wayne Shanks | $11,056 | $2,036 | -81.6% |
| Jimmy Craig | $0 | $2,017 | -- |
| Cody Lasater | $8,954 | $1,998 | -77.7% |
| C. W. Lambert | $8,256 | $1,947 | -76.4% |
| Theodore Alan McAnelly | $20,644 | $1,933 | -90.6% |
| Isaac Luke Wenzel | $10,112 | $1,925 | -81% |
| Randall P. Denning | $8,258 | $1,898 | -77% |
| Jerry Lee Robinson | $3,373 | $1,860 | -44.9% |
| Seth Dean Craig | $7,964 | $1,838 | -76.9% |
| George A. Melde | $2,711 | $1,801 | -33.6% |
| James W Goerdel | $9,189 | $1,777 | -80.7% |
| Greg Eilers | $7,472 | $1,762 | -76.4% |
| Randel G. Craig | $8,611 | $1,751 | -79.7% |
| Bill Siems | $9,103 | $1,658 | -81.8% |
| Collett Family Partnership | $4,264 | $1,657 | -61.1% |
| Bill Adams | $11,439 | $1,648 | -85.6% |
| Jared Marwitz | $6,345 | $1,590 | -74.9% |
| Lance Hopper | $7,278 | $1,544 | -78.8% |
| Darrell Wright | $0 | $1,510 | -- |
| Juanita M. Anders | $6,926 | $1,498 | -78.4% |
| Gerald Johnson | $7,279 | $1,461 | -79.9% |
| Ernst G. Peters | $4,180 | $1,396 | -66.6% |
| Opal Limmer | $3,951 | $1,352 | -65.8% |
| David Wardlaw | $5,349 | $1,338 | -75% |
| Jim D. Boatwright | $9,522 | $1,337 | -86% |
| Ronald E. Hoggatt | $3,094 | $1,291 | -58.3% |
| Dane Marwitz | $6,573 | $1,289 | -80.4% |
| Mary Owen | $0 | $1,254 | -- |
| Brandee Paschal | $4,278 | $1,210 | -71.7% |
| Nolan Keeter | $3,597 | $1,181 | -67.2% |
| David Holley | $6,095 | $1,176 | -80.7% |
| Royce O. Poteet | $4,327 | $1,174 | -72.9% |
| Paul Carl Ising | $8,254 | $1,116 | -86.5% |
| D. W. Farms | $4,841 | $1,082 | -77.6% |
| Charles Schuman | $7,273 | $1,080 | -85.2% |
| Don Gromatzky | $7,218 | $1,056 | -85.4% |
| Aaron Gardner | $7,931 | $1,043 | -86.8% |
| Craig Mauney | $5,346 | $1,040 | -80.5% |
| Cynthia Hughes | $3,850 | $1,038 | -73% |
| Robert Rowe | $3,410 | $1,026 | -69.9% |
| B & B Cattle Company | $3,608 | $966 | -73.2% |
| Bernadene Krueger | $1,703 | $907 | -46.7% |
| Jacob Robertson | $3,806 | $906 | -76.2% |
| Ann Schooler | $4,034 | $895 | -77.8% |
| Steve Young | $11,099 | $892 | -92% |
| Oak Brook Ranch, LLC | $4,556 | $876 | -80.8% |
| H. C. Wenzel | $2,948 | $869 | -70.5% |
| Kenneth Balzen | $1,650 | $867 | -47.5% |
| Stephen Heyroth | $3,982 | $858 | -78.5% |
| Jim Edward Daniels | $3,941 | $853 | -78.4% |
| Forrest J. Jenson Jr. | $7,004 | $838 | -88% |
| Farel Williams | $2,508 | $812 | -67.6% |
| Curtis D. Creach | $4,330 | $806 | -81.4% |
| Mark W. Tynes | $8,170 | $806 | -90.1% |
| Donald L. Wilson | $4,187 | $782 | -81.3% |
| Ted Whitehead | $3,207 | $772 | -75.9% |
| Jerry Siepert | $9,690 | $762 | -92.1% |
| Kenneth Dekay | $3,597 | $731 | -79.7% |
| Mike Eoff | $4,470 | $719 | -83.9% |
| Jerry B. Chilton | $4,256 | $712 | -83.3% |
| Charles Garrett | $4,260 | $703 | -83.5% |
| James C. Sommerfeld | $4,382 | $701 | -84% |
| T & C Cattle Company | $5,826 | $699 | -88% |
| Joy Nell Payne | $3,616 | $684 | -81.1% |
| Joe R. Sommerfeld | $7,506 | $663 | -91.2% |
| Alfred L. Chapmon | $3,406 | $645 | -81.1% |
| Douglas Wagner | $4,312 | $612 | -85.8% |
| Jerald Short Jr. | $2,904 | $588 | -79.8% |
| Peter a Goerdel | $0 | $575 | -- |
| Mike Overstreet | $0 | $569 | -- |
| VMK Ranch, LLC | $1,320 | $561 | -57.5% |
| Jerome Pietzsch | $2,662 | $560 | -79% |
| Lesly M. Bosse | $4,174 | $560 | -86.6% |
| T. P. Medlock | $2,794 | $547 | -80.4% |
| Larry W. Tatum | $2,013 | $539 | -73.2% |
| Charles Kevin Craig | $1,694 | $512 | -69.8% |
| Jimmie H. Joiner | $2,508 | $512 | -79.6% |
| David Pruden | $2,131 | $499 | -76.6% |
| Vernon L Gromatzky | $2,764 | $499 | -81.9% |
| Jane K. Boyd | $2,277 | $498 | -78.1% |
| William Todd Coker | $17,719 | $474 | -97.3% |
| Gary Voges | $2,990 | $452 | -84.9% |
| Kimberly McCullough | $1,868 | $440 | -76.4% |
| Alan Paschal | $3,280 | $433 | -86.8% |
| James Carver Ratliff | $679 | $433 | -36.2% |
| Zane Streater | $2,090 | $430 | -79.4% |
| Alvaro Cruz | $1,792 | $424 | -76.3% |
| Jeffrey L. Williams | $1,840 | $402 | -78.2% |
| Ralph P. Griggs | $8,481 | $394 | -95.4% |
| CFJ Ranch, LLC | $2,603 | $391 | -85% |
| Jerry W Zschiesche | $6,024 | $384 | -93.6% |
| Marla G. Knutson | $1,720 | $363 | -78.9% |
| Amy Brown St Clair | $1,540 | $356 | -76.9% |
| Chris Bottlinger | $2,829 | $356 | -87.4% |
| Gaylon Marwitz | $759 | $340 | -55.2% |
| Justin Caraway | $24,851 | $339 | -98.6% |
| Glen D. Jenson | $1,100 | $337 | -69.4% |
| C. E. Nichols | $1,452 | $326 | -77.5% |
| Mary J Schooler-Singleton | $824 | $325 | -60.6% |
| Rickie D. Sowell | $2,101 | $315 | -85% |
| Lee Roy Tyson | $1,603 | $312 | -80.5% |
| Brown & Brown, Inc. | $1,618 | $291 | -82% |
| Brent L. Weldy | $1,089 | $290 | -73.4% |
| Wayne K. Weiss | $787 | $289 | -63.3% |
| Mickey Streater | $1,331 | $277 | -79.2% |
| Ruth McCulloch | $0 | $266 | -- |
| Arvel Boatner | $1,104 | $260 | -76.4% |
| Gary Schoen | $583 | $242 | -58.5% |
| Donald L. Haile | $773 | $227 | -70.6% |
| Jack Clowdus | $11,390 | $211 | -98.1% |
| Marion Striegler | $1,001 | $211 | -78.9% |
| John H Opryshek | $480 | $203 | -57.7% |
| Deborah G. Stanford | $1,418 | $198 | -86% |
| Wilma Jean Langpaul | $0 | $193 | -- |
| Buster McSparran | $3,232 | $190 | -94.1% |
| James Hall | $7,503 | $187 | -97.5% |
| H. R. Stephens Jr. | $264 | $138 | -47.7% |
| Joyce Demae Kyle | $0 | $125 | -- |
| James Craig | $1,188 | $113 | -90.5% |
| Carla J. Tarpley | $209 | $109 | -47.8% |
| David L. Hopper | $49,042 | $101 | -99.8% |
| Donna J. Abdou | $4 | $13 | 225% |
| Acy L. Watson | $285 | $0 | -100% |
| Anita Jo Parker | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy mac Brown | $489 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon Buffe | $1,969 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Bubert | $198 | $0 | -100% |
| Cheryl Harris | $2,185 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig Brooks | $22 | $0 | -100% |
| D-C Kinsey Properties, Inc. | $5,840 | $0 | -100% |
| Dana Allison | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| E & J Agri, Inc. | $1,050 | $0 | -100% |
| J. C. Thomison | $3,780 | $0 | -100% |
| J. T. Massingill | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| James B. Lasater | $3,740 | $0 | -100% |
| John E. Schoedel Jr. | $1,341 | $0 | -100% |
| Josh Beshears | $1,215 | $0 | -100% |
| Julianne N. Watson | $2,892 | $0 | -100% |
| Julie Fraedrich | $2,488 | $0 | -100% |
| Kensing Livestock, GP | $358 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry A. Dunn | $568 | $0 | -100% |
| Leonard Kirkland | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Little Bear Creek Ranch, Ltd. | $4,684 | $0 | -100% |
| Mason Lynn Bullard | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Kruger | $106 | $0 | -100% |
| Rena A. Lynch | $10,176 | $0 | -100% |
| Rena D. Sliger | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Massingill | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherry E. Schumann | $1,818 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy Craig | $4,873 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Nech, LLC | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyson Wilson Partnership | $38 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary Burks | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,951,773 | $1,051,555 | -73.4% |
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