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In 2021, 250 farmers in cities within Coleman County received a total of $2.4 million in 683 farm subsidies, a 47.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.6 million in 903 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 Coleman County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox and Knox | $102,747 | $131,381 | 27.9% |
| Jack B. Horne | $100,881 | $108,820 | 7.9% |
| Hemphill Land and Cattle, Ltd. | $129,613 | $108,439 | -16.3% |
| R. M. Edington | $235,814 | $95,695 | -59.4% |
| Thomas D. Saunders | $121,101 | $95,294 | -21.3% |
| Ted Taylor | $79,404 | $91,841 | 15.7% |
| Zachary Allen | $505,818 | $88,592 | -82.5% |
| Billy Dan Sorrell | $74,384 | $51,388 | -30.9% |
| Monty Bouldin | $173,114 | $47,265 | -72.7% |
| Jeff Miller | $56,775 | $41,004 | -27.8% |
| W. R. Hennig | $31,417 | $40,967 | 30.4% |
| Ted D. Boatright | $49,070 | $36,175 | -26.3% |
| Ynasio Guerrero | $60,298 | $32,735 | -45.7% |
| Scotty Lawrence | $47,011 | $31,855 | -32.2% |
| Joseph S. Johnson | $36,097 | $30,490 | -15.5% |
| Greg Wilson | $68,016 | $30,106 | -55.7% |
| Max Rae | $25,378 | $29,857 | 17.6% |
| Connie N. Clendenen | $25,518 | $28,540 | 11.8% |
| Charlotte L. Mullins | $21,068 | $27,849 | 32.2% |
| Greaves Ranch | $36,820 | $27,753 | -24.6% |
| Marian K. Phillips | $25,166 | $26,778 | 6.4% |
| Hayden J. Wise | $14,124 | $26,773 | 89.6% |
| Jerald Wilson | $19,748 | $24,988 | 26.5% |
| James Bible | $19,535 | $24,881 | 27.4% |
| Ken Hunter | $39,767 | $24,130 | -39.3% |
| Oly L Hopper | $25,823 | $22,860 | -11.5% |
| Terra McMahon | $10,148 | $22,376 | 120.5% |
| Sonny Bouldin | $95,850 | $22,177 | -76.9% |
| Jerry Allen | $20,989 | $22,047 | 5% |
| Matthew B. Chism | $0 | $21,539 | -- |
| Joseph Will Johnson | $10,120 | $20,859 | 106.1% |
| Sophia Divine Cattle, LLC | $140,877 | $20,501 | -85.4% |
| Scott Hunter | $13,165 | $20,214 | 53.5% |
| Collier Watson | $18,705 | $19,850 | 6.1% |
| Jimmy Hemphill | $32,222 | $19,609 | -39.1% |
| Kevin Ray Landers | $24,713 | $18,538 | -25% |
| Glen E. Edington | $82,758 | $18,510 | -77.6% |
| B&a Farms Partnership | $76,105 | $17,324 | -77.2% |
| Jeff Barnhart | $19,155 | $17,223 | -10.1% |
| Keith Phillips | $33,653 | $17,188 | -48.9% |
| Wayne Cattle Company, Inc. | $481,424 | $17,076 | -96.5% |
| Chris Jamison | $15,628 | $16,952 | 8.5% |
| Mike Ray | $29,219 | $15,208 | -48% |
| Big Country Meat Company, LLC | $13,099 | $15,078 | 15.1% |
| Kent Finley | $6,320 | $15,029 | 137.8% |
| Bob Edington | $43,487 | $14,899 | -65.7% |
| Sarah Beal | $17,212 | $14,448 | -16.1% |
| Billy Griffin | $20,047 | $14,404 | -28.1% |
| Cecil Johnson | $28,575 | $14,178 | -50.4% |
| Ben Taylor | $25,760 | $13,812 | -46.4% |
| Jackson L. Knox | $11,064 | $13,382 | 21% |
| Joan Ethridge | $8,253 | $13,340 | 61.6% |
| Dustin Zirkle | $32,770 | $12,998 | -60.3% |
| Sonjia Taylor | $8,818 | $12,324 | 39.8% |
| The JP Jones and Fern Mcclain Jones Trust | $0 | $12,265 | -- |
| Paul Whittington | $13,553 | $11,729 | -13.5% |
| Curtis L. Garrett | $11,233 | $11,583 | 3.1% |
| Sherman Smith | $4,799 | $11,507 | 139.8% |
| Aaron Loyd | $15,907 | $11,203 | -29.6% |
| Christopher L. Guerrero | $15,466 | $11,126 | -28.1% |
| Alan Davis | $29,461 | $11,038 | -62.5% |
| Casey 0 Spinks | $11,227 | $10,932 | -2.6% |
| Bobby Alba | $21,706 | $10,508 | -51.6% |
| Herman Watson | $14,988 | $10,333 | -31.1% |
| Lonnie W. Jones | $17,371 | $9,861 | -43.2% |
| Brady Burdick | $10,613 | $9,559 | -9.9% |
| Ross Burdick | $11,155 | $9,265 | -16.9% |
| Andrea Johnson | $7,750 | $8,709 | 12.4% |
| Rocquelle Hunter | $6,611 | $8,643 | 30.7% |
| Henry Dodson | $16,995 | $8,546 | -49.7% |
| Fausto Maldonado | $7,204 | $8,292 | 15.1% |
| William D. Cope Jr. | $8,916 | $8,285 | -7.1% |
| Rodney P. Schumann | $21,560 | $8,279 | -61.6% |
| Mitzi Mays | $5,291 | $8,094 | 53% |
| Judy Duvall | $7,001 | $7,857 | 12.2% |
| Jake Knight | $25,823 | $7,810 | -69.8% |
| Roy D. Rhoads | $13,677 | $7,654 | -44% |
| R. O. McCarty | $8,494 | $7,612 | -10.4% |
| Bruce W. Terry | $14,839 | $7,345 | -50.5% |
| Jerry K. Taylor | $16,739 | $6,910 | -58.7% |
| Joe G. Tabor | $14,049 | $6,673 | -52.5% |
| James Terry Scott | $5,790 | $6,415 | 10.8% |
| Melton Kennedy | $7,661 | $6,295 | -17.8% |
| Monte Allyn McMahon | $6,031 | $6,211 | 3% |
| Ben J. Scott | $13,275 | $6,072 | -54.3% |
| Matt Henderson | $9,967 | $6,064 | -39.2% |
| Teddy Ballard | $2,783 | $5,901 | 112% |
| Anthony C. Rast | $7,471 | $5,821 | -22.1% |
| Nicky Simonton | $11,914 | $5,781 | -51.5% |
| Jay W. Davis | $6,874 | $5,658 | -17.7% |
| Bruce Pittard | $3,050 | $5,579 | 82.9% |
| Triplitt PRT, Ltd. | $8,377 | $5,560 | -33.6% |
| Lisa Mae Cavanaugh | $6,193 | $5,444 | -12.1% |
| George G. Ogden | $20,186 | $5,422 | -73.1% |
| Ruby Nell Neff Estate | $21,908 | $5,420 | -75.3% |
| Darrell Hunter | $3,206 | $5,205 | 62.4% |
| David Thweatt | $6,867 | $4,720 | -31.3% |
| Dwight L. Nanny | $6,820 | $4,710 | -30.9% |
| Betsy Davis | $6,354 | $4,651 | -26.8% |
| Monte Sides | $3,679 | $4,630 | 25.8% |
| Don Allen | $7,161 | $4,582 | -36% |
| Jim Bob Edington | $5,383 | $4,533 | -15.8% |
| Steve Evans | $3,146 | $4,348 | 38.2% |
| Jimmie Hobbs | $8,002 | $4,244 | -47% |
| Hubert Todd | $5,509 | $4,215 | -23.5% |
| Cameron O. Norris | $3,591 | $4,163 | 15.9% |
| Cody B. Norris | $3,456 | $4,146 | 20% |
| Jacob G. Farrow | $8,611 | $4,102 | -52.4% |
| Cory McFadden | $3,960 | $4,069 | 2.8% |
| Justin Kimmel | $27,280 | $4,056 | -85.1% |
| Nell Lefevere | $1,694 | $3,805 | 124.6% |
| Raye King | $0 | $3,733 | -- |
| Robert Huddle | $17,517 | $3,733 | -78.7% |
| Marcy E. McCain | $4,115 | $3,646 | -11.4% |
| Christina L. Henderson | $3,367 | $3,640 | 8.1% |
| Michael Calk | $6,412 | $3,620 | -43.5% |
| Dr. Paul Reynolds | $3,027 | $3,597 | 18.8% |
| Cody Chambers | $5,861 | $3,562 | -39.2% |
| Larry W. Seymore | $5,778 | $3,534 | -38.8% |
| Brent McMillan | $2,820 | $3,495 | 23.9% |
| Johnny L. Allen | $4,906 | $3,302 | -32.7% |
| Galan Jennings | $3,113 | $3,203 | 2.9% |
| Mae A. Walden | $1,821 | $3,181 | 74.7% |
| Marsha Snider | $3,940 | $3,142 | -20.3% |
| Judith R. Wilkinson | $7,615 | $3,072 | -59.7% |
| Cody Fikes | $5,279 | $3,055 | -42.1% |
| Brent Arnold | $3,729 | $3,015 | -19.1% |
| Michael A. Palmer | $7,007 | $2,983 | -57.4% |
| Mitch Goza | $1,144 | $2,974 | 160% |
| Mary E. Wilson | $2,754 | $2,932 | 6.5% |
| mac Wilson | $7,241 | $2,923 | -59.6% |
| Billy M. Cox | $2,961 | $2,866 | -3.2% |
| Gary Castleberry | $3,830 | $2,851 | -25.6% |
| Zachary Von Edington | $12,051 | $2,840 | -76.4% |
| Walter Merritt | $2,718 | $2,737 | 0.7% |
| Debbie Davis | $1,089 | $2,708 | 148.7% |
| Stacey W. Galbreath | $1,870 | $2,654 | 41.9% |
| Ivey R. Cole | $1,760 | $2,642 | 50.1% |
| William Fowler | $0 | $2,625 | -- |
| Kevin Allen | $2,436 | $2,623 | 7.7% |
| John D. Elder | $2,611 | $2,567 | -1.7% |
| Rhonda R. Ballard | $1,906 | $2,514 | 31.9% |
| Scott L. Purl | $5,113 | $2,490 | -51.3% |
| Dorothy Melissa Sturdivant | $2,352 | $2,417 | 2.8% |
| Katherine Knox N. Markland | $3,789 | $2,411 | -36.4% |
| Sammy Alba | $2,970 | $2,338 | -21.3% |
| Charles E. Duvall | $2,330 | $2,333 | 0.1% |
| Eddie K. Dossey | $1,058 | $2,260 | 113.6% |
| Shawn Fenton | $2,585 | $2,217 | -14.2% |
| Tommy mac Connelly | $4,032 | $2,205 | -45.3% |
| Donald M. Sellars | $3,396 | $2,187 | -35.6% |
| Debra Ann Little | $3,054 | $2,127 | -30.4% |
| Jaime Valdez | $3,073 | $2,076 | -32.4% |
| Steve Vail | $2,466 | $2,007 | -18.6% |
| Larry Robinson | $3,275 | $2,001 | -38.9% |
| Eddy Tanner | $12,223 | $1,987 | -83.7% |
| Ross Jones | $2,291 | $1,984 | -13.4% |
| John Puckett | $2,380 | $1,976 | -17% |
| Michael R. Smith | $2,431 | $1,959 | -19.4% |
| Rex Mahan Jr. | $3,176 | $1,885 | -40.6% |
| David Aldridge | $3,656 | $1,861 | -49.1% |
| Tommy Winfrey | $1,646 | $1,856 | 12.8% |
| Morris Cox | $825 | $1,835 | 122.4% |
| Benny Mendoza | $1,597 | $1,773 | 11% |
| Walter V. Clendenen | $10,739 | $1,754 | -83.7% |
| Pete Guerrero | $1,890 | $1,717 | -9.2% |
| Grady Rashall | $1,077 | $1,687 | 56.6% |
| Gary Boren | $1,844 | $1,616 | -12.4% |
| Jerri Ann Wilson | $1,002 | $1,614 | 61.1% |
| Wayne Snider | $3,629 | $1,482 | -59.2% |
| Nelda Copley | $1,284 | $1,444 | 12.5% |
| Dixie Lee | $1,324 | $1,419 | 7.2% |
| Charles Watts | $3,438 | $1,407 | -59.1% |
| Rebecca Greaves | $1,312 | $1,403 | 6.9% |
| Ricky Lloyd Davis | $3,871 | $1,400 | -63.8% |
| Sumter W. Weatherred | $2,239 | $1,362 | -39.2% |
| Frank W. Quinn | $3,726 | $1,348 | -63.8% |
| Tanya Lynn Fulbright | $1,655 | $1,301 | -21.4% |
| Ruth Ann Taylor | $0 | $1,279 | -- |
| Mathew S. Motley | $759 | $1,249 | 64.6% |
| Steven F Neidigk | $913 | $1,224 | 34.1% |
| Jerod Tyler Roberts | $528 | $1,178 | 123.1% |
| Steve E. Evans | $1,650 | $1,145 | -30.6% |
| John Merrill | $2,069 | $1,137 | -45% |
| Diann D. Dillingham | $0 | $1,092 | -- |
| Garry Cox | $2,202 | $1,084 | -50.8% |
| Melvin Ray Ferguson | $2,004 | $1,048 | -47.7% |
| Arthur Jennings Jr. | $1,327 | $1,001 | -24.6% |
| David L. Wright Jr. | $704 | $991 | 40.8% |
| James Luther O'Shields | $3,805 | $968 | -74.6% |
| Gary Beets | $4,493 | $928 | -79.3% |
| Jefflynn Miller | $2,393 | $914 | -61.8% |
| Carolyn C. Merriman | $1,088 | $904 | -16.9% |
| Rheamond G Barlow | $1,319 | $866 | -34.3% |
| Jim Hargett III | $1,296 | $844 | -34.9% |
| Tommy W. Sager | $675 | $811 | 20.1% |
| Timothy X. Jones | $0 | $811 | -- |
| James Keith Roland | $1,539 | $789 | -48.7% |
| Glenn Lawrence | $2,974 | $701 | -76.4% |
| Jana D. Knowles | $0 | $654 | -- |
| Clifford Chambers | $0 | $638 | -- |
| Linda Williams | $0 | $610 | -- |
| James G. Dieterich | $726 | $578 | -20.4% |
| Keith Lange | $869 | $573 | -34.1% |
| Tanya D. Barker | $7,572 | $560 | -92.6% |
| Eric J. Fritsch | $0 | $554 | -- |
| Brad A. Wilkinson | $1,967 | $481 | -75.5% |
| Christine Manley | $173 | $475 | 174.6% |
| Tina M. Morgan | $3,119 | $475 | -84.8% |
| Syble Marraro | $541 | $460 | -15% |
| Gloria J. Parker | $938 | $459 | -51.1% |
| Joyce Anderson | $0 | $436 | -- |
| Nancy Berry | $3,009 | $430 | -85.7% |
| Sadie H. Wood | $1,646 | $427 | -74.1% |
| Thomas S. Boatwright | $264 | $423 | 60.2% |
| Roy L. Poage | $0 | $382 | -- |
| Mark Hambright | $693 | $360 | -48.1% |
| Billy Bledsoe | $1,384 | $345 | -75.1% |
| Charlotte Hanna | $1,573 | $342 | -78.3% |
| Dwight Anderson | $177 | $333 | 88.1% |
| Terry Emil Test | $312 | $314 | 0.6% |
| Clarence B. Keller | $143 | $306 | 114% |
| Von Clendenen | $1,155 | $289 | -75% |
| Joe Burkett | $7,687 | $255 | -96.7% |
| Joyce Davis | $94 | $255 | 171.3% |
| Linda S. Branch | $0 | $254 | -- |
| Grady Hausenfluke | $582 | $251 | -56.9% |
| Arturo Avila | $1,188 | $244 | -79.5% |
| Gregory A. Whitten | $229 | $231 | 0.9% |
| Stephen N. Sundy | $448 | $228 | -49.1% |
| Jay L. Moses | $427 | $209 | -51.1% |
| Todd R. Virden | $0 | $201 | -- |
| Bradford Colt Wilkinson | $803 | $197 | -75.5% |
| Howard Wayne Dennis | $20,981 | $195 | -99.1% |
| Josh Hale | $1,942 | $184 | -90.5% |
| Jim Thomas McAnally | $1,480 | $170 | -88.5% |
| James R. Wright | $0 | $146 | -- |
| Kathreyn Diann Portis | $0 | $143 | -- |
| Jason L. Foster | $0 | $133 | -- |
| Louie Beal | $0 | $133 | -- |
| Cindy T. Dockter | $715 | $132 | -81.5% |
| Bill Moore | $235 | $115 | -51.1% |
| Graham Cathey | $1,375 | $108 | -92.1% |
| Jeff Gore | $6,888 | $102 | -98.5% |
| Sean Gordon | $0 | $101 | -- |
| Barbara Young | $0 | $100 | -- |
| Monty G. Coleman | $0 | $99 | -- |
| Jerry Bowen | $76 | $38 | -50% |
| Telep Family Limited Partnership | $1,256 | $24 | -98.1% |
| Jean Ella Chaney | $0 | $14 | -- |
| Abbigail Mechelle Wyatt | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Allison Leah Hale | $465 | $0 | -100% |
| Becky Jones | $1,181 | $0 | -100% |
| Central Texas PCA | $49,373 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis Rogers | $696 | $0 | -100% |
| David Barnett | $1,524 | $0 | -100% |
| David E. Lowrance | $2,544 | $0 | -100% |
| Denise McDonald | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald L. Wilkinson | $34,992 | $0 | -100% |
| Doug Black | $1,861 | $0 | -100% |
| Hershell Ballard | $11,890 | $0 | -100% |
| Jared Kirk Sanderson | $10,402 | $0 | -100% |
| John Casey | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Michelle Sexton | $13,115 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Guerrero | $996 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Basse | $499 | $0 | -100% |
| Ross Joseph Kalina | $2,475 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Guy Bolton | $9,955 | $0 | -100% |
| Stan Brudney | $12,236 | $0 | -100% |
| The JP Jones and Fern Mcclain Jon | $30,647 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Manley | $514 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Ethridge | $5,082 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy L. Jennings | $810 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Grant | $843 | $0 | -100% |
| Wanda M. Motley | $593 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,571,169 | $2,410,217 | -47.3% |
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