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In 2021, 203 farmers in cities within Dallas County received a total of $1 million in 381 farm subsidies, a 52.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.2 million in 636 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 Dallas County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beau Robert James | $179,213 | $125,828 | -29.8% |
| Melissa L. James | $147,460 | $102,215 | -30.7% |
| Vert Fields, LLC | $0 | $77,072 | -- |
| Jimmie D. Osteen | $112,104 | $50,639 | -54.8% |
| Creek Land and Cattle, LLC | $186,689 | $47,896 | -74.3% |
| Longfellow Ranch Partners LP | $182,882 | $42,674 | -76.7% |
| Merrifield Farming Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $22,455 | -- |
| Patel and Patel, LLC | $0 | $16,997 | -- |
| Barbara J Brown Rev Trustee | $16,053 | $16,054 | 0% |
| Monica Xan Alexander | $66,082 | $14,805 | -77.6% |
| Bonnefield Farms, LLP | $0 | $14,637 | -- |
| Edward L. Lahart | $14,461 | $14,461 | 0% |
| Spade Beefmasters | $8,143 | $12,846 | 57.8% |
| Melott Land Partnership, Ltd. | $0 | $12,118 | -- |
| Mccallie Bros, Inc. | $23,877 | $11,470 | -52% |
| Stephen L. Sartin | $11,128 | $11,128 | 0% |
| Fourteen Pines, Corp. | $34,148 | $10,969 | -67.9% |
| Centerwell Limited Partnership | $22,366 | $10,694 | -52.2% |
| Steven Reedy | $19,463 | $9,131 | -53.1% |
| James T. Scrivner | $2,400 | $8,760 | 265% |
| Kenneth Kollmeyer | $44,033 | $8,741 | -80.1% |
| Brenda Barton | $3,337 | $8,448 | 153.2% |
| Bryan Irons | $10,318 | $8,318 | -19.4% |
| Lake Wilcoxson | $25,987 | $8,185 | -68.5% |
| 4-R Alternative Energy, LLC | $14,339 | $8,162 | -43.1% |
| LCSC Enterprise, LLC | $23,589 | $8,158 | -65.4% |
| Jack B. Bryan | $5,371 | $8,146 | 51.7% |
| Gregory R. Hayes | $50,770 | $7,987 | -84.3% |
| Don Miller | $6,921 | $7,687 | 11.1% |
| Linda Fredrikson | $8,078 | $7,519 | -6.9% |
| Joy Muse | $7,359 | $7,359 | 0% |
| John F. Davis | $11,518 | $7,324 | -36.4% |
| Wanda Rae Dale | $16,208 | $7,320 | -54.8% |
| Jones Family Farm, LLC | $5,627 | $7,152 | 27.1% |
| Graham Carruth | $9,360 | $7,147 | -23.6% |
| Jimmie F. Strain | $2,879 | $6,813 | 136.6% |
| Bodle Farms | $0 | $6,535 | -- |
| June Hairston | $6,530 | $6,530 | 0% |
| Gary M. Bradshaw | $30,415 | $6,206 | -79.6% |
| Heiland Family Living Trust | $17,235 | $6,044 | -64.9% |
| Ernestine S Miller Trust | $12,170 | $5,761 | -52.7% |
| Dorothy M. Smith | $5,332 | $5,546 | 4% |
| Ruth Ann Hudson | $5,332 | $5,546 | 4% |
| Stanley Green | $11,420 | $5,514 | -51.7% |
| Oscar Starbuck | $964 | $5,427 | 463% |
| Poonuru, LLC | $0 | $5,395 | -- |
| Mary K. Cook | $9,614 | $5,187 | -46% |
| Cristina J. Ortega | $4,905 | $4,905 | 0% |
| Arvid C. Hall | $4,777 | $4,777 | 0% |
| Juvenal Andrade | $5,014 | $4,462 | -11% |
| Hand Family Partnership | $6,624 | $4,304 | -35% |
| Jackie Walters | $3,847 | $4,225 | 9.8% |
| James Baird | $2,799 | $4,052 | 44.8% |
| Hamil Farms, LLC | $5,072 | $4,039 | -20.4% |
| Altaras Blum Farm | $2,200 | $3,967 | 80.3% |
| John Gary Bergeland | $4,017 | $3,908 | -2.7% |
| Paladin Exploration Company, Inc. | $5,416 | $3,901 | -28% |
| Nancy Feaster | $4,533 | $3,789 | -16.4% |
| Herbert W. Treger | $9,072 | $3,749 | -58.7% |
| Heter Farms, LLC | $3,217 | $3,576 | 11.2% |
| Linda M. Johnson | $7,546 | $3,568 | -52.7% |
| David Porterfield | $1,748 | $3,406 | 94.9% |
| Barbara J. Poteet | $8,946 | $3,339 | -62.7% |
| GGLB Nueces Trustee | $5,997 | $3,322 | -44.6% |
| John W. Igo | $3,561 | $3,307 | -7.1% |
| Patton Partnership | $6,720 | $3,036 | -54.8% |
| Jana M. Koop | $0 | $2,869 | -- |
| Reggie Smith | $11,287 | $2,851 | -74.7% |
| Holly Lovvorn | $4,258 | $2,740 | -35.7% |
| Sandra Smallwood | $4,255 | $2,739 | -35.6% |
| Roy Dopson Family Trustee | $18,994 | $2,650 | -86% |
| Cap One Investment, LLC | $9,163 | $2,647 | -71.1% |
| Melvin W. Brown | $5,248 | $2,610 | -50.3% |
| Donna Stephens | $2,857 | $2,503 | -12.4% |
| Gary A. Raymond | $2,460 | $2,460 | 0% |
| David Thompson | $23,676 | $2,430 | -89.7% |
| Naeem Ahmad | $3,415 | $2,413 | -29.3% |
| Mike Rinehart | $4,864 | $2,368 | -51.3% |
| Leigh Marie Arneson Dufour | $2,356 | $2,356 | 0% |
| Betsy Pustejovsky | $5,186 | $2,267 | -56.3% |
| Dennis Davis | $2,260 | $2,260 | 0% |
| Joe Davis | $2,260 | $2,260 | 0% |
| Larry T. Roach | $3,775 | $2,258 | -40.2% |
| Paulsen Family Living Trust | $4,829 | $2,252 | -53.4% |
| Kenneth L. Brandenburg | $13,503 | $2,234 | -83.5% |
| Cari L. Rucker | $1,765 | $2,222 | 25.9% |
| James T. Connor | $4,350 | $2,128 | -51.1% |
| Raymond Garton | $2,138 | $2,088 | -2.3% |
| D C & W E Holcomb PTN | $3,323 | $2,055 | -38.2% |
| Borah Capital, Ltd. | $1,874 | $1,994 | 6.4% |
| Bobby Carr Husted | $1,045 | $1,980 | 89.5% |
| Arnold Waddle Partners Limited | $9,077 | $1,970 | -78.3% |
| Kendra Leigh Weddle | $3,748 | $1,946 | -48.1% |
| BGN Family Partnership, Ltd. | $8,585 | $1,904 | -77.8% |
| John M Pavlovick JR Estate | $0 | $1,856 | -- |
| Ricky D Raindl | $1,677 | $1,830 | 9.1% |
| The Herndon Family Living Trust - Nancy Herndon | $0 | $1,821 | -- |
| Terrell Ranch, LLC | $2,253 | $1,761 | -21.8% |
| Jeffrey L. Allen | $2,732 | $1,749 | -36% |
| Alice L. Fairris | $0 | $1,719 | -- |
| Larry M. Tomlinson | $1,717 | $1,717 | 0% |
| Emilie E. Welch | $2,620 | $1,703 | -35% |
| Katharine A. Welch | $2,620 | $1,703 | -35% |
| Phillip Stoup | $1,700 | $1,700 | 0% |
| Don John McMinn | $2,424 | $1,662 | -31.4% |
| John C. Slade | $2,630 | $1,653 | -37.1% |
| Barbara K. Harrington | $3,108 | $1,626 | -47.7% |
| Roger and Beth Davidson Family Trust | $0 | $1,618 | -- |
| Laura Baker Beard | $1,996 | $1,489 | -25.4% |
| Elmer G. Stricker | $2,274 | $1,484 | -34.7% |
| Carolyn L. Faust | $7,382 | $1,450 | -80.4% |
| Victor Vidales | $693 | $1,430 | 106.3% |
| R Freels & F Schwenker | $3,366 | $1,387 | -58.8% |
| Alphonso Jackson | $5,208 | $1,348 | -74.1% |
| Alvin O'Dell Jr. | $8,706 | $1,275 | -85.4% |
| Jon V. Johnson | $5,729 | $1,231 | -78.5% |
| Earl Harmon Jr. | $0 | $1,210 | -- |
| John C. Bartels | $1,351 | $1,135 | -16% |
| William R. Worley | $4,197 | $1,116 | -73.4% |
| Karl Grimm | $1,766 | $1,113 | -37% |
| Robin R. Reeves | $2,998 | $1,098 | -63.4% |
| Patricia J. Jenkins | $4,049 | $1,077 | -73.4% |
| Barry L. O'Neal | $1,085 | $1,045 | -3.7% |
| Bruce Duane Smith | $1,615 | $997 | -38.3% |
| Bonita G. Moore | $2,852 | $993 | -65.2% |
| John Barton Sr. | $979 | $979 | 0% |
| Shane O Suckla | $959 | $959 | 0% |
| Perry G. Espie | $4,125 | $954 | -76.9% |
| J. A. Mitchell | $0 | $945 | -- |
| Royce C. Hartis Jr. | $4,394 | $887 | -79.8% |
| Royce Hartis | $4,496 | $887 | -80.3% |
| James Nichols | $2,046 | $886 | -56.7% |
| Diamond F Farm & Ranch, LLC | $2,272 | $882 | -61.2% |
| Carol J Strain-Burk | $2,151 | $840 | -60.9% |
| James A. Watkins | $743 | $820 | 10.4% |
| Ginger Gale Davis | $785 | $785 | 0% |
| Michael R. Hillyard | $4,971 | $739 | -85.1% |
| Suzanne Oelschlegel | $531 | $730 | 37.5% |
| Henry J. Martinez | $1,590 | $720 | -54.7% |
| Fort/Frazier Ranch, LLC | $3,485 | $692 | -80.1% |
| Rosalyn Cabibi Indovina | $850 | $676 | -20.5% |
| Stephanie Dianne Proctor | $2,585 | $608 | -76.5% |
| Linda N. MacH | $2,262 | $597 | -73.6% |
| Tyler James Scott | $1,214 | $595 | -51% |
| Judith E. Johnson | $0 | $575 | -- |
| Bender Brothers | $1,341 | $530 | -60.5% |
| Mary T. Creason | $1,910 | $523 | -72.6% |
| Mary S. Sykes | $927 | $508 | -45.2% |
| Goree Johnson | $2,366 | $483 | -79.6% |
| Jane Griffith Quinn | $376 | $436 | 16% |
| Barbara Bartlett | $2,103 | $434 | -79.4% |
| Ronnie Wynn | $440 | $426 | -3.2% |
| Alvin Sharp | $2,189 | $411 | -81.2% |
| Terreno Land Company, LLC | $1,367 | $407 | -70.2% |
| Snoco, Ltd. | $165,021 | $405 | -99.8% |
| Mark Thomas | $1,698 | $398 | -76.6% |
| Mary J. Woodside | $912 | $395 | -56.7% |
| Jose Salazar | $1,847 | $384 | -79.2% |
| Anthony Ray Hutson | $726 | $380 | -47.7% |
| Janell Heifner King | $0 | $376 | -- |
| Cheri Simerly | $854 | $375 | -56.1% |
| Raymond Arthur Elmore | $2,002 | $373 | -81.4% |
| Barbara J. Morrison | $669 | $367 | -45.1% |
| Murvin Clyde Stafford | $2,034 | $360 | -82.3% |
| Larry Bourquin | $1,636 | $354 | -78.4% |
| Christopher Ross Bawcom | $242 | $350 | 44.6% |
| Norma Jones | $629 | $348 | -44.7% |
| Charles J. Davis | $1,881 | $346 | -81.6% |
| Kirsche Romo | $366 | $337 | -7.9% |
| Charles R. Conine | $1,496 | $328 | -78.1% |
| Billy E. Jackson | $913 | $321 | -64.8% |
| Brian Heiland | $476 | $315 | -33.8% |
| Bobby G. Waddle | $792 | $285 | -64% |
| Russell Gully | $548 | $277 | -49.5% |
| Patricia Kersey | $1,287 | $262 | -79.6% |
| Rickey Kersey | $1,287 | $262 | -79.6% |
| Jan M. Bynum | $512 | $259 | -49.4% |
| Don Wayne Lewis | $257 | $253 | -1.6% |
| Jackie Billingsley | $733 | $250 | -65.9% |
| Richard John Wilbanks | $1,131 | $237 | -79% |
| Blanca Navarro Munoz | $1,046 | $225 | -78.5% |
| Gaylon Wright | $1,408 | $225 | -84% |
| Jerilyn Cook | $662 | $223 | -66.3% |
| Allen Wilbon | $4,820 | $221 | -95.4% |
| Humphreys Family Farm, LLC | $214 | $214 | 0% |
| Ellen Bain Clark | $447 | $203 | -54.6% |
| Bruce Schleif | $0 | $174 | -- |
| Mary Lacy Martinez | $0 | $174 | -- |
| Anthony R Freppon | $0 | $131 | -- |
| Lawrence Price | $561 | $119 | -78.8% |
| Rogelio Pena | $649 | $107 | -83.5% |
| Cecil Patrick | $264 | $86 | -67.4% |
| Michael Donovan Miesch Jr. | $0 | $84 | -- |
| Charles N. Bryant | $257 | $83 | -67.7% |
| Lynn A. Duggan | $257 | $83 | -67.7% |
| Pamela Parker | $158 | $79 | -50% |
| Michael B. Redding | $60 | $60 | 0% |
| Corey Mays | $118 | $59 | -50% |
| Tracy Worth Parlier | $53 | $53 | 0% |
| Bobby Gene Wright | $0 | $52 | -- |
| Cheryl L. Kolda | $215 | $36 | -83.3% |
| Deloise F. Long | $24 | $31 | 29.2% |
| Cari Gray | $262 | $29 | -88.9% |
| John Charles Jeffrey | $118 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark C. Smith | $107 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary E. Bumpas | $464 | $0 | -100% |
| Juana Jackman | $1,960 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Walker Cassidy | $565 | $0 | -100% |
| Albert Haskins | $316 | $0 | -100% |
| Arthur Mbatia | $1,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Chester Lee Vaughn | $241 | $0 | -100% |
| Dominic P. Jones | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert D. Boyd | $809 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas D. Caudle | $833 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell Walker | $1,144 | $0 | -100% |
| Merrifield Farming Enterprises LL | $109,870 | $0 | -100% |
| The Herndon Family Living Trust | $1,810 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia Marie Martin | $145 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Peters | $261 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Steven Sims | $217 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet Courtney | $5,969 | $0 | -100% |
| Jon A. Diamond | $55 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael George Berry | $694 | $0 | -100% |
| Neelley Farm | $1,106 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert M. Jackson | $491 | $0 | -100% |
| Leroy Henry Scott | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam Dawl Thompson | $9,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Alexis Penn | $74 | $0 | -100% |
| Antonette M. Pustejovsky | $51 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Carol Wright | $170 | $0 | -100% |
| Cameron Dunlap | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Harrison | $2,216 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles R. Schupbach | $2,052 | $0 | -100% |
| Cleberne Barnes | $601 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis Svehlak | $1,266 | $0 | -100% |
| David Harrison | $2,216 | $0 | -100% |
| Delwyn T James | $1,069 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennie Kay Lovell | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Devon Armstrong | $2,220 | $0 | -100% |
| Esperanza Barnes | $599 | $0 | -100% |
| Fern Walker | $4,446 | $0 | -100% |
| Georgia L. Hocker | $17 | $0 | -100% |
| Juan-Carlos Torres | $10,074 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy Louise Vogel-Bryan | $615 | $0 | -100% |
| Ken R. Coggins | $235 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda McDannald | $3,087 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Kaylor | $111 | $0 | -100% |
| Melody Lundquist | $306 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Rekieta | $230 | $0 | -100% |
| Norman N. Shumaker | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Northen Trust VII | $501 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Coggins | $235 | $0 | -100% |
| Pheasant Draw Farm, LLC | $1,916 | $0 | -100% |
| Renee Peiser | $488 | $0 | -100% |
| Roy F Rewinkel | $3,314 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Partida | $704 | $0 | -100% |
| Saul Huerta | $802 | $0 | -100% |
| Sheryl Renee Peiser | $1,787 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Holik | $292 | $0 | -100% |
| Word Revocable Trust | $1,664 | $0 | -100% |
| Alberto Vazquez | $7,788 | $0 | -100% |
| DH Ranch TX, Ltd. | $810 | $0 | -100% |
| Jo Ann Scott | $691 | $0 | -100% |
| Marie Powell Duncan | $10 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Larson | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Pamela Jan Baker | $153 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy J. Soroka | $30 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesus Quiroz | $820 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger and Beth Davidson Family Trustee | $9,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Walter C. Duffie | $358 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,164,963 | $1,036,350 | -52.1% |
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