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In 2021, 252 farmers in cities within Dallas County received a total of $993,653 in 297 farm subsidies, a 71.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.5 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 Dallas County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Dale Hostetler | $340,956 | $287,148 | -15.8% |
| Kelb Farms, LLC | $94,201 | $69,573 | -26.1% |
| Jerald D. Mabary | $71,141 | $46,431 | -34.7% |
| Donnie Sharp | $25,535 | $27,187 | 6.5% |
| Brent Hamlet | $11,179 | $22,356 | 100% |
| Matthew John Wilson | $26,886 | $22,072 | -17.9% |
| Dwight Z. Cox | $276,889 | $22,056 | -92% |
| Hollis Henderson | $6,825 | $16,398 | 140.3% |
| Charlie McCowan | $57,049 | $12,671 | -77.8% |
| Don Dee Dryer | $36,003 | $10,345 | -71.3% |
| Lucas Hale Trust | $48,118 | $8,932 | -81.4% |
| 3 H Cattle Company, LLC | $29,227 | $7,855 | -73.1% |
| James V. Lueker | $37,997 | $7,729 | -79.7% |
| Marty Stob | $38,159 | $7,526 | -80.3% |
| Larry McCarthy | $25,939 | $7,404 | -71.5% |
| Mccarthy Cattle Company | $34,262 | $7,235 | -78.9% |
| Brian William Nimmo | $47,872 | $6,993 | -85.4% |
| Cahoochie Creek Land & Cattle, LLC | $28,996 | $6,486 | -77.6% |
| Rodney Taylor | $32,445 | $6,398 | -80.3% |
| Billy W. Dugan | $30,151 | $6,396 | -78.8% |
| Donald W. Hicks | $32,276 | $6,353 | -80.3% |
| Eidson Farms, LLC | $31,457 | $6,254 | -80.1% |
| Gayla Obley | $28,385 | $6,183 | -78.2% |
| Ricky L Redies | $19,297 | $5,374 | -72.2% |
| Matthew F Hale Revocable Trust | $30,439 | $5,087 | -83.3% |
| Herold Vaden Kramer Rev Trustee | $12,800 | $4,910 | -61.6% |
| Edward L. Ford | $20,530 | $4,852 | -76.4% |
| Rex J. Hamlet | $30,986 | $4,744 | -84.7% |
| Travis Jackson Bybee | $21,901 | $4,607 | -79% |
| Alvin A. Dryer | $16,474 | $4,554 | -72.4% |
| Jeffery Max Eagleburger | $19,246 | $4,532 | -76.5% |
| Gayla Anderson | $16,493 | $4,458 | -73% |
| Lawrence C. Shannon | $11,397 | $4,358 | -61.8% |
| Roger Hammer | $23,339 | $4,198 | -82% |
| Gary Hathaway | $22,974 | $4,184 | -81.8% |
| Garold L. Price | $15,841 | $4,181 | -73.6% |
| Andy Glor | $25,680 | $4,136 | -83.9% |
| Zachary Condren | $21,211 | $4,008 | -81.1% |
| Roger Rankin | $21,627 | $3,940 | -81.8% |
| Oliver G. Hendricks Jr. | $32,688 | $3,852 | -88.2% |
| Mark Skidmore | $17,113 | $3,731 | -78.2% |
| Nathan Nyberg | $17,541 | $3,728 | -78.7% |
| Jerroll Staffen | $14,567 | $3,703 | -74.6% |
| Kenneth W. Glor | $18,304 | $3,625 | -80.2% |
| Dale Mabary | $12,936 | $3,622 | -72% |
| Christopher Edwards | $18,497 | $3,582 | -80.6% |
| James Ashworth | $13,391 | $3,432 | -74.4% |
| Dianna L. Carpenter | $11,726 | $3,370 | -71.3% |
| Melvin Clark | $11,319 | $3,266 | -71.1% |
| Darin Henderson | $13,541 | $3,218 | -76.2% |
| Stephen W. Peterson | $15,942 | $3,139 | -80.3% |
| Jeff D. Reed Jr. | $20,277 | $3,119 | -84.6% |
| Derek Brownfield | $19,375 | $3,108 | -84% |
| Dallas County Ranch, LLC | $17,402 | $3,010 | -82.7% |
| Jacie Hamm | $13,959 | $3,001 | -78.5% |
| Dan L. Dryer | $17,863 | $2,992 | -83.3% |
| Mark Eagleburger | $16,741 | $2,983 | -82.2% |
| Seldom Seen Properties, LLC | $17,004 | $2,976 | -82.5% |
| Wesley Tucker | $14,487 | $2,954 | -79.6% |
| Bill G. Hale | $17,270 | $2,916 | -83.1% |
| Ronald Condren | $11,484 | $2,898 | -74.8% |
| Duane MacKey | $11,568 | $2,874 | -75.2% |
| Jarrett Black | $9,405 | $2,803 | -70.2% |
| Colson Kirk | $11,979 | $2,776 | -76.8% |
| James E. Baker | $3,367 | $2,730 | -18.9% |
| Bob Dietrich | $14,067 | $2,719 | -80.7% |
| Darrell Willis | $15,494 | $2,701 | -82.6% |
| D & G Armstrong Family Farms, Inc. | $33,323 | $2,699 | -91.9% |
| Ronald Keith Glor | $13,057 | $2,691 | -79.4% |
| Greg A. Steckel | $3,884 | $2,689 | -30.8% |
| Howard Miller | $20,597 | $2,626 | -87.3% |
| Tim Brownfield | $16,142 | $2,576 | -84% |
| Clarence Forrester | $10,758 | $2,497 | -76.8% |
| Dale Redd | $8,062 | $2,494 | -69.1% |
| Tony G. Henderson | $9,867 | $2,457 | -75.1% |
| Christian J. Henderson | $23,286 | $2,435 | -89.5% |
| Randy Garrison | $8,316 | $2,408 | -71% |
| Gene Black | $4,565 | $2,354 | -48.4% |
| Tony Gene Headings | $22,079 | $2,350 | -89.4% |
| Colleen Nyberg | $11,000 | $2,302 | -79.1% |
| Carl A. Button | $10,692 | $2,278 | -78.7% |
| Kimberly Vest | $10,932 | $2,266 | -79.3% |
| Michael William Houston | $7,227 | $2,264 | -68.7% |
| Clyde J. Jones | $12,339 | $2,186 | -82.3% |
| Charles Robert Fullerton | $9,075 | $2,182 | -76% |
| Terry Lee Kirk | $23,323 | $2,154 | -90.8% |
| Jacob Ford | $8,778 | $2,074 | -76.4% |
| Joshua B. Ford | $8,558 | $2,056 | -76% |
| Richard Joe Taylor | $11,110 | $2,040 | -81.6% |
| Debbie L. Black | $9,438 | $1,998 | -78.8% |
| James K Louderbaugh Trust | $8,536 | $1,992 | -76.7% |
| Claude Strickland Farms, LLC | $6,655 | $1,978 | -70.3% |
| Denton Headings | $7,975 | $1,971 | -75.3% |
| Richard L. Snider | $7,148 | $1,969 | -72.5% |
| Mike Crowe | $7,356 | $1,940 | -73.6% |
| Levi Downey Jr. | $11,569 | $1,938 | -83.2% |
| Steven Delsin Carter | $17,892 | $1,938 | -89.2% |
| Cory Michael Hildebrandt | $6,091 | $1,920 | -68.5% |
| Buffalo Livestock Market, LLC | $21,521 | $1,919 | -91.1% |
| Bradley Schofield | $14,008 | $1,903 | -86.4% |
| Larry Wayne Eagleburger | $9,880 | $1,899 | -80.8% |
| Clint Ray Durrington JR | $8,635 | $1,857 | -78.5% |
| Jeanne Lindsey | $12,736 | $1,839 | -85.6% |
| Richard D. McCarty | $7,227 | $1,784 | -75.3% |
| Dan Hutchinson | $7,577 | $1,771 | -76.6% |
| Redies Brothers Farm, LLC | $5,192 | $1,762 | -66.1% |
| Micheal Payne | $6,754 | $1,724 | -74.5% |
| Katie J. Scott | $7,293 | $1,721 | -76.4% |
| Gary Naylor | $8,435 | $1,690 | -80% |
| MSS Land & Cattle, LLC | $10,683 | $1,661 | -84.5% |
| Greg Harmon | $7,860 | $1,621 | -79.4% |
| Daisy Carpenter | $3,663 | $1,597 | -56.4% |
| John H. Jones | $9,691 | $1,593 | -83.6% |
| George Vest | $5,302 | $1,588 | -70% |
| James M. Grisham | $6,325 | $1,585 | -74.9% |
| Joan C. Williams | $11,374 | $1,560 | -86.3% |
| J. R. Portman | $6,116 | $1,554 | -74.6% |
| Stephen Thomas Petersen | $9,831 | $1,547 | -84.3% |
| Lueker Family Investment, Inc. | $5,420 | $1,522 | -71.9% |
| Greg Eisman | $7,139 | $1,519 | -78.7% |
| Greg Glor | $5,731 | $1,496 | -73.9% |
| Billy Payne | $8,164 | $1,483 | -81.8% |
| Jordan Trupp | $4,653 | $1,435 | -69.2% |
| Tom Petersen | $6,496 | $1,428 | -78% |
| Lemon Tree Farms, LLC | $6,534 | $1,426 | -78.2% |
| Carroll Eisman | $9,077 | $1,407 | -84.5% |
| Clint D. Eidson | $9,439 | $1,380 | -85.4% |
| Linda J. McGuire | $6,127 | $1,376 | -77.5% |
| Triple Creek Ranch, LLC | $5,742 | $1,364 | -76.2% |
| Larry W. King | $5,192 | $1,292 | -75.1% |
| Dean Wilkerson | $4,191 | $1,289 | -69.2% |
| Sara Wommack | $6,914 | $1,285 | -81.4% |
| Mark S. Miller | $6,298 | $1,274 | -79.8% |
| Matthew Clayton Wommack | $6,556 | $1,266 | -80.7% |
| Byron Duff | $7,394 | $1,264 | -82.9% |
| Nathan Aaron Reed | $5,181 | $1,263 | -75.6% |
| Gary P. Briley | $7,589 | $1,262 | -83.4% |
| James R. Stanton | $4,180 | $1,250 | -70.1% |
| Rick Hale | $8,602 | $1,238 | -85.6% |
| Emily Sue Doty | $4,983 | $1,230 | -75.3% |
| Shawn Evans | $5,093 | $1,228 | -75.9% |
| Scott Young | $6,406 | $1,227 | -80.8% |
| Marsha Iler | $3,744 | $1,183 | -68.4% |
| Denver Alsup | $4,892 | $1,169 | -76.1% |
| Tyler Mabary | $5,506 | $1,169 | -78.8% |
| Wayne E. Morris | $4,928 | $1,129 | -77.1% |
| Larry Skidmore | $4,201 | $1,110 | -73.6% |
| John D. Maddux | $7,194 | $1,108 | -84.6% |
| Ronald K. Thomas | $5,487 | $1,104 | -79.9% |
| Heath G Anderjaska | $7,429 | $1,070 | -85.6% |
| Robert Hunget | $4,807 | $1,060 | -77.9% |
| Michael J. George | $5,104 | $1,059 | -79.3% |
| Dayle Nelson Trust | $4,169 | $1,050 | -74.8% |
| Keith Beachler | $5,568 | $1,004 | -82% |
| Steve Butts | $7,999 | $1,000 | -87.5% |
| Dixie Howser | $3,487 | $994 | -71.5% |
| Braten Mabary | $3,520 | $990 | -71.9% |
| Chelsie Henson | $4,378 | $981 | -77.6% |
| Wendi K. Deckard | $4,506 | $980 | -78.3% |
| Marc Duggan | $5,238 | $978 | -81.3% |
| Darlene Acreback | $5,434 | $964 | -82.3% |
| Travis Petersen | $4,541 | $956 | -78.9% |
| Tim Garrett | $3,727 | $951 | -74.5% |
| Paul Wayne Skidmore | $4,213 | $942 | -77.6% |
| Micky Davies | $6,456 | $940 | -85.4% |
| Phillip Beck | $4,576 | $940 | -79.5% |
| Peggy S. Logan | $3,432 | $918 | -73.3% |
| Adam McDaniel | $3,856 | $897 | -76.7% |
| Ben Reeves | $3,729 | $896 | -76% |
| Craig Kuchera | $5,437 | $883 | -83.8% |
| Richard Adams | $3,850 | $880 | -77.1% |
| Daniel J. McLean | $5,786 | $880 | -84.8% |
| Brandon Michael Ferrell | $6,093 | $875 | -85.6% |
| Lester Nimmo | $3,729 | $870 | -76.7% |
| Bob Reasoner Sr. | $5,003 | $847 | -83.1% |
| Donnie Stidham | $13,936 | $842 | -94% |
| Rusty Waide | $5,060 | $830 | -83.6% |
| Jody Schofield | $2,794 | $788 | -71.8% |
| Terry A. Slack | $3,960 | $777 | -80.4% |
| Donald Melton | $2,431 | $764 | -68.6% |
| Brian Vanmiddlesworth | $480 | $764 | 59.2% |
| Dena Baldwin | $2,508 | $755 | -69.9% |
| Shawn Micheal Jones | $4,097 | $745 | -81.8% |
| Melissa Evans | $3,743 | $737 | -80.3% |
| Amy Johnson | $4,246 | $737 | -82.6% |
| Leota Cox | $4,752 | $731 | -84.6% |
| Mark L. Moriarty | $4,994 | $726 | -85.5% |
| Roger E. Moore | $2,805 | $703 | -74.9% |
| Haskell Britton | $2,629 | $702 | -73.3% |
| David H. Rotramel Jr. | $3,058 | $700 | -77.1% |
| Kelly Redies | $4,502 | $690 | -84.7% |
| Jared Michael Wallace | $3,014 | $687 | -77.2% |
| Bobby Joe Adams | $3,058 | $681 | -77.7% |
| Stanley Killian | $2,684 | $676 | -74.8% |
| Karla Steckel | $1,419 | $674 | -52.5% |
| Chad Alan Headings | $41,829 | $672 | -98.4% |
| Adam Button | $4,354 | $661 | -84.8% |
| Jeane Cain | $3,212 | $661 | -79.4% |
| Sherri Parrack | $3,234 | $658 | -79.7% |
| Aubrey Hill | $4,909 | $654 | -86.7% |
| Jeff Shantz | $4,748 | $637 | -86.6% |
| Laverna Hicks | $2,112 | $612 | -71% |
| Billy G. Ray | $3,036 | $598 | -80.3% |
| Rodney Owsley | $3,096 | $584 | -81.1% |
| Anthony Hyder | $2,090 | $565 | -73% |
| Judy Middleton | $3,075 | $547 | -82.2% |
| Bonnie J. Rice | $2,266 | $544 | -76% |
| Herman Porter | $1,771 | $536 | -69.7% |
| Tiffany Nichole Dust | $23,014 | $534 | -97.7% |
| Shayne Heckadon | $2,233 | $500 | -77.6% |
| Abe Loudermilk | $4,569 | $499 | -89.1% |
| Brandon Glor | $3,517 | $489 | -86.1% |
| Melba Sharp | $0 | $461 | -- |
| Ramadean Grisham | $2,354 | $461 | -80.4% |
| Dee Velarde | $1,617 | $458 | -71.7% |
| Danny Rice | $2,516 | $434 | -82.8% |
| Jason Crawford | $1,936 | $433 | -77.6% |
| Ronald Lilley | $924 | $430 | -53.5% |
| Claude Satterfield | $1,606 | $427 | -73.4% |
| Joe Dill | $1,674 | $421 | -74.9% |
| Jeremy Horn | $1,804 | $416 | -76.9% |
| Brad Shockley | $4,462 | $404 | -90.9% |
| Gorman L. Bennett | $1,562 | $382 | -75.5% |
| Calvin J. Dryer | $1,562 | $377 | -75.9% |
| John E. Moore | $1,287 | $349 | -72.9% |
| Lyle Redd | $1,874 | $346 | -81.5% |
| Melanie Bentch | $2,082 | $336 | -83.9% |
| Ronnie McCarty | $1,013 | $331 | -67.3% |
| Gary D. Kelley | $2,381 | $328 | -86.2% |
| Donald Poynter | $1,826 | $312 | -82.9% |
| Kaleb Ivey | $3,253 | $310 | -90.5% |
| Barbara Owens | $620 | $303 | -51.1% |
| Jason Halbert | $806 | $276 | -65.8% |
| Barbara A. Lenox | $1,408 | $260 | -81.5% |
| Catherine Lee Stewart | $1,232 | $256 | -79.2% |
| Richard Nicodemus | $1,232 | $246 | -80% |
| Thomas Lenox | $2,340 | $242 | -89.7% |
| Joseph Kjar | $594 | $222 | -62.6% |
| Michael Wingo | $1,001 | $211 | -78.9% |
| Billy Cox | $1,754 | $207 | -88.2% |
| Lee Medcalf | $913 | $204 | -77.7% |
| Cassandra Trippe | $1,331 | $197 | -85.2% |
| Judy Kaiahua | $913 | $194 | -78.8% |
| Joshua Lee Richardson | $2,819 | $149 | -94.7% |
| Ashley Anne Fletcher | $143 | $143 | 0% |
| Venus Cooper | $773 | $142 | -81.6% |
| Dennis Bandel | $1,963 | $138 | -93% |
| Albert Rhine | $704 | $132 | -81.3% |
| Lisa Reeves | $253 | $83 | -67.2% |
| Dwight K. Nyberg Jr. | $229 | $82 | -64.2% |
| Levi D. Jackson | $3,096 | $73 | -97.6% |
| Linda E. Layton | $3,651 | $7 | -99.8% |
| Aileen Lueker | $236 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon McCarthy | $781 | $0 | -100% |
| Brenda Bunch | $1,651 | $0 | -100% |
| Cambre Steven Thrasher | $85,015 | $0 | -100% |
| Circle Farms H. Lc | $23,625 | $0 | -100% |
| Daves Family Trust | $1,268 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Rubsam | $280 | $0 | -100% |
| Jackie Lynn Neill | $1,542 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff D. Trupp | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| John Robert Box | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Headings | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Ray Moriarty | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry James Nicholson | $9,838 | $0 | -100% |
| LMB Cattle, LLC | $22,560 | $0 | -100% |
| Lorraine H Brethower | $3,667 | $0 | -100% |
| Marcus C. Troup | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Sawyer | $1,132 | $0 | -100% |
| Norman Cunio | $564 | $0 | -100% |
| Robbie Jacobs | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald David Eigsti | $22,016 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry E. Mayfield | $169 | $0 | -100% |
| Carson Gronniger | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Daryl Schultz | $1,484 | $0 | -100% |
| Brook E. Moore | $811 | $0 | -100% |
| Evan Henderson | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold Eidson | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Matt Stokes | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Murray O. Schreiner | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Pinkley & Stanley EGG Farm, LLC | $9,285 | $0 | -100% |
| Rachael Kinslow | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Robbie N. Low | $9,405 | $0 | -100% |
| Shane Stokes | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Sidney Swanigan | $3,520 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,480,090 | $993,653 | -71.4% |
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