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In 2021, 124 farmers in cities within Lincoln County received a total of $3.9 million in 270 farm subsidies, a 25.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.2 million in 370 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Hundred - Poverty Flats Land & Cattle Company | $0 | $452,967 | -- |
| 99 Cattle Company | $503,856 | $354,161 | -29.7% |
| Shafer Ranches, Inc. | $260,371 | $275,802 | 5.9% |
| Clarence B. Muncy | $201,882 | $192,601 | -4.6% |
| Ferguson Family Trust 2019 | $129,853 | $136,257 | 4.9% |
| Bar W Ranch, Inc. | $210,714 | $131,635 | -37.5% |
| Gallacher Land & Cattle Company | $164,017 | $120,188 | -26.7% |
| Stephenson Ranch, Inc. | $251,152 | $108,628 | -56.7% |
| L-S Cattle Company | $165,535 | $101,945 | -38.4% |
| Edgar Ranches Limited Partnership, Ltd. | $0 | $84,253 | -- |
| Bob H. Byrd Jr. | $118,954 | $84,064 | -29.3% |
| Hanley Cattle, Inc. | $124,823 | $74,214 | -40.5% |
| Frank E. Sanchez | $58,976 | $70,442 | 19.4% |
| Harkey Cattle Company, Inc. | $55,127 | $67,975 | 23.3% |
| Poverty Flats Land & Cattle, Inc. | $102,019 | $60,096 | -41.1% |
| Sultemeier Company, Ltd. | $94,595 | $54,494 | -42.4% |
| Jensen Contracting | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Cindy Smith | $73,984 | $52,574 | -28.9% |
| Matt Ferguson | $48,893 | $52,470 | 7.3% |
| Willie G Davis Estate Trust | $50,000 | $49,716 | -0.6% |
| 5 Peas Pod LLC, N A | $40,232 | $48,877 | 21.5% |
| Wanda Davis | $50,774 | $47,405 | -6.6% |
| Betty A. Bell | $116,590 | $43,719 | -62.5% |
| Penix Livestock, Inc. | $111,987 | $43,378 | -61.3% |
| Melvin W. Johnson | $49,714 | $41,988 | -15.5% |
| Hall & Gnatkowski, Inc. | $57,963 | $38,186 | -34.1% |
| Jack Allen Davidson III | $60,167 | $37,721 | -37.3% |
| Sharp Ranch, Inc. | $36,857 | $35,366 | -4% |
| Don Swanner Tree Service, LLC | $0 | $34,501 | -- |
| Rogene Alford | $53,097 | $32,674 | -38.5% |
| Jack Keith Addison | $72,816 | $32,251 | -55.7% |
| Paul E. Turney | $59,234 | $32,194 | -45.6% |
| Edward Wallace Hall Trust | $0 | $30,519 | -- |
| Dillon Taos Muncy | $18,992 | $30,156 | 58.8% |
| Dan Bell | $125,564 | $29,470 | -76.5% |
| Marcus Wayne Johnson | $0 | $29,137 | -- |
| Carol M. McDonald | $26,233 | $28,092 | 7.1% |
| Wilford C. Schneider | $59,264 | $27,729 | -53.2% |
| David A. Cox | $14,768 | $25,490 | 72.6% |
| Randal Biebelle | $38,817 | $24,628 | -36.6% |
| Mark Sultemeier | $37,426 | $23,791 | -36.4% |
| Robert I. Hooten | $51,299 | $23,739 | -53.7% |
| Gage Livestock, LLC | $37,702 | $23,373 | -38% |
| John E. Vega | $12,591 | $18,719 | 48.7% |
| Grider, Inc. | $34,845 | $18,173 | -47.8% |
| Jo V Bingham Family Trust | $22,139 | $17,973 | -18.8% |
| Sharon L. Barajas | $22,139 | $17,973 | -18.8% |
| Brett Acuna | $0 | $16,695 | -- |
| Coffee Pot Cattle Company, Inc. | $36,084 | $16,362 | -54.7% |
| James and Gwenda Mcdaniel Family Trust | $0 | $16,307 | -- |
| Lacewell Farm, LLC | $0 | $15,770 | -- |
| Stone & Stone, LLC | $29,574 | $15,617 | -47.2% |
| Welda G Mckinley Grider | $15,690 | $15,381 | -2% |
| Rand Perkins | $26,242 | $15,214 | -42% |
| Carol Addison | $44,241 | $15,054 | -66% |
| Floyd H. Goodloe | $20,773 | $14,975 | -27.9% |
| Kyler Mack Bell | $24,385 | $14,395 | -41% |
| Justen Washburn | $29,115 | $13,879 | -52.3% |
| Robert E. Hemphill | $18,983 | $13,434 | -29.2% |
| Lerry D Bond | $30,618 | $13,384 | -56.3% |
| Jackie Truitt Eldridge Jr. | $10,628 | $12,235 | 15.1% |
| Lela Renee Woolley Thomas | $12,442 | $11,783 | -5.3% |
| Willie G Davis Estate GST FBO Denise D Smith | $0 | $11,526 | -- |
| Willie G Davis Estate GST FBO Lesli D Dolgener | $0 | $11,526 | -- |
| Willie G Davis Estate GST FBO William Malcom Davis | $0 | $11,526 | -- |
| Anthony Sanchez | $11,276 | $11,335 | 0.5% |
| Vikkee Adams Johnson | $6,848 | $11,159 | 63% |
| Roeliff F. Annon | $3,050 | $11,066 | 262.8% |
| Ronnie Eldridge | $31,493 | $10,702 | -66% |
| Sharon D. Hanna | $10,929 | $10,274 | -6% |
| Loren N. Patterson | $81,419 | $9,640 | -88.2% |
| L6 Cattle Ranches, LLC | $16,596 | $9,554 | -42.4% |
| Ronald Windom | $9,411 | $9,411 | 0% |
| Billy Link Lacewell, Executor | $0 | $8,619 | -- |
| Holly K. King | $9,015 | $8,155 | -9.5% |
| Debbie P. Adair | $10,248 | $7,536 | -26.5% |
| Katrinka Cox | $1,716 | $6,735 | 292.5% |
| Katherine B. Patterson | $37,833 | $6,020 | -84.1% |
| Preston L. Stone | $15,021 | $5,298 | -64.7% |
| Henry Vega | $10,433 | $5,289 | -49.3% |
| Kitty Solomon | $5,753 | $5,245 | -8.8% |
| Kathleen Louise Latham | $7,296 | $4,993 | -31.6% |
| Kenneth Dixon | $6,782 | $4,781 | -29.5% |
| Isla Jean Spurlock Exe Fam Tr | $2,401 | $4,748 | 97.8% |
| Darla Crenshaw | $9,768 | $4,650 | -52.4% |
| Sid Goodloe | $4,548 | $4,526 | -0.5% |
| Peggy Ross | $3,667 | $3,667 | 0% |
| Elsie M. McWilliams | $3,479 | $3,479 | 0% |
| Dianne Reed | $3,398 | $3,123 | -8.1% |
| Todd Oberheu | $3,010 | $2,971 | -1.3% |
| Jack R Hefker | $10,301 | $2,782 | -73% |
| Ray Lee Hutcheson | $0 | $2,549 | -- |
| Marvin Sterrett | $0 | $2,493 | -- |
| Mike Shivers | $5,753 | $2,456 | -57.3% |
| Charles Dodson | $4,174 | $2,030 | -51.4% |
| Suzanne Moss | $0 | $1,972 | -- |
| Carlton Davies | $4,201 | $1,883 | -55.2% |
| Susan Lee Travis | $8,919 | $1,866 | -79.1% |
| Kevin Kennedy | $783 | $1,794 | 129.1% |
| Harvey A. Bonnell | $2,906 | $1,740 | -40.1% |
| Link Lacewell | $0 | $1,549 | -- |
| Patsy Ann James | $3,263 | $1,531 | -53.1% |
| Julian Romero | $1,651 | $1,288 | -22% |
| Wayne Starch | $1,567 | $1,175 | -25% |
| Vernon R. Hauschild | $1,163 | $1,163 | 0% |
| Carma Patterson | $0 | $1,063 | -- |
| Candy Trujillo | $1,866 | $1,059 | -43.2% |
| Lacy Read Mesa Ranch, LLC | $10,430 | $1,052 | -89.9% |
| Dunn Family Trust -Edward S Dunn | $1,293 | $1,012 | -21.7% |
| Kenneth W Burnett & Marjorie E Burnett Living Rev Trust | $3,586 | $1,012 | -71.8% |
| Robert L. Runnels | $0 | $1,009 | -- |
| Kenneth Roberts | $5,167 | $965 | -81.3% |
| Gale Boyd | $0 | $725 | -- |
| Dana Mae Hatch Williams | $0 | $718 | -- |
| Shauna I. Sisson | $0 | $654 | -- |
| Lindsay Ranch | $8,297 | $489 | -94.1% |
| Penny Reilly | $528 | $446 | -15.5% |
| Deidra Eckerd | $571 | $383 | -32.9% |
| Carma Patterson | $3,723 | $365 | -90.2% |
| Don Pelkey | $422 | $289 | -31.5% |
| Linda Hamilton | $852 | $281 | -67% |
| Evelyn Bridges | $578 | $258 | -55.4% |
| Patricia Sharp | $169 | $241 | 42.6% |
| Abram Beier | $162 | $167 | 3.1% |
| Edgar Ranches Limited Partne, Ltd. | $117,888 | $0 | -100% |
| James and Gwenda Mcdaniel Family | $40,715 | $0 | -100% |
| Jay T. Eldridge | $16,164 | $0 | -100% |
| One Hundred - Poverty Flats Land | $147,543 | $0 | -100% |
| One Hundred Ranch, Inc. | $156,443 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody L. Taton | $18,040 | $0 | -100% |
| Sam Ryerson | $3,355 | $0 | -100% |
| Lanita Dixon | $22,338 | $0 | -100% |
| Nogal ORB, LLC | $10,847 | $0 | -100% |
| O Bar O Lmiited, LLC | $3,429 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Adcock | $1,616 | $0 | -100% |
| Almeta K. Kellar | $5,287 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Lynch | $1,069 | $0 | -100% |
| Compound Properties, LLC | $445 | $0 | -100% |
| Freda McSwane | $583 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald V. Cryer | $7,823 | $0 | -100% |
| Jane M. Logan | $1,315 | $0 | -100% |
| John W. Howell | $22,048 | $0 | -100% |
| Kay Krezer | $2,059 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawrence K. Skelley | $915 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Allen Williams | $19,130 | $0 | -100% |
| Noisy Water Winery, Inc. | $23,830 | $0 | -100% |
| Red Horse Farms, LLC | $16,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Williams | $6,894 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Russell | $6,755 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie G Davis Estate GST FBO Den | $12,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie G Davis Estate GST FBO Les | $12,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie G Davis Estate GST FBO Wil | $12,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy J. Dale | $179 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip R. Herrera | $5,700 | $0 | -100% |
| Windsor W. Lacewell | $27,920 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,235,406 | $3,883,077 | -25.8% |
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