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In 2021, 135 farmers in cities within Foard County received a total of $2.8 million in 341 farm subsidies, a 37.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.4 million in 474 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowell State Bank | $1,014,135 | $573,586 | -43.4% |
| 7W Agent Management, LLC | $193,219 | $132,810 | -31.3% |
| Double JJ, Ltd. | $210,202 | $107,112 | -49% |
| Thomas Gregory Adams | $154,155 | $95,845 | -37.8% |
| Rickey J. Eavenson | $119,836 | $93,583 | -21.9% |
| Thomas Ranch | $166,491 | $74,691 | -55.1% |
| Joe Haynie | $103,795 | $73,206 | -29.5% |
| Lowell Thomas Tamplen | $71,489 | $70,976 | -0.7% |
| Pat Norman | $84,488 | $69,936 | -17.2% |
| Danny Ownbey | $71,846 | $64,631 | -10% |
| Terry Tamplen | $92,419 | $57,834 | -37.4% |
| Weldon B. Adams | $43,136 | $57,515 | 33.3% |
| Milburn Carroll Jr. | $78,929 | $53,371 | -32.4% |
| Fred Gray Jr. | $62,954 | $51,837 | -17.7% |
| Ronnie Allen | $50,487 | $49,032 | -2.9% |
| Dorman K. Walser | $122,422 | $43,473 | -64.5% |
| Freddy Matysek | $55,451 | $43,253 | -22% |
| Shana Heard | $74,008 | $39,304 | -46.9% |
| Ronnie Simmons | $71,024 | $38,503 | -45.8% |
| Trey Carroll | $48,223 | $36,886 | -23.5% |
| Sandifer & Campbell Farms | $27,475 | $35,625 | 29.7% |
| Michael Carroll | $75,370 | $34,641 | -54% |
| Stacy Henry | $48,508 | $34,072 | -29.8% |
| Rockne Wisdom | $75,830 | $33,783 | -55.4% |
| Glen Ray Heard | $45,725 | $33,084 | -27.6% |
| Mollye Wisdom Hatfield | $51,817 | $32,054 | -38.1% |
| George W Riethmayer | $23,675 | $28,946 | 22.3% |
| Mike Matus | $40,865 | $28,658 | -29.9% |
| Donald Werley Family Trust | $23,829 | $28,356 | 19% |
| Michael Thomas | $32,900 | $28,090 | -14.6% |
| Wisdom Family Trustee | $13,332 | $27,527 | 106.5% |
| Rhonda Hammonds | $15,662 | $27,476 | 75.4% |
| DR Land & Cattle | $23,856 | $23,780 | -0.3% |
| Rick Hammonds | $19,108 | $22,879 | 19.7% |
| Jon Lee Black | $64,063 | $20,779 | -67.6% |
| Jimmy Henry | $33,013 | $19,957 | -39.5% |
| Rocky Wayne Bachman | $957 | $19,195 | 1,905.7% |
| Scott Bearden | $14,779 | $17,061 | 15.4% |
| Duane Carroll | $36,232 | $14,213 | -60.8% |
| Ronny Baize | $8,172 | $13,918 | 70.3% |
| Daniel Westmoreland | $23,499 | $13,870 | -41% |
| Don Welch | $20,417 | $13,754 | -32.6% |
| Micheal Tomanek | $25,662 | $13,460 | -47.5% |
| Bettie K. Bell | $17,293 | $13,314 | -23% |
| Charles E. Carroll | $83,481 | $13,231 | -84.2% |
| Mesa Cattle Company | $11,436 | $11,826 | 3.4% |
| Robert Mitschke | $10,096 | $11,546 | 14.4% |
| Justin Roy Payne | $30,963 | $11,370 | -63.3% |
| Skip Shepherd | $25,521 | $10,999 | -56.9% |
| Taylor Fox | $0 | $10,377 | -- |
| Terry W. Fuqua Jr. | $18,035 | $10,261 | -43.1% |
| Thomas F. Mathis Jr. | $8,845 | $10,124 | 14.5% |
| Edward Crosby | $32,991 | $9,907 | -70% |
| Barbara A. Rhodes | $11,309 | $9,783 | -13.5% |
| Ayers Family Farm | $11,926 | $8,221 | -31.1% |
| Richard R. Traweek | $17,334 | $7,891 | -54.5% |
| Johnny Kajs Farms, Inc. | $0 | $7,749 | -- |
| Tim Horne | $16,496 | $7,690 | -53.4% |
| Rual Brown | $11,328 | $7,611 | -32.8% |
| Matthew Thomas Tamplen | $6,424 | $7,246 | 12.8% |
| Mike Shaw | $15,449 | $7,227 | -53.2% |
| Gary A. Walther | $5,663 | $7,108 | 25.5% |
| Jim Bob Moore | $12,249 | $7,030 | -42.6% |
| Joe William Coufal | $18,639 | $6,978 | -62.6% |
| Dennis Lee Welch | $17,079 | $6,152 | -64% |
| Robert E. Rohner | $6,100 | $6,100 | 0% |
| Fred R. Vecera Jr. | $6,132 | $6,073 | -1% |
| Lee Hammonds | $5,425 | $5,956 | 9.8% |
| Johnny L. Hendrix | $18,652 | $5,648 | -69.7% |
| Ken Rhodes | $0 | $5,253 | -- |
| Zachary Royce Miller | $12,899 | $5,232 | -59.4% |
| Karen Matysek | $4,750 | $4,750 | 0% |
| Henry L. Ayers Jr. | $10,575 | $4,741 | -55.2% |
| Malinda Moore | $10,061 | $4,704 | -53.2% |
| Dan Kajs | $13,559 | $4,700 | -65.3% |
| Ruth Posey | $6,132 | $4,630 | -24.5% |
| Luke Simmons | $10,364 | $4,450 | -57.1% |
| Michael Pope | $8,220 | $4,387 | -46.6% |
| Jodi Bond | $20,388 | $4,355 | -78.6% |
| W. N. Chatfield | $8,140 | $4,118 | -49.4% |
| Childress County Farm Service Agency | $0 | $4,096 | -- |
| Joseph W. Whitley | $4,096 | $4,096 | 0% |
| Philip A. Cook | $2,376 | $4,043 | 70.2% |
| Dale Henry | $7,546 | $3,906 | -48.2% |
| Elsie Vecera | $3,828 | $3,828 | 0% |
| Paul Halsell | $19,486 | $3,743 | -80.8% |
| Delton Brown | $3,707 | $3,707 | 0% |
| Ernest Barrera | $2,302 | $3,619 | 57.2% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $3,364 | -- |
| Geraldine Boren | $1,868 | $3,345 | 79.1% |
| Luke Gray | $6,917 | $3,285 | -52.5% |
| Gaylon Whitman | $2,106 | $2,833 | 34.5% |
| Mark Halsell | $17,562 | $2,788 | -84.1% |
| Larry T. Ellis | $6,286 | $2,480 | -60.5% |
| Perry Shaw | $6,109 | $2,445 | -60% |
| O. M. Baylor | $2,510 | $2,332 | -7.1% |
| Betty J. Moore | $2,217 | $2,217 | 0% |
| Chris Halsell | $13,504 | $2,173 | -83.9% |
| Lynn Simmons | $2,053 | $2,053 | 0% |
| Childress Farm Service Agency | $7,422 | $1,959 | -73.6% |
| Rusty Carpenter | $8,074 | $1,871 | -76.8% |
| Geraldine Tomanek | $4,272 | $1,849 | -56.7% |
| Graves Foard County Ranch, LLC | $9,589 | $1,786 | -81.4% |
| Lori Bufkin | $2,018 | $1,767 | -12.4% |
| Stephanie Gray | $2,018 | $1,767 | -12.4% |
| Felix Taylor & Jean Taylor Decd Rev Living Trust | $0 | $1,598 | -- |
| Nikki Radosevich Trust | $0 | $1,509 | -- |
| Philip Cook | $0 | $1,467 | -- |
| Jason Mathis | $6,844 | $1,358 | -80.2% |
| Terry Boren | $3,465 | $1,229 | -64.5% |
| Mark Christopher | $3,925 | $1,222 | -68.9% |
| Todd Hudgens | $3,686 | $1,184 | -67.9% |
| Laura C. Kelley | $0 | $1,175 | -- |
| Rose Anne Riggs | $3,549 | $1,120 | -68.4% |
| Kathy Clifton | $1,046 | $1,047 | 0.1% |
| Sharon Dean Westmoreland | $924 | $924 | 0% |
| Billy Don Henry | $3,409 | $903 | -73.5% |
| Chance Moore | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Rusty Moore | $0 | $817 | -- |
| Delton Parkhill | $1,670 | $763 | -54.3% |
| Alyssa Perez | $3,311 | $714 | -78.4% |
| Jacob Riley Borchardt | $2,112 | $579 | -72.6% |
| Anthony Hinsley | $2,736 | $492 | -82% |
| Jimmy A. Christopher | $488 | $488 | 0% |
| Tommie McRae | $0 | $487 | -- |
| James Hopkins | $321 | $420 | 30.8% |
| Bob Cerda | $1,488 | $351 | -76.4% |
| Clint MacHac | $294 | $294 | 0% |
| Marvin MacHac | $294 | $294 | 0% |
| Richard Leigh | $1,322 | $281 | -78.7% |
| Sandra McBeath | $505 | $210 | -58.4% |
| Ricky Borchardt | $495 | $197 | -60.2% |
| Joshua Shane Borchardt | $429 | $173 | -59.7% |
| Royce Ivan Hammonds | $264 | $118 | -55.3% |
| Paula Harris | $116 | $116 | 0% |
| Aaron Hinsley | $2,518 | $0 | -100% |
| April Gay Baty | $4,097 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Malcolm Bond Jr. | $654 | $0 | -100% |
| Boyce Cox | $5,083 | $0 | -100% |
| Brady Cerda | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Carylon Thompson | $2,461 | $0 | -100% |
| Childress County Farm Service Age | $8,588 | $0 | -100% |
| Edmund Tomanek | $877 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwina Ross Fairchild Irrevocable | $8,554 | $0 | -100% |
| Eloisa P. Barrera | $1,902 | $0 | -100% |
| Esther Marie Kajs | $10,616 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $7,886 | $0 | -100% |
| Felix O. Westmoreland Jr. | $4,262 | $0 | -100% |
| Felix Taylor & Jean Taylor Decd R | $1,850 | $0 | -100% |
| Jean Smith | $722 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry W. Conner | $14,912 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Wright | $528 | $0 | -100% |
| Pease River Partners Foundation | $5,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Ricky H. Preddy | $4,987 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Glover | $2,103 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Baty | $4,097 | $0 | -100% |
| T & R Farms | $4,133 | $0 | -100% |
| Ty Smith | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernon Whatley | $573 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,437,572 | $2,765,062 | -37.7% |
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