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In 2021, 159 farmers in cities within Archer County received a total of $2.9 million in 356 farm subsidies, a 50.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6 million in 592 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 Archer County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay E. Mitchell | $337,448 | $196,215 | -41.9% |
| James H. Mitchell | $333,964 | $195,689 | -41.4% |
| Hemmi Family Dairy, LLC | $297,469 | $143,810 | -51.7% |
| Keith Teichman Dairy | $207,355 | $125,024 | -39.7% |
| Hoegger Bros Dairy, Inc. | $153,862 | $107,769 | -30% |
| Capstone Farms, LLC | $166,159 | $104,096 | -37.4% |
| Mark Luig | $86,999 | $103,405 | 18.9% |
| Gillit Land and Livestock, LP | $186,351 | $88,490 | -52.5% |
| Schenk Farms, Inc. | $144,331 | $78,902 | -45.3% |
| Terry Berend | $130,308 | $78,834 | -39.5% |
| A & a Williams Farms Partnership | $49,975 | $75,678 | 51.4% |
| Robert A. Lindemann | $94,148 | $74,602 | -20.8% |
| Marten Farms Jv | $80,475 | $55,023 | -31.6% |
| Carey Shawver | $147,074 | $54,617 | -62.9% |
| D & S Feedyard, Inc. | $135,744 | $53,218 | -60.8% |
| Randell Clark McAnally | $76,060 | $51,722 | -32% |
| Vicki Lynn McAnally | $75,888 | $51,716 | -31.9% |
| Stephen R. Stults | $90,108 | $51,514 | -42.8% |
| Kendall Coleman | $115,178 | $50,987 | -55.7% |
| Shad D. Sullivan | $125,094 | $48,863 | -60.9% |
| Kulhanek Farms Partnership | $83,477 | $46,708 | -44% |
| Stump Cattle Company, LLC | $0 | $45,849 | -- |
| William C. Brown | $137,817 | $41,222 | -70.1% |
| Lee H. Shawver | $73,430 | $40,063 | -45.4% |
| Tinney Cattle Company, LLC | $117,942 | $38,917 | -67% |
| Brent A. Bishop | $87,227 | $37,935 | -56.5% |
| Swanson Ranch, LLC | $84,029 | $37,091 | -55.9% |
| Adam C. Williams | $46,674 | $35,824 | -23.2% |
| Doug Strange | $72,726 | $32,757 | -55% |
| Boyd Ranch, LLC | $0 | $32,014 | -- |
| Arthur K. Williams | $19,036 | $31,964 | 67.9% |
| Half Box Partnership | $57,896 | $30,635 | -47.1% |
| Keith James Teichman | $2,165 | $29,231 | 1,250.2% |
| 3-O Cattle | $54,718 | $27,568 | -49.6% |
| Charles Harris Hall Sr. | $47,951 | $26,185 | -45.4% |
| Frank Wolf | $134,224 | $24,284 | -81.9% |
| John Matus | $43,962 | $24,165 | -45% |
| Doug J. Lindemann | $91,631 | $23,874 | -73.9% |
| Cade McAnally | $13,485 | $23,177 | 71.9% |
| Robby Shawver | $31,238 | $20,931 | -33% |
| D & R Cattle | $36,428 | $20,286 | -44.3% |
| Michael L. Palmer | $55,732 | $19,466 | -65.1% |
| Lynn Schroeder | $70,433 | $18,926 | -73.1% |
| Jeff Lindemann | $71,316 | $17,425 | -75.6% |
| Glen Wolf | $32,608 | $15,435 | -52.7% |
| Dan Schenk | $38,095 | $15,004 | -60.6% |
| Donnie Hilbers | $81,836 | $14,165 | -82.7% |
| Clayton Hoff | $42,045 | $11,567 | -72.5% |
| Stephen Tucker III | $39,336 | $11,398 | -71% |
| Jo Education & Belinda Noel Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $11,317 | -- |
| Bradley K. Mitchell | $22,277 | $11,288 | -49.3% |
| Lonnie Buerger | $24,657 | $11,284 | -54.2% |
| Brian Vieth | $27,773 | $10,563 | -62% |
| Hunter A. Cure | $54,685 | $9,080 | -83.4% |
| Alvin O. Parish Jr. | $36,738 | $8,594 | -76.6% |
| Parkey Bros Cattle | $33,970 | $8,485 | -75% |
| Cheryl Williamson | $34,601 | $8,142 | -76.5% |
| John Pechacek | $28,206 | $7,781 | -72.4% |
| Barry Schenk | $19,967 | $7,169 | -64.1% |
| Blane Buerger | $16,878 | $6,973 | -58.7% |
| Perry J Luig | $24,121 | $6,879 | -71.5% |
| Robert Hutto | $25,147 | $6,740 | -73.2% |
| H & K Land & Cattle | $27,017 | $6,585 | -75.6% |
| Gary J. McAnally | $12,286 | $6,582 | -46.4% |
| James Teichman | $8,467 | $6,483 | -23.4% |
| W. L. Lindemann Jr. | $20,446 | $6,470 | -68.4% |
| Shoebar Land & Cattle, LLC | $34,946 | $6,135 | -82.4% |
| William O. Hemmi | $14,990 | $5,963 | -60.2% |
| Ronnie Williams | $8,525 | $5,750 | -32.6% |
| Henry E. Cuba | $10,304 | $5,531 | -46.3% |
| Barry Don Wright | $3,577 | $5,369 | 50.1% |
| Doug Harrigal | $26,424 | $5,304 | -79.9% |
| Brock Austin Schenk | $10,768 | $5,234 | -51.4% |
| First United Bank | $20,198 | $5,190 | -74.3% |
| D. W. Stone Jr. | $12,365 | $5,053 | -59.1% |
| Rick Mason | $0 | $5,002 | -- |
| Curtis Cashion | $14,605 | $4,961 | -66% |
| Drayton Gillit | $56,048 | $4,822 | -91.4% |
| Barry Dyer | $8,456 | $4,733 | -44% |
| Kenneth Teichman | $10,361 | $4,685 | -54.8% |
| William Charles Abernathy Jr. | $16,077 | $4,664 | -71% |
| Leo Gilmore | $10,133 | $4,603 | -54.6% |
| Princess Reatha Skaggs | $7,002 | $4,354 | -37.8% |
| J. D. Morrison | $17,479 | $4,267 | -75.6% |
| Matthew Capps | $8,087 | $4,188 | -48.2% |
| William Cuba | $5,955 | $4,142 | -30.4% |
| Greg Stallcup | $21,615 | $3,795 | -82.4% |
| James M. Cuba | $9,789 | $3,650 | -62.7% |
| Randall Jackson | $15,689 | $3,479 | -77.8% |
| Ami Swanson | $6,328 | $3,469 | -45.2% |
| Arch Andrews | $12,639 | $3,328 | -73.7% |
| John Welker | $10,038 | $3,306 | -67.1% |
| Ryan Looper | $16,074 | $3,266 | -79.7% |
| Dillon J. Hilbers | $24,772 | $2,968 | -88% |
| Curtis Knobloch | $8,117 | $2,866 | -64.7% |
| Robert L. Stallcup | $10,014 | $2,780 | -72.2% |
| Ernestine Heller | $4,695 | $2,763 | -41.2% |
| Coleman Land & Cattle | $12,081 | $2,753 | -77.2% |
| Charles Max Green | $17,298 | $2,665 | -84.6% |
| Mitchell Steinberger | $5,287 | $2,586 | -51.1% |
| Ginger D. Chambers | $9,193 | $2,534 | -72.4% |
| Sharon Barker | $6,373 | $2,280 | -64.2% |
| Mark Morbitzer | $6,181 | $2,064 | -66.6% |
| Michael Loran | $7,490 | $2,064 | -72.4% |
| August Charles Schenk | $6,547 | $1,971 | -69.9% |
| Jonathan D. Moss | $5,577 | $1,872 | -66.4% |
| Bernard H & Elizabeth J Hilbers Revocable Trust | $0 | $1,862 | -- |
| S. H. Smith | $6,079 | $1,824 | -70% |
| Brandon Talley | $0 | $1,760 | -- |
| Robert Krahl | $6,592 | $1,705 | -74.1% |
| Nancy Jolene Bell | $17,634 | $1,692 | -90.4% |
| Mark Peters | $2,178 | $1,680 | -22.9% |
| Joe Bob Stump | $0 | $1,645 | -- |
| Ross Tucker | $10,100 | $1,632 | -83.8% |
| Edwin M. Dayton | $4,326 | $1,580 | -63.5% |
| Kevin Reneau | $5,335 | $1,568 | -70.6% |
| Charles M. Stewart | $990 | $1,500 | 51.5% |
| Russell Looper | $4,880 | $1,449 | -70.3% |
| Grady Schenk | $3,674 | $1,406 | -61.7% |
| Zane Hilbers | $4,818 | $1,392 | -71.1% |
| Robert Steinberger Jr. | $12,729 | $1,352 | -89.4% |
| J. L. Stone | $9,969 | $1,334 | -86.6% |
| Janice Annelia Ridenour | $1,186 | $1,332 | 12.3% |
| Clay Reid | $6,061 | $1,278 | -78.9% |
| Dustin Hays | $3,300 | $1,251 | -62.1% |
| John Harp | $3,121 | $1,184 | -62.1% |
| Cathy C. Loran | $0 | $1,179 | -- |
| Micheal Sheppard | $1,430 | $1,153 | -19.4% |
| Cynthia Burkett | $4,323 | $1,112 | -74.3% |
| Randel Beaver | $5,657 | $1,095 | -80.6% |
| Charles Hilbers | $3,440 | $1,090 | -68.3% |
| C. D. Knobloch | $5,982 | $1,064 | -82.2% |
| Lloyd Wolf Jr. | $90,835 | $1,055 | -98.8% |
| John Harrigal | $6,819 | $1,049 | -84.6% |
| Harold Stallcup | $5,861 | $1,004 | -82.9% |
| Rusty Dale Schroeder | $4,004 | $970 | -75.8% |
| Marten Farms | $5,540 | $890 | -83.9% |
| Mark Hilbers | $2,233 | $831 | -62.8% |
| Ronnie M. Kelley | $1,627 | $800 | -50.8% |
| Luig Bros Cattle Company | $4,849 | $612 | -87.4% |
| Jarret Pannell | $5,197 | $561 | -89.2% |
| Lynn Ayres | $2,030 | $520 | -74.4% |
| Karla Powell | $2,381 | $482 | -79.8% |
| Wesley Scott McSpadden | $0 | $474 | -- |
| H & W Cattle Company | $7,916 | $457 | -94.2% |
| Mitchell Dane Lundy | $1,315 | $405 | -69.2% |
| Lyndon James Teichman | $1,972 | $364 | -81.5% |
| Gerald Mobley | $1,551 | $343 | -77.9% |
| Allen Gilmore | $11,708 | $328 | -97.2% |
| Don Wright | $0 | $287 | -- |
| Jeffrey Blake Hoegger | $1,453 | $280 | -80.7% |
| Weldon Nichols | $1,380 | $276 | -80% |
| James William Myers | $1,362 | $266 | -80.5% |
| Jeffrey Hoegger | $1,807 | $245 | -86.4% |
| Cody Stephens | $946 | $222 | -76.5% |
| Justin Ray Edwards | $0 | $193 | -- |
| Jeremy Randall Maxwell | $429 | $163 | -62% |
| Roy Pennartz | $232 | $114 | -50.9% |
| Clifton Russell | $800 | $104 | -87% |
| 7 Ranch Cattle Company | $7,316 | $0 | -100% |
| Ben Buerger | $1,437 | $0 | -100% |
| Carlton D. Deen | $2,970 | $0 | -100% |
| Cheryl Miller | $244 | $0 | -100% |
| D&J Murphy Properties, Ltd. | $6,731 | $0 | -100% |
| Jo Education & Belinda Noel Revocable Li | $16,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Leslie Warren | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Lanny Ray Hubbard | $1,037 | $0 | -100% |
| Lonnie Buerger and Blaine Buerger | $1,613 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Aulds Garrett | $5,908 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip Gregg Miller | $25 | $0 | -100% |
| Shad Hanna | $867 | $0 | -100% |
| Jo Ann Stone | $983 | $0 | -100% |
| Lyle B. Riley | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Mitchell Lundy | $1,089 | $0 | -100% |
| Bernard H & Elizabeth J Hilbers R | $3,404 | $0 | -100% |
| Clayton Wolf | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Hoff | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Hoegger | $955 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,973,703 | $2,931,478 | -50.9% |
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