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In 2021, 188 farmers in cities within Lampasas County received a total of $680,586 in 275 farm subsidies, a 79.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.3 million in 571 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 Lampasas County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jo I. Holley | $148,700 | $43,523 | -70.7% |
| M K Cattle Company | $119,903 | $35,959 | -70% |
| M & M Downing Properties, LLC | $6,160 | $33,955 | 451.2% |
| The Lane Management Trustee | $42,428 | $32,665 | -23% |
| Keith G. Duncan | $205,768 | $28,411 | -86.2% |
| Gregory E. McGregor | $20,150 | $27,148 | 34.7% |
| Dois Ray Farms, Inc. | $10,087 | $25,086 | 148.7% |
| Maddox 2009, LLC | $62,501 | $22,644 | -63.8% |
| Kelvin G Barkowsky | $25,128 | $20,051 | -20.2% |
| Guy May | $14,681 | $13,834 | -5.8% |
| Chapman Ranch | $62,940 | $13,296 | -78.9% |
| Mark William Nash | $20,255 | $13,249 | -34.6% |
| Glen C. Gibson | $24,627 | $12,488 | -49.3% |
| Dorothy Richardson | $0 | $12,121 | -- |
| Lyn Nell Ray | $0 | $11,175 | -- |
| Mark J. Langford | $75,278 | $11,106 | -85.2% |
| Henry J. Langford | $39,558 | $9,728 | -75.4% |
| Marion V. Webb | $38,695 | $9,550 | -75.3% |
| Randy Shipp | $17,277 | $9,068 | -47.5% |
| Benjamin E. Hampton | $17,473 | $8,874 | -49.2% |
| Jimmy Spivey | $35,726 | $8,347 | -76.6% |
| William D. Yeary | $55,196 | $8,141 | -85.3% |
| Billie Kathryn Butler Credit Shelter Trust | $0 | $7,996 | -- |
| Victor Stotts | $22,736 | $7,821 | -65.6% |
| Dustin K. Duncan | $33,050 | $7,789 | -76.4% |
| Glenn M Vann Estate | $37,134 | $7,688 | -79.3% |
| Michael D. Potts | $0 | $7,566 | -- |
| Herman Edward Garner Jr. | $0 | $6,676 | -- |
| Langford Livestock, Inc. | $893,939 | $6,519 | -99.3% |
| Clayton Thompson | $35,151 | $5,892 | -83.2% |
| Wilton A. Morris | $12,267 | $5,622 | -54.2% |
| James Roesler | $23,727 | $5,451 | -77% |
| Laurie J. Davis | $29,459 | $5,198 | -82.4% |
| Rhea Ann Turner | $2,519 | $4,508 | 79% |
| Robert McIlroy | $26,273 | $4,506 | -82.8% |
| Clinton Clary | $28,622 | $4,494 | -84.3% |
| Alex Wittenburg | $21,615 | $4,463 | -79.4% |
| Michael O. Mallett | $28,378 | $4,427 | -84.4% |
| Jimmie D. Myers | $17,982 | $4,137 | -77% |
| Davenport Investments LP | $9,257 | $3,968 | -57.1% |
| Karl Oestreich | $23,898 | $3,937 | -83.5% |
| Grady Gibson | $14,076 | $3,747 | -73.4% |
| Calf Creek Ranch, Ltd. | $3,717 | $3,717 | 0% |
| Lance Duncan | $11,402 | $3,314 | -70.9% |
| Charlene W. Ruzicka | $8,859 | $3,305 | -62.7% |
| Sharon S. Knox | $1,271 | $3,281 | 158.1% |
| L L & S Livestock Partnership | $23,871 | $3,270 | -86.3% |
| Russell H Merket | $7,257 | $3,205 | -55.8% |
| Donnie L. Jones | $9,391 | $3,109 | -66.9% |
| Kenneth Richardson | $22,932 | $2,986 | -87% |
| Gary L. Maxwell | $11,143 | $2,812 | -74.8% |
| Williams Family Partnership | $2,682 | $2,782 | 3.7% |
| Bandy D. Craft | $7,266 | $2,770 | -61.9% |
| Tim J. Cox | $2,784 | $2,734 | -1.8% |
| Micheal R. Edwards | $12,158 | $2,720 | -77.6% |
| W C M Ranch, LLC | $11,942 | $2,717 | -77.2% |
| Robert C. Carroll | $10,848 | $2,593 | -76.1% |
| Wayne C Masters | $10,642 | $2,577 | -75.8% |
| William Price | $27,696 | $2,518 | -90.9% |
| Warren A. Spivey | $9,105 | $2,401 | -73.6% |
| Lisa Gay Swann | $1,405 | $2,355 | 67.6% |
| Stephen V. Ruzicka | $9,681 | $2,286 | -76.4% |
| Johnny Ray Wallace | $5,265 | $2,249 | -57.3% |
| Mark E Hoefelmeyer | $21,358 | $2,249 | -89.5% |
| John and Dora Gracey Farm Partnership | $0 | $2,216 | -- |
| Leslie M. Procter | $9,336 | $1,983 | -78.8% |
| Richard D. Procter | $8,558 | $1,983 | -76.8% |
| James O. Eddy | $8,525 | $1,921 | -77.5% |
| Jay Cougar Edwards | $7,733 | $1,843 | -76.2% |
| Michael Deriso | $7,172 | $1,738 | -75.8% |
| Francene Wenmohs Revocable Trust | $1,754 | $1,706 | -2.7% |
| Robert T. Shurtleff | $4,959 | $1,670 | -66.3% |
| James G. Walsh Jr. | $6,963 | $1,627 | -76.6% |
| Matthew Lucas | $715 | $1,626 | 127.4% |
| MRS Lyn Nell Ray | $0 | $1,600 | -- |
| Keith Lee Clemens | $0 | $1,582 | -- |
| Marilyn Lewis Fields | $1,745 | $1,557 | -10.8% |
| Martha J Robertson Estate | $4,946 | $1,552 | -68.6% |
| Jeffrey G. Rainwater | $6,857 | $1,547 | -77.4% |
| Sheri K. Stone | $3,804 | $1,532 | -59.7% |
| Mark A. Rainwater | $6,824 | $1,530 | -77.6% |
| Rodney E. Myrick | $2,848 | $1,473 | -48.3% |
| Clifford B. MacHen | $0 | $1,452 | -- |
| David S. Whitis | $6,217 | $1,449 | -76.7% |
| Joyce Bronaugh | $1,370 | $1,437 | 4.9% |
| William Bufard Carlile JR | $4,924 | $1,388 | -71.8% |
| Ross L. Hargis | $2,156 | $1,386 | -35.7% |
| Ann Pollock Ranch, LLC | $9,383 | $1,360 | -85.5% |
| Ronnie Brown | $5,971 | $1,339 | -77.6% |
| Rebecca Britton | $6,268 | $1,324 | -78.9% |
| Charles Fields | $6,281 | $1,272 | -79.7% |
| Winston Baker | $13,745 | $1,202 | -91.3% |
| Dois O Ray | $0 | $1,200 | -- |
| Buena Vista Ranch Family LP | $3,509 | $1,166 | -66.8% |
| Lee Gernentz | $3,381 | $1,153 | -65.9% |
| Thomas E. Keller Jr. | $3,790 | $1,143 | -69.8% |
| Beau Wilson | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Juanita Fern Welch Procter Trust | $5,808 | $1,090 | -81.2% |
| Brenda J. Oestreich | $16,927 | $1,078 | -93.6% |
| Troy Deriso | $3,608 | $1,071 | -70.3% |
| Willis V. Evans | $11,198 | $1,048 | -90.6% |
| Wayland D. Smith | $1,036 | $1,036 | 0% |
| David Parker | $0 | $958 | -- |
| Michael F. Lacomb | $5,073 | $950 | -81.3% |
| Trisa Owens Smith | $12,406 | $932 | -92.5% |
| Randall J. Hoyer | $0 | $928 | -- |
| Gary Vann | $1,133 | $922 | -18.6% |
| Daniel W. Griffin | $1,396 | $912 | -34.7% |
| 4 Feathers Cattle | $2,022 | $897 | -55.6% |
| Barney Groves Jr. | $15,743 | $890 | -94.3% |
| Robert Straley | $7,320 | $886 | -87.9% |
| Tony Canales | $4,843 | $880 | -81.8% |
| Lester D. Brown | $4,750 | $876 | -81.6% |
| Sam H. Shurtleff III | $4,862 | $866 | -82.2% |
| Melvin Wayne Harbin | $3,234 | $830 | -74.3% |
| Charles R. Butler Jr. | $1,089 | $811 | -25.5% |
| Wayne Faught | $1,848 | $792 | -57.1% |
| Michael Brandon Moore | $3,465 | $713 | -79.4% |
| Ronny Baker | $4,585 | $712 | -84.5% |
| Kenneth C. McGuire | $0 | $712 | -- |
| Anne M. Current | $3,169 | $711 | -77.6% |
| Robby Vann | $6,341 | $708 | -88.8% |
| John K. Osgood Jr. | $2,773 | $690 | -75.1% |
| Saffet Kucukkarca | $112,353 | $683 | -99.4% |
| Dwayne C. Durham | $3,141 | $679 | -78.4% |
| Ronnie Vineyard | $3,432 | $654 | -80.9% |
| Thomas J. Casbeer III | $3,500 | $633 | -81.9% |
| Ron Farr | $4,613 | $616 | -86.6% |
| Cody Fox | $1,093 | $609 | -44.3% |
| Carroll Dillard Ranch Partnership | $3,264 | $599 | -81.6% |
| Keith R. Workman | $599 | $599 | 0% |
| Mary Jane McMillin | $1,561 | $573 | -63.3% |
| Sue Zane Faulkner | $1,562 | $573 | -63.3% |
| Carol G. Brown | $807 | $572 | -29.1% |
| Danny Vann | $5,812 | $560 | -90.4% |
| Daryl S. Whitehead | $5,103 | $558 | -89.1% |
| James Tyler Georger | $4,947 | $547 | -88.9% |
| Richard L. Johnson Jr. | $3,421 | $532 | -84.4% |
| William J. Furlan | $3,795 | $500 | -86.8% |
| Lloyd Allen Warner | $4,639 | $494 | -89.4% |
| Shawn Q. Kelley | $10,823 | $487 | -95.5% |
| Raymond Tyler Orlando | $3,682 | $476 | -87.1% |
| Timothy W. Hendrix | $2,255 | $460 | -79.6% |
| Robert D. Bohning Jr. | $2,600 | $450 | -82.7% |
| Ava Laura Stremmel | $1,967 | $443 | -77.5% |
| Debora B. Terry | $2,256 | $438 | -80.6% |
| Stephen A. Baxter | $2,695 | $430 | -84% |
| Thomas Anderson Feild | $3,616 | $429 | -88.1% |
| Roger Rene Rodriguez | $2,203 | $425 | -80.7% |
| Harvey Roberts | $2,908 | $422 | -85.5% |
| Helen A. Fitzner | $2,142 | $422 | -80.3% |
| Delbert J. Sugg Sr. | $10,160 | $417 | -95.9% |
| Staci Dorotik | $0 | $398 | -- |
| Byron Koslan | $385 | $386 | 0.3% |
| Roper Brown | $1,144 | $376 | -67.1% |
| John M. Griffin | $1,896 | $374 | -80.3% |
| Kenneth Helpert | $764 | $358 | -53.1% |
| Lucy C. Walker | $1,882 | $356 | -81.1% |
| Wayne Borchardt | $3,277 | $353 | -89.2% |
| Charles O. Hood | $2,666 | $351 | -86.8% |
| Harvy Dean Miller | $0 | $325 | -- |
| James W. Stinnett | $3,778 | $322 | -91.5% |
| Othella B Webb | $3,996 | $310 | -92.2% |
| Steven W. Gillen | $0 | $299 | -- |
| Robby Moore | $0 | $285 | -- |
| Thomas J. Shipp | $1,298 | $270 | -79.2% |
| Tracy Gomez | $0 | $266 | -- |
| Gail Johanson | $966 | $260 | -73.1% |
| Daniel J. Pollock Jr. | $1,298 | $260 | -80% |
| Rowdy Brown | $605 | $214 | -64.6% |
| Marshal Brewer | $2,465 | $197 | -92% |
| Sam N. Walker | $985 | $176 | -82.1% |
| William M. Whitis II | $1,924 | $172 | -91.1% |
| Billy J. Piper | $4,826 | $159 | -96.7% |
| Walt Birchfield | $0 | $156 | -- |
| M Duwain Snell | $1,641 | $149 | -90.9% |
| Robert Eric Borchardt | $803 | $138 | -82.8% |
| Judy A. Smith | $517 | $135 | -73.9% |
| Robert E. Stewart | $441 | $122 | -72.3% |
| Thomas Holubec | $140 | $95 | -32.1% |
| Peter B. Brown | $125 | $61 | -51.2% |
| George W. Gilliam | $543 | $54 | -90.1% |
| Roger O'Dwyer | $275 | $50 | -81.8% |
| Sherri Juby Clark | $242 | $48 | -80.2% |
| Jerome C. Urbanek Jr. | $45 | $35 | -22.2% |
| Travis K. Wiley | $0 | $28 | -- |
| Elke Marchincin | $60 | $24 | -60% |
| Robin L. Traweek | $8,503 | $14 | -99.8% |
| Billy Worrell | $486 | $0 | -100% |
| Dustin Michael Shuffler | $21,182 | $0 | -100% |
| George M. Alderson | $2,059 | $0 | -100% |
| Heather Nicole Harris | $4 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard H. McDuff | $6,287 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen Craft | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Asa Langford | $490 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael B. Mullican | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Jan Postel | $783 | $0 | -100% |
| Billie Kathryn Butler Credit Shel | $6,162 | $0 | -100% |
| Brett Berry | $3,190 | $0 | -100% |
| Andy C. Feild | $4,380 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol N. Wright | $32 | $0 | -100% |
| Carson D. Singleton | $8,721 | $0 | -100% |
| Casey R. Corbin | $678 | $0 | -100% |
| Dakota Falcon | $5,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward D. Thomas Jr. | $2,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin C Bodine Family Irrevocable | $1,829 | $0 | -100% |
| David F. Cox | $9,690 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank M. Leavell | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry B. Stoneham III | $1,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee J. Hoffpauir | $17,563 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles J. Clary | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Jakeston Pierce Dibble | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff W. Collins | $9,152 | $0 | -100% |
| Jesse Granville McCoy | $465 | $0 | -100% |
| John and Dora Gracey Farm Partner | $7,108 | $0 | -100% |
| John Scott Saunders | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Judy L Randall-Frank | $3,028 | $0 | -100% |
| Kayleigh Nicole Rikard | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Clemens | $32,032 | $0 | -100% |
| M a Snell Investments Trust | $2,969 | $0 | -100% |
| Milton M. Kellner Jr. | $52 | $0 | -100% |
| Max E. McDonald | $3,196 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael R. Gall Sr. | $87 | $0 | -100% |
| Misty Ruhland | $1,207 | $0 | -100% |
| Penny S. Boyce | $2,534 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert G. Lansford | $2,403 | $0 | -100% |
| Spivey and Walton PTRS | $303 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Fox Bynum | $18,201 | $0 | -100% |
| Vicki D. Shurtleff | $168 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia Bassford | $657 | $0 | -100% |
| William M Sanguinet III | $2,407 | $0 | -100% |
| Yolanda Kae Maceyra | $536 | $0 | -100% |
| 1894 Baxter Ranch, LLC | $10,560 | $0 | -100% |
| Janet L. Franklin | $211 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynnell Ray | $42,528 | $0 | -100% |
| M N Thompson Heirs, LLC | $2,057 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary V. Hood | $648 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronda Bridges | $2,875 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry W. Poehlmann | $165 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendy Hinkle | $6,409 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,318,513 | $680,586 | -79.5% |
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