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In 2021, 295 farmers in cities within Coryell County received a total of $2.3 million in 536 farm subsidies, a 72% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $8.1 million in 939 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 Coryell County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coward Cattle Company | $768,718 | $197,978 | -74.2% |
| A & J Partnership | $464,576 | $168,103 | -63.8% |
| Gary E. Clarke | $256,034 | $129,951 | -49.2% |
| Randy Heiner | $145,337 | $129,689 | -10.8% |
| Jody Thomas | $331,047 | $70,142 | -78.8% |
| Charles Graham Farms, LLC | $895,177 | $69,169 | -92.3% |
| Cerro Verde Ranch | $86,337 | $62,341 | -27.8% |
| Dreyer Farms | $146,636 | $60,187 | -59% |
| Don T. Bales | $87,375 | $58,082 | -33.5% |
| Douglas Young | $166,546 | $40,533 | -75.7% |
| Mark Carothers | $240,915 | $38,265 | -84.1% |
| Charles Graham | $123,320 | $37,044 | -70% |
| Clay McClellan | $46,732 | $32,843 | -29.7% |
| Mark Latham | $51,193 | $32,790 | -35.9% |
| James F. Scheele | $94,892 | $31,223 | -67.1% |
| Cody Heiner | $83,068 | $30,755 | -63% |
| Joyce Pruitt | $42,111 | $30,539 | -27.5% |
| Jeffery A. Latham | $43,516 | $30,169 | -30.7% |
| Bart Koerth | $93,107 | $29,329 | -68.5% |
| Anthony Anderson | $98,240 | $27,241 | -72.3% |
| Dreyer Properties, LP | $48,871 | $21,686 | -55.6% |
| L & L Livestock | $178,355 | $20,925 | -88.3% |
| Matthew T. Winkler | $32,768 | $19,738 | -39.8% |
| Justin Tatum | $24,387 | $19,407 | -20.4% |
| Nathaniel Foote III | $56,493 | $18,653 | -67% |
| Graham Wall | $100,258 | $18,554 | -81.5% |
| Betty Owens & Bobby Andrews PTSHP | $6,351 | $18,319 | 188.4% |
| Steele D Livestock, LLC | $102,855 | $17,276 | -83.2% |
| Brandon Belt | $22,765 | $17,062 | -25.1% |
| Robert L Geltemeyer | $36,342 | $17,039 | -53.1% |
| Bar T Cattle, Inc. | $349,862 | $16,518 | -95.3% |
| Chance Althoff | $33,466 | $16,380 | -51.1% |
| Judy Logan | $5,120 | $15,580 | 204.3% |
| Colby D. Gohlke | $31,751 | $15,148 | -52.3% |
| David C. Smith | $22,638 | $14,412 | -36.3% |
| Martha A. Lawhorn | $79,555 | $14,295 | -82% |
| Troy Latham | $129,154 | $13,698 | -89.4% |
| CL Benson Farms, Inc. | $28,784 | $13,615 | -52.7% |
| Rose Mary Moreland | $25,830 | $13,458 | -47.9% |
| John D. Barton | $41,024 | $13,036 | -68.2% |
| Jack Wesley Morse | $18,270 | $12,789 | -30% |
| John Young | $18,394 | $12,637 | -31.3% |
| Kermit Wolff | $28,849 | $12,427 | -56.9% |
| Neil F. Walter | $26,788 | $11,572 | -56.8% |
| Rodney Karasek | $37,277 | $11,067 | -70.3% |
| William E Melbern | $32,753 | $10,948 | -66.6% |
| Roy D. Westerfeld | $14,824 | $9,805 | -33.9% |
| Eugene Worthington | $12,707 | $9,750 | -23.3% |
| Paula L. Foote | $23,061 | $9,568 | -58.5% |
| Randy Belt | $21,762 | $9,159 | -57.9% |
| M. J. Hanna Foundation | $10,066 | $8,973 | -10.9% |
| J Crow Enterprises, LLC | $14,067 | $8,858 | -37% |
| Dan P. Henson | $22,899 | $8,688 | -62.1% |
| Shawn C. Lee | $300,185 | $8,255 | -97.3% |
| Joby Mooney | $47,251 | $8,014 | -83% |
| Jerry Shults | $23,514 | $7,956 | -66.2% |
| Russ Lovejoy | $24,428 | $7,813 | -68% |
| Donald Lee Jones | $25,451 | $7,747 | -69.6% |
| Bobby Cliffton Barnard Jr. | $47,926 | $7,598 | -84.1% |
| Juan Arellano | $2,797 | $7,397 | 164.5% |
| Will Coward | $23,559 | $7,230 | -69.3% |
| Mikel R. Harbour | $48,095 | $6,580 | -86.3% |
| Trey Autrey | $10,482 | $6,549 | -37.5% |
| Elmer Owens & Lindly | $7,101 | $6,504 | -8.4% |
| Michael D. Coward | $20,557 | $6,404 | -68.8% |
| Billy J. Cowart | $35,112 | $6,384 | -81.8% |
| Dale Tippit | $62,305 | $6,233 | -90% |
| John W. Cornett | $17,592 | $6,149 | -65% |
| Joanna S. Wasson | $25,487 | $6,127 | -76% |
| Howard Ervin Koerth | $21,934 | $6,100 | -72.2% |
| Kelby Lee Shults | $0 | $6,016 | -- |
| Brandon Latham | $0 | $5,995 | -- |
| Daryl R. Maxwell | $11,451 | $5,986 | -47.7% |
| Baron L. Pate | $36,522 | $5,976 | -83.6% |
| Audie Mooney | $11,462 | $5,851 | -49% |
| John Barnhill | $34,764 | $5,838 | -83.2% |
| Larry Fry | $32,093 | $5,712 | -82.2% |
| Johnny Gossett | $16,776 | $5,683 | -66.1% |
| Barton Johnson | $19,621 | $5,046 | -74.3% |
| Tony Zapata | $5,610 | $4,920 | -12.3% |
| Patty Weber | $34,847 | $4,850 | -86.1% |
| Doug Allen | $3,069 | $4,823 | 57.2% |
| Barbara J Scheh | $6,650 | $4,787 | -28% |
| Justin Saunders | $10,196 | $4,705 | -53.9% |
| Scott Allen Fretwell-Shults JR | $0 | $4,376 | -- |
| Ray Clawson | $7,507 | $4,264 | -43.2% |
| Jerry Wright | $25,300 | $4,242 | -83.2% |
| Betty Wills | $3,465 | $4,176 | 20.5% |
| Lester H. Evans | $50,561 | $4,073 | -91.9% |
| Roger C. Travers Sr. | $2,926 | $4,044 | 38.2% |
| Richard L. Withrow | $5,042 | $4,018 | -20.3% |
| Don C. Russell | $6,222 | $4,010 | -35.6% |
| Robert James Brown Jr. | $20,337 | $4,010 | -80.3% |
| Gerald Kitchens | $18,532 | $3,950 | -78.7% |
| Zachary Thomas | $25,313 | $3,947 | -84.4% |
| Joe P. Pancake | $12,017 | $3,755 | -68.8% |
| Dennis Luedtke | $15,300 | $3,672 | -76% |
| Debra Kay Smart | $13,736 | $3,663 | -73.3% |
| Jordan R. Westerfeld | $6,156 | $3,628 | -41.1% |
| Jared Hunt | $25,303 | $3,566 | -85.9% |
| David Hughitt | $15,957 | $3,558 | -77.7% |
| Betty Fox Owens | $2,245 | $3,514 | 56.5% |
| Victor G Dutschmann | $4,467 | $3,482 | -22.1% |
| Bob Meharg | $18,000 | $3,202 | -82.2% |
| George Edward Jageler | $7,242 | $3,170 | -56.2% |
| Richard Ashby | $2,991 | $2,879 | -3.7% |
| James L. Green | $10,101 | $2,874 | -71.5% |
| Darrell Neuman | $6,604 | $2,831 | -57.1% |
| Brently Sims | $11,573 | $2,719 | -76.5% |
| Shanon Sutton | $5,053 | $2,629 | -48% |
| John K. Hunt | $13,253 | $2,622 | -80.2% |
| Randy Patterson | $4,430 | $2,588 | -41.6% |
| Liz Caraway | $0 | $2,544 | -- |
| Phillip Wade Tull | $12,209 | $2,480 | -79.7% |
| Tyler Anderson | $0 | $2,479 | -- |
| Kenneth Vana | $2,953 | $2,440 | -17.4% |
| Stanley Williams | $19,804 | $2,436 | -87.7% |
| Kenneth Poston | $15,568 | $2,428 | -84.4% |
| Robert Phillips | $5,046 | $2,393 | -52.6% |
| James L. Kitchens | $2,903 | $2,364 | -18.6% |
| David Conner | $11,357 | $2,347 | -79.3% |
| Paul Edge | $3,701 | $2,342 | -36.7% |
| Dewayne Bates | $3,025 | $2,337 | -22.7% |
| Betty J. Bartlett | $5,679 | $2,321 | -59.1% |
| Lee Bartlett JR Trust | $5,679 | $2,321 | -59.1% |
| Robert C. Bomar | $3,359 | $2,270 | -32.4% |
| Kimberly Gossett | $5,299 | $2,240 | -57.7% |
| Lyle E. Zoeller | $4,460 | $2,231 | -50% |
| Marcus Yows | $4,312 | $2,214 | -48.7% |
| Joe Carpenter | $4,314 | $2,209 | -48.8% |
| G. E. Clarke Jr. | $5,709 | $2,185 | -61.7% |
| Kenneth Dahl | $6,271 | $2,121 | -66.2% |
| Bruce Hulings | $12,648 | $2,062 | -83.7% |
| Danny Scruggs | $8,965 | $2,059 | -77% |
| Casey Bomar | $10,230 | $2,021 | -80.2% |
| Bernie Schraeder | $1,718 | $1,981 | 15.3% |
| Jason Creacy | $7,854 | $1,980 | -74.8% |
| James L. Saunders | $12,556 | $1,971 | -84.3% |
| Lynn Barnett | $11,466 | $1,966 | -82.9% |
| Jason P. Graham | $10,891 | $1,932 | -82.3% |
| Cronje Swindall | $5,780 | $1,905 | -67% |
| Alberta Hacker | $4,267 | $1,845 | -56.8% |
| Kendal Dean Latham | $2,753 | $1,836 | -33.3% |
| Bryan Rauschenberg | $10,245 | $1,830 | -82.1% |
| Maurice Martin | $3,455 | $1,826 | -47.1% |
| Foster Ranch | $9,543 | $1,821 | -80.9% |
| William Gribble | $2,956 | $1,821 | -38.4% |
| Willie B. Leos | $3,912 | $1,810 | -53.7% |
| Tommy Altum | $7,113 | $1,790 | -74.8% |
| Tommy L. Evans | $2,970 | $1,769 | -40.4% |
| Gary McLaughlin | $2,746 | $1,761 | -35.9% |
| Jimmy Dale Gartman | $3,931 | $1,746 | -55.6% |
| Rocky Nichols | $3,268 | $1,694 | -48.2% |
| Roger Clayton Luedtke | $6,523 | $1,573 | -75.9% |
| James M. Baize | $4,803 | $1,571 | -67.3% |
| Terri L. Springer | $223 | $1,564 | 601.3% |
| Thomas Riddle | $9,170 | $1,521 | -83.4% |
| Melvin Smith | $9,630 | $1,498 | -84.4% |
| John T Diserens | $5,853 | $1,492 | -74.5% |
| Wilbert J. Sohns | $11,808 | $1,487 | -87.4% |
| Lazane a Curry | $8,649 | $1,471 | -83% |
| Lois Fulton | $7,791 | $1,381 | -82.3% |
| Kenneth Burl Jordan | $6,683 | $1,378 | -79.4% |
| Judson F. Wolff | $11,430 | $1,374 | -88% |
| Gerald R. Poe | $4,882 | $1,367 | -72% |
| Raymon L. Stephens | $3,318 | $1,257 | -62.1% |
| John Lee | $0 | $1,234 | -- |
| David Wallace | $3,273 | $1,225 | -62.6% |
| Trentidy Altum | $4,438 | $1,220 | -72.5% |
| Jered Tull | $7,354 | $1,196 | -83.7% |
| Katherine Tull | $4,610 | $1,192 | -74.1% |
| Michael K. Walter | $3,883 | $1,188 | -69.4% |
| Joe B. Duncan | $6,823 | $1,181 | -82.7% |
| Robert Blakley | $4,569 | $1,173 | -74.3% |
| Cody Miller | $4,767 | $1,173 | -75.4% |
| Ken Beeman | $4,533 | $1,151 | -74.6% |
| Meagan Lynn Deats | $8,868 | $1,131 | -87.2% |
| T. R. Thomas | $15,830 | $1,123 | -92.9% |
| Donald K. Glass | $3,938 | $1,114 | -71.7% |
| Burt Roberts | $3,540 | $1,104 | -68.8% |
| Steven Branham | $6,094 | $1,077 | -82.3% |
| Drew Paige | $1,584 | $1,025 | -35.3% |
| Billy M. Shoaf | $7,701 | $1,019 | -86.8% |
| James David Clawson | $0 | $999 | -- |
| Todd Appelman | $5,564 | $986 | -82.3% |
| Weldon E. Chambers | $5,054 | $986 | -80.5% |
| Corbin Pearce | $4,646 | $983 | -78.8% |
| Randon Jeffcoat | $3,547 | $982 | -72.3% |
| Allen Cullar | $8,159 | $966 | -88.2% |
| Brian Wise | $6,094 | $954 | -84.3% |
| Lonnell Donaldson Sadler | $5,954 | $948 | -84.1% |
| Ellen Ann Gummelt | $1,991 | $929 | -53.3% |
| Jerry Giebler | $5,678 | $914 | -83.9% |
| Alfred Lujan | $2,310 | $887 | -61.6% |
| James Clawson | $3,112 | $885 | -71.6% |
| J H Snider & Son | $3,724 | $882 | -76.3% |
| Lera Lam | $1,947 | $881 | -54.8% |
| Ray Shoaf | $880 | $867 | -1.5% |
| Doug Davidson | $6,903 | $864 | -87.5% |
| Joe Frank Williams | $4,647 | $864 | -81.4% |
| Don Wright | $3,752 | $861 | -77.1% |
| Mason Kyle Matthews | $0 | $819 | -- |
| Alan E. Wallace | $3,135 | $816 | -74% |
| John Shoaf | $1,350 | $812 | -39.9% |
| Billy Bob Williams | $3,073 | $811 | -73.6% |
| Leslie Tharp | $393 | $807 | 105.3% |
| David E. Owens | $3,831 | $783 | -79.6% |
| Seth Snyder | $9,734 | $776 | -92% |
| Honorio de la Torre | $9,553 | $759 | -92.1% |
| James H. Blakley | $3,586 | $748 | -79.1% |
| Dustin Chad Vernon | $3,686 | $710 | -80.7% |
| Ken W. Shoaf | $7,361 | $709 | -90.4% |
| Tammy Johnson | $3,641 | $706 | -80.6% |
| Rebecca Mattiza Hicks | $521 | $695 | 33.4% |
| Robert Gardner | $0 | $674 | -- |
| David V Whitenburg | $3,977 | $667 | -83.2% |
| Norman Gohlke | $1,854 | $651 | -64.9% |
| Cody Archie | $424 | $649 | 53.1% |
| Vestal Ray Ashby | $3,155 | $648 | -79.5% |
| Pat Fry | $3,480 | $640 | -81.6% |
| John D. Edwards | $216 | $634 | 193.5% |
| Darinda B Crosby | $590 | $631 | 6.9% |
| Lesslie D. Reagan | $1,998 | $623 | -68.8% |
| Dan James Davidson | $1,524 | $620 | -59.3% |
| James Brian Petrie | $3,287 | $616 | -81.3% |
| Randal Latham | $0 | $604 | -- |
| Ricky Bates | $5,397 | $603 | -88.8% |
| Jackie W. Ray | $3,882 | $597 | -84.6% |
| Andrea Meeks | $1,947 | $586 | -69.9% |
| Glenda June Williams | $3,461 | $569 | -83.6% |
| Paul Bradley Snively | $3,050 | $564 | -81.5% |
| Thomas F. Smith | $3,446 | $564 | -83.6% |
| Curtis Hodges | $2,771 | $557 | -79.9% |
| Jordan Stanley Shepherd | $2,986 | $557 | -81.3% |
| Kenan Isbell | $3,267 | $554 | -83% |
| Benny L. Latham | $2,082 | $543 | -73.9% |
| David Byrom | $5,043 | $540 | -89.3% |
| Jamie McFarlin | $1,419 | $537 | -62.2% |
| Maurice F. Young | $7,332 | $514 | -93% |
| Roger Hammack | $0 | $513 | -- |
| Kent Powell | $2,545 | $481 | -81.1% |
| Kenneth Fleetwood | $891 | $466 | -47.7% |
| James Shepard | $136 | $461 | 239% |
| Barbara Huntley | $7,392 | $448 | -93.9% |
| Bill Conner | $1,628 | $448 | -72.5% |
| Mary B. Chambers | $1,628 | $448 | -72.5% |
| Paul Lam | $3,131 | $448 | -85.7% |
| Stewart J. Speer | $3,564 | $446 | -87.5% |
| Carole Jean Smith | $1,661 | $444 | -73.3% |
| Travis W. Nolte | $2,035 | $430 | -78.9% |
| Toby Williams | $1,864 | $424 | -77.3% |
| Ricky G. Shoaf | $3,795 | $417 | -89% |
| Nelton L. Long Jr. | $1,397 | $414 | -70.4% |
| Robert Jeffcoat | $1,356 | $413 | -69.5% |
| Gay Padgett | $1,607 | $397 | -75.3% |
| Bonnie Ford Roberts | $2,805 | $396 | -85.9% |
| Brenda Blanchard | $2,295 | $389 | -83.1% |
| John E. Cummings | $726 | $380 | -47.7% |
| Steve Howard | $1,056 | $380 | -64% |
| Chip Lowery | $2,707 | $374 | -86.2% |
| Fred Allen Holland IV | $10,097 | $370 | -96.3% |
| Ronald Dixon | $1,265 | $361 | -71.5% |
| David Fincher | $1,758 | $328 | -81.3% |
| Clarence B. Henderson | $693 | $311 | -55.1% |
| Dawna L. James | $2,033 | $310 | -84.8% |
| Russ Cox | $2,618 | $310 | -88.2% |
| Duane Sexton | $2,135 | $298 | -86% |
| Jeff Clary | $1,375 | $298 | -78.3% |
| Myrna Mcbee Rice | $948 | $298 | -68.6% |
| Kendall Lynette Butler | $976 | $271 | -72.2% |
| Jack D. Herring | $561 | $262 | -53.3% |
| Sonja Isbell | $1,365 | $246 | -82% |
| Jimmy Luke Howard | $462 | $242 | -47.6% |
| Troy Lynn Whisenhunt | $1,563 | $219 | -86% |
| Leon Lucero | $1,932 | $205 | -89.4% |
| Karen Grisham | $1,108 | $201 | -81.9% |
| Thomas E. Preston | $1,169 | $193 | -83.5% |
| Charles McKamie | $879 | $186 | -78.8% |
| Roy Seider | $313 | $186 | -40.6% |
| Carl Drosche | $1,024 | $180 | -82.4% |
| John T. McFarlin | $1,537 | $170 | -88.9% |
| Blake E. Lovelace Jr. | $3,104 | $165 | -94.7% |
| Cindy B. Martin | $304 | $149 | -51% |
| Brad Williams | $9,256 | $148 | -98.4% |
| Claud S. Johnson | $450 | $131 | -70.9% |
| Kevin Walters | $3,411 | $125 | -96.3% |
| Brad Carothers | $3,436 | $104 | -97% |
| Alvin B. Cole | $400 | $94 | -76.5% |
| Wanda C. Manning | $157 | $76 | -51.6% |
| Louise Drosche | $380 | $67 | -82.4% |
| Bryan Stewart | $286 | $51 | -82.2% |
| Connie Raye Ramsey | $0 | $44 | -- |
| Ira D Mattiza and Bettie K Mattiza Rvoc Living Trustee | $0 | $35 | -- |
| Randall White | $94 | $30 | -68.1% |
| J. D. Mooneyham | $52 | $25 | -51.9% |
| Benjamin T. Wilson | $636 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Luensmann | $5,244 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl Lynn Massingill | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn Clarke | $6,290 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Bratton | $2,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Gunderson | $170 | $0 | -100% |
| Chase Massingill | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Clinton Blanchard | $27,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Commodity Credit Corporation | $2,561 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie Raye Coalston-Ramsey | $130 | $0 | -100% |
| Dreyer Properties, LLC, GP | $327 | $0 | -100% |
| Inspiration Valley Ranch, Inc. | $3,520 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Segraves | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Corona | $1,536 | $0 | -100% |
| John J. Herring | $1,701 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnnie Nelson Lee | $580 | $0 | -100% |
| Jolene Bean | $395 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Dale Evetts | $3,899 | $0 | -100% |
| Juanita Lee Bynum | $838 | $0 | -100% |
| Julie Gardner | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Katy A. Smith | $567 | $0 | -100% |
| L & F Cattle | $17,296 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Dianne Lam | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda G. Blanchard | $171 | $0 | -100% |
| Logan Family Trust | $308 | $0 | -100% |
| Marianne Catherine Althoff | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Marie M Kaulfus | $2,051 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Wingate | $1,168 | $0 | -100% |
| Max T. Lam | $312 | $0 | -100% |
| Mendy Williams | $2,880 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Herring | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Paula Jean Wright | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert S. Edwards | $5,458 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Hefty Huckabee | $262 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Lee Hunt | $4,043 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy L. Evans | $5,216 | $0 | -100% |
| Twisted Pine, LLC | $41 | $0 | -100% |
| Cayetano Leos Jr. | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Colby Duane Gohlke | $1,728 | $0 | -100% |
| Kermit Lynch | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $8,052,435 | $2,253,928 | -72% |
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