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In 2021, 188 farmers in cities within Hays County received a total of $1 million in 369 farm subsidies, a 48.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2 million in 494 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 Hays County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jansen Family Farms, Inc. | $245,021 | $117,007 | -52.2% |
| Jay S. Hawkins | $221,570 | $113,568 | -48.7% |
| Goff & Henry Farms | $82,819 | $70,640 | -14.7% |
| Frank Arnosky | $0 | $61,049 | -- |
| Robert E. Lehman | $57,411 | $38,676 | -32.6% |
| Michael A. Lehman | $57,447 | $27,352 | -52.4% |
| Elite Beef Producers, Inc. | $106,500 | $21,420 | -79.9% |
| Tooth Acres, LLC | $20,922 | $20,924 | 0% |
| Asro Management, LLP | $7,221 | $18,094 | 150.6% |
| Jolinda Hutchison | $16,676 | $17,389 | 4.3% |
| James Young | $61,904 | $16,274 | -73.7% |
| H-K Jordan Farms, LLC | $29,128 | $16,047 | -44.9% |
| Fagan Family Farms | $0 | $14,288 | -- |
| Ryan Willett Jr. | $0 | $13,401 | -- |
| Sisters Land, Inc. | $11,949 | $13,228 | 10.7% |
| Lesley Simpson | $20,225 | $12,144 | -40% |
| Larry Randall Roberson | $11,733 | $12,101 | 3.1% |
| William Taegel | $5,993 | $11,418 | 90.5% |
| Hancock/Hanks Investments, Ltd. | $0 | $11,154 | -- |
| Bryan W Schwiening | $9,806 | $11,048 | 12.7% |
| Bill Raymond | $8,717 | $10,572 | 21.3% |
| Jason A. Watts | $10,003 | $10,003 | 0% |
| Clayton Hunter Huckaby | $14,733 | $9,429 | -36% |
| Sherwin Douglas Upshaw | $8,192 | $9,160 | 11.8% |
| Dollarhide Land & Cattle Company | $10,868 | $8,922 | -17.9% |
| Donald M. Connell | $8,693 | $8,693 | 0% |
| Robert William Blackbird | $22,115 | $8,417 | -61.9% |
| Robert Locke Harris Estate | $0 | $8,382 | -- |
| Marilyn Mcneil A. Tr | $6,535 | $8,237 | 26% |
| Kathryn P. Green | $1,174 | $7,805 | 564.8% |
| David G. Brunk | $11,013 | $7,690 | -30.2% |
| Marjorie Odell | $2,816 | $6,682 | 137.3% |
| Ronald R. Richards | $12,119 | $6,567 | -45.8% |
| Karen S. Vath | $6,465 | $6,465 | 0% |
| Louise W. Curtis | $2,257 | $6,390 | 183.1% |
| Charles Pfullman | $6,334 | $6,127 | -3.3% |
| Laurence W Ramey Trust | $6,205 | $6,127 | -1.3% |
| David Buchholz | $36,469 | $5,866 | -83.9% |
| Manly Farms | $6,000 | $5,831 | -2.8% |
| Kenneth G Wright Trustee FBO Jule Kay Wrighttyler | $0 | $5,576 | -- |
| Steven Carriker | $4,652 | $5,184 | 11.4% |
| Jackie George Ledford Jr. | $7,174 | $5,006 | -30.2% |
| Robert L. Selland | $0 | $4,965 | -- |
| Violet L Eshelman Family Trust | $6,168 | $4,933 | -20% |
| Charlene Spillmann | $9,293 | $4,768 | -48.7% |
| Hutchinson Family Farms, LLC | $3,427 | $4,447 | 29.8% |
| Chris K. Bartsch | $6,319 | $4,429 | -29.9% |
| Rudy Cisneros | $7,920 | $4,318 | -45.5% |
| James Garrison | $9,726 | $4,094 | -57.9% |
| Partridge Family Farm, LLC | $10,457 | $4,038 | -61.4% |
| Lexine T Spillmann | $5,124 | $4,034 | -21.3% |
| Karl Herzog | $6,148 | $4,029 | -34.5% |
| Clete a Wegner | $0 | $4,012 | -- |
| Kathryn Elaine Doane | $5,427 | $3,950 | -27.2% |
| Warren W. Mitchell | $0 | $3,557 | -- |
| Patricia McNew | $2,627 | $3,454 | 31.5% |
| William B. McCown | $3,283 | $3,377 | 2.9% |
| WFP, Ltd. | $0 | $3,372 | -- |
| Chisholm Cattle Company, LLC | $9,545 | $3,333 | -65.1% |
| Sherry Lancaster | $9,526 | $3,310 | -65.3% |
| Shane Barbee | $7,750 | $3,280 | -57.7% |
| Hilda Lawrence | $3,154 | $3,154 | 0% |
| Jason Schwarz | $0 | $3,135 | -- |
| Timothy Charles Hogsett | $6,775 | $3,021 | -55.4% |
| Jeffrey Bode | $16,032 | $2,999 | -81.3% |
| Willa Reves | $4,447 | $2,952 | -33.6% |
| Joseph A. Spiller | $9,827 | $2,934 | -70.1% |
| Laurie R. Hodges | $3,180 | $2,839 | -10.7% |
| Louis Raymond Fogarty Fam Trust | $11,178 | $2,594 | -76.8% |
| Charles E. Orn | $1,771 | $2,476 | 39.8% |
| Robert L. Harris | $0 | $2,471 | -- |
| Larry Crooks | $0 | $2,415 | -- |
| Bosholm Properties, LLC | $5,201 | $2,397 | -53.9% |
| Parker Repp | $4,206 | $2,397 | -43% |
| Charlotte A. Mitchell | $0 | $2,385 | -- |
| Virgil Harden Moore | $6,853 | $2,346 | -65.8% |
| Terri Lynn Baccus Trust | $2,949 | $2,341 | -20.6% |
| Margaret Anne Dickson | $5,901 | $2,292 | -61.2% |
| Diane C. Jones | $0 | $2,245 | -- |
| Deborah C. Broadway | $4,287 | $2,200 | -48.7% |
| The Sherry Ann Judd Lancaster Trust | $0 | $2,076 | -- |
| FLY Gap Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $2,023 | -- |
| Richard Spillmann | $6,683 | $1,982 | -70.3% |
| Estate of Joan Underbrink M | $10,966 | $1,821 | -83.4% |
| Darrel Underwood | $7,148 | $1,818 | -74.6% |
| Richard W. Hutson | $5,467 | $1,800 | -67.1% |
| Flying C Cattle, LLC | $6,486 | $1,712 | -73.6% |
| Karen Pollei | $6,197 | $1,669 | -73.1% |
| Ronnie G. Lange | $2,310 | $1,645 | -28.8% |
| Dan Breaux | $5,797 | $1,641 | -71.7% |
| Kyle Seipp | $4,377 | $1,630 | -62.8% |
| Scott W. Baker | $1,585 | $1,585 | 0% |
| Steven Baker | $1,585 | $1,585 | 0% |
| Nancy Critchfield Jones | $6,530 | $1,552 | -76.2% |
| JCSM Martin, LLC | $0 | $1,422 | -- |
| Keith Joseph Pendleton | $3,498 | $1,418 | -59.5% |
| George Ryan Williams | $7,322 | $1,384 | -81.1% |
| Forrest E. McKnight | $0 | $1,373 | -- |
| Gerald Mckee Rev Liv Trust | $3,299 | $1,287 | -61% |
| Everett Irrevocable Trust | $5,083 | $1,274 | -74.9% |
| Gregory Webb | $3,374 | $1,182 | -65% |
| Dorothy Le Clare Dyer | $3,187 | $1,166 | -63.4% |
| Rech Family Farm, LLC | $1,727 | $1,145 | -33.7% |
| Herman F Waters JR | $0 | $1,121 | -- |
| Rex Miller | $0 | $1,079 | -- |
| Dale H. Posey | $0 | $1,053 | -- |
| Mary Carol Buchholz | $1,075 | $1,037 | -3.5% |
| Mary L. Wiegand | $2,024 | $1,007 | -50.2% |
| Bucker Creek Ranch, LLC | $5,667 | $1,002 | -82.3% |
| Janette Barlow | $1,183 | $996 | -15.8% |
| Marshall Glenn | $1,946 | $974 | -49.9% |
| Ty Storm Field | $4,345 | $966 | -77.8% |
| Becki Hall Jackson | $1,444 | $926 | -35.9% |
| Neinda Partners | $1,051 | $919 | -12.6% |
| Lorraine T. Joy | $1,001 | $896 | -10.5% |
| Ann J. Fox | $1,499 | $884 | -41% |
| John Wiley Fox | $1,500 | $884 | -41.1% |
| Justin Hovatter | $594 | $871 | 46.6% |
| Nadine M. Hales | $861 | $861 | 0% |
| Chisholm Rest Ranch, LLC | $5,807 | $855 | -85.3% |
| Charles R. Ramsay | $1,943 | $845 | -56.5% |
| Mary A. Adkisson | $834 | $834 | 0% |
| Shawn A. Stoever | $1,925 | $824 | -57.2% |
| Rita W. Peck | $1,383 | $819 | -40.8% |
| Hunter Allen | $0 | $788 | -- |
| Helen Sue Carter | $1,692 | $766 | -54.7% |
| Harley Hutson | $3,058 | $763 | -75% |
| Roy Odell | $3,729 | $754 | -79.8% |
| Waurine Walker Turner | $2,614 | $722 | -72.4% |
| Calvin Kirkham | $1,989 | $695 | -65.1% |
| Nona Mason | $1,632 | $660 | -59.6% |
| Harry Don Skaggs | $3,886 | $656 | -83.1% |
| Nancy Hall | $735 | $625 | -15% |
| Brenda L. Isgitt | $0 | $597 | -- |
| Lexine Spillmann | $916 | $593 | -35.3% |
| Ann H. Stuart | $812 | $593 | -27% |
| Lynn Walter Blackmore | $1,079 | $553 | -48.7% |
| Diane Seidensticker Harris | $1,904 | $549 | -71.2% |
| Mitchell Living Trust | $0 | $544 | -- |
| Phil Arlen Suitt | $4,245 | $534 | -87.4% |
| Jordan Austin | $528 | $528 | 0% |
| Centerpole Solutions | $990 | $526 | -46.9% |
| John H. Harvey | $892 | $516 | -42.2% |
| Peggy S Woodard Irrevocable Trust | $410 | $499 | 21.7% |
| Lyman Mitchell | $2,530 | $494 | -80.5% |
| William Stephens | $0 | $483 | -- |
| Gypsum Creek Holdings, LLC | $1,665 | $474 | -71.5% |
| Virginia Joy Linder | $220 | $466 | 111.8% |
| Mary Helen Waters | $1,156 | $455 | -60.6% |
| Lamont Lewis | $1,505 | $455 | -69.8% |
| Beverly Charlene Lewis | $1,394 | $442 | -68.3% |
| Jeffrey D. Hoyt | $589 | $430 | -27% |
| Rex D. Wiegand | $786 | $407 | -48.2% |
| Tonya K. Johnson | $672 | $403 | -40% |
| Walter Schmeltekopf JR | $1,642 | $400 | -75.6% |
| Deborah Cunningham | $1,686 | $396 | -76.5% |
| Robert H Walters Trust | $4,482 | $390 | -91.3% |
| Bobby Dalby | $384 | $384 | 0% |
| James L. Stepp | $327 | $305 | -6.7% |
| Tony Greaves | $299 | $298 | -0.3% |
| Jackie R. Schawe | $0 | $295 | -- |
| Sandy Lee Stevens | $0 | $288 | -- |
| Esther R. Damron | $402 | $271 | -32.6% |
| Lois a Shmidl | $0 | $234 | -- |
| Don Frazier | $364 | $222 | -39% |
| Timothy J. Petty | $1,001 | $211 | -78.9% |
| Donna R. Beeman | $255 | $201 | -21.2% |
| Barney Perucca | $415 | $201 | -51.6% |
| Brenda Isgitt | $0 | $198 | -- |
| Keith Aaron Suitt | $264 | $192 | -27.3% |
| Kevin Suitt | $445 | $192 | -56.9% |
| Lois Shmidl | $0 | $183 | -- |
| Terrell Lee Olle | $2,977 | $179 | -94% |
| Sharon Goss | $1,358 | $176 | -87% |
| Lana Marie Jones | $867 | $169 | -80.5% |
| Albert F. Busse | $1,789 | $161 | -91% |
| Cody Carpenter | $0 | $154 | -- |
| Jim Hollis | $256 | $150 | -41.4% |
| Donald D. Linder | $330 | $142 | -57% |
| Molly Foss | $0 | $141 | -- |
| Cedar Stump Limited Partnership | $133 | $91 | -31.6% |
| Gabrielle Humphrey | $39 | $64 | 64.1% |
| Vanessa T. Simon | $68 | $51 | -25% |
| Joyce Barnes Jordan | $137 | $49 | -64.2% |
| Kathleen T. Pitre | $103 | $44 | -57.3% |
| Keith Mauck | $0 | $42 | -- |
| Mary L. Williams | $165 | $30 | -81.8% |
| Michelle Marie Hidler | $240 | $9 | -96.3% |
| Brandice Davey | $354 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine Ardrey | $4,912 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles G Hogsett Jr Estate | $1,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Born | $4,410 | $0 | -100% |
| Dickson Productions, Inc. | $2,508 | $0 | -100% |
| Laurie Hodges | $262 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael McCallum | $11,394 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael P. Springer | $268 | $0 | -100% |
| Shannon Elise Matlock | $273 | $0 | -100% |
| Clifton Laverne Odell | $3,147 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis Pape | $918 | $0 | -100% |
| B D Farms, LLC | $18,482 | $0 | -100% |
| B. V. Farms Holdings, Inc. | $122,187 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn M. Lowry | $3,341 | $0 | -100% |
| Co3 Cattle Company, LLC | $30,855 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy Carriker Rvoc Trustee | $15,977 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas B. McCoy | $1,230 | $0 | -100% |
| Josh Friedman | $98,732 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth G Wright Trustee FBO Jule Kay | $9,867 | $0 | -100% |
| Margie N. Kneese | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Melinda Frech | $233 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul J. Morgan | $359 | $0 | -100% |
| Perry L. Alba | $581 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L Shmidl | $654 | $0 | -100% |
| Anna Taylor | $25 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Ann Payne | $1,851 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Cross Rhoades | $270 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy McBroom | $1,680 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Crooks | $1,223 | $0 | -100% |
| Marsha Garner | $185 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E Schlortt | $304 | $0 | -100% |
| Simone Ganji | $17,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Suzanne Tolbert Exempt Descendants Trust | $143 | $0 | -100% |
| A Kept Promise, LLC | $189 | $0 | -100% |
| AK Bar Ranch, LLC | $9,935 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara a Easter Estate | $2,386 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Jo Stewart | $2,832 | $0 | -100% |
| David L. Pierce | $4,895 | $0 | -100% |
| Marilyn Sue Hollis | $2,571 | $0 | -100% |
| Sally Bowden Francis | $213 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah Sherwood | $3,902 | $0 | -100% |
| The Sherry Ann Judd Lancaster Trustee | $3,356 | $0 | -100% |
| Bud W. W. Burnett | $29,449 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,952,829 | $1,004,972 | -48.5% |
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