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In 2021, 268 farmers in cities within Henderson County received a total of $1.6 million in 329 farm subsidies, a 64.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.4 million in 718 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 Henderson County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forester Brothers Cattle Company | $0 | $202,345 | -- |
| Texas Pecan Nursery, Inc. | $0 | $171,876 | -- |
| Erna B DE Boer | $538,615 | $121,548 | -77.4% |
| Nico DE Boer | $536,596 | $121,548 | -77.3% |
| Mitchell Family Farms, LLC | $96,956 | $86,763 | -10.5% |
| Skip Godwin Cattle Company, Inc. | $271,195 | $62,349 | -77% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $43,726 | -- |
| Jerry Scharf Lowe Estate | $0 | $35,828 | -- |
| Jerry M. Stone | $232,190 | $34,102 | -85.3% |
| Robert B. Richardson | $116,045 | $24,760 | -78.7% |
| Melissa Jan Webb Klingman Trust | $29,749 | $23,755 | -20.1% |
| Sandra Kay Mattingly | $131,422 | $23,014 | -82.5% |
| Mccaslin Family Trust | $18,242 | $22,188 | 21.6% |
| Jean C Anderson Estate | $0 | $20,063 | -- |
| Thomas E. Frazier | $17,339 | $17,519 | 1% |
| Patsy Johnson | $89,411 | $16,734 | -81.3% |
| Owen L. Robertson | $81,324 | $15,335 | -81.1% |
| David Gurley | $55,496 | $12,790 | -77% |
| Robert H. Mills | $68,746 | $10,998 | -84% |
| Joseph Ray Watson | $54,634 | $10,358 | -81% |
| Donald Ray Copeland, LLC | $14,237 | $10,097 | -29.1% |
| Phillip Surls | $90,585 | $10,057 | -88.9% |
| Debye Cox | $1,495 | $9,935 | 564.5% |
| Paul Calhoun | $6,209 | $9,158 | 47.5% |
| Dam Construction | $42,263 | $9,002 | -78.7% |
| Double T Farms, LLC | $15,065 | $8,899 | -40.9% |
| Justin Fizer | $45,064 | $8,663 | -80.8% |
| Michael Ray Tindel | $33,280 | $7,340 | -77.9% |
| Roy Douglas Callaway | $25,278 | $7,158 | -71.7% |
| Jody D. Jackson | $81,518 | $6,880 | -91.6% |
| Poteet Cattle Company, LLC | $30,305 | $6,871 | -77.3% |
| Jeanie Seely | $6,799 | $6,823 | 0.4% |
| Jean C. Anderson | $49,915 | $6,697 | -86.6% |
| Mary A. Lackey | $7,502 | $6,353 | -15.3% |
| Logan Dee Coffey | $9,287 | $6,350 | -31.6% |
| Lynn Wayne Harville | $30,173 | $6,197 | -79.5% |
| Austen Lars Grammer | $35,369 | $6,117 | -82.7% |
| Samuel Dantio Scott | $19,712 | $6,092 | -69.1% |
| Thomas J. Taaffe | $24,101 | $5,933 | -75.4% |
| Diane Ewing | $5,938 | $5,794 | -2.4% |
| Peggy J. Painter | $1,709 | $5,780 | 238.2% |
| Chad Dingler | $9,701 | $5,495 | -43.4% |
| Susan Kjeldgaard | $39,027 | $4,740 | -87.9% |
| Adena Wilder | $6,568 | $4,544 | -30.8% |
| James D. Herrington | $26,290 | $4,522 | -82.8% |
| Brian J. Arnold | $22,682 | $4,414 | -80.5% |
| Jimmy Keller | $8,946 | $4,122 | -53.9% |
| Matthew Jackson | $23,876 | $4,100 | -82.8% |
| Ronnie L. Smith | $22,740 | $4,064 | -82.1% |
| Nancy L. Shaner | $6,546 | $4,032 | -38.4% |
| Michael Joseph Marrone Tr | $6,487 | $3,773 | -41.8% |
| Darrell A. Pitchford | $20,420 | $3,649 | -82.1% |
| Joyce Hayes | $10,494 | $3,640 | -65.3% |
| Joe Mark Lewis | $0 | $3,606 | -- |
| Mary Brock | $3,580 | $3,580 | 0% |
| Robert Young | $0 | $3,575 | -- |
| Therma, Ltd. | $23,483 | $3,467 | -85.2% |
| Ricky Carson | $10,175 | $3,443 | -66.2% |
| Douglas W Curran, M.D. | $6,965 | $3,365 | -51.7% |
| Kevin Head | $22,704 | $3,313 | -85.4% |
| Dudley Glenn Calhoun | $0 | $3,300 | -- |
| Larry Morris | $16,060 | $3,280 | -79.6% |
| Vanetta M. Miller | $10,088 | $3,259 | -67.7% |
| Joe L. Johnson | $14,403 | $3,242 | -77.5% |
| Charles Randy Norwood | $19,735 | $3,096 | -84.3% |
| Derek Rogers | $41,350 | $3,061 | -92.6% |
| DCJ4 Farm LP | $0 | $2,986 | -- |
| Margaret Dansby | $16,342 | $2,960 | -81.9% |
| Rex Smith | $8,337 | $2,950 | -64.6% |
| Raintree, LLC | $2,919 | $2,919 | 0% |
| Robby D. Green | $8,133 | $2,872 | -64.7% |
| Larry Latimer | $12,502 | $2,860 | -77.1% |
| Billy Weaks | $5,236 | $2,826 | -46% |
| Robert L. Miars | $12,150 | $2,826 | -76.7% |
| Chris Bennett | $6,365 | $2,779 | -56.3% |
| Kyle Voyles | $4,059 | $2,766 | -31.9% |
| Michael Lynn Ottaberry | $11,499 | $2,749 | -76.1% |
| Robert Chance Sutton | $9,735 | $2,725 | -72% |
| Bradford D. Skiles | $13,160 | $2,691 | -79.6% |
| Arnold S. Graham | $20,681 | $2,607 | -87.4% |
| Diane Hicks | $0 | $2,595 | -- |
| Roger Dean Berry Jr. | $9,351 | $2,590 | -72.3% |
| Jed a Lea Ranch, LLC | $15,759 | $2,579 | -83.6% |
| E. C. Lewis Jr. | $17,850 | $2,560 | -85.7% |
| Stephen K. Sanders | $9,915 | $2,553 | -74.3% |
| Heath Eric Morris | $12,854 | $2,538 | -80.3% |
| David Matthew Allen | $11,495 | $2,476 | -78.5% |
| Doug R. Atkinson | $12,507 | $2,475 | -80.2% |
| James M. Morton | $4,158 | $2,473 | -40.5% |
| Ronny W. Lawrence | $8,802 | $2,426 | -72.4% |
| Jerry B. Ramsey | $6,701 | $2,408 | -64.1% |
| Kennith Foster | $8,224 | $2,405 | -70.8% |
| L V a Farms, Inc. | $11,612 | $2,404 | -79.3% |
| George Randall Browning | $17,236 | $2,377 | -86.2% |
| Donnie Mitchell Davis | $0 | $2,255 | -- |
| Billy K. McGlaun | $15,582 | $2,248 | -85.6% |
| Rita Nanette Wrenn | $12,933 | $2,248 | -82.6% |
| Alexis E. Montiel | $5,874 | $2,240 | -61.9% |
| Larry Sorrell | $7,029 | $2,142 | -69.5% |
| Shellie Jones | $11,923 | $2,126 | -82.2% |
| Howard W. Morrison | $15,277 | $2,088 | -86.3% |
| Danny B. Godwin | $10,098 | $2,080 | -79.4% |
| Sammy Ramirez Jr. | $8,767 | $2,067 | -76.4% |
| Earl Wilmeth | $11,930 | $2,063 | -82.7% |
| Joe N. Graham | $11,164 | $2,048 | -81.7% |
| Donnie Locke | $8,305 | $2,040 | -75.4% |
| Michael Wayne Davis | $11,252 | $2,019 | -82.1% |
| Danny Crossley | $2,871 | $2,009 | -30% |
| Doyle W. Trammell | $17,272 | $2,005 | -88.4% |
| Patricia Rue | $1,308 | $2,002 | 53.1% |
| Richard Miller | $2,992 | $1,906 | -36.3% |
| James Carroll Dobecka | $4,888 | $1,888 | -61.4% |
| Dwain Johnson | $9,356 | $1,880 | -79.9% |
| Wesley Kilcrease | $8,587 | $1,870 | -78.2% |
| Jimmy Blakeney | $8,974 | $1,836 | -79.5% |
| Lloyd Harold Smith | $6,333 | $1,780 | -71.9% |
| Rodney Godwin | $8,348 | $1,772 | -78.8% |
| Heidle Joe Smith | $6,717 | $1,761 | -73.8% |
| Elizabeth Hart | $0 | $1,729 | -- |
| Mark Sulak | $4,799 | $1,669 | -65.2% |
| Jeffery Wynn Fulgham | $3,762 | $1,638 | -56.5% |
| Danny Robert Davis | $6,974 | $1,624 | -76.7% |
| Doyle Strickland | $1,612 | $1,612 | 0% |
| Roger Konz | $2,372 | $1,601 | -32.5% |
| Ben W. Cornelius | $5,403 | $1,590 | -70.6% |
| George Milton Hogan | $990 | $1,554 | 57% |
| Gregory Lee Skiles | $7,071 | $1,552 | -78.1% |
| Scott A. Brumfield | $5,004 | $1,547 | -69.1% |
| Rhonda Ann Barrilleaux | $8,756 | $1,541 | -82.4% |
| Jonas S. Haldeman | $7,934 | $1,536 | -80.6% |
| Jerry Houston | $3,201 | $1,528 | -52.3% |
| Kevin D. Cook | $2,805 | $1,504 | -46.4% |
| Cliff Bomer | $0 | $1,466 | -- |
| Carla J. Jones | $4,467 | $1,457 | -67.4% |
| Jerry Don Cates | $5,758 | $1,457 | -74.7% |
| Thomas G. Hyde | $6,512 | $1,379 | -78.8% |
| David M. Morton | $3,866 | $1,358 | -64.9% |
| Ewel Eugene Buford | $4,742 | $1,346 | -71.6% |
| Ty Lowry | $6,721 | $1,344 | -80% |
| Lana Smith | $1,401 | $1,334 | -4.8% |
| Kimberly Kay Mattingly | $6,946 | $1,326 | -80.9% |
| Bobbie W. Kelley | $2,574 | $1,304 | -49.3% |
| Kenneth W. Cook | $5,165 | $1,294 | -74.9% |
| Steve K. Trammell | $9,178 | $1,294 | -85.9% |
| Edgar E. Gresham | $444 | $1,292 | 191% |
| Adam Davis | $5,822 | $1,277 | -78.1% |
| Billy C. Norwood | $11,317 | $1,269 | -88.8% |
| Johnny Tarter | $4,631 | $1,244 | -73.1% |
| Joe Dean King | $5,577 | $1,222 | -78.1% |
| Waylon Trammell | $2,739 | $1,217 | -55.6% |
| John D. Freeman Jr. | $528 | $1,214 | 129.9% |
| Billy G. Wright | $4,620 | $1,208 | -73.9% |
| Bradley W. Miers | $7,778 | $1,130 | -85.5% |
| Will Leo Hustead | $5,126 | $1,130 | -78% |
| Raymond Myers | $10,870 | $1,126 | -89.6% |
| John Jackson | $6,263 | $1,122 | -82.1% |
| Leon Spencer | $5,429 | $1,088 | -80% |
| James W. Cathey Jr. | $10,159 | $1,075 | -89.4% |
| Harold E. Pirtle | $3,062 | $1,071 | -65% |
| Kay Byers | $3,247 | $1,064 | -67.2% |
| Betty Yvonne Fulford | $1,316 | $1,056 | -19.8% |
| Charles M. Smith | $1,726 | $1,056 | -38.8% |
| Steve L. Currin | $12,341 | $1,046 | -91.5% |
| Ronald Lynn Goggans | $4,464 | $1,038 | -76.7% |
| Charley Reynaud | $6,894 | $1,024 | -85.1% |
| Steven Wayne Bell | $5,005 | $1,017 | -79.7% |
| Chester T. Jackson | $4,274 | $1,016 | -76.2% |
| Tripp Spivey | $3,916 | $1,012 | -74.2% |
| I. J. Godwin | $5,188 | $1,004 | -80.6% |
| Bruce S. Mayo | $2,141 | $991 | -53.7% |
| Mark E. Zavadil | $5,528 | $984 | -82.2% |
| Thomas J. Baker III | $4,234 | $964 | -77.2% |
| Tyanne Irwin | $4,018 | $946 | -76.5% |
| Gregorio Rodriguez | $5,244 | $921 | -82.4% |
| David W. Gant | $1,896 | $900 | -52.5% |
| James Goggans | $3,839 | $896 | -76.7% |
| Elvis W. Allen | $5,505 | $895 | -83.7% |
| Marcus W. Lewis | $4,697 | $892 | -81% |
| Billy J. Greene | $3,512 | $888 | -74.7% |
| Nelva Jean Thames | $2,658 | $877 | -67% |
| Tommy L. Morse | $6,719 | $876 | -87% |
| Kendall Voyles | $4,059 | $866 | -78.7% |
| Roy Meyer | $847 | $847 | 0% |
| Jimmy Bennett | $847 | $847 | 0% |
| Gerald Wade Carter | $3,868 | $834 | -78.4% |
| Jack Penrod | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Leaning Cross Pines Ranch, LLC | $3,762 | $797 | -78.8% |
| Charles W. Seabourne | $5,427 | $789 | -85.5% |
| Todd Plunkett | $3,641 | $770 | -78.9% |
| John H. Gurley | $4,675 | $751 | -83.9% |
| Jeffrey B. Askey | $1,650 | $734 | -55.5% |
| Marlin E. Chambers | $1,782 | $727 | -59.2% |
| Clifford E. Smith | $3,000 | $726 | -75.8% |
| Barbara Benson | $1,386 | $724 | -47.8% |
| Mike Herrington | $3,457 | $724 | -79.1% |
| Scott Baker | $2,838 | $694 | -75.5% |
| Royal Glenn Glasgow | $6,621 | $685 | -89.7% |
| David Allen Deas | $2,630 | $680 | -74.1% |
| Jody Kinsey | $1,782 | $675 | -62.1% |
| Timmy R. Adair | $3,318 | $658 | -80.2% |
| Gary Trammell | $6,425 | $650 | -89.9% |
| Paul R. Reese | $2,330 | $638 | -72.6% |
| Rex S. Holmes | $3,157 | $630 | -80% |
| Yerick Hermida | $5,520 | $630 | -88.6% |
| Charles Morgan Parker | $3,080 | $627 | -79.6% |
| Ryon Family Five, LLC | $4,115 | $623 | -84.9% |
| Steve Miller | $1,716 | $620 | -63.9% |
| Vernon R. Byers | $2,946 | $619 | -79% |
| Brandon Lee Gurley | $2,133 | $608 | -71.5% |
| Rusty Wade Lawrence | $2,783 | $588 | -78.9% |
| Justin H. McNeece | $3,246 | $585 | -82% |
| Matt L. Mitchell | $3,126 | $574 | -81.6% |
| Bobby Hood | $1,089 | $569 | -47.8% |
| Cory Dale Collier | $3,756 | $550 | -85.4% |
| Phillip Crombie | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Randy P. Greene | $2,600 | $550 | -78.8% |
| James E. Mitchell | $2,453 | $543 | -77.9% |
| Philip Kulsa | $1,727 | $536 | -69% |
| Raymond F. McKenna | $997 | $534 | -46.4% |
| Clarence D. Hodge II | $1,386 | $530 | -61.8% |
| Jo Bonner | $1,947 | $529 | -72.8% |
| Bobby D. Taylor | $2,475 | $524 | -78.8% |
| Milton Denard Wallace | $1,056 | $511 | -51.6% |
| Louis Greene | $1,287 | $501 | -61.1% |
| Scot Keith Bonner | $2,475 | $481 | -80.6% |
| Linda Morris | $82 | $470 | 473.2% |
| Carey Miller | $1,711 | $467 | -72.7% |
| Roger Adair | $2,079 | $466 | -77.6% |
| Frankie M. Cofer | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Richard W. Limehouse | $2,134 | $424 | -80.1% |
| Donald Daniel | $2,118 | $416 | -80.4% |
| Jeffrey D. Wilson | $2,575 | $406 | -84.2% |
| Jerry C. Weaks | $1,551 | $388 | -75% |
| Jim Bob Warren Jr. | $2,882 | $377 | -86.9% |
| Michael D. Mitchell | $2,191 | $355 | -83.8% |
| Jacky D. Clemmons | $1,166 | $337 | -71.1% |
| Joshua B. Bonner | $891 | $332 | -62.7% |
| Michael Richmond | $1,895 | $319 | -83.2% |
| Edward Ray Lambright | $1,199 | $319 | -73.4% |
| Gary Morris | $726 | $318 | -56.2% |
| Ron D. Cherry | $1,155 | $311 | -73.1% |
| Rodney L. Millsap | $3,897 | $310 | -92% |
| Kenneth W Wardrum | $1,136 | $310 | -72.7% |
| Jimmy R West | $1,812 | $304 | -83.2% |
| Karen Denise Ryon | $663 | $293 | -55.8% |
| Ty Tompkins | $2,064 | $291 | -85.9% |
| Dwight Jonathan Koepp | $1,935 | $290 | -85% |
| Vic Adam Kirkland | $462 | $283 | -38.7% |
| Trutis W Carter | $1,765 | $272 | -84.6% |
| Jimmy L. Splawn | $693 | $260 | -62.5% |
| Thomas Birdwell | $429 | $258 | -39.9% |
| John Wiggins | $1,242 | $253 | -79.6% |
| John B. Stultz | $1,395 | $249 | -82.2% |
| Michael Carl Wood | $1,293 | $249 | -80.7% |
| Roger Decapua | $2,367 | $225 | -90.5% |
| Rebecca A. Powell | $427 | $223 | -47.8% |
| Bradley K. Hemphill | $1,960 | $222 | -88.7% |
| Gerald M. Rhodes | $990 | $219 | -77.9% |
| Maxie L. James | $498 | $177 | -64.5% |
| Coy H. Keeling Jr. | $615 | $153 | -75.1% |
| Jose Venerable Morales | $2,405 | $148 | -93.8% |
| Cameron M. Taylor | $795 | $136 | -82.9% |
| La Nell Marie Robertson Hickman | $211 | $110 | -47.9% |
| Larry D. James | $0 | $81 | -- |
| Chad W. Corley | $297 | $69 | -76.8% |
| James Cogdell Hyden | $117 | $36 | -69.2% |
| Patricia Rue Trust | $0 | $28 | -- |
| Donald G. Bratton | $75 | $13 | -82.7% |
| Charles R. Hanson | $144 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Todd Tanner | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Corry Fetterman | $4,840 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel W. Elledge | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddy Joe Tinney | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Edgar Gresham Executor | $5,510 | $0 | -100% |
| Elfreida Jenkins | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $41,852 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank D. Scott | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerardo Robledo | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Brown Jr. | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| James Hayden Jackson | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Davis III | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason P. Moore | $9,973 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey C. Godwin | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Godwin | $342 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Alan Logan | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Brown | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Josephine Gresham | $4,104 | $0 | -100% |
| Josephine Gresham Estate | $6,174 | $0 | -100% |
| Julius C Hart III Estate | $1,611 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine Morton | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Hopkins King | $6,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Marta Denise Dalrymple | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| R. C. Iversen | $190 | $0 | -100% |
| Ross C. Mills | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Tracy J. Morton | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia Hermida | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| James R. van Deman | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Mikel Joseph Kirby | $840 | $0 | -100% |
| Don R. Godwin | $474 | $0 | -100% |
| George Lemmert | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa S. Cox | $1,366 | $0 | -100% |
| Milha Renee Baker | $569 | $0 | -100% |
| Rickey Joe Preston | $8,019 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles E. Womble | $3,410 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles L. Powers | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald R. Owen | $417 | $0 | -100% |
| James H. Brown | $66 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry W. Martin | $369 | $0 | -100% |
| Alicia Nicole Sparks | $930 | $0 | -100% |
| Delta Mattingly | $1,882 | $0 | -100% |
| J & C Walton Investments, Ltd. | $3,440 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra Jean Dalrymple | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Sid Baker | $911 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Rea Mattingly | $1,555 | $0 | -100% |
| Watt A. Norman | $2,372 | $0 | -100% |
| William H. Faulk | $2,582 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachry Tappan | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Michael Meyer | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody Mitchell Davis | $3,624 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Douglas | $11,689 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Burgamy | $3,245 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,398,909 | $1,569,117 | -64.3% |
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