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In 2021, 222 farmers in cities within Freestone County received a total of $1.2 million in 255 farm subsidies, a 78.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $5.6 million in 719 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 Freestone County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Rutherford Jr. | $0 | $177,754 | -- |
| Patricia S. King | $0 | $94,527 | -- |
| Kayse Long | $42,251 | $40,956 | -3.1% |
| Beene & Eubanks Cattle, LLC | $266,908 | $40,811 | -84.7% |
| Norman Jackson | $22,972 | $37,842 | 64.7% |
| Jaime Long | $63,793 | $32,630 | -48.9% |
| Burnett and Sons, Inc. | $522,576 | $28,432 | -94.6% |
| Stanley R. Gregory | $93,977 | $27,113 | -71.1% |
| Charkeith Brackens | $57,106 | $22,689 | -60.3% |
| M D Hill Cattle, LLC | $113,164 | $21,319 | -81.2% |
| Hill-Toomey Farms, LLC | $178,506 | $21,299 | -88.1% |
| Charles R. Willis | $3,255 | $19,861 | 510.2% |
| Burt Richards | $213,446 | $18,120 | -91.5% |
| Jimmy A. Cotton Jr. | $36,451 | $17,167 | -52.9% |
| George Crocker | $83,369 | $15,673 | -81.2% |
| D & D Cattle Company, LLC | $131,259 | $15,460 | -88.2% |
| Shell Creek Cattle, LLC | $63,874 | $14,820 | -76.8% |
| Brackens 3 B Cattle Company, LLC | $112,619 | $12,998 | -88.5% |
| Circle F Ranch Partnership | $133,152 | $12,444 | -90.7% |
| Cullen Pickett | $103,254 | $12,414 | -88% |
| Warren Paul Dubose | $27,984 | $11,553 | -58.7% |
| Kent Sheffield | $73,871 | $11,462 | -84.5% |
| Richard E. Collins | $3,410 | $10,690 | 213.5% |
| Rocking F Cattle, LLC | $67,102 | $10,664 | -84.1% |
| Scott Holmes | $89,356 | $10,368 | -88.4% |
| Steven B. Emmons | $45,276 | $10,064 | -77.8% |
| S2 Partnership | $27,695 | $9,391 | -66.1% |
| Joe Wren | $0 | $9,187 | -- |
| Carroll K. Hardwick | $42,626 | $8,794 | -79.4% |
| Jeffrey Gonzales | $50,111 | $8,273 | -83.5% |
| Donny Turner | $63,092 | $8,145 | -87.1% |
| Donald Bart Lowry | $375,345 | $7,803 | -97.9% |
| Tony Brackens | $51,193 | $7,722 | -84.9% |
| Roger Tatum | $43,500 | $7,567 | -82.6% |
| Paula P. Johnson | $20,383 | $7,468 | -63.4% |
| Charles W. Phillips | $5,811 | $7,012 | 20.7% |
| Jerry Rogers | $46,044 | $6,952 | -84.9% |
| Todd Craig | $45,978 | $6,894 | -85% |
| Randy Jarrell | $40,909 | $6,790 | -83.4% |
| Carlo E. Micheletti | $6,692 | $6,692 | 0% |
| Freddie Ranch, LLC | $51,033 | $6,605 | -87.1% |
| James Johnson | $9,241 | $6,550 | -29.1% |
| Butler 1906 Ranch Partnership, Ltd. | $34,051 | $6,530 | -80.8% |
| Justin Woodward | $17,905 | $6,317 | -64.7% |
| Pecan Valley Ranch, Inc. | $55,758 | $6,302 | -88.7% |
| Leonard Wade Cothran | $38,383 | $6,058 | -84.2% |
| Ken Hilzendager | $39,310 | $5,918 | -84.9% |
| Allan Carroll | $38,935 | $5,742 | -85.3% |
| Billie Chad Lancaster | $17,721 | $5,725 | -67.7% |
| Jorge Espinoza | $14,190 | $5,660 | -60.1% |
| Gust W. Witt | $3,778 | $5,326 | 41% |
| Craig Morgan | $12,022 | $5,195 | -56.8% |
| Paul Beaver | $20,196 | $5,028 | -75.1% |
| Jon R. Jones | $12,595 | $4,886 | -61.2% |
| Jerry Robinson | $46,603 | $4,791 | -89.7% |
| James W. Willis | $1,825 | $4,708 | 158% |
| Blake Robinson | $28,270 | $4,408 | -84.4% |
| Roger W. Cooper | $25,324 | $4,216 | -83.4% |
| William Dodge | $13,526 | $4,184 | -69.1% |
| Jerry L. Maggard | $17,082 | $4,006 | -76.5% |
| Kenton Phillips | $0 | $3,960 | -- |
| Leonard W. Whitaker | $21,362 | $3,844 | -82% |
| Kathy K. Bailey | $21,952 | $3,835 | -82.5% |
| Tomas Echartea | $3,243 | $3,798 | 17.1% |
| Ellis C. Rogers | $2,554 | $3,672 | 43.8% |
| Michael D. Reid | $19,223 | $3,644 | -81% |
| Jared Lide | $19,187 | $3,612 | -81.2% |
| Creel Ranch, LLC | $11,879 | $3,334 | -71.9% |
| Elton Wade White | $0 | $3,331 | -- |
| Randy Rogers | $19,213 | $3,290 | -82.9% |
| Tracy Thompson | $6,699 | $3,235 | -51.7% |
| Danny Bosley | $23,040 | $3,174 | -86.2% |
| Judy L. Day | $15,853 | $3,174 | -80% |
| Clinton Minchew | $23,653 | $3,114 | -86.8% |
| Michael T. Walthall | $20,632 | $3,040 | -85.3% |
| Shannon Sims | $18,991 | $2,961 | -84.4% |
| Scott Bosley | $4,609 | $2,752 | -40.3% |
| Zachary Mims | $17,809 | $2,714 | -84.8% |
| Jerred Swinburn | $5,621 | $2,661 | -52.7% |
| Anson Rhea | $22,275 | $2,648 | -88.1% |
| Billy Paul Daniel | $6,949 | $2,589 | -62.7% |
| Dr. Edward L. Daniel | $6,949 | $2,589 | -62.7% |
| Janis L. Massey | $12,594 | $2,547 | -79.8% |
| Kelly Ryan Waller | $13,915 | $2,498 | -82% |
| Billie Hugh Bonner Jr. | $10,582 | $2,475 | -76.6% |
| Amanda Lee Smith | $16,342 | $2,462 | -84.9% |
| Jerry D. McLeod | $17,269 | $2,412 | -86% |
| April Kofnovec | $13,576 | $2,392 | -82.4% |
| George M. Robinson | $8,949 | $2,329 | -74% |
| John T. Fryer | $12,698 | $2,266 | -82.2% |
| Mae Dell Metzgar | $8,580 | $2,211 | -74.2% |
| Wade Shaw | $7,577 | $2,210 | -70.8% |
| Michael Lynn Dunn | $12,727 | $2,186 | -82.8% |
| Donald H. Murphy | $13,077 | $2,179 | -83.3% |
| Robert Eubanks Jr. | $11,723 | $2,178 | -81.4% |
| Thomas E. Anderson | $8,601 | $2,162 | -74.9% |
| Francis A. Coleman III | $12,067 | $2,152 | -82.2% |
| Justin Underwood | $9,932 | $2,147 | -78.4% |
| Emmett Doyle Terry | $15,335 | $2,076 | -86.5% |
| Suzanne M. Garcia | $2,452 | $1,997 | -18.6% |
| James Whatley | $18,662 | $1,996 | -89.3% |
| Bryan Elliott | $6,762 | $1,990 | -70.6% |
| Shirley Weaver | $7,398 | $1,972 | -73.3% |
| Jimmy J. Bosley | $11,616 | $1,934 | -83.4% |
| Bodie C. Emmons | $17,759 | $1,926 | -89.2% |
| Brian Devault | $8,659 | $1,922 | -77.8% |
| Brent Scott | $23,751 | $1,921 | -91.9% |
| Mel Michael | $12,676 | $1,889 | -85.1% |
| Harold Moore | $18,502 | $1,874 | -89.9% |
| Cheree' Chapman | $6,303 | $1,830 | -71% |
| J. H. Brooke | $7,470 | $1,826 | -75.6% |
| Carla Casey | $11,906 | $1,824 | -84.7% |
| M & G Farm Enterprise | $16,459 | $1,810 | -89% |
| Willis R. Daniels | $8,394 | $1,774 | -78.9% |
| Guy Maggard | $10,540 | $1,764 | -83.3% |
| Brent Holmes | $13,359 | $1,735 | -87% |
| Jason Nettle | $1,925 | $1,734 | -9.9% |
| Robert O. Daniel | $10,976 | $1,717 | -84.4% |
| Leslie Todd Ward | $9,884 | $1,706 | -82.7% |
| Fred Galley | $7,612 | $1,692 | -77.8% |
| Jason Keith Defrance | $13,327 | $1,643 | -87.7% |
| Billy J. Brotherton | $6,277 | $1,623 | -74.1% |
| David W. Barnes | $7,745 | $1,612 | -79.2% |
| Jason Hullum | $7,314 | $1,610 | -78% |
| Roger D. Jones | $7,071 | $1,568 | -77.8% |
| Leslie Tate | $10,185 | $1,546 | -84.8% |
| Tranquilla Ranch, LLC | $2,035 | $1,546 | -24% |
| Ricky Wills | $14,178 | $1,530 | -89.2% |
| Allen Zinke | $36,062 | $1,529 | -95.8% |
| John K. Smith | $11,529 | $1,515 | -86.9% |
| James L. Swinson | $7,000 | $1,502 | -78.5% |
| Jeff Clark | $11,565 | $1,489 | -87.1% |
| David Little | $10,605 | $1,488 | -86% |
| Steve Edwards | $7,553 | $1,478 | -80.4% |
| William Nelson | $15,297 | $1,470 | -90.4% |
| Jaw Cattle Company, LLC | $5,874 | $1,451 | -75.3% |
| Vicki Shipley | $5,016 | $1,449 | -71.1% |
| Raymond R. Ivy | $7,695 | $1,383 | -82% |
| Roy L. Derden | $6,545 | $1,313 | -79.9% |
| Samuel Lee Wright | $5,554 | $1,306 | -76.5% |
| Scott Leonard Isaacs | $5,537 | $1,300 | -76.5% |
| Mike Schwartz | $4,037 | $1,300 | -67.8% |
| Richard Prather Medford | $3,201 | $1,288 | -59.8% |
| Randy Barger | $4,477 | $1,286 | -71.3% |
| John A. Gibson | $21,312 | $1,270 | -94% |
| Larry Clark | $1,268 | $1,268 | 0% |
| Vicki J. James | $7,412 | $1,246 | -83.2% |
| Jimmy Abram | $7,570 | $1,210 | -84% |
| Albin J Kaptchinskie | $7,436 | $1,190 | -84% |
| Marles Pace | $9,136 | $1,189 | -87% |
| Weldon Terry | $6,942 | $1,174 | -83.1% |
| Cameron Cothran | $6,068 | $1,156 | -80.9% |
| Kristie Hurn | $5,500 | $1,132 | -79.4% |
| Kenneth Edward Ferguson | $5,059 | $1,087 | -78.5% |
| Carl Wayne Mathison | $4,709 | $1,068 | -77.3% |
| Russell D. Emmons | $10,979 | $1,041 | -90.5% |
| Waymon Moore | $10,532 | $1,039 | -90.1% |
| Ronald James Brokmeyer | $5,049 | $1,030 | -79.6% |
| Joe L. Brooks | $4,020 | $1,029 | -74.4% |
| Kenneth Craig | $6,182 | $1,012 | -83.6% |
| Gregory L. Gore | $6,094 | $956 | -84.3% |
| Manning Stephens Jr. | $7,250 | $930 | -87.2% |
| Joshua Chandler | $4,851 | $930 | -80.8% |
| Frank E. Morton Jr. | $4,543 | $917 | -79.8% |
| Boyd Woodward | $0 | $894 | -- |
| Loyd Woodward | $0 | $894 | -- |
| Lisa Gaye Dossett | $4,030 | $886 | -78% |
| Bounds Ranch, LLC | $0 | $867 | -- |
| Jimmie Allen Schmidt | $4,913 | $865 | -82.4% |
| Donald Cornett | $2,464 | $847 | -65.6% |
| Clint W. Sutton | $5,227 | $842 | -83.9% |
| C. R. Sutton | $5,231 | $836 | -84% |
| Lindsey V. Brown III | $5,231 | $816 | -84.4% |
| Tommy J. Robinson | $7,083 | $815 | -88.5% |
| H. G. Williams | $4,388 | $726 | -83.5% |
| Joe Roger Alderman | $6,505 | $717 | -89% |
| Stephanie Ann Minze | $2,145 | $674 | -68.6% |
| Edith J. Calame | $3,731 | $652 | -82.5% |
| Jim Plemons | $3,845 | $637 | -83.4% |
| L. D. Johnson Jr. | $4,410 | $624 | -85.9% |
| Roger McCrary | $2,859 | $622 | -78.2% |
| Vannette Horton | $3,246 | $613 | -81.1% |
| Ronald N. French | $2,616 | $604 | -76.9% |
| Guy Murden | $3,309 | $586 | -82.3% |
| Jeffrey Shepherd | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Ryan Thomas Mathison | $2,842 | $519 | -81.7% |
| Matthew M. Webb | $4,153 | $518 | -87.5% |
| Tyree Gatson Jr. | $2,497 | $509 | -79.6% |
| Wanda J. Casey | $4,045 | $509 | -87.4% |
| David P. Beaver | $3,124 | $506 | -83.8% |
| Marcia Dell White | $4,064 | $504 | -87.6% |
| Malcolm L. Brooks | $2,101 | $495 | -76.4% |
| Justin Pickett | $2,189 | $469 | -78.6% |
| Billie Joe Jarmon Jr. | $2,463 | $467 | -81% |
| Darrell Wayne Moore | $1,804 | $467 | -74.1% |
| Zack Newman | $2,613 | $450 | -82.8% |
| Eric Harwell | $2,283 | $426 | -81.3% |
| Russell Lynn Maggard | $1,936 | $408 | -78.9% |
| Carl D. Shields | $1,749 | $405 | -76.8% |
| Howard Langford Jr. | $1,510 | $387 | -74.4% |
| Sharpe Diamond Cattle Company, LLC | $1,881 | $380 | -79.8% |
| William R. Allen | $1,361 | $360 | -73.5% |
| Jacob Jeffery Clark | $2,190 | $357 | -83.7% |
| Pleasant Chester Smith | $2,387 | $346 | -85.5% |
| Rudolph R. Miller | $2,510 | $339 | -86.5% |
| Vicky Marie Collins | $1,895 | $336 | -82.3% |
| Bruce Alan Smith Jr. | $1,363 | $333 | -75.6% |
| Christopher Sweeney | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Robert R. Cathey | $1,503 | $312 | -79.2% |
| Darryl G. White | $2,102 | $298 | -85.8% |
| Collars Dwain Levels | $1,773 | $284 | -84% |
| Jason C. Batton | $1,490 | $280 | -81.2% |
| Michael Casey Morris | $1,444 | $242 | -83.2% |
| Brad Atkeisson | $0 | $220 | -- |
| George Satsky | $1,133 | $214 | -81.1% |
| Jimmie D. Malek Sr. | $786 | $172 | -78.1% |
| Grady Williams | $0 | $172 | -- |
| Donald R. Hardt | $220 | $138 | -37.3% |
| Peggy Ann Green | $0 | $118 | -- |
| Linda C. Myers | $917 | $102 | -88.9% |
| Bruce W. Cantrell | $605 | $98 | -83.8% |
| Bernadette A. Doty | $1,106 | $56 | -94.9% |
| Brady Johnson Orchards, LLC | $52,176 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryan Myers | $3,190 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher D. Robinson | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| D a Bonner Estate | $2,507 | $0 | -100% |
| Darryl Willard Jr. | $5,500 | $0 | -100% |
| Deb Manahan | $5,907 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald D. Casey | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Doris Jean Watkins | $6,839 | $0 | -100% |
| Garrett Manahan | $2,555 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Gene Stephenson | $2,062 | $0 | -100% |
| Generation 6 Land & Cattle, LLC | $20,209 | $0 | -100% |
| H & M Fryer Cattle, LLC | $10,725 | $0 | -100% |
| James William Grant | $6,600 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerred Swinburn | $2,906 | $0 | -100% |
| Jess Adkins | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| John Eli Pratt | $3,960 | $0 | -100% |
| John Mark Teer | $6,840 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnnie Lynn Cooks | $1,036 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Berend | $2,464 | $0 | -100% |
| Melvin D. Solomon | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. Pratt | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael John Cooks | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy Ann Lindloff | $240 | $0 | -100% |
| R & D Casey Land and Cattle LP | $28,270 | $0 | -100% |
| Rachel Anne Lewis | $969 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca D. Boyd | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert D. Shipley | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Jason Williams | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Y. Grounds | $5,722 | $0 | -100% |
| William Sidney Lott Jr. | $3,410 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie Ward | $4,574 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy I. Sessions | $667 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew D. Moore | $7,658 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley M. Smith | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Edward Johnson | $3,209 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles M. Robinson | $2,093 | $0 | -100% |
| David Brooks | $4,235 | $0 | -100% |
| Gilbert Michael Kirsch | $3,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Guinndolyn Sharpe | $530 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. Parkhill | $6,169 | $0 | -100% |
| John K. Bell | $429 | $0 | -100% |
| Marla Aaron Lookabill | $1,260 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael L. Jorden | $4,208 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Turner | $36,914 | $0 | -100% |
| Shirley A. Swinburn | $4,166 | $0 | -100% |
| Taber L. Foley | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony Ray McAdams | $4,510 | $0 | -100% |
| William Clifford Smith | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Bar-R Rodeo, Inc. | $6,456 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Wayne Cantrell | $1,410 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Lee Wall | $256 | $0 | -100% |
| Ellis Craig Rogers | $632 | $0 | -100% |
| John Thomas Massey | $1,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua S. Varner | $9,220 | $0 | -100% |
| Miriam G. Bounds | $2,605 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert James Boyd | $10,206 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven E. Varner | $90,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Allan Johnson | $24,506 | $0 | -100% |
| Watson Ranches Limestone, LLC | $53,014 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $5,566,153 | $1,199,853 | -78.4% |
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