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The state of taxpayer-funded farm subsidies in cities associated with Kaufman County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Kaufman County received $2.6 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 325 farmers in cities within Kaufman County received a total of $1.2 million in 411 farm subsidies, a 69.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.8 million in 812 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 Kaufman County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Deceatur B Mitchell$267,329$157,149-41.2%
Luanne Bourland$114,092$60,676-46.8%
Earl Bourland$113,906$60,643-46.8%
Casey M. Risinger$286,942$51,150-82.2%
L&J Poetry Ranch LP$159,709$31,638-80.2%
Byron Cabbiness Farms$0$25,229--
Bill Samuels$41,087$24,783-39.7%
Joseph Taylor Reese$20,784$23,89114.9%
Eric L. Davis$11,000$23,099110%
Richard H. Carney$82,625$20,491-75.2%
Cash Lochhead$101,045$19,113-81.1%
Schluter F. L. P. Farms$17,636$18,8016.6%
Jerry Len Wade$78,430$16,755-78.6%
Wayne A. Lochhead$44,150$15,548-64.8%
JSB Cattle Company, LLC$55,102$12,872-76.6%
Mark Calabria$82,942$12,761-84.6%
Bill Bedrick$20,644$11,528-44.2%
Bill N. Dennis$51,634$11,470-77.8%
Robert K. Stahlman$42,647$10,864-74.5%
Wylie C. Taliaferro$112,389$10,719-90.5%
Brandon Greenhaw$42,647$10,633-75.1%
Aniela Rust$11,158$10,376-7%
Suzanne S. Shumpert$9,325$10,1799.2%
Betty Joyce Taliaferro$97,193$10,119-89.6%
Dale Bennett$46,223$9,946-78.5%
John Warren Webster$15,682$9,932-36.7%
Case Farms$8,536$7,909-7.3%
Jim R Batot - Jim R Batot Trust$26,187$7,668-70.7%
Blassingame Farms PTR$6,948$7,5418.5%
Fred Nalls$30,536$7,534-75.3%
Meredith Kate Bell$37,297$7,456-80%
Kathleen Huntsman$6,965$6,9650%
Clarence Flinn$35,139$6,936-80.3%
Terry W. Evans$27,502$6,928-74.8%
Russell B. Clamon$20,481$6,725-67.2%
Matthew W. Muncrief$24,255$6,559-73%
Rafter G Rodeo Company, Inc.$28,755$6,382-77.8%
Bobby D. Greenhaw$13,227$6,228-52.9%
Boweb Farms, LLC$6,163$6,1630%
Max B. Chapman$22,957$6,133-73.3%
Billy D. Downey$26,583$5,854-78%
DMR Cattle Company, LLC$3,809$5,67549%
Mehdi Mahdavi$6,972$5,502-21.1%
Kenneth Dennis$23,829$5,349-77.6%
Fred Poteet$42,413$5,054-88.1%
Steve Chaney$38,187$5,028-86.8%
Cecil R. Stewart$18,887$4,968-73.7%
John Isbell$4,884$4,8840%
David Lee Markham$20,586$4,791-76.7%
David Archer$17,941$4,450-75.2%
Waylin a Hebb$15,994$4,405-72.5%
Tim Delagardelle$12,295$4,317-64.9%
Schylar B Lands$13,942$4,036-71.1%
Lanna K. Richards$6,165$3,840-37.7%
Bobby J. Talbot$12,617$3,692-70.7%
Alan Rice$13,024$3,628-72.1%
Harry Middleton Hudgins III$13,021$3,540-72.8%
Jimmy I. Lambeth$24,300$3,526-85.5%
Dearl House$8,539$3,494-59.1%
Rodney Hamilton$3,465$3,4650%
Leslie Dean McFarlin$36,971$3,444-90.7%
Melvin L. Oxford$1,885$3,41080.9%
Micheal Rankin$11,748$3,400-71.1%
Sue Houston Corson, Corp.$9,619$3,386-64.8%
Linda G. Eastep$3,531$3,330-5.7%
Estate of Margie Fern Godwin$17,834$3,320-81.4%
Roy G. Bailey$14,653$3,306-77.4%
Bobby G. Massey$6,171$3,226-47.7%
Eligio Sedillo Gallegos$16,638$3,211-80.7%
Jon G. Burt$5,907$3,178-46.2%
Gregg Clemmo$8,214$3,152-61.6%
Terry J. Jungman$18,373$3,094-83.2%
Tracy Thompson$15,608$3,084-80.2%
Rick E. Kennedy$11,374$3,020-73.4%
John Dennis$14,217$2,924-79.4%
Donald Elzner$9,344$2,891-69.1%
Carl McKenney$12,519$2,838-77.3%
Mark Nalls$7,007$2,800-60%
Lynda Knittel$5,145$2,780-46%
Nancy Crow$9,174$2,639-71.2%
Johnnie Frank Cook$10,435$2,594-75.1%
James Reed$14,416$2,589-82%
Joe J. Urso$11,455$2,580-77.5%
Bryan A. Schertz$2,551$2,5510%
Jerrilynn Nottingham$1,786$2,52741.5%
Gerald F. Jedlicka$12,729$2,480-80.5%
Roger F. Hatton$9,381$2,452-73.9%
Larry Douglas Lane$9,852$2,450-75.1%
Fox Farms Lp$9,130$2,419-73.5%
Kay Caldwell$2,684$2,377-11.4%
Carol Causey$0$2,365--
Jeremy Hatcher$11,646$2,307-80.2%
Walter Thomas$660$2,250240.9%
Michael W. Muncrief$10,927$2,220-79.7%
Charles Leslie Owens$8,371$2,104-74.9%
Kenneth N. Tucker$1,131$2,09285%
Bobby D. Franklin$9,021$2,076-77%
Tommy Love$8,867$2,055-76.8%
Ervin Allen$16,462$2,022-87.7%
Randy Reznicek$8,344$1,993-76.1%
Craig Bryan Akin$6,567$1,966-70.1%
Mike Benge$5,771$1,910-66.9%
Janelle Hatton$4,390$1,869-57.4%
Lindsey Ray Rhodes$2,219$1,861-16.1%
Clifford Dwayne Jacks$10,797$1,860-82.8%
Ben Elzner$9,524$1,846-80.6%
James L. Taylor$5,976$1,828-69.4%
Richard Jones$21,979$1,797-91.8%
Delbert Raymond Bittinger III$3,320$1,786-46.2%
Brendan Webb$7,722$1,775-77%
Michael D. Lee$7,193$1,738-75.8%
Ronald Duane Johnstone$5,830$1,705-70.8%
Linda Dalrymple$6,930$1,695-75.5%
Margie Tarpley$4,057$1,690-58.3%
Kevin a Senkevech$8,502$1,666-80.4%
Harold McCord$7,577$1,655-78.2%
James Olice Rogers III$5,874$1,622-72.4%
Janis Poor$5,911$1,612-72.7%
Soto Farm, Inc.$3,531$1,600-54.7%
Jackie Ray$5,896$1,590-73%
Larry Taylor$1,563$1,5630%
James Janicek$5,935$1,534-74.2%
Tyler Cash Wade$10,103$1,531-84.8%
Jill W. Townsend$3,125$1,527-51.1%
David F Parks$2,690$1,503-44.1%
John Michael Lacy$19,868$1,483-92.5%
Brad Wampler$4,070$1,454-64.3%
David Celella$10,660$1,434-86.5%
Jimmy R. Shaffer$12,852$1,421-88.9%
Lloyd Andy Sloan$19,871$1,404-92.9%
Hugh Stephen Baldwin$4,488$1,397-68.9%
Brian Casey Townsend$10,314$1,366-86.8%
Sherry L. Smithhart$6,655$1,364-79.5%
William Benton Carter$6,635$1,349-79.7%
Roy Timothy Brockway$6,435$1,348-79.1%
John Doyle Whitworth$5,669$1,346-76.3%
Steven Luis Muncrief$6,643$1,342-79.8%
Philip and Rita Minshew Inheritance Trust$0$1,338--
Robert Don Beck$5,358$1,330-75.2%
Tony R. Ables$4,631$1,328-71.3%
Michael Ross Jaffe$5,852$1,308-77.6%
Don Burt$2,654$1,306-50.8%
Arlanda Redman$2,244$1,269-43.4%
Bob Babovec$5,229$1,259-75.9%
Kathlene Duggan$2,443$1,198-51%
Wayne Gerken$3,663$1,184-67.7%
Randal Keith Robertson$13,987$1,173-91.6%
Linda Oliver$4,059$1,173-71.1%
Stewart A. David$2,331$1,156-50.4%
Brian S. Key$7,205$1,155-84%
Jimmy D. Tucker$7,726$1,149-85.1%
Fred Lee Phillips$4,778$1,135-76.2%
A. van Evans$3,744$1,104-70.5%
Benita Stewart$0$1,100--
Ronny Kinsey$0$1,100--
Russell G. Walker$4,164$1,074-74.2%
MRS Brandi Jai Hampton-Dial$5,305$1,068-79.9%
Michael Webb$4,347$1,064-75.5%
William Drew Sloan$13,400$1,064-92.1%
Jeff Michael Burnard$3,751$1,062-71.7%
Sidney John McKinley$6,214$1,060-82.9%
Linda M. Tackett$1,573$1,053-33.1%
Caleb Doyle Allen$3,388$1,052-68.9%
Larry J. Morris$3,630$1,035-71.5%
Glen M. Ashworth$2,717$1,028-62.2%
Harry T. Serna Jr.$2,640$1,011-61.7%
Tommy J. Raymond$4,144$1,007-75.7%
Marcella Ann Box$1,038$999-3.8%
Aaron Parker$2,640$998-62.2%
Jeffrey Don Conkey$1,386$998-28%
Edward T. Harrington$5,183$994-80.8%
Wm F. Harrington$5,183$994-80.8%
Kathy Sandoval$3,916$978-75%
Todd Poteet$5,025$977-80.6%
Michael B. Benge$3,259$969-70.3%
Randy A. Lochhead$4,401$963-78.1%
Sandra Lacy$7,528$958-87.3%
Gerald Lynn Brewer$2,619$943-64%
Joseph Scott Pechal$3,168$940-70.3%
Grady H. Bailey$5,095$918-82%
Larry Anthony Jurica$3,366$916-72.8%
Hubert White Jr.$4,895$914-81.3%
Pius Ferrell$1,749$914-47.7%
Gilbert L King & Sons LP$2,115$912-56.9%
Glenn S. Walker$4,405$912-79.3%
Dannie Mercer$2,974$903-69.6%
Larry Matthews$4,764$892-81.3%
Robert G. Yount$1,815$886-51.2%
Mike Hunt$3,448$886-74.3%
Mary F Hetmer$4,345$881-79.7%
Martha Patricia de la Torre$1,839$872-52.6%
Dorothy J. Baker$3,476$858-75.3%
Betty Thompson$1,381$854-38.2%
Landis Real Estate Trust$2,322$842-63.7%
Roy Don Rand$4,750$841-82.3%
Robin Rose$2,700$839-68.9%
James M West$6,128$832-86.4%
Jacques Lazard$1,386$830-40.1%
Wilson Randy Fanning$4,136$828-80%
Foy E. Anderson III$1,551$811-47.7%
Kelly Logan Lane$4,841$809-83.3%
Bobby Wells$2,717$808-70.3%
Edward C. Page$2,508$805-67.9%
Guy Richard Rand$5,020$799-84.1%
Tommy McKinley$2,629$796-69.7%
Andrea Leigh Sloan$12,490$786-93.7%
Steven Francis Coulter$2,238$780-65.1%
Gilbert Duran$3,553$776-78.2%
Robert E. Brown Jr.$1,485$776-47.7%
Max Kevin Jones$1,507$740-50.9%
Andrew Kupper$5,148$734-85.7%
Terry G. Perry$4,515$714-84.2%
Joe Welton Heather$4,111$712-82.7%
Don Curtis$3,248$712-78.1%
John R. Tarpley$2,661$710-73.3%
James Whiteley$1,584$709-55.2%
Jimmy Gregg Sumrow$1,353$707-47.7%
Clifton Smith Jr.$1,353$707-47.7%
Carl Crow$1,405$690-50.9%
David H. Johnson$2,504$682-72.8%
Ronald E. Harris$4,682$664-85.8%
James S. Hamm$2,380$654-72.5%
Danny Shaw$2,789$638-77.1%
Connie Lynn Gibson$3,569$632-82.3%
Glenda D. McMahan$1,461$628-57%
Terry Wheat$2,255$628-72.2%
Twana Brown$0$616--
Thomas Rogers$3,939$611-84.5%
David L. Jones$2,902$608-79%
Scott Anthony Lamb$1,155$604-47.7%
Brian Mink$1,815$599-67%
Briggs Family Living Trust$1,870$588-68.6%
Raymond Bedrick$1,150$587-49%
Duane Miller$2,980$581-80.5%
Lloyd H. Allen Jr.$1,822$570-68.7%
Jeffrey Matthew Lindsey$2,235$569-74.5%
Johnny Bedrick Stribling$1,914$569-70.3%
Douglas Dwight Cross$3,099$557-82%
Glenda Cordell$3,338$544-83.7%
Brian Randall Reznicek$13,556$517-96.2%
Sean C Rabal$1,296$512-60.5%
Kelly K. Crawford$2,792$511-81.7%
Douglas A. Barnes$891$509-42.9%
Robert L. Tinsley$1,782$500-71.9%
Roy Charles Culver$1,782$500-71.9%
Gary Lee Sherrard$2,780$488-82.4%
Tommy Tarpley$1,443$483-66.5%
Edgar W. Yarbrough$2,063$481-76.7%
Leland Day$2,102$473-77.5%
Buford Grisby$1,641$471-71.3%
Ruperto Morales$7,674$457-94%
Ray V. Pyle$1,188$455-61.7%
Ed Cullers$1,230$452-63.3%
Roland W. Tarpley$1,362$450-67%
Robert Boles Cameron$1,082$446-58.8%
Felipe T. Sauceda$0$440--
David Branton$1,739$439-74.8%
Elmer Reedy$957$428-55.3%
David T. Costello$1,122$422-62.4%
Sharon Butler$792$414-47.7%
Joshua Whitley$1,826$410-77.5%
Brandon Scott King$2,442$392-83.9%
James Wilkins$726$392-46%
James Hayes Jr.$1,617$388-76%
Ronald P. Schoenberger$990$384-61.2%
Frank R. Boles$1,804$380-78.9%
Robert Kearby$726$376-48.2%
Rose Ann Morrow$1,233$364-70.5%
Mary Ann Gronewald$693$362-47.8%
Johnny L. Spaniel Jr.$1,518$361-76.2%
Robert Dale Heather$1,485$360-75.8%
Jeremy Thompson$891$353-60.4%
James Darrell Morgan$1,298$350-73%
Larry Ray Eastridge$1,749$350-80%
Robert Fletcher$1,364$348-74.5%
Saul Miranda$1,476$345-76.6%
Thomas F. Robertson$1,249$345-72.4%
Larry Dale Lewis$2,289$339-85.2%
Timothy Dale Minter$0$330--
Tommy Harold Hudson Jr.$877$329-62.5%
John R. Alford III$3,358$328-90.2%
Harold Wayne Turner$2,058$321-84.4%
Ricky Parker$1,446$318-78%
Kyle Key$2,037$315-84.5%
Richard L. Short$1,907$312-83.6%
Karla Yvonne Wallace$1,618$304-81.2%
Bill Calhoun$693$301-56.6%
David Watkins$1,107$290-73.8%
Jeanine Love$254$2758.3%
Jerry Jacobs$1,166$242-79.2%
Jeffrey D. Jacobs$0$235--
Diana Burwell$1,144$228-80.1%
Phillip Jordan$5,193$217-95.8%
Connie Mulvihill$216$2160%
William David Jones$715$212-70.3%
Daniel Roberts$1,108$207-81.3%
Patrick Carroll Kelly$3,860$203-94.7%
Elaine Buse Long$913$202-77.9%
Russell Alan Richman$707$200-71.7%
Nena Langford$462$200-56.7%
Ronald Beerwinkle$374$197-47.3%
Samuel B Broechin$1,707$197-88.5%
Shane Schindler$745$191-74.4%
Stewart David$363$190-47.7%
David V. Dobyns$2,520$181-92.8%
Elizabeth Ann Embrey$679$178-73.8%
Micky Rouvaldt$407$175-57%
April Mcdougald Redding$0$165--
Barbara J. Pemberton$715$162-77.3%
David Whitfield$572$155-72.9%
Carrie Farmer$346$155-55.2%
Hurley C. Miller$897$149-83.4%
Laura L. Strickland$484$148-69.4%
Jeffery Dan Davis$165$128-22.4%
Ralph Edward Smith$594$126-78.8%
Anthony Peterson$318$115-63.8%
Alexa Kate Mikulik$648$110-83%
Amanda Haygood$0$93--
Edward C. Harvey$231$91-60.6%
Tana Lea Watts$1,056$84-92%
Kelly Joe House$122$51-58.2%
Mark Alan Thompson$141$47-66.7%
Susan Ramberg$255$40-84.3%
Mary Lee Steger$115$30-73.9%
Max H Thomas Estate$90$14-84.4%
Blake Mathis$6,650$0-100%
Cody Wayne Patton$2,310$0-100%
Mike Patterson$2,205$0-100%
Brenson Kurtz$276$0-100%
Danny W Echtle$423$0-100%
Philip and Rita Minshew Inheritan$3,500$0-100%
Timothy Wayne Stewart$220$0-100%
Carolyn Harrison$385$0-100%
Justin Dwayne Knowles$1,045$0-100%
Neal Crow$2,970$0-100%
Reubine G Mayfield$715$0-100%
USA, Farm Service Agency, FLP$1,454$0-100%
Virginia Lambeth$3,135$0-100%
Andrew Shane Hodges$1,320$0-100%
Bradley Wayne Hale$3,192$0-100%
Scotty Dean Feltman$660$0-100%
John Everett$1,815$0-100%
Alan Lynn Piper$2,310$0-100%
Breanna Kaye Shinn$880$0-100%
Dana Glen Reed$1,485$0-100%
Donna C. Dudley$890$0-100%
Eric L. Davis$41,437$0-100%
Ernest R Hawkins Farm Trust$10,970$0-100%
Harvey C. Chitty$3,795$0-100%
James W. Griffin$56$0-100%
Stewart David$2,503$0-100%
Wanda Maddy$48$0-100%
Total subsidies$3,794,714$1,151,561-69.7%

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