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In 2021, 178 farmers in cities within Union County received a total of $4 million in 352 farm subsidies, a 57.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.6 million in 559 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 Union County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd and Honey Poling JV | $987,524 | $349,602 | -64.6% |
| Timothy L. Morrow | $355,102 | $172,786 | -51.3% |
| Aimbank | $1,006,044 | $141,355 | -85.9% |
| Ross Carter | $168,036 | $138,990 | -17.3% |
| Lloyd Miller | $234,593 | $131,806 | -43.8% |
| Minnie Butte Corporation | $54,483 | $103,199 | 89.4% |
| Sumpter - Bannon L & C Company, Inc. | $152,936 | $101,512 | -33.6% |
| Y L Bar Ranch, Ltd. | $102,746 | $95,434 | -7.1% |
| Rock Ridge Cattle Company | $164,724 | $92,362 | -43.9% |
| King Family Cattle Company, LLC | $209,933 | $90,455 | -56.9% |
| Justin Bennett | $69,884 | $90,028 | 28.8% |
| Sheldon Wilson | $105,693 | $88,301 | -16.5% |
| Billy R. Crisp | $37,892 | $81,791 | 115.9% |
| H. van Robertson | $42,724 | $78,263 | 83.2% |
| Sierra Grande Cattle Company | $147,862 | $71,851 | -51.4% |
| Edward N. Jeffers III | $66,491 | $71,174 | 7% |
| Clay Crisp | $151,315 | $66,892 | -55.8% |
| Kathleen Roberts | $100,225 | $59,488 | -40.6% |
| Edward G. Walker | $76,803 | $54,367 | -29.2% |
| Walter Hall | $71,002 | $51,532 | -27.4% |
| Atchley Incorporated | $51,164 | $49,062 | -4.1% |
| Kenneth E. Dellinger | $150,309 | $44,326 | -70.5% |
| Daniel Ryan Doherty | $71,045 | $42,113 | -40.7% |
| Tony Martinez II | $103,846 | $41,688 | -59.9% |
| Hilma Swagerty | $57,271 | $40,638 | -29% |
| Wanette Davis | $67,161 | $40,086 | -40.3% |
| Darien Brown | $27,434 | $39,664 | 44.6% |
| Randall K. Roberts | $52,525 | $37,800 | -28% |
| Andrew Jeffers | $114,852 | $37,776 | -67.1% |
| Consuelo Ann Sowers | $54,877 | $36,748 | -33% |
| H&S Cattle Company No 2 | $45,745 | $36,049 | -21.2% |
| Andre Baca | $56,266 | $34,818 | -38.1% |
| Jay Devers | $50,159 | $34,218 | -31.8% |
| David Sowers | $90,607 | $33,758 | -62.7% |
| Tramperos Land & Cattle, LLC | $21,667 | $33,754 | 55.8% |
| K4 Cattle Company, LLC | $42,744 | $32,260 | -24.5% |
| Deeds Cattle Company, LLC | $54,539 | $30,025 | -44.9% |
| Farmers & Stockmens Bank Clayton | $449,166 | $29,808 | -93.4% |
| Isaac W. Unruh | $92,771 | $29,656 | -68% |
| Effie Walker | $34,366 | $27,791 | -19.1% |
| H 3 Cattle Company a Partnership | $48,235 | $27,482 | -43% |
| Eugene Kear | $43,426 | $26,213 | -39.6% |
| Patricia Crisp | $33,841 | $26,169 | -22.7% |
| Wayne Jones | $23,993 | $25,670 | 7% |
| Podzemny Family Trust | $27,122 | $24,964 | -8% |
| Surviving Spouse Trust Under Thejack and Beatrice Boggs Fami | $0 | $23,249 | -- |
| Raymond Rivale | $11,385 | $23,224 | 104% |
| Clayton Dairy, Inc. | $32,862 | $23,104 | -29.7% |
| Springhill Corporation | $85,530 | $22,537 | -73.7% |
| Jay Dee Heimann | $7,406 | $21,808 | 194.5% |
| Jim Arrington | $57,633 | $21,460 | -62.8% |
| Kay Arnett | $31,125 | $21,455 | -31.1% |
| Cienega Cattle Company, LLC | $32,454 | $21,393 | -34.1% |
| P5 Ventures | $31,658 | $21,367 | -32.5% |
| John V. Booth | $32,455 | $20,995 | -35.3% |
| Robert Pickard | $7,570 | $20,841 | 175.3% |
| Robert Jeffrey Blanks | $0 | $20,716 | -- |
| Chad Crisp | $74,653 | $20,623 | -72.4% |
| Owensby Ranch Trucking, LLC | $39,676 | $20,483 | -48.4% |
| Spear P Cattle Company, LLC | $169,314 | $20,307 | -88% |
| William R. Spriggs | $17,389 | $20,000 | 15% |
| Rathjen & Pfannstiel Farms, LLC | $58,266 | $19,925 | -65.8% |
| Britton Farms | $2,957 | $19,479 | 558.7% |
| Alfred Newkirk | $13,078 | $19,262 | 47.3% |
| Amisdad Cattle Company | $94,351 | $18,860 | -80% |
| J T and Annie Mcadams | $42,475 | $17,564 | -58.6% |
| Sunset Ranch, LLC | $67,420 | $16,681 | -75.3% |
| Mary K Higgins Trust for Carla Jane Higgins Deeds | $7,563 | $16,275 | 115.2% |
| Ida Seaman | $18,095 | $15,711 | -13.2% |
| RR & If Seaman Family Trust | $18,095 | $15,711 | -13.2% |
| T & T Cattle, LLC | $53,303 | $15,679 | -70.6% |
| Larry Fry | $20,017 | $15,667 | -21.7% |
| Trainham Cattle Company | $14,462 | $15,619 | 8% |
| Keith Coble | $14,666 | $15,514 | 5.8% |
| Gary Wright | $31,867 | $15,119 | -52.6% |
| Clinton Franz | $20,106 | $14,719 | -26.8% |
| Susan M. Hunnewell | $28,136 | $13,896 | -50.6% |
| Mill Iron Cattle, Inc. | $143,633 | $13,808 | -90.4% |
| David R. Mock | $32,906 | $13,519 | -58.9% |
| Justin Keeth | $28,290 | $13,035 | -53.9% |
| Will Kacey Sowers | $52,690 | $12,708 | -75.9% |
| Todd R. Kimble | $65,384 | $12,216 | -81.3% |
| Jarrod Webster | $73,627 | $11,859 | -83.9% |
| Doug Cowan | $27,491 | $11,810 | -57% |
| John F and Joan L Doherty Trust | $0 | $11,272 | -- |
| Henry A. Brown | $24,233 | $10,711 | -55.8% |
| Doherty Land & Cattle, LLC | $60,383 | $10,018 | -83.4% |
| Hittson Land & Cattle Company, Ltd. | $0 | $9,671 | -- |
| Aaron Neal | $23,579 | $9,397 | -60.1% |
| Charley Oney | $8,293 | $9,177 | 10.7% |
| Dan Bryan | $29,097 | $9,160 | -68.5% |
| Bernard Martinez | $17,299 | $8,976 | -48.1% |
| J. O. Harkins | $15,767 | $8,620 | -45.3% |
| Randy L. Keeth | $25,185 | $8,486 | -66.3% |
| Clarence T Bennefield II | $8,436 | $8,293 | -1.7% |
| Debbera J Wallace | $9,460 | $8,042 | -15% |
| VH Land and Cattle, LLC | $14,713 | $8,008 | -45.6% |
| Joel B. Bunker | $49,894 | $7,725 | -84.5% |
| Terrell Jones | $16,961 | $7,592 | -55.2% |
| J Marlon Higgins Trust for Carla Jane Higgins Deeds | $7,563 | $7,563 | 0% |
| Luis Armando Chaparro | $52,308 | $7,285 | -86.1% |
| Stewart Owensby | $6,625 | $7,215 | 8.9% |
| William R. Watters II | $8,383 | $7,191 | -14.2% |
| Higino Martinez | $9,548 | $6,189 | -35.2% |
| Nick Diller | $22,045 | $5,872 | -73.4% |
| James H. O'Bryant | $9,295 | $5,801 | -37.6% |
| Georgia L. Dimitroff | $5,649 | $5,649 | 0% |
| Rodney Dimitroff | $5,649 | $5,649 | 0% |
| Victor Ogle | $23,965 | $5,460 | -77.2% |
| Carla Deeds | $5,190 | $5,190 | 0% |
| Jimmie L. Taylor | $7,433 | $4,984 | -32.9% |
| Daniel Cattle Company | $42,917 | $4,702 | -89% |
| Brett L. Poling | $11,267 | $4,514 | -59.9% |
| Ralph Maynes | $23,980 | $4,442 | -81.5% |
| Russell Kear | $43,755 | $4,077 | -90.7% |
| Carl F. Durbin | $19,332 | $3,733 | -80.7% |
| Ronald Wiseman | $12,067 | $3,663 | -69.6% |
| Dellaviannia Owen | $1,495 | $3,627 | 142.6% |
| Denise Kirksey | $10,802 | $3,604 | -66.6% |
| Rathjen Farms, LLC | $17,359 | $3,416 | -80.3% |
| Russell G. Heimann | $6,626 | $3,416 | -48.4% |
| J. D. Miera | $4,990 | $3,374 | -32.4% |
| Fred Thompson | $10,400 | $3,308 | -68.2% |
| Patrick J. Riley | $12,352 | $3,287 | -73.4% |
| Irene Miera | $3,176 | $3,152 | -0.8% |
| Lesley Hauser | $18,157 | $3,047 | -83.2% |
| Unna, LLC | $22,894 | $3,040 | -86.7% |
| Jeffrey Alexander Harris | $0 | $3,025 | -- |
| Francis Martinez | $8,407 | $3,018 | -64.1% |
| Max Geary | $9,938 | $2,930 | -70.5% |
| Kenneth Rathjen | $6,501 | $2,885 | -55.6% |
| Ernest Sanchez | $7,724 | $2,723 | -64.7% |
| Donna Kimble | $13,201 | $2,640 | -80% |
| Joseph P. Riley | $12,551 | $2,521 | -79.9% |
| Rick Baker | $19,741 | $2,508 | -87.3% |
| Dee Mangelsdorf | $20,856 | $2,414 | -88.4% |
| Mexhoma-Smith, LLC | $0 | $2,310 | -- |
| Davaughn White | $989 | $2,224 | 124.9% |
| Kenneth Taylor | $6,016 | $2,048 | -66% |
| Derek Walker | $4,664 | $1,967 | -57.8% |
| Jackie White | $2,129 | $1,935 | -9.1% |
| Darby Makloski | $9,405 | $1,893 | -79.9% |
| LRH, LLC | $5,720 | $1,639 | -71.3% |
| Roy C. Bradley | $63,644 | $1,624 | -97.4% |
| Ina J Plomer Wilkinson | $4,873 | $1,542 | -68.4% |
| Solon Riley | $6,926 | $1,302 | -81.2% |
| Lynda Poling | $2,980 | $1,294 | -56.6% |
| Clayton Fletcher Kiesling | $8,051 | $1,274 | -84.2% |
| Betty Watters | $1,269 | $1,269 | 0% |
| Bret Hartsel Dillon | $1,243 | $1,243 | 0% |
| Larry E. Harkins | $8,257 | $1,176 | -85.8% |
| Joel Gilbert | $3,168 | $1,164 | -63.3% |
| Brandon Loard | $7,491 | $1,158 | -84.5% |
| Terry L. Nelson | $5,181 | $1,157 | -77.7% |
| James E. Hall | $3,674 | $1,081 | -70.6% |
| John Steve Fernandez | $7,652 | $1,015 | -86.7% |
| Brown Ranch Properties, LLC | $1,367 | $954 | -30.2% |
| Steve Bechtel | $17,583 | $894 | -94.9% |
| Cody C. Morrow | $4,026 | $873 | -78.3% |
| Naquin J. Neal | $11,323 | $822 | -92.7% |
| Bob Hicks | $3,685 | $814 | -77.9% |
| Bradley Ray Green | $1,908 | $726 | -61.9% |
| Doug George | $770 | $713 | -7.4% |
| Cameron P. Mock | $4,079 | $710 | -82.6% |
| Kim Tichenor | $599 | $599 | 0% |
| Jared Bannon | $2,849 | $578 | -79.7% |
| Seth Owensby | $684 | $544 | -20.5% |
| Jerry Don Thompson | $2,530 | $518 | -79.5% |
| Jess Worm | $1,655 | $478 | -71.1% |
| Jimmie W. Taylor | $2,837 | $461 | -83.8% |
| Adrian Maez | $2,299 | $461 | -79.9% |
| Zachary Sowers | $837 | $409 | -51.1% |
| Jim V. Saunders | $1,665 | $326 | -80.4% |
| Debra Balizan | $0 | $294 | -- |
| Levi Griggs | $1,616 | $272 | -83.2% |
| Bryan Ethridge | $7,833 | $233 | -97% |
| Anthony J. Naranjo | $825 | $175 | -78.8% |
| James R. Lobb | $1,613 | $100 | -93.8% |
| Annie McAdams | $21,074 | $0 | -100% |
| Ferdinand Garcia | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| First National Bank of New Mexico | $278,175 | $0 | -100% |
| Ira Jordan Ward | $3,135 | $0 | -100% |
| J. T. McAdams | $21,074 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. Cates Jr. | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Harris | $6,875 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Dellinger & Timothy Morro | $34,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Levon R. Sink | $1,364 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary K Higgins Trust for Carla Ja | $8,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Surviving Spouse Trust Under Thej | $23,249 | $0 | -100% |
| Tee Jay Arnett | $325,169 | $0 | -100% |
| Cedar Ridge Cattle, LLC | $14,505 | $0 | -100% |
| Gayle Bruhn-Rivale | $71 | $0 | -100% |
| Hittson Land & Cattle, Ltd. | $28,226 | $0 | -100% |
| Ty Goodan | $4,070 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Wheeler | $13,876 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $9,570,850 | $4,026,453 | -57.9% |
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