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In 2021, 153 farmers in cities within San Miguel County received a total of $1.3 million in 338 farm subsidies, a 49.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.6 million in 503 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 San Miguel County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert M. Quintana | $521,233 | $332,177 | -36.3% |
| Estate of Robert M Quintana | $0 | $112,198 | -- |
| David Kent Gabel | $215,072 | $83,167 | -61.3% |
| J. D. Read | $99,053 | $58,810 | -40.6% |
| Daniel J. Unruh | $58,753 | $50,594 | -13.9% |
| Jeffery Eugene Ellis | $175,432 | $50,387 | -71.3% |
| Kelly J. Goetsch | $43,176 | $38,434 | -11% |
| Michael Alan Quintana | $0 | $24,002 | -- |
| Adam Luciano Martinez | $14,982 | $22,232 | 48.4% |
| Napoleon F. Quintana | $18,895 | $19,377 | 2.6% |
| Seth D. Brockman | $44,040 | $19,360 | -56% |
| Dennis Lucero | $36,080 | $18,823 | -47.8% |
| Adolfo Bachicha | $19,816 | $18,818 | -5% |
| Mike Ulibarri | $19,226 | $18,511 | -3.7% |
| Leroy Lucero | $31,822 | $18,465 | -42% |
| Edward B. Ebell | $36,199 | $14,929 | -58.8% |
| Danny Lopez | $0 | $14,551 | -- |
| Edward Gomez | $11,825 | $14,550 | 23% |
| Levy Edward Lujan | $10,844 | $12,744 | 17.5% |
| Sandra Le Doux | $22,935 | $12,033 | -47.5% |
| Karlene R. Gonzales | $8,337 | $11,529 | 38.3% |
| Robert L. Anderson | $15,384 | $10,873 | -29.3% |
| Matilda Gallegos | $21,576 | $10,699 | -50.4% |
| Andres Aragon | $17,381 | $10,662 | -38.7% |
| Mark S. Shubert | $8,668 | $9,550 | 10.2% |
| Remi Cordova | $14,518 | $9,537 | -34.3% |
| Richard Henry MacKlin II | $11,051 | $8,750 | -20.8% |
| Gonzales Cattle, LLC | $16,168 | $8,683 | -46.3% |
| Albert Gutierrez | $11,852 | $8,390 | -29.2% |
| Lorenzo L. Gallegos | $12,025 | $8,229 | -31.6% |
| Leroy P. Padilla | $14,050 | $7,553 | -46.2% |
| Ramon O. Vigil | $12,377 | $7,308 | -41% |
| Benerito Gallegos | $11,789 | $7,283 | -38.2% |
| Loretta L. Griego | $13,518 | $6,882 | -49.1% |
| Robert S. Gutierrez | $15,311 | $6,300 | -58.9% |
| Juan N Quintana Land & Cattle Company | $0 | $6,292 | -- |
| Gilbert R. Gallegos | $8,753 | $6,105 | -30.3% |
| Thomas A. Ortiz | $9,371 | $6,062 | -35.3% |
| Gary Beisman | $7,158 | $5,912 | -17.4% |
| Phillip O. Estrada | $8,856 | $5,708 | -35.5% |
| Lourdes V. Encinias | $7,953 | $5,606 | -29.5% |
| Fred T. Gonzales | $7,394 | $5,376 | -27.3% |
| Rose Pena | $1,984 | $5,133 | 158.7% |
| Shirley Marrujo | $6,391 | $4,694 | -26.6% |
| Patrick M. Lopez | $11,547 | $4,681 | -59.5% |
| Connie M. Vigil | $9,154 | $4,553 | -50.3% |
| Abran Herman Romero | $27,034 | $4,484 | -83.4% |
| Robert J. Purdy | $8,695 | $4,383 | -49.6% |
| Darlene R. Tapia | $5,735 | $4,356 | -24% |
| Noble Brooks Read | $11,433 | $4,263 | -62.7% |
| Amalia Varela-Padilla | $7,274 | $4,237 | -41.8% |
| Gene Romero | $6,868 | $3,942 | -42.6% |
| Salomon Telesfor Archuleta | $10,212 | $3,902 | -61.8% |
| Ruben F. Aragon | $7,029 | $3,786 | -46.1% |
| Philip J. Madrid | $6,954 | $3,591 | -48.4% |
| Lillian A. Lester | $4,893 | $3,530 | -27.9% |
| Gilbert Sena | $7,208 | $3,426 | -52.5% |
| Michael A. Archuleta | $4,495 | $3,417 | -24% |
| Manuel P. Villanueva | $4,924 | $3,406 | -30.8% |
| Jasper Roybal | $0 | $3,300 | -- |
| Ruben Romero | $6,842 | $3,248 | -52.5% |
| Archie A. Allemand | $5,267 | $3,232 | -38.6% |
| Maria E. Garcia | $4,136 | $3,194 | -22.8% |
| Eppie J Villanueva | $5,653 | $3,106 | -45.1% |
| Riley Family Rev Living Trust | $3,478 | $3,006 | -13.6% |
| Gilbert Ortiz | $3,451 | $2,910 | -15.7% |
| Abel N. Lucero | $17,755 | $2,803 | -84.2% |
| Leo Vigil | $770 | $2,772 | 260% |
| Ruben Mike Estrada | $8,409 | $2,700 | -67.9% |
| Dean Romero | $8,296 | $2,657 | -68% |
| Thomas Gonzales | $2,405 | $2,604 | 8.3% |
| Fred Romero | $11,656 | $2,536 | -78.2% |
| Joseph Edward Gonzales | $12,015 | $2,413 | -79.9% |
| Ermelina Romero | $2,182 | $2,381 | 9.1% |
| Ward Estate PTR | $7,045 | $2,275 | -67.7% |
| Johnny P. Sena | $3,841 | $2,267 | -41% |
| Conni Reichert | $2,230 | $2,227 | -0.1% |
| David C. Montoya | $2,207 | $1,999 | -9.4% |
| Bernardo Gonzales | $7,263 | $1,989 | -72.6% |
| Andrew Ehling | $1,561 | $1,896 | 21.5% |
| James Gallegos | $8,508 | $1,851 | -78.2% |
| Levy Edward Achilles Lujan | $3,460 | $1,764 | -49% |
| Felipe J. Tenorio | $0 | $1,763 | -- |
| Augustine Romero | $2,418 | $1,727 | -28.6% |
| Petronillo Salazar | $2,779 | $1,655 | -40.4% |
| Lorenzo Gonzales | $1,155 | $1,649 | 42.8% |
| Apolonio J. Jaramillo | $4,292 | $1,578 | -63.2% |
| Martin Pacheco | $3,450 | $1,548 | -55.1% |
| Angelo Ortiz | $0 | $1,351 | -- |
| Edward Sena | $3,175 | $1,316 | -58.6% |
| Glenn Fidel Marrujo | $2,853 | $1,298 | -54.5% |
| Orlando Cornelio Roybal | $6,679 | $1,292 | -80.7% |
| Wayne Walker | $2,340 | $1,258 | -46.2% |
| Mark E. Fernandez | $6,732 | $1,244 | -81.5% |
| Carlos M. Lopez | $0 | $1,206 | -- |
| Diego Antonio Griego | $5,351 | $1,148 | -78.5% |
| Daniel S. Roybal | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Samuel Alfonso Ramirez | $6,283 | $1,098 | -82.5% |
| Anthony R. Martinez | $0 | $1,098 | -- |
| John P. Vigil | $2,827 | $1,095 | -61.3% |
| Damian Lujan | $2,313 | $1,089 | -52.9% |
| Elizabeth Kelly | $0 | $1,072 | -- |
| David A. Marquez | $3,998 | $1,007 | -74.8% |
| Arcy Vigil | $3,850 | $975 | -74.7% |
| Arthur George Rivera | $3,358 | $926 | -72.4% |
| Rosendo Gonzales Jr. | $1,849 | $911 | -50.7% |
| Stevan David Lucero | $2,197 | $908 | -58.7% |
| Tobias Medina | $1,557 | $901 | -42.1% |
| Juan R. Chavez | $0 | $900 | -- |
| Stacey Montano | $0 | $880 | -- |
| F. mac Vigil | $3,108 | $873 | -71.9% |
| George Legerski | $5,893 | $864 | -85.3% |
| Steven Almanzar | $6,874 | $858 | -87.5% |
| Rafael Romero | $1,878 | $848 | -54.8% |
| Kevin Quintana | $4,042 | $848 | -79% |
| Hugh Shaw | $877 | $837 | -4.6% |
| Matthew Patrick Varela | $0 | $825 | -- |
| Ben Scott Nelson | $13,651 | $796 | -94.2% |
| Robert Garcia | $0 | $791 | -- |
| Lawrence Robert Roybal | $3,872 | $776 | -80% |
| William R. Gonzales | $638 | $704 | 10.3% |
| Billy F. Vigil | $3,703 | $641 | -82.7% |
| Jerry Varela | $3,045 | $613 | -79.9% |
| Michael Anaya | $4,419 | $598 | -86.5% |
| Manuel D. Gallegos | $2,419 | $581 | -76% |
| Adreien Jaramillo | $2,989 | $567 | -81% |
| Jacob Cordova II | $2,618 | $543 | -79.3% |
| Cirilio Martinez | $1,485 | $538 | -63.8% |
| Daniel Garcia Jr. | $422 | $535 | 26.8% |
| Fernando Jose Montoya | $943 | $457 | -51.5% |
| Telesfor E Romero | $1,043 | $445 | -57.3% |
| George L. Maes | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Juan L. Duran | $0 | $430 | -- |
| Melissa Sena-Ulibarri | $400 | $427 | 6.7% |
| Kenneth R. Kyle III | $4,234 | $412 | -90.3% |
| Lydia A. Ulibarri | $11,526 | $412 | -96.4% |
| Peter M. Sena | $1,133 | $354 | -68.8% |
| Ernest D. Martinez | $1,243 | $352 | -71.7% |
| Carlos Steven Lovato | $0 | $302 | -- |
| Kristin Kelly-Tiernan | $772 | $279 | -63.9% |
| Phillip R. Baca | $365 | $250 | -31.5% |
| Kevin Vigil | $1,103 | $211 | -80.9% |
| Leandro Max Lucero | $825 | $197 | -76.1% |
| Sandra Lucero-Baca | $1,285 | $194 | -84.9% |
| Juan Climaco Ortiz Jr. | $1,216 | $186 | -84.7% |
| Bryan M. Trujillo | $539 | $172 | -68.1% |
| Ann Ohalloran | $707 | $154 | -78.2% |
| Fidel E. Gonzales | $2,294 | $152 | -93.4% |
| Claudo Frank Montano | $285 | $151 | -47% |
| Demetrio Martinez | $1,097 | $138 | -87.4% |
| Benito M. Pacheco | $564 | $132 | -76.6% |
| Michael L. Montoya | $362 | $112 | -69.1% |
| Vernon Jospeh Muller | $417 | $104 | -75.1% |
| Adolfo S. Vigil | $3,510 | $0 | -100% |
| Carlos R. Trujillo | $5,574 | $0 | -100% |
| Carlos S. Lovato III | $1,034 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny A. Lopez | $4,996 | $0 | -100% |
| David S. Shelton Jr. | $40,463 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Hays | $6,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd E. Griego | $3,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Gilbert Montoya | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon Hays | $6,287 | $0 | -100% |
| Jashe Alcon | $776 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy Ross Stricklin | $150 | $0 | -100% |
| John Vigil | $301 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph A. Jaramillo | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Juan N Quintana Land & Cattle Com | $19,691 | $0 | -100% |
| Karlene Gonzales Martinez | $11,101 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawrence Michael Montoya | $7 | $0 | -100% |
| Leanord Romero | $566 | $0 | -100% |
| Levi Chavez | $786 | $0 | -100% |
| Levy E. Lujan | $11,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin Dennis Quintana | $1,183 | $0 | -100% |
| Mathews Land and Cattle, LLC | $409,170 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph Romero | $532 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Hays | $6,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Requel Lucero | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Gilbert Gallegos | $4,173 | $0 | -100% |
| Henry Sena | $4,373 | $0 | -100% |
| Yvonne Teresa Sandoval | $1,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,611,666 | $1,310,457 | -49.8% |
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