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In 2021, 163 farmers in cities within Martin County received a total of $3.4 million in 333 farm subsidies, a 54.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.4 million in 655 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 Martin County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiebe Farms Jv | $438,934 | $280,549 | -36.1% |
| K&S Cook JV | $458,465 | $250,536 | -45.4% |
| 2J Farms, Inc. | $327,204 | $215,036 | -34.3% |
| Jeremy Louder | $184,172 | $180,723 | -1.9% |
| Kevin Cook Farms, LLC | $158,794 | $169,332 | 6.6% |
| Jason W Phillips and Laci J Phillips Joint Venture | $0 | $167,606 | -- |
| Schuelke, Inc. | $223,969 | $113,098 | -49.5% |
| Paul David Chandler | $236,326 | $108,427 | -54.1% |
| Schuelke Joint Venture | $148,993 | $86,552 | -41.9% |
| B & J Agent, Inc. | $198,568 | $85,726 | -56.8% |
| Kenneth Cook | $146,158 | $85,450 | -41.5% |
| Quaid Farms | $230,268 | $65,779 | -71.4% |
| Claude R. Glaspie | $173,161 | $62,708 | -63.8% |
| Flores Farms, LLC | $28,938 | $61,045 | 111% |
| Patty Schuelke | $92,334 | $56,825 | -38.5% |
| TCS Farms | $149,665 | $54,816 | -63.4% |
| Steve and Trica Cook Joint Venture | $0 | $54,102 | -- |
| Rafter M Land & Cattle, LLC | $32,767 | $53,424 | 63% |
| Kevin Glaspie | $104,157 | $45,644 | -56.2% |
| Martin County Usda/FSA | $80,492 | $44,515 | -44.7% |
| JLA Farms, Inc. | $83,054 | $41,318 | -50.3% |
| Danny Peugh Farms, Inc. | $197,036 | $40,568 | -79.4% |
| Wayne Cook & Sons, Inc. | $151,568 | $40,456 | -73.3% |
| Peugh-Cot | $144,158 | $36,292 | -74.8% |
| Garry & Julie Hull, Inc. | $85,499 | $35,857 | -58.1% |
| Jerry Leroy Anderson | $47,886 | $35,666 | -25.5% |
| Johnny Louder | $32,789 | $32,344 | -1.4% |
| Double Barrel Farms, LLC | $13,949 | $32,163 | 130.6% |
| Debra Trantham | $61,004 | $31,697 | -48% |
| JKA Joint Venture | $52,438 | $29,482 | -43.8% |
| David Lynn Chandler | $107,400 | $29,374 | -72.6% |
| Jason Cox | $47,985 | $26,928 | -43.9% |
| PMC Farms, Inc. | $66,806 | $23,504 | -64.8% |
| Peter Friesen | $141,319 | $21,872 | -84.5% |
| Sylvia Hale | $33,090 | $20,966 | -36.6% |
| Stewart Hay Farms, Inc. | $32,432 | $19,313 | -40.5% |
| Eugene Clements Estate | $0 | $19,216 | -- |
| Michael D. Payne | $55,613 | $18,778 | -66.2% |
| Dennis Lee Ireton | $56,077 | $17,979 | -67.9% |
| Judy Kay Ireton | $56,077 | $17,979 | -67.9% |
| Betty J. Smith | $35,078 | $16,197 | -53.8% |
| JSL Farms, Inc. | $50,238 | $15,730 | -68.7% |
| Vernon Cox | $15,627 | $15,627 | 0% |
| DM Farms, Inc. | $43,326 | $15,323 | -64.6% |
| Glynda Quaid Madison | $28,446 | $15,066 | -47% |
| Danny Peugh | $65,050 | $15,038 | -76.9% |
| Chandler & Son, Inc. | $29,324 | $14,003 | -52.2% |
| Stone Ranch/Farm Properties, Ltd. | $41,761 | $13,789 | -67% |
| James Franks | $55,185 | $13,069 | -76.3% |
| Denneth Hull | $9,969 | $12,985 | 30.3% |
| Mitchell B. Tunnell | $46,660 | $12,748 | -72.7% |
| Dennis Ireton Farms, Inc. | $51,047 | $12,638 | -75.2% |
| Swinson Farm & Ranch, LLC | $2,163 | $11,966 | 453.2% |
| Gray Parker | $8,257 | $10,065 | 21.9% |
| Juan Flores | $17,236 | $8,993 | -47.8% |
| Ellis Hughlyn Todd | $17,532 | $8,887 | -49.3% |
| Homer Lee Hull | $25,823 | $8,883 | -65.6% |
| Tunco, Inc. | $18,703 | $8,836 | -52.8% |
| Keith & Jana Cook JV | $14,810 | $8,724 | -41.1% |
| Wallace Kelly Family Trust | $20,476 | $8,680 | -57.6% |
| M & G Tunnell Farms, LLLP | $26,530 | $8,647 | -67.4% |
| Carolyn Dunn | $8,062 | $8,108 | 0.6% |
| West Texas Spike 1, Ltd. | $0 | $7,600 | -- |
| Jones Brothers Joint Venture | $22,003 | $7,543 | -65.7% |
| Mary Myrick | $7,521 | $7,521 | 0% |
| J E Peugh Family Trust | $35,512 | $7,493 | -78.9% |
| Gary Dale Earhart | $22,469 | $7,446 | -66.9% |
| SouthWest Bank | $13,234 | $7,315 | -44.7% |
| Byron Hill | $26,820 | $7,206 | -73.1% |
| Hazlewood Farm Partnership | $8,944 | $7,198 | -19.5% |
| Teresa Louder Herm | $10,884 | $6,849 | -37.1% |
| Yater Revocable Trust | $12,173 | $6,844 | -43.8% |
| Hill Farms, LLC | $9,211 | $6,789 | -26.3% |
| Chris C. Stone | $8,143 | $6,765 | -16.9% |
| CN Farms, LLC | $5,305 | $6,734 | 26.9% |
| Sherra D. Harrell | $10,245 | $6,638 | -35.2% |
| Mildred M Haggard Irrevocable Grantor Trust | $0 | $6,460 | -- |
| Garry Hull | $18,184 | $6,416 | -64.7% |
| Woody Brothers Joint Venture | $0 | $6,406 | -- |
| Bobby Kelly | $12,748 | $6,374 | -50% |
| Louder Brothers Partnership | $6,921 | $6,227 | -10% |
| K & C Legacy, LLC | $11,910 | $6,153 | -48.3% |
| Brad Grable | $37,090 | $6,019 | -83.8% |
| Kelly Means | $6,128 | $5,956 | -2.8% |
| Richard K. White | $25,332 | $5,908 | -76.7% |
| Kyle Cook | $7,461 | $5,785 | -22.5% |
| Kevin Lendon Cook | $28,109 | $5,738 | -79.6% |
| Elizabeth Shoemaker | $20,283 | $5,704 | -71.9% |
| Kelvin Allred | $16,864 | $5,603 | -66.8% |
| Ann S. Quaid | $9,792 | $5,278 | -46.1% |
| Darren Patrick | $5,180 | $5,180 | 0% |
| Ada Joyce Bergstrom | $6,870 | $4,628 | -32.6% |
| Greg Madison Farms, Inc. | $11,459 | $4,275 | -62.7% |
| Karolyn Herzog Porter | $6,109 | $4,028 | -34.1% |
| Henson Family Partnership LP | $1,367 | $3,613 | 164.3% |
| Brad Ingram | $4,922 | $3,567 | -27.5% |
| Wilma Stirl | $4,487 | $3,390 | -24.4% |
| Richard and B G Lewis Partnership | $10,745 | $3,380 | -68.5% |
| Texas 240 Partners | $3,294 | $3,270 | -0.7% |
| Carla Raye Peugh | $14,337 | $3,268 | -77.2% |
| Madison Farms, Inc. | $24,022 | $3,245 | -86.5% |
| Marsha Todd | $7,746 | $3,016 | -61.1% |
| A. L. Lindsey | $6,184 | $2,897 | -53.2% |
| G. W. Madison | $2,409 | $2,409 | 0% |
| Courtney C. Stone | $0 | $2,317 | -- |
| G & G Wheeler, Inc. | $5,903 | $2,244 | -62% |
| Robert W. Quaid | $861 | $2,183 | 153.5% |
| Marty W. Graham | $3,995 | $1,998 | -50% |
| Doyle L. Hale | $3,564 | $1,895 | -46.8% |
| Gracelyn Snell | $0 | $1,892 | -- |
| Eugene Clements | $21,603 | $1,870 | -91.3% |
| Dinah Doggett | $4,422 | $1,846 | -58.3% |
| Doyla Jo Haislip | $4,422 | $1,846 | -58.3% |
| Georgeann Walton | $3,758 | $1,765 | -53% |
| Mollie F. Madison | $1,750 | $1,750 | 0% |
| Billie Flanagan | $5,165 | $1,706 | -67% |
| LDD Family Rvoc Trust | $3,527 | $1,706 | -51.6% |
| Margaret Franks | $5,431 | $1,680 | -69.1% |
| James R. Wilson | $4,636 | $1,589 | -65.7% |
| KND Farms, LLC | $3,095 | $1,589 | -48.7% |
| Lyn A. Yater | $6,584 | $1,578 | -76% |
| Lazy Leven Ranch, LLC | $5,721 | $1,557 | -72.8% |
| Lorece Avery | $5,073 | $1,555 | -69.3% |
| B & B Cattle Company | $9,354 | $1,524 | -83.7% |
| Randy Cozart | $6,863 | $1,523 | -77.8% |
| Richard Lewis | $5,583 | $1,521 | -72.8% |
| Kenneth Snodgrass | $6,987 | $1,386 | -80.2% |
| Faye Fleckenstein | $5,355 | $1,354 | -74.7% |
| Deborah Almand | $0 | $1,318 | -- |
| Christopher and Courtney Stone JV | $81,279 | $1,299 | -98.4% |
| Charlotte White | $4,029 | $1,146 | -71.6% |
| David M. Adkins | $1,630 | $1,137 | -30.2% |
| Roy Kelly | $3,166 | $1,132 | -64.2% |
| Johnnie William Townsend III | $2,145 | $1,121 | -47.7% |
| Ellis Witt | $5,512 | $1,085 | -80.3% |
| Robert L Adkins Trust | $2,258 | $1,065 | -52.8% |
| Homer Don Howard | $2,869 | $1,060 | -63.1% |
| Brian Snellgrove | $2,222 | $1,059 | -52.3% |
| Nila Joann Peugh | $731 | $1,055 | 44.3% |
| Scott Creech | $3,278 | $1,021 | -68.9% |
| Jarod Nolan Howard | $13,845 | $957 | -93.1% |
| Danny Neil Fryar | $1,773 | $908 | -48.8% |
| C. T. Blocker | $2,364 | $754 | -68.1% |
| Patchwork Partnership | $1,474 | $722 | -51% |
| GJR, LLC | $2,660 | $696 | -73.8% |
| Carla Welch | $1,374 | $687 | -50% |
| Albert A. Johnson | $1,864 | $683 | -63.4% |
| Candra R. Anderson | $0 | $654 | -- |
| Suzanna Poe | $0 | $632 | -- |
| Trica Cook | $1,978 | $632 | -68% |
| Stetson Hillger | $3,485 | $580 | -83.4% |
| Cindy Dillard | $1,699 | $576 | -66.1% |
| Floyd G. Wheeler | $1,699 | $576 | -66.1% |
| Leatrice Adams | $1,053 | $516 | -51% |
| Margie Ireton Griffin | $3,229 | $498 | -84.6% |
| Tommy R. Newman | $0 | $455 | -- |
| Kenneth Wayne Schuelke | $403 | $403 | 0% |
| Laura M. Notgrass | $728 | $403 | -44.6% |
| Puncher W Henley | $0 | $377 | -- |
| Eric Weaver | $782 | $300 | -61.6% |
| Dennis Ireton | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Ronda Ireton | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Glenn D. Madison | $32,665 | $39 | -99.9% |
| Andrea Howard | $664 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobbie J Henson Estate | $7,174 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobbie J Henston Estate | $4,498 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody & Shanna Peugh JV | $13,714 | $0 | -100% |
| Cstone Farms, Inc. | $281,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Denneth Hull Farms, Inc. | $18,238 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason W Phillips and Laci J Phill | $361,065 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim D. Smith | $1,519 | $0 | -100% |
| Jo Ann Cook | $1,149 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn Springer | $800 | $0 | -100% |
| Madison Family Properties LP | $13,733 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Nichols | $5,775 | $0 | -100% |
| Marshall C Louder Estate | $5,387 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin County Farm Service Agency | $16,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin County Usda FSA | $14,535 | $0 | -100% |
| Mildred M Haggard Irrevocable GRA | $16,875 | $0 | -100% |
| Mims Farms, Inc. | $88,548 | $0 | -100% |
| Preston Clark | $10,007 | $0 | -100% |
| Rickey Mims | $69,773 | $0 | -100% |
| Sara Jane Blocker | $2,138 | $0 | -100% |
| Stanley L. Bergstrom | $8,127 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve and Trica Cook Joint Ventur | $170,469 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia James | $1,572 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $7,431,986 | $3,379,641 | -54.5% |
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