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

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Farms throughout cities in Van Zandt County received $3.5 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 355 farmers in cities within Van Zandt County received a total of $2.9 million in 400 farm subsidies, a 55.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.4 million in 884 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 Van Zandt County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Gingg Bros Dairy, LLC$408,844$504,05823.3%
Capstone Plants, Inc.$0$500,000--
Twin Lakes Nursery, Ltd.$0$254,500--
Deen Agri Service, Inc.$367,250$130,498-64.5%
Michael Brunner$323,226$122,148-62.2%
Opitz Dairy Partnership$734,131$121,548-83.4%
Summit Dairy$575,315$121,548-78.9%
Leslie Cole Watson$193,184$118,551-38.6%
General Agriculture$5,259$80,0751,422.6%
Trustee-Liner Nursery, LLC$0$42,335--
Evelyn Ann Stewart$19,662$26,19833.2%
John P. Christensen$0$24,215--
Herschel E. Parker$114,063$22,799-80%
Sandy Ridge Pecans, LLC$0$21,051--
Cecil Wayne Sloan$126,619$20,934-83.5%
Jerry Ward$80,811$18,061-77.7%
Lynn Melton$24,125$14,921-38.2%
Eric T. Sockwell$26,124$14,896-43%
J&J Taylor Cattle Company, LLC$51,005$12,998-74.5%
Terry Hunter Jr.$0$12,980--
Lana G. Hightower$12,872$12,8720%
Reagan Sumner$33,297$11,683-64.9%
N-N Cattle Management, LLC$18,999$11,634-38.8%
Clyde Barber Farms$60,279$10,510-82.6%
Loyd Easley$65,025$9,948-84.7%
Neal Farms Cattle Company, LLC$69,961$9,904-85.8%
John Dusty Priest$40,298$9,538-76.3%
Aaron M. Easley$23,826$9,146-61.6%
Ben Sloan$50,424$8,636-82.9%
Jamey Lee Voge$30,616$8,626-71.8%
James Brad Mitchell$42,555$8,320-80.4%
Charley C. Baugh$10,087$7,188-28.7%
Randy Etheridge$33,321$7,084-78.7%
Christopher Wayne Means$0$6,875--
Gaylon Don Baugh$13,126$6,821-48%
Mike Land$30,083$6,496-78.4%
Jason Clay Davis$18,932$6,314-66.6%
Susan Rumbelow$8,144$6,016-26.1%
Edward H. Smith$31,683$5,626-82.2%
Tod R. Crosby$15,355$5,602-63.5%
Scott Knight$25,676$5,586-78.2%
James Sheb Smith$19,791$5,534-72%
David Cole McSpadden$16,090$5,376-66.6%
Sininger Farms Lp$23,903$5,350-77.6%
Gary Wallace$21,164$5,330-74.8%
Gregg Russell Beverly$41,746$5,037-87.9%
James Terrell$0$5,005--
Mack Lee Brewer$4,059$5,00523.3%
Cody D. Priest$16,588$4,934-70.3%
Jason L. Townsend$21,175$4,921-76.8%
Richard C. Easley$5,301$4,897-7.6%
Diann S Price-Williams$0$4,884--
Robert Earl Jones$27,476$4,828-82.4%
Michael Wayne Cox$22,682$4,726-79.2%
Rozanna Mccallum$5,553$4,651-16.2%
Corey Wayne Smith$31,875$4,646-85.4%
David A. Yates$23,773$4,578-80.7%
Samuel A. Massey$11,451$4,510-60.6%
Sammy Mack Swain$20,825$4,390-78.9%
Chase Martin Foutch$14,116$4,382-69%
Ward and Salter Cattle$18,040$4,352-75.9%
Mendel Prengler$13,805$4,301-68.8%
Gerome Eady$16,338$4,256-74%
Dan Turner$7,898$4,207-46.7%
Emmitt Kindle$22,072$4,182-81.1%
Clay Dan Deen$26,457$4,100-84.5%
Danny Lee Chennault Jr.$27,242$4,088-85%
James Don Yarbrough$14,476$4,046-72.1%
Cody R. Goswick$19,600$4,012-79.5%
David Gilleland$0$3,850--
Dale Hester$34,394$3,846-88.8%
William D. Davis$12,474$3,758-69.9%
Cody Skinner$5,256$3,649-30.6%
Jim Miller$12,991$3,634-72%
Todd Yancey$16,852$3,592-78.7%
Jerry Don Priest$15,878$3,520-77.8%
Jerry Lane$0$3,465--
Gary Glen Driver$10,926$3,452-68.4%
Phillip Smith$2,805$3,43722.5%
Mike Miles$19,998$3,322-83.4%
Jason D. Salisbury$12,217$3,265-73.3%
Kenneth Nixon$14,992$3,214-78.6%
Jeffrey S. Jones$3,759$3,196-15%
Jeff L. Lide$13,860$3,183-77%
G. W. Stokes$10,857$3,162-70.9%
Keith N. Ragland$16,120$3,160-80.4%
Thurman Reid$17,836$3,156-82.3%
Joe D. Branton$2,576$3,14522.1%
William E. Johnson$22,264$3,144-85.9%
Cody Bass$18,609$3,133-83.2%
Mauna Thornton$12,584$3,107-75.3%
Benny K. Riley$16,325$3,099-81%
Scott Alan Riddle$11,040$3,070-72.2%
Robert D. Lovvorn$18,857$3,058-83.8%
Brad W. Pendleton$5,907$3,005-49.1%
Becky Ray Monning$13,199$2,950-77.6%
Joe Bob Wycough$18,057$2,940-83.7%
Jimmy R. Fisher$14,853$2,873-80.7%
Lee D. Barr$10,480$2,864-72.7%
James P. Monds$5,214$2,806-46.2%
Daniel Rosemand$5,931$2,743-53.8%
Bill Brooks$9,460$2,697-71.5%
Cyle Roy Brockway$19,347$2,630-86.4%
Sherran E Hilliard$13,309$2,620-80.3%
Jesse Dean Everett$13,960$2,604-81.3%
Terry Hunter$10,230$2,587-74.7%
Eddie D. Dike$4,917$2,577-47.6%
Darin Bass$11,441$2,568-77.6%
John Marcus Means$9,882$2,567-74%
Ronald G. Carroll$12,974$2,512-80.6%
Clifford Bennett$12,144$2,495-79.5%
Ann M Metch$9,784$2,476-74.7%
Jimmy Don Pickens Jr.$15,546$2,401-84.6%
Paul Weatherford$10,670$2,357-77.9%
Sue Davis$10,945$2,355-78.5%
Richard Alan Stewart$2,046$2,35315%
Cynthia Baldelamar$16,453$2,316-85.9%
George Thomas Kindle$63,654$2,248-96.5%
David Hazel$11,246$2,233-80.1%
Howard Weldon Massey Jr.$6,468$2,209-65.8%
Carlton T. Grunden$3,958$2,185-44.8%
John Paul Doherty$4,158$2,174-47.7%
Jarred Don Morman$13,714$2,138-84.4%
Stanley C. Stevens$7,975$2,137-73.2%
Brad Priest$9,020$2,109-76.6%
Clayton Conway$5,935$2,100-64.6%
Kippy L Mclelland$4,290$2,100-51%
Helen Sue Mitchell$0$2,098--
Jimmy Pickens$18,892$2,075-89%
Domonick C Gandy$4,545$2,075-54.3%
Colt R. Goswick$9,766$2,060-78.9%
Matthew Garrett Hazel$10,939$2,056-81.2%
Elbert G. Cunningham$23,270$2,048-91.2%
Jesse Valentine$9,884$2,044-79.3%
James C. Bullard$13,442$2,020-85%
Charles Ray Venable Jr.$11,096$1,972-82.2%
Claude R. Heiny II$1,933$1,9330%
Charlie Dee Ellis$5,929$1,924-67.5%
Terry Don Elliott$3,965$1,919-51.6%
Ralph L. Carroll$8,495$1,900-77.6%
William A. Green$8,679$1,883-78.3%
Jimmy Hubbard$7,194$1,850-74.3%
Mario del Bosque$6,248$1,828-70.7%
Ronald Lane$4,044$1,794-55.6%
Randy Stone$7,029$1,790-74.5%
Harold Krantz$4,566$1,774-61.1%
Hoyt G. Russell$31,057$1,757-94.3%
Buddy Edwards$49,032$1,742-96.4%
Reginald S. Sims Jr.$8,147$1,733-78.7%
Mark Dickerson$11,186$1,729-84.5%
Ricky L. Laprade Sr.$7,271$1,699-76.6%
John W. Robison$3,003$1,692-43.7%
George A. Pitts$6,589$1,690-74.4%
Jeanne Doyle Orsborn$3,189$1,677-47.4%
Randy Jay Copeland$5,361$1,673-68.8%
Jon Cunningham$0$1,650--
Susan Kay Fincher$3,410$1,604-53%
Brandon Clark Hamilton$3,069$1,604-47.7%
David Darnell$6,405$1,602-75%
Lamar Bass$5,082$1,598-68.6%
John Landon Martin$4,763$1,584-66.7%
Sammy Gunter$5,474$1,569-71.3%
Clint W. Walker$6,655$1,568-76.4%
Audrey Ewalt$2,719$1,479-45.6%
Alan Prachyl$6,259$1,466-76.6%
David A. Smith Jr.$5,676$1,455-74.4%
Sandra Wilson$8,812$1,448-83.6%
John Mark Houser$3,663$1,433-60.9%
Jerry Rosemand$4,730$1,432-69.7%
Woodrow Wylie Joslin$6,177$1,420-77%
Kevin Nixon$5,491$1,407-74.4%
Roland D. Young Jr.$4,589$1,400-69.5%
Neal Travis$5,613$1,388-75.3%
Thomas M. Lytle$5,665$1,386-75.5%
Billy R. Gammons$4,345$1,384-68.1%
James W. Ramsey$0$1,375--
Stanley Ray Kvapil$0$1,375--
Peter Zach Johnson$7,131$1,374-80.7%
Timmy R. Basham$6,149$1,367-77.8%
D. F. Gilliam$5,683$1,357-76.1%
Bret Howard Dunn$6,380$1,345-78.9%
Elton Ray Davis$6,391$1,323-79.3%
James Brian Woodrum$6,886$1,313-80.9%
Richard Carpenter$4,816$1,262-73.8%
Bryce Clinton Nations$1,837$1,259-31.5%
Suzanne Bland$2,841$1,252-55.9%
Grady W. Easley Jr.$5,489$1,214-77.9%
Cody Cross$589$1,213105.9%
Billy W. Laprade$5,672$1,204-78.8%
Kendall E. Delana$4,488$1,164-74.1%
Tommy Weesner$3,056$1,161-62%
Danny Phillips$1,980$1,160-41.4%
Donald R. Smith$3,751$1,158-69.1%
Jerry G. Townsend$5,148$1,135-78%
Anna Rose Brown$4,779$1,098-77%
Gary Ray Scott$4,888$1,095-77.6%
Brad Henderson$3,326$1,072-67.8%
Susan Weaver$4,928$1,069-78.3%
James Lambert$2,286$1,066-53.4%
Bobby A. Giles$4,792$1,058-77.9%
Billy W. Nixon$2,684$1,054-60.7%
Tony R. Etheridge$5,459$1,040-80.9%
Pamela Kay Wallace$5,466$1,021-81.3%
David R. Laney$4,620$1,021-77.9%
Victor Garcia Aguayo$3,347$1,021-69.5%
Melton J. Hill$3,127$1,020-67.4%
Russell Wayne Akins$3,872$1,018-73.7%
Kevin W. Reed$1,947$1,018-47.7%
Jay Michael Dickerson$4,367$1,016-76.7%
Darrell Easley$5,318$1,007-81.1%
Lesley Dean Seay$0$1,007--
Charles Sanders$0$1,005--
Joshua E. Cortez$5,513$1,002-81.8%
Larry Sloan$3,569$1,000-72%
Ronnie D. Carter$3,564$1,000-71.9%
Kris Scott$2,475$968-60.9%
Larry N. Reynolds$792$96321.6%
Frank Snider$3,245$951-70.7%
Larry Davis$4,038$949-76.5%
Michael E. Jay$5,654$930-83.6%
Mike Wyatt$0$924--
Rodney Rainey$2,431$916-62.3%
Wesley H. Gentry$4,125$916-77.8%
Jodie W. Parker$3,438$914-73.4%
Thomas F. Tidwell$3,993$903-77.4%
Brenda Tunnell$1,551$901-41.9%
Timothy Wade Smith$4,320$897-79.2%
Sylvester Spencer Jr.$4,829$876-81.9%
Alan Franklin$4,929$870-82.3%
Gregory S. Barron$0$868--
Stephen Ashley Sanders$20,005$862-95.7%
Michael A. Lamborn$2,926$859-70.6%
Justin Sonny Karr$2,794$855-69.4%
Eduardo Gonzalez$8,321$852-89.8%
Kevin D. White$5,073$851-83.2%
Charles R. Bell$2,299$842-63.4%
Wayne Langford$1,947$833-57.2%
Donald D. Barrett$1,003$831-17.1%
Albert Garcia III$4,042$823-79.6%
Cody Lee Swain$4,928$821-83.3%
Thomas Grady Pendleton$1,419$819-42.3%
Christy Williams$5,233$816-84.4%
Ernest Ward$3,601$811-77.5%
Robbie Bean$4,381$809-81.5%
Chad D. Massey$2,133$807-62.2%
Don Harold Treadway$2,283$790-65.4%
James Hoffman$3,675$784-78.7%
Kyle R. Miller$4,854$784-83.8%
James Bernhagen Jr.$0$778--
Esther Hilliard$1,050$771-26.6%
Cayle Don Beard$918$755-17.8%
Nicholas R. Zwick$3,774$748-80.2%
Ronnie W. Jones$4,572$743-83.7%
Dana R. Longacre$1,257$736-41.4%
Timmothy D. Willingham$3,905$728-81.4%
Ronnie Lancaster$3,408$724-78.8%
Georgeanna Hope Hamro$1,320$724-45.2%
Cody Campbell$1,742$711-59.2%
James Nelson$4,133$710-82.8%
Beverly Jo Appleton$1,870$707-62.2%
Virgil Melton Jr.$2,225$696-68.7%
Ester A. Parker$3,921$694-82.3%
Margaret Dillard$2,968$692-76.7%
Don Ashlock$2,394$686-71.3%
Allen R. Dawson$2,804$678-75.8%
Ryan Strutton$3,168$675-78.7%
Cecil M. Foutch$5,103$672-86.8%
James Ronald Fields$1,265$664-47.5%
Dusty Smith$1,518$664-56.3%
Dorothy M. Blackmon$2,743$659-76%
Joe Levine$1,254$656-47.7%
Kirt B. Cockerham$1,356$654-51.8%
Cheri Trujillo$2,058$652-68.3%
Steve Shipley$4,312$650-84.9%
Gary Mayberry$2,492$646-74.1%
Dave Russell Cockerham$1,356$636-53.1%
Timothy Lynn Smith$3,168$634-80%
Jared Andrew Cooper$5,243$632-87.9%
Rickey Malone$2,669$624-76.6%
Robert M. Taylor$4,272$623-85.4%
Lester Clyde Jones$3,854$616-84%
Larry J. Sprague$4,340$609-86%
Terrance D. Keltner$2,365$606-74.4%
Ronnie R. Nalls$1,980$604-69.5%
Billy W. Smith$1,584$602-62%
Joshua Paul Williams$2,002$585-70.8%
Brooke Nicole Shafer$3,584$581-83.8%
Terry Wayne Carter$1,914$580-69.7%
Ray W. Sewell II$3,025$576-81%
Lauren Jason$2,824$566-80%
Ricky Aaron$1,386$560-59.6%
Jeffrey D. Priest$2,772$559-79.8%
Ryan D. Wallace$3,432$554-83.9%
Jerry Clower$1,727$554-67.9%
Danny Culver$2,312$553-76.1%
James Keierleber$2,930$553-81.1%
East Texas Holsteins, LLC$5,999$546-90.9%
Thelbert Thompson$1,111$544-51%
Brad Schley$3,348$535-84%
Richard L. Doss$2,625$535-79.6%
Mark A. Bullock$2,103$531-74.8%
Joseph M. Barton$2,420$526-78.3%
Brady Lunceford$3,031$523-82.7%
Linda Douthit$2,464$522-78.8%
Cynthia Stout$2,552$519-79.7%
Jimmy Works$1,430$518-63.8%
Doyle G. Etheridge$2,475$516-79.2%
Matthew Lee Green$825$508-38.4%
Rope S. Myers$2,969$506-83%
Larry Brock$1,898$477-74.9%
Stephen Jackson Ray$1,298$448-65.5%
David Ramsey$2,586$448-82.7%
James B. Morris$1,638$435-73.4%
Grover S. Howell$2,690$429-84.1%
Randall Don McCarty$1,353$424-68.7%
Kevin Rogers$2,760$419-84.8%
Kayla Cherie Yancey$1,243$387-68.9%
Jody McPherson$2,114$368-82.6%
James E Sliester$1,842$366-80.1%
Jason Dudley Parker$1,329$366-72.5%
Jessie F. Eskue Jr.$759$366-51.8%
Carrol R. Waddill$1,606$332-79.3%
Janet A. Box$0$330--
Robert W. Grier$1,485$329-77.8%
Billy Roy Dyer$2,073$327-84.2%
Suzette Edwards$2,200$308-86%
Juana Chennault$1,152$297-74.2%
Charles James$1,277$293-77.1%
Craig Ross Stanford$1,243$290-76.7%
Lester Mullaley$1,551$287-81.5%
William Robert Summitt$1,372$282-79.4%
Nancy Fullwood$429$274-36.1%
Nancy C. Martin$1,593$273-82.9%
Rickey Hugh Baugh$1,502$270-82%
Randolph D. Scott$1,419$270-81%
James E. Mullins Jr.$1,045$259-75.2%
Arnold English$1,158$256-77.9%
James E. Mullins$902$242-73.2%
Jeffrey Allen Lester$1,122$236-79%
Jana Deen$1,122$236-79%
Mike Thomas$1,308$232-82.3%
Regan Goff$0$220--
L. A. Risner$909$216-76.2%
Leslie J. Ferrell$748$214-71.4%
Stephen Eddleman$1,468$214-85.4%
Donald Davis$3,178$196-93.8%
Wayland Burns$735$183-75.1%
Kelly Halbert$792$180-77.3%
Monte K. Pendleton$1,461$172-88.2%
David Carl McWilliams$858$163-81%
Kenneth Isabel$1,760$162-90.8%
Delena Hunter$264$138-47.7%
Chad Swain$517$114-77.9%
Ron M. Seale$165$86-47.9%
Michael Lee Freeman$210$52-75.2%
Gayle A. Fuller$330$0-100%
Aaron Saldana$715$0-100%
Benjamin Paul Roberts$1,980$0-100%
Christopher L Miklis$4,730$0-100%
Darwin C. Douthit$2,200$0-100%
Fernando Moreno$552$0-100%
Gerald A. Howell$2,310$0-100%
John Keith Harris$71,711$0-100%
John Milton Armstrong$2,805$0-100%
Kenneth E. Rolston II$4,480$0-100%
Kimbra J. McReynolds$2,484$0-100%
Phyllis I. Sides$313$0-100%
Ronald Lee Anderson$1,485$0-100%
Scott J. Jones$1,980$0-100%
Steven Smeal$315,285$0-100%
Wendie Gonzalez$6,430$0-100%
Antonio Torres$1,265$0-100%
Dalton Burl Phelps$440$0-100%
Daniel James Leas$5,304$0-100%
Jennifer Bass$289$0-100%
Lesley Dean Seay$4,510$0-100%
Michael Joe Goggans$2,585$0-100%
Shannon McBride$3,410$0-100%
Susan Kay Fincher$4,357$0-100%
Chad Lynn Laprade$2,200$0-100%
David Lee Fisher$10,112$0-100%
Jrefugio Sanchez$26,052$0-100%
Roy Lee Laprade$880$0-100%
Barney C. Elliott$4,125$0-100%
Ben J. Driver$2,268$0-100%
Corby Wayne Mosley$1,485$0-100%
Curtis Dale Melton$1,870$0-100%
Gabriel Land Holdings, LLC$27,936$0-100%
James Douglas Bennett$605$0-100%
Jefferson Lynn Hill$5,940$0-100%
Jerry Russell$5,775$0-100%
Joshua Milliorn$1,210$0-100%
Keenan Lance Kindle$19,264$0-100%
Lane Rodgers$8,690$0-100%
Noema R Flanagan Kessler 1998 Trustee$8,372$0-100%
Steven E. Bennett$1,375$0-100%
William L. Elliott$1,155$0-100%
Cody Warner$935$0-100%
Dennis Lynn Hill$1,320$0-100%
Joan Driver$5,940$0-100%
Johnny L. Wilkerson$1,045$0-100%
Michael Brent Hill$5,335$0-100%
Rickey Joe Preston$12,924$0-100%
Billy Dwayne McFarland$1,099$0-100%
Chance David Spencer$1,210$0-100%
David Thompson$227$0-100%
Davis Michael Hill$715$0-100%
Ed Leon Price$3,630$0-100%
Jerry M. McLemore$2,420$0-100%
Jesse Martinez$2,475$0-100%
Marvin Carlisle$3,005$0-100%
Michael D. Williams$990$0-100%
Neille Mark Mcwilliams$1,650$0-100%
Ronnie Stephenson$440$0-100%
Tim Delagardelle$11,998$0-100%
Total subsidies$6,402,911$2,862,414-55.3%

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