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In 2021, 128 farmers in cities within Blanco County received a total of $735,517 in 232 farm subsidies, a 53.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.6 million in 359 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockett Farms, Inc. | $149,871 | $104,375 | -30.4% |
| Moursund Limited | $572,261 | $86,172 | -84.9% |
| Broyles Lamesa Farm, Inc. | $16,698 | $35,325 | 111.6% |
| Tom E. Murrah | $40,975 | $31,280 | -23.7% |
| Lynn Maly | $31,168 | $18,180 | -41.7% |
| Tommy J. Sultemeier | $30,611 | $17,337 | -43.4% |
| Buddy R. Guinn | $0 | $17,223 | -- |
| Flying Fox Cattle Company, LLC | $55,402 | $16,839 | -69.6% |
| Holler Land Company, Inc. | $21,957 | $15,717 | -28.4% |
| Kenneth M. Moore | $19,961 | $15,557 | -22.1% |
| George W. Stanton | $7,410 | $15,064 | 103.3% |
| John Lee Conn | $12,950 | $13,891 | 7.3% |
| Texas Hills Vineyards, Inc. | $0 | $12,855 | -- |
| Ralph M. Ebeling Jr. | $14,249 | $12,533 | -12% |
| Todd Mabry | $22,634 | $12,226 | -46% |
| Hoppe-Odiorne Ranch, Ltd. | $7,742 | $12,157 | 57% |
| Ronald Faught | $10,058 | $11,448 | 13.8% |
| Chris G. Lindig | $12,549 | $11,391 | -9.2% |
| Brigham White | $6,894 | $10,439 | 51.4% |
| Lockett Farms Partnership | $20,486 | $10,135 | -50.5% |
| James a & Carolyn R Geiler Revocable Trust | $0 | $9,436 | -- |
| John Dittmar Ranch | $10,790 | $9,225 | -14.5% |
| Linda A. Bray | $9,090 | $8,997 | -1% |
| J H Rosa & Sons | $15,532 | $8,845 | -43.1% |
| R 2 Farms | $0 | $7,894 | -- |
| Al Louis Lindig | $12,187 | $7,737 | -36.5% |
| Bradley J. Wagner | $9,564 | $7,262 | -24.1% |
| CJLM Ranch LP | $4,218 | $7,131 | 69.1% |
| Christal Properties, LLC | $6,962 | $6,962 | 0% |
| Frankie Hohenberger | $6,881 | $6,452 | -6.2% |
| Kermit A. Sultemeier | $12,001 | $6,126 | -49% |
| Kent A. Weber | $5,978 | $5,764 | -3.6% |
| Susan V. Jones | $0 | $5,058 | -- |
| Adlen N Smith | $4,376 | $4,943 | 13% |
| Russell Maenius | $6,290 | $4,917 | -21.8% |
| John D Mastrovich | $0 | $4,422 | -- |
| Gerald E. Wilke | $3,985 | $4,414 | 10.8% |
| Dennis D. Bradford II | $4,777 | $4,355 | -8.8% |
| Marsha Lange Wagner | $6,006 | $4,232 | -29.5% |
| James R. Odiorne Jr. | $1,920 | $4,118 | 114.5% |
| Stephen L. Lain | $3,774 | $3,774 | 0% |
| Glenn E. Sultemeier | $4,396 | $3,597 | -18.2% |
| Perry G. Sultemeier | $20,993 | $3,589 | -82.9% |
| Lance Odiorne | $7,821 | $3,454 | -55.8% |
| James Sultemeier | $9,718 | $3,368 | -65.3% |
| David W. Debo | $0 | $3,139 | -- |
| Ann V. Debo | $2,673 | $3,126 | 16.9% |
| Wesland Cattle Company | $19,920 | $3,072 | -84.6% |
| Randell C. Sultemeier | $7,742 | $2,833 | -63.4% |
| John Lindig | $15,175 | $2,810 | -81.5% |
| Lockett Foundation | $2,621 | $2,792 | 6.5% |
| B & P Cattle Company | $0 | $2,788 | -- |
| Ruby Bindseil | $5,643 | $2,771 | -50.9% |
| Rocky Creek Cattle Company | $5,347 | $2,579 | -51.8% |
| Mark Sultemeier | $5,891 | $2,524 | -57.2% |
| Lonnie Riddell | $2,277 | $2,487 | 9.2% |
| Susan Villarreal | $2,860 | $2,479 | -13.3% |
| Gary Campbell | $2,813 | $2,402 | -14.6% |
| Foxhole Hideaway, LLC | $3,159 | $2,391 | -24.3% |
| Jerry Sultemeier | $5,005 | $2,330 | -53.4% |
| John Reagor | $5,378 | $2,325 | -56.8% |
| Clay Simpson | $3,559 | $2,302 | -35.3% |
| Karen M. Yount | $2,292 | $2,292 | 0% |
| William L. Lindig | $4,285 | $2,286 | -46.7% |
| Charles G. Childress Sr. | $24,978 | $2,244 | -91% |
| Laura J. Weaver | $2,216 | $2,216 | 0% |
| Dennis J. Moore | $1,518 | $2,171 | 43% |
| Kirk Felps | $2,976 | $2,084 | -30% |
| Charlie P. Ross III | $1,426 | $1,994 | 39.8% |
| Larry W. Schmidt | $18,944 | $1,980 | -89.5% |
| Leroy W. Petri | $15,834 | $1,962 | -87.6% |
| Betty L. Gloor | $2,387 | $1,912 | -19.9% |
| Cicero A. Rust III | $3,559 | $1,791 | -49.7% |
| Harvey E. Crofts | $2,288 | $1,754 | -23.3% |
| Michael Wayne Cooley | $4,405 | $1,615 | -63.3% |
| Tommie R. Turner | $2,856 | $1,560 | -45.4% |
| Herman Weber | $1,361 | $1,413 | 3.8% |
| Ursula Morgan Higgs | $4,226 | $1,370 | -67.6% |
| Corrie Craig Family Limited Partnership, LLP | $0 | $1,336 | -- |
| Nancy Weber | $0 | $1,332 | -- |
| Dowest, Inc. | $0 | $1,321 | -- |
| Charles W. Hunter Jr. | $9,241 | $1,292 | -86% |
| Ricky K Eickenloff | $3,632 | $1,288 | -64.5% |
| Roy W. Bruemmer | $5,720 | $1,274 | -77.7% |
| Timothy S. Jeanes | $6,511 | $1,162 | -82.2% |
| Diana L Wolfshohl | $1,047 | $1,159 | 10.7% |
| Lisa Nance | $1,112 | $1,126 | 1.3% |
| Mitchell Liesmann | $5,349 | $1,083 | -79.8% |
| Derek Johnson | $2,961 | $1,060 | -64.2% |
| Myron W. Uecker | $2,482 | $1,042 | -58% |
| Denise Luckenbach | $2,485 | $1,041 | -58.1% |
| Ronald D. Young | $5,218 | $1,030 | -80.3% |
| John A. Jones | $2,812 | $1,029 | -63.4% |
| Dorothy L. Uecker | $2,997 | $1,014 | -66.2% |
| William Gary Sawyer | $1,848 | $987 | -46.6% |
| Norbert Dieringer | $0 | $958 | -- |
| Randy Lenz | $4,472 | $838 | -81.3% |
| Arthur T. King | $3,870 | $734 | -81% |
| Jimmy Wynn Carpenter | $2,376 | $708 | -70.2% |
| Robert Micheal Jones | $1,921 | $682 | -64.5% |
| Lanny Counts | $2,027 | $638 | -68.5% |
| Dee Ann Danielczyk | $2,745 | $629 | -77.1% |
| Paul A. Cook | $3,166 | $622 | -80.4% |
| Irma Nell Simpson Estate | $6,190 | $608 | -90.2% |
| Charles Olinger | $275 | $570 | 107.3% |
| Albert W Moursund IV | $1,085 | $531 | -51.1% |
| Autumn Marie Moursund | $1,085 | $531 | -51.1% |
| Deborah J. Elsbury | $1,287 | $478 | -62.9% |
| Robert L. Crownover | $1,056 | $460 | -56.4% |
| Charles M. Jones | $5,139 | $438 | -91.5% |
| Roselyn Q. Johnson | $1,936 | $429 | -77.8% |
| Bradley B. Sultemeier | $3,497 | $429 | -87.7% |
| Karen K. Freer | $990 | $403 | -59.3% |
| Royce Dale Freer | $1,023 | $402 | -60.7% |
| Janet Smalley | $2,461 | $389 | -84.2% |
| Brenda Stone | $275 | $365 | 32.7% |
| Beverly Charlene Lewis | $0 | $333 | -- |
| Stephen Hartmann | $1,188 | $307 | -74.2% |
| Roy Penshorn | $782 | $239 | -69.4% |
| Calvin E. Hartmann | $3,967 | $218 | -94.5% |
| Debra Kay West | $916 | $202 | -77.9% |
| Paula Jean Knoll | $915 | $202 | -77.9% |
| Barry William Pierce | $528 | $194 | -63.3% |
| Kirby Hohenberger | $378 | $122 | -67.7% |
| David Wayne Laborde | $150 | $114 | -24% |
| Kristen Spies | $1,071 | $104 | -90.3% |
| Louis Eckert | $1,447 | $31 | -97.9% |
| Beverly Kimble Reinert | $58 | $23 | -60.3% |
| Bryan Timmons | $1,132 | $0 | -100% |
| Buddy P. Guinn | $18,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine C. Itz | $1,414 | $0 | -100% |
| Clara Gourley | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| James a & Carolyn R Geiler Revoca | $4,686 | $0 | -100% |
| Kasey Marie Mire | $5,676 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen L. Field | $13,286 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven W. Gillen | $725 | $0 | -100% |
| Corrie Craig Family Limited Partn | $5,779 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Webb Jackson | $2,035 | $0 | -100% |
| Irma Nell Simpson | $316 | $0 | -100% |
| J. A. Didway Jr. | $11,610 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Lane | $110 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilbur L. Mengers | $3,289 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandra K. Hodges | $2,013 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,589,041 | $735,517 | -53.7% |
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