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In 2021, 234 farmers in cities within McDonald County received a total of $1.5 million in 382 farm subsidies, a 34.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.3 million in 532 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 McDonald County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew H. Taylor | $33,885 | $114,122 | 236.8% |
| Indian Oaks Farms, Inc. | $55,745 | $76,955 | 38% |
| Nellie Eve Adams | $138,921 | $73,713 | -46.9% |
| Reva M. Heston | $47,287 | $47,287 | 0% |
| Perry Heston Rev Trust Perry Heston | $88,295 | $46,848 | -46.9% |
| Josh J. Stephens | $15,158 | $42,074 | 177.6% |
| Rod R. Barclay | $12,019 | $36,484 | 203.6% |
| Peter J. Walters | $109,153 | $35,345 | -67.6% |
| Lloyd Sammy Helm Jr. | $48,357 | $32,369 | -33.1% |
| Wilson Family Enterprises, Inc. | $37,809 | $29,069 | -23.1% |
| Gregory O'Brien | $0 | $27,213 | -- |
| Albert Beryle Kennedy | $26,019 | $22,687 | -12.8% |
| Gary M. Gilgen | $46,750 | $22,424 | -52% |
| Lost Valley Ranch, Inc. | $24,946 | $20,598 | -17.4% |
| CW Family Farms, Inc. | $22,755 | $17,062 | -25% |
| Doug Cory | $35,913 | $17,031 | -52.6% |
| Parish Partnership | $27,514 | $16,190 | -41.2% |
| Jill Buske | $24,057 | $16,025 | -33.4% |
| Wilson Farms | $24,628 | $15,965 | -35.2% |
| Kyle E. Ferdig | $10,071 | $15,663 | 55.5% |
| Sherman Family Trust | $23,859 | $14,796 | -38% |
| Randy L. Eberley | $24,563 | $14,048 | -42.8% |
| David Lawson | $17,126 | $12,172 | -28.9% |
| Moni Keith | $26,613 | $11,615 | -56.4% |
| Harry Woodfill | $18,347 | $11,486 | -37.4% |
| Nelson G. Watson | $0 | $10,974 | -- |
| Lucas W. Scroggins | $16,839 | $10,969 | -34.9% |
| Roddy Craig Lett | $0 | $10,948 | -- |
| James E. Miles | $11,363 | $10,596 | -6.7% |
| Murphy Biglow Revocable Trust | $2,884 | $10,388 | 260.2% |
| Shannon Yerington | $14,821 | $10,062 | -32.1% |
| Ruddick Bros. Farms, LLC | $15,902 | $10,030 | -36.9% |
| Lee G. Hodson | $11,220 | $9,951 | -11.3% |
| Jennifer L. Keaton | $15,256 | $9,654 | -36.7% |
| David L. Collingsworth | $11,176 | $9,448 | -15.5% |
| Rogers Cattle, LLC | $19,512 | $8,980 | -54% |
| David R. Holloway | $13,376 | $8,586 | -35.8% |
| Raymond Landon | $5,225 | $8,280 | 58.5% |
| Kenneth Joe Brisco | $11,198 | $8,138 | -27.3% |
| Ronald L. Keith | $12,144 | $8,099 | -33.3% |
| Marvin Taylor | $7,932 | $7,932 | 0% |
| Greg Dodson | $13,497 | $7,896 | -41.5% |
| Don Hopper | $15,253 | $7,879 | -48.3% |
| Bill Morgan | $7,843 | $7,843 | 0% |
| Richard Huston | $15,002 | $7,732 | -48.5% |
| Brandon Keith | $15,798 | $7,165 | -54.6% |
| Larry Vancuren | $10,670 | $7,066 | -33.8% |
| Steven E Bolain | $20,289 | $7,039 | -65.3% |
| Gerald E. Butts | $13,007 | $6,956 | -46.5% |
| Jerry William Hutchens | $10,837 | $6,757 | -37.6% |
| Donald Underwood | $8,912 | $6,676 | -25.1% |
| Leslie Smith | $16,196 | $6,665 | -58.8% |
| Ray Brattin | $12,516 | $6,656 | -46.8% |
| Robert Paul Davis Revocable Trust Agreement | $0 | $6,647 | -- |
| Booth Farms, Inc. | $9,896 | $6,627 | -33% |
| Connie Jean Martin | $15,399 | $6,585 | -57.2% |
| Larry Forcum | $4,180 | $6,563 | 57% |
| Brent Leroy Colville | $13,738 | $6,560 | -52.2% |
| Ryan A. Lewis | $9,353 | $6,519 | -30.3% |
| Robert Vangunda | $6,560 | $6,497 | -1% |
| Roger D. Tyson | $24,475 | $6,351 | -74.1% |
| Albert L. Chapman | $13,699 | $6,169 | -55% |
| Gene Smith | $10,877 | $6,158 | -43.4% |
| John R. Golden | $13,052 | $6,138 | -53% |
| Jason O'Brien | $62,240 | $6,045 | -90.3% |
| Dennis D. Brown | $5,968 | $5,968 | 0% |
| John Buttram | $9,730 | $5,948 | -38.9% |
| Nick Martin | $7,332 | $5,892 | -19.6% |
| Murray K. Patterson | $9,999 | $5,733 | -42.7% |
| Rick Lett | $6,380 | $5,720 | -10.3% |
| Tom Cone | $24,712 | $5,537 | -77.6% |
| Mary O'Brien | $39,624 | $5,422 | -86.3% |
| Fred J. Jennings | $12,099 | $5,369 | -55.6% |
| Matthew Allen Morgan | $5,830 | $5,179 | -11.2% |
| Mark Hinton | $9,902 | $5,120 | -48.3% |
| Bill L. Elliott | $12,289 | $5,096 | -58.5% |
| Jett Hitt | $0 | $5,061 | -- |
| Daryl Hively | $5,093 | $4,882 | -4.1% |
| Danny J. Frye | $5,544 | $4,869 | -12.2% |
| Levi C. Barclay | $5,247 | $4,777 | -9% |
| Marty G. Sanders | $7,145 | $4,627 | -35.2% |
| Cheryl Leann Smith | $5,203 | $4,462 | -14.2% |
| Kenneth Christerson | $9,493 | $4,461 | -53% |
| Keith Lindquist | $6,625 | $4,436 | -33% |
| Doug Wortman | $22,388 | $4,372 | -80.5% |
| Ronald Walker | $11,082 | $4,353 | -60.7% |
| John W. Davis Sr. | $0 | $4,324 | -- |
| Timothy R. Marrs | $4,002 | $4,280 | 6.9% |
| Cedar Springs Farm, LLC | $0 | $4,279 | -- |
| William J. Gordon | $6,886 | $4,196 | -39.1% |
| William Allen White | $7,403 | $4,174 | -43.6% |
| Hershell Wayne Mahurin | $19,258 | $4,162 | -78.4% |
| Robert Stauber | $14,491 | $4,085 | -71.8% |
| Steve Ferguson | $8,386 | $4,081 | -51.3% |
| Cheri Ann Campbell | $4,125 | $4,071 | -1.3% |
| Bill Anderson | $8,066 | $4,067 | -49.6% |
| Larry Slinkard | $3,465 | $3,992 | 15.2% |
| Michael L. Smith | $6,622 | $3,985 | -39.8% |
| Hunter Lee Beshears | $6,473 | $3,950 | -39% |
| Jack Poe | $2,640 | $3,896 | 47.6% |
| Jeffery Scott Nunn | $4,213 | $3,826 | -9.2% |
| Lana Gayle Bequette | $9,666 | $3,797 | -60.7% |
| Hodson Cattle Company | $0 | $3,789 | -- |
| Lloyd Sammy Helm III | $7,897 | $3,766 | -52.3% |
| Robert Testerman | $0 | $3,645 | -- |
| Johnathan E. Rosenbohm | $8,420 | $3,602 | -57.2% |
| Justin Cunningham | $3,025 | $3,536 | 16.9% |
| Russell S. Renner | $13,651 | $3,468 | -74.6% |
| Springflood Ranch, LLC | $4,128 | $3,405 | -17.5% |
| Rex Alan Tilton | $9,782 | $3,398 | -65.3% |
| Lillian Henson | $12,588 | $3,394 | -73% |
| Dennis Lyle Coberley | $3,311 | $3,386 | 2.3% |
| Carroll Bailey | $18,975 | $3,319 | -82.5% |
| Ivan Smith | $3,179 | $3,264 | 2.7% |
| Kelly Kissire | $5,709 | $3,229 | -43.4% |
| Chad Sharp | $3,916 | $3,183 | -18.7% |
| Torrey Herd | $2,310 | $3,055 | 32.3% |
| Perry D. Morgan | $10,487 | $3,042 | -71% |
| Wesley E. Wilson | $7,496 | $3,039 | -59.5% |
| Payton D. Walters | $10,472 | $3,034 | -71% |
| Scott Grady Leonard | $2,255 | $3,030 | 34.4% |
| Tara Cook | $4,202 | $3,018 | -28.2% |
| Jody Bond | $3,619 | $2,954 | -18.4% |
| David W. Schindler | $7,557 | $2,889 | -61.8% |
| Thomas L. Terrell | $1,650 | $2,840 | 72.1% |
| Frank Porterfield | $0 | $2,787 | -- |
| Jimmie R. Morgan | $0 | $2,695 | -- |
| Robert Donald Ward | $6,325 | $2,665 | -57.9% |
| Jason Hoth | $3,806 | $2,663 | -30% |
| Keith Hirsch | $5,900 | $2,570 | -56.4% |
| Travis Ray Spears | $4,645 | $2,524 | -45.7% |
| Alvin Layne | $3,476 | $2,486 | -28.5% |
| Terry Ray Willis | $2,334 | $2,458 | 5.3% |
| Rick L. Porterfield | $1,485 | $2,424 | 63.2% |
| William J. Hanke | $3,322 | $2,401 | -27.7% |
| Jeffery James Lynn | $1,870 | $2,376 | 27.1% |
| Darryl Epperson | $3,168 | $2,375 | -25% |
| Martha Marie Bowman | $3,498 | $2,304 | -34.1% |
| Matthew Keith Ward | $3,741 | $2,268 | -39.4% |
| Jim Leon Easter | $1,650 | $2,232 | 35.3% |
| Richard S. Farris | $2,365 | $2,221 | -6.1% |
| Marvin Bond | $3,589 | $2,212 | -38.4% |
| Amanda D. Hall | $3,248 | $2,146 | -33.9% |
| James R. Burch | $2,978 | $2,127 | -28.6% |
| John Hobbs | $2,123 | $2,063 | -2.8% |
| George E. Clark | $2,996 | $2,034 | -32.1% |
| Karen L. Tompkins | $7,095 | $1,991 | -71.9% |
| James L. Harris | $3,696 | $1,980 | -46.4% |
| Shawn Tyler Wright | $6,378 | $1,975 | -69% |
| Donald W. Percival | $2,673 | $1,951 | -27% |
| Carol Klein | $1,155 | $1,935 | 67.5% |
| Shane Reece | $9,570 | $1,932 | -79.8% |
| Darwin Smith | $7,183 | $1,916 | -73.3% |
| Carolyn Hinkle | $3,454 | $1,899 | -45% |
| James B. Griffith | $3,542 | $1,886 | -46.8% |
| Anthony Dayne Creason | $2,497 | $1,880 | -24.7% |
| Nathaniel W. Clark | $2,035 | $1,841 | -9.5% |
| Robert L. Richards | $1,914 | $1,778 | -7.1% |
| Renzil Reardon | $9,231 | $1,758 | -81% |
| Kenneth Harp | $2,827 | $1,748 | -38.2% |
| Theresa R. Bowers | $1,100 | $1,744 | 58.5% |
| Joe B. Stark | $2,035 | $1,743 | -14.3% |
| Larry Mitchell Kilby | $3,575 | $1,725 | -51.7% |
| Darrell Spillers | $5,346 | $1,562 | -70.8% |
| Linda Hart | $6,165 | $1,526 | -75.2% |
| Shelley D. Hall | $3,331 | $1,521 | -54.3% |
| Joshua Miles Platter | $6,600 | $1,516 | -77% |
| Isaac David Fritchey | $2,211 | $1,502 | -32.1% |
| Larry Moss | $5,417 | $1,482 | -72.6% |
| Harold D. Melton | $0 | $1,430 | -- |
| Harold Shockley | $7,781 | $1,421 | -81.7% |
| Tommie L. Sumner | $1,210 | $1,406 | 16.2% |
| Deborah S. Sanders | $0 | $1,381 | -- |
| Raymond Eugene Gardner | $1,815 | $1,344 | -26% |
| Nancy Brown | $10,505 | $1,323 | -87.4% |
| Robert Porterfield | $6,661 | $1,290 | -80.6% |
| Derek Lyster | $3,135 | $1,267 | -59.6% |
| Myra Christerson | $1,244 | $1,244 | 0% |
| Brice Richard Holloway | $4,105 | $1,234 | -69.9% |
| Kenneth E. Ferdig | $1,529 | $1,231 | -19.5% |
| Richard A. Strong | $5,632 | $1,158 | -79.4% |
| James Henry Cope | $6,512 | $1,154 | -82.3% |
| Bill Romine | $6,259 | $1,143 | -81.7% |
| James L. Smith | $4,796 | $1,122 | -76.6% |
| Jeff Elwood | $1,232 | $1,110 | -9.9% |
| Daniel E. Carver | $3,084 | $1,108 | -64.1% |
| Scott Huston | $6,638 | $1,099 | -83.4% |
| Darlene Mitchell | $825 | $1,030 | 24.8% |
| Walter W. Fry | $770 | $1,019 | 32.3% |
| Shellie R. Vandorn | $6,245 | $952 | -84.8% |
| Judy C. Wolf | $3,036 | $893 | -70.6% |
| Laura Pope | $0 | $866 | -- |
| John Bunch | $0 | $835 | -- |
| Brenda Jo Harmon | $2,419 | $829 | -65.7% |
| Charles R. Ebbinghaus | $3,036 | $821 | -73% |
| Thomas N. Walker | $3,685 | $818 | -77.8% |
| Donald D. Jones | $2,838 | $720 | -74.6% |
| Cecil Hall | $865 | $717 | -17.1% |
| Cecil D. Henson | $1,210 | $716 | -40.8% |
| Donald Keith Keene | $4,278 | $702 | -83.6% |
| Jennifer L. Lutes | $1,566 | $687 | -56.1% |
| Janice F. Pratt | $1,874 | $686 | -63.4% |
| Darrel Epperson Jr. | $1,320 | $639 | -51.6% |
| Jimmy D. Stout | $1,968 | $634 | -67.8% |
| Tommy Womack | $2,728 | $599 | -78% |
| Ralph Patterson | $2,695 | $592 | -78% |
| Ronald E. Mitchell | $2,244 | $588 | -73.8% |
| Tyler S. Shockley | $2,167 | $585 | -73% |
| Edward Lee Morey | $3,011 | $570 | -81.1% |
| Lindsey Marie Penn | $2,215 | $557 | -74.9% |
| Elizabeth Sylvia Anderson | $0 | $551 | -- |
| Gary Sanny | $2,574 | $547 | -78.7% |
| Douglas Wayne Wetzel | $1,771 | $546 | -69.2% |
| Donald Reece | $2,886 | $526 | -81.8% |
| Dennis R. Spears | $2,431 | $501 | -79.4% |
| Jim Stout | $1,652 | $488 | -70.5% |
| Andrew Ryan Sherman | $792 | $486 | -38.6% |
| Richard T. Sanders | $2,156 | $474 | -78% |
| Kennith G. Gideon | $1,661 | $456 | -72.5% |
| Warren Townsend | $2,475 | $413 | -83.3% |
| James L. Womack | $1,650 | $405 | -75.5% |
| David Lee Womack | $1,705 | $384 | -77.5% |
| Troy L. Rozell | $2,350 | $356 | -84.9% |
| Norman D. Gideon | $1,243 | $352 | -71.7% |
| Donnie Maze | $1,276 | $351 | -72.5% |
| Richard Keith | $1,397 | $348 | -75.1% |
| Michelle D. Ruddick | $3,685 | $345 | -90.6% |
| Roland Keith | $1,753 | $319 | -81.8% |
| Shyann Wilson | $440 | $311 | -29.3% |
| Jesika N. Morgan | $1,056 | $293 | -72.3% |
| Darci Lynn Robinson | $1,091 | $290 | -73.4% |
| Kyle J. Bridges | $1,793 | $239 | -86.7% |
| Frank Edward Williams | $1,023 | $223 | -78.2% |
| William H. Carter | $745 | $115 | -84.6% |
| Alton P. Gathings | $605 | $0 | -100% |
| Amelia Hatfield | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold D. Willis | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Jimmy Spears | $14,920 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucas Owen Lamar | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Samantha L. Sherman | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Scotty E. Qualls | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon A. Davis | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| William D. Thomas | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Audra Lyn Link | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Bridget A. Patterson | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Heith R Lewis | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerod L. Lewis | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Levi E. Rogers | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Huston | $1,780 | $0 | -100% |
| La Lor Lor | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Baker | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven O. Johnson | $2,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Morey | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| James Troy Simon | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Judith J. Wolfe | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Ken Ramsey | $2,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Lori Buchele | $1,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,290,988 | $1,492,860 | -34.8% |
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