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In 2021, 156 farmers in cities within Live Oak County received a total of $1.4 million in 285 farm subsidies, a 47.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.6 million in 498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schilling Farms | $79,789 | $85,869 | 7.6% |
| James R. Wagner Jr. | $105,404 | $70,867 | -32.8% |
| Ronald Wallek | $88,153 | $64,884 | -26.4% |
| David J. Moore | $43,642 | $60,469 | 38.6% |
| Maverick Cattle Company, LLC | $171,652 | $54,913 | -68% |
| Mark Katzfey | $74,058 | $54,499 | -26.4% |
| Michael Wayne Dubose | $82,401 | $51,295 | -37.7% |
| Herbert Allan Krietsch | $149,038 | $50,198 | -66.3% |
| Harold Hudson Wallace III | $92,733 | $46,725 | -49.6% |
| George R. Dubose | $53,824 | $44,673 | -17% |
| Luke R. Goebel | $59,387 | $41,088 | -30.8% |
| James Rex Mccelvey | $39,839 | $39,813 | -0.1% |
| Rosalee Coleman, Ltd. | $27,192 | $27,128 | -0.2% |
| Thoms Family L P | $32,493 | $26,002 | -20% |
| Gerald Osborne Elliff | $32,761 | $25,405 | -22.5% |
| Richard A. Lee | $26,553 | $23,862 | -10.1% |
| James Pawlik | $130,494 | $22,419 | -82.8% |
| Marvin Wieding | $22,784 | $21,666 | -4.9% |
| Steve Hudek | $14,562 | $19,555 | 34.3% |
| Charles L. Smith | $30,043 | $18,541 | -38.3% |
| Tim Wieding | $12,472 | $18,175 | 45.7% |
| Ruth Blaschke | $18,105 | $17,967 | -0.8% |
| Leroy C. Wolff | $17,258 | $17,642 | 2.2% |
| Ricky Verlon Maguglin | $24,592 | $16,302 | -33.7% |
| Gordon L. Benham | $24,354 | $16,174 | -33.6% |
| Naumann Family Farm and Ranch, Ltd. | $11,559 | $15,727 | 36.1% |
| Peggy Benham | $9,587 | $15,692 | 63.7% |
| Roger Braune | $14,791 | $14,945 | 1% |
| Russell Wood | $64,314 | $13,623 | -78.8% |
| Gene Delong | $31,197 | $13,427 | -57% |
| Harry Kuenstler | $8,696 | $13,018 | 49.7% |
| Dillon Mundorf | $348,420 | $11,562 | -96.7% |
| Fred A. Johnson | $16,057 | $11,420 | -28.9% |
| Thomas Dean Carriger | $0 | $11,237 | -- |
| James A. Hines | $18,796 | $10,543 | -43.9% |
| Allen Zamzow | $11,772 | $10,127 | -14% |
| Wayne M. Geffert | $12,677 | $9,576 | -24.5% |
| Larry Busby | $4,952 | $9,053 | 82.8% |
| Danny Garcia Jr. | $13,408 | $8,932 | -33.4% |
| Anthony S. Kaase | $13,018 | $8,893 | -31.7% |
| Billy W. Bruce | $19,549 | $8,301 | -57.5% |
| Joseph B. Ward | $12,981 | $8,156 | -37.2% |
| Kip R. Dove | $9,134 | $8,003 | -12.4% |
| Edmund C. Armstrong | $9,432 | $7,717 | -18.2% |
| Patsy Ann Pawlik | $4,820 | $7,625 | 58.2% |
| William S. Smith | $11,473 | $7,587 | -33.9% |
| Robert F. Graves | $18,896 | $7,294 | -61.4% |
| Richard E. Bludau | $9,388 | $7,259 | -22.7% |
| Randy Kopplin | $9,870 | $7,231 | -26.7% |
| John Ed James | $12,639 | $6,818 | -46.1% |
| Darlene C. Goebel | $1,765 | $6,619 | 275% |
| Rodney Rine | $4,675 | $6,483 | 38.7% |
| Henry E Wieding | $6,577 | $6,336 | -3.7% |
| Gary Wieding | $5,614 | $6,268 | 11.6% |
| Charles F. Davis | $12,592 | $6,178 | -50.9% |
| Doyle Bird | $0 | $6,043 | -- |
| Roy L. Redding Jr. | $6,284 | $5,838 | -7.1% |
| Billy Wieding | $3,007 | $5,494 | 82.7% |
| George H. Moff | $2,252 | $5,490 | 143.8% |
| David Saenz | $3,319 | $5,126 | 54.4% |
| Joseph D. Neal | $1,297 | $4,994 | 285% |
| Gordon Lee Benham Jr. | $8,908 | $4,993 | -43.9% |
| Leonard Pawlik | $0 | $4,907 | -- |
| Freddie Franke | $10,368 | $4,884 | -52.9% |
| Jesus '' Garza Jr. | $5,663 | $4,874 | -13.9% |
| Jimmy F. Bassett | $13,332 | $4,784 | -64.1% |
| Douglas Chad Stewart | $11,965 | $4,637 | -61.2% |
| Harold R. Oxford | $45,690 | $4,627 | -89.9% |
| Robert L. Geffert Jr. | $6,347 | $4,321 | -31.9% |
| Robert Brysch | $17,973 | $3,773 | -79% |
| Ralph E. Taylor | $1,558 | $3,590 | 130.4% |
| L. J. Lyne | $12,005 | $3,261 | -72.8% |
| Carolyn Tremaine | $6,482 | $3,040 | -53.1% |
| Albert Liska | $3,047 | $2,971 | -2.5% |
| Jeffery Harry Goebel | $333 | $2,855 | 757.4% |
| T. E. Warren | $3,376 | $2,762 | -18.2% |
| John G Ruschhaupt | $3,619 | $2,682 | -25.9% |
| Dana Floyd Wilson | $325 | $2,619 | 705.8% |
| Jonny Retzloff | $4,532 | $2,552 | -43.7% |
| James Liska | $8,554 | $2,455 | -71.3% |
| Warren Kopplin | $11,147 | $2,368 | -78.8% |
| William P. James | $6,333 | $2,353 | -62.8% |
| Bob & Nancy Brown Partnership, Ltd. | $5,970 | $2,322 | -61.1% |
| Edmund Garza Jr. | $6,165 | $2,313 | -62.5% |
| Lawrence Zamzow | $3,582 | $2,313 | -35.4% |
| Gerald W. Wernli | $2,268 | $2,268 | 0% |
| Edward Pawlik | $6,878 | $2,216 | -67.8% |
| Tyrell Cole Umphres | $1,881 | $2,004 | 6.5% |
| David Zamzow | $13,091 | $1,953 | -85.1% |
| Patrick D. Copeland | $2,260 | $1,896 | -16.1% |
| Robin Deelda Ballmer | $594 | $1,803 | 203.5% |
| Pepper Cattle Company | $17,737 | $1,794 | -89.9% |
| Joe A. Crawford | $1,529 | $1,787 | 16.9% |
| Norman Zamzow | $7,900 | $1,564 | -80.2% |
| David Levar Aguilar | $6,661 | $1,537 | -76.9% |
| Sidney Marvin Smith | $9,650 | $1,416 | -85.3% |
| James L. Stewart | $176 | $1,276 | 625% |
| Albert Deleon | $6,615 | $1,218 | -81.6% |
| Donald R. Kasper | $1,177 | $1,181 | 0.3% |
| King Burney | $7,760 | $1,157 | -85.1% |
| Laurie Ann Clopton | $1,969 | $1,153 | -41.4% |
| Harlyn Goebel | $2,112 | $1,104 | -47.7% |
| Lennette Huser | $0 | $1,015 | -- |
| David R. Huser | $4,851 | $1,000 | -79.4% |
| Calvin D. Blaschke | $2,941 | $1,000 | -66% |
| Patsy Lynn Viertel | $6,081 | $999 | -83.6% |
| Mark Wade Zamzow | $8,962 | $987 | -89% |
| Russell Dugosh | $2,524 | $936 | -62.9% |
| Lonnie C. Stewart | $764 | $910 | 19.1% |
| Calvin L. Zamzow | $4,092 | $872 | -78.7% |
| Nita Kelly Peck | $0 | $868 | -- |
| Lisa Atkinson | $2,772 | $864 | -68.8% |
| Sherry Helmer | $2,078 | $845 | -59.3% |
| Margaret Goebel | $1,617 | $845 | -47.7% |
| Bill Graves | $2,145 | $838 | -60.9% |
| James Mixon | $2,427 | $785 | -67.7% |
| Terry Stewart | $5,271 | $779 | -85.2% |
| James D. McCumber | $3,656 | $768 | -79% |
| Cole McClendon | $4,335 | $764 | -82.4% |
| Lamar James | $3,758 | $762 | -79.7% |
| Rodney Harris | $0 | $721 | -- |
| Holden Holm | $2,596 | $713 | -72.5% |
| Richard R. Brown | $2,539 | $705 | -72.2% |
| Larry E. Holm | $1,683 | $700 | -58.4% |
| Albert C. Perez | $2,431 | $688 | -71.7% |
| Brady Atkinson | $2,951 | $683 | -76.9% |
| John L. Schumann | $2,020 | $680 | -66.3% |
| Michael Krietsch | $2,432 | $659 | -72.9% |
| Emilio Garza | $2,849 | $658 | -76.9% |
| D. W. Grant Jr. | $1,587 | $630 | -60.3% |
| Dustan Umphres | $3,518 | $597 | -83% |
| Lyndon Specht | $2,949 | $511 | -82.7% |
| Marilyn Y. Nance | $1,913 | $511 | -73.3% |
| David M. Liska | $1,067 | $502 | -53% |
| Russell Becker | $3,098 | $451 | -85.4% |
| Robert McKinney | $1,936 | $435 | -77.5% |
| Robert Cruz Jr. | $2,025 | $398 | -80.3% |
| Frances L. Davis | $2,211 | $388 | -82.5% |
| William Skoruppa | $0 | $379 | -- |
| Jenna Lee | $268 | $378 | 41% |
| Charles Snider | $1,784 | $374 | -79% |
| Cary A. Pruski | $1,818 | $374 | -79.4% |
| Ralph A. Dubois | $2,634 | $318 | -87.9% |
| Harold McCollough | $1,697 | $315 | -81.4% |
| Cindy Umphres | $1,225 | $270 | -78% |
| Robert Bryan Brysch | $1,413 | $259 | -81.7% |
| John L. Cunningham | $482 | $244 | -49.4% |
| Gayle Snider | $891 | $238 | -73.3% |
| Letha Thompson | $1,006 | $220 | -78.1% |
| Hope H. Driskill | $644 | $215 | -66.6% |
| Moore Matthews | $7,028 | $210 | -97% |
| Hagan Johnston | $905 | $169 | -81.3% |
| Kyndal B Kopplin | $1,569 | $160 | -89.8% |
| Taten M Kopplin | $1,522 | $160 | -89.5% |
| Nicholas W. Kolenda | $911 | $152 | -83.3% |
| Les Dragon | $363 | $118 | -67.5% |
| Andrew R. Tullis | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Bednorz | $3,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Crocker Harrison West, Inc. | $1,875 | $0 | -100% |
| J. D. Clifton | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Jay Newberry | $4,092 | $0 | -100% |
| Linney Cattle Company, LLC | $3,801 | $0 | -100% |
| Patty Wormser | $897 | $0 | -100% |
| Q. E. Whitley | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Redginald D Sullivan | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Murphy | $173 | $0 | -100% |
| Sidney T. Freeborn Jr. | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Virginia Horton | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Kopplin | $1,694 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Meeks | $3,520 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruby Lee Wieding | $2,191 | $0 | -100% |
| Taylor Ballard | $275 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley Freeborn | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,639,515 | $1,395,369 | -47.1% |
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