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In 2021, 155 farmers in cities within Goliad County received a total of $1.1 million in 276 farm subsidies, a 35.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.7 million in 397 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Pena Jr. | $28,795 | $69,628 | 141.8% |
| E. J. Bammert | $53,795 | $49,503 | -8% |
| Timothy S. Meyer | $81,987 | $47,448 | -42.1% |
| B & B Land & Cattle Company | $79,339 | $35,833 | -54.8% |
| Clip Ranch, Ltd. | $33,584 | $33,584 | 0% |
| Ralph W. Ramsey Jr. | $30,957 | $33,040 | 6.7% |
| R&S Resources, LLC | $0 | $32,868 | -- |
| Coleto Cattle, Ltd. | $21,462 | $32,346 | 50.7% |
| Cash Fortenberry Trust | $27,931 | $29,514 | 5.7% |
| Efford Hamman | $53,081 | $27,896 | -47.4% |
| Clay Ball | $52,631 | $27,385 | -48% |
| Fred Pena | $9,758 | $23,465 | 140.5% |
| Robert Parke Cattle Company | $16,320 | $23,092 | 41.5% |
| Worsham & Worsham, LLC | $22,534 | $22,825 | 1.3% |
| Aaron Ray Parr | $24,234 | $22,643 | -6.6% |
| Marshall Henson | $23,674 | $19,752 | -16.6% |
| BJR Cattle Company, LLC | $10,285 | $18,212 | 77.1% |
| Bob B. Gayle | $80,828 | $17,167 | -78.8% |
| Carlos Pena Jr. | $12,266 | $16,378 | 33.5% |
| David L. Bruns | $18,991 | $16,255 | -14.4% |
| Jacquelyn Schultze | $23,826 | $15,750 | -33.9% |
| Robert B. Gayle | $82,552 | $13,658 | -83.5% |
| Darren Bammert | $16,223 | $13,565 | -16.4% |
| Pettus & Bode, LLC | $9,009 | $12,710 | 41.1% |
| Lane Homeyer | $7,659 | $12,272 | 60.2% |
| Jim Kreneck | $24,500 | $11,869 | -51.6% |
| Bobby Burrows Family LP | $25,512 | $11,501 | -54.9% |
| John C. Mares | $13,054 | $11,090 | -15% |
| Ralph W. Ramsey III | $11,321 | $11,004 | -2.8% |
| William H. Baskin Sr. | $21,491 | $10,209 | -52.5% |
| K Ball Ranches, LLC | $19,637 | $9,932 | -49.4% |
| B 13 Ranch, LLC | $26,193 | $9,736 | -62.8% |
| Wesley Ball | $14,707 | $9,650 | -34.4% |
| J 6 Ranch, LLC | $16,482 | $9,205 | -44.2% |
| Roland Gohlke | $10,154 | $8,934 | -12% |
| Bryan Albrecht | $3,080 | $8,640 | 180.5% |
| Richard Ball | $16,056 | $8,316 | -48.2% |
| John L. Meharg | $9,879 | $8,131 | -17.7% |
| Dudley Rains | $4,307 | $8,093 | 87.9% |
| F Wayne Albrecht Ranch, LLC | $15,002 | $7,978 | -46.8% |
| Clinton R. Baacke | $4,180 | $7,811 | 86.9% |
| Briney Springs, Inc. | $15,992 | $6,513 | -59.3% |
| John Michael Power | $4,587 | $6,475 | 41.2% |
| Michael Janssen | $10,429 | $6,385 | -38.8% |
| Lee A. Meyer | $3,925 | $6,139 | 56.4% |
| Emilio Rodriguez | $14,207 | $6,056 | -57.4% |
| Wilburn R. Duderstadt | $7,502 | $6,037 | -19.5% |
| Ray Albrecht | $10,948 | $5,855 | -46.5% |
| Frank Abney | $16,566 | $5,814 | -64.9% |
| Demry Wright | $1,815 | $5,681 | 213% |
| Jeremy Fortenberry | $15,730 | $5,643 | -64.1% |
| Allen Najvar | $3,762 | $5,552 | 47.6% |
| Seggern Albrecht Seggern | $14,401 | $5,433 | -62.3% |
| Mollie Mauch | $21,181 | $5,330 | -74.8% |
| Carol Gene Hoff | $14,595 | $5,279 | -63.8% |
| Mares Ranch Partnership | $22,069 | $5,116 | -76.8% |
| Gayle E. Albrecht | $13,573 | $4,845 | -64.3% |
| David W. Bowman | $37,373 | $4,718 | -87.4% |
| Gary A. Jarzombek | $14,274 | $4,589 | -67.9% |
| Jim S Bluntzer | $13,679 | $4,581 | -66.5% |
| Donna Bode | $3,300 | $4,450 | 34.8% |
| D. R. Paterson | $6,089 | $4,434 | -27.2% |
| Juan Rodriguez | $1,430 | $4,386 | 206.7% |
| Bobby W. Hoff | $17,394 | $4,329 | -75.1% |
| Lino Briones III | $2,849 | $4,183 | 46.8% |
| Joseph A. Walston Jr. | $1,628 | $4,062 | 149.5% |
| Dwight W Briney Trust | $10,300 | $4,056 | -60.6% |
| Dustin E. Wright | $33,586 | $3,966 | -88.2% |
| Hat S Ranch, LLC | $0 | $3,952 | -- |
| Glenn J. Kutz | $8,162 | $3,853 | -52.8% |
| Trey Schrade | $8,074 | $3,630 | -55% |
| Curtis Lee Gruetzmacher | $15,301 | $3,596 | -76.5% |
| Foy Glenn Bradshaw | $0 | $3,576 | -- |
| Gary D Halepeska | $18,148 | $3,564 | -80.4% |
| Leon D. Dohmann | $0 | $3,276 | -- |
| Kevin B. Davis | $4,254 | $3,274 | -23% |
| James P. Bode Jr. | $2,013 | $3,212 | 59.6% |
| Kevin Bego | $770 | $3,142 | 308.1% |
| Letitia R. Barnhill | $4,246 | $3,091 | -27.2% |
| Jean S. Fuller | $3,093 | $3,029 | -2.1% |
| Helen M Torian Trust | $3,689 | $2,881 | -21.9% |
| Randell Koehler | $4,176 | $2,864 | -31.4% |
| Ralph W. Bego Jr. | $2,585 | $2,810 | 8.7% |
| Sandra Hoff | $2,530 | $2,750 | 8.7% |
| Randy J. Janak | $3,432 | $2,664 | -22.4% |
| Dwane Bruns | $0 | $2,640 | -- |
| Joy L. Broom | $2,244 | $2,619 | 16.7% |
| Cheyanne Fromme | $1,980 | $2,528 | 27.7% |
| Doris Krueger | $2,486 | $2,449 | -1.5% |
| Jerry Horn | $2,859 | $2,430 | -15% |
| Beatha Cattle Company, LLC | $11,488 | $2,360 | -79.5% |
| Allen Dohmann | $8,045 | $2,336 | -71% |
| CFB Family, Ltd. | $2,629 | $2,290 | -12.9% |
| Louis Joe Reitz | $2,739 | $2,259 | -17.5% |
| Twila Wendel | $792 | $2,195 | 177.1% |
| Lavern H. Meyer | $2,028 | $2,162 | 6.6% |
| David Farrington | $2,827 | $2,153 | -23.8% |
| Denise Lovett | $5,838 | $2,111 | -63.8% |
| Alan Lee Kunkel | $0 | $2,090 | -- |
| Kenneth W. Myers | $3,776 | $2,077 | -45% |
| Gregory D. Neese | $6,482 | $2,044 | -68.5% |
| Ted Long | $3,192 | $1,944 | -39.1% |
| Michael Coy Blaschke | $3,051 | $1,874 | -38.6% |
| Pat Taylor | $1,678 | $1,871 | 11.5% |
| Kwinton J Urban | $1,430 | $1,863 | 30.3% |
| Charles Bode | $0 | $1,815 | -- |
| Howard R. Harper | $528 | $1,607 | 204.4% |
| Paul Reitz | $15,613 | $1,538 | -90.1% |
| Alvin Deforest | $2,632 | $1,530 | -41.9% |
| Charlotte Donoghue | $0 | $1,485 | -- |
| Jerry Tietz | $1,795 | $1,367 | -23.8% |
| William Christopher | $3,733 | $1,355 | -63.7% |
| Manuel Vela | $2,640 | $1,350 | -48.9% |
| Bryan Boenig | $2,673 | $1,318 | -50.7% |
| Jose M. Cavazos | $4,000 | $1,279 | -68% |
| Roy B. Boyd Jr. | $2,927 | $1,225 | -58.1% |
| Byron Hausmann | $6,036 | $1,224 | -79.7% |
| Russell Paul Bethke | $2,640 | $1,220 | -53.8% |
| Gerald A. Griffith | $3,422 | $1,145 | -66.5% |
| Eva Nell Griffith | $258 | $1,128 | 337.2% |
| Robert A. Smith | $1,980 | $1,114 | -43.7% |
| Allen L. Jank | $4,255 | $1,112 | -73.9% |
| Beverly J. Batey | $5,979 | $1,086 | -81.8% |
| R & S Resources, LLC | $0 | $1,085 | -- |
| Michael Jay Fishbeck | $4,647 | $1,070 | -77% |
| Raymond Perrilloux | $825 | $981 | 18.9% |
| Traci Ousley | $0 | $943 | -- |
| The Leroy H. Schneider and Alice A. Schneider Revo | $0 | $922 | -- |
| Devin D. Pantel | $5,018 | $882 | -82.4% |
| Lawrence A. Morgan | $1,320 | $876 | -33.6% |
| Ronald Reagan Roberts | $1,162 | $821 | -29.3% |
| Dan Hencerling | $2,158 | $818 | -62.1% |
| Jennifer Hahn | $2,742 | $746 | -72.8% |
| Garrett Baacke | $3,751 | $700 | -81.3% |
| John D Von Dohlen | $3,430 | $698 | -79.7% |
| Simon Morales Sr. | $0 | $671 | -- |
| Angela Lynn Zieschang | $429 | $616 | 43.6% |
| Rene Richard Garza | $3,720 | $578 | -84.5% |
| Andrew B. Dunn | $1,287 | $570 | -55.7% |
| Shirley Renae Nettles | $1,386 | $560 | -59.6% |
| Leopold August Kunkel Jr. | $0 | $550 | -- |
| Dave Michael Barnett | $2,620 | $534 | -79.6% |
| Troy Dee Ousley | $2,672 | $466 | -82.6% |
| Donovan Sparks | $950 | $448 | -52.8% |
| Melissa Salyer | $2,137 | $380 | -82.2% |
| Brian Bohl | $3,596 | $369 | -89.7% |
| William Paul Zappe | $1,903 | $364 | -80.9% |
| Jimmy Castro | $1,364 | $345 | -74.7% |
| James L. Sparks | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Seth Hoff | $1,320 | $259 | -80.4% |
| Victor Gallia | $1,056 | $248 | -76.5% |
| Donald Tuttle II | $561 | $238 | -57.6% |
| Wallace W Saage JR | $667 | $218 | -67.3% |
| Terrell Wiggins | $1,180 | $183 | -84.5% |
| R & S Resourcese, LLC | $0 | $62 | -- |
| Arlene L. Deforest | $214 | $0 | -100% |
| David Young | $237 | $0 | -100% |
| Erald J Albrecht | $2,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Heibur Cattle Company | $3,570 | $0 | -100% |
| Hernandez Farms | $33,463 | $0 | -100% |
| James Allen Lewis | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph G Hajdik | $6,875 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Campbell | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Kickendahl | $7,164 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Ray Abrameit | $163 | $0 | -100% |
| The Leroy H. Schneider and Alice | $2,638 | $0 | -100% |
| Wallace H Seggern | $4,229 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,712,077 | $1,100,683 | -35.7% |
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