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In 2021, 154 farmers in cities within Sherman County received a total of $5.8 million in 361 farm subsidies, a 56.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $13.5 million in 525 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 Sherman County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compas Cattle Company LP | $597,500 | $451,810 | -24.4% |
| Spurlock Farms Too | $781,245 | $309,611 | -60.4% |
| Bill Reed & Sons | $628,847 | $302,589 | -51.9% |
| First State Bank of Stratford | $8,474 | $269,523 | 3,080.6% |
| W & C Land & Cattle, Ltd. | $1,434,823 | $218,557 | -84.8% |
| - Way R. Farms | $450,275 | $212,211 | -52.9% |
| Ewers High Lonesome Ranch, LLC | $549,324 | $205,620 | -62.6% |
| J & S Joint Venture | $605,247 | $171,573 | -71.7% |
| Mcbryde Land & Cattle | $378,887 | $148,973 | -60.7% |
| John & Nina Lavake Jntly | $324,060 | $147,706 | -54.4% |
| Hudson Farms | $186,192 | $144,227 | -22.5% |
| Buckles Farms PTN | $470,555 | $139,074 | -70.4% |
| Kathy Riffe | $51,261 | $127,881 | 149.5% |
| No Water Farms, LLC | $132,703 | $117,297 | -11.6% |
| Daniel Law JR | $267,035 | $110,693 | -58.5% |
| Heath Asher | $175,607 | $104,589 | -40.4% |
| Walter A. Spurlock | $224,567 | $103,022 | -54.1% |
| Hudson Williams | $142,055 | $99,009 | -30.3% |
| Asher Farms | $141,313 | $96,006 | -32.1% |
| A & H Partnership | $145,527 | $95,701 | -34.2% |
| Happy State Bank | $137,033 | $92,260 | -32.7% |
| Doak-Crabtree Ranch Trust Crabtree | $0 | $91,731 | -- |
| Lavake Enterprises | $247,097 | $86,321 | -65.1% |
| H & S Farms | $194,746 | $77,707 | -60.1% |
| B & J Farms | $159,265 | $68,569 | -56.9% |
| N & M Spurlock LP | $164,804 | $62,546 | -62% |
| Mcbryde Exempt Family Trust | $84,016 | $57,731 | -31.3% |
| A E Pronger JR Estate | $28,195 | $57,055 | 102.4% |
| Savoy Bradley Farms, LLC | $224,345 | $56,084 | -75% |
| Coyle Farms II, LLC | $90,942 | $52,676 | -42.1% |
| Ronald Meyer | $65,817 | $51,187 | -22.2% |
| Stratford Grain Company - Stratford TX &WH | $0 | $48,360 | -- |
| Lisa-Crabtree Ranch Trust Crabtree | $0 | $46,196 | -- |
| David A. Brown | $58,221 | $46,145 | -20.7% |
| Reed, Inc. | $57,660 | $39,979 | -30.7% |
| Wendell R. Koehn | $66,897 | $39,954 | -40.3% |
| Mark Hartman | $82,326 | $36,196 | -56% |
| Dennis G. Holubec | $132,674 | $35,290 | -73.4% |
| Cladco, Inc. | $25,062 | $33,757 | 34.7% |
| Mark Miller | $114,326 | $32,668 | -71.4% |
| Jennie Sydeile Spurlock | $65,791 | $30,157 | -54.2% |
| Roger M. Wells | $66,866 | $29,132 | -56.4% |
| Ann Wells | $33,672 | $27,576 | -18.1% |
| Worsham Interests, Ltd. | $67,914 | $26,010 | -61.7% |
| Alicia Miller Law | $246,123 | $25,618 | -89.6% |
| Sherry A. Holubec | $112,984 | $24,897 | -78% |
| Wells Living Trust | $43,780 | $23,886 | -45.4% |
| David & Cindy Jackson Joint Ventu | $209,665 | $23,736 | -88.7% |
| Matt Whittington | $35,306 | $22,642 | -35.9% |
| Steve Pemberton | $33,191 | $21,799 | -34.3% |
| Kleng L P | $24,389 | $21,338 | -12.5% |
| Ted Zieman | $23,913 | $19,718 | -17.5% |
| Scott Buckles | $46,624 | $18,897 | -59.5% |
| Robert Nolan Coyle - Coyle Farms III, LLC | $0 | $18,767 | -- |
| Brad McBryde | $18,669 | $18,669 | 0% |
| Gared Mcbryde | $18,669 | $18,669 | 0% |
| Randy McCracken | $58,350 | $18,296 | -68.6% |
| Patricia Brown | $19,696 | $18,171 | -7.7% |
| Haile Partnership | $25,178 | $17,788 | -29.4% |
| Max Christian | $31,319 | $17,476 | -44.2% |
| Carolyn Kay Mires | $29,242 | $17,147 | -41.4% |
| Louise Evans | $15,452 | $17,110 | 10.7% |
| Koreley Whittington | $21,339 | $16,824 | -21.2% |
| Deborah D. Zieman | $8,701 | $16,792 | 93% |
| Ted Allen | $36,683 | $16,632 | -54.7% |
| Richard C. Martin | $16,452 | $16,452 | 0% |
| Kristi Buckles Otto | $35,339 | $16,304 | -53.9% |
| Marla D. Buckles | $35,338 | $16,304 | -53.9% |
| Savoy Bradley | $114,733 | $16,252 | -85.8% |
| Richard L. Ragsdale | $34,078 | $16,236 | -52.4% |
| Lem Russell | $24,654 | $16,232 | -34.2% |
| Cindy Russell | $24,705 | $16,224 | -34.3% |
| Dana J. Buckles | $52,680 | $15,814 | -70% |
| Jordan Dyck Custom Agent, LLC | $0 | $15,488 | -- |
| Guffee Estate Partnership | $14,564 | $14,959 | 2.7% |
| Stacy Farms | $25,917 | $14,745 | -43.1% |
| Phil Walden | $73,233 | $13,135 | -82.1% |
| Dorland Burton | $33,430 | $13,066 | -60.9% |
| Donavon Koehn | $19,097 | $12,782 | -33.1% |
| Butte Lake Ranch | $0 | $12,584 | -- |
| Baskin & Baskin, Inc. | $35,841 | $12,204 | -65.9% |
| A. E. Pronger III | $15,603 | $11,880 | -23.9% |
| Branham Farm & Ranch | $31,790 | $11,434 | -64% |
| James Spurlock | $23,413 | $11,339 | -51.6% |
| Kimball Cattle, Inc. | $88,246 | $11,246 | -87.3% |
| Kelby Hartman | $38,116 | $10,600 | -72.2% |
| Brent Spurlock | $12,141 | $10,524 | -13.3% |
| Jesus M. Galaviz | $0 | $10,383 | -- |
| Coyle Farms | $38,070 | $9,762 | -74.4% |
| Ted Bouldin | $9,558 | $9,558 | 0% |
| Richard L. Chumley | $58,275 | $9,435 | -83.8% |
| Catherine Allen | $6,608 | $9,223 | 39.6% |
| William W Allen Estate Trust | $6,608 | $9,223 | 39.6% |
| Dudley Keith Hill | $12,569 | $9,043 | -28.1% |
| DCJ Farms | $79,026 | $9,034 | -88.6% |
| GMW Farms Partnership | $8,677 | $8,990 | 3.6% |
| Wendell Stacy Farms | $18,812 | $8,710 | -53.7% |
| Sharon Wilson | $8,693 | $8,693 | 0% |
| Yvonne G. Pittman | $8,693 | $8,693 | 0% |
| Linda R. Keener | $7,149 | $8,658 | 21.1% |
| Tana Pemberton | $8,595 | $8,595 | 0% |
| Danny McCurry | $10,877 | $7,895 | -27.4% |
| Steve McAdams | $16,523 | $7,832 | -52.6% |
| Doug Rawlins | $7,708 | $7,708 | 0% |
| ART and Mary, Inc. | $9,412 | $7,553 | -19.8% |
| Scott Hudson | $12,327 | $7,448 | -39.6% |
| Wilhelm Fehr | $0 | $6,620 | -- |
| Robert Ragsdale | $6,501 | $6,501 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church | $10,439 | $6,489 | -37.8% |
| William L. Riffe | $1,091 | $6,441 | 490.4% |
| James L. Leach | $6,431 | $6,116 | -4.9% |
| Jimmy & Ineta Chesher | $11,737 | $6,046 | -48.5% |
| Terri Mock | $13,590 | $5,925 | -56.4% |
| Claudine M. Allen | $6,688 | $5,912 | -11.6% |
| Tierra Vista | $12,012 | $5,698 | -52.6% |
| John S. Killian | $22,949 | $5,072 | -77.9% |
| Hers Cattle Company | $16,612 | $4,318 | -74% |
| Chesher Family LP | $8,911 | $4,180 | -53.1% |
| Jennifer Wells-Ewers | $26,401 | $4,152 | -84.3% |
| John Ewers | $5,484 | $4,152 | -24.3% |
| Rodney Springer | $22,482 | $3,760 | -83.3% |
| William R & Donal L Reed PTRS | $7,715 | $3,624 | -53% |
| John Edward Moore | $22,159 | $3,585 | -83.8% |
| James C. Hartman | $9,398 | $3,513 | -62.6% |
| Patricia Hartman | $9,398 | $3,513 | -62.6% |
| Reed Family Trust | $32,979 | $3,321 | -89.9% |
| Trevor Christian | $11,301 | $3,271 | -71.1% |
| Pemberton Farms | $3,879 | $3,267 | -15.8% |
| Bill Zimmer | $17,700 | $2,920 | -83.5% |
| Ed Burr | $9,152 | $2,652 | -71% |
| Courtney Copley | $5,307 | $2,540 | -52.1% |
| James R Spurlock Exempt | $4,914 | $2,235 | -54.5% |
| Lynn Allen | $11,954 | $2,201 | -81.6% |
| Billy Joe Cox | $2,972 | $2,164 | -27.2% |
| Sweny Farm, Inc. | $36,975 | $2,085 | -94.4% |
| Billy C & Jeanne K Bell Jointly | $4,487 | $2,060 | -54.1% |
| Davy Brown Jr. | $3,613 | $2,036 | -43.6% |
| Brent Reed | $51,534 | $1,894 | -96.3% |
| Dettle Farms Lp | $194,910 | $1,816 | -99.1% |
| Sue Lusk, Successor Trustee | $0 | $1,762 | -- |
| Triple H Farms | $11,120 | $1,536 | -86.2% |
| J B Brown Cattle Company | $9,585 | $1,534 | -84% |
| Floyd C. Ellison | $38,027 | $1,469 | -96.1% |
| Janice M. Brown | $5,411 | $1,452 | -73.2% |
| Kenton Kimball | $14,189 | $817 | -94.2% |
| Bryan G. Clift | $9,522 | $691 | -92.7% |
| Jana L. Clift | $9,291 | $684 | -92.6% |
| Jack Haile | $1,122 | $468 | -58.3% |
| Keith King | $0 | $394 | -- |
| Sue Lusk Successor Trustee | $0 | $308 | -- |
| Alexa R. Reed | $302 | $295 | -2.3% |
| Sue Lusk | $281 | $281 | 0% |
| Keith Tilton | $2,201 | $274 | -87.6% |
| Keith George King Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $66 | -- |
| Amber Stalvey | $64 | $0 | -100% |
| Audra Meidinger | $27,526 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill and Margaret Reed Trust | $894 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy L. Elliott | $79,577 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Max Lowe | $23,651 | $0 | -100% |
| Doak-Crabtree Ranch Trust Crabtre | $189,958 | $0 | -100% |
| Don & Carol Rhoton Living Trust | $5,598 | $0 | -100% |
| Donal Reed | $51,243 | $0 | -100% |
| G&SH Farm | $2,354 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim B. Brown | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| John S. Lavake | $1,932 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Revocable Living Trust Geor | $19,842 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Spurlock | $760 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa-Crabtree Ranch Trust Crabtre | $46,578 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha A. Ellison | $22,715 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Lou Pitman | $3,264 | $0 | -100% |
| Mcadams & Lasley PTN, Ltd. | $5,885 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Wells | $69,451 | $0 | -100% |
| O. J. Lane | $6,943 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Johnson | $1,794 | $0 | -100% |
| Ray Neal Hauser | $3,981 | $0 | -100% |
| Reeder Fam Trustee for Jackson Love Re | $10,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Nolan Coyle - Coyle Farms | $47,837 | $0 | -100% |
| Rocky Jim Sprott | $12,955 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Pickens | $3,008 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn K. Meidinger | $27,526 | $0 | -100% |
| Sherman County FSA | $65,531 | $0 | -100% |
| Stratford Grain Company - Stratford TX | $2,243 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Wheeler | $1,932 | $0 | -100% |
| The Wertz Family Trust | $4,641 | $0 | -100% |
| Tumblin' T Ranch & Cattle, LLP | $14,754 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Reed | $26,615 | $0 | -100% |
| Garland Dahl | $615 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $13,496,407 | $5,830,181 | -56.8% |
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