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In 2021, 239 farmers in cities within Comanche County received a total of $4.1 million in 536 farm subsidies, a 65% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $11.6 million in 897 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 Comanche County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolfolk Ranch, LLC | $451,055 | $129,668 | -71.3% |
| Anthony & Tristan Cattle | $461,702 | $106,308 | -77% |
| Logan W Girk | $251,676 | $99,015 | -60.7% |
| 3 M Farms | $209,516 | $95,307 | -54.5% |
| Randell C. Selzer | $256,214 | $95,220 | -62.8% |
| James L Haas PTR Swinging L Ranch | $338,881 | $93,668 | -72.4% |
| Clint Petty | $196,585 | $89,567 | -54.4% |
| Dennis McKinney | $257,301 | $87,947 | -65.8% |
| Chet R. Bratcher II | $151,153 | $82,920 | -45.1% |
| Snyder Ranch | $282,145 | $81,227 | -71.2% |
| Myron Edmonston | $191,318 | $77,612 | -59.4% |
| Slade Girk | $159,132 | $77,301 | -51.4% |
| Darrol Miller Farm, Inc. | $180,990 | $75,483 | -58.3% |
| 3B Land, LLC | $120,392 | $72,605 | -39.7% |
| Duane L. Huck | $162,450 | $71,728 | -55.8% |
| Bibb & Nighswonger | $174,477 | $70,527 | -59.6% |
| Robert D Huck Trust | $170,995 | $68,042 | -60.2% |
| Stephen McCuiston | $112,004 | $67,520 | -39.7% |
| Kirk Kissel | $139,597 | $64,315 | -53.9% |
| DP Miller Farms, LLC | $127,871 | $57,455 | -55.1% |
| Roger & Jill Dunn Trust Dated January 9, 2014 | $99,774 | $48,930 | -51% |
| Crossed J Ranch, Inc. | $90,110 | $47,583 | -47.2% |
| Trent Haas | $181,671 | $47,445 | -73.9% |
| Double D Ranch, LLC | $130,420 | $47,354 | -63.7% |
| Nathan W. Huck | $120,986 | $47,019 | -61.1% |
| Bunnell Farms Company | $63,584 | $46,834 | -26.3% |
| Brian Willems | $176,970 | $44,021 | -75.1% |
| Lohrding 3 Bar Ranch, Inc. | $190,042 | $43,968 | -76.9% |
| Swayze Cattle, Inc. | $126,939 | $43,094 | -66.1% |
| Doug D. Kerstetter | $98,966 | $42,159 | -57.4% |
| John W. Herd | $116,338 | $41,495 | -64.3% |
| Danny Eubank | $110,490 | $40,873 | -63% |
| Todd D. Allison | $125,305 | $40,778 | -67.5% |
| Randall Bayne | $43,852 | $39,932 | -8.9% |
| Huck Ranch, Inc. | $126,411 | $39,839 | -68.5% |
| Dwight J. Unruh | $82,483 | $38,510 | -53.3% |
| Kelly A. Hazen | $83,183 | $38,281 | -54% |
| Baker Farms, Inc. | $205,605 | $36,258 | -82.4% |
| James a Christopher Living Trust | $93,224 | $35,897 | -61.5% |
| Edward Koger | $141,918 | $34,256 | -75.9% |
| David J. Selzer | $71,937 | $32,819 | -54.4% |
| Gary Jellison | $70,717 | $31,110 | -56% |
| Verlyn Willems | $78,831 | $29,548 | -62.5% |
| Brad Shotton | $128,269 | $29,445 | -77% |
| Mosshart Bros., LLC | $56,914 | $28,809 | -49.4% |
| Wendell Unruh | $83,765 | $28,210 | -66.3% |
| Andrew Douglas Uhl | $53,212 | $28,190 | -47% |
| Baker and Son | $57,164 | $27,919 | -51.2% |
| Dennis Huck, DVM | $66,445 | $27,690 | -58.3% |
| Stephen D. Miller | $28,743 | $27,477 | -4.4% |
| Cale M. Willems | $66,966 | $27,073 | -59.6% |
| Harvey Brothers | $48,960 | $26,844 | -45.2% |
| Red Raider Cattle, LLC | $263,614 | $26,827 | -89.8% |
| Clark Yost | $138,011 | $25,845 | -81.3% |
| Check L Land & Cattle, LLC | $49,254 | $24,488 | -50.3% |
| Filson Farms, Inc. | $40,762 | $22,496 | -44.8% |
| Ewy Farm | $51,529 | $22,461 | -56.4% |
| Jared C. Freund | $64,258 | $22,252 | -65.4% |
| David R. Brass | $101,427 | $21,773 | -78.5% |
| Miller Farms Cattle Company | $87,430 | $21,549 | -75.4% |
| Hoffman Family Trust | $27,094 | $21,070 | -22.2% |
| T M & R's, Inc. | $75,133 | $20,871 | -72.2% |
| Ryan L. Selzer | $86,209 | $20,597 | -76.1% |
| Paul Kissel | $44,435 | $19,836 | -55.4% |
| Judith a Kerstetter Trust | $46,094 | $19,391 | -57.9% |
| Harold Mckinney Fam L. Tr | $36,539 | $19,154 | -47.6% |
| Ruth E Bratcher Revocable Trust | $56,964 | $18,899 | -66.8% |
| Robert C. Hadley | $42,028 | $18,880 | -55.1% |
| Mike York | $35,706 | $18,691 | -47.7% |
| Roger K. Boisseau | $75,019 | $18,177 | -75.8% |
| Kris Lindsay | $63,290 | $18,107 | -71.4% |
| Kenneth Colter | $39,145 | $17,799 | -54.5% |
| Justin K. York | $30,613 | $16,983 | -44.5% |
| Andrew Robert Hess | $23,048 | $16,494 | -28.4% |
| Kenyon Ross Baker | $38,836 | $15,949 | -58.9% |
| Tom Murphy | $32,255 | $15,931 | -50.6% |
| Matthew Turley | $49,441 | $15,827 | -68% |
| Leigh St W. Clair | $25,499 | $15,296 | -40% |
| Rex L. Schmidt | $48,347 | $14,121 | -70.8% |
| David Cary & Theo Cary Loving Trust | $18,068 | $13,972 | -22.7% |
| Merrill Ranch Joint Venture | $33,664 | $13,962 | -58.5% |
| Karen G Girk | $25,817 | $13,960 | -45.9% |
| Parker Beeley, LLC | $54,293 | $13,774 | -74.6% |
| Mary Pauline York | $42,706 | $13,102 | -69.3% |
| David mac Leeper | $2,611 | $12,924 | 395% |
| Darren L. Jackson | $15,160 | $12,345 | -18.6% |
| Russell Murphey | $660 | $12,245 | 1,755.3% |
| Ross a Girk | $22,329 | $11,570 | -48.2% |
| Sandra Elaine Dobrinski | $0 | $11,292 | -- |
| William C. Barby | $62,080 | $11,141 | -82.1% |
| Jody Lynn Leeper | $26,936 | $11,140 | -58.6% |
| Corey L. Kay | $103,088 | $10,970 | -89.4% |
| Kerstetter Cattle, LLC | $51,819 | $10,903 | -79% |
| Michael D. Koehn | $22,939 | $10,468 | -54.4% |
| Larry Rich | $19,862 | $10,199 | -48.7% |
| Woolfolk Feeders, LLC | $58,361 | $10,101 | -82.7% |
| Gates Family Trust | $44,501 | $10,050 | -77.4% |
| Vaughn Willems | $44,667 | $9,965 | -77.7% |
| Stephen D. Bryant | $28,164 | $9,687 | -65.6% |
| Charles H. Metzger | $30,930 | $9,488 | -69.3% |
| Jeremy John Herd | $42,528 | $9,378 | -77.9% |
| Stan Hazen | $23,366 | $9,351 | -60% |
| Steven T. Cobb | $26,164 | $8,770 | -66.5% |
| Charles F. Peterson | $7,391 | $8,617 | 16.6% |
| Terry Brown | $31,860 | $8,203 | -74.3% |
| Gerald Hess | $25,264 | $8,000 | -68.3% |
| Tim Peterson | $25,572 | $7,883 | -69.2% |
| Delmar W. Snyder | $37,191 | $7,843 | -78.9% |
| Karl Mosshart | $119,152 | $7,772 | -93.5% |
| Clark E. Smith | $18,140 | $7,392 | -59.3% |
| Sharon K. Leeper | $5,413 | $7,248 | 33.9% |
| Tyrone J. Harvey | $22,869 | $7,158 | -68.7% |
| Valley View Farm & Ranch, Inc. | $20,418 | $6,868 | -66.4% |
| Hamerica, LLP | $15,890 | $6,835 | -57% |
| Craig A. Yost | $28,492 | $6,737 | -76.4% |
| Karen L. Jarnagin | $13,550 | $6,532 | -51.8% |
| Michael L. Jones | $49,926 | $6,233 | -87.5% |
| Dennis Swayze | $10,077 | $6,213 | -38.3% |
| Cimarron Ice, LLC | $0 | $6,161 | -- |
| Barbara K. Delaney | $6,594 | $5,767 | -12.5% |
| Road 5 Cattle Company | $81,610 | $5,632 | -93.1% |
| Merle Wait | $10,033 | $5,602 | -44.2% |
| UHL Farm Family Limited Partnership | $8,462 | $5,361 | -36.6% |
| Anthony Gales | $4,624 | $5,320 | 15.1% |
| Lisa Gales | $4,624 | $5,320 | 15.1% |
| Leo Oller | $20,142 | $5,296 | -73.7% |
| Darlene Caraway | $5,274 | $5,276 | 0% |
| Chester Baker Living Trust | $3,859 | $5,110 | 32.4% |
| John a Peck Trust | $7,161 | $5,069 | -29.2% |
| Ivan S. Booth | $5,031 | $5,031 | 0% |
| Chad McMillin | $8,497 | $4,829 | -43.2% |
| Corey Filson | $4,810 | $4,810 | 0% |
| Tim Ewy | $11,346 | $4,784 | -57.8% |
| Clayton L Sherman Family Trust | $9,766 | $4,710 | -51.8% |
| Clayton H. Jarnagin | $29,692 | $4,705 | -84.2% |
| Gary R. Jarnagin | $7,965 | $4,684 | -41.2% |
| Lou Ann Prusa | $5,207 | $4,611 | -11.4% |
| Larry R. Petty | $23,877 | $4,538 | -81% |
| Jerry Jay Rich | $19,504 | $4,520 | -76.8% |
| Doris W. Cobb | $2,574 | $4,460 | 73.3% |
| Rebecca Mosshart | $22,803 | $4,458 | -80.4% |
| Anthony L Unruh Revocable Trust | $40,716 | $4,439 | -89.1% |
| Larry V. Harvey | $6,260 | $4,307 | -31.2% |
| GWV Trust | $9,479 | $4,274 | -54.9% |
| Brady K. Colter | $28,451 | $4,262 | -85% |
| Clark Cronin | $23,822 | $4,249 | -82.2% |
| Sam Mosshart | $88,907 | $4,241 | -95.2% |
| A&P Lohrding L P | $5,412 | $4,014 | -25.8% |
| Wynn Alexander | $3,221 | $3,905 | 21.2% |
| Leona F Hazen Trust | $3,918 | $3,851 | -1.7% |
| Robert Alan Hadley | $3,985 | $3,848 | -3.4% |
| Michael D. Haas | $6,209 | $3,646 | -41.3% |
| Paula Gwen Thompson | $3,619 | $3,619 | 0% |
| Nathan King | $10,675 | $3,590 | -66.4% |
| Joseph Dunn | $7,527 | $3,560 | -52.7% |
| Tom Roetker | $3,485 | $3,485 | 0% |
| Mark J. Jellison | $2,105 | $3,457 | 64.2% |
| Charlotte Ann Filson Trust | $7,089 | $3,417 | -51.8% |
| NJK Land and Cattle Company, LLC | $22,212 | $3,357 | -84.9% |
| Max Cary | $5,599 | $3,278 | -41.5% |
| Jane Ann Schmidt | $4,056 | $3,266 | -19.5% |
| Mark Sherman | $12,991 | $3,264 | -74.9% |
| Tim Rietzke | $15,664 | $3,235 | -79.3% |
| Wait Joann Family Trust | $5,781 | $3,230 | -44.1% |
| Tom Harmon | $14,749 | $3,062 | -79.2% |
| Deborah A. Filson | $3,061 | $3,061 | 0% |
| Norine E. Fry | $3,702 | $2,875 | -22.3% |
| Loren L. Cronin | $9,966 | $2,788 | -72% |
| Randy J. Unruh | $23,500 | $2,782 | -88.2% |
| Beverly Koehn | $6,318 | $2,764 | -56.3% |
| Joey R. Moore | $28,719 | $2,746 | -90.4% |
| Johnita M Stalcup | $2,618 | $2,618 | 0% |
| Jane Nash Deewall - Jane Nash Deewall Rev Trustee | $10,588 | $2,550 | -75.9% |
| Catherine J. Bilyeu | $5,804 | $2,544 | -56.2% |
| Michael a Deewall - Michael a Deewall Rev Trust | $10,569 | $2,517 | -76.2% |
| Edith C Peck Trust | $2,768 | $2,504 | -9.5% |
| Samuel Ernest Oller | $12,265 | $2,431 | -80.2% |
| Ruth Ann Jellison | $2,347 | $2,347 | 0% |
| Darrell Paul Rickabaugh | $12,419 | $2,267 | -81.7% |
| Levi G. Miller | $2,940 | $2,264 | -23% |
| Taylon Scott Harris | $4,600 | $2,257 | -50.9% |
| Kelly I. Trummel | $10,065 | $2,194 | -78.2% |
| Warren L. Moore | $3,794 | $2,147 | -43.4% |
| Sharlyn L. Jackson | $8,548 | $2,137 | -75% |
| Kurtis J. Dale | $8,466 | $2,111 | -75.1% |
| Cameron McMoran | $9,801 | $2,061 | -79% |
| Steve Herd | $4,716 | $1,853 | -60.7% |
| Jimmy A. Moore | $3,143 | $1,849 | -41.2% |
| Joshua Douglas Britton | $10,527 | $1,846 | -82.5% |
| North Forty Partnership | $3,525 | $1,682 | -52.3% |
| Terry W Eubank Testamentary Trust | $3,354 | $1,626 | -51.5% |
| Jeremy Dunn | $3,587 | $1,616 | -54.9% |
| Lana W. Darr | $1,592 | $1,592 | 0% |
| Selzer Farm Agency | $3,480 | $1,568 | -54.9% |
| Clair Carlisle | $6,864 | $1,437 | -79.1% |
| Arlie F Lohrding Trust No 1 | $1,359 | $1,359 | 0% |
| Alice Ann Rich | $2,012 | $1,194 | -40.7% |
| Joe T. Booth | $5,228 | $1,163 | -77.8% |
| Larry Lousch | $1,144 | $1,144 | 0% |
| Connie G. Lindsay | $3,276 | $1,101 | -66.4% |
| Gary W. Lindsay | $2,597 | $1,101 | -57.6% |
| Westrup Cattle | $4,297 | $1,035 | -75.9% |
| Janice J Moore Trust | $3,282 | $1,022 | -68.9% |
| JJM Trust | $1,032 | $1,022 | -1% |
| Kay D. Sawyers | $3,648 | $997 | -72.7% |
| Derek Hubbard | $8,562 | $922 | -89.2% |
| Jamin D. Huck | $4,147 | $920 | -77.8% |
| Judy Moore | $1,799 | $880 | -51.1% |
| Jane Roetker | $1,790 | $878 | -50.9% |
| Vickie Diane Brass | $4,302 | $834 | -80.6% |
| TLW Enterprises, LLC | $1,137 | $796 | -30% |
| Joe Murphy | $7,690 | $787 | -89.8% |
| Henry Booth Heirs | $1,797 | $771 | -57.1% |
| Debra Erb | $12,854 | $769 | -94% |
| Thomas Kittrell | $7,888 | $750 | -90.5% |
| Darin L. Harvey | $2,872 | $711 | -75.2% |
| Donald R. Sawyers | $0 | $667 | -- |
| Margaret H. Hamor | $1,228 | $614 | -50% |
| Helen M. Dale | $2,954 | $588 | -80.1% |
| Erma Allen | $1,812 | $559 | -69.2% |
| Troy L. Harvey | $1,826 | $540 | -70.4% |
| Aaron & Mary Willems Trust | $1,553 | $518 | -66.6% |
| Charles H. Herd | $1,057 | $514 | -51.4% |
| Gary N. Sanders | $1,389 | $479 | -65.5% |
| Kent A. Sanders | $1,191 | $479 | -59.8% |
| Elizabeth Thompson | $7,715 | $476 | -93.8% |
| Kaden Huck | $1,650 | $467 | -71.7% |
| Tanner Lee Huck | $1,562 | $441 | -71.8% |
| RDH Trust | $0 | $410 | -- |
| Charles E Mosshart | $20,994 | $357 | -98.3% |
| Neil Kay | $1,155 | $253 | -78.1% |
| Tammy R. Gray | $2,645 | $213 | -91.9% |
| Sandra F Hoffman Trust | $210 | $103 | -51% |
| Jerry L. Doles | $339 | $86 | -74.6% |
| Velma Basnett | $829 | $82 | -90.1% |
| Jack Fitzwater | $104 | $51 | -51% |
| Mary Fitzwater | $104 | $51 | -51% |
| Cheryl Willems | $62 | $31 | -50% |
| Jonathan Webster | $65 | $24 | -63.1% |
| Bruce A. Freund | $521 | $0 | -100% |
| D & S Bryant | $463 | $0 | -100% |
| Dia W. Unruh | $3,666 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank D. Dale | $667 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda J. Basnett | $363 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark a Lohrding Trust No 1 | $3,261 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Basnett | $205 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert E. Currier | $18,029 | $0 | -100% |
| William W. Uselman | $595 | $0 | -100% |
| Kim Hazen | $7,649 | $0 | -100% |
| Penny Peterson | $555 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew J. Leeper | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles E. Uhl | $21,518 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph Ring | $1,149 | $0 | -100% |
| Tristan L. Unruh | $31,131 | $0 | -100% |
| Vanita Blundell | $866 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $11,607,364 | $4,063,253 | -65% |
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