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In 2021, 211 farmers in cities within Dent County received a total of $435,116 in 226 farm subsidies, a 78.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.1 million in 540 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 Dent County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Keng | $59,697 | $16,877 | -71.7% |
| Jarrod Simpson | $88,876 | $15,875 | -82.1% |
| Gollhofer Farms, LLC | $48,862 | $13,019 | -73.4% |
| Joshua David Cartwright | $60,739 | $12,820 | -78.9% |
| Robert W. May | $0 | $12,067 | -- |
| Lance Phillip Hasten | $49,467 | $10,669 | -78.4% |
| Mr. Bobby Dean Simpson | $45,289 | $10,596 | -76.6% |
| Leta Clark | $42,244 | $9,346 | -77.9% |
| Kimberly L. Smith | $30,814 | $9,332 | -69.7% |
| Herb Jones | $26,433 | $8,967 | -66.1% |
| Greg Wilson | $39,721 | $8,874 | -77.7% |
| Jimmy D. Bell | $43,619 | $8,309 | -81% |
| Jones Brothers Cattle Company, LLC | $34,919 | $7,740 | -77.8% |
| Stanley Schafer | $22,869 | $7,453 | -67.4% |
| Patrick Swyers | $43,136 | $7,032 | -83.7% |
| Roger Dale Schafer | $39,276 | $6,473 | -83.5% |
| David B. Johnson | $36,647 | $6,305 | -82.8% |
| C & S Cattle Partners, LLC | $22,673 | $5,893 | -74% |
| Louis J Nothaus | $38,215 | $5,807 | -84.8% |
| Sheldon Arch Shaver | $26,505 | $5,728 | -78.4% |
| Meramec River Cattle Company, LLC | $23,514 | $5,066 | -78.5% |
| Anthony Taylor Pipp | $21,654 | $4,513 | -79.2% |
| Matthew Charles Victor | $16,858 | $4,267 | -74.7% |
| Donald C. Hodges | $17,743 | $4,201 | -76.3% |
| Randy D. Wisdom | $25,296 | $3,888 | -84.6% |
| Mark Nash | $15,477 | $3,760 | -75.7% |
| Billy Schafer | $16,335 | $3,756 | -77% |
| James F. Crocker | $21,780 | $3,554 | -83.7% |
| Thomas J. Wulff | $12,680 | $3,404 | -73.2% |
| Sam Starks | $11,497 | $3,399 | -70.4% |
| Bill Kaczmarek | $14,861 | $3,197 | -78.5% |
| Robert a West | $13,321 | $3,043 | -77.2% |
| Nolan R. Connell | $17,081 | $2,828 | -83.4% |
| Jordan Angus Farm | $10,742 | $2,794 | -74% |
| Tom Dillon | $7,865 | $2,779 | -64.7% |
| Jim L. Privett | $12,199 | $2,760 | -77.4% |
| Dalton Snowden | $13,202 | $2,641 | -80% |
| David Allen Baker | $15,073 | $2,574 | -82.9% |
| Jeffrey Ray Eaton | $8,842 | $2,500 | -71.7% |
| Paul Jeffrey Dodson | $3,473 | $2,488 | -28.4% |
| Jessica Radford | $7,326 | $2,382 | -67.5% |
| Ervin Halbrook | $8,426 | $2,340 | -72.2% |
| Dorlene Marie Shults | $9,496 | $2,334 | -75.4% |
| William Gary Strader Jr. | $16,490 | $2,294 | -86.1% |
| Richard Cassidy | $11,012 | $2,292 | -79.2% |
| Steven Wofford | $11,010 | $2,274 | -79.3% |
| Thomas Matthew Dillon | $11,216 | $2,255 | -79.9% |
| James E. Nickles | $9,042 | $2,223 | -75.4% |
| Nathan Headrick | $9,328 | $2,186 | -76.6% |
| Bryan G. Carty | $15,812 | $2,178 | -86.2% |
| David Gollhofer | $5,457 | $2,142 | -60.7% |
| Scott Wisdom | $10,527 | $2,140 | -79.7% |
| Marsha Gabel | $8,327 | $2,087 | -74.9% |
| Glen Spencer | $8,140 | $2,026 | -75.1% |
| Randall Kevin Heck | $8,052 | $1,966 | -75.6% |
| Gerald D. Creek Jr. | $18,795 | $1,950 | -89.6% |
| Don Adamick | $12,246 | $1,928 | -84.3% |
| James Wells | $9,614 | $1,918 | -80% |
| Tammy L. Shults | $8,048 | $1,859 | -76.9% |
| Rick Smith | $8,426 | $1,853 | -78% |
| Justin D. Headrick | $10,546 | $1,826 | -82.7% |
| Kenneth Wells | $7,964 | $1,782 | -77.6% |
| Wade Cook | $6,677 | $1,775 | -73.4% |
| Gary R. Polk | $6,205 | $1,763 | -71.6% |
| James L. Williams | $7,711 | $1,754 | -77.3% |
| Rick White | $8,932 | $1,714 | -80.8% |
| David James West | $6,347 | $1,676 | -73.6% |
| Alan Stuckmeyer | $8,665 | $1,675 | -80.7% |
| Jereme Patton | $8,011 | $1,649 | -79.4% |
| Wisdom Family Farms, LLC | $7,593 | $1,641 | -78.4% |
| Charles Pace | $1,622 | $1,622 | 0% |
| Esther Lea Clancy | $7,975 | $1,617 | -79.7% |
| Jim D Cafourek | $7,645 | $1,609 | -79% |
| Kevin Cotner | $6,685 | $1,605 | -76% |
| Tammy E. Westerman | $7,491 | $1,584 | -78.9% |
| Helen M. Kreisler | $3,696 | $1,581 | -57.2% |
| Joel David Steelman | $4,301 | $1,531 | -64.4% |
| Brady Hagler | $8,253 | $1,530 | -81.5% |
| Leroy Kunkel | $7,128 | $1,530 | -78.5% |
| Randy Harmon | $9,965 | $1,514 | -84.8% |
| Jewell Grogan | $6,345 | $1,502 | -76.3% |
| John Demorlis | $5,830 | $1,488 | -74.5% |
| Ben Morgan | $5,324 | $1,486 | -72.1% |
| Larry Schafer | $5,874 | $1,486 | -74.7% |
| Rick Emory | $9,858 | $1,470 | -85.1% |
| Leroy Gore | $8,896 | $1,457 | -83.6% |
| Emma J. Bressie | $5,934 | $1,434 | -75.8% |
| Jack Mead | $0 | $1,430 | -- |
| Dillard L. Watson | $6,750 | $1,420 | -79% |
| DR Naser Almasalmeh | $0 | $1,375 | -- |
| Jonathan Thompson | $7,981 | $1,370 | -82.8% |
| Emily Inman | $0 | $1,369 | -- |
| Donald J. Sturdevant Jr. | $9,946 | $1,336 | -86.6% |
| Medlock Wholesale Sporting Goods & Farming | $6,901 | $1,323 | -80.8% |
| Eddie Parsons | $34,633 | $1,318 | -96.2% |
| Dennis G. Purcell | $4,762 | $1,315 | -72.4% |
| David Schafer | $6,397 | $1,268 | -80.2% |
| Jim Ragsdale | $6,292 | $1,246 | -80.2% |
| Timmy Schafer | $4,565 | $1,233 | -73% |
| Darlene Devall | $6,369 | $1,209 | -81% |
| Elaine Parks | $5,874 | $1,209 | -79.4% |
| Wm E. Piatt | $2,970 | $1,184 | -60.1% |
| Todd Williams | $5,489 | $1,178 | -78.5% |
| Tracy Schafer | $29,416 | $1,170 | -96% |
| Eric Vance | $3,355 | $1,169 | -65.2% |
| Wendy Riggs | $5,918 | $1,129 | -80.9% |
| Timothy Peterson | $1,089 | $1,120 | 2.8% |
| Levi Daniel Bryant | $3,916 | $1,112 | -71.6% |
| Charles Triplett | $4,268 | $1,106 | -74.1% |
| Steve West | $5,165 | $1,106 | -78.6% |
| James D. Crocker | $8,504 | $1,094 | -87.1% |
| Ralph Trombley | $5,165 | $1,086 | -79% |
| Dan Cramer | $5,134 | $1,071 | -79.1% |
| Emil Schulke | $3,124 | $1,065 | -65.9% |
| Jerry Cramer | $5,042 | $1,060 | -79% |
| Keith Fore | $5,570 | $1,026 | -81.6% |
| Gary M. Medlock | $3,564 | $1,022 | -71.3% |
| Jackie Dwaine Neugebauer | $4,136 | $1,022 | -75.3% |
| Dale Walker | $5,079 | $1,021 | -79.9% |
| Diana C. Chang | $7,055 | $1,010 | -85.7% |
| Donald Parker | $4,290 | $1,002 | -76.6% |
| Carilee M. Ball | $4,760 | $1,001 | -79% |
| Michael Jones | $3,696 | $992 | -73.2% |
| Rocky J. Nelson | $5,478 | $992 | -81.9% |
| Larry Decker | $4,895 | $990 | -79.8% |
| Christopher Holliday | $4,093 | $978 | -76.1% |
| White Farms, LLC | $4,301 | $953 | -77.8% |
| Carl S. Stephens | $5,149 | $952 | -81.5% |
| John Schafer | $4,334 | $936 | -78.4% |
| John Harrison | $4,114 | $919 | -77.7% |
| Michael Hammonds | $0 | $880 | -- |
| Bill Mead | $3,861 | $879 | -77.2% |
| Steven James Stricklan | $4,755 | $875 | -81.6% |
| Jordon Thompson | $5,489 | $870 | -84.2% |
| Earl J. Green Jr. | $4,400 | $869 | -80.3% |
| James D. Walker Jr. | $3,908 | $846 | -78.4% |
| Ray E. Mowery | $2,519 | $841 | -66.6% |
| Texas Wayne Nall | $1,815 | $834 | -54% |
| Ricky Gorman | $6,262 | $830 | -86.7% |
| Keitta Fugate | $3,216 | $828 | -74.3% |
| Randall Raulston | $2,211 | $818 | -63% |
| Darrell Skiles | $3,949 | $810 | -79.5% |
| Luke Lucas | $5,173 | $786 | -84.8% |
| Jimmie Steelman | $3,454 | $775 | -77.6% |
| Rick Tiefenthaler Jr. | $3,478 | $759 | -78.2% |
| Laura Tarvin | $3,607 | $755 | -79.1% |
| J & D Cattle, LLC | $12,031 | $741 | -93.8% |
| Rick Ragsdale | $2,442 | $736 | -69.9% |
| Robin Wells | $3,696 | $717 | -80.6% |
| Craig Smith | $3,619 | $714 | -80.3% |
| Brad White | $6,300 | $710 | -88.7% |
| Brad Thompson | $2,996 | $702 | -76.6% |
| Robert G. Polk | $7,637 | $702 | -90.8% |
| Corbin F. Hasten | $2,453 | $689 | -71.9% |
| Melvin R. Waites | $3,991 | $689 | -82.7% |
| John K. Ingram | $3,509 | $681 | -80.6% |
| Donald Major | $2,354 | $676 | -71.3% |
| John Edward Hagler | $7,892 | $661 | -91.6% |
| van Lucas | $4,888 | $658 | -86.5% |
| Robert Blackwell | $3,223 | $650 | -79.8% |
| Ted Cunningham | $4,423 | $647 | -85.4% |
| Jimmie Skaggs | $2,013 | $623 | -69.1% |
| William Woolman | $2,763 | $619 | -77.6% |
| Wes Mobray | $2,541 | $618 | -75.7% |
| Thomas Koehnen | $2,519 | $611 | -75.7% |
| Jerry P. Terrill | $2,849 | $592 | -79.2% |
| Ryan Thompson | $4,048 | $578 | -85.7% |
| Austin Konkel | $1,460 | $562 | -61.5% |
| Raymond Quick | $2,695 | $551 | -79.6% |
| Melissa J. Mahurin | $3,352 | $540 | -83.9% |
| Lonnie Southards | $4,444 | $538 | -87.9% |
| Jack Davis | $2,948 | $532 | -82% |
| Dallas T. Southards | $2,035 | $526 | -74.2% |
| Sharon Tubbs | $853 | $525 | -38.5% |
| Brandon Snider | $2,771 | $514 | -81.5% |
| Kyle Malone | $2,758 | $510 | -81.5% |
| David L. Wilkinson | $2,486 | $509 | -79.5% |
| Cora N Larson Irrev Trust | $0 | $486 | -- |
| Jean Thomas Pontius | $2,424 | $478 | -80.3% |
| Charles D. Blackwell Jr. | $2,464 | $471 | -80.9% |
| Eddie R. Wilson | $2,607 | $464 | -82.2% |
| John Nolan | $2,423 | $458 | -81.1% |
| Michael L. Booker | $3,405 | $446 | -86.9% |
| Joe Brown | $1,936 | $444 | -77.1% |
| Dorothy Jewell Burgess | $705 | $434 | -38.4% |
| Ronald Nickles | $1,089 | $432 | -60.3% |
| Gary Fritzinger | $2,519 | $430 | -82.9% |
| Brooke N. Shults | $1,198 | $424 | -64.6% |
| Hofer Farms, LLC | $1,694 | $414 | -75.6% |
| Darin Pryor | $2,396 | $394 | -83.6% |
| Robert Jenkins | $392 | $392 | 0% |
| Karen L. Auten | $0 | $385 | -- |
| Vella Livingston | $1,848 | $381 | -79.4% |
| Clifford M. Adams III | $1,386 | $370 | -73.3% |
| Lonnie Stidham | $924 | $370 | -60% |
| Dean O. Kunkel | $792 | $352 | -55.6% |
| John E. Clinton | $328 | $328 | 0% |
| Clark Lee Hodges | $2,042 | $305 | -85.1% |
| Jim O. Freeman | $2,078 | $288 | -86.1% |
| Julie Salyer | $613 | $275 | -55.1% |
| Brandon Schloemer | $1,563 | $263 | -83.2% |
| Gordon Bruce Powell | $1,012 | $246 | -75.7% |
| Etta Phillips | $1,276 | $232 | -81.8% |
| Johnny R. Howard | $2,948 | $219 | -92.6% |
| Rich Beckett | $213 | $213 | 0% |
| Jacob D Cafourek | $2,115 | $205 | -90.3% |
| Brooke Adams | $836 | $201 | -76% |
| Matt Kunkel | $847 | $170 | -79.9% |
| Ashlee Elizabeth Anne Roper | $728 | $132 | -81.9% |
| Stacy L. Jones | $67 | $22 | -67.2% |
| Jesse Pogue | $1,388 | $7 | -99.5% |
| 4S Cattle, LLC | $4,290 | $0 | -100% |
| Bambi Merrifield | $458 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley Charles Schafer | $2,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryan Wilson Kemnitzer | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Dalton Connell | $4,904 | $0 | -100% |
| David Hensley | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Earline Maples | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward Welch | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Fair Meadows, LLC | $2,423 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Lee Fiebelman | $4,730 | $0 | -100% |
| Gina Hellyer | $642 | $0 | -100% |
| Glen Harris | $295 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold L. Strotheide | $337 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen Wood | $3,456 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack Todd | $5,995 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob Decker | $1,248 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Allen Manthey | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Dean Midyett | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Welch | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Leon Kreisler | $436 | $0 | -100% |
| Louis F. Maring IV | $6,026 | $0 | -100% |
| MS Holly Jo Theede-Kiese | $711 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Anthony Roderman | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard a Nothaus | $3,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert L. Parsons | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Scott Land | $8,360 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephanie Ann Buie | $589 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen P. Sullivan | $5,390 | $0 | -100% |
| Stuart Pryor | $2,876 | $0 | -100% |
| Tony Edward Campbell | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| William Manthey | $4,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,053,959 | $435,116 | -78.8% |
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