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Farm subsidies plummet in 2021 across cities in Hempstead County

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Farms throughout cities in Hempstead County received $2.2 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 345 farmers in cities within Hempstead County received a total of $2.8 million in 458 farm subsidies, a 43.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.9 million in 797 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 Hempstead County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
Valley View Farm, Inc.$124,475$241,85194.3%
Merlyn Triplett$2,871$130,5794,448.2%
Steve Honeycutt$48,808$92,71890%
Mark L. Anderson$0$62,861--
Denise A. Judd$275,501$57,822-79%
Gregory Dairy$42,239$57,32835.7%
Mona Samuels$87,547$55,088-37.1%
FJH Timber Company, Inc.$0$52,875--
B & T Logging, LLC.$0$52,875--
Russell Shankles$0$51,566--
R & D Byers Farms, Inc.$0$49,494--
Zachary B. Butler$5,628$49,092772.3%
Donna Collins$0$48,972--
Chad Bingham$0$47,201--
Curtis Gene Bobo Jr.$6,889$47,189585%
Twin Creek Farms, Inc.$82,682$45,508-45%
South Frede, Inc.$128,379$44,911-65%
Dorsey Askew$0$41,648--
Byrne Land and Cattle, LLC$219,240$41,487-81.1%
Tim Robertson$16,016$41,181157.1%
Danny Whatley$2,431$39,2811,515.8%
Lindsey N. Barton$208,224$37,223-82.1%
Michael L. Putz$0$37,139--
James W. Medlin$107,374$34,266-68.1%
Leslie Griffin$36,573$32,587-10.9%
James K. Capps$0$31,960--
Roy Collins$91,764$28,992-68.4%
Glenda Reed$0$28,325--
Doug Bobo$18,597$27,75149.2%
Amanda J. Townsend$17,797$24,25236.3%
Annah Marie Ray$46,999$23,766-49.4%
Lester Sitzes III$4,818$23,248382.5%
Donnie Bobo Jr.$9,768$22,948134.9%
Ann Wynn$0$22,390--
Chad M. Stanley$0$22,028--
Dustin Wayne McMurrough$60,461$20,368-66.3%
Five R Farms, Inc.$0$20,202--
Jacob R. Collums$31,883$18,931-40.6%
Eva Mae Fields$0$17,508--
Mark Foster$9,240$16,64180.1%
Curt Honeymann$33,954$16,223-52.2%
Johnny P. Rosenbaum$0$16,064--
Butler Brothers$73,713$15,061-79.6%
Bobby Fisher$76,926$14,852-80.7%
Justin W Schobey$6,848$14,199107.3%
Keith Fry$114,845$14,018-87.8%
Sharon Westbrook$8,712$13,99660.7%
Abraham Puente$9,724$13,48238.6%
Anita Tompkins$16,336$13,400-18%
James Green$17,151$13,262-22.7%
Russell P. Womack$39,453$12,368-68.7%
Jackie Polk$49,274$11,928-75.8%
Lanny Ford$94,190$11,722-87.6%
Kris England$11,724$11,170-4.7%
Anna Dee Askew$7,777$11,01541.6%
Jose D. Puente$11,119$10,790-3%
Paul Bennett$24,145$10,096-58.2%
David James Huskey$3,234$9,657198.6%
Cody Askew$137,662$9,092-93.4%
Juan A. Rivera$51,474$9,002-82.5%
Kevin Smith$0$8,794--
Matt Chambless$20,310$8,760-56.9%
J & P Farms of Swar, Inc.$0$8,740--
Courtney R. Bonner$15,114$8,649-42.8%
Revel Gene Kidd$25,318$8,421-66.7%
Jerry Brian Lee$16,068$8,319-48.2%
Steve Powell$19,452$8,202-57.8%
Samuel M. Henderson Sr.$2,772$7,863183.7%
5T Ranch, LLC$819$7,844857.8%
Scott Hardee$26,904$7,785-71.1%
Travis E. Joy$6,391$7,75721.4%
James Triplett$10,582$7,742-26.8%
Briana L. Plyler$41,334$7,440-82%
Bill Byers$21,313$6,950-67.4%
Thomas Williams Farms$28,595$6,893-75.9%
Raulerson Farms, Inc.$40,010$6,878-82.8%
David Kidd$15,224$6,821-55.2%
Sweat Farms$35,171$6,745-80.8%
Jessica L. Huett$32,359$6,657-79.4%
James M. Smith$31,305$6,646-78.8%
Kenneth Knoll$38,073$6,533-82.8%
Wauleai Deyton Huckabee$15,884$6,352-60%
Kathryn Dickinson$27,921$6,306-77.4%
Pam Hare$9,019$6,255-30.6%
Ju-Dawn Kidd$0$6,091--
Linda Lively$22,440$6,040-73.1%
Mark Arnold$0$5,879--
Ira Dale Love$26,950$5,736-78.7%
John M. Tollett$7,719$5,682-26.4%
Donald and B J Hampton Trust$33,540$5,647-83.2%
Kade Lamar Ford$7,154$5,586-21.9%
Colton Capps$11,252$5,561-50.6%
Cody McDonald$20,406$5,560-72.8%
Darrell D. Oswald$33,892$5,485-83.8%
Rosa Kidd$2,915$5,48588.2%
Ben Runyon$22,185$5,476-75.3%
Rusty L. Saunders$0$5,431--
Sarah L. Powell$23,525$5,216-77.8%
Marty Stanley$49,240$5,103-89.6%
Jordan B. Joyce$8,844$4,959-43.9%
Charles Lester$14,299$4,829-66.2%
Tina Kitchens$19,736$4,671-76.3%
Blake Hill$37,594$4,670-87.6%
Thomas L. Wilson$7,700$4,668-39.4%
Brett N. Brzeski$19,777$4,594-76.8%
Derek T. Burke$0$4,577--
Ronald Fields$21,844$4,555-79.1%
David C. James$33,884$4,528-86.6%
Sharon Kay Wilson$12,178$4,457-63.4%
Willie Brandon$5,558$4,447-20%
Gary A. Smith$4,103$4,3666.4%
Belinda Formby$19,481$4,338-77.7%
Leigh Ann Quillin$20,634$4,267-79.3%
Jane Collums$23,424$4,248-81.9%
Mckinney Bayou Farms, LLC$24,776$4,176-83.1%
Glen R. Ford$7,061$4,168-41%
Charles Ghormley Jr.$17,803$4,055-77.2%
Joe Don Webb Estate$0$4,043--
Nathaniel Green$7,624$3,981-47.8%
Jeannette Collums$1,705$3,957132.1%
Paul Poindexter$21,821$3,916-82.1%
Danny Stone$24,544$3,864-84.3%
Rhonda Tewalt$16,257$3,828-76.5%
Stacy Amanda Camp$4,653$3,826-17.8%
Steve Lively$15,928$3,802-76.1%
Ronald Buck Farms, Inc.$17,985$3,801-78.9%
Joan Lively$17,481$3,789-78.3%
Felton Jackson$26,790$3,764-85.9%
Martha Burke$27,068$3,741-86.2%
Charles W. Gilbert II$16,507$3,546-78.5%
Curtis Bobo$15,766$3,488-77.9%
Ruth H K Pruden Trust$12,178$3,437-71.8%
Daniel Blake Barton$16,203$3,394-79.1%
Tara L. Capps$17,704$3,392-80.8%
Breanna Nicole Powell$0$3,370--
Dennis Polk$532$3,248510.5%
Bryan Clifton$13,950$3,237-76.8%
Donald Wayne Carrigan$1,079$3,218198.2%
Cynthia Lee$17,723$3,152-82.2%
Virginia L. Webb$15,697$3,148-79.9%
Pat Sweat$0$3,122--
George Hill$0$3,000--
Bobby Webb$15,455$3,000-80.6%
Wayne M. Johnson$7,788$2,950-62.1%
David Stroud$14,281$2,906-79.7%
Lloyd Family Farm, LLC$13,131$2,882-78.1%
Patricia Ann Rowe$9,836$2,823-71.3%
Cindy Kidd$13,803$2,767-80%
Jeanine Bonner$9,240$2,745-70.3%
Henry E. Struckman$5,850$2,676-54.3%
Clint Lively$0$2,651--
Joy Kidd$12,408$2,641-78.7%
Hunter Price$13,057$2,638-79.8%
Joshua Fulton$10,923$2,617-76%
Bruce F. Ward$7,347$2,615-64.4%
John Goynes$11,578$2,594-77.6%
James Brent Talley$12,265$2,576-79%
Mindy R. Lockhart$13,228$2,553-80.7%
Vernon D. Hudman Jr.$7,250$2,522-65.2%
Denver Ward$15,994$2,499-84.4%
Joe Brown$0$2,485--
Russell Turner$11,866$2,446-79.4%
Jacob Charles Stone$9,956$2,389-76%
Debbie J. Rosenbaum$6,237$2,370-62%
Murphy Family Farm of Hope, LLC$10,692$2,353-78%
Golden & Golden Farm, LLC$7,502$2,340-68.8%
Don Byers$880$2,338165.7%
Robert D. Carver$10,604$2,332-78%
Jacob Askew$9,458$2,300-75.7%
Sherry Arnold$7,722$2,278-70.5%
James Larry Byers$10,659$2,262-78.8%
Kimberly Denise Plant$3,476$2,247-35.4%
Lajuan Thompson$8,866$2,238-74.8%
Mike Purtle$17,957$2,225-87.6%
Gary Smith$11,813$2,216-81.2%
Terry Phillips$13,436$2,215-83.5%
Chris Walton$2,255$2,151-4.6%
Cody Wayne Tewalt$5,973$2,150-64%
Kenny Fincher$10,241$2,143-79.1%
Darrell D. Ford$16,193$2,128-86.9%
Joey Winer$8,609$2,115-75.4%
Augustus Herbert Warren$14,652$2,061-85.9%
Joshua Neil Tice$10,235$2,042-80%
Earl Bobo$7,634$2,036-73.3%
Clayton K. Hendrix$9,035$2,025-77.6%
Russell Burke$13,903$2,004-85.6%
Gary Kidd$25,624$1,968-92.3%
Mr. Derrick Lashaun Gant$6,160$1,968-68.1%
Ronald Dale Kidd$8,644$1,954-77.4%
Yulonda Brown$0$1,954--
Laura Reynolds Banks$8,819$1,911-78.3%
Philip Bobo$10,039$1,869-81.4%
Cole Norman Turner$9,403$1,865-80.2%
Jonathan Michael Parker$9,010$1,858-79.4%
Reyn W Brown$3,993$1,830-54.2%
Lindsey R. Burke$6,204$1,828-70.5%
Tammy R. Clay$6,556$1,809-72.4%
Ruthie Buck$6,159$1,801-70.8%
Kelly Smith$12,482$1,784-85.7%
Hayden W. Lee$11,942$1,766-85.2%
Tomcat Fish Farm, Inc.$17,879$1,759-90.2%
Marcus Beasley$990$1,73475.2%
Brandi Marie Kidd$5,181$1,727-66.7%
Aubrey Watts$6,587$1,720-73.9%
Will of J Earl Pruden Trust B$5,917$1,719-70.9%
Robert S. Cochran$12,765$1,715-86.6%
Steve Bradshaw$6,534$1,713-73.8%
Clear Creek Enterprises, Inc.$8,745$1,668-80.9%
Gayden M. Jones$5,323$1,580-70.3%
Tim Arnette$7,391$1,575-78.7%
Suzanne Plyler$6,877$1,570-77.2%
Larry G. Daugherty$6,094$1,556-74.5%
Theresa M. Arnette$7,427$1,541-79.3%
Gilman C. Warren$3,136$1,534-51.1%
William R. Montgomery$8,725$1,506-82.7%
Hans Ray$0$1,501--
Frances Koen$6,523$1,499-77%
Casey Don Singleton$0$1,483--
Debra Bolding$1,477$1,4770%
Jack R. Watkins$7,806$1,471-81.2%
Clint Watkins$6,226$1,448-76.7%
Troyce D Mcdonald$6,358$1,412-77.8%
Michael H. Foster$5,093$1,402-72.5%
Brenda Kidd$0$1,328--
Bobby J & Bernard P Webb$2,226$1,328-40.3%
W. H. Byrd Jr.$1,327$1,3270%
DRH Properties Limited, LLC$6,925$1,263-81.8%
Harold Bennett$1,253$1,2530%
Yellow Creek Farms, Inc.$5,709$1,246-78.2%
Rustin Lane Kidd$0$1,243--
Christopher Tyrone Powell$4,713$1,225-74%
Stacy M. Womack$0$1,210--
Bonnie Webb$4,387$1,200-72.6%
Randy L. Smith$6,402$1,188-81.4%
Jane Wright$4,752$1,185-75.1%
James G. Bobo$4,697$1,174-75%
Russell Young$4,911$1,173-76.1%
Billy R. Bailey$5,928$1,172-80.2%
Louise Morris$5,179$1,168-77.4%
Albert Anderson$8,763$1,148-86.9%
Maria Contreras$5,850$1,139-80.5%
Rodney Glen Morris$0$1,117--
Pam Gregory$6,307$1,070-83%
Cesar V. Torres$4,906$1,060-78.4%
Lance Kidd$2,178$1,038-52.3%
Janice Honea$4,840$1,037-78.6%
Andrew Donald Tankersley$5,322$1,010-81%
Brenda L. Swinney$3,410$1,005-70.5%
Harold A. Smith$3,729$1,003-73.1%
Norman Don Powell$5,245$987-81.2%
Karen Johnson$5,908$973-83.5%
Bruce D. Garrett$2,376$965-59.4%
Rodney Boyce$4,444$964-78.3%
Donald R. Still$2,578$963-62.6%
Jerry Rogers$3,198$956-70.1%
Dustin Frank Mills$7,527$954-87.3%
Jamie Leigh Formby$3,905$954-75.6%
Phillip A. Judd$4,158$944-77.3%
Norma Jean Pike$5,056$930-81.6%
Justin Tarver$6,604$928-85.9%
Maurice Henry$4,612$911-80.2%
Danielle Powell$2,761$902-67.3%
Kimberly A. Powell$5,396$877-83.7%
Stedell, Inc.$0$867--
Charles Butch Beck$4,037$862-78.6%
Daniel Aaron White$3,641$846-76.8%
Cyle Honeycutt$3,828$831-78.3%
Gary D. Daugherty$2,882$774-73.1%
Gary N. Powell$3,630$764-79%
Carroll D. Tollett$4,610$744-83.9%
Ernest F. Struckman Jr.$3,465$740-78.6%
Lloyd A. Turner$3,592$726-79.8%
Mark Gregory$0$725--
Ronnie Smith$3,509$724-79.4%
Odell Johnson$3,140$715-77.2%
Ramon Gallardo$2,585$713-72.4%
Tyler H. Welch$3,234$707-78.1%
Drake Clinton Kidd$660$7036.5%
Kelly Bailey$2,244$702-68.7%
Angie A. Gentry$3,410$696-79.6%
Dwayne Anthony Turner$3,597$695-80.7%
Paul S. Ball$4,595$685-85.1%
Darren Paul Henley$4,399$658-85%
Elizabeth Thompson$2,420$656-72.9%
Larry R. Butler$4,331$651-85%
Victor Phillips$3,557$650-81.7%
Kaleb Flowers$3,010$596-80.2%
John R. Johnson III$2,563$588-77.1%
Sandra Champion Phillips$3,149$584-81.5%
Cannon Flowers$3,865$574-85.1%
Mike Surles$4,641$571-87.7%
James Alan Singleton$5,091$568-88.8%
Henry Hale$2,704$564-79.1%
Richard Jones$6,933$563-91.9%
Charlie Scoggins$2,750$561-79.6%
Circle J B Farms, Inc.$2,170$540-75.1%
Gail Sinyard$2,669$540-79.8%
Brent Flowers$5,016$533-89.4%
MS Krista Eve Honeymann$2,574$532-79.3%
Ronald W. Self$1,925$506-73.7%
Tommie Love$932$491-47.3%
Wilbur Trotter$1,727$484-72%
Monty Fields$3,015$472-84.3%
Donnel J. Colbert$1,298$453-65.1%
Kayla Nicole Collier$2,078$438-78.9%
Johnny Crider$2,321$429-81.5%
Bobby S. Chambless$1,837$420-77.1%
Michael Puckett$3,047$418-86.3%
Arturo Perez$2,233$391-82.5%
Laura Arnold$4,663$390-91.6%
Ruben H. Taylor Jr.$0$385--
Kyle Miller$20,764$367-98.2%
Karen McNiel$2,591$366-85.9%
Lonnie Friend$1,056$357-66.2%
Fred Boyce$1,375$339-75.3%
Kenneth R. Mullins$1,835$326-82.2%
Rockin R Farms$0$306--
Donna Walton$1,419$304-78.6%
Terry Turner$1,177$301-74.4%
Oscar Marquez$1,936$298-84.6%
Eric Johnson$1,419$284-80%
Eddie D. Thomas$1,331$283-78.7%
George Staggers$902$276-69.4%
Roy S. Whatley$935$272-70.9%
Glenda A. Ray$0$269--
Amy E. Smith$1,188$256-78.5%
Derinda Hartsfield$791$248-68.6%
Frank Ingersoll$2,134$243-88.6%
GCH Land Company, LLC$0$231--
Tim Nix$1,282$225-82.4%
Michael Lawson Jr.$0$220--
Chris Sweat$559$214-61.7%
Wendy Smith$420$205-51.2%
Stanley Smith$990$197-80.1%
David Barber$0$196--
Stacy Rosenbaum$792$180-77.3%
James Brown$880$172-80.5%
Carl W. Myrick$399$151-62.2%
Blake Montgomery$1,166$146-87.5%
Elaine L. Stone$0$143--
Teresa A. Fry$0$142--
Brandon Bennett$1,352$140-89.6%
Patrick Gibson$1,106$135-87.8%
Louise Clendenen$1,046$59-94.4%
Glenda Knoll$287$8-97.2%
Edna Huskey$2,970$0-100%
Bob L. Driver$2,750$0-100%
Johnny Rosenbaum$4,180$0-100%
Aaron K. Huett$61$0-100%
Chad Putman$4,132$0-100%
Christopher Green$1,320$0-100%
Dustin Gilbey$2,052$0-100%
John McClenton$825$0-100%
Max Obryant$715$0-100%
Nancy Denise Singleton$1,289$0-100%
Nason Putman$4,131$0-100%
Randy Hare$2,178$0-100%
Ronnie Burke$1,006$0-100%
Sonya Hayes$66$0-100%
Terry M. Rogers$707$0-100%
Weston Lane Huckabee$1,430$0-100%
Lee Artis King Jr.$935$0-100%
Hansford A. Ray$1,022$0-100%
Annette Capetillo$440$0-100%
Richard L. Webb$2,860$0-100%
William V. Judd Jr.$10,220$0-100%
Total subsidies$4,932,369$2,776,237-43.7%

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