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In 2021, 218 farmers in cities within Mason County received a total of $2.4 million in 454 farm subsidies, a 48.9% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.8 million in 647 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 Mason County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kothman Ranch Company | $206,117 | $150,517 | -27% |
| Joe David Yates, Inc. | $303,842 | $137,695 | -54.7% |
| George H. Kimbriel | $100,963 | $78,093 | -22.7% |
| Roger D. Jordan | $196,340 | $75,745 | -61.4% |
| West Texas Helicopters, Inc. | $88,169 | $74,157 | -15.9% |
| Jeffrey L. Owen | $187,846 | $61,137 | -67.5% |
| James Kelly Schmidt | $59,858 | $52,358 | -12.5% |
| CA Cattle Company, Ltd. | $238,099 | $48,216 | -79.7% |
| Durst Cattle Company | $119,777 | $48,130 | -59.8% |
| Stewart Ranch Company | $21,780 | $47,469 | 117.9% |
| Fred L. Kettner | $82,410 | $45,623 | -44.6% |
| Robin Klingelhefer | $88,659 | $45,216 | -49% |
| Mccollum-Lemke Ranches LP | $52,069 | $43,237 | -17% |
| Jeffery Drew Tallent | $89,042 | $41,228 | -53.7% |
| Del Roy Reichenau | $98,391 | $41,018 | -58.3% |
| Ted Smith | $40,445 | $36,620 | -9.5% |
| 55 Ranches, Inc. | $5,775 | $34,284 | 493.7% |
| Laura Austin | $32,814 | $33,464 | 2% |
| Delvin Bauer | $29,472 | $32,586 | 10.6% |
| Rodney Frey | $18,754 | $31,909 | 70.1% |
| Tommy Bierschwale | $37,392 | $31,673 | -15.3% |
| Nebgen Brothers | $54,254 | $30,704 | -43.4% |
| Herbert H. Nesloney Jr. | $41,951 | $30,672 | -26.9% |
| J Ranch Company | $117,344 | $30,555 | -74% |
| Campbell Ranch | $20,770 | $29,680 | 42.9% |
| Todd Martin Ranch Partnership of 1999, Ltd. | $0 | $28,176 | -- |
| Cody G. Hatfield | $27,052 | $28,090 | 3.8% |
| Brann Johnson | $36,481 | $27,761 | -23.9% |
| Punkin Ridge, LLC | $40,688 | $27,211 | -33.1% |
| Brandon Asbill | $22,701 | $25,744 | 13.4% |
| Kenneth D. Burton | $0 | $24,981 | -- |
| Denver D. Stockbridge | $26,997 | $23,268 | -13.8% |
| Charles Grosse | $13,431 | $22,543 | 67.8% |
| Mary Jo Cockrell | $22,338 | $22,326 | -0.1% |
| Rodney Frey Cattle, LLC | $186,419 | $21,437 | -88.5% |
| Gene Gammill | $27,143 | $21,414 | -21.1% |
| Douglas W Waltisperger | $22,267 | $19,552 | -12.2% |
| Donald Durst | $20,066 | $18,644 | -7.1% |
| Richard L. Schmidt | $11,625 | $18,353 | 57.9% |
| Mary Margaret Persky Trust | $11,165 | $17,838 | 59.8% |
| Jerry Dutton | $18,747 | $17,311 | -7.7% |
| Timothy Roy Schmidt | $12,235 | $17,189 | 40.5% |
| Dorman Cavness | $25,717 | $16,632 | -35.3% |
| Roddie W. Stockbridge | $14,775 | $16,085 | 8.9% |
| Randy D. Kruse | $21,429 | $15,672 | -26.9% |
| Kenneth Durst | $10,499 | $15,173 | 44.5% |
| Rolling 8 Investments, LLC. | $31,410 | $14,251 | -54.6% |
| Hickory Sand Ranch Lp | $12,650 | $13,237 | 4.6% |
| Douglas H. Coe | $11,819 | $12,751 | 7.9% |
| Steven Ryan Jordan | $57,413 | $12,671 | -77.9% |
| Gregg Whitaker | $10,977 | $12,630 | 15.1% |
| Albert Keyser Jr. | $12,877 | $12,584 | -2.3% |
| Mark Nash III | $17,647 | $12,486 | -29.2% |
| Hinton Creek, LLC | $15,784 | $11,910 | -24.5% |
| Dewey W. Eckert | $7,280 | $11,376 | 56.3% |
| Sean P. Reardon | $7,280 | $11,320 | 55.5% |
| Hunter Geistweidt | $19,731 | $11,228 | -43.1% |
| Bruce Grobe | $22,897 | $11,100 | -51.5% |
| Tommy Eckert | $13,836 | $11,048 | -20.2% |
| Reichenau Farms | $25,962 | $10,966 | -57.8% |
| Mason County Partners LP | $11,957 | $10,910 | -8.8% |
| Brandon Moneyhon | $8,985 | $10,358 | 15.3% |
| John C. Fleming | $31,962 | $10,086 | -68.4% |
| William C. Henke | $10,836 | $9,966 | -8% |
| Robert E Moneyhon | $9,647 | $9,841 | 2% |
| Arthur Geistweidt Ranch | $20,834 | $9,583 | -54% |
| Lee McMillan | $39,822 | $9,333 | -76.6% |
| Double Mills Ranch Lp | $12,342 | $9,171 | -25.7% |
| Michael W. Smith | $16,028 | $9,019 | -43.7% |
| Larry Lehmberg | $20,175 | $8,934 | -55.7% |
| Glen R. Farmer | $16,101 | $8,386 | -47.9% |
| Craig P. Tallent | $10,059 | $8,380 | -16.7% |
| Dolores Keller | $13,169 | $8,143 | -38.2% |
| Jay L. Marek | $8,109 | $7,865 | -3% |
| Tim Martin | $4,225 | $7,844 | 85.7% |
| Justin Crocker | $87,729 | $7,480 | -91.5% |
| Gene Geistweidt | $10,438 | $7,384 | -29.3% |
| Richard G. Schuessler | $13,601 | $7,372 | -45.8% |
| Rick B. Yeager | $7,986 | $7,262 | -9.1% |
| Jay Tedder | $14,393 | $7,131 | -50.5% |
| Clay H. Lindsay | $4,241 | $7,115 | 67.8% |
| Cindy Kothmann | $7,350 | $7,004 | -4.7% |
| Winfred R. Bauer | $27,235 | $6,950 | -74.5% |
| KD Kattle, LLC | $9,427 | $6,848 | -27.4% |
| Chad C. Schmidt | $5,707 | $6,805 | 19.2% |
| Gaylon E. Galvin | $14,058 | $6,680 | -52.5% |
| Wendell Bruce Robbins | $8,371 | $6,452 | -22.9% |
| Randy Lehmberg | $6,106 | $6,395 | 4.7% |
| Johanna Hofmann | $11,291 | $6,176 | -45.3% |
| Susan Walker | $5,920 | $6,135 | 3.6% |
| Michael E. Seaquist | $7,120 | $6,127 | -13.9% |
| Michael Cope | $7,879 | $5,986 | -24% |
| Billy Kothmann | $6,676 | $5,620 | -15.8% |
| Merle Cope | $9,064 | $5,507 | -39.2% |
| Walton Grote | $3,960 | $5,144 | 29.9% |
| Patricia Ann Grote | $2,816 | $5,141 | 82.6% |
| Julie Nobles | $4,305 | $5,097 | 18.4% |
| Jeff R. Dutton | $31,396 | $4,965 | -84.2% |
| Jeff L. Grote | $6,322 | $4,903 | -22.4% |
| Billy Bode | $5,996 | $4,705 | -21.5% |
| Michael Jared Whitworth | $2,028 | $4,699 | 131.7% |
| Eddie Wayne Priess | $1,914 | $4,574 | 139% |
| Lyla Crouch | $1,967 | $4,574 | 132.5% |
| Billy C. Bearden | $4,013 | $4,565 | 13.8% |
| Jonathan Hills | $1,155 | $4,500 | 289.6% |
| Don Baxter | $6,155 | $4,420 | -28.2% |
| 71 Ranch, LLC | $16,122 | $4,259 | -73.6% |
| William M. Carter | $3,769 | $4,187 | 11.1% |
| Troy D. Ruffin | $5,834 | $4,037 | -30.8% |
| Deborah Baxter | $4,367 | $4,013 | -8.1% |
| Paul V. Lehmberg | $23,672 | $3,991 | -83.1% |
| Reichenau Family Irrevocable Trust | $0 | $3,854 | -- |
| William Walker Walston | $3,575 | $3,673 | 2.7% |
| William W. Price | $11,314 | $3,671 | -67.6% |
| Mary Jane Henrich | $7,334 | $3,633 | -50.5% |
| Bert Mahnken | $2,956 | $3,615 | 22.3% |
| Rickey McWilliams | $318 | $3,614 | 1,036.5% |
| Jody E. Eckert | $9,645 | $3,590 | -62.8% |
| Lou Ellen Fleming | $3,542 | $3,380 | -4.6% |
| Kellie D. Bingham | $2,464 | $3,277 | 33% |
| Marsha Kothmann | $0 | $3,242 | -- |
| Deborah Schmidt Keiter | $8,460 | $3,122 | -63.1% |
| Gary Schmidt | $3,391 | $3,087 | -9% |
| Jerry Bearden | $3,504 | $2,907 | -17% |
| Sammy Crouch | $4,862 | $2,867 | -41% |
| Randy Stockbridge | $2,082 | $2,833 | 36.1% |
| Kenneth A. Kothmann | $3,178 | $2,788 | -12.3% |
| Keven Kothmann | $3,280 | $2,788 | -15% |
| Margarine G. Beaman | $3,389 | $2,786 | -17.8% |
| Tyler Magnus | $21,035 | $2,757 | -86.9% |
| Betty Brandenberger | $3,979 | $2,727 | -31.5% |
| Bret Bauer | $8,179 | $2,716 | -66.8% |
| Pete Airheart | $4,114 | $2,707 | -34.2% |
| Mitchel Rasberry | $7,935 | $2,660 | -66.5% |
| Nelda Rasco | $1,936 | $2,617 | 35.2% |
| Mark R. Lehmberg | $12,711 | $2,476 | -80.5% |
| Mason Welding and Supply, Inc. | $8,727 | $2,438 | -72.1% |
| Michael Shane Criswell | $792 | $2,421 | 205.7% |
| Jerald Jordan | $20,073 | $2,398 | -88.1% |
| Linda Phillips | $0 | $2,366 | -- |
| James R. Jordan | $0 | $2,365 | -- |
| Shannon Grote Worrell | $5,930 | $2,341 | -60.5% |
| Driscol Draper | $10,494 | $2,237 | -78.7% |
| Stephen R. Epps | $4,202 | $2,205 | -47.5% |
| Concho Moon, LLC | $3,630 | $2,165 | -40.4% |
| Bruce Lehmberg | $8,283 | $2,152 | -74% |
| Warren Grote | $10,929 | $2,078 | -81% |
| Gregory Lange | $3,589 | $1,971 | -45.1% |
| Carl Martin | $2,119 | $1,970 | -7% |
| Tim Underwood | $5,823 | $1,954 | -66.4% |
| Jed Tedder | $8,269 | $1,948 | -76.4% |
| Justin Yonker | $8,880 | $1,948 | -78.1% |
| Tori A. Dutton | $1,372 | $1,886 | 37.5% |
| Robert Quinton McKinney | $7,366 | $1,815 | -75.4% |
| Max R. Jordan | $1,614 | $1,804 | 11.8% |
| Bill Martin Jr. | $20,940 | $1,778 | -91.5% |
| Marty Pape | $7,467 | $1,738 | -76.7% |
| Sherry M. Behrens | $1,045 | $1,695 | 62.2% |
| Dorris Ann Pierson | $5,107 | $1,658 | -67.5% |
| Scott E. Corrigan | $3,529 | $1,630 | -53.8% |
| Don Grote | $7,693 | $1,573 | -79.6% |
| Jim Bob Smith | $1,552 | $1,509 | -2.8% |
| Constanceathena Leigh Maclean | $12,462 | $1,489 | -88.1% |
| Emmett Weyand | $1,166 | $1,430 | 22.6% |
| Tommy N. Durst | $0 | $1,412 | -- |
| Bonnie Schmidt | $825 | $1,406 | 70.4% |
| Dewayne Simon | $0 | $1,364 | -- |
| Robert Don Jordan | $0 | $1,360 | -- |
| James E. Nixon Jr. | $2,101 | $1,294 | -38.4% |
| Sally K. Capps | $0 | $1,282 | -- |
| Dayton Spaeth | $0 | $1,242 | -- |
| Karolyn Smith | $1,243 | $1,222 | -1.7% |
| Frederick H Matetzschk | $4,022 | $1,204 | -70.1% |
| Mary S. Clapp | $1,651 | $1,204 | -27.1% |
| Kolby Ray Yonker | $8,821 | $1,182 | -86.6% |
| Nancy Kidd Marchioni | $9,960 | $1,125 | -88.7% |
| David Langehennig | $990 | $1,108 | 11.9% |
| Douglas Phillips | $18,170 | $1,081 | -94.1% |
| Sean Russell Estate | $13,142 | $1,081 | -91.8% |
| James M Esquell | $2,832 | $1,073 | -62.1% |
| Charles Allen Bendele II | $5,080 | $1,059 | -79.2% |
| Jeramy Schuessler | $1,530 | $1,049 | -31.4% |
| Paulette Keller | $1,650 | $1,035 | -37.3% |
| Jim Bob Thomas | $5,499 | $979 | -82.2% |
| Sandra Jordan | $1,431 | $914 | -36.1% |
| Brenda Comer | $2,552 | $902 | -64.7% |
| Brian Harwell | $0 | $879 | -- |
| Reese Kerr | $6,094 | $878 | -85.6% |
| Homer Sanchez | $2,483 | $873 | -64.8% |
| Gayland Thorn | $899 | $870 | -3.2% |
| Garrett Ray Allen | $4,393 | $861 | -80.4% |
| Wesley Sutton | $5,724 | $831 | -85.5% |
| Tom Green County FSA | $0 | $773 | -- |
| Alan Drew Kothmann | $2,596 | $702 | -73% |
| Cindy Jones | $2,709 | $597 | -78% |
| M. J. Metzger | $924 | $562 | -39.2% |
| Cole Farmer | $2,579 | $555 | -78.5% |
| L. D. Simon Jr. | $1,221 | $454 | -62.8% |
| Marshall Frazier | $0 | $440 | -- |
| William Cody Autrey | $1,023 | $432 | -57.8% |
| John Ray Ory | $1,572 | $414 | -73.7% |
| Mary Beth Polk | $1,572 | $414 | -73.7% |
| Tana C. Autrey | $0 | $396 | -- |
| David W. Evans Jr. | $2,095 | $336 | -84% |
| Jimmy Allen | $1,958 | $334 | -82.9% |
| Marta T. Boies | $660 | $325 | -50.8% |
| L & C Bradley | $1,388 | $261 | -81.2% |
| A. C. Harper | $0 | $260 | -- |
| Thomas Zachary Price | $0 | $219 | -- |
| Raena Moneyhon | $784 | $186 | -76.3% |
| Kyle Eckert | $1,801 | $132 | -92.7% |
| Alvin R. Hahn | $509 | $117 | -77% |
| Zachary Hafley | $3,925 | $98 | -97.5% |
| Tommy Starks | $192 | $76 | -60.4% |
| Bertha Ramsey | $2,984 | $61 | -98% |
| Kody K. Eckert | $1,466 | $59 | -96% |
| Shanna Bush | $109 | $54 | -50.5% |
| Jerry Brizzi | $319 | $52 | -83.7% |
| 5C Legacy Properties, LLC | $792 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Kramer | $1,099 | $0 | -100% |
| Daymond Brandenberger | $2,736 | $0 | -100% |
| First Mason II, Ltd. | $1,349 | $0 | -100% |
| Herman L. Morris | $5,034 | $0 | -100% |
| John Haines | $139 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Burch | $408,209 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Schuessler | $1,095 | $0 | -100% |
| Reichenau Family Irrevocable Trus | $12,174 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven B. Toone | $27,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Martin Ranch Partnership of | $28,856 | $0 | -100% |
| Tommy R. Durst | $42,372 | $0 | -100% |
| Val Murray Runge | $1,125 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernon & Dena Davis Revocable Liv | $2,139 | $0 | -100% |
| William E. Edmiston II | $1,570 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,771,802 | $2,440,394 | -48.9% |
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