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In 2021, 68 farmers in cities within Crockett County received a total of $1.7 million in 160 farm subsidies, a 41.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.9 million in 222 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay W. Richardson | $119,670 | $167,428 | 39.9% |
| Dwight Childress | $417,251 | $141,136 | -66.2% |
| Worth E. Allen Jr. | $198,853 | $115,155 | -42.1% |
| Jack & Janie Riggs Ranch, Ltd. | $37,443 | $80,740 | 115.6% |
| Bill Black Ranch | $248,717 | $76,411 | -69.3% |
| Clayton-Hill Ranches | $0 | $68,458 | -- |
| Will M Black & Vickie R Black | $134,430 | $67,643 | -49.7% |
| Todd Jones | $65,599 | $51,246 | -21.9% |
| Stirrup Ranch Company, Ltd. | $0 | $50,510 | -- |
| Carri Jane Chandler | $32,029 | $44,823 | 39.9% |
| Worth A. Allen | $101,739 | $43,980 | -56.8% |
| B & B Renfroe | $56,207 | $42,356 | -24.6% |
| Hoover K Company | $106,955 | $42,128 | -60.6% |
| Ben Forehand | $83,045 | $37,880 | -54.4% |
| Paul Perner III Pecos River Ranch | $63,936 | $36,391 | -43.1% |
| Childress III, P L | $54,431 | $34,783 | -36.1% |
| Hugh Ward Childress | $11,320 | $34,718 | 206.7% |
| Fred Chandler | $72,082 | $33,881 | -53% |
| Carmen Sutton | $36,046 | $33,527 | -7% |
| Jack Baggett Jr. | $9,714 | $32,200 | 231.5% |
| Soto, Inc. | $43,127 | $29,728 | -31.1% |
| Brock M. Jones Jr. | $17,380 | $26,713 | 53.7% |
| Jerri Lynn Pierce | $32,146 | $25,259 | -21.4% |
| J J Marley Ranch Partnership | $15,904 | $23,703 | 49% |
| Sally Oglesby | $41,642 | $22,125 | -46.9% |
| Paul D. Stuart | $18,904 | $20,975 | 11% |
| William Saunders Mason III | $41,815 | $20,743 | -50.4% |
| Tom Stokes | $21,089 | $17,997 | -14.7% |
| Marshall Hubbard | $41,175 | $17,945 | -56.4% |
| Bradley van Hoover | $26,150 | $17,931 | -31.4% |
| Steve Wilkins | $25,308 | $17,253 | -31.8% |
| Fred M. Deaton | $11,239 | $16,723 | 48.8% |
| George & Jackie Bob Cox | $0 | $16,414 | -- |
| Mark Travis Davidson | $36,748 | $15,517 | -57.8% |
| Gene Williams Jr. | $0 | $15,481 | -- |
| Tommy Conner III | $23,597 | $14,289 | -39.4% |
| Bud Coates Ranch | $39,951 | $13,028 | -67.4% |
| Molly Martin Crawford | $14,845 | $12,686 | -14.5% |
| Heather Claburn | $0 | $12,006 | -- |
| T. R. Conner Jr. | $27,142 | $11,940 | -56% |
| Sandra Childress | $13,971 | $9,200 | -34.1% |
| Clay Childress | $11,398 | $8,954 | -21.4% |
| Louis Bunger | $123,100 | $8,068 | -93.4% |
| PD Stuart Cattle, LLC | $0 | $7,879 | -- |
| Clay Scott Everett | $7,390 | $7,440 | 0.7% |
| Michael Preddy Sr. | $9,900 | $7,406 | -25.2% |
| Martin L. Childress | $25,194 | $7,341 | -70.9% |
| Anthony Churchill | $14,416 | $7,123 | -50.6% |
| Corinne D. Gibson | $5,659 | $5,659 | 0% |
| Cameron & Oliver Ranch Company, LLC | $152,910 | $5,480 | -96.4% |
| Murphey Black | $8,027 | $5,374 | -33.1% |
| William P Hoover III Shelter Trust | $0 | $4,767 | -- |
| Nila Raye Kelly | $2,499 | $3,801 | 52.1% |
| George L. Bunger V | $46,551 | $3,208 | -93.1% |
| Russell Dean Crenwelge | $11,634 | $3,150 | -72.9% |
| James Oliver | $21,038 | $2,976 | -85.9% |
| Erby, LLC | $2,058 | $2,096 | 1.8% |
| Morris Lee Coates | $8,407 | $1,854 | -77.9% |
| Robert Dale Graves Irr Tr | $3,667 | $1,447 | -60.5% |
| E. H. Chandler Jr. | $1,148 | $1,264 | 10.1% |
| Lee Erick Parks | $6,746 | $1,053 | -84.4% |
| Pandale Ranch Company, Inc. | $10,106 | $967 | -90.4% |
| Rory Buchanan | $802 | $874 | 9% |
| Edward C. Hale Jr. | $3,278 | $786 | -76% |
| H Double O Cattle Company | $3,014 | $720 | -76.1% |
| Mary A. Deaton | $3,643 | $343 | -90.6% |
| Don W. Long | $1,657 | $202 | -87.8% |
| Bill McGuire | $0 | $189 | -- |
| Chas E. Davidson IV | $41,667 | $0 | -100% |
| DAWG | $39,949 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Womack | $4,196 | $0 | -100% |
| William P Hoover III Shelter Trus | $12,088 | $0 | -100% |
| Wm Pon Seahorn III | $21,738 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,945,480 | $1,713,471 | -41.8% |
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