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In 2021, 212 farmers in cities within Ozark County received a total of $919,585 in 237 farm subsidies, a 74.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.6 million in 565 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 Ozark County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan L. Crawford | $149,877 | $93,207 | -37.8% |
| Coonts Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Douglas Allen Foster | $260,621 | $50,024 | -80.8% |
| Ronald D. Foster | $260,588 | $49,961 | -80.8% |
| Diamond T Farms, LLC | $223,532 | $49,035 | -78.1% |
| Stacy W. Guffey | $12,605 | $42,343 | 235.9% |
| Richard Stehle | $35,895 | $40,202 | 12% |
| Jeffrey F. Terry | $133,100 | $33,325 | -75% |
| William Von Reich | $35,894 | $27,759 | -22.7% |
| Morrison Fertilizer, LLC | $92,668 | $20,408 | -78% |
| Danny Pleasant | $50,094 | $16,396 | -67.3% |
| David B. Lester | $60,412 | $15,535 | -74.3% |
| David Mahan | $16,738 | $14,533 | -13.2% |
| John Lester | $46,322 | $12,188 | -73.7% |
| Joe Strong | $36,886 | $10,608 | -71.2% |
| WMC Cattle Company, LLC | $63,335 | $10,288 | -83.8% |
| Clinton Solomon | $0 | $9,172 | -- |
| Rex Donley | $94,804 | $9,137 | -90.4% |
| Tate Stehle | $44,499 | $8,967 | -79.8% |
| William D. Lester | $28,721 | $8,006 | -72.1% |
| Bruce W. Peters | $25,045 | $7,932 | -68.3% |
| Paul D. Rose | $24,209 | $7,427 | -69.3% |
| Estes Farms, LLC | $37,809 | $7,346 | -80.6% |
| Justin L. Coonts | $18,227 | $7,066 | -61.2% |
| Theron L. Oxley | $33,314 | $6,754 | -79.7% |
| Cayce Dillon Gosdin | $6,655 | $6,608 | -0.7% |
| Tr0y Lester | $24,429 | $6,386 | -73.9% |
| Lois Clayton | $40,762 | $6,260 | -84.6% |
| Loren Hillhouse | $21,784 | $6,185 | -71.6% |
| Shawnee Rae Ellison | $34,315 | $5,817 | -83% |
| Gavin Haney | $48,947 | $5,653 | -88.5% |
| Robert H. Walker | $16,731 | $5,363 | -67.9% |
| Glen H. Plaster | $17,760 | $5,164 | -70.9% |
| Mary A. Ellison | $25,218 | $5,057 | -79.9% |
| Uchtman Masonary, LLC | $20,108 | $4,963 | -75.3% |
| Marlin Wallace | $21,131 | $4,744 | -77.5% |
| Garlin J. Pellham | $26,531 | $4,716 | -82.2% |
| Joyce Pellham | $28,399 | $4,398 | -84.5% |
| TTC Farms, LLC | $16,406 | $4,106 | -75% |
| Roger P. Green | $11,407 | $4,092 | -64.1% |
| John L. Steffensen | $14,792 | $3,889 | -73.7% |
| Frank Mello Jr. | $16,753 | $3,878 | -76.9% |
| Ray W. Stone | $23,988 | $3,845 | -84% |
| Chauncey Tyler Henson | $12,444 | $3,684 | -70.4% |
| Shanna Clayton | $14,701 | $3,516 | -76.1% |
| Arthur G. Turner Jr. | $0 | $3,410 | -- |
| Harold Reynolds | $18,002 | $3,402 | -81.1% |
| Hershel Myers | $20,963 | $3,390 | -83.8% |
| Carol Gamblin | $5,668 | $3,340 | -41.1% |
| Mark Ray | $15,620 | $3,320 | -78.7% |
| Paul Summers | $18,447 | $3,259 | -82.3% |
| Travis Bryant | $18,840 | $3,230 | -82.9% |
| Paul Loftis | $11,924 | $3,208 | -73.1% |
| David Leon Burnett | $13,838 | $3,070 | -77.8% |
| Noel E. Luna | $9,069 | $2,880 | -68.2% |
| Misty Morris | $10,615 | $2,729 | -74.3% |
| Matthew Evans | $9,746 | $2,727 | -72% |
| Joe B. Mahan | $9,790 | $2,659 | -72.8% |
| Michael K. Mansfield | $14,223 | $2,512 | -82.3% |
| Rex D. Blisard | $17,287 | $2,448 | -85.8% |
| P & F Ranch, LLC | $11,469 | $2,444 | -78.7% |
| Shanda Allen | $9,768 | $2,385 | -75.6% |
| Carolyn Evans | $12,608 | $2,363 | -81.3% |
| Louis James Stern | $16,802 | $2,363 | -85.9% |
| Duane Grigg | $10,483 | $2,329 | -77.8% |
| Michael Gardner | $9,823 | $2,306 | -76.5% |
| Bruce Hambelton | $9,240 | $2,264 | -75.5% |
| Daniel A. Noah | $9,330 | $2,234 | -76.1% |
| Joseph Doyle Uchtman | $12,948 | $2,216 | -82.9% |
| Mark Suter | $7,128 | $2,179 | -69.4% |
| Freddy D. Johnston | $25,207 | $2,169 | -91.4% |
| Deborah Diane Mahan | $9,742 | $2,136 | -78.1% |
| Doyle Uchtman | $12,019 | $2,042 | -83% |
| Larry D. Tucker | $9,555 | $2,037 | -78.7% |
| Debbie Richey | $7,601 | $1,984 | -73.9% |
| Ramon M. Doria | $2,565 | $1,977 | -22.9% |
| Jeremiah Justin Hand | $1,782 | $1,961 | 10% |
| Darrel Watson | $10,396 | $1,916 | -81.6% |
| Paul E. Wade | $6,416 | $1,888 | -70.6% |
| James Donley | $67,158 | $1,869 | -97.2% |
| T. J. Lewis | $9,378 | $1,842 | -80.4% |
| Jeff Cowart | $10,175 | $1,836 | -82% |
| Larry Warrick | $10,295 | $1,832 | -82.2% |
| Brad Pellham | $8,715 | $1,830 | -79% |
| Kevin Moran | $10,565 | $1,785 | -83.1% |
| Gary G. Orf | $8,444 | $1,768 | -79.1% |
| Elizabeth Canaday | $7,612 | $1,765 | -76.8% |
| Stan Pellham | $9,763 | $1,712 | -82.5% |
| Vance Hambelton | $6,886 | $1,708 | -75.2% |
| Christopher Allen Bales | $14,036 | $1,688 | -88% |
| Pat Funk | $5,808 | $1,683 | -71% |
| Michael Hambelton | $10,278 | $1,670 | -83.8% |
| David R. Miller | $6,171 | $1,668 | -73% |
| Kevin Lemons | $6,655 | $1,587 | -76.2% |
| Philip E. Brubaker | $12,499 | $1,582 | -87.3% |
| Tandy Strong | $12,761 | $1,562 | -87.8% |
| Jerry Webb | $6,281 | $1,557 | -75.2% |
| Allen Douglas | $6,545 | $1,550 | -76.3% |
| Laramie G. Johnson | $4,290 | $1,526 | -64.4% |
| Karl Evans | $3,151 | $1,507 | -52.2% |
| Garry J. McBride | $7,081 | $1,450 | -79.5% |
| Robert Edwards | $5,632 | $1,413 | -74.9% |
| Larry Grisham | $6,062 | $1,388 | -77.1% |
| Joshua Ray Johns | $6,325 | $1,375 | -78.3% |
| Manuel Hambelton | $6,522 | $1,374 | -78.9% |
| Boyd Garrison | $6,957 | $1,332 | -80.9% |
| Darin Evans | $7,612 | $1,329 | -82.5% |
| Billy J. Trivitt | $6,545 | $1,326 | -79.7% |
| Casey Leigh Solomon | $0 | $1,307 | -- |
| Larry Johnson | $6,446 | $1,290 | -80% |
| Edward J. Hampton | $7,761 | $1,286 | -83.4% |
| Melisa Myers | $5,918 | $1,283 | -78.3% |
| Jeff Nash | $6,919 | $1,274 | -81.6% |
| Thomas Lawson | $5,225 | $1,256 | -76% |
| Joe McFarland | $8,897 | $1,251 | -85.9% |
| Dalton Nash | $6,226 | $1,247 | -80% |
| Daniel Heath Guffey | $10,951 | $1,246 | -88.6% |
| Danial Aaron Neal | $4,509 | $1,240 | -72.5% |
| David F. Stevens | $2,706 | $1,234 | -54.4% |
| Huey W. McAninch | $6,276 | $1,210 | -80.7% |
| Justin Burnett | $4,477 | $1,204 | -73.1% |
| Randy Rose | $5,876 | $1,194 | -79.7% |
| Dustin Heriford | $5,445 | $1,188 | -78.2% |
| Louis James Stern Jr. | $6,722 | $1,162 | -82.7% |
| Gladys E. Taylor | $6,755 | $1,126 | -83.3% |
| Jarrett Wallace | $4,906 | $1,097 | -77.6% |
| Brett Aaron Foster | $4,246 | $1,095 | -74.2% |
| Basil Parris | $3,481 | $1,092 | -68.6% |
| Joyce Acklin | $5,720 | $1,087 | -81% |
| Trevor Garett Hicks | $2,530 | $1,085 | -57.1% |
| Dale A. Strong | $3,531 | $1,082 | -69.4% |
| Keith Grisham | $6,379 | $1,074 | -83.2% |
| John Walker | $5,243 | $1,066 | -79.7% |
| Crystal Michelle Ray | $5,115 | $1,062 | -79.2% |
| Rockie Lee Acklin | $4,543 | $1,045 | -77% |
| Dwaine Tabor | $5,446 | $1,030 | -81.1% |
| Thomas J. Loftis | $1,969 | $1,021 | -48.1% |
| Sam Myers | $6,677 | $1,018 | -84.8% |
| Dene Hughes | $7,265 | $1,014 | -86% |
| Ted D. Collins | $3,872 | $998 | -74.2% |
| Travis Jay Lediner | $4,312 | $959 | -77.8% |
| Jeffrey Donley | $20,329 | $954 | -95.3% |
| Jana Gauley | $7,158 | $947 | -86.8% |
| Francis John Lamb | $28,656 | $945 | -96.7% |
| Timothy J. Twitty | $0 | $935 | -- |
| Michael Strain | $4,066 | $916 | -77.5% |
| Leon Beard | $2,783 | $895 | -67.8% |
| Simon Peter Angle | $6,532 | $893 | -86.3% |
| Trenton Dale Uchtman | $3,712 | $876 | -76.4% |
| Hunter Darnell Jones | $4,235 | $859 | -79.7% |
| Eric Rowbotham | $5,084 | $850 | -83.3% |
| Ryelon Estes | $5,330 | $850 | -84.1% |
| John Donley | $7,488 | $848 | -88.7% |
| 3u Cattle Company, LLC | $8,909 | $842 | -90.5% |
| Burl Hamm | $1,650 | $818 | -50.4% |
| Nay Allen | $3,377 | $813 | -75.9% |
| Faron Price | $3,630 | $804 | -77.9% |
| Greg Simpson | $5,945 | $779 | -86.9% |
| Audrey R Appelson | $5,409 | $761 | -85.9% |
| Darrin Clayton | $3,795 | $760 | -80% |
| Stacy Lionel Hambelton | $3,179 | $759 | -76.1% |
| J. R. Evans III | $2,944 | $744 | -74.7% |
| Justin Scott Simmons | $3,487 | $726 | -79.2% |
| Richard Miller | $1,815 | $710 | -60.9% |
| Donald K. Herd | $3,168 | $695 | -78.1% |
| Mike Bushong | $2,904 | $693 | -76.1% |
| Joey Strain | $3,846 | $678 | -82.4% |
| Dennie Walrath | $1,950 | $658 | -66.3% |
| Jerry W. McFarland | $4,153 | $650 | -84.3% |
| Frieda Myers | $1,485 | $643 | -56.7% |
| Jamie Welch | $5,228 | $623 | -88.1% |
| Gary D. Tilson | $4,342 | $608 | -86% |
| Joshua Noel Luna | $3,103 | $605 | -80.5% |
| Grant a Finley Marital Trust | $1,905 | $598 | -68.6% |
| Steven M Valbracht | $3,259 | $591 | -81.9% |
| K. J. Schofield | $2,309 | $588 | -74.5% |
| Chester Trivitt | $4,511 | $586 | -87% |
| Kelly Lemburg | $1,881 | $586 | -68.8% |
| Sara Jo Suter | $4,069 | $584 | -85.6% |
| Linda Ralls | $5,951 | $544 | -90.9% |
| Donald L. Bean | $2,926 | $540 | -81.5% |
| Michael Ellison | $2,486 | $520 | -79.1% |
| Sophronia Tabor | $2,134 | $518 | -75.7% |
| Robert Merriman | $6,059 | $511 | -91.6% |
| James A. Howard | $2,894 | $479 | -83.4% |
| Robby Strain | $2,156 | $460 | -78.7% |
| Robert J. Wolf | $3,044 | $452 | -85.2% |
| Ronald E. Weldon | $2,263 | $445 | -80.3% |
| Troy Wiesner | $2,428 | $438 | -82% |
| Chance Snell | $1,716 | $425 | -75.2% |
| Ralph Brown | $1,782 | $398 | -77.7% |
| Konstanze Plumlee | $1,705 | $384 | -77.5% |
| James N. Dabney | $1,815 | $382 | -79% |
| Travis D. Tucker | $1,419 | $370 | -73.9% |
| Ricky A. Bales | $2,946 | $366 | -87.6% |
| Danny Bales | $2,779 | $328 | -88.2% |
| Norma Young | $1,147 | $322 | -71.9% |
| Rod L. Wilson | $2,337 | $315 | -86.5% |
| Thomas Jacob Cantrell | $1,518 | $311 | -79.5% |
| Michele Johnson | $204 | $307 | 50.5% |
| William C. Cockrum | $968 | $286 | -70.5% |
| Kase Wilson | $1,924 | $284 | -85.2% |
| Billy Wells | $1,276 | $277 | -78.3% |
| Alan Dale Hambelton | $12,517 | $252 | -98% |
| Deborah A. Vlad | $630 | $219 | -65.2% |
| Jared Haas | $1,686 | $208 | -87.7% |
| Dusty Jo Rowbotham | $1,320 | $187 | -85.8% |
| David Hannaford | $1,582 | $167 | -89.4% |
| Ewell Cotter | $993 | $115 | -88.4% |
| James Evans | $396 | $90 | -77.3% |
| Jerry L. Richer | $0 | $55 | -- |
| Robert Brian Dickson | $0 | $28 | -- |
| Lester Brothers, LLC | $4,185 | $0 | -100% |
| Max Phipps | $1,371 | $0 | -100% |
| R. A. Pendergrass | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Woodrow Turner | $2,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Barry J. Pleasant | $8,470 | $0 | -100% |
| Bernard F. Mauler Jr. | $1,893 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Evert | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael G. Smith | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris Stone Farm, LLC | $25,825 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody Ryan Neal | $3,630 | $0 | -100% |
| Mountain Mushrooms, LLC | $135,191 | $0 | -100% |
| Mushroom Factory, LLC | $71,158 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandy Schofield | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott Brown | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas E. Cantrell | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Cleta Romero Sweeney | $1,106 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathleen Lynn Snell | $3,831 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall Delp | $1,870 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Marie Moore | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,616,348 | $919,585 | -74.6% |
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