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In 2021, 310 farmers in cities within Oregon County received a total of $772,015 in 330 farm subsidies, an 82.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.4 million in 796 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 Oregon County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbur E Spreutels | $114,277 | $28,455 | -75.1% |
| Larry D. Grimes | $120,510 | $27,583 | -77.1% |
| Philrite, Inc. | $232,693 | $27,130 | -88.3% |
| Eric K. King | $24,528 | $20,657 | -15.8% |
| Dwight Chronister | $31,772 | $18,927 | -40.4% |
| Donald Johnson | $88,115 | $16,931 | -80.8% |
| Jeremy Johnson | $87,968 | $16,931 | -80.8% |
| Vernie Roark | $13,920 | $14,429 | 3.7% |
| Anthony Creek Cattle Company, LLC | $131,168 | $13,640 | -89.6% |
| Schalnus Brothers, LLC | $38,456 | $13,016 | -66.2% |
| J & S Cattle Company C/O James T Jones | $101,190 | $12,380 | -87.8% |
| Russell J. Mooney | $55,011 | $11,689 | -78.8% |
| Robert G. Crase Jr. | $41,723 | $10,608 | -74.6% |
| Dale Family Trust | $38,469 | $10,551 | -72.6% |
| Garel Montgomery | $42,577 | $10,341 | -75.7% |
| John E. Walters | $58,020 | $9,682 | -83.3% |
| Randy McClanahan | $36,993 | $8,676 | -76.5% |
| James T. Jones | $115,864 | $8,538 | -92.6% |
| Ledgerwood Farms Incorporated | $51,991 | $8,368 | -83.9% |
| Dale Whitaker | $33,759 | $8,366 | -75.2% |
| Paul R. Brewer | $91,126 | $8,235 | -91% |
| Tommy Kent Johnson | $48,521 | $8,164 | -83.2% |
| Scott Frederick Schaumburg | $38,562 | $8,032 | -79.2% |
| Ollar Farms, Inc. | $23,771 | $7,330 | -69.2% |
| Pamela K. Pease | $22,370 | $7,155 | -68% |
| Crews Livestock, LLC | $467,393 | $7,108 | -98.5% |
| Powell Humphreys | $29,887 | $6,972 | -76.7% |
| Michael D. Clark | $32,677 | $6,744 | -79.4% |
| Dennis L. Goodall | $0 | $6,394 | -- |
| Randall G. Combs | $25,905 | $6,362 | -75.4% |
| Bill Hornback | $37,532 | $6,273 | -83.3% |
| Michael W. Jedlicka | $29,821 | $6,207 | -79.2% |
| Gerry Yetive Scott | $22,758 | $5,888 | -74.1% |
| Denny Young | $26,913 | $5,852 | -78.3% |
| Brewer Land & Cattle | $18,464 | $5,450 | -70.5% |
| Vickie Lynn Barbee | $32,632 | $5,118 | -84.3% |
| Casey Glen Cox | $26,800 | $4,956 | -81.5% |
| Mark Harmon | $21,838 | $4,866 | -77.7% |
| William H. Threlkeld | $20,405 | $4,811 | -76.4% |
| Nathan Sisco | $23,173 | $4,737 | -79.6% |
| Jason Kemper | $27,540 | $4,702 | -82.9% |
| David Hunsperger | $14,619 | $4,672 | -68% |
| David A. Stubblefield | $22,083 | $4,616 | -79.1% |
| Jonathan Kemper | $29,596 | $4,508 | -84.8% |
| Calvin Bowers | $17,993 | $4,399 | -75.6% |
| DJS Development, LLC | $28,483 | $4,248 | -85.1% |
| Basham Farms, LLC | $8,721 | $4,144 | -52.5% |
| Gary Simpson | $21,018 | $4,134 | -80.3% |
| Robert Allen Crase | $18,499 | $4,050 | -78.1% |
| Holly Meyer | $21,515 | $4,044 | -81.2% |
| Carl G. Fraley | $15,048 | $4,004 | -73.4% |
| VH Roark Family Rvoc Living Trust | $22,276 | $3,740 | -83.2% |
| Jordan Roberson | $15,818 | $3,504 | -77.8% |
| Donald Whiteside | $13,684 | $3,486 | -74.5% |
| Eddie L. Lancaster | $15,488 | $3,455 | -77.7% |
| Heather Jo Rogers | $21,161 | $3,428 | -83.8% |
| Joe Dan Tucker | $14,157 | $3,324 | -76.5% |
| Joshua Lindberg | $14,483 | $3,296 | -77.2% |
| Gary Hirsch | $12,958 | $3,289 | -74.6% |
| Matthew Cordale Palmer | $14,036 | $3,225 | -77% |
| Karen Butler | $18,965 | $3,135 | -83.5% |
| Jennifer J. Newberry | $20,267 | $3,100 | -84.7% |
| Cory Butler | $19,537 | $3,020 | -84.5% |
| Jeff Braswell | $16,467 | $2,971 | -82% |
| Robert Brown | $11,105 | $2,833 | -74.5% |
| Armstrong Heritage Farm, Inc. | $11,811 | $2,829 | -76% |
| Susan Dyer | $0 | $2,695 | -- |
| Greg Barton | $14,414 | $2,659 | -81.6% |
| Tommy Williams | $8,305 | $2,655 | -68% |
| David C. Blankenship | $11,187 | $2,586 | -76.9% |
| Tim L. Huddleston | $0 | $2,585 | -- |
| Steve Hutchinson | $12,653 | $2,524 | -80.1% |
| Rolla Fraley Jr. | $10,330 | $2,503 | -75.8% |
| Floyd Wickins | $13,695 | $2,495 | -81.8% |
| Luke Fraley | $9,415 | $2,484 | -73.6% |
| Carl Wayne Smith | $11,136 | $2,466 | -77.9% |
| Melissa Underwood | $13,001 | $2,460 | -81.1% |
| Billy A. Drye | $9,581 | $2,416 | -74.8% |
| Graciela Sofianek | $14,163 | $2,415 | -82.9% |
| David N. Huddleston | $9,339 | $2,388 | -74.4% |
| Stanley D. Caldwell | $9,834 | $2,386 | -75.7% |
| Glen Booker | $12,259 | $2,383 | -80.6% |
| Johnny George Higgins | $9,108 | $2,356 | -74.1% |
| Diane Johnson | $3,573 | $2,341 | -34.5% |
| Larry Holman | $11,411 | $2,331 | -79.6% |
| Clifford Gene Woods | $15,861 | $2,327 | -85.3% |
| Regina Tucker | $11,533 | $2,296 | -80.1% |
| Tom Lewallen | $9,515 | $2,265 | -76.2% |
| Lawrence Williams | $10,087 | $2,209 | -78.1% |
| Glendon K. Cline | $9,482 | $2,192 | -76.9% |
| Jamie Sisco | $2,332 | $2,178 | -6.6% |
| Trent Hendricks | $143,194 | $2,130 | -98.5% |
| Vernon Orr | $8,349 | $2,127 | -74.5% |
| Sherry Rhoades | $10,366 | $2,120 | -79.5% |
| David Bosley | $7,678 | $2,108 | -72.5% |
| Michael Biffle | $7,447 | $2,077 | -72.1% |
| James A. Hudson | $7,843 | $2,048 | -73.9% |
| Dale Hunsperger | $10,180 | $2,042 | -79.9% |
| Jack Bates | $0 | $2,035 | -- |
| Dwight Hatterman | $7,744 | $2,010 | -74% |
| John Lee Wilson | $11,044 | $2,008 | -81.8% |
| Don Alford | $16,081 | $1,998 | -87.6% |
| Jim Ball | $7,859 | $1,997 | -74.6% |
| Edgar Wilson | $6,116 | $1,921 | -68.6% |
| Terry Williams | $11,693 | $1,896 | -83.8% |
| Mark Martin | $12,052 | $1,851 | -84.6% |
| Jim Wiggs | $10,129 | $1,845 | -81.8% |
| Russel Jewell | $0 | $1,836 | -- |
| Lavaughn Crawford | $12,454 | $1,828 | -85.3% |
| Kay Howell | $7,986 | $1,794 | -77.5% |
| Timothy Crase | $6,469 | $1,766 | -72.7% |
| Bobby L. Coursey | $3,960 | $1,749 | -55.8% |
| Carla Boze | $7,737 | $1,746 | -77.4% |
| Donald B. Alsup | $8,415 | $1,720 | -79.6% |
| Eldon Tinsley | $6,391 | $1,714 | -73.2% |
| Brian Dean Bettis | $6,395 | $1,688 | -73.6% |
| Michael Crews | $6,622 | $1,676 | -74.7% |
| Cathy Reynolds | $7,763 | $1,544 | -80.1% |
| Traci Collins | $6,070 | $1,544 | -74.6% |
| Donnie Cooley | $11,936 | $1,536 | -87.1% |
| Paul Sloan | $6,504 | $1,508 | -76.8% |
| Jeffery Kornegay | $6,325 | $1,506 | -76.2% |
| Braydon Pender | $5,728 | $1,491 | -74% |
| Seth Freeman | $10,014 | $1,444 | -85.6% |
| Phyllis Adams | $5,874 | $1,439 | -75.5% |
| Darlene Coin Crews | $10,320 | $1,436 | -86.1% |
| David Gene McGhee | $5,654 | $1,428 | -74.7% |
| Bobby Brooks | $5,379 | $1,408 | -73.8% |
| Frederick L. Hower | $5,159 | $1,385 | -73.2% |
| M Leowen Vonallmen | $7,304 | $1,381 | -81.1% |
| Howard Barton | $7,491 | $1,380 | -81.6% |
| Steven Ross | $7,711 | $1,352 | -82.5% |
| Dorothy Hall | $5,060 | $1,350 | -73.3% |
| Joe Hoyt | $6,875 | $1,348 | -80.4% |
| Alice Thompson | $6,479 | $1,326 | -79.5% |
| Billy Young | $6,094 | $1,316 | -78.4% |
| Raymond Kazen | $5,889 | $1,305 | -77.8% |
| Henry Jewell | $5,390 | $1,299 | -75.9% |
| Caleb Brown | $4,697 | $1,269 | -73% |
| Owens Jr. | $7,127 | $1,258 | -82.3% |
| Brad Barr | $9,421 | $1,253 | -86.7% |
| Paul A. Brewer II | $7,335 | $1,243 | -83.1% |
| Billy Joe Madden | $10,317 | $1,230 | -88.1% |
| Tamala Ary | $3,916 | $1,223 | -68.8% |
| Zach Reifschneider | $4,499 | $1,215 | -73% |
| Betty Wolfe Gillham | $6,512 | $1,209 | -81.4% |
| Daniel Davis | $5,302 | $1,208 | -77.2% |
| Paul A. Brewer | $5,665 | $1,204 | -78.7% |
| Daryl F. Dye | $4,781 | $1,199 | -74.9% |
| John Simmons | $4,572 | $1,194 | -73.9% |
| Terry W. Cline | $5,829 | $1,193 | -79.5% |
| Gene Hollis | $3,476 | $1,193 | -65.7% |
| Brenda Smith | $5,203 | $1,180 | -77.3% |
| Curtis Poulette | $5,203 | $1,180 | -77.3% |
| Herbert Poulette | $5,203 | $1,180 | -77.3% |
| Adam Bandy | $12,031 | $1,176 | -90.2% |
| Justin Heck | $4,323 | $1,160 | -73.2% |
| Jeff Holman | $7,205 | $1,155 | -84% |
| Charles Thomas Melton | $5,324 | $1,140 | -78.6% |
| Derrick Smith | $4,370 | $1,125 | -74.3% |
| Stoney Cypret | $5,445 | $1,122 | -79.4% |
| Ryan Miller | $7,014 | $1,114 | -84.1% |
| Victor Allen Bridges | $5,830 | $1,110 | -81% |
| Shawn Dennis | $5,649 | $1,098 | -80.6% |
| Jeffrey Linn Honeycutt | $5,741 | $1,084 | -81.1% |
| Ralph Jedger Underwood | $4,191 | $1,080 | -74.2% |
| Pearl Hickman | $6,028 | $1,072 | -82.2% |
| Ernest Staley | $6,289 | $1,052 | -83.3% |
| Mark Wigger | $5,742 | $1,029 | -82.1% |
| Ed King | $4,774 | $1,018 | -78.7% |
| Velma Parrott | $5,391 | $1,010 | -81.3% |
| Kim Hollis | $3,927 | $1,004 | -74.4% |
| Ralph E. Underwood Jr. | $3,542 | $1,000 | -71.8% |
| Kimberly Fuller | $4,396 | $993 | -77.4% |
| Geneva Niemi | $0 | $992 | -- |
| Jerry L. Lancaster | $3,564 | $970 | -72.8% |
| Kevin Adams | $3,894 | $960 | -75.3% |
| David Blaine Slayton | $4,488 | $958 | -78.7% |
| Hunter Holman | $0 | $958 | -- |
| Leo N. Warren | $4,213 | $952 | -77.4% |
| Daniel Wrenfrow | $3,073 | $934 | -69.6% |
| Lewis Childers | $3,542 | $934 | -73.6% |
| Thomas Smith | $7,383 | $934 | -87.3% |
| Michael L. Dubois | $4,818 | $930 | -80.7% |
| Jennifer Snelson | $5,058 | $920 | -81.8% |
| Mark Moore | $0 | $914 | -- |
| David L. Rackley | $4,388 | $911 | -79.2% |
| Charles Peyton Trantham | $3,729 | $901 | -75.8% |
| Jason Bowers | $4,664 | $900 | -80.7% |
| Blake Orr | $4,466 | $873 | -80.5% |
| Randy Simmons | $3,096 | $852 | -72.5% |
| Secretha Leu | $3,760 | $848 | -77.4% |
| Kenny Komm | $1,947 | $848 | -56.4% |
| Douglas Wilson | $3,520 | $838 | -76.2% |
| Kalan Roberts | $3,831 | $825 | -78.5% |
| Ryan Trevor Jenkins | $3,508 | $819 | -76.7% |
| Nancy Jean Hurtt | $2,816 | $816 | -71% |
| Francis Brenner | $2,519 | $814 | -67.7% |
| Gregory D. Richardson | $6,111 | $814 | -86.7% |
| Larry Latham | $3,795 | $804 | -78.8% |
| William Gerald Andrews | $4,957 | $804 | -83.8% |
| Darron Combs | $2,365 | $798 | -66.3% |
| Johnny Hollis | $3,946 | $786 | -80.1% |
| Jay Gobble | $3,149 | $773 | -75.5% |
| Wendell P. Williams | $6,211 | $772 | -87.6% |
| Bob Cypret | $3,685 | $758 | -79.4% |
| Steven E. Ross | $3,289 | $754 | -77.1% |
| Joyce Coppock | $5,871 | $739 | -87.4% |
| Mike Roberts | $2,439 | $738 | -69.7% |
| Mike King | $3,641 | $737 | -79.8% |
| Thomas A. Dills | $2,684 | $736 | -72.6% |
| Grover Dale Crews | $4,158 | $730 | -82.4% |
| Terry L. Range | $4,369 | $720 | -83.5% |
| Donald Smith | $3,531 | $717 | -79.7% |
| Stephen Jewell | $3,296 | $716 | -78.3% |
| William Lee Combs | $3,157 | $710 | -77.5% |
| J and G Farms, LLC | $702 | $702 | 0% |
| Kurt Reynolds | $3,179 | $693 | -78.2% |
| Harold Ramey | $2,696 | $689 | -74.4% |
| Betty Roberts | $3,571 | $678 | -81% |
| Lorene Grooms | $3,770 | $674 | -82.1% |
| Claude Wesley Shields | $2,526 | $670 | -73.5% |
| Kelly E. Johnson | $2,739 | $670 | -75.5% |
| Joseph Anderson | $3,135 | $652 | -79.2% |
| Shirley Crews | $2,321 | $643 | -72.3% |
| Jamie Barton | $2,090 | $600 | -71.3% |
| Janie Richardson | $2,464 | $596 | -75.8% |
| Russell D. Grooms | $5,679 | $595 | -89.5% |
| Timothy Lee Bowers | $3,135 | $592 | -81.1% |
| Matthew Huckabee | $3,344 | $582 | -82.6% |
| Duane Dawson | $3,686 | $576 | -84.4% |
| Mack H. Roberts | $576 | $576 | 0% |
| Shelia Mitchener | $3,046 | $574 | -81.2% |
| Garland L. Smith | $3,605 | $567 | -84.3% |
| Joe Anderson | $2,222 | $566 | -74.5% |
| Tom Grooms | $1,122 | $564 | -49.7% |
| Colton Spurlock | $2,530 | $563 | -77.7% |
| W. T. Barton | $1,143 | $559 | -51.1% |
| Betty J. Sorenson | $1,416 | $559 | -60.5% |
| Brad Vest | $2,794 | $557 | -80.1% |
| Carl Hunter | $2,853 | $550 | -80.7% |
| Sarah Elizabeth Stubbs | $3,817 | $543 | -85.8% |
| Opal McCrackin | $2,849 | $537 | -81.2% |
| Allen Leu | $1,639 | $533 | -67.5% |
| Dustin Walters | $9,871 | $526 | -94.7% |
| Marcus Reynolds | $13,281 | $520 | -96.1% |
| Shannon L. Exum | $2,112 | $513 | -75.7% |
| William L. Hobbs | $2,355 | $502 | -78.7% |
| David Adams | $1,237 | $496 | -59.9% |
| Dessa M. Taylor | $2,250 | $480 | -78.7% |
| Michael Williams | $458 | $479 | 4.6% |
| Daniel Howell | $1,694 | $477 | -71.8% |
| Mark Allen Holman | $4,397 | $476 | -89.2% |
| Adam Sisco | $10,858 | $467 | -95.7% |
| John Bird | $2,206 | $462 | -79.1% |
| Allen Mitchell | $1,969 | $459 | -76.7% |
| Wayne W. Adrian | $3,203 | $454 | -85.8% |
| Jeanne Earls | $1,441 | $446 | -69% |
| George Anthony Mills | $13,232 | $418 | -96.8% |
| Heath Crawford | $1,936 | $406 | -79% |
| Rhonda Y. Simpson | $1,926 | $388 | -79.9% |
| Andrew Brown | $3,773 | $384 | -89.8% |
| Melissa Kampmann | $2,442 | $357 | -85.4% |
| Jimmy Reynolds | $4,526 | $349 | -92.3% |
| Steven Staley | $1,705 | $349 | -79.5% |
| Joe Dills | $1,976 | $340 | -82.8% |
| Nathan Sanders | $49,345 | $336 | -99.3% |
| Curt Hargrove | $6,953 | $322 | -95.4% |
| David P. Black | $507 | $307 | -39.4% |
| Randy Andrews | $6,211 | $301 | -95.2% |
| Franklin Nelson Alford | $5,126 | $300 | -94.1% |
| Geoffrey G. Dubois | $1,045 | $300 | -71.3% |
| Hunter Schmidt | $1,671 | $296 | -82.3% |
| Ray Andrews Jr. | $2,459 | $294 | -88% |
| Josh Palmer | $935 | $290 | -69% |
| Lisa Honeycutt | $2,372 | $290 | -87.8% |
| Robert Clary | $1,364 | $284 | -79.2% |
| Leslie Weyland | $968 | $280 | -71.1% |
| Isaias Mora | $1,362 | $275 | -79.8% |
| Joe Dan Cheever | $1,398 | $273 | -80.5% |
| Lloyd K. Hall | $1,147 | $273 | -76.2% |
| Aleatta Ezell | $1,540 | $271 | -82.4% |
| Ryan Wesley King | $1,386 | $269 | -80.6% |
| Richard L. Enarson | $3,266 | $263 | -91.9% |
| Bethany Underwood | $1,100 | $253 | -77% |
| Nanthaniel Cheever | $1,095 | $252 | -77% |
| George F Lovrekovic | $1,510 | $239 | -84.2% |
| Danny G. Good | $2,001 | $236 | -88.2% |
| Larry Poe | $1,166 | $232 | -80.1% |
| Phyllis Cropper | $1,865 | $225 | -87.9% |
| Gary Helfrich | $825 | $208 | -74.8% |
| Robyn E. Sims | $1,051 | $200 | -81% |
| Anthony Garrison | $913 | $194 | -78.8% |
| Beverly Morrow | $1,588 | $188 | -88.2% |
| Karen Perkins | $880 | $187 | -78.8% |
| Margaret Ann Nichols | $180 | $180 | 0% |
| Kendell Sisco | $5,767 | $173 | -97% |
| Irvin Vest | $847 | $170 | -79.9% |
| Nelson G. Simpson | $317 | $165 | -47.9% |
| Albert Kosinski | $2,524 | $146 | -94.2% |
| Timothy Wrenfrow | $3,268 | $125 | -96.2% |
| Carl S. Moore | $280 | $120 | -57.1% |
| Austin D. Perkey | $528 | $112 | -78.8% |
| Bill Sandridge | $506 | $110 | -78.3% |
| George Green | $751 | $107 | -85.8% |
| Dianna Fraley | $171 | $84 | -50.9% |
| Mary V. Sisco | $112 | $55 | -50.9% |
| Rachel Harris | $3,835 | $34 | -99.1% |
| Darrell J. Strain | $925 | $28 | -97% |
| Saundra Dorris | $42 | $21 | -50% |
| Barbara Alford | $83 | $0 | -100% |
| Bill Axelsen | $259 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Latham | $427 | $0 | -100% |
| Doug Bridges | $189 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily Morris | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Galeon Murphy | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy Bentzel | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Lonnie Duncan | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Combs | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul & Veneta Dickerson Revocable Living Trust | $3,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert O. Blankenship | $1,699 | $0 | -100% |
| Roberta Kneisel | $9,108 | $0 | -100% |
| Scotty Hollis | $7,975 | $0 | -100% |
| Worth Carswell | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron Bradley | $509 | $0 | -100% |
| Avis Walker | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Bonnie Coursey | $2,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Josey Kuk | $4,865 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Everett Ball | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Mike Bade | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Ross Wilson | $376 | $0 | -100% |
| Beatrice Jordan | $4,967 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles D. Walters | $2,612 | $0 | -100% |
| Donnie Phipps | $1,229 | $0 | -100% |
| Ed Brown | $4,345 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Humphreys | $2,969 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary Smith | $147 | $0 | -100% |
| Lonnie Mills | $2,893 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Oliver | $1,058 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Coffey | $810 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,404,881 | $772,015 | -82.5% |
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