Adobe Stock
Adobe Stock
In 2021, 210 farmers in cities within Uvalde County received a total of $5.4 million in 472 farm subsidies, a 69.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $17.6 million in 732 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 Uvalde County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Farms and Ranch | $1,339,709 | $276,195 | -79.4% |
| George D. Driskill | $603,854 | $232,872 | -61.4% |
| Jack & Susan Stone | $300,438 | $224,975 | -25.1% |
| Carl Muecke Farms Jr. | $338,322 | $200,895 | -40.6% |
| Bob Clary & Sons | $413,177 | $199,348 | -51.8% |
| L & L Farms, LLC | $619,310 | $182,965 | -70.5% |
| James F. Williams Jr. | $229,828 | $161,595 | -29.7% |
| Shane Hunter | $292,755 | $155,516 | -46.9% |
| Kincaid Land & Cattle Company, Inc. | $283,022 | $140,078 | -50.5% |
| Laffere Farms, LLC | $842,602 | $126,054 | -85% |
| Archie & Sarabeth Mcfadin | $61,088 | $125,951 | 106.2% |
| Jeffrey Grissom | $445,049 | $114,830 | -74.2% |
| Soyars Ranch | $129,079 | $112,964 | -12.5% |
| James R. Carnes Jr. | $66,343 | $96,970 | 46.2% |
| Neal & Lori Brewster Farms | $142,121 | $92,029 | -35.2% |
| Cline Speer | $275,096 | $78,641 | -71.4% |
| Spence & Soyars | $182,682 | $75,405 | -58.7% |
| Charles Bradley Crawford | $363,333 | $71,348 | -80.4% |
| Jason P. Rowan | $0 | $71,253 | -- |
| James & Kathy Crawford Farms JV | $760,936 | $70,660 | -90.7% |
| Henry Bros Farms, LLC | $183,560 | $69,185 | -62.3% |
| S & P Cattle, LLC | $127,830 | $69,041 | -46% |
| Matthew M. Dodson | $339,543 | $68,533 | -79.8% |
| Daniel James McFadin | $92,239 | $66,284 | -28.1% |
| Annandale Ranch Partnership | $56,076 | $65,922 | 17.6% |
| Danny Parker Farms | $158,621 | $60,717 | -61.7% |
| James R & Melody Speer Ranch JV | $251,513 | $58,093 | -76.9% |
| Bruce Gilleland | $117,848 | $57,901 | -50.9% |
| Kenneth W. Meyer | $64,100 | $57,492 | -10.3% |
| Roger & Marvin Verstuyft Farms | $234,973 | $55,653 | -76.3% |
| Sammy L. Gugliotti | $49,593 | $55,309 | 11.5% |
| Thomas Melvin Foster | $161,660 | $52,237 | -67.7% |
| 3-D Cattle Company, Inc. | $40,507 | $52,103 | 28.6% |
| Rocky Beach Fish Site | $0 | $48,375 | -- |
| John H. Driskill | $257,091 | $47,462 | -81.5% |
| Sidney Clary Clary H. Farms | $115,083 | $46,890 | -59.3% |
| Parker Farm | $82,065 | $46,137 | -43.8% |
| Ted Lee | $109,811 | $45,548 | -58.5% |
| J & B Farms | $274,002 | $45,239 | -83.5% |
| Victor John Niemeyer | $52,876 | $41,129 | -22.2% |
| Sam Horton | $82,695 | $40,735 | -50.7% |
| Ralph & Connie Hesse Farms | $124,277 | $40,668 | -67.3% |
| Carnes Farms, Inc. | $178,090 | $40,659 | -77.2% |
| Mathis Farms Partnership | $92,759 | $39,989 | -56.9% |
| Danny Dean | $79,035 | $35,567 | -55% |
| K & L Farms, Inc. | $120,799 | $35,184 | -70.9% |
| Mcfadin Farms, Inc. | $486,811 | $35,146 | -92.8% |
| Mark Landry | $125,333 | $34,346 | -72.6% |
| Rodney Scott Hardesty | $148,193 | $32,692 | -77.9% |
| Kenneth Eugene Verstuyft | $59,527 | $32,520 | -45.4% |
| Frio Water Hole Cattle Company | $19,574 | $30,860 | 57.7% |
| Carl Muecke | $92,901 | $30,326 | -67.4% |
| Frank W. Jones III | $19,793 | $27,483 | 38.9% |
| Marshall B. Despain | $60,131 | $26,092 | -56.6% |
| Geoffrey Myane JR | $24,971 | $24,968 | -0% |
| Weldon Gilleland | $61,401 | $24,936 | -59.4% |
| Clinton James Brown | $28,699 | $24,776 | -13.7% |
| Tom Brewer | $23,632 | $24,534 | 3.8% |
| Pepino Farms, LLC | $32,674 | $24,392 | -25.3% |
| Dietrich J. Gembler III | $40,264 | $23,396 | -41.9% |
| Travis Frank Muecke | $69,340 | $22,748 | -67.2% |
| Ralph Harper Hesse | $111,779 | $21,088 | -81.1% |
| 8-Mile Ranch, Inc. | $3,060 | $20,212 | 560.5% |
| Ouida Schliesing Farms, Inc. | $13,252 | $19,579 | 47.7% |
| Cargil Farms Jv | $652,496 | $18,640 | -97.1% |
| Walter S Schawe | $33,221 | $18,268 | -45% |
| Justin Joe Speer | $134,648 | $17,367 | -87.1% |
| Briscoe/Brauchle | $540,717 | $17,003 | -96.9% |
| Jessie David Howard | $30,616 | $16,785 | -45.2% |
| Carol Brewer | $0 | $16,744 | -- |
| James R Bendele DRY Hole Cattle Company | $0 | $16,642 | -- |
| Robert C. Reagan | $15,774 | $16,556 | 5% |
| KC Cattle Company, LLC | $26,662 | $15,833 | -40.6% |
| Barbara Mazurek | $21,108 | $15,684 | -25.7% |
| Chaparral Feeders, Inc. | $283,816 | $15,568 | -94.5% |
| Emily Brown | $18,539 | $15,398 | -16.9% |
| Allen J. Carnes | $64,757 | $14,689 | -77.3% |
| Richard Weaver Jr. | $5,076 | $13,136 | 158.8% |
| Helen Davis Cates | $10,001 | $12,961 | 29.6% |
| Wayne Hale | $51,973 | $12,758 | -75.5% |
| Carl Hellums | $2,514 | $12,313 | 389.8% |
| Bradley John Gembler | $24,274 | $11,457 | -52.8% |
| William a Jackson | $12,479 | $11,447 | -8.3% |
| Ted Smith | $114,197 | $11,160 | -90.2% |
| Barry Balzen | $28,339 | $11,134 | -60.7% |
| Frank K. Ede | $9,820 | $10,385 | 5.8% |
| Russell D. Brown | $20,201 | $10,178 | -49.6% |
| Michael J. Hawkes | $15,033 | $10,081 | -32.9% |
| Wilde Family Farms, Ltd. | $42,581 | $9,392 | -77.9% |
| Kenneth Spence Farms | $43,618 | $9,260 | -78.8% |
| Katherine Ann Glasscock | $65,797 | $9,248 | -85.9% |
| Ouida Schliesing | $5,731 | $9,051 | 57.9% |
| James B. Dalrymple | $5,426 | $8,965 | 65.2% |
| Morgan Jones | $0 | $8,960 | -- |
| Roy J. Gazaway | $10,424 | $8,824 | -15.3% |
| Eugene Verstuyft | $28,500 | $8,632 | -69.7% |
| William David Hillis | $13,303 | $8,418 | -36.7% |
| Dr. Elmer B. Herndon | $2,795 | $8,390 | 200.2% |
| Lee Schawe | $24,322 | $8,344 | -65.7% |
| Jennifer Barnes | $41,308 | $8,096 | -80.4% |
| Benny H. Ewing | $0 | $8,034 | -- |
| Jaime R. Lee | $24,745 | $7,861 | -68.2% |
| Joe E Hargrove Cattle & Hunting Company, LLC | $0 | $7,756 | -- |
| Brent Rutledge | $11,451 | $7,625 | -33.4% |
| Ross Thompson | $15,315 | $7,553 | -50.7% |
| Noel Rodriguez | $11,655 | $7,418 | -36.4% |
| Jo Nell Herndon | $0 | $7,344 | -- |
| Paysinger Farm & Ranch, Inc. | $14,377 | $6,816 | -52.6% |
| Full Flame, LLC | $11,408 | $6,435 | -43.6% |
| Vesta Lucille Hutcherson | $6,303 | $6,374 | 1.1% |
| Roy Angermiller | $12,580 | $6,199 | -50.7% |
| Anthony Kaufmann | $49,664 | $5,985 | -87.9% |
| Jeffrey Burton Moore | $8,097 | $5,804 | -28.3% |
| Rebecca S. Merritt | $10,494 | $5,755 | -45.2% |
| Cynthia L. Mauldin | $12,920 | $5,584 | -56.8% |
| Robert O. Coleman | $5,989 | $5,162 | -13.8% |
| JR Land & Cattle, LLC | $4,540 | $5,107 | 12.5% |
| Gary Scott Brauchle | $18,127 | $4,897 | -73% |
| James D. Phillips | $7,281 | $4,807 | -34% |
| Falkenberg Farms, Inc. | $10,300 | $4,782 | -53.6% |
| Joe E. Hargrove | $61,088 | $4,748 | -92.2% |
| Turner-Pasche Ranch, LLC | $2,574 | $4,724 | 83.5% |
| Tony Lynn Gruben | $3,131 | $4,509 | 44% |
| Luce Ranch | $3,058 | $4,422 | 44.6% |
| Cobey R. Keith | $5,825 | $4,403 | -24.4% |
| Ginger Schneider | $5,843 | $4,383 | -25% |
| Doris Y. Haby | $41,925 | $4,356 | -89.6% |
| Sam W. Haughey | $0 | $4,318 | -- |
| Phyllis Hellums | $15,225 | $4,222 | -72.3% |
| Scott R. Jones | $0 | $4,153 | -- |
| Tony Clark | $7,020 | $4,120 | -41.3% |
| Harold Glenn Eaker | $1,372 | $4,114 | 199.9% |
| W. D. Sutherland IV | $13,351 | $3,906 | -70.7% |
| Pat Jackowski | $4,983 | $3,877 | -22.2% |
| Stone Land and Cattle Company, LLC | $20,793 | $3,864 | -81.4% |
| Philip Hackman | $49,015 | $3,800 | -92.2% |
| Ernen M Haby | $13,986 | $3,756 | -73.1% |
| Karen M. Barnes | $3,482 | $3,627 | 4.2% |
| Encantada Cattle Company, LLC | $18,413 | $3,522 | -80.9% |
| Ashley Unruh | $34,184 | $3,500 | -89.8% |
| Trees Farms | $16,233 | $3,191 | -80.3% |
| Vicki K. Allen | $4,620 | $3,140 | -32% |
| Christopher Stephen Seiler | $7,470 | $2,873 | -61.5% |
| Randall O. Wilde | $8,385 | $2,643 | -68.5% |
| Nolan Okley Sheedy JR | $4,869 | $2,605 | -46.5% |
| Malcolm Richey | $9,114 | $2,604 | -71.4% |
| Ted Sanderlin | $9,118 | $2,522 | -72.3% |
| John L. Hillis | $2,915 | $2,518 | -13.6% |
| H Wright Friday & Susanne L Friday | $0 | $2,518 | -- |
| Larry D. Langner | $1,829 | $2,338 | 27.8% |
| Lavern Harp | $2,025 | $2,334 | 15.3% |
| Cathy Lutz | $6,918 | $2,269 | -67.2% |
| Brandon Russell Gilleland | $0 | $2,150 | -- |
| Ray M. Langford | $11,752 | $2,071 | -82.4% |
| Brenda Mahoney | $1,587 | $1,992 | 25.5% |
| Jimmie Martin Shoemaker | $0 | $1,805 | -- |
| Jessup Yeaman | $3,805 | $1,745 | -54.1% |
| Robert R. Redden | $24,653 | $1,708 | -93.1% |
| Henry Lutz | $4,443 | $1,610 | -63.8% |
| Bobby G. Warrington | $12,192 | $1,591 | -87% |
| Randy J. Gerdes | $3,683 | $1,544 | -58.1% |
| John Stephen Miles | $12,003 | $1,509 | -87.4% |
| Rodolfo R Flores | $2,871 | $1,501 | -47.7% |
| Charlotte Crider | $1,655 | $1,377 | -16.8% |
| Justin Mapston | $4,752 | $1,377 | -71% |
| Blair Addison Hesse | $4,928 | $1,280 | -74% |
| Gilbert Burgus | $5,399 | $1,252 | -76.8% |
| James E. Smith | $2,321 | $1,217 | -47.6% |
| Steve Turner | $3,896 | $1,214 | -68.8% |
| PMG Farm Partnership | $2,495 | $1,153 | -53.8% |
| Younts Family, LLC | $6,872 | $1,097 | -84% |
| Beverly Juan Heyen | $2,233 | $1,090 | -51.2% |
| Patricia Karen Baen | $0 | $1,072 | -- |
| James Jeffrey Santleben | $10,597 | $1,004 | -90.5% |
| Javier Ramirez III | $8,679 | $917 | -89.4% |
| Shawna Rebecca O'Neill | $6,060 | $914 | -84.9% |
| Beaumont Watkins | $2,761 | $908 | -67.1% |
| Mr. Donnie Ripley | $2,058 | $814 | -60.4% |
| Travis Loyd Bailey | $2,926 | $805 | -72.5% |
| Jan Farmer | $736 | $736 | 0% |
| John Wayne Nagy | $0 | $726 | -- |
| Kent Kepler | $917 | $702 | -23.4% |
| Susan J. Yates | $5,424 | $619 | -88.6% |
| Ann L. Aley | $614 | $614 | 0% |
| Sharon McCauley | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Tony Ray Weaver | $13,119 | $531 | -96% |
| Ross Horton | $2,063 | $500 | -75.8% |
| Jefferson Davis Lewey | $1,857 | $495 | -73.3% |
| Doris Pfeil | $0 | $433 | -- |
| Raymond E. King | $825 | $431 | -47.8% |
| Sidney Jay Merritt | $990 | $425 | -57.1% |
| Jorge Luis Tijerina | $997 | $357 | -64.2% |
| Tyler M. Barnes | $6,429 | $345 | -94.6% |
| Tyler B. Kaufmann | $22,987 | $329 | -98.6% |
| Stephen B. Parker | $2,088 | $324 | -84.5% |
| Jesus Reyes | $2,845 | $294 | -89.7% |
| Oscar S. Garcia | $1,330 | $272 | -79.5% |
| Louis G. Dicke | $5,682 | $261 | -95.4% |
| Robert Porter | $2,868 | $259 | -91% |
| Suzette J. Konzem | $1,370 | $186 | -86.4% |
| Chirstian Rivera | $1,784 | $181 | -89.9% |
| Larry Crider | $0 | $147 | -- |
| Joseph B. Parker Jr. | $2,223 | $112 | -95% |
| Zinsmeister Farms | $1,003 | $104 | -89.6% |
| Alan R. Armistead | $465 | $104 | -77.6% |
| DRY Hole Cattle Company | $6,270 | $66 | -98.9% |
| Matthew Hughes | $1,343 | $51 | -96.2% |
| Ashish Punalekar | $0 | $42 | -- |
| Richard H. Nunley | $730 | $30 | -95.9% |
| Robert B. Nunley Jr. | $730 | $30 | -95.9% |
| Ashley Unruh | $23,937 | $0 | -100% |
| Cory Alan Carpenter | $3,309 | $0 | -100% |
| Gateway Cattle Company, Inc. | $843,838 | $0 | -100% |
| Gayla Smith | $15,642 | $0 | -100% |
| Martha Taylor | $639 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Landry | $3,309 | $0 | -100% |
| Alan G Shudde | $3,584 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara J. Gann | $4,016 | $0 | -100% |
| Blanco Farm | $9,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles D. Story | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles H. Black | $2,139 | $0 | -100% |
| Felisha Tinker | $1,185 | $0 | -100% |
| Horton Ranch | $8,074 | $0 | -100% |
| Ernen Miron Haby Estate | $3,560 | $0 | -100% |
| Sam B. Duke | $371 | $0 | -100% |
| 111 Ranch, Inc. | $12,974 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam J. Andres | $408 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles Bevis | $695 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny W. Parker | $4,125 | $0 | -100% |
| Dayse L Elrod | $5,892 | $0 | -100% |
| H Wright Friday & Susanne L Frida | $10,976 | $0 | -100% |
| Isaac D. Andres | $408 | $0 | -100% |
| James Bendele Dry Hole R. C. Cattle | $14,149 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey James Parker | $9,751 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe E Hargrove Cattle & Hunting C | $480,181 | $0 | -100% |
| Kristopher Clay Ede | $6,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Sparks | $7,627 | $0 | -100% |
| Los Vecinos Ranch, Ltd. | $1,793 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary M. Damon | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan Phillips | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Ralph M. Hesse | $227,293 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Conway Marlin | $353 | $0 | -100% |
| Sky M. Lewey | $2,007 | $0 | -100% |
| Uvalde County Farm Service Agency | $25,517 | $0 | -100% |
| W. C. Reagan Jr. | $28,965 | $0 | -100% |
| William Cecil Reagan GST Exempt T | $9,343 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $17,578,156 | $5,368,662 | -69.5% |
Alerts Sign-up