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In 2021, 220 farmers in cities within Pushmataha County received a total of $841,244 in 234 farm subsidies, a 71.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3 million in 547 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 Pushmataha County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Leyba | $321,988 | $82,705 | -74.3% |
| 4 C's Ranch, LLC | $279,559 | $62,092 | -77.8% |
| Standridge Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Richard C. Standridge | $0 | $52,346 | -- |
| Travis Ruth | $2,412 | $37,052 | 1,436.2% |
| Jerry Duncan | $0 | $27,057 | -- |
| Jimmy Gibson | $0 | $24,731 | -- |
| Gary G. Hill Jr. | $262,446 | $20,757 | -92.1% |
| Howard L. Boyett | $70,205 | $20,515 | -70.8% |
| Potter's Trucking, LLC | $0 | $17,887 | -- |
| Byron D. Hedgecock Jr. | $0 | $16,426 | -- |
| Charlie's Hill Top Company | $65,198 | $16,338 | -74.9% |
| Ray Kindred | $59,475 | $12,946 | -78.2% |
| Billy C. Hedge | $51,735 | $12,921 | -75% |
| Dakota Austin Trucking, LLC | $0 | $11,550 | -- |
| Alan Sutton | $0 | $10,568 | -- |
| Brandi L. Smallwood | $24,848 | $9,483 | -61.8% |
| Jackie W. Hatcher Jr. | $48,840 | $9,315 | -80.9% |
| Brandon K. Gee | $86,258 | $8,821 | -89.8% |
| Christopher Campbell | $0 | $8,717 | -- |
| John Brandon III | $28,657 | $8,180 | -71.5% |
| Guy & Becky Franks Ranch | $31,669 | $7,832 | -75.3% |
| Sammy J. Roberts | $40,234 | $7,198 | -82.1% |
| Samuel Eugene Kirk | $20,934 | $6,707 | -68% |
| Duston C. Hill | $40,395 | $6,408 | -84.1% |
| Gary N. Shaw | $23,667 | $6,335 | -73.2% |
| Jason Spruell | $19,844 | $6,262 | -68.4% |
| Ricky Bruce | $35,914 | $6,206 | -82.7% |
| John M. Roberts | $61,082 | $6,035 | -90.1% |
| Toby L. Teel | $30,500 | $5,811 | -80.9% |
| Bill H. Hill | $24,750 | $5,712 | -76.9% |
| Donna Buchanan | $10,553 | $5,549 | -47.4% |
| Loyd Deaton | $18,460 | $4,838 | -73.8% |
| J & M Livestock, LLC | $16,040 | $4,780 | -70.2% |
| James D. Denton | $19,074 | $4,552 | -76.1% |
| Steven D. Wayman | $33,652 | $4,374 | -87% |
| Dolores Baze | $16,207 | $4,325 | -73.3% |
| Robert Songer | $21,664 | $3,927 | -81.9% |
| Buddy H. Taylor | $33,810 | $3,770 | -88.8% |
| Jane D. Tucker | $37,732 | $3,725 | -90.1% |
| Buck T. Hill | $30,505 | $3,716 | -87.8% |
| Donnie Gee | $17,890 | $3,679 | -79.4% |
| Eric Wade Shaw | $13,288 | $3,501 | -73.7% |
| Tommy McArthur | $18,248 | $3,477 | -80.9% |
| James Bryant | $10,916 | $3,440 | -68.5% |
| Tina M. Griggs | $11,187 | $3,053 | -72.7% |
| Paula Elaine Brown | $13,997 | $2,989 | -78.6% |
| Bryan K. Copeland | $17,109 | $2,929 | -82.9% |
| Susee Roberts | $16,157 | $2,880 | -82.2% |
| Ellis Thurman | $17,905 | $2,786 | -84.4% |
| Roy McCormick | $12,602 | $2,743 | -78.2% |
| Kole Branton | $9,240 | $2,673 | -71.1% |
| Bruce W. Akard | $12,100 | $2,657 | -78% |
| Charles Fred Wilkins | $45,335 | $2,619 | -94.2% |
| Mark D. Gardner | $17,419 | $2,612 | -85% |
| Jeffrey Kellum | $12,388 | $2,590 | -79.1% |
| Byron E. Bohanon | $14,244 | $2,588 | -81.8% |
| Keith Dewayne Jameson | $15,045 | $2,505 | -83.3% |
| Robert L. Covert | $10,219 | $2,444 | -76.1% |
| Charles A. Walls | $13,790 | $2,413 | -82.5% |
| Chance McArthur | $11,625 | $2,396 | -79.4% |
| Jimmy Darrel Kirkes | $10,214 | $2,363 | -76.9% |
| Tripp Randy Johnson | $12,221 | $2,329 | -80.9% |
| Jennifer L. Peterson | $8,339 | $2,252 | -73% |
| Doug L. Hairrell | $9,565 | $2,158 | -77.4% |
| Jimmie G. Owens | $7,920 | $2,148 | -72.9% |
| Linda Kay Hawkins | $9,225 | $2,142 | -76.8% |
| Terry Cooper | $8,613 | $2,097 | -75.7% |
| Michael Green | $7,783 | $2,084 | -73.2% |
| Shane B. Miller | $10,839 | $2,079 | -80.8% |
| Cairl L. Collins | $7,480 | $2,063 | -72.4% |
| Tommie Hill | $7,408 | $2,016 | -72.8% |
| David Fromme | $5,654 | $1,983 | -64.9% |
| Dean G. Huffman | $10,237 | $1,971 | -80.7% |
| Jason Shirrell Brown | $8,682 | $1,939 | -77.7% |
| Marvin Leon Gee | $6,066 | $1,889 | -68.9% |
| Hesston Lyle Kirkes | $6,944 | $1,880 | -72.9% |
| James Koopman | $10,541 | $1,866 | -82.3% |
| Joel Taylor | $10,313 | $1,862 | -81.9% |
| William L. Lampton | $9,504 | $1,848 | -80.6% |
| Tanner Don Wilson | $7,260 | $1,835 | -74.7% |
| Trueworth E Gardner JR | $10,472 | $1,807 | -82.7% |
| Raymond S. Donica | $7,189 | $1,798 | -75% |
| Billy Jack Wilkerson | $6,928 | $1,784 | -74.2% |
| Joann Matthews | $10,428 | $1,764 | -83.1% |
| Nathan Ray Lucas | $6,391 | $1,760 | -72.5% |
| Jennifer Dawn Hill | $12,602 | $1,737 | -86.2% |
| Scott S. Storey | $7,689 | $1,669 | -78.3% |
| Walter M. Redman | $8,220 | $1,666 | -79.7% |
| Paul Lawson Wade | $2,640 | $1,644 | -37.7% |
| Thomas C. Lucas | $6,358 | $1,637 | -74.3% |
| Kenneth V. Green Jr. | $6,233 | $1,628 | -73.9% |
| Carl E. Hendricks Jr. | $4,180 | $1,619 | -61.3% |
| Martin Wayne Fourkiller | $5,719 | $1,583 | -72.3% |
| Kenny M. Briggs | $6,347 | $1,544 | -75.7% |
| Kathy Chappell | $3,993 | $1,494 | -62.6% |
| Clint S. Leathers | $5,610 | $1,485 | -73.5% |
| Robert Cross | $4,756 | $1,414 | -70.3% |
| Johnny Bray | $6,061 | $1,414 | -76.7% |
| William Hood Baldwin | $8,114 | $1,409 | -82.6% |
| Betty J. Belk | $5,291 | $1,401 | -73.5% |
| David Ralston | $5,520 | $1,357 | -75.4% |
| Joe R. Stillwell | $4,308 | $1,294 | -70% |
| Justin Wade Summerville | $6,215 | $1,257 | -79.8% |
| Ronnie Ben | $5,543 | $1,234 | -77.7% |
| Leon Williams | $6,824 | $1,174 | -82.8% |
| Traci Ellis Vititow | $4,957 | $1,154 | -76.7% |
| Christopher Keith Hutson | $8,580 | $1,151 | -86.6% |
| Judy Pryor | $8,894 | $1,150 | -87.1% |
| James S. Morgan Jr. | $5,886 | $1,145 | -80.5% |
| Tommy Tigert | $15,875 | $1,144 | -92.8% |
| Dusty Smallwood | $8,656 | $1,128 | -87% |
| Dwight Satterfield | $7,217 | $1,120 | -84.5% |
| James L. McAdams | $5,412 | $1,115 | -79.4% |
| James L. Pettyjohn | $5,636 | $1,049 | -81.4% |
| Dan Shea Morris | $2,849 | $1,044 | -63.4% |
| Carey Scroggins | $11,184 | $1,043 | -90.7% |
| Pete Smith | $5,746 | $1,037 | -82% |
| Mike Kirkes | $4,125 | $1,019 | -75.3% |
| James Payne | $6,336 | $1,012 | -84% |
| Melissa Robinson | $5,352 | $986 | -81.6% |
| Wesley Bell Jr. | $7,724 | $979 | -87.3% |
| Zachary T. Cooper | $3,608 | $979 | -72.9% |
| Chad Langley | $5,544 | $956 | -82.8% |
| Morgan R. Bailey | $3,520 | $956 | -72.8% |
| Stephen P. Nelson Jr. | $5,705 | $948 | -83.4% |
| Bailey Ann Lance | $6,707 | $937 | -86% |
| Corey Michael Bouffleur | $4,512 | $936 | -79.3% |
| Wiley Joe Napier | $2,497 | $932 | -62.7% |
| Steve Henry | $2,563 | $926 | -63.9% |
| Terry Miller | $4,147 | $893 | -78.5% |
| Don Eversole | $3,927 | $883 | -77.5% |
| David Hyde | $3,740 | $880 | -76.5% |
| David W. Smith | $3,388 | $876 | -74.1% |
| Jay M. Carter | $4,268 | $866 | -79.7% |
| Stephen Poe | $5,165 | $836 | -83.8% |
| Ron Walker | $4,993 | $830 | -83.4% |
| Randy G. Westbrook | $4,510 | $828 | -81.6% |
| Johnny C. Self | $3,122 | $825 | -73.6% |
| Jon P. Smith | $2,244 | $819 | -63.5% |
| John Kelly Spurlock | $3,613 | $816 | -77.4% |
| Julie Ann Palmer Hallows | $4,768 | $814 | -82.9% |
| Chassica Ladon Taylor | $3,421 | $799 | -76.6% |
| Don King | $3,311 | $793 | -76% |
| Tye Britton Landreth | $3,278 | $792 | -75.8% |
| Justin Mills | $4,319 | $771 | -82.1% |
| Richard Leon Bragg | $3,707 | $751 | -79.7% |
| Robert Blan | $4,774 | $750 | -84.3% |
| Joshua W. Johnson | $3,488 | $744 | -78.7% |
| Cullen Neil Shaw | $2,728 | $730 | -73.2% |
| Cameron Scales | $3,872 | $720 | -81.4% |
| Brady Loyd Palmer | $2,819 | $718 | -74.5% |
| Robert Flynnciano Crisostomo | $0 | $690 | -- |
| Thomas W. Smith | $2,742 | $690 | -74.8% |
| Joyce Coffelt | $3,744 | $681 | -81.8% |
| Garrett Dean Olivis | $3,611 | $672 | -81.4% |
| Marlichia Pugh | $5,614 | $668 | -88.1% |
| Nickie S. Wallace | $667 | $667 | 0% |
| Leon M. Johnson | $3,124 | $658 | -78.9% |
| Harold Bruce | $2,618 | $650 | -75.2% |
| Donald E. Collins Jr. | $3,652 | $646 | -82.3% |
| Windell Chad Neal | $2,563 | $640 | -75% |
| Stephanie Powell | $0 | $639 | -- |
| Jared Snow | $0 | $637 | -- |
| Bueford R Lockhart | $2,447 | $637 | -74% |
| Talon Griffin | $1,188 | $624 | -47.5% |
| Bradley Needham | $5,328 | $620 | -88.4% |
| David L. Boone | $2,178 | $619 | -71.6% |
| Colte Logan Griggs | $2,618 | $609 | -76.7% |
| Bradley Drake Burrage | $2,695 | $602 | -77.7% |
| Caleb Lee Hooker | $2,739 | $588 | -78.5% |
| David Dudley | $3,496 | $574 | -83.6% |
| Lewis Justin George | $3,488 | $571 | -83.6% |
| Dorothy Williams | $2,398 | $554 | -76.9% |
| Kevin S. Hembree | $2,772 | $540 | -80.5% |
| Dorothy Lee Henry | $2,596 | $536 | -79.4% |
| Buck Jones | $4,662 | $534 | -88.5% |
| Byron Hedgecock | $2,574 | $526 | -79.6% |
| Frank Jones | $2,139 | $522 | -75.6% |
| Nicholas Vasconcellos | $1,718 | $514 | -70.1% |
| Larry Brown | $2,871 | $495 | -82.8% |
| Tyler Slade Brown | $2,024 | $483 | -76.1% |
| Russell Dale Shaw | $3,641 | $481 | -86.8% |
| Glenn Spears | $1,760 | $468 | -73.4% |
| Gerald Stegall | $1,694 | $467 | -72.4% |
| Jerry Peters | $1,122 | $453 | -59.6% |
| Barbara Walker | $2,404 | $446 | -81.4% |
| Wallace Lee Kitchel | $1,353 | $438 | -67.6% |
| Ricky Nelson | $2,533 | $434 | -82.9% |
| Larry L. Benzine | $957 | $429 | -55.2% |
| Payton Scott Harless | $1,100 | $422 | -61.6% |
| Klancy Walker | $2,064 | $415 | -79.9% |
| Justin D. Grimmett | $1,727 | $408 | -76.4% |
| Rodney Taylor | $4,178 | $397 | -90.5% |
| Jett Ellis Gardner | $1,848 | $381 | -79.4% |
| Lightning R C Ranch Trust | $2,233 | $381 | -82.9% |
| Ashley Roberts | $2,471 | $380 | -84.6% |
| John Winters | $2,019 | $364 | -82% |
| Jimmy Hudson | $1,881 | $363 | -80.7% |
| Pattie L Parks | $1,725 | $362 | -79% |
| Christopher J. Spruell | $1,793 | $362 | -79.8% |
| Walter Peters | $1,518 | $362 | -76.2% |
| Sunya Dixon | $2,277 | $357 | -84.3% |
| Charles Albert Holaday | $1,672 | $352 | -78.9% |
| W. K. Bell Jr. | $1,573 | $346 | -78% |
| Justin McKenzie | $660 | $345 | -47.7% |
| James E. Holiman | $1,794 | $314 | -82.5% |
| Clinton Morgan | $1,221 | $308 | -74.8% |
| Scotty Dale Warren | $792 | $291 | -63.3% |
| Darian Roberts | $1,276 | $287 | -77.5% |
| Tanner Mckinley Brown | $1,474 | $284 | -80.7% |
| Corey Traylor | $897 | $280 | -68.8% |
| Richard Spears | $3,937 | $267 | -93.2% |
| Janet Didlot | $1,206 | $266 | -77.9% |
| Calvin H. Smith | $1,969 | $239 | -87.9% |
| Rece Abraham Bankston | $0 | $172 | -- |
| Taylor Mckenzie Bankston | $0 | $172 | -- |
| Mark McMahan | $5,913 | $155 | -97.4% |
| John Long | $649 | $138 | -78.7% |
| Jayden Cole Tedder | $539 | $97 | -82% |
| Becky W. Wise | $3,463 | $0 | -100% |
| Bobby Pillow | $18,216 | $0 | -100% |
| Chase Michael Morehead | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrell W. Bailey Sr. | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| John Travis Hull | $1,815 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Wayne Hooker | $1,020 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua P. Gorden | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Milton Snow | $8,946 | $0 | -100% |
| Payton Harless | $224 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert F. Crisostomo | $8,874 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen C. Moore | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven L. Painter | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Willie O. Holaday | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary Blake Low | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Dejay King | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Floyd D. Silvey | $3,960 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Hairrell | $1,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry S. Bell | $2,585 | $0 | -100% |
| Linvel D Coker | $6,655 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret James | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Monica Calabro | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| William Calijah Ellis | $2,530 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary A. Roberts | $880 | $0 | -100% |
| Preston Benge | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,969,240 | $841,244 | -71.7% |
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