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In 2021, 260 farmers in cities within Jim Wells County received a total of $4.1 million in 531 farm subsidies, a 59% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.9 million in 765 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 Jim Wells County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwosdz Three Farms | $725,611 | $305,449 | -57.9% |
| Skip Row Farms, LLC. | $319,553 | $254,359 | -20.4% |
| Scott Mengers Farms | $437,150 | $238,176 | -45.5% |
| Skip Row West, LLC | $290,760 | $212,293 | -27% |
| Prukop Farms | $1,888,946 | $185,060 | -90.2% |
| Schneider Bros | $654,036 | $180,203 | -72.4% |
| Edmund a Pawlik, Inc. | $205,601 | $158,322 | -23% |
| David Hoelscher | $145,248 | $132,690 | -8.6% |
| Trevor Wiley Prukop | $133,095 | $132,354 | -0.6% |
| Knolle Dairy Farms, Inc. | $147,015 | $126,167 | -14.2% |
| Kleberg Bank, N A | $0 | $112,820 | -- |
| Daniel & Betty Prukop | $215,322 | $98,032 | -54.5% |
| Cadena Farms, LLC | $177,189 | $96,929 | -45.3% |
| Kleberg Bank, N. A. | $166,197 | $93,801 | -43.6% |
| Michael Scott Hinze | $58,931 | $83,624 | 41.9% |
| David Lee | $72,648 | $78,773 | 8.4% |
| Jerry H. Nock | $208,189 | $78,166 | -62.5% |
| Freedom Farms Partnership | $40,677 | $71,971 | 76.9% |
| Brent C Tymrak | $85,510 | $70,814 | -17.2% |
| Flying C Farms Partnership | $55,776 | $64,736 | 16.1% |
| William Boggan | $45,705 | $60,336 | 32% |
| Schroedter Farms, LLC | $32,844 | $59,196 | 80.2% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $58,082 | -- |
| Rabb Farms | $0 | $55,644 | -- |
| Charles Elliff JR Trust | $192,006 | $53,919 | -71.9% |
| Texas Regional Bank | $267,751 | $43,453 | -83.8% |
| Black Horse Services, LLC | $69,219 | $35,959 | -48.1% |
| Double Bar H Ranch | $90,310 | $35,774 | -60.4% |
| Regina Denise Barker | $81,092 | $31,394 | -61.3% |
| Golden Farms Partners | $60,521 | $30,472 | -49.7% |
| Brian W. McGuire | $70,615 | $29,849 | -57.7% |
| Randy T. McGuire | $84,319 | $29,799 | -64.7% |
| Emede Garcia | $68,742 | $29,781 | -56.7% |
| Oscar P. Martinez | $0 | $28,790 | -- |
| Steve R. McGuire | $62,373 | $28,510 | -54.3% |
| Los Jaboncillos Ranch, Inc. | $0 | $24,316 | -- |
| W C Tiller Estate Partnership | $0 | $20,442 | -- |
| Usda Fsa-Flp | $0 | $19,277 | -- |
| Lonesome Dove Enterprises, LLC | $12,760 | $19,222 | 50.6% |
| Kocurek Cattle & Land Services, LLC | $0 | $17,975 | -- |
| Juan M. Benavides III | $24,118 | $17,627 | -26.9% |
| Natalie B. Hoelscher | $145,237 | $16,571 | -88.6% |
| NS & Av Guerra Family Limited Partnership | $0 | $13,788 | -- |
| Botard Ranch, LLC | $16,765 | $13,146 | -21.6% |
| John Cornelius | $29,443 | $13,091 | -55.5% |
| Arnold Trejo | $13,820 | $12,859 | -7% |
| Milus Garland Wright Jr. | $3,602 | $12,467 | 246.1% |
| L & C Pawlik Joint Venture | $25,550 | $12,142 | -52.5% |
| Jeffrey Scott Meyer Jr. | $0 | $11,825 | -- |
| Bill Storm | $16,197 | $10,668 | -34.1% |
| Martha F. Hilliard | $10,780 | $10,541 | -2.2% |
| Eladio Barrera | $7,568 | $9,340 | 23.4% |
| Brennen McGuire | $14,084 | $9,021 | -35.9% |
| Bruce Paulus Hoffman Protection Trust | $0 | $8,854 | -- |
| Kleberg Bank, N.A | $0 | $7,838 | -- |
| David & Glynda Baxter Family Properties, Ltd. | $0 | $7,723 | -- |
| Gerrett a Klatt JR | $8,412 | $7,722 | -8.2% |
| Mark E. Fischer | $1,078 | $7,295 | 576.7% |
| John K. Disbro Jr. | $37,711 | $7,004 | -81.4% |
| Carey A. Woods IV | $16,230 | $6,379 | -60.7% |
| Roger H Hoffman JR Protection Trust | $0 | $6,144 | -- |
| Heberto Barrera JR | $10,618 | $6,142 | -42.2% |
| Victor Saenz Jr. | $7,881 | $5,834 | -26% |
| Emma C. Martinez | $0 | $5,737 | -- |
| 7 H Cattle, Inc. | $10,704 | $5,563 | -48% |
| Alberto Garcia Jr. | $2,439 | $5,528 | 126.7% |
| ERCK Family Properties, LLC | $19,338 | $5,528 | -71.4% |
| Lilia S Benavides Estate | $0 | $5,499 | -- |
| Jennifer L. McGuire | $5,507 | $5,363 | -2.6% |
| Wine Feeders, LLC | $142,004 | $5,341 | -96.2% |
| Marjorie Nell Huff | $1,870 | $5,331 | 185.1% |
| Sandia Agricultural Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $5,322 | -- |
| Daniel Bluntzer | $10,651 | $5,292 | -50.3% |
| Jo Ann Lorberau | $6,346 | $5,188 | -18.2% |
| Carl Bluntzer JR | $7,038 | $5,069 | -28% |
| Katherine R Botard Estate | $0 | $5,021 | -- |
| Edsel A. Renken | $4,468 | $4,816 | 7.8% |
| Betty E. Nock | $13,649 | $4,741 | -65.3% |
| Michael F. Whitfield | $2,589 | $4,626 | 78.7% |
| William D Botard | $5,847 | $4,608 | -21.2% |
| Tatum Cole Weeks | $14,727 | $4,606 | -68.7% |
| Gordon G. Klatt | $0 | $4,510 | -- |
| Rogelio Mercado | $14,099 | $4,463 | -68.3% |
| Lilia D. Soliz | $2,454 | $4,412 | 79.8% |
| Cheryl M. McGuire | $13,945 | $4,377 | -68.6% |
| USDA - Farm Service Agancy | $0 | $4,285 | -- |
| Nesloney Brothers Farms | $3,851 | $4,118 | 6.9% |
| TRM Ranch Partnership | $6,853 | $4,067 | -40.7% |
| W J & Martha Tiller Living Trust | $16,487 | $3,763 | -77.2% |
| 2G Hay & Cattle Company, LLC | $11,816 | $3,762 | -68.2% |
| J. C. Perez III | $1,994 | $3,628 | 81.9% |
| Daniel Garza | $3,113 | $3,627 | 16.5% |
| Mary R. Nock | $10,361 | $3,438 | -66.8% |
| Marilyn H. Thompson | $2,131 | $3,431 | 61% |
| Alton Goetzel Jr. | $4,031 | $3,421 | -15.1% |
| Conan R. Pierce | $5,350 | $3,373 | -37% |
| Hector Barrera | $0 | $3,245 | -- |
| Martin J. Garcia | $4,253 | $3,213 | -24.5% |
| Luther Hofstetter | $2,650 | $3,193 | 20.5% |
| Raul Trevino Ramirez | $6,763 | $3,171 | -53.1% |
| Maria Consuelo Hernandez | $5,119 | $3,087 | -39.7% |
| Gafford Family Partnership | $15,720 | $3,059 | -80.5% |
| Evelyn M. McGuire | $5,386 | $3,019 | -43.9% |
| Leroy Foerster | $2,408 | $2,930 | 21.7% |
| Jan McGuire | $7,243 | $2,917 | -59.7% |
| Jose Ricardo Gonzalez | $5,511 | $2,881 | -47.7% |
| John H. Burris | $18,433 | $2,843 | -84.6% |
| Dan Harrison | $5,842 | $2,734 | -53.2% |
| Samuel V. Rios | $4,742 | $2,701 | -43% |
| Allen Roger Mutchler SR Estate | $4,345 | $2,683 | -38.3% |
| Cecilia E Vollmering | $542 | $2,530 | 366.8% |
| Teri L. Mutchler | $3,360 | $2,477 | -26.3% |
| Victor De Los Santos | $8,093 | $2,436 | -69.9% |
| Mike A. Barrera | $5,405 | $2,427 | -55.1% |
| Knolle Farm & Ranch | $9,291 | $2,412 | -74% |
| Alfred E. Hofstetter Jr. | $2,650 | $2,343 | -11.6% |
| Yvonne H. Mann | $2,650 | $2,343 | -11.6% |
| Seferino Salinas | $1,980 | $2,324 | 17.4% |
| A. W. Knolle Jr. | $3,608 | $2,308 | -36% |
| Robert A. Goode | $2,097 | $2,293 | 9.3% |
| Bryce Osborn | $2,949 | $2,288 | -22.4% |
| Jim Long | $4,437 | $2,278 | -48.7% |
| James A. Erck | $6,647 | $2,244 | -66.2% |
| James L. Vahalik | $3,281 | $2,221 | -32.3% |
| Jose Rene Montemayor | $1,359 | $2,188 | 61% |
| Usda-Fsa-Flp | $0 | $2,136 | -- |
| Johnny M. Pawlik Jr. | $0 | $2,127 | -- |
| Hubert H. Helm | $7,596 | $2,100 | -72.4% |
| Christa Faye Klock | $982 | $2,080 | 111.8% |
| William Jason Custer | $0 | $2,035 | -- |
| Gary E. Vickers | $3,085 | $1,995 | -35.3% |
| Kenneth R. Theis | $2,378 | $1,964 | -17.4% |
| Luis S. Saenz | $2,973 | $1,915 | -35.6% |
| Aguilars Welding, Inc. | $4,370 | $1,912 | -56.2% |
| Bettie Dolph | $2,645 | $1,850 | -30.1% |
| Rodney G. Preusser | $2,261 | $1,839 | -18.7% |
| Shawn P. Moore | $2,455 | $1,827 | -25.6% |
| Alberto Martinez | $2,765 | $1,819 | -34.2% |
| Jake West | $678 | $1,765 | 160.3% |
| Barbara G. Calloway | $1,129 | $1,693 | 50% |
| Wesley Gwosdz | $5,595 | $1,688 | -69.8% |
| Leonard Fluitt | $1,470 | $1,678 | 14.1% |
| Adrian Ramirez | $3,377 | $1,658 | -50.9% |
| Carol Wiechring Burgeson | $4,504 | $1,616 | -64.1% |
| Marcelo Flores Jr. | $4,683 | $1,612 | -65.6% |
| Oscar Orlando Flores | $3,483 | $1,584 | -54.5% |
| Mark A. Alaniz | $5,018 | $1,532 | -69.5% |
| Charles Sellers | $1,467 | $1,532 | 4.4% |
| Ernesto Gutierrez III | $4,064 | $1,526 | -62.5% |
| Javier N. Garcia | $158 | $1,488 | 841.8% |
| Larell E Meischen | $1,392 | $1,484 | 6.6% |
| Luis Daniel Barrera | $3,168 | $1,478 | -53.3% |
| Maria I. Braune | $3,778 | $1,448 | -61.7% |
| James W Layssard | $0 | $1,447 | -- |
| Andrea P. Farias | $1,917 | $1,445 | -24.6% |
| Rosario R. Gonzalez | $4,501 | $1,354 | -69.9% |
| Frank B. Engelking Jr. | $6,761 | $1,346 | -80.1% |
| Ruben G. Pena | $1,242 | $1,326 | 6.8% |
| Adan C. Garcia | $2,046 | $1,324 | -35.3% |
| Robert B. Thompson Jr. | $363 | $1,287 | 254.5% |
| Knolle & Sullivan Unlimited, Inc. | $7,444 | $1,268 | -83% |
| Amanda P. Gray | $8,736 | $1,262 | -85.6% |
| Noe G. Ortiz | $3,240 | $1,229 | -62.1% |
| Roberto Omar Benavides Jr. | $5,246 | $1,215 | -76.8% |
| Constance Wright | $0 | $1,213 | -- |
| Kristopher K. Havelka | $0 | $1,191 | -- |
| Ricardo Lopez | $0 | $1,153 | -- |
| Rolando G. Garcia | $3,057 | $1,128 | -63.1% |
| Carlos F Garcia and Sons | $678 | $1,106 | 63.1% |
| John Wallace Burgeson | $0 | $1,100 | -- |
| Benjamin D. Patrick | $1,027 | $1,086 | 5.7% |
| Cecilia G. Galindo | $5,908 | $1,081 | -81.7% |
| USDA-Farm Service Agency | $0 | $1,077 | -- |
| James Edward Lewis | $1,197 | $1,042 | -12.9% |
| Jeffrey Wayne Hahn | $2,530 | $1,030 | -59.3% |
| Orlando Cadena | $0 | $1,004 | -- |
| Orlando Rodriguez | $0 | $964 | -- |
| Richard H. Shimer | $8,268 | $956 | -88.4% |
| Francisco Pena de Leon | $3,599 | $937 | -74% |
| Josephine A. Dietz | $1,971 | $929 | -52.9% |
| Stephen Michael Brodsky | $693 | $912 | 31.6% |
| Wally Gonzalez | $102 | $901 | 783.3% |
| Esteban S. Escobar | $0 | $876 | -- |
| Fabian B. Pawelek | $0 | $860 | -- |
| Leonel Ramirez | $1,070 | $833 | -22.1% |
| Steve D. Seidel | $1,116 | $820 | -26.5% |
| Adan Ramirez Jr. | $2,959 | $816 | -72.4% |
| Roger Mutchler | $3,143 | $774 | -75.4% |
| Juan Antonio Garcia | $0 | $770 | -- |
| Maximo G. Palacios | $4,645 | $744 | -84% |
| Sergio Benavides | $1,929 | $734 | -61.9% |
| Howard Anthony Wood | $396 | $717 | 81.1% |
| Juan Rafael Garcia | $935 | $674 | -27.9% |
| John D. Box | $978 | $671 | -31.4% |
| Gilberto Perez | $693 | $642 | -7.4% |
| Seale Brand | $699 | $638 | -8.7% |
| Daniel Dominguez | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Carolyn Schuette | $2,020 | $592 | -70.7% |
| Noel R. Schuette | $2,020 | $592 | -70.7% |
| Roy A. Adcock | $1,076 | $588 | -45.4% |
| Jose M. Lozano | $8,880 | $557 | -93.7% |
| James Rayn Brandt | $1,628 | $548 | -66.3% |
| Rosa Perez L. Saenz | $0 | $544 | -- |
| Robert Elizondo Jr. | $2,037 | $536 | -73.7% |
| Molly Bradford | $203 | $527 | 159.6% |
| Kenneth Hackfeld | $0 | $505 | -- |
| Brian Menking | $2,858 | $500 | -82.5% |
| Juan Fernando Sauceda | $363 | $484 | 33.3% |
| Ovyda E Mcmurry Estate | $234 | $479 | 104.7% |
| Roel Garza | $1,056 | $470 | -55.5% |
| Robert Gathright | $2,629 | $448 | -83% |
| Bernard Adams III | $2,129 | $448 | -79% |
| Cristobal Rodriguez | $0 | $440 | -- |
| Ronald Moreno | $6,501 | $427 | -93.4% |
| Bartolo V. Guajardo Jr. | $1,897 | $400 | -78.9% |
| Randolph Phillips | $0 | $385 | -- |
| Maria E. Salinas | $1,407 | $385 | -72.6% |
| Odelia Galindo | $3,947 | $385 | -90.2% |
| Maria Teresa Trevino | $0 | $378 | -- |
| Jose E. Trevino Jr. | $1,340 | $359 | -73.2% |
| John Frederick Mumme | $322 | $353 | 9.6% |
| Juan Manuel Chapa | $407 | $340 | -16.5% |
| Tedoro Sendejo | $0 | $330 | -- |
| Gilberto Pena | $865 | $312 | -63.9% |
| Maximo Perez Jr. | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Peggy Zamora | $1,140 | $268 | -76.5% |
| Michael Scott King | $2,475 | $268 | -89.2% |
| Elbert Buegeler II | $2,351 | $242 | -89.7% |
| Jim Wells USDA - FSA Loan Office | $0 | $228 | -- |
| Ynette Guerrero | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Myrna Cain Marlatt | $912 | $211 | -76.9% |
| USDA-Farm Service Agency FLP | $0 | $209 | -- |
| Fsa-Flp | $0 | $207 | -- |
| Dora Montemayor | $796 | $204 | -74.4% |
| Tricia L. Ramos | $796 | $204 | -74.4% |
| Alice Hood | $2,173 | $190 | -91.3% |
| Noralina Perez Gerus | $841 | $186 | -77.9% |
| Heriberto O. Reyes Jr. | $330 | $152 | -53.9% |
| Omar Pena | $1,100 | $146 | -86.7% |
| Arturo B. Hernandez | $313 | $132 | -57.8% |
| Christopher R. Mata | $231 | $127 | -45% |
| Mauricio Daniel Molina | $892 | $124 | -86.1% |
| Kirsten Lottie Alaniz | $143 | $119 | -16.8% |
| Kristian I. Alaniz | $143 | $119 | -16.8% |
| Charles F. Bott | $237 | $106 | -55.3% |
| Imelda G. Reyes | $480 | $97 | -79.8% |
| Roberto D. Montalvo | $198 | $93 | -53% |
| B. C. Alexander | $2,986 | $91 | -97% |
| Kenneth T. Barker Jr. | $344 | $91 | -73.5% |
| Carlos R. Salinas | $1,358 | $87 | -93.6% |
| Miguel Perez Jr. | $0 | $83 | -- |
| Manuel C. Galindo | $1,644 | $81 | -95.1% |
| Eugene Henry Jackson Jr. | $397 | $65 | -83.6% |
| Mary Katherine Jackson | $397 | $65 | -83.6% |
| Lonesome R Ranch, LLC | $3,816 | $52 | -98.6% |
| Tomas Saenz Jr. | $2,237 | $48 | -97.9% |
| Annabelle L. Garcia | $528 | $42 | -92% |
| Joe M. Vela | $2,200 | $22 | -99% |
| Jesus V. Garcia | $590 | $10 | -98.3% |
| Adalberto Gonzalez | $2,219 | $9 | -99.6% |
| Annette K. Starr | $1,343 | $0 | -100% |
| Blake Ranly | $362 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Paulus Hoffman Protection T | $5,096 | $0 | -100% |
| Bruce Seidel | $2,677 | $0 | -100% |
| Cirildo Garcia | $324 | $0 | -100% |
| David & Glynda Baxter Family Property | $10,485 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Pawlik | $15,701 | $0 | -100% |
| Eddie Ramon | $365 | $0 | -100% |
| Edith L. Burris | $734 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $137,892 | $0 | -100% |
| Full Flame, LLC | $6,638 | $0 | -100% |
| Herminia Garcia | $740 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack T. Bradford | $3,045 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Bradford | $2,746 | $0 | -100% |
| James D Tymrak | $4,520 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Schmidt | $585 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim Wells Farm Loan Program | $184 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny Pawlik | $4,314 | $0 | -100% |
| Jose Leandro Martinez | $5,795 | $0 | -100% |
| Lamar S. Chapa | $224 | $0 | -100% |
| Lewis A Cobb Estate | $6,327 | $0 | -100% |
| Lydia Aguirre Vela | $863 | $0 | -100% |
| Maria Carmen D. Chapa | $2,538 | $0 | -100% |
| Meyer Ranch Holdings, LLC | $12,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Miguel V. Ramirez Jr. | $1,004 | $0 | -100% |
| Olga P. Galindo | $1,465 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia A. Bernsen | $3,199 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger H Hoffman JR Protection Trustee | $2,982 | $0 | -100% |
| Romeo Garcia | $263 | $0 | -100% |
| Stella E. Schmidt | $2,601 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryce Osborn | $5,940 | $0 | -100% |
| Christa F. Preusser | $1,176 | $0 | -100% |
| Dorothy Browning | $407 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon Klatt & Son | $4,910 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathleen J. Box | $442 | $0 | -100% |
| Kocurek Cattle & Land Services LL | $51,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin Gwosdz | $967 | $0 | -100% |
| Roel Chapa | $470 | $0 | -100% |
| Rudy Vanecek | $2,596 | $0 | -100% |
| Baldemar Palacios Jr. | $684 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith D. Bowman | $250,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Homero Vera | $198 | $0 | -100% |
| Jose Barrera | $210 | $0 | -100% |
| JWH Cattle, LLC | $500,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Latessa Bowman | $495,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Albert Galindo | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Norberto S. Guerra | $397 | $0 | -100% |
| NS & Av Guerra Family Limited Par | $7,237 | $0 | -100% |
| Thelma G. Moreno | $774 | $0 | -100% |
| Victoriano Cantu | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Berta I Miller Revocable Trust | $1,268 | $0 | -100% |
| George Peters III | $6,651 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeannie Sue Myers | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Mervin Whitley | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Odell Breed | $13,319 | $0 | -100% |
| Sandia Agricultural Enterprises I | $24,806 | $0 | -100% |
| Sellers Generations Farms | $10,031 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $9,909,930 | $4,060,645 | -59% |
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