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In 2021, 220 farmers in cities within San Juan County received a total of $2.7 million in 459 farm subsidies, a 40.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.5 million in 463 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 San Juan County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| BKN Farms, LLC | $187,529 | $205,837 | 9.8% |
| Blake Peterson | $138,513 | $171,793 | 24% |
| Ty Cattle Company | $230,096 | $127,517 | -44.6% |
| Scott A. Johnson | $227,668 | $112,677 | -50.5% |
| Charlotte Johnson | $202,886 | $102,075 | -49.7% |
| John L. Johnson | $202,860 | $97,421 | -52% |
| Lloyd Shumway | $411,196 | $90,311 | -78% |
| Robert A. Barry | $191,576 | $88,930 | -53.6% |
| Wagon Rod Ranch, LLC | $119,235 | $74,734 | -37.3% |
| Lewis Farms | $81,904 | $69,727 | -14.9% |
| Bruce J. Lyman | $101,070 | $64,788 | -35.9% |
| Melvin Adams Livestock, Ltd. | $106,934 | $63,045 | -41% |
| Fred R. Snyder | $66,466 | $61,916 | -6.8% |
| Broken I Ranch, LLC | $95,061 | $58,489 | -38.5% |
| Kevin R. Ramsay | $67,987 | $57,923 | -14.8% |
| Jayne Frost | $71,996 | $48,143 | -33.1% |
| Spencer H. Frost | $71,996 | $48,143 | -33.1% |
| Bar M K Ranches | $76,104 | $43,437 | -42.9% |
| Gary Halls | $51,885 | $40,214 | -22.5% |
| Owen Poole | $49,824 | $35,902 | -27.9% |
| Jesus Oscar Alvarez | $56,218 | $34,857 | -38% |
| Suzanne A. Halliday | $37,086 | $34,331 | -7.4% |
| Robinson Livestock, Inc. | $46,918 | $32,578 | -30.6% |
| Robinson & Sons, LLC | $32,544 | $32,239 | -0.9% |
| Casey Veach | $45,523 | $30,920 | -32.1% |
| Curtis L. Wilcox | $53,559 | $30,285 | -43.5% |
| Christopher Halls | $38,769 | $30,084 | -22.4% |
| Farm Service Agency | $48,970 | $29,496 | -39.8% |
| Kenneth S. Black | $50,024 | $27,719 | -44.6% |
| Schafer Farms, LLC | $25,490 | $23,454 | -8% |
| Barton Family Trust | $0 | $23,117 | -- |
| BLT Cattle Company, L.L.C. | $37,654 | $22,984 | -39% |
| Zachary Scott Johnson | $20,700 | $22,575 | 9.1% |
| Redd Agri Lc | $157,850 | $21,076 | -86.6% |
| Gregg Allen Barry | $34,311 | $19,091 | -44.4% |
| Barbara Jean Trask | $18,293 | $18,293 | 0% |
| Wade Dalton | $23,382 | $17,848 | -23.7% |
| Lasal Livestock | $125,105 | $17,369 | -86.1% |
| Linda J. Lewis | $22,394 | $17,184 | -23.3% |
| Bruce B. Adams | $24,219 | $15,422 | -36.3% |
| Kendall Shumway | $17,917 | $14,886 | -16.9% |
| JM Grover Enterprises, LLC | $22,542 | $14,651 | -35% |
| Shumway Cattle | $20,192 | $14,363 | -28.9% |
| Charlene Johnson | $0 | $14,313 | -- |
| Steve Ray Snyder | $19,651 | $13,911 | -29.2% |
| Harris - L Ashton Harris Investment Compan | $0 | $13,373 | -- |
| Two Swipe Cattle, Corp. | $17,395 | $13,104 | -24.7% |
| Gap IV, Ltd. | $14,711 | $12,596 | -14.4% |
| Franklin E. Halls | $12,476 | $12,279 | -1.6% |
| Byron Peterson | $18,522 | $12,232 | -34% |
| Jared Shill Randall | $20,245 | $11,532 | -43% |
| Stephen F. Barton | $37,354 | $11,373 | -69.6% |
| Jerome Stash | $1,371 | $9,682 | 606.2% |
| Kurt E. Lewis | $9,144 | $9,465 | 3.5% |
| John R. Lansing | $0 | $9,362 | -- |
| Della Wright | $7,235 | $9,158 | 26.6% |
| Ronnie Rogers | $7,514 | $9,008 | 19.9% |
| Pehrson Family Trust | $15,012 | $8,549 | -43.1% |
| Peter J. Darlington | $8,341 | $8,341 | 0% |
| Jimmie D. Butt | $9,191 | $8,073 | -12.2% |
| Lola Alyene Muckey | $4,206 | $8,039 | 91.1% |
| Johnson Farms, LLC | $0 | $8,004 | -- |
| Tracy Family Partnership, Ltd. | $7,988 | $7,988 | 0% |
| Charles S. Boyd | $26,926 | $7,878 | -70.7% |
| Walter Richardson | $19,942 | $7,582 | -62% |
| Kent B. Adair | $16,207 | $7,313 | -54.9% |
| Crook and Post Ranch, LLC | $0 | $7,233 | -- |
| Gilbert Clay Pehrson Family Living Trustee | $6,610 | $6,615 | 0.1% |
| Jean Benally | $9,402 | $6,583 | -30% |
| Boyd J. Laws | $6,365 | $5,584 | -12.3% |
| Joni L. Kane | $6,308 | $5,361 | -15% |
| Val Dalton | $6,287 | $5,220 | -17% |
| Ruthie Betsuie | $1,021 | $5,085 | 398% |
| Richard & Evelyn Perkins Living Trust | $0 | $4,822 | -- |
| Tyrel Snyder | $9,735 | $4,605 | -52.7% |
| Letty Jones Heritage Foundation | $5,226 | $4,517 | -13.6% |
| Anna Merrit | $2,055 | $4,399 | 114.1% |
| Kelly G. Laws | $9,209 | $4,387 | -52.4% |
| Scott Meyer | $13,496 | $4,286 | -68.2% |
| Jana L. Bailey | $0 | $4,076 | -- |
| Joyce P. Harvey | $4,099 | $4,066 | -0.8% |
| Lyman Properties, LLC | $4,160 | $3,840 | -7.7% |
| Max K. Johnson | $39,294 | $3,827 | -90.3% |
| Elsie Keams | $835 | $3,821 | 357.6% |
| Steven H. Barry | $3,810 | $3,812 | 0.1% |
| Seresa M Johnson | $4,297 | $3,769 | -12.3% |
| Jean B. Cly | $6,690 | $3,702 | -44.7% |
| Tully Lameman | $2,255 | $3,589 | 59.2% |
| Kay Francom | $3,621 | $3,444 | -4.9% |
| Bonnie Beth Meyer | $8,846 | $3,436 | -61.2% |
| Clayton Palmer | $6,447 | $3,375 | -47.7% |
| Andrew D. C. Peterson | $3,152 | $3,152 | 0% |
| Betty D. Lameman | $3,596 | $2,868 | -20.2% |
| Grayson W. Redd | $48,004 | $2,687 | -94.4% |
| Elsie A. Dee | $1,653 | $2,554 | 54.5% |
| Ella Deanne Randall | $5,155 | $2,521 | -51.1% |
| Tyrel Cressler | $0 | $2,497 | -- |
| Anthony Dee | $2,195 | $2,347 | 6.9% |
| Betty Jones | $1,786 | $2,320 | 29.9% |
| Spencer Hayes Frost | $3,323 | $2,221 | -33.2% |
| Klayton J Laws | $0 | $2,204 | -- |
| Cynthia Madison | $1,355 | $2,181 | 61% |
| Casey Black | $4,107 | $2,009 | -51.1% |
| Evevia Nez | $1,124 | $1,969 | 75.2% |
| Bessie J. Roberts | $1,795 | $1,952 | 8.7% |
| Frontier Farms, LLC | $7,381 | $1,813 | -75.4% |
| Kevin M. Dunn | $2,209 | $1,784 | -19.2% |
| Shay T. Lewis | $3,705 | $1,783 | -51.9% |
| Pearl Maxine Johnson Family Trust | $2,845 | $1,765 | -38% |
| Isaac Chamberlain | $4,377 | $1,722 | -60.7% |
| Patsy Silas | $862 | $1,673 | 94.1% |
| Mary Rock Holiday | $1,787 | $1,662 | -7% |
| Tamara Kopta | $1,654 | $1,639 | -0.9% |
| Tyrel John Snyder | $0 | $1,621 | -- |
| James Haller | $1,694 | $1,617 | -4.5% |
| Mary Tso | $1,455 | $1,607 | 10.4% |
| Hayden Lansing | $2,412 | $1,555 | -35.5% |
| Dorothy Phillips | $630 | $1,554 | 146.7% |
| Elmerson R Phillips | $7,139 | $1,548 | -78.3% |
| Jimmy Y. Whitehorse | $0 | $1,517 | -- |
| Lynn J. Begay | $0 | $1,437 | -- |
| Annie B. Oldman | $1,655 | $1,365 | -17.5% |
| James F. Benally | $632 | $1,358 | 114.9% |
| Bridget Whitehorse | $683 | $1,336 | 95.6% |
| Stephen Bushnell Williams | $1,335 | $1,335 | 0% |
| Marilyn S. Benally | $928 | $1,329 | 43.2% |
| Ladd Shumway | $988 | $1,317 | 33.3% |
| Shane Shumway | $988 | $1,317 | 33.3% |
| Kedric Somerville | $1,609 | $1,290 | -19.8% |
| Carolyn Ballinger | $1,627 | $1,273 | -21.8% |
| Edward A. Begay | $1,479 | $1,270 | -14.1% |
| Cade M. Lewis | $2,579 | $1,262 | -51.1% |
| Glade D. Young | $5,610 | $1,256 | -77.6% |
| The Redd Family Trust | $1,666 | $1,254 | -24.7% |
| Wilson Chief | $1,352 | $1,249 | -7.6% |
| Lola Guy | $0 | $1,237 | -- |
| Elouise Wilson | $2,328 | $1,236 | -46.9% |
| Ricky L. Wilcox | $5,533 | $1,215 | -78% |
| Lynn J. Patterson | $2,475 | $1,210 | -51.1% |
| Esther Mark | $1,104 | $1,146 | 3.8% |
| Mack M. Smith | $721 | $1,129 | 56.6% |
| Richard L. Smith | $721 | $1,129 | 56.6% |
| Redd Investment, Corp. | $28,465 | $1,121 | -96.1% |
| Hp Farms | $0 | $1,106 | -- |
| Nelson Beletso | $0 | $1,103 | -- |
| Cynthia Higgins | $0 | $1,053 | -- |
| Linda Heman | $779 | $996 | 27.9% |
| Leonard Lee | $0 | $989 | -- |
| Victor Schafer | $1,067 | $986 | -7.6% |
| Jason Pelt | $0 | $982 | -- |
| Whitney J. Redd | $989 | $961 | -2.8% |
| Daisy Yanito | $2,596 | $960 | -63% |
| Daisy W. Holiday | $0 | $886 | -- |
| Jaclyn Van Reenen | $921 | $872 | -5.3% |
| Raymond Chief | $741 | $867 | 17% |
| Russell Todd Calvert | $1,768 | $865 | -51.1% |
| Sonderegger Farms, LLC | $1,759 | $860 | -51.1% |
| Warren Byron Peterson | $1,754 | $858 | -51.1% |
| Tracy Capitan | $2,257 | $801 | -64.5% |
| Renee Boo | $1,391 | $797 | -42.7% |
| Alyce L. Begaye | $90 | $794 | 782.2% |
| Frank Tapaha | $0 | $766 | -- |
| Emma Mitchell | $1,043 | $740 | -29.1% |
| Shawn V. Jack | $3,399 | $724 | -78.7% |
| Roselyn Toledo | $621 | $716 | 15.3% |
| Iris Rose Canyon | $0 | $659 | -- |
| Sadie R. Yazzie | $448 | $627 | 40% |
| Sarah Police | $474 | $627 | 32.3% |
| Arlene Begay | $783 | $601 | -23.2% |
| Betty Jelly | $453 | $556 | 22.7% |
| Sarah V. Jones | $315 | $530 | 68.3% |
| Oscar B. Begay | $541 | $528 | -2.4% |
| Rhonda J. Schafer | $534 | $493 | -7.7% |
| Jens Nielson | $0 | $478 | -- |
| Rosita Nakai | $515 | $441 | -14.4% |
| Wayne R. Black | $2,090 | $430 | -79.4% |
| Wayne L. Begay | $685 | $427 | -37.7% |
| Dorothy Todechine | $0 | $424 | -- |
| Samuel Dee | $508 | $398 | -21.7% |
| Victoria Joe | $0 | $396 | -- |
| Bruce Bunker | $805 | $393 | -51.2% |
| Regina Stash Begaye | $0 | $388 | -- |
| Jim Eberling | $290 | $386 | 33.1% |
| Rex Buckley Jensen | $767 | $375 | -51.1% |
| Calvin Thomas | $362 | $369 | 1.9% |
| Eleanor M. Benally | $0 | $369 | -- |
| Charlene F. Rogers | $310 | $337 | 8.7% |
| Peggy J. Humphrey | $310 | $337 | 8.7% |
| Sarah J Yanito | $0 | $336 | -- |
| Joseph R Barton Family Living Trust | $0 | $335 | -- |
| Ernest J. Thomas | $0 | $323 | -- |
| Roy Hathale | $202 | $317 | 56.9% |
| Martha Nahkai | $248 | $305 | 23% |
| Alice Black | $467 | $286 | -38.8% |
| Maggie Black | $497 | $286 | -42.5% |
| Mary L. Whitehorse | $0 | $277 | -- |
| Mary A. Woody | $0 | $277 | -- |
| Terry Robinson | $285 | $272 | -4.6% |
| Marion Y. Sam | $527 | $260 | -50.7% |
| Alon S. Pugh | $0 | $247 | -- |
| Cecelia Dee | $179 | $245 | 36.9% |
| Paul MacDonald | $977 | $222 | -77.3% |
| Gerald Maryboy | $614 | $184 | -70% |
| Carl Witteman | $0 | $182 | -- |
| Darlene Claw | $734 | $157 | -78.6% |
| David Peter Adams | $322 | $157 | -51.2% |
| Marilyn Holly | $0 | $156 | -- |
| Forrest A. Crofts | $284 | $139 | -51.1% |
| Kedric G Redd | $284 | $139 | -51.1% |
| Credit Commodity Corporation | $0 | $138 | -- |
| Ralph Edwin Taylor | $0 | $126 | -- |
| Ronald L. Johnson | $209 | $102 | -51.2% |
| Joshua C. Baird | $0 | $89 | -- |
| Lucy Rentz | $0 | $65 | -- |
| Phillip Rentz Sr. | $0 | $65 | -- |
| Tracy Johnson | $0 | $58 | -- |
| Samuel B. Pugh | $0 | $47 | -- |
| CCC Credit Commodity Corporation | $0 | $46 | -- |
| Athena Spigner | $56 | $27 | -51.8% |
| Natalie Green | $0 | $9 | -- |
| Casey Carlson | $3,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Harris - L Ashton Harris Investme | $13,347 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard & Evelyn Perkins Living T | $4,852 | $0 | -100% |
| Val E. Hurst | $1,206 | $0 | -100% |
| Pauline Abe Black | $930 | $0 | -100% |
| Esther Tohtsoni | $721 | $0 | -100% |
| Thelma M. Rockwell | $893 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen E. Frost | $4,319 | $0 | -100% |
| Backyard Gold, LLC | $788 | $0 | -100% |
| Clara Elaine Barry | $2,188 | $0 | -100% |
| Commodity Credit Corporation | $2,142 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrel Rogers | $2,571 | $0 | -100% |
| Gary L. Crowley | $73,250 | $0 | -100% |
| James Harvey | $1,539 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph R Barton Family Living Trustee | $684 | $0 | -100% |
| Lou Ann Hansen | $7,105 | $0 | -100% |
| Suzanne S. Duke | $12,440 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyrel Cressler | $21,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,516,608 | $2,677,991 | -40.7% |
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