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In 2021, 111 farmers in cities within Valencia County received a total of $1.8 million in 199 farm subsidies, a 60.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.6 million in 263 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caballo Dairy, LLC | $187,661 | $441,209 | 135.1% |
| Wayne Golliheair | $87,269 | $138,467 | 58.7% |
| Othart Dairy Farms, LLC | $678,656 | $120,508 | -82.2% |
| T Scott Edeal | $537,240 | $120,508 | -77.6% |
| Haw Farms, LLC | $1,435,774 | $109,035 | -92.4% |
| Alicia Sanchez | $142,828 | $102,083 | -28.5% |
| Cordova Ranch, LLC | $118,994 | $86,436 | -27.4% |
| Southvalley Dairy, LLC | $300,310 | $82,538 | -72.5% |
| Bosque Dairies, LLC | $107,901 | $80,186 | -25.7% |
| Pete D. Cordova | $59,187 | $76,383 | 29.1% |
| Vanderploeg Dairy, LLC | $162,436 | $75,873 | -53.3% |
| Felipe Sanchez | $55,635 | $28,230 | -49.3% |
| Jan Gentry | $31,272 | $26,309 | -15.9% |
| Lucero Brothers Ranch | $32,548 | $22,907 | -29.6% |
| Shady Dale Farms, LLC | $15,519 | $19,680 | 26.8% |
| John Sanchez | $18,939 | $18,221 | -3.8% |
| El Paisano Ranch, LLC | $27,734 | $17,926 | -35.4% |
| Charlie Myers | $131,368 | $16,276 | -87.6% |
| Larry Gomez | $8,014 | $15,606 | 94.7% |
| Kim A. Hutchins | $10,861 | $10,861 | 0% |
| Desmet Bros | $0 | $10,715 | -- |
| Olive Edie Trust | $10,686 | $10,686 | 0% |
| Casey A. Cordova | $3,249 | $10,668 | 228.3% |
| Joann Janecka | $7,789 | $10,044 | 29% |
| Peter D Mccatharn | $12,827 | $8,775 | -31.6% |
| Peter D Mccatharn | $12,827 | $8,775 | -31.6% |
| Manzano Mountain Ranch | $0 | $7,810 | -- |
| Jason Husbands | $1,804 | $6,684 | 270.5% |
| Edward P. Torres Sr. | $6,182 | $6,429 | 4% |
| Vincent Vigil | $8,264 | $6,353 | -23.1% |
| Robert Lee Jones | $0 | $6,240 | -- |
| Terry Bizzell | $7,704 | $5,535 | -28.2% |
| Miguel Cordova | $7,371 | $4,671 | -36.6% |
| Eric Jerome Robert Zamora | $0 | $4,426 | -- |
| Paula Marsanick | $2,236 | $4,253 | 90.2% |
| Rodger D. Worthy | $3,628 | $3,628 | 0% |
| Frank Zuni | $792 | $3,545 | 347.6% |
| Eric Rasband | $1,496 | $3,490 | 133.3% |
| Ralph D. Jiron | $1,221 | $3,260 | 167% |
| Melvin Kenneth Jiron | $0 | $3,162 | -- |
| Luke Sanchez | $0 | $2,950 | -- |
| Sharon Lee Phlieger | $4,297 | $2,908 | -32.3% |
| Darryl Brian Sullivan | $3,190 | $2,903 | -9% |
| Lola P. Allison | $12,419 | $2,807 | -77.4% |
| Molly Antoinette Mendenhall | $0 | $2,740 | -- |
| Therese E. Jiron | $2,024 | $2,672 | 32% |
| Beverly Turley | $2,663 | $2,663 | 0% |
| Wilbur Schantz 3L, Inc. | $10,207 | $2,628 | -74.3% |
| Ramon D. Baca | $3,707 | $2,625 | -29.2% |
| Thomas Carrasco | $9,306 | $2,290 | -75.4% |
| Julius L. Harrington | $3,866 | $2,221 | -42.6% |
| Joe F. Abeita | $0 | $2,207 | -- |
| Matthew Chavez | $13,517 | $2,204 | -83.7% |
| Michael A. Lente | $4,166 | $2,202 | -47.1% |
| Eddie P. Torres Jr. | $2,695 | $2,187 | -18.8% |
| Daniel Stouffer Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $2,079 | -- |
| Matthew Aragon | $0 | $1,911 | -- |
| Felix C. Baca | $0 | $1,897 | -- |
| Richard R. Saavedra | $22,528 | $1,862 | -91.7% |
| Edward L. Abeita | $0 | $1,860 | -- |
| Jolene J. Jiron | $594 | $1,791 | 201.5% |
| MTRL Trustee Under the H Wayne Smith Trustee | $2,337 | $1,787 | -23.5% |
| Kevin L. Lente | $550 | $1,783 | 224.2% |
| Kevin Ronald Lente | $550 | $1,783 | 224.2% |
| Lee Roy A. Lente | $550 | $1,783 | 224.2% |
| Mark T. Jaramillo | $1,334 | $1,779 | 33.4% |
| Brian Jiron | $627 | $1,742 | 177.8% |
| Nick Carrasco | $2,740 | $1,716 | -37.4% |
| Teresa A. Chavez | $4,874 | $1,687 | -65.4% |
| Juan J. Sanchez | $6,831 | $1,681 | -75.4% |
| Carl Steven Richard | $3,434 | $1,526 | -55.6% |
| Lanelda E Ross | $1,518 | $1,518 | 0% |
| Nicholas Otero | $2,167 | $1,487 | -31.4% |
| Stephen B. Ortiz | $2,711 | $1,449 | -46.6% |
| Michelle Lente Browning | $12,828 | $1,448 | -88.7% |
| Terence C. Lujan | $0 | $1,394 | -- |
| Barbara Springer | $692 | $1,302 | 88.2% |
| Sherry Springer Eichwald | $692 | $1,302 | 88.2% |
| Helen Mccleskey Rvoc Trustee | $1,263 | $1,263 | 0% |
| Thomas W. Jiron | $1,342 | $1,229 | -8.4% |
| Miguel Jiron | $1,100 | $985 | -10.5% |
| Alvin Olguin | $0 | $882 | -- |
| Robert A. Trujillo | $0 | $882 | -- |
| Randol Lente | $1,902 | $850 | -55.3% |
| Leonard Schantz | $3,303 | $760 | -77% |
| Amadore M Lente | $2,298 | $753 | -67.2% |
| Nancy L. Pruitt | $2,070 | $700 | -66.2% |
| Anthony J. Jiron | $1,045 | $657 | -37.1% |
| Ben Torres | $2,750 | $652 | -76.3% |
| Gail Marlene Boeff | $208 | $639 | 207.2% |
| Melissa Yolanda Gabaldon | $1,254 | $456 | -63.6% |
| Eugene Jiron | $825 | $417 | -49.5% |
| Paul Schwoebel | $668 | $360 | -46.1% |
| Loren J West Estate | $657 | $333 | -49.3% |
| James E. Zuni | $1,287 | $322 | -75% |
| Ignacio Jose Lujan | $726 | $318 | -56.2% |
| Warren a Chewiwi | $1,254 | $310 | -75.3% |
| Terry Allison | $775 | $296 | -61.8% |
| Tommy Travis Simpson | $1,518 | $286 | -81.2% |
| Michael Silva | $7,254 | $260 | -96.4% |
| Kristen Marie Carpio | $900 | $249 | -72.3% |
| Lynn a Ogrod | $590 | $218 | -63.1% |
| Clarence Lucero | $429 | $210 | -51% |
| Pilar Deines-Allis | $0 | $189 | -- |
| Pilar Deines-Allis | $1,581 | $189 | -88% |
| John E Waconda | $462 | $180 | -61% |
| Matthew Padilla | $1,840 | $180 | -90.2% |
| Christianne O'Conner | $0 | $150 | -- |
| Patrick Wulf | $231 | $100 | -56.7% |
| Merri Marlene Dileanis | $175 | $58 | -66.9% |
| Anthony Cordova | $367 | $34 | -90.7% |
| Alfred Gabaldon | $918 | $0 | -100% |
| Haw Farms | $46,899 | $0 | -100% |
| John English | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Costanza | $7,269 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Gutierrez | $4,950 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond Carrasco | $5,497 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert C. Jaramillo | $5,073 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom Frank Tibbitts Trust | $2,160 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Stouffer Revocable Living | $3,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Lente | $1,993 | $0 | -100% |
| Raquel N. Lujan | $108 | $0 | -100% |
| Thelma J. Lujan | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| Twin States Ranch, LLC | $95,386 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler T. Jiron | $685 | $0 | -100% |
| Victor J Roh & Mildred M Roh Revo | $392 | $0 | -100% |
| Danny Peeples West Trust | $1,476 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Gurule | $617 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric Zamora | $1,914 | $0 | -100% |
| Felipe Lopez | $208 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Garcia | $4,573 | $0 | -100% |
| Peculiar Farms | $918 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie Baca | $2,869 | $0 | -100% |
| S & S Farm, LLC | $868 | $0 | -100% |
| Bluefly Farms, LLC | $1,885 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Sullivan | $8,409 | $0 | -100% |
| Como NM Company, Ltd. | $8,278 | $0 | -100% |
| Hunsaker Revocable Trust | $4,791 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathy Welborn | $237 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,631,348 | $1,830,532 | -60.5% |
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