EWG has found 138 people who have received taxpayer-funded farm subsidies or disaster payments for 37 consecutive years – even though they live in some of the nation’s 50 largest cities or wealthy beach towns, rather than on the farms they own.
|
Subsidy recipient |
City, state |
Subsidies 1985-2021 |
|
Jolene Gustafson Inc. |
Austin, Texas |
$2,411,822 |
|
Daniel Bernard Loepker |
Fort Myers Beach, Fla. |
$1,958,073 |
|
Thomas V. Lovvorn Jr. |
Denver |
$1,588,549 |
|
Duane Harrel |
Oklahoma City |
$993,387 |
|
Gilbert Nickel |
New York |
$889,484 |
|
E. Greer Andrews |
Oklahoma City |
$855,985 |
|
John Persyn |
San Antonio |
$721,015 |
|
Cindy Bryant Lawrence |
Fort Worth, Texas |
$716,496 |
|
Dudley Hodgkins Co. |
Fort Worth |
$711,358 |
|
Dawn G. Root |
Dallas |
$692,422 |
|
Geraldine Kepler |
Dallas |
$643,415 |
|
Tom L. Cadan |
Austin |
$600,028 |
|
John Wolsmann Jr. |
Omaha, Neb. |
$573,962 |
|
Carl T. Jaax Rev. Trust |
Wichita, Kan. |
$564,345 |
|
Mary Currie |
New York |
$481,750 |
|
Gelsthorp Farms Inc. |
Washington |
$480,148 |
|
John Difede |
Dallas |
$473,042 |
|
Lenora N. Atkins |
Albuquerque, N.M. |
$467,742 |
|
Lowell M. Thrasher |
Omaha |
$466,691 |
|
John R. Owen M.D. |
Oklahoma City |
$460,890 |
|
Tom McCarvel |
Minneapolis |
$434,804 |
|
Eunice Miller Trust |
Houston |
$416,403 |
|
Mary Lou Stehr |
Omaha |
$410,416 |
|
Comanche West Inc. |
Wichita |
$388,317 |
|
Burch Settoon SL Tr. |
Austin |
$366,813 |
|
Johnston Sisters Farm Partners |
San Antonio |
$348,196 |
|
Wanda Frazier Keepers |
Houston |
$344,540 |
|
Jim W. McDaniel |
San Antonio |
$342,431 |
|
Brent Burford |
Wichita |
$328,819 |
|
Methodist Children's Home |
Fort Worth, Texas |
$311,290 |
|
G. Hal Ross |
Wichita |
$307,557 |
|
Oscar D. Brown |
Arlington, Texas |
$303,097 |
|
David C. Boyenga |
Minneapolis |
$295,167 |
|
Harold H. Lucas Jr. |
Wichita, Kan. |
$293,593 |
|
Cheryl Foster |
Virginia Beach, Va. |
$289,687 |
|
Laurence E. Bauer |
Omaha |
$287,466 |
|
Estate of Arden Ray Douglas |
Dallas |
$281,585 |
|
Paul E. Gilmore |
Omaha |
$271,716 |
|
Buddy Jones |
Oklahoma City |
$269,942 |
|
Flache Farms Inc. |
Austin |
$269,307 |
|
Joyce H. Mauldin |
Oklahoma City |
$268,139 |
|
Adamson Living Trust |
San Antonio |
$266,631 |
|
Bettye Jacobs |
Memphis, Tenn. |
$260,044 |
|
Russell Denison |
San Antonio |
$252,225 |
|
Cecil Tim Speck |
Dallas |
$248,312 |
|
Peggy Rice Duffey |
Austin |
$241,256 |
|
Ann Ller |
Houston |
$241,173 |
|
Donna G. Clark |
Arlington, Texas |
$238,353 |
|
Theilen Family Living Trust - Her |
Houston |
$238,343 |
|
Laverne D. Knezek |
Arlington, Texas |
$236,436 |
|
Wiley Farms |
Dallas |
$228,691 |
|
Michael John Dolan Revocable Trust |
Minneapolis |
$216,587 |
|
Double J Farmlands Inc. |
Memphis, Tenn. |
$215,119 |
|
Lesley L. Wilkes |
Austin |
$214,401 |
|
Margie S. Johnston |
Tulsa, Okla. |
$212,159 |
|
Cynthia Cotton |
Santa Monica, Calif. |
$211,531 |
|
Patty Jo Wilkes |
Austin |
$210,327 |
|
Estate of Neva June Taylor |
Dallas |
$209,303 |
|
Rebecca A. Umphress |
Fort Worth |
$206,129 |
|
Hope Tinsley |
Fort Worth |
$199,441 |
|
Annette Martin Revocable Trust |
Las Vegas |
$180,049 |
|
Malouf & Sons Inc No I |
Dallas |
$176,563 |
|
Margaret B.G. Hogan |
Dallas |
$171,848 |
|
Allison Berry Hadley |
Nashville, Tenn. |
$170,527 |
|
Thomas A. Hoffman |
Austin |
$165,863 |
|
Patrick A. and Martha A. Cashen Trust |
Denver |
$152,734 |
|
Megan Spencer |
Austin |
$152,681 |
|
Cherry Burger |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
$145,232 |
|
Rubye Mae Hubbard |
Arlington, Texas |
$138,177 |
|
Don Miller |
Dallas |
$135,573 |
|
James Daniel Grappe |
Austin |
$131,495 |
|
Ron L. Schmidt |
Albuquerque, N.M. |
$130,748 |
|
Edward R. Richmond Jr. |
Memphis, Tenn. |
$129,938 |
|
Richard J. Habbinga |
Austin |
$129,213 |
|
Henry W. Wells |
Dallas |
$128,359 |
|
Linda Fowler Stevens |
Fort Worth, Texas |
$125,685 |
|
Robert A. Knezek |
Arlington, Texas |
$124,150 |
|
Dennis Cook |
Phoenix |
$123,922 |
|
B. Kathleen Trautman |
Oklahoma City |
$123,770 |
|
Gary N. Johnson |
Austin |
$120,749 |
|
Kere Noel |
Wichita |
$120,577 |
|
Rex Appleton |
Houston |
$120,361 |
|
Cordella Eastwold Trust |
Las Vegas |
$115,961 |
|
M.L. Friedrich |
Houston |
$115,088 |
|
David G. Wiens |
Denver |
$114,649 |
|
Nancy B McLellan |
Austin |
$114,589 |
|
Joe W. Turner |
Fort Worth |
$109,315 |
|
Earle D. Wagner |
Oklahoma City |
$108,713 |
|
James R. Porter |
Phoenix |
$104,195 |
|
Kermit G. Crenwelge |
San Antonio |
$96,712 |
|
Rita M. Kennedy Family Trust |
Oklahoma City |
$94,859 |
|
Charles M. Jones |
Fort Worth |
$91,476 |
|
Gail L. Williams |
Houston |
$82,048 |
|
Bonnie C. Dickinson |
Dallas |
$78,544 |
|
Druena Lock |
Fort Worth |
$76,789 |
|
Carroll W. Chambliss |
Nashville, Tenn. |
$74,828 |
|
Clyde Emmons Enterprises Inc. |
Arlington, Texas |
$70,107 |
|
Glenn Blankenship |
Houston |
$70,100 |
|
Jeri Sue Strange |
Tulsa, Okla. |
$67,010 |
|
Larry McNeely |
Oklahoma City |
$61,246 |
|
Genevieve Friesenhahn |
Austin |
$60,556 |
|
Alan Durham |
Oklahoma City |
$58,408 |
|
Fred Marosko |
Austin |
$56,599 |
|
Farrier M.T.A. |
Oklahoma City |
$56,485 |
|
James D. Galloway |
Austin |
$53,758 |
|
Anita Rawson Edwards |
Austin |
$52,705 |
|
Charles Gaddy |
Austin |
$52,007 |
|
Donald L. White |
Austin |
$50,437 |
|
Mark B. Hoes |
Austin |
$50,104 |
|
Richard E. Cassidy |
San Antonio |
$48,754 |
|
Charlene Morris |
Austin |
$47,974 |
|
Betty Schaar |
Wichita, Kan. |
$47,817 |
|
Doris Baker |
Oklahoma City |
$47,507 |
|
Thomas H. Garner Jr. |
Arlington, Texas |
$46,953 |
|
Tommye Marr |
Dallas |
$45,533 |
|
Rebecca A. Shields |
Houston |
$40,140 |
|
Winston H. Anderson |
Austin |
$39,785 |
|
Pat Gillespie |
Oklahoma City |
$39,764 |
|
Al Buie |
San Antonio |
$39,742 |
|
Elva Carlson |
Austin |
$39,720 |
|
Don Strother |
Memphis, Tenn. |
$39,614 |
|
Vicki Jean Coker |
Oklahoma City |
$37,739 |
|
Charles O. Meyers Jr. |
Tulsa, Okla. |
$37,330 |
|
Donna S. Merklein |
Houston |
$37,054 |
|
D.C. Stubblefield |
San Antonio |
$35,921 |
|
Mary L. Miller |
Albuquerque, N.M. |
$35,357 |
|
Betty Conkling |
Fort Worth |
$33,333 |
|
Paula D. Cariker |
San Antonio |
$27,445 |
|
Mary Lee Wilkerson |
Virginia Beach, Va. |
$25,128 |
|
Deborah Work |
Virginia Beach, Va. |
$25,127 |
|
Carol D. West |
San Antonio |
$21,084 |
|
Nancy Smith |
Dallas |
$20,758 |
|
Deco Development Co. Inc. |
Tulsa, Okla. |
$20,565 |
|
William A. Lee II |
Houston |
$16,698 |
|
Elissa L. Ernst |
San Antonio |
$13,134 |
|
Adrianna Christian Ernst |
San Antonio |
$12,840 |
|
Kim Reida |
Wichita |
$12,744 |
|
Eddie Dolezal |
Houston |
$11,640 |