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Rural Wichita County Faces Decline Amid Subsidy Debate
Wichita County receives 127 million in subsidies over ten years while losing 31.7 percent of population since 1980 and 40 percent of farm jobs. Farmers face larger operations, dwindling tax base, and outmigration as critics call subsidies a Band-Aid. Local leaders pursue a wind farm and business incubator to revive the area.
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Kansas
Wichita County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Charles Ayers
Ayers
America
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Dents
Leot
Garden City
Troy Dumler
Kansas State University
Dumler
Jerry Gillen
Kansas City
Seot
Gillen
Wichita
Karla Ridder
Seaboard
Ridder
Environmental Working Group
Whitcrop
K-State
Terry Woodbury
Kansas Communities LLC
Woodbury
Greeley County
Krenzel
Usdas Rural Development Office
EZEC
Congress
Scott City
Leoti