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In 2021, 169 farmers in cities within Washington County received a total of $3.1 million in 292 farm subsidies, a 28.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.4 million in 420 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 Washington County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rudger C Atkin, Inc. | $57,503 | $242,901 | 322.4% |
| Heaton Cattle Company, LLC | $263,214 | $192,081 | -27% |
| Gubler Ranch, LLC | $123,035 | $187,013 | 52% |
| Arlin S. Hughes | $176,298 | $174,515 | -1% |
| Milknm Farms, LLC | $875,994 | $129,374 | -85.2% |
| Fenton Bowler | $48,835 | $118,526 | 142.7% |
| Tule Ranch Management, LLC | $77,874 | $96,143 | 23.5% |
| R & K Staheli Farms LC | $327,269 | $95,046 | -71% |
| Wolfhole Cattle, LLC | $38,901 | $76,534 | 96.7% |
| Turner Turf Farms, Corp. | $0 | $76,448 | -- |
| Kyle Frei | $40,691 | $71,627 | 76% |
| Denice J. Hughes | $49,188 | $66,216 | 34.6% |
| Edward L. Bowler | $54,333 | $63,959 | 17.7% |
| Foremaster, LLC | $0 | $53,046 | -- |
| Birch Farms Real Estate, LLC | $37,139 | $49,489 | 33.3% |
| Jeff Esplin | $23,397 | $49,207 | 110.3% |
| L & R Farms, LLC | $50,000 | $48,645 | -2.7% |
| L & W Farms, LLC | $50,000 | $48,395 | -3.2% |
| Gregory A. Hunter | $48,751 | $42,525 | -12.8% |
| Harmony Land & Livestock Company | $9,625 | $40,011 | 315.7% |
| Larry T. Blake | $36,517 | $39,390 | 7.9% |
| Spendlove Farms and Livestock, LLC | $0 | $36,348 | -- |
| D & R Ranch, Inc. | $21,872 | $35,580 | 62.7% |
| Kelly Blake | $25,473 | $34,549 | 35.6% |
| Dennis Frei | $25,490 | $34,392 | 34.9% |
| Thomas Gubler Properties, LLC | $30,299 | $34,015 | 12.3% |
| Milo Ence and Sons, LLC | $26,785 | $33,617 | 25.5% |
| Foremaster Ranches LC | $7,150 | $32,358 | 352.6% |
| Bundy Ranch S. O. Lc | $24,030 | $32,217 | 34.1% |
| Dennis Duane Werre | $37,236 | $31,836 | -14.5% |
| Kay Irene Werre | $37,236 | $31,835 | -14.5% |
| Grassy Flat Land & Livestock | $21,400 | $31,697 | 48.1% |
| Reeve Ranch, LLC | $20,035 | $30,084 | 50.2% |
| Adams Livestock Enterprises, Inc. | $23,126 | $29,488 | 27.5% |
| Derick C. Blake | $17,993 | $27,578 | 53.3% |
| James L. Wade | $8,655 | $25,527 | 194.9% |
| Top Hat Ranch, LLC | $130,451 | $25,148 | -80.7% |
| Saucer Five Limited Partnership | $19,091 | $24,539 | 28.5% |
| Colette Wadsworth | $26,265 | $24,383 | -7.2% |
| Kelby Iverson | $18,461 | $23,130 | 25.3% |
| Burgess Ranch, LLC | $12,784 | $22,096 | 72.8% |
| Jimmie B. Hughes | $9,095 | $20,097 | 121% |
| Curtis L. Graff | $14,097 | $19,777 | 40.3% |
| Vicki Yost | $36,183 | $18,640 | -48.5% |
| Demar Lc | $0 | $18,603 | -- |
| J. mac Hall | $12,005 | $14,576 | 21.4% |
| Sam Larson | $0 | $14,254 | -- |
| Tim Parkinson Jr. | $105,424 | $13,924 | -86.8% |
| Jacob Andersen | $13,590 | $13,590 | 0% |
| Stacey O. Hughes | $4,723 | $12,716 | 169.2% |
| Larry Iverson | $0 | $12,436 | -- |
| Bruce Joseph Robertson | $0 | $12,157 | -- |
| Betty Ann Parkinson | $12,044 | $12,044 | 0% |
| Pamela Cannon | $11,755 | $11,755 | 0% |
| Midnight Properties LC | $6,125 | $11,484 | 87.5% |
| Robert A. Hill | $21,035 | $11,262 | -46.5% |
| Mary Alice Gates | $5,390 | $11,229 | 108.3% |
| David Wayne Terry | $5,351 | $10,576 | 97.6% |
| David Hafen | $16,617 | $10,551 | -36.5% |
| Jeffrey D. Smith | $30,461 | $9,963 | -67.3% |
| Devin Ruesch | $19,270 | $9,920 | -48.5% |
| Brent Hatch | $16,360 | $9,908 | -39.4% |
| Candie L. Gourley | $9,345 | $9,345 | 0% |
| Ralph W & Maurine H Worlton Trust | $9,278 | $9,278 | 0% |
| Richard L. Johnson | $9,156 | $9,156 | 0% |
| Scott Foremaster | $0 | $8,921 | -- |
| 9S Oak Valley Ranch | $9,069 | $8,854 | -2.4% |
| Doreen Curtis | $8,424 | $8,424 | 0% |
| John W. Slack | $5,463 | $8,222 | 50.5% |
| Gates Family Ranch Holdings, LLC | $0 | $8,114 | -- |
| Virginia S Kunz Family Trust | $10,966 | $7,966 | -27.4% |
| Brock Andrus | $12,710 | $7,460 | -41.3% |
| Debi Fieseler | $7,422 | $7,422 | 0% |
| Matthew Gardiner | $7,059 | $7,059 | 0% |
| Rex Johnson | $22,373 | $6,913 | -69.1% |
| Larry Mack Adams | $31,678 | $6,803 | -78.5% |
| Nielson Cattle Company | $6,270 | $6,258 | -0.2% |
| Lamb Cattle & Property, LLC | $21,807 | $6,188 | -71.6% |
| Dalen Koehn | $28,541 | $5,649 | -80.2% |
| Richard F. Wright | $11,052 | $5,252 | -52.5% |
| Mountain States Contractors, Inc. | $8,805 | $5,237 | -40.5% |
| Thomas N. Heaton | $13,129 | $5,150 | -60.8% |
| Nielsen Revocable Trust | $5,064 | $5,064 | 0% |
| Diane M. Atkinson | $5,263 | $4,996 | -5.1% |
| Ronald Reeve | $7,832 | $4,521 | -42.3% |
| Zackary W. Frei | $21,964 | $4,510 | -79.5% |
| Loma D. Prince | $5,706 | $4,330 | -24.1% |
| Shoulder 3 Ranches, Inc. | $14,315 | $4,208 | -70.6% |
| Paige Love-the Love Family Trust | $6,520 | $4,183 | -35.8% |
| E Lazy J Ranch, LLC | $0 | $4,145 | -- |
| D & D Consolidated, LLC | $14,725 | $4,124 | -72% |
| Rodney Scott Ratheal | $0 | $4,071 | -- |
| James R. Jeppson | $4,138 | $3,976 | -3.9% |
| DT Cattle, LLC | $9,900 | $3,863 | -61% |
| Merwyn B Joens GS Trust | $3,582 | $3,708 | 3.5% |
| Bruce a Miklautsch | $3,681 | $3,681 | 0% |
| Utley Family Farms, LLC | $2,732 | $3,460 | 26.6% |
| Clark Ence | $1,551 | $3,349 | 115.9% |
| Emil & Ruth Joens Trust | $9,314 | $3,329 | -64.3% |
| Norman Howard | $2,488 | $3,317 | 33.3% |
| Ruby Real Estate, LLC | $3,096 | $3,096 | 0% |
| Brigham J. Johnson | $0 | $2,806 | -- |
| Julie Johnson Brinkerhoff | $7,155 | $2,784 | -61.1% |
| Herbert Mulnix-Mulnix Trust | $16,841 | $2,780 | -83.5% |
| Nancy McClellan | $2,742 | $2,742 | 0% |
| James G. Barr III | $0 | $2,708 | -- |
| Tyler Trek Gubler | $6,352 | $2,702 | -57.5% |
| Mary Jane Heninger | $4,799 | $2,627 | -45.3% |
| D & B Prince Ranch, LLC | $4,380 | $2,604 | -40.5% |
| Terry F. Chivers | $2,483 | $2,483 | 0% |
| Douglas J. Tebbs | $1,752 | $2,336 | 33.3% |
| Marile Borget | $3,149 | $2,064 | -34.5% |
| Jeffrey D. Young | $15,377 | $2,060 | -86.6% |
| Hunt Longhorns, LLC | $7,909 | $2,047 | -74.1% |
| TC Livestock | $9,718 | $2,045 | -79% |
| Donald J. Stroud | $1,944 | $2,028 | 4.3% |
| Jamie Dinkler | $2,559 | $1,980 | -22.6% |
| Daniel E. Lewis | $0 | $1,942 | -- |
| Allen B. Lee | $4,884 | $1,938 | -60.3% |
| Joan M Joens Rev Trust | $4,317 | $1,888 | -56.3% |
| Merwyn B Joens Rev Trust | $4,588 | $1,888 | -58.8% |
| Kent Rowley | $1,783 | $1,783 | 0% |
| Parnell Family Trust | $4,912 | $1,695 | -65.5% |
| John Hafen | $7,986 | $1,694 | -78.8% |
| Preston Bennett | $6,369 | $1,617 | -74.6% |
| Lazy L Spear Ranch, LLC | $3,855 | $1,488 | -61.4% |
| James E Creed & Mary Jayne Creed Family Trust | $6,240 | $1,458 | -76.6% |
| Annie Reeve | $10,365 | $1,455 | -86% |
| Xo Ranch, LLC | $14,112 | $1,305 | -90.8% |
| Ronald W. Thompson | $0 | $1,226 | -- |
| Jay Iverson | $7,174 | $1,201 | -83.3% |
| Sheryl Bainbridge Family Trust | $1,275 | $1,187 | -6.9% |
| Shirley M. Brinkerhoff | $1,532 | $1,129 | -26.3% |
| Emil Joens Trust Will | $3,944 | $1,118 | -71.7% |
| Christensen Living Trust | $1,257 | $1,105 | -12.1% |
| Burke Family Farms, LLC | $8,323 | $1,102 | -86.8% |
| Mark Lindhardt | $2,733 | $1,101 | -59.7% |
| Loneva Ruesch | $4,816 | $1,084 | -77.5% |
| Kirk Roland Webb | $4,719 | $1,048 | -77.8% |
| David R. Stewart | $1,447 | $1,035 | -28.5% |
| Stephen Stewart | $1,447 | $1,035 | -28.5% |
| Boyd Borden-Borden Family Revocable Trust | $1,851 | $1,027 | -44.5% |
| Lewis Beatty | $4,433 | $973 | -78.1% |
| Andrew F. Lytle | $3,564 | $958 | -73.1% |
| Nancy Schroeder | $920 | $920 | 0% |
| V Karen Hixson Revocable Trust-V Karen Hixson | $1,643 | $876 | -46.7% |
| Felix Revocable Trust No 092131, P C | $2,956 | $803 | -72.8% |
| Billie G. Coleman | $0 | $745 | -- |
| John E. Godfrey | $798 | $708 | -11.3% |
| Tracy Hokanson | $942 | $621 | -34.1% |
| Seven V. Cattle | $1,656 | $554 | -66.5% |
| Katherine-Massey Revocable Trust Massey | $0 | $514 | -- |
| Tracy L. Cox | $1,518 | $496 | -67.3% |
| The Wendell & Linda Gubler Family Living Trust | $454 | $454 | 0% |
| R & M Farms | $3,892 | $428 | -89% |
| Nagel Family Rev Trust-Kenneth L Nagel | $0 | $405 | -- |
| Mike Naegle | $1,661 | $343 | -79.3% |
| Durward Wadsworth | $792 | $312 | -60.6% |
| Val Robinson | $228 | $304 | 33.3% |
| G Chett Mills | $512 | $287 | -43.9% |
| Houston Cattle Company, LLC | $1,210 | $242 | -80% |
| Wayne A. Halverson | $548 | $227 | -58.6% |
| Shayne Hutchings | $220 | $190 | -13.6% |
| CWF, LLC | $1,266 | $186 | -85.3% |
| Alma Z. Boyce | $718 | $174 | -75.8% |
| Lisle Crowley | $261 | $127 | -51.3% |
| Belinda V. Straub | $0 | $124 | -- |
| Sunni Morris | $194 | $59 | -69.6% |
| Lloyd C. Denton | $107 | $20 | -81.3% |
| Shane Hutchings | $363 | $0 | -100% |
| 17 Bar Cattle Company, LLC | $60,852 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Geer | $845 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry A. Geer | $845 | $0 | -100% |
| Clyde J. Bradshaw | $1,536 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeff Carter | $510 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly Dutton | $3,792 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Olsen | $4,033 | $0 | -100% |
| Phyllis Eggert | $1,205 | $0 | -100% |
| Renae L. Thompson | $227 | $0 | -100% |
| Clark Farms Jv | $210,236 | $0 | -100% |
| Lindefarm, LLC | $9,942 | $0 | -100% |
| Trinity T. Richards | $20,525 | $0 | -100% |
| Little America, LLC | $469 | $0 | -100% |
| Bridlebit Three Cattle Company | $18,612 | $0 | -100% |
| Kena Marie Lloyd | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Smith Brothers Farm, LLC | $7,508 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradbury Revocable Trust | $455 | $0 | -100% |
| Dalton Alexander | $4,125 | $0 | -100% |
| David J. Evans | $24,960 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald R. Grymes | $755 | $0 | -100% |
| Forrest Fonnesbeck | $1,368 | $0 | -100% |
| Nagel Family Rev Trust-Kenneth L | $3,646 | $0 | -100% |
| Veta Lewis | $1,942 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Spendlove | $4,777 | $0 | -100% |
| Spendlove Farms and Livestock, LL | $159,384 | $0 | -100% |
| Agri-Technician, LLC | $500 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy Max Coleman | $2,694 | $0 | -100% |
| Howard Foremaster | $18,810 | $0 | -100% |
| Katherine-Massey Revocable Trust | $607 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn Barnson | $3,850 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,414,944 | $3,149,967 | -28.7% |
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