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In 2021, 303 farmers in cities within Thurston County received a total of $4.5 million in 432 farm subsidies, a 30.8% increase from 2020, when the total was $3.5 million in 439 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 Thurston County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Shellfish, LLC | $0 | $494,381 | -- |
| Black River Dairy, LLC | $424,225 | $363,008 | -14.4% |
| Plowman Dairy Farms, LLC | $105,959 | $334,685 | 215.9% |
| Queen Tide, LLC | $0 | $199,961 | -- |
| Controller Bay, Inc. | $0 | $189,449 | -- |
| Brim Road Dairy, LLC | $0 | $189,208 | -- |
| Soro, Inc. | $0 | $145,692 | -- |
| Pebble Passage, LLC | $0 | $140,675 | -- |
| Eric Johnson | $158,648 | $114,517 | -27.8% |
| Beaver Creek Dairy, LLC | $519,122 | $113,054 | -78.2% |
| Chelsea Farms, Inc. | $0 | $93,301 | -- |
| Spencer Miller, LLC | $0 | $90,388 | -- |
| F & H Fishing, LLC | $0 | $82,536 | -- |
| GV Partnership | $79,360 | $80,160 | 1% |
| Net Venture Farms, Inc. | $0 | $75,344 | -- |
| Cornelis Bakker, Inc. | $0 | $74,502 | -- |
| Anna Marie, LLC | $0 | $74,387 | -- |
| JBJCM Partnership | $73,747 | $72,045 | -2.3% |
| Kirsop Farms, Inc. | $0 | $69,035 | -- |
| Sevier Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Jesernig Brothers | $46,554 | $46,550 | -0% |
| Marco Ramirez | $0 | $41,108 | -- |
| Neeptide, LLC | $0 | $38,521 | -- |
| Bill Lock | $0 | $37,374 | -- |
| Frisia Dairy & Creamery, LLC | $55,406 | $34,597 | -37.6% |
| Zimmerman Shellfish | $0 | $34,477 | -- |
| Northwest Shellfish Company, Inc. | $89,193 | $33,676 | -62.2% |
| Anny Joy Fisheries, LLC | $0 | $33,361 | -- |
| Cadillac Ranch Beef, Inc. | $26,219 | $32,168 | 22.7% |
| Black River Blues Blueberry Farm, LLC | $0 | $32,042 | -- |
| Rambling Tide, LLC | $0 | $31,653 | -- |
| Wheeling Ranch, Inc. | $129,466 | $30,802 | -76.2% |
| Bellicose, Inc. | $0 | $28,937 | -- |
| Jeffrey Hochstein | $0 | $26,831 | -- |
| Patricia S. Martin | $26,741 | $26,020 | -2.7% |
| Gerald R. Neff | $0 | $24,317 | -- |
| Molly Ostrander | $19,309 | $23,251 | 20.4% |
| Edmond Hisaw | $0 | $21,568 | -- |
| Lams Fisheries, Inc. | $0 | $21,564 | -- |
| Moonset, LLC | $0 | $20,474 | -- |
| Michael J. Murphy | $20,018 | $20,018 | 0% |
| Westwind | $0 | $20,015 | -- |
| F V Four C's, Inc. | $0 | $19,032 | -- |
| Cicely Johnston Wingate Estate | $17,828 | $17,828 | 0% |
| Daniel Tarabochia | $0 | $16,480 | -- |
| Banjuh Family Limited Liability Company | $0 | $15,982 | -- |
| Erik A. Johnson | $0 | $15,365 | -- |
| Keith Lutz | $0 | $14,288 | -- |
| Vaughn Fiess | $15,063 | $14,118 | -6.3% |
| Richard Iyall | $0 | $13,940 | -- |
| Bremerton Environmental Labs, Inc. | $0 | $13,370 | -- |
| Windmill Ranch | $5,681 | $12,100 | 113% |
| Roger Simmons | $0 | $11,710 | -- |
| Pratt-Clizer Farms, LLC | $16,986 | $11,622 | -31.6% |
| Backhaus Farms, Inc. | $41,054 | $10,970 | -73.3% |
| Norman J Hoppe Living Trust | $9,442 | $10,841 | 14.8% |
| Myrtipse Dixit, LLC | $26,541 | $10,574 | -60.2% |
| Paul C. Thomsen | $11,295 | $10,573 | -6.4% |
| Randall Selness | $0 | $10,215 | -- |
| Pewsey-Wicktor Joint Venture | $17,726 | $9,507 | -46.4% |
| Sean P. Moore | $0 | $9,402 | -- |
| Dale L. Stephens | $16,507 | $9,291 | -43.7% |
| Fred A. Colvin Jr. | $27,898 | $8,978 | -67.8% |
| Paul Christian Ingman | $8,794 | $8,794 | 0% |
| Gerald Persoon | $9,633 | $8,789 | -8.8% |
| Richard C. Roper | $0 | $8,643 | -- |
| Knotgrass Farm, LLC | $10,609 | $8,431 | -20.5% |
| Hive 5 Bees, LLC | $0 | $8,370 | -- |
| Larson Livestock & Service, Inc. | $7,700 | $7,662 | -0.5% |
| Jeannine M. Gaskell | $8,126 | $7,431 | -8.6% |
| Mart Francis | $9,266 | $7,357 | -20.6% |
| Riverbend Properties, LLC | $40,053 | $6,916 | -82.7% |
| Mark Sloan | $10,090 | $6,892 | -31.7% |
| Joan Nealey Trust-Joan Nealey | $8,167 | $6,673 | -18.3% |
| Jesse R. Ratcliff | $2,244 | $6,563 | 192.5% |
| Kramer Farms, LLC | $30,251 | $6,476 | -78.6% |
| Kvinge Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $6,331 | -- |
| Optima Valley Farm and Grove, LLC | $0 | $6,196 | -- |
| Linda L Gaschen | $7,115 | $6,149 | -13.6% |
| James L. Stevens | $6,489 | $6,015 | -7.3% |
| Fido's Farm, Inc. | $1,202 | $5,994 | 398.7% |
| Cherry Bluff Orchard, LLC | $5,442 | $5,929 | 8.9% |
| Keith Fagernes | $9,619 | $5,836 | -39.3% |
| Troy R. Thomas | $0 | $5,809 | -- |
| Moss Farms, LLC | $8,008 | $5,599 | -30.1% |
| Thomas R. Jovan | $5,387 | $5,387 | 0% |
| Ernies Oysters Company, LLC | $0 | $5,343 | -- |
| Bryan Wendell Fisher | $311 | $5,060 | 1,527% |
| Kyegar Ray Talbert | $0 | $5,054 | -- |
| Mindy L. Doumit | $0 | $4,888 | -- |
| Donna Kinsey | $0 | $4,879 | -- |
| Roberts Limited Partnership | $3,532 | $4,716 | 33.5% |
| Douglas W. Johns | $0 | $4,704 | -- |
| Lorraine Lovette | $6,794 | $4,587 | -32.5% |
| Jaclyn Reid | $9,860 | $4,495 | -54.4% |
| Gene Sanchez Jr. | $0 | $4,479 | -- |
| Sharon Labuda | $6,062 | $4,372 | -27.9% |
| Nancy Beveridge | $4,155 | $4,155 | 0% |
| Rebecca Chambers | $5,132 | $4,036 | -21.4% |
| Shane Sanders | $0 | $3,988 | -- |
| Stikker Family Partnership | $5,570 | $3,920 | -29.6% |
| Scott Wilson | $3,175 | $3,903 | 22.9% |
| Toke Point Fisheries | $0 | $3,775 | -- |
| Gretchen D. Tweet | $0 | $3,769 | -- |
| Judith S Filip Declaration of Trust | $8,124 | $3,751 | -53.8% |
| Joseph Ehlers | $0 | $3,697 | -- |
| Jason Koenig | $0 | $3,680 | -- |
| Jimsan Dunstan | $0 | $3,664 | -- |
| Agnes M. Sherry | $3,641 | $3,641 | 0% |
| Anthony Kyle Sanchez | $0 | $3,595 | -- |
| Nancy Peckman - Terry L Christensen and Nancy L Peckman Livi | $5,211 | $3,473 | -33.4% |
| Joseph H. Seymour Jr. | $0 | $3,420 | -- |
| David W. Whitener | $0 | $3,420 | -- |
| Kruger Farms, LLC | $6,118 | $3,419 | -44.1% |
| Clyde Stevick | $6,416 | $3,406 | -46.9% |
| Justin David Johns | $0 | $3,314 | -- |
| David B. Elam | $0 | $3,282 | -- |
| Daniel Paul Bakker | $0 | $3,246 | -- |
| Walter E. Lorentz | $0 | $3,192 | -- |
| Cameron Goodwin | $0 | $3,192 | -- |
| Robert W. Whitener | $0 | $3,192 | -- |
| Linda Mathis Estate | $6,962 | $3,158 | -54.6% |
| Deva Wilson | $8,722 | $3,138 | -64% |
| Nona Selover | $8,719 | $3,137 | -64% |
| Thomas H & Alberta J Hagan Living Trust - 2018 | $0 | $3,131 | -- |
| Raymond R. Seegers | $18,018 | $3,114 | -82.7% |
| Jeff Britt | $2,417 | $3,047 | 26.1% |
| Benjamin Kautz Sr. | $0 | $3,025 | -- |
| Douglas Sanders | $0 | $2,990 | -- |
| Reuben Wells Jr. | $0 | $2,941 | -- |
| Singing Frog Cranberry Farm, LLC | $285 | $2,900 | 917.5% |
| Helen Jansen | $4,581 | $2,892 | -36.9% |
| Richard Collen Harper | $0 | $2,864 | -- |
| Rodney Thomas | $0 | $2,847 | -- |
| Girard Farm, LLC | $1,966 | $2,838 | 44.4% |
| Jan Caille | $0 | $2,829 | -- |
| John Adams-Adams Revocable Trust | $2,823 | $2,810 | -0.5% |
| Adrian Scott | $0 | $2,804 | -- |
| Jorn Kvinge | $0 | $2,644 | -- |
| Kenneth Saucke | $2,640 | $2,640 | 0% |
| Aleta Poste | $0 | $2,608 | -- |
| Chauncy Birdtail | $0 | $2,601 | -- |
| Eric Burfiend | $0 | $2,581 | -- |
| Norma Hendricks | $5,736 | $2,575 | -55.1% |
| Arthur Duane Gouley | $0 | $2,515 | -- |
| Donald J. Smith Jr. | $0 | $2,432 | -- |
| Geoffrey A. Mueller | $2,358 | $2,358 | 0% |
| Joseph W. Ehlers | $0 | $2,358 | -- |
| Benjie Kautz Jr. | $0 | $2,335 | -- |
| Danny Schmiedeberg | $0 | $2,324 | -- |
| HW Grosz Family Limited Partnership | $0 | $2,313 | -- |
| Suzanne Bryan | $4,498 | $2,306 | -48.7% |
| Emiliano E. Perez | $0 | $2,287 | -- |
| Joan M. Rioux | $0 | $2,283 | -- |
| Rachel Simmons | $0 | $2,283 | -- |
| David C. Johns | $0 | $2,280 | -- |
| Azeem Gannie | $0 | $2,266 | -- |
| Andrew Tinaza | $0 | $2,261 | -- |
| Katherine A. Devine | $5,877 | $2,260 | -61.5% |
| Tom Iyall | $0 | $2,199 | -- |
| Hartley L. Russell | $0 | $2,175 | -- |
| Mary Jane Pryor | $4,852 | $2,143 | -55.8% |
| Mike Sanders | $0 | $2,143 | -- |
| Kevin Kautz | $0 | $2,120 | -- |
| Kyle Kautz | $0 | $2,115 | -- |
| Gary Grewell | $4,154 | $2,101 | -49.4% |
| Jolene R. Grover | $0 | $2,052 | -- |
| Meloney Rose Hause | $0 | $2,052 | -- |
| Patricia Green | $0 | $2,052 | -- |
| Whitney Jones | $0 | $2,052 | -- |
| Madeline J. Gilbert | $3,933 | $2,040 | -48.1% |
| Dana M. Jeske | $4,888 | $1,998 | -59.1% |
| Pauline Simmons | $0 | $1,994 | -- |
| Joy Butler Merritt | $1,747 | $1,964 | 12.4% |
| Loretta Smith | $3,846 | $1,948 | -49.3% |
| John L. Smith | $3,843 | $1,946 | -49.4% |
| Ryan Kautz | $0 | $1,940 | -- |
| Bradley Underland | $994 | $1,919 | 93.1% |
| Daniel J. Derickson | $0 | $1,913 | -- |
| Clifford Wells | $0 | $1,870 | -- |
| Barbara Alley | $1,939 | $1,859 | -4.1% |
| David Iyall | $0 | $1,857 | -- |
| Tunawerth, LLC | $0 | $1,836 | -- |
| Cheryl D. Kocher | $4,296 | $1,803 | -58% |
| Henry J. Wells | $0 | $1,803 | -- |
| Melvin Kimbrel | $1,881 | $1,771 | -5.8% |
| Rosenthal Family, LLC | $0 | $1,768 | -- |
| Knemeyer Ranch | $3,802 | $1,756 | -53.8% |
| Alpacas of America, LLC | $1,709 | $1,703 | -0.4% |
| Kris Knutzen | $1,694 | $1,694 | 0% |
| Bonnie Torfin | $2,743 | $1,621 | -40.9% |
| Jennifer Lee Johns | $0 | $1,601 | -- |
| Robert D. Lee | $3,154 | $1,582 | -49.8% |
| Aaron Leschi | $0 | $1,569 | -- |
| Garry Hicks III | $0 | $1,547 | -- |
| Bruce Crookshanks | $0 | $1,541 | -- |
| Katherine Vetter | $1,484 | $1,483 | -0.1% |
| Estate of Andree J Castoldi | $0 | $1,480 | -- |
| Lynda D. McCauley | $3,744 | $1,462 | -61% |
| Fred McDowell | $2,605 | $1,457 | -44.1% |
| Julie Deruwe | $2,099 | $1,424 | -32.2% |
| Albert Squally | $0 | $1,390 | -- |
| Shane Kautz | $0 | $1,337 | -- |
| Pat Peterson | $2,024 | $1,327 | -34.4% |
| Joan Nealey | $0 | $1,264 | -- |
| Stephen R. Lindstrom | $2,581 | $1,262 | -51.1% |
| Barbara J. Ritchie | $1,243 | $1,243 | 0% |
| Roberta Ann Brooks | $0 | $1,243 | -- |
| Edward L. Jansen | $1,243 | $1,243 | 0% |
| Mark McDurmon | $1,509 | $1,238 | -18% |
| Marcel Richard Wingate | $1,888 | $1,195 | -36.7% |
| Stolp Farm, LLC | $2,226 | $1,189 | -46.6% |
| Melissa Michelle Barker | $327 | $1,187 | 263% |
| Christi J. Janett | $2,599 | $1,175 | -54.8% |
| Toni Smith | $0 | $1,160 | -- |
| Jeffery A. Greaves | $1,309 | $1,129 | -13.8% |
| Jacob D. Yancey | $2,402 | $1,080 | -55% |
| Mitzi Vandewege | $1,671 | $1,062 | -36.4% |
| Thomsen Enterprise, LLC | $4,252 | $1,062 | -75% |
| Jesse Weaver Abbott III | $1,026 | $1,052 | 2.5% |
| Joan Gadde | $2,120 | $1,050 | -50.5% |
| Andree H. Castoldi | $2,696 | $1,008 | -62.6% |
| Johnson Berry Farm, LLC | $0 | $1,000 | -- |
| Lazy J Estate, LLC | $2,769 | $997 | -64% |
| Dolder Farm, LLC | $984 | $984 | 0% |
| Brian Thompson | $963 | $963 | 0% |
| Williams Fam Trustee Uad 05-18-2006 | $0 | $944 | -- |
| A. Stanley | $1,305 | $930 | -28.7% |
| Daniel Rhodes | $9,726 | $914 | -90.6% |
| Daniel McGee | $0 | $898 | -- |
| Robert W. Thomas Jr. | $0 | $897 | -- |
| Jill Delaney | $3,240 | $889 | -72.6% |
| Joe G. Hanna | $106 | $880 | 730.2% |
| Joseph Squally | $0 | $873 | -- |
| David Nightingale | $1,745 | $847 | -51.5% |
| Timothy Kuhl | $816 | $816 | 0% |
| Tara Wickham | $794 | $794 | 0% |
| Tonya Hennen | $794 | $794 | 0% |
| Keoni Kalama | $0 | $789 | -- |
| Breanne A. Johnson | $239 | $758 | 217.2% |
| Elizabeth Kuntz | $0 | $722 | -- |
| Daniel Kuntz | $0 | $707 | -- |
| Clover Lockard | $2,913 | $697 | -76.1% |
| Franklin A. McGoogan Jr. | $0 | $693 | -- |
| Matthew H. Grant | $1,301 | $685 | -47.3% |
| Ashley Arvidson | $1,466 | $641 | -56.3% |
| David R. Mudd and Maitri Sojourner 2011 Revocable | $0 | $622 | -- |
| Mary F. Wendt | $2,154 | $619 | -71.3% |
| Anne M Beck-Morris | $126 | $619 | 391.3% |
| James R. Olson | $2,187 | $600 | -72.6% |
| Edward L. Armbrust | $1,179 | $591 | -49.9% |
| Lorena Guidry | $0 | $582 | -- |
| James A. Phillips | $1,107 | $577 | -47.9% |
| Del Monte L. Waldow Jr. | $0 | $562 | -- |
| Sally Ritter Alhadeff | $540 | $540 | 0% |
| John Ira Schopf | $402 | $536 | 33.3% |
| Brenda Beverly | $0 | $515 | -- |
| Claudia Greenamyer | $862 | $508 | -41.1% |
| Marc Courtney Kurth | $972 | $508 | -47.7% |
| Tyler Douglas Johns | $0 | $493 | -- |
| Marilyn Meier | $0 | $468 | -- |
| Joseph C. Peters | $0 | $464 | -- |
| Thomas R. Gray | $682 | $431 | -36.8% |
| Andrew Wilkins | $0 | $424 | -- |
| Andrea Skaurud | $649 | $414 | -36.2% |
| Donald Derickson | $0 | $404 | -- |
| Phillip A. Lowe | $996 | $404 | -59.4% |
| Karla Kaiser | $630 | $394 | -37.5% |
| Helen Payne | $0 | $385 | -- |
| Bruce McDonald | $380 | $380 | 0% |
| Gary L. Tomlinson | $357 | $357 | 0% |
| Sharon M. Stanford | $357 | $357 | 0% |
| Heidy Beckham | $0 | $350 | -- |
| Dean Pigman | $279 | $343 | 22.9% |
| Lois Elaine Beck | $318 | $318 | 0% |
| Ellis Creek Farm, LLC | $4,556 | $312 | -93.2% |
| Angela Harrigfeld | $310 | $310 | 0% |
| Sara J. Mahood | $306 | $306 | 0% |
| Kim Lloyd Burdette | $295 | $295 | 0% |
| Raymond Bower | $1,696 | $293 | -82.7% |
| Kollyn Smith | $0 | $281 | -- |
| Mark McCloud | $0 | $265 | -- |
| Johanna M. Pop | $735 | $252 | -65.7% |
| Lyle Bullinger | $221 | $221 | 0% |
| Herman W. McCloud | $0 | $195 | -- |
| Dana L. Donohue | $510 | $184 | -63.9% |
| Leslie Cooper | $0 | $178 | -- |
| Marnie Keller | $140 | $140 | 0% |
| Sherrie F. Martin | $13 | $135 | 938.5% |
| David Kelly Munson | $510 | $108 | -78.8% |
| Laurie Barta | $3,910 | $102 | -97.4% |
| Timothy Mark McMahon | $392 | $100 | -74.5% |
| Russel Hicks | $0 | $90 | -- |
| Loren Grunenfelder | $228 | $82 | -64% |
| Kristi Samuelson | $199 | $78 | -60.8% |
| Douglas Derickson | $0 | $66 | -- |
| Rick Obi | $0 | $64 | -- |
| Zoe Corwin | $0 | $54 | -- |
| Rose Ann Davis | $0 | $51 | -- |
| Randy Derickson | $0 | $34 | -- |
| Carma R. Carlson | $672 | $32 | -95.2% |
| Neugen Kautz | $0 | $19 | -- |
| Karen Caille | $0 | $8 | -- |
| Bradley Underland | $1,287 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles J. Primm | $12 | $0 | -100% |
| Ken Hooper | $7,392 | $0 | -100% |
| Nisqually Land Trust | $1,083 | $0 | -100% |
| Rosenthal Family, LLC | $3,064 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas H & Alberta J Hagan Living | $13,010 | $0 | -100% |
| Banjuh Family Limited Liability C | $15,982 | $0 | -100% |
| Cetak Fishing Enterprises | $15,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Dallas E. Puckett | $232 | $0 | -100% |
| David R. Mudd and Maitri Sojourne | $622 | $0 | -100% |
| Debbie Iverson | $394 | $0 | -100% |
| Desmond Iverson | $394 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric C. Noah | $5 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate of Mary Ann Aust | $31,544 | $0 | -100% |
| Fredbert Jose | $189 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly Renee Trefsgar | $908 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth J. Davis Living Trust | $2,412 | $0 | -100% |
| Kristen Berkner Olson | $382 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark L. Doumit | $2,446 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Lee Andrews | $9,264 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Reese | $2,771 | $0 | -100% |
| Mindy L. Doumit | $2,446 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Peckman - Terry L Christens | $1,856 | $0 | -100% |
| Onken Family Revocable Living Trust | $1,104 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Carlton | $2,297 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth J. Elder | $700 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven R. Zimmerman | $508 | $0 | -100% |
| Wesley Henson | $2,019 | $0 | -100% |
| Deschutes River Wagyu, LLC | $432 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Lacy | $479 | $0 | -100% |
| Gene Snyder - Gene & Delores Snyd | $1,363 | $0 | -100% |
| HW Grosz Family Limited Partnersh | $2,313 | $0 | -100% |
| James Road Dairy, LLC | $854,073 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald J. Stuart | $65 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell Richardson | $673 | $0 | -100% |
| Chanele Holbrook | $240 | $0 | -100% |
| Catherine Joyce Fernalld | $490 | $0 | -100% |
| Phyllis Herring | $4,194 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,450,509 | $4,513,018 | 30.8% |
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