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In 2021, 136 farmers in cities within Pacific County received a total of $3.9 million in 157 farm subsidies, a 229.8% increase from 2020, when the total was just $1.2 million in 122 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald W. Zwahlen | $0 | $250,000 | -- |
| Golden Fleece, Inc. | $0 | $250,000 | -- |
| Mar Pacifico, Inc. | $0 | $154,337 | -- |
| Timothy P Haataia | $0 | $131,412 | -- |
| John A. Wildhaber | $226,106 | $113,296 | -49.9% |
| Terry & Lana Smaciarz | $180,246 | $113,218 | -37.2% |
| Punisher, Inc. | $0 | $112,640 | -- |
| Northern Oyster Company | $0 | $109,855 | -- |
| Iron Lady, Inc. | $0 | $95,663 | -- |
| Portmann Dairy Farm | $86,413 | $92,375 | 6.9% |
| Luke J. Gardner | $0 | $88,772 | -- |
| W W Fisheries, LLC | $0 | $85,336 | -- |
| Gail Force, Inc. | $0 | $77,037 | -- |
| James A. Kary | $0 | $70,628 | -- |
| Longshot, Inc. | $0 | $65,291 | -- |
| Kaisha Lenae, Inc. | $0 | $64,226 | -- |
| James Rose | $71,397 | $63,675 | -10.8% |
| Ellsworth/Backlash, Inc. | $0 | $63,277 | -- |
| Tucker Seafood, Inc. | $0 | $58,646 | -- |
| F/V Cape St. James Fisheries, LLC | $0 | $56,886 | -- |
| F/V Amanda C, LLC | $0 | $54,947 | -- |
| B & B Fish, Inc. | $0 | $53,216 | -- |
| Robert Zieroth | $24,381 | $53,180 | 118.1% |
| FV Cutting Edge, Inc. | $0 | $52,206 | -- |
| James R. Wilson | $40,940 | $43,483 | 6.2% |
| Winsberg, Inc. | $0 | $41,110 | -- |
| F-V Maverick, LLC | $0 | $39,621 | -- |
| Tucker Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $38,671 | -- |
| Valiant Ventures | $19,930 | $38,615 | 93.8% |
| Jo-Don, Inc. | $0 | $36,756 | -- |
| TBU Fish Company, Inc. | $0 | $36,500 | -- |
| Rachel Lynn, Inc. | $0 | $36,033 | -- |
| Y3 Fisheries, LLC | $0 | $35,200 | -- |
| F-V Gail Renee, Inc. | $0 | $34,591 | -- |
| B&J Fisheries, LLC | $0 | $34,481 | -- |
| Action Pak, Inc. | $0 | $33,626 | -- |
| New Haven Guernsey Farms | $44,636 | $33,618 | -24.7% |
| Bay Fishing Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $33,078 | -- |
| Ryan Walters, Inc. | $0 | $32,486 | -- |
| The Hollmark Corporation | $0 | $32,326 | -- |
| Nedian, Inc. | $0 | $30,827 | -- |
| Nora H, Inc. | $0 | $29,508 | -- |
| Pearson Fish, LLC | $0 | $28,440 | -- |
| Vaughn Fishing, LLC | $0 | $27,738 | -- |
| Set-N-Pick, Inc. | $0 | $27,727 | -- |
| Jubilee Farms, LLC | $14,249 | $26,815 | 88.2% |
| M-V MI Lady II, Inc. | $0 | $26,053 | -- |
| Leland S. Clark | $0 | $25,915 | -- |
| James J. Kemmer | $0 | $25,556 | -- |
| Douglas Mark Davis | $0 | $25,231 | -- |
| M-V MI Lana, Inc. | $0 | $24,625 | -- |
| Eric Wood Petit | $0 | $24,552 | -- |
| Dream Fisheries, Inc. | $0 | $24,166 | -- |
| Tobin Kunz | $0 | $23,298 | -- |
| Triumvirate, Inc. | $0 | $22,317 | -- |
| Jeremiah Carlin | $0 | $22,203 | -- |
| Hortrac Fisheries, Inc. | $0 | $21,904 | -- |
| Lina Kunz | $0 | $21,865 | -- |
| Alan L. See | $0 | $21,643 | -- |
| Eleanor Camenzind | $0 | $21,055 | -- |
| Daniel Damon | $0 | $20,685 | -- |
| Joseph E. Brockhoff | $0 | $20,224 | -- |
| Iron Naiden, LLC | $0 | $19,840 | -- |
| Michael Lee Furford | $0 | $19,646 | -- |
| O. W. L. Crab Company, Inc. | $0 | $19,421 | -- |
| Bellarella, Inc. | $0 | $19,140 | -- |
| Kenneth L. Wirkkala | $0 | $19,109 | -- |
| Bruce R. Ogren | $0 | $17,524 | -- |
| Evergreen Farms, Inc. | $20,776 | $15,181 | -26.9% |
| Steven Laine | $0 | $14,842 | -- |
| Scott Giles | $0 | $14,721 | -- |
| Ross Kary | $0 | $14,179 | -- |
| Frank M. Blake Jr. | $0 | $13,668 | -- |
| Ernest L. Soule | $0 | $13,639 | -- |
| Lane S. Sacks | $3,535 | $13,473 | 281.1% |
| Lowell Stambaugh | $0 | $13,380 | -- |
| Ronald Kary | $0 | $13,076 | -- |
| Cenci Girls Salmon Company, LLC | $0 | $12,231 | -- |
| Eric Davin Mitby | $0 | $10,005 | -- |
| Basketcase Nursery, LLC | $0 | $8,869 | -- |
| Kent N. Smith | $10,039 | $8,160 | -18.7% |
| Kelly B. Oblad | $0 | $7,978 | -- |
| Rita Smith | $5,848 | $7,944 | 35.8% |
| Michael S Lignoski | $0 | $7,942 | -- |
| Daniel A. Heasley | $4,630 | $7,377 | 59.3% |
| David Thissell | $3,574 | $6,750 | 88.9% |
| Maureen Mccormmach | $17,346 | $6,718 | -61.3% |
| Abigail C. Mack | $8,804 | $6,292 | -28.5% |
| Jeffrey Davis | $0 | $6,156 | -- |
| R. S. Cameron Company, LLC | $3,320 | $6,017 | 81.2% |
| Black Lake Moors, LLC | $2,540 | $5,484 | 115.9% |
| Mark E. Ashley | $0 | $5,027 | -- |
| Pacific Coast Cranberry Research | $1,777 | $4,790 | 169.6% |
| Woody J. Pierson | $2,468 | $4,571 | 85.2% |
| George Normandin | $2,159 | $4,427 | 105% |
| Estate of Nathan Howell | $0 | $3,885 | -- |
| Wayne A. Schmidt | $3,736 | $3,736 | 0% |
| Vernice & Henry Meiners Testamentary Trust | $0 | $3,693 | -- |
| Scott Granger | $0 | $3,291 | -- |
| Dennis Ashe | $3,186 | $3,186 | 0% |
| Rick W Warra | $0 | $3,099 | -- |
| David Rhoads | $1,442 | $2,988 | 107.2% |
| Mike Portmann | $731 | $2,986 | 308.5% |
| Willapa Valley Farms, LLC | $0 | $2,650 | -- |
| R&T Kary | $0 | $2,493 | -- |
| Richard Patana | $0 | $2,391 | -- |
| F/V Aku, Inc. | $0 | $2,319 | -- |
| Gustave Wiegardt | $5,346 | $2,136 | -60% |
| John Edward Young | $0 | $1,614 | -- |
| Brian Kamp | $0 | $1,336 | -- |
| Nancy Wirkkala | $1,210 | $1,210 | 0% |
| Lila Wiegardt | $2,768 | $1,178 | -57.4% |
| Suellen Mayfield | $478 | $959 | 100.6% |
| Michael Riggs | $0 | $937 | -- |
| David Cubert | $0 | $927 | -- |
| Margaret O'Neil Freeman Bypass Trust | $0 | $905 | -- |
| D o. Michael 'Neil | $1,281 | $905 | -29.4% |
| Betty J. Breese | $1,561 | $863 | -44.7% |
| Judith J. Bess | $1,835 | $791 | -56.9% |
| Dale Staudenraus | $2,118 | $789 | -62.7% |
| Alan Bennett | $787 | $787 | 0% |
| Gary B. Wirkkala | $766 | $766 | 0% |
| Chris Holm | $0 | $744 | -- |
| Buffalo Creek, LLC | $514 | $514 | 0% |
| Elizabeth V. Mattfield | $1,368 | $473 | -65.4% |
| Joseph Barnes | $786 | $424 | -46.1% |
| Lori Craig Ashley | $0 | $386 | -- |
| Timothy W. Falkner | $363 | $363 | 0% |
| Chase Metzger | $1,963 | $359 | -81.7% |
| Victor Niemcziek | $1,845 | $345 | -81.3% |
| Ayla M Gotoh-Mack | $614 | $300 | -51.1% |
| William Hornbaker | $357 | $284 | -20.4% |
| Eric Warren | $0 | $275 | -- |
| Alexandra M. Alvis | $1,074 | $266 | -75.2% |
| Steven A. Christenson | $210 | $210 | 0% |
| George Hodel | $12,045 | $137 | -98.9% |
| Jeffrey S. Davis | $3,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Ken Dick Greenfield | $60,392 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry J. Fox | $937 | $0 | -100% |
| Mikeal Lon Wullger | $16,013 | $0 | -100% |
| Argyll Moors Mcphail Family Farm | $17,128 | $0 | -100% |
| Cranmac Farm, Inc. | $36,521 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward C. Ostgaard | $617 | $0 | -100% |
| Grocott Fisheries, LLC | $5,130 | $0 | -100% |
| John A. Grocott | $13,457 | $0 | -100% |
| Beckerle Bogs, LLC | $2,520 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Anderson | $1,890 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret O'Neil Freeman Bypass Trustee | $1,280 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip J. Oman | $22,810 | $0 | -100% |
| A Miller Fisheries, LLC | $64,889 | $0 | -100% |
| John F. Johnson | $1,291 | $0 | -100% |
| Mcmillan Fisheries, Inc. | $48,528 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernice & Henry Meiners Testament | $14,460 | $0 | -100% |
| Debbie Ostling Wortley | $613 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Anthony Kaech | $4,620 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe Camenzind III | $16,137 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,175,886 | $3,878,138 | 229.8% |
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