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In 2021, 220 farmers in cities within Columbia County received a total of $5 million in 458 farm subsidies, a 46.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $9.3 million in 648 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 Columbia County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broughton Land Company | $1,280,543 | $765,869 | -40.2% |
| Seney Land & Livestock Joint Venture | $0 | $278,250 | -- |
| Double D. Farms | $430,401 | $183,496 | -57.4% |
| Archer Farms | $361,499 | $182,426 | -49.5% |
| Mead Ranch | $287,970 | $161,497 | -43.9% |
| Randy James and Terri James | $287,134 | $160,510 | -44.1% |
| Barker Enterprises Joint Venture | $409,959 | $159,776 | -61% |
| Carlton Farms, Inc. | $248,495 | $134,772 | -45.8% |
| D & K Farming, Inc. | $250,088 | $132,757 | -46.9% |
| F & R Farms | $145,071 | $109,955 | -24.2% |
| Shoun Farms, Inc. | $213,618 | $108,182 | -49.4% |
| Deruwe L & F, Inc. | $158,095 | $104,140 | -34.1% |
| HG ETC, LLC | $189,957 | $102,144 | -46.2% |
| Ingram Farms, Inc. | $171,010 | $94,082 | -45% |
| Lambert L & L, Inc. | $171,571 | $87,153 | -49.2% |
| Thorn, Inc. | $127,126 | $70,297 | -44.7% |
| D & M Farming, Inc. | $149,475 | $67,556 | -54.8% |
| Warren Farms, Inc. | $142,583 | $59,777 | -58.1% |
| Deruwe Rd Farms Joint Venture | $107,162 | $56,824 | -47% |
| Roger Gibbons | $94,312 | $54,405 | -42.3% |
| Bo-J Farms Partnership | $0 | $54,366 | -- |
| Talbott Farms, Inc. | $126,780 | $54,261 | -57.2% |
| Clayton J. Hutchens | $115,814 | $52,390 | -54.8% |
| Lambert Farms, Inc. | $104,617 | $50,684 | -51.6% |
| Eslick Farms, Inc. | $123,559 | $49,591 | -59.9% |
| Starbuck Ranch, LLC | $318,157 | $49,278 | -84.5% |
| John Laib | $80,811 | $48,224 | -40.3% |
| Carolyn A. Laib | $80,763 | $46,134 | -42.9% |
| Bill Blessinger | $64,690 | $44,086 | -31.9% |
| Talbott, Inc. | $60,619 | $40,907 | -32.5% |
| Tucannon Agent Partnership, LLC | $81,647 | $40,090 | -50.9% |
| Eugene Warren | $92,703 | $38,272 | -58.7% |
| Nd Fletcher Ps | $95,891 | $37,712 | -60.7% |
| Bo-J Farms, LLC | $144,745 | $37,206 | -74.3% |
| Robert F. Peyton | $0 | $36,415 | -- |
| Turner Farms, Inc. | $61,923 | $36,013 | -41.8% |
| Lambert Family Ranch, Inc. | $76,274 | $35,425 | -53.6% |
| Robinette Ranches, Inc. | $61,173 | $34,512 | -43.6% |
| Wolf Fork Apiaries, Inc. | $0 | $33,774 | -- |
| R. S. T. & C., Inc. | $34,710 | $33,383 | -3.8% |
| Glenn Warren | $78,002 | $31,788 | -59.2% |
| Richard W. Jones | $61,099 | $31,688 | -48.1% |
| Billie M Deruwe Disclaimer Trust | $31,644 | $31,644 | 0% |
| Eric W. Thorn | $49,831 | $31,052 | -37.7% |
| Robert A. Hennigar | $91,301 | $26,382 | -71.1% |
| Jackson Estate | $44,309 | $25,795 | -41.8% |
| Jasper Mountain Ventures | $53,832 | $24,776 | -54% |
| Kathleen Joan Monteillet | $23,809 | $23,707 | -0.4% |
| Ginger Thronson | $23,506 | $23,506 | 0% |
| Triple T Ranches | $23,332 | $22,767 | -2.4% |
| Douglas L. Krueger | $25,892 | $22,570 | -12.8% |
| Wilbur R. Eaton | $22,796 | $21,601 | -5.2% |
| Daniel Richard Wesselius | $0 | $20,481 | -- |
| Jerry Webster | $25,862 | $18,305 | -29.2% |
| Rosemary C. Archer | $36,160 | $18,139 | -49.8% |
| Rosemary C Archer Trust | $36,153 | $18,131 | -49.8% |
| Lori Thompson | $18,036 | $18,036 | 0% |
| VS Cattle Company, Inc. | $28,805 | $17,820 | -38.1% |
| Matt Talbott | $25,106 | $14,281 | -43.1% |
| Nelson Stirrup T Farms, Inc. | $30,622 | $14,150 | -53.8% |
| Theodore G. Penner | $24,357 | $13,549 | -44.4% |
| Candice Harrison | $16,425 | $13,505 | -17.8% |
| Dadh, LLC | $17,212 | $12,637 | -26.6% |
| Hogeye Hollow Farms, LLC | $22,817 | $12,470 | -45.3% |
| Mary Ellen Juris | $23,032 | $11,806 | -48.7% |
| Randy C. James | $21,483 | $11,564 | -46.2% |
| Smith Hollow, LLC | $12,692 | $10,960 | -13.6% |
| Warren Land Company, LLC | $22,467 | $10,559 | -53% |
| Betty Longen | $16,350 | $10,445 | -36.1% |
| J M S Farms, Inc. | $16,468 | $10,392 | -36.9% |
| Bramhall Farm Trust Account | $16,054 | $10,333 | -35.6% |
| Frame, LLC | $22,980 | $10,307 | -55.1% |
| Rennewanz Farms, LLC | $0 | $10,192 | -- |
| Donald W. Jackson | $19,298 | $9,401 | -51.3% |
| Harvest Blessings, LLC | $5,540 | $9,257 | 67.1% |
| ADD Cahill Farms | $14,756 | $9,145 | -38% |
| Terri A. James | $16,131 | $9,054 | -43.9% |
| Eslick Family, LLC | $23,751 | $8,972 | -62.2% |
| Gerald Howard | $14,612 | $8,942 | -38.8% |
| Dean E. Nichols | $20,378 | $8,865 | -56.5% |
| Whiskey Creek Farms, LLC | $19,428 | $8,830 | -54.6% |
| T & M Agent Services, Inc. | $14,834 | $8,763 | -40.9% |
| Bar Z Ranch | $14,800 | $8,712 | -41.1% |
| Norgaard Trust - Dayton School District 2 | $0 | $8,491 | -- |
| Michael L. Fletcher | $13,201 | $8,476 | -35.8% |
| Barbara A. Carlton | $17,964 | $8,105 | -54.9% |
| James V. Thorn | $11,707 | $7,917 | -32.4% |
| Dayton Quick Stop, LLC | $31,861 | $7,877 | -75.3% |
| Touchet River Land & Livestock | $7,776 | $7,776 | 0% |
| Clayton McKinley | $7,983 | $7,511 | -5.9% |
| Jeffrey A. Heinrich | $7,413 | $7,413 | 0% |
| van Seney | $27,632 | $7,394 | -73.2% |
| Nysoe Enterprises, Inc. | $12,448 | $7,264 | -41.6% |
| Archer Land, LLC | $15,274 | $7,114 | -53.4% |
| Highland Farms, Inc. | $12,479 | $7,099 | -43.1% |
| Dayton Historical Depot Society | $14,258 | $6,881 | -51.7% |
| Dwyla Donohue Enterprise | $14,083 | $6,797 | -51.7% |
| George Touchette | $6,791 | $6,791 | 0% |
| Donald L. Rittenhouse | $12,179 | $6,711 | -44.9% |
| Rising Mountain Cattle Company | $2,412 | $6,670 | 176.5% |
| James M. Neace | $12,847 | $6,666 | -48.1% |
| F & H Farm, LLC | $13,196 | $6,504 | -50.7% |
| William J. Hutchens | $6,386 | $6,386 | 0% |
| Hiller Farms, LLC | $10,267 | $5,877 | -42.8% |
| Elissa M Eastvedt | $0 | $5,872 | -- |
| Michael A. Talbott | $10,209 | $5,812 | -43.1% |
| Susan Strohson Little | $10,060 | $5,750 | -42.8% |
| Juris Farms, Inc. | $10,488 | $5,677 | -45.9% |
| Richard S. Ducharme | $6,103 | $5,589 | -8.4% |
| Vicki S. Ducharme | $5,883 | $5,589 | -5% |
| Jill Ingram | $10,055 | $5,256 | -47.7% |
| Jackson Farms | $9,782 | $5,205 | -46.8% |
| Nelle L Thronson Trust | $8,908 | $5,151 | -42.2% |
| Gerald S. Magill | $5,776 | $4,919 | -14.8% |
| Kristine E. Takemura | $12,417 | $4,876 | -60.7% |
| Kathleen E. Juris | $12,413 | $4,875 | -60.7% |
| Raymond Deruwe | $4,587 | $4,587 | 0% |
| Schaf - and, LLC | $6,261 | $4,412 | -29.5% |
| Mickey R Leid Testamentary Trust | $8,336 | $4,374 | -47.5% |
| Nancy Laib | $7,690 | $4,127 | -46.3% |
| Daniel A. Culley | $5,849 | $3,887 | -33.5% |
| Donna J. Hanger | $6,424 | $3,495 | -45.6% |
| Earlvada Gaines Test Trust | $5,965 | $3,463 | -41.9% |
| Richard D. Turner | $2,860 | $3,438 | 20.2% |
| Hendrickson Family Trust | $3,388 | $3,377 | -0.3% |
| Valerie G. Turner | $2,860 | $3,373 | 17.9% |
| Richard H. Ingram Jr. | $6,944 | $3,207 | -53.8% |
| Ava Jean Gagnon | $6,455 | $3,150 | -51.2% |
| Jim L. Startin | $4,173 | $3,116 | -25.3% |
| Michael J. Mathews | $6,294 | $3,042 | -51.7% |
| Wallace E. Harting | $5,562 | $2,984 | -46.4% |
| Robert H. Phinney | $5,773 | $2,866 | -50.4% |
| Stephen Marll | $5,531 | $2,712 | -51% |
| Fletcher Livestock, LLC | $5,232 | $2,612 | -50.1% |
| James Fletcher | $2,585 | $2,585 | 0% |
| Mark Vandine | $2,508 | $2,508 | 0% |
| Anne I. Chapman | $2,475 | $2,415 | -2.4% |
| First Congregational Church of Dayton | $0 | $2,405 | -- |
| Archer U R Ranch, Inc. | $3,543 | $2,293 | -35.3% |
| Daniel D. Chapman | $1,496 | $2,206 | 47.5% |
| Bernard B. White | $2,961 | $2,078 | -29.8% |
| Greg Fullerton | $9,170 | $1,921 | -79.1% |
| Elizabeth Ankeny Testamentary Trustee | $3,355 | $1,919 | -42.8% |
| Hoskins Partnership | $25,145 | $1,867 | -92.6% |
| Mark K. Lambert | $3,992 | $1,863 | -53.3% |
| Sheri Lambert | $3,992 | $1,863 | -53.3% |
| Roy Russell | $1,818 | $1,818 | 0% |
| Robert A. Hutchens | $3,276 | $1,802 | -45% |
| Meadco, LLC | $2,472 | $1,754 | -29% |
| Pie Plant Hollow, LLC | $2,638 | $1,732 | -34.3% |
| Ronald R. Groom | $3,186 | $1,621 | -49.1% |
| Tesha, Inc. | $2,937 | $1,568 | -46.6% |
| Val A. Kiefer | $2,062 | $1,547 | -25% |
| Carol D. McHargue | $3,362 | $1,502 | -55.3% |
| Marilyn McKinley | $2,933 | $1,502 | -48.8% |
| James D. Stearns | $3,353 | $1,434 | -57.2% |
| Patti E. Eaton | $2,099 | $1,424 | -32.2% |
| Jean T. Nelson | $3,011 | $1,405 | -53.3% |
| Linda R. Fletcher | $2,819 | $1,348 | -52.2% |
| Mike Gembala | $1,288 | $1,288 | 0% |
| Pamela Gembala | $1,288 | $1,288 | 0% |
| Curtis Howard Hall | $0 | $1,282 | -- |
| John D. Donnelly | $2,923 | $1,272 | -56.5% |
| Siera Hall | $2,628 | $1,265 | -51.9% |
| Lester a Literal | $1,244 | $1,244 | 0% |
| Jana Eaton | $1,763 | $1,122 | -36.4% |
| Lester Eaton III | $1,763 | $1,122 | -36.4% |
| Rebecca Kurth | $2,002 | $1,014 | -49.4% |
| Gailord G Nelson JR | $2,110 | $1,012 | -52% |
| Pat D. Leid | $1,542 | $956 | -38% |
| Dewayne Straube | $3,831 | $926 | -75.8% |
| Kevin Rust | $962 | $863 | -10.3% |
| Lorraine Bramhall | $1,460 | $827 | -43.4% |
| John McKinley | $1,391 | $769 | -44.7% |
| Monte Richie | $5,850 | $746 | -87.2% |
| Warren Orchard, LLC | $102,255 | $710 | -99.3% |
| Jeremy Cox | $2,079 | $695 | -66.6% |
| Gemmell Farm, LLC | $1,973 | $675 | -65.8% |
| Dick Rubenser | $4,103 | $661 | -83.9% |
| Adrienne Jonas | $1,648 | $660 | -60% |
| Robert Yutzy | $3,113 | $613 | -80.3% |
| Clay Arnzen | $2,750 | $582 | -78.8% |
| Kathy Arnzen | $2,805 | $582 | -79.3% |
| Laurel Feider | $1,004 | $578 | -42.4% |
| Randall Donohue | $1,356 | $565 | -58.3% |
| Bill Warren | $1,617 | $550 | -66% |
| Wilbur Fletcher | $848 | $543 | -36% |
| Greg D. Davis | $794 | $428 | -46.1% |
| Vicki L. Davis | $794 | $428 | -46.1% |
| Cecil Harrison | $2,839 | $414 | -85.4% |
| Kathy Clemens | $374 | $374 | 0% |
| Robert Clemens | $374 | $374 | 0% |
| Wes R. Leid | $417 | $353 | -15.3% |
| Teresa Sinkbeil | $815 | $346 | -57.5% |
| Warren Kimsey | $0 | $343 | -- |
| Carolyn Rundell | $0 | $334 | -- |
| Paul Rundell | $0 | $334 | -- |
| Sharon Mendel | $663 | $325 | -51% |
| Beverly J. Gaines | $1,161 | $318 | -72.6% |
| Byron Seney | $313 | $313 | 0% |
| Kimberlea a Seney | $313 | $313 | 0% |
| Gary D Griffen Estate | $0 | $280 | -- |
| Katherine Leid | $0 | $266 | -- |
| Jim Cornaggia | $508 | $255 | -49.8% |
| Katy Wooldridge | $2,508 | $239 | -90.5% |
| Sue McLean | $1,013 | $226 | -77.7% |
| Virginia Jaquish | $260 | $212 | -18.5% |
| John W. Steinbrecher | $256 | $198 | -22.7% |
| John Houston | $235 | $152 | -35.3% |
| Annabelle K. Fletcher | $726 | $100 | -86.2% |
| Gary Gasaway | $11,752 | $98 | -99.2% |
| Ronald Schafer | $468 | $95 | -79.7% |
| Charles R. Ketterman | $159 | $67 | -57.9% |
| Tammy S. Ketterman | $159 | $67 | -57.9% |
| Val Woodworth | $67 | $67 | 0% |
| Gary D. Griffen | $407 | $49 | -88% |
| Leann K. Kent | $0 | $44 | -- |
| Marilyn J. Groom | $163 | $33 | -79.8% |
| Thomas Earl Groom Jr. | $163 | $33 | -79.8% |
| Terry W. Robins | $17 | $14 | -17.6% |
| Alto Ridge, LLC | $21,541 | $0 | -100% |
| Beverly Rising | $3,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Bret Strode | $184 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis Hall | $2,739 | $0 | -100% |
| David Fletcher | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra L. Seney | $13,720 | $0 | -100% |
| Eaton Brothers | $23,937 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate of Elizabeth K Thorn | $1,203 | $0 | -100% |
| First Congregational Church of Da | $3,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Frederick B. White | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Judith Utt | $259 | $0 | -100% |
| Kim R. Clark | $49 | $0 | -100% |
| Lowden Kelly Farm | $4,396 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucas McNeil | $4,123 | $0 | -100% |
| Norgaard Trust - Dayton School Di | $8,491 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Patrick | $155 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Martin | $519 | $0 | -100% |
| Seney Land & Livestock Joint Vent | $397,827 | $0 | -100% |
| Taylor McNeil | $4,123 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas W. Utt | $259 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $9,311,494 | $4,978,665 | -46.5% |
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