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In 2021, 142 farmers in cities within Benton County received a total of $3 million in 224 farm subsidies, a 0.6% increase from 2020, when the total was $2.9 million in 350 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 Benton County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schudel Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $434,000 | -- |
| C & L Farms, LLC | $95,295 | $307,378 | 222.6% |
| Avery V. Jones | $42,713 | $149,184 | 249.3% |
| Gilmour Farms, LLC | $0 | $147,960 | -- |
| Cooper Fishing, Inc. | $0 | $146,654 | -- |
| Van Beek Dairy Farms, LLC | $834,228 | $130,295 | -84.4% |
| Brooks Farm, LLC | $9,596 | $120,165 | 1,152.2% |
| Peter Rosenast | $108,694 | $102,411 | -5.8% |
| Wilt Farms, Inc. | $0 | $91,289 | -- |
| Loren J Smith Farms, LLC | $88,708 | $84,485 | -4.8% |
| Ryan P Cheeke | $106,681 | $82,333 | -22.8% |
| Deerhaven Farms, Inc. | $96,461 | $77,778 | -19.4% |
| K Reynolds Farms, LLC | $15,078 | $77,465 | 413.8% |
| L & M Agent, LLC | $25,040 | $73,102 | 191.9% |
| Riser Farms, LLC | $0 | $66,227 | -- |
| Hurtgen-Vue Dairy | $32,483 | $53,080 | 63.4% |
| Mike Brown, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Quality Timber Removal, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Horning Farms, Inc. | $48,241 | $44,258 | -8.3% |
| Henry Storch | $8,240 | $39,762 | 382.5% |
| David C. Horning | $35,057 | $39,467 | 12.6% |
| J. T. Marrs Contract Cutting, Inc. | $0 | $39,121 | -- |
| Michael Hathaway | $7,817 | $36,497 | 366.9% |
| Jeffrey R. Rice | $0 | $31,157 | -- |
| Ronald Hathaway | $25,865 | $29,161 | 12.7% |
| James C. Hathaway | $14,022 | $22,614 | 61.3% |
| Tony Wutzke Farm, LLC | $0 | $22,239 | -- |
| Honey Tree Apiaries, LLC | $13,356 | $21,147 | 58.3% |
| Doug and Jim Knight Farming, Inc. | $21,122 | $20,536 | -2.8% |
| David Theodore Day | $0 | $19,908 | -- |
| Anderson's Nursery, Inc. | $0 | $17,744 | -- |
| Matthew Christopher Crowson | $705 | $15,224 | 2,059.4% |
| Sunrise Tree Farm | $2,154 | $15,009 | 596.8% |
| Louis Mohnike Trust | $15,333 | $12,573 | -18% |
| Traditional Garden Produce, LLC | $7,284 | $12,262 | 68.3% |
| Oregon State University | $27,180 | $11,956 | -56% |
| Elisabeth Hoinacki | $0 | $11,917 | -- |
| Julianna Larsen | $3,255 | $11,687 | 259% |
| Crocker Farms, LLC | $11,234 | $11,130 | -0.9% |
| Daniel J. Rietman | $11,058 | $11,058 | 0% |
| Clifford a Hall Trust | $10,566 | $10,566 | 0% |
| Cody Michael Schrock | $0 | $8,824 | -- |
| Anna Steuber Bolton | $12,787 | $7,792 | -39.1% |
| S & B Orchards, LLC | $9,296 | $7,323 | -21.2% |
| Howell Family Trust | $15,533 | $7,303 | -53% |
| Greenbelt Land Trust, Inc. | $6,310 | $6,310 | 0% |
| Keta K Tom Trust | $0 | $6,264 | -- |
| Lee & Linda Parker Trust | $6,152 | $6,152 | 0% |
| Avoca Seed, LLC | $0 | $5,623 | -- |
| Smouse Ranch, LLC | $2,227 | $4,927 | 121.2% |
| Barry and Sandra Clay Revocable Liv Trustee | $11,752 | $4,813 | -59% |
| Betty Jean Schauble | $9,208 | $4,572 | -50.3% |
| Molly Lusignan | $7,029 | $4,531 | -35.5% |
| Boyer Family Limited Partnership | $4,441 | $4,441 | 0% |
| Rhonda Irene Grassel Trust | $7,043 | $4,119 | -41.5% |
| Dennis Harms | $3,812 | $3,812 | 0% |
| Grahm Trask | $3,753 | $3,753 | 0% |
| Christopher James Brugato | $3,276 | $3,541 | 8.1% |
| W & V Phillips, LLC | $9,994 | $3,501 | -65% |
| James William Furnish | $0 | $3,462 | -- |
| Patrick Long, DVM | $8,117 | $3,230 | -60.2% |
| Jeffrey King | $5,576 | $3,075 | -44.9% |
| Mimi K. Stout | $7,305 | $3,056 | -58.2% |
| Rebecca Merja | $4,564 | $3,036 | -33.5% |
| Curtis King | $3,430 | $2,936 | -14.4% |
| Luckiamute River Farm, LLC | $3,555 | $2,729 | -23.2% |
| Rainshine Family Farm, LLC | $0 | $2,714 | -- |
| David C Rodman Living Trust | $2,905 | $2,672 | -8% |
| Pat Gray | $2,536 | $2,595 | 2.3% |
| Ronald L Marek Trust | $2,449 | $2,449 | 0% |
| Edward L Rettig Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $2,412 | -- |
| Launa G. Howell | $1,045 | $2,373 | 127.1% |
| Kiger Island Blues, LLC | $9,904 | $2,359 | -76.2% |
| Brooke Blackwood Collison | $2,100 | $2,328 | 10.9% |
| Kimberly Lanning | $1,261 | $2,139 | 69.6% |
| Don Z Kessi | $8,435 | $2,099 | -75.1% |
| Stanley Taylor | $0 | $2,055 | -- |
| Hugh Wheeler | $2,132 | $2,017 | -5.4% |
| Larry A. Lee | $2,896 | $1,932 | -33.3% |
| Steven R Terjeson | $4,370 | $1,825 | -58.2% |
| Barbara Wilson | $2,183 | $1,797 | -17.7% |
| Thomas R. Fehrenbacher | $2,500 | $1,753 | -29.9% |
| Michael Hartwig | $1,815 | $1,615 | -11% |
| Kathy Ellis | $7,955 | $1,612 | -79.7% |
| Jody Thomas - Revoc Liv Trust | $4,469 | $1,606 | -64.1% |
| Robert Ermine Bewley | $5,553 | $1,558 | -71.9% |
| Steven Terhune | $1,536 | $1,536 | 0% |
| Kandace Pogue | $553 | $1,475 | 166.7% |
| Thomas Bird | $1,472 | $1,472 | 0% |
| Leslie van Allen | $5,595 | $1,459 | -73.9% |
| Elizabeth Bolte | $1,443 | $1,443 | 0% |
| Dean Jensen | $1,435 | $1,435 | 0% |
| Patricia M. Hastings | $1,430 | $1,377 | -3.7% |
| Connie Ingram | $6,542 | $1,335 | -79.6% |
| Carole I. Cotham | $4,453 | $1,287 | -71.1% |
| John Keogh | $1,280 | $1,280 | 0% |
| Bruce D. Baillie | $3,646 | $1,222 | -66.5% |
| Sally K. Gallagher | $0 | $1,129 | -- |
| Jeffrey D. Poston | $1,790 | $1,045 | -41.6% |
| Thomas Lindberg | $3,649 | $1,008 | -72.4% |
| Kim Carson | $0 | $984 | -- |
| Lynn C. Conley | $962 | $962 | 0% |
| Edward N. Provost | $951 | $951 | 0% |
| Susan Magedanz | $305 | $949 | 211.1% |
| Kevin W. Goodson | $909 | $909 | 0% |
| Marcy E. Stolpe | $905 | $905 | 0% |
| Wilson L. Denton | $1,743 | $886 | -49.2% |
| Brian Fuller | $0 | $858 | -- |
| Robert C Peithman Descendants Trust | $2,265 | $820 | -63.8% |
| Catherine E Holdorf Living Trust | $791 | $791 | 0% |
| Bumps Farm, LLC | $752 | $752 | 0% |
| Vincent G. Sinclair | $3,255 | $619 | -81% |
| The Florence Millie Althen Living Revocable Trust | $0 | $606 | -- |
| Donna L. Cook | $951 | $596 | -37.3% |
| Michael S. Hammerich | $2,481 | $586 | -76.4% |
| Jeffrey L. Kelley | $1,061 | $530 | -50% |
| Bethann M. Ryker | $1,750 | $518 | -70.4% |
| Gary R Enschede | $508 | $508 | 0% |
| Sandra Ridlington | $695 | $508 | -26.9% |
| Sungold Botanicals, LLC | $500 | $500 | 0% |
| David Alba | $474 | $474 | 0% |
| Terry Horn | $469 | $469 | 0% |
| Andy Hulting | $1,629 | $378 | -76.8% |
| Nancy Turngren | $1,740 | $378 | -78.3% |
| Todd H. Taylor | $1,408 | $376 | -73.3% |
| Jeffrey & Judith Light Living Trust | $0 | $348 | -- |
| Alice Fairfield | $252 | $325 | 29% |
| Robert A. Adkisson | $3,733 | $260 | -93% |
| Cihak-Janda Family, L L C | $13,456 | $236 | -98.2% |
| Dorothy Charbonneau | $1,621 | $227 | -86% |
| Charles Holst | $1,619 | $226 | -86% |
| Kevin P. Boyle | $0 | $226 | -- |
| Kenyon Iverson | $465 | $213 | -54.2% |
| Earth's Rising Farm | $212 | $212 | 0% |
| Howell Fam Trustee Dated 11-11-2002 | $0 | $204 | -- |
| Wendell D. Wagner | $295 | $198 | -32.9% |
| Dan Rosenberg | $194 | $194 | 0% |
| Kurt M. Holland | $440 | $190 | -56.8% |
| Goochy Goats, LLC | $356 | $169 | -52.5% |
| Khalil & Sons, Inc. | $76,416 | $140 | -99.8% |
| Edward Radke | $8,270 | $106 | -98.7% |
| Peter A. Meyers | $293 | $77 | -73.7% |
| Daniel P. Smith | $6,794 | $0 | -100% |
| Jenifer Bubla | $454 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Trask | $1,705 | $0 | -100% |
| Edward L Rettig Revocable Living | $2,412 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley J. Reid | $171 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl F. Muska | $9,427 | $0 | -100% |
| Chris W. Dunfield | $81 | $0 | -100% |
| David V. Buchanan | $10,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Derrick Scott Culver | $3,685 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas J. Rasmussen | $9,042 | $0 | -100% |
| Irvin Jones | $4,235 | $0 | -100% |
| John Edwards O'Sullivan | $10,116 | $0 | -100% |
| John J. Dejong | $894 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Roy Nelson | $4,245 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Schrier | $86,990 | $0 | -100% |
| Laura Sage | $7,140 | $0 | -100% |
| Leanna Deeds | $304 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynn R. Thompson | $10,985 | $0 | -100% |
| Peoria Road Farm Market, Inc. | $61,101 | $0 | -100% |
| Priya K. Thakkar | $3,441 | $0 | -100% |
| Rosswood, LLC | $17,734 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen F. Bylund | $4,945 | $0 | -100% |
| Sunbow Produce | $3,534 | $0 | -100% |
| Wombat Flats, LLC | $23,862 | $0 | -100% |
| D/B/A Alpine Vineyards | $15,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Delbert Larry Weaver | $113 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffery Scott Tereault | $396 | $0 | -100% |
| Julia E Sunkler | $4,221 | $0 | -100% |
| Van Beek Dairy Farms | $33,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Barnhart | $10,725 | $0 | -100% |
| Erin M Mcmullen | $19,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Gathering Together Farms, Inc. | $211,292 | $0 | -100% |
| Greengable Farms Company | $175,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey & Judith Light Living Trustee | $954 | $0 | -100% |
| Karyn R. Stanley | $2,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Kurt H. Holland | $429 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Rohlfs | $44,138 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary Ann Marchant | $530 | $0 | -100% |
| Quince Essential, LLC | $245 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard J. Stanley | $2,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Shoulder to Shoulder Farm, Inc. | $38,071 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,939,957 | $2,956,451 | 0.6% |
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