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In 2021, 189 farmers in cities within Deschutes County received a total of $2 million in 317 farm subsidies, a 56.2% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.5 million in 525 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 Deschutes County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell a Land and Cattle Company | $391,428 | $181,140 | -53.7% |
| Hardie Family General Partnership | $113,498 | $107,390 | -5.4% |
| Burk Dairy, LLC | $117,966 | $94,260 | -20.1% |
| Hardie Ranches, LLC | $41,242 | $71,006 | 72.2% |
| Howard C. Dyer | $92,315 | $66,101 | -28.4% |
| Tamarack Ventures, LLC | $0 | $59,826 | -- |
| David L. McMichael | $26,598 | $55,700 | 109.4% |
| Nolan Jacobs | $53,074 | $54,158 | 2% |
| Brandon Deatley Trucking | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Heard Mechanical Thinning, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Sisters Forest Products | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Edward D. Stabb | $46,477 | $51,797 | 11.4% |
| Levi Chrisman Family, LLC | $50,586 | $50,334 | -0.5% |
| James W. Hart | $33,505 | $49,643 | 48.2% |
| Lorenzen Ranches, Inc. | $107,778 | $46,253 | -57.1% |
| Luren O Maley, LLC | $67,982 | $41,944 | -38.3% |
| Apex Apiary, LLC | $24,784 | $41,922 | 69.1% |
| Sam Lorenzen | $107,323 | $41,508 | -61.3% |
| James E. Brown | $39,542 | $38,621 | -2.3% |
| Joyce A. Brown | $39,542 | $38,621 | -2.3% |
| Owens Transport, Inc. | $0 | $37,716 | -- |
| A C Whatley, LLC | $0 | $32,105 | -- |
| Silva Family Partnership | $53,365 | $29,146 | -45.4% |
| Flowerree Hay and Grain, LLC | $21,456 | $28,429 | 32.5% |
| Trevor G. Aldrich | $36,251 | $28,345 | -21.8% |
| Gary N. Peterson | $27,679 | $27,679 | 0% |
| Double C Management, LLC | $21,804 | $21,908 | 0.5% |
| Arland T. Keeton | $14,872 | $21,022 | 41.4% |
| Four Lazy F Ranch, LLC | $24,596 | $20,942 | -14.9% |
| Water Bear, LLC | $21,736 | $18,054 | -16.9% |
| Daly Ranch, LLC | $17,736 | $17,736 | 0% |
| Pine Mountain Ranch, LLC | $0 | $16,776 | -- |
| Thomas Bryon Cattell | $0 | $15,136 | -- |
| Aaron J. Thompson | $8,293 | $14,810 | 78.6% |
| Robert L. Townsend | $212,280 | $13,361 | -93.7% |
| Ashanti Samuels Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $11,888 | -- |
| Big Falls Ranch Company | $46,939 | $11,472 | -75.6% |
| Dwight D. Alley | $2,387 | $11,263 | 371.8% |
| Ryan Sale | $0 | $10,168 | -- |
| Kenneth H. Miltenberger | $12,567 | $9,723 | -22.6% |
| Gard A. Eriksen | $13,202 | $9,170 | -30.5% |
| Roger a Kadel Trust Dated 1-9-09 | $16,969 | $8,967 | -47.2% |
| Wayne P Singhose | $5,998 | $7,997 | 33.3% |
| Hydeagri Farms, LLC | $11,103 | $6,946 | -37.4% |
| Oem Trust, LLC | $13,381 | $6,748 | -49.6% |
| Spomer Family Rev Trust | $12,345 | $6,688 | -45.8% |
| Peggy S. Ogburn | $0 | $6,526 | -- |
| Rocke D. Darlington | $6,433 | $6,433 | 0% |
| Eco-Terre, LLC | $15,038 | $6,344 | -57.8% |
| Freeborn Land & Livestock, LLC | $31,367 | $6,316 | -79.9% |
| K - F Cattle, LLC | $30,564 | $6,147 | -79.9% |
| James E Vidal-James E Vidal and Gayle J Vidal Trust | $0 | $5,657 | -- |
| Lower Valley Farm, LLC | $22,538 | $5,653 | -74.9% |
| Oxford Farms, LLP | $5,408 | $5,620 | 3.9% |
| William B. Mergel | $5,534 | $5,534 | 0% |
| Judith Watson-Zwillich | $11,173 | $5,499 | -50.8% |
| Ullrich Farms, LLC | $0 | $5,394 | -- |
| Kathy R. Smallwood | $5,228 | $5,228 | 0% |
| Judith K. Whitehead | $11,705 | $5,090 | -56.5% |
| Shane K. Hout | $9,665 | $5,027 | -48% |
| Michael V. Ferns | $5,711 | $4,848 | -15.1% |
| Iola Jolley | $4,530 | $4,530 | 0% |
| Zachary Thorn | $0 | $4,159 | -- |
| Bunker Parrish | $13,200 | $3,825 | -71% |
| Nakato Land and Cattle, LLC | $10,625 | $3,729 | -64.9% |
| Karen Asseln | $2,051 | $3,654 | 78.2% |
| Vaquero Valley Ranch and Cattle Company, LLC | $0 | $3,618 | -- |
| Richard Ross | $3,602 | $3,602 | 0% |
| Keith A. Powell | $5,771 | $3,431 | -40.5% |
| Carl Juhl | $10,147 | $3,385 | -66.6% |
| Beth P Hanson Revocable Trust | $6,388 | $3,341 | -47.7% |
| Mary Ann Brown | $7,067 | $3,284 | -53.5% |
| Marcella M Tichenor Trust | $6,347 | $3,252 | -48.8% |
| Alley Family Ranch, LLC | $923 | $3,227 | 249.6% |
| VP Cattle, LLC | $16,547 | $3,196 | -80.7% |
| Walter S Pitney III & Phoebe a Pitney Liv Trust | $7,287 | $3,190 | -56.2% |
| Travis Buermann | $15,481 | $3,176 | -79.5% |
| Bryson Lee Voth | $4,391 | $3,097 | -29.5% |
| John W. Johnson | $3,061 | $3,049 | -0.4% |
| Claudia Sampson Ahnemann-Revoc Trust | $3,037 | $3,037 | 0% |
| Paula a Johnson Revocable Trust | $3,037 | $3,037 | 0% |
| Kimeric Vaughn Delashmutt | $14,012 | $3,003 | -78.6% |
| Lee Family Trust Dated 5/25/12 | $5,922 | $2,976 | -49.7% |
| Scott Grassman | $22,091 | $2,835 | -87.2% |
| Bonnie-Bonnie C Asay Rev. Trust C Asay | $3,292 | $2,829 | -14.1% |
| Driver Homestead, LLC | $3,679 | $2,828 | -23.1% |
| Severin Spilde | $27,965 | $2,758 | -90.1% |
| Long and Company, Inc. | $6,595 | $2,750 | -58.3% |
| Edna B Skoglund, LLC | $0 | $2,687 | -- |
| Darlis Nordhagen | $0 | $2,684 | -- |
| Virginia Hakala | $3,803 | $2,663 | -30% |
| Winsor Family Trust | $4,784 | $2,463 | -48.5% |
| Geiger Grain, Corp. | $2,161 | $2,444 | 13.1% |
| Medora U. Wyatt | $2,401 | $2,401 | 0% |
| Mark R. Corbet | $2,373 | $2,373 | 0% |
| James R. Naibert Rev. Living Trust | $2,352 | $2,352 | 0% |
| Todd Mabee | $0 | $2,338 | -- |
| Four Bp's, LLC | $0 | $2,318 | -- |
| Sisters View Ranch, LLC | $3,704 | $2,304 | -37.8% |
| Elmer & E Lou Reznicsek Trust | $1,401 | $2,293 | 63.7% |
| Brian MacDonald | $2,205 | $2,205 | 0% |
| Maxine Gowen | $2,205 | $2,205 | 0% |
| Driver Ranch, LLC | $4,483 | $2,202 | -50.9% |
| Faye Zimmer | $887 | $2,154 | 142.8% |
| Margaret Hanson | $3,553 | $2,080 | -41.5% |
| Patricia Gammon Dewey | $2,446 | $2,051 | -16.1% |
| Jason M. Huddleston | $9,063 | $1,932 | -78.7% |
| Green Ridge Mercantile, LLC | $0 | $1,923 | -- |
| Beverly Skrak | $9,102 | $1,910 | -79% |
| Janeck Family Trust | $3,797 | $1,884 | -50.4% |
| Donna L Wilkens Rev Trust | $3,709 | $1,870 | -49.6% |
| Janet Von Seggern | $4,541 | $1,849 | -59.3% |
| Doug H. Winn | $3,120 | $1,772 | -43.2% |
| William E. Robertson | $3,289 | $1,768 | -46.2% |
| CS Land & Cattle, LLC | $8,237 | $1,709 | -79.3% |
| David A. Holmberg | $5,482 | $1,666 | -69.6% |
| Paul Freres - Freres Revocable Trust | $0 | $1,655 | -- |
| Alec E. Gaynor | $10,109 | $1,644 | -83.7% |
| Gastel Family Irrevocable Trust | $1,205 | $1,621 | 34.5% |
| James M. Hamilton | $1,573 | $1,573 | 0% |
| Sharon Reed | $2,681 | $1,533 | -42.8% |
| Robert Gregg Eklund Family Trust | $6,245 | $1,533 | -75.5% |
| Leslie a Slamal | $3,334 | $1,503 | -54.9% |
| Sandra H. Miller | $1,490 | $1,490 | 0% |
| Ralph - Ralph H Emerson III Trust Emerson III | $12,660 | $1,470 | -88.4% |
| Michael S. Spencer | $3,957 | $1,447 | -63.4% |
| Gary Bidwell | $3,729 | $1,437 | -61.5% |
| Leotha Kosanke | $1,740 | $1,435 | -17.5% |
| Phihop, Inc. | $390 | $1,331 | 241.3% |
| Curtis Lee Wicks | $0 | $1,265 | -- |
| Donald D. Jansen | $0 | $1,243 | -- |
| Cicely A. Wingate | $1,888 | $1,195 | -36.7% |
| Kathryn Baker | $1,188 | $1,188 | 0% |
| Nancy Wernsing Loveland | $2,535 | $1,176 | -53.6% |
| Every Livestock | $12,546 | $1,130 | -91% |
| James Douglas Dunn | $1,920 | $1,123 | -41.5% |
| Janet M. Lakin | $2,407 | $1,100 | -54.3% |
| Charles P. Humphreys | $3,774 | $1,091 | -71.1% |
| Randall A. Brady | $1,456 | $1,015 | -30.3% |
| James L. Wandling | $0 | $1,013 | -- |
| Ryan Evans | $6,553 | $996 | -84.8% |
| David A. Schlaich | $1,826 | $990 | -45.8% |
| James Schlaich | $1,770 | $990 | -44.1% |
| Byron Maas | $1,490 | $977 | -34.4% |
| Coy Aldrich | $6,085 | $956 | -84.3% |
| Clarence E. Aleshire III | $882 | $890 | 0.9% |
| Robert Carr | $589 | $885 | 50.3% |
| Deschutes River Ranch Group, LLC | $0 | $868 | -- |
| Colleen Woods | $589 | $799 | 35.7% |
| Sharlet Irene Schell Rasmussen | $763 | $763 | 0% |
| Helen Jones | $1,286 | $752 | -41.5% |
| David E. Glick | $672 | $672 | 0% |
| Robert D. Dubois | $2,683 | $651 | -75.7% |
| Dorothy Long | $895 | $628 | -29.8% |
| Marie Louise Noteboom | $0 | $612 | -- |
| Ryan Jacobsen Smith | $1,551 | $575 | -62.9% |
| Britt Allison Johnson | $1,113 | $569 | -48.9% |
| Lamond S. Collier | $0 | $567 | -- |
| Julie C. Bafus | $1,081 | $550 | -49.1% |
| Lola M. Elliott | $0 | $518 | -- |
| John Westin Fowler | $5,077 | $515 | -89.9% |
| Morris Lynn Kurth | $972 | $508 | -47.7% |
| Louise Chase | $1,495 | $494 | -67% |
| Mike Penhollow | $1,188 | $489 | -58.8% |
| Kathryn L. Trench | $0 | $485 | -- |
| Ann W. Jackson | $776 | $466 | -39.9% |
| Franziska Clem | $893 | $461 | -48.4% |
| Sharry Runge | $933 | $456 | -51.1% |
| Kathleen Miller Johnson | $551 | $447 | -18.9% |
| Mary Lou Patterson Trust | $809 | $438 | -45.9% |
| Hudgins Farm Partnership | $596 | $435 | -27% |
| Jillian S. Severson | $1,006 | $403 | -59.9% |
| Brittney L. Wofford | $1,793 | $400 | -77.7% |
| Evelyn Lineburger | $904 | $379 | -58.1% |
| James J. Fagan | $764 | $374 | -51% |
| Cordillera Organics, LLC | $394 | $364 | -7.6% |
| Dianne Wargo | $5,289 | $357 | -93.3% |
| Mark Wolff | $338 | $338 | 0% |
| Charles Pointer | $0 | $335 | -- |
| K-C Ranch, LLC | $2,908 | $256 | -91.2% |
| Bruce & Glenda Wesley Trust | $2,029 | $233 | -88.5% |
| Billie J. Estridge | $4,396 | $233 | -94.7% |
| Patricia Hagfors | $0 | $208 | -- |
| David Amack | $177 | $177 | 0% |
| Julie White | $407 | $163 | -60% |
| Susan Hart | $0 | $162 | -- |
| Debra K. Kensinger | $0 | $85 | -- |
| Paula C. Turnage | $263 | $80 | -69.6% |
| Betsy Gage Wassermann | $17,458 | $58 | -99.7% |
| Bowman Farms | $10,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradford D. Chase | $212 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Lepore | $1,710 | $0 | -100% |
| Cynthia Roche' | $779 | $0 | -100% |
| Danielle Reis | $6,151 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Dye Gentling | $2,436 | $0 | -100% |
| Demsey Beamish | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Denise M Drazil | $416 | $0 | -100% |
| Eleanor Rosenquist | $4,727 | $0 | -100% |
| Fv Raven | $187,483 | $0 | -100% |
| Iris E Mayer Revocable Trust | $27,549 | $0 | -100% |
| Jade Swell Fisheries, Inc. | $26,538 | $0 | -100% |
| Jaime Suing | $1,061 | $0 | -100% |
| John L. Norris | $841 | $0 | -100% |
| Julie Kerney | $1,266 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen A. Powers | $12 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin James Gamble | $1,189 | $0 | -100% |
| Kirk Ihander | $1,769 | $0 | -100% |
| Lawrence L. Lorenzen | $1,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark E. Buchner | $6,631 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin Warbington | $1,624 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary K. Charter | $19,398 | $0 | -100% |
| Marybud, LLC | $1,216 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Tomseth | $6,313 | $0 | -100% |
| Middle Fork Land Company, LLC | $231 | $0 | -100% |
| North 44 Farm, LLC | $5,972 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip N. Ogburn | $6,526 | $0 | -100% |
| Putnam Dairy | $28,507 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca S. Arnold | $991 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Rastovich | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Thompson Estate | $4,799 | $0 | -100% |
| Tamarack Ventures | $133,504 | $0 | -100% |
| Taylor Ashley | $25,327 | $0 | -100% |
| Thousand Hills Land & Cattle | $8,479 | $0 | -100% |
| Vaquero Valley Ranch and Cattle C | $19,430 | $0 | -100% |
| William Kuhn | $10,600 | $0 | -100% |
| William Wahl | $210,873 | $0 | -100% |
| Willis Maritime, LLC | $40,471 | $0 | -100% |
| Wolfe Cattle Company, LLC | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Wood River Lodge, LLC | $5,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Halferty | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| 6R Ranch | $3,669 | $0 | -100% |
| Charlie Every | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Deschutes Gourmet Mushrooms | $16,339 | $0 | -100% |
| Ivar M Pihl | $15,961 | $0 | -100% |
| James K. Whittaker | $87,448 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffery A. Durden | $37 | $0 | -100% |
| Kjell Erik Risdal | $14,818 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Freres - Freres Revocable Trustee | $2,318 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul R Kasberger | $18,191 | $0 | -100% |
| R. L. Freeborn | $13,077 | $0 | -100% |
| RL Fisheries, Inc. | $234,883 | $0 | -100% |
| Sideline Cattle Company, LLC | $25,795 | $0 | -100% |
| SNB Enterprises, LLC | $3,779 | $0 | -100% |
| Temple Family Fisheries, LLC | $22,172 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Young | $896 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Harrison | $7,841 | $0 | -100% |
| Marva Ericksen | $2,081 | $0 | -100% |
| Susan Priefert | $219 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Martin | $31,820 | $0 | -100% |
| Gordon F. Stephens Non Exempt Terminable Interest Trust UTD | $11,281 | $0 | -100% |
| James E. Vidal | $7,429 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie Brian Potter | $231,274 | $0 | -100% |
| John Keller | $78,153 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin Fisheries, Inc. | $218,180 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Halferty | $176 | $0 | -100% |
| Rhonda Lawrence Rodriguez | $1,642 | $0 | -100% |
| Robyn M. Pester | $27,033 | $0 | -100% |
| DD Ranch, LLC | $10,047 | $0 | -100% |
| Hopville Farms, LLC | $28,392 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah Lee Lawrence | $34,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,529,234 | $1,984,876 | -56.2% |
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