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In 2021, 169 farmers in cities within Kittitas County received a total of $2.2 million in 286 farm subsidies, a 49.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4.4 million in 395 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 Kittitas County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam B. Kayser Jr. | $0 | $259,281 | -- |
| State of Wash DNR | $579,345 | $249,776 | -56.9% |
| Flying M Livestock, LLC | $455,003 | $196,907 | -56.7% |
| Mill Iron Cattle, LLC | $227,168 | $124,286 | -45.3% |
| Sundance Orchards, Inc. | $0 | $108,839 | -- |
| Charlton Farms, Inc. | $56,879 | $63,336 | 11.4% |
| Hobbs Livestock, LLC | $52,393 | $59,630 | 13.8% |
| Cody Pratt Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| C & G Agent, LLC | $60,934 | $48,511 | -20.4% |
| RJS Ranches, LLC | $0 | $43,680 | -- |
| William Hoffman | $25,367 | $40,109 | 58.1% |
| Nathan Graham Timber Cutting, Inc. | $0 | $36,701 | -- |
| Thomas Stahl | $58,085 | $36,562 | -37.1% |
| Joshua Michael Adams | $2,786 | $35,299 | 1,167% |
| Trinity Farms, Inc. | $153,949 | $31,230 | -79.7% |
| Centerview Farms, LLC | $14,568 | $29,467 | 102.3% |
| Roger Dormaier | $0 | $26,839 | -- |
| Sandra J. Gress | $24,805 | $23,895 | -3.7% |
| Venture Farms, Inc. | $66,127 | $23,612 | -64.3% |
| Kittitas Valley Greenhouse, Inc. | $0 | $23,565 | -- |
| Mountain View Ranches, LLP | $35,673 | $20,534 | -42.4% |
| Rafter B, Inc. | $54,271 | $20,295 | -62.6% |
| Poulsen Brothers Partnership | $30,435 | $19,098 | -37.2% |
| JKD Farms, LLC | $7,007 | $17,911 | 155.6% |
| Stingley Ranch, Inc. | $134,823 | $17,358 | -87.1% |
| Rosbach Farms, Inc. | $32,281 | $17,113 | -47% |
| Gary D. Parker | $0 | $16,565 | -- |
| James Burke | $97,730 | $16,128 | -83.5% |
| G T Adams Orchards, LLC | $3,460 | $15,381 | 344.5% |
| Steve A. Wallace | $53,669 | $14,587 | -72.8% |
| Brent Minor | $81,806 | $14,488 | -82.3% |
| Salomon Rodriguez | $0 | $13,997 | -- |
| Bartsma Farm, Inc. | $20,776 | $13,735 | -33.9% |
| Eric Estoos | $0 | $12,718 | -- |
| Circle Lazy H, Inc. | $19,715 | $12,359 | -37.3% |
| Ryan J. Stingley | $23,312 | $12,235 | -47.5% |
| Lorraine M Depner-Bramstedt | $11,600 | $11,600 | 0% |
| Double Hj Farms | $29,717 | $11,586 | -61% |
| Bull Bros Farms, Inc. | $21,577 | $11,411 | -47.1% |
| Patrick A. Minor | $48,070 | $11,337 | -76.4% |
| Broadmoor Farms, Inc. | $14,698 | $11,254 | -23.4% |
| Karen Gookin - the Gookin Family Trust | $0 | $11,160 | -- |
| D. K. Farms | $16,425 | $10,495 | -36.1% |
| Lazy Raftor S Ranch, LLC | $33,243 | $9,796 | -70.5% |
| Victor Strand | $46,398 | $9,700 | -79.1% |
| John N. Eaton | $10,181 | $9,569 | -6% |
| Agent Specialists, Inc. | $38,808 | $9,389 | -75.8% |
| Ty Wallace | $28,237 | $8,985 | -68.2% |
| Strand Family Limited Partnership | $9,095 | $8,936 | -1.7% |
| Thomas Nisbet | $16,101 | $8,473 | -47.4% |
| Chet Morrison | $29,122 | $7,975 | -72.6% |
| James A. Seaton III | $19,962 | $7,759 | -61.1% |
| Dormaier Dipper Ranch, LLC | $0 | $7,431 | -- |
| Bar Balloon Ranch | $0 | $7,315 | -- |
| Bob Venera | $10,417 | $7,071 | -32.1% |
| Calpacific, LLC | $0 | $6,992 | -- |
| Hesseltine Partnership, Ltd. | $11,551 | $6,964 | -39.7% |
| Travis C. Devore | $10,930 | $6,802 | -37.8% |
| John H. Sorensen | $22,812 | $6,739 | -70.5% |
| Windy N Ranch, LLC | $35,079 | $6,614 | -81.1% |
| Double Rafter Livestock, LLC | $59,852 | $6,581 | -89% |
| Ron Carlson | $14,850 | $5,969 | -59.8% |
| Jason Minor | $34,187 | $5,573 | -83.7% |
| Brian T. Williams | $17,996 | $5,559 | -69.1% |
| Charles Ballard | $5,932 | $5,289 | -10.8% |
| Lloyd L. Carney | $9,733 | $5,197 | -46.6% |
| Level Best, Inc. | $6,222 | $5,186 | -16.7% |
| Dodge & Dodge | $6,514 | $4,932 | -24.3% |
| Nita K Hoversland-Brist | $24,259 | $4,928 | -79.7% |
| Tyler Deaton | $39,868 | $4,616 | -88.4% |
| David W. Rinehart | $7,730 | $4,559 | -41% |
| Taylor J. Jarman | $0 | $4,375 | -- |
| Ron P. Sorensen | $14,087 | $4,286 | -69.6% |
| Carl D. Jensvold | $6,658 | $4,247 | -36.2% |
| Lynn Henderson | $14,619 | $4,203 | -71.2% |
| Craig A. George | $10,602 | $4,101 | -61.3% |
| Thomas Dodge | $5,664 | $4,028 | -28.9% |
| Donald C. Rinehart | $13,274 | $3,975 | -70.1% |
| Mark Hansen | $4,532 | $3,969 | -12.4% |
| Pat Tracy | $0 | $3,960 | -- |
| Kelly and Kyle, LLC | $0 | $3,852 | -- |
| Walking U Farm, Inc. | $5,539 | $3,847 | -30.5% |
| Charlene Andrews | $0 | $3,740 | -- |
| Robert B. Klindworth | $2,650 | $3,739 | 41.1% |
| Patrick M. Jenkins | $17,311 | $3,672 | -78.8% |
| Scott R. Haberman | $5,879 | $3,610 | -38.6% |
| Jack Eaton & Sons | $4,213 | $3,519 | -16.5% |
| Robert Dodge | $7,754 | $3,449 | -55.5% |
| Rick Haberman | $16,401 | $3,427 | -79.1% |
| Tramm, LLC | $5,308 | $3,218 | -39.4% |
| Rd Schnebly Farms, Inc. | $7,437 | $3,087 | -58.5% |
| Doss Roberts | $8,408 | $2,997 | -64.4% |
| Heidi J. Monson | $4,818 | $2,916 | -39.5% |
| Fred Feddema | $25,203 | $2,817 | -88.8% |
| Karen Poulsen | $4,478 | $2,816 | -37.1% |
| Flying Diamond Ranch, Inc. | $3,785 | $2,769 | -26.8% |
| Bar D Livestock, LLC | $13,981 | $2,706 | -80.6% |
| Timothy McIntyre | $12,912 | $2,662 | -79.4% |
| Lund Farms, Inc. | $1,970 | $2,627 | 33.4% |
| Rustin Stingley | $22,355 | $2,598 | -88.4% |
| Kirk McDowell | $16,820 | $2,575 | -84.7% |
| Michael T. Hajny | $26,232 | $2,570 | -90.2% |
| Terry Clarke | $11,902 | $2,465 | -79.3% |
| Eslinger Farms, Inc. | $4,531 | $2,403 | -47% |
| Randy Patterson | $15,642 | $2,307 | -85.3% |
| Wallace Stampfly | $4,588 | $2,294 | -50% |
| Clarence G Grening | $4,348 | $2,280 | -47.6% |
| Gary R. Cox | $0 | $2,067 | -- |
| Beard Ranch, Inc. | $8,987 | $2,007 | -77.7% |
| Kass Kayser | $25,010 | $1,984 | -92.1% |
| Craig P. Schnebly | $3,036 | $1,979 | -34.8% |
| Ryan J. Sample | $9,301 | $1,927 | -79.3% |
| Sage A. Shelton | $1,382 | $1,842 | 33.3% |
| Lars Sullivan | $1,802 | $1,802 | 0% |
| Levi Stolen | $8,558 | $1,801 | -79% |
| Tandy Preppernau | $6,499 | $1,779 | -72.6% |
| Bill Lowe | $2,321 | $1,757 | -24.3% |
| Rachel Kruse | $0 | $1,732 | -- |
| 3 Bar G Ranch, Inc. | $22,980 | $1,677 | -92.7% |
| Anthony J. Arreola | $7,843 | $1,597 | -79.6% |
| Ruley Stingley | $5,406 | $1,593 | -70.5% |
| Stephen K. German | $2,476 | $1,562 | -36.9% |
| Carly Rae Stingley | $8,205 | $1,514 | -81.5% |
| Clerf Farms, Inc. | $2,875 | $1,496 | -48% |
| Noah Geerligs | $6,045 | $1,437 | -76.2% |
| Janine Brodine | $5,945 | $1,433 | -75.9% |
| Tom Brunson | $357 | $1,417 | 296.9% |
| Ethan C. George | $0 | $1,377 | -- |
| Kerry Clift | $10,651 | $1,291 | -87.9% |
| Connie Dunnington | $2,423 | $1,253 | -48.3% |
| Wally Nelson | $897 | $1,147 | 27.9% |
| Sietse Bartsma Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $1,094 | -- |
| Celia Thompson | $1,468 | $1,077 | -26.6% |
| Ryan Knudson Number 1, LLC | $2,071 | $1,072 | -48.2% |
| Sally Freitag Weitz | $1,889 | $1,060 | -43.9% |
| Patricia M. Winfrey | $0 | $986 | -- |
| Lynn Sullivan | $0 | $982 | -- |
| Clint Weaver | $3,927 | $940 | -76.1% |
| Leslie L. Nash | $0 | $935 | -- |
| James Mapes | $2,927 | $885 | -69.8% |
| Rebecca Dyk | $4,662 | $857 | -81.6% |
| Bradley J. Ringe | $2,329 | $846 | -63.7% |
| Stingley Ranch | $840 | $840 | 0% |
| Barnhart Ranch, LLC | $27,000 | $799 | -97% |
| Rolland R. O'Connor | $438 | $797 | 82% |
| Roger Sparks | $1,271 | $699 | -45% |
| George Karageorges | $3,003 | $644 | -78.6% |
| Dino Karageorges | $2,860 | $637 | -77.7% |
| Mary Cox | $0 | $618 | -- |
| Wahluke Heights Orchard | $161,678 | $600 | -99.6% |
| Don Bushnell | $886 | $497 | -43.9% |
| Chance Michael Jenkins | $1,799 | $495 | -72.5% |
| James Brown III | $2,409 | $481 | -80% |
| Hanson 4W Farms, LLC | $1,188 | $447 | -62.4% |
| Roger Braa | $8,959 | $442 | -95.1% |
| Carl Michael | $6,812 | $412 | -94% |
| Mel Dyk | $1,123 | $407 | -63.8% |
| Liam D. Shaw | $825 | $374 | -54.7% |
| Gail A. Hack | $946 | $351 | -62.9% |
| Lyle Pfeifer | $609 | $313 | -48.6% |
| Gail Hill | $2,267 | $311 | -86.3% |
| Katie Stingley | $1,716 | $308 | -82.1% |
| Keenan Samuelson | $2,351 | $294 | -87.5% |
| Chris Dirks | $0 | $221 | -- |
| Terry Dirks | $0 | $221 | -- |
| Meeks Ranches, LLC | $0 | $220 | -- |
| Lynn A. Brown | $312 | $171 | -45.2% |
| Beverly Ballard | $94 | $125 | 33% |
| Bradley S. Gray | $187 | $55 | -70.6% |
| Gwinn Orchards, LLC | $172,024 | $0 | -100% |
| Lois Johnson Weight | $999 | $0 | -100% |
| Bailey Sherley | $449 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara Radke | $6,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Butterfield | $8,306 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis Mecham | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel B. Beard | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Fabian Kuchin | $366 | $0 | -100% |
| John Schultz | $2,337 | $0 | -100% |
| K O K Farms Partnership | $100 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen Gookin - the Gookin Family | $11,690 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle R. Miller | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
| Lila F G Schultz Rvoc Trustee | $4,212 | $0 | -100% |
| Lynsey M. Groat | $7,779 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark B. Kayser Jr. | $233,772 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew J. Cox | $5,828 | $0 | -100% |
| Miss Layla, Inc. | $46,080 | $0 | -100% |
| Philip G. Kenison | $14 | $0 | -100% |
| Sietse Bartsma Revocable Living T | $2,136 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen G Scellick | $6,331 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas M. Hanson | $1,682 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy Seier | $8,306 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott M. Gress | $50,797 | $0 | -100% |
| Arreola Orchard | $4,215 | $0 | -100% |
| Jose Arreola | $875 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin Arreola | $3,499 | $0 | -100% |
| Toribio M. Rodriguez | $19,460 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,382,355 | $2,222,734 | -49.3% |
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