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In 2021, 275 farmers in cities within Siskiyou County received a total of $5.5 million in 600 farm subsidies, a 60.4% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $13.9 million in 888 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 Siskiyou County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4C Farming | $252,906 | $340,841 | 34.8% |
| Table Rock Cattle Company | $543,830 | $272,256 | -49.9% |
| Thomas Nielsen | $209,153 | $190,390 | -9% |
| Porterfield Ranch | $721,050 | $165,914 | -77% |
| Ackley Ranch, LLC | $97,927 | $141,223 | 44.2% |
| Smith & Sons | $137,441 | $130,382 | -5.1% |
| Cowley Family Ranch Revocable Living Trust - Jack Cowley | $124,662 | $129,179 | 3.6% |
| Marenco Cattle Company, Inc. | $120,482 | $126,959 | 5.4% |
| D-Y Ranch General Partnership | $213,872 | $102,861 | -51.9% |
| Ellison Family Trust | $103,686 | $99,220 | -4.3% |
| Stanley N Sears and Elizabeth a Sears | $126,506 | $91,928 | -27.3% |
| Novy Ranches | $213,497 | $82,133 | -61.5% |
| Huffman & Son Hay, Inc. | $105,604 | $76,129 | -27.9% |
| Jenner Cattle Company, Inc. | $140,002 | $73,832 | -47.3% |
| E C Fiock & Sons | $107,626 | $71,909 | -33.2% |
| Charles N. Hayden | $75,462 | $71,129 | -5.7% |
| Crawford Farms, Inc. | $680,343 | $70,370 | -89.7% |
| Wesley Truax | $135,142 | $69,875 | -48.3% |
| Finley Farming, Inc. | $125,517 | $68,926 | -45.1% |
| Gary Wright | $69,871 | $66,616 | -4.7% |
| Clinton Hall | $103,417 | $65,074 | -37.1% |
| Justin A. Sandahl | $83,408 | $61,816 | -25.9% |
| Kuck Brothers, LLC | $104,071 | $60,405 | -42% |
| Stacey Dolan | $41,222 | $58,502 | 41.9% |
| Lyman Farms, LLC | $628,173 | $57,055 | -90.9% |
| Rex Houghton | $59,449 | $55,873 | -6% |
| Steven A. Nash | $81,625 | $55,744 | -31.7% |
| Melvin O Mckay - Melvin Mckay Revocable Trust O Mckay | $100,820 | $54,372 | -46.1% |
| Bradley G. Luscombe | $53,710 | $54,086 | 0.7% |
| Kent Johnson Trucking | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Hart Cattle, Inc. | $112,506 | $51,688 | -54.1% |
| Connor D. Martin | $91,999 | $51,031 | -44.5% |
| Roy M. Johnson | $64,981 | $48,316 | -25.6% |
| MMZ, LLC | $156,497 | $45,872 | -70.7% |
| Chet H. Porterfield | $64,840 | $44,132 | -31.9% |
| Gerald L. Bacigalupi | $46,774 | $43,852 | -6.2% |
| Chuck York | $48,288 | $43,712 | -9.5% |
| Ryan Walker | $85,816 | $42,925 | -50% |
| Harvey Hagedorn | $61,987 | $42,402 | -31.6% |
| Ray V. York | $42,206 | $41,359 | -2% |
| John Anderson Farms, Inc. | $56,674 | $39,980 | -29.5% |
| Alfred A. Herman | $145,180 | $38,696 | -73.3% |
| Shannon B. Struble | $77,945 | $38,311 | -50.8% |
| Billy Streed | $0 | $37,800 | -- |
| Jim Rupert | $54,900 | $36,882 | -32.8% |
| M D Huffman Farms, Inc. | $383,425 | $36,462 | -90.5% |
| Menne Ranch Hay, Inc. | $60,113 | $36,063 | -40% |
| Jaclyn Alyce Pimentel | $56,462 | $34,886 | -38.2% |
| Bogus Creek Ranch | $78,550 | $34,813 | -55.7% |
| Troy Creech | $0 | $34,485 | -- |
| NB Ranches, Inc. | $31,890 | $33,582 | 5.3% |
| Hanna Brothers, LLC | $84,580 | $32,766 | -61.3% |
| Hurlimann Brothers, LLC | $47,447 | $31,631 | -33.3% |
| Rice Livestock Company | $72,479 | $30,953 | -57.3% |
| John Fitzgerald Jr. | $67,848 | $29,205 | -57% |
| R. B. Ranch | $46,750 | $29,034 | -37.9% |
| Heide Ranch | $39,876 | $25,503 | -36% |
| Stephen Townley | $44,856 | $25,230 | -43.8% |
| Caven G. Crawford | $31,810 | $24,783 | -22.1% |
| Tom Hayden | $42,080 | $22,009 | -47.7% |
| Rodney Wood | $38,169 | $21,107 | -44.7% |
| Brandon Fawaz | $35,049 | $21,061 | -39.9% |
| Scott Valley Farms, LLC | $40,807 | $21,039 | -48.4% |
| The H & H Land and Livestock Company C/0 Brian Hefferna, LLC | $79,964 | $20,986 | -73.8% |
| Michael K Crebbin, LLC | $20,865 | $20,865 | 0% |
| 3-L Organics, LLC | $251,901 | $20,642 | -91.8% |
| James Scala | $47,144 | $20,531 | -56.5% |
| Jeffrey R. Boyd | $40,247 | $20,214 | -49.8% |
| Seus Family Farms, Inc. | $1,000,935 | $20,169 | -98% |
| John and Robert Crawford Partnership | $367,260 | $20,050 | -94.5% |
| Richard Streed | $0 | $19,822 | -- |
| Clyde Hammond | $32,077 | $19,411 | -39.5% |
| Chuck Woodson | $28,380 | $19,395 | -31.7% |
| Classy Grass, Inc. | $84,084 | $18,912 | -77.5% |
| Gary E. Whitehouse Sr. | $34,316 | $18,899 | -44.9% |
| Carl Hammond Jr. | $32,047 | $18,859 | -41.2% |
| Lazy 2 L Cattle, LLC | $44,160 | $18,794 | -57.4% |
| Mark L. Coats | $18,574 | $18,559 | -0.1% |
| Scott Farms, Inc. | $21,213 | $18,167 | -14.4% |
| Caroline Luiz | $39,695 | $17,856 | -55% |
| Rocking M Ranch | $39,337 | $17,329 | -55.9% |
| Shauna R. Hinton | $11,271 | $17,261 | 53.1% |
| DE Lavender, LLC | $28,380 | $16,899 | -40.5% |
| Linda Holzhauser | $23,865 | $16,836 | -29.5% |
| Robert H. Cook | $34,471 | $16,590 | -51.9% |
| Scarface Cattle Company | $26,894 | $16,391 | -39.1% |
| Theodore J. Johnson | $15,397 | $16,008 | 4% |
| Bryce S. Brown | $55,566 | $15,892 | -71.4% |
| Samuel Thackeray | $40,683 | $15,067 | -63% |
| Joseph V. Sammis | $43,830 | $14,706 | -66.4% |
| Nick MacY | $28,288 | $14,587 | -48.4% |
| Mary L. Lemos | $15,112 | $14,259 | -5.6% |
| Tim J. Peterson | $30,474 | $14,202 | -53.4% |
| David a Collenberg | $10,593 | $14,125 | 33.3% |
| JM Forestry, LLC | $23,450 | $13,861 | -40.9% |
| Dennis Joling | $11,610 | $13,420 | 15.6% |
| Alan Piersall | $24,941 | $13,334 | -46.5% |
| Colten B. Struble | $26,765 | $13,197 | -50.7% |
| Hoy Hereford Ranch | $40,288 | $12,961 | -67.8% |
| Claudia Burrone | $26,370 | $12,769 | -51.6% |
| Hale Dairy, Inc. | $315,921 | $12,600 | -96% |
| Scott River Ranch, LLC | $90,567 | $12,349 | -86.4% |
| John Burrone | $28,654 | $12,244 | -57.3% |
| Karin P. Newton | $19,021 | $12,053 | -36.6% |
| Cody N. Dodson | $16,522 | $11,857 | -28.2% |
| Josh Root Ranch | $0 | $11,699 | -- |
| Clinton Hall Jr. | $18,442 | $11,610 | -37% |
| Robert E. March | $82,694 | $11,334 | -86.3% |
| Bennett Farming, LLC | $26,798 | $11,189 | -58.2% |
| Stewart Fmly Trust | $16,041 | $11,151 | -30.5% |
| John Prosser | $13,158 | $10,794 | -18% |
| Coonrod Ranch, LLC | $19,693 | $10,138 | -48.5% |
| Joe Nash | $30,749 | $10,076 | -67.2% |
| Starwalker Farms | $14,128 | $9,572 | -32.2% |
| Cache Henry Moyles | $17,771 | $9,213 | -48.2% |
| Steve Lutz | $6,856 | $9,142 | 33.3% |
| Lane Murray | $6,300 | $8,971 | 42.4% |
| Nicholas D. Scott | $19,771 | $8,958 | -54.7% |
| Brooke Ashly Boyes | $3,990 | $8,873 | 122.4% |
| Thomas D. Frey | $16,284 | $8,746 | -46.3% |
| Jim Lovitt | $14,890 | $8,710 | -41.5% |
| Leonard Gorden | $28,796 | $8,697 | -69.8% |
| Don Crawford | $5,018 | $8,568 | 70.7% |
| Ben Duval Farms, Inc. | $12,508 | $7,569 | -39.5% |
| Aaron & Seth Matthews Partnership | $17,351 | $7,312 | -57.9% |
| Dalton B. Cash | $6,004 | $6,955 | 15.8% |
| Don Meamber | $19,301 | $6,757 | -65% |
| Mark Peacemaker | $16,211 | $6,708 | -58.6% |
| Kenneth K. Joling | $29,790 | $6,625 | -77.8% |
| Frederick Kraus | $11,044 | $6,438 | -41.7% |
| Boling Family Property Partnership | $12,300 | $6,395 | -48% |
| Martin Bridwell | $17,886 | $6,362 | -64.4% |
| Carolyn Houghton | $13,789 | $6,361 | -53.9% |
| Larry Harrington | $10,077 | $6,295 | -37.5% |
| Tim Johnson | $17,389 | $6,278 | -63.9% |
| Dennis Fitzgerald | $9,891 | $6,193 | -37.4% |
| Michol Jervan | $7,540 | $6,189 | -17.9% |
| David B. Johnson | $15,435 | $6,130 | -60.3% |
| Donald T. McNames | $13,959 | $5,723 | -59% |
| Steve Lorenzini | $9,068 | $5,714 | -37% |
| Eric Black | $0 | $5,710 | -- |
| Roy Cash | $11,446 | $5,529 | -51.7% |
| Roy Cash | $11,446 | $5,529 | -51.7% |
| Keith Mayes | $4,130 | $5,506 | 33.3% |
| Jerry Lequieu | $7,261 | $5,423 | -25.3% |
| Kevin D. Wright | $7,261 | $5,423 | -25.3% |
| James R. Brooks | $0 | $5,356 | -- |
| Jim Scalise | $0 | $5,353 | -- |
| Fisher Family Ranch | $26,561 | $5,176 | -80.5% |
| Bob Johnson | $0 | $5,175 | -- |
| Bob Johnson | $0 | $5,175 | -- |
| G. H. Ranch | $12,532 | $5,073 | -59.5% |
| Matt Parsons | $35,478 | $5,001 | -85.9% |
| Judith Meglasson | $5,093 | $4,974 | -2.3% |
| Frank F. Diaz | $4,145 | $4,958 | 19.6% |
| Jack Williamson | $0 | $4,937 | -- |
| Timothy W. Nielsen | $11,715 | $4,863 | -58.5% |
| Michael C. Lee | $0 | $4,860 | -- |
| Frank G. Prosser | $8,100 | $4,758 | -41.3% |
| Gabriel Bridwell | $18,745 | $4,718 | -74.8% |
| Lawrence Roy Loch Jones Revocable Living Trust | $0 | $4,668 | -- |
| Nicholas D. MacKen | $18,557 | $4,652 | -74.9% |
| Gerald Giacomelli Jr. | $9,745 | $4,529 | -53.5% |
| Rodney Baley | $151,375 | $4,524 | -97% |
| Kathleen S. Jones | $11,567 | $4,478 | -61.3% |
| Antone Lemos | $11,913 | $4,466 | -62.5% |
| Jamie Marianne Essex | $8,636 | $4,460 | -48.4% |
| Michael Peters | $8,347 | $4,410 | -47.2% |
| Eric Peters | $8,314 | $4,384 | -47.3% |
| Matt Menne | $8,208 | $4,305 | -47.6% |
| Rosie Scott | $0 | $4,259 | -- |
| Harold Tozier B. Ranch | $10,050 | $4,246 | -57.8% |
| Mclane Family Farms, LLC | $8,951 | $4,178 | -53.3% |
| Richard York | $3,965 | $3,965 | 0% |
| Paulette Adams | $2,913 | $3,932 | 35% |
| Wayne T. Criss | $8,963 | $3,905 | -56.4% |
| Scott W. Dutcher | $9,922 | $3,860 | -61.1% |
| Brent Cowley | $14,380 | $3,829 | -73.4% |
| Rick Lemos | $9,564 | $3,698 | -61.3% |
| Charles D. Martin | $15,286 | $3,664 | -76% |
| Tawanda Farms | $4,074 | $3,637 | -10.7% |
| Chase M. Crechriou | $3,923 | $3,570 | -9% |
| John McKnight | $0 | $3,413 | -- |
| Jacob D. Walden | $1,203 | $3,327 | 176.6% |
| Donna Smith | $1,616 | $3,246 | 100.9% |
| Cardoza Ranch | $0 | $3,220 | -- |
| Mike Mayes | $2,400 | $3,200 | 33.3% |
| Vera Rae Clement | $0 | $3,124 | -- |
| Jeffrey N. Fowle | $14,164 | $3,048 | -78.5% |
| Wyatt Finley Ag | $9,748 | $2,910 | -70.1% |
| Samuel E. Jackson | $13,833 | $2,886 | -79.1% |
| Bobby R. Daws | $5,489 | $2,802 | -49% |
| Joseph, Corp. | $7,395 | $2,767 | -62.6% |
| Robin Cooley | $0 | $2,678 | -- |
| David S Dillabo | $0 | $2,640 | -- |
| Terry L. Woodhouse | $3,915 | $2,598 | -33.6% |
| Robert Brian Cross | $3,972 | $2,581 | -35% |
| Ryck Ryckman | $1,123 | $2,569 | 128.8% |
| Trestin P Kimbrell | $3,671 | $2,551 | -30.5% |
| Barbara Wiggers | $3,982 | $2,382 | -40.2% |
| Kathy Fitzgerald | $14,311 | $2,346 | -83.6% |
| Frank M. Johnson | $11,066 | $2,327 | -79% |
| Kim Ritola | $0 | $2,316 | -- |
| Bettylou Ryckman | $1,899 | $2,314 | 21.9% |
| Michael P Killeen Trust | $0 | $2,285 | -- |
| Manfred C. Lutz | $2,716 | $2,229 | -17.9% |
| Jeannean Hayes | $0 | $2,153 | -- |
| Nadine Rideout | $1,822 | $2,144 | 17.7% |
| Wayde R. Harrison | $4,983 | $2,121 | -57.4% |
| Marble Peaks Ranch, LLC | $0 | $2,093 | -- |
| Stephen Edel | $6,851 | $2,055 | -70% |
| Leanne Brown | $0 | $2,049 | -- |
| Roy E. Wright | $6,883 | $1,989 | -71.1% |
| Samuel J. Hopkins | $0 | $1,960 | -- |
| Amy Elizabeth Louie | $5,003 | $1,937 | -61.3% |
| Conner A. Bridwell | $8,514 | $1,918 | -77.5% |
| Michael Stapleton | $1,680 | $1,848 | 10% |
| Scott Matthew Verley | $4,430 | $1,835 | -58.6% |
| Merlin Fouts | $4,098 | $1,811 | -55.8% |
| Dennis J. Chambers | $1,462 | $1,720 | 17.6% |
| Solus Ranch, LLC | $0 | $1,676 | -- |
| Nicholas Kyle Baley | $39,717 | $1,635 | -95.9% |
| Ron Scholer | $0 | $1,631 | -- |
| William Tanner Burrell | $2,273 | $1,466 | -35.5% |
| Scott Thackeray | $0 | $1,373 | -- |
| Gregory Scott Williams | $0 | $1,358 | -- |
| Christopher R. Whitehead | $529 | $1,350 | 155.2% |
| Scott Kimball Enterprises, LLC | $0 | $1,325 | -- |
| The Mains Family Trust | $0 | $1,293 | -- |
| Rafael Hernandez | $240,425 | $1,175 | -99.5% |
| Sara Bray | $0 | $1,140 | -- |
| Larry Swenson | $1,455 | $1,136 | -21.9% |
| O and D Schroeder Residual Trust Created UTD 0129 | $3,020 | $1,088 | -64% |
| Nicole Koon | $803 | $1,076 | 34% |
| Vivien Hastert | $5,125 | $1,047 | -79.6% |
| Lila W. Heiney | $2,233 | $1,039 | -53.5% |
| Scott Patrick Murphy | $0 | $1,032 | -- |
| Paul Hamilton | $4,458 | $1,026 | -77% |
| Rebecca Schenone-Chase | $11,047 | $982 | -91.1% |
| Claire Anstead | $3,253 | $964 | -70.4% |
| Dennis Brooks | $2,047 | $863 | -57.8% |
| Larry Pereira | $2,816 | $852 | -69.7% |
| The 2020 Basil A. Newton Jr. Revocable Trust | $4,180 | $849 | -79.7% |
| Benjamin C. Corley | $3,025 | $820 | -72.9% |
| Dillon Daniel Chase | $1,445 | $809 | -44% |
| Chela Currie | $3,496 | $773 | -77.9% |
| Robert Martin | $3,025 | $744 | -75.4% |
| Leo Bergeron | $0 | $707 | -- |
| Kristina B. Camozzi | $10,028 | $697 | -93% |
| Laura M. Wright | $1,022 | $695 | -32% |
| George M. Chambers Jr. | $2,769 | $671 | -75.8% |
| Mike Luiz | $3,702 | $671 | -81.9% |
| Greta Hockaday | $154 | $653 | 324% |
| Richann Flynn | $879 | $615 | -30% |
| William Micke | $5,769 | $610 | -89.4% |
| Amy Hurlimann | $456 | $608 | 33.3% |
| Mark Hurlimann | $456 | $608 | 33.3% |
| Mark C. Klever | $5,126 | $572 | -88.8% |
| Barbara I. Hull | $2,792 | $568 | -79.7% |
| Glenn Lachenmyer | $1,031 | $538 | -47.8% |
| Adriana E. Scala | $1,870 | $506 | -72.9% |
| Wendy Woodland-Carr | $981 | $484 | -50.7% |
| Clinton J. Isbell | $1,668 | $458 | -72.5% |
| David L. Grassman | $1,023 | $440 | -57% |
| Taylor J. Boyd | $1,892 | $377 | -80.1% |
| David A. Payne | $342 | $342 | 0% |
| Alyssa Cristine Burrone | $935 | $308 | -67.1% |
| Tyler Burrone | $814 | $266 | -67.3% |
| Steven Embury | $0 | $247 | -- |
| Debbie Struble | $0 | $188 | -- |
| Daniel Arnold Flanagan Jr. | $671 | $172 | -74.4% |
| John Medeiros Jr. | $879 | $166 | -81.1% |
| Karra Ann Warf | $1,093 | $166 | -84.8% |
| Randall Duval | $196 | $151 | -23% |
| Gregory D. Farnam | $0 | $122 | -- |
| Bert G. Holzhauser | $2,437 | $0 | -100% |
| Harold J. Novick | $1,185 | $0 | -100% |
| McKay Ranch | $574 | $0 | -100% |
| Miguel Angel Rodriguez Ayala | $4,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Stateline Farms, Inc. | $500,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Alexis Vertolli Robertson | $6,891 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryan Morris Ranch, LLC | $9,530 | $0 | -100% |
| D and D Black 2nd Family Limited Partnership | $3,607 | $0 | -100% |
| Derek Suetta | $1,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Farmers Ditch Company | $5,785 | $0 | -100% |
| Jessie K. Hammond | $24,014 | $0 | -100% |
| Murphy's Farm Fresh Produce | $990 | $0 | -100% |
| Rockside, Inc. | $3,884 | $0 | -100% |
| California Heritage Farms, LLC | $6,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Dane M. Sousa | $1,567 | $0 | -100% |
| Double BRC Ranch | $2,944 | $0 | -100% |
| Elizabeth Giacomelli | $814 | $0 | -100% |
| Peters Ranch | $1,346 | $0 | -100% |
| Glen Rizzardo | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| James C. Scott | $6,993 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradshaw Calvin | $42,374 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeanette Marie Lemos | $123,448 | $0 | -100% |
| James Vercellotti | $666 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael W. Orahood | $43,825 | $0 | -100% |
| Tara Ann Porterfield | $185 | $0 | -100% |
| Adam McWilliams | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann A. Robinson | $1,733 | $0 | -100% |
| Annaliza Kelly Seagal | $447 | $0 | -100% |
| Clyde Vermilyea | $852 | $0 | -100% |
| Dan Freitas | $4,895 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrin W. Mercier | $4,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Scott | $371 | $0 | -100% |
| George Steen | $1,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Golden Coast Ranch, Inc. | $10,486 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack I. Cowley | $3,162 | $0 | -100% |
| Irene Ellison | $1,616 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark York | $1,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Star Iris Coonrod | $53 | $0 | -100% |
| Wayne Burch | $1,595 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Harrison | $5,665 | $0 | -100% |
| Kamlpreet Samran | $9,236 | $0 | -100% |
| Karndeep Samran | $41,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Paras Agriculture, Inc. | $56,637 | $0 | -100% |
| Antoinette Herman | $6,554 | $0 | -100% |
| Cal-Ore Produce, Inc. | $592 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Simon | $1,059 | $0 | -100% |
| Lydia Jean Gil | $301 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. Lee | $8,201 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Moore | $9,412 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Peterson | $994 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Woodhouse | $77,158 | $0 | -100% |
| Theresa Wright | $329 | $0 | -100% |
| William Berg | $1,793 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron Henrichs | $2,271 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin E. Morck | $528 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol A. Leyh | $1,527 | $0 | -100% |
| Steve Declerck | $200,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $13,899,767 | $5,501,453 | -60.4% |
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