Farms throughout cities in Humboldt County received $4.8 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.
In 2021, 155 farmers in cities within Humboldt County received a total of $5.4 million in 322 farm subsidies, a 47% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $10.3 million in 540 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 Humboldt County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninety-Six Ranch, LLC | $258,527 | $232,795 | -10% |
| Golconda Butte Farms, Inc. | $389,077 | $227,699 | -41.5% |
| T Quarter Circle Ranch | $285,723 | $227,492 | -20.4% |
| Lucas Livestock 7HL Ranch, LLC | $0 | $196,302 | — |
| Alder Creek Denio Ranch, LLC | $358,039 | $172,710 | -51.8% |
| GJ Livestock, LLC | $250,839 | $156,270 | -37.7% |
| Flying W | $39,507 | $150,154 | 280.1% |
| Pine Forest Land & STK Company | $308,433 | $140,567 | -54.4% |
| Delong Ranches, Inc. | $386,360 | $137,746 | -64.3% |
| Rebel Creek Ranch, LLC | $195,337 | $134,109 | -31.3% |
| Pete Marvel | $223,255 | $132,103 | -40.8% |
| Crawford Cattle, LLC | $596,093 | $132,091 | -77.8% |
| Kimble Wilkinson Ranch | $162,569 | $127,260 | -21.7% |
| John Bell | $286,306 | $126,768 | -55.7% |
| T Five Ranch, LLC | $213,242 | $106,736 | -49.9% |
| Flat Creek Ranch General Partners | $192,956 | $99,147 | -48.6% |
| Bar X Ranch | $152,889 | $89,203 | -41.7% |
| Levi V. Piquet | $157,246 | $86,865 | -44.8% |
| Paiute Meadows Grazing Association, LLC | $0 | $83,870 | — |
| Moser Ranch, LLC | $45,184 | $82,432 | 82.4% |
| High Desert Ranch, LLC | $73,929 | $81,928 | 10.8% |
| Sierra West Livestock, LLC | $0 | $79,346 | — |
| Bartell Ranch, LLC | $121,260 | $78,236 | -35.5% |
| Steven F. Maher | $132,209 | $75,207 | -43.1% |
| Vesco Ranch, LLC | $188,664 | $74,791 | -60.4% |
| Rock Creek Cattle Company, LLC | $114,868 | $72,055 | -37.3% |
| James M. McDonald | $50,897 | $68,825 | 35.2% |
| Henry V Mcerquiaga | $178,589 | $68,259 | -61.8% |
| Wilson Ranch, Inc. | $159,819 | $67,706 | -57.6% |
| Hs Ranch | $102,166 | $64,803 | -36.6% |
| Dufurrena Brothers Cattle Company | $112,930 | $62,031 | -45.1% |
| Pete Ferraro | $121,896 | $59,694 | -51% |
| Frank Bengoa | $122,733 | $59,295 | -51.7% |
| Will & Katie Delong Family Trust | $114,376 | $57,142 | -50% |
| Daniel Gordon | $112,497 | $56,204 | -50% |
| Evan James Thompson | $73,670 | $56,020 | -24% |
| Leon & Mary Frey | $92,618 | $53,128 | -42.6% |
| Humboldt Ranches, Inc. | $95,273 | $51,935 | -45.5% |
| John Ugalde | $102,464 | $48,880 | -52.3% |
| Melvin L. Hummel | $84,677 | $48,038 | -43.3% |
| Ken Smith | $25,355 | $46,736 | 84.3% |
| Marvel Land and Livestock, LLC | $77,465 | $44,480 | -42.6% |
| Seven Dot Cattle Company, LLC | $49,628 | $43,064 | -13.2% |
| Marvin Casey | $46,158 | $42,387 | -8.2% |
| Ty Henricks | $61,476 | $39,886 | -35.1% |
| Kenneth Buckingham | $225,235 | $39,157 | -82.6% |
| MC Clintick Farms, Inc. | $52,738 | $38,758 | -26.5% |
| TK Brinkerhoff Farm | $55,590 | $38,266 | -31.2% |
| Brumley Farms | $30,676 | $36,822 | 20% |
| Kyla Michelle Prunty Rianda | $65,393 | $36,415 | -44.3% |
| Demas Family Farms, LLC | $35,260 | $34,540 | -2% |
| Keystone Ranch, Inc. | $67,472 | $34,305 | -49.2% |
| Roger N. Johnson | $19,658 | $34,197 | 74% |
| Juan Lopez | $19,066 | $34,010 | 78.4% |
| Villalobos Farms | $38,345 | $33,563 | -12.5% |
| Guy A. Tipton | $5,936 | $32,997 | 455.9% |
| Dufurrena Sheep Company | $144,915 | $30,637 | -78.9% |
| Forrest & Lilla Bell Family Trust | $77,379 | $30,233 | -60.9% |
| BS Farms, LLC | $47,450 | $29,325 | -38.2% |
| Foster Ranch Limited Partnership | $423,558 | $26,837 | -93.7% |
| Bottle Creek Ranch Company, Inc. | $25,971 | $22,736 | -12.5% |
| Van Der Hoek & Sons, LLC | $31,652 | $22,595 | -28.6% |
| Bob Hoenck | $19,743 | $20,480 | 3.7% |
| Bryce Brumley | $20,598 | $19,794 | -3.9% |
| Denis Brinkerhoff | $30,420 | $19,462 | -36% |
| Jacob P. Dempsey | $39,841 | $17,508 | -56.1% |
| JDM Services, Inc. | $21,604 | $16,790 | -22.3% |
| Betes Farms, Inc. | $14,502 | $14,748 | 1.7% |
| Brian Crutcher | $16,901 | $14,261 | -15.6% |
| SMB Farms, Inc. | $14,304 | $14,091 | -1.5% |
| Johnson Livestock Incorporated | $18,212 | $13,139 | -27.9% |
| Rookstool Farms | $14,646 | $12,261 | -16.3% |
| Stuart M. Avery | $61,304 | $12,226 | -80.1% |
| Henry King | $5,412 | $12,094 | 123.5% |
| Ty V. Albisu | $21,217 | $11,643 | -45.1% |
| Ropin Steers, LLC | $57,662 | $11,550 | -80% |
| Inger M. Casey | $0 | $11,550 | — |
| Helen L. Snapp | $7,019 | $11,373 | 62% |
| Disaster Farms, Inc. | $11,107 | $10,991 | -1% |
| Rafter RN, Corp. | $12,577 | $10,668 | -15.2% |
| Julie Wilson Key | $10,944 | $10,618 | -3% |
| Teakettle Cattle Company, LLC | $0 | $10,584 | — |
| Delora Snapp | $7,460 | $10,215 | 36.9% |
| Lorraine S. Dyer | $14,207 | $9,838 | -30.8% |
| Todd Weagant | $24,850 | $9,749 | -60.8% |
| Robert Brewer | $8,767 | $9,680 | 10.4% |
| Green Goat Restoration, LLC | $11,630 | $9,564 | -17.8% |
| David K. Buckingham | $37,983 | $9,120 | -76% |
| Jim Key | $6,759 | $9,012 | 33.3% |
| Grace Mcerquiaga | $0 | $8,756 | — |
| Stacy Miller | $11,451 | $8,557 | -25.3% |
| Will L. Frey | $10,663 | $8,520 | -20.1% |
| Giovanni Giordano | $7,716 | $8,080 | 4.7% |
| Josh Cassinelli | $17,240 | $7,523 | -56.4% |
| Ferraro Cattle Company | $32,039 | $7,521 | -76.5% |
| Robert J. Amato | $6,713 | $7,459 | 11.1% |
| Joe C. Marvel | $7,451 | $7,322 | -1.7% |
| C Tebeau Piquet & Levi Piquet Ranch | $0 | $7,126 | — |
| David Hinkey | $7,552 | $6,108 | -19.1% |
| Cleto Muguira | $29,840 | $5,812 | -80.5% |
| Clint E. Amato | $5,208 | $5,797 | 11.3% |
| Arlo Crutcher | $6,884 | $5,672 | -17.6% |
| Michael McNinch | $11,803 | $5,186 | -56.1% |
| Casey R. Amato | $4,585 | $5,095 | 11.1% |
| Charlotte Muguira | $0 | $4,723 | — |
| Donald D. Hinkey | $0 | $4,624 | — |
| Earl Northrup | $6,524 | $4,353 | -33.3% |
| Robert Dennis Brown | $23,518 | $4,346 | -81.5% |
| Jeremy D. Allen | $3,884 | $4,317 | 11.1% |
| Rodney Snapp | $6,194 | $4,097 | -33.9% |
| Bobby Joe Snapp | $6,194 | $4,089 | -34% |
| Peter C. Cassinelli | $13,564 | $4,013 | -70.4% |
| Jerry Harper | $22,281 | $3,901 | -82.5% |
| Victor R. Ugalde | $17,556 | $3,612 | -79.4% |
| Cauy W Crutcher | $3,508 | $3,268 | -6.8% |
| Samuel Harper | $16,382 | $2,892 | -82.3% |
| Lucas Livestock Sandhill Feedlot, LLC | $0 | $2,830 | — |
| Elwood Hinkey | $4,156 | $2,738 | -34.1% |
| Dan Cassinelli | $2,860 | $2,308 | -19.3% |
| John Peter | $5,008 | $2,259 | -54.9% |
| Barbara Fillis Takacs | $1,908 | $2,207 | 15.7% |
| Justin M. Ely | $10,065 | $2,194 | -78.2% |
| Trevor Baker | $7,564 | $2,165 | -71.4% |
| Tim Chabot | $10,499 | $2,090 | -80.1% |
| Christy Yetter | $2,543 | $1,768 | -30.5% |
| David M Schirrick | $295 | $1,768 | 499.3% |
| Barbara C. Pascoe | $4,400 | $1,722 | -60.9% |
| Jason Vankuiken | $0 | $1,631 | — |
| Keegan Crutcher | $3,209 | $1,626 | -49.3% |
| The Eddie & Gloria Venturacci Family Trust | $0 | $1,508 | — |
| Ashley Buckingham | $6,930 | $1,496 | -78.4% |
| Guy Coffman | $6,894 | $1,451 | -79% |
| Cody Ty Henricks | $6,854 | $1,336 | -80.5% |
| Dan Bell | $5,170 | $1,138 | -78% |
| Jacob D. Powers | $5,775 | $1,124 | -80.5% |
| Katie T. Nuffer | $3,327 | $1,087 | -67.3% |
| Thomas J. Voges | $8,646 | $1,036 | -88% |
| Kim D. Petersen | $0 | $975 | — |
| Matthew P. Mori | $1,078 | $925 | -14.2% |
| Robert R. Dexter | $1,502 | $802 | -46.6% |
| Samantha Kay Clark | $2,428 | $790 | -67.5% |
| Robert S. Byrd | $3,152 | $771 | -75.5% |
| Mary M Garijo | $758 | $758 | 0% |
| Ray D. Hardy | $2,778 | $718 | -74.2% |
| Jan Lee Forney-Harrington | $1,577 | $690 | -56.2% |
| Tucker Gene Dunbar | $0 | $666 | — |
| Jackie Begay | $1,271 | $439 | -65.5% |
| Richard Braun | $1,584 | $360 | -77.3% |
| James Cole Estill | $1,830 | $315 | -82.8% |
| Makenzie Voges | $3,092 | $218 | -92.9% |
| Darryl Alan Crutcher | $3,317 | $192 | -94.2% |
| Thomas K. Voges | $1,285 | $170 | -86.8% |
| Blaine Dave | $363 | $131 | -63.9% |
| Myron Smart | $231 | $49 | -78.8% |
| Kenni L Brock | $717 | $46 | -93.6% |
| U C Cattle Company, LLC | $193,733 | $0 | -100% |
| Grace Mcerquiaga | $68,879 | $0 | -100% |
| Home Ranch, LLC | $304,688 | $0 | -100% |
| Hayley C. Hall | $5,275 | $0 | -100% |
| Heath Hall | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Heather Hall | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Will N. Hall | $16,390 | $0 | -100% |
| Cody W. Barkdull | $6,384 | $0 | -100% |
| Edwin G. Close | $339 | $0 | -100% |
| Ella Bidaurreta | $617 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency | $570 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $9,332 | $0 | -100% |
| He Sheep Company | $21,918 | $0 | -100% |
| Jake R. Logan | $29,735 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim A. Stauffer | $237 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph W Aquiso | $10,508 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin Samuel Johnson | $1,205 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth O Miller Disclaimer Trust | $3,667 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucas Livestock 7HL Ranch, LLC | $137,113 | $0 | -100% |
| Lucas Livestock Sandhill Feedlot | $56,339 | $0 | -100% |
| Luke H. Logan | $4,323 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicole Pearson | $152 | $0 | -100% |
| Paiute Meadows Grazing Associatio | $169,302 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia L. Cannon | $4,195 | $0 | -100% |
| The Eddie & Gloria Venturacci Fam | $7,172 | $0 | -100% |
| The Tebeau and Gail Piquet Family | $305 | $0 | -100% |
| Victory Sheep, LLC | $17,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $10,267,411 | $5,440,063 | -47% |
