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In 2021, 56 farmers in cities within Ketchikan Gateway Borough received a total of $1.1 million in 60 farm subsidies, a 32% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $1.7 million in 51 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.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association | $0 | $250,000 | -- |
| Nik a Nebl | $0 | $132,135 | -- |
| Bradley Stuart Haynes | $0 | $115,919 | -- |
| Danny J. Haynes | $0 | $81,890 | -- |
| John Peckham, Inc. | $0 | $78,066 | -- |
| Noboru Ross Nagamine | $0 | $76,623 | -- |
| Wayne Disarro | $0 | $34,486 | -- |
| Paul Christian Axelson | $0 | $21,164 | -- |
| David W. Pope | $0 | $19,582 | -- |
| Joseph M. Roth | $0 | $19,496 | -- |
| Marble Seafoods, LLC | $0 | $17,002 | -- |
| Robert Odmark | $0 | $15,206 | -- |
| Jeffrey Whicker | $0 | $14,904 | -- |
| Clark Adrian Slanaker | $0 | $14,822 | -- |
| Christian Vaughan | $0 | $14,181 | -- |
| Tory C. Shier | $0 | $13,194 | -- |
| Alan Sigurd Dale | $0 | $12,837 | -- |
| Seaside Trust | $17,128 | $12,731 | -25.7% |
| Dale Stanley | $0 | $12,259 | -- |
| Perry Leonard Leach | $0 | $11,979 | -- |
| Ronald Craig Thomas | $0 | $11,940 | -- |
| Rick Hiroshi Serikaku | $0 | $11,083 | -- |
| Michael Edward Dentler | $0 | $10,963 | -- |
| Carl S. Hernandez | $0 | $8,877 | -- |
| John J Eastabrook JR | $0 | $8,017 | -- |
| Eric Riemer | $0 | $7,797 | -- |
| David G. Klein | $0 | $7,556 | -- |
| Laith Barnhill | $0 | $7,426 | -- |
| David Bray | $0 | $6,430 | -- |
| William Miller | $0 | $6,257 | -- |
| Steven Kent Franklin | $0 | $5,633 | -- |
| Alpine Angus | $0 | $5,367 | -- |
| Tristan W Hayward-Winter | $0 | $5,342 | -- |
| Frank Kyle | $0 | $4,815 | -- |
| Wesley E. Slattery | $0 | $4,636 | -- |
| Norman J. Alsup | $0 | $4,243 | -- |
| Lance J. Miethe | $0 | $4,049 | -- |
| Lance R Pihlman | $0 | $4,000 | -- |
| Bruce Hattrick | $0 | $3,906 | -- |
| William J. Grevstad | $0 | $3,868 | -- |
| Charles A. Russell Jr. | $0 | $3,840 | -- |
| Peter Moore | $0 | $3,728 | -- |
| Tom Jones | $0 | $3,444 | -- |
| Roy Zard Kyle | $0 | $3,278 | -- |
| John R. Engle | $0 | $3,252 | -- |
| Janet M. Engle | $0 | $2,683 | -- |
| David Ernest Hays | $0 | $2,311 | -- |
| Robert J. Bateman | $0 | $1,954 | -- |
| Brian F. Warmuth | $0 | $1,603 | -- |
| Jesse J. Widmyer | $0 | $1,044 | -- |
| Oliver D. Johnson | $0 | $1,041 | -- |
| Gerald Jay Creasy | $0 | $907 | -- |
| Barbara Bigelow | $1,451 | $781 | -46.2% |
| Leroy J. Roth | $0 | $319 | -- |
| Rachel Williams | $0 | $107 | -- |
| Oysters, LLC | $0 | $68 | -- |
| Autumn Records | $11,497 | $0 | -100% |
| Avery W. Winter | $9,983 | $0 | -100% |
| Blake J. Bousley | $7,228 | $0 | -100% |
| BMG, Inc. | $74,511 | $0 | -100% |
| Brian Zwick | $23,242 | $0 | -100% |
| Castle Fisheries, Inc. | $195,689 | $0 | -100% |
| Clay E Bezenek | $16,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Clifford G. Hudson | $46,939 | $0 | -100% |
| Cold Stream, LLC | $82,265 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel A. Majors Jr. | $66,723 | $0 | -100% |
| David A. Klepser | $38,425 | $0 | -100% |
| David Hashagen | $12,563 | $0 | -100% |
| David R. White | $9,359 | $0 | -100% |
| Endurance Fishing, LLC | $12,757 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric Stuart Bezenek | $21,020 | $0 | -100% |
| FV Bella Ann, LLC | $78,291 | $0 | -100% |
| James Finch | $20,414 | $0 | -100% |
| James G. Benson | $783 | $0 | -100% |
| James W. Castle | $89,416 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamison P. Ramsey | $18,642 | $0 | -100% |
| John Malouf | $9,379 | $0 | -100% |
| John W. Bean | $2,085 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Barton Eichner | $202,493 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Mikkelsen | $9,383 | $0 | -100% |
| Martin Peter Svenson | $24,431 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew E. Lorig | $10,790 | $0 | -100% |
| Meridian Fishing, LLC | $14,757 | $0 | -100% |
| Misty Fjord Seafood, Inc. | $170,547 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas E. Martin | $15,928 | $0 | -100% |
| Norman W. Miller | $2,062 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall F Dobrydnia | $43,366 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald R. Henry | $88,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Rudy Franulovich | $11,358 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell L. Cockrum | $111,477 | $0 | -100% |
| Schrepel Family Trust | $6,598 | $0 | -100% |
| Tom Carruth | $7,640 | $0 | -100% |
| Wendi Jo Stickwan | $1,235 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilfred E Schrepel Irrevocable Trust | $4,673 | $0 | -100% |
| William D. Bousley Jr. | $14,631 | $0 | -100% |
| William F. Auger | $7,187 | $0 | -100% |
| Zamboni Fisheries, LLC | $49,592 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $1,662,254 | $1,131,041 | -32% |
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