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In 2021, 198 farmers in cities within Matanuska-Susitna Borough received a total of $6.2 million in 244 farm subsidies, a 0.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $6.2 million in 275 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Alaska | $4,060,619 | $3,226,169 | -20.5% |
| Christopher Michael Piatt | $0 | $250,000 | -- |
| Raymond Leslie Koso Jr. | $0 | $250,000 | -- |
| Ryelan Long | $0 | $238,063 | -- |
| Pedersen Fisheries, LLC | $0 | $203,994 | -- |
| Pyramid Peak, LLC | $0 | $123,054 | -- |
| Rocky Ertzberger | $0 | $110,480 | -- |
| Morgan Williams | $0 | $60,846 | -- |
| Bob a Havemeister | $59,823 | $54,802 | -8.4% |
| Bruce Alen Privett | $0 | $50,648 | -- |
| Dereu-Bue Properties, LLC | $39,810 | $50,153 | 26% |
| Four Gills, LLC | $0 | $48,160 | -- |
| Seth G. Densmore | $0 | $47,007 | -- |
| Justin Michael Pleier | $0 | $42,797 | -- |
| Pioneer Peak Farm | $3,845 | $38,953 | 913.1% |
| Duane S. Carpenter | $0 | $35,530 | -- |
| John P. Oconnor | $0 | $35,222 | -- |
| Auberin Strickland | $0 | $34,682 | -- |
| Andrew Stepanoff Jr. | $0 | $33,828 | -- |
| Northern Flowers, LLC | $4,115 | $32,664 | 693.8% |
| Stickin' Together Fisheries, LLC | $0 | $32,573 | -- |
| Anatoly N. Martushev | $0 | $32,266 | -- |
| Hans C. Nicholson | $0 | $32,077 | -- |
| Anastacio Ovchinnikov | $0 | $29,440 | -- |
| Luke W Ludvick | $0 | $28,540 | -- |
| Thomas Van Diest | $0 | $27,437 | -- |
| Mark A. Niver | $0 | $27,404 | -- |
| Daniel Nolan | $0 | $26,866 | -- |
| Fishwrecked, LLC | $0 | $25,235 | -- |
| OJR Fisheries, LLC | $0 | $24,860 | -- |
| Vladimir Polushkin | $0 | $24,842 | -- |
| Jasen Larsgaard | $0 | $24,049 | -- |
| F/V Delta, LLC | $0 | $24,009 | -- |
| Efim Ivanov | $0 | $23,589 | -- |
| Markian V. Polushkin | $0 | $23,003 | -- |
| Miron Kuzmin | $0 | $22,937 | -- |
| Dio Reutov | $0 | $22,560 | -- |
| Flauvian Reutov | $0 | $22,296 | -- |
| Loren Karl Kroon | $0 | $22,097 | -- |
| William S. Christensen | $0 | $22,044 | -- |
| Randall Sandvik | $0 | $21,495 | -- |
| Grigory Kasachev | $0 | $20,523 | -- |
| Hunter Hongslo | $0 | $20,322 | -- |
| Simeoa Kusnetsov | $0 | $19,435 | -- |
| Ivan Kasachev | $0 | $17,266 | -- |
| Kondra Kuzmin | $0 | $17,264 | -- |
| Alexander N. Reutov | $0 | $15,454 | -- |
| Steven M. Becker | $0 | $15,309 | -- |
| Donald T. Mack | $0 | $13,742 | -- |
| Lawrence a Calugan JR | $0 | $13,688 | -- |
| Aaden E Aaberg | $0 | $13,681 | -- |
| David W. Pedersen | $0 | $13,433 | -- |
| Maio a Nishkian | $0 | $13,096 | -- |
| Pennie Parsons Muth | $13,073 | $12,357 | -5.5% |
| Dennis I Martishev | $0 | $12,176 | -- |
| Joshua Fortune | $0 | $11,968 | -- |
| Rodney Priebe | $11,778 | $11,778 | 0% |
| Alfonso W. Palma Jr. | $0 | $11,546 | -- |
| Daniel Johansen III | $0 | $11,109 | -- |
| Alexandr Silver | $0 | $10,907 | -- |
| Karissa G. Zimin | $0 | $10,638 | -- |
| Michael C Polushkin | $0 | $10,532 | -- |
| Troy-Troy & Brenda Shelden Living Trust D Shelden | $0 | $10,107 | -- |
| Timothy S. Capo | $0 | $10,079 | -- |
| Renetta Gafford | $0 | $10,010 | -- |
| Frank S. Noska IV | $10,169 | $9,979 | -1.9% |
| Ernest J. Emmi | $9,802 | $9,730 | -0.7% |
| Kevin Hall | $9,161 | $9,161 | 0% |
| Robert Scott Bottoms | $0 | $9,057 | -- |
| Bradley Larsen | $0 | $8,997 | -- |
| Carter Moore Westlund | $0 | $8,753 | -- |
| Harvey Fishing, LLC | $0 | $8,268 | -- |
| Rhett D. Buchanan | $0 | $8,206 | -- |
| RDM Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $8,057 | -- |
| Phillip Meyer | $9,515 | $7,798 | -18% |
| Shawna Buchanan | $0 | $7,399 | -- |
| Wayne J. Brost | $6,641 | $7,147 | 7.6% |
| Benjamin Ahrens | $5,549 | $7,054 | 27.1% |
| Sarah M. Bean | $18,221 | $7,007 | -61.5% |
| Travis Lee | $0 | $6,750 | -- |
| Marc Nanalook | $0 | $6,519 | -- |
| Lawn Technician of Alaska | $55,931 | $6,400 | -88.6% |
| Vanderweele Farms, LLC | $5,354 | $6,400 | 19.5% |
| Avtonom Kusnetsov | $14,479 | $6,250 | -56.8% |
| Alexandre M. Reutov | $0 | $6,156 | -- |
| Timothy Hay Farm | $5,354 | $6,090 | 13.7% |
| Mihei P Reutov | $0 | $6,029 | -- |
| Randall L. Johnson | $0 | $5,943 | -- |
| Larry C. Walters | $4,828 | $5,808 | 20.3% |
| Gail A. Aspelund | $0 | $5,716 | -- |
| Jeremy Dane Coghill | $0 | $5,251 | -- |
| Jeremy Dane Coghill | $0 | $5,251 | -- |
| Travis L. Bunker | $0 | $5,094 | -- |
| Steven R. Sjodin | $5,006 | $5,006 | 0% |
| Sloan R. Sunderland | $5,917 | $4,902 | -17.2% |
| Daniel R. Thistle | $0 | $4,708 | -- |
| Stephen Speck | $0 | $4,644 | -- |
| Mark Oathout | $4,218 | $4,539 | 7.6% |
| Keith Stegall | $3,022 | $4,505 | 49.1% |
| James Bowker | $3,633 | $4,473 | 23.1% |
| Tony Barnes | $0 | $4,409 | -- |
| Frederick Hansen | $0 | $4,249 | -- |
| Geoff L. Petersen | $0 | $4,123 | -- |
| Birch Creek Ranch, LLC | $12,134 | $3,994 | -67.1% |
| Gerald Solseng | $3,978 | $3,929 | -1.2% |
| Venedim I. Reutov | $0 | $3,876 | -- |
| Rodney Hoover | $2,400 | $3,875 | 61.5% |
| D. Oliver, Inc. | $0 | $3,860 | -- |
| Leilani Dodson | $2,312 | $3,699 | 60% |
| Paisy Reutov | $0 | $3,567 | -- |
| Thomas H. Hermon | $0 | $3,368 | -- |
| Judith L. Miller | $3,077 | $3,082 | 0.2% |
| Fresh Starts Farms, LLC | $2,630 | $3,037 | 15.5% |
| Richard C. Worrell | $6,654 | $3,001 | -54.9% |
| Jeffery D. Jones | $0 | $2,956 | -- |
| Alaska Wild Harvest, LLC | $2,106 | $2,919 | 38.6% |
| Peter F. Powell | $6,404 | $2,760 | -56.9% |
| Maurice P. Reutov | $0 | $2,733 | -- |
| Coba's Plant Care, LLC | $21,178 | $2,722 | -87.1% |
| Carol F. Symonds | $1,260 | $2,527 | 100.6% |
| Dylan M Berger-Hermes | $1,351 | $2,492 | 84.5% |
| Patti L. Hamilton | $3,101 | $2,452 | -20.9% |
| James Timothy Parker | $588 | $2,401 | 308.3% |
| Pamela M. Mack | $0 | $2,336 | -- |
| Kirk R. Hartley | $0 | $2,280 | -- |
| Mario Lujan | $0 | $2,243 | -- |
| Anita M. Devore | $2,237 | $2,237 | 0% |
| Anne-Corinne Kell | $15,923 | $2,210 | -86.1% |
| Patricia L. Turner | $440 | $2,099 | 377% |
| Christine N. Oconnor | $0 | $1,983 | -- |
| Glen Miles | $1,972 | $1,972 | 0% |
| Jayne Miles | $1,972 | $1,972 | 0% |
| Susan E. Crosby | $1,097 | $1,852 | 68.8% |
| John H. Lamont | $0 | $1,753 | -- |
| Heather D. Jones | $0 | $1,745 | -- |
| Gold Nugget Farms, Inc. | $16,230 | $1,650 | -89.8% |
| Lance Baskin | $1,629 | $1,629 | 0% |
| James Afcan III | $0 | $1,586 | -- |
| Michael A. Denbleyker | $0 | $1,564 | -- |
| Kevin K. Frohling | $1,259 | $1,453 | 15.4% |
| Musk Ox Development, Corp. | $603 | $1,427 | 136.7% |
| Charles F. Scherer Jr. | $3,484 | $1,370 | -60.7% |
| Caryl A. Lane | $2,780 | $1,363 | -51% |
| Glacier Valley Farms, LLC | $1,504 | $1,340 | -10.9% |
| Donna Mae Brown | $1,109 | $1,337 | 20.6% |
| Kashwitna Peonies Farm, LLC | $1,322 | $1,286 | -2.7% |
| Heather Polty | $0 | $1,256 | -- |
| Laura D Bowlan Pioneer Peonies | $0 | $1,165 | -- |
| Patrick Aaron Nolan | $0 | $1,106 | -- |
| Bobby Joe Turrentine | $0 | $1,102 | -- |
| Lisa E. Confer | $0 | $1,101 | -- |
| Kimberly Jean Buckmeier | $0 | $1,101 | -- |
| Glory L. Marden | $1,658 | $1,084 | -34.6% |
| Boyd Gochanour | $1,125 | $938 | -16.6% |
| Kimberly Kathryn Coleman | $923 | $923 | 0% |
| Bee's Knees Produce, Inc. | $0 | $916 | -- |
| Trapper Most | $1,667 | $913 | -45.2% |
| Becky Sawyer | $5,710 | $824 | -85.6% |
| Rolf A. Dagg | $1,128 | $804 | -28.7% |
| Wayne Simmons | $380 | $780 | 105.3% |
| Marc Weber Pratt | $668 | $769 | 15.1% |
| Kimberly S. Hopkins | $0 | $767 | -- |
| Jo Ellen Solmonson | $807 | $681 | -15.6% |
| Allison Barker | $0 | $641 | -- |
| Michelle Vanderweele | $0 | $619 | -- |
| Kathleen Voran Revocable Trust | $1,037 | $573 | -44.7% |
| Dale Duncan | $1,190 | $572 | -51.9% |
| Gary L. Leffler | $1,419 | $568 | -60% |
| Jeff Smeenk | $562 | $526 | -6.4% |
| Alexandria Lacey Byrd | $0 | $503 | -- |
| Kent Hermon | $0 | $479 | -- |
| Herman John Gagnon | $423 | $436 | 3.1% |
| Bryan A. Hoffmann | $180 | $424 | 135.6% |
| Jessica Kiehner | $420 | $391 | -6.9% |
| Norma Bralley | $628 | $358 | -43% |
| Una Mae Kernodle | $540 | $329 | -39.1% |
| Justin Jacobs | $464 | $321 | -30.8% |
| Bruce Hougan | $639 | $312 | -51.2% |
| David and Gail Harman Living Trust | $632 | $310 | -50.9% |
| Janet E. Paterson | $388 | $305 | -21.4% |
| Kelly D. Dellar | $1,335 | $302 | -77.4% |
| Butte Farms, Inc. | $3,438 | $295 | -91.4% |
| Frank W. Scoggin | $414 | $269 | -35% |
| Lisa Behrens | $267 | $267 | 0% |
| Richard Gattis | $914 | $245 | -73.2% |
| Kay Andersen | $472 | $231 | -51.1% |
| Shannon M. Schmelzer | $162 | $206 | 27.2% |
| Bill L. Flanders | $1,426 | $191 | -86.6% |
| Elizabeth Maurin | $161 | $161 | 0% |
| Marion G. Schoenenberger | $0 | $129 | -- |
| Stanley Shoop | $340 | $122 | -64.1% |
| Keven Charles Windel | $317 | $122 | -61.5% |
| Rachel Joy Weaver | $272 | $97 | -64.3% |
| Mavis E. Nelsen | $236 | $90 | -61.9% |
| Scott Schwald | $380 | $80 | -78.9% |
| David R. Newcomb | $39 | $76 | 94.9% |
| Kara Anne Gately | $199 | $68 | -65.8% |
| Stephen E. Gerteisen | $51 | $29 | -43.1% |
| Lee Budde | $74 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy Charles | $6,400 | $0 | -100% |
| Wilford Wade Charles | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin T. Allen | $80,263 | $0 | -100% |
| Brown Dog Farm, LLC | $3,464 | $0 | -100% |
| Bryan Albert | $27,046 | $0 | -100% |
| Caleb Hopkins | $9,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher N. Gerteisen | $28 | $0 | -100% |
| Cullenberg Fisheries, Inc. | $32,102 | $0 | -100% |
| Darrin J. Anderson | $16,061 | $0 | -100% |
| David Adams | $19,963 | $0 | -100% |
| Debra Blaylock | $422 | $0 | -100% |
| Dunedin Strickland | $39,802 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry Moore | $14,344 | $0 | -100% |
| Jennifer Sharrock | $139 | $0 | -100% |
| John Bruce Bush | $20,041 | $0 | -100% |
| John Edwin Johnson | $10,970 | $0 | -100% |
| Joyce Simmons | $738 | $0 | -100% |
| Justin C. Zimin | $3,926 | $0 | -100% |
| Kory N. Glick | $6,589 | $0 | -100% |
| Levi Hopkins | $3,609 | $0 | -100% |
| Lukas Strickland | $34,194 | $0 | -100% |
| Marina D. Reutov | $9,460 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark A. Doner | $3,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark J Mckay Estate | $457 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Stewart | $2,250 | $0 | -100% |
| Merry Doner | $1,043 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Holmberg | $221,049 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard I. Eliason Jr. | $15,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Aspelund | $10,832 | $0 | -100% |
| Serendipity Farms, LLC | $11,315 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd J. Hopkins | $26,983 | $0 | -100% |
| Travis Magnusson | $20,182 | $0 | -100% |
| Vernon Stockwell | $1,442 | $0 | -100% |
| Alaska High Peak Adventures, LLC | $57,109 | $0 | -100% |
| Alexander Anfilofev | $9,979 | $0 | -100% |
| Anthony E Matveev | $14,596 | $0 | -100% |
| Arseny a Konev | $22,576 | $0 | -100% |
| Caleb Michael Mikkelsen | $41,700 | $0 | -100% |
| Cecil L. Ellsworth | $3,153 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Bunker | $16,068 | $0 | -100% |
| Danikt I Konev | $10,837 | $0 | -100% |
| David B. Class | $1,750 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald D. Albright | $12,110 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald John Lawhead III | $21,542 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Lawhead Jr. | $16,795 | $0 | -100% |
| Duane C. Albright Sr. | $7,633 | $0 | -100% |
| Ed Coyle | $73 | $0 | -100% |
| Elisay Kuzmin | $33,029 | $0 | -100% |
| Ephraim Duane Lockuk SR | $11,805 | $0 | -100% |
| Evgeny Konev | $22,685 | $0 | -100% |
| F/V Alpenglow, Ltd. | $153,182 | $0 | -100% |
| George A. Basargin | $11,696 | $0 | -100% |
| Heather Johnson | $235 | $0 | -100% |
| Iona Basargin | $12,626 | $0 | -100% |
| Iona S. Reutov | $12,357 | $0 | -100% |
| Ivan A. Basargin | $12,452 | $0 | -100% |
| Jacob D. Thom | $2,298 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Edward Bakk | $12,769 | $0 | -100% |
| Johnny W. Greenley Sr. | $32,380 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph A. Wright | $3,980 | $0 | -100% |
| Julian O. Reutov | $20,698 | $0 | -100% |
| Keith Robert Boyle | $9,393 | $0 | -100% |
| Kim Grabbe | $1,025 | $0 | -100% |
| Kiril Reutov | $21,336 | $0 | -100% |
| Laura D. Bowlan | $2,607 | $0 | -100% |
| Lazary A. Kuzmin | $28,538 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Budde | $74 | $0 | -100% |
| Levi Rollman | $18,022 | $0 | -100% |
| Luki Akelkok III | $12,240 | $0 | -100% |
| Marion G. Sands | $309 | $0 | -100% |
| Melvin Alex Brown | $5,125 | $0 | -100% |
| Mihail Basargin | $17,772 | $0 | -100% |
| Mihey Basargin | $12,398 | $0 | -100% |
| Natalie Ann Rohlfs | $4,173 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan William Cook | $16,111 | $0 | -100% |
| Neil A. Reutov | $18,642 | $0 | -100% |
| Nina A. Furman | $8,729 | $0 | -100% |
| Oscar R. Haynes III | $2,938 | $0 | -100% |
| Platon A. Basargin | $13,825 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond C. Willard | $16,874 | $0 | -100% |
| Renea McAllister | $5,141 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Stadem | $8,041 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen J. Furman | $11,226 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven E. Haney | $38,119 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy O. Mikkelsen | $82,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Todd Mitchell Palin | $17,508 | $0 | -100% |
| Trofim Martushev | $4,290 | $0 | -100% |
| Troy-Troy & Brenda Shelden Living | $9,315 | $0 | -100% |
| Zinon Kuzmin | $28,878 | $0 | -100% |
| Alexander D Bodunov | $14,412 | $0 | -100% |
| Efery G Reutov | $11,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Erofay Bodunov | $12,954 | $0 | -100% |
| Ilia Lee Reutov | $12,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn A. Brainard | $244 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael D Jonrowe | $21,452 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Shumaker | $2,167 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $6,248,156 | $6,209,733 | -0.6% |
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