Environmental Quality Incentives Program in Whatcom County, Washington, 1995-2021
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 117
Recipients of Environmental Quality Incentives Program from farms in Whatcom County, Washington totaled $2,618,000 in from 1995-2021.
| Rank | Recipient (* ownership information available) |
Location | Environmental Quality Incentives Program 1995-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vander Haak Dairy II | Lynden, WA 98264 | $167,981 |
| 2 | Robert J Smit | Lynden, WA 98264 | $84,849 |
| 3 | R T J Farms LLC | Custer, WA 98240 | $76,873 |
| 4 | Vreugdenhil Farms LLC | Sumas, WA 98295 | $59,270 |
| 5 | Pleasant Valley Dairy Inc | Ferndale, WA 98248 | $56,663 |
| 6 | Maarhuis Dairy LLC | Sumas, WA 98295 | $54,467 |
| 7 | De Groot Dairy LLC | Mountain Home, ID 83647 | $49,795 |
| 8 | Blok's Evergreen Dairy Inc | Lynden, WA 98264 | $47,500 |
| 9 | Van Dyk-s Holsteins LLC | Lynden, WA 98264 | $45,500 |
| 10 | Douglas E Dostal | Custer, WA 98240 | $45,190 |
| 11 | Otter Brothers Dairy | Lynden, WA 98264 | $45,168 |
| 12 | Ronelee Farms | Lynden, WA 98264 | $45,113 |
| 13 | Eastlyn Dairy LLC | Lynden, WA 98264 | $42,350 |
| 14 | Joel Wiersma | Lynden, WA 98264 | $40,932 |
| 15 | Kalsbeek Farms LLC | Deming, WA 98244 | $40,926 |
| 16 | Bel-lyn Farms LLC | Lynden, WA 98264 | $38,000 |
| 17 | Aldergrove Farms Inc | Ferndale, WA 98248 | $37,792 |
| 18 | Elpam Farms Inc | Sumas, WA 98295 | $37,275 |
| 19 | Van Berkum & Sons Dairy LLC | Everson, WA 98247 | $36,565 |
| 20 | Larry Plagerman | Everson, WA 98247 | $36,500 |
* USDA data are not "transparent" for many payments made to recipients through most cooperatives. Recipients of payments made through most cooperatives, and the amounts, have not been made public. To see ownership information, click on the name, then click on the link that is titled Ownership Information.
** EWG has identified this recipient as a bank or lending institution that received the payment because the payment applicant had a loan requiring any subsidy payments go to the lender first. In 2019, the information provided to EWG by USDA began to include the entity that received the payment, rather than the person or entity that applied for it, which was previously provided. This move to shield subsidy recipients from disclosure enables USDA to further evade taxpayer accountability. Six percent of subsidy dollars went to banks, lending institutions, or the Farm Service Agency.”
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