The List

Butte County’s top subsidy recipients

In compiling this list, we’ve combined annual “production flexibility payments” with almost-matching money that came from the “market loss assistance” program, passed as an emergency measure by Congress in 1999, 2000 and 2001 to help compensate for low crop prices. The 2001 program year ended Oct. 1, so all payments are in.
Subsidy Amounts

Entity — 1999 — 2000 — 2001 = 3-year total

R. Gorrill Ranch Enterprises — $910,286 — $890,381 — $781,232 = $2,581,899

Resource Group (Lundberg) — $523,358 — $528,204 — $424,098 = $1,475,660

Valley Farms — $444,718 — $427,696 — $354,864 = $1,227,278

ME Partnership — $442,912 — $425,634 — $353,048 = $1,221,594

Tres Picos — $438,116 — $413,456 — $342,508 = $1,194,080

Anderson Farming Partnership — $332,265 — $325,960 — $345,740 = $1,003,965

Meyer-Baynon — $320,000 — $320,000 — $311,680 = $951,680

Sohnrey & Son Family Farm — $308,808 — $312,676 — $269,104 = $890,588

Murphy Bros. — $295,272 — $283,756 — $235,360 = $814,388

Haynes Farms — $285,540 — $274,405 — $227,320 = $727,265

Davit Dayton Rice Partnership — $256,968 — 246,905 — $204,539 = $708,412

Scott & Katy Wright Farming — $222,088 — $238,418 — $111,512 = $572,018

Starkey Farms — $272,960 — $262,312 — $222,434 = $507,706

Rice Partnership — $154,772 — $158,685 — $186,066 = $499,523