$1.5M in USDA farm subsidies to county recipients (2024)
Opportunity Score: 45/100
$1.5M in USDA farm subsidies to Whatcom County recipients (2024).
Sum of payments to 257 recipients in this county, EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm), 2024 single year.
Selected program components shown individually. These are separate EWG/USDA pulls and are not additive to the headline subsidy total — no combined "total" is shown. Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database / USDA, 2024.
$3.0M in federal crop-insurance premium subsidy (RMA, 2024).
This is a separate program total (premium-subsidy dollars only) — it is not part of the subsidy headline above and is shown on its own. Source: USDA RMA via EWG, 2024.
| # | Recipient | 2024 Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hopewell Farm LLC | $60,278 |
| 2 | Edelweiss Dairy Inc | $49,585 |
| 3 | S & R Gill Farms Inc | $40,085 |
| 4 | Coldstream Farms LLC | $33,142 |
| 5 | J.M.V.V. | $30,089 |
| 6 | Whatcom Land Trust | $29,649 |
| 7 | Nelson Road Tree Farm LLC | $28,256 |
| 8 | Del Top Farms Inc | $25,585 |
| 9 | S.S.B. | $25,314 |
| 10 | Spudkin LLC | $25,222 |
Top recipients by EWG totalfarm (2024). These named payments sum toward the headline total above.
Source: EWG Farm Subsidy Database.
Whatcom County has roughly 1,582 farms working about 102,886 acres of land in farms (USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture), averaging ~65 acres per farm.
In Whatcom County, irrigated cropland rents for roughly $427/acre and farmland is valued near $20,475/acre (USDA NASS).
Local signals from public data: Well-funded county (high USDA $/acre) — limited gaps; Above-average beginning producers (54 per 100 farms).
An opportunity-gap indicator (0–100) built from up to four public-data components — not a prediction that any farm will get funding or qualifies for a program. Sources: USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG subsidy records.
Historically, Whatcom County received about $14.70 per acre of farmland in USDA subsidies. That ranks #420 of 3,032 U.S. counties for USDA dollars per farmland acre.
2024 USDA subsidy $ (EWG totalfarm) ÷ land-in-farms acres (102,886 acres, USDA NASS 2022 Census).
A descriptive county-wide statistic — not a prediction of what any individual farm received or will receive.
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Whatcom County recipients received about $1.5M in USDA farm subsidies in 2024, per the EWG Farm Subsidy Database (totalfarm). This is a single-year county total of recorded payments, not a forecast of future funding.
Farmers may be eligible for a range of USDA programs — conservation (e.g. CRP, EQIP), commodity support (ARC/PLC), disaster assistance, federal crop insurance, and FSA loans. Eligibility depends on your farm; use the free Subsidy Finder to see programs you could qualify for.
The Opportunity Score (0–100; 45 for Whatcom County) is an opportunity-gap indicator built from up to four public-data components — funding gap, program eligibility, insurance opportunity, and economic need — using USDA ERS, NASS, RMA, and EWG records. It is not a prediction that any farm will receive funding or qualifies for a specific program.
Compare USDA subsidy data and Opportunity Scores for nearby Washington counties.
Farms in Whatcom County may qualify for USDA programs based on crop, conservation, and disaster activity. Run the free Subsidy Finder to see which programs you could qualify for, then prep your local USDA office visit.
Data as of June 02, 2026. Subsidy figures: USDA/EWG 2024 release. Farmland acres: USDA NASS 2022 Census. Opportunity score refreshed monthly. Each figure above carries its own data year; this page is never fresher than its oldest input.