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Trump to Unveil $12 Billion Farm Aid Centered on Farmer Bridge Assistance

Funded through the Commodity Credit Corporation, the one-time payments will be administered by the Farm Service Agency to offset losses from low prices, tariff-driven export disruptions.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks next to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025.
President Donald Trump walks the red carpet before the 48th Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
U.S. President Donald Trump poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 7, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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Overview

  • The administration plans a $12 billion package featuring about $11 billion in one-time Farmer Bridge Assistance payments to crop producers.
  • The remainder of the funds will support commodities not covered by the FBA, according to a White House official.
  • President Trump is set to announce the plan in Washington at an event with farmers alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.
  • Authorities under the Commodity Credit Corporation will finance the aid, with the Farm Service Agency handling program delivery.
  • The initiative follows depressed crop prices and export disruptions, with USDA data showing 2.25 million tons of U.S. soybeans sold to China since Oct. 30 after an earlier halt.