Overview
- About $11 billion will flow through the Farmer Bridge Assistance program for row-crop producers, with roughly $1 billion reserved for specialty crops.
- The White House says tariff receipts will finance the package and USDA expects payments to reach farmers by February 28, 2026.
- Reported implementation details include an average adjusted gross income cap near $900,000, per‑acre payments tied to 2025 acreage, and a December 19 filing window.
- China pledged to buy 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans this year but has purchased only about 2–3 million tons so far, according to multiple reports.
- Trump also pointed to easing environmental rules on farm machinery and antitrust probes of food supply chains, while farm groups and Democrats criticized the aid as a short-term patch.