Overview
- About $11 billion will flow through USDA’s new Farmer Bridge Assistance program for one-time payments to row‑crop producers, with roughly $1 billion reserved for specialty crops.
- The White House says tariff revenue will fund the package, while multiple reports point to likely use of USDA emergency or Commodity Credit Corporation resources.
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says farmers will learn payment details within weeks and that disbursements are targeted by February 28, 2026.
- Beijing pledged to buy 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans by year-end and 25 million annually thereafter, but purchases so far total only a fraction of that commitment.
- Reaction is mixed as some farmers and Democrats call the relief insufficient and emphasize restoring markets, and Trump also signaled plans to ease environmental rules on farm machinery and backed new DOJ/FTC probes into food-sector competition.