Overview
- Up to $11 billion will flow through USDA’s new Farmer Bridge Assistance program for row-crop producers, with roughly $1 billion reserved for crops outside the program.
- Trump announced the package at a White House roundtable with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, members of Congress, and farmers from major commodity groups.
- The White House links the relief to low prices and trade disruptions that hit agriculture this year, as reports show a roughly 60% rise in farm bankruptcies in the first half of 2025.
- Officials say funds are authorized under the Commodity Credit Corporation and administered by the Farm Service Agency, allowing action without new congressional appropriations.
- China has resumed purchasing U.S. soybeans since an October understanding with President Xi, but volumes remain short of the administration’s stated goal of 12 million metric tons by late winter.