Overview
- Up to $11 billion will flow to row-crop producers through the new Farmer Bridge Assistance program, with roughly $1 billion reserved for commodities outside the program.
- Funds are authorized under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and will be disbursed by USDA’s Farm Service Agency.
- President Trump is set to unveil the package at a 2 p.m. ET White House roundtable with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and commodity growers.
- The relief targets losses tied to low prices and tariff-related trade disruptions, as soybean sales to China only partially resumed after an October deal and remain short of officials’ 12 million metric ton goal by the end of February.
- Officials describe the aid as a one-time bridge ahead of new programs slated for 2026, following delays linked to a 43-day government shutdown and echoing prior tariff-era farm support.