Overview
- More than $11 billion is reserved for a USDA Bridge Assistance program that will make one-time payments to eligible growers.
- The administration says the support targets harm from trade disputes, inflation and other market disruptions to help farmers market this crop and plan next season.
- Chinese soybean purchases since an October pledge total roughly 2.7–2.8 million metric tons versus a 12 million target, with officials now pointing to late February for the goal.
- The plan is set to be announced at a White House roundtable with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, lawmakers and farmers from corn, cotton, sorghum, soybeans, rice, livestock, wheat and potatoes.
- Trump signed an executive order directing the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to examine alleged anticompetitive behavior in food supply chains.