Articles Tagged with ''farm aid''

The Trump administration is weighing temporarily suspending countervailing duties applied to Moroccan and Russian phosphate, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Pressure is mounting on both the White House and Congress to provide a new round of payments to farmers.

Senate Ag Committee Chairman John Boozman is vowing to keep working with fellow panel members to get more financial aid to struggling farmers. Boozman acknowledged at a hearing Tuesday on finding new ag markets, “If you're putting something in the ground, you're probably losing money,” Boozman said in opening remarks at a hearing Tuesday on domestic ag markets.

American farmer sentiment dropped sharply in January as economic anxieties intensified, according to the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.

Key lawmakers are actively looking at injecting more money into the farm economy, possibly in an upcoming spending measure.

More than 100 House members from both parties are urging the House and Senate Ag committees to ensure that specialty crop producers swiftly receive their promised economic assistance and that any application process is as accessible as possible.  

Congress needs to provide at least $10 billion in additional aid to farmers to supplement the $12 billion being provided by the Trump administration through its Farmer Bridge Assistance Program, House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson tells Agri-Pulse.

The Agriculture Department will complete a reorganization of more than half the current D.C.-based staff to five regional hubs across the U.S. by the end of 2026, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden confirmed on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers.