Items Tagged with 'Farm Aid'

Brazil has benefitted from Trump’s trade war, cementing its presence in the Chinese soybean market and exporting an estimated record of 108 million metric tons to trading partners in 2025.

President Trump’s comments that beef imports from Argentina could soon lower U.S. beef prices is being criticized by all corners of the beef industry and some traditional allies.

Farm-state senators want a second round of farm aid in coming months that can be combined with other measures to help farmers, including legislation dealing with fertilizer prices. 

The Trump administration has quietly moved some $13 billion from a fund used to deliver tariff assistance to farmers in President Trump’s first term to the Agriculture Secretary’s office.

It was shutdown day at USDA, and the few workers at headquarters in Washington, D.C., were wrapping up office work in preparation for an indefinite leave of absence.

House Ag Committee Chair Glenn Thompson is stepping back from saying that tariff revenue could be used for emergency farm aid. He also thinks the final price tag for the aid, however it’s funded, could be north of $20 billion.

Congress has returned to session after the August recess. House Ag Committee Chair Glenn "GT" Thompson has continued to vocalize his goals to take committee action on a “farm bill 2.0” in September to address elements not included in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. During an interview for Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, the chairman discussed what’s on his radar this fall: farm aid payments, tariffs, ag labor reform legislation, the USDA reorganization plan, and his vision for "farm bill 2.0."