Items Tagged with 'Farm aid'

On the first of weekly visits across the U.S. ahead of the midterms, President Donald Trump used his speech in the nation’s top corn, pork, and ethanol-producing state to tout the benefits of his trade policies and express support for year-round E15, including a commitment to sign the provision into law if it reaches his desk. 

House Agriculture ranking member Angie Craig and fellow Democrats plan to introduce three-pronged legislation aimed at helping struggling farmers and safeguarding low-income Americans from the risk of losing key food benefits. 

In an address to attendees at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention, AFBF President Zippy Duvall said the group will continue to push for year-round E15 to drive domestic crop demand and will advocate for additional farm aid, citing a specific need in the specialty crop sector. 

President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January and quickly followed through on many of his campaign promises – an aggressive trade agenda, a renewed focus on food inflation, and the use of a Republican-controlled House and Senate to enact a sweeping budget reconciliation bill that included major new agriculture spending. Take a look back at Agri-Pulse's top stories in 2025. 

A group of more than a dozen congressional Democrats is urging the Trump administration to impose safeguards on farm aid payments to prevent the money from further driving consolidation in U.S. agriculture.