The Cattle Business Weekly

Announced: $12 Billion Farmer Bridge Payments

President Donald J. Trump announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will make billion available in one time bridge payments to American farmers in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs that are still impacting farmers following four years of disastrous Biden Administration policies that resulted in record high input prices and zero new trade deals. These bridge payments are intended in part to aid farmers until historic investments from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), including reference prices which are set to increase between 10-21% for major covered commodities such as soybeans, corn, and...

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