US EditionArkansas Farm Bureau Says $12B Farm Aid Package Falls Short of Addressing Farmers’ Struggles
The $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance Program limits payments to $155,000 per recipient and aims to offset losses from tariffs, oversupply, and rising costs for U.S. row crop farmers.
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Arkansas Farm Bureau says $12B farm aid package falls short of addressing farmers’ struggles
The Arkansas Farm Bureau (ARFB) responded Monday to the Trump Administration’s $12 billion farm aid package, saying the measure falls short of addressing the ongoing challenges faced by farmers. The administration announced the aid would be allocated as one-time “bridging payments” to help farmers impacted by trade disruptions and rising production costs. While the package is intended to provide temporary relief, ARFB emphasized that the problem…
US farmers welcomed the $12 billion aid package announced by President Donald Trump (Republican Party) on Monday (December 9, 2025), but warned that the amount will not fully cover losses caused by low crop prices and reduced exports resulting from Trump's trade war. This information comes from Reuters news agency. The agricultural sector has been facing financial difficulties for months. Losses for farmers this year range between $35 billion an…
Trump Defends $12 Billion in Farm Aid as Economists Warn Tariff Revenues Don’t Justify New Subsidy Culture
As President Donald Trump touts a newly announced $12 billion farm support package, insisting it will be funded by tariff revenue rather than taxpayers, economist Stephen Moore says the political logic may be appealing but the economics are far less so. On Chicago’s Morning Answer, host Dan Proft opened the conversation with Trump’s remarks at a recent cabinet meeting, where the president framed the support as a small portion of “hundreds of bil…
USDA Announces $12 billion in New Farm Subsidies - Taxpayers for Common Sense
The Trump Administration recently announced plans to bypass Congress and spend an additional $12 billion subsidizing the incomes of a select group of farmers. The administration's new Farmer Bridge Assistance Program (FBA) will use authority provided by the Depression-era Commodity Credit Corporation to send $11 billion in checks to farm operations with acreage planted to a list of commodity row crops (corn, cotton, soybeans, and 17 other specif…
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