Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced more than $11 billion in new support for U.S. farmers, aiming to stabilize farm finances amid rising input costs and global market uncertainty. “When you combine the cost of inputs for our farmers married to no new trade deals, and then you are facing an administration (Biden White House) whose priorities were DEI and climate change, putting the farmer aside, it was an absolute war on agriculture and on our rural communities.” Rollins added that the administration is implementing an $11.2 billion bridge payment to farmers, with disbursements expected by February 28, 2026. One billion dollars will be reserved for specialty crop adjustments. “The bridge that is needed to get from the last administration and what basically happened under the last president and the last U.S. Department of Agriculture to this new golden age for farmers where instead of farming for government checks they can farm to feed their family and sell their products and pass it on to the next generation, this bridge is absolutely necessary based on where we are right now.”
