Bridge Payments Fall Short for Medium and Large Farms

Corn farmers can expect a Farmer Bridge Assistance payment in that $45 per acre range. Soybeans are at $30 and wheat is at $40. Unlike the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program, the bridge payments have a much lower payment limit. As it is structured now, the FBA has a $155,000 payment limit. “If you’re a 4,000-acre farmer in Minnesota, under the original ECAP, you probably qualified for $250,000; here you’re only going to get $155,000,” said Paul Neiffer, Farm CPA Report. “That’s going to affect a lot of those medium-sized farmers in Minnesota. You’re actually going to lose $95,000 versus ECAP.” During MN Ag Expo, Neiffer also highlighted the tax changes with last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill.