The Trump administration won’t move forward on financial assistance for producers struggling with high costs and low commodity prices until the government shutdown ends.
Successful Farming said that comes directly from Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins. On September 28, 2025, the administration transferred $13 billion from the Commodity Credit Corporation account to fund the aid package. However, it hasn’t announced the terms or the exact size of the package. Rollins said the government needs to be reopened so they can move forward on the assistance.
“Once we do that, we’ll be able to move out a significant program to help our farmers,” Rollins said.
The Secretary and President Trump blamed the sluggish farm economy on former President Joe Biden’s inaction. Trump recently told reporters that he would address China’s lack of soybean purchases when he meets China’s President Xi Jinping later this month during a meeting of regional leaders in South Korea.
Democrats responded to the announcement from Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins that emergency assistance for farmers won’t happen until the government shutdown ends.
The Democratic National Committee said U.S. agricultural exports are expected to decline in 2025 and 2026, specifically due to President Trump’s “reckless trade war.” The Committee did say Rollins got one thing right by saying the “farm economy is in a very uncertain time.”
Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin said, “The administration says it supports U.S. farmers, but Trump’s tariffs have destroyed trade relationships, increased fertilizer and equipment costs, and tanked our rural economy.” She also said Trump’s rumored bailout of farmers won’t solve the problems that he has created.
“Farmers do not want handouts,” she added. “They want to be able to sell their crops, something Trump’s tariffs have made impossible, putting family farms on the brink of bankruptcy while he bails out other countries like Argentina.”
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