WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIBW) – The United States Department of Agriculture will make $8 billion available for one-time payments to American farmers this harvest season to provide relief during temporary market disruptions and increased input costs, it was announced Monday.<\/p>\n
The payments were announced in a news release from the USDA, which cited President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Trump is the most pro-farmer president of my lifetime and he is continuing to put Farmers First every day,\u201d Rollins said in the news release. \u201cToday, I am proud to announce alongside President Trump more targeted relief is coming to our farmers through the Harvest Fuel Relief program. This $8 billion investment will help bring certainty to our farmers during this harvest so they can continue to feed our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The United States Department of Agriculture will make $8 billion available for one-time payments to American farmers this harvest season to provide relief during temporary market disruptions and increased input costs, it was announced Monday.(Submitted)<\/p>\n
Similar to the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, the Harvest Fuel Relief program will provide simple, proportional support to producers using a uniform formula to cover a portion of modeled losses during the 2026 crop year, the news release said. <\/p>\n
This national loss average will be based on Farm Service Agency-reported planted acres, Economic Research Service cost-of-production estimates, and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates yields and prices.<\/p>\n
The $8 billion in payments provided through the Harvest Fuel Relief program are authorized under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and will be administered by the Farm Service Agency, the news release said.<\/p>\n
Commodity-specific payment rates for Title I commodities will be released in November, the release said. <\/p>\n
Payment methodology for other eligible commodities will be announced at a later date. <\/p>\n
Crop insurance linkage will not be required for participation in the Harvest Fuel Relief program. However, the USDA \u201cstrongly urges producers to take advantage of the enhanced risk management tools included in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act to best protect against price risk and volatility in the future,\u201d the release noted.<\/p>\n
Producers of non-Title I commodities, including specialty crop growers and fishermen, are encouraged to provide data related to increased fuel costs to HarvestFuel@usda.gov<\/a> for USDA\u2019s consideration when determining payment rates.<\/p>\n Eligible producers are encouraged to create a Login.gov<\/a> account in advance of the application period announcement. Pre-filled applications will be available online to producers with a Login.gov<\/a> account linked to USDA.<\/p>\n The news release stated that the Harvest Fuel Relief program follows the Trump administration\u2019s support for America\u2019s farmers including the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, which earlier this year delivered $12 billion in one-time bridge payments to more than 560,000 farmers across the country. Just two weeks ago, nearly $14 billion in gross payments were provided to producers through the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs through The Working Families Tax Cuts Act — an approximate $8 billion increase over what farmers would have received without the bill, the news release said.<\/p>\n