Trump Administration Doubles Cost of Ag Safety Net

These crops include all so-called “covered commodities,” crops that are currently eligible for other Farm Bill subsidy programs (Agriculture ...

'Here's your check': Trump's massive payouts to farmers will be hard ...

Government payments to farmers have surged to historic levels under President Donald Trump as the Agriculture Department floods the industry ...

Crop insurance, farm safety programs get big cuts under Trump's ...

Trump's 2021 budget would cut crop insurance by $12 million the first year, then balloon, slashing between $2 billion and $3 billion each year through 2030.

EWG Report: Under Trump, Farm Subsidies Soared, Making the ...

Federal farm policy has long favored the wealthiest landowners with taxpayer-funded largesse. But under the Trump administration, ...

What a Second Trump Administration Means for Food and Farms

I was working on food and agriculture policy here at the Union of Concerned Scientists back when Donald Trump assumed the presidency and began ...

Trump Tariff Aid To Farmers Cost More Than U.S. Nuclear Forces

The Trump administration gave more taxpayer dollars to farmers harmed by the administration's trade policies than the federal government spends each year ...

Failures of the Farm Safety Net - National Taxpayers Union

(pdf) American agriculture is one of the most subsidized industries in the world, and these subsidies are frequently subject to criticism ...

Trump Announces $13 Billion in Additional Coronavirus Aid to ...

President Trump announced an additional $13 billion in coronavirus relief for US farmers and ranchers, more than doubling assistance to the sector.

Trump Administration, Making Farm Welfare Payments Great Again

The trade mitigation payments to agriculture should be called There and Back Again because we've essentially gone back to direct payments to ...

State of the Farm Safety Net

Federal crop insurance, commodity, and disaster assistance programs, which comprise the modern farm safety net, account for a majority of ...

Election 2024: Where Trump and Harris stand on agriculture

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have engaged more publicly with farm policy, with both choosing vice presidential candidates.

Trump Budget Deeply Cuts Health, Housing, Other Assistance for Low

President Trump has put forward a 2019 budget that cuts basic assistance that millions of families struggling to get by need to help pay the rent, put food on ...

Reforming Federal Farm Policies | Cato Institute

The federal government spends more than $20 billion a year on subsidies for farm businesses. About 39 percent of the nation's 2.1 million ...

Top Three Food Policy Items to Watch During Trump's Second ...

1. 2018 Farm Bill Expiration · 2. Agricultural Worker Safety & Immigration Protections · 3. Climate Change.

Leaders in Food and Agriculture React to Trump's Second Term

The Path Forward for Food and Ag. Leading voices in the food movement respond to a second Trump administration, and discuss where we go from ...

Food Banks Win in Trump Trade War - Stateline.org

Part of the farmer bailout includes a $1.4 billion program to buy surplus commodities affected by the trade tariffs and distribute them to food ...

What Trump's victory means for Medicaid, food stamps - Vox

Trump proposed big Medicaid and food stamp cuts. Can he pass them? What Trump's return means for America's poor people. by ...

Trump's budget puts safety-net programs in the crosshairs - CBS News

Among the programs that would face cuts are Medicaid, which provides medical insurance to low-income households, and the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Trump and Biden: What solutions do they bring to ag? - Farm Progress

Presidential candidates offer their stance on 10 agriculture issues, including food security, trade, renewable fuels, regulations and more.

Digging into the House Farm Bill: Part 3

This is the third post in a multi-part blog series analyzing the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (FFNSA), which was reported ...