Posted on 09/25/2025 10:53:04 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will use tariff revenue to offer cash bailouts for farmers who are struggling with trade uncertainty and other economic headwinds.
“We’re going to take some of that tariff money that we made, we’re going to give it to our farmers, who are, for a little while, going to be hurt until the tariffs kick into their benefit,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “So we’re going to make sure that our farmers are in great shape, because we’re taking in a lot of money.”
Trump officials expect that Congress will need to authorize the use of tariff revenue for the farm aid package and are hoping lawmakers will include it in their omnibus package due by Nov. 21, according to three people familiar with the talks. That means the rollout of cash will likely start in early 2026.
The Trump administration has been exploring several ways to fund a farm aid package this fall for weeks as producers of top exports like corn and soy stare down a potential economic crisis that’s been exacerbated by the president’s aggressive tariff rollout.
The president, as he conveyed publicly Thursday, likes the messaging of using direct tariff revenue for the farm aid package, rather than tapping other funds, according to two of the people familiar.
Republicans from House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.) to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins have also floated using tariff revenue to pay farmers, though the plan could run into roadblocks if the Supreme Court decides Trump’s tariffs are not legal.
Still, some Hill Republicans are privately alarmed by the proposal to distribute tariff revenue, according to one person with direct knowledge of the concerns. They’re worried such a plan would spark major demands from Democrats to insert more of their priorities into the November funding package. And they’d rather USDA tap internal funds, like it did during Trump’s first term trade war with China.
“I think we need to be eyes wide open about how big the Democratic counter-offer to this would be,” said the person, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly.
Powerful agriculture lobbying groups and lawmakers representing farmers have been privately pushing the administration to step in with cash bailouts as they wait for the new market opportunities Trump has promised he can secure with major trading partners like China.
“The pitch being made to the administration is, ‘Look, if you don’t have some kind of ace up your sleeve here, like an imminent deal with China and/or a string of other trade deals that are about to be announced that also happen to lighten the load on soybeans, then there’s going to have to be a bailout,’” one agriculture industry representative, who was granted anonymity to discuss the private talks, previously told POLITICO.
More corn for US livestock and more ethanol.
“Bingo! Corporate farms usually have the ability to withstand a bad year, or three. On the other hand, one bad year could destroy a family farm.”
It’s bad now in agriculture.
The worst since the farm crisis.
Doesn’t matter the size
Rather that money be used to shore up SS.
Sorry but Capitalists are we either globalist or nationalist. You have to be specific.
How do tariffs on IMPORTS hurt domestic producers? Answer: They don’t.
Why can’t Trump bail out ALL Americans who are hurt by his tariffs? Why just farmers?
So... about that $37T National debt that is ruining the value of the dollar...
Are we just going to ignore that?
Thank you for your reply, I’ve known people who would come home from 9 hours of work with a 95 mile round-trip drive, and cut shatter-cain and velvet leaf for 3 hours so the milo yield would go from 90 to 137.
“ How do tariffs on IMPORTS hurt domestic producers? Answer: They don’t.”
With the tariff applied, it is still cheaper to import the product than to produce it here. The goal is to apply a tariff that is high enough where it becomes cheaper to produce it here. Trump knows this. That’s why the left is fighting it.
I’m sure there an other factors that apply here.
Sorry your post is senseless.
The reason Canada has large tariffs on our imports is due to the huge subsidies to farming here and especially dairy.
“ Sorry your post is senseless.”
Probably. Been a bad posting day on my part.
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