{"id":6893,"date":"2026-01-06T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=6893"},"modified":"2026-01-06T06:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:00:56","slug":"washington-usda-sets-2025-farm-aid-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/washington-usda-sets-2025-farm-aid-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington: USDA Sets 2025 Farm Aid Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released per-acre payment rates for a new round of farm aid.<\/p>\n<p>The USDA says the funding is part of the $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program. The agency says $11 billion is aimed at row-crop producers.<\/p>\n<h2>Per-acre payment rates<\/h2>\n<p>USDA lists these payment rates for eligible 2025 acres:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corn: $44.36 per acre<\/li>\n<li>Soybeans: $30.88 per acre<\/li>\n<li>Wheat: $39.35 per acre<\/li>\n<li>Sorghum: $48.11 per acre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>USDA says additional eligible crops are included in the program.<\/p>\n<h2>How the USDA says the aid is calculated<\/h2>\n<p>USDA says FBA payments are based on 2025 planted acres. The agency also cites cost-of-production estimates. It points to supply and demand estimates in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The Farm Service Agency says producers can expect pre-filled applications. It says payments are expected to begin in February. It also lists Feb. 28, 2026 as the expected start date for issuing payments.<\/p>\n<h2>Tariffs and trade pressure<\/h2>\n<p>The aid follows renewed trade disruptions tied to U.S. tariffs. Farm groups have warned that soybean producers remain under strain.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota soybean farmers were among those hit hard by market losses tied to the trade conflict with China. Soybeans are a key export crop.<\/p>\n<h2>Related links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/about-usda\/news\/press-releases\/2025\/12\/31\/usda-announces-commodity-payment-rates-farmer-bridge-assistance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USDA: FBA payment rates announcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.usda.gov\/resources\/programs\/farmer-bridge-assistance-fba-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USDA FSA: Farmer Bridge Assistance program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/oce\/commodity\/wasde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USDA WASDE reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released per-acre payment rates for a new round of farm aid. The USDA says the funding is part of the $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program. The agency says $11 billion is aimed at row-crop producers. Per-acre payment rates USDA lists these payment rates&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/washington-usda-sets-2025-farm-aid-rates\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Washington: USDA Sets 2025 Farm Aid Rates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[14],"tags":[1500,7360,1720,7355,7356,7295,2304,7361,7369,2115,7367,7358,7359,7366,682,7296,7371,3962,7364,7362,6179,2346,611,7365,2186,790,7370,7357,7368,3146,7363],"class_list":["post-6893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa-news","tag-1500","tag-2025-planted-acres","tag-2nd","tag-2nd-term","tag-2nd-time-trump-tariffs-farm-aid-payments-announced","tag-aid","tag-announced","tag-corn-payment-rate","tag-ers-cost-of-production","tag-farm","tag-farm-service-agency-payments","tag-farmer-bridge-assistance-program","tag-fba-per-acre-rates","tag-minnesota-soybean-farmers","tag-news","tag-payments","tag-rates","tag-sets","tag-sorghum-payment-rate","tag-soybean-payment-rate","tag-tariffs","tag-term","tag-time","tag-trade-war-china-soybeans","tag-trump","tag-usa","tag-usda","tag-usda-farm-aid-payments","tag-wasde","tag-washington","tag-wheat-payment-rate","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6989,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6893\/revisions\/6989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}