By Ryan Hanrahan
Progressive Farmer’s Jake Zajkowski and Chris Clayton reported that “the White House on Wednesday asked Congress to pass a supplemental funding package that includes a request for $11.1 billion for farmers and calls for Congress to pass year-round E15.”
“The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent a request for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. The lion’s share of that request — $67.1 billion — was for the War Department,” Zajkowski and Clayton reported. “In the letter, though, President Donald Trump and his staff requested $10 billion in ‘temporary economic assistance for row and specialty crops planted in crop year 2026.’ An additional $1.1 billion was requested specifically for farmers in Florida ‘to rebound from devastating losses that were the result of crippling storms this past winter.'”
Reuters’ Leah Douglas reported that “the new funding would add to $12 billion in aid the administration has already disbursed to farmers this year, as the industry sags under high ?production costs and low crop prices, made worse by Trump’s current ?trade policies and the war with Iran. Farm and industry groups have ?said that money was key to helping farmers prepare for spring planting, but insufficient ?to make them whole.”
Source : illinois.edu