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https://newrepublic.com/article/195925/small-farmers-trump-budget-cuts
The upheaval in the U.S. Department of Agriculture since President Donald Trump took office in January has left many farmers with unfulfilled contracts and broken commitments. Grants that once offered vital financial lifelines have been frozen. Programs that once provided assistance and aid have been eliminated.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/04/06/usda-cuts-hit-small-farms-as-trump-showers-billions-on-big-farms/
The local food programs were initially funded by 2021โs American Rescue Plan Act but were later expanded by the Biden administration. The Trump administration, though, has cut the funding that went to thousands of small farms, saying that itโs instead โprioritizing stable, proven solutions that deliver lasting impact.โ
https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/trump-denies-over-2-billion-in-payments-owed-to-30000-farmers/
On Friday, February 21, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins released the โfirst trancheโ of IRA funding originally promised to farmers. Unfortunately, this release represents less than 1% of the IRA funding already guaranteed to farmers through signed contracts.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/farmers-tariffs-trump-trade-war-00271146
โWe have an example of what happened in the past, and itโs a very similar situation, except the farm economy at that time was much stronger than it is now,โ said Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association and a Kentucky farmer. โWe donโt have any margin for error. ...Weโre going to lose a generation of young farmers.โ
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2020/07/14/trumps-broken-promises-to-farmers/
Since he became president, Trumpโs disastrous policies have contributed to the more than 2,000 dairy farms that have had to close their barn doors forever, with a record 818 disappearing for good last year alone.