Producers Say Federal Aid May Be Needed to Bridge Rising Farm Losses
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Some members of the ag industry say a financial aid package could help farmers navigate on-going economic pressure.
Chairwoman of the National Sorghum Producers Amy France, a farmer from Kansas, says she’s expecting details from the Trump administration in early December. “Aid is not going to fix anything, but it’s absolutely going to hopefully help farmers get to the next planting season.”
She says ag priorities, like crop insurance, that were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill were a good start. “But, that doesn’t get anyone further than October of 2026.”
France tells Brownfield the situation is dire for many sorghum farmers. “We’re losing about $100 per acre in sorghum. When we’ve had that year-over-year mixed with drought and mixed with these trade tensions, it’s sets the farmers up for a very difficult conversation with their banker.”
Greg Anderson, a farmer director on the Nebraska Soybean Board and Clean Fuels Alliance America says prices aren’t at a level to offset high input costs. “We saw a little bit of a bump especially in beans here over the last month or so. It will go up 20 cents one day and then 15 cents another day. That’s not the bridge we really need.”
Ag Secretary Brook Rollins recently said that an aid package will likely be announced after the Thanksgiving holiday.