By Ryan Hanrahan
University of Illinois' FarmDoc project
Progressive Farmer's Chris Clayton reported Tuesday that USDA's recently announced Harvest Fuel Relief Program could "push US government payments to farmers in 2026 to $55.4 billion, based on USDA's earlier net farm income forecast with $8 billion added to it. The highest previous aid year was $45.6 billion in 2020, driven by trade aid and pandemic payments."