President Trump, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. lawmakers and farmers from 8 states were present for the announcement of $12 billion available in one-time bridge payments to farmers.
In a post on X, Rollins said the USDA will re-open county offices and resume Farm Service Agency core operations, including critical services for farm loan processing, ARC/PLC payments and other programs.
The USDA posted its “shutdown plan” early Wednesday detailing how staffing, payments and programs at the massive agency will be affected and what operations will grind to a halt until a budget agreement can be reached in Congress.
We earnestly wish all our readers a very happy National Ag Day – not just the farmers, but the agronomists, university researchers, corporations, equipment dealers and many others who work to make the industry successful.
With an industry that is seemingly on the brink of a crisis, a coalition of more than 400 of U.S. farm, agricultural and grower groups sent a letter to Washington imploring Senate members to confirm Brooke Rollins as the next USDA secretary.
Monarch Tractor and its MK-V line qualifies for the USDA NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) which provides technical and financial assistance to farmers to address natural resource concerns.
If her nomination is confirmed, it will be a key position, as Department of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy has threatened to crack down on unhealthy food – which is making many in the agricultural industry nervous about government overreach.
Glass Management Group has maintained data on U.S. tractor sales, by horsepower category, by month, since 1969 and this extensive data base has allowed the production of an annual Tractor and Combine Sales Forecast each November for the following calendar year, which has been published publicly since 1999.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
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