Wednesday 28th May 2025

The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress in the lame duck session will provide $3.7 billion in ad-hoc disaster aid to farmers. Ag lobbyist Tom Sell tells Brownfield the funding will benefit crop and livestock producers despite being smaller than previous years.

“Just like they included a provision for livestock losses in 2021, this round of drought relief also carved out $450 million for livestock losses. The drought was widespread.”

Sells says he expects the USDA to implement the funding similarly to what’s been done in the past.

   

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