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At Farm Bureau Convention, Secretary Rollins Announces Dairy Margin Coverage Expansion and Section 32 Purchases of U.S. CommoditiesNews Release
(Anaheim, CA, January 13, 2026) – Yesterday at the 107th American Farm Bureau Federation Convention, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced expanded enrollment for 2026 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program and new Section 32 commodity purchases that will result in more healthy, U.S. grown food in the hands of Americans…
USDA Names Trump Administration Appointees to the Idaho Farm Service Agency State Committee News Release
Boise, Idaho – Jan. 13, 2026 - The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced the appointment of five leaders in agriculture to serve on the Idaho USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee. Members of the FSA state committee are appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and, in support of the Trump Administration…
Farm Service Agency Announces Updated Schedule for County Committee ElectionsNews Release
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revised the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee voting period, and eligible agricultural producers and private landowners across the country should receive ballots this week. Elections are occurring in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA) for these …
USDA Announces Commodity Payment Rates for Farmer Bridge Assistance ProgramNews Release
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2025 – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the next phase in the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program (FBA), the eligible commodity per-acre payment rates. As announced earlier this month by President Trump and Secretary Rollins, $12 billion will be paid to American farmers in 2026. Of that amount, $11…
Trump Administration Announces $12 Billion Farmer Bridge Payments for American Farmers Impacted by Unfair Market DisruptionsNews Release
Washington, D.C., December 8, 2025 – President Donald J. Trump alongside U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (AR), Senator Deb Fischer (NE), Senator John Hoeven (ND), Representative Austin Scott (GA), and farmers from Arkansas, Iowa,…
USDA Designates Four Idaho Counties as Primary Natural Disaster AreasEmergency Designation
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such…
Trump Administration Delivers Second Stage of Crop Disaster Assistance for FarmersNews Release
(Washington, D.C., November 17, 2025) – Three days after the government reopened and despite the radical left Democrat caused shutdown, President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins continue to put Farmers First, including the unprecedented move to reopen over 2,000 county FSA offices in the middle of the…
USDA Extends Livestock Disaster Recovery Assistance Application Deadline for 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire Losses News Release
Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2025 – The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced that the deadline for livestock producers to apply for assistance through the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire (ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW) is being extended to Nov. 21, 2025. The program is expected to provide approximately $1…
USDA Issues Second Economic Assistance Payment to Agricultural ProducersNews Release
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a second Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) payment to eligible producers for the 2024 crop year. Of the authorized $10 billion in ECAP assistance, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already provided over $8 billion in payments to eligible producers to…
Trump Administration Appoints Kevin Andrus to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in IdahoNews Release
WASHINGTON, September 25, 2025 — The Trump Administration recently appointed Kevin Andrus as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Idaho. Andrus joined the Idaho FSA team on June 2, 2025.“When America’s farming communities prosper, the entire nation thrives. This new group of USDA appointees will ensure…