Here’s What Farmers Can Expect to Receive in Payments From Trump’s Aid Package

American farmers can now start determining how much they will receive in subsidies from the $12 billion aid package President Donald Trump unveiled in early December.

The Department of Agriculture on Dec. 31 announced the next phase of its Farmer Bridge Assistance Program, which will consist of $11 billion in one-time payments. The remaining $1 billion will go toward “specialty crops” and sugar.

Qualifying farmers should expect to see aid payments hit their bank accounts by Feb. 28, according to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, but the timeline for payments from the $1 billion in aid to sugar and specialty crop farmers is “still under development” and will be based on economic need and market impacts.

Trump unveiled the $12 billion package for farmers during a White House roundtable on Dec. 8, following months of strain on U.S. farmers from the fallout of the U.S.-China trade war.

Earlier in the year, Beijing had ceased buying American soybeans in favor of crops from South America and other markets, leading to uncertainties for farmers struggling to find buyers as storage options were running thin.

By November, Trump said China had agreed to increase its volume of American soybean imports, weeks after his administration negotiated a three-year deal with Beijing.

The Agriculture Department said Wednesday that soybean farmers would receive $30.88 per acre in subsidies from the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program.

“These one-time payments give farmers the bridge to continue to feed and clothe America and the world while the Trump administration continues opening new markets and strengthening the farm safety net,” Rollins said in a statement. “[The Agriculture Department] is making this process as simple and seamless as possible so producers can focus on what they do best—feeding and fueling our nation.”

Richard Fordyce, under secretary for farm production and conservation at the Agriculture Department, said this month that the agency realizes the aid will not fully stabilize the U.S. agriculture industry, and that it’s limited by available funding.

“At this point, we feel like we’ve kind of done what we can do,” Fordyce said in an interview. “I don’t know what next year will bring, but at this point, we’re where we’re going to be.”

Here’s what farmers can expect to receive per-acre for each row crop from the Agriculture Department’s assistance program:

• Barley: $20.51
• Canola: $23.57
• Chickpeas (Large): $26.46
• Chickpeas (Small): $33.36
• Corn: $44.36
• Cotton: $117.35
• Flax: $8.05
• Lentils: $23.98
• Mustard: $23.21
• Oats: $81.75
• Peanuts: $55.65
• Peas: $19.60
• Rice: $132.89
• Safflower: $24.86
• Sesame: $13.68
• Sorghum: $48.11
• Soybeans: $30.88
• Sunflower: $17.32
• Wheat: $39.35

Tom Ozimek contributed to this report.