# US farmers face 'financial calamity' without extra aid soon, Republican lawmakers say | Reuters

> Republican lawmakers warned that US farmers face financial calamity without additional aid soon. USDA data show federal payments to farmers are expected to exceed $40 billion in 2025, the second-highest since 1933. That total is driven largely by ad-hoc disaster and economic aid Congress passed last December.

- Date: 2025-09-17 · published 2025-09-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22845-us-farmers-face-financial-calamity-without-extra-aid-soon-republican-lawmakers
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Large government payments cushion farm incomes and can keep acreage and feed-grain output higher than margins alone would support. Any new aid package is a policy factor, not a direct supply shock, so the price effect is modest.

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-11-18 | [U.S. House Republican farm bill approach may test Biden hunger, climate goals \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38657-u-s-house-republican-farm-bill-approach-may-test-biden-hunger-climate-goals.md) | -1.5% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2025-10-06 | [Trump bailout for trade-hit US farmers expected this week \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22378-trump-bailout-for-trade-hit-us-farmers-expected-this-week-reuters.md) | -0.1% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2025-10-01 | [Lawmakers may expand USDA spending authority to enable farm aid package \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22383-lawmakers-may-expand-usda-spending-authority-to-enable-farm-aid-package-agri.md) | +1.4% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2019-09-13 | [Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57079-trump-trade-war-aid-sows-frustration-in-farm-country-reuters.md) | +3.9% | +5.5% |
| CORN | 2025-02-03 | [Republicans eye bigger farm bailout amid Trump trade wars - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26025-republicans-eye-bigger-farm-bailout-amid-trump-trade-wars-politico.md) | +0.6% | -3.9% |
| SOY | 2025-10-03 | [US lawmakers urge EPA to finalize stronger biodiesel proposal to aid soy farmers \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15079-us-lawmakers-urge-epa-to-finalize-stronger-biodiesel-proposal-to-aid-soy.md) | -0.1% | +6.6% |
| SOY | 2022-11-18 | [U.S. House Republican farm bill approach may test Biden hunger, climate goals \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38657-u-s-house-republican-farm-bill-approach-may-test-biden-hunger-climate-goals.md) | +1.4% | +4.4% |
| SOY | 2025-10-06 | [Trump bailout for trade-hit US farmers expected this week \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22378-trump-bailout-for-trade-hit-us-farmers-expected-this-week-reuters.md) | -1.1% | +8.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-farmers-face-financial-calamity-without-extra-aid-soon-republican-lawmakers-2025-09-17/

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