# Update on Tasks for USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins - Pro Farmer

> USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins outlined pending tasks, including reviewing frozen grants, making $21 billion in disaster and $10 billion in economic aid payments, and responding to bird flu. She said farmer payments tied to the spending freeze will be honored and that DOGE is being invited into USDA. The aid payments have a statutory deadline of March 21.

- Date: 2025-02-14 · published 2025-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26030-update-on-tasks-for-usda-secretary-brooke-rollins-pro-farmer
- 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

Timely aid payments could support farm liquidity and reduce pressure to cut herds or acreage. The status of these tasks shapes near-term farm spending but has limited direct effect on grain or feed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-06-26 | [Secretary Rollins Provides Update on Bird Flu Strategy, Egg Prices Continue to Fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24210-secretary-rollins-provides-update-on-bird-flu-strategy-egg-prices-continue-to.md) | +4.6% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2025-06-30 | [ICYMI: Secretary Rollins Op-Ed in Newsweek “Farmers Win With the One Big Beautiful Bill” \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24192-icymi-secretary-rollins-op-ed-in-newsweek-farmers-win-with-the-one-big.md) | -0.2% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2025-05-07 | [Secretary Rollins Hosts Farmers First Roundtable, Announces Expedited Disaster Aid \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24655-secretary-rollins-hosts-farmers-first-roundtable-announces-expedited-disaster.md) | -2.2% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2019-02-07 | [USDA gears up for farm bill rollout](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60596-usda-gears-up-for-farm-bill-rollout.md) | +0.9% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2018-01-24 | [USDA Priorities for Farm Bill - Taxpayers for Common Sense](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66976-usda-priorities-for-farm-bill-taxpayers-for-common-sense.md) | +1.0% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2025-06-26 | [Secretary Rollins Provides Update on Bird Flu Strategy, Egg Prices Continue to Fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24210-secretary-rollins-provides-update-on-bird-flu-strategy-egg-prices-continue-to.md) | +2.5% | -2.0% |
| SOY | 2025-06-30 | [ICYMI: Secretary Rollins Op-Ed in Newsweek “Farmers Win With the One Big Beautiful Bill” \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24192-icymi-secretary-rollins-op-ed-in-newsweek-farmers-win-with-the-one-big.md) | +0.4% | -3.8% |
| SOY | 2025-05-07 | [Secretary Rollins Hosts Farmers First Roundtable, Announces Expedited Disaster Aid \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24655-secretary-rollins-hosts-farmers-first-roundtable-announces-expedited-disaster.md) | +3.1% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- profarmer.com: https://www.profarmer.com/news/policy-update/update-tasks-usda-secretary-brooke-rollins

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