poor poor farmers just got at least 20 billion. what did you get besides inflation and high food and gas prices??

July 17, 2025 | Kristine A. Tidgren
On December 21, 2024, President Biden signed into law the American Relief Act of 2025, P.L. 118-158, which—in addition to extending the Farm Bill—allocated $30.78 billion to the USDA for farm relief. Of those funds, Congress directed $20 billion to assist farmers who suffered natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 and $10 billion to provide economic assistance to farmers because of expected economic losses incurred in growing 2024 commodities. USDA launched the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) on March 18, 2025, to administer the $10 billion in economic relief. While $8 billion in relief has already been paid out under this program, producers can sign up for ECAP through August 15, 2025.

On July 9, 2025, USDA launched the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) to provide $16 billion in assistance to producers for necessary expenses arising because of losses of revenue, quality or production of crops due to weather related events in 2023 and 2024. USDA published the final rule for SDRP on July 10.