US farmers in America’s Maga heartlands are reeling from the impact of President Donald Trump’s various funding freezes according to the daily digest.com

1. On his first day Trump signed an executive order requiring the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to freeze funds for farmers investing in infrastructure and environmental measures based on IRA associated initiatives under the Biden admin.

2. Funds were also frozen for programs such as research into climate-smart crops.

Despite the fact the freeze on funds for the sector has since been reversed by the Department of Management and Budget after a federal judge blocked its implementation, farmers say their funding remain frozen, the Washington Post reports.

3.  In 2020, the US government bought more than $2.1 billion in food aid from US farmers. Now $340 million worth of food assistance is on hold in US ports due to Trump's freeze on USAid. In Kansas, where USAid was the main market for farmers’ grain, Nick Levendofsky, executive director of Kansas Farmer’s Union, told CNN that the ability of farmers to sell their grain has come to “a screeching halt.”

4.  In addition, the introduction of the steel tariff drives up the cost of already very pricey farming equipment.

 

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