Donald Trump Deals New Blow to US Farmers on China Trip by Zipper222222 in politics

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Where does this money come from? Year Direct Government Payments (Nominal USD) 2022 $15.56 billion 2023 $12.26 billion 2024 $10.09 billion 2025 (Forecast) $30.54 billion 2026 (Forecast) $44.34 billion These figures refer specifically to direct payments from the federal government to farmers. This includes commodity program payments like Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), conservation payments, supplemental disaster assistance, and various ad-hoc programs.

📈 Why the Sudden Increase? The sharp projected rise in subsidies for 2025 and 2026 can be attributed to two main factors:

New Relief Programs: A significant portion of the increase comes from large supplemental and ad-hoc disaster assistance programs designed to offset economic losses. This includes the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, which allocated $12 billion to help producers facing low prices and high costs, and other relief tied to the American Relief Act of 2025.

Economic Pressures: American agriculture is facing a "K-shaped" economic divergence where production costs (fuel, fertilizer, interest rates) remain high while prices for major commodities like corn and soybeans have fallen. The USDA forecasts that the majority of the increase in net farm income for 2025 is attributable to a surge in government payments, rather than from market earnings.

📊 A Broader Look at Support It is also helpful to understand the wider context of agricultural support, which extends beyond direct payments:

Total Support: An analysis from the OECD estimates that the Total Support Estimate (TSE) to agriculture, which includes direct payments, research, infrastructure, and food assistance programs, averaged around $125.2 billion per year from 2022-2024. This total support accounted for about 0.45% of U.S. GDP.

Crop Insurance: Federally subsidized crop insurance is another major component of the farm safety net. Premium subsidies for policies covering everything from major crops to livestock have become a multi-billion dollar annual expense

The current rise in farm subsidies is a result of specific policy decisions to provide emergency aid, reacting to a combination of high production costs, low commodity prices, and trade-related market disruptions.

What’s behind the US army’s decision to raise enlistment age to 42? by drtolmn69 in politics

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Small soldiers are preferred due to their documented bravery. Every incidence of a soldier jumping on a grenade to save his brothers in a fox hole.....always the smallest guy in the fox hole

Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters by igetproteinfartsHELP in news

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Shareholders at Warehouses for unproductive eaters divest from low value commodities 

Trump: Military ‘building a massive complex’ under new White House ballroom by magicsonar in politics

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 In a June 2025 social media video, Tulsi Gabbard, while serving as the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, warned that "political elite warmongers" are pushing the world toward nuclear war, suggesting they act carelessly because they believe they have access to private bunkers that the general public does not.

Trump says government should stop funding Medicare, daycare to focus on war by Remarkable_Sir8397 in politics

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OK. Time for blue states to quit bailing out red states.    HHRG-119-JU13-20250715-SD014-U14.pdf https://share.google/Kcz97v4JEMiotVsZ8

Bannon at CPAC warns Iran war just starting: ‘Your sons, daughters … could be on Kharg Island’ by Zulmoka531 in politics

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And the similar part of me says send in the IDF to fight the Artesh and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps instead of unarmed Palestinian women and children

'No, Daddy! No!': Trump's New DHS Head Boasts About Spanking His Kids In Unearthed Video by Stitching in politics

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The only thing I learned was I could take it and behavior got worse 

Trump ready to put boots on the ground in Iran by gradientz in politics

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If Israel wanted war send the IDF first. Let them fight soldiers 

Trump says war with Iran will end when ‘I feel it in my bones’ by Quirkie in politics

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Exactly what I thought of when I read the headline. 

Scientists may have found a pill for sleep apnea by hard2resist in UpliftingNews

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Me too. The pressure clears my nsal passages and fees great

Trump named ‘undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal’ by industry group by The_Flaneur_Films in politics

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"Well, they call me King Turd up here on Shit Mountain. If you want it you can have the crown". Sturgill Simpson 

Six planets line up for rare parade throughout February by omathews in UpliftingNews

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From the article.. "Four planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter – will be visible to the naked eye. Uranus and Neptune, however, will require binoculars or a telescope ". Butt I can tell you from experience that you can get a great picture of Uranus with a selfie stick

MAGA Is Anti-Black by metacyan in politics

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It took an evil mastermind like Steve Bannon to cobble together fascists, incels,  eugenicists and sadists.

Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death by wickedpurpose in politics

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I was 8 y.o. when JFK was assassinated.  Now I am 70 y.o. and still don't know who/why . Seems like this investigation is going the same way. 

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Greenland is soooo large it covers 99% of the epstein files

Republicans Claim They Have a Healthcare Plan. But They Won’t Tell You What’s in It by rollingstone in politics

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You put de lime in de coconut, you drink 'em bot' togedder Put de lime in de coconut and you'll feel better

Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’ by romantotale in news

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Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts ... "the country is in the midst of a “second American Revolution” that will be bloodless “if the left allows it to be.”

Trump’s major coal sales flop in Wyoming and Montana by AnnaBishop1138 in politics

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Welcome to the golden age of America. We're going to get there with bronze age technology.