The American Relief Act of 2025 will provide farmers across the country with economic assistance to help offset losses from declining crop prices. Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute Director Pat Westhoff says assistance packages like this are rare, and farmers should plan accordingly while waiting for a new farm bill. “There’s not been anything quite like this for some time now. Farmers can’t count on getting the same type of payment again in the future, so they should treat this as a one-time only payment.” Payments could come quickly with the legislature in such a tight time frame. “It’s supposed to be very quickly. The legislation lays out a pretty tight timeframe, just a couple of months after the bill is passed. So, we’ll see if USAID will be able to act as quickly as the bill envisions to get checks out the door quickly.
