Commodity Credit Corporation
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Oct 24, 2026
Tyne MorganHOST
President Donald Trump is promising $8 billion in relief to help crop farmers offset the soaring cost of diesel fuel.
Tyne MorganHOST
The USDA will use Commodity Credit Corporation funds for the new harvest fuel relief program.
Tyne MorganHOST
Early estimates from Kansas State University suggest it could pay around $30 per acre.
Tyne MorganHOST
USDA's Richard Fordyce telling Agritalk's Chip Flory this week the first tranche of payments will hit in November and will be targeted toward Title I crops.
Richard FordyceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As we look at those payment rates, as we ingest the data specific to individual commodity production systems, We're only looking at that in the field operation.
Richard FordyceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So we're not gonna be looking at transportation, et cetera.
Tyne MorganHOST
But is there enough funding in the Commodity Credit Corporation to pay for this harvest fuel relief program?
Chip FlorySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's a question that I think, you know, I'm talking to people around town that maybe there's not.
Chuck GrassleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Maybe another one would be for 66 years in a row, we've had a defense authorization bill.
Jessica DomelCORRESPONDENT
Democrats blocked that bill over the war in Iran, forcing the president to turn again to the Commodity Credit Corporation for new farm aid.
Jessica DomelCORRESPONDENT
The current extension of the 2018 farm bill expired at the end of September.
Jessica DomelCORRESPONDENT
For the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network, I'm Jessica Dolmo.
Jim WiesemeyerGUEST
Now, when are they going to be made? We'll get into that because that's important.
Jim WiesemeyerGUEST
The funding and the administration of it, USDA is going to provide $8 billion in those payments through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Jim WiesemeyerGUEST
Now, That's not statutory, so that'll become important later on in our discussion.
Jim WiesemeyerGUEST
It's going to be administered by the Farm Service Agency.
John McMinnHOST
USDA has announced an $8 billion harvest fuel relief program to help producers offset higher diesel and other input costs.
John McMinnHOST
Funded through the Commodity Credit Corporation, the program will provide one-time payments tied to estimated losses for the 2026 crop year.
John McMinnHOST
This follows the fuel cost pressures and died diesel relief we've discussed in recent weeks, adding direct financial assistance to the administration's response.
John McMinnHOST
Payments will be calculated using FSA-reported planted acres, USDA production cost estimates, and USDA yield and price projections.
Jeff NallyHOST
America cannot afford to depend on foreign nations for the fertilizer needed to grow our food and feed our families.
Jeff NallyHOST
The funds will come from the Commodity Credit Corporation, which has an annual $30 billion borrowing cap.
Jeff NallyHOST
Shares of food companies jumped after a top advisor to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. quit the Trump administration today.
Jeff NallyHOST
Callie Means, who also worked in the White House, left his role, marking the departure of the high-profile ally of Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again movement.
Jessica DomelCORRESPONDENT
You can email that data to harvestfuel at usda.gov. That's harvestfuel at usda.gov.
Jessica DomelCORRESPONDENT
The payments will be authorized under the Commodity Credit Corporation and administered by USDA's Farm Service Agency.
Jessica DomelCORRESPONDENT
Applications will be available online using a login.gov account.
Jessica DomelCORRESPONDENT
USDA says farm insurance linkage is not necessary.
Bart FisherSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and then WASDE yields and prices.
Jared WhiteHOST
The $8 billion program will be funded through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Jared WhiteHOST
Fisher doesn't say whether the CCC has enough money to fund the program.
Jared WhiteHOST
However, he says replenishing the fund is expected to be part of ongoing congressional funding discussions.
Joe CunninghamHOST
with one-time payments for fuel and input costs while diesel runs above $6 a gallon.
Joe CunninghamHOST
It uses a uniform formula for modeled 2026 losses and, like the $10 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance Program from late 2025, is authorized to use the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Joe CunninghamHOST
Title I crop payment rates are due in November.
Joe CunninghamHOST
and pre-filled applications open in January.
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