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Exhibit 668

Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program

Exhibit 668 · Agency web page

Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is providing $11 billion through a one-time bridge payment to American farmers with an additional $1 billion available for additional commodities.

FSA is providing $11 billion in a one-time bridge payment, with $1 billion more for additional commodities, as a bridge until the 2025 reconciliation law's benefits are available, under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act. Payments follow 2025 reported acres, ERS cost of production and WASDE; the limit is $155,000 per producer and producers with average AGI above $900,000 are ineligible. The page does not mention tariffs.

Source
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency
Date
2026 (application closed 17 April 2026)
Quoted from
'What It Is'
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/income-support/farmer-bridge-assistance-fba-program
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
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Finding AGR-3.9
Primary record In 2019 the Market Facilitation Program paid specialty crops about 2 percent and nonspecialty crops about 94 percent of $14.4 billion. USDA’s 2025 Farmer Bridge Assistance program is $11 billion with $1 billion more available, and its program for specialty crops that the first did not cover is $1.625 billion.