US crop farmers seek $15bn in emergency aid as trade pressures mount

US soybean exports have fallen 50%, from 47% of the world market share in 2018 to just 24.4% today, while Brazil has gained more than 20% of the market

In 2025, crop farmers in the USA lost $34.6m, according to the American Farm Bureau agricultural organisation and lobbying group.

American crop farmers are set to receive $12bn in aid at the end of the month, but agricultural leaders in Congress are calling for a second $15bn package to offset what a bipartisan group of former agricultural leaders warned could be a “widespread collapse of American agriculture”.

In a letter to the leadership of the US House and Senate Agriculture Committees, they said a combination of a downturn cycle and Trump administration policies has left the sector in a precarious position.