{"id":938,"date":"2026-01-01T15:14:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/?p=938"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:14:41","slug":"usda-announces-farmer-bridge-assistance-program-payment-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/2026\/01\/usda-announces-farmer-bridge-assistance-program-payment-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Announces Farmer Bridge Assistance Program Payment Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2023\/12\/Evans-Cotton-Trial-Picker-2023-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2023\/12\/Evans-Cotton-Trial-Picker-2023-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2023\/12\/Evans-Cotton-Trial-Picker-2023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2023\/12\/Evans-Cotton-Trial-Picker-2023-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2023\/12\/Evans-Cotton-Trial-Picker-2023-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2023\/12\/Evans-Cotton-Trial-Picker-2023.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced per-acre commodity payment rates under the one-time Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program. This program provides direct assistance to producers based on 2025 planted acres to help offset increased production costs and market disruptions.<br>Payments will be administered through USDA Farm Service Agency offices, with pre-filled applications sent to eligible producers. Payments are expected to begin in February 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2026\/01\/1000023400-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2026\/01\/1000023400-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2026\/01\/1000023400-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2026\/01\/1000023400-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/files\/2026\/01\/1000023400.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><div><span style=\"font-size: revert\">Payments are based on 2025 planted acres for eligible commodities. Prevent-plant acres are not eligible.<\/span><\/div>For additional program details and eligibility information, see the full USDA announcement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/about-usda\/news\/press releases\/2025\/12\/31\/usda-announces-commodity-payment-rates-farmer-bridge-assistance-program  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Producers with questions should contact their local USDA Farm Service Agency office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced per-acre commodity payment rates under the one-time Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program. This program provides direct assistance to producers based on 2025 planted acres to help offset increased production costs and market disruptions.Payments will be administered through USDA Farm Service Agency offices, with pre-filled applications sent to eligible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":941,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions\/941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/evansag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}