USDA working to restore rural prosperity

In Iowa last week, Agriculture Secretary Rollins touted biofuel investments and reassured farmers the USDA will support them during trade disruptions.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working to restore rural prosperity through deregulation, balanced trade deals and increased biofuel usage, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said during her first visit to Iowa last week.

The agency is also developing a framework to potentially provide payments to farmers harmed by tariffs, if needed, similar to the Market Facilitation Program during the first Trump administration, added Rollins, who toured an ethanol plant, livestock and crop farm, and seed warehouse among other...