Red River Farm Network

Farmer Bridge Assistance payment rates now known – In the final hours of 2025, USDA announced the payment rates for the new Farmer Bridge Assistance program. Those rates include soybeans at $30.88 per acre, corn at $44.36, wheat at $39.35 and barley at $20.51. The per-acre rate for canola is $23.57; sunflowers are $17.32; oats is $81.75 and lentils are $23.98. Cotton and rice...