The enrollment period for the Farmer Bridge Assistance Payments has opened. Famers with a Login.gov account can find pre-filled applications online. Those that do not have a login.gov account can find the application at their FSA office according to the FBA website at USDA.

$12 Billion in assistance has been set aside for this program. $11 Billion of this is for row crops and could be delivered as soon as February 28, 2026. As a reminder, farmers needed to have planted acres on record at the FSA office by Dec 19, 2025 to qualify and cotton will be paid at a rate of $117.35 per acre, the second larges per acre payment.

More information can be found including instructions for applying for the program at:

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/farmer-bridge-assistance-fba-program

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