Economics

Trump Aid Payments to Boost Farm Profits This Year, USDA Says

  • Administration has announced $28 billion in trade aid so far
  • Agriculture Department projects best farm profits in 5 years

A farmer pulls weeds from a field.

Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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The Trump administration said farmers are doing better than previously thought, forecasting profits will rise 5% in 2019 to the best in five years because of the president’s trade aid program.