White House proposes 19% cut in USDA budget.

Last Friday (3), the President of the United States, Donald Trump, sent to Congress budget proposal for fiscal year 2027A White House intends to restructure its spending with federal agencies, including the Department of Agriculture (USDA)The text foresees a 19% cut in the federal agency's budget. Trump administration classifies USDA as a department with a "bloated bureaucracy" and programs "irrelevant to supporting an agricultural policy that prioritizes the interests of United States"The White House proposal is to direct…" US$ 20.8 billion for the USDA in 2027The cut is estimated at US$ 4.9 billion in relation to the budget approved by Congress in 2026. The document also includes a request for US$ 50 million for the agency's reorganization plan. Last year, Congress disagreed on several points of the 2026 budget proposal.Furthermore, members of Congress from agricultural backgrounds should try to preserve funding for the programs of USDAwhich provide more markets for the country's surplus agricultural production. Another point of criticism of the Trump administration was regarding Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), which provides incentives to various North American agricultural markets. According to the White HouseThe sector must "market its products without affecting the federal deficit."

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