Farmers Looking Forward To Changes From One Big Beautiful Bill

More help is on the way for farmers in 2026, on top of aid already announced. Farmers will see long-awaited relief from the estate tax next year, with the exemption rising to $15 million for individuals, and $30 million for married couples under the president’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

“You love your children, and your children are great, and they want to be farmers, and you leave the farm to your children, and a lot of farms are sort of cash poor, land rich, cash poor,” President Trump said.

He added being "land rich and cash poor" didn’t help when it came time to pay the estate tax.

“The kids would go to the local bank or to any bank, and they’d borrow money to pay the estate tax, and they’d end up losing the farm," Trump noted. "They’d go bankrupt. And, because they love their farm and they love their business, and they love their way of life, they’d end up committing suicide...a lot of suicides.”

This announcement came on the heals of USDA's recent launch a $700 million Regenerative Ag voluntary pilot program to boost soil and food health.

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