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Michigan

Aid For Michigan Farmers

By
Brandon Carlson
December 30, 2025

Michigan farmers have been struggling lately. These intrepid food warriors supply well over $100 billion to Michigan's economy, but tariffs and other international trade arguments have been making their jobs awfully hard lately. The Trump administration has finally taken some action to help, but is it enough? Let's check out the details!

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Here are Five Fast Facts about aid for Michigan farmers:

  1. 💰 A Big Pile Of Dough - The Trump administration recently announced a $12 billion farm aid package to support farmers who’ve been hurting because they can’t sell their crops and are dealing with rising expenses. 
  1. 💨 Coming Soon - Federal officials say most of this money is meant as short-term relief and should start getting paid out in February 2026. Fast = good!
  1. 🤏 Size Matters - Given the recent struggles, experts worry that even more small family farms might get pushed out of business. In 2022, Michigan had just over 45k farms, a 4% decrease since 2017. Around 37% of those were fewer than 49 acres, and 95% were under 1,000 acres. Small but mighty!
  1. 🧓 Aging Out - Ninety percent of Michigan farmers are over the age of 35, and 34% are already over 65. It’s a grandparent’s profession, apparently!
  1. 🩹 Mixed Feelings - Many Michigan farm leaders agree the relief is needed and beneficial, but they warn the aid won’t make up for losses caused by trade problems, tariffs, and high production costs. They feel it's a band-aid rather than a cast.

🔥Bottom line: The cash is great and helps in the short term, but many Michigan farmers need bigger changes to make farming cheaper and selling crops easier in the long run. Here's hoping our leaders at both the state and federal level keep paying attention and take smart actions to help out. It's not like farmers - who generate all the food we eat - going out of business has any wider impact, right...?

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