The Trump administration has proposed nearly $5 billion in cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture budget, raising concerns about impacts on rural programs.
The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the USDA “eliminates programming that does not serve a core mission, such as radical transgender and Green New Scam ideologies” according to budget documents. Photo by Christophe Paul/USDA Flickr
The Trump administration has proposed nearly $5 billion in cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture budget, raising concerns about impacts on rural programs.
The Trump administration’s proposal for the 2027 fiscal year aims to eliminate $4.9 billion from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual budget — a nearly 20% cut. In total, the department’s discretionary spending totals $20.8 billion for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.
The budget proposal refers to the USDA as a “bloated Washington, D.C. bureaucracy with multiple management layers and many extraneous programs that are irrelevant to supporting an America First agricultural policy.”
“The Budget eliminates programming that does not serve a core mission, such as radical transgender and Green New Scam ideologies, and brings the Agency’s resources closer to the rural Americans it serves,” it reads.
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