Missouri famers are sharing how USDA funding freezes are impacting their business. There has also been online talk that the freeze is tied to Project 2025.

Reuters’ P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas reported Saturday that “the U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that programs helping farmers would not be affected.

Maryland farmers are among those who’ve learned that the latest freeze to federal funds may leave them on the hook for investments made with the promise of federal grants and loans.

The White House had repeatedly said the funding freeze would not affect benefits that go directly to individuals.

The Iowa Soybean Association, for instance, cited in a letter to lawmakers that $11 million owed to farmers is at risk. Farmers are learning their conservation payments are frozen because those contracts were funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).