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President Donald Trump presided over a roundtable Monday afternoon with a handful of farmers, lawmakers and members of his administration to announce the aid package. Commodity producers will receive $11 billion, while USDA will hold back $1 billion for specialty crop producers.

USDA's November estimate of the 2025 corn crop average yield was a record, while the U.S. Grain and BioProducts Council reported the crop is of high quality.

Tax Columnist Rod Mauszycki looks at more key provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that affect farmers.

The world corn stocks-to-use ratio ex-China is currently projected to be 11%. That would be up slightly from last year's 10.6% but still very close to the 2012-13 era. That means there is a giant sucking sound for corn exports, and the U.S. is in a position to deliver.

In this month's edition of Russ' Vintage Iron, first up is a photo submission from a reader of their family's tractor. And then we discuss some of the results of the Kinzenbaw collector tractor online auction held earlier this month.

When contemplating how to help a family member financially, consider the following tips so the blessing of assistance doesn't become a source of severe conflict.

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