USDA Cancels $3 Billion Program for Climate-Related Farming

‘It became clear that the majority of these projects had sky-high administration fees,’ the agency says.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins attends the first Cabinet meeting during President Donald Trump's second administration, at the White House in Washington on Feb.26, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on April 15 that it terminated a $3.1 billion climate-related farming program after finding that it didn’t align with the Trump administration’s priorities.

An archived USDA dashboard on its website had said that the agency had invested billions in the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, which the agency previously said funded priorities such as planting cover crops to prevent erosion, managing soil nutrients, and other initiatives.