Attention Montana Farmers, Aid Package Inbound Per Ag Secretary

We went from a surplus of agricultural trade in Trump's first term in office, to a $50 billion trade deficit under Joe Biden. That is what President Trump is now working to fix in his 2nd term in office. In the meantime, American farmers need help.

That's what President Trump's Ag Secretary had to say on a Fox News interview with Brian Kilmeade.

Last week when I was broadcasting LIVE from the Montana Farm Bureau Convention in Missoula, we had asked Montana and American Farm Bureau reps about this same topic.

While the funding formulas are still being ironed out, Secretary Rollins says an aid package could be rolled out as soon as next week.

Sec. Rollins: "When we talk about our farmers, this is the backbone of America, right? This is the pioneer spirit that made this country so great. Only two of every 10 years do farmers actually make money, and that's an astonishing number. Any other business, you know, you wouldn't have a lot of people stick around, but these men and women are so- they just feel this righteous work to feed and fuel the country is so important. Then you combine that with the years under Joe Biden, with the cost of inputs, interest rates went up 73%, labor 47%, fuel 35%- then there were no new trade deals in those four years under Joe Biden, we went from a surplus of agriculture trade under Trump One to a deficit, a $50 billion deficit. So we're in this perfect storm, and that's what the President is committed to solve."

ICYMI- here's our coverage from Montana Farm Bureau last week: