# U.S. Farm Aid Payments Expected to Start in January After Midterms By Riza Dagoc Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/39619 Published: 2026-10-24T04:11:27.000Z Updated: 2026-10-24T04:11:27.000Z Section: Regulation > Distribution is not expected before Nov. 3, with payments expected to begin in January. The federal government's $8 billion farm-aid package is not expected to reach farmers before the Nov. 3 midterms, with payments expected to begin in January. President Donald J. Trump announced the [one-time farm-aid plan]() Oct. 19 to address projected losses in the 2026 crop year. The administration also presented the package as relief from rising fuel and other production costs. The national average on-highway diesel price was $6.276 per gallon Oct. 19, up from $6.179 Oct. 12. That road-fuel measure includes taxes and does not directly show the prices farmers pay for diesel. ## Links in this article - [one-time farm-aid plan](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/36676)