White House hosts farmers, discusses more support
Trump outlines ag plans on costs, financing and biofuels, with limited gains for greenhouse growers. Review impacts and assess gaps.
President Trump was joined by Agriculture Secretary Rollins to host U.S. farmers and ranchers at the White House to outline its agricultural plans moving forward on Friday, March 27, 2026.
The focus of the event was the administration’s latest ag initiatives emphasizing commodity support through biofuels, equipment cost relief and direct aid — while also highlighting past financial aid.
Lowering farm equipment and input costs
Trump discussed a push for cheaper tractors and equipment, directly calling on manufacturers to reduce prices. He also announced EPA regulatory changes (especially around diesel exhaust/DEF systems) aimed at reducing breakdowns, lowering repair costs and improving reliability.
Financing and aid
The president talked about expanding access to financing, with enhanced SBA loan guarantees for agriculture to make it easier to borrow money during a period of high input costs and tight margins.
This could help farmers offset tariff impacts, commodity price volatility and input cost spikes.
With reference to the $12 billion in recent farm aid already distributed, Trump said he will request more farm relief funding and push Congress to pass a new Farm Bill.
Supporting biofuels
There is also conversation around moving forward with biofuel blending mandates (RFS levels) and pushing for year-round E15 gasoline sales (ethanol blend). This could directly supports corn growers and ethanol producers and is expected to increase domestic demand for crops.
These equipment and diesel regulation rollbacks could result in fewer DEF/emissions issues, lower repair costs and less downtime during planting/harvest applying directly to tractors, combines and sprayers.