Here what it says:

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture should be scaled back, because “the USDA’s `client’ is the American people in general, not a subset of interests, such as farmers, meatpackers, environmental groups, etc.” (pg. 290).

• It would reverse climate change policies – worsening the forecast for farmers.

• It wants to cut back farm subsidies: “The overall goal should be to eliminate subsidy dependence” because subsidies create “market distortions.” (pg. 294-5).

• It says: “Stop paying farmers twice for price and revenue losses during the same year. Farmers can receive support from the ARC (Agriculture Risk Coverage) or PLC (Price Loss Coverage) programs and the federal crop insurance program to cover price declines and revenue shortfalls during the same year. Congress should prohibit this duplication.” (pg 297).

• Eliminate the Conservation Reserve Program: “Farmers should not be paid in such a sweeping way not to farm their land” (pg. 304).

• Shrink the Farm Services Agency that administers farm subsidy programs (pg. 310).

• US farm bankruptcies keep climbing; small farmers are not surviving. But Project 2025 seeks cuts to federal aid programs like Social Security that also impact farmers.

• Get rid of H-2A visas. “Congress should immediately cap this program at its current levels and establish a schedule for its gradual and predictable phasedown over the subsequent 10 to 20 years.” That will hurt farmers struggling to hire seasonal workers.

• The plan calls for deregulation of food safety rules, and water, air, soil, animal husbandry regulations. That stands to harm nature, animals, and humans.

For more about Project 2025’s impact sectors that impact farming such as climate, immigration of labor, see other briefs at How Does Project 2025 Affect Me?