President Trump Signs Executive Order on Regenerative Agriculture, USDA Announces Billions in Funding for Farmers

Jun 25, 2026

On June 25, 2026, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to advance regenerative agriculture and strengthen food security. Alongside the order, USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the Regenerative Feedstock Rule, a market-driven framework allowing farmers to voluntarily monetize regenerative practices in biofuel markets. The initiatives aim to lower input costs, improve soil health, and research cumulative chemical exposures as part of the Make America Healthy Again agenda.

Regenerative agriculture executive order

▪President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on June 25, 2026, to accelerate American agriculture innovation and expand the Department of Agriculture's Regenerative Agriculture Pilot Program
▪The Executive Order directs the Environmental Protection Agency to prioritize registration of alternative crop protection tools and review data on pre-harvest desiccation uses
▪The Department of Health and Human Services will launch a National Institutes of Health Grand Prize Challenge to evaluate, diagnose, and address cumulative chemical exposures
▪The Executive Order directs the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop research frameworks for cumulative chemical exposure in the food supply

Trump biofuel policy record

▪The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, and the Environmental Protection Agency previously made a $1 billion investment to accelerate farm innovation
▪The Trump Administration delivered nationwide year-round E15, established Renewable Volume Obligations, and extended the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit through the Working Families Tax Cuts Act

Regenerative Feedstock Rule framework

▪Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the final Regenerative Feedstock Rule to help farmers voluntarily capture value from regenerative practices through biofuel markets
▪The Regenerative Feedstock Rule establishes standards for covered biofuel feedstock crops, field-level carbon intensity quantification, mass balance chain-of-custody, auditing, and practice standards

USDA carbon intensity calculator

▪Producers can use reports from the Feedstock Carbon Intensity Calculator when marketing eligible feedstocks to participating biofuel producers
▪The Department of Agriculture is releasing an updated Feedstock Carbon Intensity Calculator to help producers quantify regenerative practices like cover crops, nutrient management, and conservation tillage

Farmer adoption market opportunities

▪Approximately 68 percent of corn farmers and 70 percent of soybean farmers in the United States already implement at least one regenerative practice
▪The Department of Agriculture's Regenerative Pilot Program previously provided $700 million, completing over 67,000 whole farm conservation plans covering more than 49 million acres