39 | Friday, September 19, 2025MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Farm Aid — the annual fundraising concerts launched by Willie Nelson,Neil Young and John Mellencamp during the farm crisis of the 1980s — celebrates its 40th anniversary on Saturday in Minneapolis. Farm Aid's missionThis will be the ninth Farm Aid for Rateliff, whose music combines rock, soul, country, gospel, folk and Americana. How Farm Aid helpsThat hotline — 1-800-FARM-AID (1-800-327-6243) — was one of their first initiatives. Farm Aid has raised over $85 million over the years, making it one of the largest in a line of famed benefit concert series. Bridging the political divideRateliff said he keeps coming back to Farm Aid because not enough has changed.