New York based Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released an article on February 25, 2026, entitled, “Farm Debt on the Rise as Federal Aid Counters Rising Expenses” The article described this federal government intervention from the Austrian economics viewpoint encouraged rising farm debt from federal aid. The bar graph below from the article shows federal government direct farm program payments from 2020 through 2026. China retaliated by not buying US grown soybeans creating a $12.8 billion loss in soybean trade for US soybean farmers. US soybean farmers are zinged by federal government interventions for what they grow and sell. They believe the federal government should create a new aid program to solve the problem created by the earlier government aid program.