The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on April 14, 2025, that it was canceling the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities (PCSC), a grant program Reuters reported had allocated $3 billion across 135 projects nationwide. USDA said it found that too little federal funding reached farmers and too much went to administration. The agency also announced a path for select projects to continue under revised requirements, but the available sources do not establish which individual grants ultimately continued.
What was the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities?
Announced by USDA in 2022, the PCSC funded partnerships intended to encourage climate-friendly agricultural practices. Reuters described projects involving soil health, carbon sequestration, reduced methane emissions and other practices, with participants including the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Archer-Daniels-Midland and commodity trade groups representing sectors such as soybeans and rice. Reuters reported that the program allocated $3 billion to 135 projects in every state; that is an allocation figure, not a measure of how much was ultimately spent or how many farmers received payments. Reuters
Why did USDA say it was canceling the program?
USDA said its review found that many partnerships directed too little federal funding to farmers and too much to administration. That is the department’s stated rationale, not an independently audited conclusion established by the available reporting. USDA’s announcement and its explanation of the review
In the announcement, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said, “The Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative was largely built to advance the green new scam at the benefit of NGOs, not American farmers.” This was Rollins’s partisan characterization, not a finding independently established by the program figures. USDA announcement, April 14, 2025
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What did USDA require for projects to continue?
USDA said select existing grant agreements could continue if they met its “Farmer First” review priorities. The announced conditions were:
- At least 65% of federal funds must go to producers.
- The recipient must have enrolled at least one producer by December 31, 2024.
- The recipient must have paid at least one producer by December 31, 2024.
These were the agency’s stated eligibility criteria. USDA said it would contact partners individually about future participation; the announcement does not mean every project meeting a condition was accepted or that every project continued. USDA’s program announcement
What happens to expenses and funding under the replacement framework?
USDA said it would honor eligible expenses incurred before April 13, 2025. It described the overhaul as the Advancing Markets for Producers (AMP) initiative, to use existing funding, and said no new funding would be made available for these partnerships. The announcement sets out a transition plan, not a grant-by-grant accounting of payments or final project status. USDA’s program announcement
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What is known about the cancellation’s effects?
The reported $3 billion describes funds allocated to PCSC projects, not funds confirmed as spent. The 135 figure counts projects, not farmers served. The available sources also do not establish measured climate benefits or farm-income effects attributable to the program, so neither can be inferred from the project count or allocation.
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