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The Trump administration released $3 billion in federal aid, which was frozen due t , for farmers caught in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump's trade war with China. On Tuesday, Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that Farm Service Agency (FSA), which is tasked with providing farmers with critical services such as loans, disaster relief, and price guarantee programs, will reopen. "Thursday, USDA will resume Farm Service Agency core operations, including critical services for farm loan processing, ARC/PLC payments, and other programs. @POTUS is standing up for our farmers while Democrats obstruct. Special thanks to our great USDA employees who continue to work without pay to serve our farmers and ranchers." Rollins explained on Fox Business that farmers have not been able to use FSA's financial services amid the prompting Trump to make the decision to reopen the nearly 2,100 offices across the country. "This week, the checks will begin to move again," Rollins said. "We've got farmers who are working to make their payments, to prepare their rental payments for their land, their mortgage payments on their certain combine. They are not able to make those without these checks coming in, so that's why this is so important." The government shutdown — now on its 22nd day — has coincided with Trump's ongoing trade war with China, which is the the largest purchaser of American soybeans. Farmers have been struggling ever since China began to boycott purchasing their soybeans, opting instead to purchase from Argentina. The South American country lifted its 26% tariff on soybean exports, and China jumped to purchase a million tons of soybean from Argentina. This has angered many American farmers, who have pointed out the United States has agreed to offer Argentina a $20 million lifeline. Although Rollins concerns of the bailout to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to the public; the United States signed the agreement with Argentina on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Trump is to visit with China's Xi Jinping in South Korea in which he shared with reporters that he intends to push Jinping to resume its soybean trade “at least in the amount that they were buying before."