USDA Cancellations Shrink Food Aid

Using internal USDA schedules, the piece documents 4,304 canceled Emergency Food Assistance Program deliveries between May and September 2025, totaling nearly 94 million pounds of milk, meat, eggs, and produce. It ties those procurement cancellations to a $500 million cut and reports on downstream strain at food banks, especially in poorer, rural regions. The story illustrates how executive procurement decisions can sharply reduce in‑kind aid without a separate appropriations fight. — It grounds welfare‑policy debates in concrete magnitudes and shows how administrative levers (procurement cancellations) can quietly reshape anti‑hunger support at national scale.