President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to exempt a slate of agricultural products not produced in the United States from his reciprocal tariffs and adopted more carveouts for fertilizer. 

The shutdown has come as a double-whammy to farmers who were already dealing with the fallout of tariffs that went into effect earlier this year. Prices for soybeans plummeted because China, once the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans, stopped purchasing them in response to high U.S. tariffs, shrinking the soybean market for farmers.

The Trump administration plans to roll out an initial payment of up to $12 billion for farmers hurt by the president’s tariff policies once the government shutdown ends.

Farmers, retailers and politicians from both sides of the aisle agreed that consolidation in the agricultural industry is making it more difficult for farmers to make ends meet, especially when they are also faced with global trade opposition. 

The Trump administration is expected to announce a plan as soon as Tuesday to bail out U.S. farmers