By the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association
On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, the Trump Administration’s Department of Energy announced the nearly $5 billion cut in financial assistance for the Grain Belt Express. The Missouri Cattlemen’s Association was quick to applaud the decision driven largely by landowners who were heard by U.S. Senator Josh Hawley and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey.
"This association has fought relentlessly against private companies trying to take Missouri farmer's and rancher's land for private gain," said Jeff Reed, MCA President. "This is a massive win in the continued fight over landowner rights. Senator Hawley and Attorney General Bailey are unwavering champions for private property rights."
While Reed said this win is a “big deal” in the ongoing battle with an out-of-state company who is utilizing eminent domain and taxpayer dollars to take private land for their own private gain, the fight to stop this project for Missouri’s farm families is not over yet.
"This win is a big deal and gives us much-needed momentum to continue efforts to reform state statute and apply pressure on officials to reconsider their misguided approval of this scam," said Reed. “With that said, we do not want any impacted landowner to develop false hope from this very welcomed decision. The fight continues.”
The DOE released in a statement that the funding for the project does not justify the need of the loan.
"After a thorough review of the project’s financials, DOE found that the conditions necessary to issue the guarantee are unlikely to be met and it is not critical for the federal government to have a role in supporting this project. To ensure more responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources, DOE has terminated its conditional commitment," stated in the DOE press release on July 23.
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