It's about USD 2B worth of purchases:

* https://archive.is/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2...

* https://theconversation.com/american-farmers-who-once-fed-th...

* https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/02/13/mus...

* https://betterworldcampaign.org/blog/what-us-farmers-get-fro...

And in addition to farmers, a lot of companies/non-profits (for, e.g., logistics) were paid by USAID programs, as well as researchers for things like global health initiatives.

There are crops that USAID bought that have literally no other market, like milo.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5296876/trying-to-keep-...

Googling turns up a multitude. Quick Look says in 2025 $2B worth of us crops went to USAID.

More info here.

https://www.agweb.com/news/policy/politics/usaid-dismantling...