USDA Signs $300M Deal With Palantir
April 23, 2026 | Source: DTN | by Todd Neeley
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) — USDA signed a $300 million deal with Palantir Technologies Inc. this week to help the agency implement its “One Farmer, One File” initiative announced in February to help farmers reduce paperwork.
The deal announced with Palantir is expected to help modernize how the agency delivers services to farmers. The agreement is designed to strengthen farm security to accelerate the delivery of farmer programs in USDA’s farm production and conservation areas, according to a news release from Palantir.
As part of the deal, Palantir will provide operational software to help USDA improve service delivery and to enable the agency to “secure American farmland, enhance supply chain resilience, and shield agricultural programs from fraud, abuse and foreign adversary influence.”
“America depends on its farmers and USDA is moving fast to give them the technology they need,” said Ali Monfre, federal engineering lead at Palantir.
Palantir said the latest agreement “builds on existing work” with USDA’s Landmark platform powered by Palantir. That platform backed the rollout of the $11 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program in February.