that other tax revenue goes, that is, to the general fund of the U.S. Treasury. The money for the farmers isn't in a special fund but it's accounted for. Unfortunately, the tariffs are taking in less money than is being paid to bail out the farmers:
... In 2018, the U.S. government committed to paying American farmers $9.6 billion to offset their losses from Chinese tariff retaliation. This is about $1 billion more than it took in all year from Trump’s China tariffs. Tariffs, therefore, ending up not just harming American companies and consumers, but costing the government money. More money left “U.S. coffers” to offset farm losses than came into them from U.S. importers....
...Trump’s “tariff deficit” has only ballooned further. The Department of Agriculture just unveiled a new $16 billion bailout for farmers hit by the trade war. After just ten months of a trade war with China, subsidies to farmers are set to drain over $25 billion from “U.S. coffers” for damage done to date. China tariffs, meanwhile, have so far brought in just over $19 billion in tax payments from U.S. importers—$6 billion less than authorized farmer payments.
https://www.cfr.org/blog/130-percent-trumps-china-tariff-revenue-now-going-angry-farmers
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