# USDA Announces Record Payments of $13.8 Billion for 2025 Crop Year Revenue and Price Safety Net Programs | USDA

> USDA announced about $13.8 billion in gross ARC and PLC payments for the 2025 crop year, the largest annual payout since these programs were created in the 2014 Farm Bill. Payments are subject to payment limitation reductions and sequestration.

- Date: 2026-10-07 · published 2026-10-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17105-usda-announces-record-payments-of-13-8-billion-for-2025-crop-year-revenue-and
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The payments add liquidity to producers without directly changing supply, so the price effect on grain and feed markets is modest.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-10-03 | [USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68453-usda-issues-farm-safety-net-and-conservation-payments.md) | -0.7% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2018-07-24 | [USDA announces $12 billion in programs for farmers affected by trade war - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64020-usda-announces-12-billion-in-programs-for-farmers-affected-by-trade-war-agweek.md) | +1.7% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2024-10-25 | [ARC and PLC Payments Go Out, Reflecting Weakness of Farm Bill Safety Net](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27843-arc-and-plc-payments-go-out-reflecting-weakness-of-farm-bill-safety-net.md) | -1.7% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2023-10-12 | [Farmers want more money for crop support programs in this farm bill. But do price safety nets work?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33600-farmers-want-more-money-for-crop-support-programs-in-this-farm-bill-but-do.md) | -0.4% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2022-10-19 | [USDA announces $1 billion in debt relief for 36,000 farmers \| PBS News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39119-usda-announces-1-billion-in-debt-relief-for-36-000-farmers-pbs-news.md) | -0.3% | -1.2% |
| SOY | 2017-10-03 | [USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68453-usda-issues-farm-safety-net-and-conservation-payments.md) | +1.0% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2018-07-24 | [USDA announces $12 billion in programs for farmers affected by trade war - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64020-usda-announces-12-billion-in-programs-for-farmers-affected-by-trade-war-agweek.md) | +3.2% | +4.0% |
| SOY | 2024-10-25 | [ARC and PLC Payments Go Out, Reflecting Weakness of Farm Bill Safety Net](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27843-arc-and-plc-payments-go-out-reflecting-weakness-of-farm-bill-safety-net.md) | -1.4% | -1.9% |

## Sources

- usda.gov: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2026/10/07/usda-announces-record-payments-138-billion-2025-crop-year-revenue-and-price-safety-net-programs

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