# Taxpayer-funded farm subsidies rising, along with concerns |  | cnhinews.com

> CNHI News reports that US farmers received nearly $30 billion from crop insurance, commodity protection and disaster relief in the previous year, including $12 billion in bridge payments. Congress is considering another $10 billion, and experts project subsidies could exceed $50 billion next year.

- Date: 2026-07-23 · published 2026-07-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18323-taxpayer-funded-farm-subsidies-rising-along-with-concerns-cnhinews-com
- 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

Rising subsidies keep farms operating and can sustain feed demand, but they are a policy backdrop rather than a supply or price trigger.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-12-09 | [How agriculture subsidies are hurting farmers, taxpayers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73465-how-agriculture-subsidies-are-hurting-farmers-taxpayers.md) | +2.4% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2016-11-23 | [(Thanks)giving Subsidies \| Taxpayers for Common Sense](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73847-thanks-giving-subsidies-taxpayers-for-common-sense.md) | -3.8% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2021-02-24 | [Farm Subsidies Ballooned Under Trump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48604-farm-subsidies-ballooned-under-trump.md) | +0.7% | +5.4% |
| CORN | 2025-07-30 | [Trump’s Tax Bill Expands Farm Subsidies. Not All Farmers Will Benefit.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23749-trump-s-tax-bill-expands-farm-subsidies-not-all-farmers-will-benefit.md) | -1.3% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2022-11-24 | [A new, divided Congress will have to take on a new Farm Bill with far-reaching effects](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38663-a-new-divided-congress-will-have-to-take-on-a-new-farm-bill-with-far-reaching.md) | -3.3% | -2.6% |
| SOY | 2016-12-09 | [How agriculture subsidies are hurting farmers, taxpayers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73465-how-agriculture-subsidies-are-hurting-farmers-taxpayers.md) | +0.2% | -3.0% |
| SOY | 2016-11-23 | [(Thanks)giving Subsidies \| Taxpayers for Common Sense](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73847-thanks-giving-subsidies-taxpayers-for-common-sense.md) | +0.2% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2021-02-24 | [Farm Subsidies Ballooned Under Trump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48604-farm-subsidies-ballooned-under-trump.md) | +0.6% | +1.2% |

## Sources

- cnhinews.com: https://www.cnhinews.com/article_0f6a5a06-15f3-42b8-9277-cfc92010049e.html

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