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Agricultural leaders including Senate Majority Leader John Thune and American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall say farmers may need additional federal assistance beyond the OBBBA changes. Duvall says farmers have mixed feelings about ad hoc aid and would prefer open international markets.
Signals of further aid acknowledge weak farm margins from depressed export demand, which can keep acreage and feed demand steady while prices stay under pressure.
farmpolicynews.illinois.eduRyan HanrahanAug 22, 2025After 554 past neutral policy events, Soybeans moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.6%), and +0.6% over 20.
After 439 past neutral policy events, Corn moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.2%), and +1.1% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
