# Farmers May Need Emergency Market Aid, Ag Leaders Say | Farm Policy News | Illinois

> 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.

- Date: 2025-08-22 · published 2025-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23307-farmers-may-need-emergency-market-aid-ag-leaders-say-farm-policy-news-illinois
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-07-29 | [USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey Discusses Trade Aid Package \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58074-usda-under-secretary-bill-northey-discusses-trade-aid-package-farm-policy-news.md) | -3.7% | -4.5% |
| SOY | 2025-12-08 | [Trump is giving farmers $12 billion in aid \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21483-trump-is-giving-farmers-12-billion-in-aid-ap-news.md) | -2.6% | -5.7% |
| SOY | 2025-07-23 | [Ag policy snapshot: Tariffs, OBBBA, and the Farm Bill \| Talking Crop \| Illinois Extension \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23742-ag-policy-snapshot-tariffs-obbba-and-the-farm-bill-talking-crop-illinois.md) | -2.8% | +0.3% |
| SOY | 2019-01-10 | [Farm Policy: USDA's Trade Aid Package](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60965-farm-policy-usda-s-trade-aid-package.md) | -1.9% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2019-10-07 | [MFP has implications for future ag policy \| Illinois Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56552-mfp-has-implications-for-future-ag-policy-illinois-business.md) | +2.2% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2019-07-29 | [USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey Discusses Trade Aid Package \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58074-usda-under-secretary-bill-northey-discusses-trade-aid-package-farm-policy-news.md) | -0.6% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2025-12-08 | [Trump is giving farmers $12 billion in aid \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21483-trump-is-giving-farmers-12-billion-in-aid-ap-news.md) | -1.0% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2025-07-23 | [Ag policy snapshot: Tariffs, OBBBA, and the Farm Bill \| Talking Crop \| Illinois Extension \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23742-ag-policy-snapshot-tariffs-obbba-and-the-farm-bill-talking-crop-illinois.md) | +0.5% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- farmpolicynews.illinois.edu: https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/08/farmers-may-need-emergency-market-aid-ag-leaders-say/

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