# USAID Dismantling: What It Means for Farmers and Ag Research - AgWeb

> The abrupt dismantling of USAID has threatened a food aid purchasing channel that bought about 1.1 million tonnes of US food last fiscal year, including sorghum, corn and vegetable oil. At least 400 producers rely on USAID contracts, and some Kansas sorghum farmers are rethinking spring plantings.

- Date: 2025-02-15 · published 2025-02-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26118-usaid-dismantling-what-it-means-for-farmers-and-ag-research-agweb
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Loss of government food-aid purchases removes a demand source for US sorghum, corn and vegetable oil, which is bearish for those prices if not replaced by commercial demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-03-04 | [USDA Prepares to Protect Farmers in a Trade War - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25559-usda-prepares-to-protect-farmers-in-a-trade-war-agweb.md) | +3.2% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2023-04-06 | [After growing GM corn for decades, some US farmers open to Mexican restrictions \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36378-after-growing-gm-corn-for-decades-some-us-farmers-open-to-mexican-restrictions.md) | -0.4% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2024-03-07 | [Mexico waiting on US proof that GM corn safe for its people, deputy ag minister says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31177-mexico-waiting-on-us-proof-that-gm-corn-safe-for-its-people-deputy-ag-minister.md) | +1.4% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2026-06-01 | [Explainer: What do China's new US farm purchases mean for global trade?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14575-explainer-what-do-china-s-new-us-farm-purchases-mean-for-global-trade.md) | -5.5% | -10.2% |
| CORN | 2024-06-13 | [Falling demand for wheat and corn in China could crash global markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14743-falling-demand-for-wheat-and-corn-in-china-could-crash-global-markets.md) | -2.1% | -8.8% |

## Sources

- agweb.com: https://www.agweb.com/news/policy/politics/usaid-dismantling-what-it-means-farmers-and-ag-research

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