# With Farm Bill Shelved, Congress Pumps Economic Aid Into Farm Economy

> DTN named the lack of a new farm bill its top agricultural story of 2024 and noted Congress passed a one-year farm bill extension on December 20. The extension included $10 billion in economic aid for commodity crops and another $20.7 billion in disaster-related aid tied largely to Hurricane Helene. Congress will need to restart work on a new five-year bill.

- Date: 2024-12-31 · published 2024-12-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26954-with-farm-bill-shelved-congress-pumps-economic-aid-into-farm-economy
- 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

Economic aid supports commodity farm incomes and planting intentions, which affects corn and soybean supply expectations for 2025. The retrospective framing offers little new market-moving information.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-12-16 | [The 2024 Farm Bill: H.R. 8467 Compared with Current Law - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26949-the-2024-farm-bill-h-r-8467-compared-with-current-law-congressional-research.md) | +2.3% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2025-01-09 | [Will $10B in economic payments offset farm income losses? \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26503-will-10b-in-economic-payments-offset-farm-income-losses-agriculture-dive.md) | +4.1% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2026-03-04 | [Farm bill faces uphill climb with mid-year politics in play \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20156-farm-bill-faces-uphill-climb-with-mid-year-politics-in-play-agri-pulse.md) | +0.3% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2024-12-18 | [Ag Economic Aid in Current CR Would Improve Ending Cash Position by 20% By End of 2025 - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26956-ag-economic-aid-in-current-cr-would-improve-ending-cash-position-by-20-by-end.md) | +0.4% | +5.2% |
| CORN | 2024-04-29 | [House Ag Democrats counter on farm bill with CCC funding plan \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30720-house-ag-democrats-counter-on-farm-bill-with-ccc-funding-plan-agri-pulse.md) | +0.9% | +4.7% |
| SOY | 2024-12-16 | [The 2024 Farm Bill: H.R. 8467 Compared with Current Law - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26949-the-2024-farm-bill-h-r-8467-compared-with-current-law-congressional-research.md) | -1.4% | +5.5% |
| SOY | 2025-01-09 | [Will $10B in economic payments offset farm income losses? \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26503-will-10b-in-economic-payments-offset-farm-income-losses-agriculture-dive.md) | +5.6% | +7.4% |
| SOY | 2024-12-18 | [Ag Economic Aid in Current CR Would Improve Ending Cash Position by 20% By End of 2025 - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26956-ag-economic-aid-in-current-cr-would-improve-ending-cash-position-by-20-by-end.md) | -0.2% | +4.3% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2024/12/31/farm-bill-shelved-congress-pumps-aid

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