# What Happens When a Farm Bill Dies? | Farm Bureau Intel Markets | American Farm Bureau Federation

> Former AFBF chief economist Roger Cryan writes that the 2018 Farm Bill expires at midnight on September 30, 2024, with an extension possible later. He lists programs that will shut down immediately, including international trade promotion, biobased and advanced biofuel bioenergy programs, and several animal health programs.

- Date: 2024-09-30 · published 2024-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28291-what-happens-when-a-farm-bill-dies-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Expiry of biofuel and animal health programs and the loss of fixed reference price support could affect farm finances and biofuel demand signals, though the immediate price impact is modest.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2017-06-22 | [Soybean Industry Supports Biodiesel Industry on Capitol Hill - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70357-soybean-industry-supports-biodiesel-industry-on-capitol-hill-american-soybean.md) | +0.8% | +6.7% |
| SBO | 2019-01-24 | [Soy Leaders ‘Engage’ with Biodiesel Industry - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60969-soy-leaders-engage-with-biodiesel-industry-american-soybean-association.md) | +3.5% | +3.8% |
| SBO | 2017-12-19 | [10 Years of Biodiesel in the RFS - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67351-10-years-of-biodiesel-in-the-rfs-american-soybean-association.md) | +0.5% | -2.4% |
| SBO | 2017-10-24 | [NBB Holds Firm In Its Request for 2.5 Billion Gallons of Biomass-Based Diesel, 4.75 Billion Gallons of Advanced Biofuels - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68343-nbb-holds-firm-in-its-request-for-2-5-billion-gallons-of-biomass-based-diesel-4.md) | +0.1% | -2.0% |
| SBO | 2024-02-14 | [Biofuel industry eyes huge new markets amid policy challenges \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15236-biofuel-industry-eyes-huge-new-markets-amid-policy-challenges-agri-pulse.md) | -4.1% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- fb.org: https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/what-happens-when-a-farm-bill-dies

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