# New Trade, Foreign Aid Dollars From USDA Check Boxes on Stabenow's Farm Bill List

> USDA is expected to tap the Commodity Credit Corporation to add significant funding for trade promotion and international food aid over the next five years, responding to a letter from Senate Agriculture leaders Debbie Stabenow and John Boozman. The move comes as lawmakers struggle to fund farm bill reference price increases.

- Date: 2023-09-25 · published 2023-09-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34086-new-trade-foreign-aid-dollars-from-usda-check-boxes-on-stabenow-s-farm-bill-list
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded export promotion and food aid funding could support U.S. grain and commodity export demand over time, though the price impact is modest and largely indirect.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-09-15 | [New answers on how USDA determined trade aid](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63098-new-answers-on-how-usda-determined-trade-aid.md) | +3.1% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2019-01-10 | [Farm Policy: USDA's Trade Aid Package](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60965-farm-policy-usda-s-trade-aid-package.md) | -1.4% | +0.2% |
| 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 | 2019-11-04 | [Will Farmers Gain from the New US-China Trade Truce? \| PIIE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55912-will-farmers-gain-from-the-new-us-china-trade-truce-piie.md) | +0.9% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2018-01-24 | [USDA Priorities for Farm Bill - Taxpayers for Common Sense](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66976-usda-priorities-for-farm-bill-taxpayers-for-common-sense.md) | +1.0% | +1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-21 | [U.S. to favour soybeans in trade war aid for farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58949-u-s-to-favour-soybeans-in-trade-war-aid-for-farmers-bloomberg.md) | -13.2% | -6.0% |
| WHEAT | 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) | -1.5% | -1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-25 | [Farm Bill Primer: Trade and Export Promotion Programs - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71479-farm-bill-primer-trade-and-export-promotion-programs-everycrsreport-com.md) | +3.6% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/ag-policy-blog/blog-post/2023/09/25/new-trade-foreign-aid-dollars-usda

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