# Reporter’s Diary: How we reported on the Trump administration’s ‘unprecedented’ payments to American farmers - Investigate Midwest

> Investigate Midwest publishes a reporter's diary describing how its team investigated the Market Facilitation Program using a large FOIA dataset and GAO reports. The piece covers the reporting process for the program's payment history.

- Date: 2022-11-02 · published 2022-11-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38659-reporter-s-diary-how-we-reported-on-the-trump-administration-s-unprecedented
- 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

This is a journalistic methods piece about past subsidies, with no new policy action or market mechanism affecting feed commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-11-12 | [Baldwin, Democrats Unveil New Report Detailing How Trump Administration Mismanaged Payments to Farmers for Trade Damages \| U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56044-baldwin-democrats-unveil-new-report-detailing-how-trump-administration.md) | -0.5% | -2.9% |
| CORN | 2025-12-08 | [Trump Administration Announces $12 Billion Farmer Bridge Payments for American Farmers Impacted by Unfair Market Disruptions \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21481-trump-administration-announces-12-billion-farmer-bridge-payments-for-american.md) | -1.0% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2025-02-28 | [The Complicated Fate of a New Farm Bill in the Second Trump Administration](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26031-the-complicated-fate-of-a-new-farm-bill-in-the-second-trump-administration.md) | -2.4% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2019-07-25 | [Trump administration reveals details of $16 billion farm bailout in U.S. trade war - The Washington Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58071-trump-administration-reveals-details-of-16-billion-farm-bailout-in-u-s-trade.md) | -1.8% | -11.4% |
| CORN | 2018-11-26 | [Cage-Free Eggs Were Once Expected to Dominate the Egg Market \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62059-cage-free-eggs-were-once-expected-to-dominate-the-egg-market-farm-bureau-intel.md) | +1.1% | +8.1% |
| SOY | 2019-11-12 | [Baldwin, Democrats Unveil New Report Detailing How Trump Administration Mismanaged Payments to Farmers for Trade Damages \| U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56044-baldwin-democrats-unveil-new-report-detailing-how-trump-administration.md) | +0.6% | -0.4% |
| SOY | 2025-12-08 | [Trump Administration Announces $12 Billion Farmer Bridge Payments for American Farmers Impacted by Unfair Market Disruptions \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21481-trump-administration-announces-12-billion-farmer-bridge-payments-for-american.md) | -2.6% | -5.7% |
| SOY | 2025-02-28 | [The Complicated Fate of a New Farm Bill in the Second Trump Administration](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26031-the-complicated-fate-of-a-new-farm-bill-in-the-second-trump-administration.md) | -0.9% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- investigatemidwest.org: https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/11/02/reporters-diary-how-we-reported-on-the-trump-administrations-unprecedented-payments-to-american-farmers/

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