# Triple dipping: How some farmers got paid three times for the same decreases in crop prices | Environmental Working Group

> An EWG analysis found farmers received about $91.6 billion from 2018 to 2020 through crop insurance, traditional subsidies and trade-war or Covid aid programs, often for the same price declines. Payments from the five programs more than doubled from 2018 to 2020.

- Date: 2022-06-22 · published 2022-06-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40919-triple-dipping-how-some-farmers-got-paid-three-times-for-the-same-decreases-in
- 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

The analysis is a policy critique with no direct supply or demand change, so it has little effect on feed grain or oilseed prices.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-11-16 | [Double Dipping: How Taxpayers Subsidize Farmers Twice for Crop Losses \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67965-double-dipping-how-taxpayers-subsidize-farmers-twice-for-crop-losses.md) | +1.0% | +3.9% |
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| SOY | 2017-11-16 | [Double Dipping: How Taxpayers Subsidize Farmers Twice for Crop Losses \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67965-double-dipping-how-taxpayers-subsidize-farmers-twice-for-crop-losses.md) | +2.2% | -0.9% |
| SOY | 2025-06-10 | [Triple dipping: Budget bill raises farm subsidies for wealthy farmers by billions of dollars \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24190-triple-dipping-budget-bill-raises-farm-subsidies-for-wealthy-farmers-by.md) | +1.3% | -4.1% |
| SOY | 2019-07-30 | [USDA Bailout for Impact of Trump’s Tariffs Goes to Biggest, Richest Farmers \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58075-usda-bailout-for-impact-of-trump-s-tariffs-goes-to-biggest-richest-farmers.md) | -4.0% | -3.6% |

## Sources

- ewg.org: https://www.ewg.org/research/triple-dipping-how-some-farmers-got-paid-three-times-same-decreases-crop-prices

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