# USDA unfairly distributed Trump’s trade war payments

> A GAO report finds USDA's Farm Service Agency could have done better verifying accuracy and equity in Market Facilitation Program payments made for 2018 and 2019 trade disruptions. FSA distributed $23 billion in these payments, and the review of 2018 payments was statistically limited.

- Date: 2022-02-15 · published 2022-02-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42694-usda-unfairly-distributed-trump-s-trade-war-payments
- 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

Oversight findings on trade aid may shape future ad hoc farm assistance and congressional scrutiny, but they have little direct effect on feed commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-04 | [Billions in COVID-19 and Trade Relief for Farmers—How Was it Distributed? \| U.S. GAO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39113-billions-in-covid-19-and-trade-relief-for-farmers-how-was-it-distributed-u-s-gao.md) | +1.6% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2020-10-01 | [New USDA Records Show Trade Bailout and Coronavirus Payments Went to the Largest Farms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51106-new-usda-records-show-trade-bailout-and-coronavirus-payments-went-to-the.md) | -0.3% | +6.4% |
| CORN | 2017-12-17 | [Recent USDA-ERS Reports: Farm Structure (2017), and Evolving Distribution of Government Farm Payments (1991-2015) - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67459-recent-usda-ers-reports-farm-structure-2017-and-evolving-distribution-of.md) | +0.8% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2020-09-16 | [Biggest trade bailout payments went to Southern farms, GAO finds - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51104-biggest-trade-bailout-payments-went-to-southern-farms-gao-finds-politico.md) | +1.1% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2023-01-13 | [USDA's WASDE trims South American corn crops - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37741-usda-s-wasde-trims-south-american-corn-crops-grain-central.md) | +0.4% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2022-10-04 | [Billions in COVID-19 and Trade Relief for Farmers—How Was it Distributed? \| U.S. GAO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39113-billions-in-covid-19-and-trade-relief-for-farmers-how-was-it-distributed-u-s-gao.md) | 0.0% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2020-10-01 | [New USDA Records Show Trade Bailout and Coronavirus Payments Went to the Largest Farms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51106-new-usda-records-show-trade-bailout-and-coronavirus-payments-went-to-the.md) | +2.7% | +3.3% |
| SOY | 2017-12-17 | [Recent USDA-ERS Reports: Farm Structure (2017), and Evolving Distribution of Government Farm Payments (1991-2015) - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67459-recent-usda-ers-reports-farm-structure-2017-and-evolving-distribution-of.md) | -1.8% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-operations/usda-unfairly-distributed-trump-s-trade-war-payments

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.