# FACT SHEET: Update on USDA Activities to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic

> USDA released a fact sheet describing its activities to support the federal COVID-19 response, including deploying 1,545 disaster and public health specialists. It frames the work around the Biden administration's National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness.

- Date: 2021-05-12 · published 2021-05-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47067-fact-sheet-update-on-usda-activities-to-contain-the-covid-19-pandemic
- 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 public health administrative update with no direct supply, demand or price mechanism for feed commodities.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-06-02 | [FACT SHEET: Update on USDA Activities to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46566-fact-sheet-update-on-usda-activities-to-contain-the-covid-19-pandemic.md) | +2.2% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2021-01-05 | [Pandemic Tops Trade War in USDA Payments to Farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49114-pandemic-tops-trade-war-in-usda-payments-to-farmers.md) | +3.1% | +14.6% |
| CORN | 2025-06-26 | [Secretary Rollins Provides Update on Bird Flu Strategy, Egg Prices Continue to Fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24210-secretary-rollins-provides-update-on-bird-flu-strategy-egg-prices-continue-to.md) | +4.6% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2022-01-10 | [USDA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunities to Support Climate Smart Agriculture in 2022 \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43149-usda-offers-expanded-conservation-program-opportunities-to-support-climate.md) | +1.3% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2022-09-22 | [UPDATED: USDA to buy millions in fruit and nuts for tariff relief - The Packer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39585-updated-usda-to-buy-millions-in-fruit-and-nuts-for-tariff-relief-the-packer.md) | -2.8% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2021-06-02 | [FACT SHEET: Update on USDA Activities to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46566-fact-sheet-update-on-usda-activities-to-contain-the-covid-19-pandemic.md) | +2.0% | -12.2% |
| SOY | 2021-01-05 | [Pandemic Tops Trade War in USDA Payments to Farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49114-pandemic-tops-trade-war-in-usda-payments-to-farmers.md) | +4.4% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2025-06-26 | [Secretary Rollins Provides Update on Bird Flu Strategy, Egg Prices Continue to Fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24210-secretary-rollins-provides-update-on-bird-flu-strategy-egg-prices-continue-to.md) | +2.5% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- usda.gov: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2021/05/12/fact-sheet-update-usda-activities-contain-covid-19-pandemic

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