# Analysis finds Trump's trade bailouts go to largest farms

> An EWG analysis reported by Bloomberg finds 1% of farm aid recipients collected 23% of subsidy payments in 2019, rising to 24% in early 2020. The top recipients averaged nearly $498,000 per payment, the largest share since 2007.

- Date: 2021-02-24 · published 2021-02-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48611-analysis-finds-trump-s-trade-bailouts-go-to-largest-farms
- 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

Concentration of aid in large operations keeps production capacity supported, but the story does not add new supply or demand changes for feed grains.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-11-19 | [Farm Measures Would Limit Trump’s Bailout Money in a Trade War](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27378-farm-measures-would-limit-trump-s-bailout-money-in-a-trade-war.md) | -2.1% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2018-08-28 | [Trump's Farmer Bailout: Half Now, the Rest Later – Maybe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63526-trump-s-farmer-bailout-half-now-the-rest-later-maybe.md) | +0.8% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2018-07-24 | [US to give farmers $12bn trade war bailout](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64018-us-to-give-farmers-12bn-trade-war-bailout.md) | +1.7% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2020-02-14 | [U.S. Watchdog to Investigate Trump’s Farm Bailout Program](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54577-u-s-watchdog-to-investigate-trump-s-farm-bailout-program.md) | +1.2% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2019-12-04 | [Trump’s $28 Billion Trade War Bailout Is Overpaying Farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55567-trump-s-28-billion-trade-war-bailout-is-overpaying-farmers-bloomberg.md) | -3.9% | +1.5% |
| SOY | 2024-11-19 | [Farm Measures Would Limit Trump’s Bailout Money in a Trade War](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27378-farm-measures-would-limit-trump-s-bailout-money-in-a-trade-war.md) | -2.4% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2018-08-28 | [Trump's Farmer Bailout: Half Now, the Rest Later – Maybe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63526-trump-s-farmer-bailout-half-now-the-rest-later-maybe.md) | -0.3% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2018-07-24 | [US to give farmers $12bn trade war bailout](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64018-us-to-give-farmers-12bn-trade-war-bailout.md) | +3.2% | +4.0% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-operations/analysis-finds-trump-s-trade-bailouts-go-to-largest-farms

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