# Pandemic Tops Trade War in USDA Payments to Farmers

> USDA reported that US farmers received $23.5 billion in pandemic relief payments in under nine months, slightly exceeding the roughly $23 billion of trade-war aid. The undersecretary called for raising the $30 billion Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing cap.

- Date: 2021-01-05 · published 2021-01-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49114-pandemic-tops-trade-war-in-usda-payments-to-farmers
- 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

Expanded CCC authority would give USDA more room for future farm support, which could sustain producer selling capacity and feed grain supply but has limited direct price impact.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2019-05-21 | [U.S. to favour soybeans in trade war aid for farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58949-u-s-to-favour-soybeans-in-trade-war-aid-for-farmers-bloomberg.md) | +2.4% | +10.9% |
| CORN | 2025-11-26 | [Groups Press USDA to Tighten Standards for Expected Trade Aid Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21940-groups-press-usda-to-tighten-standards-for-expected-trade-aid-payments.md) | +1.3% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2018-12-17 | [17 Questions and Answers on the USDA Trade Retaliation Mitigation Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61572-17-questions-and-answers-on-the-usda-trade-retaliation-mitigation-payments.md) | +0.4% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2025-08-27 | [USDA considering 'bridge' payments for farmers  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23303-usda-considering-bridge-payments-for-farmers-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | +3.6% | +8.1% |
| SOY | 2025-01-23 | [Trump pick to lead USDA eyes payments to farmers to cover trade losses from tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26491-trump-pick-to-lead-usda-eyes-payments-to-farmers-to-cover-trade-losses-from.md) | +0.4% | -1.0% |
| 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% |
| SOY | 2019-05-21 | [U.S. to favour soybeans in trade war aid for farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58949-u-s-to-favour-soybeans-in-trade-war-aid-for-farmers-bloomberg.md) | +2.9% | +9.8% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/pandemic-tops-trade-war-in-usda-payments-to-farmers

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