# New Tariff Aid Plan Offers Single Payment for All Non-Specialty Crops - Pork Business

> USDA announced a second-year Market Facilitation Program tariff aid plan that pays one rate per county across all covered commodities. Payments will be based on 2019 planted acres, which cannot exceed 2018 plantings. USDA did not release the actual payment rates.

- Date: 2020-11-20 · published 2020-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50141-new-tariff-aid-plan-offers-single-payment-for-all-non-specialty-crops-pork
- 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

A single flat payment rate is designed not to shift planting toward specific crops, so it should have little direct effect on feed grain or oilseed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-08-18 | [Is more aid coming for specialty crops?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17895-is-more-aid-coming-for-specialty-crops.md) | +3.7% | +7.7% |
| CORN | 2018-11-29 | [Single Word Keeps Some Farmers From Getting Trump's Aid to Offset Tariffs — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62032-single-word-keeps-some-farmers-from-getting-trump-s-aid-to-offset-tariffs.md) | +7.6% | +8.3% |
| CORN | 2018-03-27 | [Pilot Program Planting Potential Payments - Taxpayers for Common Sense](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65988-pilot-program-planting-potential-payments-taxpayers-for-common-sense.md) | +4.5% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2026-06-25 | [Trump Seeks $11.1 Billion in New Aid for US Farmers Facing Low Crop Prices - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18782-trump-seeks-11-1-billion-in-new-aid-for-us-farmers-facing-low-crop-prices.md) | -0.8% | +6.4% |
| CORN | 2023-09-02 | [Brazil allows farmers to sow new soy before fallow - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13624-brazil-allows-farmers-to-sow-new-soy-before-fallow-markets-business-recorder.md) | +0.4% | -7.7% |
| SOY | 2026-08-18 | [Is more aid coming for specialty crops?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17895-is-more-aid-coming-for-specialty-crops.md) | +1.2% | +9.8% |
| SOY | 2023-04-20 | [China Farm Official Expects Little Growth in Soybean Planting This Year - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36387-china-farm-official-expects-little-growth-in-soybean-planting-this-year-pork.md) | -4.7% | -11.3% |
| SOY | 2018-11-29 | [Single Word Keeps Some Farmers From Getting Trump's Aid to Offset Tariffs — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62032-single-word-keeps-some-farmers-from-getting-trump-s-aid-to-offset-tariffs.md) | +2.1% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- porkbusiness.com: https://www.porkbusiness.com/ag-policy/new-tariff-aid-plan-offers-single-payment-all-non-specialty-crops

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