# U.S. Farm Support: Outlook for Compliance with WTO Commitments, 2018 to 2020 - EveryCRSReport.com

> A CRS report projects U.S. amber box farm support outlays could exceed the $19.1 billion WTO annual limit in 2019 and 2020. Ad hoc USDA programs worth up to $60.4 billion since 2018 are cited as the cause.

- Date: 2020-10-21 · published 2020-10-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50627-u-s-farm-support-outlook-for-compliance-with-wto-commitments-2018-to-2020
- 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

Possible WTO non-compliance could invite challenges from trading partners and pressure on future support levels, but direct feed-grain price impact is limited since payments do not change supply.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-10-04 | [U.S. Farm Support: Compliance with WTO Commitments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56548-u-s-farm-support-compliance-with-wto-commitments.md) | +0.3% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2019-11-01 | [U.S. Farm Support: Compliance with WTO Commitments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56551-u-s-farm-support-compliance-with-wto-commitments.md) | +0.4% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2020-10-05 | [U.S. Farm Policy: Revenue Support Program Outlays, 2014-2020 - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50628-u-s-farm-policy-revenue-support-program-outlays-2014-2020-everycrsreport-com.md) | +0.6% | +5.8% |
| CORN | 2018-09-19 | [WTO Disciplines on U.S. Domestic Support for Agriculture - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63033-wto-disciplines-on-u-s-domestic-support-for-agriculture-everycrsreport-com.md) | +4.5% | +6.5% |
| CORN | 2023-08-21 | [Expiration of the 2018 Farm Bill and Extension for 2025 - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34563-expiration-of-the-2018-farm-bill-and-extension-for-2025-everycrsreport-com.md) | -1.1% | -1.1% |
| SOY | 2019-11-01 | [U.S. Farm Support: Compliance with WTO Commitments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56551-u-s-farm-support-compliance-with-wto-commitments.md) | +0.9% | -4.4% |
| SOY | 2019-10-04 | [U.S. Farm Support: Compliance with WTO Commitments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56548-u-s-farm-support-compliance-with-wto-commitments.md) | +1.3% | +0.5% |
| SOY | 2020-10-05 | [U.S. Farm Policy: Revenue Support Program Outlays, 2014-2020 - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50628-u-s-farm-policy-revenue-support-program-outlays-2014-2020-everycrsreport-com.md) | +4.4% | +3.5% |

## Sources

- everycrsreport.com: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R46577.html

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