# Daybreak: June 26: Key lawmaker calls for new farm bill | 2020-06-26  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Georgia Rep. Austin Scott says Congress should write a new farm bill next year, citing the prolonged slump in commodity prices. He suggested expanding the Conservation Reserve Program to take acreage out of production and reduce supply.

- Date: 2020-06-26 · published 2020-06-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52596-daybreak-june-26-key-lawmaker-calls-for-new-farm-bill-2020-06-26-agri-pulse
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Talk of supply management through acreage reduction signals possible future policy support for prices, but it is a proposal with no enacted change, so the near-term price effect is minimal.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-10-31 | [Daybreak Oct. 31: Key Republicans still want farm bailout  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22382-daybreak-oct-31-key-republicans-still-want-farm-bailout-agri-pulse.md) | -0.4% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2018-06-26 | [EPA proposes RVO numbers for 2019 \| 2018-06-26 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64405-epa-proposes-rvo-numbers-for-2019-2018-06-26-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -2.3% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2017-03-15 | [Ag groups urge boost in farm bill spending \| 2017-03-15 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71993-ag-groups-urge-boost-in-farm-bill-spending-2017-03-15-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | +1.0% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2020-06-16 | [Farm groups urge preservation of China trade deal \| 2020-06-15  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52468-farm-groups-urge-preservation-of-china-trade-deal-2020-06-15-agri-pulse.md) | -0.0% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2025-06-18 | [How the House, Senate Ag differ on key farm provisions \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24188-how-the-house-senate-ag-differ-on-key-farm-provisions-agri-pulse-communications.md) | -3.0% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2025-10-31 | [Daybreak Oct. 31: Key Republicans still want farm bailout  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22382-daybreak-oct-31-key-republicans-still-want-farm-bailout-agri-pulse.md) | +0.0% | +4.3% |
| SOY | 2022-04-29 | [Senate Ag launches farm bill hearings \| 2022-04-29 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41822-senate-ag-launches-farm-bill-hearings-2022-04-29-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | -1.6% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2017-03-15 | [Ag groups urge boost in farm bill spending \| 2017-03-15 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71993-ag-groups-urge-boost-in-farm-bill-spending-2017-03-15-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | +1.4% | -4.9% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/13985-daybreak-june-26-key-lawmaker-calls-for-new-farm-bill

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