# CARES Act Agriculture: COVID-19 Help Agribusiness, Ranchers, Farm

> The CARES Act, signed March 27, 2020, includes roughly $49 billion for crop and livestock producers, nutrition and local food support. It creates a $9.5 billion USDA disaster relief program for specialty crop, livestock, dairy and local food producers, but USDA had not yet published eligibility or process guidance.

- Date: 2020-04-12 · published 2020-04-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53624-cares-act-agriculture-covid-19-help-agribusiness-ranchers-farm
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The funding is a legislative backstop for livestock and dairy producers under pandemic price stress, though uncertain timing limits its near-term effect on feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2018-02-16 | [Agriculture Funding in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018  - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66479-agriculture-funding-in-the-bipartisan-budget-act-of-2018-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.3% | +6.2% |
| MILK | 2019-10-02 | [Trump's agriculture secretary warns: Family farms may not survive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56554-trump-s-agriculture-secretary-warns-family-farms-may-not-survive.md) | +1.8% | +2.1% |
| MILK | 2023-09-28 | [The farm bill: A deadline Congress can’t blow - GZERO Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34090-the-farm-bill-a-deadline-congress-can-t-blow-gzero-media.md) | -8.8% | -8.1% |
| MILK | 2018-02-09 | [Congress clears budget deal, farm aid after shutdown \| 2018-02-09 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66483-congress-clears-budget-deal-farm-aid-after-shutdown-2018-02-09-agri-pulse-agri.md) | -0.1% | +5.3% |
| MILK | 2019-07-01 | [Farmers give new dairy safety net a try \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4200-farmers-give-new-dairy-safety-net-a-try-capital-press.md) | +6.5% | +7.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-06-05 | [Cattle industry divided on negotiated cash cattle bill - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52751-cattle-industry-divided-on-negotiated-cash-cattle-bill-agweek-1-source-for.md) | -0.9% | -7.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-26 | [US ranchers whiplashed by Trump’s beef policies \| Business and Economy News \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21899-us-ranchers-whiplashed-by-trump-s-beef-policies-business-and-economy-news-al.md) | +1.4% | +7.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-12-19 | [Supplemental Appropriations Proposed for Agriculture - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67457-supplemental-appropriations-proposed-for-agriculture-everycrsreport-com.md) | +0.0% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- natlawreview.com: https://natlawreview.com/article/agriculture-provisions-cares-act

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