# Ag Policy Blog

> USDA Secretary Perdue is focusing on aid programs for livestock, dairy and specialty crop producers before any aid to crop growers, according to House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson. The CARES Act provided $9.5 billion for livestock, dairy and specialty crops and a $14 billion increase to the Commodity Credit Corporation.

- Date: 2020-04-07 · published 2020-04-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53629-ag-policy-blog
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Prioritizing livestock and dairy aid signals support for those sectors' finances, which may slow herd liquidation and milk production cuts that would otherwise pressure prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-03-19 | [China ag policy proposes beef 'bailout,' hog herd limits](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25574-china-ag-policy-proposes-beef-bailout-hog-herd-limits.md) | +2.0% | +0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-24 | [Washington moves the money while pork policy waits](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18320-washington-moves-the-money-while-pork-policy-waits.md) | -0.4% | -2.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-06-07 | [bilaterals.org \| Trump’s agricultural trade policy with China: trade-offs or trade disputes?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70353-bilaterals-org-trump-s-agricultural-trade-policy-with-china-trade-offs-or-trade.md) | -1.1% | -12.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-01-01 | [Politics to play a bigger role in agri markets as global tensions rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21120-politics-to-play-a-bigger-role-in-agri-markets-as-global-tensions-rise.md) | +1.2% | +1.9% |
| 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% |
| MILK | 2025-03-19 | [China ag policy proposes beef 'bailout,' hog herd limits](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25574-china-ag-policy-proposes-beef-bailout-hog-herd-limits.md) | +0.3% | -6.3% |
| MILK | 2023-08-09 | [Ag Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5109-ag-alert.md) | -0.2% | +6.6% |
| MILK | 2025-12-19 | [Lawmakers Eye More Farm Aid on Top of USDA Bridge Assistance \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21486-lawmakers-eye-more-farm-aid-on-top-of-usda-bridge-assistance-farm-policy-news.md) | +0.4% | -6.6% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/ag-policy-blog/blog-post/2020/04/07/usda-aid-prepped-livestock-dairy?referrer=twitter

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