# For Farmers, Stimulus Bill Means Subsidies Continue to Flow

> The stimulus bill provides $9.5 billion for farmers, including livestock producers, specialty crop producers and suppliers to farm markets. It also gives USDA $14 billion in borrowing authority to replenish the Commodity Credit Corporation used for trade payments.

- Date: 2020-03-27 · published 2020-03-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54117-for-farmers-stimulus-bill-means-subsidies-continue-to-flow
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Replenished CCC borrowing authority and direct aid cushion farm finances, supporting feed demand from livestock producers while doing little to lift grain prices directly.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-07 | [For Argentine farmers, Milei's free-market reforms fall short](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13842-for-argentine-farmers-milei-s-free-market-reforms-fall-short.md) | -0.4% | +0.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-05-19 | [Hoeven: USDA Releases Final Details for Direct Assistance to Farmers and Ranchers, Sign-Up to Start May 26](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53129-hoeven-usda-releases-final-details-for-direct-assistance-to-farmers-and.md) | +1.6% | -4.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-07-12 | [Sask. cattle producers call for meat pricing investigation, transparency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40439-sask-cattle-producers-call-for-meat-pricing-investigation-transparency.md) | -1.0% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-09-06 | [Major players join forces to place sustainability at the heart of global commodity supply chains \| GEF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68986-major-players-join-forces-to-place-sustainability-at-the-heart-of-global.md) | +1.0% | +3.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-08-06 | [U.S. farm state senators in a beef over livestock bill](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51748-u-s-farm-state-senators-in-a-beef-over-livestock-bill.md) | +3.3% | +4.3% |
| HOGS | 2022-12-28 | [NDRC in coordination with Chinese farmers to stabilise supply - European Pork \| European Pork, the Smart Choice](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38236-ndrc-in-coordination-with-chinese-farmers-to-stabilise-supply-european-pork.md) | -5.4% | -12.7% |
| HOGS | 2021-07-09 | [USDA Announces $500 Million for Expanded Meat & Poultry Processing Capacity as Part of Efforts to Increase Competition, Level the Playing Field for Family Farmers and Ranchers, and Build a Better Food System \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46061-usda-announces-500-million-for-expanded-meat-and-poultry-processing-capacity-as.md) | +1.9% | +0.5% |
| HOGS | 2022-01-18 | [China: Focus on Domestic Production, as Soy, Pork Imports Fell in 2021; Corn Imports Hit Record- Meat Production Surges \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14964-china-focus-on-domestic-production-as-soy-pork-imports-fell-in-2021-corn.md) | +4.5% | +14.2% |

## Sources

- nytimes.com: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/politics/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-farmers.html?referringSource=articleShare

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