# U.S. Watchdog to Investigate Trump’s Farm Bailout Program

> A U.S. watchdog will investigate the Trump administration's farm bailout program. Critics have faulted the payment formulas for certain crops and the payments to large corporate farms, and the program was funded from a Depression-era fund.

- Date: 2020-02-14 · published 2020-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54577-u-s-watchdog-to-investigate-trump-s-farm-bailout-program
- 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

An oversight probe may influence future farm aid design but does not change current feed grain supply or demand, so price impact is minimal.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-08-27 | [Trump farm bailout to provide $6 billion in initial relief](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63524-trump-farm-bailout-to-provide-6-billion-in-initial-relief.md) | +0.5% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2024-11-19 | [Farm Measures Would Limit Trump’s Bailout Money in a Trade War](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27378-farm-measures-would-limit-trump-s-bailout-money-in-a-trade-war.md) | -2.1% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2018-08-28 | [Trump's Farmer Bailout: Half Now, the Rest Later – Maybe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63526-trump-s-farmer-bailout-half-now-the-rest-later-maybe.md) | +0.8% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2021-02-24 | [Analysis finds Trump's trade bailouts go to largest farms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48611-analysis-finds-trump-s-trade-bailouts-go-to-largest-farms.md) | +0.7% | +5.4% |
| CORN | 2018-07-24 | [US to give farmers $12bn trade war bailout](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64018-us-to-give-farmers-12bn-trade-war-bailout.md) | +1.7% | +1.4% |
| SOY | 2018-08-27 | [Trump farm bailout to provide $6 billion in initial relief](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63524-trump-farm-bailout-to-provide-6-billion-in-initial-relief.md) | -1.1% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2024-11-19 | [Farm Measures Would Limit Trump’s Bailout Money in a Trade War](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27378-farm-measures-would-limit-trump-s-bailout-money-in-a-trade-war.md) | -2.4% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2018-08-28 | [Trump's Farmer Bailout: Half Now, the Rest Later – Maybe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63526-trump-s-farmer-bailout-half-now-the-rest-later-maybe.md) | -0.3% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- nytimes.com: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/politics/trump-farm-bailout-investigation.html

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