# How will MFP payments shape the future direction of farm programs? | 2019-12-27  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> An Agri-Pulse editorial reflects on the shift from direct payments to market-oriented farm bills and asks how Market Facilitation Program payments will shape future farm policy. It notes farmers are looking ahead to 2020 with uncertainty about support levels.

- Date: 2019-12-27 · published 2019-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55564-how-will-mfp-payments-shape-the-future-direction-of-farm-programs-2019-12-27
- 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

Expectations about future federal support affect planting and marketing decisions, but this opinion piece does not introduce a new supply or demand change.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-07-26 | [Map: A look at where the MFP payments are going \| 2019-07-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58072-map-a-look-at-where-the-mfp-payments-are-going-2019-07-25-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -2.2% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2024-05-22 | [Analysis: Farm program payments would more than double for southern crops \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30239-analysis-farm-program-payments-would-more-than-double-for-southern-crops-agri.md) | +3.3% | +4.2% |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2017-10-25 | [Opinion: The Zero-Sum 2018 Farm Bill \| 2017-10-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68460-opinion-the-zero-sum-2018-farm-bill-2017-10-25-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -1.4% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2025-05-22 | [House GOP wins passage of budget bill that boosts farm programs, extends tax breaks \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24658-house-gop-wins-passage-of-budget-bill-that-boosts-farm-programs-extends-tax.md) | -1.3% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2024-05-22 | [Analysis: Farm program payments would more than double for southern crops \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30239-analysis-farm-program-payments-would-more-than-double-for-southern-crops-agri.md) | -1.8% | -6.6% |
| SOY | 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) | -4.5% | -4.9% |
| SOY | 2017-10-25 | [Opinion: The Zero-Sum 2018 Farm Bill \| 2017-10-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68460-opinion-the-zero-sum-2018-farm-bill-2017-10-25-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -0.2% | +1.4% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/12987-how-will-mfp-payments-shape-the-future-direction-of-farm-programs

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