# MFP has implications for future ag policy | Illinois Business

> An Illinois Business article examines payments under the 2018 Market Facilitation Program against its goal of offsetting tariff losses. It also discusses implications for future farm safety net policy in light of a 2019 MFP 2.0.

- Date: 2019-10-07 · published 2019-10-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56552-mfp-has-implications-for-future-ag-policy-illinois-business
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Discussion of a possible second MFP round points to continued government support that may limit price declines for corn and soybeans, though no new payment amounts are announced.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-09-26 | [Assessing Market Facilitation Payments in Hindsight and Implications for Future Policy - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57080-assessing-market-facilitation-payments-in-hindsight-and-implications-for-future.md) | +2.8% | +5.0% |
| SOY | 2025-08-22 | [Farmers May Need Emergency Market Aid, Ag Leaders Say \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23307-farmers-may-need-emergency-market-aid-ag-leaders-say-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | -0.6% | -0.9% |
| SOY | 2025-12-30 | [Transcript: CMR FAC \| Signs Point to a Bullish Biofuels Policy \|
        
        Illinois Public Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15068-transcript-cmr-fac-signs-point-to-a-bullish-biofuels-policy-illinois-public.md) | -0.7% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2025-07-23 | [Ag policy snapshot: Tariffs, OBBBA, and the Farm Bill \| Talking Crop \| Illinois Extension \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23742-ag-policy-snapshot-tariffs-obbba-and-the-farm-bill-talking-crop-illinois.md) | -2.8% | +0.3% |
| SOY | 2021-03-10 | [Certification schemes let forest destruction into EU market - Business and Human Rights Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48154-certification-schemes-let-forest-destruction-into-eu-market-business-and-human.md) | -1.2% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2025-08-22 | [Farmers May Need Emergency Market Aid, Ag Leaders Say \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23307-farmers-may-need-emergency-market-aid-ag-leaders-say-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | -0.6% | +7.6% |
| CORN | 2025-07-23 | [Ag policy snapshot: Tariffs, OBBBA, and the Farm Bill \| Talking Crop \| Illinois Extension \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23742-ag-policy-snapshot-tariffs-obbba-and-the-farm-bill-talking-crop-illinois.md) | +0.5% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2021-10-25 | [Feed millers push for GMO imports to cut rising costs - Business Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44690-feed-millers-push-for-gmo-imports-to-cut-rising-costs-business-daily.md) | +3.5% | +9.0% |

## Sources

- spotonillinois.com: https://spotonillinois.com/il-business/741455/mfp-has-implications-for-future-ag-policy.html

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