# USDA commodity-income support levels have increasingly varied since 2015 | Economic Research Service

> An ERS analysis shows USDA commodity-income support has varied more since 2015 because of the shift to conditional ARC and PLC programs and lower prices from 2012 peaks. Combined support for corn, soybeans and wheat fell from $6.6 billion in 2016 to $1.8 billion in 2018.

- Date: 2019-08-19 · published 2019-08-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57593-usda-commodity-income-support-levels-have-increasingly-varied-since-2015
- 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

Support payments that vary with prices change how much farmers rely on income support versus market revenue, which can influence planting decisions. The effect on feed grain prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-09-05 | [ICYMI... U.S. inventory of table-egg laying hens grew to its highest levels ever in 2018 \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57072-icymi-u-s-inventory-of-table-egg-laying-hens-grew-to-its-highest-levels-ever-in.md) | -2.8% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2020-06-01 | [Tightening egg supply and surge in retail demand pushed wholesale egg prices to record levels in March \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52624-tightening-egg-supply-and-surge-in-retail-demand-pushed-wholesale-egg-prices-to.md) | +2.0% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2019-01-31 | [Drought-Tolerant Corn in the U.S., New Report from USDA’s Economic Research Service \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60958-drought-tolerant-corn-in-the-u-s-new-report-from-usda-s-economic-research.md) | -0.5% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2021-11-30 | [Unseasonably low October wholesale egg prices reported in advance of 2021 holiday season \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44060-unseasonably-low-october-wholesale-egg-prices-reported-in-advance-of-2021.md) | +6.2% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2021-12-29 | [USDA’s Corn Output Projections Inform Futures Price Movements \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43620-usda-s-corn-output-projections-inform-futures-price-movements-economic-research.md) | +2.9% | +3.8% |
| SOY | 2024-09-16 | [Oil Crops Outlook: September 2024 \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28415-oil-crops-outlook-september-2024-economic-research-service.md) | +2.6% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2025-06-03 | [Retail egg prices fall, following declining wholesale prices \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24209-retail-egg-prices-fall-following-declining-wholesale-prices-economic-research.md) | +2.2% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2020-02-20 | [USDA: Mixed 2020 farm outlook on small export increase, record production \| 2020-02-20  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54621-usda-mixed-2020-farm-outlook-on-small-export-increase-record-production-2020-02.md) | -1.8% | -8.0% |

## Sources

- ers.usda.gov: https://ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/chart-detail?chartId=93744

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