# Expanding the farm income safety net

> Farm Progress policy analysis by Brad Lubben examines how the ARC and PLC safety net choices have become more complex given 2019 weather and market challenges. It describes the new farm bill's changes to yield data and reference prices and expected ad hoc federal assistance.

- Date: 2019-06-06 · published 2019-06-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58577-expanding-the-farm-income-safety-net
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded safety-net and ad hoc aid can encourage farmers to keep storing grain or planting through low prices, which tends to keep crop supplies ample and prices subdued.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-03-18 | [Everything you need to know about the farm bill in one summit \| CFAES](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60074-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-farm-bill-in-one-summit-cfaes.md) | +2.6% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2025-06-23 | [One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1): Title I, Farm Safety Net and Miscellaneous Provisions - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24185-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-h-r-1-title-i-farm-safety-net-and-miscellaneous.md) | -1.5% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2024-02-12 | [What are reference prices and why are they in the farm bill?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31656-what-are-reference-prices-and-why-are-they-in-the-farm-bill.md) | -1.8% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2020-03-30 | [‘Unprecedented’: Sizing up the federal farm rescue - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54119-unprecedented-sizing-up-the-federal-farm-rescue-politico.md) | +3.6% | -5.7% |
| CORN | 2024-09-27 | [Squeezing the Farmer, Part 1: Initiating Examination of a Persistent Challenge - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28290-squeezing-the-farmer-part-1-initiating-examination-of-a-persistent-challenge.md) | +2.2% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2019-03-18 | [Everything you need to know about the farm bill in one summit \| CFAES](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60074-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-farm-bill-in-one-summit-cfaes.md) | -0.6% | -1.5% |
| SOY | 2025-06-23 | [One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1): Title I, Farm Safety Net and Miscellaneous Provisions - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24185-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-h-r-1-title-i-farm-safety-net-and-miscellaneous.md) | -3.8% | -5.0% |
| SOY | 2024-02-12 | [What are reference prices and why are they in the farm bill?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31656-what-are-reference-prices-and-why-are-they-in-the-farm-bill.md) | -1.0% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/management/expanding-the-farm-income-safety-net

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