# USDA delays deadline for farmer aid to offset tariff losses | The Seattle Times

> The USDA extended the January 15 deadline for farmers to apply for trade-dispute aid because of the partial government shutdown. About $9.5 billion in direct payments has been set aside for growers of soybeans, corn, wheat and other crops, and many farmers were delayed by harvest conditions.

- Date: 2019-01-09 · published 2019-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61081-usda-delays-deadline-for-farmer-aid-to-offset-tariff-losses-the-seattle-times
- 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

Extended aid deadlines let farmers keep marketing and planting decisions based on payments rather than forced sales, which limits near-term selling pressure on feed grains. The change is a timing adjustment rather than a new source of demand.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-10-01 | [Trump says he'll use tariff revenue to bail out farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22849-trump-says-he-ll-use-tariff-revenue-to-bail-out-farmers.md) | +1.4% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2019-07-25 | [USDA Announces Details of Support Package for Farmers \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58069-usda-announces-details-of-support-package-for-farmers-usda.md) | -1.8% | -11.4% |
| CORN | 2020-06-18 | [Argentine farmers raise concerns over linking sovereign bonds to food exports
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52445-argentine-farmers-raise-concerns-over-linking-sovereign-bonds-to-food-exports.md) | -0.9% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2019-07-29 | [USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey Discusses Trade Aid Package \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58074-usda-under-secretary-bill-northey-discusses-trade-aid-package-farm-policy-news.md) | -0.6% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2019-04-29 | [USDA Extends Deadline to May 17 for Producers to Certify 2018 Crop Production for Market Facilitation Program Payments \| Farm Service Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59568-usda-extends-deadline-to-may-17-for-producers-to-certify-2018-crop-production.md) | +0.1% | +6.9% |
| SOY | 2025-10-01 | [Trump says he'll use tariff revenue to bail out farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22849-trump-says-he-ll-use-tariff-revenue-to-bail-out-farmers.md) | +2.0% | +7.6% |
| SOY | 2019-08-15 | [Were southern soybean farmers at top of mind in the design of recent USDA tariff and disaster relief programs?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57597-were-southern-soybean-farmers-at-top-of-mind-in-the-design-of-recent-usda.md) | -0.1% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2019-07-25 | [USDA Announces Details of Support Package for Farmers \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58069-usda-announces-details-of-support-package-for-farmers-usda.md) | -3.0% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- seattletimes.com: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/usda-delays-deadline-for-farmer-aid-to-offset-tariff-losses/

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