# 17 Questions and Answers on the USDA Trade Retaliation Mitigation Payments

> The USDA's Market Facilitation Program will distribute about $9.6 billion in cash payments to producers of soybeans, sorghum, corn, wheat, cotton, dairy, hogs and other commodities. Payments are calculated on 50% of 2018 production per round, with rates set per bushel, pound or hundredweight.

- Date: 2018-12-17 · published 2018-12-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61572-17-questions-and-answers-on-the-usda-trade-retaliation-mitigation-payments
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Per-unit payments give producers a cash cushion but do not change the amount of grain or meal available to feed buyers. Price pressure from weak export demand, especially from China, remains the main driver.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- HOGS: neutral
- MILK: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-12-17 | [USDA Launches Second Round of Trade Mitigation Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61569-usda-launches-second-round-of-trade-mitigation-payments.md) | -1.7% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2018-09-04 | [USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63024-usda-launches-trade-mitigation-programs-usda.md) | +0.1% | +3.0% |
| SOY | 2019-01-22 | [The Market Facilitation Program (Trade Mitigation) and the Government Shutdown](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61079-the-market-facilitation-program-trade-mitigation-and-the-government-shutdown.md) | +0.7% | -1.7% |
| SOY | 2018-09-15 | [New answers on how USDA determined trade aid](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63098-new-answers-on-how-usda-determined-trade-aid.md) | +3.1% | +5.6% |
| SOY | 2018-07-27 | [Potential WTO Implications of USDA’s Proposed Response to Trade-Retaliation - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64015-potential-wto-implications-of-usda-s-proposed-response-to-trade-retaliation.md) | +2.5% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2018-12-17 | [USDA Launches Second Round of Trade Mitigation Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61569-usda-launches-second-round-of-trade-mitigation-payments.md) | +0.4% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2018-09-04 | [USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63024-usda-launches-trade-mitigation-programs-usda.md) | +0.5% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2019-01-22 | [The Market Facilitation Program (Trade Mitigation) and the Government Shutdown](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61079-the-market-facilitation-program-trade-mitigation-and-the-government-shutdown.md) | +0.7% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/news/crops/15-questions-and-answers-on-the-trade-retaliation-mitigation-payments

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