# Trade Aid Round Two: A Per-Acre Perspective | Farm Bureau Intel Markets | American Farm Bureau Federation

> The American Farm Bureau analyzes the second round of trade aid, detailing first-round market facilitation payment rates of $1.65 per bushel for soybeans, 86 cents for sorghum, 14 cents for wheat and 1 cent for corn. Payments are calculated on 50 percent of 2018 production.

- Date: 2018-10-01 · published 2018-10-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62517-trade-aid-round-two-a-per-acre-perspective-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Per-bushel payment rates show that soybeans and sorghum receive the largest support relative to price, which helps explain farmer planting and marketing decisions amid weak export demand.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2017-04-24 | [The Disappearing Farm Bill Safety Net \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71482-the-disappearing-farm-bill-safety-net-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm.md) | -0.6% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2025-12-08 | [Trump Administration Announces $12 Billion Farmer Bridge Payments for American Farmers Impacted by Unfair Market Disruptions \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21481-trump-administration-announces-12-billion-farmer-bridge-payments-for-american.md) | -2.6% | -5.7% |
| SOY | 2026-10-14 | [Has Biofuel Demand Replaced Export Demand in U.S. Soybean Markets? - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/506-has-biofuel-demand-replaced-export-demand-in-u-s-soybean-markets-american.md) | -2.3% | — |
| SOY | 2020-12-01 | [Farmers Have Received $7.7B in Trade Aid to Date \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49635-farmers-have-received-7-7b-in-trade-aid-to-date-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.9% | +10.9% |
| SOY | 2018-08-27 | [Trump offers trade aid to farmers, but some question its fairness - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63523-trump-offers-trade-aid-to-farmers-but-some-question-its-fairness-politico.md) | -1.1% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-24 | [The Disappearing Farm Bill Safety Net \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71482-the-disappearing-farm-bill-safety-net-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm.md) | +2.4% | +1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-08 | [Trump Administration Announces $12 Billion Farmer Bridge Payments for American Farmers Impacted by Unfair Market Disruptions \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21481-trump-administration-announces-12-billion-farmer-bridge-payments-for-american.md) | -1.5% | -1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-16 | [India's farm trade measures to placate farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28270-india-s-farm-trade-measures-to-placate-farmers.md) | -2.2% | +4.0% |

## Sources

- fb.org: https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/trade-aid-round-two-a-per-acre-perspective

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