# Farm Policy: USDA’s 2018 Trade Aid Package - EveryCRSReport.com

> USDA's 2018 trade aid package authorizes up to $12 billion in assistance for farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs. The Market Facilitation Program provides up to $10 billion in direct payments to producers of soybeans, corn, cotton, sorghum, wheat, hogs and dairy.

- Date: 2018-09-12 · published 2018-09-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62893-farm-policy-usda-s-2018-trade-aid-package-everycrsreport-com
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Direct payments can keep farmers planting and holding production despite weak export prices, cushioning the price impact of lost trade but not restoring export demand.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-08-12 | [Farm Policy: USDA’s 2019 Trade Aid Package - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57590-farm-policy-usda-s-2019-trade-aid-package-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.7% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2019-01-10 | [Farm Policy: USDA's Trade Aid Package](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60965-farm-policy-usda-s-trade-aid-package.md) | -1.9% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2017-03-15 | [Previewing a 2018 Farm Bill - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71989-previewing-a-2018-farm-bill-everycrsreport-com.md) | +1.4% | -4.9% |
| SOY | 2020-10-05 | [U.S. Farm Policy: Revenue Support Program Outlays, 2014-2020 - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50628-u-s-farm-policy-revenue-support-program-outlays-2014-2020-everycrsreport-com.md) | +4.4% | +3.5% |
| SOY | 2017-04-25 | [Farm Bill Primer: Trade and Export Promotion Programs - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71479-farm-bill-primer-trade-and-export-promotion-programs-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.2% | -0.5% |
| CORN | 2019-08-12 | [Farm Policy: USDA’s 2019 Trade Aid Package - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57590-farm-policy-usda-s-2019-trade-aid-package-everycrsreport-com.md) | -6.0% | -8.6% |
| CORN | 2019-01-10 | [Farm Policy: USDA's Trade Aid Package](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60965-farm-policy-usda-s-trade-aid-package.md) | -1.4% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2020-07-27 | [U.S. Challenges to China’s Farm Policies - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51983-u-s-challenges-to-china-s-farm-policies-everycrsreport-com.md) | -1.6% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- everycrsreport.com: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R45310.html

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