# Washington Week Ahead: Farm bill expires as talks turn bitter | 2018-09-30 | Agri-Pulse | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Farm bill negotiations have turned partisan, and no further meetings of the four lead negotiators were scheduled. The 2014 law expired Sunday, and House and Senate leaders blamed each other for the impasse. A House Agriculture member said the process was stalled over Senate demands.

- Date: 2018-09-30 · published 2018-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63031-washington-week-ahead-farm-bill-expires-as-talks-turn-bitter-2018-09-30-agri
- 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

A lapse in the farm bill creates policy uncertainty for commodity programs and trade promotion, but without an immediate change to supply or export flows it has limited direct price effect.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-03-26 | [Washington Week Ahead: House Ag explores farm program changes \| 2017-03-26 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71995-washington-week-ahead-house-ag-explores-farm-program-changes-2017-03-26-agri.md) | +1.6% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2018-10-03 | [Farm bill expiration impact varies \| 2018-10-02 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62518-farm-bill-expiration-impact-varies-2018-10-02-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -1.7% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2016-11-30 | [Farm bill wheels starting to turn \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73846-farm-bill-wheels-starting-to-turn-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | +4.0% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2017-10-25 | [Opinion: The Zero-Sum 2018 Farm Bill \| 2017-10-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68460-opinion-the-zero-sum-2018-farm-bill-2017-10-25-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -1.4% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2018-04-18 | [House farm bill tees up fights over funding, policy \| 2018-04-18 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65506-house-farm-bill-tees-up-fights-over-funding-policy-2018-04-18-agri-pulse-agri.md) | -0.0% | +4.7% |
| SOY | 2017-03-26 | [Washington Week Ahead: House Ag explores farm program changes \| 2017-03-26 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71995-washington-week-ahead-house-ag-explores-farm-program-changes-2017-03-26-agri.md) | -3.0% | -1.5% |
| SOY | 2018-10-03 | [Farm bill expiration impact varies \| 2018-10-02 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62518-farm-bill-expiration-impact-varies-2018-10-02-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -0.3% | -3.8% |
| SOY | 2016-11-30 | [Farm bill wheels starting to turn \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73846-farm-bill-wheels-starting-to-turn-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | +0.5% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/11487-washington-week-ahead-farm-bill-expires-as-talks-turn-bitter

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