# New answers on how USDA determined trade aid

> A CoBank white paper released Sept. 13 explains that USDA set trade mitigation payment rates mainly on the gross value of prior trade losses rather than on price declines. Corn receives about 1 cent per bushel while soybeans get $1.65 per bushel.

- Date: 2018-09-15 · published 2018-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63098-new-answers-on-how-usda-determined-trade-aid
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

The payment method shapes how much support farmers get and whether they keep planting or marketing grain, but it does not directly change grain supply or demand.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-09-25 | [New Trade, Foreign Aid Dollars From USDA Check Boxes on Stabenow's Farm Bill List](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34086-new-trade-foreign-aid-dollars-from-usda-check-boxes-on-stabenow-s-farm-bill-list.md) | -0.3% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2018-12-17 | [17 Questions and Answers on the USDA Trade Retaliation Mitigation Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61572-17-questions-and-answers-on-the-usda-trade-retaliation-mitigation-payments.md) | +0.4% | +0.3% |
| 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 | 2019-07-25 | [USDA debuts specifics of second trade aid package - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58070-usda-debuts-specifics-of-second-trade-aid-package-politico.md) | -1.8% | -11.4% |
| CORN | 2019-08-23 | [USDA Details Trade Damage Estimate Calculations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57591-usda-details-trade-damage-estimate-calculations.md) | +1.8% | +1.4% |
| SOY | 2023-09-25 | [New Trade, Foreign Aid Dollars From USDA Check Boxes on Stabenow's Farm Bill List](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34086-new-trade-foreign-aid-dollars-from-usda-check-boxes-on-stabenow-s-farm-bill-list.md) | -1.6% | +0.5% |
| SOY | 2018-12-17 | [17 Questions and Answers on the USDA Trade Retaliation Mitigation Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61572-17-questions-and-answers-on-the-usda-trade-retaliation-mitigation-payments.md) | -1.7% | -0.8% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-operations/new-answers-on-how-usda-determined-trade-aid

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