# Analyzing a 1-cent MFP corn payment - High Plains Journal

> Kansas State University analysis compares the 1-cent-per-bushel Market Facilitation Program corn payment with the $1.65 soybean payment. USDA says the soybean payment reflects a tariff-driven price loss and that USDA forecasts a record soybean yield.

- Date: 2018-09-24 · published 2018-09-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63099-analyzing-a-1-cent-mfp-corn-payment-high-plains-journal
- 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

Trade aid rates affect farmer income and planting decisions, and the price-loss estimates behind them are a reference point for how much tariffs have cut US farm prices.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-03-31 | [Ag groups lay out farm bill concerns - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36854-ag-groups-lay-out-farm-bill-concerns-high-plains-journal.md) | -1.2% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2019-06-16 | [Senate Agriculture Committee Trade Hearing- USMCA, China, and MFP Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58573-senate-agriculture-committee-trade-hearing-usmca-china-and-mfp-payments.md) | -0.8% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2019-07-26 | [Map: A look at where the MFP payments are going \| 2019-07-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58072-map-a-look-at-where-the-mfp-payments-are-going-2019-07-25-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -2.2% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2022-07-16 | [High Cost of Animal Feeds Pushes Grain Imports by 72 percent](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40609-high-cost-of-animal-feeds-pushes-grain-imports-by-72-percent.md) | -4.0% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2018-01-18 | [RINs part of a political battle of renewable fuels – Ohio Ag Net \| Ohio's Country Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66864-rins-part-of-a-political-battle-of-renewable-fuels-ohio-ag-net-ohio-s-country.md) | +0.7% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2023-03-31 | [Ag groups lay out farm bill concerns - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36854-ag-groups-lay-out-farm-bill-concerns-high-plains-journal.md) | +1.2% | -2.1% |
| SOY | 2019-06-16 | [Senate Agriculture Committee Trade Hearing- USMCA, China, and MFP Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58573-senate-agriculture-committee-trade-hearing-usmca-china-and-mfp-payments.md) | +0.7% | +0.6% |
| SOY | 2021-08-06 | [Funding for river system improvements is moving forward – Ohio Ag Net \| Ohio's Country Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45467-funding-for-river-system-improvements-is-moving-forward-ohio-ag-net-ohio-s.md) | -0.1% | -8.8% |

## Sources

- hpj.com: https://hpj.com/2018/09/24/analyzing-a-1-cent-mfp-corn-payment/

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