# USDA Announces Details of Assistance for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation | USDA

> USDA announced details of up to $12 billion in assistance for farmers hurt by foreign retaliatory tariffs. Direct payments through the Market Facilitation Program start September 4, 2018 for corn, cotton, dairy, hog, sorghum, soybean and wheat producers, alongside up to $1.2 billion in commodity purchases.

- Date: 2018-08-27 · published 2018-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63521-usda-announces-details-of-assistance-for-farmers-impacted-by-unjustified
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Direct payments can cushion farm income and keep acreage and output supported despite lost export sales, but they do not restore export demand, so the net effect on cash prices for soybeans and corn is limited while trade uncertainty persists.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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) | +0.8% | +0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-05-21 | [Spending Impacts of PLC and ARC-CO in House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24656-spending-impacts-of-plc-and-arc-co-in-house-agriculture-reconciliation-bill.md) | -0.4% | +1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-23 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20561-federal-register-farmer-bridge-assistance-fba-program.md) | +1.7% | +1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-04 | [USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program: Round One (CFAP-1) - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52595-usda-s-coronavirus-food-assistance-program-round-one-cfap-1-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.0% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2019-05-23 | [USDA Announces Support for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation and Trade Disruption](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5441-usda-announces-support-for-farmers-impacted-by-unjustified-retaliation-and.md) | +3.7% | +7.9% |
| CORN | 2018-07-24 | [USDA announces $12 billion in programs for farmers affected by trade war - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64020-usda-announces-12-billion-in-programs-for-farmers-affected-by-trade-war-agweek.md) | +1.7% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2018-07-25 | [USDA Assists Farmers Harmed by Tariffs \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64019-usda-assists-farmers-harmed-by-tariffs-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | +3.5% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- sorghumgrowers.com: https://sorghumgrowers.com/2018/08/27/usda-announces-trade-relief-funds-for-farmers/
- usda.gov: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2018/08/27/usda-announces-details-assistance-farmers-impacted-unjustified-retaliation

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