# Commodity Credit Corporation: Q&A - EveryCRSReport.com

> USDA announced on July 24, 2018 it would use up to $12 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation authority to compensate producers for losses from retaliatory tariffs. A CRS Q&A explains the CCC's structure, funding, and the discretionary authority USDA is relying on.

- Date: 2018-07-27 · published 2018-07-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64014-commodity-credit-corporation-q-and-a-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

The aid package cushions farm income from tariff losses, which may keep US acreage and export selling more resilient, but it does not restore lost export demand, so underlying price pressure on exposed crops remains.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-12-31 | [Profiles and Effects of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Exports - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61443-profiles-and-effects-of-retaliatory-tariffs-on-u-s-agricultural-exports.md) | +3.3% | +4.1% |
| SOY | 2025-06-23 | [One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1): Title I, Farm Safety Net and Miscellaneous Provisions - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24185-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-h-r-1-title-i-farm-safety-net-and-miscellaneous.md) | -3.8% | -5.0% |
| SOY | 2017-05-02 | [FiBL - Report on the EU Common Agricultural Policy and deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71041-fibl-report-on-the-eu-common-agricultural-policy-and-deforestation.md) | -0.3% | -4.8% |
| SOY | 2025-09-29 | [Corn Weekly Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9844-corn-weekly-report.md) | +0.4% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2025-04-24 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 24, 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16454-grain-transportation-report-april-24-2025.md) | -0.5% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2020-03-25 | [Senators compromise on Commodity Credit Corporation money - Roll Call](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54120-senators-compromise-on-commodity-credit-corporation-money-roll-call.md) | +5.3% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2017-03-15 | [Previewing a 2018 Farm Bill - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71989-previewing-a-2018-farm-bill-everycrsreport-com.md) | +1.0% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 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) | +2.1% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- everycrsreport.com: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IN10941.html

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