# Farmers say trade more important than new farm bill

> A majority of US farm groups say trade is a bigger issue for them than passage of the new farm bill. USTR's chief agricultural negotiator defended the tariff schedule against China, and recent US talks in China produced little progress on delaying tariffs.

- Date: 2018-05-14 · published 2018-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65012-farmers-say-trade-more-important-than-new-farm-bill
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Unresolved China tariffs threaten soybean and sorghum export demand, which keeps the trade dispute a key price risk for feed markets.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-07-18 | [Trade Policy Also Important in Next Farm Bill](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29256-trade-policy-also-important-in-next-farm-bill.md) | +1.3% | -10.7% |
| SOY | 2017-12-20 | [Ohio grain farmers talk trade and farm bill - Farm and Dairy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67464-ohio-grain-farmers-talk-trade-and-farm-bill-farm-and-dairy.md) | -0.1% | +2.2% |
| SOY | 2019-02-22 | [U.S. Farmers Receive $7.7 Billion in Trade Aid to Date: USDA - Business Insider](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60600-u-s-farmers-receive-7-7-billion-in-trade-aid-to-date-usda-business-insider.md) | -1.5% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2025-05-13 | [US farmers say Brazil keeps edge in China's soy market despite trade truce \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9507-us-farmers-say-brazil-keeps-edge-in-china-s-soy-market-despite-trade-truce.md) | -1.4% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2019-03-17 | [U.S., China Trade Deal Cannot Be Taken for Granted \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59970-u-s-china-trade-deal-cannot-be-taken-for-granted-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | -0.6% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- agweek.com: https://agweek.com/business/farmers-say-trade-more-important-than-new-farm-bill

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