# Farm bill negotiations may feature payment limits struggle | 2018-05-22 | Agri-Pulse | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> The House and Senate Agriculture committees are likely to clash over commodity payment limits after their bills leave committee. The House bill loosens eligibility restrictions and removes the cap on marketing loan gains, while Senate Chairman Pat Roberts is working with Sen. Chuck Grassley on tighter limits.

- Date: 2018-05-23 · published 2018-05-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65013-farm-bill-negotiations-may-feature-payment-limits-struggle-2018-05-22-agri
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A stalemate would leave existing payment rules in place, so farm subsidy flows to large operations would stay largely unchanged and feed grain acreage decisions would not shift much.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-06-16 | [Payment limits to be reconsidered in Farm Bill \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35467-payment-limits-to-be-reconsidered-in-farm-bill-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | +2.2% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2017-06-28 | [Farm bill future entangled in budget, tax negotiations \| 2017-06-27 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70480-farm-bill-future-entangled-in-budget-tax-negotiations-2017-06-27-agri-pulse.md) | +5.6% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2017-10-25 | [Opinion: The Zero-Sum 2018 Farm Bill \| 2017-10-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68460-opinion-the-zero-sum-2018-farm-bill-2017-10-25-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -1.4% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2018-10-03 | [Farm bill expiration impact varies \| 2018-10-02 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62518-farm-bill-expiration-impact-varies-2018-10-02-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -1.7% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2016-11-30 | [Farm bill wheels starting to turn \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73846-farm-bill-wheels-starting-to-turn-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | +4.0% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2023-06-16 | [Payment limits to be reconsidered in Farm Bill \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35467-payment-limits-to-be-reconsidered-in-farm-bill-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | +4.6% | +3.9% |
| SOY | 2017-06-28 | [Farm bill future entangled in budget, tax negotiations \| 2017-06-27 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70480-farm-bill-future-entangled-in-budget-tax-negotiations-2017-06-27-agri-pulse.md) | +7.1% | +8.5% |
| SOY | 2018-10-03 | [Farm bill expiration impact varies \| 2018-10-02 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62518-farm-bill-expiration-impact-varies-2018-10-02-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -0.3% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/11012-farm-bill-negotiations-may-feature-payment-limits-struggle

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