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Missouri Farm Bureau policy updates at its Young Farmers conference covered the recent budget agreement's cotton and dairy program fixes, which were made permanent. The discussion also touched on the farm bill, infrastructure, rural broadband and trade.
Changes to dairy and cotton programs free up farm bill baseline funding for other commodity programs, which could affect future producer support levels. The immediate market impact is minimal.
agwired.comFeb 12, 2018After 1,623 past policy events, Corn moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.5%), and +0.4% over 20.
After 1,905 past policy events, Soybeans moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.8%), and +0.2% over 20.
After 1,019 past policy events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.5%), and +0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
