# USDA Priorities for Farm Bill - Taxpayers for Common Sense

> The USDA released its 2018 Farm Bill and Legislative Principles document, which calls for a farm safety net that avoids distorting markets and promotes crop insurance innovation. Taxpayers for Common Sense praised the stance and urged eliminating shallow-loss income programs.

- Date: 2018-01-24 · published 2018-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66976-usda-priorities-for-farm-bill-taxpayers-for-common-sense
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The administration's farm bill position signals possible future changes to crop support, but implementation is years away and has no immediate price effect.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-03-13 | [Commodity Groups Detail Farm Bill Priorities](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36852-commodity-groups-detail-farm-bill-priorities.md) | +0.8% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2025-08-27 | [USDA considering 'bridge' payments for farmers  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23303-usda-considering-bridge-payments-for-farmers-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | +3.6% | +8.1% |
| CORN | 2023-09-25 | [New Trade, Foreign Aid Dollars From USDA Check Boxes on Stabenow's Farm Bill List](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34086-new-trade-foreign-aid-dollars-from-usda-check-boxes-on-stabenow-s-farm-bill-list.md) | -0.3% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2023-11-09 | [Farmers want more money for crop support programs included in Farm Bill : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33149-farmers-want-more-money-for-crop-support-programs-included-in-farm-bill-npr.md) | -1.5% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2019-07-25 | [USDA Announces Details of Support Package for Farmers \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58069-usda-announces-details-of-support-package-for-farmers-usda.md) | -1.8% | -11.4% |
| SOY | 2023-03-13 | [Commodity Groups Detail Farm Bill Priorities](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36852-commodity-groups-detail-farm-bill-priorities.md) | -2.4% | -1.7% |
| SOY | 2025-08-27 | [USDA considering 'bridge' payments for farmers  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23303-usda-considering-bridge-payments-for-farmers-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | -1.2% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2023-09-25 | [New Trade, Foreign Aid Dollars From USDA Check Boxes on Stabenow's Farm Bill List](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34086-new-trade-foreign-aid-dollars-from-usda-check-boxes-on-stabenow-s-farm-bill-list.md) | -1.6% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- taxpayer.net: https://www.taxpayer.net/agriculture/usda-priorities-farm-bill/

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