# Welcome to 2018, with all eyes on farm bill - POLITICO

> POLITICO reports on 2018 farm bill provisions, including making cotton growers eligible for the Price Loss Coverage program and lifting the $20 million annual cap on livestock insurance policies for dairy farmers. The excerpt is truncated.

- Date: 2018-01-02 · published 2018-01-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66978-welcome-to-2018-with-all-eyes-on-farm-bill-politico
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md), [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded dairy insurance and cotton program eligibility could alter producer risk management, with minimal direct effect on feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: neutral
- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2023-04-19 | [From dairy pricing to private well testing, Wisconsin farmers, lawmakers have eye on next farm bill - WPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36404-from-dairy-pricing-to-private-well-testing-wisconsin-farmers-lawmakers-have-eye.md) | +0.0% | -12.9% |
| MILK | 2017-12-19 | [Disaster bill adds cotton to farm bill \| 2017-12-18 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67461-disaster-bill-adds-cotton-to-farm-bill-2017-12-18-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -0.6% | -10.8% |
| MILK | 2020-04-20 | [Sizing up the new farm rescue package - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53626-sizing-up-the-new-farm-rescue-package-politico.md) | -1.6% | -8.7% |
| MILK | 2025-12-19 | [Lawmakers Eye More Farm Aid on Top of USDA Bridge Assistance \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21486-lawmakers-eye-more-farm-aid-on-top-of-usda-bridge-assistance-farm-policy-news.md) | +0.4% | -6.6% |
| MILK | 2019-04-12 | [USDA Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59569-usda-update-on-farm-bill-implementation-progress-usda.md) | +0.1% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- politico.com: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-agriculture/2018/01/02/welcome-to-2018-with-all-eyes-on-farm-bill-062225

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