# Hearings Demonstrate Top Concerns for Ag Producers - Farm Policy Facts

> Senate Agriculture Committee hearings this week heard producers describe a depressed farm economy, with net farm income reportedly halved from a few years ago. Witnesses urged reauthorizing the farm bill with strong risk management tools like crop insurance, and expanded markets and NAFTA renegotiation.

- Date: 2017-07-28 · published 2017-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69930-hearings-demonstrate-top-concerns-for-ag-producers-farm-policy-facts
- 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

Farm policy and crop insurance support can affect planting decisions and farm credit, but no immediate price move follows from hearing testimony alone.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-04-29 | [USDA Extends Deadline to May 17 for Producers to Certify 2018 Crop Production for Market Facilitation Program Payments \| Farm Service Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59568-usda-extends-deadline-to-may-17-for-producers-to-certify-2018-crop-production.md) | +0.1% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2026-07-10 | [USMCA Review Raises Concerns for Mexico's Farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18312-usmca-review-raises-concerns-for-mexico-s-farmers.md) | +2.1% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2023-03-31 | [Ag groups lay out farm bill concerns - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36854-ag-groups-lay-out-farm-bill-concerns-high-plains-journal.md) | -1.2% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2024-12-17 | [Thompson Secures Aid for America's Producers \| House Agriculture Committee](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26953-thompson-secures-aid-for-america-s-producers-house-agriculture-committee.md) | +0.1% | +5.5% |
| CORN | 2019-05-08 | [WTO Dispute Panel Report on China’s Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) for Certain Agricultural Products - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58951-wto-dispute-panel-report-on-china-s-administration-of-tariff-rate-quotas-trqs.md) | +0.3% | +10.5% |
| SOY | 2022-04-29 | [Senate Ag launches farm bill hearings \| 2022-04-29 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41822-senate-ag-launches-farm-bill-hearings-2022-04-29-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | -1.6% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2019-04-29 | [USDA Extends Deadline to May 17 for Producers to Certify 2018 Crop Production for Market Facilitation Program Payments \| Farm Service Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59568-usda-extends-deadline-to-may-17-for-producers-to-certify-2018-crop-production.md) | -2.8% | -2.8% |
| SOY | 2023-03-31 | [Ag groups lay out farm bill concerns - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36854-ag-groups-lay-out-farm-bill-concerns-high-plains-journal.md) | +1.2% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- farmpolicyfacts.org: https://farmpolicyfacts.org/hearings-demonstrate-top-concerns-ag-producers/

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