# [2017-07-25] Ag Producers, Lenders Agree:  Farm Bill Risk Management...

> Senator Pat Roberts held a July 25 Senate Agriculture hearing on risk management tools for the 2018 farm bill, described as the committee's largest farm bill hearing this Congress. Roberts said all of agriculture is struggling with low prices, and cited drought in the High Plains and flooding in the South.

- Date: 2017-07-25 · published 2017-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69934-2017-07-25-ag-producers-lenders-agree-farm-bill-risk-management
- 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

The hearing reinforces the policy debate over safety-net support but carries no direct supply shock or immediate price impact.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-01-02 | [Risk Management Tools Must be a Farm Bill Priority - Northern Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37776-risk-management-tools-must-be-a-farm-bill-priority-northern-ag-network.md) | -1.8% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2023-02-15 | [McCarthy, lawmakers hear appeals for farm bill market aid, risk management \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37291-mccarthy-lawmakers-hear-appeals-for-farm-bill-market-aid-risk-management-agri.md) | -0.3% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2018-11-29 | [House and Senate Ag Leaders: We've Reached Agreement in Principle on 2018 Farm Bill \| House Agriculture Committee](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62027-house-and-senate-ag-leaders-we-ve-reached-agreement-in-principle-on-2018-farm.md) | +7.6% | +8.3% |
| CORN | 2023-04-26 | [Opening Statement: “Producer Perspectives on the 2023 Farm Bill” \| House Agriculture Committee](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36398-opening-statement-producer-perspectives-on-the-2023-farm-bill-house-agriculture.md) | -2.1% | -5.4% |
| CORN | 2018-01-16 | [Farm Bill Lessons  \| AgManager.info](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66975-farm-bill-lessons-agmanager-info.md) | +1.1% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2023-01-02 | [Risk Management Tools Must be a Farm Bill Priority - Northern Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37776-risk-management-tools-must-be-a-farm-bill-priority-northern-ag-network.md) | -1.0% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2023-02-15 | [McCarthy, lawmakers hear appeals for farm bill market aid, risk management \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37291-mccarthy-lawmakers-hear-appeals-for-farm-bill-market-aid-risk-management-agri.md) | +0.1% | -3.1% |
| SOY | 2018-11-29 | [House and Senate Ag Leaders: We've Reached Agreement in Principle on 2018 Farm Bill \| House Agriculture Committee](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62027-house-and-senate-ag-leaders-we-ve-reached-agreement-in-principle-on-2018-farm.md) | +2.1% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- agriculture.senate.gov: https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/newsroom/rep/press/release/ag-producers-lenders-agree_farm-bill-risk-management-tools-are-essential

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