# Cornhusker Economics: Farm Program Payments and Projections | CropWatch | Nebraska

> A Nebraska Extension piece examines ARC and PLC farm safety-net programs from the 2014 Farm Bill and their projected payments. It notes that producers face tight margins after commodity prices fell since 2012 while costs adjusted slowly.

- Date: 2016-12-01 · published 2016-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73441-cornhusker-economics-farm-program-payments-and-projections-cropwatch-nebraska
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

As program support declines over time, producers may cut back or adjust planting and buying decisions, which can affect feed demand at the margin. The price effect is indirect and small.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: 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 | 2017-04-25 | [Farm Bill Primer: Trade and Export Promotion Programs - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71479-farm-bill-primer-trade-and-export-promotion-programs-everycrsreport-com.md) | +2.1% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2025-02-01 | [Impacts of Economic Assistance Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26502-impacts-of-economic-assistance-payments.md) | +0.6% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2025-01-09 | [Will $10B in economic payments offset farm income losses? \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26503-will-10b-in-economic-payments-offset-farm-income-losses-agriculture-dive.md) | +4.1% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2024-10-25 | [ARC and PLC Payments Go Out, Reflecting Weakness of Farm Bill Safety Net](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27843-arc-and-plc-payments-go-out-reflecting-weakness-of-farm-bill-safety-net.md) | -1.7% | +0.1% |
| 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 | 2017-04-25 | [Farm Bill Primer: Trade and Export Promotion Programs - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71479-farm-bill-primer-trade-and-export-promotion-programs-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.2% | -0.5% |
| SOY | 2025-02-01 | [Impacts of Economic Assistance Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26502-impacts-of-economic-assistance-payments.md) | +0.7% | -4.2% |

## Sources

- cropwatch.unl.edu: https://cropwatch.unl.edu/2016/cornhusker-economics-farm-program-payments-and-projections/

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