# Could Farm Policy Support Healthy Diets? | Environmental Working Group

> The Environmental Working Group argues that farm policy should do more to support healthy diets. It notes that corn and soybean farmers received far larger subsidies than fruit and vegetable growers, and that corn and soybeans are mainly used for feed and fuel.

- Date: 2016-11-28 · published 2016-11-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73845-could-farm-policy-support-healthy-diets-environmental-working-group
- 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 argument is advocacy for subsidy reform, and any policy change would be years away, so it has little near-term effect on corn or soybean meal prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-06-10 | [Triple dipping: Budget bill raises farm subsidies for wealthy farmers by billions of dollars \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24190-triple-dipping-budget-bill-raises-farm-subsidies-for-wealthy-farmers-by.md) | +0.7% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2017-11-16 | [Double Dipping: How Taxpayers Subsidize Farmers Twice for Crop Losses \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67965-double-dipping-how-taxpayers-subsidize-farmers-twice-for-crop-losses.md) | +1.0% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2022-06-22 | [Triple dipping: How some farmers got paid three times for the same decreases in crop prices \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40919-triple-dipping-how-some-farmers-got-paid-three-times-for-the-same-decreases-in.md) | +1.4% | -9.8% |
| CORN | 2020-08-06 | [Even More Billions in U.S. Farm Bailouts Risk Violating Trade Agreements \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51604-even-more-billions-in-u-s-farm-bailouts-risk-violating-trade-agreements.md) | +1.4% | +8.8% |
| CORN | 2021-02-18 | [USDA Data: Nearly All Pandemic Bailout Funds Went to White Farmers \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48607-usda-data-nearly-all-pandemic-bailout-funds-went-to-white-farmers-environmental.md) | +0.8% | -4.4% |
| SOY | 2025-06-10 | [Triple dipping: Budget bill raises farm subsidies for wealthy farmers by billions of dollars \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24190-triple-dipping-budget-bill-raises-farm-subsidies-for-wealthy-farmers-by.md) | +1.3% | -4.1% |
| SOY | 2017-11-16 | [Double Dipping: How Taxpayers Subsidize Farmers Twice for Crop Losses \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67965-double-dipping-how-taxpayers-subsidize-farmers-twice-for-crop-losses.md) | +2.2% | -0.9% |
| SOY | 2022-06-22 | [Triple dipping: How some farmers got paid three times for the same decreases in crop prices \| Environmental Working Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40919-triple-dipping-how-some-farmers-got-paid-three-times-for-the-same-decreases-in.md) | -1.0% | -13.8% |

## Sources

- ewg.org: https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/could-farm-policy-support-healthy-diets

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