# Record Farm Payments Require Record Suffering

> The USDA Farm Service Agency announced approximately $13.8 billion in Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage payments for the 2025 crop year, the largest annual payout since the programs began. The payments are intended to cushion producers against low commodity prices and revenue shortfalls.

- Date: 2026-11-08 · published 2026-11-08T12:16:57.814Z
- Category: report · region United States · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/87472-record-farm-payments-require-record-suffering
- 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 payments support farm income but do not directly change crop supply or feed demand, so their immediate commodity-price effect is limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-05-27 | [U.S. Farm Exports Forecast at 8% Above 2014's Record](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46958-u-s-farm-exports-forecast-at-8-above-2014-s-record.md) | +6.1% | +6.2% |
| CORN | 2019-08-12 | [Farm Service Agency Cites Record Number of Prevented Planting Acres](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11739-farm-service-agency-cites-record-number-of-prevented-planting-acres.md) | -6.0% | -8.6% |
| CORN | 2020-10-01 | [New USDA Records Show Trade Bailout and Coronavirus Payments Went to the Largest Farms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51106-new-usda-records-show-trade-bailout-and-coronavirus-payments-went-to-the.md) | -0.3% | +6.4% |
| CORN | 2020-01-15 | [Federal Crop Insurance: Record Prevent Plant (PPL) Acres and Payments in 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55063-federal-crop-insurance-record-prevent-plant-ppl-acres-and-payments-in-2019.md) | +0.3% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2024-08-13 | [USDA Projects Record Soybean, Corn Yields - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10469-usda-projects-record-soybean-corn-yields-farm-policy-news.md) | -1.2% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2021-05-27 | [U.S. Farm Exports Forecast at 8% Above 2014's Record](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46958-u-s-farm-exports-forecast-at-8-above-2014-s-record.md) | +3.0% | -8.8% |
| SOY | 2019-08-12 | [Farm Service Agency Cites Record Number of Prevented Planting Acres](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11739-farm-service-agency-cites-record-number-of-prevented-planting-acres.md) | -0.7% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2020-10-01 | [New USDA Records Show Trade Bailout and Coronavirus Payments Went to the Largest Farms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51106-new-usda-records-show-trade-bailout-and-coronavirus-payments-went-to-the.md) | +2.7% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- farm.fm: https://farm.fm/record-farm-payments-require-record-suffering/

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