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Democrats won control of the House and Senate in the November 3 midterm elections, with food and farm issues including tariffs, diesel, fertilizer and grocery costs cited as key factors. Democratic leaders say they will prioritize ending the Iran war to lower diesel and fertilizer prices and will steer the stalled farm bill and SNAP changes.
A shift in congressional control could change farm bill and SNAP policy, but legislation is unlikely to move quickly, so near-term price impact on feed inputs is mainly indirect through energy and fertilizer costs.
investigatemidwest.orgLisa Held, Civil EatsNov 13, 2026After 27 past neutral policy events, ULSD / Diesel moved a median -1.4% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -4.3% to +2.6%), and -4.6% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
