Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 8/27/18

Commodity farmers can expect to collect a combined $4.7 billion in trade aid payments from USDA with soybean farmers receiving the bulk of those funds as USDA works to spread money around based on retaliatory trade tariffs against U.S. farm commodities.
USDA leaders announced more details of the trade aid package on Monday. Sign-up starts Sept. 4, but farmers will need to show actual production for fall-harvested crops such as soybeans, corn, sorghum and cotton before they can sign up for the aid checks.

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