10/22/2025 Farmer Payments to Resume, Trade Aid Awaits End of Gov’t Shutdown

10/22/2025 Farmer Payments to Resume, Trade Aid Awaits End of Gov’t Shutdown Morning Market Talk There will not be a Morning Market Talk today due to technical issues. On the Grains Soybeans traded higher overnight but as of early this morning were unable to push above Tuesday’s overnight highs. Corn and wheat traded narrowly around unchanged. The Trump administration will release more than $3 billion in farm funding that had been frozen during the government shutdown. USDA plans to reopen county Farm Service Agency offices on Thursday to distribute funds drawn from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to stabilize farm incomes, prevent farm bankruptcies and maintain rural support. Farmers had been unable to access assistance since Oct. 1 due to furloughs and shuttered USDA operations. Officials said the reopened county offices will operate with limited staff — two employees per site, five days a week — paid through carry-over administrative funds. The resumption of operations will allow access to farm loan processing, ARC/PLC payments and other programs that have been halted by the government shutdown. The administration is also considering a new $10 billion relief package for farmers affected by the trade war, but that proposal remains stalled amid the shutdown….