# Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero: Protecting Farmers And Families From Artificially Inflated Food Prices

> CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero issued a statement urging the agency to police commodity markets against manipulation and excess speculation. She cited earlier calls for deep-dive studies into volatility in wheat, oil and natural gas prices.

- Date: 2023-10-23 · published 2023-10-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33708-statement-of-cftc-commissioner-christy-goldsmith-romero-protecting-farmers-and
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger CFTC surveillance could reduce speculative price spikes in futures, which matters for feed input costs. The statement is advocacy rather than a new rule, so its direct price effect is limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2022-11-30 | [Oat and Rye Farmers Eligible for Revenue Protection in 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38734-oat-and-rye-farmers-eligible-for-revenue-protection-in-2023.md) | -13.1% | -4.0% |
| OATS | 2023-04-30 | [13008-18 from InterGrain and Koala from Seednet accepted into first stage Australian Oat Classification Program \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36461-13008-18-from-intergrain-and-koala-from-seednet-accepted-into-first-stage.md) | +5.9% | +13.7% |
| OATS | 2024-01-25 | [CFTC fines Ceres Global Ag Corp $3 million for trying to manipulate oat futures prices_Hawk Insight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32158-cftc-fines-ceres-global-ag-corp-3-million-for-trying-to-manipulate-oat-futures.md) | +4.6% | -0.8% |
| OATS | 2023-01-06 | [Texas Agriculture • January 6, 2023 • Expanded revenue protection for oat, rye farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37860-texas-agriculture-january-6-2023-expanded-revenue-protection-for-oat-rye-farmers.md) | +4.5% | +10.9% |
| OATS | 2021-06-07 | [Export fodder customers and growers to benefit from new breeding program \| AgriFutures Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46631-export-fodder-customers-and-growers-to-benefit-from-new-breeding-program.md) | -3.4% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- mondovisione.com: https://mondovisione.com/news/statement-of-cftc-commissioner-christy-goldsmith-romero-protecting-farmers-and-20231023/

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