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Agri-Pulse previews the week in Washington, with the House Agriculture Committee starting a farm bill review focused on conservation. The full House is set to debate the America COMPETES Act, which includes trade remedy and Trade Adjustment Assistance provisions.
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association is also weighing support for mandatory cash cattle purchasing by meatpackers.
Possible cattle-market reform and trade provisions could alter price discovery and packer behavior, but these are proposals still under debate.
agri-pulse.comPhilip BrasherJan 30, 2022After 102 past neutral policy events, Live Cattle moved a median +0.6% over 5 sessions (63% higher; middle half -0.7% to +1.2%), and +1.3% 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.
