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J.D. Cage, a Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association director, writes about protecting herds from pests and disease.
He highlights a legislative push after the 87th Texas Legislature to address inspection gaps at Texas's nine export-import facilities along the Mexican border, where U.S. cattle are staged before Mexican entry.
Tighter inspection and funding at border export facilities could affect the flow of U.S. cattle to Mexico, a modest factor for feeder cattle pricing. The impact on prices is limited because the piece is advocacy rather than a new trade restriction.
texasborderbusiness.comTBB StaffJul 6, 2021After 28 past neutral policy events, Feeder Cattle moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (61% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.8%), and +0.8% 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.
