# What happened? What’s next? - Lower uniform prices, negative PPDs return to start the year | Ag Proud

> Congressional Democrats Bob Menendez and Linda Sanchez introduced comprehensive immigration reform bills with no Republican co-sponsors. Analysts expect the bills to face steep partisan opposition and are unlikely to become law in their current form. The column also notes lower uniform milk prices and negative producer price differentials at the start of 2021.

- Date: 2021-03-15 · published 2021-03-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48274-what-happened-what-s-next-lower-uniform-prices-negative-ppds-return-to-start
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Immigration reform is unlikely to change near-term farm labor or dairy supply, so it has little direct effect on feed or milk prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2021-06-11 | [What happened? What’s next? - Is the market fixing itself? - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46753-what-happened-what-s-next-is-the-market-fixing-itself-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | +0.5% | -2.0% |
| MILK | 2021-12-11 | [What happened? What’s next? - Regulatory changes ahead - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43753-what-happened-what-s-next-regulatory-changes-ahead-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | -0.6% | +9.0% |
| MILK | 2022-08-22 | [What happened What's Next: NMPF lays out FMMO modernization timeline \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40205-what-happened-what-s-next-nmpf-lays-out-fmmo-modernization-timeline-ag-proud.md) | +0.2% | -0.9% |
| MILK | 2020-08-05 | [Large Negative PPDs on Milk - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8832-large-negative-ppds-on-milk-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | -21.0% | -19.2% |
| MILK | 2021-03-29 | [Attention All U.S. Dairy Producers Impacted by Negative PPDs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48277-attention-all-u-s-dairy-producers-impacted-by-negative-ppds.md) | +8.8% | +9.1% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/35872-what-happened-whats-next-lower-uniform-prices-negative-ppds-return-to-start-the-year

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