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Cattle fever ticks have moved farther north into the Texas interior, violating a permanent USDA quarantine zone along the Texas-Mexico border. Temporary quarantine zones now cover over 500,000 acres of Texas ranchland.
Expanded quarantines restrict cattle movement in Texas and raise producer costs, a regional animal-health risk that could tighten local feeder cattle supply.
farmprogress.comFeb 27, 2017After 122 past bullish disease events, Feeder Cattle moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -1.0% to +1.6%), and +2.0% 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.
