Related_Laws
Laws related to this measure. Correlation = how closely this law tracks this measure's story. Expected causation = how strongly we would expect it to have moved the line. Neither is a claim of proof.
1970CorrelationExpected causationAct on the Forgiveness of All Government Claims for Rangeland Fees and Livestock Grazing Fines
Forgives all outstanding government claims for rangeland-use fees and fines for unauthorized livestock grazing.
Why this link: Forgives government claims for grazing fees and fines on livestock, an agricultural subsidy-like debt-relief measure lightening the cost burden on livestock herders.
Caveat: Livestock production and prices are shaped far more by rangeland conditions, drought and market demand than by a one-time debt forgiveness of grazing fees.
1989CorrelationExpected causationGuaranteed Purchase of Essential Agricultural Products Act
Passed in 1989, this law requires the government to guarantee and announce a minimum purchase price each farming year for staple agricultural products such as wheat, rice, barley, cotton and oilseeds, later extended to raisins, dates, citrus and livestock products, in order to support farm incomes and stabilize production.
Why this link: The framework law's stated scope covers 'basic agricultural products' broadly, giving it a diffuse relevance across the wider agricultural price domain beyond the specific crops directly covered in practice.
Caveat: In practice only a handful of strategic crops (mainly wheat) receive binding guaranteed prices each year; most items in this broad price category are unaffected.
Lag: Variable.2001CorrelationExpected causationAct Adding One Note to the Act on Support for Domestic Livestock Production
This law adds a note to the act supporting domestic livestock production.
Why this link: Adds a clause to the law supporting domestic livestock production, a targeted policy input into livestock output and pricing incentives for domestic producers.
Caveat: One clause within a broader support law; livestock output and prices respond mainly to feed costs, disease and import competition, making this specific amendment's effect impossible to isolate.
Lag: Within a year or two of enactment.2005CorrelationExpected causationAct Adding Two Notes to the Guaranteed Purchase of Essential Agricultural Products Act of 1989
Passed in 2005, this law amends the 1989 Guaranteed Purchase of Essential Agricultural Products Act by requiring the government to raise the guaranteed purchase price of staple crops each farming year by at least the rate of inflation reported by the Central Bank, applied retroactively to the 2004-2005 crop year.
Why this link: The guaranteed-purchase-price regime this law amends covers all 'basic' agricultural crops, not just wheat, so it shapes producer prices across the guaranteed-purchase basket.
Caveat: Coverage and the specific crops included in the guaranteed-purchase list vary by year and are set by separate annual government decisions, so the link to any single crop's price series is indirect.
Lag: Within the same crop year2019CorrelationExpected causationDirective on the Purchase, Sale, Transport, and Keeping of Live Livestock
Sets rules governing the purchase, sale, transport, and keeping of live livestock.
Why this link: This 2019 directive on the purchase, sale, and transport of live livestock regulates the marketing chain for a category that directly feeds into the recorded livestock price series.
Caveat: Livestock prices are driven mainly by feed costs, exchange-rate pass-through, and drought; a transport/marketing directive is a minor and hard-to-isolate factor.
Lag: Effect, if any, within the same year.