US Edition'It's Really Bad': Killer Parasite Posed $11 Billion Threat to Texas Cattle Industry
- Last month, the USDA indefinitely suspended live cattle imports through U.S. Ports due to the New World screwworm spreading northward near the border.
- The suspension followed the USDA's 30-day closure of the southern border to Mexican cattle shipments after the screwworm appeared within 700 miles of the U.S.
- The parasite devastated Texas cattle for decades before eradication in the 1960s, but rising fly populations, fewer calves, and hotter temperatures now increase the threat.
- In April, ground beef hit a record price of $5.80 amid tight supplies worsened by the import ban; Texas alone could lose over $11 billion annually due to this pest.
- The import halt and screwworm risk have strained cattle stocks and prices while USDA plans to build a new fly sterilization factory in Mexico to control the pest.
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'It's really bad': Killer parasite posed $11 billion threat to Texas cattle industry
The U.S. is ramping up the fight against a parasite that experts say is a multibillion-dollar threat to the Texas cattle industry. America has temporarily blocked cattle imports from Mexico due to concerns of the New World screwworm, which devastated herds in the Lone Star State for decades in the 20th century. The action came as the price of beef in the United States was already at an all-time high. Carter Johnson runs Fort Worth Cattle Company…
After the United States closed its borders for the export of cattle due to the presence of worm sweeper, the federal deputy, Agustín Rodríguez, pointed out that from the Congress they seek to stop the illegal entry of Central American cattle and return the federal budget to the cattle ranchers. He also said that, in the analysis list, the fight against the black market of the siniiga earring and agreements for the creation of the Mexican-America…
CHIHUAHUA.— Gov. Maru Campos included the state of Chihuahua in the National Agenda to eradicate the Cattle Sweep Worm, as part of strategies designed to resume the export of standing cattle to the United States, after weeks in which they were suspended by the plague. The above, during the virtual meeting that the state president held with the secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Julio Berdegué, governors of the northern and southern …
Punto y Coma MX President Sheinbaum said there is no definite date for the reopening of the U.S. border for the export of Mexican cattle. Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, reported that there is still no defined date for the reopening of the U.S. border for the export of Mexican cattle, after the closure applied since May 11 by Washington for the detection of burrowing worm outbreaks in the south of the country.
NWS continues to create challenges for the cattle industry - Brownfield Ag News
An ag economist says the import ban of live cattle from Mexico continues to put pressure on producers in the southern United States. Last month, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced an indefinite suspension of imports through U.S. ports of entry due to the continued northward spread of New World screwworm. David Anderson, with Texas A&M […] The post NWS continues to create challenges for the cattle industry appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
Claudia Sheinbaum confirms that there is still "no date" to resume cattle exports to the United States.
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