The U.S. southern border is reopening today for cattle shipments from Mexico after being shut down in early May due to the New World screwworm.
CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Colin Woodall spoke with RFD-TV’s Tammi Arender about what this means for the beef industry, more reopenings, and Sec. Rollins’s response.
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His department will be using a synthetic bait called “Swormlure Five,” which is engineered to smell like an open wound, attracting Screwworm flies to the bait
The network includes labs across the country that track diseases like New World Screwworm, which could see a rise in cases with hurricane season approaching.
“I want to say thank you to Sec. Brooke Rollins for using the science-based... information and making a good sound decision.”
