Southern Texas ranchers are on high alert for New World screwworm. The pest devastated U.S. livestock more than 40 years ago before eradication.
The Texas Farm Bureau highlights just how devastating this is.
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Midwest corn and soy producers are monitoring for disease and lower yields due to the ongoing drought over the last 30 days.
“We believe that it is just a matter of days or weeks... before we see New World screwworm in Texas.”
Sen. Roger Marshall, a founding member and chairman of the Make America Healthy Again caucus, joined us with his thoughts on the commission’s latest report and the key ag-related issues.
“Continue to help us push the New World screwworm back to the Darién Gap and hopefully towards eradication.”
The Cotton Jassid previously detected in Georgia has now made its way to the Lone Star State.
