# 5 Livestock Diseases That Could Impact U.S. Food Security and Economic Stability - Bovine Vet

> A Farm Journal Foundation report, The Mean Sixteen, estimates that the top five livestock diseases could cost US agriculture more than $300 billion a year without proper preparation. The five diseases named are foot-and-mouth disease, African swine fever, New World screwworm, HPAI and PRRS. The article is a summary of the report's risk assessment.

- Date: 2025-12-11 · published 2025-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15948-5-livestock-diseases-that-could-impact-u-s-food-security-and-economic-stability
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

The report is a risk assessment rather than a new supply event, so it has little immediate price effect. It does highlight the trade and supply shock risk that a foreign animal disease incursion would pose to US livestock.

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## Sources

- bovinevetonline.com: https://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/5-livestock-diseases-could-impact-u-s-food-security-and-economic-stability

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