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Reuters reports on Texas ranchers preparing for New World screwworm, which can infest livestock and wildlife and is largely untreatable in wild animals. It describes the sterile-fly program at a Panama City facility that produces up to 100 million flies per week.
Sterile males are released into hotspots to mate with wild females and produce infertile eggs.
The threat of a US outbreak keeps Mexican feeder cattle imports shut, which limits supply and supports cattle prices.
reuters.comHeather SchlitzAug 15, 2025After 148 past bullish disease events, Live Cattle moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (62% higher; middle half -0.5% to +1.2%), and +1.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
