# In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating screwworms | Reuters

> 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.

- Date: 2025-08-15 · published 2025-08-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23280-in-texas-cattle-country-ranchers-brace-for-flesh-eating-screwworms-reuters
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The threat of a US outbreak keeps Mexican feeder cattle imports shut, which limits supply and supports cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-06-02 | [How flesh-eating screwworms in cattle could raise US beef prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24157-how-flesh-eating-screwworms-in-cattle-could-raise-us-beef-prices-reuters.md) | +3.1% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-15 | [USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworms \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23282-usda-to-build-texas-facility-to-fight-flesh-eating-screwworms-reuters.md) | +1.1% | -0.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-10 | [US again halts cattle imports from Mexico over flesh-eating screwworms \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23700-us-again-halts-cattle-imports-from-mexico-over-flesh-eating-screwworms-reuters.md) | +2.6% | +6.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-03 | [Flesh-eating screwworm confirmed in Texas calf as parasite crosses border from Mexico \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18763-flesh-eating-screwworm-confirmed-in-texas-calf-as-parasite-crosses-border-from.md) | +0.0% | -0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-01 | [Mexico sees 32% jump in flesh-eating screwworm cases since August as cases move north \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22368-mexico-sees-32-jump-in-flesh-eating-screwworm-cases-since-august-as-cases-move.md) | -0.1% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/texas-cattle-country-ranchers-brace-flesh-eating-screwworms-2025-08-15/

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