# Secretary Rollins Announces Bold Plan to Combat New World Screwworm’s Northward Spread | USDA

> USDA launched an $8.5 million sterile screwworm fly dispersal facility in South Texas and unveiled a five-pronged plan to detect, control and eliminate the pest. The announcement followed detections in Mexico as far north as Oaxaca and Veracruz, about 700 miles from the U.S. border. The plan aims to protect the domestic livestock industry.

- Date: 2025-06-18 · published 2025-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24160-secretary-rollins-announces-bold-plan-to-combat-new-world-screwworm-s-northward
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger eradication efforts lower the risk of a U.S. outbreak that would cut cattle supplies further, so the impact on cattle prices is mainly through reduced tail risk.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-03-28 | [USDA urged to ramp up efforts against New World screwworm - Texas Farm Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25523-usda-urged-to-ramp-up-efforts-against-new-world-screwworm-texas-farm-bureau.md) | -0.5% | +0.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-12-19 | [USDA allocates $165M to protect livestock from New World screwworm \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26913-usda-allocates-165m-to-protect-livestock-from-new-world-screwworm-agriculture.md) | +0.5% | +3.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-12-11 | [Contact - The Lethbridge Herald - News and Sports from around Lethbridge - USDA Unveils $100 Million 'Grand Challenge' to Thwart Flesh-Eating Screwworm as Threat Reaches U.S. Border](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67441-contact-the-lethbridge-herald-news-and-sports-from-around-lethbridge-usda.md) | +0.1% | +2.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-08-16 | [New World Screwworm Still a Threat \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69399-new-world-screwworm-still-a-threat-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -3.9% | -6.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-07-31 | [New World Screw Worm returns to Central America \| Amandala Newspaper](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29216-new-world-screw-worm-returns-to-central-america-amandala-newspaper.md) | -1.7% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- usda.gov: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/06/18/secretary-rollins-announces-bold-plan-combat-new-world-screwworms-northward-spread

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