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A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including 25 from Texas, urged USDA to expand New World screwworm eradication and containment efforts. Reported cases in Mexico have risen from five to at least 33, spreading to Campeche and Tabasco.
USDA officials warned that a widespread US outbreak could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
A US screwworm outbreak would threaten cattle health, trade, and movement, and could tighten supplies further. The main effect for now is political pressure on USDA rather than an immediate supply change.
texasfarmbureau.orgEmmy PowellMar 28, 2025After 69 past neutral disease events, Live Cattle moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (42% higher; middle half -0.8% to +0.6%), and +0.9% 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.
