# USDA urged to ramp up efforts against New World screwworm - Texas Farm Bureau

> 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.

- Date: 2025-03-28 · published 2025-03-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25523-usda-urged-to-ramp-up-efforts-against-new-world-screwworm-texas-farm-bureau
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-06-18 | [Secretary Rollins Announces Bold Plan to Combat New World Screwworm’s Northward Spread \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24160-secretary-rollins-announces-bold-plan-to-combat-new-world-screwworm-s-northward.md) | -1.2% | -0.3% |
| 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 | 2026-06-04 | [UADA economist: Screwworm news will rattle local Texas, New Mexico cattle markets, but consumer prices to remain unchanged](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18764-uada-economist-screwworm-news-will-rattle-local-texas-new-mexico-cattle-markets.md) | +0.6% | -1.0% |
| 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

- texasfarmbureau.org: https://texasfarmbureau.org/usda-urged-to-ramp-up-efforts-against-new-world-screwworm/

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