# USDA allocates $165M to protect livestock from New World screwworm | Agriculture Dive

> The USDA allocated $165 million in emergency funding to stop New World screwworm from reaching the US. The money will fund surveillance, animal health checkpoints, and eradication efforts in Mexico and Central America. The US paused cattle imports from Mexico last month after the pest was found near the Guatemala border.

- Date: 2024-12-19 · published 2024-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26913-usda-allocates-165m-to-protect-livestock-from-new-world-screwworm-agriculture
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The funding supports the continued import pause, which keeps feeder supplies tight, though the spending itself has limited direct price effect.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-10 | [Discovery of New World screwworm shouldn't have long-term market impact - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18768-discovery-of-new-world-screwworm-shouldn-t-have-long-term-market-impact-agweek.md) | +1.4% | -2.9% |
| 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 | 2024-02-16 | [Costa Rica: Costa Rica Declares Screwworm Emergency \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31613-costa-rica-costa-rica-declares-screwworm-emergency-usda-foreign-agricultural.md) | -0.2% | +2.1% |
| 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 | 2025-02-24 | [APHIS Allows Imports of Mexican Cattle to Continue Despite 2nd New World Screwworm Case](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25983-aphis-allows-imports-of-mexican-cattle-to-continue-despite-2nd-new-world.md) | -0.8% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- agriculturedive.com: https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/usda-allocates-165m-to-protect-livestock-from-new-world-screwworm/736056/

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