# Helping Farmers, Advancing American Agriculture | AAU

> Research universities highlighted their work on farm issues, including University of Arizona lab tracking screwworm flies in partnership with federal officials. Michigan State researchers are combining plant biology with machine learning to study genes behind drought and disease resistance.

- Date: 2024-08-30 · published 2024-08-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28717-helping-farmers-advancing-american-agriculture-aau
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A possible New World Screwworm resurgence could cut cattle supply further, tightening beef and feeder cattle markets already at record highs.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-05-28 | [Flesh-eating screwworms head for American livestock • Stateline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19201-flesh-eating-screwworms-head-for-american-livestock-stateline.md) | -1.7% | +1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-01 | [Low inventory, high prices, rising threats are all part of current cattle industry - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6103-low-inventory-high-prices-rising-threats-are-all-part-of-current-cattle.md) | -1.3% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-04 | [EXCLUSIVE: US not ready to lift Mexican cattle ban over screwworm, Agriculture Secretary Rollins says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21898-exclusive-us-not-ready-to-lift-mexican-cattle-ban-over-screwworm-agriculture.md) | -1.3% | -7.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-01-14 | [Threat of screwworm keeps East Texas Agriculture agents on alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72947-threat-of-screwworm-keeps-east-texas-agriculture-agents-on-alert.md) | +1.2% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-09-04 | [Agriculture Ministry Heightens Surveillance to Protect Cattle Industry from Screwworms - Love FM Belize News & Music Power](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28248-agriculture-ministry-heightens-surveillance-to-protect-cattle-industry-from.md) | -1.5% | +2.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-05-28 | [Flesh-eating screwworms head for American livestock • Stateline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19201-flesh-eating-screwworms-head-for-american-livestock-stateline.md) | -3.4% | +5.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-12-20 | [Sen. Mike Rounds urges USDA to delay opening Mexican border due to New World screwworm threat - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26914-sen-mike-rounds-urges-usda-to-delay-opening-mexican-border-due-to-new-world.md) | +2.7% | +7.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-07-01 | [Low inventory, high prices, rising threats are all part of current cattle industry - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6103-low-inventory-high-prices-rising-threats-are-all-part-of-current-cattle.md) | +2.7% | +8.2% |

## Sources

- aau.edu: https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/helping-farmers-advancing-american-agriculture

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