# USDA protects livestock producers against New World screwworm outbreaks | The National Provisioner

> USDA's APHIS approved $213.3 million in emergency Commodity Credit Corporation funds to combat growing New World screwworm outbreaks. About $109.8 million will go to detections in Panama and other areas critical to keeping the pest out of North America.

- Date: 2023-12-21 · published 2023-12-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Central America · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32619-usda-protects-livestock-producers-against-new-world-screwworm-outbreaks-the
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A screwworm incursion into the US would threaten cattle movements and herd numbers already tight, supporting live cattle prices and raising risk premiums on feeder cattle and beef trade.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-04-27 | [New World Screwworm cases surge, yet reopening speculation persists \| The National Provisioner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19655-new-world-screwworm-cases-surge-yet-reopening-speculation-persists-the-national.md) | +0.6% | +3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-15 | [USDA Announces Sweeping Plans to Protect the United States from New World Screwworm \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23277-usda-announces-sweeping-plans-to-protect-the-united-states-from-new-world.md) | +1.1% | -0.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-01-03 | [U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge as second screwworm case announced \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21012-u-s-livestock-cattle-futures-surge-as-second-screwworm-case-announced-the.md) | +0.0% | +1.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-02-27 | [The National Directorate of Animal Health, in response to the unusual increase in cases of New World Screwworm in the Province of Darién, announces – COPEG](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37274-the-national-directorate-of-animal-health-in-response-to-the-unusual-increase.md) | +0.9% | +0.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-10 | [Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23699-secretary-rollins-takes-decisive-action-and-shuts-down-u-s-southern-border.md) | +2.6% | +6.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-04-27 | [New World Screwworm cases surge, yet reopening speculation persists \| The National Provisioner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19655-new-world-screwworm-cases-surge-yet-reopening-speculation-persists-the-national.md) | +1.0% | -4.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-08-15 | [USDA Announces Sweeping Plans to Protect the United States from New World Screwworm \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23277-usda-announces-sweeping-plans-to-protect-the-united-states-from-new-world.md) | +4.7% | +2.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-01-03 | [U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge as second screwworm case announced \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21012-u-s-livestock-cattle-futures-surge-as-second-screwworm-case-announced-the.md) | +1.3% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- provisioneronline.com: https://www.provisioneronline.com/articles/116113-usda-protects-livestock-producers-against-new-world-screwworm-outbreaks

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