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USDA agencies describe their work to eradicate New World screwworm, which was found in Florida Key deer in October 2016 and declared eradicated from Florida by March 2017. Surveillance and eradication efforts with partners continue to keep the U.S. and other countries free of the pest.
Ongoing screwworm surveillance keeps a background disease risk for cattle movement, but this is a general program update with no new outbreak to move prices.
tscra.orgWritten by: kristinJan 9, 2018After 356 past disease events, Live Cattle moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -0.8% to +1.1%), and +1.1% over 20.
After 266 past disease events, Feeder Cattle moved a median +0.5% over 5 sessions (59% higher; middle half -1.1% to +1.7%), and +1.7% 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.
