# Threat of screwworm keeps East Texas Agriculture agents on alert

> East Texas agriculture agents are monitoring the screwworm outbreak in the Florida Keys, which has affected a stray dog and deer. Officials say the pest could return from the Caribbean and would raise management, labor and livestock costs if it reached Texas ranches.

- Date: 2017-01-14 · published 2017-01-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72947-threat-of-screwworm-keeps-east-texas-agriculture-agents-on-alert
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Fears of renewed screwworm spread raise expected costs for cattle producers and could tighten feeder supplies if movement controls follow.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2025-01-13 | [Mexican cattle banned from Texas due to screwworm threat - The Texas Tribune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26445-mexican-cattle-banned-from-texas-due-to-screwworm-threat-the-texas-tribune.md) | +0.4% | -1.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-04 | [US screwworm case puts ranchers on alert, rallies cattle prices By Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12084-us-screwworm-case-puts-ranchers-on-alert-rallies-cattle-prices-by-reuters.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 | 2024-06-20 | [Mexico reinforces health surveillance against screwworm threat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29682-mexico-reinforces-health-surveillance-against-screwworm-threat.md) | +0.7% | -1.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-09 | [Texas screwworm case drives cattle rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18947-texas-screwworm-case-drives-cattle-rally.md) | +3.1% | +3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-01-13 | [Mexican cattle banned from Texas due to screwworm threat - The Texas Tribune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26445-mexican-cattle-banned-from-texas-due-to-screwworm-threat-the-texas-tribune.md) | +0.4% | +3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-04 | [US screwworm case puts ranchers on alert, rallies cattle prices By Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12084-us-screwworm-case-puts-ranchers-on-alert-rallies-cattle-prices-by-reuters.md) | +0.6% | -1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-06-20 | [Mexico reinforces health surveillance against screwworm threat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29682-mexico-reinforces-health-surveillance-against-screwworm-threat.md) | +2.3% | -0.8% |

## Sources

- ktre.com: https://www.ktre.com/story/34258255/threat-of-screwworm-keeps-east-texas-agriculture-agents-on-alert/

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