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The IAEA is hosting an expert meeting in Vienna from 12-16 December with eleven countries, including Cuba and the United States, to review a Sterile Insect Technique project against New World Screwworm. The pest remains a threat to livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the US has recently seen an outbreak in Florida.
A screwworm outbreak threatens livestock health and could trigger movement restrictions on cattle and other animals, tightening supply in affected regions. The impact on feed-ingredient prices is limited, so the price effect is modest.
iaea.orgDec 12, 2016After 69 past neutral disease events, Live Cattle moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (42% higher; middle half -0.8% to +0.6%), and +0.9% 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.
