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Texas ranchers and hay producers have faced spreading forage loss since spring 2025 from the pasture mealybug, an introduced pest confirmed in 79 Texas counties. Texas AgriLife researchers estimate it threatens more than 20 million acres, potentially nearly 36 million if established in 56 at-risk counties.
Few pesticides were labeled for control until recently.
A pest threatening warm-season pasture and hay across Texas could cut forage supply and push up hay and grass hay prices, which tightens feed costs for cattle and livestock buyers.
sansabanews.comNov 11, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 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.
