SCREWWORMS Infect US Cattle One Year After DOGE Cuts Monitoring Funds - 60 Years Of Progress Lost

[struth]

Now we see just how low Democrats will go, blaming a worm on Trump.

They blamed the Chinese virus on him, but gave Xiden a pass on the record deaths under his policies

 

[drudge X]

No, screw worm is actively attacked to keep out of the US.

If you like eating beef its a big damn deal.

96 or even more food processing plants were destroyed under the Biden years but the media didn't make a big deal about it.

Is there a correlation with the cost of beef?
Are billionaires trying to make beef, used to be an affordable staple, reserved for the rich?

You should ask those questions instead of worrying about some worm screwing the cattle.

 

[Meathead]

No, screw worm is actively attacked to keep out of the US.

If you like eating beef its a big damn deal.

And to think that money could have been used for gay and trans rights in Ecquador.

 

[Zincwarrior]

They saw them moving up Mexico for months. WTF didn't Mexico do something?

They tried. Its Mexico.

 

[Leo123]

The screw worm was found in one calf near the Mexican/American border. The USDA is already taking action.

The new infection was detected in a three-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas; it was found in the calf’s umbilical area, according to the USDA.

A flesh-eating New World screwworm was just found in a Texas cow—here’s what to know

This marks the first case of the New World screwworm in U.S. livestock since the parasite was eliminated in the country in the 1960s

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[drudge X]

They blamed the Chinese virus on him, but gave Xiden a pass on the record deaths under his policies

Democrats played the race card.

They labeled Trump a racist for banning flights from China into the US but applauded Biden for banning flights from India into the US.

 

[Meathead]

They saw them moving up Mexico for months. WTF didn't Mexico do something?

These flies live mostly in hot and humid areas, mostly south of the border. Let the muchachos deal with it.

The rest of the world's problems are not out own. It's not going to make a dent in America's cattle.

 

[Matted Joybeard]

 

[Rawley]

They tried. Its Mexico.

So what were we doing previously in Mexico that Doge stopped?

 

[citygator]

Did you remember to get your 14th COVID booster shot?

How is that related to parasites in cattle? Such a weirdo.

 

[citygator]

So you think it was the extra money to pay more people to monitor screwworms that keep cattle from getting screworms?

Scuttle the USDA department to monitor for it and 12 months later something that hasn’t happened in 60 years occurs. Even you can figure that out.

 

[struth]

Scuttle the USDA department to monitor for it and 12 months later something that hasn’t happened in 60 years occurs. Even you can figure that out.

Some waste was cut...the reality is, there is still much more funding there then there was 30 years ago. The funding for monitoring isn't the issue....especialyl since the monitors found it.

 

[Zincwarrior]

So what were we doing previously in Mexico that Doge stopped?

I have no idea. I am.posting from the Texas perspective.

 

[Rawley]

Scuttle the USDA department to monitor for it and 12 months later something that hasn’t happened in 60 years occurs. Even you can figure that out.

They were monitoring it Zippy. They saw it was moving North as early as March of last year.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

With cattle at its lowest level in decades the herd faces extreme risk from a flesh eating parasite that hasnt been found in US beef in 60 years. DOGE cuts were enacted last year that eliminated monitoring for the parasite at the border.. because of course they hadnt infiltrated the US beef supply in 60 years. One year later we have parasites invading the livestock.

MAGA is the worst thing to happen to America since the Civil War and will likely kill more Americans that the Civil War did. For you idiots who think government standards are just a waste of money I hope you enjoy tainted drinking water, measle deaths, and higher per pound ground beef than the historical high prices we see today. Idiots.

Ive seen this mentioned twice but it deserves its own thread.

Screwworm Is Back In Texas Cattle—Is DOGE To Blame?

The government cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S.

www.forbes.com

A flesh-eating parasite that was largely eradicated from U.S. livestock in the 1960s has been found in a 3-week-old calf in a south Texas border town, the USDA confirmed, a threat that could drive the already soaring price of beef even higher after Elon Musk-led government cuts slashed ongoing efforts to prevent its spread.

Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday.

www.nbcnews.com

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday. The parasitic fly’s larvae feed exclusively on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. While the fly is capable of infecting humans and pets, such cases are rare and pose little risk to the broader public, according to experts.

It follows months of warnings from U.S. and Texas agriculture officials and cattle industry leaders, as the pest steadily moved north through Mexico toward the American border.

“For months, the screwworm has advanced rapidly through Mexico in spite of the USDA’s existing gameplan,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said Wednesday, adding that “instead of using every available tool, USDA moved too slowly and relied solely on a partial solution that takes years to fully implement.”

I heard Democrats have videos of Trump personally going down to Panama and gathering up a plane load of those worms and then driving around south Texas sticking them on cattle.

On the other hand, reading the description of them, how do they know it isn't just Democrats doing what they do best, being flesh eating parasites?

 

[Zincwarrior]

They were monitoring it Zippy. They saw it was moving North as early as March of last year.

Yea to be clear I am not posting about what the Admin did or didn't do.

 

[Rawley]

Yea to be clear I am not posting about what the Admin did or didn't do.

Curious, I asked because you said "screw worm is actively attacked to keep out of the US." Thought you might know how they are attacked and who was doing the attacking.

I read about the sterile fly thing, but the TX AG Director was bitching that that took too long.

 

[citygator]

I heard Democrats have videos of Trump personally going down to Panama and gathering up a plane load of those worms and then driving around south Texas sticking them on cattle.

On the other hand, reading the description of them, how do they know it isn't just Democrats doing what they do best, being flesh eating parasites?

Change your avatar:

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Screw worms (flies) have been infecting livestock since time immemorial.

Right, that's why we control them.

 

[drudge X]

Right, that's why we control them.

You can only control the fly population to a certain degree.