Screw Worms detected in the US/South Texas

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nortex97
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4:22p, 6/3/26
AG
Not good if true.

Caveat: Blake Allen is a democrat but he is not usually the blatant liar/fear monger type imho.

ETA: I was wrong, Blake Allen is apparently a par for the course liar/fear monger type about this, as DOGE had zero impact on this bug's spread. Sorry.
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Rapier108
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4:27p, 6/3/26
Apparently it is one possible case; lab testing pending.

Of course leftists like Blake Allen are cheering for it so they can blame Trump.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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harge57
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4:29p, 6/3/26
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Everyone in the know was basically saying this was inevitable a year ago. Yes, its not great, funding cuts to USDA likely had 0 to do with it.

Biologist at Laguna Atascocita NWR said he was sure it was already there, they just had not got confirmation yet.

If you want to learn more...TAMU Screwworm facts
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4:29p, 6/3/26
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Doge had jack **** to do with this one. Blame it on Mexico not releasing sterile flies along the buffer zone.
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In reply to jt2hunt • 4:34p, 6/3/26
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jt2hunt said:
Doge had jack **** to do with this one. Blame it on Mexico not releasing sterile flies along the buffer zone.

Bingo… this program should have been up and running long ago. I hope the sterile fly program is at least running again and is big enough? Don't have any details myself other than reading info the last couple of years
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4:34p, 6/3/26
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Not going to take the word of an immigration lawyer with an axe to grind because his gal pal Kamala was not elected.
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4:34p, 6/3/26
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If only we had kept funding Drag shows in Rwanda this would never have happened.
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Rapier108
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In reply to jt2hunt • 4:34p, 6/3/26
jt2hunt said:
Doge had jack **** to do with this one.

Just like when Trump disbanded the Aviation Security Advisory Committee and a week later there was the midair collision at DCA.

None of the work the committee did would have prevented the collision, but the media ran with it anyway. We even had a thread here implying the crash was Trumps fault.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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Gaeilge
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In reply to nortex97 • 4:37p, 6/3/26
It wasn't DOGE that created the containment breach in Panama. It was a supply chain issue that started back in COVID that shut down production on the sterile flies. This didn't happen within the last year. It started half a decade ago. Screwworm is a slow migrator.
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4:42p, 6/3/26
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I love it that the posters here, that know a lot more about this than the Democrat with an axe to grind, have shot down his pitiful gotcha less than halfway through the first page. Don't mess with Texas A&M grads or F16. We know stuff.
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4:46p, 6/3/26
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Rip is gonna need to dig a bigger trench.
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4:47p, 6/3/26
Can't trust everyone with an R by their name, but can't trust anyone with a D by their name.
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In reply to bonfarr • 4:53p, 6/3/26
bonfarr said:
Rip is gonna need to dig a bigger trench.

That episode hurt to watch.
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5:25p, 6/3/26
Are they self tapping?


( ...voice punctuated with a clap of distant thunder... )
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In reply to Ag87H2O • 5:46p, 6/3/26
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Ag87H2O said:
I love it that the posters here, that know a lot more about this than the Democrat with an axe to grind, have shot down his pitiful gotcha less than halfway through the first page. Don't mess with Texas A&M grads or F16. We know stuff.

Agreed. This is what I was hoping for to post this. Thx all.
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In reply to IIIHorn • 5:52p, 6/3/26
IIIHorn said:
Are they self tapping?


Clearly A point.
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5:59p, 6/3/26
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GTFO of here blaming a screw worm outbreak on DOGE cuts.

Effing laughable.
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6:01p, 6/3/26
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Some people would blame Trump for anything and everything. Rather than be a logical human and say, this was inevitable and we must not work to control this. This idiot blames DOGE and Trump. This is why partisan politics can be so dang frustrating. It's always the fault of the other party when things happen.
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In reply to bonfarr • 6:19p, 6/3/26
bonfarr said:
Rip is gonna need to dig a bigger trench.

Wasn't that hoof and mouth?
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6:20p, 6/3/26
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We only had 80% of the people who otherwise would have eradicated this!!! Mexico is also obviously blameless
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6:24p, 6/3/26
It wasn't due to lack of tick riders. They got furloughed one afternoon and reinstated the next morning, and even added personnel in Zapata and Webb counties. Texas Animal Health has added personnel as well in Zapata county. I'm not sure how trimming the fat of food inspectors made a difference.
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6:49p, 6/3/26
Cattle prices down. Shouldn't prices go the other way?

Do they think this will tank demand?
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6:52p, 6/3/26
I can see weekend ranchers bailing out.
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In reply to Rapier108 • 7:10p, 6/3/26
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Rapier108 said:
Apparently it is one possible case; lab testing pending.

Of course leftists like Blake Allen are cheering for it so they can blame Trump.

Right now, some leftist academic is right a paper saying screw worms should be deliberately spread to keep people from eating meat.
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 7:11p, 6/3/26
Live cattle are up over 5.5% in the last three months. Only trading ~4.5% off of ATH.

Cattle prices are not down...
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7:33p, 6/3/26
And if they do go down, ima grab some more.
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In reply to Gaeilge • 7:39p, 6/3/26
Gaeilge said:
Live cattle are up over 5.5% in the last three months. Only trading ~4.5% off of ATH.

Cattle prices are not down...

Who cares, we get our beef at HEB, not from cows!!!!
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 7:49p, 6/3/26
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itsyourboypookie said:
Cattle prices down. Shouldn't prices go the other way?

Do they think this will tank demand?


Once quarantine goes in place, prices should come back up. I sure as hell hope so. I'm shipping first of September.
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In reply to Rapier108 • 7:59p, 6/3/26
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Of course they'll believe that. DOGE cuts had nothing to do with this. But stupid gullible people will believe it.
I don’t get enough credit for the things I manage not to say.
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8:12p, 6/3/26
Confirmed…F@$&



https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/usda-confirms-presence-new-world-screwworm-united-states?fbclid=IwdGRjcASNsS1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEefeUM52CDuWDlN9_pkvZn7_JBOmbao6wb8kJEyp389SVu8crobq3YGgzd69g_aem_0SK1y9QGumPn9FWXF69uHA
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8:14p, 6/3/26
Calves in La Pryor. Further north than I would have thought for first confirmed case.
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In reply to Deerdude • 8:18p, 6/3/26
Agreed. Likely been here for her for a few months already. Just first confirmed ended up being further north than it should've been. I imagine some testing will take place south of La Pryor and be confirmed now as well.
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8:42p, 6/3/26
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I run cattle and a dozen species of exotics on my place. I have been following this thru the EWA for at least two years now. We've been well aware this was moving across Mexico and they haven't done much to stop it. Crossing in to South Texas was inevitable.

I don't give a F what libs in CA, NY, or Iowa have to say about it as they don't know sh**.
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8:44p, 6/3/26
Damn good thing we got Trump which got us Brooke Rollins in place. Too bad nothing was done before Trump
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In reply to jt2hunt • 8:57p, 6/3/26
jt2hunt said:
Doge had jack **** to do with this one. Blame it on Mexico not releasing sterile flies along the buffer zone.

Mexico has been releasing 100 million flies per week from facilities in Tampico and Tuxtla. USDA is a partner in the facility in Tampico. It's not like they've sat back and done nothing.
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