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GOP Left SCRAMBLING As Trump Partnership Consequences Crash Down On Ranchers
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4:56Now PlayingRepublicans are left scrambling to do damage control and blame others after Donald Trump's partnership with Elon Musk is proving massively consequential over DOGE effecting the rise of the New World screwworm, which could decimate ranchers' cattle stock and cause beef prices to surge even higher. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Screwworm Is Messing With America’s Beef
"The first thing you should know about the New World screwworm is that it isn’t actually a worm; it’s a fly. At the larva stage, it twists into the flesh of its host, devouring it from within. These wormlike maggots feed on all kinds of warm-blooded animals (the fly’s scientific name is Cochliomyia hominivorax, or “man-eater”), but they pose a serious threat to livestock, and to cattle in particular.
The second thing you should know about the New World screwworm is that it’s back. Last week, 60 years after the United States was declared free of the fly, the Department of Agriculture announced that it had found larvae in a three-week-old calf in rural Zavala County, Texas, not far from the Mexican border. Four more infected animals have since been identified across Texas and New Mexico: two calves, a goat, and a dog. The U.S. cattle herd is already the smallest it’s been since 1951 (in part because of drought), and the value of cattle is soaring. As meat-packers pay more for the few animals that remain, they’re passing those costs down the supply chain to beef consumers. To meet the demand, the industry will need to invest in new calves and build up the herd. But the White House’s mixed messages on tariffs has made farmers skittish, and the resurgence of a parasite that eats their animals alive may only make things worse."
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