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YOUTUBE (Facts Matter with Roman Balmakov) - Tiny Bug From China Just Killed Florida's Citrus Industry

Watch Final Hours https://ept.ms/FinalHoursFullMovie Up to $20,000 of Free Silver: https://ept.ms/3biH9MN Episode Resources: Interviews with Farmers: https://ept.ms/44u9ydm Origins of the Insect: https://ept.ms/4vweMjI University of Florida: https://ept.ms/4floxeB Summary: In 2003, Florida harvested 242 million boxes of oranges. This season, they’re expecting 12 million. That’s a 95 percent drop in just over 20 years—in a single generation. Something’s very wrong with Florida’s orange industry, and that something came here from China. Citrus farmers all over the Sunshine State are seeing the destruction of their family farms and their livelihoods. Some are fighting back—but the challenges they face make the effort a true…

NEWSNATIONNOW (Xavier Walton) - Screwworm outbreak could cost Texas livestock industry $1.8B yearly

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warns it will get worse if USDA doesn't do something different.

AXIOS (Mike Zapler) - Creeping screwworm: Trump's new political pest

The screwworm has arrived in the United States, and it's creeping up on President Trump as a political pest. Why it matters: Trump and the Republican Party are already reeling from soaring beef prices and accelerating inflation. - A screwworm outbreak could exacerbate the GOP's biggest vulnerability just as the midterm elections are heating up. State of play: The Department of Agriculture is gearing up for a $1 billion+ fight against the screwworm, AP reports . - It'll cost about $750 million to set up a plant to produce and release 300 million sterile male screwworms every week. This technique — in which the males mate with wild females, preventing reproduction — has long been the gold standard for eradicating the pest. Threat…

JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Parasitic, flesh-eating flies moving close to U.S.-Mexico border, sparking fears in Texas

This is the closest the flies, known as the New World screwworm, have come to the U.S. since state and federal authorities began monitoring cases in November 2024.