YOUTUBE (Facts Matter with Roman Balmakov) - The Tiny Bug Behind Florida’s Orange Crisis
NYTIMES (Jack Tamisiea and Sean Rayford) - ‘We’re Fighting Satan’: The War to Save Bees From a Hornet Invasion
As yellow-legged hornets spread through South Carolina’s Lowcountry region, threatening the local honey crop, a state team of bee defenders is racing to the rescue.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Damita Menezes) - USDA's sterile fly strategy for screwworm outbreak is failing: TX ag chief
"It's a definition of insanity," Miller told NewsNation on Friday. "We're doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. It's just not happening."
NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - Texas flooding could help screwworm spread
The flesh-eating parasite has already triggered quarantines and emergency fly releases this year.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Xavier Walton) - What screwworm means for beef prices
Officials have reported at least seven confirmed cases of the parasitic fly, which has infected livestock in Texas and a pet dog in New Mexico.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Screwworm livestock parasite response outlined by USDA Secretary Rollins during Senate hearing
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins testified Wednesday, June 10, before the Senate Agriculture Committee The hearing came as the United States faces a resurgence of the screwworm, a parasitic fly that can have a devasting impact on livestock. The pest had been eliminated in the U.S. since the 1960s. Rollins has placed much of the blame for its comeback on policies during former President Biden’s administration. In contrast, the secretary asserted, the Trump administration has put in place a plan to contain the insect. #Agriculture #Cattle #Rollins #Screwworm READ MORE: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5917187-trump-blames-biden-screwworm/ WATCH THE FULL HEARING: …
NEWSNATIONNOW (JOHN HANNA and RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press) - What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the US
The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae confirmed in south Texas. The infestation was discovered in a single 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) southwest of San [...]