Screw worm warning!

[hoff1ck]

It’s going to be harder on Wildlife then livestock, it’s easier to control calving timing and fly control on livestock then wildlife. A lot of the drugs out have a 5 day effective coverage. It’s alot easier to call up livestock and feed medicated cubes once a week then wildlife

100%, was just speaking in terms of what it’ll do to beef pricing. I’m in Michigan so quite a ways north, but the general effect on wildlife is a huge concern. The whole thing is a mess though.

 

[Tick]

Yeah but they also don’t just fly over 100 miles and then pick a cow to to infect, they’re likely getting moved around on cows or there’s already wildlife infected in the areas with infected cattle.

The area from Del Rio to Laredo had several severe fast moving storms in mid to late May. The storms moved E and NE from Mexico bringing 7 inches of rain and pushing 60+ mph winds. 8 months of extreme drought prior to that. How far can a fly be carried with 60mph winds? Nature is a tough thing to fight.

Sterile flies have also been deployed in border counties since February. Possible reason for no confirmations in those counties and popping in the neighbor counties.

 

[Reburn]

Yeah but they also don’t just fly over 100 miles and then pick a cow to to infect, they’re likely getting moved around on cows or there’s already wildlife infected in the areas with infected cattle.

Or there is just more cases out there then that have been reported. I suspect both are true, but its not illegal to move livestock until they list your ranch as an infected zone.

 

[cuerro viejo]

100%, was just speaking in terms of what it’ll do to beef pricing. I’m in Michigan so quite a ways north, but the general effect on wildlife is a huge concern. The whole thing is a mess though.

I read something the other day I never thought about, in 1960 Texas had 500k deer, today 6 million not including exotic….. it’s going to be a long road to control as the food mechanism is at a historic high

 

[S-3 ranch]

I read something the other day I never thought about, in 1960 Texas had 500k deer, today 6 million not including exotic….. it’s going to be a long road to control as the food mechanism is at a historic high

It’s the glory days of white tail hunting, everyone’s got big bucks
Feeding protein and cotton seed, everything is over capacity.
It’s not going to be easy pill to swallow if this takes off like a wild fire.
Only good thing I see is maybe it hits the aoudad very hard

 

[RockAndSage]

Only good thing I see is maybe it hits the aoudad very hard

Why is this? Genuine question.

 

[naked wombats]

Why is this? Genuine question.

They are invasive and breed like rats. Hurting native sheep populations in some areas, whitetail populations in others.

 

[PlentyOfDoes]

It’s the glory days of white tail hunting, everyone’s got big bucks
Feeding protein and cotton seed, everything is over capacity.
It’s not going to be easy pill to swallow if this takes off like a wild fire.
Only good thing I see is maybe it hits the aoudad very hard

Everything is over stocked. I have more deer than should realistically be here due to feeders and food plots on all the properties around me. This is going to devastate southern TX whitetail if its not controlled soon.

I could see it hitting aoudad hard, but knowing them, they will somehow thrive.

 

[S-3 ranch]

My observation was correct, it is being spread by people moving livestock
San Angelo is the junction of all the shipping routes 83, 87 , 277 , 55
All coming from the same epicenter near uvalde tx ( on the bottom & SA on top) that a huge jump in a week ( impossible by natural migration)

 

[Sandhills]

My observation was correct, it is being spread by people moving livestock
San Angelo is the junction of all the shipping routes 83, 87 , 277 , 55
All coming from the same epicenter near uvalde tx ( on the bottom & SA on top) that a huge jump in a week ( impossible by natural migration)View attachment 1079912

Well shit. Could be in Kansas and Nebraska in no time if a infected critter is in a pot load of cows

 

[KsRancher]

Well shit. Could be in Kansas and Nebraska in no time if a infected critter is in a pot load of cows

I would guess its already there/here. Too many cattle come out of south TX for it to not be here. I haven't personally bought any out of there for several years. But used to buy a couple hundred every year out of the Seguin area. But they came from all over down there. Little lots from here, there and everywhere compiled to make loads to ship north.

 

[S-3 ranch]

Well shit. Could be in Kansas and Nebraska in no time if a infected critter is in a pot load of cows

In a week or two I’m expecting an announcement from the USDA that the epidemic has multiplyied faster than expected and they will quarantine Texas?
Meat prices will go through the roof on beef , goats, sheep.
Good news for Brazil, Argentina, South American producers?
Terrible news for the hunting industry and USA agriculture industry.
Not to get political but these flies followed the mass migration during our open
Border policy ( a army marches on its stomach)

 

[Sandhills]

I would guess its already there/here. Too many cattle come out of south TX for it to not be here. I haven't personally bought any out of there for several years. But used to buy a couple hundred every year out of the Seguin area. But they came from all over down there. Little lots from here, there and everywhere compiled to make loads to ship north.

I hope you're wrong but I have a feeling you're right. With 5 feed lots with in an hour drive I'm getting really nervous.

 

[Sandhills]

In a week or two I’m expecting an announcement from the USDA that the epidemic has multiplyied faster than expected and they will quarantine Texas?
Meat prices will go through the roof on beef , goats, sheep.
Good news for Brazil, Argentina, South American producers?
Terrible news for the hunting industry and USA agriculture industry.
Not to get political but these flies followed the mass migration during our open
Border policy ( a army marches on its stomach)View attachment 1079920View attachment 1079921

And that right there is why we need MCOOL.

Why we have to import that shitty brahmer beef is beyond me.

 

[S-3 ranch]

And that right there is why we need MCOOL.

Why we have to import that shitty brahmer beef is beyond me.

The WTO isn’t ever going to condone MCOOL !
Not with these factors and Brazilian control over meat processing

Top Sources for U.S. Beef Imports:

• Brazil: ~24% of import volume
• Australia: ~21% of import volume
• Canada: ~16% of import volume
• New Zealand:~12% of import volume
  • Mexico: ~11% of import volume

The breakdown of the major players in U.S. beef processing is as follows:

• JBS USA (Brazilian-owned): Accounts for approximately 25% of the U.S. beef market. Headquartered in Brazil, JBS is the largest meat processing company in the world. [1, 2, 3]
• National Beef (Brazilian-controlled): Accounts for about 18% of the market. It is majority-owned by the Brazilian meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods. [1, 2, 3]
• Cargill & Tyson Foods (U.S.-based): These two companies make up the remainder of the Big Four, with Cargill controlling about 22%.

 

[Sandhills]

The WTO isn’t ever going to condone MCOOL !
Not with these factors and Brazilian control over meat processing

Top Sources for U.S. Beef Imports:

• Brazil: ~24% of import volume
• Australia: ~21% of import volume
• Canada: ~16% of import volume
• New Zealand:~12% of import volume
  • Mexico: ~11% of import volume

The breakdown of the major players in U.S. beef processing is as follows:

• JBS USA (Brazilian-owned): Accounts for approximately 25% of the U.S. beef market. Headquartered in Brazil, JBS is the largest meat processing company in the world. [1, 2, 3]
• National Beef (Brazilian-controlled): Accounts for about 18% of the market. It is majority-owned by the Brazilian meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods. [1, 2, 3]
• Cargill & Tyson Foods (U.S.-based): These two companies make up the remainder of the Big Four, with Cargill controlling about 22%.

And JBS just announced closing two plants. Our food security depends on breaking up the packer monopoly. MCOOL is a step in that direction

 

[S-3 ranch]

And JBS just announced closing two plants. Our food security depends on breaking up the packer monopoly. MCOOL is a step in that direction

They are closing two and opening 3 new ones, they aren’t going anywhere soon, they make to much money.
“”JBS announced the closure of the beef-packing facility in Souderton along with the closure of another facility in Tennessee. The company said that the closures come after they made investments in new and improved facilities in Texas, Georgia and Iowa.””