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Mexican Screwworms

Reuters

President Donald Trump’s administration warned on Saturday that it will restrict livestock imports from Mexico if that country’s government does not intensify its fight against a damaging pest called New World screwworm.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in a letter Saturday to her Mexican counterpart said that she “will restrict the importation of animal commodities” if those issues are not resolved by Wednesday. More

16 Comments on Mexican Screwworms

  1. Mexican screwworms? Mexican screwworms?
    We don’t need any stinkin’ Mexican screwworms.
    Not when we have Washington, DC, and fifty state capitals crawling with good ol’ American Democrat screwworms.

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  2. I order the majority of my red meat on line. It’s a bit more expensive. But I know exactly how it was raised and where. Knock yourself out with that Mex beef. My thoughts are those cattle got the parasite from drinking Mex sewer water. Which is pushing back into our country, on the coast, and in the Colorado.

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  3. Mexican cows probably have to walk more than a mile just for another mouthful of grass. Mexican steaks are as tough as shoe leather. I buy locally sourced beef. It is worth the extra cost.

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