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DOGE cut 20% of APHIS the agency that protects U.S. agriculture and now the screwworm parasite that wipes out livestock has returned to the U.S (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 35 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I just saw this yesterday, and that article had an estimated yearly impact of how much money farmers/ranchers would lose every year if screwworm comes back to the US, and IIRC, it was something like $900 million.

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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 23 points 5 months ago

That's not even enough for a ballroom.

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