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Canada to limit livestock imports from Texas over flesh-eating screwworm (globalnews.ca)
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A calf at a ranch in Texas tested positive on Wednesday for the flesh-eating parasite, the first case confirmed in Texas since 1966.

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[–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I don't know how it is in Canada now but I'm in the US. we stopped importing cattle from Mexico and that raised the price quite a bit. Import ban coupled with fertilizer increases and fuel cost increases has caused beef to go way up in price.

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