fossilesque@mander.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoDOGE 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.Smander.xyzimagemessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up11.13K
arrow-up11.13KimageDOGE 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.Smander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square158fedilink
minus-squareBillyClark@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·3 months agoI 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.
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 months agoThat’s not even enough for a ballroom.
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.
That’s not even enough for a ballroom.