fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 12 days 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-square152linkfedilinkarrow-up11.18Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1imageDOGE 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.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square152linkfedilink
minus-squareBillyClark@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·12 days 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-up23·12 days 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.