Daily Episode 159: Screwworms and the End of Beef?

About this episode

This episode discusses the implications of New World Screwworm detection on beef prices and the impact of wildfires on cattle.

A brief episode about beef. A beef brief, if you will. New World Screwworm detected about 90 miles from the United States Screwworm.gov | Unified Government Response To Protect the United States Beef Prices: Your Expensive Cheeseburger Is a Taste of What’s to Come - Bloomberg ‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country | US wildfires | The Guardian Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kory, Kellan

Topics covered

• beef
• screwworms
• wildfires
• cattle
• agriculture

Keywords

• beef
• screwworms
• wildfires
• cattle prices
• agriculture
• US economy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Screwworm.gov, Bloomberg, The Guardian

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