About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the New World screwworm on South Texas agriculture and a potential special election.

New World screwworm is affecting a part of South Texas currently vacant a member of Congress. Some say that should spur a quick special election.UT researchers believe they’ve figured out who has been scrambling GPS signals across huge swaths of Europe in recent years. We’ll find out about their discovery and what it might mean.The […] The post Another small peach crop frustrates Hill Country growers appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts .

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Host: Texas Standard

Topics covered

• agriculture
• politics
• technology
• elections
• environment

Keywords

• peach crop
• Hill Country
• New World screwworm
• special election
• GPS signals
• UT researchers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UT

Products: New World screwworm

Places: Hill Country, South Texas

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