It’s Like a Parasite Out of a Horror Film. It’s Already in Texas. How Worried Should We Be?
By Mary Harris June 11, 20261:11 PM Daniel Becerril/Reuters Copy Link Share Share Comment Copy Link Share Share Comment Have you walked into a grocery store and checked out the price of beef recently? This very American food has gotten very expensive. Since 2020, the cost of beef has nearly doubled.
- ▪By Mary Harris June 11, 20261:11 PM Daniel Becerril/Reuters Copy Link Share Share Comment Copy Link Share Share Comment Have you walked into a grocery store and checked out the price of beef recently?
- ▪This very American food has gotten very expensive.
- ▪Since 2020, the cost of beef has nearly doubled.
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Moneybox Are We Screwed? By Mary Harris June 11, 20261:11 PM Daniel Becerril/Reuters Copy Link Share Share Comment Copy Link Share Share Comment Have you walked into a grocery store and checked out the price of beef recently? This very American food has gotten very expensive. Since 2020, the cost of beef has nearly doubled. This is happening not just because of a higher demand for the meat, brought on by a protein craze and increased use of GLP-1s, or because of a significantly depleted U.S. herd, the lowest in 75 years, due to drought. It’s also because after being eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, the flesh-eating screwworm is back: A few cases have emerged in Texas. This resurgence could not have come at a worse time for the beef industry—or cows.
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