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TribCast [1]

['Matthew Watkins', 'More Matthew Watkins', 'Editor In Chief', 'The Texas Tribune']

Date: 2026-06-09  

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In this week’s episode, the TribCast team talks to Phillip Kaufman, head of Texas A&M’s entomology department, and Josh Winegarner from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association about the arrival of screwworm in Texas.

How worried should Texans be? How is the government responding? And what will this mean for the cattle industry?

Watch the video above or subscribe to the TribCast on iTunes, Spotify, or RSS. New episodes every Tuesday.

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