North Dakota Stockmen’s Association President Randy Schmitt said the cattle industry has been preparing for the screwworm’s potential return for a year and a half. “The risk here in North Dakota is very, very minimal. It does not like cold climates, so we’ve been told.” Schmitt, who ranches at Rugby, said the larger concern is the potential impact on cattle supplies. “It could even lessen the supply and that could actually increase the prices more so in the long term. It would increase prices rather than deflate them.” The NDSA Spring Roundup events continue in the week ahead in Berthold, Carson and Belfield.
