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Ilena Peng

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Ilena Peng

    First Wild Screwworm Fly Detected in Texas Since Outbreak Began (opens the original)

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    The US Department of Agriculture has caught its first wild screwworm fly since the parasite was detected in the country’s livestock nearly four months ago, signaling the potential for continued spread even as overall cases have remained muted. The wild screwworm fly was detected in Brewster County, Texas, on Friday. It was caught in one of the USDA’s more than 100 screwworm-specific fly traps along the US border. The spread of the parasitic fly, whose larvae burrow into the wounds of animals, ha

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Ilena Peng and Alicia A. Caldwell | Bloomberg News

    ICE actions hit Kansas meat packing operations, ranchers say (opens the original)

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    NEW YORK (TNS) — Increased actions by U.S. immigration enforcement are creating significant disruption to beef packing operations in Kansas, an area where nearly all of the country’s major processors have operations. Thousands of cattle set to be shipped to beef processors have been affected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity, according to a joint statement from rancher industry groups. Disruptions have also been reported at “numerous supply chain chokepoints” from beef

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Ilena Peng, Alicia A. Caldwell

    ICE Actions Hit Kansas Meatpacking Operations, Ranchers Say (opens the original)

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    Increased actions by US immigration enforcement are creating significant disruption to beefpacking operations in Kansas, an area where nearly all of the country’s major processors have operations. Thousands of cattle set to be shipped to beef processors have been affected by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity, according to a joint statement from rancher industry groups. Disruptions have also been reported at “numerous supply chain chokepoints” from beef processors to feed and grain

  4. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Ilena Peng, Elizabeth Elkin

    First US Phosphate Plant in Decades Planned Amid Global Conflict (opens the original)

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    Farm cooperative CHS Inc. and fertilizer producer OCP North America are proposing a $450 million phosphate fertilizer plant in Louisiana, bolstering domestic supplies as global conflicts have increasingly thwarted the flow of foreign crop nutrients. The proposed plant in Waggaman, Louisiana, the first of its kind in the US in over four decades, would produce more than a million tons of phosphate-based fertilizer annually, according to a Wednesday press release. The US produced about 5 million me

  5. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Ilena Peng

    Tyson to Close More Beef Plants as Cattle Shortage Drags On (opens the original)

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    Tyson Foods Inc. is closing more beef plants as a prolonged cattle shortage continues to force the US beefpacking industry’s restructuring. The country’s largest meatpacker said it would cease operations at an Illinois beef plant and a Utah case-ready facility, while also pursuing the sale of another beef plant in Washington. The moves are the latest in a wave of closures, as beef processors try to trim capacity in line with the size of the smaller US cattle herd. Production at the affected faci

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