> There are factories in Latin America already set up to do so at large scale, all it would take is a contract with the USDA to guarantee enough supply for the states.
According to the article the cases are in Mexico, so I don’t know that “Latin American origin” is a silver bullet.
Mexico is just a small portion of Latin America; A few places I can think of is Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil which have huge stockyards…
Why wouldn't the USDA pay to eliminate pests in another country if it meant preventing those pests from reaching US farmers?