u/Healthy_Ferret9352

Maybe this is a long shot but you guys are the best people to ask. Many of the properties you explore are long beyond their prime and it would be a monumental task to bring them back to life. I am interested in a purchasing a historical property to preserve it for future generations. It can be a house, old factory, train depot, sanatorium, or literally anything as long as it has history and is in the US. I might also entertain creating a nonprofit organization if a property owner was interested in donating a property.

If you know of a property for sale that would make a good candidate for preservation, please send me a message.

I'm not interested in making this political or pointing a finger at what caused the screwworm to be in the US. We are here to talk about what financial impact this is going to have on the market.

At the time of writing this post we currently have 19 confirmed cases(3 inactive). I believe there to be many more cases that we have yet to identify.

We are currently bringing sterile flies from panama and dropping them along the border & in infested zones. This is an effective method of eradication but the issue is we do not have the production required to outbreed the screwworm. The government is currently building a new sterile fly breeding facility in Texas but it will not be producing sterile flies for at least a year. Screwworm is treatable but it first requires identifying the animal and then physically treating it with an injection such as Dectomax. Despite having tools like drones and helicopters, I think that the screwworm is going to outpace our efforts until the Texas facility starts pumping out sterile flies.

There are approximately 2.6 million feral hogs in the state of Texas and New World Screwworm can infest hogs. I'm cherry picking hogs because the state of Texas is already losing the battle against them despite greenlighting initiatives to eradicate the hog population. If screwworms infest these hogs Texas will be in for an even harder fight.

Zoetis ($ZTS) seems like it could be the company with the most skin in the game here. If beef prices are too high people might swap to chicken or pork. What are your thoughts?

Currently working on a cabin that had a floating floor installed. Its 50+ years old and is on a raised foundation. The joints of the floor started to separate within a few weeks of use and I've finally had enough of it. After ripping all of the floor out I whipped out a level and noticed that the wood subfloor is off in multiple spots. I'm assuming that the subfloor has softened over time or the joists were simply installed like this.

The joists do look fine but would it be worth ripping up the subfloor? How should I approach the flooring? My thought is to either go with a peel & stick or to glue down another subfloor on top in an inverse pattern to attempt to level those valleys. Any input would be greatly appreciated!