USDA and Mexico announce $21 million investment to combat New World screwworm as cattle experts closely watch developments.

Entomologists got rid of screwworms by using nuclear radiation to sterilize millions of male screwworms in a lab, which were ...

Try to put eyes on your herd, as much as possible, look out for anything abnormal,” said J. Scott Herod, who owns a ranch and ...

NEW MEXICO’S CATTLE INDUSTRY IS GETTING READY FOR SCREWWORM TO HIT OUR STATE. THIS IS LARVAE THAT ENTERS THE WOUNDS OF COWS DEVELOPING UNDER THE SKIN AND OFTEN CAUSES DEATH. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ...

Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing ...

To say the New World Screwworm is a nasty parasite would be an understatement. The flesh-eating scourge that tortures cattle ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins held a May 27 call with her counterpart in Mexico, Secretary Julio Berdegué ...

Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cattle futures are chasing exploding cash early Friday, with more record high ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Mexican authorities are also enhancing surveillance, holding technical meetings, and ensuring animal movement is carefully managed.

USDA will invest in the renovation of an existing fruit fly production facility in Metapa, Mexico, to further the long-term ...

For poultry flocks, the summer should be "quiet" for infections, with the number of outbreaks falling in recent weeks, ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that USDA is working with Mexico to combat the new world screwworm (NWS), and the suspension on live animal imports from Mexico will continue.In a ...