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The U.S. is ramping up the fight against a parasite that experts say is a multibillion-dollar threat to the Texas cattle ...
With no U.S. cases yet, AgriLife's upcoming session will highlight crucial screwworm prevention strategies for ranchers.
Once thought eradicated, the New World Screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has resurfaced in southern Mexico. This ...
Two Guatemalan pilots and a Mexican agronomist engineer have died after their plane crashed in southern Mexico near the border with Guatemala as they freed sterile flies meant to stop the spread ...
An investigation is underway into the false report that New World screwworm was detected in Missouri. Missouri State Attorney ...
An ag economist says the import ban of live cattle from Mexico continues to put pressure on producers in the southern United ...
Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the screwworm, a parasitic pest, is likely to cross the ...
Missouri authorities are investigating a fake press release about the damaging livestock pest New World screwworm that ...
An investigation is underway after rumors began swirling about New World Screwworm being found in Missouri, according to the ...
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association President Carl Ray Polk Jr. today issued the following statement in support of the New World Screwworm Preparedness Act of 2025: “The ...
R-CALF USA is calling on the CFTC to investigate a false screwworm detection report that allegedly triggered a live cattle ...
Unfounded rumors are circulating regarding New World Screwworm in Missouri. To date, the Missouri Department of Agriculture and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has received no ...