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The USDA has announced a new sterile fly breeding site in southern Texas to protect American cattle from the deadly New World ...
Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who typically patrol the southern border to protect cattle from fever tick, ...
Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the ...
On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed “plans to fight back against threats posed by the New World screwworm.” ...
Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the big losses in the cattle market on Thursday were tied to concerns ahead of USDA's New World screwworm (NWS) announcement. Grains are bouncing on value ...
The Texas Department of Agriculture continues to lead the fight against the threat of the New World Screwworm (NWS) by ...
Texas Agriculture Department debuts new Swormlure traps, Ivermectin feed additives and a cattle vaccine to combat New World ...
The parasitic fly that attacks warm-blooded animals was eliminated from the United States in the 1960s, but it’s creeping ...
Aug 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a facility in Texas that ...
Lina de Florias fills in and covers the top afternoon reports from Houston and beyond for Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025.