Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...

Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Monday a phased reopening of cattle, bison and equine imports from Mexico ...

Imports of livestock from Mexico will resume in phases starting next week after a ban in May at ports of entry because of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a plan to enhance the agency's ability to detect, control and eliminate the New World screwworm, including an $8.5 million fly ...

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.

USDA will phase in cattle, bison, and equine imports from Mexico starting July 2025 after enhanced screwworm surveillance and ...

Livestock trade with Mexico to resume after screwworm health scare, announced the USDA. Santa Teresa port to allow livestock ...

Here’s one reason to shut down the border. To combat the flesh-eating larvae (maggots) of the New World Screwworm (NWS) that’s wreaking havoc among livestock along […] ...