A flesh-eating parasite has agriculture leaders in Texas and across the nation on high alert. The New World Screwworm is making its way further north through the Americas. “It has always had the ...

It has been a few weeks now since the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) warned Texas residents about the possibility ...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack calls for expedited approval of inspection facilities to safely resume cattle imports from Mexico ...

The rise and return of screwworms: understanding their threat to livestock, wildlife, and humans from those who lived it.

USDA has requested adjustments to Mexican facilities set up to screen cattle exports to the U.S. for the New World Screwworm, ...

Outgoing USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack sent a letter to Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture acknowledging the progress made in ...

Protecting the nation’s beef herd against New World screwworm requires vigilance at all levels, Kim Brackett writes.

The emergence of the New World screwworm in Mexico has raised alarms that the dangerous fly larvae could cross into Texas.

Update: ABC-7 was able to speak with Alvaro Bustillos, the chair of the board of the Chihuahua Cattleman's Association. He is ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has banned Mexican cattle imports since November after a parasite known as screwworm, which wriggles into the flesh of livestock and kills them if left untreated ...