On Dec. 3, 2025, the Texas Department of Agriculture reported in a press release that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had ...

APHIS confirms a New World screwworm case in a 22-month-old bovine transported from Veracruz to a feedlot in Nuevo León.

The flesh-eating fly larvae, which have been detected in Mexico, were declared eradicated from Texas in the 1960s.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a new website to provide information about a parasitic fly that could be a threat to livestock. Stakeholders in the industry ...

Texas lawmakers heard conflicting reports on the state’s readiness to fight the New World Screwworm, which is approaching the ...

It's the second detection at that same feedlot since October. No other cases were linked to the earlier incident, and both ...

New World screwworm continues to be a top concern for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the cattle industry. USDA recently announced the launch of a new website, www.screwworm.gov, which is ...

Researchers are trapping and tracking the New World screwworm to detect it early before it threatens livestock. The previous ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller on Wednesday issued the following statement after being notified by the U.S.

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Congressman Henry Cuellar says U.S. Agriculture employees who are responsible for checking for New World screwworm and ensuring the pest doesn’t cross the border have ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is trading barbs with the Trump administration over its response to a parasitic pest that continues to make its way north in Mexico — and could threaten the ...

DECATUR, Illinois (Reuters) -The human case of screwworm reported this week by U.S. health officials is the country's only one so far this year and poses no risk to the farm sector, a U.S. Department ...