invasive species

New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) on Friday, Jun 06, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Animal Health, Disease, Livestock, Southern Region, Texas

Texas A&M AgriLife responds after New World screwworm found in Texas

Texas experts are urging prevention, early detection and immediate reporting following the confirmation of New World screwworm in Zavala County. Read More

Animal Health, Beef, Cow Calf, Feeder, Livestock, Southern Region, Stocker, Texas, USDA

USDA opens livestock insect research laboratory in Texas 

New World screwworm larvae. (Photo courtesy USDA APHIS.)
Animal Health, Beef, Cow Calf, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Southern Region, Texas, USDA

New World screwworm detected 60 miles from Texas border

Adult and nymph two-spot cotton leafhoppers (Rafia Khan/Texas A&M AgriLife)

AgriLife Extension shares cotton jassid guidance for green industry

Teacher and kids examining soil. (Adobe Stock │ #181494152 - WavebreakMediaMicro)

Oklahoma forestry launches backpack program

Pasture mealybug (Courtesy photo.)

Texas issues urgent alert issued on pasture mealybug

Cotton jassid a threat to High Plains cotton 

If you receive seeds in the mail that you didn't order, do not plant them. They could be invasive species or harbor pests or diseases harmful to native plants, insects, crops and livestock. (2020 Missouri Department of Agriculture file photo)

Don’t plant seeds you didn’t order

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
Image of Emerald Ash Borer Beetle on a green leaf. (Adobe Stock │ #192837106 - yod67)

Mitigating the impacts of invasive species in Texas

Cattle from the Gardiner Angus Ranch have benefited from rangeland improvement that has also improved habitat for the lesser prairie-chicken on this 20,000-acre tract south of Ashland, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Habitat improvement can also boost bottom line

Feral hog toxicant approved in Texas and Oklahoma